Still others wondered about the infamous white Bronco’s whereabouts, and there was enough resurrected curiosity regarding his 1994 vehicle of choice (driven by Al Cowlings) for a high-speed car chase. For several years, the vehicle has been sitting (on loan) at Tennessee’s Alcatraz East Crime Museum, but the 1993 Bronco is actually owned by three individuals (including Michael Gilbert, who is Simpson’s ex agent, and two people linked to Cowlings). The group has fielded sales interest over the years, including a $750,000 offer, but now, renewed interest is making them more open to sell for a heftier price.
The trio spoke with the Cllct memorabilia site (via New York Post), which reports that “they are now hoping to get at least $1.5 million in a public or private sale, according to the outlet.”
Hmm. Well to be fair, the Bronco is notorious and gently used (after sitting in garages for most of the past few decades), but still, would anyone shell out that kind of money, for real? We might soon find out. As for Gilbert, he insists that the plan was always to sell this year “because it’s the 30th anniversary” of the chase, and it just so happens that Simpson has also passed away.
Keanu Reeves’ resume is impressively long, so we don’t need to go through it all, but one of his best roles was Duke Caboom, Canada’s Greatest Stuntman in Toy Story 4. Reeves has only ventured into Voice Acting a handful of times, and he has spent the last few years perfecting his Person Acting instead. But that’s all about to change and usher in a new era of Reeves, which is good considering how dangerous his jobs are.
Reeves has been cast as the voice of Shadow in the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which is slated for a December release. The news comes weeks after Jim Carrey and his impressive facial hair confirmed that he would be returning for the threequel for the popular movie series based on the speedy hedgehog. No word yet on if James Marsden will return, or if he has been too busy with Jury Duty.
Paramount released footage from the upcoming flick last week at CinemaCon along with some plot details for the third installment in the SonicVerse.
At the end of Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Dr. Robotnik (Carrey) is defeated but narrowly escapes, setting up his comeback in Sonic 3. The doctor creates Shadow, a darker and edgier version of Sonic. Naturally, this is where Reeves fits in, since he is the embodiment of dark and edgy.
The WNBA is an unforgiving place for rookies. It’s arguably the most competitive professional sports league when it comes to securing a roster spot, with just 12 players making it onto each of the 12 teams. Adding to the difficulty of locking down one of those 144 spots is the fact that the rookies enter the league mere weeks after concluding their college seasons.
Monday night’s WNBA Draft will see 36 athletes hear their names called for a chance to compete for one of those roster spots in training camp, and for those that were part of the NCAA Tournament, they’ve had to reset and refocus quickly. One of those players is UCLA guard Charisma Osborne, as her Bruins made it to the Sweet 16 and now, just over two weeks later, she’s getting ready to hear her name called in New York.
Osborne calls it a “fun” fortnight, but does note the challenges of getting ready physically for training camp with a new team while also making sure everything is taken care of off of the court before she embarks on her WNBA journey.
“I think as soon as we were done with the tournament, I got a little bit of time to just relax and hang out and take a little break from basketball because obviously the college season is just so long. But since then, it’s been busy,” Osborne told Dime over Zoom last week. “I’ve been doing workouts, and getting ready for New York and getting ready for wherever I’m gonna go. And I’m thinking about packing up my apartment and all of those things and finishing school. I still have two classes that I’m in that are online, so just trying to get all the details of what I’m going to need and what that’s gonna look like for me when I leave.”
On the court, Osborne was a standout in her five seasons with the Bruins, averaging 14.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and 1.6 steals per game across her career. However, after leading UCLA in scoring in her third and fourth seasons, she embraced a bit of a different role for the Bruins on offense in 2023-24. She was still second on the team in scoring at 13.9 points per game, but posted a career-high 4.0 assists per game and looked to be more efficient, which led to a career-best 52.5 true shooting percentage. As a result of her play, the Bruins earned a 2-seed in the NCAA Tournament.
As Osborne gets set to join a new team in the WNBA, that experience of adapting to a changing role for the betterment of the team will serve her well as she will have to find her space on a new team.
“Obviously, our team was really talented, and we had so many great players. And I really loved having that and having that balance of not feeling like you have to score a million points every night,” Osborne said. “So I thought that was really cool. And I think it really challenged me to be able to find ways to affect the game in other ways than just scoring, or even things that show up on the stat sheet. So it’s been really cool to just learn more about myself and try to find ways to continue to affect the game even if I’m not the one scoring 20 points or whatever it is. So yeah, I think that has been really good for me because obviously, the WNBA is going to be an adjustment, and being able to find my role on the team will be fun. But I think the biggest thing for me this year was just trying to find ways to affect things, even if it’s not just scoring all the time.”
Osborne knows the work that lies in front of her, but is excited about the challenge the WNBA will bring. She wants to continue improving her efficiency, especially as a three-point shooter, where she shot 32 percent a year ago. Her 89.2 free throw percentage is proof the foundation of her shot is excellent, and it’s a matter of finding the ways bring that consistency to longer range. She also has gotten more accustomed to facilitating when on the ball, as she took advantage of her fifth year to get more comfortable reading defenses and looking to make the right play, either for herself or her teammates.
Osborne also highlights the importance of watching film — both on herself and others she wants to pull things from — as critical in finding those areas to improve. She loves to watch Jewell Loyd, Kristi Toliver, Kelsey Plum, Skylar Diggins-Smith, and Courtney Vandersloot, trying to see how they move and looking at what reads they make and why in certain actions so she can apply that to her game.
“I love watching film. I watch so much film with my coaches, like on the plane to places, in my individual meetings, or they’ll send me film just for me to watch by myself,” Osborne said. “I think film helps so much with learning because obviously when you’re in it you don’t see everything. And that’s okay, you don’t have to see everything. But I think that film’s a good way to see the things that you may have missed. Or even when my coaches ask me to do something, and I’m confused why they want me to do that, then they can show me later. And I’m like, ‘Okay, that makes sense why you wanted to do that.’ I love film because there’s always new things to learn about it and new ways to look at things.”
While she’s ready to be malleable to her offensive role on whatever team drafts her, it’s on the defensive end that Osborne really believes she can make her mark early in her professional career. She is a dogged on-ball defender, hounding opposing guards to disrupt actions and apply pressure on the point of attack. It’s something she’s taken pride in since she arrived at UCLA, and can’t wait to bring that same defensive effort and energy to her new WNBA team.
“I think I have so much pride in defense and our coaches are always asking, ‘Are you giving up more points than you’re scoring?’” Osborne explained. “And I think I take a lot of pride in that, and I feel like whenever I’m playing defense, it’s me versus that person. If I can stop them 8 out of 10 times then that’s great. I really try to set the tone for my team in that because I know that defense is something that’s just so important in basketball, and it’s not all about scoring the most points. So yeah, I think that’s another way to just affect the game, even if offensively you aren’t doing your best. I take a lot of pride and our coaches instill defense in us and we have so many defensive drills, so I improved so much over the years in my efficiency and my movements. So I think that’s helped me be a better defender.”
That mindset is something that she learned early on at UCLA, recognizing as a freshman that consistency on that end of the floor is key — the best way to get on the floor is not letting hot and cold spells on the offensive end dictate her energy level on defense. After establishing herself over five years at UCLA, Osborne will once again be at the starting point when she arrives in the WNBA, but she knows that the best way to endear yourself to a coaching staff and become indispensable is to show up on defense every single possession.
Osborne’s development hasn’t just been as a basketball player. She highlights her growth as a leader over her time at UCLA, learning the importance of creating bonds with teammates off the court so they can challenge each other on it and know it’s coming from the right place. To get to that point, she had to get more confident in herself, and credits the Bruins coaching staff for investing in her as a person as much as they did as a player.
“I think I’m just a more confident person. I used to be so shy, probably the shyest kid ever. And I’m not like that anymore,” Osborne said. “I think sometimes I get shy, but that may just because I can be introverted. But I think I’ve just grown so much in that, and I feel like I’ve learned to be authentic to who I am. I think that just makes everything easier when you can just be yourself. UCLA has helped so much in figuring out what I like, what’s important to me, especially outside of basketball. Sometimes it feels like it’s all about basketball, but here at UCLA, the coaches and the staff, what I love about them is how much they care about you as a person and not just the basketball player.”
Finding herself off the court has also meant finding things to take her mind off of the game. Her favorite thing to do is bake, noting that making brookies are her go-to. It gives her something that is just for her — the process of baking something — and is a way to give something to others.
“I love food, anything with my friends. Quality time is my love language, so doing anything with my friends, even if it’s something I don’t like, as long as I’m doing it with them it’s like, ‘Okay, well at least we’re gonna not like it together, you know?’” Osborne said. “But I love to bake, and that’s my number one thing to do when I’m not playing basketball. And even if it’s just by myself, and I’ll just bring all the treats to my friends, my family, my teammates. They love it, and I love seeing the reaction on their faces, when I’m bringing cupcakes and everyone’s so excited. So, that’s kind of a little self-care thing that I do when I’m trying to step away from basketball. It’s always so fun because then I can always bring it back to someone. I still like being able to give to someone else after I did that for myself.”
On Monday night, Osborne will learn where her basketball career will continue, and will get packed up and moved out to (likely) a new city to begin her WNBA journey. With her, she’ll bring the lessons from five years at UCLA that have helped her grow on and off the court. Those will be vital in dealing with the challenges of being a WNBA rookie, because you need to have that self-confidence and assurance in yourself, both as a player and person, to thrive in that competitive environment.
Osborne is ready to embrace that challenge, and she figures to endear herself to her new teammates and coaches the same way she did at UCLA: by doing whatever is needed for the team offensively, providing constant effort defensively, and, as a little bonus, bringing the occasional plate of brookies for the locker room.
Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s brewing battle is certainly the main event in hip-hop at the moment, but aside from the kerfuffle that’s come from their diss tracks, it hasn’t been all that eventful. If you’re looking for entertainment, look no further than the side beef between Drake and Rick Ross. Things between the friends-turned-enemies reached its peak point when Drake dissed Ross on “Push Up (Drop & Give Me 50),” his response to Kendrick and others. Ross quickly responded with “Champagne Moments” just hours later, but the Florida native had plenty more to say to Drake after he released his response.
Hours after he jumped on social media to call Drake “BBL Drizzy” and OVO Sound “Pastrami Posse,” Ross continued his trolling on Instagram while at a party in Miami. Despite their beef, Ross seemed to enjoy when Drake’s records were played during the party. Nothing seemed to put a bigger smile on his face than when Drake’s verse on Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode” played and Ross used that moment to make a big reveal about the song. “Who wrote this?” Rick Ross said into the camera. “Guess who wrote this. You would never guess who wrote this.”
Ross did not reveal the alleged writer behind the song, but it’s not the first time Drake has dealt with ghostwriter claims over the past couple of weeks. Fans were reminded of Future’s songwriter contributions to Drake’s “Feel No Ways” after Future and Metro Boomin put “This Sunday,” the alleged reference track for “Feel No Ways,” on their latest album We Still Don’t Trust You. More recently, Lil Yachty’s reference track for “Jumbotron Sh*t Poppin” off Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss album leaked on Twitter.
You can watch Ross make claims about “Sicko Mode” in the video above.
Owning a home was once the ultimate litmus test for achieving the American Dream. A status symbol and an asset for one’s financial portfolio, homeownership was a sort of life measurement, a milestone you were expected to reach by a certain age on par with marriage, kids, and a sizable 401K investment. But, the reality is that buying a home post-pandemic has become a nightmare. Rising inflation rates, high closing costs, low inventory, and the return of student loan repayments on top of mounting personal debt mean that millennials and Gen Z’ers face a metaphorical minefield in their pursuit of stable housing. According to research from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the average income a person needs to afford a starter home rose to $107,000 in 2023. And, while a Bankrate survey showed that nearly two-thirds of millennials want to buy a home, the market is currently experiencing a housing shortage that’s fueling the kind of bidding wars younger generations just can’t afford to win.
In other words, it’s not the avocado toast, it’s an economic moment that is crushing wannabe buyers and it isn’t getting better anytime soon. Still, the want persists. And while we’re not here to question that (who isn’t longing for a more stable housing payment with these crazy rent prices?), we do want to pose a few questions worth considering before you head into this most unfriendly of markets.
Why Do I Want To Buy A House?
This is a fairly obvious starting point, but considering the motivations behind your home-buying choice can be a good indicator of whether or not you’re ready to enter the market. If societal expectations are the only thing fueling your desire to sign on the dotted line, weathering the purchasing process might be tough. Are you looking to own simply because it’s the next rung on the traditional ladder to success? Did your parents own a home at your age and you’re subconsciously measuring your life achievements by their timetable? Does homeownership signify the kind of wealth and status you’re hoping to achieve? Chances are, if you’re only inspired by external motivators, the act of buying is going to end up feeling hollow. According to a 2019 survey, 63% of millennials who purchased their first home regretted the decision. And that was before the market chaos of the last 4 years.
It’s natural to experience some level of buyer’s remorse when making such a big financial decision, but you might be able to minimize those feelings by making an emotional investment in the homeownership process. Maybe you want more space for your growing family. Maybe you’re hoping for a lifestyle change, opting to get out of the city and enjoy the suburban slowdown. Maybe the equity attached to homeownership is a key tenant of how you hope to create generational wealth. Personally, I’d love to be able to customize my home – making changes to the flooring, the wall color, and the layout that represent my aesthetic, not my landlord’s. Buying a home can be a rewarding act of independence, a way of funding your future self’s dreams and life goals. Make sure you’re doing it for reasons that make sense to you.
Is Now Really The Right Time?
Unfortunately, we can’t predict the future, but taking stock of where you are and where you might be in the next 6 months to a year will help you calculate if buying now is the right move. Do you feel stable in your job or is your industry’s market in flux? Could you see yourself wanting to move closer to home, or closer to friends out-of-state? Would you want to travel more or would you be okay with spending more of your paycheck on staying put? Measuring how a home will fit in with those not-far-off goals can help you decide if you should buy in the present or push things off to a future date. If it’s the latter, remember, you’re not saying “never,” you’re just saying “not right now.”
Can I Afford This?
Unless you have the rare privilege of not having to worry about money – where it’s coming from and if you’ll have enough – the financial “what ifs” of homebuying should be top of mind. Deciding whether you can afford a house goes beyond the basics of how large of a loan you’re approved for. Can you make those monthly payments on your current income even if your credit history is guaranteeing you more? Have you factored in interest rates, the different types of homeowner’s insurance you’ll likely need, the HOA fees (and rules) if you live in a gated community (or one of the increasing areas open to those unique micro government-like ruling orgs), and the property taxes?
Then, there are the “hidden fees” of buying. Closing costs, i.e. everything you pay for beyond the downpayment (and don’t forget how much the down payment influences your monthly), can often cause first-time buyers to panic once the sale is made. You’re supposed to budget for them from the beginning, but it can be hard to keep track of appraisal fees, attorney fees, and escrow funds during the buying process. Sometimes you can negotiate those costs — another fact new homebuyers aren’t always aware of — but you’ll still likely be paying thousands of additional dollars when all is said and done. And once you’ve moved in, there are more financial drains waiting. Without the on-call maintenance help most renters enjoy, you’ll be tasked with minor and major fixes – either paying for them or attempting them yourself. When those eventual repairs are added to monthly utilities, landscaping costs, appliance upgrades, and needed renovations – especially if you buy a fixer-upper – the total price you’re paying for your home can increase fairly quickly. Make sure you’re keeping track of your bottom line so you’re not scrambling to afford that dream home or adding more crushing debt.
Have I Done All My Research?
Say you’re up to speed on the financials of homebuying, does that mean your days of sourcing information are over? Sadly no. The market is constantly shifting and staying informed on everything from rising mortgage rates to the effects of gentrification and which school districts outpace the others are all topics you need to become well-versed in. According to an Open Door survey, 35% of first-time homebuyers wish they did more research before purchasing their property while 32% listed the toughest challenge of homebuying as a lack of real estate market knowledge.
The fact is, you’ll likely spend dozens of hours touring a shocking amount of homes before you land on “the one,” but any prep you can do before getting boots to the ground will give you peace of mind and make the process less of a time expense. Some key things you can research ahead of time include historical data on the neighborhood/city you’re looking at moving to, home buying trends for that market, property prices in the area (are they rising, falling, or staying stagnant), and comps (or homes similar to the one you’re interested in).
What Are My Must-Haves And Deal-Breakers?
Not every element of homebuying needs to be stressful so when you’re writing down your wish list, think big. An open-concept layout, a backyard pool, a double-island kitchen, heated tile floors – think of everything you could possibly want in your forever home. Give yourself permission to enjoy the act of pursuing this American Dream. Then, once you’ve indulged in some of those affluent fantasies, start ticking off what really matters to you (and what you can actually afford) – lots of natural light, central heating/air, a wraparound porch – and what you can live without. Sure, a steam shower or a double-range oven would be nice, but could you see yourself living your best life in a home you own that doesn’t have those things?
Conversely, making a wish list will help you to identify your personal deal-breakers when it comes to house hunting. Would living on a busy street or too close to a main highway be a turn-off? Is two stories just too much space? Are carpeted floors a nonstarter? You may not be able to afford every luxury, but if you and the market aren’t simpatico in this moment with regard to your must-haves, maybe the time isn’t right. Is it better to wait than to settle? The key home buying question for these times.
Thanks to standout performances in Justified, The Righteous Gemstones, and now Fallout, where he chews the scenery as 200-year-old bounty hunter The Ghoul, Walton Goggins has become the go-to actor for any project looking to add impeccable charm and/or a side of menace.
However, like most actors of his generation, Goggins didn’t instantly became a star. He had to work his way through bit roles that he financed with side jobs that he admits to working longer than he had to because that’s just how he was raised.
“You know, I’m a poor kid from Georgia,” Goggins told Business Insider. “I come from very humble beginnings and I’ve never been afraid of work in my life. I moved to Los Angeles when I was 19 years old. I had $300 in my pocket.”
According to Goggins, he started working at a health club on his very first morning in L.A., and he never stopped hustling since.
“I did that until I decided I was going to start my own business, and I started a valet parking company. I had that for a couple of years. I sold cowboy boots. I became a personal trainer. But along with all of that I was very fortunate to start working as an actor straight away. But I’m conservative, fiscally speaking, so I continued to keep working side jobs and structured my life in a way that I had a job that allowed me to walk away whenever an opportunity to act came up.”
“I actually continued to have side jobs for five years past the point of needing those jobs,” Goggins continued. “I took all the money I was making from storytelling and just put that in the bank. I lived off what I was making on these side gigs. That’s how I structured my money.”
Once he booked a role in The Apostle alongside Robert Duvall, that’s when Goggins finally decided to live off just his acting work.
“I felt confident enough that I had enough cushion to really go for it,” he said.
Fallout season 1 is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
It’s hard to believe that nearly three years ago, Bob Odenkirk collapsed on the set of Better Call Saul, and this year, he’s campaigning himself as the next best action star. What can’t the man do? Win an Emmy, it seems.
Despite his lack of awards, Odenkirk has been doing pretty well for himself since the incident, which ended up being a lot scarier than fans had initially thought.
The Better Call Saul actor appeared on the Multiple Talking Women podcast and recalled his “funny medic story,” but it’s not a “haha funny” type of story, but more of a “scary funny” situation. Like Breaking Bad.
Odenkirk recalled the incident where his heart “pretty much stopped,” and he eventually “turned grey and stopped breathing.” Luckily, a medic was around, but unluckily it was his first day on the job. Odenkirk said, “It was his first day, and he said, ‘Oh no,’” which is not the phrase you want to hear when you are fading in and out of consciousness.
The actor did recover and eventually made peace with the medic. “Weeks later when I came back, he said, ‘I’m so sorry it was my first day, I have been a firefighter,’ — he was retired — ‘I’ve never done CPR. l have only ever seen other people do it,’” Odenkirk said. He would have been in good hands if he spontaneously burst into flames, but he didn’t.
This is your sign to take a CPR course at your local Red Cross. You never know if Bob Odenkirk will need your assistance.
Yesterday (April 14), CBS aired Billy Joel: The 100th — Live At Madison Square Garden… or rather, they aired most of the concert special.
As Consequence notes, CBS’ coverage of the 2024 Masters Tournament ended up running long, so the recording of the Joel concert started airing 30 minutes behind schedule. Late in the performance, as Joel was belting out his signature song “Piano Man,” the broadcast unexpectedly ended and cut to local news. As Awful Announcing notes, this affected viewers in the Eastern and Central time zones.
Viewers throughout the Eastern and Central Time Zones had the broadcast of the Billy Joel concert cut off, mid-Piano Man.
As one X (formerly Twitter) user, a former CBS employee, noted, “CBS has been promoting the Billy Joel concert special every two minutes for WEEKS. So what better way to air it than to preempt it for a half hour and the cut him off MID-PIANO MAN? C’mon guys.” She noted in another tweet, “There were two logical choices they could’ve made: reschedule or scrap Tracker, or air the entire primetime schedule and preempt local news as needed. I’ve worked in TV for many years. The 11pm newscast has been pushed for lesser reasons.”
CBS has been promoting the Billy Joel concert special every two minutes for WEEKS. So what better way to air it than to preempt it for a half hour and the cut him off MID-PIANO MAN? C’mon guys.
I live on the East Coast; it wasn’t fine. There were two logical choices they could’ve made: reschedule or scrap Tracker, or air the entire primetime schedule and preempt local news as needed. I’ve worked in TV for many years. The 11pm newscast has been pushed for lesser reasons.
Another more angry user noted, “Dear @CBS, F*ck off. #BillyJoel #MSG #100 concert not only starts a half hour late, but then you cut off the last 3-4 minutes for local news to start at 1130? Are you serious. Absolutely pathetic decision making, on an event that’s been advertised for MONTHS, and you f*ck it up.”
Dear @CBS , Fuck off.#BillyJoel#MSG #100 concert not only starts a half hour late, but then you cut off the last 3-4 minutes for local news to start at 1130? Are you serious. Absolutely pathetic decision making, on an event that’s been advertised for MONTHS, and you fuck it up
Fortunately, there is a resolution in sight: Today, Joel took to social media to share an update from CBS. It reads, “A network programming timing error ended last night’s Billy Joel special approximately two minutes early in the Eastern and Central Time Zones. We apologize to Mr. Joel, his fans, our affiliated stations, and our audience whose viewing experience was interrupted during the last song. Due to the overwhelming demand from his legion of fans, BILLY JOEL: THE 100TH – LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN will be rebroadcast in its entirety on CBS on April 19th at 9:00PM ET/PT.”
The Jennifer’s Body actress attended Coachella where she was asked by E! News to give advice for single women this summer. “I don’t know if I’m the best person to give advice, because my advice is like just learn a skill or develop a hobby,” she said, “and do not waste your energy on boys.” She added, “All they’re going to do is drain you. Just move on. Invest in yourself.”
The comments come almost a month after Fox confirmed the end of her engagement to longtime partner Machine Gun Kelly. Kelly has since commented on Fox’s interview, surprisingly in support of his ex-fiancée’s advice for women. Fox shared the interview on her Instagram pairing it with the caption, “Life advice from a relationship expert”, prompting Kelly to comment, “PREACH.”
What an odd thing to say. Anyway, Kim Kardashian also responded to Fox’s advice, writing, “Not No.”
“No” is what Coachella allegedly told Machine Gun Kelly about attending the festival in 2012. “Never been to a Coachella,” he wrote on X over the weekend. “They banned me in 2012 for whatever reason. I was looking forward to finally going this year, but my daughter’s volleyball tournament ended up on the same days, so y’all will have to let me know how it is. She comes first.”
MGK didn’t help his cause by calling Coachella “a huge joke.”
Czech photographer Jan Langer‘s portrait series “Faces of Century” shows them in a different light: as human beings aged by years of experience, but at their deepest level, unchanged by the passing of time.
In the series, Langer juxtaposes his portraits with another portrait of the subject from decades earlier. He recreates the original pose and lighting as closely as he can — he wants us to see them not just as they are now, but how they have and haven’t changed over time. That is the key to the series.
These are the rare faces of people who have lived through two world wars, a cavalcade of regimes, and the rush of advancements in modern life. These photos, and the stories of the lives lived by the people in them, show not only the beauty of aging, but how even as we age, we still remain essentially ourselves.
Vejdělek is a former metallurgical engineer who will never forget the taste of warm fresh goat’s milk.
2. Bedřiška Köhlerová, at age 26 and 103
Originally born in Merano, Italy, Köhlerová wishes to visit Italy one more time.
3. Ludvík Chybík, at age 20 and 102
Chybík is a former postal carrier and says he will never forget the route he worked every day.
4. Vincenc Jetelina, at age 30 and 105
Jetelina spent eight years in prison after World War II. Now, he just wants to live the rest of his life in peace.
5. Marie Fejfarová, at age 101
Fejfarová burned all her material memories, including old photographs, when she decided to move to a long-term care facility. She lived a dramatic life, hiding from the Nazis and then the Russians, but eventually she was able to travel the world with her husband. Her experiences show there’s no such thing as too late in life to start a new chapter.
6. Antonín Kovář, at age 25 and 102
Kovář is a former musician whose daughter comes to visit him every day. He wishes to play the clarinet once more.
7. Anna Vašinová, at age 22 and 102
Vašinová will always remember the day her husband was taken away by the Nazis. She wishes to be reunited with him after death.
8. Stanislav Spáčil, at age 17 and 102
Spáčil was an electrical engineer throughout his life and thinks that it’s too early in his life to think about the past.
9. Anna Pochobradská, at age 30 and 100
Pochobradská was a farmer. She now lives a quiet life and is thankful that her daughter visits her every weekend.
10. Antonín Baldrman, at age 17 and 101
Baldrman was a clerk early in life and keeps up with current events by reading the newspaper.
11. Marie Burešová, at age 23 and 101
Burešová loves talking to her family and wishes to have them all together again.
12. Vlasta Čížková, at age 23 and 101
Čížková cooked in the dining room at the airport in the small village of Vodochody. She’ll never forget reciting her own poetry at wedding ceremonies.
13. Ludmila Vysloužilová, at age 23 and 101
Vysloužilová stays active every day by chopping wood, shoveling snow, and doing work around her house.
The photographer Langer was initially inspired to document the lives of elderly people because of what he saw as the media’s lack of coverage of them. He decided to focus on people over the age of 100 — a very rare demographic indeed. The 2010 U.S. Census reported only 53,364 centenarians, which is only 0.19% of the population of people 70 years or older.
“One should live every single moment according to their best knowledge and conscience because one day we will see clearly what has a real value,” Langer says of what he learned from his subjects while photographing them.
The series was originally part of a story that Langer did for the Czech news outlet aktuálně.cz. You can see more photos from the portrait sessions by following the link.
This article originally appeared on 12.08.17.
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Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
