With news just in that Bobbi Kristina Brown(the daughter of late singer Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown) has died, and seeing a touching video of Bobbi Kristina with her mother Whitney Houston on social media, Josie's Juice has uncovered some old clips of the mother and daughter. Yes, they are as heartbreaking as you expect:
And here, Bobbi Kristina singing her mother's song solo:
And a heartbreaking clip, with Oprah Winfrey and Bobbi Kristina:
Rest in peace, Bobbi Kristina. At age 22, gone too soon.
Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of late music legend Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown, died on July 26, surrounded by her family, at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, Georgia. She was 22.
"She is finally at peace in the arms of God," the Houston family said in statement to ET. "We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during these last few months."
Girl of the moment Amy Schumer, in town last week with Bill Hader to promote their movie 'Trainwreck', were interviewed by those funny Australian pranksters 'Bondi Hipsters'. I will just leave this here...
Last night, Sydney based wine importer The Wog With The Grog (headed up by Robert Dessanti) hosted a fantastic, successful fundraising dinner, with guest of honour Nonna Paola front and centre, and with money raised going to Alzheimer's Australia VIC, Nonna Paola's charity of choice. Held at Veneto Club, at Bulleen, it was a night of fun and serious stuff, too. Greg and Josie's Juice have kept in constant touch with Josie's Juice since he burst onto the internet in January this year, and we've met up each time he and Nonna P have come to town. Robert was introduced to Nonna earlier this year too, and a few months ago she famously coined the term in one of her viral videos, "The Wog With The Frog." As is Nonna P's trademark, even her unintentional slip ups are hilarious. See that viral video below. There are so, SO many photos and fun stories to post from the wonderful night, but (at time of first posting this) we were heading out to the second Nonna Paola event. Here is a selection of the best. Italio-Australian actor and super-pro (and very funny) James Liotta emceed (follow him here), and new-on-the-scene, very funny duo Sooshi Mango took some fun clips which really made the night a fun one (follow them here), and silent auctions happened, all in front of a very funny, generous, loud and giving crowd of Melbourne-ites who had one thing in common: they love Nonna Paola. And many in the room had their own stories and experiences with dementia. Some of them shared their stories and it was so, so moving to be around, and see in real life how the disease affects us, and whole families. A huge, HUGE thank you to our sponsors: Unforgotten Aboriginal Arts (personalised artworks, limited edition and signed) Jet Flight Simulator, Melbourne (two vouchers) Kaye Bottega jewellery (two sets of beautiful jewellery) Coffico (coffee, tea, cafetiera hamper) Pantalica (vouchers for their yummy cheeses) Flawless by Maryanne (fab makeup vouchers) Villa By The Beach, Fraser Island (beach accommodation voucher) Park Lane jewellery (exclusive jewellery, as worn by Nonna Paola!) Sofitel, Melbourne on Collins (high tea for four) Dynamic Jessica (kids' party gift vouchers)
Here is how the night kicked off, with the Sooshi Mango guys:
Nonna P loves a selfie, she really does! It's our 'thing' now, see...
We did it all for Alzheimer's Australia VIC
The beautiful Kaye Bottega jewellery
Ah, the boys. So much fun was had.
Greg and Josie, so much planning, so much fun.
And some lovely guests:
Nonna Paola - an absolute natural on the microphone. Some of the chats were about her real life experiences with dementia, losing her beloved best friend of over 45 years to the disease, and still volunteering at nursing homes after a whopping 17 years (hence the serious faces in some of these shots):
Nonna Paola and James Liotta and Greg:
The stunning, personalised artwork made by Monique from Unforgotten Aboriginal Arts, which Mon created by asking what Nonna Paola's fave colours are (blues!) and naming it the 'Nonna Paola'. She then signed the back to authenticate it, and had Nonna Paola sign it also, a first for the artist! Such gorgeous artwork, created just for the event, as the cause means so much to Monique.
Tas, a guest on the night, who was the coolest chick around.
The delicious FOOD!
One of the beautiful guests was happy to show Josie's Juice her tattoo, in memory of her beloved husband Remo. She even showed Nonna P!
Our lovely guests enjoyed lucky door prizes
Who do you think they were 'papping'? Nonna P, of course! Such genuine love for her:
The love between Greg and son Mitchell is lovely to see:
NO TATTOO! One of our guests, Tas, showed Nonna Paola her tattoo. Her face says it all...
And, you can still donate direct to the cause. Go right here. The very funny 'The Wog With The Frog' viral video:
Stay tuned for a new post, on night two of the Nonna Paola fundraising dinners for Alzheimer's Australia, also hosted by The Wog With The Grog.
Touted as an 'incredibly awkward interview', this just in from Melbourne's KIIS 101.1 radio - the interview with visiting comedian/actress Amy Schumer, with the Matt Tilley and Jane Hall from KIIS. Watch:
And then, the far less awks, but very lovely and calm chat with co-star Bill Hader (I maaaay just have a mini crush on him, dating back from his SNL days):
