She hit the jackpot. Brenda Gomez Hernandez had the best day of her life on Nov. 9 when she gave birth to her first baby girl — and won $100,000 in the lottery. “I feel like she brought me my luck, I’m so thankful,” she told North Carolina Education Lottery officials, per Jam Press. The … Read more
For beloved NY1 anchor Ruschell Boone, the last 12 months have been filled with tremendous grief. In November 2021, she lost her mother to COVID-19. This past April, her stepsister succumbed to multiple myeloma. But career-wise, she was “firing on all cylinders.” The married mother of two was given her own show, “News All Day,” … Read more
A nun who won Italy’s version of “The Voice” has once again shocked fans — announcing her decision to abandon her religious lifestyle to move to Spain and become a waitress. Cristina Scuccia, 34, also known as Sister Cristina, stunned the judges during her blind audition for the reality show in 2014 with a cover … Read more
Marlanna Evans grew up in a small North Carolina town with a population of about 2,000 people. “Everybody knows everybody,” she told me on “Renaissance Man” of Snow Hill, North Carolina. “Two-parent home. I was one of five kids, a whole bunch of cousins running around barefooted, you know, going in the woods and fishing. … Read more