Anthony Carbajal, 2014-08-21 - aplus.com, ALS 'Ice Bucket Challenge' Haters -- You Might Want To Watch This

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ALS 'Ice Bucket Challenge' Haters -- You Might Want To Watch This

Mandy Velez

Posted August 21, 2014 10:01 EST

Anthony Carbajal has ALS, and he wants you to know that the Ice Bucket Challenge is making a difference.

For most, the ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) challenge may mean just a bucket of ice water or scrolling through the videos on Facebook, but for 26-year-old Anthony Carbajal, the challenge means so much more.

He posted a video of himself, above, hilariously clad in tight spanks as part of his very own ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. But the rest of the video, where he explains his story and addresses the "haters" of the challenge -- those that say the viral awareness campaign doesn't actually help -- sparked his call to arms to go viral.

"ALS is so, so f*cking scary," he says earnestly into the camera, eyes blood shot from taking a few moments to cry. "That's probably why nobody talks about it. No one wants to see a depressing person that's dying."

ALS runs in the wedding photographer's family -- his mother has the disease and his grandmother passed away from it. The disease, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, slowly breaks down the motor neurons that send signals to the spine and brain. When all the motor neurons are broken down, the ultimate result is death. On January 27, Anthony's nightmare became a reality: Doctors diagnosed him with ALS.

"Eventually I won't be able to walk, talk or breathe on my own" he says. But that's just one of the many hardships Anthony has had to face. The video shows him caring for his bed-ridden mother.

According to his YouCaring crowd-funding page, he also had to stop working and is already experiencing lack of muscle control. His message has spread, because so far, the page has raised over $100,000 -- a little over half of his goal.

And despite arguments against the challenge, he's grateful for the support.

"You have no idea how every single challenge lifts my fears, lifts every single ALS patients' fears" he says in the video. "You are making a difference."

For more information about ALS or to donate to the cause, please visit ALSA.org.

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ALS Association, What is ALS?

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What is ALS?

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed.

A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language. "A" means no or negative. "Myo" refers to muscle, and "Trophic" means nourishment–"No muscle nourishment." When a muscle has no nourishment, it "atrophies" or wastes away. "Lateral" identifies the areas in a person's spinal cord where portions of the nerve cells that signal and control the muscles are located. As this area degenerates it leads to scarring or hardening ("sclerosis") in the region.

As motor neurons degenerate, they can no longer send impulses to the muscle fibers that normally result in muscle movement. Early symptoms of ALS often include increasing muscle weakness, especially involving the arms and legs, speech, swallowing or breathing. When muscles no longer receive the messages from the motor neurons that they require to function, the muscles begin to atrophy (become smaller). Limbs begin to look "thinner" as muscle tissue atrophies.

What Types of Nerves Make Your Body Work Properly?

(from Living with ALS, Manual 1: What's It All About?)

The body has many kinds of nerves. There are those involved in the process of thinking, memory, and of detecting sensations (such as hot/cold, sharp/dull), and others for vision, hearing, and other bodily functions. The nerves that are affected when you have ALS are the motor neurons that provide voluntary movements and muscle power. Examples of voluntary movements are your making the effort to reach for the phone or step off a curb; these actions are controlled by the muscles in the arms and legs.

The heart and the digestive system are also made of muscle but a different kind, and their movements are not under voluntary control. When your heart beats or a meal is digested, it all happens automatically. Therefore, the heart and digestive system are not involved in ALS. Breathing also may seem to be involuntary. Remember, though, while you cannot stop your heart, you can hold your breath - so be aware that ALS may eventually have an impact on breathing.

Although the cause of ALS is not completely understood, the recent years have brought a wealth of new scientific understanding regarding the physiology of this disease.

While there is not a cure or treatment today that halts or reverses ALS, there is one FDA approved drug, riluzole, that modestly slows the progression of ALS as well as several other drugs in clinical trials that hold promise.

Importantly, there are significant devices and therapies that can manage the symptoms of ALS that help people maintain as much independence as possible and prolong survival. It is important to remember that ALS is a quite variable disease; no two people will have the same journey or experiences.  There are medically documented cases of people in whom ALS ‘burns out,’ stops progressing or progresses at a very slow rate. No matter what your individual course or situation may be, The ALS Association and your medical team are here to help.

To learn more about the personal stories of people who are living fully, click here. As one man put it, “I’ve made ALS part of my life, not my whole life.”

Robin Williams, 2014-08-14 - CNN, Robin Williams was in early stages of Parkinson's disease, wife reveals

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Robin Williams was in early stages of Parkinson's disease, wife reveals

By Alan Duke, CNN
August 14, 2014 -- Updated 2302 GMT (0702 HKT)

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(CNN) -- Robin Williams was sober but was struggling with depression, anxiety and the early stages of Parkinson's disease when he died, his widow said Thursday.

The diagnosis of the progressive illness was "an additional fear and burden in his life," a person familiar with Williams' family told CNN on Thursday.

Williams was found dead in his Northern California home Monday from what investigators suspect was a suicide by hanging.

While fans and friends have looked for answers to why the 63-year-old comedy icon would take his own life, his wife, Susan Schneider, issued a written statement about Williams' health that he had kept a secret.

"Since his passing, all of us who loved Robin have found some solace in the tremendous outpouring of affection and admiration for him from the millions of people whose lives he touched," Schneider said. "His greatest legacy, besides his three children, is the joy and happiness he offered to others, particularly to those fighting personal battles.

"Robin's sobriety was intact and he was brave as he struggled with his own battles of depression, anxiety as well as early stages of Parkinson's disease, which he was not yet ready to share publicly.

"It is our hope in the wake of Robin's tragic passing, that others will find the strength to seek the care and support they need to treat whatever battles they are facing so they may feel less afraid."

Williams had been active as an actor in the last year of his life, performing in a CBS sitcom that was canceled this year and acting in four films that have yet to hit theaters.

It is not clear whether the early-stage Parkinson's disease affected his ability to work.

"Friends and family can usually detect changes in the Parkinson's patient including poor posture, loss of balance, and abnormal facial expressions," according to the National Parkinson Foundation. "During this initial phase of the disease, a patient usually experiences mild symptoms. These symptoms may inconvenience the day-to-day tasks the patient would otherwise complete with ease. Typically these symptoms will include the presence of tremors or experiencing shaking in one of the limbs."

Parkinson's disease "causes certain brain cells to die," according to the website of the National Institutes of Health. It is more likely to affect men than women and most often develops after age 50.

Williams used exercise and cycling to manage his stress and depression, and the prospect that the illness would prevent him from doing that was extremely upsetting, adding to the depression, the person familiar with his family said.

Fellow actor Michael J. Fox, who has Parkinson's and established the Michael J. Fox Foundation, said Thursday that he was unaware of his friend's condition.

"Stunned to learn Robin had PD. Pretty sure his support for our Fdn predated his diagnosis. A true friend; I wish him peace," Fox tweeted.

Investigators believe Williams used a belt to hang himself from a bedroom door sometime between late Sunday and when his personal assistant found him just before noon Monday, according to Marin County Assistant Deputy Chief Coroner Lt. Keith Boyd.

Boyd would not confirm or deny whether Williams left behind a letter, saying that investigators would discuss "the note or a note" later.

The coroner's investigation "revealed he had been seeking treatment for depression," Boyd said.

He spent time in a treatment facility in July, a time when his wife and representative have said he was battling depression.

Media reports at the time speculated that Williams had resumed drinking alcohol, but the statement from his wife appears to dispute those reports.

Williams entered rehab because of drug and alcohol addiction at least twice previously.

"Robin spent so much of his life helping others," his wife said. Whether he was entertaining millions on stage, film or television, our troops on the front lines, or comforting a sick child -- Robin wanted us to laugh and to feel less afraid."

Robin Williams, 2014-08-14 - CNN, Robin Williams: Full of talent, full of demons, full of heart

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Robin Williams: Full of talent, full of demons, full of heart

By Greg Botelho, CNN
August 14, 2014 -- Updated 1633 GMT (0033 HKT)

(CNN) -- Of all the things to say about Robin Williams, the truest may be this: He made people smile.

They might be those who packed comedy cubs for his frenetic, improvisational, hilarious routines. Or those who fell in love with him as the lovable alien Mork and stayed in love through fun films such as "Aladdin" and serious ones such as "Good Will Hunting." Or those who had the pleasure of knowing him as a man -- a kind, decent, generous soul who made others' lives better.

Throughout his 63 years, Williams rarely failed to impress others with his charisma, his talent, his heart. All the while, he fought his personal demons -- including substance abuse that led to at least two rehab stints, the most recent coming last summer.

Ultimately, those struggles led to his end. According to police, Williams apparently hanged himself with a belt this week in a bedroom of his Marin County, California, home. Someone who'd given so much to so many over the years, in ways big and small, decided to take his own life after struggling with depression.

Officials: Williams apparently hanged himself

Still, while Williams never denied his struggles, he was never defined by them either. Just ask those who rubbed elbows with him, whether they were big-time comedians or fathers he could give joy to their ailing children.

Invariably, they had a story that involved him laughing, telling stories and making people feel good.

"His impact on the world was so positive," tweeted comedian and occasional co-star Ben Stiller. "He did so much good for people. He made and so many people laugh so hard for a very long time."

'A comedy force of nature'

The son of a model and an auto company executive, Robin Williams was born in Chicago on July 21, 1951, yet spent most of his childhood in and around Detroit.

Chubby and sometimes bullied, Williams laid low growing up -- the latter being expected in his family, Williams told People in a 2009 interview, even if it's opposite of the bigger-than-life persona he'd cultivate through his career.

"The ideal child was seen, not heard," he said then.

In an interview with the Detroit Free-Press, Williams characterized himself as "the opposite of a class clown" while at Detroit Country Day, a private boys school. He worked hard, played soccer and wrestled and "just went out of my way to fit in."

"I loved school, maybe too much really. I was summa cum laude in high school," he told the Free-Press. "I was driven that way."

As a teen, Williams moved to Northern California's Marin County -- attending high school and college there before enrolling at New York's prestigious Juilliard School for performing arts. He'd later return to the Bay Area, handing out Halloween candy and boosting local causes.

The once shy boy also found his place and his voice on stage at comedy clubs. Even after making a name for himself in Hollywood, he kept coming back to do stand-up at establishments such as Cobb's, Catch a Rising Star, the Improv and The Comedy Store because, as he told People: "It was my only release."

"To see Robin perform was an experience," fellow comedian Gilbert Gottfried recalled in a piece on CNN.com. "He was more than a comedian. He was a comedy force of nature."

Mork from Ork

The comedy clubs may have been where Robin Williams felt at home. But he made it into millions of Americans' homes in his role as Mork from Ork.

Just as there's never been anyone else like Williams, there's been no other character like Mork -- an alien who took an egg-shaped spaceship to Earth and, thanks to Williams, ended up stealing many Earthlings' hearts.

The character debuted on the sit-com "Happy Days," whose star Henry Winkler "realized I was in the presence of greatness" during Williams' first rehearsal. From the start, his delivery, myriad faces and improvisational talents made him hard to resist.

"I just realized my only job is to keep a straight face," said Winkler, who played "The Fonz." "And it was impossible. Because no matter what you said to him, no matter what line you gave to him, he took it in, processed it, and then it flew out of his mouth, never the same way twice. And it was incredibly funny every time."

The "Happy Days" appearance was such a hit that CBS created "Mork and Mindy," pairing him with his human roommate played by Pam Dawber and fellow alien (and real-life idol) Jonathan Winters.

The show's run ended four years later in 1982, during which time Williams also starred as the titular character in the movie, "Popeye."

Williams didn't rest on his laurels. In fact, the beloved comedian turned his career on its heels by turning to dramas, starting with "The World According to Garp."

Instead of tickling people's funny bones, he tugged at their heartstrings. And as he had done at comedy clubs, Williams excelled in roles in films such as "Good Morning, Vietnam" and "Dead Poets Society."

Seesawing between comedy and drama

Williams went back and forth over the decades to come, from family-friendly fare such as "Mrs. Doubtfire" and as the voice of the genie in "Aladdin" to more adult-themed movies such as "The Birdcage" and "The Fisher King."

What turned out to be biggest role yet was actually a small film led by two then unknown actors, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, in "Good Will Hunting." Playing sage psychologist and community college Professor Sean Maguire, Williams won the Oscar -- after losing out three other times-- for supporting actor.

As he stepped on stage to accept the award, he said, "This might be the one time I'm speechless" -- before launching an emotional, humble, joke-laden speech thanking all those involved in the film and his life.

"And most of all, I want to thank my father, up there. the man who, when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, 'Wonderful, just have a back-up profession like welding.' "

As the years rolled by, Williams didn't slow down.

He seesawed in his roles -- from dark pieces such as "One Hour Photo" and "Death to Smoochy," to the lighter likes of "Happy Feet" and the "Night at the Museum" movies. He even went back to TV on the short-lived CBS comedy, "The Crazy Ones."

The admitted workaholic at one point turned out eight movies over a two-year period. He told The Guardian in 2010 that he'd "take it slow ... and enjoy the ride" after his 2009 heart surgery, though that doesn't seem the case: Four more films -- "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb," "Merry Friggin' Christmas," "Boulevard" and "Absolutely Anything" -- are expected to be released posthumously.

"You have this idea that you'd better keep working, otherwise people will forget," he said.

A funny man and humanitarian

Yet, as hard as he worked, Williams was never just about his work.

For all the admiration of his talents, other actors remembering Williams tended to talk first about his huge heart, as the type of person who made you feel special, made you feel loved and made you laugh.

And then there is his considerable charity work: Look to the Stars, a website that compiles the charitable work of celebrities, notes that Williams offered his time, money and celebrity to over 50 causes.

That humanitarian work ranges from hosting Comic Relief, biking in a fundraiser for good friend Lance Armstrong's cancer support charity Livestrong, to appearing pro bono in TV spots and then some for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The United Service Organization, or USO, hailed Williams for his 12 years performing for nearly 90 military personnel in 13 countries.

He connected many more times one-on-one. That might mean boosting the confidence of an up-and-coming comedian, bringing the first smile to former Juillard roommate and close friend Christopher Reeve after he was paralyzed or reaching out personally to young people suffering from serious illnesses.

"I couldn't believe it," CNN iReporter Mark Cole said about Williams' chartering a plane, at his own expense, to visit and trade jokes with his ailing daughter in 2004. "I felt very privileged that he came to spend the day with her like that. It was the most moving thing I've ever seen in my life."

Survived by wife and three children

Yet as his death showed, Williams wasn't always upbeat.

He made no secret about his battles with substance abuse, even as he joked that "cocaine is God's way of telling you that you too much money." His fight didn't get easier as he got older; if anything, it got harder.

"When you relapse, you fall deeper," Williams told People in 2009. "I found myself drinking to blackouts. It's like your brain goes into witness protection."

Beyond that, his media representative Mara Buxbaum noted that Williams "has been battling severe depression of late."

His personal life wasn't always smooth either. He had a son, Zak, with his first wife, Valerie Velardi. Williams then spent 19 years with wife Marsha -- a union that led to two more children, Zelda and Cody, before ending in divorce in 2008.

In October 2011, he wed graphic designer Susan Schneider in Napa Valley, California.

On her Twitter feed, his daughter Zelda remembered her dad with a quote from Antoine De Saint-Exupery's "The Little Prince."

"In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night ... You -- only you -- will have stars that can laugh."

Zelda added, "I love you. I miss you. I'll try to keep looking up."

Madonna, 2014-08-12 - Slate, All 16 of the Icons Name-Dropped in Madonna’s “Vogue” Are Now Gone

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All 16 of the Icons Name-Dropped in Madonna’s “Vogue” Are Now Gone

By Miriam Krule

Aug. 12 2014 10:30 PM

An odd bit of trivia about the passing of Lauren Bacall on Tuesday: As Marci Robin pointed out on Twitter, all 16 of the 20th-century stars immortalized in Madonna's “Vogue” are now dead. The famous black-and-white music video, directed by David Fincher, is an homage to the golden age of Hollywood.



The song came out in March of 1990; Greta Garbo died just a month later. (James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, and others had already gone, of course.) Bacall, 24 years on, was the final one.

Greta Garbo (April 15, 1990)
Marilyn Monroe (Aug. 5, 1962)
Marlene Dietrich (May 6, 1992)
Joe DiMaggio (March 8, 1999)
Marlon Brando (July 1, 2004)
James Dean (Sept. 30, 1955)
Grace Kelly (Sept. 14, 1982)
Jean Harlow (June 7, 1937)
Gene Kelly (Feb. 2, 1996)
Fred Astaire (June 2, 1987)
Ginger Rogers (April 25, 1995)
Rita Hayworth (May 14, 1987)
Lauren Bacall (Aug. 12, 2014)
Katharine Hepburn (June 29, 2003)
Lana Turner (June 29, 1995)
Bette Davis (Oct. 6, 1989)​

The song was a tribute, of course, to a certain kind of old-fashioned glamour. With Bacall gone, that flame has just about burned out.

Robin Williams, DEAD (1951-07-21, 2014-08-11)

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Love his kindness and his movies. He was always so funny and amazing in the movies and on TV.

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Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork & Mindy (1978–82), Williams went on to establish a successful career in both stand-up comedy and feature film acting. His film career included such acclaimed films as Popeye (1980), The World According to Garp (1982), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989), Awakenings (1990), The Fisher King (1991), and Good Will Hunting (1997), as well as financial successes such as Hook (1991), Aladdin (1992), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Jumanji (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Night at the Museum (2006), and Happy Feet (2006). He also appeared in the video "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin.

Williams was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times, and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Good Will Hunting. He also received two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and five Grammy Awards.

Williams suffered from depression throughout his life, and also struggled with drug and alcohol addiction. On August 11, 2014, he was found dead after committing suicide by hanging at his home in Paradise Cay, near Tiburon, California.

Early life and education

Robin McLaurin Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 21, 1951. His mother, Laurie McLaurin (c. 1923 – September 4, 2001), was a former model from Jackson, Mississippi, whose own great-grandfather was Mississippi senator and governor Anselm J. McLaurin. His father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams (September 10, 1906 – October 18, 1987), was a senior executive at Ford Motor Company in charge of the Midwest region. Williams had English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, German, and French ancestry. He was raised in the Episcopal Church (while his mother practiced Christian Science), and later authored the comedic list, "Top Ten Reasons to be an Episcopalian."

Williams attended elementary school in Lake Forest, Illinois and began middle school there. His young friends recall him as being very funny. When Williams's father was transferred to Detroit, the family moved from the Chicago area to a 40-room farm house in suburban Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he was a student at the Detroit Country Day School. He excelled in school and became president of the class. He was on the school's soccer team and wrestling team. In middle school, Williams was bullied and would seek out new routes home to avoid his tormentors. He told jokes to his mother to make her laugh and pay attention to him. Williams spent much of his time alone in the family's large home, playing with his 2,000 toy soldiers. "My only companions, my only friends as a child were my imagination," he said.

Williams's father was away much of the time and, when he was home, Williams found him "frightening". His mother worked too, leaving Williams to be attended to by the maids they employed. Williams claimed his upbringing left him with an acute fear of abandonment and a condition he described as "Love Me Syndrome."

When Williams was 16, his father took early retirement and the family moved to Woodacre, California, where he attended the public Redwood High School in nearby Larkspur. When he graduated in 1969, the senior class voted him both "Most Likely Not to Succeed" and "Funniest."

Williams studied political science at Claremont McKenna College (then called Claremont Men's College) in Claremont, California. Williams left Claremont and attained a full scholarship to the esteemed Juilliard School in New York City. In between Claremont and Juilliard, he returned to Marin County and studied theatre for three years at a community college, the College of Marin, where according to drama professor James Dunn, Williams's talent first became evident when he was cast as Fagin in Oliver!. He had two brothers: Robert Todd Williams (June 14, 1938 – August 14, 2007) and McLaurin Smith.

Williams described himself as a quiet child whose first imitation was of his grandmother to his mother. He did not overcome his shyness until he became involved with his high school drama department. In 1973, Williams was one of only 20 students accepted into the freshman class at Juilliard and one of only two students to be accepted by John Houseman into the Advanced Program at the school that year; the other was Christopher Reeve. William Hurt was another classmate. Williams left Juilliard during his junior year in 1976 at the suggestion of Houseman, who told him, "There's just nothing more we can teach you. So you should go out and work."

Personal life

Marriages and children

On June 4, 1978, Robin Williams married his first wife, Valerie Velardi. They met in 1976 when he worked as a bartender at a tavern in San Francisco. Their son Zachary Pym "Zak" Williams was born on April 11, 1983. During Williams's first marriage, he was involved in an extramarital relationship with Michelle Tish Carter, a cocktail waitress whom he met in 1984. Williams and Velardi divorced in 1988.

On April 30, 1989, he married Marsha Garces, a Filipino American and Zachary's nanny, who was several months pregnant with his child. They had two children, Zelda Rae Williams (born July 31, 1989) and Cody Alan Williams (born November 25, 1991). In March 2008, Garces filed for divorce from Williams, citing irreconcilable differences. Williams married his third wife, graphic designer Susan Schneider, on October 23, 2011, in St. Helena, California. Their residence was Williams's house in Sea Cliff, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California.

Of what gives him a sense of wonder, Williams stated, "My children give me a great sense of wonder. Just to see them develop into these extraordinary human beings."

Family and friends

While studying at Juilliard, Williams befriended Christopher Reeve. They had several classes together in which they were the only students, and they remained good friends for the rest of Reeve's life. Williams visited Reeve after the horse-riding accident that rendered him a quadriplegic, and cheered him up by pretending to be an eccentric Russian doctor (similar to his role in Nine Months). Williams claimed that he was there to perform a colonoscopy. Reeve stated that he laughed for the first time since the accident and knew that life was going to be okay.

On August 14, 2007, Williams's elder brother, Robert Todd Williams, died of complications from heart surgery performed a month earlier.

Other interests

Williams was a passionate supporter of his hometown's professional sports teams, the San Francisco 49ers and the San Francisco Giants.

He was a member of the Episcopal Church. He described his denomination in a comedy routine as "Catholic Lite—same rituals, half the guilt."

Williams was an avid enthusiast of video games and named two of his children after game characters. He named his daughter after Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda action-adventure game series. They both have been featured in an ad for the Nintendo 3DS remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. His son may have been named after Cody from the beat 'em up game Final Fight. He also enjoyed pen-and-paper role-playing games and online video games, playing Warcraft III, Day of Defeat, Half-Life, and the first-person shooter Battlefield 2 which he played as a sniper. He was also previously a fan of the Wizardry series of role-playing video games. In the wake of his passing, a petition was started by several players of World of Warcraft and eventually signed by over 11,000 players, requesting him to be memorialized in the game in some way. The day after the petition was announced, Blizzard Entertainment responded that they will indeed memorialize Robin Williams in the game with an NPC (non-player character) at the Worlds End Tavern in the in-game city of Shattrath, in which he will tell jokes and entertain players in the game.

On January 6, 2006, Williams performed live at the Consumer Electronics Show during Google's keynote. In the 2006 E3, on the invitation of Will Wright, he demonstrated the creature editor of Spore while simultaneously commenting on the creature's look: "This will actually make a platypus look good." He also complimented the game's versatility, comparing it to Populous and Black & White. Later that year, he was one of several celebrities to participate in the Worldwide Dungeons & Dragons Game Day.

Williams's favorite book was the Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asimov, the actor expressed enthusiasm at the idea of playing the character Hari Seldon in an adaptation. His favorite book growing up as a child was The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, which he later shared with his children, "I would read the whole C.S. Lewis series out loud to my kids. I was once reading to Zelda, and she said 'Don't do any voices. Just read it as yourself.' So I did, I just read it straight, and she said 'That's better.'"

A fan of professional road cycling, Williams was a regular on the US Postal and Discovery Channel Pro Cycling team bus and hotels during the years Lance Armstrong dominated the Tour de France. He owned over 50 bicycles.

Williams enjoyed rugby union and was a fan of a former All Black, Jonah Lomu.

Williams enjoyed listening to jazz, "specifically Keith Jarrett piano solos". He also listened to Tom Waits, Radiohead, and Prince.

Williams was a supporter of eco-friendly vehicles. He drove a Toyota Prius and was on the waiting list for an Aptera 2 Series electric vehicle before the company folded in December 2011.

In 2010, Williams announced that he would love to play the Riddler in the next installment to the Batman films by director Christopher Nolan, though Nolan has stated that the Riddler would not be featured in the film.

On Israel's 60th Independence Day in 2008, Williams appeared in Times Square along with a number of other celebrities to wish Israel a "happy birthday". He had described himself as an "honorary Jew".

Charity work

Williams and his second wife, Marsha, founded the Windfall Foundation, a philanthropic organization to raise money for many charities. Williams devoted much of his energy to charity work, including the Comic Relief fundraising efforts (the program was hosted by himself, Billy Crystal, and Whoopi Goldberg). In December 1999, he sang in French on the BBC-inspired music video of international celebrities doing a cover of The Rolling Stones' "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" for the charity Children's Promise.

In response to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, Williams donated all proceeds of his "Weapons of Self Destruction" Christchurch performance to helping rebuild the New Zealand city. Half the proceeds were donated to the Red Cross and half to the mayoral building fund. Williams performed with the USO for U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Williams also supported St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for several years.

Addiction and health problems

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Williams had an addiction to cocaine. Williams was a close friend of and frequent partier alongside John Belushi. He said the death of his friend and the birth of his son Zak prompted him to quit drugs and alcohol: "Was it a wake-up call? Oh yeah, on a huge level. The grand jury helped too."

Williams started drinking alcohol again in 2003, while working in a small town in Alaska. On August 9, 2006, he checked himself in to a substance-abuse rehabilitation center in Newberg, Oregon. He later said that he was an alcoholic. His publicist delivered the announcement:

After 20 years of sobriety, Robin Williams found himself drinking again and has decided to take proactive measures to deal with this for his own well-being and the well-being of his family.

While acknowledging his failure to maintain sobriety, Williams would never return to use of cocaine, declaring in a 2010 interview:

"No. Cocaine – paranoid and impotent, what fun. There was no bit of me thinking, ooh, let's go back to that. Useless conversations until midnight, waking up at dawn feeling like a vampire on a day pass. No."

Williams was hospitalized in March 2009 due to heart problems. He postponed his one-man tour in order to undergo surgery to replace his aortic valve. The surgery was successfully completed on March 13, 2009, at the Cleveland Clinic.

Illness and death

In mid-2014, Williams had admitted himself into the Hazelden Foundation Addiction Treatment Center in Lindstrom, Minnesota, for continued sobriety treatment related to his alcoholism. According to his publicist, Williams suffered from depression.

At around 11:45 a.m. (PDT) on August 11, 2014, Williams was discovered by his personal assistant at his home in Paradise Cay, an unincorporated enclave of the town of Tiburon, California. About ten minutes later, county emergency 911 dispatchers received a telephone call reporting Williams was unresponsive and not breathing. The Marin County Sheriff's Office and firefighters from two local fire protection districts immediately responded to the scene, and Williams was pronounced dead shortly after they arrived, at 12:02 p.m. (PDT). To prevent unauthorized photos from being taken or disclosed (since Marin County has no county morgue), Williams's body was brought to the Napa County morgue for autopsy by Marin County's chief forensic pathologist, Dr. Joseph Cohen.

At a press conference on August 12, 2014, the Coroner Division of the Marin County Sheriff's Office disclosed that Williams had apparently hanged himself with a belt, and that the cause of death based on preliminary autopsy results was "asphyxia due to hanging." Results from toxicology tests are expected in two to six weeks.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Can I Do It Til I Need Glasses?	Lawyer / Man with Tooth Ache
1980	Popeye	Popeye[1]
1982	The World According to Garp	T.S. Garp
1983	The Survivors	Donald Quinelle
1984	Moscow on the Hudson	Vladimir Ivanov	Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1986	Seize the Day	Tommy Wilhelm
1986	Club Paradise	Jack Moniker
1986	The Best of Times	Jack Dundee
1987	Good Morning, Vietnam	Adrian Cronauer	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor– Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated – American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) Nominated – Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actor
1988	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	King of the Moon	Credited as Ray D. Tutto Nominated – American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
1988	Portrait of a White Marriage	Air Conditioning Salesman	Uncredited
1988	Rabbit Ears: Pecos Bill	Narrator	Voice
1989	Back to Neverland	Himself	Part of The Magic of Disney Animation attraction at Walt Disney World Resort
1989	Dead Poets Society	John Keating	Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated – David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor– Motion Picture Drama
1989	I'm from Hollywood	Himself
1990	Cadillac Man	Joey O'Brien
1990	Awakenings	Dr. Malcolm Sayer	National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (tied with Robert De Niro) Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1991	Dead Again	Doctor Cozy Carlisle
1991	The Fisher King	Henry "Parry" Sagan	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor
1991	Hook	Peter Banning / Peter Pan
1991	Rabbit Ears: The Fool and the Flying Ship	Narrator	Voice
1992	Toys	Leslie Zevo	Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor
1992	Aladdin	Genie / Merchant	Voice Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Special Golden Globe Award MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
1992	The Timekeeper	The Timekeeper	Voice Circle-Vision 360° film
1992	FernGully: The Last Rainforest	Batty Koda	Voice
1992	Shakes the Clown	Mime Class Instructor
1993	Mrs. Doubtfire	Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire	American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance
1994	Being Human	Hector
1994	In Search of Dr. Seuss	Father
1995	Jumanji	Alan Parrish	Nominated – Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor
1995	To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar	John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt	Uncredited
1995	Nine Months	Dr. Kosevich	Nominated – American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
1996	Aladdin and the King of Thieves	Genie	Voice Direct-to-video
1996	Hamlet	Osric
1996	The Secret Agent	The Professor
1996	Jack	Jack Powell	Nominated – Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor
1996	The Birdcage	Armand Goldman	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Nathan Lane)
1997	Good Will Hunting	Sean Maguire	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
1997	Flubber	Professor Philip Brainard	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor/Actress – Family Nominated – Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor
1997	Deconstructing Harry	Mel
1997	Fathers' Day	Dale Putley
1998	Patch Adams	Hunter "Patch" Adams	Nominated – American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1998	Junket Whore	Himself
1998	What Dreams May Come	Chris Nielsen
1999	Bicentennial Man	Andrew Martin	Nominated – Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor – Comedy Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
1999	Jakob the Liar	Jakob Heym / Narrator	Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
1999	Get Bruce	Himself
2001	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	Dr. Know	Voice
2002	The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch	Hans Hänkie
2002	Insomnia	Walter Finch	Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
2002	Death to Smoochy	"Rainbow" Randolph Smiley	Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
2002	One Hour Photo	Seymour "Sy" Parrish	Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Leading Actor Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated – Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
2004	Noel	Charlie Boyd	Uncredited
2004	House of D	Pappass
2004	The Final Cut	Alan W. Hakman
2005	The Big White	Paul Barnell
2005	Robots	Fender	Voice Nominated – Blimp Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Feature Nominated – Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture
2005	The Aristocrats	Himself
2006	Man of the Year	Tom Dobbs
2006	Night at the Museum	Theodore Roosevelt
2006	Happy Feet	Ramon / Lovelace	Voice
2006	Everyone's Hero	Napoleon Cross	Voice
2006	RV	Bob Munro
2006	The Night Listener	Gabriel Noone
2007	License to Wed	Reverend Frank
2007	August Rush	Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace
2009	Shrink	Jack Holden
2009	World's Greatest Dad	Lance Clayton
2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Theodore Roosevelt
2009	Old Dogs	Dan Rayburn
2011	Happy Feet Two	Ramon / Lovelace	Voice
2011	Stage Left: A Story of Theater in the Bay Area	Himself	Documentary
2013	The Big Wedding	Father Monighan
2013	The Butler	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2013	The Face of Love	Roger
2014	Boulevard[2]	Nolan Mack
2014	The Angriest Man in Brooklyn[3]	Henry Altmann
2014	Merry Friggin' Christmas	Mitch	Posthumous
2014	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	Theodore Roosevelt	Posthumous
2015	Absolutely Anything	Dennis the Dog	Voice Posthumous

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	The Richard Pryor Show	Various roles	Writer 2 episodes
1977	Laugh-In
1977	Eight is Enough		Episode: "The Return of Auntie V"
1978	Happy Days	Mork	Episode: "My Favorite Orkan"
1978	America 2-Night	Jason Shine	Episodes: "Jason Shine" and "Olfactory Distosis Telethon"
1978–1982	Mork & Mindy	Mork	92 episodes Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (won in 1979 and nominated in 1980) Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Comedy Series
1979	Happy Days	Mork	Episode: "Mork Returns"
1979	Out of the Blue	Mork	Episode: "Random's Arrival"
1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	Frog/Prince Robin	Episode: "Tale of the Frog Prince"
1982	SCTV Network	Various	Episode: "Jane Eyrehead"
1984	Pryor's Place	Gaby	Episode: "Sax Education"
1987	Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam	Baby-san	Voice Documentary
1990	Sesame Street	Himself	Episode 2749[1]
1991	Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake	Himself	This is a Sesame Street special that aired during the show's usual time slot on March 15, 1991.[2]
1991	Sesame Street	Himself	Episode 2795[3]
1991	A Wish For Wings That Work	The Kiwi	Voice Credited as Sudy Nim
1993	Sesame Street	Himself	Episode 3077[4]
1994	Homicide: Life on the Streets	Robert Ellison	Episode: "Bop Gun" Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series
1992–1994	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	2 episodes
1994	In Search of Dr. Seuss	The Father	Movie
1997	Friends	Tomas	Uncredited Episode: "The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion"
1998	Sesame Street	Himself	Episode 3709[5]
1998	One Saturday Morning	Genie	2 episodes
1999	L.A. Doctors	Hugo Kinsley	Episode: "Just Duet"
2001	Sesame Street	Himself	Episode 3923[6]
2003	Freedom: A History of Us	Josiah Quincy Ulysses S. Grant Missouri farmer Wilbur Wright Orville Wright	4 episodes
2003	Life With Bonnie	Kevin Powalski	Episode: "Psychic"
2008	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Merritt Rook	Episode: "Authority" Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series
2009	SpongeBob SquarePants	Himself	Episode "Truth or Square"
2012	Wilfred	Dr Eddy / Himself	Episode: "Progress"
2012	Louie	Robin	Episode: "Barney/Never"
2012	Sesame Street	Himself	Episode 4280[7]
2013–2014	The Crazy Ones	Simon Roberts	22 episodes Nominated - Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Robin Williams
Williams at the Happy Feet Two premiere, 2011
Born	Robin McLaurin Williams July 21, 1951 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	August 11, 2014 (aged 63) Paradise Cay, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Asphyxia due to hanging (preliminary autopsy results)
Alma mater	Juilliard School
Occupation	Actor, stand-up comedian, film producer, screenwriter
Years active	1972–2014
Spouse(s)	Valerie Velardi (m. 1978–88) Marsha Garces (m. 1989–2008) Susan Schneider (m. 2011; until his death in 2014)
Children	3 (including Zelda Williams)
Comedy career
Medium	Stage, film, television
Genres	Character comedy, improvisational comedy
Influences	Jonathan Winters,[1][2] Warner Bros. Cartoons,[3] Dudley Moore,[4] Peter Sellers,[4] Peter Cook,[4] Jerry Lewis[5]
Influenced	Frank Caliendo[6] Eddie Murphy[7] Carrot Top[5] Jo Koy[8] Shaun Majumder[9] Mark Critch[10]
Website	robinwilliams.com

Harry Potter, 2014-07-30 - Arts.Mic, Psychologists Find a Surprising Thing Happens to Kids Who Read Harry Potter

http://mic.com/articles/95236/psychologists-find-a-surprising-thing-happens-to-kids-who-read-harry-potter

Psychologists Find a Surprising Thing Happens to Kids Who Read Harry Potter

By Tom McKay July 30, 2014


Psychologists Find a Surprising Thing Happens to Kids Who Read Harry Potter

The news: Harry Potter's greatest feat might not have been defeating Voldemort, but teaching young people around the world to battle prejudice. At least that's the finding of a new paper in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, which claims reading the Harry Potter series significantly improved young peoples' perception of stigmatized groups like immigrants, homosexuals or refugees.

The studies: The Pacific Standard broke down the three studies used in this paper.

The first took 34 Italian fifth-graders and plunged them into a six-week course on Potter. The researchers began by having the students fill out a questionnaire on immigrants, and then split them into two groups which read selected passages from the series. The students in the first group discussed prejudice and bigotry as themes in the books, while the others didn't, serving as a control group. The students in the first group showed "improved attitudes towards immigrants," but only if they identified with Potter.

A second study with 117 Italian high school students found that a reader's emotional identification with Harry was associated with more positive perceptions of LGBT people in general. A third, which surveyed U.K. college students, ultimately found no association between an emotional bond with Harry and perceptions of refugees. But it did indicate that students who had less of an emotional identification with Voldemort had "improved attitudes toward refugees."

In all three studies, the researchers credited the books with improving the readers' ability to assume the perspective of marginalized groups. They also claimed that young children, with the help of a teacher, were able to understand that Harry's frequent support of "mudbloods" was an allegory towards bigotry in real-life society.


Image Credit: AP

Why you should care: It's impossible to rule out that there were inevitably other factors at work beyond the scope of the study, but if you're a Harry Potter fan, this is wonderful news. It provides some experimental backing for J.K. Rowling's opinion that, "The Potter books in general are a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to bigotry."

More importantly, it shows that conveying messages of tolerance through literature actually works. Potter's journey of self-discovery, then, might some day be immortalized in projects that aim to teach tolerance to young children.

Harry Potter, 2014-07-30 - Variety, Warner Bros. Conjures Up Harry Potter Global Franchise Development Team

http://variety.com/2014/biz/news/warner-bros-conjures-up-harry-potter-global-franchise-development-team-1201271814/

Warner Bros. Conjures Up Harry Potter Global Franchise Development Team

July 30, 2014 | 03:02AM PT

Move comes as studio expands partnership with J.K. Rowling

Leo Barraclough

LONDON — Warner Bros. Entertainment has conjured up the Harry Potter Global Franchise Development team, based in both London and Burbank, to “develop and execute a high-level strategic vision for the Harry Potter brand and its ancillary businesses,” Warner Bros. said Wednesday.

The move follows last year’s announcement that the studio had formed an expanded creative partnership with J.K. Rowling. It is a response to the continuing expansion of the Harry Potter franchise.

This includes, among other projects: a new film series in “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”; the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London — The Making of Harry Potter; the recent opening of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Japan; the expansion of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Florida; a suite of Harry Potter digital services, and products including J.K. Rowling’s own initiative, “Pottermore”; and a future Harry Potter stage play, which will open in London’s West End next year.

The team, which will work closely with Rowling’s people at The Blair Partnership, will be led by Josh Berger, president and managing director, Warner Bros. U.K., Ireland and Spain, who now adds president of HPGFD to his role. He will be supported by Polly Cochrane, based in London, and Paul Condolora, based in Burbank, who joins the company this week.

Berger commented, “With Harry Potter’s consumer touch-points continuing to grow and flourish, I am confident that this talented, cross-company global team will enable us to take full advantage of the many opportunities ahead — helping to bring Harry Potter in all its future incarnations to fans all over the world.”

Cochrane, who is senior VP and group marketing director, Warner Bros. U.K. and Ireland, will add the new responsibility of senior VP and chief marketing officer, HPGFD to her existing remit. She will focus on “the optimization of the Harry Potter franchise globally through a cross-divisional marketing lens, upholding the brand’s premium values.”

In her six years with Warner Bros., Cochrane has overseen the development of an integrated marketing function within Warner Bros. U.K., spanning films, TV shows, video games and licensed products, delivering lifecycle marketing campaigns for the company’s properties.

Condolora takes up the newly created role of senior VP, HPGFD and Harry Potter Digital in Burbank, and will lead the business development around Harry Potter, with a focus on digital opportunities “to serve and engage fans around the world.”

He joins from Turner Broadcasting System, where he was most recently senior VP, strategic development and business operations in its animation, young adults and kids media division, responsible for the business growth of three networks: Adult Swim, Boomerang and Cartoon Network.

Also moving over to the team will be London-based Suzie Boavida, who takes up the role of business development director, HPGFD. Boavida will work with Condolora on business development, particularly in the areas of new markets and revenue streams, in close collaboration with the rest of the HPGFD team — Burbank-based Xochitl Ruiz, Moira Squier, Angela Kato-Alvarez, Christine Kittelsen, Cynthia Gonzalez and Rebecca Muh, and Fiona Hickley in London.

John Martin - Anywhere For You

Video and song of the day. Love this song and video.

Love this:
"Never doubt what you're made of"
"There's a hero in everyone"
"There's a hero in everyone"

Enjoy.

John Martin - Anywhere For You

Hope you will love this awsome lyric.

John Martin - Anywhere For You

We can rewrite the story
Tonight we're forever young
Yeah, tonight we're forever young

Through the pain and the heartaches
There's still love for everyone
There's still love for everyone

Hey, would you believe me if I said
We are here for a reason
Now this is our life
This is what counts
This is for us
I would go anywhere for you
I would go anywhere for you, yeah
I would go anywhere for you, yeah

Heaven knows you're a dreamer
Don't hide it from anyone
Don't hide it from anyone

Never doubt what you're made of
There's a hero in everyone
There's a hero in everyone

Hey, would you believe me if I said
We are here for a reason
Now this is our life
This is what counts
This is for us
I would go anywhere for you
I would go anywhere for you, yeah
I would go anywhere for you, yeah
I would go anywhere for you, yeah

Hold on tonight, for us,
I would go anywhere for you, yeah
I would go anywhere for you, yeah

Faul & Wad Ad vs. Pnau - Changes

Love this song and video.
Everytime i hear this I just want to play the awesome Gran Turismo game on the Playstation.
I remember to hear this song in many races on the game and it got stuck in my head.

Faul & Wad Ad vs. Pnau - Changes (official video)

Hope you will love this awsome lyric.

Faul & Wad Ad vs. Pnau - Changes

Baby, I don't know
Just why I love you so
Maybe it's just the way
That God made me this day

Baby, I don't know
Just why I love you so
Maybe it's just the way
That God made me this day

Honey, I hear you
And I feel for you
It won't be too long 'til
We're back as one again

Baby, I don't know
Just why I love you so
Maybe it's just the way
That God made me this day

Baby, I don't know
Just why I love you so
Maybe it's just the way
That God made me this day

Honey, I hear you
And I feel for you
It won't be too long 'til
We're back as one again

Linkin Park (Feat. Steve Aoki) - A Light That Never Comes

Love this Linkin Park video and song (Oct 17, 2013).

Linkin Park x Steve Aoki - A LIGHT THAT NEVER COMES (Official Music Video)

Hope you will love this awsome lyric.

Linkin Park (Feat. Steve Aoki) - A Light That Never Comes

Nah, you don't know me
Lightning above and a fire below me
You cannot catch me, cannot hold me
You cannot stop, much less control me
When it rains, it pours
When the floodgates open, brace your shores
That pressure don't care when it breaks your doors
Say it's all you can take, better take some more

(Oh)
'Cause I know what it's like to test fate
Had my shoulders pressed with that weight
Stood up strong in spite of that hate

(Oh)
Night gets darkest right before dawn
What don't kill you makes you more strong
And I been waiting for it so long

The nights go on
Waiting for a light that never comes
I chase the sun
Waiting for a light that never comes
(Oh) (Oh) (Oh)
Waiting for a light that never comes

When I was young, they told me, they said
Make your bed, you lie in that bed
A king can only reign 'til instead
There comes that day it's "off with his head"

(Oh)
Night gets darkest right before dawn
What don't kill you makes you more strong
You'll have my mercy then when you're gone

The nights go on
Waiting for a light that never comes
I chase the sun
Waiting for a light that never comes
(Oh) (Oh) (Oh)
Waiting for a light that never comes

And I told them:
Nah, you don't know me
Lightning above and a fire below me
You cannot catch me, cannot hold me
You cannot stop, much less control me
When it rains, it pours
When the floodgates open, brace your shores
That pressure don't care, it breaks your doors
Say it's all you can take, better take some more

(Oh) (Oh) (Oh)
Waiting for a light that never comes

The nights go on
Waiting for a light that never comes
I chase the sun
Waiting for a light that never comes
(Oh) (Oh) (Oh)
Waiting for a light that never comes