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The 32 year old Clueless star, Brittany Murphy had died on Sunday morning due to a cardiac arrest. Her husband had called up 911 early Sunday morning but then when the actress was brought to the Cedars- Sinai Medical center which is located in Los Angels, she was pronounced to be “dead upon arrival”.

The representative of the family made a statement saying, “in this time of sadness, the family thanks you for your love and support. It is their wish that you respect their privacy.” Also her former flame Ashton Kutcher twittered after hearing the deeply saddening news, saying, “2day the world lost a little piece of sunshine. My deepest condolences go out 2 Brittany’s family, her husband and her amazing mother, Sharon.”

He also added to twitter later on, “see you on the other side, kid”. This chirpy little actress had started with her career at only nine years, which was on a Broadway show called Les Miserables. After this she had many short lived roles on television before she finally got her breakthrough role in Clueless as Tai in 1995.

After this her major role was in the movie called 8 mile which was opposite Eminem. Now apart from movies she also gained quite a bit of fame when she was dating Ashton Kutcher and this was when they were filming their movie Just Married. Although this relationship didn’t last, Murphy still kept her dating life very active.

She had also been engaged quite a number of times. The first one was to her agent called Jeff Kwatinetz and then the production assistant of the “Little Black Book”, Joe Macaluso and then she finally landed up marrying her screen writer Simon Monjack. The wedding had taken place in 2007.

Now this “sweet” (that’s what almost every one of her co stars have used to describe her) actress was loved by everyone. According to Clueless co star, Alicia Silverstone, “I’m so saddened to hear this news. I loved working with Brittany. She was so talented, so warm and so sweet. I always felt connected to her and we shared a very special experience in our lives together. I feel love in my heart for her and hope she is at peace.” Eric Roberts, her co star from Spun says, “Another sad, sad loss. She was a sweet, smart girl and a real actress.”

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One of the toughest parts of parenting is role modeling for your children. It’s so hard to appear perfect at all times. But it is something that is of vital importance. Children pick up different habits and behavioral traits from their parents, because, right from a young age, they hone their observation skills to perfection! Moreover, nothing escapes them! Every little detail, however minor or insignificant it may seem to you, is observed by them and stored away in the computer that is their brain, for future reference.

So how do you go about being a good role model for your child? Firstly, you need to build a rapport with your child and a good one at that. This allows you to talk to them about important issues (no matter what, children will never come and share intimate details of their personal lives with you!). Talk to them about drugs, underage sex, smoking and other things which you find unacceptable.

Make sure not to omit all the things you admire in people or all the things that you hold dear as well, such as family values, politeness, respecting teachers and elders. Highlighting only the negatives will do nothing for your children! Then, go on to show your children that you are completely comfortable in your skin and happy with who you are. Moreover, show them how important it is to retain their individuality. They don’t have to be a part of the herd; rather, they should stand out of the crowd.

When around your children, you have to be your biggest critic. Make sure you never use foul language around them, never smoke or give in to stress. Or at least, put up an appearance of being calm and in control. Don’t hide the fact that you are going through a tough time, teach them how to deal with stress and pressure by example. That way, it will benefit you as well as your child.

But, at the same time, don’t try to give the impression that you are perfect. Talk to them about your failures as well as your triumphs. You need to let them know that you are human as well and it is okay for them to make mistakes as long as they learn from them.

There is definitely no shortage of negative role models for our children – television, radios and books throw them at us- so it is all the more important to be a good role model for your children in today’s day and age and teach them how to be better people.

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For those of you who don’t know what we’re talking about here a little flashback for you. Kevin Jonas of the Jonas brothers, 21 had gotten engaged to his girlfriend whom he was going out with for two years, Danielle Deleasa in July this year. The couple had first met in May when their families were on vacation in the Bahamas.

If you’re wondering abs out how he proposed? Well, the was at a concert the night before, got on a red eye which went to new Jersey and then proposed to her at her doorstep! Well, wouldn’t every girl want to be in Danielle’s shoes? According to Kevin’s parents, “our hearts are filled with joy today and we are happy to share with you that our son Kevin has asked Danielle for her hand in marriage. Her answer is yes and it is such a blessing that she will be joining our family.”

So that we the little recapitulation for you. Now moving on to the current news, the wedding between Jonas and Deleasa is going to take place this Saturday! The wedding is set to take place in the Oheka Castle which is located at Long Island. So it turns out that it is going to be a wedding fit for a king and queen.

Now this is what certain sources have said, but you always know how celebrities are with their weddings. The 21 year old star and his 22 year old bride is apparently all set to say “I do” in his French Chateau inspired “palace” which is family run. Now setting a date for the wedding wasn’t very easy due to the conflict with the Jonas brothers touring dates.

According to a relative from the Deleasa family, Christina Longo, her aunt commented on Jonas when asked, saying, “He’s just a wonderful guy and we love him.” Now the rehearsal for this winter wonderland fantasy is going to take place on Friday night and the actual wedding on Saturday.

When the other two brothers were asked to comment about this relationship, here’s what Nick said, “Kevin and Danielle were on the beach walking and Joe was like, ‘Oh, they’re gonna get married’ then a couple years later, they were engaged and now we’re here”.

So it turns out that this couple is actually quite happy. The only problem which remains is the question of who is going to be the best man. According to Nick, “We’ve talked about it a little bit. He’s working it all out, but we’ll see what happens.”

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