People rally behind a 12-year-old actress who was 'humiliated' with a 'Razzie' nomination

1 [People rally behind a 12-year-old actress who was 'humiliated' with a 'Razzie' nomination]( Since the early 80s, the [Golden Raspberry Awards]( aka the "Razzies," has offered a lighthearted alternative to the Oscars, which, though prestigious, can sometimes dip into the pretentious. During the parody ceremony, trophies are awarded to the year’s worst films and performances as a way to "own your bad," so the motto goes. However, this year people found the Razzies a little more than harmless fun when 12-year-old actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong was [nominated for "Worst Actress"]( for her performance in the 2022 film "Firestarter." She was 11 when the movie was filmed. Sadly, this is not the first time a child has received a Razzie nom. Armstrong joins the ranks of [Jake Lloyd]( who played young Anakin Skywalker in "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace," as well as Macaulay Culkin, who was [nominated three times](. [Read the story]( 2 [Teacher tries to sell JJ Watt's jersey to raise money for her grandpa's funeral. J.J. steps in to help.]( J.J. Watt came to the rescue of a distressed NFL fan and teacher who was struggling to raise money for her grandfather's funeral. The Arizona Cardinals player offered to cover the expenses for the teacher. The adorable exchange has gone viral and reminded everyone that there's still plenty of goodness and hope out there. Jennifer Simpson, a teacher, had lost her grandfather, her last living grandparent, two weeks ago but didn't have enough money to hold a funeral for him. She tried to sell J.J. Watt merchandise, including a shoe and a T-shirt, hoping to raise money. The funeral home had informed her they couldn't hold onto the body any longer and the teacher was under immense pressure. "I have a pair of @JJWatt women's edition of Reebok shoes size 9 $60. I've worn them twice. They are great shoes, I'm only selling because we are raising money for my grandpa's funeral. I also have a Watt women's XL Texans Jersey for $30. Anyone interested?" she asked on [Twitter]( posting images of the shoes as well. [Read the story]( Did a friend forward this to you? [Subscribe here]( 3 [Lessons we should have learned from the liberation of Auschwitz and other Nazi camps]( From 1940 to 1945, an estimated 1.3 million people were deported to Auschwitz, the largest complex of Nazi concentration camps. More than four out of five of those people—at least 1.1 million people—were murdered there. On January 27, 1945, Soviet forces liberated the final prisoners from these camps—7,000 people, most of whom were sick or dying. Those of us with a decent public education are familiar with at least a few names of Nazi extermination facilities—Auschwitz, Dachau, Bergen-Belsen—but these are merely a few of the thousands ([yes, thousands]( of concentration camps, sub camps, and ghettos spread across Europe where Jews and other targets of Hitler's regime were persecuted, tortured, and killed by the millions. The scale of the atrocity is unfathomable. Like slavery, the Holocaust is a piece of history where the more you learn the more horrifying it becomes. The inhumane depravity of the perpetrators and the gut-wrenching suffering of the victims defies description. It almost becomes too much for the mind and heart to take in, but it's vital that we push through that resistance. [Read the story]( 4 [Jane Fonda and Rita Moreno champion the perks of aging: 'You get better at everything.']( Take it from the ultimate leading ladies themselves, getting older can also mean getting better. In the upcoming sports comedy “[80 for Brady,]( legendary stars Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Lily Tomlin and Rita Moreno play best friends and devoted fangirls to Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who are hell-bent on watching their favorite football player in the Super Bowl. The story was inspired by a gang of real-life besties from 2017. As the cast has been promoting the film, it’s been one hilarious story after another. From Fonda cracking Sally Field up over a [naughty football pun]( to Moreno sharing [flirty locker stories]( it’s clear that for these ladies the fun has only just begun. [Read the story]( 5 [A woman treats her miniature pig like a toddler and it even 'talks' with electronic buttons]( Pigs are cute. Well, piglets are cute, but they usually don't stay those tiny little snorting things very long. That is unless you get a mini pig and name it something majestic like Merlin. (I would've gone with Hamlet McBacon, but no one asked me.) [Mina Alali, a TikTok user from California]( has been going viral on the internet for her relationship with Merlin, her miniature pig. Of course, there are plenty of folks out there with pigs—mini pigs, medium pigs, pigs that weigh hundreds of pounds and live in a barn with a spider named Charlotte. But not everyone carries their pig around on adventures like it's their child. Alali's videos of her sweet interactions with her little pig have gotten a lot of people wanting their own piggy, but [training Merlin wasn't always easy](. [According to Yahoo Finance]( the 25-year-old told [SWNS]( she has wanted a pig her whole life and finding Merlin was a "dream come true," but she wasn't expecting how challenging it would be to train him. If you've never been around pigs, then you may not know that they squeal—a lot—and unless you're living on an actual farm, that could be a problem. 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