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VIDEO: ‘DWTS’ Contestant Noah Galloway Brings New Meaning to Overcoming Diversity

Noah Galloway may be working with a prosthetic leg and a prosthetic arm, but that’s not keeping him from taking “Dancing With the Stars” by storm. Partnered with dancing pro Sharna Burgess, Noah is bringing new meaning to overcoming diversity. In 2005 he lost part of his two left limbs while in combat, but the military vet explained to “The […]

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VIDEO: The Success Story of ‘Ghost Boy’ Martin Pistorius, Who Survived Being Trapped in His Own Body for Years

Martin Pistorius has been called the “Ghost Boy” as a result of essentially being trapped in his own body for years. As a child, he came home one day not feeling well and tested positive for cryptococcal meningitis and tuberculosis of the brain. Although Martin was treated for both, his body weakened and he lost the ability to speak and […]

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VIDEO: Shonda Rhimes Blasts Deadline Article Questioning ‘Ethnic Castings’: ‘So Ignorant I Can’t Even Be Bothered’

She’s best known for taking over Thursday nights on ABC with “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal,” and “How to Get Away With Murder.” That’s right … we’re talking about Shonda Rhimes. But on Tuesday night, she took her writing expertise to Twitter after Deadline posted an article titled “Pilots 2015: The Year of Ethnic Castings — About Time or Too Much of […]