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                                                                                                                         Thursday 25 February 2016

Madonna makes surprise visits to Manila children’s shelters 

MANILA, Philippines (AP)        while holding hands with a     Manila!!” Madonna cap-
— Madonna made surprise         girl guiding her on a tour of  tioned a selfie taken with
visits to two Manila shelters   the Hospicio de San Jose       three kids as they lay on
for orphans and street chil-    orphanage on Tuesday. At       the mat.
dren, taking selfies with kids  the Bahay Tuluyan shelter      Officials at the shelter were
a day before the pop star       for street kids, she sat on a  told Monday that Madon-
begins her two-night con-       tarpaulin mat with children.   na’s dancers were going
cert stint in the Philippine    “Chillin’ with my Homies at    to visit, but they did not
capital.                        the Bahay Tuluyan Foun-        find out that Madonna her-
Pictures on her Instagram       dation Inc. giving shelter     self was also coming until
account showed her car-         to orphans street children     an hour before her arrival,
rying a baby in one arm         trafficking/abuse victims in   said Catherine Scerri, the
                                                               deputy executive director
Review: Shatner                                                of Bahay Tuluyan.                  In this Feb. 20, 2016 file photo, U.S. singer Madonna performs
reflects on friendship                                         She said the children did a      during the Rebel Heart World Tour in Macau.
with Leonard Nimoy                                             couple of dances before
                                                               being joined by Madon-                                                                               Associated Press
                                                               na’s dancers. Madonna
JEFF AYERS                                                     asked the officials about        with the Hospicio de San     photos of the visits, officials
Associated Press                                               the center’s program and         Jose orphanage, also said    at the centers said.
William Shatner reflects                                       whether the children at-         Madonna’s visit was a sur-   Madonna plays Manila’s
on the death of Leonard                                        tended school, but she           prise, but declined to give  Mall of Asia Arena on
Nimoy and their tumultu-                                       spent most of her 45-min-        further details.             Wednesday and Thurs-
ous friendship that began                                      ute visit with the kids, Scerri  Madonna’s staff asked        day, the latest stops on her
when both were cast on                                         added.                           both facilities not to take  “Rebel Heart” world tour.q
the original “Star Trek” TV                                    Anne dela Cruz, an official
show in “Leonard: My Fifty-
Year Friendship With a Re-      This book cover image re-
markable Man.”                  leased by Thomas Dunne
This isn’t a straightfor-       Books shows “Leonard: My
ward biography of Nimoy,        Fifty-Year Friendship with a
though it does cover the        Remarkable Man,” by William
elements that showcase          Shatner.
his early life, his career      Associated Press
highlights and what made
him such a beloved person       ism and near estrange-
both on the screen and          ment from his wife and
in real life. Instead, Shat-    children.
ner parallels Nimoy’s life      Shatner also shines a light
with his own and how they       on his own rough times
were eerily similar up to       and how Nimoy supported
the point where they were       him. With regret, he writes
hired as Captain Kirk and       that in the last few years of
Mr. Spock in 1966. The end      Nimoy’s life, they weren’t
result is that this becomes     speaking to each other.
Shatner’s story as well.        Like all families with stub-
Shatner is blunt and honest     born matters to resolve,
when he talks about their       there is always tomorrow
friendship. They were like      to fix them. Sadly it never
siblings who shared a deep      happened, and Shatner
love and respect, but also      still wonders what led to
had issues expressing their     the silence.
frustrations with each oth-     Shatner delivers a raw and
er. The resulting relation-     honest look at the life of
ship was both rewarding         Leonard Nimoy through
and challenging.                the filter of someone who
                                loved him like a brother.
When life threw curve-          “Star Trek” fans aren’t the
balls, they were there for      only ones who should read
each other, just as they        this definitive biography of
were for their successes.       the man who was much
Shatner doesn’t hold back       more than Mr. Spock.q
when it comes to demon-
strating Nimoy’s love and
compassion for his family
and friends. He also is quite
forthcoming with Nimoy’s
personal demons, includ-
ing his battle with alcohol-
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