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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Video: Dog Helps Owner Perform Surgery on Best Stuffy Friend
Ask any dog parent, and they'll tell you some toys are just different. They are not chew targets or fetch items; they're best friends. That's certainly the case for Boomer the Samoyed, whose emotional attachment to his stuffy toy, Bear, recently turned into an emergency worth documenting. When Bear ripped a seam, Dr. Boomer assisted his owner in a full 'surgery,' complete with pre-op prep, moral support, and post-op recovery. As far as doggy devotion goes, this one deserves an honorary veterinary degree. In the latest Instagram video posted on @ Boomer gently carries Bear in his mouth and delivers him to his owner for help. The toy had a visible tear — described humorously in the video as a 'level 3 wound' — that required immediate attention. Soon after, the dog and his owner lays Bear down and covers him with a small sheet to 'prep' for the operation. At one point, Boomer leans in and rests his head gently on the toy, as if to comfort it. His owner then begins stitching up the tear, with the Samoyed watching closely, never straying too far from his injured friend. The 'surgery' may have been a success, but Bear wasn't out of the woods yet. His owner explains to Boomer that Bear needed a bath. However, as soon as she places the toy in the washing machine, the canine steps in, attempting to pull him out. According to her, Boomer knows all too well how unpleasant baths can be and didn't want Bear to endure the same ordeal. Despite his protests, Bear got his much-needed rinse, and the dog stood watch nearby. The video ends with a clean, stitched-up Bear reunited with Boomer, who curls up with his best friend for a well-earned nap. If your dog has ever shredded a beloved toy within minutes, you'll appreciate the rare tenderness on display here. Boomer wasn't about to let Bear suffer alone, and the internet took notice. 'The paw and he kept his head on bear for moral support' said one person, clearly moved by Boomer's bedside manner. Meanwhile, others joked about their own dogs' less delicate approach: 'And here's my dog disemboweling her stuffies in 3.5 seconds.' Many praised Boomer's loyalty, with one fan calling him 'the best friend anyone could ask for.' The post Video: Dog Helps Owner Perform Surgery on Best Stuffy Friend appeared first on DogTime.
Los Angeles Times
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
From courtside to Croisette, Spike Lee brings basketball trash talk to a contentious Cannes
CANNES, France — At the premiere of Spike Lee's new movie, 'Highest 2 Lowest,' a woman squeezed into my row, sighing that she'd been held up by a Samoyed traipsing the red carpet in a ruffled gown. 'Blocked by a dog in a dress!' she said with a huff. The dog, Felicity, attended as the plus-one of an animal rights activist representing a U.K. group called NoToDogMeat. Still, even Felicity was out-glammed by that night's center of attention, Lee, who held court in Knicks-themed couture, a blue-and-orange-striped zoot suit with matching fedora and spectacles. 'Highest 2 Lowest,' a reworking of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 crime drama 'High and Low,' stars Denzel Washington as a wealthy record-label executive who gets squeezed for a $17.5 million ransom by kidnappers who claim they've taken his son. As Washington made his way into the Grand Théâtre Lumière, he looked pleasantly confused when a photographer caught his attention by waving a shiny quartz stone at him. A few minutes later, the actor was doubly delighted and startled when Cannes director Thierry Frémaux announced he was received an even shinier object: a surprise honorary Palme d'Or, along with a career-spanning montage that rewound all the way back to Washington's first film role in 1981's 'Carbon Copy.' 'It's a very special day,' Frémaux said onstage, gesturing to Lee in his orchestra seat. 'Because it's what, the 30th anniversary of 'Do the Right Thing?' Or the 40th?' Lee cupped his hands around his mouth. '36!' he yelled. Yes, let's be precise. 'Do the Right Thing' debuted in that very theater 36 years ago to the day — possibly even to the hour. At that Cannes in 1989, Lee figured he had a good shot at winning the Palme d'Or. He lost to Steven Soderbergh's 'sex, lies, and videotape.' Legend has it that jury president Wim Wenders refused to award 'Do the Right Thing' anything, arguing that Lee's act of destruction at the movie's incendiary climax wasn't heroic. Lee countered that he had a Louisville Slugger with Wenders name on it. Timing is everything. Not just for 'Do the Right Thing,' which today is an inarguable masterpiece, or for Lee, who reminded the crowd that it was also Malcolm X's 100th birthday. Timing matters to every audacious artist. Bold works can hit with such a wallop that it takes a beat to gauge their lasting impact, to tell which set of brass knuckles left a mark: love or hate? Cannes takes risk on divisive movies, on big swings. Last year's festival launched the best picture Oscar contenders 'Anora,' 'Emilia Perez' and 'The Substance.' I only liked one of them, but each gave us plenty to argue about. This year, I was enchanted to meet a critic who said she'd loathed three movies so far, and every title she named was one of my favorites. I asked her to let me know if she came across anything else she hates. I'd like to see it. Besides Ari Aster's 'Eddington' (I dug, she despised), the most polarizing film of Cannes 2025 is turning out to be Lynne Ramsay's 'Die, My Love,' which stars Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson as new parents who are disastrously not up to the challenge. Lawrence has the showier meltdown. A former New Yorker uprooted to the countryside, Grace suffers from a postpartum depression that makes her feel like like a dreary wraith. She acts out to prove she's alive, which here mostly translates as her expressing a need to get shagged. Mubi, a distributor that tends to have impeccable taste, purchased 'Die My Love' for an eyebrow-cocking $24 million. I couldn't stand the movie, but buying it makes some sense as Lawrence hurls herself into the kind of battering performance that gets awards attention, especially after what Mubi learned last year as it maneuvered 'The Substance's' Demi Moore all the way to the Academy Awards. Of the two leads, I'd slightly favor giving a prize to Pattinson, who has the subtler and more pathetic role of the mealy, over-matched husband, Jackson, so clueless he tries to cheer up Grace and their crying baby by bringing home an even whinier dog. With apologies to Felicity, the film's mutt is so obnoxious that you can't wait for the inevitable moment when it disappears from the story. The better sadomasochistic romance is in 'Pillion,' an attention-grabby tryst between a dorky male meter maid (Harry Melling) and a domineering biker (Alexander Skarsgård) who runs with a gang where every macho man has a hogtied boyfriend at his command. 'I hope that it makes some of you a little bit horny,' said its director Harry Lighton as he introduced the film. It definitely left the audience tickled, especially at the gleam in Melling's eyes as he licks Skarsgård's leather boots. 'Pillion' isn't judgmental, but it also doesn't expect Melling's naif to like everything his partner orders him to do. It's about finding one's own boundaries. And it's funny, too, especially with Melling's adorably British parents (Lesley Sharp and Douglas Hodge) conceding that their son's special someone is handsome, although they must insist that both lads wear helmets when they go speeding off. Most of the major titles have now premiered. While I'm not homesick, I did think the only good part of Hubert Charuel's 'Meteors,' an addiction-themed buddy dramedy, was when a character wore a vintage Lakers jersey. In the 11 days I've been here, a few themes have emerged. Whatever you do, don't swig rosé every time a dog dies (thrice) or whenever someone shoots up heroin or mentions God (exponentially more). You'll be hungover by noon. Kristen Stewart's directorial debut 'The Chronology of Water' follows a boozy, damaged poet who could keep pace with that drinking game. Imogen Poots is quite good as Lidia, a self-destructive life-guzzler who, over the course of the film, goes from 17-years-old to middle-aged, a time span she mostly spends wasted. Stewart has made an assured mess: a bleary, florid and sometimes lyrical film that could stand to be doused by a bucket of ice water. At the very least, there's no denying that Stewart has artistic conviction. That's more than one can say about lots of other projects orbiting the festival's main selection. After the screening, I wandered downstairs to the festival's concurrent marketplace, the Marché du Film, where sales rights are negotiated and budgets hopefully secured, and saw producers giddily capitalizing on classic IP that's recently gone into the public domain. One studio was hawking 'Bambi: The Reckoning,' 'Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble,' and 'Pinocchio Unstrung,' whose tagline teased, 'There's nothing holding him back.' Who knows, maybe they'll be brilliant? My most-anticipated film of the festival was Julia Ducournau's 'Alpha.' The French provocateur won 2021's Palme d'Or for her 'Titane,' a piece of unhinged auto-erotica about a model-slash-serial-killer who gets turned on by cars. Ducournau had launched her career here in 2016 with her gory coming-of-age cannibal film 'Raw.' (I caught up with 'Raw' at its infamous midnight screening at the Toronto International Film Festival, where so many people collapsed that someone called an ambulance.) Before I could watch 'Alpha,' I caught Charlie Polinger's 'The Plague,' a solid body-horror movie about bullies at a preteen water-polo summer camp, which I half-praised by telling someone it was like Ducournau for kids. To my surprise, 'The Plague' and 'Alpha' turned out to share the exact same scene: a 13-year-old social pariah getting beaten up in a swimming pool and bleeding into the water. Maybe I undersold Polinger as 'Raw' 101, or maybe Ducournau is regressing. 'Alpha,' a hazy sci-fi drama, putters after a young girl (Mélissa Boros) who may have gotten herself infected by an unnamed contagion that turns its victims into marble. Her mother (Golshifteh Farahani, great) is a doctor at the hospital where the beds are filled with victims whose faces are petrified into ghastly rictuses. Imagine a plague of Pietàs. Elliptical and dull, 'Alpha' veers between the teenager's indolent storyline and the mom's desperation to rescue both her child and her toxic brother (Tahar Rahim), a mangy, charismatic addict. Only the sibling story is interesting. Rahim has the kind of prominent ribs and veins that were made for statuary. He lives as though he doesn't intend to grow old and when he coughs, we see suspicious puffs of dust. I think Ducournau wants us to ask if we can ever love someone so much as agree to let them die. But she has a hard time getting around to that point. Heavy violins do too much of the talking. Ultimately, so does the score of Lee's 'Highest 2 Lowest.' Washington is good as the music mogul weighing whether to pay the exorbitant ransom — no one does bristly better — yet his crisis scenes are so deluged by heaving strings and harps that you can't hear his character think. I desperately wanted to watch the film on mute. But the French subtitles were wonderful. (When Jeffrey Wright, playing Washington's chauffeur, said 'Easy B,' the translation read, 'Cool Abdul.') The second half of the film is simpler and stronger, with a terrific supporting performance by ASAP Rocky as a rapper named Yung Felon. Once it was clear that Lee wasn't as interested in Kurosawa's themes of inequity and despair — that this would be a story of redemption by any means necessary — I wound up liking it simply because Lee is loud about what he loves (and hates). The title comes up over a blue sky in orange font and goes on to insult the Celtics as much as possible. (If the Knicks end up facing the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Finals, the music cue Lee will regret is that opening blast of 'Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'' from Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Oklahoma!') Have I seen this year's Oscar contenders? I don't think so. But I've seen plenty of directors presenting exactly the movie they damned well please. And that alone is worth making like Lee and cupping my own hands around my mouth for an enthusiastic yell.
Indian Express
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
This dog walked the Cannes red carpet in her own ball gown, gets her own festival pass; know who she is
Cannes 2025 has officially kicked off, and as expected, the red carpet is once again a spectacle of glamour. As celebrities from around the world brought their fashion A-game to the event, this year, an unlikely attendee stole the spotlight. Meet Felicity, a gorgeous Samoyed dog, a Cannes regular by now. Dressed in a stunning blue ball gown, Felicity confidently strutted down the red carpet, charming onlookers and taking the Internet by storm. Since her debut in 2023, she's become a beloved figure at the festival, known for her elegant gowns and poised presence. A clip of her appearance is circulating widely online, with fans showering her with love. A post shared by Vulture (@vulture) One user said, 'This is the the type of #cannes content I'm here for,' while another wrote, 'He's not spotted he's blue. (Couldn't resist the dad joke).' Another user said, 'Is this 'Fabulous Felicity?'' Yes, she absolutely is. Felicity's story isn't just about fashion and fame, it's one of resilience. According to Daily Mail, she was rescued from the dog meat trade in China, where she was strung up by her tail. No To Dog Meat, a UK-based charity, stepped in, saved her life and gave her a new one in London. She now lives with the charity's founder, Julia de Cadenet, who was moved to start the organisation after witnessing the brutality of the trade firsthand. The charity, which played a pivotal role in bringing global attention to the infamous Yulin Dog Meat Festival, now holds United Nations Special Consultative status and continues its mission to end such cruelty. Felicity has become a powerful ambassador for that mission. In 2023, Felicity made her debut at a screening of Project Silence, donning a custom gown crafted by Michelle Parker, a dedicated No To Dog Meat volunteer. Cannes, known for supporting humanitarian causes, welcomed her again this year, complete with her very own festival pass and access to VIP parties and screenings.
Independent Singapore
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Independent Singapore
Singapore dog ‘running for Paw-liament' meets PM Lawrence Wong
Photo credit/ Alvin & Rufus SINGAPORE: After each vote has been counted and election fever has died down, we want to feature a candidate of the four-footed variety, Rufus, a very special Samoyed. Rufus has aspirations to one day be in Paw-liament, and has even met the highest official in the land, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. Screengrab/ Alvin & Rufus His human, Alvin, told us that Rufus has a 'cheeky political campaign' all of his own, with a growing following on Instagram at @ (and you can check him out on TikTok under the same handle, too). @ ✨ I'm running for Paw-liament! ✨ As your rep, I'll push for Dogs on MRT! I'll also push for Dogs for Buses! And most importantly, I'll also push for Unlimited Treats for all of us dogss! ✨ Vote For Fluff Vote For Change Vote for RUFUS BEDEK PARTY! ✨ . . . . . . funnydogs pupperazzi cutedogsdaily doglifeisgood funnydogmoments viraldogvideos dogfriendlysg sgdoglover sgdogslife pawsomedogs sgpetlovers sgpet sgpets samoyedpage samoyed samoyedpuppy samoyedlifestyle samoyedlovers samoyeddog samoyeddogs samoyedsmile samoyedpuppies samoyedstories samoyedoftheday samoyeddogs samoyedfeed samoyedfamily ♬ original sound – – And what exactly is this brave Samoyed fighting for? Well, we're sure he would love to expound on his 'paw-licies,' but among them are allowing dogs on MRT and public transport and legalising unlimited treats. Screengrab/ Alvin & Rufus Screengrab/ Alvin & Rufus Now, we don't know about you, but The Independent Singapore can hear barking cheers all around The Little Red Dot from beloved fur babies in HDB estates, condos, and GCBs alike. Rufus's recent encounter with PM Wong was even caught on camera by a 'paw-parazzi.' 'The meeting with the PM adds a real-world twist to his campaign — a dog influencer with 'paw-werful' dreams meeting the real leader of Singapore,' Alvin told us. To his supporters, the four-footed candidate has this to say: 'Rufus believes every good boy and girl should be allowed on the MRT and buses — and maybe even lead the Ministry of Treats if belly rubs are part of the job. Thanks for supporting his campaign to make Singapore pawsitively awesome!' After the May 3 polls, Rufus wrote in a post that he had been disappointed to have lost his deposit, aka a big bag of treats, but was glad to have met PM Wong 'sniffed many friendly Tampines frens, got head pats, and even stole a few snacks, so it's still gud day!' @ The election results haz been disappointing… 😔 i lost my deposit (aka big bag of treats 🥲🍖) but!! i met hooman PM 🤝🐶, sniffed many friendly Tampines frens 👃🐾, got head pats 🙌 and even stole a few snacks 🍗😋 so it's still gud day! RBP (Rufus Bedek Party) will be back!!! 💪🐾 more policies 🐕, more zoomies 💨, and dis time… i'll be thinking of setting up my own booth 🗳️🍪 iStillVoteMe ✅ RufusBedekParty 🐾 BarkToTheFuture 🐶🚀 TampinesTails ❤️ . . . . . funnydogs pupperazzi cutedogsdaily doglifeisgood funnydogmoments viraldogvideos dogfriendlysg sgdoglover sgdogslife pawsomedogs sgpetlovers sgpet sgpets samoyedpage samoyed samoyedpuppy samoyedlifestyle samoyedlovers samoyeddog samoyeddogs samoyedsmile samoyedpuppies samoyedstories samoyedoftheday samoyeddogs samoyedfeed samoyedfamily ♬ original sound – – He promised that RBP (Rufus Bedek Party) will be back 'with more policies, more zoomies, and dis time… i'll be thinking of setting up my own booth.' Rufus' fans cheered him on, encouraging him to keep on keeping on. 'There's always the next election! No fret!' wrote one. 'I will still vote for RUFUS in the next election!! Pwease make treats more affordable and pets in public transport happen!' another commenter said. 'RUFUS BEDEK PARTY ALL THE WAY!!!,' an enthusiastic supporter chimed in. On TikTok, some fans have called him their 'favourite candidate.' /TISG Read also: Fur-tastic employee! — Dog goes to work at Fuzhou Café to 'earn snack money' after successfully passing a one-hour job interview
Scotsman
05-05-2025
- Business
- Scotsman
Expensive Dogs 2024: These are the 10 priciest breeds of adorable dog
Many of us have welcomed new puppies to our families over the last few years, as the Kennel Club has seen dog ownership soar to record levels. How much is that doggy in the window? But the growing demand for some of the most popular breeds has seen prices rocket – meaning a dog will most likely cost you a great deal more today than it would just a few years ago. Research from the pet experts at Pets4Homes shows that the average puppy in the UK now costs around £2,000 – more than double the average price in 2019. And some breeds will set you back thousands – particularly if they have a pedigree and a prestigious breeding history. Here are the 10 most expensive breeds of dog in the UK. For all the latest dog news, pictures, advice and information, join our Scotsdog Facebook group here Read more: 1 . Samoyed Hailing from Siberia, where they were used to pull sleds, a Samoyed puppy in the UK can cost up to £6,000. Photo: Canva/Getty Images Photo Sales 2 . Tibetan Mastiff If you want to welcome a mighty Tibetan Mastiff into your home don't expect much change out of £10,000 - they are the UK's most expensive dog. Bred to guard temples in their native Tibet, they look like adorable lions. Photo: Canva/Getty Images Photo Sales 3 . English Bulldog A Kennel Club registered English Bulldog from good breeding stock should cost in the region of £5,000. Those adorable wrinkly faces are simply priceless though. Photo: Canva/Getty Images Photo Sales 4 . Rottweiler Originally from Germany, the Rottweiler can make for a fiecely loyal family pet - despite the slightly unfair reputation they have for aggression. It's not damaged their cost though - expect to shell out up to £4,000. Photo: Canva/Getty Images Photo Sales Related topics: Facebook
