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| | Hugh Jackman and his wife think they were destined to adopt their kids | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Those of you who read us regularly know that I love Hugh Jackman. I just think he’s a genuinely nice guy and super hot to boot. My admiration of Hugh crept up on me. While I’ve had crushes on other celebrities like Matt Damon and Johnny Depp forever, Hugh earned my fangirl status from his actions and interviews. Anyway here’s another reason to love Hugh. In a new interview with Australian newspaper The Herald Sun, the 42 year-old actor opens up about how he and his wife of 15 years, Deborra-Lee Furness, struggled with infertility before deciding to adopt. They are now parents to son Oscar, 11, and daughter Ava, six. Hugh describes it as very difficult to get to the point of adopting, but ultimately rewarding. He also sees the adoption of his two children as fated. It’s touching the way he explains it.
The 42-year-old star is married to wife Deborra-Lee Furness and they have two adopted children - Oscar, 11, and Ava, six.
He spoke to Australia’s Herald Sun about the moment they discovered they weren’t able to have children naturally.
He said: ‘It was painful. It’s not easy. You put a lot of time and effort into it, so it’s emotional.
‘I think any parent can relate - trying to have children is wonderful and when you feel as though that’s not going to happen, there’s a certain anxiety that goes with it.’
He added: ‘We thought we’d have a kid or two biologically and then adopt. But when we decided we’d had enough of IVF, we went ahead with adoption.’
However the couple soon moved on with their plans to become parents.
Jackman said: ‘From the moment we started the adoption process, all the anxiety went away. I don’t think of them as adopted - they’re our children.
‘Deb and I are believers in I suppose you could call it destiny. We feel things happened the way they are meant to. Obviously, biologically wasn’t the way we were meant to have children.
‘Now, as we go through life together, sure there are challenges, but everyone’s in the right place with the right people. It sounds airy-fairy, but it’s something we feel very deeply.’
[From The Daily Mail]
That’s so nice! Hugh and Deborra have been open about this issue, and are involved in several adoption charities. I found this moving interview with Deborra from 2004, before their second child was adopted. She said she’d had two miscarriages before they decided to adopt Oscar. Back when Oscar’s mother was pregnant and Deborra and Hugh were meeting with her about adopting the baby, Deborra thinks she was given a sign that he was meant to be their son. She described how she was in an airplane and saw a lightning storm over Iowa, where his birth mother is from. Here’s that part:
“And I kept saying to Hugh when we were in discussions early on. I said I havn’t got a message yet, I?m waiting for a message. And I was on a flight from Los Angeles to Toronto where Hugh was shooting X-Men 1, I think it was, and I was sitting on this flight and I looked out the window and there was this incredible electric storm outside the window and it was so beautiful, I was just staring at it and I said to the guy sitting next to me, ?Wow, look at that, it?s amazing, where are we, and he said I think we?re somewhere over Iowa,” And I, I knew that that was the birth mother I had been speaking to and I grabbed the stewardess and I said do you know where we are and she said oh come up here and took me up to the pilot?s cabin it was before September 11, and went in there and I said where are we? And he said, see down there, there?s Cedar Rapids, and tears started to roll down my face and I knew that was my message. And I loved it, it was like it wasn?t a subtle message, it was like, it?s me already, it?s like this huge electrical storm.”
[From ABC.net.au]
I usually don’t believe in signs and messages. When people tell stories like this I find it fascinating though. I truly believe that they thought they received a sign, and that it was a sign in that way, since signs are what we make of them. (Hopefully that makes sense and doesn’t sound condescending, although it probably does.)
Hugh and Deborra sound like they’re on the exact same page when it comes to their family, and that’s very refreshing to hear, inside or outside of Hollywood.
Most of these photos are from July and August of this year, except for the one where they’re in coats, that’s from October. Credit: Fame
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| | Hugh Jackman: Previews 'Real Steel' in London | | Added 14 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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He?s always a sight to see, and Hugh Jackman drove the crowd crazy at the premiere of his new movie ?Real Steel? in London, England on Friday (September 16).
The ?Wolverine? stud looked dapper in a black suit and tie as he happily posed for pictures before heading inside the BT Tower for the film?s debut screening.
According to IMDB, the action/sci-fi flick involves a glimpse of the future where 2,000-pound humanoid robots do battle.
Aside from Mr Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Kevin Durand, Anthony Mackie and Hope Davis all have lead roles in the film.
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| | Hugh Jackman Shows Off His Muscles | | Added 14 years ago | Source: The Blemish |
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Hugh Jackman seems like an all-around nice guy. But looks can be deceiving. You may not know this but he uses his Adonis-like body for evil.
Look at him in this series of telling photos. First he jump kick his own son (top), then drags his lifeless body to shore and finally celebrates with jazz hands. What a monster!
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| | Hugh Jackson Shirtless at the Beach | | Added 14 years ago | Source: Yeeeah |
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I hope you brought a change of underpants to work today, ladies, because it’s a shirtless Hugh Jackman-palooza! It’s all the raw, rippling, unmitigated maleness you can stand. And not only is Hugh shirtless and dripping wet in these pictures — he’s also happily tending to his offspring the in the photos. It’s everything your most primal evolutionary instincts have been seeking out since the dawn of time. The trick is making sure you don’t slide right off your chair.
With his wife and kids in St. Tropez this weekend:
PHOTO SOURCE: Fame Pictures
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| | Shirtless Hugh Jackman hits the beach | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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You know it’s going to be a good week when we’re treated on a Monday to so many photos of Hugh Jackman lounging shirtless, frolicking shirtless in the water, and attempting to apply sunscreen to his shirtless buff body. Hugh Jackman knows what we need to jump start our week and he’s delivering it for us with a smile and a wink. Hugh was in St. Tropez with his lucky wife and two kids, soaking up the sun and posing for these glorious sun-soaked photos.
A week ago Jackman hit up ComicCon to promote Real Steel, a film that’s drawing comparisons to the Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots game. No sh*t, this is the first I’ve heard of it too. The movie is based on a short story from 1956 about a boxer who joins the dangerous fast-paced world of fighting robotos (chuckle) and it’s supposedly not a Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots movie per se. It also stars Anthony Mackie and Evangeline Lilly. Real Steel is out in the US on October 7 and you can watch the trailer here. It looks totally ridiculous, and is directed by Shawn Levy. (Night at the Museum, Date Night.)
Jackman also confirmed at ComicCon that a script for Wolverine 2 is complete and that he’ll start filming in October. Last year he said he was in training for it by eating right and exercising hard, and it’s clearly paid off. The guy has maintained his incredible physique for years now. Or maybe, if he ever lets himself go a tiny bit, he waits until he’s in top shape again before taking off his shirt.
Photo credit: Fame Pictures
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| | Hugh Jackman Hosts "Live Below the Line" | | Added 14 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Dappered up and looking as handsome as ever, Hugh Jackman hosted a private event at the Marriott St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London, England on Monday (April 18).
The ?Wolverine? stud was joined by his lovely wife, Deborah-Lee Furness, as the pair posed for pictures ahead of the charity fete called ?Live Below the Line? - which is a group that focuses on people living in extreme poverty.
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| | Hugh Jackman: No Letdown After Oprah Eye Injury | | Added 15 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Enjoying his time in the Land Down Under, Hugh Jackman was spotted making his way around Sydney, Australia on Wednesday morning (December 15).
Covering up his stitches under some designer shades, the Aussie-born actor sported a casual sleeveless top and gym shorts as he popped into Speedo?s Caf at Bondi Beach for a bite to eat.
As for the stitches, the sighting comes as Hugh is fresh from an injury he acquired while on set of ?The Oprah Winfrey Show? - which is currently being filmed in Sydney.
As previously reported, Mr Jackman happened to be making a grand entrance on Oprah?s show via zip-line during Tuesday's taping, and unfortunately flew right into a lighting fixture to cause the eye woes.
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| | Hugh Jackman Injured on Oprah | | Added 15 years ago | Source: Yeeeah |
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Unrequited love of my life Hugh Jackman was injured today while performing a stunt during the Down Under taping of Oprah. MSNBC says:
Live television showed Jackman sliding down a cable from the top of the Sydney Opera House towards a giant outdoor stage, but he failed to stop, crashing into the stage’s light rigging and hurting his face.
“That was so much fun, until the end,” joked Jackman.
Jackman, later sporting a small bandage under his eye, told Winfrey that the excitement of sliding down the cable caused him to brake too late.
“I came down waving to everyone, looking over Sydney Harbour, saw my dad, the kids and you (Winfrey), went to pull the brake and then boing,” he said.
Entertainment reporters at the scene said Jackman was hit in the eye. Television showed Jackman holding some ice on his face and taking a swig of red wine. It was reported that Jackman suffered a black eye.
Of course, being Hugh Jackman, he plunked right back down and did the rest of his segment without batting an eye. That’s what makes him so awesome. Anybody else in Hollywood would have stormed off the stage, dog-cussing some poor set assistant and slapping over a tray of pastries as they went, screaming about who was gonna get stuck with the dry cleaning bill for the blood that got on their $3,000 calfskin Louis Vuitton loafers while frantically dialing their plastic surgeon. Hugh Jackman has chunks of guys like those in his stool.
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| | It's Hugh Jackman Time | | Added 15 years ago | Source: Yeeeah |
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In case Hugh Jackman doesn’t have a Halloween costume lined up, I have a really great suggestion! He can be the emperor from the children’s story, The Emperor’s New Clothes. I’m willing to ah, make his costume. I’ll just need him to come over for some “fittings”. By “fittings”, of course, I mean I want him to stick his wiener in me. BOO-yah!
Taking his daughter Ava to school:
Picture source: Bauer-Griffin
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Looking his always handsome self, Hugh Jackman was spotted out for a birthday workout in New York City on Tuesday (October 12).
Turning 42-years-young on this particular day, the "X-Men" stud sported some short tight black gym gear as he readied for the afternoon sweat session.
On the career front, Mr Jackman continues to be in high demand - as he'll next be reprising his Logan / Wolverine in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2".
To be directed by David Slade with a 2011 release date, the franchise film finds Wolverine traveling to Japan to train with a samurai warrior.
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