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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson Become Greek Citizens, and What a Red Lobster Employee Did for a Rare Blue Lobster.
According to the Prime Minister in Greece, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are now officially citizens of the country.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis shared the news in an Instagram post on Sunday. He wrote, “@ritawilson @tomhanks are now proud Greek citizens!” The post included a picture of the Prime Minister and his wife standing together with the celebrity couple.
This doesn’t come as a surprise for some folks. After all, when Hanks married Wilson, he joined the Greek Orthodox Church in 1988. The couple also owns property on the island of Antiparos and have produced a few films about the Greek communities. Those films include “Mamma Mia!” and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding.”
In 2020, Hank told reporters at the Golden Globe Awards that “Greece is a haven. I’ve been around the world. I’ve been to the most beautiful places in the world. None of them tops Greece. The land, the sky, the water… it’s good for the soul. It’s a healing place,” he said. Doesn’t that make you kind of want to lease a car to explore Greece?
Earlier this year, both Hanks and Wilson recovered from Covid-19 while in Australia. They were the first major celebrity couple to publicly share their coronavirus diagnoses.
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A rare blue lobster was awaiting its fate at a Red Lobster restaurant when an employee came to its rescue. The employee found the lobster in a delivery to the Cuyahoga Falls eater after he recognized just how rare the creature was.
Only 1 out of every 2 million lobster is blue, according to the Ohio Zoo, where the lobster was sent for conservation. The blue shell is thanks to a genetic anomaly.
The lobster was named Clawde by the Red Lobster staff, after the restaurant’s mascot. They contacted the Monterey Bay Aquarium who then reached out to the zoo.
“Our animal care staff was able to quickly spring into action and prepare a new home for him,” said the Akron Zoo on Facebook.
“Clawde is acclimating to his new home here at the Akron Zoo, in a special tank that has been dubbed ‘Clawde’s Man Cave” by his care team,” wrote the zoo.
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