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Legendary actress and singer Bette Midler initially met fan Anna Greenberg at a film screening, and when she heard Greenberg — who was dying of a rare form of cancer — had taken a turn for the worse, she gave her new friend a call and wound up serenading her. Got your Kleenex ready? Because seriously, you’re gonna need it. A family member of Anna’s video-taped the May 13 call, in which you can hear Bette on speaker phone saying, “You’re such a wonderful soul and I am so glad that I got the chance to meet you … You have enhanced my life probably as much as you say I have enhanced yours.” At around the 4:25 mark on the video, Midler asks Anna if there’s anything she can do for her. The dying girl asks Bette to sing ‘Wind Beneath My Wings,’ to which she graciously responds, “Of course, angel.” And then the Divine Miss M does an emotional and tear-filled version of the song. Anna died just a few days later. She was only 28.

A Mexican grandmother has proven that it is never too late to go back to school. The classroom may be the last place you would expect to find most 100-year-olds, but Manuela Hernandez is far from your typical centurion. Growing up in a poor family in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, she spent only one year in grade school before the financial strain meant that she had to swap education for domestic chores. Speaking to Uno TV, Mrs Hernandez said, “I passed by the school many times but I couldn’t be a student because my mother was very poor.” Born in 1913, Manuela Hernandez was forced to trade in literacy and arithmetic for standing on a box to swat away flies. Now, a mere 90 years later, she has finally achieved her childhood dream. Mrs Hernandez was presented with her thoroughly well-earned diploma in a celebratory ceremony held in the southern Mexican state, in which over half of citizens over the age of 15 have not completed primary level education. But this academia-driven grandmother is not quite ready to exchange pens for slippers yet, as she now has her sights firmly set on high school. And who knows, college could be next on the list…

Miley Cyrus made Jimmy Kimmel very uncomfortable on his own talk show last night (June 25), arriving in high-waisted underwear, a crop top, a jacket and some thigh-high boots. As you do. Then she talked about the “symbolism” in her music video ‘We Can’t Stop.’ SPOILER ALERT: It’s not really symbolism. After some stilted conversation between the host and his guest, Kimmel asked about her bizarre music video and the twisted imagery used throughout. Miley admitted that it was “based on true events” and a series of parties she’s thrown or attended, but that it’s also chock-full of symbolism too: While she just thought the french fry skull was cool, the taxidermied deer in sunglasses standing in front of several mirrors represents the kids. Even though it’s not a taxidermied baby goat. (What?) “You know, it’s like you’re feeling judged and then here’s this scrawny deer that to me just seems so sweet, and he seems like he would be judged, and so this is him looking at himself in the reflection,” she said, making us wonder how much pot “salvia” she smoked before she got there. “He’s got himself all swagged up, he’s trying to be something that he’s not, but he has to remember he can’t be judged.” As for that Miley-on-doll action, she’s wearing a necklace that says “doll” and she’s making out with a doll-version of herself so therefore … metaphor? Also, the dude eating bread is “symbolic for money.” Or munchies. Or something. And just in case you weren’t impressed by Miley (who has been trying way too hard to make fashion statements lately), check out the video below where she talks about her buddy Snoop Lion and find out why they get along. Hint: It doesn’t involve salvia.

When actor/suspected chameleon Johnny Depp went on ‘The Late Show With David Letterman’ back in February to promote his film ‘The Lone Ranger,’ he told a harrowing tale of a near-death experience he had while riding his horse. Or rather, not riding his horse. Now, thanks to a new featurette for the movie, “that time Johnny Depp was convinced he was going to die” is on video for public consumption. Way to be, Disney. (No, really, this was Disney’s idea.) In the scene, you can see Johnny — in full-on Native American regalia — fall off his horse and then drop under the animal’s hooves, getting trampled in the process. Ever the showman, Depp later reveals the hoof marks on his chest and then makes a joke about the whole experience, expressing how grateful he was that his coccyx made it through the encounter intact. The horse, on the other hand, feels just awful about the whole thing, we’re sure.