Kate Winslet Rescues Richard Branson's Elderly Mother From Fire: Who's the Most Heroic Celebrity?
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Kate Winslet
Winslet helped rescue Virgin mogul Richard Branson's elderly mother by assisting in carrying her out of a burning house. How can she top this in her next movie?
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Kate Winslet
Winslet helped rescue Virgin mogul Richard Branson's elderly mother by assisting in carrying her out of a burning house. How can she top this in her next movie?
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Ryan Gosling
"The Notebook" actor was caught on camera helping to break up a street fight in New York City, physically restraining one of the men involved.
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Harrison Ford
In 2000, Ford rescued two female hikers who were stranded on Idaho's Table Mountain. The following year, he airlifted a Boy Scout to safety after he got lost in Yellowstone National Park.
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Demi Moore
Moore used Twitter to help two different people who said they were planning to commit suicide.
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Tom Cruise
In 1996, Cruise reportedly witnessed a hit-and-run accident, had someone call an ambulance and paid the woman's $7,000 ER bill when he found out she wasn't insured.
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Sean Penn
After Hurricane Katrina, Penn traveled around New Orleans in a motorboat, reportedly escorting about 40 people to dry land.
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Garth Brooks
In 2000, Brooks helped evacuate five people in Collinsville, Okla., whose house was in the path of a raging grass fire, according to E! Online.
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T.I.
Last year, the rapper helped authorities convince a suicidal man not to jump from a 22-story building.
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It might have been her greatest role yet: Oscar-winner Kate Winslet helped rescue Virgin mogul Richard Branson's elderly mother from a burning house.
And no, she didn't do this in a movie -- this actually happened.
After the fire that destroyed his Caribbean home, Branson said in his blog that he wanted to offer "many thanks to Kate Winslet for helping to carry my 90 year (old) mum out of the main house to safety."
Branson said about 20 people -- including Winslet, her children and his mother -- were staying in the 8-bedroom Great House on Necker, his private isle in the British Virgin Islands, when it was struck by lightning during a tropical storm early Monday.
The British billionaire -- who was staying in another property nearby with his wife and son -- said no one was hurt.
But Winslet is not the only celeb to come to the rescue lately. "The Notebook" actor Ryan Gosling was recently caught on camera helping to break up a street fight in New York City, E! Online reports.
From Winslet to Gosling to Demi Moore, click through our slideshow and let us know: Who is the most heroic celebrity?
And no, she didn't do this in a movie -- this actually happened.
After the fire that destroyed his Caribbean home, Branson said in his blog that he wanted to offer "many thanks to Kate Winslet for helping to carry my 90 year (old) mum out of the main house to safety."
Branson said about 20 people -- including Winslet, her children and his mother -- were staying in the 8-bedroom Great House on Necker, his private isle in the British Virgin Islands, when it was struck by lightning during a tropical storm early Monday.
The British billionaire -- who was staying in another property nearby with his wife and son -- said no one was hurt.
But Winslet is not the only celeb to come to the rescue lately. "The Notebook" actor Ryan Gosling was recently caught on camera helping to break up a street fight in New York City, E! Online reports.
From Winslet to Gosling to Demi Moore, click through our slideshow and let us know: Who is the most heroic celebrity?
Top Opinion
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SANDERS 2011/08/24 01:08:10
I think I would also like to add Temple Grandin to the heroes list
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Durning served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Drafted at age 21, he was first assigned as a rifleman with the 398th Infantry Regiment, and later served overseas with the 3rd Army Support troops and the 386th Anti-aircraft Artillery (AAA) Battalion. For his valor and the wounds he received during the war, Durning was awarded the Silver Star and three Purple Heart medals.
Durning participated in the Normandy Invasion of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and was among the first troops to land at Omaha Beach. Some sources state that he was with the 1st Infantry Division at the time, but it is unclear if he served as a rifleman or as a member of one of the division's artillery battalions.
Durning was wounded by a German “S” Mine on June 15, 1944, at Les Mare des Mares, France. He was transported by the 499th Medical Collection Company to the 24th Evacuation Hospital. By June 17 he was back in England at the 217th General Hospital. Although severely wounded by shrapnel in the left and right thighs, the right hand, the frontal region of the head, and the anterior left chest wall, Durning recovered quickly and was determined to be fit for duty on December 6, 1944. He arrived back at the front in time to take part in the Battle of the Bulge, the German counter-offe...
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Durning served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Drafted at age 21, he was first assigned as a rifleman with the 398th Infantry Regiment, and later served overseas with the 3rd Army Support troops and the 386th Anti-aircraft Artillery (AAA) Battalion. For his valor and the wounds he received during the war, Durning was awarded the Silver Star and three Purple Heart medals.
Durning participated in the Normandy Invasion of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and was among the first troops to land at Omaha Beach. Some sources state that he was with the 1st Infantry Division at the time, but it is unclear if he served as a rifleman or as a member of one of the division's artillery battalions.
Durning was wounded by a German “S” Mine on June 15, 1944, at Les Mare des Mares, France. He was transported by the 499th Medical Collection Company to the 24th Evacuation Hospital. By June 17 he was back in England at the 217th General Hospital. Although severely wounded by shrapnel in the left and right thighs, the right hand, the frontal region of the head, and the anterior left chest wall, Durning recovered quickly and was determined to be fit for duty on December 6, 1944. He arrived back at the front in time to take part in the Battle of the Bulge, the German counter-offensive through the Ardennes Forest of Belgium and Luxembourg in December 1944.
After being wounded again, this time in the chest, Durning was repatriated to the United States. He remained in Army hospitals to receive treatment for wounds until being discharged with the rank of Private First Class on January 30, 1946.
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I don't know if she would be considered a celebrity...but they thought enough about her to make a movie of her life.
Now I think about it, Temple probably wouldn't be considered a celebrity [sadly, I think].
I wonder if a movie has ever been made of Durning's life?
Much like most of these stories - any normal person with half a brain would have done the same thing in their shoes.
Others on the list are equally caring people, and deserve recognition.
I was there when Hurricane Katrina was about to hit. We went down to drop my brother off to college. Along the way we met amazing people who were so kind - just genuinely big hearted folks and completely the opposite of New Yorkers, but while we evacuated and left back to go home these people stayed having no where to go, and thinking they could outlast it wanting to stay with their family. :(
And then I revisited a year or two after Katrina and it was just awful. Nothing was done. There were all these trailers supposed to be used as homes for some just sitting untouched by the hundreds. Quarters were still in shambles... so yeah I think one guy making that effort when a lot of people didn't... it's commendable.
Because he went OUT of his way to do that. Most of these stars were put into these situations and did the right thing, Sean could have easily chosen to ignore what was going on in New Orleans but he didn't and that's a true hero. :')
Though it shouldn´t matter.. The important thing is that people are helping other :)
My favorite Hollywood hero is Brigadier General Jimmy Stewart (now deceased) though....
That doesn't mean that everyone else didn't perform a noble deed though. As another poster already wrote "the dangerous part was already over..", however, they choose to help out when they certainly didn't have too. T.I. didn't have to help the police, but it was apparently the right thing to do, Demi didn't have to pay attention to what someone wrote on Twitter-but it disturbed her and she still saved someone's life. Harrison and Sean did not have to spend their dime and time to go save people, there are rescue workers for that--but it was the right thing to do. And while $7,000 is their child's lunch change to a billionaire, it's still his money and Tom was not obligated to spend his money on a stranger--but it was the right thing, he felt to do. All of these people and deeds are noble in their own rite. I hope thateveryone would just take a step back and next time they try to get out of something or get over on somebody...do what's right, rather than what you can get away with. :)