Shawn Johnson and Andrew East have been married for nearly a decade, and they put their relationship to the test in a big way on Season 4 of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test. While the two are competing individually on the show, they got to see each other through some of the hardest challenges they’ve each ever faced.
The couple opened up to Swooon about how their marriage was affected by the rigorous course and process.
Published on: Sept 18, 2025 06:25 pm IST
Weight loss journeys often feel overwhelming, but sometimes the simplest changes can lead to the biggest results. One woman named Reet Kaur managed to shed 18 kg after switching just 1 thing in her diet, and her transformation proves that consistency and small tweaks can truly pay off. (Also read: Woman who lost 72 kg with eating disorder and ADHD opens up about her weight loss secrets: ‘I stopped labelling food…’ )
Reet shared in her September 17 Instagram post, “To lose weight, you need to be in a calorie deficit (you consume fewer calories than your body burns). But sticking to that deficit can be tough, especially when hunger strikes. Here’s the single change I made in my diet to make it easier, I started volume eating!”
She explained that volume eating is a strategy where you fill your plate with larger portions of low-calorie, high-volume foods, so you stay full without overshooting your calorie intake. This method, she says, helps with weight loss, fat loss, and overall satiety, without leaving you feeling deprived.
Instead of reaching for small portions of calorie-dense snacks like chips or chocolate, Reet suggests focusing on foods that are:
“This allows you to eat more food for fewer calories, helping with hunger control and portion satisfaction,” Reet added.
Note to readers: This report is based on user-generated content from social media. HT.com has not independently verified the claims and does not endorse them.
This article is for informational purposes only and not a substitute for professional medical advice.
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Glen Powell has described Chris Pratt’s performance in Guardians Of The Galaxy as changing the landscape of Hollywood for him and other actors.
Pratt was initially a comedy actor, best known for sitcom Parks And Recreation prior to entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He would play Peter Quill AKA Star-Lord in six MCU movies and a Guardians Of The Galaxy Christmas special, all of which would launch him into action stardom alongside the success of his role in Jurassic World.
Powell is considered one of Hollywood’s up-and-coming leading men thanks to hits such as Twisters, Top Gun Maverick, and the forthcoming remake of The Running Man. In a new interview with GQ, he puts his success partly down to Pratt making lighter performances more attractive to studios.
“I remember when Chris Pratt broke out in Guardians of the Galaxy,” he said. “There’s no doubt it really helped—not being brooding or dark. Like, I’m not Christian Bale. Christian Bale has a gravitas and a weight, and (Robert) Pattinson had his thing. And when Pratt kind of appeared on the scene where he was doing things that were a little more silly and buoyant, that’s where I feel most at home. And that’s where I feel like I had a gear that is a necessary flavour in terms of Hollywood, and not a gear that a lot of guys can play.”
He would explain that, prior to that moment, he would find himself being offered characters who were “the jock, or the fraternity guy, or the very vanilla next-door-neighbour vibes. You get cast into these very broad things.”
The Running Man, directed by Edgar Wright and based on the book by Stephen King, comes to cinemas on November 14.
Recently, Glen Powell dismissed the idea that he could be in the running to be the next James Bond, saying that producers should “Get an authentic Brit for that job.”
Danielle Fishel’s cancer battle inspired her to compete on Dancing with the Stars.
Danielle Fishel was diagnosed with cancer in 2024
The 44-year-old actress was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2024, and after undergoing treatment, Danielle started to look at life in an entirely new way.
She told People: “The minute I was done with my cancer treatment, I thought to myself, ‘If this has shown me anything, it has shown me that I am not experiencing enough joy in my life.'”
Danielle is now determined to have more “fun” in her day-to-day life.
The actress – who is best known for playing Topanga Lawrence in Boy Meets World – said: “I’m going through every day, performing tasks and being there for my family and being there for work. Where’s the fun?
“When they asked me to do this, I was like, ‘This is the perfect way to cap it off.'”
Danielle previously admitted that her cancer diagnosis consumed her entire life at one point in time.
The actress actually found it hard to focus on anything else amid her treatment.
She told People last year: “It’s like, ‘Wow. Even for cancer that was found at stage zero, my whole life has changed’.
“My life has become many doctor’s appointments and constantly checking up. And it’ll be monitoring side effects.
“It’s not fun, but it is what it is. And with all that said, I’m very fortunate and I’m going to live, which is the most important thing.”
Danielle is also determined to encourage other people to pay closer attention to their own health.
She said: “When I was trying to make the decision about whether or not I wanted to talk about it publicly, my first instinct was to just keep it quiet, not tell anybody and just get through it. Suffer through it alone.
“But it was like, okay, I have the ability to go out there and tell a large amount of people that had it not been for me being so on top of my yearly check-up, I may not have found this.
“Had I said, ‘I did my mammogram last year, I was totally fine. What are the odds that in one year I’m going to have anything? I’ll be fine. I’ll put it off,’ it could have been much worse for me.”
800 years of British legal history. 15 years of campaigning to change it. Decades of suffering after the murder of her daughter. England’s Ann Ming, 79, is a force of nature. Now, the four-part ITV drama series I Fought the Law will tell her story and bring it to a broader audience, starting on Sunday, when the show hits U.K. screens.
Written by Jamie Crichton (All Creatures Great and Small, The Last Kingdom, Grantchester), starring English actress and singer Sheridan Smith (Cilla, Mrs Biggs, Gavin & Stacey) as Ming and produced by Hera Pictures (What It Feels Like for A Girl, Mary & George, Hamnet), in association with All3Media International, the series is based on Ming’s book For the Love of Julie, which details her long campaign to overturn the 800-year-old British double jeopardy law following the murder of her 22-year-old daughter and the ruling of a mistrial that, she kept emphasizing, kept justice from being served.
After all, the double jeopardy rule prevented people from being tried twice for the same offense. But thanks to her campaign, the Criminal Justice Act 2003 created an exception, allowing an acquitted defendant to be tried a second time for a serious offense.
That opened the way for a retrial and 2006 conviction in the case of Julie’s murder. The man was sentenced to a life term.
“I Fought the Law is the powerful true story of a mother’s relentless fight for justice following the disappearance of her beloved daughter Julie,” reads a Hera Pictures series summary. “This groundbreaking campaign led to a historic legal reform and, ultimately, to a life sentence for Julie’s killer nearly two decades after her murder.”
An ITV synopsis also highlights: “The drama follows the tragic, moving, and deeply inspiring journey of the Ming family after the murder … In the wake of multiple police failings, Ann relentlessly pressures the authorities to uncover the truth and ensure the man responsible is brought to justice – despite initially seeming he will get away with murder. In her steadfast and indomitable style, Ann takes on the entire justice system – challenging the Crown Prosecution Service, the Law Commission, prominent defence barristers in television debates, the government, the Lord Chancellor, the Attorney General, and two Home Secretaries.”
You may wonder how Ming kept up her campaign for so long. “I am quite a strong person, but I mean, I never had the challenge of changing the law, but I’m glad I did it now,” she tells THR.
Asked about the heavy weight of tradition and history that kept her from pushing through her proposal for a change for a long time, Ming explains: “I don’t know why they were so frightened to change it, because it’s common sense. If there is a proven wrongful conviction, the person should be freed. And in the case of wrongful acquittal, such as ours, the same principle should apply. This man killed my daughter and was bragging in a local pub that he got away with the perfect murder.”
So, how did the series come about? “[Hera] got in touch and said they were interested” to make a series, she recalls. “I’ve got an agent in London. He advised me to meet and go with them.”
Shares Hera founder Liza Marshall: “Yes, we wanted to option her amazing book. We were just so drawn to her.”
The long creative journey was worth it, she feels. “We first started talking about it during the pandemic, which was a time when we were all, certainly in the U.K., complaining a lot about the government,” the executive shares.
Of course, her team also felt a burden to tell the story in the best possible way. “It’s a huge responsibility,” Marshall tells THR. “Ann was right at the heart of the process all the way through, from the moment we took it to ITV to start off and develop the script with them. And then Sheridan became attached, and that was absolutely integral to the greenlighting of the show.”
Ming enjoyed working with Crichton and the rest of the creative team. “When he did the script, he sent it to me to have a look at it, and if I felt there was anything to alter, we altered it,” she tells THR. “I’m really pleased with the script and everything, the whole process and the whole drama.”
And Ming loves that Sheridan portrays her. “They couldn’t have picked anybody better than Sheridan Smith,” she tells THR. “She is really the best actress.”
So, she was a Smith fan before her casting? “Oh, yeah, definitely,” Ming says. “I’ve seen everything she’s ever done. It’s so nice for her to play me.”
Does Ming expect I Fought the Law to change people’s awareness of her work much? “I’ve lived and breathed this for so long. I think people in my local area all know that it was me who campaigned to change the law,” she says. “But a lot of people don’t know it was me, even though I did the book in 2006. Now, more people will realize who did it.”
Indeed, highlights Marshall, “in a wider U.K. context, people actually don’t know the story and the incredible bravery she showed and the resilience to get the law overturned. I think Ann is a complete shining example of what you can do if you put your mind to something, and how, even if the doors close in your face, you just keep pushing through. That just felt incredibly inspiring.”
Adds Hera executive producer Charlotte Webber: “Ann was going up against the establishment and various different organizations. How many things have we seen that we want to change and don’t? And Ann has spoken to every single level of authority on a human level. And whoever she came across, she looked them in the eye and, as a mother, told them how this happened.”
She describes Ming as a role model for women everywhere. But Ming herself remains modest. Does she feel like a role model? “No, not really,” she tells THR. She feels she just followed her heart and common sense. “If you think something’s wrong and you think that it should be changed, well, you do it,” she concludes. “Keep that thought for the day: If it’s wrong, change it to right.”
I Fought the Law launches on ITV and STV on Sunday, Aug. 31, with the series streaming on ITVX and STV Player, followed by a documentary about Ming’s historic campaign called I Fought The Law: The Ann Ming Story.
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Angela Simmons recently got candid about how she felt after the de@th of her child’s father.
While visiting her brother JoJo Simmons’ For Good podcast, Angela opened up about the heartbreak she experienced after Sutton Tennyson was $hot and k*lled outside his home in Atlanta back in 2018.
Though they were no longer together at the time, Angela admitted she still felt “numb,” especially at the thought of no longer having him as a co-parent. She said:
“It changed me as a person. You question everything. You say, ‘I didn’t have a child to raise him alone… to raise him alone at that capacity is, like, another level.’”
Angela went on to say that “God, prayer,” and “therapy” ultimately helped her move forward after the loss so she could continue caring for their son, Sutton Jr., who turns 9 next month.
Can you relate to Angela’s reflection on losing a co-parent?
Regina King is opening up about how the death of her son Ian has transformed her perspective on life. The acclaimed actress says the event has led her to be more present and even inspired a meaningful entrepreneurial venture.
In her new Haute Living cover story, the Shirely actress said,
“I think in life, it’s harder and harder to have those meaningful moments. And that’s why, when I have them now, they feel even more special. We have them less and less as time goes on, and we have to work harder to have them.” When speaking about how she lives differently now while carrying grief, she said, “I one thousand percent live in the moment more. I don’t know if that’s something that just comes with time, or with pain, or with the pandemic — probably all of it. But I feel it.”
Her son Ian died by suicide in January 2022 at the age of 26. He was her only child and she shared him with her ex-husband, Ian Alexander Sr..
The Oscar-winning actress is focused on keeping her son’s memory alive in her life, most recently in the form of an orange wine. Her newly launched brand is named MianU — short for “me and you” — and was inspired by the wine Ian introduced her to.
“It was kind of an epiphany I had that came from a place of continuing to create memories in Ian’s spirit. I’m still here, on this plane, separate from him, and I’m surrounded by people talking about their children — engagements, weddings, new chapters — [while mine is gone],” she told the outlet. “I still love talking about Ian: I just don’t have the chance to create new memories in the way they do. But I’m not focused on that. This is my way of creating something new, together.”
The wine is deeply meaningful to her because it reminds her of her son constantly, with each and every moment. “Every time a cork opens, or every time I’m pouring a glass, I’m thinking of Ian. I’m thinking of him 24/7 anyway, but always in this moment, I can see his face. And for people who never got the chance to dance with Ian, maybe they’ll be curious. Maybe they’ll ask. His name is right there, in the middle of it all. He’ll never be forgotten… If you see me, you see Ian,” she said.
Another way the Boondocks talent also aims to keep her son with her at all times is by intentionally speaking “about him in the present, because he’s always with me,” and remembering “the joy and happiness that he gave all of us.”
To shop MianU wines, head to their official site and view King’s announcement here.