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About the Late Athlete’s Love Catalina – Hollywood Life

by jummy84 November 7, 2025

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The sports world is mourning the heartbreaking loss of Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland, who died unexpectedly on November 6, 2025, at just 24 years old. Following news of his passing, tributes poured in from teammates, fans, and the Cowboys organization. “Marshawn was a beloved teammate and member of our organization,” the team said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers regarding Marshawn are with his girlfriend Catalina and his family.”

Kneeland’s agent, Jonathan Perzley, also shared an emotional statement about the young athlete’s passing. “I am shattered to confirm that my client and dearest friend Marshawn Kneeland passed away last night,” Perzley said. “I watched him fight his way from a hopeful kid at Western Michigan with a dream to being a respected professional for the Dallas Cowboys. Marshawn poured his heart into every snap, every practice, and every moment on the field. To lose someone with his talent, spirit, and goodness is a pain I can hardly put into words. My heart aches for his family, his teammates, and everyone who loved him.”

Perzley added that he hopes Kneeland’s loved ones “feel the support of the entire football community during this unimaginable time,” and asked for privacy as they grieve.

Here’s what to know about what happened to Marshawn Kneeland — and more about his girlfriend Catalina — below.

What Happened to Marshawn Kneeland?

Kneeland tragically died on November 6, 2025, in Frisco, Texas. According to TMZ and ESPN, police in Frisco, Texas, said Kneeland was involved in a short vehicle pursuit late that evening before officers found him inside his car with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Did Marshawn Kneeland Have a Girlfriend When He Died?

Yes, Kneeland was in a relationship with his girlfriend, Catalina, at the time of his passing. TMZ reported that she alerted authorities out of concern for his safety before the tragedy.

While she has not made any public statements, both the Cowboys organization and Kneeland’s agent acknowledged her in their tributes, asking for privacy for his loved ones.

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Did Marshawn Kneeland Have Any Children?

No, Kneeland did not have any children.

If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or considering suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

November 7, 2025 0 comments

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Jennifer Lawrence Says She Didn’t Need Intimacy Coordinator With Robert Pattinson On ‘Die My Love’ Set

by jummy84 November 6, 2025

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Jennifer Lawrence is opening up about her experience on the set of Die My Love with co-star Robert Pattinson.

The film, directed by Lynne Ramsay, who also co-wrote the screenplay alongside Enda Walsh and Alice Birch, follows Grace (Lawrence), who develops postpartum depression, and, alongside her partner Jackson (Pattinson), enters psychosis.

Lawrence and Pattinson share intimate scenes, and the American Hustle star revealed why she felt so comfortable working with her co-star.

“We did dance lessons together, which was like team building exercises,” she said on the latest episode of Las Culturistas podcast. “In the end, it ended up being more helpful just for choreography of sex scenes and fighting scenes.”

The topic of an intimate coordinator came up but Lawrence didn’t remember if they had one and explained why she ultimately didn’t need one.

“We did not have one or maybe we did, but we didn’t really… I felt really safe with him,” she said. “He’s not pervy and he’s very in love with [partner] Suki [Waterhouse]. We mostly were talking about our kids and relationships so there wasn’t any weird, like, ‘Does he think I like him?’”

“If there was a little bit of that I would probably have an intimacy coordinator. A lot of male actors get offended if you don’t want to f*** them, and then the punishment starts. But he was not like that, for the record.”

Intimacy coordinators are people hired to facilitate communication between actors and directors during intimate scenes. This position emerged in response to the #MeToo movement.

Lawrence also shared her thoughts about appearing nude in the film, which was done when she was pregnant with her second child.

“I don’t care about nudity. I’m not sensitive about it,” she said. “I think being pregnant took a lot of, like, vanity anxiety away. Before No Hard Feelings, I was dieting and not eating carbs and working out. I was pregnant [in Die My Love]. What was I gonna do? Not eat?”

Die My Love opens in theaters on November 7, and it also stars LaKeith Stanfield, Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, Gabrielle Rose, Debs Howard, Sarah Lind, and Marcus Della Rosa.

November 6, 2025 0 comments

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Sonam Bajwa on Guru Nanak Jayanti 2025 : ‘I love kaali daal in langar…’

by jummy84 November 4, 2025

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For actor Sonam Bajwa, who is of Punjabi descent and known for her Punjabi films like Carry On Jatta franchise, Gooday Godday Cha (2023), the festival of Gurpurab, celebrated today, holds a special place in her heart. despite never having lived in Punjab.

Sonam Bajwa is a popular name in the Punjabi film industry.

“I was born in Uttarakhand and raised in UP, my grandparents settled there. I was living between these two states. Every Guru Nanak Jayanti, I have a very clear memory of going to Prabhat Pheris,” she shares.

Recalling her childhood memories of the festival, the 36-years-old says, “I used to be very excited from morning to evening. I used to look forward to having the tasty Kada Prasad, boondi, laddoos. My school had a special holiday that day but we still used to go to celebrate Guru Nanak Jayanti and even offered special prayers. We would roam around the entire day. I was always so thrilled about the festivities.”

She adds, “My mother is an amritdhari, she still does sewa and I grew up in that culture. I don’t have a clear memory of doing sewa myself though.”

One of the favorite memories, Sonam reveals, is savouring the langar .”I used to love the very famous kaali daal.and phulka. Even if you make it at home with the same ingredients, it never tastes the same.”

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However, for Sonam, who is often busy with shoots now, the festival doesn’t feel quite the same anymore. She admits, “FestivaIs would definitely be different if my parents were here. This year, I will be shooting on Gurpurab in Punjab. As an actor, working on festivals, New Years, and even birthdays, has become a norm over the last few years.”

This year, Sonam forayed into Hindi film industry and was seen in films like Baaghi 4, Housefull 5, and Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat.

November 4, 2025 0 comments

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Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson on Zoloft and Die My Love

by jummy84 November 4, 2025

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When Lynne Ramsay‘s “Die My Love” debuted at Cannes last May, critics raved about Jennifer Lawrence‘s performance as Grace, a young mother slowly descending into the madness of postpartum depression. Lawrence could be back in the Best Actress Oscar race for the first time since “Joy” in 2016, after winning for “Silver Linings Playbook” in 2013, and nominations for her breakout film “Winter’s Bone” (2011) and “American Hustle” (2014). What a run!

All along, Lawrence mixed studio business (the “X-Men” and “Hunger Games” franchises, “Red Sparrow,” “No Hard Feelings”) with indie pleasures like “Causeway” and “The Beaver.” Martin Scorsese, who admired Lawrence’s unhinged performance in Darren Aronofsky’s “Mother!,” has been trying to find the right project for her. He discovered the 2012 novel “Die My Love” by Ariana Harwicz, and told Lawrence she should tackle this role.

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Lawrence’s production company Excellent Cadaver developed the script with Ramsay, who cast Robert Pattinson. Established by the “Twilight” franchise, he ricocheted from Christopher Nolan projects (“Tenet” and “The Odyssey”) and DC franchise “The Batman,” which starts filming “Part Two” in April, to indies like the Safdies’ “Good Time” and Robert Eggers’ “The Lighthouse.” In “Die My Love,” he plays Grace’s partner, Jackson, who is clueless about how to help his partner cope.

The two actors answered my questions during a Zoom interview, poking fun at each other throughout. They were in New York on the day of their premiere.

The following interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.

Jennifer Lawrence: I love IndieWire.

Anne Thompson: Thank you! We’ve each talked several times over the years, but the two of you together — that’s new. Jennifer, how did Martin Scorsese get you started with this project? You wound up producing it.

Jennifer Lawrence: He had read this book; that shows his compassion and his emotional breadth, to read something like this about postpartum and to connect with it. He told me that I should do this, I should act in it. I sat with it for a while, and then once it all clicked that it isn’t a literal adaptation, that it’s more poetic, then I realized Lynne Ramsey was the only person that we could conceive of making it, because she’s the only poet I know of that makes movies.

This movie is an example of artists taking a flying leap into the unknown without regard for commerciality. What genre is “Die My Love”? Can you define it?

Jennifer Lawrence: A romantic drama.

Robert Pattinson: Yeah, it’s definitely an unorthodox romance. It’s weird, I find it deeply romantic. It’s very difficult. It’s interesting how Lynne saw that. The book is traumatic, so for her to find humor— I remember when Lynne first talked about it, she was saying: “Oh yeah, it’s quite funny.”

You two worked on the script a bit to change Robert’s character?

Robert Pattinson: I just talked to Lynne. I liked the first draft, and I was saying how I interpreted Jackson. I wasn’t even suggesting to change anything. And the second draft of it came back. I saw it very much as a love story, obviously. Coming from Jackson’s perspective, you’ve got to figure out a reason why. There’s a one scene in it where they’re saying they’re breaking up, but Jackson keeps saying, “I can try harder.” It was a moving thing. My entire interpretation of the character was based on that. You can be someone who’s not capable of delivering what your partner wants him to deliver, but the desire to keep trying is a fundamentally quite romantic thing. Lynne made him a little less of a sloth. He’s still a bit of a sloth.

He seems a bit dense. He doesn’t get it. After the baby, his partner is going through all this difficult stuff, and when she’s out of her mind bonkers, he asks her to marry him.

Robert Pattinson: You’re still thinking about your partner, you think it’s a mood, or a phase. They live in Montana. He just doesn’t want to leave her. They have a child together as well. And so it’s not an option to leave her. And what can you really do, other than suggest, “go to the hospital?” I can’t force you to go to the hospital. I can’t leave you. (Laughs) You’re just stuck.

Jennifer Lawrence: It’s kind of romantic.

Robert Pattinson: You try and be romantic, you try and erase, you try and let bygones be bygones and when everyone around you, your family is saying, “you need to get out of there, this is dangerous.” And you think that’s being a good partner, just letting things slide. Because what else are you going to do? Like, what else can you possibly do other than say, “I think you’re insane and need to be removed from my child?” That’s the other road to take. I have no choice other than I’m just going to forget everything again and let’s start again. Yeah, water under the bridge.

'Die, My Love' — ‘Die My Love’Excellent Cadaver

Jennifer, what was it like being four months pregnant while you’re crawling through the bushes and, dragging your fingernails across the wall? How did that affect your performance?

Jennifer Lawrence: I was in my second trimester. I wouldn’t have been able to crawl through grass if I was in my third trimester. But I found it helpful and freeing. Because when you’re pregnant, you’re in a very animalistic state, you’re doing something that’s otherworldly, and you’re feeling protective, you’re feeling instinctual. And adding that element of her being like a trapped animal, while I was in this animalistic state, was helpful. And also with the nude stuff, I wanted Lynne to have complete freedom to say, “Oh, look at that window. Go stand in front of it naked.” I didn’t want her to have to think twice about an instinct that she was having. And it was freeing. Normally, when you have a nude scene, you’re stressing out about what you’re eating the week before. I was pregnant, so I wasn’t going to diet. I wasn’t working out. And, my stomach is bloated and my nipples are huge and I have cellulite, and there was something OK about it. Now you say, “No, it looked great!”

You had your family with you there, right? Were they on the set?

Jennifer Lawrence: Yeah, my son loved to come to set, because he’s a big fan of cranes and wires and generators. Big generator guy. One day they were warming up this jet black horse, like ripping through a field and rearing up, and my son just walked right past to go stare at a generator, and the horse was just behind him, doing these amazing things. OK!

So when one of your movies that you sweated blood to make does badly at the box office or gets bad reviews, how do you feel about that?

Robert Pattinson [Laughs]: Sounds like you’re loading up!

Jennifer Lawrence: How are you guys going to feel tomorrow? It’s really hard. It’s a hard part of the process, because it feels like, even right now, before the movie is out and before the box office numbers are in, it feels extremely violating, because it’s so personal what you do and you put in so much. There are so many pieces of me in Grace or in the world, and so many observations or opinions and pieces of you that build this. It feels so private, and it’s insane to me that it’s just inherently part of the beast that eventually you give it to the public to rip into, like a zebra carcass to a pack of hyenas. And that is the way that it goes, and it’s art that is meant to be consumed. It just seems so backwards and violating that people watch it.

Robert Pattinson: I always approach something like: this could be the last movie you ever get to do (Lawrence laughs). Can you legitimately think, “OK, I did this for the right reasons, it’s fine to die on this hill?” Then, if you’ve done it for the right reasons, whatever the case afterwards — obviously you want people to to like it — but it’s always if you made a decision going, ” I know exactly why I’m doing this,” then it doesn’t really matter what anyone else says.

You both go back and forth between big projects and smaller, riskier things. Is it a good thing to be anxious about a role before you start?

Robert Pattinson (to Lawrence): Do you get anxious?

Jennifer Lawrence: No.

Robert Pattinson: I know you don’t get anxious. It’s weird. I’ve literally witnessed: There was a moment in this movie where it was an eight-page long scene [Lawrence giggles]. And I’d spent weeks prepping for it [giggles] and when we turn up, Jen’s [says] “What are we shooting today?” And I [say], “What do you mean? Oh god, it’s going to be a disaster.” And within two read-throughs, you knew all the dialogue.

Jennifer Lawrence: Well, I have a better memory than you.

Robert Pattinson: Two. You read it twice, OK? I have an actual anxiety disorder, I’m realizing now, and you don’t.

Jennifer Lawrence: I’m on Zoloft. Maybe you could get on something. Do you feel like you can’t think clearly because you’re constantly catering to your anxiety?

Robert Pattinson: Well, I’m thinking about my entire future.

Jennifer Lawrence: That’s not normal.

Robert Pattinson: It’s a lot of brain space. And everyone else’s future.

You also have all those movies to worry about. Some of them are done, but that’s a lot to be preparing for.

Jennifer Lawrence: Yeah, of course you’re anxious.

Robert Pattinson: But now I’ve done like, 19 movies in a row, now my memory’s actually got a lot better.

Jennifer Lawrence: You’re just too exhausted to worry anymore. It’s parenting.

Robert Pattinson: It’s actually really nice. When I was doing “Dune” it was so hot in the desert that I just couldn’t question anything. And it was so relaxing, like my brain actually wasn’t operating, I did not have a single functioning brain cell. And I was just listening to Denis [Villeneuve]: “Whatever you want!”

Jennifer Lawrence: What you resist persists. The only way out is through.

Robert Pattinson: But it’s not even out. I actually found it relaxing. Now I’m taking that into other roles.

Jennifer Lawrence: I wish you had been like that. I didn’t get that side.

That role that you play is demanding and intense, but were you also looking after Robert?

Jennifer Lawrence: No. He was perfectly good at looking after himself. It was every man for himself on there. I understand when people see the movie, they’re: “Oh my god, that must have been so intense.” But Rob and I had a great time. Playing somebody who lets their intrusive thoughts win is really fun. How many times would you want to just rip something off the shelves and squeeze everything out of a shampoo bottle? It was satisfying!

You weren’t living in Grace’s pain.

Jennifer Lawrence: I was not. I had a two-year-old in Calgary with me. I could not have pulled something like that off. Every time I hear about actors who live method, like, how does that work when you’re married? Do you know? Have you ever seen it?

Robert Pattinson: Seen someone else? Yeah, I always think it’s just being really grumpy all the time. That seems to be what method is.

When you take on a movie like this, do you care if the audience likes your character?

Jennifer Lawrence: Yeah, that’s more of a question for you, I think.

Robert Pattinson: Why?

Jennifer Lawrence: Grace is so likable?

Robert Pattinson: Please answer the question.

Jennifer Lawrence: She is! Is she not likable? I genuinely think she’s a delight.

Robert Pattinson: I really want to get Zoloft.

Jennifer Lawrence: She’s so funny. Somebody [says] “do you think that you have anything to apologize for?” And she [says] “No.” It’s so hilarious.

Robert Pattinson: It completely answered the question. It’s almost impossible: you cannot dislike a character if you’re playing them.

Jennifer Lawrence: That’s not true.

Robert Pattinson: Really.

Jennifer Lawrence: I guess I just proved your point, but I don’t think that’s true. I don’t think that my personal feelings are relevant at all when it comes to a character, because there’s: How I would react if my puppy died? And then there’s: How this character would react if their puppy died?

Robert Pattinson: But don’t you think there’s something about trying to understand someone you could like? How do you define liking them?

Jennifer Lawrence: Deeply understanding someone.

Robert Pattinson: Yeah, exactly. if you understand someone, I regard understanding someone as liking them.

Jennifer Lawrence: Having a reverence for them. OK.

What was cinematographer Seamus McGarvey doing with the camera during filming? Did Lynne exercise a lot of freedom on the set?

Jennifer Lawrence: They were incredible. We were using this old film stock, and Seamus was burning lenses. We were doing a lot of day for night, and he would singe the gate, which I have never seen anybody do before, but it created this inky look, it was really cool.

Does Lynne do many takes and improvise on set?

Jennifer Lawrence: All of the work happened beforehand, with the conversations about your character and the headspace, and the production design, the costume design, like the world, and then once you’re actually there, she recedes a little bit and becomes more observational — but in the world that she made.

Robert Pattinson: It’s funny, she has a pervasive aura on set; her emotional state will seep into whatever the mood is like. And I always find it quite exciting. It’s something quite surprising about almost every decision she was making, and you never knew which way the cookie was going to crumble, which is always quite fun.

Jannifer, you’re signed to star for Scorsese in the psychological thriller “What Happens at Night,” adapted by Patrick Marber from the Peter Cameron novel, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as your husband. When is that going to start?

Jennifer Lawrence: Hopefully, a January/February situation. But one never knows with these things. I’ll believe it when I’m there. We’re going to dig in. Leo and I worked together on “Don’t Look Up.”

Robert, you’ve got Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s “The Odyssey” in post-production. What part do you play?

Robert Pattinson: I’m pretty sure we’re not allowed to say? It hasn’t been publicly released.

Jennifer Lawrence: He’s one of the sirens. [Laughs]

Are you now filming Fernando Mereilles‘ heist film “Here Comes the Flood” for Netflix, with Denzel Washington and Daisy Edgar-Jones?

Robert Pattinson: Yes, I started this week in New York [Sighs].

Did you also shoot a villain role in Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Three?” (due December 18, 2026), as well as A24’a relationship thriller “The Drama” co-starring Zendaya as your fiancée, due April 3?

Robert Pattinson: Yes.

Jennifer Lawrence: You’re a busy boy. You just shot that, you have it coming out.

Robert Pattinson: And I have another one: “Primetime” [A24, 2026] with Lance Oppenheim!

Jennifer Lawrence: Money troubles?

Robert Pattinson: The strike really affected me! I will never let that happen ever again.

Jennifer Lawrence: You just sell something!

MUBI will release “Die My Love” in theaters on Friday, November 7.

November 4, 2025 0 comments

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The Charlatans on Grief, Love, and Why They Keep Going

by jummy84 November 4, 2025

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The Charlatans were the first band I truly loved as an adult. They were the crest of the Madchester wave for me, carried forward by the Happy Mondays and the Stone Roses. What I didn’t realize then was that the Charlatans’ soul-shifting song “The Only One I Know,” and their transcendent debut album Some Friendly, were quietly preparing a down-filled mattress for me to fall back on when my mother died a month after their release.

Their music helped drown my grief, and I sank even deeper during their ecstatic live shows—of which I saw many—following them up and down the West Coast more than once, and experiencing them at festivals and hometown shows in their native U.K. I stayed with them through their smooth sail into and out of the Britpop era. It was easy to stick with them because—unlike so many of their ’90s contemporaries—they consistently made solid albums and never disbanded. When I pressed play on their latest, We Are Love, I felt an instant calm the moment Tim Burgess’ voice came in. It was like being gently deflated—not let down, but released from tension.

“I love that. That made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck,” Tim tells me when I share this with him. We’ve known each other a long time, me and Tim. We met through their drummer, the late Jon Brookes who died of brain cancer in 2013, at their show at the American Legion Hall in L.A. in 1995. I was there to interview them. Jon found me outside, sat with me on the steps, and chatted for a while before bringing me to the rest of the band. That’s the memory that always surfaces when I think of Jon—that first meeting, his kindness and warmth. They all were like that. With the Charlatans, there was no “getting to know you” phase. We immediately went from strangers to friends.

It’s comfortable to talk to Tim. I don’t feel trepidation asking him sensitive questions or being vulnerable around him. I admit some tears were shed during this interview and while writing this story. Bundled in a gray sweatshirt with his hair unruly, he alternates between perching on furniture and pacing around the Charlatans’ rehearsal space Big Mushroom in Middlewich, Cheshire, in the north of England. It truly feels like a band’s headquarters. Black fabric hangs from the walls and also from various objects in the room, a quick and practical acoustic solution. Framed gold discs are positioned here and there, and the floor is littered with new We Are Love merchandise ready for their upcoming tour.

The album was recorded partly at Big Mushroom and partly at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Wales, where the Charlatans were working on Tellin’ Stories when their keyboard player, Rob Collins, was killed in a car accident in 1996. Tim has returned to Rockfield since then—initially for research while writing his autobiography, Telling Stories, and later to record his solo albums. But We Are Love marked the first time the whole group returned there since Rob’s death.

It took me decades before I could drive past the hospital where my mother died, or the street where my sister was killed by a car, or the place where my father took his last breaths. “I did 10 years of drinking to get over Rob, that was my self-medication,” Tim says.

“The retro thing is a fear in some way and nostalgia is often a fear as well because you harken back to something that was better,” he continues, “whereas we were looking back at things that were terrifying. The loss of Rob, which is at the bottom of the driveway at Rockfield, was a constant reminder.”

There is still a lot of pain associated with Rob’s death which was so sudden. Tim confesses, “Everyone was worried about him because he was in trouble all the time. But his actual death was: We were all out and then he didn’t come back.”

In contrast, Jon’s death happened after a five-year battle, at the end of which the Charlatans had Modern Nature, and Tim’s son was born. “I was very philosophical by that point,” he says. “Jon was in less pain, and I have this brand-new baby. Martin [Blunt, bassist] really took it badly. They’d known each other before the band and played in other bands. They were two peas in a pod. I miss him. Loss, it’s bigger than anyone gives it credit for until it happens to them.”

Across 14 studio albums, the Charlatans have experimented and evolved, replaced members and had temporary pinch-hitters, yet somehow always ended up sounding distinctly like themselves. It’s been seven years since their last studio album—although they have toured regularly, including two North America runs co-headlining with Ride. For We Are Love, they took a modern approach: sampling themselves, weaving elements of their classics into the new songs. The goal wasn’t to be self-referential so much as to push the boundaries of their sound to the edge—stopping just short of anything that wouldn’t sound like them anymore.

“The tours with Ride helped—and my solo albums helped me for sure—to piece together what we were and having something new to say,” Tim says. “Which doesn’t mean we’ve got this big agenda or manifesto, but how do we present ourselves with a fresh twist and purposeful, meaningful music and words. We started talking about our history in quite pretentious ways: hauntology and psychogeography; a sense of place but also bringing in the past and acknowledging it and letting it be part of the process of making something in the present.”

Initially, it was producer Stephen Street (Smiths, Morrissey, Blur, Cranberries) who got the Charlatans back on track. Fun fact: The first-ever gig for Charlatans’ guitar player, Mark Collins’ was the Smiths at the Haçienda in 1983, where he was so physically small, he sat on the flower-strewn stage for the entire performance. Tim says the last time Mark and Johnny Marr saw each other, Johnny asked him, “Are we turning into each other?” which is amusing to say the least considering there are distinct moments on We Are Love—including on the title track—when I asked myself, “Is Johnny a special guest on this album?”

Talking about Stephen, Tim says, “We hadn’t been recording for ages. I say this lightly, but we didn’t know what we were doing. We had some demos. Some were great. Some were not so great. He took us to a studio and we sounded great.”

Around our house, we call Tim “the hardest working friend in the music industry.” He knows everyone and is very well-liked. Many fellow musicians and musician-adjacent folks and entities are happy to be involved in his projects. This is evident in his immensely popular “Tim’s Twitter Listening Party” which he hosted on that platform for three and a half years, with guests ranging from Blur to Culture Club to Iron Maiden with replays in the multiple thousands and birthed two books. The series has since rebranded as “Tim’s Listening Party” and moved to a six-part radio and podcast format airing on Absolute Radio. His strong network is also evident in his Merch Market initiative, where he takes over a venue and provides, free of charge, a physical space for artists to sell their merchandise with zero commission collected. He even got MGMT to remix We Are Love’s title track.

Tim tapped his connections to bring in Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes, who, in turn, brought along Spector’s Fred Macpherson to help with shaping the album. Dev stated his goal as, “I want to make you sound like the Charlatans.” I suspect Dev and Fred, like so many artists who came of age listening to the bands they are now producing, have a deep-rooted understanding of the Charlatans’ music that comes from absorbing it during their most impressionable years. They achieved what they set out to do, which Tim says is tapping into “an energy more than a sound.”

He brings up the Stranglers’ 1981 album, La folie, which refers to the madness of love, stating it as his favorite from the band, and how its “sprawling and conceptual” nature influenced We Are Love. It feels like the album might have also been inspired by Tim’s own love life.

“I think that I’ve got a better chance these days,” he says. “Because of life growth and not taking something that isn’t what’s right for you, not settling. I’ve had a very interesting life, and I’ve taken it all on board. It’s embodied in my soul. I realize that if it’s not working, then it’s not working. And if it is working, the less you have to try, in some ways, the better.”

To me, We Are Love is an album of love songs. It’s right there in the title. But Tim says, “I wouldn’t say they were all love songs. But even if you fall out with someone, you can still love them. Or you can still love from a distance. It’s almost like John Cassavetes and the way he was obsessed with love. I am also obsessed with love. There’s so much to write about. It’s what everybody is after. It could be the love of someone close. It could be the end of relationships and beginnings of new ones. It could be something 35 years old, which is the rest of the Charlatans.”

November 4, 2025 0 comments

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Ninajirachi: I Love My Computer Album Review

by jummy84 November 2, 2025

written by jummy84

A friend of mine has a gripe with most modern filmmakers: She says they don’t really know how to portray smartphone use. Shouldn’t people in films, she often wonders, be texting and scrolling more and talking less?

It’s true that, for whatever reason, certain art forms have been slow to address the fact that, since the introduction of the iPhone, many relationships are largely mediated through screens. For a lot of people, computers and phones provide a central hub to find not just connection, but meaning, comfort, and thrills. Countless artists have dealt with this in a broad way over the decades—think Magdalena Bay’s Imaginal Disk, a hero’s journey from tech-addled nihilism through to human feeling, but also Kraftwerk’s seminal 1981 record Computer World, a still-prescient exploration of what happens to a tech-reliant society—but fewer have explored the connection that, I, and perhaps you, have on an individual level with our devices.

Enter 26-year-old Nina Wilson, aka Ninajirachi. She wants to fuck her computer. Kind of. A track on her excellent, aggressively stimulating debut album I Love My Computer is called “Fuck My Computer,” and it’s kind of a joke, unless it isn’t? “I wanna fuck my computer/’Cause no one in the world knows me better,” she deadpans. “It says my name, it says, ‘Nina’/And no one in the world does it better.”

“Fuck My Computer” is an assaultive dubstep rager that yearns for the days when you could download Adventure Club remixes for free from Hype Machine, and it arrives early enough into I Love My Computer that you can play it off, on first listen, as irony. But it quickly becomes clear that Wilson, who grew up in Kincumber, a regional town in New South Wales, Australia, is playing her album’s conceit straight; this is a concept record about Wilson’s relationship with her PC, emphasis on the P. Moving between EDM, tech-house, speed garage, dubstep, and hyperpop with the jerky irregularity of a spasming ocular muscle, I Love My Computer is sincere and uniquely moving—smartly sidestepping newspaper opinion section questions around Tech Addiction and a Disconnected Society, Wilson instead chooses to tell a specific, personal story about growing up with the screen as your mirror.

November 2, 2025 0 comments

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Dear Shah Rukh Khan, Here Are 60 Times I Fell In Love With You & One Reason I Hate You; PS. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Tum Nahi Samjhoge!

by jummy84 November 2, 2025

written by jummy84

Shah Rukh Khan, The Brightest Of The Superstars, Turns 59 (Photo Credit – YouTube)

The biggest superstar of the country Shah Rukh Khan celebrates his 60th today with the announcement of his upcoming film King! And I have fallen in love with this new avatar of the superstar. While we eagerly await 2026 to watch this new avatar unfold on screen, we cannot stop celebrating him for being the superstar and the man he is!

One Reason I Hate Shah Rukh Khan!

I haven’t been star-struck enough to ever imagine myself standing outside Mannat to have a glimpse of Shah Rukh Khan. But that does not make me any less of a ‘Jabra Fan’. No, not at all. In fact, I have way too many reasons to love him – in fact, I can narrate 60 exact moments when I fell in love with him! But before that, I have one reason to hate him – SRK made me believe in the non-existent fairy tale love stories. The love stories that speak utter crap at times, but deep down, you root for those stories. He made me a hopeless, delusional romantic at heart and soul!

Shah Rukh Khan is pure love – The man who has made all of us feel special. The man, who is a testimony to the fact that love is magical and the man who makes everyone feel the most special person in this entire Universe, says everyone who meets him.

As the brightest of the stars in the galaxy of Bollywood turns 59 today, here are 59 times I fell in love with him!

1. Pehli Mulaqat

The crush who made me blush. May be!

I first saw him in 1995. On the silver screen, playing Raj to Simran. I was 5, too young to understand love. In fact, too young to understand anything. I just learned to say ABCD, but there was this man whom I was blushing or crushing upon. I don’t know, but probably before ABCD, LOVE came to me!

2. Is This Love?

I was not sure if this was love. But Raj stayed with me in my head. So did Simran. In fact, I sometimes even tried behaving like Simran! Waiting for my Raj, probably Yes, subconsciously, talk about girls and their prince charmings! Phew! Yes, I think I was in love!

3. Hi, Rahul, You Had Me At Aye Haye! Again!

The next Shah Rukh Khan film I had seen was Dil To Pagal Hai. I have great musical acumen, so the film stayed with me for obvious reasons. But the major reason I was glued to it was because Rahul had me at that ‘Aye Haye’!

4. WTF, Anjali Is My Age, But I Love Her Father!

Moving on, I next met Shah Rukh Khan as Rahul again. He had a daughter this time, the same age as mine! Yes, let me process that right now! But I was 8, to consider age differences then. Rahul was mine because in my head, by the end of the film, I thought I was Anjali in some parallel world!

5. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Rahul…

It took a lot of time to get Rahul out of my head. I was hopelessly in love with him when he sang Kuch Kuch Hota Hai with those perfect dimples and eyes to fall for. Though I was 8, I am sure this was my second love! (My first love was Rishi Kapoor, but we’ll keep that story for some other day, maybe!)

58 Times I Fell In Love With Shah Rukh Khan — Shah Rukh Khan In A Still From Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

6. Rahul Indeed Is A Cheater – My first little heartbreak!

Now I was in love with Rahul, only that I was not aware. I loved Anjali as well, and I was ready to give Rahul to her as well. But here was my first heartbreak. Kajol got married to Ajay Devgn, and I was too young to dissect the reel and the real. I felt cheated. I was team Rahul-Anjali all along. I had my first little heartbreak when I came to know that Rahul was Shah Rukh Khan and had a wife called Gauri Khan!

7. Thank You, Ekta Kapoor!

With age and maturity, and with cable TV coming off as a boon, I came to hear the word Shah Rukh Khan more often. There was a girl who was in love with her. Sweety – in a show called Hum Paanch, and the difference between an actor in real and his character, came to me naturally, thanks to Ekta Kapoor’s show. After falling for all the Rajs and Rahuls, I was finally in love with Shah Rukh Khan!

8. I Love You, SRK – Again!

I fell in love with SRK again when I was first gifted an audio cassette of Mohabbatein (remember my musical acumen). On a beautiful cassette cover was the most charming man I had ever seen! And there I was, hopelessly in love, all over again!

9. I Am 10 And Officially Hate A Man Called Narayan Shankar

I was 10 when the trailer for Mohabbatein dropped, and it was all over the Television. An era when trailers had just started creating hype. After I watched Mohabbatein’s trailer, I was very mad at a man called Narayan Shankar, and I wanted to make sure that Shah Rukh Khan won this battle anyhow. My Turu Lub at 10… you see!

10. I Am Very Worried About ‘My Mohabbatein’

However, while I rooted for Mohabbatein, I was told that it was a U/A film and my parents were strict. So, while the film came to my life only when Set Max aired it, I was more in love with Shah Rukh Khan. That was my ‘Channa Mereya‘ moment, I guess!

11. I Am Still Team Rahul – Anjali

Very soon, I met Rahul again! With Karan Johar’s K3G. And OMFG! How does someone look that way? He was the perfect man. Lover, Son, Boyfriend, Brother, Husband – everything. Yes, I wanted him, and I was so ready to change my surname to Raichand in my head. Also, in some parallel world, I think I was Anjali again! Please don’t judge. I just realized that this confession account is turning embarrassing with every new anecdote of mine!

12. Tussi Bade Mazakiya Ho!

People fell in love with Rahul Raichand from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham when he appeared in that Pathaani suit. But he had me at that Tussi Mazakiya Ho. That scene made my stomach have tons of butterflies. I have no idea why!

13. Yes, Rahul, Pyaar Dosti Hai! If You Say So!

So, it was the era of CDs, I guess, when I revisited Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, this time at a better age, probably to realize dialogues like Pyaar Dosti Hai. Shah said it, and I believed it. He taught me the basics of love, Probably for the first time.

14. If Silence Speaks Louder Than Words Could Be Any More Romantic!

Ask anyone about the most romantic scenes in Bollywood, and I can vouch for my claims about loving SRK if any list does not include Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’s ‘baarish scene’ with Rahul and Anjali! He was making me fall in love with him once again, but with a realization that someday, we can have our little moments in silence as well.

15. Aman, The New Love Of My Life

A new character, and another time when I fell in love with Shah Rukh Khan. Kal Ho Naa Ho’s Aman was a knight in shining armor; every damsel in distress needed. Or probably, it was an age when girls loved to have their prince charming lead the way! Or maybe I was just an obese teenager who resonated with Delnaaz’s character but secretly wanted to be Naina and date Aman!

16. Why KJO Why? How Can You Let Aman Die?

I guess I cried gallons when Aman died. (Honestly, I still do, though it has been a long time since I watched Kal Ho Naa Ho). But while Aman met Naina on that bridge, I just wanted to be Naina, to some Aman, not understanding the intensity of that scene. It was all about love for me, not having the acumen to understand losses.

17. Thank You, Karan Johar. Thank You Very Very Much!

Breaking this hopping between on-screen and off-screen dilemmas, I fell in love with Shah Rukh Khan, the man, the actor, for the first time, courtesy of Karan Johar. The first time I saw him talking about his personal life. He was suddenly a real person sans the Rahuls and the Amans on that Koffee couch, and I loved him more!

18. Ek Shararat Hone Ko Hai!

After Kal Ho Naa Ho, came an era when Sony or Set Max were officially SRK promoters, it felt. Every day, there was a Shah Rukh Khan film, and every day, I watched some or the other, falling in love with him every single day during that age.

19. Hum To Deewane Ho Gaye Yaar!

For the next few years, Shah Rukh Khan was everywhere, from hosting award shows to TV shows to ad commercials. He was coronated as the King rightfully, and he was making sure his kingdom loves him. So did I!

20. The Man Who Dares To Sing – Checklist. Tick!

Remember, the musical acumen claim of mine? So when I first heard Shah Rukh Khan attempting Apun Bola, Tu Meri Laila in the quirkiest way possible. Well, I was so in love with him that I wanted a man who could sing!

21. Love Which Motivates! I Want To Be Farah Khan To Shah Rukh Khan!

Thanks to Shah Rukh Khan, I was obsessed with films, and interestingly, it developed into an interest and inclination towards filmmaking when I saw Shah Rukh Khan pulling Captain Ram in Main Hoon Na for Farah Khan. While him, singing ‘Kiska Hai Ye Tumko Intezaar’ made me fall for him yet again, this time, I wanted something substantial. I started dreaming of becoming a filmmaker, as masaledar as Farah Khan, to cast Shah Rukh Khan in one of my films!

22. Wo Qaidi Number 786!

I could not take my eyes off Shah Rukh Khan as Veer, sinking in love with him even when he said ‘Main Qaidi Number 786’ in the rugged, old look. The most I fell for him. Check out the scene shared by the official Facebook handle of Yash Raj Films!

23. The Man Who Loves The Roots – Checklist. Yes!

When Swades was released, I was in love with Mohan Bhargava, the man who chose his roots over a luxurious life abroad, trying to discover himself, trying to turn the fate of his village, basically just struggling and trying, editing the IM from the Impossible!

24. The Rebound Love

Post Swades, Shah Rukh Khan changed gears in his career, and since I could never stop loving him, I tried to find love in real life, the rebound, as I felt I needed to move on from SRK and not indulge in Dons and Ra.Ones. So, while the love stayed, I put my foot down though!

25. Mera Pehla Pyaar Adhura Reh Gaya Rifat Bi!

I felt lost when I stepped out of Shah Rukh Khan’s aura and style of filmmaking. I tried a lot of Bollywood men, but my ‘Pehla Pyaar’ was too pure to surrender. So, while, I decided to part ways from his films, for the time being, I fell some more in love revisiting his old classics!

26. I Wanted To Swap Places With Farah Khan!

I once again wanted to swap places with Farah Khan when I saw Shah Rukh Khan dancing to Dhoom Tana in Om Shanti Om. Deepika Padukone might have looked dreamy, but Shah Rukh Khan saying “Itni Shiddat Se Maine Tumhe Paane Ki Khwaaish Ki Hai, Ki Har Zarre Ne Mujhe Tumse Milaane Ki Saazish Ki Hai” was another high.

27. That Glimpse In A Rickshaw!

When Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi was announced, the first glimpse was from Haule Haule, where Shah Rukh Khan unveiled Anushka Sharma sitting in a rickshaw. Something was so pure about this scene that I fell in love with Suri Ji, lighting up lives!

28. Isse Zyada Pyaar Ki Na Mujhe Aadat Hai Naa Zarurat

So I have been loving Shah Rukh Khan since 1995, and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi made me realize, perhaps, ‘Isse zyada pyaar ki naa mujhe aadat hai, naa hi zarurat.’ However, something drastically changed in the technical sense.

29. Shah Rukh Khan – The Superstar

While I drifted apart from Shah Rukh Khan films, I fell in love with Shah Rukh Khan, the man, thanks to all the media channels and the internet taking a boom. I had a lot to explore about this man, and with every new reveal, I was again in love with him.

30. When He Was Pathaan Way Before Pathaan!

I read somewhere that Karan Johar had to face underworld threats during the screening of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, and while he was scared to attend the premiere, Shah Rukh Khan, like a true Pathaan, assured Karan Johar’s mother, “I’m a Pathan. Nothing can happen to me, and nothing will happen to your son. He’s like my brother.” A true friend, ready to take a bullet for a friend. How do you not love a man like him?

31. Aww Ek Ladka Aur Ek Ladki Dost Ho Sakte Hain

Now, I was mature enough to segregate on-screen and off-screen romance, and now I was team Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol rather than team Rahul-Anjali. I fell in love with him when he displayed crackling chemistry with her during their interviews, making me realize how genders can never define friendships!

32. The Man Who Respects!

I once came across a picture of Shah Rukh Khan for a magazine cover, sharing a frame with Bollywood Legends Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan. There is something about this picture that made me fall in love with him. This picture has been viral ever since the shoot happened. It was recently shared by moviedbollywood.

33. The Man Who Is A Friend!

Shah Rukh Khan spoke at lengths about his friendships getting sour in Bollywood, and while he blamed himself for them, he openly admitted his issues. There was an emotional integrity in his confession when he said he couldn’t tell people that he loves them! Oh man, I loved him a little more for making it so real, talking about his vulnerabilities.

34. Just A Glimpse & I Love Him Yet Again!

Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan’s ugly fight has been a known story. But they resolved everything, just with a call, maybe coming together for Arpita Khan’s wedding. I had just a little glimpse, and I was drooling over SRK. Here, look at his picture yourself! Also, thanks to fan clubs for keeping a tab on all the possible spottings!

SRK and Salman Khan at Arpita Khan’s wedding reception pic.twitter.com/SHlUTH0bCS
— Shah Rukh Khan Universe Fan Club (@SRKUniverse) April 6, 2015

35. When He Endearingly Said, “Ullu Ke Patthey” To Salman Khan!

Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan’s friendship made me fall for the superstar even more. The friendship with no filter. So much so that SRK once schooled Salman, calling him ‘Ullu Ke Patthey’ for not receiving awards. Well, a man who puts friendship above work rivalries. GOLD!

36. The Man Who Is Too Cute To Even Make His ‘Kulla’ Look Cute!

Shah Rukh Khan once had a goofing up session with Abram Khan, which was shared by the YouTube channel of a fan club of SRK. Check out this cute short. How can one not love this man!

37. When I Saw Him Saying ‘Palat,’ Again!

DDLJ was re-released when the film celebrated 1000 weeks, and this time, luckily, I wasn’t 5. I fell in love when Raj said Palat Palat Palat!

38. When He Taught Me “Pyaar Sab Kuch To Nahi Hota?”

Apart from falling for the romance, DDLJ made me realize some things I could understand better now. So I definitely well for a man like Raj who said, “Toh kya hua agar yeh awara tumhe deewano ki tarah pyar karta hai? Toh kya hua? Pyaar sab kuch toh nahi hota na…”

39. When I Saw Him Rolling Out A Carpet For A Legend!

For an award function, I saw Shah Rukh Khan rolling out a red carpet to welcome Dilip Kumar on stage as the legend walked along. Well, talk about chivalry, anyone?

40. When He Admitted He Loves Action Film

Love always sets your partner free. So, while Shah Rukh Khan knew he was the most romantic actor fans fall for, he was honest enough to admit he hated those films and loved action films. Yes, he had so much trust in people who loved him!

41. When I Met Shah Rukh Khan, The Orator!

I met Shah Rukh Khan, the orator, while he delivered a speech at The University of Edinburgh, as he made students believe that anything you dream will turn true since a man like him rules a country as the most romantic hero ever!

42. When I Read His Love Story With Gauri Khan

When I learned about instances from Shah Rukh Khan & Gauri Khan’s Hindu-Muslim wedding, I was overwhelmed. While we are hopelessly in love with him, he is hopelessly in love with Gauri!

43. When He Enjoyed Aamir Khan’s ‘Kutta’ Comment

As we all know, Aamir Khan once blogged, “Shah Rukh mere pair chaat raha” later explaining Shah Rukh to be his caretaker’s dog’s name. Guess what the Pathaan actor replied? He said, as quoted by several tabloids, “I have never bothered about it because I also say a lot of things in fun, and I think I am, also maybe, stressing somebody else out. I don’t get stressed when friends pass comments like this. Actually, I enjoyed it.” How can one not love this calm person in the era of Bigg Boss fights!

44. His Last One With Yash Chopra

Yash Chopra’s last interview with Shah Rukh Khan, where they promoted Jab Taj Hai Jaan, is so endearing that it seems like a father-son conversation. Well, making the right kind of tribute to a man who shaped his career, that is Shah Rukh Khan for you, Ladies and Gentlemen!

45. The Family Man – Living With A Superstar

A documentary that revolved around Shah Rukh Khan, his home, Mannat, and his family was aired. It was so beautifully shot with so many heartwarming revelations that you can’t help but fall in love with SRK.

46. When He Bear-Hugged Sunil Grover

Shah Rukh Khan, along with his Dilwale team, were on TKSS, where Sunil Grover painted himself orange during a stand-up as Dr. Mashoor Gulati. Shah Rukh Khan gave him a bear hug, not getting concerned about getting dirty or his expensive clothes getting soiled in the paint. That is SRK, a true artist who appreciates others.

47. When He Was Teary-Eyed Looking At His Journey In 1 Minute 48 Seconds

It was his appearance during Star Plus’ show Dance+, during which a tribute was given to the actor. He was so teary-eyed and overwhelmed that it was an awww moment to watch him. Check out the clip.

48. Uff The Humour!

Every time Shah Rukh Khan cracks a joke, he hits it spot on. Humor and love definitely go hand in hand!

49. When He Was The Perfect Husband To The Bollywood Wife!

Netflix’s show ‘The Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives’ dropped a bomb when it featured Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan, hosting the four regulars on the show. A lot of stories were shared, and while he played the perfect host, the stories will make you fall for him.

50. The Struggler, The Believer, The Achiever, The Ruler

His rags-to-riches story is an inspiration. A man who was an outsider struggled and made his way through this industry only to end up ruling it. Who doesn’t love a successful struggle story!

51. The Adab, and The Adaab!

Every Eid and Birthday, Shah Rukh Khan makes sure to rise to the highest point of his bungalow, offering a glimpse to his fans with the perfect Adaabs. Well, talk about Tehzeeb and Adabs.

52. The Kapil Sharma Story!

Kapil Sharma once gatecrashed a party at Mannat, and while he wanted to escape without getting noticed, Shah Rukh Khan noticed him and welcomed him. Kapil apologized for not being an invitee, and SRK asked him to relax, saying nobody knew he wasn’t invited. The comedian makes sure to tell this story very often!

53. When He Turned His Own Fan But Not A Narcissist!

I turned a Jabra fan when Shah Rukh Khan delivered a Fan. Though the film did not perform well, I fell for him one more time, and by this time, I cannot believe I have reached this count!

54. When He Chose To Maintain Silence

It was a very bad time for Aryan Khan when he was involved in the drugs case. While a lot was said and reported, Shah Rukh Khan chose to maintain a golden silence, letting the court take its route. A man of morals and dignity indeed!

55. When Finally ‘Karan-Arjun’ Aayenge Happened

Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan finally reunited in Pathaan, and this reunion glimpse was enough to make me fall in love with him one more time.

56. When He Roared Like A True Baap!

He roared, ‘Bete Ko Haath Lagaane Se Pehle Baap Se Baat Kar’, in Jawan, settling the score in the most suave manner. Uff!

57. When He Reclaimed His Throne As The King

In 2024, Shah Rukh Khan reclaimed his box office throne as the King with two 1000 crore blockbusters worldwide. And while I celebrate his achievements with a broad smile on my face, his upcoming film King again makes me eager.

58. When He Accepted That National Award With A Smile!

Everyone was enraged when Shah Rukh Khan was finally honored with the National Award for his film Jawan. After so many years! When he could have easily won it for Swades. But being the man he is, he accepted the award like any citizen with utmost grace and humility!

59. When He Went All Out To Promote Aryan Khan’s Debut!

Shah Rukh Khan went all out to promote Aryan Khan’s debut The Ba***ds of Bollywod. Look at him wearing that hand support with the logo of Ba***ds and hosting the event like the coolest dad ever!

60. I Fell In Love With Him, Again RN! Writing This Piece!

I know you won’t believe this, but this is true. I told you I am a hopeless romantic.

PS: Happy Birthday, SRK!
PPS: I Love You!

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Must Read: “Shah Rukh Khan & Tabu Not Paired Opposite Each Other Is A Bollywood Blunder That Needs Rectifying RN” – 3 Thoughts I Had Watching Saathiya In Theaters After 23 Years!

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‘Love Island’ Star Huda Mustafa Dropped by Huda Beauty After Laughing During Livestream Where Racial Slur Was Used

by jummy84 November 2, 2025

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‘Love Island’ Star Huda Mustafa Dropped by Huda Beauty After Laughing During Livestream Where Racial Slur Was Used

‘Love Island USA’ alum Huda Mustafa has been dropped by Huda Beauty after a controversial livestream in which she appeared to laugh when a viewer used a racial slur directed at another cast member, Olandria. ?

In a statement posted to Instagram, Huda Beauty said the incident “upset members of our team and community” and announced that the brand had officially ended its partnership with Mustafa. The company added that while it believes her actions didn’t reflect her true character, it stood by its commitment to accountability.

As previously reported, Mustafa later responded, saying she and her boyfriend “did not hear [the slur] very well” at the time and that her reaction was nervous laughter because she was “caught off guard.”

Huda Beauty said it hopes “something meaningful comes out of the situation” as the brand continues removing related content from its platforms.

What do you think — should brands immediately cut ties after moments like this, or give people room to explain?

November 2, 2025 0 comments

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Meet the ‘Ridiculousness’ Star’s Love, Bryiana Dyrdek – Hollywood Life

by jummy84 November 2, 2025

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Image Credit: Getty Images for Lewis Howes

Just two years afterRob Dyrdek began hosting MTV’s hit series Ridiculousness, he met the love of his life, Bryiana Noelle Flores. Rob, 51, went all out to impress Bryiana, 34, and said he knew from their very first date that she was the one. Now, more than 10 years after tying the knot in 2015, the couple’s love is stronger than ever.

Rob recently made headlines after MTV officially canceled Ridiculousness following an incredible 46 seasons and more than 1,700 episodes. But while one major chapter of his career has come to an end, his marriage to Bryiana remains one of his proudest and most enduring successes.

So, how did the MTV legend meet his wife? What does Bryiana do for a living? HollywoodLife is breaking down everything you need to know about Bryiana and her love story with Rob.

Who Is Bryiana Dyrdek?

Bryiana was a pageant queen and model before launching her own haircare line. In 2013, she was Playboy’s Miss September. She has continued her pageant journey and became Mrs. Queen of the World in 2022.

Bryiana didn’t have the easiest time growing up. She was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia, a life-threatening blood disease, at just 10 years old.

In March 2023, Bryiana opened up about her autism diagnosis. “After a few months of privately processing my autism diagnosis, I decided to come out about it because the little girl in the last slide deserved better,” Bryiana wrote on Instagram. “I’ve finally reached the acceptance phase of my late diagnosis and am filled with more hope and peace than ever before. So, if you see me acting different, it’s because I am.”

She was diagnosed in December 2022. “I’m still new to this journey and have three decades of learning, unlearning, and re-learning to do, so I ask for your patience and grace as I go down this new path to rediscover myself… the me I was always meant to be.”

Rob showed his support for Bryiana in the comments. He wrote, “Brave, Beautiful and truly special. You are a gift to this world. You have always been perfect and always will be. Love you so much.”

How Did Rob Dyrdek and Bryiana Dyrdek Meet?

It all started with some DMs. In an interview with Carrie Doll, Bryiana revealed that she met Rob after he started following her on Twitter. She said that he “started DMing” her and then texted her asking “if I wanted to hang out.”

Initially, Bryiana was resistant to Rob’s charms, but he persisted. “I was posting about an animal shelter in Bakersfield that was going out of business so they had to find new homes… so he was like, ‘I was thinking we could take a helicopter and save some puppies.’ But I didn’t know him well enough to know that he was joking,” Bryiana continued.

When Rob was late, Bryiana thought she was being catfished. They had never talked on the phone prior to meeting up. Rob did end up bringing a helicopter on their date. He joined her on the trip to the animal shelter, and they spent the entire day together. She called it “the perfect day.” Bryiana revealed that Rob knew “day one” that he wanted to marry her. And the rest is history!

In honor of the 10-year anniversary of when they met, Bryiana shared the text chain between her and Rob after their first date.

Rob and Bryiana got engaged in April 2015. He proposed in the middle of the Aladdin show at Disneyland. “I am truly humbled by our love. It is truly a divine creation,” he wrote on Instagram. “@bryiana_noelle you are the love of my life and my true destiny. The day I met you I knew I would spend the rest of my life with you. What our relationship has actually become is million times better then I knew was even possible. My dreams and your dreams are our dreams. I love you more than words could ever describe and can’t wait for you to be my wife.”

They married months later on September 19, 2015. Rob and Bryiana’s wedding took place at the Fantasy Factory in Los Angeles, and the ceremony was featured in an episode of Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory.

In honor of Bryiana’s 32nd birthday, Rob penned a heartfelt note to his soulmate. “Growing more beautiful with each passing day. No doubt someone bigger brought you down. We love you so much. Everyday day is brand new and you keep writing this fate and I am so thankful to be apart [sic] of it. I love you so much,” he wrote on Instagram.

Do Rob Dyrdek and His Wife Have Kids?

Rob and Bryiana welcomed their first child, a son named Kodah Dash Dyrdek, in 2016. They welcomed a daughter named Nala Ryan Dyrdek a year later in 2017.

What Does Bryiana Dyrdek Do for a Living?

Bryiana is the president of Iconic Beauty. She founded the company in 2014 and began hosting “once-a-year events for women to learn self-development tools, network, and create memories that would last a lifetime,” according to Iconic Beauty’s website.

Bryiana and her team later created a haircare line “made of the best ingredients in order to protect your hair so that you Look Good and Feel Good.” Iconic Beauty includes shampoo and conditioner, hairspray, drink mix, and more.

November 2, 2025 0 comments

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Taye Diggs Opens Up About Dating In His 50s & Why He’ll ‘Never Give Up’ On Finding Love

by jummy84 November 1, 2025

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Taye Diggs Opens Up About Dating In His 50s & Why He’ll ‘Never Give Up’ On Finding Love

Taye Diggs isn’t giving up on finding love, even in his 50s.

“Being in your 50s, being single, being a Black man, trying to figure out if he’s ready for love — that’s a very specific kind of genre,” Diggs told PEOPLE about his upcoming Lifetime film, “His, Hers & Ours.”

“I can pull on life experiences way more than I was able to before,” he added.

While the single life has its challenges, Diggs says it’s all part of the journey.

“It’s just different. I’m older now and I have certain boundaries and my tastes have changed,” he said. “I’ll never give up. I’m just saying it’s not easy. It takes some work and attention.”

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