Martha Stewart has responded to viral memes suggesting a budding relationship between her and Kim Kardashian’s ex, Pete Davidson.
Despite being snapped holding hands with the former Saturday night Live star at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in April, the 81-year-old said she’s not about to become Davidson’s next love interest, reports the new york post.
“Pete Davidson is like the son I never had!” the famous domestic diva told the Daily Mail with a laugh at the opening of her first-ever restaurant at the Paris in Las Vegas on Friday.
However, even though a hot new relationship isn’t on the horizon, she said she enjoyed meeting the 28-year-old performer.
“He is a charming boy who is finding his way,” she said.
It might not be the last time eager fans get the chance to hear the pair together — with Stewart dropping an offer she extended to Davidson.
“I’ve invited him to come on my podcast and I look forward to hearing what he has to say,” she revealed.
Davidson split from Kardashian, his girlfriend of nine months, in early August, citing reasons including his filming schedule and Kardashian being busy raising her children and running her business.
“They have a lot of love and respect for each other, but found that the long distance and their demanding schedules made it really difficult to maintain a relationship,” a source told Page Six.
Stewart — who was married to publisher Andrew Stewart for 29 years before they called it quits in 1987 — is regularly the talk of social media with her thirst trap snaps.
The former model especially caught fans’ attention after posting a sultry selfie from her pool in 2020 — with users even suggesting she start an OnlyFans account.
However, for the time being, Stewart appears to be single, jokingly telling Chelsea Handler on her podcast recently that it’s been “a while” since she dated.
This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission.
Her role as Sandy in grease remains her most resonant film work and provided her with a string of hits, but it was also a film that had to overcome many obstacles to get made, including convincing Hollywood studio bosses that people would see it.
A testament to its success is grease‘s ability to transcend generations. Last week’s prime-time broadcast of the film on Nine the day Olivia died managed to draw one of the evening’s biggest audiences, while songs from the film have soared to the top of streaming charts.
It was larger-than-life, outrageously flamboyant, kaftan-wearing Hollywood producer Allan Carr who fought to bring grease to the big screen, convincing skeptical studio bosses at Paramount that the all-dancing, all-singing musical would find an audience at a time when the genre was considered a major risk in Hollywood. The movie musical had long been written off as passé, despite the slow-burn success of 1975’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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But Carr would eventually come right. grease it became the highest-grossing movie musical of the 20th century, despite an erratic birth.
Production was mapped out in just five weeks and the film shot over two months with a modest US$6 million budget.
According to a Vanity Fair piece in 2016, Carr’s original vision for grease was considerably different from the classics so loved today.
The original treatment, submitted to the studio in December 1976, included Danny Zuko as a busboy and gas-station attendant (doing a song called Gas Pump Jockey); Paul Lynde (at that time best known as Uncle Arthur on television’s Bewitched) as the Rydell High principal, rather than Eve Arden as Principal McGee; Donny Osmond as Teen Angel; and the Beach Boys doing the showstopping garage production number, Greased Lightnin’.
The studio wanted Henry Winkler from Happy Days to play John Travolta’s Danny Zuko.
Paramount had wanted Henry Winkler, Fonzie on the popular sitcom Happy Days, as Danny, but Winkler, fearful of being typecast, passed.
Robert Stigwood, Carr’s co-producer, had a three-picture deal with the 22-year-old rising star John Travolta, already a TV hit with Welcome Back, Kotter playing school stud Vinnie Barbarino. After Travolta shot saturday night fever he signed on to star in grease Ace Danny.
The Beach Boys were considered to sing Grease Lightning instead of the T-Birds.
Casting Sandy would prove trickier. Director Randal Kleiser saw rushes from a new film his old college buddy George Lucas was making,titled Star Wars, to see if its female lead, Carrie Fisher, could be a fit. She wasn’t.
Marie Osmond (left) and Carrie Fisher (right) were both considered for Olivia Newton-John’s Sandy. Credit:
Kleiser and Carr mulled other possibilities, including The Partridge Family’s Susan Dey, model turned actor Deborah Raffin, and America’s Mormon sweetheart Marie Osmond, who became the front-runner until she objected to Sandy’s transformation from good girl to bad girl and dropped out in protest.
In 2009 Osmond told Fox News: “The script came to me, and [it] was much edger than what Olivia came up with.
Paul Lynde was a possible candidate to be principal, instead of Eve Arden.Credit:Getty Images
“But I was at a place in my life where I wanted to have children and I didn’t like the fact that the girl had to turn bad to get the guy. I think the guy has to work hard to get the girl, that’s what I believe.”
Donny Osmond was considered as Teen Angel instead of Frankie Avalon. Credit:Getty Images
With Osmond out, Carr set sights on Olivia, who sat across from him at a dinner party at fellow Aussie Helen Reddy’s house one night without realizing she was auditioning. Carr gushed that she would be perfect for the role, but the singer wasn’t so sure, fearing she was too old – 29 – to play a teenager, and nervous after the previous musical bomb she had appeared in.
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta in Grease.Credit:AP
Carr prevailed and rewrote the part to make Sandy Australian. Cinematographer Bill Butler used soft lenses to turn back the clock.
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grease was originally released in the United States on June 16, 1978 and was an immediate box-office success. At the time it became the highest-grossing musical ever, eclipsing the 13-year-old record held by The Sound of Music, with a worldwide gross of US$341 million, or well over US$1.5billion dollars in today’s money.
And, despite her early misgivings, grease guaranteed Olivia’s major league celebrity status for the rest of her life, and beyond.
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C S Pacat is fast becoming one of Australia’s best-selling authors, and they’re doing so by following one very simple formula.
just write what you want to see.
As a queer teen, Pacat didn’t see themselves reflected in anything they read. Or watched on film and TV. Or anywhere else for that matter.
“If nothing in the wider culture is reflecting you, then you feel that you are wrong, or you don’t fit,” Pacat told ABC RN’s Big Weekend of Books.
“[There’s] the idea that monsters and vampires can’t see their own reflection.
“Not being able to see yourself makes you feel like a monster.”
Which is ironic, because the fantasy fiction world of monsters and magic is where Pacat found their home. Or rather, where they created their home.
CS Pacat released their first novel, Captive Prince, 15 years ago as an online fiction.
Centered around the romance between two princes of rival countries, it’s also set in a homonormative world — a world where LGBTQIA characters are normalized and hetero lifestyles are not assumed.
“I grew up in the 80s and 90s, where there were very few queer characters… and if they did exist, they would often exist in structures of oppression.”
“It used to give me the feeling that what it meant to be queer was to be oppressed. So, it was really important to me when I started to create fantasy worlds of my own, that I created worlds where it was normal to be LGBTQ+ .”
That approach paid off for Pacat in more ways than one.
After garnering a fanbase online, Pacat’s first novel secured them a publishing deal with Penguin to complete a trilogy.(Supplied)
After being told by multiple publishers that people weren’t interested in queer stories, the novel garnered a large and loyal following via the online network LiveJournal, and a publishing deal with Penguin soon followed.
“I knew, as [fans] they were telling me that the market did exist. But at that time, the market mostly existed online.”
“It was a community of people almost beta-testing what would be the stories that would explode into the commercial mainstream about a decade later.”
Since the success of the Captive Prince novels, Pacat’s also turned their attention to graphic novels—creating the series Fence, with a story set in the world of competitive fencing.
Gatekeepers have begun ‘demanding diversity’
Pacat believes we’ve now entered a golden age of publishing where the gatekeepers who once resisted inclusivity are demanding diversity and encouraging under-represented writers to push boundaries.
“This is a starving market of people who have wanted to see themselves in stories for such a long time, that when those stories do appear, we turn out in droves to read them,” says Pacat.
Tom Taylor agrees we’re entering a golden age of diversity in storytelling.
The graphic novelist and comic writer came to global attention last year when he unleashed a bisexual Superman into the DC Universe — Jonathan Kent, the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane.
The appearance of Jon Kent, pictured here kissing Jay Nakamura, led to an avalanche of both positive and negative responses.(Supplied: DC Comics)
“We had people contacting us to say they came out that day. They saw the news and they came out to their friends and family. Not just young people, but people in their 40s,” says Taylor.
Of course, there were the haters too, but for Taylor the positivity far outweighed any backlash.
“People contacted us from countries where they can’t legally come out … just to say that we’d made their lives a little bit better that day,” he says.
Following the success of gay Superman, Taylor was asked to introduce a trans character to the DC Universe, and Dreamer/Nia Nal (played by actor Nicole Maines) is now the first trans superhero on television.
“We are getting to tell different stories now and we’re doing it in collaboration with the people at the top,” he says.
“It’s no longer us saying ‘Hey, do this please, please, please,’ and getting rejected. It’s them saying, ‘Yeah, absolutely.'”
While some sections of the publishing industry have responded to the thirst for more inclusive works, it’s genre fiction, such as fantasy and superhero stories, which has led the charge.
For Pacat it’s the perfect setting for bold experimentation.
“Genre fiction is free from the shackles of realism,” Pacat says. “The world of gods and monsters is a wonderful playground for freedom of expression, ideas, and experiences.”
CS Pacat (left) and Tom Taylor spoke to the ABC as part of the Big Weekend of Books.(Supplied)
And superheroes especially are having their moment in the sun. Taylor thinks it has something to do with the uncertain times that we live in.
“There have been times historically when we’ve gravitated towards superheroes. Times of war, times of recession,” he says.
“There’s so much disenchantment with our current set-up, with governments that aren’t doing enough, with corporations operating in greedy ways, only to benefit themselves.”
“We look to superheroes to show us something better than what we have. People just want to see good people doing good.”
When it comes to representation, there’s less room for confusion with visual storytelling, according to Pacat, and the reader is less likely to project their own biases into the story.
As an example, they cite the controversy that arose when The Hunger Games moved from the page to the cinema screen and some readers were surprised to realize that the character Rue was black.
“Many readers just hadn’t noticed that she was black when they read the book, because they just brought their sort of white interiority to their reading and cast the book with white people.”
“Seeing is believing. If I put something into a comic, then the reader cannot help but know that it happened.”
Who gets to decide what’s a real book?
For as long as comics and graphic novels have been around they’ve been dismissed by some as “low brow.”
“There’s been such a stigma attached to comics and a stigma attached to readers of comics too,” says Taylor.
“This is a gatekeeping issue. It’s about who gets to decide what is a book and what isn’t a book. And if someone says it’s not a book then why should that comic or graphic novel be sold in bookshops?”
A scene from Thomas Taylor’s release Neverland.(Supplied)
When he first wrote The Deep, Taylor couldn’t find it on any bookstore shelf in Australia. It’s a different story now that it’s been turned into a globally successful TV series.
“There’s money in comics. That’s part of what’s maybe changed people’s minds.”
He feels the industry has also realized that comics and graphic novels are a gateway drug for reluctant readers.
“For teens who may have fallen out of the habit of reading, they’re page turners, they’re visual, they’re engaging,” says Taylor.
“They have great stories and lots of emotion. They’re the greatest literacy tool.
He adds that graphic novels are the number one most stolen genre of book from libraries. why? “Because young people want to read them!”
But do we really need more superheroes? Hell yes, according to Pacat.
“When we feel powerless it’s wonderful to be able to escape into a character that’s very powerful and can use that power to change things for the better.
“Superheroes make us feel like it’s possible to enact change.”
CS Pacat and Tom Taylor were in conversation with Stop Everything!’s Beverley Wang as part of ABC RN’s Big Weekend of Books. Catch up on interviews with some of your favorite authors — and others we know you’ll love — on the ABC listen app.
Looming over the inner-southern suburbs of Brisbane’s south is a red brick structure that was once part of Queensland’s “most infamous” prison.
The guard tower and gallows beam that used to hang murderers and rapists stand as a stark reminder of the state’s history as a penal colony.
Former officer John Peel, 67, remembers Boggo Road Gaol as a place where “anything could happen.”
“Every day, you didn’t know whether you were going to make it out and come home,” he said.
“If you heard a whistle blow, that meant someone was in serious trouble.”
For decades after it opened in 1883, the maximum-security prison held some of the most brutal, and longest-serving criminals in the country, including the convicted Whiskey Au Go Go fire bombers and escape artist Arthur “Slim” Halliday.
John Peel said the prison guards did not carry any weapons, even batons, when he worked at Boggo Road.(Supplied: John Peel)
Kevin Hayden, 66, was a guard at the men’s “Two Division” when Boggo jail attracted national scrutiny over a string of riots, hunger strikes and rooftop protests in the 1980s.
“The conditions were disgusting. There were no toilets in the cells, no running water. They had a bucket and a jug of water,” he said.
“And there was the bird lice and rats. It was a horrible place.”
Now, more than 30 years since the prison was shut in 1992, the heritage-listed site in Dutton Park will be featured in a Netflix adaptation of the blockbuster Australian novel Boy Swallows Universe.
The Boggo Road jail was closed in the early 1990s.(ABC Brisbane: Saskia Edwards)
Inspired by author and executive producer Trent Dalton’s own childhood in Brisbane, the TV series will tell the “semi-fictional” story of 12-year-old Eli Bell, who tries to break into Boggo Road Gaol on Christmas eve.
“Boggo Road, to me, is the most significant historical site in Brisbane,” Dalton said.
“I had to put it in [the story] … it speaks of so much about Brisbane’s ascension.
“We shouldn’t shy away from our dark side as a city because our dark side is the thing that makes us such a wondrous city.”
With filming starting this month, Dalton said Brisbane’s first production for streaming giant Netflix had already generated excitement from local communities represented in Boy Swallows Universe.
Trent Dalton remembers “Slim” Halliday from his childhood.(Supplied: Lyndon Mechielsen)
“More than 200 Vietnamese locals in the hood where I used to live — Darra, Inala, and those areas — came out going, ‘I want to be a part of this television series’,” he said.
“And then Sunnybank High — the most multicultural school you could find in Brisbane — wants to be the place where we shoot the school scenes.
“Even the restaurant that my wife and I used to eat at in Darra want us to film inside. I get really emotional thinking about that fact.”
Dalton would not reveal the names of the main actors in the series, but he confirmed it would include some familiar Hollywood names.
“To see an amazing Hollywood actress playing my mum, paying tribute to her, and to see that come full circle is very, very neat,” he said.
The Brisbane-based production has also attracted the interest of former guard and aspiring actor Mr Hayden.
“I’m hoping to be in [the series] … they’re going to see if I can be in it somewhere,” he said.
“We should never lose our history. I think it gives you more knowledge of how we came to be where we are now today.”
Jack Sim says he hopes the show will encourage the preservation of Brisbane’s cultural heritage.(abcnews)
Jack Sim, who operated the Boggo Road Gaol tours for 25 years, said he hoped the show would encourage the preservation of Brisbane’s cultural heritage.
“The story of our lives is not always nice or easy, and Boggo Road Gaol encompasses all the darkest and most difficult things that people have had to go through,” he said.
“Some of them rose out of that with a brand new life, started again and never looked back.
“And others paid a big penalty for their mistakes and their crimes.”
Before Queensland became the first part of the British Empire to abolish capital punishment in 1922, 42 people were executed at the jail.
Child-killer Ernest Austin was the last person to be hanged, and he was buried in South Brisbane Cemetery with the other executed prisoners.
Mr Sim said the history of the jail captured how attitudes toward criminal justice have changed over time.
“We no longer have ‘prisons’ in Queensland, we have ‘correctional services’,” he said.
“The idea is to try [to] rehabilitate people, so that they don’t come back to jail, not to punish them.”
What makes a good man?
In a case of art imitating life, Boy Swallows Universe grapples with the question of what makes a “good” man.
“I have this vivid memory of a family friend who used to play with me all the time, and his name was Slim Halliday,” Dalton said.
“He was a really sweet man to me when I was a boy, and then I started to realize that, before I knew him [in the 1970s]he was known as the Houdini of Boggo Road.”
Arthur “Slim” Halliday was one of Boggo Road’s most infamous inmates.(Supplied: John Oxley Archives)
Arthur “Slim” Halliday was originally sent to jail in 1939 to serve a five-year sentence for housebreaking, but he ended up doing more time after he carried out a series of dramatic escapes.
He was eventually released from Boggo Road in 1949, but it was not long before he was sent back to jail in 1952 over the murder of a taxi driver.
“I just thought it was too irresistible to not introduce that guy in [Boy Swallows Universe],” Dalton said.
“I wanted to pay tribute to my memory of that man who was, at once, a good and bad man.
“That was at the heart of the story that I was writing. It’s about a boy trying to find the goodness in the people around him.”
Much like the protagonist Eli, who grew up around drug dealers and an ex-convict, the prison guards at Boggo Road spent much of their life around inmates.
“You really got to know the guys,” Mr Peel said.
“It’s not like today, when they’re segregated with bubbles — you had to be within contact range of them all the time,” Mr Hayden said.
“So you had to get their respect, because if you lost their respect, then you could be in trouble.”
Former Boggo Road Gaol officer John Peel has plenty of stories about his time working there.(Supplied: John Peel)
Mr Peel said the prison guards did not carry any weapons, not even a baton, when he worked at Boggo Road.
“A whistle. That’s the only weapon you really had,” he said.
Mr Hayden did not carry any arms either: “All we had were hands and feet,” he said.
“You learned to be a very good talker, very quick, because you had to talk your way out of situations, rather than have to fight.
“But, occasionally, we had to fight. You had no choice. That’s what life in jail was all about.”
The entrance to Boggo Road Gaol in Brisbane, circa 1936.(Supplied: State Library of Queensland)
Mr Hayden recalled having to handle James Finch and John Stuart, after they started the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub fire in 1973, killing 15 people.
“Finch was a model prisoner, really. He didn’t cause any trouble,” he said.
“Stuart was a different kettle of fish. He was just a bad bugger all the way through. He was a horrible human being.
“He’d fight with everybody, every day, so he was locked in his own cell, in his own yard, in his own cage.”
Mr Hayden also handled the “Colossus” of Boggo Road Nathan Jones, who is now a Hollywood actor and best known for his role in Mad Max: Fury Road.
“You couldn’t put handcuffs on him because his wrists were too big,” he said.
“So we had a special body belt for him when we had to move him anywhere.”
Nathan Jones was known as the “Colossus” of Boggo Road.(ABC News: Thuy Ong)
Mr Hayden said the legend that Jones had ripped the door off his cell was true.
“He did that because he suffered from claustrophobia and didn’t like being locked in,” he said.
“But he was harmless. He was pretty easy to handle.”
After his release, Jones went on to become a powerlifting champion and actor, with his next film appearance to be in the upcoming thriller Spiderhead.
It is because of the many lives that have passed through the prison’s gates that Dalton describes Boggo Road as “a living story.”
He has joined tour director, Mr Sim, in calling for the preservation of the Brisbane landmark by turning it into a museum.
“We all know these dark characters. We all know these people and we all know that red brick of housing commission life, and it’s part of our suburbs,” he said.
“What I was trying to do [in Boy Swallows Universe] was really remind people that there is absolutely magic in those places as well.
“The whole story is all about never writing someone off.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may have misled the world in suggesting their relationship was never accepted by senior royals, according to a royal author.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall sent secret codes to show Meghan Markle was accepted in the Royal Family, Andrew Morton has claimed.
The author, in his 2018 book Meghan: A Hollywood Princess, claims codes and signals were sent by those at the very top of the Royal Family to Meghan and her husband Harry during their time as royals.
Morton adds these show a level of affection towards the American actress and were evidence of a close bond shared between Meghan, and her in-laws.
Within the updated edition of his book, Mr Morton claims Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may have misled the world in suggesting their relationship was never accepted by senior royals.
He claims the “genuine affection” and gestures evidenced by Camilla show that Meghan was welcomed into the throng. The royal author alleges that Camilla broke typical royal protocol to hold hands with Meghan and kiss her goodbye at a very public event in honor of her husband de ella Prince Charles’ 70th birthday.
Morton said: “This rare royal gesture was a sign of how quickly the American actor had been accepted and treated with genuine affection by the Royal Family.
The news comes as Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir, reportedly set to be published later this year, is expected to be critical of Camilla.
What do you get the girl who has everything? An extremely rare Hermès Birkin bag, that’s what.
Mumager Kris Jenner gifted her billionaire daughter a three-tone version of the luxury label’s signature satchel for her 25th birthday on August 10 – the pricey purse worth a whopping $US100,000 ($140,000), the New York Post reports.
“Gorgeous! I’ve never even seen anything like this before,” Kylie exclaimed while unboxing the bag on TikTok on Friday.
“They made three of these,” she added while showing off the zipper detail on the front of the purse as daughter Stormi and niece Chicago West, both four, looked on.
The reality star, who wore a semi-sheer sequined dress to celebrate, also unwrapped a pair of orange Hermès shearling mules ($1400) before the tricolored Birkin.
“Best b-day,” the kardashians star captioned the video, in which she’s overheard saying, “Birthday party on the boat!” before showing her staff on-board as well as mum Kris, sisters Kendall Jenner and Kim Kardashian and her best friend Anastasia Karanikolaou.
At the end of the video, Kim attempts to take a shot in a moment that’s already become a meme.
Kylie’s 45 million TikTok fans had mixed feelings about the birthday bash.
“I wonder what it’s like to live so lavishly,” one person commented.
“How do you even get a billionaire a birthday present?” another fan asked.
“I got Texas Roadhouse for my birthday,” a third follower quipped.
This is far from the birthday girl’s first over-the-top Hermès item. She’s the proud owner of $106,000 ultra-exclusive “Birkinstocks” sandals made from destroyed Hermès Birkin bags and once matched her manicure to her de ella $421,000 diamond-embellished brown crocodile Birkin.
In 2019, the makeup mogul flaunted her envy-inducing custom purse closet in the “Star Power” issue of Architectural Digest.
The mum of two showed off a row of impossible-to-get Hermès bags made of ostrich and animal skins, ranging from $10,000 to more than $200,000.
At the time, her handbag collection was estimated to be worth at least $700,000, but has since grown significantly in size and price.
This article originally appeared on NY Post and was reproduced with permission
Mila Kunis and her husband Ashton Kutcher enjoyed some fun in the sun during a beach trip on Thursday afternoon in Santa Barbara.
The Family Guy star, 38, showed off her toned legs in a pair of distressed denim hot pants and wore a white shirt with red trim that read ‘Girls Kick A**’ across the front.
It comes just a few days after Ashton, 44, revealed he nearly died from a rare disorder known as vasculitis.
Soaking up the sun: Mila Kunis flashed her legs in distressed denim hot pants as she hit the beach with husband Ashton Kutcher in Santa Barbara on Thursday – after Ashton, 44, revealed he nearly died from a rare disorder known as vasculitis
She wore her dark hair up into a tight bun and walked on the golden sand with bare feet, while accessorizing with black sunglasses.
Mila’s partner, 44, wore a peach-colored shirt with ‘Peloton’ written in white lettering on the chest.
He wore black, orange and peach beach shorts and added a black cap which he pulled low over his eyes.
The actress sipped on a drink as she sat beneath an umbrella, protecting herself from the glaring sun.
Gorgeous: She wore her dark hair up into a tight bun and walked on the golden sand with bare feet, while accessorizing with black sunglasses
Trendy: Mila’s partner, 44, wore a peach-colored shirt with ‘Peloton’ written in white lettering on the chest
Walking around: The pair held hands while walking around the golden sand
Ashton recently revealed he nearly died from a rare disorder known as vasculitis, an autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation and narrows blood vessels.
The No Strings Attached star said the disease ‘knocked out my vision, it knocked out my hearing, it knocked out like all my equilibrium.’
‘It took me like a year to build it all back up,’ he said in an upcoming episode of Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge.
According to Kutcher, his harrowing experience with vasculitis, though scary, gave him a new-found appreciation for his health and his senses, explaining that he hadn’t ever truly realized how essential they were, until he lost them.
wow! Ashton says the disease ‘knocked out my vision, it knocked out my hearing, it knocked out like all my equilibrium,’ in an upcoming episode of Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
‘You don’t really appreciate it, until it’s gone,’ admitted the human rights activist.
‘Until you go, “I don’t know if I’m ever going to be able to see again, I don’t know if I’m ever going to be able to hear again, I don’t know if I’ I’m ever going to be able to walk again.”‘
He added that he is ‘lucky to be alive.’
The actor revealed that it took him a year to build up his strength, prompting Grylls to praise his ‘strength through adversity’.
The father of two said he considers challenges an opportunity for growth.
‘The minute you start seeing your obstacles as things that are made for you, to give you what you need, then life starts to get fun, right? You start surfing on top of your problems instead of living underneath them,’ he said.
On Monday night, he took to Twitter to share his current condition, before noting he’ll be running the 2022 New York City Marathon in November.
‘Before there are a bunch of rumours/ chatter/ whatever out there. Yes, I had a rare vasculitis episode 3yrs ago. (Autoimmune flair up) I had some impairments hear, vision, balance issues right after. I fully recovered. All good. Moving on,’ he wrote.
The episode featuring Ashton will be released Monday night on National Geographic.
What is medium vessel vasculitis?
Vasculitis is the name given to a group of conditions in which blood vessels such as arteries and veins become inflamed, or swollen.
Inflammation is the body’s natural immune response and helps the body fight off infection.
However, in patients with vasculitis healthy blood vessels become swollen, which narrows them and can increase blood pressure or reduce the amount of blood which can be pumped through the vessel.
Medium vessel vasculitis is that which specifically affects medium-sized blood vessels such as arteries and veins which supply the muscles with blood.
Vasculitis can range from a minor problem that just affects small blood vessels in the skin, to a more serious illness that causes problems with organs such as the heart or kidneys.
The cause is often unclear, but may be due to infection or medication.
Symptoms can include skin rashes, tiredness, weakness, fever, abdominal pain, and kidney or nerve problems.
Vasculitis is rare: about 14,000 new cases are diagnosed in the UK each year, and it affects around 97,000 Americans.
hack The trend for perfect eyebrows never seems to abate, with options from microblading to lamination, but are stencils the ultimate hack for Insta-worthy symmetrical brows?
The test Using a brow stencil is easier than you might think. I chose a medium-arch stencil from the Anastasia Beverly Hills set (£21), and held it in place over my brow using my index and middle fingers. Then I used a small eyeshadow brush to quickly color them in with brow powder. After removing the stencil, I thought it didn’t look too bad – though I did have to blend some areas with a brush to make them look more natural. And it was a little quicker than my usual brow routine. So they work, but they’re not perfect.
Picking the right stencil from the bunch is key, so stick as closely as possible to your natural brow shape – when I tried the high-arch stencil, it didn’t suit my face at all. They also don’t suit everyone’s style: my first attempt was a little too drawn-on for my tastes. But I did share some with a friend going through chemotherapy, and she said they were a gamechanger in creating uniform brows without any hairs as a guideline.
The verdict These are a yes in general, but they’re just not for me. I’ll be sticking to my monthly tint and wax at Benefit brow bar – but if you’re curious, stencils are worth a try.
Chris Hemsworth shares throwback photo of himself wearing a Batman shirt after release of Thor: Love And Thunder: ‘My younger self would be so disappointed in my superhero choices’
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Chris Hemsworth shared a throwback shot from his childhood to his Instagram account on Thursday.
In the photo, the 39-year-old performer was seen in his younger days while wearing a Batman costume and smiling for the camera.
The actor also wrote a short message in his post’s caption that read: ‘My younger self would be so disappointed in my superhero choices.’
Looking back: Chris Hemsworth shared a throwback shot from his childhood to his Instagram account on Thursday
Hemsworth’s post was shared just over a month after the premiere of Thor: Love And Thunder, in which he starred as the titular character.
The movie was centered on the Norse god as he recruited several of his friends to help him defeat Gorr the God Butcher.
Performers who were involved in the production of the Taika Waititi-directed feature include Tessa Thompson, Christian Bale and Russell Crowe, as well as the filmmaker himself.
Natalie Portman notably made a return to her old role as Jane Foster, who took on the identity of Mighty Thor.
Recent activity: Hemsworth’s post was shared just over a month after the premiere of Thor: Love And Thunder, in which he starred as the titular character
Development on the feature began in 2019, when the director signed on to helm the feature.
He previously collaborated with Hemsworth on the 2017 feature Thor: Ragnarok.
Much of the cast was brought together in 2020, and physical production took place the following year.
Thor: Love and Thunder premiered at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood on June 23, and it received a wide release in the United States on July 8.
Going wide: Thor: Love and Thunder premiered at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood on June 23, and it received a wide release in the United States on July 8
The movie received generally positive reviews from critics and currently holds a 65% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The film was also a hit with audiences and grossed a worldwide total of $705,744,337, according to Box Office Mojo.
Hemsworth spoke about working on the feature during an interview with Screen Rant, where he noted that he previously felt dismayed about what was being done with Thor.
He recalled: ‘I said, “Look, I’ll do it. But I feel a little stuck with what the character is doing. I feel a little bored.” And Taika said, “I’m bored of you too.”‘
Speaking his mind: Hemsworth spoke about working on the feature during an interview with Screen Rant, where he noted that he previously felt dismayed about what was being done with Thor
The performer went on to express that he was fine with starring as Thor if new ideas were brought to the franchise.
‘As long as I keep getting to work with directors like this man, and cast that inspire me and bring something different out in myself and the character, then I’m down for whatever,’ he said.
Hemsworth also remarked that he particularly enjoyed working on the newest Thor feature.
‘It was basically dismantling and destroying everything we knew, and starting again. It’s completely refreshing, that experience and this one,’ he said.
Doing well: Hemsworth also remarked that he particularly enjoyed working on the newest Thor feature
My doom scrolls have inspired a lot of viral content on my TikTok, and several recipes have gone viral. My favorite – and most popular – recipe of all time has amassed over 5 million views.
And the views and comments don’t lie; These recipes have gained a loyal following from the TikTok community.
Rosé pasta with pancetta and mushrooms
Difficulty level: Easy
Serves: 3-4
@intothesauce Reply to @annaellies My most viral recipe also happens to be my favorite! ❤️🔥 #foodtok #pasta ♬ original sound – <3
With over 5 million views on TikTok, this is my number one recipe on both TikTok and Instagram. I get it. It’s my favorite too. I make it all the time and it’s really my idea of the perfect pasta. Creamy tomato sauce, broccolini (healthy?), buttery mushrooms, salty pancetta and a punch of chilli.
300g short pasta, such as fusilli, orechiette or rigatoni
1 bunch broccolini, sliced in 2cm pieces
1 bunch chives, finely chopped
Parmesan, to serve
Method:
Prepare a pot of salted, boiling water for your pasta.
Heat a large fry pan over medium heat for the sauce.
Fry pancetta (or bacon) in the pan until golden and crispy, then use a slotted spoon or spatula to remove into a bowl (leave the rendered pancetta fat in the pan).
Add olive oil and unsalted butter to pan.
Once butter has melted, add chilli flakes, shallots and garlic (with a big pinch of salt) and sauté until translucent.
Add mushrooms and sauté until brown and softened.
Add tomato paste and cook, stirring, until color has deepened (about 2 mins).
Add cream and stir until combined.
Add pancetta and chives to sauce, and continue to simmer on very low.
Meanwhile, cook pasta until al dente. In the last two minutes of cooking, add broccolini. Reserve 1 cup of pasta water.
Strain pasta and broccolini, add to the sauce and stir to combine.
Loosen the sauce up with some reserved pasta water.
Taste and season.
Serve with Parmesan and go to heaven.
Pumpkin, burnt butter and sage lasagna
Difficulty level: Intermediate
Serves: 4-6
@intothesauce Burnt butter, sage and pumpkin lasagne is autumn in a dish 🍂 #foodtok #pasta #vegetarian ♬ Viral Transition.Oh My Slow Jamz JPONTHABEAT – JP
This is autumn and winter in a dish. With the nutty addition of burnt butter, this vegetarian lasagne is the ultimate warming food. Just last night I saw a story tag about this with the caption ‘death row meal’ which speaks for itself!
Ingredients:
1.5g kent pumpkin
100g butter
1 bunch sage, leaves picked (20 leaves)
500g ricotta
200ml creme fraiche
200g parmesan, grated (Grana Padano or Parmigiano Reggiano)
Slice the pumpkin into large wedges and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper, then bake for 30-45 minutes, until golden and tender.
Cook butter and sage over medium heat for a few minutes, until the butter is foamy and milk solids have browned.
Transfer to a large bowl, and stir through ricotta, creme fraiche, 150g parmesan and baby spinach. Season to taste and set aside.
In your burnt butter pan, heat olive oil over medium heat and saute shallots, garlic and thyme until softened.
In a large bowl, mash the cooked pumpkin flesh (scoop out of its skin) until smooth, but still with a little texture remaining, then stir through ¼ cup of water, shallot mix and apple cider vinegar and season to taste.
Rub oil on the base of a large oven dish (approx 25x40cm).
Assemble your lasagne in the following order of layers: pasta sheets, pumpkin mix, ricotta mix. Repeat until all the sauce and filling has been used. I did 5 layers of pasta, meaning ¼ of the pumpkin and ricotta mix used on each layer. Make sure it fully submerged the pasta sheets in sauce or they won’t cook properly.
Top the final layer of pasta sheets with sliced mozzarella followed by remaining 50g Parmesan.
Cover with foil and bake at 180°C for 50 minutes, until pasta is cooked through and lasagne is bubbling at the sides. If the baking dish is quite full and you think it might bubble over, put a foil lined tray underneath it in the oven to catch any drippings.
To finish, remove the foil and change the oven to the grill setting on high heat.
Grill for 5-10 minutes, until the top is your perfect level of golden brown. Make sure you don’t walk away from the grill (or if you do set timers for 30 seconds-1 minute) as it can burn quickly.
Remove from oven and let it settle for at least 10 mins (20 minutes is ideal), then serve!
Chilli prawn rosé pasta
Difficulty level: Easy
Serves: 3-4
@intothesauce Attention rose pasta lovers: this is the chilli prawn edition ❤️🔥 #foodtok #pasta ♬ original sound – Michal
We know everyone loves a rosé pasta sauce. Make it really simple to cook and throw some king prawns into the equation and it’s bound to be a favourite. I make this all the time for my husband and friends and it never, ever fails.
Ingredients:
2 tbsp butter
2 large shallots, diced
4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
2 red chilli, seeds removed, halved lengthways and sliced (I go for bird’s-eye cos I like it hot)
350ml tomato paste
150ml creme fraiche
300g pasta (I recommend fettuccine, linguine, spaghetti or spirals)
2 tbsp olive oil
200g peeled and deveined King prawn meat, cut into 2cm pieces
2 tbsp minced parsley
Method:
Prepare a pot of salted, boiling water for your pasta.
Melt butter over medium heat and sauté shallots, garlic and chilli until shallots are softened and translucent.
Add tomato passata and simmer on low until half the liquid remains (5-10 minutes).
Meanwhile, cook pasta until al dente, reserving one cup of pasta water.
In another fry pan, heat olive oil over medium heat, add prawns and sizzle until just cooked (1-2 minutes).
Add prawns and creme fraiche to tomato sauce, stir until combined, taste and season.
Drain pasta directly into the sauce, adding reserved pasta water, bit by bit, to loosen the sauce until it’s silky and smooth.
Toss through parsley and serve topped with more fresh parsley.
buttery tomato paste
Difficulty level: Easy
Serves: 3-4
@intothesauce Less a recipe than a life hack 🍝❤️🔥 #foodtok #sauce ♬ Two Weeks – Grizzly Bear
I think the reason this buttery tomato pasta has been so popular is that it includes shallots and garlic but neither requires chopping (the most hated part of cooking). They go in whole or halved, simmer in the sauce, and then the sauce is blended until it’s silky smooth. It’s a very beautiful pasta inspired by the famous Marcella Hazan recipe.
Ingredients:
2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes
100g butter
1 parmesan rind
2 shallots, peeled and halved
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 sprig basil, leaves picked
350g dried paste
2 x 125g balls of fresh mozzarella, to serve
Method:
For the tomato sauce, add tomatoes, butter, parmesan rind, shallots, and garlic to a saucepan.
Simmer on very low with the lid slightly ajar for 45 mins – 1 hour, until sauce has thickened slightly and is glossy and flavourful.
Remove parmesan rind and use an immersion blender to blend until very smooth. Taste and season.
Meanwhile, cook pasta until al dente in plenty of salted boiling water.
Add pasta and basil leaves to sauce, stir to incorporate.
Serve topped with fresh mozzarella or parmesan.
Caramelised white chocolate, oat and spelled shortbread cookies
Difficulty level: Intermediate
Serves: 4-6 (or 1 if you are me)
@intothesauce Reply to @kateistheantspants ♬ original sound – thekardashiansdaily
These biscuits are absolutely stunning. I don’t know if I’ll ever write another cookie recipe because I don’t think any could top them. The spell makes them nutty, the white chocolate caramelises in the oven, and the best part about them is you can make a double batch and keep half in the freezer to bake in the oven on a rainy day, or just before you have guests coming over.
In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment (or using an electric hand beater), cream butter, sugars and vanilla extract until very pale and fluffy.
Add flours and beat on low until just combined.
Add rolled oats and white chocolate and beat on low until just combined.
Remove bowl and fold through any remaining dry bits using a large spatula.
Cut two large pieces of gladwrap (or baking paper).
Divide dough in half and place each half on individual gladwrap pieces.
With your hands, gently shape dough into a log, wash your hands, then fold over plastic.
Use your hands to roll out the dough inside the plastic wrap until it becomes a cylinder log. Press in the top and bottom to flatten the ends.
Freeze or refrigerate for at least 45 minutes until firm.
Using a sharp knife, slice logs into 1cm pieces and place on a lined baking tray, 3cm apart. If the rounds fall apart while slicing, just gently press the pieces back together – they will come out fine.
To bake, preheat oven to 150°c.
Bake for 10-15 minutes (mine typically take 13) until golden brown around the edges.
Feature Image: Instagram @intothesauce.
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