EXCLUSIVE I was dead for 8 minutes... what I saw changed everything: There's a test and you're not alone
When Brianna Lafferty stopped breathing for eight minutes in a Texas hospital, she didn't just come back to life — she returned with a message.
'Death is an illusion, and our time on Earth isn't the end,' she told the Daily Mail.
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Daily Mail
23 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Bethenny Frankel, 54, flaunts her figure in TINY thong bikini during Sports Illustrated Swimsuit runway show
Bethenny Frankel shocked fans with her youthful appearance as she flaunted her figure in a tiny thong bikini at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit fashion show on Saturday. The former Real Housewives of New York star, 54, left very little to imagination as she strutted down the runway in various swimsuits for the coveted catwalk show in Miami Beach. For her first look, Bethenny donned sultry pink polka dot bikini and black cover-up. Upon reaching the end of the catwalk, she ripped off the cover-up to reveal a thong bikini bottom underneath. She turned around to show her backside to the audience, as she jokingly covered her mouth in surprise. Later, she emerged in a denim bikini top and black bottoms, which she paired with a cowboy hat; she also flashed some side boob in tiny leopard-print one-piece swimsuit. The TV star oozed confidence, dancing and shaking her hips as she made her way down the runway. She also debuted a new, much-longer and lighter brown hairstyle at the event, rocking beach-like waves that fell perfectly around her face. The former Real Housewives of New York star, 54, left very little to imagination as she strutted down the runway in various swimsuits for the coveted catwalk show in Miami Beach After a video of Bethenny on the runway was shared to TikTok, many of her avid fans couldn't believe how young she looked. Hundreds rushed to the comment section to discuss her stunning appearance, and some even branded her as 'unrecognizable' thanks to her new 'do. 'Is that really Bethany Frankel?!!?! If so what did she get done? Where? Who? How much?!?!' one user asked. 'That hair just took off a decade! She is [fire],' gushed another. 'She looks great but I barely recognize her,' someone else added. 'Wow, I've never seen her look so good,' a fourth comment read. A fifth said, 'Is she in the witness protection program? She's unrecognizable.' Bethenny recently moved to Florida and her new life in the south is clearly doing wonders for her as her fans were right, she's never looked better. The reality TV personality previously explained that living with just her daughter Bryn, whom she shares with ex-husband Jason Hoppy, in an overly spacious house in New York 'was drowning her.' 'It was just the two of us,' she said in a TikTok video. 'It was a massive property, and I made the decision to buy that property when I was in a different stage of my life. 'I thought it would be this, like, big family home and that I'd be entertaining there a lot.' She continued: 'The house was drowning me because it had an apple orchard, it was a historical house, it had all this property, and it was beautiful and amazing for a big family with kids and grandparents. 'It just ended up being a place that I spent a lot of time alone [in] because I didn't really know many people in that community. It was lonely.' She said she didn't want to be 'home alone' so she decided to 'simplify' their space. 'My simplification is someone else's complication because I'm still going to be in a beautiful home, but I just took on too much,' she explained. Hundreds rushed to the comment section to discuss her stunning appearance, and some even branded her as 'unrecognizable' thanks to her new 'do 'And the idea of something was different than the reality of it,' she continued. Bethenny added that she originally planned to downsize in four years when her daughter would be heading off to college, but she decided to go ahead with it now because of a 'moment.' 'This situation was drowning me and something else was distracting her and neither of us would say it out loud because this is just what it was,' she said cryptically. 'The moment it became about her, I was able to be honest with myself about how I felt and it freed both of us. I think I'll be lighter and brighter and happier in the coming months.'
The Sun
44 minutes ago
- The Sun
The secret celeb siblings who shunned fame… from Osbourne ‘hermit' to Delevingne sister who's real brains of the family
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... SIBLING rivalry can be fierce - but imagine if your brother or sister was a world famous celebrity? That's the case for Aydan Nix, the secret half-sister of Bella and Gigi Hadid, who only met her supermodel siblings for the first time less than two years ago. 17 17 Her mother had a brief romance with Bella and Gigi's multi-million dollar property tycoon dad Mohamed, but Aydan's connection to the family was kept under wraps for more than two decades, with her father not providing financial support. Aydan, 23, grew up in Florida with a different man whom she believed was her father, until he died when she was 19, prompting her to take a DNA test and discover she was in fact a Hadid. The sisters confirmed on Thursday that they'd met their half-sister, saying they have "cherished this unexpected and beautiful addition to our family'. Adyan's case is pretty unusual, in that she had no idea of her showbiz connections until recently, and with her striking looks it wouldn't be surprising if she too began to carve out a star profile of her own. Snaps of the trio show them frequently enjoying trips to the beach together and nights out in swanky New York City nightclubs. But other siblings of famous stars often prefer a life out of the limelight, happy to live in their relative's shadow. Here we reveal the secret celebrity brothers and sisters you probably had no idea existed. Chloe Delevingne Her youngest sister Cara is one of the most famous supermodels and actresses in the world, while her other sister Poppy, 11 months her junior, has also made waves on the catwalk for brands like Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton. But there's no doubt Chloe Delevingne, 39, is the brains of the family. While her sisters were posing up a storm, Chloe was studying biomedical science and tumour biology at the illustrious University College London. Bella Hadid's see-through dress was 'shocking' for 'sophisticated and elegant' Cannes – she 'should've dialed it down' 17 17 Chloe used her medical background to co-found the Lady Garden Foundation charity, which aims to raise awareness for gynaecological health. She's also been training to become a midwife, telling Cotswold Life in July 2023: 'It's hard but good and very rewarding. 'I think if you can help any woman when she is at her most vulnerable to have the birth she wants then there's a lot to be gained.' The three sisters also launched a vegan prosecco brand together in 2020. The Gallagher Sister 17 17 Given the Oasis brothers have only just managed to make it up with each other, it might not come as a surprise that they don't have the best relationship with their secret sister, who grew up round the corner in Burnage, Greater Manchester. Emma Davies, 51, was born just months after Liam in the very same hospital. She shares their dad Tommy, who had an affair with Emma's mother June. Despite this, the Oasis rockstars have reportedly refused her attempts to make contact and have never met each other. 'I would like to meet them. Obviously you're going to want to meet your brothers,' she previously told MailOnline. It was her buying the album (What's the story) Morning Glory that prompted Emma's mum to tell her the truth about who her father was. 'When she... saw the CD she said, 'I think you'd better sit down, I've got something to tell you.' I was completely flabbergasted,' Emma recalled. She last met her father in 2006 when she was 32, but his unstable nature quickly led them to become estranged again. The Oasis bandmates have also been estranged from their father for years, with Noel saying in 2019 his dad 'doesn't mean anything to me'. The Oasis rockers also have a lesser-known older brother, Paul Gallagher, who keeps out of the spotlight but has a close bond with them both. He revealed in a recent interview: 'I speak to the pair of them. I see Liam every other day." He has previously opened up about the pair's infamous public rift, saying: "I do my own thing, I stay away from it as much as humanely possible." The Osbournes - plus one 17 17 The Osbournes essentially paved the way of the Kardashians with their no holds barred, fly-on-the-wall reality show back in 2001. But while Sharon and Ozzy's kids Kelly and Jack welcomed the MTV crew into their lives, their older sister Aimee decided to opt out. At 16 she moved out of the family home, though later confessed she would have liked to stay a 'little longer'. 'Back then, I still felt I was trying to figure out who I was in the chaos of family life, so why on earth would I want that portrayed on television?' she said. Now 40, she still keeps her private life under wraps, and has been dubbed the 'hermit' of the family. She has, however, followed in her father's footsteps with a career in music, and is currently lead singer of pop band ARO. She isn't exactly close with her sister, with Kelly telling the Dax Shepard podcast in 2023: 'We don't talk... We're just really different. She doesn't understand me and I don't understand her.' Aimee has echoed that sentiment. 'I wouldn't say there is an ease between us, but there is an acceptance,' she told The Independent. 'Do we socialise? No.' Fortunately she gets on well with her other sibling Jack - and together they're planning to produce a biopic all about their famous parents. The third Strictly sister 17 17 Strictly Come Dancing sisters Oti and Motsi Mabuse have revealed they have a secret third sister - who is the "best dancer" of them all. Their sister Phemelo, 39, who is the middle child of the family, keeps away from the limelight as she works as a mechanical engineer in South Africa. Nonetheless, the third sibling shares her sister's dancing abilities, keeping a toe in the professional dance world and competing at the World Dance Championships. Oti revealed on the Jonathan Ross Show: "To be honest, we have another sister, middle sister, she was the better dancer. "She's a mechanical engineer. She designs windmills which create electricity through wind in South Africa.' The siblings do occasionally post pictures together, however, and in their rare Instagram appearances, fans can't believe how similar the three are. Oti remarked that they all have the 'same nose' as one fan gushed they also have the 'same lips' and complimented them all as "beautiful". Scarlett Moffat 17 17 Famous on the telly for... watching the telly - there's almost an Inception-like feeling to Gogglebox. Out of all its ordinary people turned stars, Scarlett Moffatt is arguably the most famous of them all, especially after being crowned Queen of the Jungle following her stint on I'm A Celeb. While we've been watching her with parents Mark and Betty since she was 18, few will be aware Scarlett, now 34, has a younger sister, Ava, who is 15 years her junior. Fans did get a glimpse of Ava - now aged 18 and studying archeology at university - in season seven of Gogglebox. Scarlett has previously gushed over their close relationship despite the significant age gap, posting on her birthday: "Watching you grow up into the amazingly kind, intelligent, beautiful, bloody hilarious lady has been a blessing." The fourth Jonas Brother 17 17 Joe, Nick and Kevin together make up one of the most famous trios in pop music. But did you know that they could have been a quad? That's because they in fact have another brother, Frankie, who himself is a singer. He's also had some success as an actor, though nothing on the scale of his Camp Rock siblings. The 24-year-old launched a music career in 2023, and has since released two singles. And in typical Gen Z style, he's also starting to make a splash on TikTok. So could three become four? It might only be a matter of time. Doug Pitt 17 17 You might think being Brad Pitt's brother dooms you to a life as second fiddle. Fortunately his younger sibling Doug, has enjoyed plenty of success in his own right - just in an industry that's a lot more low-key than Brad's. The 58-year-old, who is married to wife Lisa and has three children, made a fortune of his own after selling a hefty stake of his computing company back in 2007. He's also a dedicated philanthropist, appointed the first ever Goodwill Ambassador for the United Republic of Tanzania in 2010 by President Jakaya Kikwete. And there's definitely no bitterness about having such a huge star as his older brother. In fact, he's even starred in a Virgin Mobile Australia advert portraying a comedic version of Brad as 'The Second Most Famous Pitt'.
The Guardian
an hour ago
- The Guardian
We're close to translating animal languages – what happens then?
Charles Darwin suggested that humans learned to speak by mimicking birdsong: our ancestors' first words may have been a kind of interspecies exchange. Perhaps it won't be long before we join the conversation once again. The race to translate what animals are saying is heating up, with riches as well as a place in history at stake. The Jeremy Coller Foundation has promised $10m to whichever researchers can crack the code. This is a race fuelled by generative AI; large language models can sort through millions of recorded animal vocalisations to find their hidden grammars. Most projects focus on cetaceans because, like us, they learn through vocal imitation and, also like us, they communicate via complex arrangements of sound that appear to have structure and hierarchy. Sperm whales communicate in codas – rapid sequences of clicks, each as brief as 1,000th of a second. Project Ceti (the Cetacean Translation Initiative) is using AI to analyse codas in order to reveal the mysteries of sperm whale speech. There is evidence the animals take turns, use specific clicks to refer to one another, and even have distinct dialects. Ceti has already isolated a click that may be a form of punctuation, and they hope to speak whaleish as soon as 2026. The linguistic barrier between species is already looking porous. Last month, Google released DolphinGemma, an AI program to translate dolphins, trained on 40 years of data. In 2013, scientists using an AI algorithm to sort dolphin communication identified a new click in the animals' interactions with one another, which they recognised as a sound they had previously trained the pod to associate with sargassum seaweed – the first recorded instance of a word passing from one species into another's native vocabulary. The prospect of speaking dolphin or whale is irresistible. And it seems that they are just as enthusiastic. In November last year, scientists in Alaska recorded an acoustic 'conversation' with a humpback whale called Twain, in which they exchanged a call-and-response form known as 'whup/throp' with the animal over a 20-minute period. In Florida, a dolphin named Zeus was found to have learned to mimic the vowel sounds, A, E, O, and U. But in the excitement we should not ignore the fact that other species are already bearing eloquent witness to our impact on the natural world. A living planet is a loud one. Healthy coral reefs pop and crackle with life. But soundscapes can decay just as ecosystems can. Degraded reefs are hushed deserts. Since the 1960s, shipping and mining have raised background noise in the oceans by about three decibels a decade. Humpback whale song occupies the same low-frequency bandwidth as deep-sea dredging and drilling for the rare earths that are vital for electronic devices. Ironically, mining the minerals we need to communicate cancels out whales' voices. Humpback whale songs are incredible vocal performances, sometimes lasting up to 24 hours. 'Song' is apt: they seem to include rhymed phrases, and their compositions travel the oceans with them, evolving as they go in a process called 'song revolutions', where a new cycle replaces the old. (Imagine if Nina Simone or the Beatles had erased their back catalogue with every new release.) They're crucial to migration and breeding seasons. But in today's louder soundscape, whale song is crowded out of its habitual bandwidth and even driven to silence – from up to 1.2 km away from commercial ships, humpback whales will cease singing rather than compete with the noise. In interspecies translation, sound only takes us so far. Animals communicate via an array of visual, chemical, thermal and mechanical cues, inhabiting worlds of perception very different to ours. Can we really understand what sound means to echolocating animals, for whom sound waves can be translated visually? The German ecologist Jakob von Uexküll called these impenetrable worlds umwelten. To truly translate animal language, we would need to step into that animal's umwelt – and then, what of us would be imprinted on her, or her on us? 'If a lion could talk,' writes Stephen Budiansky, revising Wittgenstein's famous aphorism in Philosophical Investigations, 'we probably could understand him. He just would not be a lion any more.' We should ask, then, how speaking with other beings might change us. Talking to another species might be very like talking to alien life. It's no coincidence that Ceti echoes Nasa's Seti – Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence – Institute. In fact, a Seti team recorded the whup/throp exchange, on the basis that learning to speak with whales may help us if we ever meet intelligent extraterrestrials. In Denis Villeneuve's movie Arrival, whale-like aliens communicate via a script in which the distinction between past, present and future times collapses. For Louise, the linguist who translates the script, learning Heptapod lifts her mind out of linear time and into a reality in which her own past and future are equally available. The film mentions Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf's theory of linguistic determinism – the idea that our experience of reality is encoded in language – to explain this. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis was dismissed in the mid-20th century, but linguists have since argued that there may be some truth to it. Pormpuraaw speakers in northern Australia refer to time moving from east to west, rather than forwards or backwards as in English, making time indivisible from the relationship between their body and the land. Whale songs are born from an experience of time that is radically different to ours. Humpbacks can project their voices over miles of open water; their songs span the widest oceans. Imagine the swell of oceanic feeling on which such sounds are borne. Speaking whale would expand our sense of space and time into a planetary song. I imagine we'd think very differently about polluting the ocean soundscape so carelessly. Sign up to Inside Saturday The only way to get a look behind the scenes of the Saturday magazine. Sign up to get the inside story from our top writers as well as all the must-read articles and columns, delivered to your inbox every weekend. after newsletter promotion Where it counts, we are perfectly able to understand what nature has to say; the problem is, we choose not to. As incredible as it would be to have a conversation with another species, we ought to listen better to what they are already telling us. David Farrier is the author of Nature's Genius: Evolution's Lessons for a Changing Planet (Canongate). Why Animals Talk by Arik Kershenbaum (Viking, £10.99) Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein (Wiley-Blackwell, £24.95) An Immense World by Ed Yong (Vintage, £12.99)
