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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Taylor Swift breaks cover for NYC dinner with A-lister pal at her go-to spot
Welcome BACK to New York! Taylor Swift came out of hiding for a delicious dinner out in New York City Thursday night. The 'Cruel Summer' singer was spotted rocking up to her go-to Italian restaurant, Via Carota, in the West Village, according to videos circulating online. Swift was joined by Dakota Johnson as well as her brother, Austin Swift, and the '50 Shades of Grey' actress' brother, Jesse Johnson. Taylor, 35, wore a black floral dress cinched at the waist with a chain and leather belt, and she accessorized with strappy black stilettos and a pendant necklace. The pop star wore her signature red lip and had her hair pulled back in a high ponytail. Taylor appeared to be in high spirits and smiled as onlookers' jaws dropped in shock. 'Best night of my life,' one Swiftie who was dining at the renowned eatery captioned a video of Taylor's visit. BUY NOW $298.00 New York Post receives revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and when you make a purchase. Taylor seemingly walked in with just her security guard and later in the evening, she was seen surrounded by fans taking photos as she exited the venue and hopped into a black SUV. The Grammy winner has dined at the beloved trattoria on several occasions, including shortly after her breakup from Joe Alwyn in March 2023. At the time, she ate pasta with Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley. That September, she and Sophie Turner hit the hotspot right after news surfaced that the 'Game of Thrones' star and Joe Jonas were divorcing. Taylor's return to the Big Apple dining scene comes amid her months-long retreat from the spotlight. Last week, she and boyfriend Travis Kelce popped up at Harry's in West Palm Beach, Fla., for a $400 meal. They also resurfaced to celebrate Mother's Day with Kelce's family in Philadelphia earlier this month. She and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, also 35, have both been staying under the radar after his Super Bowl 2025 loss in February and the wrapping of her Eras Tour in December. Taylor has also been quiet amid her unfolding drama with Blake Lively, who dragged her into her contentious legal battle with Justin Baldoni. 'This is such a nice escape for them to finally be able to stay out of the limelight for a bit before they eventually have to get out in the public eye again due to their careers,' a source exclusively told Page Six in April. 'They really cherish this time while they can because they know it can't last forever.' Kelce has been renting a $20 million mansion in Florida's Boca Raton area as he trains for the upcoming NFL season.
Pink Villa
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Dakota Johnson Admits She ‘Didn't Know' Verity Before Accepting Role; Reveals BTS Details Amid Justin Baldoni-Blake Lively Feud
Trigger warning: This article contains mention of sexual harassment. Dakota Johnson 's unfiltered nature is one of the reasons people love her so much. The actress, who attended this year's Cannes Film Festival, spoke with Deadline about her upcoming project, Verity, which also stars Anne Hathaway and Josh Hartnett. The film is based on Colleen Hoover 's novel of the same name. Talking about the project, Johnson said they had just completed filming. She admitted she 'didn't know' what Verity was before receiving the script. The 50 Shades of Grey star added, 'It's based on a Colleen Hoover novel that I guess is quite popular. People are really into it.' When the outlet mentioned the huge following the author has, Dakota Johnson called Hoover a 'funny' and 'cool person.' She continued, 'But yeah, it's Josh Hartnett, Anne Hathaway, and me. I mean, obviously, everyone knows what it's about from the book — it's about a ghostwriter who goes to finish the novels of a very established writer because she had been in an accident.' The Madam Web star added, "So, she moves into the house with her and her husband and their kid and then all of these really weird twists and turns take place. It's juicy." Fans of the original book are excited to see the project come to life, with hype around the film building, especially on social media. The hype surrounding Hoover's novel mirrors what happened with It Ends With Us when its film adaptation was announced. That buzz soon shifted focus to the legal drama between the film's co-stars, Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively. In December 2024, the Shallows star reportedly accused the Jane the Virgin actor of sexual harassment. Baldoni later countersued her and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, for defamation.
Toronto Sun
18-05-2025
- Toronto Sun
CRIME HUNTER: 50 Shades inspired kinky cop accused of killing underling
Get the latest from Brad Hunter straight to your inbox BDSM: Young cop Sofia Stefani was in a BDSM relationship with her boss. FACEBOOK Giampiero Gualandi was a fan of the BDSM kink-o-rama 50 Shades of Gray . This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. 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Create Account He was so inspired that the Police Commander urged his lover and underling Sofia Stefani, 33, to sign a 'sexual submission contract' as in the steamy bestseller and cinematic bonkbuster. Now, he's on trial for murdering the ambitious young cop. Or, in Italian, aggravated manslaughter. In the sex slave contract, which was introduced as evidence at his trial, the 63-year-old Gualandii 'defined himself as master, the one who can do everything on his slave.' In one passage, he declared: 'I, lord and master, undertake to dominate the soul of my submissive.' Dakota Johnson in 50 Shades of Gray. This was not slap and tickle after a few drinks on a Friday night. His defence lawyers told the court in Bologna, Italy that the contract 'comes from the book '50 Shades of Grey', one of the editorial successes of 2011. It was a game, it has no validity, no legal effectiveness, no possibility of conditioning behaviour. In sexual life, adults can do what they want.' Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Unless, of course, someone ends up dead. *** Stefani was shot to death on May 16, 2024, with a shot fired from Gualandi's service weapon in his office at police headquarters in Anzola. The bullet hit her in the head. He told detectives that the Beretta went off accidentally during a spat with his mistress. Detectives learned that in the days before the murder, the aspiring slave master was allegedly 'a prisoner in a castle of lies that he himself had built.' Sofia Stefani and her slightly used version of Christian Gray, Giampiero Gualandi. Stefani's prints were not on the weapon. However, a deep dive into the background of the top cop and Stefani revealed a twisted, 'tormented relationship.' Stefani was young, vulnerable and suffered from the 'cyclical alternation of moments of calm and tension, up until the tragic epilogue.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. As with most infidelities, the two cops' BDSM hijinks were soon discovered by Gualandi's none-too-pleased wife near the end of April 2024. 'Instead of admitting the facts and taking responsibility, Gualandi invented the idea that the relationship had ended some time ago and that it was Stefani who continued to stalk him,' the prosecution said. But getting caught in the act by his wife didn't seem to slow down Gualandi's ardour. Soon, the pair resumed their hormone-charged hijinks. TRAGIC: Sofia Stefani. The prosecution said: 'His wife was completely unaware of it. In the phase preceding the murder, Gualandi took on behaviours of absolute duplicity, sending Stefani messages confirming the emotional and sexual relationship while, in the same minutes, he wrote to his wife that he was tormented by Stefani.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. *** BDSM is about power dynamics in the bedroom and the relationship. For Gualandi, it seemed to be about violence. 'They had a toxic relationship; he broke her teeth and left her bruised,' Stefani's boyfriend Stefano Guidotti testified, adding violence appeared to be the cornerstone of the relationship. 'She went to the dentist, she told me, to have a tooth reattached that was fractured during a scuffle with him. The tooth had already broken before, twice, while skating and due to a dog's headbutt,' Guidotti added. WAS THIS WHAT HE WAS AFTER? Eva Oh — AKA Mistress Eva —claims her BDSM business is booming during the lockdown. INSTAGRAM 'Once she returned home with bruises on her body, she told me there had been a heated argument with Gualandi due to a character incompatibility. Then, another time, I noticed bruises on her legs and arms, as if there had been strong finger pressure.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The aggrieved beau said he suspected a sexual affair between the pair. Stefani said that her secret paramour made professional promises to her. He explained that Stefani had bipolar disorder and their relationship was a roller coaster of emotions, which she struggled to manage. Read More 'I had advised her to go to the mental health center,' he said, adding she sometimes hit him. 'Then she would apologize and tell me it was because of her illness.' Stefani's close girlfriend, Antonella Gasparini, was troubled when she met the older cop. 'I said there was a toxic relationship between Sofia and Gualandi because it seemed to me that in some way he was using her,' Gasparini told the court. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'There was a sexual relationship between Sofia and Gualandi, and he had also made her many promises, job-related, and from a superior, this is very peculiar,' she said. 'There were work advantages.' Gasparini added: 'They often argued. I knew that the relations were very tense, and there were sudden arguments, during which he once told her, 'Look, I have a gun.' I told her 'be careful,' and she replied, 'he's joking.' Sofia also told me that Gualandi had once broken a tooth. 'We argued,' she told me, 'and that's how it happened.' She told me she had slapped him.' 'She venerated and admired him.' The trial in Bologna, Italy, continues. bhunter@ @HUnterTOSun Toronto & GTA Sports Sunshine Girls Toronto Maple Leafs Sports
Daily Mirror
15-05-2025
- Daily Mirror
Stalker came to influencer's home with rope and horror '50 Shades of Grey' plan
A court found sinister Rob Keating targeted Alexandra Saper with a plot to abduct and 'go 50 Shades of Grey' on the American social media influencer after he became obsessed A 'delusional' British stalker faces jail after being found guilty of threatening to kidnap an American travel influencer and then travelling to her home in Bali with rope in his suitcase. Rob Keating sent 'incessant and constant' messages to Alexandra Saper in which he shared his graphic sexual fantasies including that he would 'go 50 Shades of Grey' on her and wanted to abduct her. The 39-year-old went 'from follower to stalker' after becoming obsessed with her posts on Instagram, booking a one way ticket to the tropical Indonesian paradise while warning her to 'get kidnapp insurance'. He visited bars and restaurants just metres from her home and continued to message her whilst she was in Bali, telling her 'you're never getting rid of me'. Ms Saper - a former lawyer who now makes money from her Instagram page 'The Wayfarer' which has more than 100,000 followers - told the court she fled the country because she was so 'terrified' he would find her. In a video about her ordeal, posted at the time, Ms Saper also said she felt she was being 'hunted like prey'. On his return to the UK in March 2023, Keating was arrested by police who found black rope and a tie in his suitcase. Keating told police in an interview that he was not sexually attracted to Ms Saper, but said that 'she had shown an interest in him and there could be something there' between the two. In videos he often referred to the influencer as his 'Spartan Queen'. He continued to stalk Ms Saper between September and November 2024, at which point he lived in Horsham in West Sussex. Keating posted a picture of a plane ticket from London to Bali with the caption 'round 2' on his Instagram in November. Keating was subsequently arrested. Now, at Portsmouth Crown Court, Hants, he has been found guilty of two counts of stalking involving serious harm or distress following a 6 day trial. The jury deliberated for just two hours and, when reading the verdict to Keating, Judge Michael Bowes KC said a prison sentence was 'inevitable'. Closing the case, prosecutor Alexandra Bull described Keating as 'indulging' in a 'wilful self delusion' involving a 'one dimensional' version of the influencer as he 'moved from follower to stalker'. "He began to indulge in wilful self-delusion, all those genuine emotions he felt from following was not enough," she said. "The person he started fantasising about was entirely one dimensional, they are a character he has never met... "It is her job to make people feel better about themselves but that is just one part of Ms Saper... When Ms Saper's generic posts were not enough for him he wanted to take it to the next level. "What he wanted was her attention on him." She continued: "Her job is to appeal to a wider audience and he knows that, this is a wilful delusion. "Does this justify his behaviour, he provides himself with an excuse, he tries to convince himself Ms Saper is trying to contact him, it is just his fantasy." The traffic worker, who lived in his sister's garage in Havant, Hants, first contacted Ms Saper on Instagram in July 2022 with a ' weird and creepy' message to which the influencer responded 'dude, why are you following me if you don't like my content'. She blocked Keating on the social media platform after he shared extracts from the erotic S&M novel 50 Shades of Grey. However, he then began bombarding her with videos and messages over email and used another profile to continue viewing her posts, which he believed were secret messages to him. Ms Saper tried to block his emails too but that just sent them to her spam folder. The court was shown over an hour of footage from these videos in which Keating told Ms Saper to get 'kidnap insurance' and that he was going to 'spank' her. He told her she was 'allowing him' to 'run with it' regarding his contact with her, but added: "Either that, or you're not interested and not watching these videos and I've lost my mind or something." In a video from December 2022, Keating said: "You're going to have to reply to me eventually - there's talk about coming to Bali to get you." In February 2023 he did travel to Bali, posting a picture of the plane he was about to board with the caption 'let the games begin'. Ms Saper was so concerned that she fled to the nearby Southeast Asian country of Laos to put distance between her and Keating. Giving evidence at court, the influencer said she 'didn't think' he would actually make the trip to the tropical island. "I blocked him on everything and never responded, so that was a pretty clear indication of not wanting contact," Ms Saper added. "I was aware that he was talking about coming to Bali, but I didn't think it would actually happen. shared because I wanted my life back, there was nothing I could do staying in hiding," she said. "I was sick, I couldn't eat, I was depressed." In his own evidence Keating had tried to claim the kidnap threats were just 'playful ridiculousness' and that the ordeal had had 'no adverse effect' on Ms Saper. He tried to tell the court that because of the Anchorman memes on his Instagram profile there was no way she would take him seriously. He will be sentenced at a later date.
Metro
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Netflix viewers have just weeks to binge ‘steamy' 00s British TV drama
A 'flawless' British drama series about the double life of a high-end call girl is leaving Netflix very soon. Based on the blog and books by the pseudonymous Belle de Jour, Secret Diary of a Call Girl ran for four seasons between 2007 and 2011. It starred Billie Piper, then best known for her music career and for playing companion Rose Tyler in Doctor who two years earlier. Written by Lucy Prebble, the series was set in London and followed Hannah Baxter (played by Billie) a young woman who lives a secret life as a call girl, under the pseudonym Belle. It charted her professional and private lives and on complications that arise when these collide. Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro's TV Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your show in the link we'll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you. Although the show found itself under fire by some who claimed it glamourised and was a misrepresentation of sex work, Billie fired back. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 'We've only been exposed to the drug-fuelled, sex traffic side – but the fact is, there are middle-class, cultured, well-read women who take part in this job,' she said at the time. The first season of Secret Diary of a Call Girl divided critics. 'It's close to perfect raunchy summer television,' Buffalo News wrote in its review. 'It's eye-opening stuff, at least some of it, and yet not nearly as titillating as you might suppose. Considering the subject matter, there's surprisingly little nudity and practically nothing graphic,' The Hollywood Reporter explained. 'It would help if an actual woman stopped miming fellatio and did something interesting for a minute or two,' The Los Angeles Times brutally shared. Meanwhile others said it 'didn't reveal many secrets'. Despite this, reviews from fans were glowing. 'I managed to watch the entire show, all three seasons, in the space of one weekend. Billie Piper was flawless. I loved this show, definitely one of my favourite series' out there, and probably will be for a long time. It's down to earth, gritty and real,' ciara0404 posted on IMDB. 'The show is a full-blown intimate and sexcapade that is quite honestly, brilliant. Forget your 50 Shades of Grey… this British programme will open your eyes into lives that you had heard about, never fully believed, but will blow your mind with every episode,' stampsfightclub shared. 'This series is very provocative but overall, it's interesting and engrossing, making it a good call to watch,' blanbrn added. Although the full series is currently available on Netflix, it will be taken down very soon, with fans and new viewers only able to binge it until May 29. The first season of Secret Diary of a Call Girl attracted an average of 1,242,125 viewers in the UK. More Trending Meanwhile when premiering in United States on Showtime, it debuted to the highest ratings the cable channel had seen in four years for a television premiere. After working together on this series, Billie and Lucy went on to team up again on I Hate Suzie, which ran for two seasons from 2020. That series, which followed the life of actress of Suzie Pickles whose life is thrown into turmoil when her phone is hacked and compromising photographs of her are leaked, was praised by critics and nominated for four Baftas and an International Emmy. View More » Secret Diary of a Call Girl is leaving Netflix on May 29. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you.
