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Metro
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Robin Thicke, 48, marries model fiancée, 30, after seven-year engagement
Robin Thicke and April Geary have tied the knot after a seven-year engagement. The 48-year-old singer first popped the question to the model, 30, in 2018, before getting down on one knee again just days before their nuptials. Blurred Lines hitmaker Thicke shares three children with Geary: Mia Love, five, Lola Alain, four, and Luca Patrick, two. Their ceremony was every inch as lavish as you'd expect, as the lovebirds said 'I do' in a romantic celebration in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Geary shared some videos on Instagram, showing herself in a long white lace gown with a veil for the occasion, while Thicke wore a classic tuxedo. A guest also posted a video showing Thicke walking down the aisle to Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, with youngest Luca sweetly serving as 'ring security'. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The newlyweds also made sure to include a tribute to Thicke's late father, who died in 2016 at the age of 69. A seat on the front row was left empty for Alan Thicke, as Geary's video showed the chair with 'In Loving Memory Of Alan Thicke' printed on the back of it. The game show host and comedian collapsed while playing ice hockey with his son, Carter, where he was wheeled out on a stretcher and pronounced dead later that day, the cause cited as type-A aortic dissection. Thicke was close with his father, writing on Instagram earlier this year for his birthday that he 'misses [him] every day'. His wedding to Geary comes shortly after he asked for her hand in marriage again while in Cannes. She posted on Instagram: 'Robin surprised me during our trip to Cannes by proposing to me again with a new ring that one of my best friends @nikkiwhatnikkiwho @establishedjewelry made. I'm so obsessed with it, thank you!!!' 'This trip was such a dream. I love you so much @robinthicke Also a huge thank you to @alilasky for clearing out the whole area and making sure there wasn't a single person getting in the way', her caption continued. The pair first began dating in 2014, several months after the pop star separated from his wife of 10 years, Paula Patton, with whom he shares son Julian Fuego, 14. At the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, they made their first public appearance together, two months after Thicke and Patton's marriage was officially dissolved. Speaking about his new relationship, Thicke revealed in 2021 that they were going to therapy, having found it useful to get an outsider's perspective on matters. He said during an interview with the Black Girls Texting podcast: 'Therapy is not for everybody all the time, but it definitely opens barriers for us, even just to go once or twice. 'If you're struggling in your relationship, one visit, one conversation with a third party can change things.' He added: 'Couples therapy has been great for me and April, and it's been great for me and Paula in co-parenting. More Trending 'We've had a few sessions and it's really helped for us, so I am a total believer in therapy.' Then, in 2024, Thicke spoke to People about their wedding plans, saying getting hitched was a 'priority'. 'My relationship with April continues to grow beautifully as we've matured into three-time parents together,' he added. 'She's really the most amazing woman a man could ask for.' 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. MORE: Ricky Gervais risks backlash once more with dicey jokes in Hollywood Walk of Fame speech MORE: Trump reveals if he's willing to pardon ex-pal Diddy if convicted of sex trafficking MORE: Dolly Parton reveals 'mixed emotions' about new tribute musical
Daily Mirror
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Robin Thicke marries April Love Geary in lavish sun-soaked ceremony
Robin Thicke and his long-term fiancé April Love Geary have finally tied the knot seven years after the Blurred Lines singer popped the question for the first time Congratulations are in order for Robin Thicke and his long-term fiancé April Love Geary, who tied the knot yesterday. Robin, 48, and April, 30, got married in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico surrounded by their family and friends to celebrate their big day. April, who looked stunning in a white laced dress and veil reposted pictures and videos from guests to her Instagram story. Alongside a photo of the happy couple, one guest penned: "I love, love. Especially real, raw, resilient love." In the picture, Robin could be seen wearing a black suit with a white flower lapel. In one video, an empty chair on the front row could be seen with a sign that read: "In Loving Memory Of Alan Thicke." The seat was left empty for the singer's father, Alan who died in 2016. Another snippet from the big day adorably showed the couple's son Luca Patrick, four, walking down the aisle with his dad as ring bearer. Matching his dad in a black tux, two-year-old Luca held a brief case which read: "Ring Security". Robin and April are also parents to daughters Mia Love, seven, and Lola Alain, six. Robin originally proposed to April in December 2018, while the model was pregnant with their first child, Mia. In a picture posted on social media, an overjoyed April could be seen smiling in front of a Christmas tree. 'YES YES 1000x YES,' she wrote at the time. The proposal came four years after the pair met at a party in 2014. The couple made their debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015, two months after Thicke's divorce with his ex-wife Paula Patton was finalised. Fittingly, the Magic singer re-proposed to his then fiancé in Cannes just days before they tied the knot in Mexico. Announcing the news five days ago in a joint post with fiancé Robin, April shared a photo dump of the engaged couple dressing in all-white attire while standing on the step of the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cannes, France. "Robin surprised me during our trip to Cannes by proposing to me again with a new ring that one of my best friends @nikkiwhatnikkiwho @establishedjewelry made, I'm so obsessed with it, thank you!!!," she wrote in the caption. "This trip was such a dream. I love you so much @robinthicke Also a huge thank you to @alilasky for clearing out the whole area and making sure there wasn't a single person getting in the way."
Daily Record
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Stirling Uni lecturer sets Radio One 'abuzz' with special Taylor Swift cover
Listeners to the Radio One Breakfast Show were treated to an extra special version of one of the pop star's top hits - all from the perspective of a wasp. A Stirling University lecturer played a star turn on the biggest radio show in the country this morning when she shared her extra-special cover - from the perspective of a wasp. Dr Rebecca Boulton is a lecturer in the university's School of Biological and Environmental Sciences who studies the evolution and mating practices of insects. However, she took her mission to spread the gospel about the positives of the often ill-regarded pests to the airwaves of Greg James' Radio One show and treated listeners to her version of Taylor Swift's 'Anti Hero'. Rebecca and host James sang along to the extra-special version - performed from a wasp's perspective - which was first penned by the lecturer and her friend for the Edinburgh Fringe. On the show, she explained about her work and also said the aim of the song was to "change the reputation" of wasps. After singing together live on air, James said to the Stirling expert: "Becky, that is so good, I love you for that and I love your brain. "Not only are you a lecturer, but you're a fun lecturer and that means you've changed the world!"# He then invited Rebecca back on to the show to perform more of her bizarre catalogue, including one track which she says discusses the topic of insect genitalia to the tune of Robin Thicke's song 'Blurred Lines'. On her personal page, Dr Boulton describes herself as an "evolutionary ecologist interested in how animals find mates, how many times they mate, and who they mate with". She continues: "I work with parasitoid wasps which are ecologically and economically very important. "Many parasitoid species attack pest species like aphids and caterpillars; healthy populations of parasitoid wasps can reduce and even eliminate the need for using chemical pesticides."
The Courier
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Courier
Stirling Uni lecturer joins Greg James on Radio 1 for Taylor Swift-inspired duet
A Stirling University lecturer has joined DJ Greg James to perform a duet on his Radio 1 show. Rebecca Boulton, known as Becky, joined the presenter on his breakfast show on Thursday morning. The pair performed wasp impressions to the tune of the Taylor Swift hit Anti-Hero. It came after Becky, a wasp biologist, wrote a parody of the 2022 song from the perspective of the insect for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year. She hopes to change the reputation of wasps and highlight why they are important The song features lyrics like: 'I have this thing where I'm misunderstood by everybody, just cause I like to have my space.' Another line says: 'What they don't know is my sisters and I stopped a famine, so maybe get off of my case.' The song ends with: 'It would be nice if you started rooting for us anti-heroes.' After performing the song live on air, James said: 'Becky, that is so good. 'I love you for that and I love your brain.' He added that he had 'struck gold' after inviting her on the show and promised to join her for another duet. Becky then teased a Blurred Lines parody about the genitalia evolution of insects. The evolutionary ecology lecturer is a regular listener of the breakfast show. After hearing a segment about flies flying into people's mouths, she was reminded of her song and decided to get in touch. Becky told The Courier: 'Talking to Greg on Radio 1 and doing a duet of our song was a great opportunity to spread my love for wasps. 'It was Greg's idea to do the wasp voice, and I am always up for that sort of nonsense. 'It was great fun and certainly an unexpected series of events for what would have otherwise been a quite routine day of doing wasp genetic work in the lab.'
Forbes
24-04-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Want To Make Music Like Imogen Heap? Jen, Her New AI Venture, Can Help
(Image courtesy of Jen) Jen, a tech startup backed by Grammy-winning musician/producer Imogen Heap and headed by music-tech veteran Shara Senderoff, today is launching StyleFilters, a tool that allows people to infuse the distinctive audio sensibility of an artist's work into their own generative-AI musical creations, while ensuring the original artist gets paid. 'For so many years, people said, 'If only we could bottle up that (musician's) vibe,'' said Senderoff, Jen's CEO. 'No one ever said, 'Well, what if we could?' Each StyleFilter is somewhat akin to a character "skin" in a video game, Senderoff said, but in this case it brings the 'vibe' and feel of a song into an AI music creation tool (don't minimize the value of a vibe, by the way; it was the subject of a 2018 lawsuit and $5 million award to Marvin Gaye's estate over similarities between Gaye's Got to Give It Up and Blurred Lines, the similarly loose-limbed Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams hit). Artists who license one of their songs as a StyleFilter will receive 70 percent of the resulting revenues. The StyleFilters give a user 90 minutes of AI generation capability at one of two levels of 'strength of influence,' priced at $4.99 and $7.99. Generating two minutes of audio now through Jen takes several seconds, Senderoff said, but that processing time likely will speed up to near-immediate responses in coming months, given the rapid progression of AI tools. The modest pricing is 'opening (AI music creation) to a whole new audience without wondering about whether it's legal," Senderoff said. "We have to change the (compensation) model. We have to create a model with a framework for digital scale.' The pricing is roughly similar to that of many plug-ins, channel strips, loops, stabs, effects, and other audio bits and add-ons that producers and electronic musicians routinely buy and load into their digital audio workstation software, such as Acid, Pro Tools and Logic Pro. In this case, though, the StyleFilter helps guide a generative AI model in creating a unique song with influences from a licensed artist. The user can then take the resulting audio, export it to a DAW, break it into 'stem' components and further develop a song. Senderoff said. Each StyleFilter is tied to a specific song, the launch offerings featuring five of Heap's best-known songs, including 2005's Headlock, which recently resurfaced on Billboard's Hot 100 after a TikTok viral moment, Good Night and Go, and her newest single, What Have You Done to Me. The company said it plans to add StyleFilters from numerous other artists in coming months. Jen's base AI model is trained on about 40 licensed catalogs of songs, which ensures that the copyrighted material is legally cleared and paid for, a big issue for creatives trying to ethically make a living in the streaming era amid the disruptions of often-wholesale copying of their music by many AI companies. 'Not one note was unethically sourced,' Senderoff said. 'If you go on Jen and ask it to create a song with dirty guitars and drums, you own that song. It's fully licensed. We licensed everything.' The London-based Heap has long been among the most tech-savvy of successful musicians. She broke through in 2002 as lead singer of the duo FrouFrou, which scored with Let Go and Breathe In. She then released a string of solo albums, including the hit Hide and Seek from 2005's Speak for Yourself, notable for its clever use of vocoder. Heap won a Grammy for engineering her 2009 album Ellipse, and was one of the producers on Taylor Swift's Album of the Year-winning 1989. Four other Grammy nominations include one for music created for the Harry Potter theatrical spinoff, The Cursed Child. In the years since her musical breakthrough, Heap has developed tech such as the gloves, which allow musicians to manipulate sound with gestures; Mycelia, a blockchain-based music-distribution platform; and Mogen, an AI assistant modeled after Heap. Heap also founded Auracles, a company providing verified artist identities and designed to streamline artist approvals of uses of their music. Senderoff said Auracles' ID capabilities are a key underlying technology for the Jen StyleFilter architecture. Heap memorably minted non-fungible tokens live on the audio app Clubhouse during the depths of the Covid lockdown, a process she'd been doing for several years before NFTs and even crypto and blockchain technologies were in wide use. Like Heap, Senderoff has been in and around music, and the technologies transforming it, for a long time. Her father worked for such major music hardware manufacturers as Gibson, Korg, and Marshall. Senderoff herself spent several years partnered with music super-manager Scooter Braun in a Los Angeles-based fund backing music-related tech companies, while functioning as something of an advisor without portfolio for labels and musicians trying to understand blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and now artificial intelligence. The two have been collaborating over the past year to create connections between Heap's company and Jen's capabilities, Senderoff said. Heap has been intensely involved the past eight months architecting the business model that ensures originating artists get paid.
