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What's On
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- What's On
Restaurant Review: Gatsby Dubai
Step into the roaring twenties Dubai style Glamour, drama, and all that jazz. Gatsby Dubai is rewriting the rules of dinner and a show. Set high above Palm Jumeirah on the rooftop of Nakheel Mall, this electric supper club takes inspiration from the opulence of the 1920s and cranks it up to full-throttle. With dazzling performances, decadent dishes, and a party vibe that doesn't quit, Gatsby is where the night begins…and never really ends. The Spot Perched atop Nakheel Mall on the Palm, Gatsby Dubai isn't just a dinner spot, it's a full-blown spectacle. Inspired by the wild spirit of the Roaring Twenties, it's where velvet, drama, and deep house beats collide. Think dinner party meets fever dream with sequins, spotlights, and seriously good food in the mix. The Vibe From the moment you step in, Gatsby is a full-blown sensory experience, glamorous, high-energy, and completely unfiltered. As you dine, themed live shows light up the room, with dancers shifting from Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons to Britney Spears Baby One More Time and Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees. No two performances are the same, and every one is electric. Like the anthem goes: a little party never killed nobody, and Gatsby Dubai delivers on that promise, night after night. The Food and Drinks It's not just a party, the kitchen takes itself seriously too. The menu walks the line between indulgent and elevated. Start with the beef carpaccio or the creamy burrata, both crowd-pleasers. The roasted baby chicken is tender and flavourful, while the Mediterranean-style seabass is light, fresh, and beautifully plated. Every guest enjoys a full dining experience: starter, main, dessert, and drinks. Cocktails are as dramatic as the venue, punchy, playful, and always photogenic. The Service Sharp, seamless, and perfectly paced. Dishes and drinks are served in between performances so you're never interrupted during a show, just relaxed, present, and ready for every act. It's a well-choreographed experience, where service flows with the rhythm of the night. What to Order • Beef carpaccio • La burrata • Roasted baby chicken • Mediterranean-style seabass • A bold cocktail (or three) trust the bartender's recommendations What's On the Bill Expect a minimum spend of Dhs400 per person for premium central tables with direct stage views. It's a night out designed to be memorable, and worth it if you're here for the full show. The Final Say What's On Verdict: Gatsby is more than a restaurant, it's a high-octane night out wrapped in sequins and sound. Come for the food, stay for the madness. No rules, no curfews, just unforgettable nights on repeat. Location: Gatsby Dubai, West Rooftop, Nakheel Mall, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Times: Thurs to Sun, 9pm to 3am Contact: (04) 554 9418 | @gatsbydubaiofficial Reservations: Recommended Images: Supplied
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Woman Spent 3 Years Creating a 'Nostalgia Room' Full of '90s-Inspired Pieces to Deal with Her Childhood 'Trauma' (Exclusive)
Filled with everything she didn't have as a kid, Destinee Ristau's nostalgia room has been her project for the past three yearsNEED TO KNOW Destinee Ristau has spent the last three years making a "nostalgia room" Her first few items were an inflatable couch, a lava lamp, and a VHS tape of The Princess Diaries From there, she's grown her room and her social media following, sharing her '90s and 2000s treasures with the worldWhen you walk into Destinee Ristau's room, it's like you're walking through a portal to the '90s and early 2000s. Deemed her "nostalgia room," Ristau has collected everything from Britney Spears posters to Disney-branded bedding and Furbies. While the room now brings Ristau joy and comfort, the idea grew from a place of longing. "The room would not exist without the trauma. I was growing up in a rough situation from the ages of 1 to 7, and I dealt with complete chaos," she exclusively tells PEOPLE. "My parents separated. It was not an amicable separation." The 35-year-old says her mom worked at a strip club and was often out all night and asleep during the day. This left Ristau alone to care for herself from a very young age. Once her dad realized the gravity of the situation, he did everything he could to help. "The trauma cooled by the time I was 6. I was living with my dad and my stepmom, and things calmed down," she explains. "Still, it swung from those first critical developmental years of my life being complete chaos and uncertainty to getting bullied in elementary and middle school." For Ristau, she never addressed her childhood trauma until she was an adult. "I couldn't be a kid when I was a kid for a while," Ristau says. Then, when she was in her 20s, her dad was diagnosed with cancer and died. "That was the trigger in 2017 when I thought, 'There's too much going on. I have way too many underdressed issues.' I started going to therapy," she says. "I returned to college and completed my degree in psychology. I learned a lot in my therapy sessions and dealt with mourning my dad." "It turned into a constant loop of grief, because my dad passed, my mom passed, my grandparents passed, a sister passed, and I was in a continuous cycle of grief. I'm trying to heal myself, and everyone around me that I love is dying. How can you heal when all these things keep happening to you?" It was then that the idea for a "nostalgia room" came to her. "I started leaning into 'What is little Destinee trying to tell me right now? What does she need?'" she recalls. "I feel her coming back out, and she's saying, 'Let me help you in ways that maybe nothing else can.' I was 30 and I started leaning into nostalgia." The first few items she bought were an inflatable couch, a lava lamp, and a VHS tape of The Princess Diaries. "I thought, let me rewind and go back to something happy, or maybe a picture of that childhood that I didn't get early on," she explains. "I needed something to bring me out of everything so dark and so scary and traumatizing, and it went from there." Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Everything from her childhood had been thrown away, so when Ristau began creating her nostalgia room, she had to source everything from thrift stores, eBay, and other online marketplaces. Looking to expand into a different room, she then took over the office. Thankfully, her husband was "all for it." One of her favorite purchases is the daybed, which is placed right in the middle of the room. It reminds Ristau of when her dad brought her home and bought her a daybed with Pocahontas bedding. That bed, paired with her Disney Princess TV, gets the most use. In addition to these items, Ristau also has an extensive collection of VHS tapes and CDs, throwback posters, stuffed animals from various movies and TV shows, and a collection of catalogs from the 1990s and early 2000s. She now shares her room with the world through her TikTok and Instagram accounts, bringing that same sense of joy and nostalgia to thousands of people. "That's the most humbling and cool part about it, hearing people tell me that my videos make their day, or every time they see my room, they feel a sense of calm, and they sit and take deep breaths as they watch the video, because it's like their therapy session," she shares. "If you need therapy, definitely go to therapy, but I'm happy to help you, like I've helped myself with this community." Ristau says that she's "so grateful" for the nostalgia community that she's found. "The people who get it get it, and the people who don't, don't. That's fine, but people should be open to it. Most people love nostalgia, and some people may think it's cringy, but to be cringy is to be free. It makes me happy. It makes so many people happy." Despite living in a digital world, Ristau encourages people to start curating a collection of their own physical media. "Now is the time to invest in physical media, and you do not want to lose this stuff," she says. "You want to have a copy of your favorite movie. You want to have physical media. If you watch Gilmore Girls every year, buy the DVD set. You'll be so much happier." For Ristau and others, "nostalgia is so healing," and can lead to community and connection. "People need to be open to listening to their inner child. Hear them out, see what they're trying to tell you," she adds. "I'm happy to share this room with others. It's fun and it's a good way for a very traumatized generation to heal in an unorthodox way." On her TikTok page, Ristau also shares that she is working on a "grandma kitchen" and a celestial room. While some people in her comments say she's stuck in the past, Ristau would tell you that's precisely where she wants to be. Read the original article on People Solve the daily Crossword
Atlantic
4 days ago
- Health
- Atlantic
Americans Are Tanning Like It's 1999
The early aughts were the worst possible kind of golden age. Tans were inescapable—on Britney Spears's midriff, on the flexing biceps outside of Abercrombie & Fitch stores. The Jersey Shore ethos of 'gym, tan, laundry' infamously encapsulated an era in which tanning salons were after-school hangouts, and tanning stencils in the shape of the Playboy bunny were considered stylish. Self-tanning lotions, spray tans, and bronzers proliferated, but people still sought the real thing. By the end of the decade, tanning's appeal had faded. Americans became more aware of the health risks, and the recession shrank their indoor-tanning budgets. But now America glows once again. The president and many of his acolytes verge on orange, and parties thrown by the MAGA youth are blurs of bronze. Celebrity tans are approaching early-aughts amber, and if dermatologists' observations and social media are any indication, teens are flocking to the beach in pursuit of scorching burns. Tanning is back. Only this time, it's not just about looking good—it's about embracing an entire ideology. Another apparent fan of tanning is Robert F. Kennedy Jr., America's perpetually bronzed health secretary, who was spotted visiting a tanning salon last month. What tanning methods he might employ are unknown, but the secretary's glow is undeniable. (The Department of Health and Human Services didn't respond to a request for comment about the administration's views on tanning or Kennedy's own habits.) On its face, the idea that any health secretary would embrace tanning is odd. The Obama administration levied an excise tax on tanning beds and squashed ads that marketed tanning as healthy. The Biden administration, by contrast, made sunscreen use and reducing sun exposure central to its Cancer Moonshot plan. The stated mission of Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again movement is to end chronic diseases, such as cancer, by addressing their root causes. Yet the Trump administration's MAHA report, released in May, doesn't once mention skin cancer, which is the most common type as well as the most easily preventable. It mentions the sun only to note its connection with circadian rhythm: 'Morning sun synchronizes the body's internal clock, boosting mood and metabolism.' In fact, there's good reason to suspect that Kennedy and others in his orbit will encourage Americans to get even more sun. Last October, in a post on X, Kennedy warned that the FDA's 'aggressive suppression' of sunlight, among other supposedly healthy interventions, was 'about to end.' Casey Means, a doctor and wellness influencer whom President Donald Trump has nominated for surgeon general, is also a sun apologist. In her best-selling book, Good Energy (which she published with her brother, Calley Means, an adviser to Kennedy), she argues that America's many ailments are symptoms of a 'larger spiritual crisis' caused by separation from basic biological needs, including sunlight. 'Shockingly, we rarely ever hear about how getting direct sunlight into our eyes at the right times is profoundly important for metabolic and overall health,' she writes. An earlier version of Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill tried to repeal the excise tax on tanning beds. (The provision was cut in the final version.) The alternative-health circles that tend to attract the MAHA crowd are likewise skeptical of sun avoidance. 'They don't want you to know this. But your body was made for the sun,' says a 'somatic energy healer' with 600,000 followers who promotes staring directly into the sun to boost mood and regulate the body's circadian rhythm. (Please, don't do this.) On social media, some influencers tout the sun's supposedly uncelebrated power to increase serotonin and vitamin D, the latter of which some erroneously view as a cure-all. Some promote tanning-bed use as a way to relieve stress; others, such as the alternative-health influencer Carnivore Aurelius, promote genital tanning to boost testosterone. Another popular conspiracy theory is that sunscreen causes cancer and is promoted by Big Pharma to keep people sick; a 2024 survey found that 14 percent of young adults think using sunscreen every day is worse for the skin than going without it. These claims range from partly true to patently false. The sun can boost serotonin and vitamin D, plus regulate circadian rhythm—but these facts have long been a part of public-health messaging, and there's no evidence that these benefits require eschewing sunscreen or staring directly at our star. Tanning beds emit little of the UVB necessary to produce vitamin D. Some research suggests that the chemicals in sunscreen can enter the bloodstream, but only if it's applied to most of the body multiple times a day; plus, the effects of those chemicals in the body haven't been established to be harmful, whereas skin cancer has. And, if I really have to say it: No solid research supports testicle tanning. Nor does any of this negate the sun's less salutary effects: premature aging, eye damage, and greatly increased risk of skin cancer, including potentially fatal melanomas. The specific questions raised in alternative-health spaces matter less than the conspiracist spirit in which they are asked: What haven't the American people been told about the sun? What lies have we been fed? Their inherent skepticism aligns with Kennedy's reflexive mistrust of the health establishment. In the MAHA world, milk is better when it's raw, beef fat is healthier than processed oils, and the immune system is strongest when unvaccinated. This philosophy, however flawed, appeals to the many Americans who feel that they've been failed by the institutions meant to protect them. It offers the possibility that regaining one's health can be as simple as rejecting science and returning to nature. And what is more natural than the sun? Now is an apt moment for American politics to become more sun-friendly. Tanning is making a comeback across pop culture, even as 'anti-aging' skin care and cosmetic procedures boom. Young people are lying outside when the sun is at its peak—new apps such as Sunglow and Rayz AI Tanning tell them when UV rays are strongest—to achieve social-media-ready tan lines. Last year, Kim Kardashian showed off a tanning bed in her office (in response to backlash, she claimed that it treated her psoriasis). Deep tans are glorified in ads for luxury goods, and makeup is used in fashion shows to mimic painful-looking burns. Off the runway, ' sunburned makeup,' inspired by the perpetually red-cheeked pop star Sabrina Carpenter, is trending. Veena Vanchinathan, a board-certified dermatologist in the Bay Area, told me that she's noticed more patients seeking out self-tanning products and tanning, whether in beds or outdoors. Angela Lamb, a board-certified dermatologist who practices on New York's well-to-do Upper West Side, told me her patients are curious about tanning too. 'It's actually quite scary,' she said. A recent survey by the American Academy of Dermatology found that a quarter of Americans, and an even greater proportion of adults ages 18 to 26, are unaware of the risks of tanning, and many believe in tanning myths, such as the idea that a base tan protects against a burn, or that tanning with protection is safe. ('There is no such thing as a safe tan,' Deborah S. Sarnoff, the president of the Skin Cancer Foundation, told me.) Recently, some experts have called for a more moderate approach to sun safety, one that takes into account the benefits of some sun exposure and the harms of too much shade. 'I actually think we do ourselves a bit of a disservice and open ourselves up to criticism if the advice of someone for skin-cancer prevention is 'Don't go outside,'' Jerod Stapleton, a professor at the University of Kentucky who studies tanning behaviors, told me. But the popular rejection of sun safety goes much further. Advances in skin-cancer treatment, for example, may have lulled some Americans into thinking that melanoma just isn't that serious, Carolyn Heckman, a medical professor at Rutgers University's Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, told me. Skin-cancer treatment and mortality rates have indeed improved, but melanomas that metastasize widely are still fatal most of the time. From the June 2024 issue: Against sunscreen absolutism In previous decades, tans were popular because they conveyed youth, vitality, and wealth. They still do. (At least among the fairer-skinned; their connotations among people of color can be less positive.) But the difference now is that tanning persists in spite of the known consequences. Lamb likened tanning to smoking: At this point, most people who take it up are actively looking past the well-established risks. (Indeed, smoking is also making a pop-culture comeback.) A tan has become a symbol of defiance—of health guidance, of the scientific establishment, of aging itself.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Jennifer Love Hewitt explains how body scrutiny in her early career affected her
Jennifer Love Hewitt is opening up about how body criticism in her early career had a lasting effect. The 46-year-old actress reprised her role as Julie in the new I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel, which hit theaters on Friday. In a new interview with Vulture, she revealed that she nearly passed on the opportunity to return to the screen due to the excessive scrutiny she faced as a younger actress. It wasn't until she watched the 2021 New York Times documentary Framing Britney Spears that she understood the ramifications of being picked apart for her appearance. 'When I started watching it, I was like, "Oh, they talked to me like that. Oh." I started crying for her. And then I realized I was crying for me,' she reflected. Jennifer rose to prominence as a teen when she starred in the family drama Party of Five. She went on to appear in movies including the original I Know What You Did Last Summer, Heartbreakers, and Can't Hardly Wait. It wasn't long before she became a household name, making her subject to heightened judgement. The former child star said she 'really wanted to be a good actor' but the focus was on her figure, which left her 'trying to outact the conversation around my body.' She described media coverage in the early 2000s as being '"Boob, boob, boob," everywhere.' When she was photographed wearing a bikini in Hawaii in 2007, it sparked media coverage around her weight. At the time, Jennifer said that she wasn't 'upset for me, but for all the girls out there that are struggling with their body image.' 'A size 2 is not fat! Nor will it ever be. And being a size 0 doesn't make you beautiful,' she declared. 'To all girls with butts, boobs, hips and a waist, put on a bikini - put it on and stay strong.' Shortly afterward, she found those paparazzi shots plastered on the cover of People magazine with the headline, 'Stop Calling Me Fat!' She told Vulture: 'I don't think I was ever really insecure until that cover. And then when it happened, I don't know that I've ever recovered from it. 'Because there's a part of me that's always like, is this version going to be good enough, or is that going to happen again? Where somebody's going to be like, "Hey, this is her without makeup at the cleaners. She looks 59."' Hewitt turned heads at Monday's I Know What You Did Last Sumer premiere in LA, where she wore a clinging beaded black dress.
Malay Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Malay Mail
Britney Spears baffles fans with ‘adoption' post — but it was just a joke, sources say
LOS ANGELES, July 19 — Pop icon Britney Spears raised eyebrows this week with an Instagram post that sent fans into a frenzy — but according to insiders, the excitement was all for nothing. In a now-viral video shared on Monday, the Toxic singer danced while dropping what looked like a major life update. 'I want to let you guys know I adopted a beautiful baby girl,' she wrote, punctuated with three winking emojis. 'Her name is Lennon London Spears.' But as reported by New York Daily News, sources close to Spears were quick to clarify that the Grammy winner hasn't adopted a child. The post, they said, was just a bit of harmless fun. Fans were left speculating whether the 43-year-old star was referring to a new pet instead. After all, Spears also shared, 'Lennon today has on adorable dress !!! It says I'm NEW HERE !!!' complete with laughing emojis. But TMZ sources claimed that no dog had been adopted either. The pop star's post also hinted at plans to relocate to Italy, though those claims, too, appear to be wishful thinking — or more likely, part of the same playful fantasy. While no new additions have been made to her family, Spears recently celebrated a heartfelt reunion with her youngest son, 18-year-old Jayden, after a long period apart. She shares Jayden and his twin brother, Sean Preston, with ex-husband Kevin Federline. In December, Spears called their Christmas together 'the best Christmas of my life.' 'I haven't seen my boys in 2 years !!!' she captioned a joyful Instagram post at the time. 'Tears of joy and literally in shock everyday koo koo crazy so in love and blessed !!! I'm speechless thank you Jesus !!!' Later that month, she gushed again about her reunion with Jayden, writing: 'He came back and he feels older and smarter than me. He's a man and I cry everyday of my life because of the miracle and genius he is !!!' While 'Lennon London Spears' may not be real, it's clear Britney is enjoying the freedom to express herself — even if it leaves fans scratching their heads.
