Latest news with #Marielle
Time of India
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
'A good lay': Gigi Hadid's sister says she played matchmaker for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce with a spicy tarot reading
Marielle Hadid, Gigi Hadid's older sister, believes she played a role in Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce's elationship (Getty Images) Before they were an item, Gigi Hadid 's sister, Marielle, claims she gave Taylor Swift some saucy advice about Travis Kelce . Marielle, who reportedly pulled a tarot card for Swift, suggested the pop star should consider Kelce as a "good lay" prior to their romance blossoming. Marielle Hadid 's explicit tarot reading for Taylor Swift before Travis Kelce romance Marielle Hadid, older sister to supermodel Gigi Hadid, recently revealed a surprising anecdote about her purported role in the burgeoning relationship between music icon Taylor Swift and NFL star Travis Kelce. During her appearance on the May 21 episode of the Nice Girls Don't Win podcast, hosted by Amy Bean and Parvati Shallow, Marielle detailed how she offered some rather direct advice to Swift concerning Kelce. The story unfolds with an invitation from Gigi Hadid for Marielle to join Swift on her private jet to attend a Santa Clara concert in 2023. Before Swift hit the stage, the trio—Marielle, Gigi, and Taylor—decided to indulge in a tarot card reading session. Marielle, aware of Kelce's public expressions of interest in Swift earlier that year, decided to pull a card specifically for the singer. Marielle recounted, "I did pull a card for her because, well, I had seen something where her [current] boyfriend, [Kelce], had said that he wanted to date her. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Cặp EUR/USD: Đà Tăng? IC Markets Đăng ký Undo I told Gigi that they should date. … I was like, 'Come on, even if it's just for fun.' This is before they had actually or officially met." She continued, 'I pulled this card for her, and I don't exactly remember which deck it was, but I remember that it was in regards to this and the word 'swiftly' was in the reading. She said she never had a tarot card reading, which I thought was interesting." The conversation on the podcast took a more explicit turn when host Amy Bean pressed Marielle for confirmation on a particular piece of advice she allegedly gave Swift. Bean asked if Marielle had advised Swift that Kelce would 'be a good lay' before they started dating. Marielle's response was unequivocal: "I did. I was like, 'Come on.' … She deserves it." This candid admission suggests Marielle encouraged Swift to consider Kelce not just romantically, but also from a more physical perspective, even before their first official meeting. Travis Kelce Talks Dating Taylor Swift + Winning Back To Back Super Bowls While Swift typically maintains a degree of privacy regarding her relationship with Kelce, which began in the summer of 2023, the Kansas City Chiefs player has been more open in sharing insights into their budding romance. For instance, InStyle reported on a June 2024 interview Kelce gave on the Bussin' With The Boys podcast, where he elaborated on what drew him to Swift. "I think that's why I really started to really fall for her, was how genuine she is around friends [and] family. It can get crazy for somebody with that much attention and she just keeps it so chill and so cool," Kelce expressed, highlighting Swift's down-to-earth nature as a significant factor in his affections. Also Read: Taylor Swift accused of 'hiding out' with Travis Kelce as Caitlin Clark exposes their secret vacation life Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
Pink Villa
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Did Gigi Hadid's Sister Manifest Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's Relationship? Know Story Behind Tarot Reading
It seems that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce getting in a relationship was in the cards, literally. Marielle, who is Gigi Hadid 's older sister, reflected on the time she spent with the global pop sensation back in summer 2023 in California, for the Eras tour, on the Nice Girl Don't Win podcast. Marielle opened up about doing a tarot reading for Swift before she started dating the NFL player. The cards seemingly pointed to a relationship starting. Marielle stated that she pulled a card for the Wildest Dreams singer because she saw something 'where [Travis Kelce] had said that he wanted to date her.' She recalled telling this to her sister, Gigi, and Swift, adding, 'I was like, 'Come on, even if it's just for fun.'' She added, 'So I pulled this card for her, and I don't exactly remember which deck it was, but I remember that it was in regard to this, and the word 'swiftly' was in the reading.' Marielle further said on the podcast that Swift had never done a tarot card reading before, which, according to her, was 'interesting.' She mentioned taking 'all responsibility' for their relationship. Marielle also recalled telling the music artist that the NFL player would be a 'good lay.' She shared, 'I did!' adding, 'I was like, 'Come on.' … She deserves it.' The said prediction seemingly came true, and Swift and Kelce became one of the most well-liked power couples in Hollywood. Many stans of both the celebrities have shared their cute edits of them on various social media platforms. This revelation comes after Gigi Hadid made headlines for her Met Gala look this year. For the unversed, the grand event followed the Superfine: Tailoring Black Style theme. The model donned a custom Miu Miu gold dress. As far as Swift and Kelce go, many anticipate their arrival on the blue carpet, but the couple did not attend this year's Met Gala.
Wales Online
26-04-2025
- Sport
- Wales Online
Stories of bravery and love inspire Welsh runners at London Marathon
Stories of bravery and love inspire Welsh runners at London Marathon A woman running in memory of her best friend to a breast cancer survivor running for her mum, here are just some inspirational stories of the people taking part in the London Marathon Marielle Wilkinson is running in memory of her best friend Alex Calwell It is one of the greatest and most inspiring days in the British sporting calendar. More than 56,000 people are expected to take on the 26.2 mile (42.2 km) London Marathon course on Sunday. This world-famous race always attracts a stellar field, and this is arguably the best-ever, with all four of the Olympic and Paralympic reigning champions competing, the women's world record holder Ruth Chepng'etich, debuts for Eilish McColgan and double Olympic triathlon gold medallist Alex Yee and the return of record four-time winner Eliud Kipchoge. Alongside the elites, there will also be thousands of fun runners and fundraisers to compete in one of the world's most recognised and colourful races. Here are some of the inspiration stories from Welsh runners on what is spurring them on to take part in the mammoth challenge. Stay informed on the latest health news by signing up to our newsletter here Article continues below Marielle Wilkinson Marielle with some of the medals from her races The 29-year-old is running the London Marathon as part of the Anthony Nolan team, in memory of her friend Alex Calwell. Marielle and Alex were both journalism students at Cardiff University, and graduated together in 2017. Alex battled with an immune disorder for more 15 years. He required a liver transplant, a bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy. 'Not many people knew, but Alex went through the absolute wars with his health,' said Marielle. 'Smack bang in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, so we hadn't seen each other for a few months, I got the call that he had passed away. His liver transplant failed him in the end. 'One of the charities that helped him was Anthony Nolan, they were just brilliant taking care of him during and after the operation. 'Alex himself raised over £4,000 for them to say thank you for finding a bone marrow match.' Marielle, who is from Swansea but now lives in Winchester, is running the London Marathon with fellow Cardiff University graduate Lucy Downs. She said: 'I've still tried to keep at it in my training even when I've been abroad for work - doing big mileage in Nebraska and Texas. Less glam than the Caribbean, but it's still been so cool! 'I haven't got a time in mind, I am just finishing it knowing that my best mate is out there somewhere, just looking down on me thinking I am absolutely insane for doing it. 'I always say I am running a marathon for a boy who couldn't even run a bath.' Marielle with her best friend Alex In 2022, Marielle and Lucy were part of a large group of Cardiff University friends who ran the Cardiff Half Marathon. They raised a total of £11,762 for the charity. So far, Marielle has raised £2,250 for the London Marathon, and raised £1,505 for the Cardiff Half Marathon. 'Alex raised £4,000 before he passed, so I am trying to reach that mark and eventually double it. He got a first when he graduated and I got a 2:1, so I have to beat him at something!' 'The charity has been so lovely to me over the last few years and the only shape and form I can say thank you to them is just raising more money. More importantly, raising more awareness for them, they are in desperate need of young men and people from minority ethnic backgrounds to sign up to the stem cell register. '16% of the stem cell register is made up of young men, but they account for more than half the people called up to donate. 'It's all just a way for me to say thank you, because one of those young men who registered helped Alex be with us a little longer.' You can support Marielles Just Giving page here. You can join the stem cell register here. Lee Nicholson Lee Nicholson preparing for the London Marathon The 35-year-old has a very special reason for running after he helped save the life of a fellow runner in another race. It is why he has raised £4,000 for Air Ambulances UK. On a typical Sunday morning run on September 14 last year, Lee came across fellow runner Darran Hughes, who stopped at the side of the road, sat down before he collapsed. Lee quickly called 999 and began CPR. Lee remembers if clearly: 'The adrenaline was nothing I had ever experienced in my life, as his life was in my hands. It was an intense experience. To go out for a run on a Saturday morning, if you made a list of 100 things that could have happened, it wouldn't have even come up.' They had crossed paths doing the same run in opposite directions. Lee was running from Newbridge to Builth, whilst Darra n was running the reverse. 'He collapsed in front of me, there was nobody else around in the 15 to 20 minutes I was doing CPR. If it had happened two minutes earlier or later, I may not have managed to help. 'There wasn't anyone around but me, so I was surprisingly focused on what I needed to do. Darran has done lots of ultras, you wouldn't have expected it to happen to someone like him. It was a shock.' Lee and Darran are urging people to have CPR training Lee did CPR on Darran for 15 minutes before firefighters took over, with paramedics minutes behind. They continued for 45 minutes before airlifting him to hospital in Cardiff. Darran was then fitted with a stent and put into an induced coma for six days. He has recovered well and is now walking and even running. They both are now encouraging runners to make sure that they carry a phone and tell someone where they are running. 'I know that runners can be very selfish, me included, but you have a family at home that just want us to return home safe. If I hadn't had my phone on me, it could have been a very different outcome. Darran didn't have a phone on him, so the 15 minutes it took for emergency services could have been way longer," says Lee. "I consider September 14 to be the most important run I have and probably will ever do. I consider myself fortunate enough to have been able to help a friend, father, and all-around good guy enjoy a bit more of what life has to offer." He has been raising money through pub quizzes, music quizzes, with a bingo night planned in May. At an awards dinner at his running club, Builth and District Running Club, he raised £700. 'We set up our pages in the beginning of January, the response from just that was unbelievable. It's such a close-knit community, so people were happy to support,' he said. The pair are also advocating for people to do CPR training. As Lee works in forestry operations for Natural Resources Wales, he had a refresher course on first aid and CPR every three years. 'The one message since what happened to Darren. It is a relatively simple skill, it doesn't take a long time to learn, but those 15 minutes could save someone's life,' said Lee. Lee is aiming to complete the marathon in three hours and 30 minutes, and has been on a training plan set by his coach Bob Smith. 'I like the consistency and order of a training plan, that is how I have always done my training. It helps when someone else can write it down so I can just focus on fundraising,' he said. As well as the London Marathon, he is running the Offa's Dyke Ultra on May 10, which is a 24-hour run starting in Prestatyn. He is also running the Epona100 miles beginning and ending in Abergavenny in July. You can donate to his JustGiving page here. James Bates James Bates with Rose James Bates from Swansea is running the London Marathon for Cerebral Palsy Cymru because of the help they have given him and his daughter Rose. 'I don't think there is anything I can do to pay them back. I wouldn't be able to give them enough money, but I've never been a fan of running, so thought people would be willing to sponsor me,' said James. Cerebral Palsy Cymru has helped James after his daughter, Rose, collapsed when she was four days old. They were told that she had irreversible brain damage, but early intervention would be crucial in trying to help Rose's brain rewire itself around the damage. James remembers: 'When you have just had your child, you get paranoid about what early intervention means, does it mean the first few months or first years? 'It was nice to speak to someone from a team that knows about it and would spend the time trying to help you, not just the child but also the parents. "They gave us ways of fitting therapy around normal everyday tasks, so how we can help when it comes to changing nappies and including little bits of how you move them and how you hold them. 'There seems to be no bounds to what they'll do, they just keep helping. They have been there for us really, we have had that support from them, no questions asked. "They haven't asked for money, nothing for it. They are super friendly and make you feel welcome.' James Bates is a general manager at an engineering company, and began his running journey through signing up for the Cardiff Half Marathon. 'I asked my friends who are into running if they thought I could do it, and they said I could. I have kind of escalated now," he said. 'My biggest concern is that there was a similar charity in England, and they lost all their funding, and went into administration early last year. There needs to be a focus on local charities that do support nationally. 'If people do have anything to spare, they should look at what they could do for these smaller charities that maybe don't get the publicity like big charities such as British Heart Foundation and Cancer Research.' You can donate to his Just Giving page here. Karina and Louise Karina training with friend Louise Karina Williams, 47, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2023, in the same room that her mother was diagnosed in 17 years ago. "It was all a bit surreal really. I didn't expect to have the diagnosis; I thought it was hormonal. It took me back to the time I was there with my mother when she was diagnosed. My mum died 16 years ago. 'I have always wanted to do the London Marathon after she died, so me and my friend applied for many, many years and didn't get places." Karina has since had two operations, a mastectomy and an axillary lymph node clearance, six months of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and will continue on hormone therapy for the next 10 years. "I am just training; I have been training ever since September. The most important thing for me is raising money for Cancer Research, it isn't to set any sort of record if you know what I mean.' Karina is running each miles in memory or dedicated to someone, in exchange for donations. After seven years of applying, Karina finally got a place with her friend Louise and they have raised more than £8,300 for Cancer Research Wales. Article continues below 'Some of the miles I am doubling up on because there has been such a good response to it. There aren't enough miles to go around. I am running the last mile for my mother,' says Karina. As well as running the London Marathon, Karina completed a skydive on her late mother's birthday in July 2024. - You can donate to her Just Giving page here.
Euronews
21-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Berlinale 2025 interview: 'What Marielle Knows' - The German comedy cracking up the Berlinale
German writer-director Frédéric Hambalek surprised everyone this year at the Berlinale with a comedy in Competition that could very well be one of the breakout titles this year. Was Marielle Weiß (What Marielle Knows) is a sharp, taut and pitch-black comedy that deconstructs the perfect picture of family dynamics. It does so by revolving around a high concept idea: a young girl (Laeni Geiseler) develops telepathic powers after being hit by a girl at school who she called a slut. Her powers don't transform her into a pocket-sized Professor X but allow her to see and hear everything her parents do. Whatever they're doing. Wherever they are. She soon discovers that the adults in her life (played by Julia Jentsch and Felix Kramer) aren't as open and honest as they profess to be. Whether it's starting an affair with a co-worker or shrouding professional failures and reframing them as success stories to avoid weakening an already fragile male ego, she professes to knowing who they are. Once Marielle tells her parents about her newfound powers, they are convinced they are being manipulated. However, as time passes, they begin to think twice about their own behaviours and the everyday masks they wear. But does that mean that honesty is always the best policy? And isn't a truth told with bad intent worse than any lie you can invent? What Marielle Knows is a rare gem of a German comedy – one never overplays its hand, thrives on ambiguity and avoids spelling everything out like many of Hambalek's filmmaking compatriots tend to do. We sat down with Frédéric Hambalek to talk about his biting yet tender exploration of parenthood – which stands a good chance of winning a Bear this year. Best Script perhaps? We're confident... Euronews Culture: For a film which features the child in its title, we actually don't get to see all that much of Marielle. Instead, you focus more on the parents... Frédéric Hambalek: When I started writing the film, I had zero kids. Now, I have two, so it takes long time to make a film! But in writing I leaned more and more towards the parents' perspective. In further developing it, I think I brought in some fears that were new to me. For example, how will my children see me? Will they like me as a person? These are the questions that can drive you a bit crazy but they became central to the script. Plus, it felt more interesting to leave out Marielle's perspective and have her be this black box the parents have to decipher. And there's that cutting line, the worst thing a parent can hear: 'I just noticed that I don't even like you.' That's my own fear of not being liked by my kids. And I know from experiences that have been shared that the bond between children and parents can be broken forever. There are a lot of children who truly hate their parents. I live with this fear. The film is about parenthood but also about transparency and the true merits of complete honesty... Now as a parent, I know that you basically create this illusion for your kids, the way you should behave. You shouldn't eat chocolate in the morning... You should not scream... You should share your things... Don't lie... And we're failing at it so hard ourselves. Why are we even doing this illusion? This is what I think is interesting, and I haven't found a solution how to make it differently - to still educate my children but to also be very honest. One thing that struck me with the film is how there are these cutaways of Marielle looking at the camera and how some of the camera movements, especially in the house and in the glass offices, seem to mimic the movement of surveillance cameras. This got me thinking of how your film could be read as a commentary on state of surveillance. Well, we live in these times when we are losing privacy in very subtle ways also. For example, on WhatsApp, you have these check marks. You know when somebody has read a message. When they introduced that, it very suddenly changed my behaviour towards people, and I had to deactivate it because I was growing too paranoid. Regarding the film, you're right about the camera movements and we chose open spaces that have glass, where people couldn't hide... Which isn't hard because it's the modern world. Everything is open. The film opens with a lot of rather graphic dirty talk and there is, considering what's happening (and shan't be spoiled), one of the funniest sex scenes I've seen in a long while... Can you tell me more about the role of sexuality in the film? I knew it had to be present, because sexuality is still a very taboo subject in families and communication. What's interesting to me is wondering: What if it was very open? Would that be so bad? Would all children be completely traumatized? And then there's the topic of monogamy. In this educated milieu in Germany, you're not supposed anymore to just think monogamy is the thing. And the wife uses it against her husband – she tells him 'you're not that reactionary' and she gets him with that. But still, you can't intellectualize away your jealousy and, like sexuality, it can be a very powerful force. To make people uncomfortable, to make people react, and sometimes to make them laugh. In many ways, it is quite a pessimistic film, but there is hope as well at the end. Was it difficult for you to balance the tone? Yes, and you know – I haven't told this to anyone before – but I shot two small variations of the ending. I'm not going to tell you exactly what they were, but I never usually do that. I didn't really know how would it read or whether I was going too far in one direction. I settled for ambiguity so I could find a balance between my own sense of pessimism and still acknowledging the fact that things can sometimes turn out well in life sometimes. There's this cliché that Germans and humour don't make good bedfellows – much like the cliché that British are the best at humour when in reality they rely far too much on sarcasm. But the stereotype still persists, and What Marielle Knows dismantles the notion that German comedy isn't layered or feels a bit like a hit-on collision... The Brits are good with humour, you have to give them that! But thank you and ideally, a film should be an aesthetic thing that somehow reflects life and what we humans are going through. And we are often so ridiculous. I frequently think to myself during the day: 'What have I done here? What was this stupid thing I said?' I always thought my film would be funny, but I was so astounded how people were laughing. I never would have imagined people would laugh so loud! A reaction that I've heard a lot from people who have seen the film is that it's primed for a US remake... However, there have been a lot of European comedies that were initially set for remakes, like Toni Erdmann or even Another Round, that never saw the light of day... Listen, I have to pay the rent! If they hand out a check and I have to do nothing, why not? I would have loved to see a Toni Erdmann remake with Jack Nicholson. For me, it doesn't take away from the original because they can only fail, in a way. And I would have loved to see Jack Nicholson one more time, because he seems to have retired. But if they want to remake my film... Why not? We'll see. Can you recommend teenagers watch your movie with their parents? (Laughs) You know, I know someone who has a 13-year-old daughter and she will watch Deadpool & Wolverine with her daughter. And that's an intensely violent film, right? Well, when she saw my movie, she told me: 'I'm not gonna watch this with her!' (Laughs) But people should! Go with your kids. Go with your family. It can be this perfect family movie! Plus, that's also great for ticket sales!
The Guardian
17-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
What Marielle Knows review – teenager's telepathic powers reveal parents' secrets and lies
Here is a high-concept satire of bourgeois family life with all its secrets and lies from German film-maker Frédéric Hambalek; it is something to remind you of the notorious Babel fish in Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which you can put in your ear and then comprehend what any creature in the universe is saying — a miraculous promotion of pure understanding which has been the cause of more and bloodier wars than anything else. Marielle (Laeni Geiseler) is a moody and withdrawn teenager with messed-up parents. Her mum is Julia (Julia Jentsch, who 20 years ago memorably played anti-Nazi martyr Sophie Scholl) and dad is Tobias (Felix Kramer). Julia is on the verge of a furtive affair with work colleague Max (Mehmet Ateşçi) while Tobias is being turned into a beta-male joke at his publishing company – his cover design choice for a new novel is scorned by his underlings, and he's particularly undermined by a supercilious smoothie called Sören (Moritz Treuenfels). It is at this fraught moment in their family history that a schoolfriend of Marielle's slaps her in the face for calling her a slut, and this trauma leaves Marielle with a superpower. She telepathically knows everything her parents are doing: her mum's secret smoking with Max and their hushed sex talk, and her dad's humiliation in the office. Something in the pure honesty and anger of that slap has endowed Marielle with the blazing insight and truth about parents who are living a placid life of dishonesty. Bewildered and panicky, she asks them for help getting rid of this burdensome and upsetting new power — they at first don't believe her, but a crisis dawns as they are confronted with the truth, not merely about Marielle's new abilities, but about their own lives. It's a funny premise for a fantasy-satire, and it's very amusing when Julia and Tobias refuse to credit that it's happening and then try talking about it all in French in their bedroom so that their daughter can't telepathically listen in (her powers don't run to translation). But then what? How would a middle-aged couple really behave if they knew that their teenage daughter could see everything that they were doing? Would they, with hilarious unease, try to fabricate the ideal life they assume their daughter wants to see? Or would they think that this is absurd, so they might as well do what they wanted to do anyway? The movie comes up with differing answers to this question for Julia and Tobias, who are, after all, governed by gendered ideals about how a woman and a man should behave. But the key fact is Julia's possible infidelity and this painful part of the story overwhelms the business about Marielle having telepathic powers, and so a lot of the comedy and absurdism of the film's starting point gets lost. Well, it could be that the whole point of the film isn't that Marielle's powers are special, but that they are universal – or almost. Teenage children, in their watchful silence, are very good at working out what their parents are really thinking and doing, and parents had better acknowledge that, and be honest with their children. What Marielle Knows screened at the Berlin film festival.
