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Cosmopolitan
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
‘Sneaky Links': Are Travis and Zoé Still Together?
I'll say it: Travis and Zoé had one of the best love stories in the first season of Sneaky Links: Dating After Dark. And they're definitely the couple I wondered about the most after they left the Motel together. So, are Travis and Zoé still together? YES! After a few weeks of playing coy on social media following the premiere of Sneaky Links, Travis and Zoé announced that they are still together. It's been a year since they wrapped filming on the show, and based on their Instagram announcements it looks like they've been together ever since. 'Stop asking, just watch :),' Travis captioned his carousel, which featured a cute couple polaroid, photos of the two hanging out at bars, and even a BTS pick from the Sneaky Links set. Zoé, meanwhile, posted her own announcement carousel with the caption, 'I can't seem to get rid of this man.' The pics included what appears to be a shot of Travis picking Zoé up from the airport with a handmaid sign that says, 'Zozo' and a single white rose—cute! Neither Travis nor Zoé have said much about what they've been up to this past year, but it certainly looks like they've been having fun—and maybe taking dance lessons? To announce their relationship status on TikTok, Zoé posted a video of her and Traviz attempting an elaborate lift with the caption, 'Is this considered hard launching?' she wrote. Um, yes, it is, and also, please teach me your moves. The couple's journey to finding love wasn't total smooth sailings on Sneaky Links. Though Travis and Zoé both entered the Motel with sneaky links they were obviously not super interested in, it took them a while to really find their footing as a couple. Zoé was definitely drawn to Travis from the beginning, but their relationship stalled in part because of his relationship with Nicole. It wasn't until late check-in Corinthian made it clear he was interested in Zoé that Travis decided to go for it. He called it quits with Nicole and declared his intentions. And the rest, as they say, is reality television history.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Kasia Motel and Melissa Lyons make 2025 CRN Women of the Channel list
Record channel growth helps earn CRN's prestigious honorSAN FRANCISCO, May 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scality, a global leader in cyber-resilient storage software for the AI era, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Melissa Lyons, Scality's senior director of channels for the Americas, and Kasia Motel, a channel sales manager at Scality, to the prestigious Women of the Channel list for 2025. Lyons and Motel were recognized for their instrumental role in achieving unprecedented success driving revenue through the channel over the last year — a record-breaking 60% of Scality's sales were driven by the VAR community in Q4 2024 alone. This is Lyons' 12th appearance on the annual Women of the Channel list and the fourth consecutive year she has been honored for her work propelling Scality's channel program. Responsible for all facets of channel strategy and execution in the Americas, including partner recruitment, onboarding, and enablement, Lyons ensures that Scality's business development team leverages the company's partner network to build pipeline and maximize revenues. 'I'm always grateful to be honored by CRN, and I'm equally thankful that we as a company never waver in our commitment to a partner go-to-market strategy,' said Lyons. 'Our scalable, cyber-resilient storage solutions empower partners to continually innovate on behalf of clients and maintain their trust.' Since joining Scality in 2024, Motel has overseen significant adoption of the company's flagship storage products in the UK market, particularly the ARTESCA line, which is now available in a variety of deployment models, including a pay-as-you-go option and the recently released ARTESCA+ Veeam unified software appliance. 'I joined Scality to grow the channel for ARTESCA because I saw a clear opportunity to help partners deliver exceptional value through cyber resilience,' said Motel. 'With its tight integration with Veeam, ARTESCA provides a last line of defense against ransomware, offering enterprise-grade backup and immutability to midsize organizations. I'm honored to be recognized and proud to represent a solution that empowers our partners to differentiate and grow.' 'It's an honor to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of these women, who are leaders and change-makers in the IT channel,' said Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content and Executive Editor, CRN at The Channel Company. 'Each woman spotlighted on this list has shown exceptional dedication to building creative strategies that propel transformation, growth, and success for their organizations and the entire IT channel. We are pleased to spotlight their important contributions and look forward to their future success.' The full Women of the Channel list can be found at The Channel Company The Channel Company (TCC) is the global leader in channel growth for the world's top technology brands. We accelerate success across strategic channels for tech vendors, solution providers, and end users with premier media brands, integrated marketing and event services, strategic consulting, and exclusive market and audience insights. TCC is a portfolio company of investment funds managed by EagleTree Capital, a New York City-based private equity firm. For more information, visit Follow The Channel Company: X and LinkedIn © 2025. CRN is a registered trademark of The Channel Company, Inc. All rights ScalityScality solves organizations' biggest data storage challenges — growth, security, performance, and cost. Designed for end-to-end cyber resilience, only Scality S3 object storage with CORE5 safeguards data at every level of the system, from API to architecture. Its patented MultiScale Architecture enables limitless, independent scalability in all critical dimensions to meet the unpredictable demands of modern workloads. The world's most discerning companies depend on Scality to accelerate high-performance AI initiatives, optimize cloud deployments, and defend their data with confidence. Recognized as a leader by Gartner, Scality software is reliable, secure, and sustainable. Follow us on LinkedIn. Visit and our blog. Media Contact: Jon LavietesA3 Communications+1 Photos accompanying this announcement are available at in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Fashion Network
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Refresh for Jacamo as N Brown's key menswear brand returns to TV for SS25 campaign
Digital fashion group N Brown 's Jacamo brand today (6 May) unveiled its SS25 campaign marking a big-spend new direction for its star menswear banner. It features 'a fresh new creative direction with significant investment' that aims to emphasise the brand's 'new elevated fashion offering'. It also marks Jacamo's return to linear TV for the first time in five years. Under the campaign's banner 'Get The Nod', it 'marks a step-change in the brand's creative platform', having appointed Motel as the group's new creative agency last September. So the new campaign 'seeks to connect with Jacamo customers on an emotional level through the power of style recognition among men', N Brown says. Aiming to 'change the culture of men rarely being complimented for their sense of style', the campaign focuses on the 'positive impact of a simple gesture of style acknowledgement – 'The Nod' – can give'. N Brown said the fully integrated campaign continues to enhance the brand's own-designed product 'which focuses on relevant trends for every man', and includes the new premium menswear own-label brand, Folio. Created to bring a 'fresh, elevated feel to every man's wardrobe', Folio's designed with 'premium fabrics in clean modern shapes', with a focus on head-to-toe dressing and matching sets 'that make elevated everyday styling feel easier than ever'. Rachel Hawkins, group head of Brand Marketing at N Brown Group, said of the campaign, which launches across linear TV, social, video on demand, digital and out of home: 'We fell in love with 'The Nod' at pitch, energised by the opportunity to change behaviour and normalise style recognition for men. Rich in insight, distinctive and disruptive, whilst raising a smile.' She said that its own research 'told us men put a lot more thought into what they wear than they let on and, deep down, they want it to be noticed. So we're going to tell him, 'You look great!' through our new campaign, which has video at its heart, bringing 'The Nod' to life in channels and formats that best reach and engage him.' She added: 'Our creative achieved the maximum possible effectiveness score amongst our target audience during System 1 creative pre-testing and we can't wait to see the campaign resonate with customers as we go live this week.'
The Guardian
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
June Opitz obituary
My aunt June Opitz, who has died aged 100, spent 50 years in the Northern Territory outback of Australia, first setting up a store and motel that became part of the Kakadu national park, and then at Charles Darwin University, where she finished a PhD aged 84 before returning to her native UK. It was in 1958 that June became a 'ten pound Pom', sailing from Tilbury Docks. She worked her way across the country before taking a job at the remote Nourlangie safari camp, 300 miles east of Darwin. There, June met Tom Opitz, a crocodile hunter who called her Judy, a name she adopted throughout her time in Australia. They married in 1963, then set up the Cooinda Trading Post and Motel. In 1980 they returned the site to the traditional owners, and it was eventually absorbed into the newly proclaimed Kakadu national park, now a world heritage site. June was born in London, the fourth of six children of Irene (nee Molesworth) and Charles Rowley, an army captain, and initially lived in Tonbridge Wells, Kent. A brother, Charles, died when he was two. In 1935, her father died, and the family moved to London, where June attended Glendower school in South Kensington. When she was 16 years old, her mother married Frank Ash, an ex-army captain and friend of June's father. With the onset of the second world war, Glendower was closed and June was sent to stay with friends in Winchester. There, her studies suffered, and she left school without qualifications. After studying shorthand and typing at a commercial college, June joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) aged 18. She was posted to RAF Bourn in Cambridgeshire with 105 Squadron, where she transported the Mosquito aircrew to and from the dispersal points for flights as well as driving ambulances to crash sites. Demobbed in 1946, June auditioned for a production of the musical Annie Get Your Gun, and was taken on as a chorus girl. However she got to play Annie on its opening night at the Empire, Liverpool, when the show's star, Barbara Shotter, and her understudy both fell ill. More acting and other jobs followed, but June yearned to see more of the world. In 1957 she set off overland by bus for India, with a view to getting a boat to Australia. She made it through Europe, Turkey and Persia but became ill with hepatitis so returned to England, sailing to Australia the following year. Tom died in 1982, and she did a series of access courses that led to a degree in archaeology and anthropology at the Northern Territory University (now Charles Darwin University), followed by her doctorate. She published her autobiography, An English Rose in Kakadu, in 2009. In 2012 June returned to the UK to live in Cambridge with her sister, before moving into a retirement home in Cambourne, near RAF Bourn. She remained an honorary fellow at Charles Darwin University. A letter from the university to mark her 100th birthday noted her contribution to widening understanding of the Kakadu national park. She is survived by seven nephews and nieces.
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Gen Z is getting ‘tramp stamps' to feel more empowered
Gen Z is opting to get "tramp stamp" tattoos, or ink on the lower back, to feel more empowered. "Women are reclaiming negative stereotypes, which were once used to disparage them, as a form of empowerment," Melissa Martell, a tattoo artist in Cleveland, said in an Allure article published Saturday that the lower back is "the perfect spot" for body art. The location of the tattoo is considered convenient as it can be easily hidden and wouldn't be an issue in the workplace, as many workplaces require employees to hide body art. Politico Raises Eyebrows By Claiming That Trump Will Lose Gen Z By Targeting Luigi Mangione With Death Penalty Annie Motel, a tattoo artist in Los Angeles, said she thinks Gen Z will gravitate to cybersigilism, a controversial type of tattoo that includes both esoteric and futuristic art. "Gen Z will be continuing to adorn their bodies in this style that combines ancient spiritual practices with tech-inspired designs," Motel said. Read On The Fox News App According to the Statista Research Department, as of 2021, millennials and Gen Z have the most tattoos, with 41% of millennials and 23% of Gen Z having a minimum of one tattoo. Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture But, Motel warned, cybersigilism, which Gen Z is appearing to pursue, is not without its risks. "When an artist draws influence from traditional, spiritual, or religious symbols—without careful contextualization—cultural appropriation is highly likely," Motel said. Stefan Meisse of Crawling Panther Tattoo in Ocala, Florida told Fox News Digital, "When I started tattooing, we were doing lower-back designs on women every day. It's a design that perfectly complements the area and one day people started calling it a 'tramp stamp,' which put a negative light on it. Suddenly a big moneymaker dried up for us and it was sad to see women embarrassed to have one." He added, "It's funny because all tattoos were commonly referred to as tramp stamps at one time. I've been tattooing just long enough to see trends start to come back, and it's cool to see younger people rediscover old tattoo styles. It's a testament to the staying power and overall strength of tattoos."Original article source: Gen Z is getting 'tramp stamps' to feel more empowered
