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Time of India
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Fire Signs in Relationships: The Unofficial Rom-Com Directed by Cosmos
Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius — these are your classic Fire Signs. If dating them feels exactly like starring in a super dramatic Netflix series with no "skip intro" button, that's because, well, it pretty much is. They're bold, they can be hot-headed, and they absolutely cannot stand anything that's just "lukewarm." Love with them isn't some slow-burn romance... it's an inferno that often starts with a casual "Hey" and quickly ends with someone asking, "Where's the fire extinguisher?!" Here's what makes these literal flame-throwers so impossible to ignore in love: Aries: Love Like It's a Championship Fight An Aries in love is a lot like a boxer in round one—they're ready to win, fast, furious, and full of those red flags that, for some reason, just end up looking like red carpets. Arguments? Oh, they'll be spicy. Make-ups? Even spicier. Commitment? Only if they genuinely feel like they're choosing it, not like they're being dragged into it by some astrology meme they saw. What to expect: Expect sudden, spontaneous weekend trips, incredibly bold declarations of affection, and probably a competitive game night that somehow ends with someone yelling, 'WE WERE ON A BREAK!' Leo: The Main Character in a Love Story That's Also About Them A Leo doesn't just "fall" in love; they basically cast you into their own ongoing, Oscar-worthy romantic epic. They'll love you fiercely, brag about you even louder, and honestly, they expect to be adored like a heartthrob from a '90s boy band. Their love language? Grand gestures, perfect camera angles for every moment, and lots and lots of applause. What to expect: Be prepared for endless selfies, unwavering passionate loyalty, and at least one dramatic exit that's inevitably followed by a comeback worthy of a slow-motion movie montage. Sagittarius: Emotionally Unavailable But Philosophically Yours A Sagittarius in love is kind of like attending a TED Talk that occasionally throws in a kiss. They'll charm you with deep, thought-provoking questions, whisk you away on spontaneous getaways, and tell jokes that hit harder than Cupid's arrow. Commitment? Only if it's written in invisible ink and definitely comes with a passport stamp. What to expect: Look forward to epic conversations, tons of inside jokes, and maybe even a mini-identity crisis of your own—but through it all, it'll absolutely be a blast. Just try not to mention "labels" unless you're talking about luggage. Dating a Fire Sign? Get ready for a whirlwind romance, plenty of emotional cliffhangers, and a constant stream of unexpected plot twists—all set to a killer soundtrack. Will it be chaotic? Oh, definitely. But boring? Absolutely no chance. Fire burns bright, but it also illuminates everything around it. Want even more drama? Try dating two Fire signs at once. Just don't say astrology didn't warn you. Discover everything about astrology at the Times of India , including daily horoscopes for Aries , Taurus , Gemini , Cancer , Leo , Virgo , Libra , Scorpio , Sagittarius , Capricorn , Aquarius , and Pisces .
Miami Herald
6 days ago
- Miami Herald
‘Panicked' driver reports injured dog along road — but it wasn't what it seemed
A panicked driver called a humane society to report an injured dog on the side of a road in Colorado, officials said. But it turns out the situation was not as dire as it seemed, the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region said in a May 25 post on Facebook. 'This week at Animal Law Enforcement started like any other: with coffee, clipboards, and someone trying to microwave fish again (whoever you are, stop it),' the organization quipped in the post. 'Then … THE CALL came in. A panicked Good Samaritan had seen what they were certain was a poor, injured black and white dog lying on the side of the road while they were driving.' The shelter took the call seriously. 'Without hesitation, Officer Jones sprang into action. Truck in drive. Sunglasses on. Radio blaring the Mission: Impossible theme (probably),' the organization said. Then when the officer got to the location, 'she saw the 'dog' in question,' officials said. 'Except it … It wasn't a dog. It wasn't injured. It wasn't … alive,' the organization said. 'It was a tiger. A stuffed tiger. Like the kind you win at a carnival if you're good at tossing rings or bribing the teenager in charge.' Photos show the stuffed white tiger lying in some grass on the side of the road. From a glance, it really could look like some kind of funky-colored dog. 'Not one to leave a civilian (or polyester blend) in danger, Jones did what any hero would do: scooped up the floofy beast and gently placed him in the back of her truck to make sure no one else mistook him for a puppy in peril,' officials said. 'Thank you to Officer Jones for saving our Oscar-worthy tiger and giving us a good chuckle this week!' Several people joked in the comments about the silly scenario. 'When will he be available?' someone asked. 'Hope to see him on the adoption floor soon.' 'Thank goodness he's safe,' someone else said under the photo of the stuffed tiger in the dog kennel in the back of Jones' truck. 'I hope he finds a good forever home soon.'
Scientific American
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scientific American
The Applause for Jaws, Despite Flaws
The motion picture Jaws deserves another round of applause on its 50 th birthday, despite its flaws. Released on June 20, 1975, this classic invented the summer blockbuster genre, made sharks a familiar (if demonized) foe, and gave a visceral picture to the words 'shark attack.' But today, humanity has grown to have a better appreciation for all sharks, even those that swim near the beach. We owe some of the public sentiment that it's ' safe to go back in the water ' to Jaws. Initially, the movie's biggest impact was to portray shark bites as intentional "attacks" on swimmers. The fictional story of the human-shark relationship (and human-ocean relationship) that humans are on the menu—has been one of the most successful Hollywood narratives in motion picture history. More movies, sequels and spin-offs have created a lasting narrative and industry of 'rogue' sharks, rabid dogs, territorial bears, hungry crocodiles, and other animals that intentionally and sometimes hysterically attack innocent people in classic 'Sharknado' style. On supporting science journalism If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today. The public believed this story of intentionality so completely that every shark bite was essentially a murder, and every shark a potential murderer, and the beach was the scene of a crime by a deviant monster against innocent beachgoers. Importantly, the rogue narrative of sharks gaining a taste for human flesh pre-dated Jaws, and was invented largely by an Australian surgeon, Sir Victor Coppleson, in the 1950s. Peter Benchley's 1974 novel, Jaws, and the movie blockbuster provided the justification for, and weakened push-back against, all the anti-shark public policies that followed, including revenge shark hunts, shark derbies, changes to fishery laws that classified sharks as waste fish, delays in enacting shark conservation and the placement of lethal shark nets on some international beaches. Another piece of the Jaws story was its portrayal of an innocent coastal community being preyed upon. Here, beachgoers were not large land animals entering into the foreign domain of a dynamic marine ecosystem, but they were cast as property owners and recreational water users who had the right to expect nature to behave in a domesticated manner. This misperception that the beach is safe introduced as big a misconception and falsehood on the public, as the idea that sharks are all dangerous. The ocean is constantly in flux, and the direct opposite to "shark bites are intentional attacks" is a much less Oscar-worthy story about the beach as a wild, dynamic and active ocean environment. In 2014, I proposed the ' Jaws Effect ' in the Australian Journal of Political Science, in which I argue that politicians use familiar fictional films and movies as the basis for explaining real-life events. The Jaws Effect can be seen as a political instrument that uses films to reinforce three themes: 'that sharks are intentionally hunting people, that shark bites are fatal events and that killing individual sharks will solve the problem.' Following a terrible fatal shark bite in Western Australia in 2000 and subsequent shark bites and encounters, the West Australian premier Colin Barnett repeatedly used the term 'rogue sharks' the he said were returning to the beach to attack swimmers, so there needed to be a law to help the government kill specific target sharks that were intent on haunting the local beach community. During this period, Benchley wrote an open letter to Western Australia about the case and the political directive to hunt down the shark responsible. He wrote, 'This was not a rogue shark, tantalised by the taste of human flesh and bound now to kill and kill again. Such creatures do not exist, despite what you might have derived from Jaws.' The Jaws Effect, however, continues in Australia today. In 2024, the District Council of Elliston passed a motion to allow fisheries officers in South Australia to kill great white sharks following shark bites in that area, which stated, 'Sharks are capable of learned behavior. The purpose of terminating the shark responsible for an attack is to prevent that shark from using that behavior to harm another person.' Yet, at 50 years old, Jaws is also a celebration of sharks, creating a fascination that helped lead to more than two generations of new shark researchers. Indeed, some of the people who have done the most for shark conservation worked on Jaws. Valerie Taylor help collect footage of sharks that was used in Jaws and was one of the leaders in New South Wales on conservation laws to protect the Grey Nurse Shark, which in 1984 became the first protected species of shark. As well, Leonard Compagno, who was a scientist and consultant on Jaws, also led the effort to protect White Sharks in South Africa. The idea that Jaws led to bad public relations is too simple a story. Our reading of the movie, real-life sharks, the public and our beaches are all evolving. Jaws is better at 50, sharks are seen more positively in 2025, and the public is more engaged in shark conservation and beach safety. There's even a 'Jawsie' Award in Australia, given yearly to the most outlandish reports of shark attacks and meant to spur real beach safety awareness. I would be remiss if I did not note the connection between Jaws, the false rogue shark theory, and current debate over orcas ramming into yachts off the Strait of Gibraltar. Both National Geographic and the BBC, for example, have run headlines about such 'rogue' orcas. In the mix of stories to explain this behavior, one that claimed that it was an 'orca scorned' type situation where a female orca had been traumatized by a boat previously and was now training her young to attack boats in revenge. Very Jaws, or perhaps Jaws 3, but there will be no awards for this fish story.
Hindustan Times
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
‘You feel like an alien': Jennifer Lawrence opens up on postpartum, her new film Die, My Love at Cannes Film Festival
Jennifer Lawrence- starrer 'Die, My Love' premiered at the ongoing 78th Cannes Film Festival, where it received a standing ovation from the attendees. The movie revolves around a new mother descending into madness. At the Cannes press conference, the actress shared her own experience with motherhood and postpartum, reported Variety. (Also read: Die, My Love first reviews: Critics laud Jennifer Lawrence's 'Oscar-worthy' performance, hail 'superb' Robert Pattinson) "As a mother, it was really hard to separate what I would do as opposed to what she would do. And it was just heartbreaking," Lawrence said of filming the movie as quoted by Variety. "I had just had my firstborn, and there's not really anything like postpartum. It's extremely isolating, which is so interesting. When Lynne moves this couple into Montana, she doesn't have a community. She doesn't have her people. But the truth is, extreme anxiety and extreme depression is isolating, no matter where you are. You feel like an alien," said Jennifer Lawrence as quoted by Variety. During the press conference, the actress also revealed that she filmed "Die My Love" while being five months pregnant with her second child. "Having children changes everything. It changes your whole life. It's brutal and incredible," she said of motherhood as quoted by Variety. She continued, "So not only do they go into every decision of if I'm working, where I'm working, when I'm working, they've taught me -- I mean, I didn't know that I could feel so much and my job has a lot to do with emotion. It's almost like feeling a blister or something -- like, so sensitive. So they've changed my life, obviously, for the best and they've changed me creatively. I highly recommend having kids if you want to be an actor." As per the outlet, the movie 'Die, My Love' is based on author Ariana Harwicz's 2017 novel of the same name, which centres on a new mother who enters psychosis after developing postpartum depression. Oscar winner Lawrence stars in Ramsay's film as the mother, with Pattinson playing her husband. The couple's marriage is thrown into disarray amid the wife's mental health struggle. (via inputs from ANI)
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The real reason it's so hard for people to believe Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet are in love
Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet recently made their red carpet debut as a couple. They have reportedly been dating for about two years, but some fans still think it's an odd pairing. PR experts told BI creating an air of mystery or even confusion works to the couple's advantage. Despite nearly two years of sightings, smooches, and soft launches, Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet's relationship still feels like a glitch in the Hollywood matrix. Even when the couple made their long-awaited red carpet debut last week after several PDA-filled public outings, some still struggled to accept the news. "I still can't believe kylie & timothee is a real thing," one person wrote on X. Jenner and Chalamet's relationship has been defined by skepticism since rumors of their pairing first surfaced in 2023. Social media users wondered what these two stars — one who rose to fame on a gaudy reality show, the other in the world of Oscar-worthy cinema — could possibly have in common. "I firmly believe they sit together in complete silence," one person wrote on X. Such reactions to Jenner and Chalamet are not confined to social media's most hyperactive posters; I've heard them firsthand. A friend of mine recently said she couldn't shake the feeling that Jenner and Chalamet "don't exist in the same celebrity timeline." Conventional wisdom suggests a relationship this puzzling could be bad business for both parties. But it turns out that confusing the pop-culture-following public may actually be a smart strategy. Two public relations experts told Business Insider the stream of confused responses to this celebrity coupling represents a job well done by Jenner and Chalamet's respective PR teams. It's a sign that both of their carefully cultivated individual brands are strong. So if you feel the friction from those brands clashing, you're not alone — that's precisely what makes the couple so fun to doubt. Evan Nierman, the CEO of the crisis PR firm Red Banyan, described Jenner's brand as ultravisible, social media-heavy, and incessantly self-promotional. Meanwhile, Chalamet has made a point of pitching himself as an artist with discernment and taste. "The problem that people are having is those two different personas seem at odds with one another," Nierman said. "The kind of brooding, superserious, superauthentic actor clashes with the Kardashian model, and I think that's probably why people are having such a hard time understanding the pairing of the two of them." In reality, the public's reaction to Jenner and Chalamet as a couple has nothing to do with their personalities or compatibility behind closed doors. It has everything to do with brand positioning and integration strategies, likely orchestrated — or, at the very least, closely monitored — by large teams of publicists, image consultants, and managers (in Jenner's case, a "momager"). "PR can play a much bigger role in the things that you see coming out of Hollywood than most people at home would guess," Mike Fahey, the founder and CEO of the PR agency Fahey Communications, told BI. "A lot of those things that seem like happy accidents are actually by design." But there's an important distinction between our traditional understanding of a "PR relationship," one that's been orchestrated by celebrities' respective teams to generate mutually beneficial publicity, and a real relationship that has been carefully managed by PR to maximize its impact. Yes, celebrities have a lot to gain by cross-pollinating their fan bases. But the "Kymothée" curiosity feels different from, say, Tom Hiddleston getting papped wearing a T-shirt declaring his love for Taylor Swift. Jenner and Chalamet are simply too odd a match for people to believe they have a calculated arrangement, or that they're being prodded to perform affection for the cameras. To what end? To cross-promote "Dune" on "The Kardashians"? To sell a Bob Dylan-inspired makeup line by Kylie Cosmetics? So something must be keeping them together. Could it be… love? Well, yes, maybe. Why not? The media rollout of Jenner and Chalamet's relationship was drawn out over several months, nudged along by blurry photos of Jenner's car in Chalamet's driveway and anonymous tips sent to the gossip aggregator Deuxmoi before the two were eventually spotted kissing at a Beyoncé concert in September 2023. Even when Jenner and Chalamet attended several awards shows together, including two consecutive Golden Globes, they avoided the spectacle of a red carpet appearance as a couple until just last week. A power couple's red carpet debut is a big deal in Hollywood — for comparison, Swift has never walked one with any boyfriend — but Jenner and Chalamet still kept it relatively low-key. Instead of posing for photos together at a star-studded event like the Met Gala or the Oscars, they staged their official debut at a sparsely attended ceremony in Rome: the David di Donatello Awards, where Chalamet received an honorary award for cinematic excellence. Their relationship's incremental, tempered launch created plenty of space for suspicion and conspiracy theories to flourish. But counterintuitively, both Nierman and Fahey said that isn't necessarily a bad thing. "It's leading to more confusion, but it's also doing exactly what it's intended to do, which is sparking ever more interest," Nierman said. "A series of slow strategic leaks that are then followed by a red carpet debut is a PR move that's designed to generate buzz and to get people talking." If Jenner and Chalamet had opted for a hard launch — a formal announcement, perhaps, or a sit-down interview for a magazine cover — it could have encouraged fans to come to grips with their romance more quickly, or to understand their connection more deeply. That would take away the mystique, which is the very thing that's keeping us interested. "If I were a Kardashian and I was sitting on this relationship, I would do the exact same thing. I would be like, 'I want to get as much mileage out of this as possible. It means that I don't have to do other things. Let's milk this for all it's worth,'" Fahey said. "They've created this media firestorm while doing very little." More than two years after Jenner and Chalamet were linked, they still have valuable cards to play — their first selfie shared on Instagram, for example, or Chalamet's debut appearance on "The Kardashians." "When that happens, it's going to be a big cash cow payday for them, and that's why they're so deliberate in what they do," Fahey said of the Oscar nominee's seemingly inevitable appearance on Jenner's Hulu reality show. "There are no accidents in the Kardashian family." Each new milestone will likely spawn a new round of headlines, TikToks, and heated debates in my group chats. I anticipate receiving many more texts like, "I can't believe they're still together," and, "I still don't get it." Here, "still" is the operative word. The ongoing disbelief that Jenner and Chalamet are a match is not a symptom of a PR rollout gone wrong. In fact, it's probably the opposite. "It's been played to perfection," Nierman said. "It keeps us guessing. It keeps us talking, and that's entirely the point." Read the original article on Business Insider
