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Hypebeast
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
Here's What Went Down at LEGO®'s PLAY Pavilion In Serpentine Gallery
This summer,The LEGO Grouplaunched its PLAY Pavilion installation at theSerpentine Gallery, London. The colorful space, designed by iconic architectSir Peter Cook, featured a two-month-long program of free initiatives and activations spanning a range of creative disciplines — created to spark creativity in the younger generation and provided an inclusive space for all to channel their creativity and tap into the power of imagination. Covering art, music, and sport, Hypebeast enlisted three London-based content creators to head down to the PLAY Pavilion and get involved in the various workshops last month. Keep reading to check out what they experienced through their lens. To kick off, we teamed up with running enthusiast David Zakwan to get an inside look at the PLAY Pavilion'sNikex LEGO® football-inspired activation. Bringing his younger sister along, they started their day at the PLAY Pavilion, where football jerseys received 1-of-1 LEGO®-inspired customizations. After exploring the space, in true Zakwan fashion, he raced the shuttle bus provided to take visitors to the second part of the Nike x LEGO® PLAY Arena in Warren Street. At this unique collaborative pitch experience, visitors took part in a range of football drills, brick-inspired play, and trialled the latest Nike Phantom boot. Whether replicating iconic artwork using LEGO® bricks or reimagining the Kensington Gardens surroundings through abstract art — visitors at this workshop were encouraged to use their imagination to create 2D and 3D representations with the guidance of expert LEGO® Master Builders. Tapping Moe Osman aka @hellacreps, the lifestyle content creator made his way to the activation to try his hand at the workshop. From trailing his creative flair on baseplates to adorning the Pavilion walls, Osman signed off his name before taking home an exclusive LEGO® Make & Take to add to his growing interior design pieces. With a workshop for every creative mind, music producer and radio host Jaguar heads to the Record Shop activation to channel her love for electronic tracks into making an album cover. Whilst her list of music muses is never-ending, Jaguar chooses to delve into her own portfolio of sounds, recreating her debut single 'WILD!' in LEGO®-form. On a square baseplate, she sifts through a variety of multi-colored bricks and stacks them up to build a close-to-original interpretation of the cover. To finish, the artwork is fused onto the Pavilion's panoramic wall, taking pride of place for all to see.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Christie Brinkley Thinks This Could Save a Lot of Marriages
Christie Brinkley Thinks This Could Save a Lot of Marriages originally appeared on Parade. Christie Brinkley shared one surprising way she believes that many couples could save their marriages. 'You could get married, like, 'We'll see if you want to renew it in five years,'' Brinkley, 71, suggested on the Thursday, August 7, episode of the 'Are You a Charlotte?' podcast. 'Every five years, go, 'Do you want to renew?'' The supermodel continued, 'That way, if you're getting bored or whatever, you can get out of it without all the lawyers and all that stuff.' Brinkley is currently single, though she's been married four times over the years. Her first marriage was to Jean-François Allaux, whom she was married to from 1973 until 1981. Brinkley went on to be married to Billy Joelfrom 1985 to 1994, while she was married to Richard Taubman from 1994 to 1995. Her fourth and final marriage was to Peter Cook from 1996 to 2008. Throughout her marriages, Brinkley welcomed daughter Alexa, 39, with Joel, 76, son Jack, 30, with Taubman, 77, and daughter Sailor, 27, with Cook, 66. Cook also adopted Jack after he and Brinkley wed in 1996. Parade Daily🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 Brinkley shared the suggestion after she made headlines for revealing that Sailor tried to get her on a dating app, which lasted for 'an hour or something.' 'I'm not on any kind of dating app like that, but my daughter Sailor, she's so mischievous,' she said on the Monday, August 4, podcast episode of the podcast hosted by Kristin Davis. She continued, 'She said, 'Mom, you're right not to go on it because the same guys that said yes to me are saying yes to you.' I find that what men like to do is sort of find somebody that'll be impressed by every little thing that they do. Like, 'Oh, really? You're taking me to that restaurant?'' Christie Brinkley Thinks This Could Save a Lot of Marriages first appeared on Parade on Aug 7, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Aug 7, 2025, where it first appeared. Solve the daily Crossword
West Australian
5 days ago
- Business
- West Australian
Diggers & Dealers 2025: De Grey Mining snags Deal of the Year for $5 billion Hemi sale
The blockbuster $5 billion sale of the Hemi gold deposit in the Pilbara to Northern Star Resources has earned De Grey Mining the Dealer of the Year award. The prized gold miner was acquired by Northern Star Resources officially in May, in a transaction that handed WA's Super Pit miner the keys to the country's next major yellow metal mine amid record prices. The judges said De Grey's substantial growth from making the game-changing discovery at Hemi in 2019 to the sale six years on 'exemplifies all that makes our industry great.' Gold's winning streak was also reflected in the Digger of the Year Award, which went to listed mid-tier Ramelius Resources. The Mark Zeptner-led gold miner has managed to deliver on its promised production and cost guidance targets or five years in a row. Meanwhile, the GJ Stokes Memorial Award was given to Peter Cook, a geologist and mining company director. Diggers chair Jim Walker said Mr Cook was 'probably better known as a hard-nosed operator than a corporate executive' and credited him as a 'renovator' who had fixed and rebuilt projects that struggled to get off the ground. The 2025 Emerging Company Award went to yellow metal explorer Turaco Gold. The $520m market capitalised Turaco bought the Afema Gold Project in Cote d'Ivoire in early 2024, and has been tipped as an advancing new mid-tier gold producer in the region. All the awards were dished out at the 34th annual Diggers & Dealers gala dinner on Wednesday night.
Daily Mail
20-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Christie Brinkley details devastating heartbreak that 'nearly broke her'
Christie Brinkley revealed she was nearly brought to tears while recording the audiobook of her memoir, Uptown Girl, which recounts her tumultuous childhood, four marriages, and multiple near-death experiences. As she reflected on the emotional process of reading her story aloud, the iconic model, 71, admitted that sharing such personal chapters of her life was profoundly moving. 'There were parts where I thought, "Please don't cry,"' the mother-of-three told Social Life Magazine. She continued: 'I tried to keep [my voice] level, but [the publisher] let me be. Let my voice crack. Let it show.' Among the most painful to reflect on was recalling the moment she learned that her then-husband, Peter Cook, was having an affair. In her book, the actress recalled the shocking way she discovered the architect's infidelity, which she confessed 'nearly broke' her. The Vogue cover girl revealed that a man, who she did not know, approached her to share the bombshell revelation right before she was set to deliver a commencement address at Southampton High School. She went on to describe how the man softly told her: 'Excuse me. I need to tell you that arrogant husband of yours has been having an affair with my teenage daughter.' 'I knew from Peter's face that he was guilty, and in that moment, I thought I was going to pass out onstage, in front of hundreds of people,' Brinkley remembered. After she stood back up and asked the man for his card, the Michigan native said he 'didn't have one' but that he was a 'police officer' so all she had to do was come down to the station for the full story. 'I was so stunned that I froze,' Brinkley wrote. 'When your whole world falls apart and you realize in a heartbeat you've suddenly become the cliché middle-aged woman whose husband is having an affair with a much (much) younger woman, what do you do?' Ultimately, she shared that she did get the 'full story' and told Cook to pack his bags. He, ultimately, admitted to the affair allegations during a 2008 interview with ABC News. Meanwhile, she avoided talking about her ex at all costs, except when 'ambushed' about the story on the Today Show, despite insisting she 'wasn't interested in airing dirty laundry.' As she navigated the devastating news of his cheating, Brinkley leaned on her female friends, two of whom convinced her to search their family computer for more proof. With her pals by her side, the trio unearthed a 'labyrinth' of files and evidence. 'A panoply of incriminating photos and porn accounts populated the screen like fireworks, and before I knew it, my printer was shooting [beaver shots] out into the room,' she detailed in her book. She continued: 'It was so insane that it was almost funny and soon enough, the three of us were doubled over in laughter, as printouts of girls in X-rated poses began piling up on the floor faster than trash outside a greasy takeaway.' Later, she wrote about their explosive, six-year court battle, which left her questioning the worth of getting a prenup. 'It was exhausting and scary because I always lived in fear of them taking my kids because that was the constant threat and a terrifying thing to live with,' she explained. 'I got a prenup so I didn't have to go through all this but still did. It was mind boggling and it was hard to write about.' In order to protect herself, Brinkley admitted that she 'didn't say anything to anybody' about Cook, until declaring people should 'google a narcissist' while leaving court one day. The remark prompted letters from other women to pour in, with many saying: 'Thank you. I realize other women are going through it. I'm not alone.' 'There were many times when I wondered if I would ever recover,' she said of her heartbreak. 'Whenever I felt this, I stopped, looked inward and counted my blessings, which was a long list that always started with Alexa Ray, Jack, and Sailor.' As for how her kids feel about her sharing her experience, the author insists her children are very supportive. 'They said it's your story to tell, so tell it,' she said of how Alexa Ray, 39, Jack, 29, and Sailor, 26, feel about it. Brinkley and Cook married in September 1996, not long after her divorce from Richard Taubman in 1995. During their marriage, he adopted her son, Jack, whom she shared with Taubman, and they welcomed their daughter Sailor Brinkley Cook in 1998. She shares her daughter, Alexa Ray, with second husband, musician Billy Joel. In 2009, Brinkley told reporters during her divorce trial that she forgave her ex's lover, who was just a teenager, at the time of their affair. 'I can't help but think of Diana Bianchi,' the model said as she left the courtroom. 'I want her and her family to know that I feel for her. I forgive her -- she was manipulated.' During her court testimony, she recalled 'driving away' from her 'perfect life' to get answers about her then-husband's affair. 'It was beyond your wildest nightmare one could ever imagine,' she said. 'He's cheating on me with a teenager. He's trolling the Internet [for porn].' Brinkley continued: 'I felt like the man who I was living with, I just didn't know who he was... anymore. Who is he? Who is this man who comes down and sits at the dining room table and acts like he's been at work?' Last year, Brinkley stated she was open to romance, but is okay without it. In an interview with People, ahead of her 70th birthday, the beauty said when it comes to finding love, 'there just doesn't seem to be anybody out there.' 'At the same time,' she continued. 'I am pretty comfortable with my life the way it is, so, que será, será!' 'I always said my whole life that I think that you have to be happy alone so that you get with a man for the right reasons and you're not clinging to him because you need to, you know?' Brinkley added. Meanwhile, Cook, 66, tied the knot with his wife Alba Jancou, 24, in September 2023. The couple met when Alba was 19 at a swanky New York restaurant, but did not allegedly start dating until a year later. When asked by Social Life Magazine about how it felt to see Uptown Girl land on the best-seller list, Brinkley gushed that she 'cried.' 'I had thought this book might just sit on shelves,' she says. 'I worried it would embarrass my kids. But people bought it. They loved it.' In addition to her split from Cook, she reflected on her divorce from Billy Joel and her 1994 helicopter accident, which almost killed her and five others in Telluride, Colorado.
Fox News
20-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Christie Brinkley recounts the devastating personal moment that ‘nearly broke her'
When Christie Brinkley found out that her husband was having an affair, it "nearly broke her." The veteran Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model is on the cover of Social Life Magazine in celebration of her memoir, "Uptown Girl," which came out earlier this year. The 71-year-old spoke to the outlet about what it was like sharing her story, both the highs and lows. "There were parts where I thought, 'Please don't cry,'" said Brinkley when it came to reading her story out loud for the audiobook. "I tried to keep [my voice] level, but [the publisher] let me be. Let my voice crack. Let it show." One of the moments Brinkley described in the book was discovering how her fourth husband, architect Peter Cook, was unfaithful after eight years of marriage. According to the outlet, Brinkley was at a graduation ceremony in 2006 to give a commencement speech. She described how a man approached her with a revelation that had the "weight of a wrecking ball, delivered in barely a whisper." "I asked him to repeat it," she recalled before turning to look at Cook. "And then I looked at Jack," she said about her son. "Jack's face was frozen in panic. He felt it instantly. He knew something was very wrong." According to Brinkley, she looked out into the crowd. She saw "mouths agape," reminding her of "The Scream" oil painting. "They all knew," the outlet shared. "Maybe some judged. Maybe some didn't. But in that suspended moment, she felt faint, exposed… like the floor might drop beneath her." Brinkley said she asked the man if he had a card. "No," he said. "But I'm a cop at the Southampton station." After the ceremony, Jack rushed over to his mother and asked what was wrong. She told him, "Mommy needs to go to the police station." There, she would get more information about how her marriage was unraveling. Brinkley told the outlet that she didn't know what readers would expect from her book. "I had thought this book might sit on shelves," she admitted. "I worried it would embarrass my kids. But people bought it. They loved it. I cried." In her book, Brinkley describes how the police officer who made the revelation was the father of the 18-year-old Cook was involved with. "I know from Peter's face that he was guilty," Brinkley wrote. "When your whole world falls apart, and you realize in a heartbeat you've suddenly become the cliché middle-aged woman whose husband is having an affair with a much (much) younger woman, what do you do?" WATCH: CHRISTIE BRINKLEY OPENS UP IN NEW MEMOIR 'UPTOWN GIRL' That night, Cook was out of the house. And friends urged Brinkley to search the family computer. They even came over to help, an operation Brinkley said looked like something out of "Charlie's Angels." There, she found a "creepy labyrinth of files and photos I never knew existed." "I was good at guessing passwords, and soon enough, a panoply of frightening email exchanges, incriminating photos, and porn accounts populated the screen like fireworks," Brinkley wrote. "It was so insane that it was almost funny, and soon enough, the three of us were doubled over in laughter, as printouts of girls in X-rated poses began piling up on the floor faster than trash outside a greasy takeaway." Brinkley and Cook's split resulted in a six-year court battle. Social Life Magazine reported that the divorce trial was "tabloid catnip and a full-blown media spectacle." It was also "a mother fighting to protect her cubs." Today, Brinkley told the outlet she finds solace tending to her garden, just like another famous blonde. "I admire Pamela [Anderson]," Brinkley told Social Life about the "Baywatch" icon. "I think we were both misread. Different myths were built around each of us, and now we've found the freedom to say what was always ours. We're not salon blondes. We're hands-in-the-dirt women. We bloom in the garden." Brinkley previously told Fox News Digital she dares to love again. "I find that love is the strongest thing in the whole world, and we are surrounded by love," she said. "There are so many kinds of love and love for our friends, love for our families, love for nature and love for people that protect nature. I love love – I feel like my life is so full of love." "I think if there's a romantic love that comes along, it would be wonderful," she shared. "But I also feel very content and happy with the life that I have right now. I consider my life to be very full of love."
