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Buzz Feed
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Which Gilmore Girls Character Are You Based On The Desserts You Pick?
This post has not been vetted or endorsed by BuzzFeed's editorial staff. BuzzFeed Community is a place where anyone can create a post or quiz. Try making your own! · Your dessert choices say way more about you than you think. Pick some sweets and we'll tell you which Gilmore Girls character you actually are. Are you classic like Rory, chaotic like Lorelai, lowkey like Luke, or high-key fancy like Emily? Let's find out.
Sunday World
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
Irish gay dating show contestant reveals why he didn't mind being axed from programme
Galway's Rory Jennings didn't mind getting the boot because he got to share a bottle of bubbles with an Aussie icon Rory says his appearance on I Kissed A Boy was a full-circle moment for him An Irish contestant on a gay TV dating show reveals that the best thing about being first to being kicked off the programme was ending up spending the night with Dannii Minogue. But Galway lad Rory Jennings smiles as he stresses all they shared together was a bottle of prosecco. Rory (23), from Salthill, is a mental health graduate and part time model, who's currently working in London with Britain's NHS helping gambling addicts. Viewers of BBC1/3's I Kissed A Boy dating programme – in which 10 gay young men share an Italian villa hosted by Danni Minogue in their search for love – being dumped last Tuesday night. But handsome Rory could do little to being axed, as a lad he was smitten with, Jordan B, chose another guy to be matched with, Jordan R, resulting in him being the only one not chosen in the pairings-off. 'Sure look it happens, it was an experience anyways, so it's grand,' he pipes up. I Kissed A Boy. Credit: BBC / Two Four Broadcast Ltd / Corinne Cumming 'Being so self-critical and ashamed of my sexuality as a teenager in Ireland, going onto I Kissed a Boy was such a full-circle moment for me and my emotional development, and I got to do it alongside a bunch of hotties.' Rory likes to observe and figure people out before making a move romantically, and when it comes to drama, he says he would rather watch the drama than be part of it. He lists Michael B Jordan, Joey Essex and Troye Sivan as his dream boys. He admits he was smitten on the show with cute retail store manager Jordan B (25), who hails from England's Lake District and now lives in Manchester. 'I think it was his buzz cut. I like them, and he was a bit older,' he beams. 'There was something about him that was really kind of masculine that I liked. 'There was a bit of flirting going on, we never got to know each other that deeply though, but it wasn't that long. It didn't really work out, so I was first on my merry way.' Jordan B ended up choosing Jordan R, with Rory confirming that because both of them had a parent who died when they were quite young, they seemed to bond over that. 'That connection was a bit deeper than I had with Jordan, so I kind of know that it was going to go that way,' he admits. Rory with Jordan B on the show 'I was like 'if it happens it happens', I wasn't too put out.' But Jordan B ended up getting itchy feet again and dumped Jordan R for fellow housemate Callum 'I was saying he was getting excited with all the boys around and was putting his fingers in the pie to see what he'd like,' smirks Rory. Rory's eyes didn't stray to the rest of the housemates. 'I loved them all as friends and I would kind of be the person with friendships first and then maybe if it developed,' he stresses. 'Maybe if I had of been in there longer, I could have had a connection that way, but in terms of like anyone I would have had my eye on romantically, not really.' After Rory left another young Irish guy, Hugh from Cork, joined the fun in the villa. 'I have gone for people similar to him before,' he confirms Rory. 'Then obviously he's Irish, so we would have had that. I have met him since and we get on well, but I think it's more platonic.' Rory also had a bonus on being first to leave the house, when he got up close and personal with Dannii. 'Dannii is lovely, she's so nice. Really really warm,' he raves. 'When I got dumped, we went off afterwards me and Dannii, we had a bottle of prosecco, my claim to fame. I was buzzing with Dannii Minogue can you get any better?!.' He has been single for two years. Rory says his appearance on I Kissed A Boy was a full-circle moment for him News in 90 Seconds - May 30th 'I'm as single as ever, for the past two years on and off,' he reflects. 'I haven't found the one. I'm a bit picky. A sense of humour is really important to me, so I think I'm waiting for someone to be really funny.' He's not a fan of dating apps. 'I have used them before, I haven't recently, they are a bit boring and repetitive,' he complains. 'Anywhere I've met anyone before it's been organic and hasn't been on a dating app.' Jordan B, Jas, and Rory on the show After he finished school Rory initially tried Business Studies in Dublin's Trinity College before dropping out and taking up Psychology, which he studied for four years in Belfast. It was in Belfast he had his longest relationship, for a year. At 6' and with his chiselled looks, Rory was snapped up by a Dublin model agency. He also explains confusion over his first name. 'I was called Ruairi when I was born and I'm christened Ruairi, but when I was in school people had trouble pronouncing it and the odd teacher couldn't pronounce it, which was mad in Galway, so I changed it to Rory when I was 14 or 15 and was impressionable,' he reveals. 'So, it stuck and now I'm called Rory the whole time.'
The Irish Sun
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Hallgrimsson reveals hilarious glass half-full reason he's holding out hope Liam Delap could declare for Ireland
HEIMIR HALLGRÍMSSON has not given up hope of getting Liam Delap to play for Ireland - because he has not told him to f*** off. And the Ireland boss Advertisement 2 Hallgrimsson's side take on Senegal and Luxembourg on June 6 and 10 2 The powerful striker is hot property after impressing for relegated Ipswich Town in the Premier League Credit: Getty Chelsea are The striker will line out for England in the Under-21 European Championships but he remains eligible to follow in his father Rory's footsteps and play for Ireland. Rory - whose father was originally from Donegal with his mother from Leitrim - played alongside Hallgrímsson's assistant The pair have met Rory and Liam together and - the fact that he was not dismissed out of hand - means he has not given up hope. Advertisement Read More On Irish Football Hallgrímsson said: "We have sat with him, yeah, just told him we would love to have him in our camp. 'Liam has good qualities, everybody knows that. His father played for the Republic. Obviously we are always hoping the good players will join us. 'He is now in the England under-21 squad in the finals. That is his focus at the moment. What will happen after that we will have to wait and see." Asked what sort of reception he got from the ex-Manchester City starlet, Hallgrímsson said: "Well, he didn't say f*** off." Advertisement Most read in Football Breaking Live Blog Hallgrímsson hopes that the fact that his dad played for Ireland might sway him. He said: "I feel so, yeah. Probably you feel the same as well. "We want the best players available. It is up to him. These questions you need to ask the player himself, not me.' Inside Chelsea's Conference League final celebrations as Moises Caicedo sings karaoke into the night Meanwhile, as Coleman weighs up whether to play on, Hallgrímsson insisted he still viewed the 36-year-old as an on-pitch asset. The full-back was forced to pull out of the Ireland squad for friendlies against Senegal and Luxembourg with the thigh injury he suffered in Everton's final game at Goodison Park. Advertisement Hallgrímsson said: 'He knows that. We're selecting him even though he has little playing time. "We've been in contact, so he knows our thoughts and we would like to have him. 'To have experience like him and to have leadership skills like him would be really important once you qualify for the World Cup, for example. So hopefully two more years. 'Many players would probably have stopped. But he always pushes himself to the limit and he expects the same from others. And that's why he is so important for this young squad to grow. Advertisement 'He's still in the Premiership and wants to be in the Premiership. Some players would maybe have lowered the standard. 'It just shows his mentality that he knows his quality and he knows he is helping a lot. "I know David Moyes well and he respects him so much. So, no, it's big up for him, like we say in Jamaica.'
Irish Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Shane Lowry off to fast start at Muirfield Village's Memorial Tournament
Shane Lowry kickstarted his tilt for the Memorial Tournament in fine fashion, shooting a three-under 69 in his opening round at Muirfield Village. The Irishman began his day with a Par before making Birdie on the second, leaving his approach shot to 11-feet before drilling in the Birdie putt. Lowry kept things steady for the next few before showing his class on the seventh, leaving his approach on the Par-5 from 277 yards to three feet before tapping in for Eagle. Making the turn in three-under, Lowry dropped his first shot of the week on the Par-5 11th after getting out of position off the tee, but picked that stroke back up on 13. Another Bogey was to follow on 15 before the 2019 Open Champion made a 2 on 16 to get back to three-under, leaving him in a tie for third, four strokes off the lead held by Ben Griffin. Lowry is the only Irishman in the field this week after Rory McIlroy controversially opted to skip another Signature PGA Tour event. This week's tournament is hosted by the legendary Jack Nicklaus and earlier this week, the 'Golden Bear' spoke about McIlroy's decision not to play. "Yeah, it surprised me. But, you know, guys have got schedules and got things they do. And, you know, I haven't talked to him for him to tell me why or why not. It's just his call. 'I made a lot of calls that I had to make when I played to play or not play and sometimes it wasn't as popular as people thought it was. But, you know, sometimes you have to make those calls. 'I don't hold anything against Rory for that. He did what he likes to play. I know he likes to play so many in a row. 'He likes to play the week before a US Open. And so he…that's what he's doing. So, you know, I really don't have a comment on it. 'It's very difficult, very difficult. I mean, I'm a big Rory fan, I always have been. I'm sure that I will remain that way. I just, I was a little surprised, yes.' Get the latest sports headlines straight to your inbox by signing up for free email.
New York Times
2 days ago
- Business
- New York Times
Liam Delap prefers Chelsea transfer, rival clubs told
Clubs who were pursuing the signing of Liam Delap from Ipswich Town are being informed that he is not moving to them, amid the England youth striker's preference to join Chelsea. Sources at teams including Manchester United, Newcastle United, Everton, Nottingham Forest, AC Milan and Juventus — speaking on the condition of anonymity to protect relationships — say they are now aware he is heading elsewhere. Advertisement Subject to agreement on personal terms and the requirements of Delap's £30million release clause being met, the 22-year-old will move to Chelsea. Ipswich signed Delap from Manchester City, where he made just six first-team appearances, in July 2024 in a deal worth an initial £15million ($19.2m) plus an additional £5m following their promotion to the English top-flight. Despite Ipswich's struggles at the wrong end of the table — and subsequent relegation — Delap enjoyed a breakthrough campaign, scoring 12 goals in the Premier League. He spent the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons across Championship loan spells at Stoke City, Preston North End and Hull City respectively, where he scored 12 goals across 70 matches. Delap, whose father Rory was played 11 times by the Republic of Ireland, has been capped up to Under-21 level for England. Analysis by Daniel Taylor Delap is capable of scoring all sorts of goals — headers, penalty-box finishes, long-range shooting — and has benefited from hours on the training ground at Ipswich with coach, Lee Grant — the former Manchester United goalkeeper — who specialises with the team's attacking players and was once a team-mate of Delap's father, Rory, at Stoke City. Grant has worked closely with Delap on every aspect of his performance, including the right way to channel his physicality and unsettle opponents with his powerful build. Even when he does not score, his combative streak makes him such a difficult opponent that it creates space for others. The end result is a player who has established himself as a proven Premier League forward at an age when there is still scope for considerable improvement. ()
