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Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
DC all abuzz as conservative host Robby Soave splits with wife of 10 years to get engaged to male lover
A political pundit has roiled DC 's social scene after splitting with his wife of almost 10 years and getting engaged to a male medical student. Robby Soave, 36, has been deluged with cruel and homophobic comments since announcing he was ditching his high-school sweetheart Caroline 'Carrie' Soave for Jie Jung Shih. 'The amount of extremely homophobic comments this is getting is truly astounding and disgusting,' wrote one follower. 'Why can't people just be happy for other people's happiness? The haters had no call to spew their irrational hatred like that. Very disappointed. Idiots never stop to amaze.' Soave popped the question to Jie Jung Shih with a Tiffany and Co ring over candles and champagne in Taormina, Sicily, while the pair were on a romantic getaway together. Announcing the news on X, he wrote: 'Some personal news from my Sicily trip earlier this month, in case anyone missed it: I got engaged!' There was no mention of Soave, with whom he celebrated his ninth anniversary in Positano, Italy, in October 2023. Robby and Carrie were high school sweethearts who went on their first date in 2004. The Rising host often posted photos with Carrie on Instagram, and was never shy when it came to gushing about their marriage. In a 2019 post, he wrote: 'Today, five years ago, @carriesoave and I got married, following just over 10 years of dating that began when we were in high school and continued through college and after. 'Despite having to spend years and years and years apart from each other, we always knew where we wanted to end up: Together. I love you so much babe!' While celebrating their wedding anniversary in 2023, Soave gushed: 'Could not be more overjoyed to celebrate nine years married to @carriesoave! 'The most wonderful woman on earth, and the love of my life. Of course it's actually been a lot longer… we fell in love as high schoolers in the early 00s. 'There's no one else I'd rather travel the world with. Italy is almost as beautiful as you!' The former couple were often seen out at events in Washington, DC, and would dress up together on Halloween. It's unclear when exactly they split, but Robby hasn't posted anything with Carrie since their ninth wedding anniversary in late 2023. Last fall, Carrie officially left DC to return home to Michigan to be with her family and to open a consulting business. Discussing her move with the Grosse Pointe News in March, Carrie said: 'My family is here and I'd been wanting to come back.' Bowled over: Soave told Politico that he and Shih met at a bar on U Street in DC and that it was 'love at first sight' understands that the Soaves' split has been the talk of the town in DC's social circles all week. While some are happy to see Robby out of the closet, the overwhelming sympathy is with Carrie, who was with Robby for 17 years before fleeing DC for a 'fresh start' in Michigan after their divorce was finalized last year. Other have said that Robby's sexuality has been part of the DC gossip mill for years, so few people were surprised to see him end up with a man. As for Carrie, she hasn't publicly offered any details about her personal life and appears to be going to great lengths to fly under the radar and move on from her failed marriage. Soave hasn't shared much about his relationship to fiance Shih either, but he did tell Politico that they met at a bar on U Street in DC and that it was 'love at first sight.' Staying mum: Robby and Carrie haven't posted together since their ninth wedding anniversary in October 2023 Since publicly sharing his engagement, Soave has been inundated with cruel and often homophobic comments from his followers as well as countless right-wing figures. Despite the backlash, Soave has received support from a number of other prominent political pundits, including former Rising co-hosts Kim Iversen and Ryan Grim. 'Congratulations Robby! Wishing you both many great years ahead!' Iversen said. Soave is a decorated journalist who made it onto Forbes' 30 under 30 list in 2016. He's published two books, is a regular on Fox News and is the longest-serving co-host on Rising, which is one of YouTube's biggest political talk shows. His partner Jie Jung Shih is a student at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. Shih is active in the LGBTQ+ community, and was one of a group of med students who volunteered at Capital Pride Festival in Washington last year.
Vogue
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue
The Dramatic Sports Story That Inspired the Tennis Bracelet
Elsewhere, other prominent players love to wear sentimental pieces on the court. Coco Gauff has worn a pearl Vivienne Westwood orb necklace and an Olympic rings necklace which was gifted to her by doubles player Desirae Krawczyk. Emma Raducanu, as a brand ambassador for Tiffany & Co., has opted for diamond, platinum, and pearl teardrop earrings and a matching necklace from the brand's Victoria collection during Wimbledon. Donna Vekic of Croatia celebrates beating Diane Parry at the 2025 Australian Open. From the tennis bracelet to the tennis necklace Jewellers and designers have long innovated around the most classic designs. So next up from the tennis bracelet, came the tennis necklace. The diamond strand is lengthened to become a choker-like necklace, usually comprising of a gold chain. The pared back, quietly glamorous aesthetic of the original wrist adornment remains. Still, brands over the years have offered more variation on the theme: Colored diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and sapphires. You can look to the likes of Mejuri, De Beers, Tiffany & Co., Vrai, and more. Instagram Hailey Bieber Photo: Instagram (@haileybieber) The tennis bracelet as a timeless piece Off of the court, gifting a tennis bracelet is a meaningful gesture, perfect for celebrating important moments and memories, or a symbolic bond, thanks to its understated elegance. The beauty of the tennis bracelet lies in its versatility: precious but never ostentatious, light and discreet, so it can be worn every day. The tennis bracelet has also had a bit of a renaissance among celebrities, on and off court. As should be expected, you can usually spy them on the wrists of the poster girls of quiet luxury—think Hailey Bieber and Sofia Richie Grainge—for which the tennis bracelet totally fits the refined aesthetic. Ready to serve up? There's infinite choices, styling details, and stacking options that await you, even if you're still working on your serve. Below, a guide to the brightest and best tennis bracelets, on and off the clay: Vogue's Top Picks for Tennis Bracelets:
Bloomberg
17-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
ICYMI: "Watch Monsters"
A few years ago, Tiffany & Co. began offering a limited edition Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711 with a dial in the jeweler's signature robin's-egg blue. Patek crafted 170 of them, a tribute to the number of years the brands had worked together. Tiffany's hope was that the buzzy timepiece would help attract – and retain – high-end shoppers who weren't already regular customers. Yet the Blue Dial — as it became known — was never for sale in the traditional sense. Demand was so high that Tiffany executives, including Americas head Christopher Kilaniotis, realized clients would be willing to spend millions of dollars on other jewelry for the chance to buy the coveted watch, which was priced at $52,635. Bloomberg News consumer reporter Jeannette Neumann details the fallout after salespeople at the iconic jeweler were reportedly instructed to guide wealthier patrons toward spending $2 million to $3 million with no guarantee of access to the coveted timepiece. Jeannette speaks with Tim Stenovec and Norah Mulinda on Bloomberg Businessweek Daily.
New York Times
13-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
PSG and Chelsea in the Club World Cup final reflects the state of the game in 2025
There was a temporary exhibit in the lobby of Trump Tower this week, near the 60-foot waterfall, the gold-plated escalator and the gold-plated elevators, and it looked right at home. FIFA's new Club World Cup trophy was crafted in collaboration with luxury jeweller Tiffany & Co, which is based on the same block on New York City's Fifth Avenue. It is plated in 24-carat gold — 'prestigious, timeless,' says FIFA president Gianni Infantino, whose name appears on it. Twice. Advertisement It is certainly eye-catching. Like some expensive toy, it comes with a key which, if turned three times, allows the trophy to be opened up and transformed — in this case from a shield into what FIFA calls a 'multifaceted and orbital structure'. 'Wow,' President Trump said when Infantino gave a demonstration in front of television cameras in the Oval Office in April. 'You've gotta be kidding.' Trump is expected to join Infantino as part of the presentation party that will hand the trophy to the winning captain — either Paris Saint-Germain's Marquinhos or Chelsea's Reece James — after Sunday's Club World Cup final at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey (or 'New York New Jersey' as FIFA appears intent on rebranding it). Quite what the captain does with the trophy at that point — whether he lifts it, or opens it, or opens it and then tries to lift it in its expanded form — remains to be seen. But Infantino will have the moment he craves: fireworks, blaring music and Trump in attendance as the new world champions celebrate with the trophy and the winning club's owners celebrate a windfall in the region of $114million (£84.5million). This summer's Club World Cup has been a strange experience. There has been a lot to take issue with, from the way it was crowbarred into a small gap in a horribly congested calendar to the commercially driven insistence on playing matches in scorching heat at the height of an American summer. The prize fund is only going to compound the issue of financial inequality in the game and then there's the endless bombast from Infantino about how 'the 32 best teams in the world' and their fans have created drama and atmosphere on an 'epic', 'phenomenal', 'incredible' scale, beyond anything previously seen in club football. 'If you want the headline from the beginning — as we are in Trump Tower — the golden era of global club football has started,' Infantino declared on Saturday morning. 'We can say definitely that this FIFA Club World Cup has been a huge, huge, huge success. After the final tomorrow we will have (had) two or three billion viewers all over the world, watching the top, top, top-quality football featuring the best players in the best teams in the world.' Advertisement The tournament has had its moments, but is this the showpiece final Infantino would have wished for the first version of the expanded tournament? Probably not; even if he were to look beyond his lifelong affinity with Internazionale, he might have preferred to see a final involving Real Madrid and/or one of the South American teams. The first would have been for commercial reasons, the second because it would have brought a global dimension, as well as a colour and vibrancy, that an all-European final lacks. In many ways, though, a final between PSG and Chelsea seems to encapsulate the state of the game in 2025: a club owned by a Qatari sovereign wealth fund facing a club owned primarily by an American private equity firm. They are two of the three clubs with the biggest net transfer spend in world football over the past decade. (The fact that the other club in that trio is Manchester United, owned by an American family with a real estate empire, at least serves as a reminder that spending fortunes does not always guarantee success.) Money makes the world go around — and no more than in football. The sport did not anticipate the influx of American and Middle Eastern wealth it has seen over the past couple of decades, but it now actively lusts after that investment, whether direct or otherwise. FIFA, football's world governing body, is at the centre of that equation. This is a tournament on American soil, bankrolled by American and Middle Eastern investment. When, shortly after succeeding Sepp Blatter as FIFA president in 2016, Infantino floated the idea of an expanded Club World Cup with a $1billion prize fund for participating clubs, questions were asked about where that money was going to come from. The answer, to a large extent, is from the United States and the Middle East: big commercial deals with U.S. firms such as Coca Cola, Visa and Bank of America as well as with Qatar Airways and PIF (a Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund) and an enormous television rights deal with DAZN, a U.S-based broadcaster that is now part-owned by SURJ Sports Investment, a subsidiary of PIF. Infantino has been unapologetic for chasing Middle Eastern investment. In May he arrived late at the FIFA Congress in Asuncion, Paraguay — to the disdain of delegates from UEFA, European football's governing body — after spending the previous days at various summits and ceremonial events with Trump in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Advertisement At the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum in Riyadh, the FIFA president spoke about the 'huge … unexploited potential' — even now — for investment from both countries, telling his audience: 'Invest in the beautiful game! It will be the best investment you can make!' Infantino claims interest in the Club World Cup has been off the scale. But it seems irrelevant to question whether a Qatari airline or a Saudi sovereign wealth fund has extracted value from sponsorship deals if those deals are less about 'value' in the traditional sense than about cementing that nation's government's relationship with FIFA and enjoying whatever benefits might come of that. Next summer the U.S. will co-host the men's World Cup with Canada and Mexico. Three-quarters of the games (78 out of 104) will take place in American cities and the whole affair seems to be shaping into a Trump-Infantino production. Trump has delighted his 'good friend' and FIFA counterpart by becoming the chair of the 2026 World Cup task force — and this at a time when Trump signed executive orders restricting the entry to the U.S. by nationals from various countries while imposing heavy trade tariffs on others, including their tournament co-hosts Mexico. Trump told reporters in March that political or economic tensions between the U.S. and its neighbours and co-hosts might make the World Cup 'much more exciting'. Infantino, alongside him, nodded in agreement. As for Saudi Arabia, it will host the 2034 men's World Cup — despite the concerns raised by various groups about the kingdom's human rights record — and its influence on FIFA and the football industry continues to grow. Infantino's predecessor Sepp Blatter told German TV channel ntv this week: 'We have lost football to Saudi Arabia. We offered it and they took it. Surprisingly, there is no opposition to this within FIFA.' Football revolves around the prestige and profile of the biggest clubs in Europe, which import talent from all over the world but primarily from South America and Africa. But the football economy, increasingly, revolves around the U.S. and the Middle East. Where any of this is leading is anyone's guess. But in a decade that has already seen 12 of Europe's biggest clubs try and fail to establish a breakaway Super League, it is easy to imagine a scenario in which the game's established structure comes under serious threat once more. Advertisement The scene in the VIP section at Wednesday's semi-final at MetLife (below) — Infantino, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, PSG chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Turki Al-Sheikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority — left you wondering just how four of the most influential figures in football in 2025 might proceed if, hypothetically, they felt they had the opportunity to change the game's landscape to their design. It is hard not to imagine that Infantino's vision for the future goes much further than a 32-team tournament every four years when he has been talking about this tournament as a 'big bang' and a 'new era of club football'. At Saturday's chaotic media event at Trump Tower, The Athletic asked the FIFA president if he might push for it to be played every two years. 'In the future we will see what it brings us. We will make it better,' he said, a vague answer that will cause consternation among traditionalists. Infantino sounds like someone who is looking far beyond the game's traditional structures and architecture, in which everything is built around national leagues. The football business has changed hugely — and some of us would say not for the better — over the first quarter of the 21st century. It threatens to change far more dramatically over the next 25 years. He claimed the Club World Cup has broken all records when it comes to the revenue generated per match, saying that 'no other club competition in the world today comes anywhere close'. Those enormous commercial deals have certainly helped at a time when the organisers have found themselves putting the 'dynamic' into 'dynamic pricing' by slashing ticket prices in a bid to minimise the number of empty seats in the knock-out rounds. Whether the tournament has captured the imagination of the typical football fan — or, to generalise less, of the typical cross-section of football fans — is a different matter entirely. A Champions League or Copa Libertadores semi-final and final is an enormous event that stops people in its tracks and dominates conversations; a World Cup final even more so. Was the football world captivated when PSG tore Real Madrid apart on Wednesday? It didn't feel like it. Will it be any different when PSG take on Chelsea on Sunday? It is hard to imagine so. The Club World Cup has its showpiece event, one that promises to be illuminated by a PSG team that has taken its game to another level since the turn of the year, excelling under the stewardship of Luis Enrique. But whether Sunday's final will represent a showpiece for the game, or merely for FIFA's success in milking it, is another question. In the post-match festivities, that key will be turned three times to unlock the trophy. Infantino might say it is symbolic of club football's true potential being unlocked as part of this new 'golden era' he has been talking about. But … oh, what's that saying? All that glitters is not gold.
CNA
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CNA
Star Awards 2025 bling report: The standout jewellery looks worn by Zoe Tay, Hong Ling and more
The 30th edition of the Star Awards saw local celebrities stepping out in their best looks. To complement their outfits, they wore equally impressive jewellery – from brilliant brooches to bold necklaces and elegant earrings. Tiffany & Co's iconic Bird on a Rock brooch remains a bona fide red carpet staple, and we love how Rebecca Lim unexpectedly styled hers on the collar of her high-neck gown, breaking away from the traditional side brooch placement. Also in Tiffany & Co, Elvin Ng accessorised his utilitarian-inspired look with a Jean Schlumberger Sea Star Diamond Brooch and a Tiffany HardWear Necklace. The Bvlgari Serpenti motif was another popular choice on the red carpet, worn by the likes of Hong Ling and Tyler Ten. Tasha Low stood out in a light green Chanel ensemble embellished with feathers, pairing it with statement Plume de Chanel earrings and the Graphic No 5 ring. Zoe Tay, also in Chanel, wore a long black tweed coat accessorised with the Bouton de Camelia Choker, Comete Chevron single earring, and Lune Talisman single earring. Herman Keh was perhaps the flashiest among the men, sporting a floral high jewellery necklace by Malaysian label Amee Philips, which shimmered with extraordinary Brazilian Paraiba tourmalines.
