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Boston Globe
28-02-2025
- Boston Globe
A mannequin is tossed off a bridge, a woman is accused of urinating on quinoa, and an owl is rescued
After someone staged this scene on the Weeks Footbridge on Feb. 20, police arrived and discovered the "blood" was fake. Live Boston News Advertisement UNHAPPY VALENTINE On Feb. 15, Sandwich police got a call from a man who reported his girlfriend had taken off in his company vehicle that she wasn't supposed to be driving. Officers located the woman driving his work vehicle and promptly pulled her over. They then got to hear her side of the story. 'The woman reported she wanted to leave an event, but her boyfriend did not, so she took the vehicle,' police wrote on Facebook. The man ultimately declined to press charges against his girlfriend, and she was brought to the police station to wait for a ride. The current status of the couple's relationship is unknown, but it probably was 'not the Valentine's Weekend they had planned,' police wrote. Advertisement URINE TROUBLE On Feb. 14, police in Keene, N.H. OWL RESCUE On Feb. 7 State Police Trooper Colby Buccheri from the Andover barracks responded to a call of an injured bird. When Buccheri arrived at the reported location, he found an injured barred owl in a wooded area near the highway. Buccheri made a makeshift nest using an empty box and a blanket and took the owl to Chelmsford for treatment. The State Police Association of Massachusetts shared photos of the rescued owl on Advertisement Emily Sweeney can be reached at
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Winnie Harlow Engaged To NBA Baller Kyle Kuzma, Model Flaunts Ring In Proposal Snaps
NBA baller Kyle Kuzma proposed to girlfriend, model Winnie Harlow, over Valentine's Weekend, with both taking to social media to share snaps and video of their engagement night. Both Kuzma and Harlow's Instagram accounts shared a carousel of snaps from their engagement Tuesday (Feb. 18), including several on what appears to be a private plane heavily decorated with roses. Winnie matched the decor in a red blouse and pants, topped with a red trench coat. All photos feature the runway pro showing off her ring before a video plays of the beauty walking into a private event and being surprised by loved ones as Jagged Edge's 'Let's Get Married (Remix)' plays in the background. Take a look at the snaps and clip below. The couple received congratulations from several of their industry pals, including LaLa Anthony, Draya Michele, BIA, Sevyn Streeter, Nazanin Mandi, Safaree Samuels, and others. Harlow and Kuzma have been dating since early 2020, when the athlete slid into the America's Next Top Model alum's DMs. While they moved to be closer to each other in April, they wouldn't confirm their romance until June 2020 when the pair went 'Instagram official.' The couple have been riding high ever since, with Harlow famously avoiding singer Usher's flirtatious serenade during his Las Vegas residency out of respect for the Milwaukee Buck back in 2023. News of Harlow and Kuzma's engagement follows the same for DeVon Franklin and celebrity trainer Maria Castillo, who announced their engagement one day before Valentine's Day. More from Cardi B And Stefon Diggs Spark Romance Rumors With Valentine's Day Sighting DeJ Loaf Denies Issue With Deiondra Sanders Over Jacquees: "I Respect People's Relationships" Ye And Bianca Censori's Rep Refutes Divorce Rumors Following Grammy Appearance
Yahoo
16-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
TV's Worst Couples: 40+ Pairs We Wish We Could Forget Ever Happened
As Valentine's Weekend winds down, we're realizing that not every TV couple deserves flowers and candy. Far from it, in fact! Though television has given us plenty of swoon-worthy romances over the years, it's also delivered quite a few duds. From the yawn-inducing (Riverdale's Archie and Valerie) to the out-of-left-field (Parks and Recreation's Tom and Ann) to the downright wrong (Game of Thrones' Jaime and Cersei), there's been no shortage of small-screen relationships that probably shouldn't have happened in the first place. More from TVLine Every New Scripted Show Confirmed to Premiere in 2025 - Save the Dates! Killing Eve: The 10 Best Villanelle and Eve Moments, Ranked - Watch Video TV's Best Series Finales of All Time, Ranked: Cheers, Six Feet Under, Friends, ER, 12 Monkeys, S.H.I.E.L.D. and More In the list below, we've thrown a little anti-Valentine's Day party, recognizing more than 40 TV pairings that just didn't work. And though we've included some couples that are out-and-out toxic — we're lookin' at you, The Oval's Hunter and Victoria! — most of the duos on our list suffered more from lack of chemistry and/or romantic expectations that simply weren't met. Keep scrolling to see all of our picks for TV's worst mismatches, then drop a comment below with the couples you'd add. (And if you're in the mood for something a little more lovey-dovey, go here to see the TV characters we're hoping will couple up soon. We're hopeless romantics, too!) There's no denying that the clueless Tariq brought laughs when he was first introduced, but as a boyfriend, he failed on so many levels. Janine deserved so much better than someone who took advantage of her — and, thankfully, she got it in new beau Gregory, while Tariq has evolved into an amusing side character. We don't begrudge Vaughn for moving on after Sydney's 'death,' but… actually, you know what, we do take issue with that. Sex and the City fans were not happy when Miranda ditched her marriage to Steve for a steamy affair with the non-binary stand-up comic played by Sara Ramírez on Max's sequel series. They certainly had passion (just ask Carrie's kitchen), but it was so out-of-character for Miranda to be that reckless and impulsive that it just rang false. Miranda and Che tried to make it work as a couple, but ultimately went their separate ways in Season 2 — and fans breathed a sigh of relief. Not only did they 'meet not anything close to cute' — the Channel 52 news reporter made herself known by publicly trashing his mayoralty — but their eventual hook-up was colored by the fact that she was snooping into his possible secret identity. In a season that also gave us Felicity/Billy, it was a bridge too far. After getting rejected by Brennan, Booth rebounded with a beautiful, award-winning journalist and — this just in! — the whole relationship felt like the contrived plot device it was. Simply put, self-proclaimed 'brat' Kennedy was a poor excuse for a follow-up to Willow's epic romance with Tara. Is anyone surprised that a character played by Nick Lachey didn't turn out to be the love of Phoebe's life? Jeff and Lester had more romantic chemistry than these mismatched spies, whose relationship was nothing more than a plot device to drive yet another wedge between the series' central couple. We were so relieved when Shaw finally broke bad and Chuck and Sarah got together in Paris. He's violent, impulsive and sadistic. (Remember the choking… and the gun?) She's manipulative, superficial and deceitful. (Remember the lying about blacking out during the pool sex?) Together, these two popular kids make for one of the most co-dependent, dysfunctional, quite frankly frightening couples at East Highland High School. Beyond the fact that the King's Landing duo was brother and sister — and yes, we understand that's a big fact to get past — the Lannister twins' lifelong affair caused nothing but heartache, destruction and at least one attempted murder. The only thing more stomach-turning than watching self-absorbed Marnie hump and dump Ray time and time again was watching the besotted chump volunteer to let her do it. At least she and Desi had narcissism in common. For those of you who tuned out when the Fox comedy moved to Fridays in its final season, this is what you missed. This right here. In the end, the docs realized they didn't like each other any more than viewers liked them together. But at least we'll always have those jokes about the step-siblings' awkward romance to snicker over. 'Til death do us part' took on a whole new meaning when the vow was exchanged by the Harringtons on Tyler Perry's primetime soap. David meant that he wanted to grow old with Veronica. And the homophobic harpy? She meant that if her better half dared to call her a 'delusional simple bitch' — and you bet he did — she'd set their house on fire while he slept inside it! Originally retained by House to spy on Wilson, private eye Lucas Douglas soon enough set his sights on Cuddy. What followed can best be described as a 'placeholder courtship,' since we, and eventually Cuddy, knew that her feelings for House ran deeper than she cared to admit. Ted went through his fair share of failed relationships before meeting the show's title character, but this one was a mismatched disaster from the start. When the CW series paired up the do-gooder with Hawkgirl… well, the relationship was so unmemorable and lacking in chemistry that we've pretty much blocked it out of our memory. Thankfully, the show course-corrected and moved on from the ill-conceived romance. The idea to flesh out and give names to some of the 'background' castaways was a logical one, but to make Nikki and Paulo work, we needed to buy into their well-tested romance from go. But there wasn't nearly enough chemistry there to give their warmed-over con artists backstory any sort of charge. As The Next Big Obstacle for Deckerstar, Lieutenant Pierce never gave fans cause for concern. Before we knew his true identity (i.e. Cain), he came off as reserved and by-the-book, almost stuffy. Plus, there was the whole 'Chloe's boss' factor, which we can't dismiss with a hand-wave. Then, once we knew his true interest in Chloe (to make him killable), any half of a hint of attraction was tainted. What happens when a long-running primetime soap completely runs out of characters to pair together? You're lookin' at it, folks. This flimsy relationship, which somehow evolved into an even flimsier marriage, was as much of a chore for the characters to endure as it was for us to watch. We get that Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis (allegedly!) despised each other, but this was not the solution. 'Layna'? More like lame-a, right? The writers spent more than three seasons trying to make this awkward pairing happen. But even though Erin sat in Pam's old chair, these two just never had that special Jim-and-Pam spark, did they? The Season 7 'requel' was contingent upon us longing for these two to recognize their feelings for each other and share True Love's Kiss. Instead, the pairing delivered True Love's Miss. It was Alex who ratted Piper out and got her sent to Litchfield in the first place. Then, in the final season, she went and cheated on Piper with CO McCullough. Suffice it to say, we were #TeamZelda. Where. Do. We. Even. Begin. The very first episode of Tyler Perry's White House drama kicked off with a knock-down, drag-out brawl between POTUS and FLOTUS, and the animosity between them has only grown in the 100-plus episodes since. We've frankly lost track of how many times Hunter and Victoria have tried to kill one another over the course of the show, but we're pretty sure that once is too many, at least for married couples. These two really take 'til death do us part' to a whole new level. Yes, this really happened: The angelic Ann Perkins briefly gave in and dated wannabe ladies' man Tom, even moving in with him in Season 5. Their chemistry was less 'passionate lovers' and more 'bratty brother and annoyed older sister.' A sweet high school romance, rekindled later in life, became the destructive force that ruined the St. Patricks' marriage, destroyed Angie's career and ultimately was the driving force behind the assistant U.S. attorney's brutal murder. The fans already hated Elliott for not being Emily — and that was before they found out he only married Alison to drive her crazy, steal her money and probably murder her. Hanna deserves a Purple Heart for accidentally killing him before he got the chance. Amandily Tharke — as we like to call her — had some epic romances over the course of this ABC drama's four seasons. She also dated Aiden. The CW's teen drama had plenty of romantic pairings in its seven-season run… and this one ranked right at the bottom. In Season 1, Archie and Valerie bonded over their shared love of music (remember when Archie loved music?), but there wasn't much of a spark between them, and we all knew it was just a matter of time until Archie ended up with Betty or Veronica anyway. These two split after just a few episodes — and Valerie vanished altogether midway through Season 2. On a show where the worst thing a couple can be is boring, this pair was a major offender. Say what you will about Olivia's messed-up romances with Fitz and Jake — at least they kept things interesting. George Costanza was always miserable, so why should his longest relationship be any different? After dating in Season 4, George and Susan got engaged in Season 7, but he instantly regretted his decision, scratching and clawing to find an escape while the perfectly dull Susan made him stay home and watch Mad About You. George finally did escape… when Susan shockingly died after licking too many cheap wedding invitations made with toxic glue. We can't help but wonder: What could Carrie have been thinking at the time, seeing any bit of charm in the America-mocking art snob played by Mikhail Baryshnikov? Hell, the guy couldn't even make Paris seem a lick romantic. Here is a case where the young, attractive leads shared a certain chemistry, but the years and years of trials and tribulations and secrets and lies that plagued the characters had erased, bit by bit, any sense of joy from their eventual union. This marriage of convenience became awfully inconvenient. She openly mocked him and made him agree to have an open relationship on their wedding night (!). He wondered out loud if he'd be any more miserable without her than he already is with her (!!). And then there was the HBO drama's final season, which featured a blistering balcony argument between the two and, in the series finale, the most loveless hand-hold of all time after Tom took over Waystar Royco. We don't actually wish this particular pairing had never happened, though: Can you imagine a world without Sarah Snook and Matthew Macfadyen's incredible performances? Much of Season 8 felt like a fever dream, including this totally unbelievable pairing. Jackie had shown zero romantic interest in Fez before Hyde (who was temporarily married) and Kelso (in the wake of Ashton Kutcher's departure) were no longer viable options. We were sold on these two at the beginning, but after seeing Sookie with Alcide (and Eric!), it was kind of hard to watch her go back to Bill. At least things worked out for the couple off-screen! We don't even care that Alaric used to be Caroline's high school history teacher, as Mystic Falls was rampant with age-inappropriate romances. (Hello? This is a show about hundred-year-old vampires dating teenagers. Let's pick our battles, people.) No, our biggest issue with this pairing is that they simply had no chemistry whatsoever — which is wild, because Candice King could have chemistry with a houseplant. And let's be real, the only reason they got together in the first place was because Caroline was forced to carry Alaric's twin daughters in her own womb after his pregnant fiancée was murdered on their wedding day. That's not a relationship, baby, that's borderline Stockholm Syndrome. Coming off more as acquaintances than even roommates, these sparks-free lovers only served to tick us off that the show sped through Gabriel's romance with Anne and, at least on screen, completely bypassed Rosita's fling with Siddiq. We were all in on these two when the feisty barrel racer punched the ranch hand's V-card while he was laid up in the hospital. But the way that Mia pressured Jimmy to return to bronc riding, regardless of the fact that it was likely to kill him, made us not just relieved but [bleepin'] thrilled when he hooked up with sweet veterinarian Emily. Best of TVLine Weirdest TV Crossovers: Always Sunny Meets Abbott, Family Guy vs. Simpsons, Nine-Nine Recruits New Girl and More ER Turns 30: See the Original County General Crew, Then and Now The Best Streaming Services in 2024: Disney+, Hulu, Max and More


CBS News
14-02-2025
- CBS News
Weekend To Do List: Activities for Valentine's Day and school vacation week
BOSTON - It's Valentine's Weekend and the start of school vacation week and there's plenty going on that couples and families will enjoy in Massachusetts. The Rink at MarketStreet in Lynnfield Head to Lynnfield for a special ice skating experience at the Rink at MarketStreet. Enjoy skating under twinkling lights, complete with music, fire pits and a warming tent. Visit MarketStreet's Green for all the fun through Feb. 23. When: Through Feb. 23. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Special February break hours, Feb. 17-21, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Where: The Green, MarketStreet, 600 Market St., Lynnfield Cost: $12 to skate, $6 for skate rental. Kids under 3 skate free Click here for more information School Vacation Pickleball in Natick Keep the kids active indoors at Natick's new pickleball complex for school vacation. Bosse combines pickleball with delicious food for a day the whole family can get in on! With specials for school vacation week, it's the perfect chance for the kids to try a new sport. Don't forget to check out their Valentine's experience too if you're looking for something to do with your loved one. When: Monday to Sunday from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. Where: Bosse Pickleball Court, 310 Speen St., Natick Click here for more information Adult Maple Stroll at Appleton Farms It's maple sugaring season at Appleton Farms in Ipswich! An adult maple stroll takes place Saturday along the farm's roads. Learn the history and science behind making local syrup and if you have smaller kids, check out Maple in the Barnyard. Pre-register for your spot online first and if you can't make it this weekend, the maple-flavored fun continues every weekend through the end of March.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
INTRODUCING SMART LIFT: AN INNOVATIVE NEW UNLINED BRA BY CACIQUE INTIMATES
65 Sizes. 4 Years in the Making. 2 Best-Loved Cacique Bra Frames. 1 New Game-Changing Bra COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cacique Intimates, the leading large cup and large bust bra brand, has cracked the code on an unlined bra that lifts and shapes without sacrificing comfort. Say good-bye to bulky bra padding and say hello to your new favorite everyday bra: Smart Lift. The Smart Lift Bra and the Cacique Intimates assortment is exclusively shoppable at Lane Bryant. In the past, full cup customers have shied away from unlined bras, fearing lack of support and containment. In order to ensure the Smart Lift unlined bra fit was flawless, Cacique's design team leveraged customers whose try-on feedback helped perfect the new bra style. Some even called the Smart Lift "magic" and a "can't-wait-to-put-it-on, everyday bra." A light fabric that feels so silky coupled with a power mesh, flexible side wing, this bra isn't just genius – it's beyond comfortable too. The Smart Lift Bra's most innovative feature is the cup construction that intuitively lifts and supports breasts of all shapes, size, and even unevenness, all the way up to a K cup. Another exceptional feature? The fabrication of the Smart Lift Bra disappears under tops and dresses and doesn't cling, providing a smooth foundation under any Spring outfit. "Cacique is an established expert in delivering unparallelled support for larger bust sizes without compromising comfort," said VP of Merchandising at Cacique, Heather Naughton. "When unlined bras started to become more of a trend, we knew we needed to dream up an innovative solution that would effortlessly support our fuller-cup customers' curves without traditional foam cups. The other bras in the market just don't cut it for our customer regarding all day support and comfort. Smart Lift gives her the lift she knows Cacique will deliver, in a gorgeous range of colors in our two well-loved bra frames. Trust our experts – slipping on a Smart Lift bra will undoubtedly be her smartest spring decision." Cacique offers the new Smart Lift Bra in the brand's best-loved Balconette & Full Coverage frames. The Smart Lift bra is available in over 65 sizes, in band sizes 34-50 and cup sizes C-K. As a special Valentine's Weekend gift, Cacique will offer the Smart Lift Bra for just $30 February 14-17, 2025. Shop the Smart Lift Bra at your favorite Lane Bryant store or Be the first to get the scoop on the newest product drops and so much more by following Lane Bryant and Cacique Intimates on social media: Facebook: & TikTok: @lanebryantHashtag: #LaneBryant About Lane Bryant®:Lane Bryant is an American fashion brand that offers a unique combination of elevated and casual apparel in sizes 10-40. The Lane Bryant assortment dresses customers from weekday to weekend, offering apparel that includes denim, pants, skirts, tops, dresses, jackets, and outerwear. Lane Bryant also offers footwear in sizes 7W-12W and accessories. Lane Bryant's Cacique® intimate apparel brand offers impeccably designed everyday panties, bras and sleep, lounge, and swimwear, as well as Seriously Sexy lingerie. Bras are offered in 100 sizes, in band sizes in 34-54 and cup sizes B-K. Lane Bryant fashions and Cacique Intimates are available nationwide at 400 Lane Bryant stores and online at View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Lane Bryant