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Time of India
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Who Is Tennis Star Coco Gauff Dating? Everything You Need to Know About Her Love Interest
(Image via Instagram/ Coco Gauff) Prepare to be intrigued. Off the glittering courts and Grand Slam triumphs, Coco Gauff—America's teenage tennis sensation turned world No. 2—has quietly let someone special serve into her private life. A hush of mystery swirls around this affable Atlanta-born beau, but he's not just another racketeer. He's the unexpected calm behind Coco's storm of success: a musically inclined, acting‑aspiring gentleman who dated her mother's fourth-grade pupil! Since 2023, they've shared hushed late-night calls, supportive smiles in the stands, and a bond both refreshingly private and confidently public. So…who is he? What does he do? And how did their love story unfold? Read on for your insider's glimpse at the man keeping pace with tennis royalty. Who is Coco Gauff dating ? Since 2023, Coco Gauff has been quietly partnered with a private, Atlanta-raised young man whose identity she prefers to keep under wraps. Born and raised in the same city where Coco grew up, he once even sat in her mother Candi's fourth-grade classroom—earning her admiration as 'a smart, nice kid'. Though Gauff hasn't named him publicly, the couple has been spotted together on social media and at events, confirming his quiet but unwavering presence in her life. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like What She Did Mid-Air Left Passengers Speechless medalmerit Learn More Undo Fans' speculations and reports by Hindustan Times indicate that the man in question might be Jalen Sera. What does Coco Gauff's partner do for a living? While he doesn't chase tennis balls, he chases creativity. Gauff has shared that her boyfriend is not involved in sports, which she treasures for providing a different outlook. Vogue reported he's in school and preparing for music school—he plays guitar, harbors acting ambitions, and even aims to tread the boards one day. He's also shown up in Coco's social media world, cheering her on and engaging in lighthearted debates—most memorably over who loves cantaloupe more during a sweet post‑French Open date. Where Did They Meet & How Did Their Love Story Begin? Their connection is as charming as it is poetic. Long before Grand Slams and global applause, Coco's mother taught this young man in elementary school. Fast forward years later, fate—and social circles—brought them together again. Their shared background of Atlanta nostalgia likely sparked something deeper. Coco told TIME in April 2024, 'To just have someone to talk to who is not involved in tennis at all gives me a fresh perspective'. What began with genuine connection matured into her first 'real' relationship—one rooted in familiarity, anonymity, and emotional grounding. What Role Has He Played in Her Tennis Journey? Behind every massive serve is a mindful supporter. In September 2023, before the U.S. Open final, Coco found herself caught in overthinking. She told reporters she called her boyfriend late into the night—'we spoke until 1:00 a.m. and then I went to sleep'—crediting that call with helping calm her nerves and sharpen her focus. That conversation preceded her stunning second Grand Slam win. Their relationship quietly complements her meteoric rise, with him offering solace, laughter, and perspective under pressure. Coco Gauff's love story offers more than celebrity romance—it's a tale of trust, mutual growth, and gentle grounding. With a partner from her hometown who defies public spotlight, she's carved a space for herself outside tennis's glare. A creative soul with guitar strings and acting dreams, he's the calming counterpoint to her athletic fire. As Coco balances titles and travels, their relationship—rooted in childhood familiarity and emotional anchoring—reveals a maturity beyond her years. And in that tender balance of love and ambition, perhaps lies another secret to the soaring success of this tennis prodigy. Game On Season 1 kicks off with Sakshi Malik's inspiring story. Watch Episode 1 here
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
People Are Sharing Disney Movies That Made Them Cry Unexpectedly, And I En(Can't)o
Disney likes to play with our emotions. Who would have guessed animated films about talking animals and princesses could set the waterworks in motion? On the always honest r/AskReddit, Reddit user u/Traditional_Scar3701 asked: What Disney movie made you unexpectedly cry? The results will have you looking like Niagara Falls: *SPOILERS AHEAD* 1."The end of Onward...I wasn't expecting the waterworks there!" —u/4_815162342 2."Luca! At the end, when his friend lets him get on the train to go to school!" —u/c-wheezer 3."Just finished Coco and I'm a wreck." —u/Traditional_Scar3701 "Everyone's a gangster until Mama Coco starts singing." —u/yekirati 4."Big Hero 6. I watched it a few months after my own brother was killed. It wrecked me." —u/Successful-Yak-6019 5."When I rewatched Lilo and Stitch for the first time as an adult, Nani facing the fact that Lilo was going to be taken by the social worker crushed me. Never fazed me as a kid." —u/WordStained 6."Didn't think I'd be crying just nine minutes into an animated kids' film. It was Up." —u/paulvs88 7."Two parts of Moana: When the grandmother becomes a sting ray, and when she sings to Tafiti's molten lava version. 'They have stolen the heart from inside you. But this does not define you.' Lost it." —u/AccomplishedBid495 8."The Lion King is very heavy." —u/DilophosaurusMilk 9."I recently watched Finding Nemo again, having become a parent, and the scene where they're reunited made me sob." —u/bethyjane 10."The Fox and the Hound was the first movie that made me cry as a kid. 'Yeah, friends. Forever.'" —u/SithDraven 11."The first Guardians of the Galaxy, when Quill's mom dies. I was not expecting that. A few years later, my mom would also die of cancer." —u/TheUnknown285 Related: I'm Gonna Have To Log Off For A Bit After Learning About These Terrible, Shocking, And Horrifying Things 12."Inside Out 2 with the panic attack scene causes anxiety." —u/Young-SnowBlood 13."Encanto. Mirabelle's ending was well-earned and executed. The payoff made me ugly cry buckets." —u/whatevsjustreading 14."The scene in Encanto where Abuela witnesses her husband's murder and just screams silently gets me EVERY SINGLE TIME. It's so visceral and well-done. That whole sequence with 'Dos Origuitas' makes me sad because we see that Abuela was an earnest goofball just like Mirabel, even though she looks a lot like Isabela." —u/IKacyU 15."Encanto. First time watching it, I figured it would have some emotion because it is Disney, but when the sister sang 'I'm pretty sure I'm worthless if I can't be of service,' it got me." —u/Raddpixie 16."The short Bao." —u/graphicka 17."'Do You Want to Build a Snowman?' from Frozen still breaks me" —u/user Related: 40 Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Creepy Wikipedia Pages 18."'Reflection' in Mulan." —u/Frieren_the_Great 19."Finding Dory…the scene where they first show Dory's parents' house and all the seashell trails…I'm choking up just thinking about it." —u/TypeRighter6 20."F*ckin' Bambi. I was a mere child when I saw it, and the last thing I expected was that they were going to kill off his mother!" —u/Story_Man_75 21."The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The sincerity of a man who just wants to be accepted and have friends, meaningful relationships, and experiences. It's a struggle for him. Cried when Quasi was so excited about the Festival of Fools, and he gets laughed back to the Church. The song 'Heaven's Light' is so sweetly innocent. And at the end, when he is finally accepted. Tears. " —u/ixnay-amscray 22."'You'll be in my Heart' from Tarzan hits way different now that I have my own kid." —u/nnnmmmh 23."Meet The Robinsons. It is such a great movie. I don't understand why it isn't more popular. I can't make it through without crying like a baby." —u/--i--love--lamp-- 24."Going back a ways: Old Yeller." —u/EarlyRetirementWorld 25."Beauty and the Beast, bawled like a freaking baby." —u/santanapoptarts 26."Finding Nemo, when Marlin flashes back to rolling Nemo's egg in his fin." —u/Ganbario 27."The Good Dinosaur… that movie was sad." —u/DenverTigerCO 28."Soul made me ugly cry." —u/Daisy-Ireland 29."Cars, despite watching dozens of times, whenever lightning pushes the king across the line, my sprinkler system malfunctions." —u/Obviousbrosif 30."Obviously, Deadpool & Wolverine." —u/Ganbario 31."Wall-E." —u/Psychological_Air455 32."I couldn't finish Inside Out. Didn't even get to Bing Bong." —u/Difficult-Donkey-722 finally, "Frozen II. I was coming out of a very, very bad situation and had taken my kid to see it. When 'Show Yourself' played, I openly wept. I still cry during that song. It helped me gain courage to be myself and grow into my power." —u/TheMaddieBlue Which Disney film made you unexpectedly cry? Comment below and tell us why! Stream all your favorite Disney classics on Disney+. Also in Internet Finds: People Are Sharing "The Most Believable Conspiracy Theories," And Now I'm Questioning Everything I Thought I Knew Also in Internet Finds: Holy Crap, I Can't Stop Laughing At These 28 Painfully Awkward And Embarrassing Conversations Also in Internet Finds: 23 Cute, Happy, And Wholesome Posts I Saw On The Internet This Week That You Absolutely Need To See
Buzz Feed
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Unexpected Emotional Disney Movies That Break Hearts
Disney likes to play with our emotions. Who would have guessed animated films about talking animals and princesses could set the waterworks in motion? On the always honest r/AskReddit, Reddit user u/Traditional_Scar3701 asked: What Disney movie made you unexpectedly cry? The results will have you looking like Niagara Falls: *SPOILERS AHEAD* "The end of Onward...I wasn't expecting the waterworks there!" "Luca! At the end, when his friend lets him get on the train to go to school!" "Just finished Coco and I'm a wreck." "Big Hero 6. I watched it a few months after my own brother was killed. It wrecked me." "When I rewatched Lilo and Stitch for the first time as an adult, Nani facing the fact that Lilo was going to be taken by the social worker crushed me. Never fazed me as a kid." "Didn't think I'd be crying just nine minutes into an animated kids' film. It was Up." "Two parts of Moana: When the grandmother becomes a sting ray, and when she sings to Tafiti's molten lava version. 'They have stolen the heart from inside you. But this does not define you.' Lost it." "The Lion King is very heavy." "I recently watched Finding Nemo again, having become a parent, and the scene where they're reunited made me sob." "The Fox and the Hound was the first movie that made me cry as a kid. 'Yeah, friends. Forever.'" "The first Guardians of the Galaxy, when Quill's mom dies. I was not expecting that. A few years later, my mom would also die of cancer." "Inside Out 2 with the panic attack scene causes anxiety." "Encanto. Mirabelle's ending was well-earned and executed. The payoff made me ugly cry buckets." "The scene in Encanto where Abuela witnesses her husband's murder and just screams silently gets me EVERY SINGLE TIME. It's so visceral and well-done. That whole sequence with 'Dos Origuitas' makes me sad because we see that Abuela was an earnest goofball just like Mirabel, even though she looks a lot like Isabela." "Encanto. First time watching it, I figured it would have some emotion because it is Disney, but when the sister sang 'I'm pretty sure I'm worthless if I can't be of service,' it got me." "The short Bao." "'Do You Want to Build a Snowman?' from Frozen still breaks me" "'Reflection' in Mulan." "Finding Dory…the scene where they first show Dory's parents' house and all the seashell trails…I'm choking up just thinking about it." "F*ckin' Bambi. I was a mere child when I saw it, and the last thing I expected was that they were going to kill off his mother!" "The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The sincerity of a man who just wants to be accepted and have friends, meaningful relationships, and experiences. It's a struggle for him. Cried when Quasi was so excited about the Festival of Fools, and he gets laughed back to the Church. The song 'Heaven's Light' is so sweetly innocent. And at the end, when he is finally accepted. Tears. " "'You'll be in my Heart' from Tarzan hits way different now that I have my own kid." "Meet The Robinsons. It is such a great movie. I don't understand why it isn't more popular. I can't make it through without crying like a baby." "Going back a ways: Old Yeller." "Beauty and the Beast, bawled like a freaking baby." "Finding Nemo, when Marlin flashes back to rolling Nemo's egg in his fin." "The Good Dinosaur… that movie was sad." "Soul made me ugly cry." "Cars, despite watching dozens of times, whenever lightning pushes the king across the line, my sprinkler system malfunctions." "Obviously, Deadpool & Wolverine." "Wall-E." "I couldn't finish Inside Out. Didn't even get to Bing Bong." And finally, "Frozen II. I was coming out of a very, very bad situation and had taken my kid to see it. When 'Show Yourself' played, I openly wept. I still cry during that song. It helped me gain courage to be myself and grow into my power." Which Disney film made you unexpectedly cry? Comment below and tell us why! Stream all your favorite Disney classics on Disney+.
Los Angeles Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Dazed and amused, ‘Elio' is Pixar on a spaced-out psychedelic trip
'Elio' is a breezy Pixar adventure, the studio's pivot back to making original, rip-roaring children's yarns. Launched by 'Coco' co-director Adrian Molina and steered to completion by Madeline Sharafian and Domee Shi, it's got a setup simpler than whatever credit negotiation happened behind the scenes. An 11-year-old boy, Elio (voiced by Yonas Kibreab), looks at the sky and wonders who's up there. This classic plot hook harkens back to 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' and 'A Trip to the Moon,' and if I had to place a bet, it's the oldest story mankind's got. Depending on the era and zeitgeist, the heavenly strangers gazing down upon us in judgment could be anyone from Zeus to 'Dr. Who's' Zygons, and their interest in us capricious or cruel or kind. We've got lightyears' worth of these speculative tales. They're really asking: Does our species have value? In Elio's case, he's a recent orphan living with his aunt Olga (a warm and frazzled Zoe Saldaña), a major in the Space Force who monitors satellite debris (which the film convinces us is more exciting than it sounds). Everyone in the movie is surrounded by technology — radios, computers, monitors — and yet most of them seem disconnected. Olga thinks that alien chatter is for crackpots like her colleague Melmac (Brendan Hunt), so named for Alf's home planet. She's paused her own astronaut dreams to take care of her brooding nephew. In return, the boy wants little to do with her or any other earthling. Preteen Elio is on a misanthropic trajectory that, if not recalibrated, could result in him growing up to marry a pillow. When Olga takes Elio to a space museum, he falls in love with the solitary crusade of the Voyager probe whose golden record of wonders, curated by the astronomer Carl Sagan, is hurtling through the galaxy in search of someone who will listen. (Sagan's own voice is heard throughout the movie, though he goes uncredited.) Enthralled, Elio plops a colander on his head and pleads for aliens to touch down and 'take me with you — but not in a desperate way.' Elio doesn't do too much sulking before he's beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary take on the United Nations. He's not alone in the universe, but now he has to earn his place. From there, his quest vrooms at the pace of a Flash Gordon serial — or, for that matter, the first 'Toy Story.' Kids Elio's age have mostly seen Pixar rehash itself with sequels or hunt for Oscars in a therapist's couch (where lately it's been coming up with lint balls). Here, trauma is merely the framework, not the focus. The highfalutin prestige animation studio is signaling to the 'Minecraft' generation that they can do fun new movies too. The film's earthbound sequences boast staggeringly beautiful shots of the ocean under a night sky. But the galaxy above is a fractalized freak-out: a psychedelic rainbow of delights that makes you think that more than one animator has spent time grooving to Phish in a Berkeley dorm. (No doubt some of the grade-schoolers seeing the movie on opening weekend will, a decade from now, watch it again in their dorms under heightened circumstances.) Multiple extraterrestrials appear inspired by a lava lamp. Others resemble wireless earbuds and stress balls and decks of cards, the type of creature design that might happen when you're in your own alternate dimension grokking at the stuff on your dresser. I'm not casting aspersions on anyone's sobriety, I'm just noting that Pixar was founded on musing, 'What if my lamp could jump?' Elio will befriend Glordon (Remy Edgerly), a larval goofball from the Crab Nebula who has a dozen wiggling limbs with various protuberances. Off-planet, the boy readily drops his defensive shields and opens himself to the excitement that's been promised since the epic opening notes of Rob Simonsen's eclectic score. In a sequence set to a Krautrock-esque banger, Elio and Glordon enjoy a montage that's essentially a teaser for an amusement park experience that's probably already in its drafting stage, with the buddies frolicking in waterslides and chugging a beverage called Glorp, styled so that it can be readily re-created with boba. As ever, everything is tethered to what our earthbound brains can imagine. Even the names Glordon and Glorp might be a nod to the Voyager's known flight plan, which in 40,000 years is expected to have its first-ever close encounter with a star named Gliese 445. Bonding with the miscellaneous beings of the Communiverse does spur Elio to be nicer to Olga, but admirably, the script (credited to Julia Cho, Mark Hammer and Mike Jones) doesn't take the easy escape hatch of sending the earth boy into the beyond only to realize that everywhere else is even worse. Space isn't the enemy. If anything, space is too nice. Most of the aliens Elio meets insist that they believe in tolerance and open-mindedness. You're waiting for that to be a big lie, but it's not. Voiced by Jameela Jamil, Shirley Henderson, Atsuko Okatsuka and Matthias Schweighöfer, they can get a tad snippy, but otherwise these galactic Neville Chamberlains cower when a bruiser named Lord Grigon (Brad Garrett), who stomps around on thick metal legs, lands on their base spoiling for a fight. The cartoon well calibrates its PG thrills to give kids a mild case of the shivers. More spunky than saccharine, Elio spends most of the film wearing a bandage over a black eye. Back home, he's pursued through the woods by masked bullies (and when he gets an opportunity, he kicks one of them in the head). In space, Elio stumbles across adorable skeletons and shimmies through gacky pipes. Meanwhile, Lord Grigon's dastardly hobby is skeet-shooting fragile, flowerlike critters. When hit, these living daisies don't die — they're just pitifully embarrassed to lose their petals. It's refreshing to see a romp this spry. 'Elio' isn't trying to reinvent the spaceship — it's after the puppyish charm of sticking your head out the window as marvels whiz past. Some of my favorite gags just sparked to life for an instant, like an all-knowing supercomputer who is a bit put out that Elio accesses its wisdom simply to learn how to fight. It's offering to teach our species the meaning of life; we want the art of war. 'Why should an advanced society wish to expend the effort to communicate such information to a backward, emerging, novice civilization like our own?' Carl Sagan wrote in his 1973 book, 'The Cosmic Connection.' Yet more than half of Americans believe that aliens exist. A third think they've already come to visit. Like Elio, we yearn for cosmic validation. The great scientist wouldn't have put 'Elio' on his golden record. It's a trifle, not a cultural touchstone. But while Pixar has anthropomorphized ants and rats and cars and dolls and emotions, this lonely boy feels stirringly human. Yes, the movie says, go ahead and look for connection up in the sky or under your feet. But also seek it out in each other.
News.com.au
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Moving new film Elio is Pixar's best in years
Animation studio Pixar has had a somewhat spotty track record in recent years, with films like Lightyear, Onward and Turning Red failing to connect with audiences. Let's hope the same fate doesn't befall its latest offering, Elio – it's arguably the best Pixar film since 2017's acclaimed smash hit Coco. Elio (Yonas Kibreab) is the film's titular hero, a young boy now living with his aunt Olga (Zoe Saldana) after his parents met a tragic end. The movie gets us up to speed with efficiency: Elio is parentless and friendless, has a deep obsession with outer space – and an intense yearning to be abducted by aliens. He spends his nights on the roof of his house, trying to commune with anyone in space who'll listen, begging them to beam him up. Elio's aunt works on an army base with an astronaut program and space-monitoring satellites – which means Elio gets his wish relatively early in the piece when aliens pick up on his messages and beam him up. This is where the film comes alive, as Elio is beamed directly to the 'Communiverse,' a sort of UN gathering of peaceful aliens from across the galaxies. Pixar have done an incredible job bringing the various aliens to life, with inventive and at times genuinely jaw-dropping animation (wide shots of the Communiverse bring to mind the beauty of Coco 's 'marigold bridge' scenes). But it's not all happy up in space: The aliens are under the assumption Elio is the leader of earth, and soon he's thrust forward to negotiate with a fearsome, violent warlord named Lord Grigon (Brad Garrett, playing a character responsible for the film's few scenes that may frighten young children – or at least, did in my screening). There are shades of Mickey 17 to the young alien Elio befriends, a slug-like creature named Glordon (Remy Edgerly) who's much less fearsome than he appears. It's genuinely moving to watch Elio make a friend for the first time, as the pair's epic adventure unfolds towards one of those classic Pixar endings that will keep children satisfied - and will have adults wiping away tears as the credits roll.
