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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Emily Ratajkowski: Men are 'pleasure and fun'
Emily Ratajkowski thinks men are "pleasure and fun". The Too Much actress - who has son Sylvester, four, with ex-husband Sebastian Bear-McClard - treasures the "community" of people she has around her because guys are no longer "part of [the] core" of who she is. She told the July/ August issue of Britain's ELLE magazine: 'I still like men. I just have zero straight men in my life, unless they're a romantic interest. In the hierarchy of needs, that's at the top of the pyramid, which is nice. "[Men are] pleasure and fun, but not a part of my core. The rest of my life is community with other women and queer people, and being a mom." The 34-year-old actress is relishing being in her 30s. She said: "I'm fascinated with this decade of my life. My mom had me at 39, and I remember she always romanticised her thirties as a time of self-exploration and power as a woman. I'm in the midst of it and really feel that way too." And Emily is excited about taking charge of her own destiny. She said: "'You can't control everything, but you can move towards something to give yourself the life you want, which really excites me, because when I think about 34 to 44, I'm like, 'Oh man, there's so much opportunity.' "I can be so much more intentional than I was in my twenties and there won't be, like, accidents.' " Meanwhile, the Gone Girl star loves being "subversive" by refusing to conform to ideas of "what a mom should look like" and she doesn't care what people think of her clothing because only her son's opinion matters. She said: "I think that [fashion] is actually one of the ways I really enjoy being subversive with motherhood. There's so much around what a mom should look like. "I know what kind of mom I am, and I only deeply care about my son's reaction to that. Anybody else who has opinions about me as a mother because of the way I dress – it's just so inconsequential." Read the full interview with Emily in the July/August issue of ELLE UK, which is on sale now, or visit for more.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Emily Ratajkowski admits she 'enjoys being subversive with motherhood' as she hits back at critics in racy ELLE cover shoot
Emily Ratajkowski has admitted she enjoys being 'subversive' with motherhood as she hits back at critics. The model, 34, opened up about life in her thirties and motherhood while gracing the July/August cover of Elle UK. In one striking shot, Emily sizzled in a beige striped co-ord set featuring a collared shirt and mini shorts that showcased her toned legs. She later slipped into an oversized beige wrap cardigan paired with white pants as she pulled off a sultry look in a bathroom setting. Another image captured her lounging on a bed in a baby pink shirt before switching to a cropped floral blouse with red leather hotpants. Emily also turned heads in a vibrant mini dress and went braless beneath an open denim shirt paired with purple floral trousers. During the interview, the model opened up about her thoughts on fashion now that she is a mother to her son Sylvester, who was born in 2021. She said: 'I think that [fashion] is actually one of the ways I really enjoy being subversive with motherhood. There's so much around what a mom should look like.' 'I know what kind of mom I am, and I only deeply care about my son's reaction to that. Anybody else who has opinions about me as a mother because of the way I dress – it's just so inconsequential.' Emily then spoke about growing into her thirties, which she described as something she is 'fascinated' about. The beauty explained: 'I'm fascinated with this decade of my life. 'My mom had me at 39, and I remember she always romanticised her thirties as a time of self-exploration and power as a woman. I'm in the midst of it and really feel that way too.' She also highlighted the importance of community at this stage in her life, as she said: 'I still like men. 'I just have zero straight men in my life, unless they're a romantic interest. In the hierarchy of needs, that's at the top of the pyramid, which is nice. '[Men are] pleasure and fun, but not a part of my core. 'The rest of my life is community with other women and queer people, and being a mom.' On shaping the next decade, Emily said: 'You can't control everything, but you can move towards something to give yourself the life you want, which really excites me, because when I think about 34 to 44, I'm like, 'Oh man, there's so much opportunity.' 'I can be so much more intentional than I was in my twenties and there won't be, like, accidents.' Emily is set to star in a new Netflix series titled Too Much, which has been created by Lena Dunham. The series is scheduled to be released on Netflix on July 10th, with the model playing a character named Wendy in the series. The star was given creative control while filming the new series, which she explained was something she really 'valued.' She continued: 'In my twenties, I didn't have a lot of it in my career. Now, I like making things and I like not being an addition to them. 'With Lena, I got to shape the character so much, which was really fun. It gave me a bigger role than just an actor for hire.' Elaborating on her experience on set, she said: 'Lena leans into some of the more 'feminine' ways of directing – over communication, consideration of everyone on set. 'Instead of being this domineering presence, her power lies in grace and in the ability to make everyone feel comfortable.'
Hamilton Spectator
13-06-2025
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
'Be a Good Neighbour' Caledon Residents Urge Osprey Valley to Rethink Quarry Water Deal
'Say it clear, say it loud, leave our water in the ground!' rang out last week outside TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley on the second day of the RBC Canadian Open. Forks of the Credit Preservation Group (FCPG) were protesting to urge Chris Humeniuk, the owner of TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley, not to accept the groundwater from a proposed Caledon mega quarry. According to the group, Humeniuk has partnered with a Brazilian cement company called CBM to submit a proposal for a 700-acre mega-quarry just down the road. 'If that quarry is approved, the environmental and social impacts will be devastating,' said David Sylvester, Chair of FCGP. Sylvester said this quarry will create a 'host' of environmental issues, including traffic, air, and natural environment, and the issue focused on that day is water. FCGP has previously protested against the proposed mega quarry. The day's demonstration focused on the millions of litres of excess water the golf course would potentially take into their own ponds. Sylvester spoke about how the quarry proposal requires that the aggregate company continuously pump out or remove millions of litres of water from the quarry. 'That's upwards of 500 million liters of water discharged from the quarry, and it has to go somewhere,' said Sylvester. 'Chris Humeniuk has agreed to take the water onto the golf course property, dump it into one of their discharge ponds or holding ponds, where it will then run into the Credit River.' Sylvester said the many issues this can cause in the credit, including the effect on Brook Trout. Brook Trout can only survive in cold water, and dumping excess water will affect the climate of the credit. He shared another major issue with the mega quarry will be the impact on residents in the northwest part of Caledon who rely on private wells. Sylvester addressed the quarry application documents that show a significant number of private wells for residents will be impacted. 'You just can't live without water,' said Sylvester. 'The CDM people claim to have a mitigation plan to help compensate local folks who don't have water. That includes big plastic tanks on our front lawn, which are refilled maybe once a week. But that is absolutely unacceptable. It's insulting to think that that's an appropriate way to rectify or correct such a serious issue.' FCPG shared that they are not against the RBC Canadian Open, and were there in hopes to bring more awareness to the public. 'We're not against the Canadian Open, we're not against the golf course, we're against the golf course taking the water,' shared Debra Wilson, an FCPG volunteer. She said that despite the rainy weather, they received much support. 'We decided we need more voices, and people said they'll come out and say 'we're absolutely supporting you, we're on the side with us',' said Wilson. 'We would like to think that Chris Humeniuk and TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley will reconsider this decision they've made to take the water and do the right thing, be a good neighbor, and leave the water on site,' shared Sylvester. In a statement to the Citizen, Chris Humeniuk, President of TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley, shared the following. 'I am tremendously grateful for the support we received as we celebrated the RBC Canadian Open with our friends, neighbours and over 130,000 visitors to Caledon. It is disappointing that the FCPG attempted to use the occasion and spotlight of the week to both attract attention to themselves and to undermine this historic event as it took place in Caledon for the first time. 'However, it is not surprising. Over the past several months, we have taken the initiative to engage them and offer the qualified consultants they claim to have retained the opportunity to attend the site and review reports submitted as part of the regulatory approval process. 'To date, our repeated invitations have been rejected. 'Rather than providing any qualified evidence to support their assertions, the FCPG has chosen to repeatedly mislead the public with inaccurate speculation and attack me personally in an effort described on their own website as one designed to attract the attention of the 'big media' covering the RBC Canadian Open. 'From our perspective, the ball is in their court. The qualified reports upon which we are relying are all a matter of public record. We have invited the FCPG to share the findings and reports of their qualified consultants that might differ with those submitted by CBM or the Town of Caledon's review of the same. Nobody has more invested in our community than we do, and the last thing we desire is to harm the very place my family considers home. If they have real, qualified information then we want to know about it.' Error! Sorry, there was an error processing your request. There was a problem with the recaptcha. Please try again. You may unsubscribe at any time. By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Want more of the latest from us? Sign up for more at our newsletter page .
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Yahoo
MTA renews anti-subway surfing efforts with ad campaign
Transit officials are hoping a new ad campaign, a new spokesman and a few subway car modifications will continue to drive down subway surfing deaths. The MTA relaunched its 'Ride Inside, Stay Alive' anti-subway surfing campaign on Wednesday, this time with the support of Queens-born professional BMX bike rider Nigel Sylvester. Like last year's initiative, the push involves a series of recorded subway announcements — by Sylvester, as well as by New York City schoolchildren — about the dangers of riding on the outside of a subway train, plus a series of digital posters displayed on subway and platform screens. 'Subway surfing is going to get you injured or killed,' Sylvester says in a subway announcement recorded for the campaign. 'It's pretty simple: Don't do it.' 'I believe I can relate to these kids,' Sylvester said Wednesday, when asked how a professional thrill seeker can be a role model for safety. 'Kids can relate to me, and we can have a meaningful dialogue.' Subway surfing has been a persistent, deadly problem, with six deaths attributed to the practice last year and five deaths in 2023. Another 25 people were injured while riding outside of trains in those two years. The overwhelming majority of subway surfers are teenagers. So far this year, one person — a 13-year-old boy — has died from subway surfing, succumbing to his injuries days after falling off the top of a No. 7 train in Queens. 'As a father of three children, I can't imagine seeing my child on [top of] a train as that train barrels down the track,' said NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow. 'I was a manager here on the [No.] 7 line,' Crichlow continued. 'I've seen on a first-hand basis what happens to the children when they come into contact with a fixed, immovable object.' The revamped campaign focuses not just on the dangers of subway surfing, but on the toll that kids' deaths take on surviving families and friends. A three-display ad unveiled Wednesday tells the fictionalized story, in comic-book form, of a 12-year-old who falls from a train, and the horrors his death inflicts on his friends, his mother and the EMT who responds to the scene. The MTA's chief customer officer, Shanifa Rieara, said the campaign involved 43 such ads that would be rolled out over the next 12 months. Other announcements focused on the senselessness of a subway surfing death. 'The rush from subway surfing is fleeting — the consequences are real,' Ahana Chandra, a student at Stuyvesant High School, said in her subway announcement. 'Six people died subway surfing last year, and for what?' The ad campaign comes amid a series of other efforts to curb thrill-seeking subway deaths. The transit agency is in the early stages of testing add-on barriers to train cars in an effort make it harder to climb up to the roof. Rieara also noted that the MTA's efforts to get subway-surfing videos taken down from social media continues. So far this year, she said, roughly 1,800 such videos have been removed by platforms like X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Raceland man accused of attempted murder of kids after setting ‘intentional fire'
RACELAND, La. (WGNO) — A Raceland man is in police custody and facing attempted murder charges following an intentionally set fire. The Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshals Office reported that at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 28, 32-year-old Demarcus Sylvester allegedly set fire to the side door of a home in the 200 block of Williams Street. Kenner Police make third arrest in connection to drugging death of news reporter According to deputies, inside the home were a 15-year-old girl and 3-year-old boy. The children were able to escape unharmed and the fire reportedly caused minimal damage. Sylvester was arrested and booked into the Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex on two counts of attempted second degree murder and a count of aggravated arson. Deputies said the investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information on the incident can call the arson hotline at Miller on report of Musk drug use: We're worried about drugs crossing the border Raceland man accused of attempted murder of kids after setting 'intentional fire' Labor Department suspends Job Corps centers operations, drawing bipartisan pushback State Department restructuring scraps office dedicated to relocating Afghan allies Ernst responds to jeers on Medicaid cuts: 'Well, we're all going to die' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
