MODEL Emily Ratajkowski knows how to stand out from the crowd — as she also shows off her new love interest.
The 34-year-old, pictured in a revealing structured dress, has posted pictures on Instagram of her with French film and music video director Romain Gavras, 44.
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The model is dating French film and music video director Romain GavrasCredit: TheImageDirect.com
A series of shots shows them embracing as Emily wears a backless dress, posing in a snowy street and enjoying a breakfast.
The model looked stunning in a skimpy red dress as she cheekily stuck out her tongue for the camera.
Another snap showed Romain gently caressing her head and wrapping his arm around her while she wore a figure hugging backless dress and held a drink in her hand.
Others showed Romain posing in the snowy streets of New York City and an image of Emily, who wore a white headscarf and black sunnies.
Fans flocked to the comments section and one wrote: “We love to see it.”
Another added: “Things that just make sense.”
While a third said: “Handsome! Great looking couple!”
Gavras has previously been in relationships with singers Dua Lipa and Rita Ora.
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Emily divorced movie producer Sebastian Bear-McClard in 2022 and they share a four-year-old son, Sly.
In Instagram posts yesterday, the model looked stunning in a skimpy red dress as she cheekily stuck out her tongue for the cameraCredit: InstagramAnother pic showed Romain gently caressing her headCredit: InstagramRomain Gavras previously dated pop star Dua LipaCredit: AFP
Daisy Lowe looked every inch the yummy mummy in this sheer dressCredit: GettyThe pregnant star showed off her growing baby bump in the daring outfitCredit: GettyDaisy is expecting her second child with her husband JordanCredit: AlamyDaisy and Jordan share a daughter called IvyCredit: Instagram
The soon-to-be mum-of-two, who already shares daughter Ivy, two, with Jordan, 31, looked incredible as she stepped out for London’s Fashion Week.
The Strictly Come Dancing star looked every inch the yummy mummy as she showed off her growing baby bump.
Daisy pulled out all the stops in the daring sheer outfit which revealed her black lingerie.
The pregnant star looked happy and relaxed as she posed for the photos in her stunning outfit.
Daisy said at the time: “I wanted to share some news with you. Jordan and I are having a baby.
“We are absolutely bursting at the seams with happiness. I’m oscillating wildly between excitement & nervousness with a dash of morning sickness thrown in for good measure! Big love to all of you.”
When women take the ice for Thursday’s Olympic free skate in the global fashion capital of Milan, five skaters will compete in dresses made by Los Angeles-based designer Lisa McKinnon.
McKinnon has become the must-have name in figure skating couture, dressing the entirety of the U.S. and South Korea women’s teams. Americans Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito wore McKinnon’s designs in the short program and will do so again in the free skate.
And one of those dresses may be featured on the medal podium. Liu stands in third place after Tuesday’s short program, while Levito is in eighth and Glenn tumbled to 13th with the free skate still to come.
McKinnon knows exactly how clothing needs to fit on bodies moving across the ice — for spins, for jumps, for everything it takes to win. The fabric must be able to stretch in all directions, which necessitates a four-way stretch fabric. Design with a two-way stretch and a skater might not be able to lift their arm. Dress skaters in spandex, power mesh and stretch velvet, and they’ll move like they do in training.
American Amber Glenn competes in the figure skating short program at the Winter Olympics in Milan on Tuesday.
(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
McKinnon sources most of the fabric locally from the fashion district in downtown L.A.
“It’s really great to just go in person because sometimes it’s the fabric that can inspire you to create something with,” McKinnon said.
McKinnon’s time on the ice that taught her how to create fashion for an athlete tailored for movement and aesthetic appeal. She grew up as a competitive figure skater in Sweden, and she started making bodysuits and dresses — which she wore to practice — for herself at age 11 or 12. By 16, she was designing dresses for elite skaters in her hometown, Mariestad, Sweden, including a Swedish national champion. At the time, they shared a coach, and the coach asked McKinnon to design a dress for the skater.
“They had seen the dresses that I made for other skaters,” she said. “They were just — you know — putting their faith in my hands that I could do this.”
After high school, McKinnon skated in tours in Europe and then North America. In the United States, she first settled in Las Vegas, where she designed dresses for local skaters. When she moved to L.A., bigger name skaters started calling. She designed for Ashley Wagner, three-time U.S. champion, and Karen Chen, who competed in her dresses at the 2018 Olympic Games. McKinnon says they were the ones who “got her noticed.” Noticed to the point that Milan is by no means the designer’s Olympic debut. In 2018, she outfitted pairs gold medalists Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot from Germany.
Since then, McKinnon has become the go-to designer for elite women’s figure skaters in the United States. At U.S. nationals in St. Louis in January, eight of the 18 senior women competed in McKinnon’s dresses. In the final warm-up alone — composed of the six skaters leading after the short program — five wore McKinnon designs. There, Glenn, Liu and Levito stood on the podium in her dresses.
In St. Louis, McKinnon hand delivered a dress to Liu, the reigning world champion who debuted a long-awaited Lady Gaga free skate routine. Liu practiced in the dress and McKinnon was able to make on-the-spot adjustments.
Surprisingly, hand delivery isn’t the norm for the dresses that run from $3,000-$8,000, averaging around $5,000 (McKinnon charges by the hour). Because McKinnon designs for skaters who train all over the country — Liu in Oakland, Glenn in Colorado Springs, Colo., and Levito near Philadelphia in southern New Jersey — FedEx shepherds the dresses across the country. Skaters make sure the dresses fit OK before McKinnon and her four-person seamstress team add sparkle, which usually means a crystal count in the thousands. Beads, paillettes and pearls are often mixed into the shine. Each crystal is hand affixed with E6000 glue.
American Christina Carreira and partner Anthony Ponomarenko compete during the ice dancing free skate at the Winter Olympics on Feb. 11 in Milan.
(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
McKinnon affixed faux rose pedals to a dress for American ice dancer Christina Carreira to debut during the skater’s own Olympic debut. Midway through the skating season, Carreira and partner, Anthony Ponomarenko, returned to their free dance from two years ago, “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.” They needed new costumes to differentiate from their performances two years ago, and McKinnon had already designed costumes for the team’s rhythm dance to La Bouche’s “Sweet Dreams.” McKinnon made the new dress in a little over a week, and it was set to arrive three days before Carreira left her training base in London, Canada, for the Games.
Except the dress didn’t arrive.
McKinnon learned that the package was stuck at a FedEx facility in Memphis, Tenn., after Winter Storm Fern pummeled the region.
“We would call and sometimes they’d say it’s in L.A., sometimes they’d say it’s in Memphis, so we didn’t know where it was,” Carreira said. “We weren’t getting answers, but going on social media actually helped.”
Carreira woke up after her flight to Milan to find an Instagram message with a photo of her dress. A woman told Carreira that her husband had found the package and put it on the first plane to Detroit, where Carreira’s coach, Scott Moir, retrieved the package to bring to Milan.
Carreira first tried on the dress in Milan. “It fit perfectly,” she said. “Lisa has never met me. She’s only seen me over FaceTime, and the two dresses she’s made fit perfectly.”
Carreira and Ponomarenko placed 11th in their Olympic debut.
“I wanted a dress that made me feel special at the Olympics,” Carreira said. “And both of those dresses did that.”
Carreira came to McKinnon’s designs through Glenn, who skated her short program to Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” wearing a McKinnon design based on the 1989 music video. After admiring McKinnon’s designs, Carreira talked it over with Glenn at an early season competition in Oberstdorf, Germany.
“She said Lisa was super easy to work with,” Carreira said. “The dresses fit perfectly.”
McKinnon designs from her studio, which occupies the first floor of her apartment in West Hollywood. There, McKinnon and her team watch their dresses take the runway in Milan. Except the runway is made of ice and the skaters will do much more than walk.
The Fantastic Beasts actor has previously shared the story of their first meeting.
Describing his superstar fiancée as “the most beautiful woman in the world”, he revealed they met at a mutual friend’s birthday party in LA in 2024.
The pair bonded after discovering they were reading the same book.
“We sat next to each other and realized we were reading the same book, which is crazy,” Callum told The Sunday Times in October.
“It’s called ‘Trust’ and I had just finished the first chapter and I told her and she looked at me and said ‘I just finished the first chapter too’. I said, ‘So we’re on the same page.’”
The book Trust is a 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Hernán Díaz exploring themes of money and ambition.
Since going public, the couple have been spotted together at awards ceremonies and film premieres on both sides of the Atlantic.
They are expected to marry later this year.
Dua and Callum confirmed their engagement in June 2025Credit: Getty
LOVE Island host Maya Jama uses all the experience under her belt to ensure that the show’s contestants stay happy.
The 31-year-old was pictured in a revealing black dress with a belt for Love Island All Stars Games Night episode.
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Maya Jama was pictured in a revealing black dress with a belt for Love Island All Stars Games Night episodeCredit: instagram/mayajamaThe telly fave shows off her curves in this black dressCredit: instagram/mayajama
Maya made a return to the villa for the Honesty game, where islanders were asked to answer brutal questions in front of all of the other couples.
With the Islanders in their couples, they had to decide between themselves which other couple fits the bill.
But eager eyed viewers noted that Maya seemed to secretly dislike Belle after spotting how she pulled up Belle.
Maya asked: “Which couple has the least sexual chemistry?”
Belle said it was Leanne and Scott due to him previously being in a love triangle with her.
This led to Belle shouting at Scott for saying that she was the one doing the chasing.
A stern Maya interrupted and said: “Belle, if it wasn’t 70-30 what was it?”
Belle replied that Scott was fully invested and that he had a good way of dancing around things to make things look right.
Fans took to social media and one wrote: “MAYA CALLING BELLE OUT FOR TALKING BS.”
Another said: “The fact Maya could’ve stayed where she was but went after Lucinda shows that even Maya knew Jessy, Belle and Samie were doing too much.”
A third added: “Maya having to step in to comfort Lucinda bc of the bullying. Belle, Jessy & Samie COUNT YOUR DAYS.”
Jama strikes a pose in her revealing black outfitCredit: instagram/mayajamaThe host wore the plunging black outfit for the Love Island All Stars Games Night episodeCredit: instagram/mayajama
SYDNEY Sweeney is in knockout form in a 1950s cream gown.
The Housemaid actress, 28, wore the fitted gown to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, where her and Wuthering Heights actor Jacob Elordi, 28, held hands after each being honoured with the Virtuosos Award.
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Sydney Sweeney stuns in a figure-hugging 1950s-inspired cream gown at the Santa Barbara International Film FestivalCredit: GettySydney was honoured with the Virtuosos Award for boxing flick ChristyCredit: Getty
Sydney, who won for boxing flick Christy, said: “We were actually fighting.
“We were breaking noses, we had bloody noses, I had a concussion.
“It was very real. I sent them all care packages afterwards – I felt really bad.”
ACTRESS Margot Robbie hits the Wuthering Heights of style — in a leather mini dress.
The Australian star was promoting her new movie, an adaptation of Emily Bronte’s classic love story, with a Q and A at Claridge’s in central London.
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Margot Robbie showed off her long legs in a leather minidress while promoting Wuthering HeightsCredit: GettyMargot was appearing in central London at Claridge’s for a Q and A with fansCredit: Getty
Last night, the 35-year-old appeared with co-star Jacob Elordi, 28, on The Graham Norton Show.
Jacob, who plays Heathcliff alongside Margot’s Catherine, said the couple’s obvious chemistry in the film was down to “mutual obsession”.
He said: “If you have the opportunity to share a film set with Margot Robbie, you’re going to make sure you’re within five to ten metres at all times.”
Margot and Jacob play Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, respectively, and are joined in the film by Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes and Ewan Mitchell in supporting roles.
She dazzled in a see-through nude mesh gown with gold detailing and a white corset underneath, which showed off her incredible figure.
The Barbie actress was recently named the world’s most beautiful woman in a poll.
We revealed in October how Margot is being lined up to take on the leading role in a big budget remake of cult horror film American Psycho.
Margot Robbie stunned in an ethereal gown at the Wuthering Heights premiere in LondonCredit: GettyCo-star Jacob Elordi and and Margot appeared on the Graham Norton show discussing the upcoming releaseCredit: PA
MARGOT ROBBIE looked stunning in a see-through corset dress as she lead the stars at the Wuthering Heights premiere in London.
The Barbie actress, 35, made sure all eyes were on her as she stepped onto the red carpet in Leicester Square in an eye-catching ensemble.
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Margot Robbie stunned in an ethereal gown at the Wuthering Heights premiere in LondonCredit: GettyMargot Robbie stunned in an ethereal gown at the Wuthering Heights premiere in LondonCredit: GettyLeading man Jacob Elordi opted for an all grey suitCredit: GettyThe leading pair were all smiles as they posed togetherCredit: Getty
She dazzled in a see-through nude mesh gown with gold detailing and a white corset underneath, which showed off her incredible figure.
The top of the dress was connected with rope straps which held onto a frilly choker around her neck.
She brought her look to life with a pair of strappy gold heels and had her dark locks pulled back into a chic bun.
Margot went for a cool make-up look complete with pink eyeshadow, a nude lip and some blush.
She was joined on the red carpet with her co-star Jacob Elordi, who looked dapper in an all-grey suit.
He towered over her in in a grey shirt, trousers, tie a long flowing blazer jacket which he paired with smart black shoes.
The Hollywood actors were all smiles as they posed up a storm together, with Jacob pulling in Margot with his hand around her waist.
The leading pair were joined by a whole host of stars from the worlds of television and film.
The iconic Helen Mirren graced the carpet in a navy suit jacket and trousers, along with a white shirt and a gold and silver necklace.
She wore a pair of funky matching navy heels and beamed from ear to ear for pictures.
Helen Mirren graced the red carpet and looked incredible in a navy suitCredit: GettySinger Charli XCX went for a dramatic look with a huge veil over her faceCredit: GettyStar of the film, Martin Clunes posed with his wife Philippa BraithwaiteCredit: GettyShazad Latif also stars in the filmCredit: Getty
Meanwhile, Charli XCX, who composed a full concept album and soundtrack for the film, looked sensational in a pink strapless gown with a veil draping her entire body.
The singer looked ethereal as her dark heavy make-up could be seen underneath her veil.
A whole host of Love Island stars descended upon Leicester Square to rub shoulders with Hollywood’s finest.
Harry Cooksley and Shakira Khan were giving power couple energy as she looked sultry in a short black dress with straps and a thigh-high cut out.
She paired her outfit with fishnet tights and layers of metal chains around her neck.
While Harry looked smart in a matching black suit, with a white shirt and a gold brooch.
Conor Phillips and Megan Forte Clarke also opted for matching ensembles, in a black frilly gown and a jacket and trouser combo.
Newly-married series 9 winners, Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan looked happier than ever as they smiled for the photographers, despite it raining in the capital.
Strictly Come Dancing star Tasha Ghouri wowed in a red wine corset with a frilly skirt and Liberty Poole looked amazing in a figure-hugging black mesh gown with a red mermaid tail and black gloves.
Wuthering Heights has been written and directed by Emerald Fennell and is loosely inspired by Emily Bronte’s classic 1847 novel of the same name.
Margot and Jacob play Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, respectively, and are joined in the film by Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes and Ewan Mitchell in supporting roles.
Harry Cooksley and Shakira Khan were giving major power couple vibesCredit: GettyConor Phillips and Megan Forte Clarke wore matching ensemblesCredit: GettyNewlyweds Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan looked happier than everCredit: GettyTasha Ghouri was the lady in red at the premiereCredit: GettyLiberty Poole rubbed shoulders with Hollywood’s finestCredit: Getty
Feb. 3 (UPI) — NASA early Tuesday announced it was pushing the launch date of its Artemis II mission to March, after engineers encountered a liquid hydrogen leak during a critical prelaunch test.
“With the conclusion of the wet dress rehearsal today, we are moving off the February launch window and targeting March for the earliest possible launch of Artemis II,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said in a statement.
The announcement followed the completion of a two-day test called a wet dress rehearsal of its planned lunar flyby at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, which involved Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
NASA had initially aimed to launch Artemis II in a Feb. 8-11 window.
Moving the mission’s launch window will give teams time to review data and conduct a second wet dress rehearsal, NASA said in a separate statement.
“Moving off a February launch window also means the Artemis II astronauts will be released from quarantine, which they entered in Houston on Jan. 21,” it said.
NASA began the 49-hour countdown of the wet dress rehearsal at 8:13 p.m. EST Saturday. The test included the loading of cryogenic propellant into the Space Launch System tanks, sending a team out to the launch pad to close out the Orion spacecraft and safely draining the rocket, among other maneuvers.
Officials said that a liquid hydrogen leak occurred during tanking, and that engineers spent several hours troubleshooting the issue.
By allowing the interface to warm up so seals could reseat and by adjusting propellant flow, teams were able to successfully fill all tanks in both the core stage and interim cryogenic propulsion stage, they said.
The countdown reached about T-5 minutes when a spike in the liquid hydrogen leak rate automatically stopped the countdown sequencer.
“With more than three years between SLS launches, we fully anticipated encountering challenges,” Isaacman said. “That is precisely why we conduct a wet dress rehearsal. These tests are designed to surface issues before flight and set up launch day with the highest probability of success.”
“This is just the beginning,” Isaacman added.
The Artemis I mission in 2022 was a successful uncrewed launch of NASA’s new rocket and spacecraft system. The mission flew around the moon.
The Artemis II seeks to do the same mission but with astronauts. It will carry the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years.
Louise Redknapp stuns in skimpy bikini as she soaks up some winter sun whilst relaxing on lavish holidayCredit: Instagram/LouiseredknappThe singer and TV presenter is seeing the new years in with a girls trip to DubaiCredit: Instagram/LouiseredknappLouise stunned as she uploaded a series of sultry snaps to her Instagram page stripping down to a mini black bikiniCredit: Instagram/LouiseredknappThe star posed in various pics outside Summersalt Beach ClubCredit: Instagram/Louiseredknapp
Louise stunned as she uploaded a series of sultry snaps to her Instagram page, stripping down to a mini black bikini, showing off her toned figure.
The mom-of-two wore a crochet cover-up with a plunging neckline which exposed her bikini top as she posed in various pics outside Summersalt Beach Club.
She accessorised her stunning look with a designer Prada handbag, a chic pair of black sunglasses and some brown sandals.
In a clip posted along with the photo dump, Louise can be seen happily dancing up a path and beaming ear to ear.
Sharing her incredible dining experiences at high-end restaurants KIRA and Nobu, she put on a gorgeous display in her evening outfits.
As Louise showed off her expensive spread of food and cocktails, fans flooded the comments reeling over the star’s fashion.
On both occasions she had opted for two eye-catching cardigans which she styled with trousers and heels.
But the former Eternal star hasn’t always been this confident, last year Louise opened up about how her appearance and confidence issues held her back during her career.
Like millions of other women, she has battled with skin conditions and worries about being photographed when she least expected it.
These concerns about how she looked left her struggling to live in the moment and enjoy things fully, with her confidence nose diving after having children once a skin issue flared up.
Louise said: “There’s been lots of times in life that maybe being worried of how I looked has held me back from really living in the moment and enjoying things.
“Every moment being on the beach, worrying that somebody might take a picture of you in an unflattering angle – I spent most of my holidays lying flat in the hope that no one would spot me.”
These feelings weren’t helped by her struggles with pigmentation in her skin tone, which was at its worst in her twenties, causing her confidence to plummet.
She said: “I said that I looked like I had the world map on my face.
“The pigmentation that I suffered with after having my first child saw one dermatologist say it was the worst they had seen in a really long time.
“And it really affected my confidence, because on one hand, I was so happy having this gorgeous baby, and on the other hand, I didn’t know what I was going to do with my face.”
She accessorised her stunning look with a designer Prada handbagCredit: Instagram/LouiseredknappThe mom-of-two wore a crochet cover-up with a plunging neckline which exposed her bikini topCredit: Instagram/Louiseredknapp
Jan. 30 (UPI) — Frigid temperatures have delayed NASA’s preparations for its wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis II launch, the space agency announced Friday.
NASA was expected to begin the tanking operation Saturday night in preparation for a possible Feb. 6 or Feb. 7 launch date, but those “are no longer viable opportunities,” a release said.
The agency now expects to set Monday as the tanking day with an earliest possible launch set for Feb. 8 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Tanking operations involve loading propellants into a fuel tank near the launch pad. The outdoor temperature plays a crucial role in that process — it can’t be below 40 degrees Fahrenheit for more than 30 consecutive minutes. The overall average temperature must be above 41 degrees for the rehearsal and launch, WESH-TV in Orlando, Fla., reported.
AccuWeather forecasters said temperatures were expected to plummet this weekend to levels not seen since 1966 in some areas. Temperatures between 20 degrees to 30 degrees were expected Sunday morning in Cape Canaveral.
“Adjusting the timeline for the rest will position NASA for success during the rehearsal, as the expected weather this weekend would violate launch conditions,” a release from NASA said.
In the meantime, the Artemis II crew members are expected to stay in quarantine in Houston. The crew includes Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist.
Artemis II is NASA’s first crewed mission aboard its deep space rocket, the Space Launch System, and Orion spacecraft. It’s the second flight of the SLS and the first crewed mission near the moon since 1972.
Over 10 days, Artemis II will travel around the moon and back to Earth as the crew tests whether the spacecraft operates as it should in deep space. The long-term goal of the Artemis program is reestablish a human presence on the moon in preparation for the ultimate aim of putting a human on Mars.
NASA has shared a live stream of the launch pad on YouTube as it prepares for the wet dress rehearsal launch.
