Model Iris Law beams with joy under a rainbow as she prepares to celebrate hitting 25.
Sign up for the Showbiz newsletter
Thank you!
Model Iris Law beams with joy under a rainbowCredit: InstagramIris showed off her toned tum in swimwear on a beach while on holidayCredit: InstagramModel Iris is preparing to celebrate turning 25Credit: Getty
Iris showed off her toned tum in swimwear on a beach while on hols.
The daughter of actors Jude Law and Sadie Frost wrote on social media: “Last day of 24.”
For Iris, who dated footballer Trent Alexander-Arnold, 27, last year, the sky’s the limit in the fashion world.
We recently revealed how Iris had her assistants running across New York to find her favourite treats ahead of the Victoria’s Secret show.
The model made her debut as an Angel during the return of the world famous runway show in October.
Iris is said to have sent her team of assistants looking for cookies from a particular bakery and then smoothies from another place in New York, according toDaily Mail.
The Victoria’s Secret catwalk show made a stunning return earlier this month and was full of A-list models including,Alessandra Ambrosio, Jasmine Tookes, Angel Reese, Barbie Ferreira,Ashley Graham, Irina Shayk and Emily Ratajkowski.
Iris burst onto the modelling scene when she was in her teens and has been booked by some of the biggest fashion houses in the world.
Briahna Joy Gray tells Marc Lamont Hill why New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is ‘too good’ for the US Democratic Party.
As inequality deepens and dissent is punished, many are looking to new voices like Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist running for New York City mayor on a platform of rent freezes, free public transit, and taxing the rich. Can candidates like him revive the Democratic Party in the United States, or is real reform from within impossible?
This week on UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill speaks with journalist and former Bernie Sanders Press Secretary Briahna Joy Gray.
Welcome back to this week’s Lakers newsletter, where things are going to get weird (in a good way). Lakers basketball is officially back Tuesday as the team begins its regular season with the Golden State Warriors at Crypto.com Arena.
Coach JJ Redick downplayed any suggestion that his emotions entering his second season at the helm were significantly different than last year, but he said something that resonated with me as I’m entering my first full season in the NBA world.
“The fun part about this,” Redick said, “is the chaos.”
Let’s embrace this chaos.
All things Lakers, all the time.
Make Luka joyful again
Redick has a word for what Luka Doncic does. When the star guard skips up the court after a one-footed jump shot. The way Doncic grins slyly at his bench after a particularly bold pass. How he makes even the most unimaginable feats seem possible when the ball is in his hands.
‘He’s a weirdo,” Redick said in the most affectionate way possible.
“He has an ability to do what I would call, like, silly stuff, but still be locked in. It’s important to him that basketball is fun. … He’s at play. And that’s part of what makes him great.”
When he was drafted third overall in 2018, Doncic was 19 years old. People called him “The Wonder Boy.” He played with the joy of a child who was discovering new things each time he stepped on the court.
Now he’s 26. He’s seen that the NBA isn’t always just audacious step-back threes and sky-high lobs. Sometimes business gets in the way. Doncic’s ability to bridge the gap between his inner child and the outward seasoned veteran will be what defines the Lakers’ success this year.
“By being in a clearer headspace, and by that I mean just mentally and emotionally in balance, it allows you the freedom to just be yourself,” Redick said of Doncic. “That gets reflected in his expressions, his interactions with teammates, his interactions with our coaching staff, his desire to toe that line between competition and joy and playfulness that truthfully makes him the special person and player that he is.”
Redick has had a unique view of Doncic’s style. They were teammates in Dallas during Redick’s final year. They were unexpectedly reunited by a late-night trade so monumental that it even dominated the conversation at the Super Bowl.
But the shell-shocked version of Doncic wasn’t exactly the joyful player Redick remembered. Doncic said the basketball court has always been his “peaceful place.” The trade shattered not only the collective NBA mind, but also Doncic’s own spirit.
“The joy wasn’t there,” Doncic said.
Doncic was also struggling with a calf injury that kept him sidelined for a week after the trade. He made his debut on Feb. 10. He has said that, in retrospect, that first game was the highlight of his first season as a Laker because of the way the crowd received him. But it took maybe 10 or 15 games for the joy to truly return, Doncic said.
“At the end of the day, we’re all human,” guard Austin Reaves said. “It’s not like we’re robots out here that don’t have feelings, don’t have emotions, anything like that. … That’s not saying that he wasn’t fun to be around. He was always, still joking, having fun, but you can tell that he’s at peace with it. And he’s excited to go to war with us every night.”
Doncic has been adamant about trying to become more of a vocal leader this season. Time has healed his trade wounds, and Doncic said he’s felt much more comfortable speaking up around his teammates. He treated them to a Porsche driving experience as a team-bonding activity and gifted everyone his newest signature shoe. He traded jerseys with Jarred Vanderbilt at a recent practice just for fun. He and Rui Hachimura trade barbs about each others musical preferences.
In front of reporters, Doncic is not a gregarious interview subject, but he still dutifully plodded in front of a hoard of cameras and reporters Monday after practice. Reaves walked by and said loud enough to make sure everyone could hear that Doncic was his “favorite teammate ever.”
Doncic, laughing, responded that Reaves was his least favorite.
“He’s a big kid,” Doncic said sarcastically. “Very childish.”
But in Doncic’s world, that’s a good thing.
Defense wins championships
Gabe Vincent chases a loose ball during last season’s playoffs.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Gabe Vincent got the starting nod in LeBron James’ place during the preseason finale and will likely hold onto that role as the season begins in earnest. He has surely earned it.
Vincent shot a sizzling 55.6% from three-point range in the preseason and averaged 16.3 points per game. It was a glimpse of the player he showed he could be in Miami when helped lift the Heat to the NBA Finals.
The 29-year-old guard is also a gritty defender and strong communicator. The Lakers need that to improve on their defense that allowed the Sacramento Kings — playing without stars Keegan Murray, Domantas Sabonis and DeMar DeRozan — to shoot 54.7% from the field.
Doncic said a major piece missing from the Lakers’ defensive performance was physicality. Redick said he saw what the defense could be in two- or three-play bursts in each of the games following a flat performance against the Golden State Warriors in the first game. Now the key is to turn those flashes into sustained stretches.
“Building our habits, building our communication, and being in great shape, it’s how you build a great defense,” Redick said, echoing his three mantras of the year. “I could have put ‘championship defense’ up there. What does that mean? Actually what does that mean? Doesn’t mean anything. It literally doesn’t mean anything. How do you have a championship defense? You gotta have great habits. You gotta be able to communicate. That builds trust. And you gotta be in elite shape so you can play harder than the other team every night. It’s pretty simple.”
Favorite thing I ate this week
Oxtail ragu with pappardelle pasta
(Thuc Nhi Nguyen / Los Angeles Times)
It’s not a bad gig when you get to watch basketball for a living and in between games eat at different restaurants across the country. But after days, and sometimes weeks, on the road, a good home-cooked meal just hits different.
That’s why my culinary highlight came out of my own kitchen this week: Oxtail ragu with pappardelle pasta from Trader Joe’s. And because I like counting on home cooking after road trips, the leftovers will be waiting for me in the freezer for later this season. Nothing says comfort food like a big bowl of noodles.
Joy turned to devastation for many after Israel added a twist to its release of almost 2,000 imprisoned Palestinians as part of the ceasefire deal. It’s sending 154 into exile, refusing to let them back into Gaza or the occupied West Bank.
On the first official day for high school football practice in Southern California, few can say they were more excited than University High quarterback Jeremy Pacheco.
In the second quarter of the first game last season, he sustained a season-ending knee injury. After surgery in October, he went six weeks without walking and had to study from home taking online courses.
After months of rehabbing, he’s been cleared to play in his senior season.
“The energy getting back to play football is next-level,” he said Monday afternoon.
No one really knows how good he is, except for University coach Bryan Robinson, who believes he’s ready to show off a strong arm and strong leadership qualities.
On the first day of high school football practices, I did what anyone in Los Angeles does _ get in your car. Visited University and Eagle Rock. pic.twitter.com/Wr59w4uE27
At Eagle Rock, where coach Andy Moran began his 29th season of coaching, the optimism is valid, because Moran has a quarterback in Liam Pasten coming off a season in which he passed for 3,602 yards.
“It’s like Christmas,” Moran said before sending his players to the weight room. “Everyone is excited for that first day.”
Pasten has grown to 6 foot 1 but weighs a slim 145 pounds. Don’t worry about hits.
“I have a good understanding of having to take hits or avoid hits to protect myself,” Pasten said.
Eagle Rock All-City quarterback Liam Pasten is 6 foot 1 and 145 pounds.
(Eric Sondheimer / Los Angeles Times)
Pasten is also known for being one of the best high school barbers. He’s up to giving 40 to 50 haircuts a month.
As for what’s the most popular cuts, Pasten said, “Lower and mid tapers.”
He might have to offer his linemen free haircuts for no sacks as an incentive to protect him at all costs.
The first three days of practices for City Section teams are conditioning days. Then helmets and shoulder pads go on.
Southern Section teams with Week 0 games also began practices on Monday.
My wife and I sometimes do front-of-house at a heritage railway and can confirm the attraction of railways for those with autism, particularly young people. There is a predictability about railways, timetables, signals and all the other paraphernalia that is very attractive.
Also, there is endless scope for studying minutiae and collecting odd bits of information. Numbers and names on the engines, liveries (colours of trains to you), performance records and endless other statistics. And, as honoured by Brannon Carty’s film, discussed in your article, you don’t have to be a loner if you don’t want to: there are millions of others to share your passion.
The study of Thomas’s creator, the Anglican cleric Wilbert Awdry, is recreated at the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Tywyn: a small collection of theological texts on one side, a joyful collection of railway books on the other, with a model railway spread across his desk. Wonderful! Rev David Gibson Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire
First Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam final to take break from tennis as tours take their toll.
Three-time Grand Slam finalist Ons Jabeur is taking a break from competitive tennis, the 30-year-old said in a social media post.
Tunisia’s Jabeur, the first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam final, has struggled with her form in recent months, failing to get past the third round of a major this year.
The two-time Wimbledon finalist’s campaign came to a disappointing end at the All England Club last month as she retired from her first-round clash against Viktoriya Tomova, unable to continue after a long medical timeout.
Ons Jabeur of Tunisia get medical assistance during her match against Varvara Gracheva of France at the first round singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships last month [Kin Cheung/AP]
Jabeur, often called the “minister of happiness” for her cheerful personality, said she was not feeling truly happy on the court.
“For the past two years, I’ve been pushing myself so hard, fighting through injuries and facing many other challenges. But deep down, I haven’t truly felt happy on the court for some time now,” she said in a statement.
“Tennis is such a beautiful sport. But right now, I feel it’s time to take a step back and finally put myself first: to breathe, to heal, and to rediscover the joy of simply living.”
Jabeur, married to former fencer Karim Kamoun, has also been open about her wish to start a family.
“Thank you to all my fans for understanding. Your support and love mean the world to me. I carry it with me always,” she added.
Two British icons of the screen finally join forces in the new period drama Outrageous, releasing this week on U and U&Drama
Outrageous star James Purefoy has opened up about working with his long-time friend Anna Chancellor for the first time ever in the upcoming period drama.
This scandalous series coming this week on U and U&Drama takes viewers back to the 1930s when the shadow of World War II was beginning to loom.
While Nancy Mitford (played by Bessie Carter) becomes a reputable writer, her sisters follow drastically different career paths.
Under the stern eyes of their parents, David Freeman-Mitford aka ‘Farve’ (Purefoy) and Sydney Bowles aka ‘Muv’ (Chancellor), the family is catapulted into notoriety as the sisters become rebels, socialites and even rub shoulders with fascists.
Speaking to Reach at Outrageous’ London premiere, Purefoy explained his co-star has been a dear friend for years despite never sharing the screen.
‘Farve’ and ‘Muv’ try to rule their home with an iron fist(Image: U)
“She’s an amazing actress,” he said. “She’s the godmother to my eldest child, I’ve known her 35 years and this is the first time I’ve worked with her.
“It was just a joy working with a really old friend because there’s a lot of shorthand there and it was a very easy fit for us.
“It was just an enormous pleasure every single day.”
Throughout the six-part drama, the Mitford patriarch struggles to keep his foothold in high society following a substantial loss during the Wall Street Crash.
Although he attempts to rule his household with an iron fist, his anarchic daughters have other ideas.
As Britain faced economic turmoil in the years preceding the war, his daughters Diana (Joanna Vanderham) and Unity (Shannon Watson) blindly swear allegiance to the British Union of Fascists.
Meanwhile, Muv is simply desperate for her daughters to find good husbands during an era when family connections meant everything.
James Purefoy has known Anna Chancellor for more than 30 years(Image: U)
“The thing about Anna is she’s so curious about everybody and everything,” Purefoy added.
“She will talk to anybody about anything. And is always interested, and that’s what makes her such a good actress.”
This isn’t the first time Purefoy and Chancellor have been involved in the same project, however.
Chancellor portrayed a fascist herself, the villainous Dr. Frances Gaunt, in the popular Batman prequel series Pennyworth, starring Jack Bannon as the nocturnal hero’s future butler Alfred.
Despite not sharing scenes together, Purefoy also had a major role in the Epix and HBO Max series, playing Captain Gulliver ‘Gully’ Troy, aka Captain Blighty, in the second and third seasons.
As two legendary stars of the British stage and screen, don’t miss the chance to see Purefoy and Chancellor as married aristocrats in this scandalous new drama that truly lives up to its title.
Outrageous premieres Thursday, 19th June on U, U&Drama and BritBox.
May 18 (UPI) — Pope Leo XIV said it is “with fear and trembling” that he will seek to serve all people with “faith and joy” while he was delivering his inaugural homily as pontiff in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Sunday.
The Vatican reported about 100,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to try and catch a glimpse of the new pontiff, who was driven through the square in an open-topped popemobile, the Vatican’s press office said.
The pope spoke during his homily of the remarkable events taking place during his ascendancy. He said there is “too much discord, too many wounds caused by hatred, violence, prejudice, the fear of difference, and the economic paradigm that exploits the Earth’s resources and marginalizes the poorest.”
Leo XIV called on the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics to adopt a “missionary spirit” instead of closing themselves off “in our small groups” and asked the world’s faithful to eschew an attitude of being “superior to the world.”
“We are called to offer God’s love to everyone, in order to achieve that unity which does not cancel out differences but values the personal history of each person and the social and religious culture of every people,” he said.
Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were among official attendees, joining other political and religious dignitaries.
Vance had a private meeting with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenksy later in the day, the Vatican said in a press release.
