A Ukrainian model who went missing after a party earlier this month was found in Dubai dumped by the side of a road with horrific injuries. Maria Kovalchuk, who was 20 this month, had been missing for eight days after telling friends she had been invited to a party at a hotel on March 9. She was set to attend the event 'with two men who introduced themselves as representatives of the modelling business,' according to several Ukrainian media reports.
The model told her mother, Anna, that she would be staying with these representatives for the night, but she subsequently disappeared. Maria had booked a flight to Thailand that departed Dubai on March 11, but did not turn up at the airport.
Anna and concerned friends then contacted local authorities who launched a search for Maria and opened an investigation, but she remained missing for several days. On March 19, ten days after she first went missing, a battered and bloodied Maria was found dumped at a roadside in Dubai with her limbs and spine broken, according to Russian outlets Shot and Life.
At Bored Panda, Police Reveal Model Fell From Dubai Construction Site, Family Believes She Was Trying To Escape.
Noted Ladykiller Alec Baldwin has a new reality show on TLC, presumably because he's now uninsurable and unable to get hired to act. He actually shows his seven children on camera because that's very healthy for their development, as his Selfish Little Pig Daughter can tell you. In what may or may not be an attempt to stir controversy to get people to notice this show is even on the air, his Fake Spanish Wife Hilarious cucked him publicly.
The Mix, Alec Baldwin’s Wife Forces Him To Make Embarrassing Public Apology To Her After Their Red Carpet Spat Goes Viral "The video showed Alec, 66, and Hilaria, 41, in bed together. In it, Alec apologized for “manterrupting” and admitted to having “correctile dysfunction.” Despite this, it was clear that Hilaria was the one dictating the terms of his apology."
While various factors contribute to health, fitness remains exceptionally important, according to fitness expert Jillian Michaels, a supporter of the Make America Healthy Again movement.
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"One hundred and fifty minutes of walking a week has been shown to extend your lifespan by up to seven years. Something simple like that goes such a long way," she said.
I started working in California and travelled back and forth between Canada and the US multiple times without any complications – until one day, upon returning to the US, a border officer questioned me about my initial visa denial and subsequent visa approval. He asked why I had gone to the San Diego border the second time to apply. I explained that that was where my lawyer’s offices were, and that he had wanted to accompany me to ensure there were no issues.
After a long interrogation, the officer told me it seemed “shady” and that my visa hadn’t been properly processed. He claimed I also couldn’t work for a company in the US that made use of hemp – one of the beverage ingredients. He revoked my visa, and told me I could still work for the company from Canada, but if I wanted to return to the US, I would need to reapply. I was devastated; I had just started building a life in California. I stayed in Canada for the next few months, and was eventually offered a similar position with a different health and wellness brand.
I restarted the visa process and returned to the same immigration office at the San Diego border, since they had processed my visa before and I was familiar with it. Hours passed, with many confused opinions about my case. The officer I spoke to was kind but told me that, due to my previous issues, I needed to apply for my visa through the consulate. I told her I hadn’t been aware I needed to apply that way, but had no problem doing it.
Then she said something strange: “You didn’t do anything wrong. You are not in trouble, you are not a criminal.” I remember thinking: Why would she say that? Of course I’m not a criminal! She then told me they had to send me back to Canada. That didn’t concern me; I assumed I would simply book a flight home. But as I sat searching for flights, a man approached me.
“Come with me,” he said. There was no explanation, no warning. He led me to a room, took my belongings from my hands and ordered me to put my hands against the wall. A woman immediately began patting me down. The commands came rapid-fire, one after another, too fast to process.
"It’s frustrating to see the industry take a step back."
Said Sara Ziff, who leads a "models’ rights" organization. She's quoted in "Why Ultrathin Is In/When it comes to fashion models, the body diversity revolution appears to be at an end" (NYT).
Extreme thinness among models is “not really new — this kind of thing is cyclical,” she said. But this time around, she added, “it seems to echo the current political climate.”Political???
Savvy souls understand that going into Disney’s live-action take on its 1937 animated film. Judged on its own merits, the new “Snow White” delivers in ways live-actioncash grabsfilms often don’t.
It can stand on its own, boasts strong performances and doesn’t bludgeon you with woke.
Yes, Rachel Zegler’s heroine is empowered in ways that are thoroughly modern, and Team Disney tweaked other factors to make it less “problematic.” Zegler’s performance still feels rooted in our storytelling past.
And the movie is indeed a trainwreck. The problem isn't that it's woke. It's that it's awful—and lamely, bluntly socialist.
The remake's big idea was to twist the idea of the word "fair." See, in earlier versions of Snow White, an evil queen asks a magic mirror, "Who is the fairest of them all?" It's always the queen, until one day the mirror responds that it's actually her stepdaughter, the Princess Snow White. The question, "who is the fairest," in other words, has always been a question about beauty. But in the remake, there's something else going on. The movie goes to great lengths to demonstrate that the queen isn't fair because she's not a socialist. I am not kidding.
Whatever is to become of the new live action remake of Disney’s Snow White & the 7 Dwarves cartoon at the box office, Ynetnews reports what surely won’t be a surprise about its two stars:In the case of the new adaptation of “Snow White,” reality appears to mimic fiction. While there’s no prince, dwarfs or poisoned apple, there are two rival women — one with a pure and kind heart, and the other filled with hatred and ignorance. Ironically, the former, Israeli actress Gal Gadot, plays the Evil Queen.Yes, and one could argue this is a particularly bad case of timing, all because Gadot presumably wants to prove she’s got no issues playing a crook. But it doesn’t make this a good choice for a film project, based on the PC narrative Snow Woke goes by.
Since Gadot and Rachel Zegler, who portrays Snow White, reportedly do not get along and have no interest in being in the same space, Disney Studios has been forced to keep them apart as much as possible. They were sent to promote the film at separate events, except for a few key occasions, such as the Academy Awards, where they were compelled to present an award together, and the film’s premiere over the weekend, where their interaction was minimal and limited to a few photos with obviously fake smiles.
Last week, Zegler was sent alone to Spain to promote the film, while Gadot seemed to land the better assignment: On Sunday, she attended Disneyland in California, meeting iconic Disney characters, from Mickey and Minnie Mouse to the notorious villains of animated films. Much to everyone’s relief, Zegler was not present, sparing the event at “the happiest place on Earth” from any potential tension.
Driscoll at Insty, DISNEY’S SNOW WOKE EXPECTED TO TANK AT BOX OFFICE AS PROJECTIONS KEEP FALLING:
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