Coldplay kiss cam HR boss boasted about her work with CEOs
Kristin Cabot, the head of human resources at the tech company Astronomer, was identified as the woman cuddling with a man identified as Andy Byron, the company's chief executive, when she appeared on the jumbotron at Boston's Gillette Stadium.
Chris Martin, the Coldplay frontman, can be heard saying 'oh, look at these two,' as they appear on the screen, only for Cabot to quickly cover her face and turn away while Byron ducks to avoid the cameras. The British singer reacted saying: 'Either they're having an affair or they're very shy' as the 60,000-strong crowd cheered and laughed.
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- Daily Mail
From Hollywood hunks to chart-topping music stars - can you guess the celebrities from their high school yearbook photos?
They might be rich, famous and some of the biggest names in Hollywood, but celebrities were also once just high school students with a dream to conquer the entertainment world. As Gwyneth Paltrow's yearbook snap recently hit the headlines amid reports that her teenage 'nightmare' was 'obesity,' according to a new bombshell biography, the old school photos of other big names have once again come into prominence. Nowadays they sport megawatt smiles, polished hair and designer clothing, but back when they were teenagers, some of the world's most famous stars owned dodgy haircuts, cheesy grins and a questionable fashion sense - and there's photos to prove it. Some of these stars have gone on to become huge Hollywood film stars, starring in the world's biggest blockbusters. While others have gone on to dominate the music industry, lighting up the charts with their distinctive voices. Meanwhile, others have raised eyebrows and made front-page news with the goings on in their private lives. Here, we take a look back at the humble beginnings and illustrious careers of some of showbiz's biggest stars, but can you guess who they are? An Academy Award winner who landed his big break in the early 90s on a medical television drama This 64-year-old Hollywood megastar has not only starred in some of the industry's biggest blockbusters, but he also writes, directs and produces them. Born on May 6, 1961 in Kentucky, this actor attended Augusta High School and has previously stated that he earned As and a B. He also played baseball and basketball. He went on to attend Northern Kentucky University from 1979 to 1981, majoring in broadcast journalism, and very briefly attended the University of Cincinnati, but did not graduate from either. As an actor, he rose to fame starring in the NBC medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999 and for his work on the series, he earned various award nominations including two Primetime Emmy nods. This handsome star has dated a slew of beauties - including Kelly Preston, Cameron Diaz and Elisabetta Canalis - and has been married to a British-Lebanese human rights lawyer since September 2014 with whom he shares seven-year-old twins. In terms of movies, he's racked up plenty of credits in films such as From Dusk Till Dawn, The Perfect Storm, Ocean's Eleven, and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 2005 thriller Syriana. It's none other than George Clooney! The O Brother, Where Art Thou? actor has an estimated net worth of about $500 million and often spends time at his Lake Como home with his wife, Amal Clooney, and their two children, Ella and Alexander. A multi-award winning Hollywood actor with one of the strongest marriages in showbiz This other Hollywood big hitter, 69, was born in Concord, California and attended Skyline High School, in Oakland, California, where he was an active member on the track team. He went on to study theatre at Chabot College in Hayward, California and after two years, he transferred to California State University, Sacramento. He started his acting career in 1980 by appearing low-budget slasher film He Knows You're Alone, and two years later he landed a role in television movie Mazes and Monsters. The star then went on to play the part of Kip Wilson on ABC show Bosom Buddies, where he coincidentally met his future wife Rita, whom he married in 1988. Having kicked off his film career, years later this person went on to star in some of Hollywood's greatest movies including Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Catch Me If You Can, Castway, Saving Private Ryan and The Terminal. You've guessed it, it's Tom Hanks. Tom has amassed a plethora of accolades throughout his illustrious career, including two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes and seven Emmys. Tom is happily married to Rita Wilson, with the pair having sons Chester, aka Chet, 34, and Truman, 29. The film star also has Colin, 47, and Elizabeth, 43, with first wife Samantha Lewes. A country music star with a very famous popstar daughter and an estimated net worth of $20 million This hugely successful country singer, songwriter and actor has released 16 studio albums and 53 singles since 1992. Born on August 25, 1961, in Flatwoods, Kentucky, he started singing at the age of four, but attended Georgetown College on a baseball scholarship before changing to music. He dropped out of Georgetown during his junior year after realizing that he wanted to become a musician when attending a Neil Diamond concert, and set a 10-month goal to start a career. In the 1980s, he played in a band called Sly Dog, before signing a record contract with Mercury Nashville Records. Sly Dog was named after a one-eyed dog that this musician owned. A multi-platinum selling artist, this singer has scored a total of eight top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It is none other than Achy Breaky Heart hitmaker Billy Ray Cyrus, the father-of-six who is dad to Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus. He's been married a total of three times, with his most recent union to Australian singer Firerose lasting less than a year, with their divorce having been finalized in August of this year. He has recently embarked on a new relationship with actress and model Elizabeth Hurley, 60, with the couple having debuted their romance on Instagram in April after having met on the set of 2022's Christmas in Paradise. A screen siren with an equally famous husband and daughter This screen siren was born in Washington D.C and attended high school in Silver Spring, Maryland. She rose to fame through her appearance on NBC sketch comedy show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In between 1968–1970, while she made her screen debut in 1968 in a small role the western comedy The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band. Just a year later, she landed both an Academy Award and Golden Globe Best Supporting Actress gong for her comedic role in Cactus Flower. This blonde bombshell went on to become one of the biggest female comedy stars in Hollywood, fames for roles in comedies including Private Benjamin, Overboard, Bird On A Wire, Death Becomes Her and The First Wives Club. In addition to her acting career, she has one of the strongest partnerships in Hollywood, having been in a relationship with a fellow film star since 1983 but the pair have famously never married. They initially crossed paths on the set of the 1968 film The One And Only, Genuine, Original Family Band when she was 21 and he was just 16. Meanwhile, her daughter, whom she shares with ex-husband Bill Hudson, has followed in her actress footsteps and has carved out a successful film career of her own. Yes, it's none other than Goldie Hawn! The popular actress has been happily in a relationship with Escape From New York Star Kurt Russell for 42 years. While she's mother to actress Kate Hudson, famed for her roles in Almost Famous, How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, Bride Wars and The Skeleton Key. Goldie is also mother to Oliver Hudson, whom she shares with ex Bill, while she and Kurt share actor and former ice hockey player son Wyatt Hawn Russell. An action movie star known for two hugely popular franchises and has just been nominated for his first Emmy The beloved A-lister, 83, was born in Chicago and was an active member of the Maine Township High School's social science club in Illinois. His voice was the first student voice broadcast on his high school's new radio station. He grew up to make screen debut in 1966 before landing supporting roles in films such as 1973's American Graffiti and The Conversation in 1974. However, he then achieved global success as he starred as Hans Solo in the hugely popular science fantasy franchise Star Wars, a role he played across five of the films. This wasn't his only iconic role as just a few years later, he starred as adventurous archaeologist Indiana Jones, playing the part in five movies beginning with 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark. While his film career has spanned 70 years, he continues to shine, having just landed his first-ever Emmy Award nomination for his performance as Dr. Paul Rhoades in the second season of Apple TV+ series Shrinking - just two days after celebrating his 83rd birthday. The Chicago-born grandfather-of-three made history as the second oldest nominee in that category after The Kominsky Method actor Alan Arkin scored a nod at age 86 in 2020. Meanwhile, in his private life, he's married to an actress, 60, best known for playing the titular character in Fox series Ally McBeal. The couple met at the 59th Golden Globes in 2002 – but it wasn't exactly love at first sight when Harrison sidled up to her table. Speaking to The Times last April, the actress admitted she was initially underwhelmed when Harrison endeavored to introduce himself 'because I had never seen Star Wars, which I know sounds really crazy.' Yes, it's Harrison Ford, who has been married to Calista Flockhart for 15 years. The Hollywood stars wed in 2010 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, one year after Harrison proposed. An actress and talk show host known for her turbulent marriage to her Hollywood star husband The actress was born in Baltimore and famously went to Baltimore School for the Arts with the late rapper Tupac Shakur, where the pair were inseparable. She started off her acting career in 1990 with an appearance in an episode of True colours, going on to appear in TV shows Doogie Howser, M.D and 21 Jump Street before getting her big break in 1991 on the sitcom A Different World. Her career then saw her star in films such as Menace II Society, The Nutty Professor, Set It Off, Scream 2 and The Matrix Reloaded. In recent years, she's also had success as a talk show host thanks to her Facebook Watch show Red Table Talk, for which she bagged a Daytime Emmy Award. Notably, she's married to another Hollywood star, with her Oscar-winning spouse starting out as a rapper before landing a famous sitcom role that then kicked off his huge acting career. The prominent Hollywood couple married in 1997 and share two children together, Willow, 24, and Jaden, 27. In recent years, the pair have been plagued with marital troubles. In 2020, the actress confessed to the world that she'd been unfaithful to her husband with singer August Alsina in 2016 in an on-air interview that left her spouse 'humiliated'. While during an appearance on the Today Show in October 2023, she told Hoda Kotb that they made the decision to separate seven years earlier, after feeling 'exhausted with trying' to work on their marriage. 'I think we were both still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,' she explained of what caused them to drift apart. In her memoir book, Worthy, she described the separation as a 'divorce,' but clarified they never filed any paperwork. That's right, it's Jada Pinkett Smith, married to Men In Black and Independence Day star Will Smith. Reality star and businesswoman worth over $1billion with an Instagram following of a whopping 356 million The reality star and business woman, 44, was born in Los Angeles and attended Roman Catholic all-girls Marymount High School. Her younger years already saw her having a brush with fame, with her late Armenian lawyer father famously representing O.J Simpson in his murder trial, while her step-father was an Olympian. While she became known for her friendship and job as a stylist for socialite Paris Hilton, it was her 2003 sex tape (released in 2007) with then-boyfriend Ray J that catapulted her to fame. Instead of shying away from the spotlight, she capitalised on her popularity, with her and her family going on to star in their eponymous reality show that thrust them all into the limelight. With the help of her 'momager' mother, she and her siblings went on to carve out a successful reality TV career with various spin-offs, while they also launched their business empire with various enterprises in fashion and beauty. Emerging as the breakout star of the famous family, this media personality also became known for her high-profile relationships and marriages, with one union to a basketball player lasting just 72 days. While her marriage to a controversial rapper, with whom she shares four children, is still making headlines three years after their divorce. Of course, it's the one and only Kim Kardashian. Almost 20 years after first soaring to fame, Kim continues to be one of the most famous names on the planet, with a net worth of over $1 billion dollars and millions of social media followers. And she's not done with expanding her career yet, having recently graduated law school while she's beginning to build an impressive acting portfolio with roles in projects such as CSI: NY, American Horror Story,Paw Patrol: The Movie and All's Fair.
The Sun
26 minutes ago
- The Sun
Sia sparks romance rumours with Netflix star Harry Jowsey as they're spotted holding hands after cosy dinner date
HARRY Jowsey and pop megastar Sia proved to be an unlikely pairing as they strolled hand-in-hand after dinner in Los Angeles. The Too Hot To Handle star, 28, and the Elastic Heart songstress, 49, beamed as they walked through the Ca Del Sole restaurant car park together. 6 6 6 Harry clutched the hand of the singer as they spoke animatedly, with Sia giggling as she looked up at him, locked in the conversation. The pair's flirty exchange came ahead of them joining a group of celeb pals at Katy Perry's Lifetimes concert. Sia, a longtime collaborator of Katy Perry, has been single since announcing her divorce in March this year - citing 'irreconcilable differences' as the reason for the split from her second husband. Meanwhile Harry has famed for his womanizing – finding fame on Too Hot To Handle in 2020 and being connected to a string of women since. Notably he's dated his Too Hot To Handle co-stars Francesca Farago and Georgia Hassarati, and his Perfect Match co-star Jessica Vestal. He was also rumoured to be dating his Dancing With The Stars partner Rylee Arnold when he competed in 2023. However, he later shut that down, admitting to having a secret romance during the time he was on the show (believed to be Jessica) that was derailed as a result of the speculation. Leaning into his reputation, Harry has since launched podcast Boyfriend Material, where he discusses where he's going wrong in romance, and is now set to take centre stage in a new Netflix series. After trying his luck on Heartbreak Island, Too Hot To Handle and Perfect Match, Harry is now looking for a wife in newly announced Let's Marry Harry. Speaking to Netflix's TUDUM about the series, Harry said: "Having a show of my own is incredible, but also having my family at Netflix stop at no end to help me find the love of my life is the most amazing feeling." Perfect Match fans rage at 'undeserving' winners in 'rigged' finale & praise footage that exposes 'toxic' Harry Jowsey He later defended the show on his Instagram, saying in a video: "Another dating show for Harry Jowsey? God forbid a man wants to find his soulmate." So will Sia play into his quest to find a perfect woman? Or is the lothario winning her over with his charm? Either way, it seems like the reality star is unstoppable right now. 6 6 6
BBC News
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- BBC News
Our body is a mosaic of fungi. Some scientists think they could be influencing our brain
The fungi within our bodies may have a much greater effect on our health than we've long given them credit for. Amongst the millions of tiny life forms living on and inside our bodies are countless species of fungi. Our skin is a mosaic of them, membranes inside the nose and vagina are full of them, and fungi even live alongside the bacteria inside our guts. While we might acquire some fungi from our mothers at birth, new fungi are also constantly entering our bodies; we ingest yeasts every time we drink beer or eat bread, and we inhale floating fungal spores with every breath. Many of these fungi are quickly killed off by our immune systems, but others are transient passengers or lifelong acquaintances. Lately, scientists have been exploring how our fungal inhabitants could even influence our brains, minds and behaviour. Doctors have long known that fungi can cause dangerous brain infections. But researchers are now also finding curious – albeit sometimes controversial – hints that these microbes might have other neurological effects on humans. The idea might evoke images of the human-zombifying fungus from HBO's apocalyptic series The Last of Us. But while scientists agree that the idea of fungi taking complete control over our bodies is implausible, they're earnestly investigating whether some fungi inside us could contribute to brain-damaging diseases, or if gut-dwelling fungi could influence our behaviour and mental health. Much more research is needed, experts say. But these possibilities are important to study – both to understand the deep and complex relationships with the microbes within us and to explore new ways of boosting our health. In general, humans are pretty good at resisting fungi (our warm body temperature tends to make it hard for them to take hold). And many of the fungi that do might actually be good for us, possibly supporting our immune systems or helping wounds to heal, says microbiologist Matthew Olm of the University of Colorado Boulder, US. "I would say fungi are definitely a critical part of being a healthy human," he says. But many other fungi can cause infections, from athlete's foot to thrush. This happens when we encounter new, harmful fungi in our environment or when fungi that naturally coexist with us are under certain conditions triggered to explode in abundance, says Rebecca Drummond, a fungal immunologist at the University of Birmingham, UK. It's rare for fungi to reach the brain, thanks to protective barriers in the lungs and intestines, along with the brain's own defensive wall, the blood-brain barrier, and immune cells that are primed to destroy any fungi that slip through. But fungal brain infections do happen, and the number of cases has increased in recent decades. This is due to a growing number of people with weakened immune systems, Drummond says, partly because of the global spread of the immune-crippling virus HIV, especially in parts of Africa but also due to rising use of immune-suppressing medications in cancer patients and organ transplant recipients. "The more of these immune-modulating drugs we use, we'll see more of these fungal infections," Drummond says. Fungi that infect the brain sometimes originate in the lungs, including Aspergillus or Cryptococcus, which we inhale as airborne spores that can germinate, grow and spread if left unchecked, Drummond says. Less often, common gut residents such as Candida albicans grow out of control and, once in the brain, branches out and produces nerve-killing toxins, Drummond adds. Cryptococcus, meanwhile, can grow into tumour-like masses. "Obviously, that causes huge amounts of damage," she says. Fungal brain infections are often fatal, with Aspergillus reaching mortality rates of above 90%. They can be tricky to treat, says Drummond: there aren't many antifungal medications, and not all drugs get across the blood-brain barrier to kill off brain-dwelling fungi. Some fungi have also already developed resistance to these drugs. People who survive fungal infections of the brain are often left with long-term brain damage. Aids patients who have survived cryptococcal meningitis, which arises from a brain infection by Cryptococcus x, suffer vision impairments, memory loss and dizziness, says Drummond. Scientists have long known of the dangers of fungal brain infections. But in recent years, some have been exploring the possibility that fungi are getting into the brain much more frequently than previously believed, and may even be contributing to the loss of nerve cells that occurs in conditions like Alzheimer's disease. To Richard Lathe, a molecular biologist at the University of Edinburgh, UK, some of the most interesting evidence for this theory comes from a handful of cases where fungal and other microbial brain infections were coincidentally discovered in people initially diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. In several cases where doctors prescribed infection-fighting medication, "the symptoms of dementia remitted", Lathe says. "Quite remarkably, some of them went back to work". Lathe believes that microbes slip across the blood-brain barrier quite frequently but are usually suppressed or killed in people with healthy immune systems. Because our immune systems weaken with age, that could allow microbes to accumulate in the brain, perhaps triggering nerve-killing inflammation. "It's only when the immune system declines that you see damage," he says. Scientists have long linked Alzheimer's to a build-up of certain proteins in the brain, but there's now a growing debate over whether the presence of those proteins is the cause or merely a symptom of the disease. Lathe argues these proteins are actually produced as a defence mechanism against microbial intrusion, based on research suggesting the proteins have infection-fighting properties. Further evidence that brain-intruding microbes could be causing Alzheimer's comes from experiments in mice, where scientists have witnessed the fungus Candida albicans entering the brain after the rodents' immune systems were compromised. And in one pre-print study – which hasn't yet been peer-reviewed by other scientists – Lathe and his colleagues examined brain slices from deceased healthy people and Alzheimer's patients. They found large quantities of bacteria, viruses and fungi in both groups – but more in the brains from patients who had Alzheimer's. If microbes are indeed a factor in Alzheimer's, we may be able to mitigate or even prevent the disease by strengthening people's immune defences, for instance with vaccines that have been shown to boost general immunity. But this theory is young, Lathe says. "It's a new idea." And a debated one, too. Olm and others argue it's hard to rule out that the microbial genetic material may have appeared because of contamination, as fragments of microbes tend to be ubiquitous. Lathe finds that unlikely, though, pointing to reports that microbe fragments in brain tissue are just as abundant inside the samples as they are on the surface, whereas contamination from the air would mostly settle on the brain surface. Still, Olm says that finding more microbe fragments in Alzheimer's brains isn't proof that those microbes cause the disease. For instance, those people's brains might simply have had a weaker blood-brain barrier or some other issue, meaning more microbes entered their brains over time before being killed off by their immune systems. However, new evidence that microbes can invade the brains of animals like fish strengthens the notion that this could be happening in mammals – and perhaps even humans, Olm says. In a 2024 study, scientists labelled bacteria with tiny, fluorescent green molecules and added them to tanks housing salmon and trout. "After a week, you see these microbes making their way into the fish brain, lighting the fish brain up green," Olm says, and curiously, "[the microbes] seemingly live there without huge consequences for these fish over their lifetime." In any case, the notion of fungi and other microbes getting into the brain in old age – either due to a weakening brain immune system or a worn-out blood brain barrier – is more plausible. "I think we've now reached that threshold where there's enough smoke around this hypothesis… it's worth spending money on figuring out if that is happening," Olm says. More like this:• What your snot can reveal about your health• Why the microbes that live on your skin matter• The mystery origins of Candida auris Interestingly, fungi might not need to enter the brain in order to influence it. In a 2022 study, immunologist Iliyan Iliev of Weill Cornell Medicine in the US and colleagues found that adding Candida albicans to the guts of mice made them more resilient to damage of their gut linings caused by bacterial infections or heavy antibiotic use. Strengthening the gut wall may be a defence mechanism by the body to prevent the fungus and other microbes from escaping the gut and infecting other tissues, Iliev says. But the big surprise came when the team observed the rodents' behaviour. Remarkably, fungi-colonised mice were much more likely to sniff, communicate and engage with other mice – meaning that exposure to the fungi appeared to have some sort of behavioural effect too. Based on other experiments, the scientists theorise that certain molecules released by the mice's immune cells enter the bloodstream and somehow stimulate certain nerve cells in the brain that are involved in behaviour. "It was very surprising to us," Iliev recalls. It's a mystery why, at least in mice, this crosstalk between gut fungi and the brain exists. Is it a coincidence that fungus-triggered immune signals affect the brain, or "is that actually deliberately done by the fungus to benefit its survival?" Iliev asks. Perhaps mammalian bodies somehow benefit from changing their behaviour in response to fungi, Iliev speculates. There's no evidence yet that this crosstalk between gut fungi and the brain happens in humans, but the possibility would be worth investigating, Olm says. In recent years, evidence has mounted that gut-dwelling bacteria may be able to send signals to the brain via the immune and nervous systems, or by producing substances associated with the symptoms of depression, anxiety, and relaxation. In principle, Olm says, "there's no reason to think that fungi aren't doing this as well". (Read more about how gut bacteria could be influencing the brain). Some scientists are even investigating whether fungi could be involved in mental disorders. Several studies have found differences in the makeup of gut fungi in people who suffer from depression or bipolar disorder. In women with schizophrenia, those who showed signs of exposure to the gut-dwelling Candida albicans tended to score lower on tests of memory and other cognitive abilities, according to a 2016 study by Johns Hopkins neuroscientist Emily Severance and her colleagues. She is exploring the possibility that Candida overgrowth – caused by stress or antibiotics, for instance – provokes an imbalance of gut microbes, altering the substances they produce in ways that make susceptible people more likely to develop schizophrenia. If true, it could allow doctors to treat schizophrenia symptoms by giving people probiotics that help reverse the overabundance of Candida – which would in any case be helpful, she says. But finding an association doesn't mean that the fungi cause schizophrenia. It could simply be that these patients are somehow more prone to high levels of Candida. So far "we can only come up with associations", says Severance. 'I think that that's typical for a field of study that is very exciting – but still very early on in the timeline.' Which of our fungal inhabitants – if any at all – are really influencing our brains is something scientists hope to learn in the coming years. "[Fungi are] definitely important," Drummond says, "but exactly how they're important, I think, is still being worked out." One thing is already clear: while bacteria have long been in the limelight, it may be time we also pay serious attention to the fungi quietly shaping our health from within. -- For trusted insights into better health and wellbeing rooted in science, sign up to the Health Fix newsletter, while The Essential List delivers a handpicked selection of features and insights. For more science, technology, environment and health stories from the BBC, follow us on Facebook, X and Instagram.
