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IOL News
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- IOL News
Trisha Paytas' baby name reveal: the bold contenders that almost outshone Aquaman
Youtuber, Trisha Paytas recently stunned the internet after she announced that she gave birth to her baby boy named Aquaman. Image: Instagram If you thought Nara Smith or the Kardashians are alone when it comes to choosing unusual baby names, you are wrong, because Trisha Paytas just joined the list. Paytas, who is an American internet personality, recently shared the name she chose for her newborn baby, the inspiration behind the name and also shared some shocking names she did not choose for him. Taking to social media on Wednesday, July 23, Paytas shared with the world that she welcomed her baby boy and revealed the most unusual name you could think of. 'AQUAMAN MOSES PAYTAS-HACMON HAS ARRIVED 07.12.25. Thank you for all the well-wishes and fun videos guessing his name. It was so cute and made us feel so loved. Such a positive space bringing him into the world,' she captioned her post. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ Ad loading @trishlikefish88 💙AQUAMAN MOSES PAYTAS-HACMON HAS ARRIVED 💙 07.12.25 Thank you for all the well wishes and fun videos guessing his name 🥹🙏 It was so cute and made us feel so loved. Such a positive space bringing him into the world 🧸🌊 ♬ Follow me dgibbsofficial - Dominic Gibbons Aquaman is a fictional comic strip superhero that appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. In 2018, a movie was released based on this superhero. In one of the episodes of her podcast, 'Just Trish', the mother of three shared the names she did not choose for her newborn baby. 'I will say my number one that we were so close to naming the baby is not a movie poster, but I loved it so much. It's Moses' poem Water Snake. I love Water Snake. It's the Year of the Snake, Moses is a snake. We love water,' she said. She also shared that Water, Aladdin and Moses Jr were some of the names she considered. The name Aquaman, however, stood out for Paytas because she used to be a superfan of the movie and would often wear Aquaman t-shirts. 'I've been wearing Aquaman T-shirts for years, since 2017 when the first Justice League came out. I have gone to so many Comic Cons for Aquaman. And I really fell in love when we rewatched Aquaman,' she added. Paytas' baby name sent the internet into a frenzy because many people were predicting that she would choose a name that is unusual, but also many never anticipated that she would choose Aquaman. @vanadag0at commented: 'Mind you, he has to be an adult one day.' 'Ily (I love you) babe but Aquaman?' @shrjh17 said. While @hy3n added: 'Nara Smith has sum competition.' Other social media users came up with the theory that the names she chooses to announce names that are not real, which Paytas later debunked the theory and shared a video saying that Aquaman is in fact her baby's real and legal name. 'Hi everyone, it's me and baby Aquaman who loves to sleep. This little boy loves to sleep… Let's talk about the name, baby Aquama,n because the internet is very, very divisive on it. 'Now, obviously, I really don't care; I shared the name with the world. It is his legal name, it is on his birth certificate,' she revealed.
Cosmopolitan
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Trisha Paytas Almost Named Her Baby 'Water Snake'
In case you missed it, Trisha Paytas just had her baby and named him Aquaman Moses. Which we can all agree is iconic and unusual! But Trisha almost named him something even more iconic and unusual.... Water Snake. This name comes from a poem written by Trisha's husband Moses Hacmon. As she put it on the podcast, Just Trish, "I will say my number one that we were so close to naming the baby is not a movie poster, but I loved it so much. It's Moses' poem 'Water Snake.'" "I love 'Water Snake,'" Trisha added. "It's the Year of the Snake, Moses is a snake. We love water. I loved Water World. I loved the name Water. At the end of the day, Moses loves water, I've adopted his philosophy." Other contenders? "I did love Moses Jr. too," Trisha said. "I really love that too. And I liked Aladdin. It wasn't water-themed, but I always loved Aladdin. Moses hated that. He vetoed Paper Man and Aladdin. pretty quick, so we switched." As for how they settled on Aquaman, the Celebrity Big Brother U.K. star said "I've been wearing Aquaman T-shirts for years, since 2017 when the first Justice League came out. I have gone to so many Comic Cons for Aquaman. And I really fell in love when we rewatched Aquaman." "He's of two heritages, like our baby," Trisha explained. "He connects the land and sea, which is Moses' order at Benihana. He can talk telepathically to fish. He's also blonde and brunette, which—plot twist: our Aquaman has blonde hair." Again: Lots to think about!
Perth Now
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Trisha Paytas almost named her son Water Snake
Trisha Paytas almost named her third child Water Snake instead of Aquaman Moses. While the 37-year-old influencer caused controversy when she revealed she and husband Moses Hacmon had named their new baby Aquaman Moses Paytas-Hacmon, Trish revealed the moniker could have been very different. Speaking on her podcast Just Trish, she said: 'I will say my number one that we were so close to naming the baby is not a movie poster, but I loved it so much. It's Moses' poem Water Snake. 'I love Water Snake. It's the Year of the Snake, Moses is a snake. We love water. I loved [the movie] Water World. I loved the name Water. At the end of the day, Moses loves water, I've adopted his philosophy.' Moses originally shared his poem on YouTube in 2017. Meanwhile, along with Aquaman and Water Snake, Trisha had some other big ideas for names for the baby. She said: "I did love Moses Jr., too. I really love that too. And I liked Aladdin. It wasn't water-themed, but I always loved Aladdin. Moses hated that. He vetoed Paper Man and Aladdin. pretty quick, so we switched. 'I've been wearing Aquaman T-shirts for years, since 2017 when the first Justice League came out. I have gone to so many Comic Cons for Aquaman. And I really fell in love when we rewatched Aquaman. '[Aquaman is] of two heritages, like our baby. He connects the land and sea, which is Moses' order at Benihana. He can talk telepathically to fish. He's also blonde and brunette, which - plot twist: our Aquaman has blonde hair.' Along with Aquaman, Trisha and Moses also have daughters Malibu Barbie, two, and Elvis, 13 months.
The Star
26-05-2025
- Business
- The Star
Restaurants are hard enough to run – try doing it with your mother
Jennifer Lu stands quietly behind a wooden counter modestly adorned with a golden bucket of candy and red flags celebrating the Year of the Snake, which also happens to be the name of her daughter Patty Lu's pastry pop-up. On that particular day, Patty stands zenlike and laser-focused, flipping pastries with chopsticks in the fryer in the cavernous commercial kitchen they operate out of in Berkeley, California. But Jennifer admits later in a phone call that they have sometimes fought in front of customers – loudly. When Patty started her pop-up in the East Bay in San Francisco, California, three years ago, she recalls being in the weeds and behind on orders, when her mother appeared in line with her friends to buy pastries. She immediately jumped in to help. 'She's shown up every weekend since and just hasn't left,' says Patty, whose mother continues to drive two hours each week to help out. Uncomfortable truths can surface Parents have become more involved in their adult children's lives in the United States, and most report that it's had positive effects. According to a Pew Research Center survey, nearly 41% of parents reported that their young adult child relies on them for a strong amount of emotional support, with mothers identifying as the source of emotional support more frequently than fathers. The feelings are mutual, and many adult children describe their relationships with their parents as healthy and fulfilling. Still, even the healthiest mother-child dyad lacks immunity against the stress of running a food business together. That particular insidious pressure is commonly known: The restaurant industry is identified as having one of the highest failure rates among businesses in the United States. Running a business together can reveal fissures in mother- child relationships that were previously (and likely to have remained) dormant. Steve Lee, a professor at University of California, Los Angeles' Department of Psychology, makes the analogy of a ship being steered capably for long passages of time, assuming its course, without knowing the issues that lie below. Environ-mental stressors can reveal the uncomfortable truths hiding underneath the surface all along. 'When you go from implicit to more explicit, there's sometimes a reaction,' Prof Lee says. 'It can get bumpy.' Julie with her grandson Mikko at her home. Julie has stepped back from the kitchen of the restaurant she opened with her son and is focusing on life outside of the restaurant. 'Arguing and arguing' The strains that occur are not necessarily confined within the restaurant walls. Life continues outside work, and lines between family issues and the restaurant can become blurred. In September 2018, Keegan Fong signed the lease to his restaurant, Woon, in Los Angeles. Two weeks later, his mother, Julie Chen Fong, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Neither had experience cooking in professional kitchens nor running a restaurant. The menu reflected Keegan's experience as a Chinese American growing up on his mother's Shanghai-style cooking. The interpretation of that intersection turned out to be delicate, since the restaurant utilises Julie's recipes. 'It's a fine line that I walk because this restaurant is an ode to her,' Keegan says. 'But at the same time, how do I not make it 100% about her and not make it 100% about me?' In the weeks leading up to the restaurant's opening, Julie would drive 40 minutes to Woon after her radiation treatment in the mornings to taste-test the dishes and train the newly hired staff. Both mother and son recall incessant arguing at the beginning. 'It hurt at first – arguing and arguing,' Julie says. Tensions continued to peak as the restaurant navigated the Covid-19 pandemic a year later. With the additional stress, Keegan remembers, at their lowest, his mother angrily threatening to sue him. Since then, both have learned to give each other space. Keegan became better at establishing boundaries, while Julie has stepped back from the restaurant's kitchen and is more focused on life outside the business, watching her grandchildren. Keegan, at his restaurant Woon in Los Angeles' historic Filipinotown, recalls his mother once angrily threatening to sue him during a low point in their business relationship. Since then, they have learned to give each other space. 'We'll figure it out' Despite tensions in the workplace, contrasting personalities and business styles can be a mother-child superpower. 'We are total opposites. Working with family is not for everyone,' says Nur-E Farhana Rahman, who works with her mother, Nur-E Gulshan Rahman, at Korai Kitchen in Jersey City, New Jersey. Farhana considers herself conservative when it comes to making business decisions. Her mother tends to take bigger risks. 'If it had been just me, this restaurant would have never opened because we had no restaurant experience, no capital and no investors,' Farhana says. Her mother simply told her daughter: We'll figure it out. And they did. More than seven years later, Farhana continues to handle the business operations while Gulshan cooks. Farhana says their disagreements and paradoxical business personalities often result in something fruitful. Learning to trust In 2023, Ana Torrealba took over as chef de cuisine at her mother Iliana de la Vega's long-standing Austin, Texas, restaurant, El Naranjo. Getting older, de la Vega was happy to pass the baton to one of her children. But trust can take time to build, especially when traditions are at stake. De la Vega had confidence in her daughter's palate, though more complex dishes like the restaurant's mole required training, she says. Although de la Vega acknowledges her daughter's strengths as a chef, they still sometimes disagreed when Torrealba wanted to modernise parts of the menu. Eventually, de la Vega realised that most of the changes her daughter implemented appealed to a new, younger clientele. 'I just got used to it,' says de le Vega about trusting that her daughter's choices preserved the cooking methods, flavours, and legacy of the restaurant. Torrealba (right) and her mother, de la Vega, at El Naranjo. In 2023, Torrealba took over as chef de cuisine at her mother's longstanding restaurant. The two tigers In 2018, Jessica Wang invited her mother to join her selling pastries at pop-ups and teaching cooking classes after doing so on her own for three years. Wang realised there was a need for a grocery store in Chinatown in Los Angeles when her students would ask where to buy ingredients. While the construction of the grocery store is underway, the duo continues to sell pastries and prepared foods at pop-ups and offer cooking classes and catering. Before the brick-and-mortar store opening, Wang has deeply considered their relationship as boss and employee versus co-owners, and how they should move forward. 'There were some hard moments where I think the dynamic of her being my mum and knowing what's best for me, and then being the owner and boss of the business has sometimes led to some kind of tensions,' Wang says. 'I just shut up and try to listen,' Peggy Wang says about their flipped dynamic. Peggy says she's learned to think outside the box working with her daughter, and from spending more time listening than intervening. 'Most things get worse when we respond right away because most of the time that's the ugly side talking.' Jennifer Lu found a metaphor for the relationship. 'In the mountain, you cannot have two tigers because they're both leaders,' she says, referring to a Chinese proverb. 'As a mum, I will back you up and let you be the boss.' – By ELEANORE PARK/©2025 The New York Times Company
Calgary Herald
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
How has year of the snake treated you? Updated horoscopes for the last half of 2025
The halfway mark of 2025 approaches. In this, the Year of the Snake, has luck been shining down upon you, or have clouds of gloom been darkening your days? For many people, it's been a bit of both. Article content Article content Some horoscope specialists liken the year to a game of Snakes and Ladders. Some days land you in a place that propels your fortunes upwards. On other days, you're stopped on a slithering path that takes you a few steps back. Article content Article content General predictions for the year certainly noted there were good days ahead for many in 2025, especially for people seeking transformation, wisdom, creativity and calmness. But the underbelly of the year of the snake reveals hidden problems for 2025, including increased stress and conflict. Article content Article content Singer Beyonce, for example, was born in a year of the rooster. Horoscope predictions for roosters note that people born in these years understand the importance of hard work and that their hard work would pay off in 2025. Beyonce, of course, is known for a strong work ethic, along with her talent. She'd been nominated five times for the Grammy award for album of the year, but it was 2025 when she finally took home this top prize. Article content Article content Article content For those born in years of the pig, such as Elon Musk, horoscope predictions indicated ample rewards could be coming their way. That certainly seemed to be the case at the start of the year when U.S. president Donald Trump appointed Musk a senior advisor. However, those rewards also came with a warning: Be careful of anything that seems too good to be true. Article content People born in a year of snake were predicted to have the ability in 2025 to turn around any bad luck that came their way. Case in point? Golfer Rory McIlroy had gone 10 years without winning a major tournament, but earlier this year he captured the 2025 Masters Tournament for the first time and finally completed his long-sought-after grand slam (a win in each of golf's four major championships.) Article content One more example of this year's predictions coming to fruition may be seen with Steven Spielberg, who was born in a year of the dog. These folks are described as loyal, loving and smart and it was predicted that dogs would receive great praise in 2025 for years of excellent work. For Spielberg, film fans and critics alike are heaping new praise on Spielberg for one of his early successes — Jaws. The movie is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and the entertainment world is abuzz thanks to a special release of the movie, a prestigious exhibit and anniversary celebrations in locations across North America.
