Day: June 7, 2024
Reuters: The United States encourages China to attend a planned summit on Ukraine this month in Switzerland, a U.S. State Department spokesperson told reporters on Thursday, with China thus far saying it will stay away as Russia had not been invited.
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The tasks set in the Caucasian Eagle – 2024 exercise held in Baku with the participation of the special forces from Azerbaijan, Türkiye and Georgia are being successfully accomplished, Report informs, citing the Azerbaijani Defense Minister.
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- Warning: Spoilers ahead for the first six episodes of “Perfect Match” season two.
- In the new season, “Love Is Blind” alum Micah Lussier couples up with “Dated & Related” star Kaz Bishop.
- Here’s an update on their on their relationship.
Micah Lussier and Kaz Bishop’s relationship is in trouble at the end of the “Perfect Match” season two, episode six.
While it’s not totally clear — there are signs that they didn’t make it.
Lussier is on her third attempt at a reality TV romance after trying and failing to find a husband on two seasons of Netflix’s most popular reality show, “Love Is Blind.”
She appears in the latest season of “Perfect Match,” a Netflix crossover series in which fan favorites from other shows compete and date to find their partner.
Initially, Lussier pairs up with “Too Hot To Handle” star Stevan Ditter, but in episode two, they realize they are better suited with other contestants.
Ditter and “Dated & Related” alum Kaz Bishop suggest a wife swap for the next matching ceremony, and their partners agree. So by the end of episode two, Ditter is paired up with “The Circle” star Xanthi Perdikomatis, and Bishop is coupled up with Lussier.
Lussier and Bishop’s relationship starts strong since they win the next couple’s challenge and a date later in episode two.
But their relationship is tested in episode six when Bishop is sent on a date with Holly Scarfone, who previously starred in “Too Hot To Handle” season three.
Kaz Bishop on his date with Holly Scarfone in “Perfect Match” season two.
Courtesy of Netflix
When Bishop returns, he struggles to decide who to pick between Scarfone and Lussier. Lussier gets angry about this situation and calls Bishop a liar.
Fans will discover who Bishop picks when the next episode of “Perfect Match” airs on Netflix on June 14. However, there are hints that the couple are not together now. Here’s why.
Micah Lussier has posted on social media about other dates
“Perfect Match” stars Micah Lussier and Izzy Zapata in the season 6 reunion of “Love is Blind.”
Courtesy of Netflix
Netflix reality series are often filmed months or even years before they premiere. This means that contestants often do not post anything about their relationships from the reality show or new relationships until after the series has aired.
While we do not know exactly when “Perfect Match” season two was filmed, it was likely before the fall of 2023, when some contestants had other TV commitments.
Since September 2023, Lussier has shared three TikTok posts about going on new dates. In the first post shared on September 16, 2023, Lussier shows the man she is dating, and he doesn’t look anything like Bishop.
at least have a little fire bby bout something ?? #men #baseball #yourlooksmyconcernbae
#loveisblind
Lussier has not confirmed that she has a new partner, but the fact that she is dating other people means her romance with Bishop probably didn’t work out.
Fans will find out more when the next batch of episodes for “Perfect Match” season two premieres on Netflix on June 14.
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- Dolly Parton, 78, says she won’t retire unless health — her husband’s or her own — demands it.
- She was featured on Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” and has plans to release a Broadway musical in 2026.
- Celebrities such as Vera Wang and Kris Jenner have also spoken about their decision to continue working.
Dolly Parton, 78, isn’t planning on retiring anytime soon — and there’s only one reason she would ever step away from her career.
“I’ve always said that if my husband was in ill health or needed me, I would most definitely pull way back,” Parton said in response to a fan’s question during an interview at the CMA Fest, which took place on Thursday in Nashville, per Entertainment Tonight.
Parton has been married to Carl Thomas Dean for almost 60 years. They met outside a laundromat in 1964 and tied the knot two years later.
The “Jolene” singer also shared that she would consider slowing down if her own health required it.
“As I mentioned before, I’ve kind of dreamed myself into a corner and I’ve got to be responsible for that,” Parton said, per Entertainment Tonight. “I’ll always be doing something, but I may pull back a little bit here and there, now and then.”
Parton has been keeping busy over the past year.
In October, she released a book titled “Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones,” chronicling the most iconic looks she’s worn in her career. In November, she dropped her first-ever rock album, “Rockstar.”
The country legend also featured on Beyoncé’s latest album “Cowboy Carter,” and announced at the CMA Fest that a biographical musical titled “Hello, I’m Dolly” will arrive on Broadway in 2026.
Outside of her music career, she even released a new line of baking mixes earlier this year.
“Not today, that’s what I said. I got to get some more groceries on the shelf and sell some more pies and cakes and brownies,” Parton said at the CMA Fest, per Entertainment Tonight.
Parton isn’t the only celebrity who has spoken about not wanting to retire.
In April, Vera Wang told People that she plans to continue working because she enjoys being creative.
“I think maybe a little bit like Warren Buffett or Queen Elizabeth II, I’m just going to keep prodding on because I feel as though I’m able to do my best work more and more,” Wang, who’s turning 75 in June, said.
In May, Kris Jenner — the 68-year-old matriarch of the Kardashian-Jenner clan — told James Corden that she doesn’t want to retire because working gives her “all sorts of different qualities” in her life.
“It’s finding solutions for things. It’s your organizational skills. It’s your people skills. It’s the love of life,” Jenner said. “It’s, you know, having somewhere to go, getting up, getting dressed, presenting yourself to the world a certain way, and interacting with the people that you love.”
There is also a wave of millennials who are putting their own spin on the FIRE movement — and it involves not retiring early, unlike what the acronym suggests.
As Noah Sheidlower and Kathleen Elkins reported for Business Insider, many millennials who have achieved or are set to achieve financial independence are still interested in working because it gives them purpose and allows them to give back to their communities.
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- Harry Jowsey and Jessica Vestal are one of the most consistent couples in “Perfect Match” season two.
- Fans and the media previously speculated that the pair dated in 2023.
- Here’s what we know about their relationship on the show and whether they are still together.
Warning: Spoilers ahead for the first six episodes of “Perfect Match” season two.
Netflix reality star Harry Jowsey appears ready to settle down with “Love Is Blind” fan-favorite cast member Jessica Vestal after the opening episodes of “Perfect Match” season two.
We don’t know for sure what happened next — but it seems pretty unlikely they made it as a couple.
In season two, stars from “Squid Game: The Challenge,” “Love Is Blind” and other shows date each other to find their perfect match.
The series gives Netflix the opportunity to give fan-favorite reality contestants more screen time while promoting their lesser-known shows like as “The Trust: A Game of Greed” and “Dated & Related.”
In season two, Jowsey, who has a reputation for being a player, arrives in the house and says he is ready to settle down in a serious relationship.
Harry Jowsey and Jessica Vestal were matched together for a date by Kaz Bishop and Micah Lussier in “Perfect Match” season 2.
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His costars are doubtful, but he perseveres, and in episode three he couples up with Vestal, who starred in the latest season of “Love Is Blind.”
The pair fight in episodes three and five when Vestal questions Jowsey’s honesty after she hears negative comments from other contestants. But by the end of episode six, they are still together.
In March, TMZ and PageSix published pictures of Jowsey and Vestal kissing that they claim were taken in June 2023 in Tulum, Mexico. This led fans to speculate that they were dating.
However, these photographs may have been taken while the cast was filming “Perfect Match” season two since the series was filmed in Tulum.
Here are some clues we found about their relationship after filming the show.
Vestal implied she was single in March.
In March of this year, Vestal seemed to push back on the idea that she was dating someone.
She posted a TikTok, captioning it: “Trust, y’all will know when someone has wifed me up. Let’s focus on the ones who actually might be.”
Trust, y’all will know when someone has me wifed up. Let’s focus on the ones who actually might be
#loveisblind #loveisblindseason6 #lib #netflix #tea
It isn’t as definitive as “I’m not in a relationship,” but certainly points to an ongoing relationship with Jowsey being unlikely.
In February, Vestal also spoke about another possible non-Jowsey romance.
She said on the “Viall Files” podcast that she was attracted to a costar from “Love Is Blind” season six.
“I had another strong connection there,” Vestal said. “I can’t say any names because I’m still trying to sort some things out.”
Jowsey said he broke up with a secret girlfriend last year.
Rylee Arnold and Harry Jowsey dancing salsa in “Dancing With The Stars” season 32.
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In the fall of 2023, Jowsey partnered up with professional dancer Rylee Arnold to compete in “Dancing With The Stars” season 32.
However, fans began speculating that the dancing partners were dating after seeing their chemistry and reading reports that they spent Thanksgiving together.
Jowsey shut down the rumors at the time, telling Business Insider in November: “I try and ignore it all because I just want to focus on the dancing. If I get distracted with dating stuff and all that stuff, then I’m probably not going to be a good dancer.”
In April, Jowsey said on his podcast, “Boyfriend Material with Harry Jowsey,” that he was actually in a secret relationship during the filming of “Dancing With the Stars.”
“All those edits kind of brought me and my girlfriend at the time apart,” Jowsey said, referring to TikTok videos that elevated the dating rumors about him and Arnold.
This secret girlfriend could have been Vestal since Jowsey never reveals the woman’s name in the video. But we don’t know — and in any case it was over by the time he mentioned it.
“I was madly in love with this girl,” Jowsey said. “It was probably just infatuation, but I thought it was love. Obviously, it ended up ending, and it fizzled out because it’s so difficult to see your boyfriend or girlfriend on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ being that close with someone else.”
Jowsey credited the secret girlfriend for keeping him steady during his sudden rise in fame until they eventually broke up.
Fans will find out the truth when more episodes of “Perfect Match” premiere on Netflix on June 14 and June 21.
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