The calendar may have turned to 2025, but the Cardi B and Offset drama has spilled into the new year. Cardi took to X Spaces on Tuesday (Jan. 14) where she accused her estranged husband along with his mother, Latabia Woodward, of robbing her.
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“I ain’t listen after you and your momma robbed me,” she claimed. “Yeah, you and your mom robbed me cold, wiped my nose. Told you stop f—ing playing with me.”
The Grammy-winning rapper didn’t allude to exactly what she meant when it came to the alleged robbery. Cardi went on to allege that Offset didn’t want any part in playing the role of Santa Claus this year.
She claimed that Set didn’t buy their three children a single gift for Christmas this holiday season even after an NYC shopping spree for his kids with other women.
“You just called your daughter for the first time this year, yesterday. Your newborn. You love your kids so much and you didn’t bought them s–t for Christmas,” she said. “But you came to New York to buy your other kids gifts. But you didn’t bought my kids s–t on purpose to spite me. Mind you, we was cool. We wasn’t f—ing, but we was cool. Stop f—ing playing with me.”
Cardi confessed that she “couldn’t even enjoy [her] own wins because [she] felt like he was going through something.”
She continued: “And this is the realest s–t somebody could ever do for you. I used to pray for this person before I prayed for myself. And then this motherf—-r had the nerve to say that I was being ‘competitive.’”
The Bronx native filed to divorce Offset — for the second time — after seven years of marriage over the summer. The very next day, Cardi announced that she was expecting her third baby, who arrived on Sept. 7. The former couple also shares 6-year-old daughter Kulture and 3-year-old son Wave.
Listen to Cardi’s rant below. Billboard has reached out to Offset’s reps for comment.
Lorraine Pascale, the former model and celebrity chef, revealed how she lost an impressive four stone after the birth of her daughter. The 52-year-old, who has sold millions of copies of her cookbooks in the UK alone and hosted her own BBC show, shared her weight loss secrets on YouTube.
In a video titled: “Foods I ate to lose four stone, my memory and best lunch ever”, which has been viewed thousands of times, Pascale detailed her diet plan. She said: “When my daughter was born, I put on four stone. It took me a while to lose it but I just wanted to go through the kind of foods that I eat.”
Among her favourite foods are organic black bean spaghetti, kidney beans, matcha powder, tinned tuna or salmon and gluten-free quinoa puffs.
She also revealed what’s inside her fridge, including sweet potatoes, miso paste and capers, along with various fruits and vegetables such as beetroot, tomatoes, mushrooms, and spinach. Other staples include Greek yoghurt, eggs, and ginger.
Pascale also suggested using tahini, a Middle Eastern condiment made from sesame seeds, as a dressing to add extra flavour to vegetables, reports Surrey Live.
In the middle of her video, she revealed a recipe for what she calls the “best lunch ever”.
The ingredients include sliced shiitake and sweet mushrooms, a halved sweet potato, ginger, cherry tomatoes, and sweet white miso paste. Lorraine opts for a packet from Clearspring, which is a blend of fermented rice and soya bean paste.
She begins by sautéing the mushrooms in a pan with some oil, a knob of butter, a pinch of salt and a dash of water. She then bakes the sweet potatoes and scoops out their insides.
The scooped sweet potato is placed in a bowl, drizzled with truffle oil and mixed with a generous spoonful of miso paste. She stuffs the sweet potato skins with this mixture and serves them on a bed of spinach, topped with the fried mushrooms.
In the comment section, many people praised Lorraine for sharing what her diet looks like. One viewer replied: “A bsolutely loved this recipe. All of my fav ingredients in one. Thanks Lorraine.”
A second asked: “Sweet potatoes in the microwave, why didn’t I think about it?!? Brillant idea!” A third wrote: “Congratulations on the 4 Stone loss. I love sweet potatoes!”
Miso paste is widely recognised for its health benefits, being rich in vitamins, minerals, and beneficial bacteria and enzymes. Incorporating miso into your diet can contribute to a balanced nutritional plan.
It’s packed with vitamins that can boost the immune system. Certain types of miso may also support neurological and psychological health.
Thanks to the fermentation process, the nutrients in miso are broken down into simpler forms, making them easier for the body to absorb. Miso may also promote heart health, have anti-inflammatory properties, and help reduce the risk of strokes.
Deal or No Deal Island Season 2 kicked off in spectacular fashion. The show has leveled up, and this season looks epic! Even the camp has been revamped, with air conditioning in the dome sleeping quarters. Nice!
This mash-up between Deal or No Deal and Survivor kept fans guessing for the entire first season. Back again is host and Games Master Joe Manganiello, who will help the competitors along the process and act as the Banker’s intermediary.
Once again, $200 million is stashed in cases all over the island. During challenges, contestants try to retrieve the cases with the highest value. At night, one contestant will play the Banker at The Temple. If they make a good deal, their winnings are added to the final case, and they will stay in the game. The final player standing will go toe-to-toe with the Banker for all the prize money.
For Season 2, 14 new competitors are staying at the Banker’s private island. Three of the players are reality stars, while the rest are just normal folks. Now that we’ve seen what the new cast brings to the table, there are a few standouts already. Here are the Deal or No Deal Island Season 2 contestants to watch.
Courtney Kim
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Courtney Kim, also known as CK, is a competitive poker player as well as a corporate banker. However, she is keeping all those details close to the vest. Her goal is to take down the new female Banker and use the winnings to pay off her grandmother’s house.
Her gift with numbers, and her intelligence, make her a big threat in the game. Plus, her ability to detect if someone isn’t being honest is a huge advantage. During the first challenge, she decided to take the “Jungle” path to the Banker’s pyramid, targeting cases that were in the middle range. CK thought that would be the easiest course, and she didn’t want to appear like a threat at the beginning.
Meanwhile, CK is staying in the Red Dome, along with Parvati Shallow, and newbies Dickson Wong, and Charles “Rock” Carlson. I think CK has what it takes to make it far in the game, and possibly even take home the win!
Seychelle decided to target the red cases, which had the greatest risk, and greatest reward. Unfortunately, due to poor decisions by her team members, Luke Olejniczak and David Genat, the entire team was in danger of facing the Banker and possible elimination. Plus, Seychelle had the lowest-value case in the game.
And Seychelle did not want to leave Season 2 or face the Banker. First, she started telling other contestants that David was a much more serious threat than her. Then, she tried to butter up Luke. She once again pointed out what a threat David was in the game due to his physicality. She added that eliminating David would be “a sick move.” Seychelle even said she would have Luke’s back.
However, at The Temple, Seychelle shared her real feelings in a confessional interview. “What I’m hoping for is that Luke makes a terrible deal with the Banker and he gets his *ss shipped back home to Wisconsin,” she stated. She also called him, “mad dumb.” It seems like Seychelle can control her emotions and can skillfully, and subtly, manipulate other players. Plus, she took a big chance during the first challenge. Seychelle is there to play, and if you are in her way, watch out!
Parvati Shallow
Parvati is no stranger to reality TV. She competed on Survivor five times and won once. Parvati created an all-female alliance known as The Black Widow Brigade.
This yoga instructor and mom knew that some of the players recognized her, but she individually asked them not to tell each other. After all, her resume could be a strike against her. However, Parvati has a way of pulling people in. “I’m here to just blow fairy dust in people’s eyes so that they can’t imagine life without me,” she stated. “Look, I could be a cult leader if I want to.”
During the first challenge, Parvati navigated the floating rocks in the ocean to claim a high-value case. She is there to compete, but she is also studying everyone and everything. Parvati is smart, can be deceptive, and is great at challenges. What more does someone need to beat the Banker?
David Genat
David is also no stranger to competing on reality TV. He is an Australian Survivor legend and winner. While he hoped to fly under the radar, this “Golden God” of Survivor was recognized by Parvati. This duo made an alliance, and it is a blast to watch. It’s almost as good as watching Survivor legend “Boston” Rob Mariano navigate the game last season. He loved the show so much that he is hosting an After Show on Peacock, chatting with eliminated contestants. I like it!
Meanwhile, during the first challenge, Seychelle and Luke didn’t stay at the top of the zip line to see who took the $1 million case. They zipped away, leaving David to stay in the perch. When the “Rocks” group realized they were being watched, they switched briefcases when they were out of view. As a result, David turned down a deal from “Rocks” that would keep his team in second place. He thought he knew who had the $1 million, but he was wrong. Oops!
Let’s face it – David is a challenge beast. Plus, he is charming and easy on the eyes, a fact not lost on Sydnee Peck. While he may be seen as a threat for those reasons, his physical strength also makes him an asset as the group tries to get high-value cases. David is brilliant at strategy and the social game and could possibly be the Banker’s ultimate opponent.
Alexis Lete
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Alexis Lete, known as Lete, has an eclectic past. She finished third in the Miss USA pageant and was a WWE wrestler. She is athletic, tall, and friendly.
Lete also has her head in the game. She was part of “Rocks” and went for the high-value cases. When Sydnee was stuck on the rocks, Lete climbed back off the floating platform to help her, while Parvati also lent a helping hand.
As luck would have it, Lete is bunking in the Blue Dome, along with Luke, Phillip Solomon, Seychelle, and Storm Wilson. Right away she has named their group the “high-five alliance.” Her confidence and ease in a leadership position will only help her in this game.
While she may not be as strategic as Parvati and David, Lete is still one of the Deal or No Deal Island contestants to watch. She wants to win, and she isn’t afraid to use her impressive skill set to make that a reality. It will be interesting to see if someone beats Season 1 winner Jordan Fowler’s impressive payday of $1.23 million.
It’s been 55 years since All My Children premiered, and the legacy of the ABC soap lives on. During the Susan Lucci in Conversation with Andy Cohen: All My Children at 55, writer Lorraine Broderick opened up about the show’s ending and why it had to be altered at the last minute.
“We had an entirely different happy ending of All My Children, the final script that we all worked so hard on,” Broderick revealed to the panelists and audience during the 92NY Recanati-Kaplan Talks program on January 14. “And then they decided to pick up on this short term internet thing that happened and we had to go back in and change everything so that everything was a cliffhanger so that they would have something.”
All My Children was canceled by ABC in 2011 after 41 years on the air. That same year, the rights to the soap were sold to Prospect Park, which revived AMC for a short-lived web series in 2013.
“If we tied everything up and Erica were happily married to Jack, what do you do then? So we had to change the whole thing,” Broderick continued. “That’s an interesting inside glimpse into what happened when they moved the show up to Connecticut for a short while.”
Broderick was joined by Susan Lucci, Kelly Ripa, Jill Larson, Eden Riegel, Jennifer Bassey, Francesca James, Judy Blye Wilson, and moderator Andy Cohen for a conversation about the world of Pine Valley.
Lucci reunited on stage with Riegel, who played her beloved onscreen daughter, Bianca. “Susan always made an effort to approach every new person on the set and welcome them and make them feel comfortable and take all the stress and drama away and save it for the scenes,” Riegel gushed about her onscreen mom. “She was so welcoming and so warm and that has just continued. I mean, she’s a very special person in my life, in of our lives.” Lucci sweetly responded, “Back at you, my goodness.”
Riegel stressed that the cast is still so close after all these years. “We really are a family,” she said. Let’s hope that revival comes to fruition!
Elizabeth Funk is familiar with both paths. As an early employee at Yahoo! and Microsoft, Funk helped pioneer services like Yahoo! Shopping and Microsoft Word. After thinking online shopping would be a cool feature, she pitched and wrote the first code for Yahoo! Shopping herself. She was also a product manager on the early team for Microsoft Word and part of the original founding team that created Microsoft Office.
Elizabeth Funk. Photo Credit: In Her Image Photography.
Now, as the founder and CEO of the nonprofit DignityMoves, Funk strives to find Silicon Valley-level disruptive solutions to homelessness, a problem that affected more than 771,800 Americans in 2024. DignityMoves addresses unsheltered homelessness by developing interim housing to get people off the streets as quickly as possible.
Entrepreneur interviewed Funk about how she displayed intrapreneurship at Microsoft and Yahoo!, her approach to problems, and the lessons that she’s bringing with her to DignityMoves.
You were one of the first employees at Yahoo! and on the early team for Microsoft Office. What was it like working on these products? At Yahoo! we were making it up as we went along. We had no idea how people were going to use the Internet, or what it could do. I was coming from software (Microsoft), where it would take 18 months before a new feature idea would be in users’ hands (back then we printed the software on CDs and shipped it in packages). At Yahoo! I could come up with a feature, put it out on the web, sleep a few hours under my desk (a frequent habit), and wake up to see that a million plus people had used it, as well as how they’d used it. Trial and error was a fundamental design strategy. There was very little downside risk to putting out a feature to see if it appealed.
How did you approach problems on these teams? At both companies, it was fundamental that we had very collaborative working styles. At Yahoo!, we tried to do as many meetings standing as possible. Once you sit for a meeting you’re presumed there in that seat for 60 minutes. Who decided that all issues require exactly 60 minutes to solve? Instead, the person calling the meeting would pre-socialize the issue with folks individually, narrow it down to a few choices, and ideally the team would stand in the conference room, debate the pros and cons, and decide. We also did not believe in “democracy” in this environment. If you require unanimity you’ll end up with the lowest common denominator.
What was Yahoo! Shopping’s origin story? In the early days of Yahoo! I was one of the only females. I kept thinking “Wouldn’t it be cool if you could shop online?” The guys were completely not intrigued. So I went to Barnes & Noble and bought “HTML for Dummies” and wrote [the code] myself. I got into a lot of trouble– clearly, web coding is not my forte, it was terrible. It also only had three to four links (about as many online retailers existed, at the time). But we tried it, and in retrospect, I turned out to be right.
What advice would you give people looking to make a difference from within a company? If your business model can support it, use trial-and-error, “minimal viable product” approaches to experiment before investing a lot of energy in new features or projects.
How do you approach managing people? As a manager, I believed in giving every person their own area of (almost) full authority. Even the most junior person would “own” their small part of the business. I believe that the entrepreneurial spirit is like a precious elixir — if you could bottle it, you could sell it for $1 million per drop. There is nothing more powerful. As a manager, the secret was to find ways to instill that elixir in every employee. Magic happens.
What lessons from Yahoo! and Microsoft are you bringing with you as a founder? At Yahoo! we thought that the global internet was going to be too massive for people– they were going to want to stay within their local communities. So we created Yahoo! LA, Yahoo! San Francisco, and so forth. It took us a while to realize that people had only defined “community” by their zip code in the past because that was their only option. Now people could define “community” by a shared love of Beanie Babies. The same seems true for how people use the internet today: they gather in community across zip codes and borders, united by what makes them unique, and what connects them to others.
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In a complaint filed in Washington, DC, federal court, the SEC said the delay allowed Musk to continue buying Twitter shares at artificially low prices, allowing him to underpay by at least $150 million.
The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Elon Musk for having failed to timely disclose purchasing more than 5% of Twitter’s common stock in March 2022 Getty Images
A lawyer for Musk said the billionaire Twitter owner did nothing wrong and called the SEC case a “sham.”
The SEC wants Musk to pay a civil fine and disgorge profits he was not entitled to.
Alex Spiro, a lawyer for Musk, in an email said: “Mr. Musk has done nothing wrong and everyone sees this sham for what it is.”
The SEC said the delay allowed Musk to continue buying Twitter shares at artificially low prices, allowing him to underpay by at least $150 million. REUTERS
An SEC rule requires investors like Musk to disclose within 10 calendar days when they cross a 5% ownership threshold.
The SEC said Musk did not disclose his stake until April 4, 2022, 11 days after the deadline, by which time he owned more than 9% of Twitter’s shares.
Twitter’s share price rose more than 27% following that disclosure, the SEC said.
Musk eventually purchased Twitter for $44 billion in October 2022, and renamed it X.
The is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Yes, the agency needs cash, but Albany didn’t want to find the money elsewhere in the near-$240 billion it spends each year, so it opted for the toll plan — and the pretense that it’s somehow good for us.
And the folks who work for the state-run MTA are obliged to support that fiction.
So the agency “proudly” announced that first-week data show that the average weekday total of vehicles entering the central business district was 7.5% lower than the estimated average for the same timeframe before the tolls kicked in.
First off, that first week was far from average: The metro area got hit by a polar vortex, with snowfall and temperatures dipping into the teens, for the coldest January in years.
More people took buses, reports the MTA, and some of them may indeed may not have been able to stomach the $9 charge.
But it’s just as likely that it was the bitter freeze, not the tolls, that kept the majority of these missing drivers off the road.
Anyway, the long-term impact may well not be reduced congestion but redistributed pain: The MTA’s own studies suggested that parts of the city outside the zone would suffer more, thanks to the tolls.
The real test of “success” would be: Did the toll receipts match projections?
Unsurprisingly, the MTA isn’t blaring those numbers, as that would be admitting the program’s simply a cash grab.
From the moment then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo got the Legislature to OK the plan, through his successor Kathy Hochul’s steady support for it (and despite her pre-election “pause”), it’s been about balancing the MTA’s books by soaking the general public in a new way.
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Tackling those issues would require actual leadership in confronting special interests or facing down crime-enabling ideologues.
It’s much easier to just force commuters to bail out the agency with a new toll — then tell them it’s for their own good.
By the way: Fewer people entering the toll zone means fewer people spending their money below 60th, too: Where the MTA profits, the businesses of lower Manhattan get squeezed.
If congestion pricing is “working,” it’s only working for the MTA’s masters in Albany.
Rolls-Royce (LSE: RR) shares have grown wings lately, flying an eye-watering 98% in 2024 and an astonishing 350% over three years.
At the same time, easyJet (LSE: EZJ) has struggled to get off the runway. The budget airline’s share price has slipped 2% over the last 12 months and 23% over three years. Over five years it’s down 60%.
I’m baffled by struggling easyJet shares
That dismal showing surprises me for two reasons. First, both FTSE 100 companies have been subject to the same sectoral forces.
As an aircraft engine maker, Rolls-Royce has benefited from the explosion in pent-up demand for flights as Covid lockdowns pandemic receded into memory. As did British Airways owner IAG, the only FTSE 100 stock to outpace Rolls last year. So can easyJet’s shares soar while Rolls-Royce steadily level off?
The Rolls-Royce recovery was driven by the resurgence in long-haul travel, with increased engine flying hours translating into higher revenues for its civil aerospace division. Investors have also been wowed by its successful restructuring efforts under transformative CEO Tufan Erginbilgiç.
Better still, its defence and power systems segments have also provided steady growth, offering diversification and resilience.
Yet the engineer’s meteoric rise has now priced in a lot of good news and the shares look pricey trading at 41 times trailing earnings. The group has worked down its debt pile but still has to invest heavily in new technologies like sustainable aviation fuel and hybrid-electric engines.
We’re also waiting to see whether new ventures such as its mini-nuclear reactors will cook up a new line of revenue. While Rolls-Royce shares risk flying too close to the sun, easyJet has gone a little cold.
It’s struggled with rising fuel costs, operational disruptions, and stiff competition in the European short-haul market. Passenger demand has been rising steadily and its fast-growing easyJet holidays division is doing well, but as inflation returns customers may feel the squeeze.
This looks like a top FTSE 100 value stock
The shares have slumped 15% in the last month, primarily due to higher inflation expectations and the hullabaloo over UK gilt yields.
With the easyJet share price now trading at just 8.1 times earnings, it surely offers much better value than Rolls-Royce.
easyJet has a solid balance sheet, decent brand and has built a strong position at key European airports. I think its shares could take off again when the economy does. But when exactly will that be?
I hold Rolls-Royce shares and won’t buy more. It’s no longer a rocket ship, more like an ocean liner. But I don’t hold easyJet. Following the recent dip, I’m tempted to buy.
The 20 analysts offering one-year share price forecasts have produced a median target of just over 718p. If correct, that’s an increase of almost 45% from today. That’s a stellar potential return. I think it’s a little of the optimistic side.
2025 looks like a bumpy year for the UK and Europe. I think the easyJet rebound will take some time, but today, the share potentially offers a brilliant entry point for patient long-term investors. Any signs of a turnaround could drive a significant re-rating. One day, easyJet could do a Rolls-Royce. Or IAG for that matter. I’ll buy the moment I’m feeling brave enough.
Rolls-Royce (LSE:RR) has been a terrific stock for investors over the last few years. But going forward, I think other UK shares could be better choices for investors with a long-term outlook to consider.
Beyond the FTSE 100 and the FTSE 250, there are some companies with very strong growth prospects. And they’re currently trading at what I see as attractive valuations at the moment.
Rolls-Royce
The Rolls-Royce share price has gone from 93p to £5.79 since the start of 2023. That’s a 521% gain, which is enough to turn £10,000 into more than £62,250.
A lot of this has been driven by factors that I expect to normalise. Recovering travel demand is one – while this surged following the pandemic, I think it’s unlikely to keep growing at the same rate.
Another is multiple expansion. Since the start of 2023, the price-to-sales (P/S) multiple that Rolls-Royce shares trade at has gone from 0.63 to 2.74, but I’m not expecting this to keep increasing indefinitely.
Rolls-Royce P/S ratio 2021-2025
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It’s hard to see either of these forces continuing to push Rolls-Royce shares higher at the rate they have been. That’s not to say it won’t be a good investment, but it could be time to look elsewhere.
Macfarlane
Macfarlane (LSE:MACF) is a stock I’ve been buying recently. It designs and manufactures protective packaging for a variety of different industries.
The risk with the business is it operates in an industry with some bigger competitors. But the firm has close relationships with its customers and provides bespoke products that aren’t easy to disrupt.
The stock is trading at an unusually low price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple, but I’m anticipating growth on the way. The recent acquisitions of Polyformes and Pitreavie should boost earnings from this year.
This makes Macfarlane a growing business with shares trading at an attractive price. I think investors should consider the stock as a potential outperformer over the next few years.
Wise
Shares in money transfer service Wise (LSE:WISE) are only slightly above where they were when the company went public in 2021. But I think it’s a terrific business with a lot of scope for growth ahead.
The stock trades at a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple of 20, which doesn’t look too bad. But investors should note that around 75% of its income comes from interest on the cash it holds in its accounts.
This is important, because this makes the prospect of lower interest rates a risk for shareholders to consider. Wise is unlikely to be able to generate the same return if rates come down.
Ultimately, though, Wise’s core product is cheaper and faster than its rivals. And with a huge market to expand into, I think the next five years could be very bright for the company and the stock.
The next Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce is a quality business and I’m not saying it’s a bad stock to own. But it’s hard to see how the things that have caused the share price to rise over the last few years are going to continue from here.
With that in mind, I’m looking at other UK shares at the moment. And both Macfarlane and Wise are ones that I think have a lot of room to grow beyond their current valuations.
