Architecturally designed homes offer many benefits, from individuality and customised layouts to functionality and responsiveness to their surroundings.
They also often feature premium building materials, including bespoke joinery, along with energy efficiency and indoor-outdoor flow.
Here are the best architect-designed Sydney homes for sale right now.
Architect Ashkan Mostaghim and Peter Reeve of CRD Design designed this family residence, transforming a rundown commercial building and garage into a unique and impressive space.
The north-facing building captures natural light inside and also offers views from the outdoor terrace. It also has five bedrooms, including the main bedroom suite with a dressing room and en suite, all on its own level, plus garaging for up to four cars and a workshop.
The district facade, honouring the property’s history, is another feature, as are the landscaped gardens by Linda Ross of Linda Ross Gardens.
The residence is on the Redfern-Chippendale border, close to Redfern station, Central Park and the University of Sydney.
Designed by award-winning architect Kreis Grennan, this Lilyfield home blends the charm of the original period cottage with pops of colour and raw materials in the extension.
It features high coffered ceilings, preserved fireplaces, and brand-new Blackbutt floorboards, plus a standout kitchen with Verde Guatemala marble benchtops, Blackbutt cabinetry, tactile concrete and antique finishes.
The bathrooms are a design standout, thanks to their use of colour, texture and materials. They showcase Calacatta Viola marble, striking black-and-white chevron marble tiling, dramatic art deco wall sconces and rainwater showers.
Outside, a courtyard, framed by landscaped gardens, features a pizza oven and overlooks a dual studio.
Set on a block measuring approximately 209 square metres and 5.6 metres wide, this architect-designed home offers generous proportions and connects to the surrounding greenery.
It is set across multiple levels, with separate living, dining and lounge spaces and a master retreat on the top floor.
Front and rear balconies are accessible via French doors from two first-floor bedrooms.
A north-facing courtyard, framed by gardens and bamboo screening, together with under-house storage and a cellar, completes the layout.
The location, close to parklands and the village cafes and dining, is another drawcard.
Designed by Nick Bell Architects, this home creates resort-style living in the sought-after suburb of Lane Cove.
The home features a contemporary style and is eco-conscious, with a central atrium that draws natural light, double glazing, solar panels and a 4.5 kW solar power system.
The materials are of high quality and include bespoke joinery, a Corian island and wide-plank French oak flooring.
Outside, there is a saltwater-heated pool, sandstone terracing and a fully equipped cabana.
The property is located within walking distance of Lane Cove Plaza shops and is close to local schools, parks and recreational facilities.
Victoria’s sickest mental health patients are waiting more than a year for a hospital bed and ambulances are reaching priority response targets in just 66 per cent of cases as state parliament’s annual “dump day” reveals the dire state of our health system.
The revelations were contained within some of the 192 annual reports and reviews tabled to parliament on Friday afternoon, part of the government’s yearly tradition – which has been criticised for reducing scrutiny on unfavourable documents.
Dump day slay: It is an annual tradition for the government to release masses of reports on one day to shirk scrutiny. Penny Stephens
The practice has been criticised by integrity advocates, who say deliberately holding back reports until they can all be published at once has no place in a healthy democracy.
“Releasing hundreds of reports at once, particularly late on a Friday before a long weekend, acts as a smokescreen and limits accountability,” said Transparency International chief executive Clancy Moore.
Here are some of the key takeaways:
Health
Victoria’s health and emergency services are under intense pressure from the state’s growing and ageing population.
Ambulances are missing key response targets, with just 66 per cent of critical code 1 emergencies responded to within 15 minutes.
This is significantly below the benchmark of 85 per cent, but a 4 per cent improvement on the previous year.
Ramping also continues to be a problem at the state’s hospitals. Only 71 per cent of patients were transferred from ambulances to emergency departments within 40 minutes, missing the target of 80 per cent.
Ambulance Victoria met its 15-minute response time benchmark for code 1 emergencies just 66 per cent of the time. Wayne Taylor
Ambulance Victoria revealed that it was exposed to “significant liquidity risk” and had just seven days of available cash, or $30.9 million, in reserves.
Triple Zero Victoria is also feeling the heat. Just 80 per cent of code 1 ambulance cases were dispatched within the 150-second benchmark, against a benchmark of 90 per cent.
The agency said it was regularly managing more than 3000 ambulance calls a day, with “no relief in sight”.
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s grim financial outlook was overturned in June when it received a one-off $12.6 million payment from the Department of Health. It had previously faced a deficit due to employee overheads, overtime and escalating medical supply costs.
The health service revealed that it had written off $9.13 million of capital expenditure for an expansion of its emergency department that was suspended in March 2023 after the original design was deemed “not fit for purpose”.
Mental health
Forensic mental health patients, including those found not guilty of murder and manslaughter due to mental impairment, are waiting a year or more to gain a secure mental health bed as the operators of Thomas Embling Hospital push to try to secure operational funding from the state government to open its new beds.
Forensicare revealed it was now dealing with Victoria’s longest delays on record for securing a bed for people found not criminally responsible by reason of mental impairment.
Its annual report confirms there are 19 men awaiting admission to Thomas Embling, with an average wait of 374 days. One severely unwell man has been waiting 638 days.
The 136-bed forensic mental health hospital is undergoing a $515.7 million expansion to eventually deliver an additional 82 secure beds. However, it has so far only been provided funding to begin opening 40 beds this financial year.
Faced with high rates of mental illness among people entering custody and intensified pressure following bail changes, an average of 16 people a month were recommended for compulsory treatment at Thomas Embling last year. Only half of those were able to be admitted, due to capacity constraints.
There were more than a dozen instances of occupational violence and aggression a week reported during the first year of operation at Victoria’s flagship new youth mental health service. Staff at the troubled Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service reported 634 violent incidents last year – meaning there were 135 incidents reported for every 100 full-time equivalent staff.
In its annual report, the newly established youth mental health service acknowledged it had a high rate of reported hazards and incidents – of which 92 per cent related to violence and aggression – which it put down to a strong culture of reporting.
“The rate of incident reporting across during the year reflects strong staff engagement with reporting processes rather than high levels of workplace risk or incidents,” it said.
In August, The Age revealed strong concerns by senior clinicians at the service, including claims of rising violence, an exodus of staff and widespread drug use in secure wards. Those concerns came after four people forced their way into the reception area at the service’s Sunshine campus and assaulted two people and fled before police arrived.
The service stated it was now permanently relocating its Sunshine services to a new “safe, fit-for-purpose environment” in Spotswood.
Finance
Since the May budget, the state government has committed $2.75 billion to fund previously unannounced policies over the next four years, far surpassing savings identified over the same period.
This included $275 million to support hospitals and patients, $164.6 million for additional PSOs and police reservists, and $50 million for the royal commission into the Big Build. Just $471 million was identified in savings.
“That’s not what one would reasonably expect of a government which saw putting Victoria’s finances on a sustainable footing as a major priority,” economist Saul Eslake said on LinkedIn.
Some $5.1 billion has been wiped off the government’s revenue over the forward estimates, mainly due to falling house prices slashing expected income from stamp duty.
The government recorded a $2.7 billion surplus, according to an annual financial update published earlier this month, largely due to higher-than-expected income from Commonwealth grants.
But surpluses over the forward estimates, which started at $1 billion a year when outlined in May, have been pared back to as low as $300 million.
Economist Saul Eslake.Alex Ellinghausen
The Victorian Auditor-General in a separate report tabled on Friday warned that blowouts, interest payments and employee costs continued to threaten the government’s plan to pay down debt and repair the state’s finances.
The auditor-general said current fiscal strategy was focused on the short term, and recent attempts by the government to address debt “do not go far enough”.
Greater Western Water
Beleaguered utility Greater Western Water will receive a $250 million lifeline from the Victorian government if needed over the next year as it continues to post deficits created by its botched IT upgrade.
The utility launched an upgraded billing system in May 2024, but it couldn’t create bills automatically, leading to major delays and incorrect bills.
The 2025-26 annual report for Greater Western Water reported a $202.5 million operating cash loss over the last financial year, largely driven by revenue it lost because of these issues and the cost of fixing their billing system.
In 2024-25, it posted an operating cash loss of $191.7 million.
To support its recovery, the Victorian government has approved $250 million in equity funding for 2026-27, contingent on need and the organisation’s financial performance.
The number of customers on flexible payment plans has risen by 23 per cent, to 35,669 households. Complaints about payment issues rose by 48 per cent and now represent one in every 100 customers.
Australian Grand Prix
Victorians subsidised the Australian Grand Prix a record $119 million this year, up from $102 million last year.
The Australian Grand Prix Corporation’s annual report shows the grand prix brought in $159 million in revenue but spent $279 million, leaving a shortfall of $119 million for the Victorian government to pick up.
In March, The Age reported taxpayers were on the hook for an extra $115 million to rebuild the Formula 1 pit facilities at Albert Park after asbestos was discovered in the building – pushing the total cost of upgrades to $395 million.
Education
Child safety has been a major focus of the Department of Education over the past 12 months, according to its secretary, Dr David Howes.
It delivered changes in line with the rapid child safety review, which began after more than 70 charges of child abuse were laid against a former childcare worker Joshua Brown in 2025.
It also launched the Victorian Early Childhood Regulatory Authority (VECRA), which started operating in January this year.
“We have also developed clearer guidance for all Victorian schools on identifying and responding to child abuse, including grooming,” Howes wrote.
There were 876 reportable allegations made, with 307 claims of physical violence in Victorian government schools and early learning centres.
During its first six months, VECRA issued 15 prohibition notices and six suspension directions, a total of 21 actions aimed at preventing potentially unsuitable individuals from working in early childhood services.
And Victoria’s Institute of Teaching suspended 29 teachers on an interim basis for teachers assessed as posing an unacceptable risk of harm to children.
There were 67 school upgrades in the previous financial year, with an additional 205 major capital projects under way and due to be completed by late 2029.
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Get a rundown of Us‘ top stories making headlines in celebrity news, sports and entertainment on October 29, 2026. Here are the key takeaways:
• Halle Berry scored a courtroom victory after a Los Angeles judge dissolved a temporary restraining order filed by her ex Olivier Martinez, who had accused her of abusing their son, Maceo. Berry’s attorney, Marina Beck, told Us in a statement outside of court that the actress is “extremely pleased” and will continue focusing on her family’s well-being.
• Christina Aguilera got into the Halloween spirit early by posing nude in a steamy bathtub selfie while teasing her upcoming costume. “Last looks before xtinaween 😏🎃🤡😈👻,” the Grammy winner wrote on Instagram on October 28.
• Patrick Mahomes addressed the Kansas City Chiefs’ controversial signing of Justin Tucker, who previously served a 10-game suspension for multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. The quarterback said general manager Brett Veach does “a great job of bringing great players in” and emphasized the team’s focus on Sunday’s game against the Denver Broncos.
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With high production values and an understanding of what made – and makes – Call of Duty great, Modern Warfare 4 is a much-anticipated, and much-needed, return to form.
It’s easy to dislike Call of Duty. Aside from the annual cycle of development, marketing, and controversy that has defined the series identity for the past 22 years, the series has become an integral part of how video games prop up the military-industrial complex. Whilst some of the stories – especially 2025’s Black Ops 7 – have deteriorated into the realms of science-fiction absurdity, many of the narratives you’ll find in the Modern Warfare splinter of the series are more grounded in reality. When you’re playing as semi-fictional UK and US troopers, taking part in illegal operations in foreign territory, wantonly executing people over differences in ideology, Call of Duty can feel gross: paper-thin propaganda designed to glorify war and reinforce lines between ‘them’ and ‘us’.
But Modern Warfare 4 shies away from this. A little. The bar is low, granted, but there is a slightly more humanitarian slant to the game this year – aping 2009’s No Russian, there are a few missions that plant you into the shoes of the ‘enemy’, and ask you to make moral choices that, I won’t lie, I was rather shocked to see manifest in a CoD game. In 2019, developer Infinity Ward asked what would happen if there was a terrorist attack on the streets of London. In 2022, the studio ponders what happens when a co-ordinated international military operation goes awry on a Mexican oil rig. In 2023, we go to Lower Manhattan as the Russian army stages an attack on the New York Stock Exchange. So, in moving our lens and making us play as a North Korean militiaman, I was genuinely surprised to learn that – if you refuse your orders – you are summarily shot, leaving the rest of the mission to play out in front of your lifeless corpse. There is no ‘game over’ state for not complying: the horrors carried out by the ruthless regime carry on even in the face of your dereliction of duty. It might be using baby speak, by literary standards, but here I think Call of Duty is trying to make a point.
And it doesn’t fall on ears unwilling to listen, either. Just this week, a South Korean politician urged the country’s president to play Modern Warfare 4, so striking is its depiction of a theorised North Korean assault on the nation (which makes the dev’s inclusion of real disaster footage an even more regrettable gaffe. Whilst it’s important to remember that a country’s population is not its leadership, the news has been full of North Korean threats and bluster for many years now. And in Modern Warfare 4, Infinity Ward wanted to tell a story “ripped from the headlines“. The result is a slightly more ‘reactive’ setup, where a militarised nation responds to an invasion rather than instigates one, which in turn gives a sense of urgency and speculation that is more agreeable than, say, another shadowy skirmish in the Middle East, or an insurgency into some proxy state secretly controlled by Russia (don’t hold your breath).
As we flip back and forth between ex-SAS hard bastard, John Price (who we’ve been following since 2007) and a ragtag bunch of conscribed South Korean soldiers and US Marine allies that find themselves in the middle of a brutal, casualty-heavy North Korean invasion, we get to see Call of Duty campaign design at its finest. There’s a rousing John Wick-inspired shootout in a club that evolves into a parkour dash across Manhattan rooftops. There’s a cinematic and genuinely impressive shooting gallery-like encounter in a trainyard that evokes classic arcade lightgun design. There’s an expansive open world area that toys with stealth and sniping, there’s a car chase through the streets of Paris, and there’s a beachhead assault that ties it all together nicely.
Beyond even those, the standout mission is Stranded, which sees the South Korean team deep in enemy territory, fighting for their lives. This introduces crafting for a few missions – something that could feel tacked-on and rote, but is actually deployed like a lever by Infinity Ward to wedge open just how important each of the various tools at your disposal are. Want a thermal scope? Then you’re going to prioritise that over more munitions. Want explosives? Then your basic arms will suffer. It serves to emphasise just how well every aspect of Modern Warfare’s toolkit complements every other piece, resulting in this rich, deep, interlocking marvel that makes older Call of Duty games look rudimentary in comparison.
Image credit: Activision Blizzard
This is complemented by setpieces like Traffic, where you engage on a breakneck chase through the streets of Paris in a romp sure to cost the Parisian treasury millions in collateral damage. Here, you get to see the breadth and depth of the enemy AI that Infinity Ward has crafted – which no doubt went hand-in-hand with the new DMZ mode, more on that later – as we witness just how complex the studio’s engine can get: destruction, cover mechanics, and so many different kinds of visual effect all rush on-screen at once. It’s overwhelming, it’s intimidating, it’s electrifying. It’s peak Call of Duty.
Between these standout missions, there are moments where you’re asked to consider what it’s like for the pawns on the board – the other soldiers, the unnamed, those whose strings are being pulled by forces they don’t understand. It’s a bit Fisher-Price, a bit A-Level, a ‘War is Bad’ pin badge worn on a jacket from an Army Surplus store, but hey: I’d rather this than a completely unobserved ‘ooh-rah!’ story about the US army coming to the rescue again.
The downside of the campaign comes more from its setup and pacing than its content, then. Price’s story wraps up without applause, really – I won’t ruin the specifics here, but his actions and what he does to quash the machinations of a very oddly-implemented Mads Mikkelsen are sort of left in the dark to rot, as the desperate resistance of our South Korean recruits takes the spotlight. Again, I think Call of Duty might be trying to say something here: that the morally ambiguous and collateral damage-accumulating actions of one desperate operative that actually saved the world don’t get to breathe in the daylight; instead, the ‘courageous’ defense of privates on the frontline should be lauded. War is messy, no-one is in the right, everyone loses except for the multinationals putting the hardware in the hands of the humans. Is that what I’m supposed to come out of this thinking?
Whatever the emotional impact is, you can’t argue with the physical one: this is a tight, eight-hour campaign with moments up there with Modern Warfare’s best. It stops before it ever risks getting overlong, it’s got plenty of new ideas to throw at you and – played on the hardest mode – it’s a tight puzzle box of encounter design that’s just as obsessed with detail as it is with Michael Bay-esque spectacle. It’s a far cry from whatever the hell was going on in Black Ops 7 last year.
Reeling from the fact I think I nearly felt something during a Call of Duty campaign, I needed to boot up the multiplayer – a mode which has by now been refined into its near-perfect form, an ultra-fast, turbo-injected mosh pit of quick scopes, slide cancels, and kill corridors. Map design is great – of course it is, it’s Infinity Ward – and the gunplay is good as it ever has been in the Modern Warfare games. Since 2019, when Infinity Ward went to great expense to rebuild its engine, the Call of Duty experience has been luxurious. The sound design alone is worthy of applause, every clack of a bolt-action lever, every shell casing falling to the floor, every fizz of thermite boring through your cover… it’s immediately identifiable and extremely important. To play Modern Warfare 4 without a decent set of headphones or a good surround sound setup is to intentionally handicap yourself.
There are a few qualms, as ever: some respawn mechanics are vexing (especially on quicker, gnarlier maps – this week’s addition of Shipment is a hilariously bad example of this), and some of the weapon balancing has yet to be totally calmed down, in part owing to a last-minute change to weapon damage that extends the time-to-kill beyond Infinity Ward’s usual fare. Whilst this means there’s a bit of chaos for early adopters like myself, it actually speaks to the level of nuance Infinity Ward has to play with: I’d love to see the backend of Modern Warfare 4, with all its knobs and dials, seeing how the studio tweaks and balances guns to keep up with what players are doing. The slightly lower time-to-kill is actually a fascinating experiment in figuring out what Modern Warfare is beyond its selection of guns – and I’d happily take a bit of weird balancing a deeper, more intricate damage system.
Speaking of, the customisation system also works nicely here. With the right attachments, some guns are elevated from ‘useful’ to ‘essential’. The ISO Nightshade SMG seems a bit busted right now, and I keep getting chewed up by suspiciously powerful one-two taps of the Type 73 LMG. I’m a born sharpshooter, and the Oris 8.6 is an early favourite for popping heads across the map, especially dressed up with a 2.1x scope with thermal imagine. The overall economy of guns and range-versus-power feels a bit off as it stands – and is quite literally being addressed as I type – but I’m playing multiplayer in launch week, so there’s always going to be some friction.
Then there’s Kill Block: an experimental and dynamic rotating multiplayer map and mode concept. It’s absurd in its pitch: by using a selection of ‘slabs’, it can form 500+ unique combinations of map, meaning no match plays out quite like the last. Maps in Call of Duty are (in)famously defined by their sight lines; if you stand here, you can shoot someone there. If you camp this corner, you’ll rack up kills. If you snipe on this lane, you’ll collect greenhorn scalps a-plenty. Kill Block turns all that on its head, forcing players to be more reactive, and engage more with the systems on offer in Modern Warfare 4, rather than rely on instincts baked in from two-plus decades of CoD. With the promise of more modular elements to come – from fan-favourite maps like Crash, for instance – I can see this mode and setup becoming yet another staple in the ever-expanding Call of Duty canon. This is how you breathe life into the more competitive-focused modes that often fail to shine alongside respawn-focused experiences like Team Deathmatch.
I have to praise the complexity and wizardry Infinity Ward has displayed with how the guns handle; each attachment is meaningful, most guns feel unique, and the feedback you get from firing any armament is exquisite. It has all the production value of a dedicated military sim, but in action it’s readable and almost arcade-like in its simplicity. No one does it like Infinity Ward, and even though this feels like an iteration on the last three Modern Warfare games, I won’t knock the developers down for staying in their lane and developing a formula that works.
And that brings us to DMZ. Initially, I was cynical. ‘This is Call of Duty chasing the bag’, I thought. ‘This is trend-chasing gone awry’. But Infinity Ward is not afraid of change, and I shouldn’t be either. The extraction shooter trend shows no signs of abating, and with even Call of Duty managing to make it work within the specific arcade-cum-sim setup of its engine, I need to accept that. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say DMZ could be a standalone game – packed with enough to go toe-to-toe with the likes of Marathon or Arc Raiders.
The Hajin city map, smartly repurposed from the campaign, is expansive and packed with nuance, and the tasks you’re given within the city limits are quick and painless – more than I can say of Marathon. You can easily and somewhat permanently get cash that persists even if you die, you can sacrifice max health to ‘revive’ from a down-but-not-out state, and you get XP for doing just about anything. The result is an extraction shooter experience that feels more casual and agreeable to the average FPS enjoyer; this isn’t a ‘lifestyle game’ like other extraction shooters. Even if it does have its own pseudo-stealth system, for some reason.
In many ways, DMZ emulates what Activision did with Warzone: a wrangling of a complicated formula that makes sense within the uber-specific Call of Duty ecosystem. It’s a great interpretation of the PvPvE formula that’s been slowly but surely evolving over the past decade or so, and I think this is where DMZ finds its niche: Arc Raiders has become more about the PvE side of things (at least in my experience) and Marathon and Tarkov go hard on the PvP. DMZ somehow treads the line between both and, as time goes on and Infinity Ward monitors the mode and how people engage with it, I imagine its niche will only become more distinct compared to its genre stable-mates. We’re already seeing some changes bleed into the game, and it’s not even been out a week – it bodes well for the future.
Image credit: Activision Blizzard
Modern Warfare 4 represents the highest tide for Call of Duty in seven years. Infinity Ward needed to pull off a balancing act I don’t envy; injecting just enough nostalgia into a series propped up with so many conventions and expectations there’s barely room for anything new, alongside enough innovation and intrigue to keep people interested. Beyond that, after several weaker years in a row, Black Ops 7 in particular caused enough reputation damage that even the most loyal CoD fanatics started to see through the series’ aging veneer. And so, even if the campaign occasionally struggles under the weight of legacy, and the multiplayer is happy to keep rolling on the same wheels Modern Warfare has been using for four games now, Infinity Ward has succeeded – after four years away from the helm – in saving Call of Duty. Modern Warfare 4 is a course correction sorely needed, and deftly deployed.
A copy of the game was provided for this review by Activision Blizzard.
The chief executive of California’s embattled high-speed rail authority abruptly resigned on Wednesday, over a month after a state watchdog determined the agency had misused public funds.
In September, California’s office of the inspector general released an investigative report finding that the rail authority had paid $543,000 in travel-related reimbursements for consultants that were not allowed, including international or out-of-state travel expenses.
The report raised questions about whether business and pleasure was mixed under chief executive Ian Choudri’s purview. The rail authority paid $81,000 for consultants’ travel expenses to places that lacked an official purpose, including gyms, an escape room and a nightclub.
In his resignation email, which CalMatters obtained, Choudri cited “important personal and family priorities”.
“This has not been an easy decision, as leading the authority has been one of the most meaningful and rewarding chapters of my professional life,” he wrote.
Choudri was sworn into the rail authority’s top post in 2024.
The agency is tasked with constructing a high-speed rail line that would slash the commute time between Los Angeles and San Francisco, which are about 380 miles apart.
The bullet train, which initially drew starry-eyed comparisons to the speedy modes of transport in China and Japan, has become a political and financial headache for California.
Eighteen years after the state’s voters gave the green light to a multi-billion bond project, no railroad tracks have been laid, as the agency continues to search for funding.
Its price tag has soared upwards of $100bn. The Trump administration, which has an adversarial relationship with several of California’s top officials, dealt a further blow to the project by withdrawing $4bn last year. At the time, the US transportation secretary Sean Duffy called it a “boondoggle” and a “train to nowhere”.
Xavier Becerra, who is highly favored to be California’s next governor, suggested this week there would be a staff shake-up at the rail authority if he wins the election from his rival Steve Hilton.
“We’re going to have to scrub a lot. The high-speed rail authority’s going to have to look really different if we’re going to continue this project,” Becerra told KCRA News, in an interview that aired hours before Choudri’s exit.
“I need to gain the confidence of the public. I can’t gain it if I keep the same characters in place.”
Joe Stephenshaw, director of California’s department of finance, will serve as interim CEO of the rail authority.
Will Smith found the back of the net twice, while Mason Marchment added two points as the San Jose Sharks scored all three goals in the third period to complete the comeback and earn a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks.
The Vancouver Canucks were following their first win in 11 games with their best game of the National Hockey League season. Then, suddenly, they weren’t.
Until Jonathan Lekkerimaki followed a risky neutral-zone turnover with his second interference penalty of the game at 6:59 of the third period, the Canucks looked almost comfortable carrying a two-goal lead over the San Jose Sharks.
But Will Smith’s power-play goal sparked a three-goal outburst in just over three minutes as the Sharks exploded to beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in San Jose.
The Canucks pushed for a late tying goal, generating a couple of outstanding scoring chances while skating six-on-four and six-on-five, but were unable to salvage anything in the standings from a game in which they looked for 47 minutes as composed and structured as they have been this season.
The loss followed Vancouver’s improbable 6-5 overtime road win Tuesday against the Anaheim Ducks. The Canucks were far sounder against Macklin Celebrini’s team in San Jose, plugging passing lanes, backchecking consistently and generally keeping the speedy Sharks in front of them after a couple of glaring breakdowns in the opening five minutes.
Analytics site Natural Stat Trick had the Canucks better by a goal at five-on-five, and ahead 7-4 on high-danger scoring chances. But for the second time in just two tries (over 15 games), Vancouver failed to hold a lead they earned through 40 minutes.
The Canucks lost 3-2 in overtime against the Florida Panthers on Oct. 15 after also starting the third period ahead 2-0.
Through Ivar Stenberg’s screen, Smith beat goalie Leevi Merilainen post-and-in from the top of the circle to cut the deficit in half eight minutes into the third period, and then tied the game at 10:39 with a quick conversion of Celebrini’s centring pass after Canuck defenceman Elias Pettersson’s rushed rim-around was intercepted.
Just 11 seconds later, another of the Canucks’ young defencemen, sophomore Tom Willander, seemed to misread a Sharks rush as puck-carrier Mason Marchment was allowed to skate uncontested to the left-wing faceoff dot before bouncing a shot off the underside of Merilainen’s glove.
Merilainen also appeared to slightly lose his angle on the shooter, spoiling what had been another outstanding night for the 24-year-old goalie.
It would have been nice if the Canucks had pulled one back for him by manufacturing a tying goal and getting to overtime. But after storming back from a late three-goal deficit in Anaheim, Vancouver couldn’t get another puck past San Jose goalie Yaroslav Askarov, who stopped centre Elias Pettersson on a pair of one-timers, blocked Jake DeBrusk’s shot at the top of the crease, swallowed a Brock Boeser deflection and was relieved to see Boeser shoot wide from the hashmarks during a late Canuck power play.
Even with that three-minute collapse, it was probably still the Canucks’ best all-around road game of the season. But still, another hard lesson about the detail and effort required to win an NHL game.
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Everyone loved Jonathan Lekkerimaki’s pair of late goals in Anaheim, which gave the 22-year-old four goals in four games. And the confidence with the puck he displayed again in the offensive zone against San Jose further fuels hope that the winger is starting a breakout season.
But the interference penalties he took against the Sharks are not penalties he — or anyone — should be taking. He was not alone in showing his NHL immaturity. Of the five Canuck penalties, the other three were a careless reach-in tripping call against Liam Ohgren in the offensive zone, a silly jersey tug by Arshdeep Bains inside the Sharks blue line, and a retaliatory cross-checking call in the neutral zone against Zeev Buium, who had been hooked by Ty Dellandrea as he tried to skate up ice to join the attack.
None of these were penalties that prevented a scoring chance, punished an opponent or was a byproduct of assertive play.
The Sharks’ power play started the night at 25 per cent, and play-by-play announcer John Shorthouse wondered about the math when Ohgren’s trip late in the second period gave the goal-less San Jose unit its fourth opportunity. On the Sharks’ fifth chance, Will Smith got the home team going.
LIVING WITH LEEVI
The best of the young Canucks on Thursday was goalie Merilainen, who in his third straight start made breakaway saves in the first period against Filip Bystedt, Michael Misa and Kiefer Sherwood, a backdoor stop against Ivar Stenberg and a total of six saves on Celebrini.
Merilainen has so badly outperformed veteran Kevin Lankinen this season that it is understandable coach Manny Malhotra has started the NHL sophomore in six of the last eight games.
As a team, despite the early breakdowns in San Jose, the Canucks were much better in front of their goalie during the two-game California swing, yielding just 47 total shots to the Ducks and Sharks after averaging 37 shots against during the previous six games.
But it is also important to remember that Merilainen, claimed on waivers at the end of the pre-season, is coming off a difficult season last year with the Ottawa Senators and is still very much an NHL prospect trying to build his game (and confidence).
In his first six appearances for the Canucks, Merilainen’s save percentage was .925 and not once did he stop fewer than 90 per cent of the shots he faced. In his last four games, his save rate is .864 and he hasn’t scored 90 per cent in any of them.
CHYTIL HIT
It was encouraging to see often-injured centre Filip Chytil get up after Darnell Nurse’s heavy, blindside hit along the end boards with about four minutes remaining, then play the final 2:56 as the Canucks pressed with an extra attacker. But the team will need to see how Chytil feels Friday and Saturday, when the Toronto Maple Leafs visit Rogers Arena.
Chytil has dealt with career-threatening head and neck issues the last two seasons, and missed the first eight games of this season due to a shoulder injury. Engaged in a puck battle with another Sharks defender, Chytil did not see Nurse coming. It would have helped if he had.
QUOTEBOOK
Coach Manny Malhotra to reporters in San Jose: “It continues to be one of the biggest problems with our group, just the lack of details or attention to details in key moments. Faceoff details once again plague us. And then the PK didn’t get the shot block we needed, didn’t get the clear when it was on our stick. So it comes down to the same thing: the attention to detail and execution of those details in key moments. There’s obviously some positives to build off of, but some costly lessons again.”
On August 17, the Ethereum Foundation announced Platåberget, a public testnet for the Glamsterdam upgrade, where wallet, dApp, and Ethereum infrastructure development teams can test changes early before they are deployed to Sepolia, Hoodi, and eventually mainnet. Alongside the Platåberget fork scheduled for August 20, the Foundation warned that tools relying on hardcoded gas limits may fail, including the common assumption around the 21,000 gas limit for ETH transfers.
Glamsterdam Enters Public Testing With a Warning for Wallets
Platåberget was introduced by the Ethereum Foundation as the first public test environment for Glamsterdam, an upgrade combining Gloas at the consensus layer and Amsterdam at the execution layer. Unlike previous short-lived devnets, this testnet is expected to run for several months, giving wallet, dApp, and infrastructure teams more time to test changes under more stable conditions.
The Glamsterdam fork on Platåberget is scheduled for August 20, 2026. If testing proceeds without major issues, Ethereum will move forward with deploying the upgrade to long-term testnets such as Sepolia and Hoodi before considering mainnet. The Ethereum Foundation has not yet announced a mainnet activation date for Glamsterdam.
A key point emphasized by the Foundation is gas repricing, a set of changes that could cause tooling assumptions to deviate the most. Wallets, indexers, and gas estimators that previously hardcoded gas limits or treated gas as a simple single variable will need to recheck their logic on Platåberget.
Why the 21,000-Gas Assumption Is No Longer Universal
In Ethereum today, 21,000 gas is a familiar benchmark for a basic ETH transfer: no calldata, no complex smart contract calls. Many wallets use this number in flows like “send max” or “empty wallet” to calculate the remaining ETH balance after fees.
In the Platåberget announcement, the Ethereum Foundation clarified that transferring ETH to an existing account will still incur a 21,000 gas fee. However, if a transaction is sent to a non-existent account, it will have to pay additional state gas during execution.
This change stems from Glamsterdam’s gas repricing package, including EIP-2780 and EIP-8037, which shifts a portion of costs from a fixed calculation to depending on the state created by the transaction. For transactions creating a new account, the reference case in EIP-2780 is equivalent to 183,600 state gas. For the same ETH transfer with no calldata, the gas cost may therefore vary depending on whether the recipient already exists.
EIP-7702 Made the Edge Case More Visible
Glamsterdam is not the first time the 21,000-gas assumption has been challenged. Pectra, activated on the Ethereum mainnet on May 7, 2025, introduced EIP-7702 to the network, allowing EOAs to delegate to smart contract code in certain scenarios.
This change allows certain wallet addresses to behave more like smart accounts than traditional EOAs. Etherscan currently tracks EIP-7702 authorizations separately and has recorded over 1 million authorizations, indicating that this is no longer a purely theoretical detail.
Four ETH Transfers Failed at 21,000 Gas. Source: VEDa Investigations
In a case analyzed by VEDa Investigations back in June 2026, four consecutive ETH transfers failed at a 21,000 gas limit; the transaction only succeeded afterwards when the actual gas used reached21,055. While this case serves merely as an illustrative example, it demonstrates why the 21,000-gas assumption had already begun to weaken even before Glamsterdam.
What Happens Next
Platåberget will serve as the testing ground for wallet and infrastructure teams to test Glamsterdam before the upgrade moves further along the testnet pipeline. The Ethereum Foundation stated that once feedback is integrated into client software and specifications, a non-finality devnet will be deployed this month, before subsequent testnet stages on Sepolia and Hoodi.
For everyday users, this change does not mean ETH transfers become riskier or that every transaction becomes more expensive. If wallets and RPC providers update correctly, most of the changes will be handled in the background. The risk lies primarily with legacy tools that still default to 21,000 gas for every transfer.
After Glamsterdam, wallets will need to look beyond whether a transaction carries calldata or not. The recipient address status, potential delegation, and whether the transaction creates a new state can all affect the gas required for an ETH transfer.
Incremental clickers have never really, well, clicked with me, only because it’s the rapid clicking that injured my arms in the first place (curse you, tennis elbows). But Hearth and Hamlet does seem to offer something a tad more mellow than any kind of frantic tapping, as it’s supposed to be a more relaxing experience where you build your medieval kingdom from scratch.
This incremental citybuilder will have you gathering resources and constructing buildings across lovely pixel-art visuals, with workers you can assign to make your settlement thrive. Of course, while it’s all nice and cosy at the beginning, you’re still running a kingdom, so you’ll need to manage morale and handle civic decisions too. Plus, there’s the omnipresent tax system to navigate – there’s no escaping those, even in the virtual world, it seems.
As you upgrade technologies and unlock more data from your research trees, you’ll also be able to build more advanced structures and even make new policies for your people. There’s magic involved here too, and a trading system with neighbouring lands so you can grow your economy even further.
I’d say it’s a treat for strategic city-building fans who aren’t necessarily looking for a pressure-filled management system. Apparently, it’s meant to be more chill – you can go at your own pace, and there’s an idle element for when you can’t be bothered with the grind.
It’s coming to both iOS and Android next year, which, wouldn’t you know it, is only two months away! While you wait, though, if you’re itching to flex your strategic thinking and pass judgment on citizens under your rule, you might want to take a peek at our list of the best city-building games on Android for now – just be ready to make difficult decisions for your people if you’re ever going to wear the crown.
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Artificial intelligence is increasingly being deployed across the food system from farm to fork, optimising everything from seed selection to reformulation and R&D.
But Google DeepMind is coming at the problem from a different direction.
Understand and map biology’s building blocks, then see where that leads.
“If we can solve the very fundamental problems in a given scientific space, we can then unlock all of these downstream use cases in a much more optimal, systematic fashion,” says Director Ramine Tinati, speaking at the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit 2026 in Singapore.
The scientific sandbox DeepMind has built spans three areas: protein structures through AlphaFold; understanding how changes in DNA can affect biological function through AlphaGenome; and a longer-term ambition to build virtual cells that could allow more biological experimentation to take place using AI and computation.
All three could have implications for the food system. Here’s how.
1. Building crops that can fight disease
To understand AlphaFold’s impact, you need a quick biology lesson.
Proteins are chains of amino acids that fold into complex three-dimensional structures. That shape is fundamental to what a protein does, so being able to predict it can help scientists understand biological processes and identify potential targets for new treatments and technologies.
This is where AlphaFold changed the game. Rather than scientists spending months or even years determining individual protein structures experimentally, DeepMind’s system can predict them computationally. Its database now contains predictions for hundreds of millions of protein structures.
And the applications go beyond human health.
“We’re using it to create more disease-resistant crops,” says Tinati, referring to work being conducted by researchers at the Sainsbury Laboratory in the UK, which could help develop plants with stronger immunity.
DeepMind is also applying its genomics capabilities to crop resilience.
Tinati points to work involving sorghum, a major food and animal-feed crop, where he says some of DeepMind’s AlphaGenome technologies are being used to map varieties that may be more resilient to external conditions.
The resulting resource is being made openly available to researchers.
“We’re making that available for public good,” says Tinati. “It’s an open atlas available for researchers to consume and hopefully optimise the plants or seeds that they are growing.”
2. Helping farmers produce more in a less predictable climate
The second application moves out of the laboratory and into the field.
DeepMind has been working with smallholder farmers and soil scientists in India on how limited farm-level data can be combined with wider environmental information to make better decisions about what to grow and when.
The work brings together information about individual land parcels with longitudinal data and factors including soil conditions, weather and a changing climate.
The ambition is decidedly practical.
“As a smallholder farmer, I’ll then know what seeds to grow, when is optimal to harvest and when to rest my plots to support maximum yield,” says Tinati.
Having begun in India, Tinati says the programme is now being scaled to 11 countries.
And the challenge becomes more pressing as growing conditions become less predictable.
“We are in a world where climate is changing and we are seeing more and more extreme deltas in the weather,” says Tinati. “That also means that the foods or crops we have today need to be more resilient in the future to be able to continue to deliver the same yields, if not more.”
3. Making experimentation itself faster
Perhaps the biggest impact, however, could be less visible.
DeepMind isn’t only developing models that answer particular scientific questions. It is also looking at whether AI can accelerate the process of science itself.
That means shortening the journey from idea to hypothesis, experiment, result and action.
“A lot of the time, whether it’s data processing, whether it’s doing the computational process or being able to analyse results and accelerate the insights from a hypothesis to result, that takes a lot of time,” says Tinati.
One of the tools being developed to tackle this is DeepMind’s AI co-scientist.
Researchers can begin with an idea and use the system to develop experimental approaches, exploring thousands of potential permutations and drawing on scientific literature, including ideas from across different disciplines.
The objective is not simply to automate existing scientific processes, but to dramatically widen the number of possibilities scientists can investigate before committing resources to physical experiments.
And that feeds into a much bigger ambition at DeepMind: the virtual cell.
The long-term vision is for researchers to be able to conduct far more biological experimentation computationally, reducing the amount of work that needs to move immediately into a wet lab.
“Being able to perform a variety of different biology-related experiments and life sciences experiments in computation means you don’t have to go to the wet lab, or the process from computation to wet lab is shortened,” says Tinati.
AI can also spot possibilities human scientists may miss.
“Scientists have a certain judgement and biases in the way we do experimentations, but the tools allow us to systematically prioritise and rank things that we may have missed without these tools to augment us,” says Tinati.
That doesn’t mean humans are destined to be banned from the lab, however.
“It’s about augmentation. It’s not about replacing the scientist.”
Football Manager 27 is still a good week and ahead out from launch, but if you’re quick you can already get to playing it. That’s because developer Sports Interactive have released a Launch Preview version of the game that lets you take it for a kickabout before it comes out in earnest.
As the devs explain in a Steam blog post, “running for the next five days, the FM27 Launch Preview will be freely playable,” across all of its release platforms. “There’s no additional sign-up required, simply download from your preferred platform and begin turning your football vision into dugout decisions. This is your chance to get hands-on with the complete FM27 experience across all game modes, including Shuffle Draft, the fast-paced new multiplayer addition.”
One caveat worth noting is that there may be some bugs or glitches in the game that the devs “will work to address in future updates.” This, understandably, may be a touchy subject for some. It didn’t exactly have a stellar launch, with early patches having to fix hundreds of bugs and other issues. Not that Steam reviews are the be all, end all, but the game is still sitting at a mostly negative a year on. It’s very well possible that getting the new one in folks’ hands early is a way to bring back some of the audience they may have lost last year.
Still, it doesn’t sound like Football Manager 26 was all bad. Phil spent a lofty 227 hours on the game around when it launched, writing for RPS at the time, “That massive database of players, staff and clubs, layered so expertly over time with systems that make them all feel alive and dynamic, is still thrilling. It’s not a new feature by any stretch, but it feels overly punitive to discount it because the menus are bad and it chugs along whenever you press continue. It’s a bad version of a fundamentally great experience, and that means my brain’s going to be full of AS Roma matters for the foreseeable, no matter how many AI gravestones I see in my feed decrying the death of the series.”
Jeffery Simmons Makes the Bears Better | Whether He Makes Them Contenders Is Another Question
The immediate reaction to the Bears acquiring Jeffery Simmons is obvious: Ryan Poles just added one of football’s premier defensive tackles. That alone makes Chicago a better team.
The more difficult question is whether the Bears improved enough to justify the cost.
Simmons does not need to lead the league in sacks for this trade to succeed. His value lies in his ability to alter offensive game plans. Interior pressure remains one of the NFL’s most disruptive forces, and Simmons is among the few defensive tackles capable of consistently collapsing the pocket without schematic help.
That matters because of what it could do for the players around him.
The Bears have spent the last two seasons searching for consistent pass-rush production beyond Montez Sweat. Opposing offenses frequently devoted resources toward neutralizing Sweat, daring someone else to win one-on-one matchups. Simmons changes those math problems.
If offensive lines slide protections toward Simmons, Sweat should see more favorable opportunities on the edge. More importantly, a young pass rusher like Austin Booker may benefit the most. The Bears do not necessarily need Booker to become a star. They need him to become a reliable complementary pass rusher. Simmons could create the kind of one-on-one opportunities that accelerate that development.
That is the optimistic view, and it is a reasonable one.
The concern is that the trade solves one problem while leaving another largely untouched.
The Defensive Backfield Remains the Biggest Variable
Championship defenses are rarely built on pass rush alone.
The modern NFL demands coverage players capable of surviving against elite quarterbacks when the pass rush does not immediately win. Every contender eventually faces situations where the ball comes out in under three seconds, neutralizing even great defensive lines.
At that point, coverage takes over.
That is where the Bears still have questions.
The most important involves Jaylon Johnson.
For several years, Johnson developed into one of the league’s most dependable cornerbacks. At his best, he could erase an opponent’s top receiver and let the defense shift resources elsewhere. However, injuries interrupted that trajectory. Johnson missed significant time and clearly wasn’t himself when he returned. Multiple reports noted he struggled to regain the form that once made him a Pro Bowl and All-Pro caliber defender.
The problem for Chicago is not merely whether Johnson can rebound.
The problem is how much the defense depends on it.
If Johnson returns to peak form, the secondary suddenly looks much more stable. If he remains merely average, the Bears could find themselves with an elite defensive front and a vulnerable back end.
That distinction matters in January.
The concerns do not stop there.
Tyrique Stevenson continues to embody both promise and frustration. Few defensive backs on the roster possess his physical gifts, yet consistency remains a concern. Coaches can live with occasional mistakes from young players. What they cannot survive are repeated coverage busts against elite offenses. Reports surrounding the secondary have continued to describe Stevenson as a player with talent but not necessarily complete trustworthiness snap after snap.
Meanwhile, questions surrounding depth remain. Injuries can turn a perceived strength into a weakness almost overnight, and the Bears already understand how quickly cornerback depth can disappear over the course of a season.
Which raises an uncomfortable question.
Did Poles invest heavily in the area that most needed investment?
The Risk of Betting Against the Future
This is where comparisons to the Ryan Pace era become unavoidable.
Not because Simmons is comparable to any previous acquisition.
Because the philosophy is.
For years, Bears fans watched Pace move premium draft capital in pursuit of established veterans. Sometimes the player was excellent. That was never the real issue. The problem was opportunity cost.
Premium draft picks are more than prospects. They are financial flexibility. They are roster depth. They are future starters under team-friendly contracts.
Poles appears to be making a calculated assumption.
He is betting those first-round selections will not be premium picks.
He is betting that with Caleb Williams, an upgraded offense, and an improved defense, Chicago will regularly draft in the twenties rather than the top ten.
If he is right, surrendering those selections becomes far easier to justify.
If he is wrong, the trade becomes significantly harder to defend.
It is a wager on organizational trajectory as much as player talent.
Why Another Move May Still Be Necessary
One underappreciated aspect of the Simmons deal is that it may increase pressure on Poles to remain aggressive.
Once a front office commits premium assets to a veteran star, standing still becomes more difficult.
The Bears no longer appear to be building toward contention.
They are acting like contenders.
That reality should keep defensive back help firmly on the radar.
A reunion with Nahshon Wright would make sense from a roster-construction standpoint. Wright provided length, ball skills, and starting experience during his time in Chicago before departing in free agency. He would not eliminate every concern, but he could improve depth and create meaningful competition.
More broadly, Poles should continue exploring the veteran cornerback market.
Teams with championship aspirations typically make at least one in-season addition to address depth concerns. The Bears now possess a defensive line capable of affecting games at a high level. Complementing that investment with another experienced defensive back could provide significantly more value than adding another rotational front-seven player.
The logic is straightforward.
The Bears have strengthened the pass rush.
Now they need to ensure the secondary can capitalize on it.
So, Are the Bears Super Bowl Contenders?
They are closer.
Much closer.
Simmons raises the floor of the defense immediately and raises the ceiling if his presence helps unlock greater production from Sweat and Booker.
But championship contention is determined by complete rosters, not isolated strengths.
The Bears appear positioned to field an elite offense after years of resource investment. They now possess a potentially dominant defensive front. Yet the final step from playoff team to legitimate Super Bowl threat may depend on questions that Simmons cannot answer.
Can Jaylon Johnson return to elite form?
Can the secondary stay healthy?
Can Stevenson become reliable?
Will Poles make another move before the season’s biggest games arrive?
The Bears solved a major problem by acquiring Simmons.
Whether they solved enough problems remains the defining question of their Super Bowl aspirations.
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16-Year-Old Football Player Deejay Tuiasosopo Killed in Suspected DUI Crash Following High School Game
A promising young football player with a family legacy in the NFL tragically lost his life Friday night after being struck by a vehicle in a suspected drunk-driving crash near the location where he had played a game just hours earlier.
Deejay Tuiasosopo, 16, was in his first season playing for Federal Way High School in Washington. The 220-pound running back and linebacker had big dreams for his football future, including helping his team capture a state championship. He was scheduled to graduate in 2028.
According to KOMO News, Tuiasosopo was standing on a sidewalk last Friday night when a vehicle involved in a two-car collision struck him. The crash occurred near an intersection close to where he had competed in a football game earlier that evening.
Tragically, Tuiasosopo was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of vehicular homicide, alleging that he was driving under the influence at the time of the collision. Police have not released additional details about the suspect or provided an update on the condition of the other driver involved in the crash.
Football was part of the Tuiasosopo family’s legacy, with several relatives having reached the highest levels of the sport.
Deejay was related to former NFL defensive lineman Manu Tuiasosopo, 69, who was selected in the first round of the 1979 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks. Manu later joined the San Francisco 49ers and was part of the team that won Super Bowl XIX following the 1984 season.
The family’s football tradition continued through Manu’s son, Marques Tuiasosopo, who starred at the University of Washington. Marques was named MVP of the 2001 Rose Bowl before going on to play eight seasons in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets as a quarterback.
At just 16 years old, Deejay was beginning to build his own football story. His ambitions, potential, and dreams were cut short in a tragedy that has left his teammates, family, and community grieving.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the Tuiasosopo family, his teammates, and everyone affected by this heartbreaking loss.
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Hugh Hefner‘s widow, Crystal Hefner, is candidly sharing some of her picks for the best and worst celebrity guests at the Playboy Mansion — as well as discussing trauma over her alleged sexual experiences with the late magnate.
“There were really horrific, horrible men that came through the Mansion,” Crystal, 40, told Page Six in an interview published on Wednesday, October 28. “It was tough.”
Crystal married Hef at the Playboy Mansion on New Year’s Eve 2012 in a ceremony attended by Kiss rocker Gene Simmons and his wife Shannon Tweed, former SNL star Jon Lovitz and others. (Crystal was the Playboy founder’s third wife. Hef was with first wife Mildred Williams from 1949 to 1959 and was married to Playboy model Kimberley Conrad from 1989 to 2010. He shared two children — daughter Christie, 73, and David, 71 — with Mildred as well as two younger sons — Marston, 36, and former Playboy executive Cooper, 35 — with Conrad, 64.)
In the wake of Hugh’s death at age 91 in September 2017, Crystal has become an outspoken critic of her late husband and the Playboy lifestyle. (Crystal eloped with her second husband, James Ward, in the Cook Islands in April 2026.)
Reflecting on her years living at the Playboy Mansion, Crystal told Page Six that Hugh often surrounded himself with “like-minded men,” naming President Donald Trump and disgraced comedian Bill Cosby among them.
(Cosby’s 2018 conviction on three felony counts of aggravated indecent assault against Andrea Constand was vacated by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2021 due to an agreement with a previous prosecutor that should have prevented him from being charged in the first place. He has since faced multiple lawsuits about alleged sexual impropriety, including being ordered to pay Judy Huth $500,000 for allegedly sexually assaulting her at the Playboy Mansion in 1975.)
“We know Cosby is a regular ,” Crystal pointed out. “Bill Cosby hosted the Playboy Jazz Festival for many, many years. And I remember one day we show up to the Playboy Jazz Festival and usually we have to take the picture with Bill Cosby and it’s awkward and he was always gross.”
The model sarcastically referred to the Playboy Mansion as “Jack Nicholson’s drive-thru” for the amount of women who’d be lined up for him.
“He could drive up, there’d be women there, there’d food there, and he would just collect what he needed and left,” she claimed. “We all know that that man is also notorious for being a regular, very regular at the mansion.”
Us has reached out to Cosby and Nicholson’s legal representatives for comment.
Crystal stressed that there were “good guys” who showed up at the Playboy Mansion too, pointing out that “a lot of the women that came by were good, good celebrities.”
“George Lopez was always very, very, very nice,” she said of the former Playboy Jazz Festival host, adding, “He never came to the mansion.”
Crystal also credited Mark Hamill and his wife, Marilou York, with being “lovely” whenever they visited the Playboy Mansion.
Earlier this week, Crystal mentioned Lovitz, 69, as “one of the biggest pervs” and the “Playboy Mansion’s No. 1 customer” during her marriage to Hugh.
There was a 60-year age gap in Crystal and Hugh’s marriage — the Playboy founder was 86 years old and his wife was only 26 when they tied the knot.
Crystal told Page Six that her goal following Hef’s death is to fight against “toxic masculinity and patriarchy just a little bit,” including exposing allegedly abusive behavior that Hugh engaged in during their marriage.
“I remember him pulling out and one of them was a black, double-sided one,” she alleged. “You could see they were dirty and he’s just grabbing us and grabbing our crotches and grabbing these dirty and just shoving them in us.”
Despite the potentially shocking nature of Crystal’s allegations, she insisted that she is “not afraid anymore.”
“There were people that lived with me that were hurt, and I just think it’s not okay, and it’s a bad example to set for humanity moving forward,” she argued.
Crystal recently opposed an upcoming movie called Playmates, in which Jessica Biel is set to play a fictionalized version of Hugh’s wife. In a series of Instagram posts, Crystal encouraged Biel, 44, to quit the project “if this film intends to romanticize or the Playboy world.”
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“I was actually his wife, and I experienced sexual, emotional, financial and physical abuse in this relationship,” she alleged.
Biel has yet to publicly respond, though Hugh’s former girlfriend and Girls Next Door costar Bridget Marquardt has been supportive and encouraged the 7th Heaven alum to “totally” move forward with the movie.
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Donald Trump attacked a reporter’s appearance after being questioned about a cancelled campaign visit to Kansas, as Republicans announced that two planned weekend rallies would be replaced by telephone events.
The exchange took place at Joint Base Andrews on 29 October, after the president returned from campaigning in South Carolina. Asked whether the schedule change reflected fatigue from travelling, Trump rejected the suggestion and turned his response towards the journalist.
‘I feel perfect. You are disgusting. Put yourself in shape, you look like hell,’ he said.
The confrontation came as the Republican National Committee confirmed that Trump would no longer attend scheduled rallies in Salina, Kansas, on 31 October and Dubuque, Iowa, on 1 November. Republicans are defending control of Congress in the 3 November midterm elections.
A Travel Question Turns Personal
The reporter initially asked how Trump was feeling after an intensive period of campaign travel. Trump said he was doing well before discussing his expectations for election night.
A follow-up question asked whether skipping Kansas had anything to do with being tired of travelling. Trump responded by criticising the reporter’s physical condition and rejecting the premise that he needed to make the visit.
The journalist was identified as Reuters reporter Jacob Bogage. Trump also criticised the news agency during the exchange. His remarks did not include a medical explanation for either cancellation.
The president instead argued that Kansas Republican Senator Roger Marshall was performing strongly enough that an in-person appearance was unnecessary. Marshall faces Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton in a competitive Senate contest.
Trump said he would support Marshall through a telephone rally and pointed to his planned appearance in Florida the following day.
Republicans Switch to Telephone Events
The RNC described the revised schedule as a way to reach voters across more states during the campaign’s closing days.
Party chairman Joe Gruters said the final push would allow Trump to address voters nationwide. The announced programme covers nearly 20 states, while a White House official said the president would participate in more than 20 individual telephone rallies before election day.
Those figures describe different measures: the number of states reached and the number of events planned. Further appearances could still be announced.
The Kansas Republican Party separately confirmed that the Salina appearance had been cancelled. In Iowa, the abandoned Dubuque stop comes as Republican Ashley Hinson and Democrat Josh Turek compete for an open Senate seat.
Florida Visit Remains Scheduled
Trump’s rally in Daytona Beach, Florida, remained scheduled for 30 October. Whether he would add further in-person appearances before Tuesday’s vote was unclear.
By Thursday, he had held 25 rallies during October. Telephone events offer a different format: shorter appearances that allow him to address several audiences without travelling between venues.
The change comes at a consequential point for both parties. Control of the House and Senate will shape Trump’s ability to advance his legislative programme during the remainder of his term.
Republicans have presented the cancellations as a strategic decision based on their candidates’ prospects and the opportunity to reach more voters remotely. Trump’s response to the reporter underscored that explanation while forcefully rejecting suggestions that his health required the change.
No medical reason for the cancellations has been announced.
The government has opened applications for charities to become lead sponsors under two new refugee sponsorship routes, allowing eligible refugees to come to the UK through what it describes as ‘safe and legal’ pathways. A third route, which will allow employers to sponsor refugees for work, is expected to open in spring 2027.
‘From today, charities can apply to sponsor refugees through new, capped Named Community Sponsorship and Refugee study safe and legal routes,’ the official Home Office account announced on X. ‘Sponsors will provide accommodation, integration support and help finding work.’
From today, charities can apply to sponsor refugees through new, capped Named Community Sponsorship and Refugee study safe and legal routes.
Sponsors will provide accommodation, integration support and help finding work.
‘A Restore Britain Government will deport every man, woman and child who arrives under this scheme. It will be applied retrospectively,’ warned Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe.
Restore Britain, a right-wing party founded by Lowe, believes the UK is in decline because of ‘mass immigration, economic collapse, woke ideology and the relentless creep of radical Islam’.
A Restore Britain Government will deport every man, woman and child who arrives under this scheme.
Reform UK MP Suella Braverman also reacted negatively to the Home Office announcement, describing it as a ‘Disaster waiting to happen.’ Reform UK has called for tougher immigration controls, including deportations of people who have no legal right to remain in the country and stronger security measures in the English Channel, a major route for irregular migration.
Ameer Kotecha, chief executive of the Centre for Government Reform, called the programme ‘insane.’ He said on social media: ‘The right to decide who enters Britain belongs to the British state, not to whichever charity has the Home Office’s ear.’
‘The opportunities for favouritism, nepotism and corruption are obvious. A well-connected individual with well-placed supporters will secure nomination over others facing greater persecution,’ Kotecha also said.
How the Sponsorship Works
The Home Office has introduced three routes: Named Community Sponsorship, Refugee Study and Refugee Work. They will allow community groups, universities and employers to help eligible refugees resettle in the UK. The routes complement the government’s existing resettlement programme.
‘Refugee sponsorship is a way for local communities, civil society organisations, charities and faith groups to be directly involved in helping refugees settle in the UK,’ the government stated in its policy guidance.
‘Sponsors provide emotional and practical support to empower refugees to rebuild their lives in safety, and to become self-sufficient members of their new communities.’
The UK’s community, study, and work sponsorship routes will offer fresh avenues for refugee resettlement Lina Kivaka/Pexels
Under the new framework, accredited lead sponsors will work with community groups, universities and employers to coordinate sponsorship arrangements and ensure they meet the relevant requirements. The Home Office will retain responsibility for immigration decisions and security checks.
The programme will initially operate in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Egypt, Uganda and Kenya. However, eligibility is restricted to people who meet the scheme’s requirements, including being outside their country of nationality and having been present and registered in a participating country before 1 October 2026.
According to Home Office documents, Labour’s new legal refugee routes are ‘initially’ from the following countries…
Bangladesh India Pakistan Malaysia Egypt Uganda Kenya
Initially, being the key word.
A Restore Britain Government will reach back and deport every single man,…
‘A Restore Britain Government will reach back and deport every single man, woman and child imported into our home from these schemes—regardless of which status they may hold at that stage,’ Lowe also said of the announced routes. ‘If the law prevents that from happening, Restore Britain MPs will CHANGE THE LAW.’
Applications for lead sponsors are currently open for the community and study routes, according to the Home Office. Applications for the refugee work route are expected to open in spring 2027.
President John Mahama has disclosed that social media platforms, including TikTok, help him pick up public complaints and feedback on government performance, which he forwards to ministers for attention.
He says criticism from citizens, regardless of their political affiliations, is an important tool for improving governance and helping him become a better leader.
Speaking during an engagement with the Ghanaian Community in Moscow, President Mahama said he does not take offence when citizens accuse his administration of heading in the wrong direction, insisting that constructive criticism helps him identify problems and demand answers from his ministers.
“I don’t mind if people tell me that I’m leading the country in the wrong direction. I’m trying to do my best. Criticism helps me to do better,” he said.
The President disclosed that he sometimes comes across complaints social media and contacts ministers directly to seek explanations about developments in their respective sectors.
“Sometimes I go on the media and I see something, and I call the minister and I say, ‘Hey, my friend, what is happening in your sector?'” he recounted.
He assured citizens that their videos and complaints do not go unnoticed.
“So all your TikToks and things, don’t think I don’t see them. I see them,” President Mahama said.
To illustrate how social media feedback informs government action, he cited a complaint about a bridge in the Ashanti Region which had reportedly been affected by illegal mining activities and washed away.
The President said he saw the information on social media and immediately forwarded it to the minister responsible, requesting that the situation be died
According to him, the minister subsequently visited the location and reported that a blocked channel was contributing to the problem, with an excavator being deployed to clear it and allow water to flow.
“That is how you solve some of these things,” he said. President Mahama believes the growing influence of new media presents an opportunity for government to receive information directly from citizens and respond to challenges as they emerge.
“The new media is an advantage because it gives us information in real time,” he added.
He urged citizens to speak up whenever they identify warning signs in the country’s governance, stressing that holding leaders accountable should transcend partisan political considerations.
“The more we see the danger signs that somebody is leading us the wrong way, we must, all of us, not based on partisan leanings, all of us must say no, we’re not going in the right direction,” he said.
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Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are among c and w’s most renowned couples, having actually been wed for 3 years. The set initially fulfilled at a gig in 1994, and went on to wed 2 years later on previously inviting their 3 children, Gracie, Maggie and Audrey.Tim got honest about what made his marital relationship so effective in an interview with Esquire while discussing the sage relationship guidance he bestowed upon his pal Taylor Swift after her wedding event to NFL star Travis Kelce in July. Tim McGraw’s words of knowledge
“Just a commitment that you want it to work,” he informed the publication. “People are so easy to walk away from troubled times or bad times, or times where you don’t get along. But going into a marriage and being in a marriage for a long time, you start to realize that, yeah, there are gonna be times you don’t like each other. There are times you don’t get along… but that’s not a reason to walk out the door.”The nation star included that he made a dedication with Faith early on in their relationship that when things got hard, leaving would not be their knee-jerk response.
The vocalist shared that they never ever left when things got heated
“The more you do that, that starts opening the door for that choice. It lessens the commitment, and it lessens the pride and respect that you have in your marriage,” he stated.Another essential lesson that Tim and Faith had actually discovered for many years was
to fall in love at every life phase and to accept that modification was unavoidable.
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“You change as you grow older. And you change individually as you grow older, and you change as a couple as you grow older in time spent together,” the dad of 3 discussed. “And so the beauty, I think, in a long marriage, is you get the chance to fall in love with a new person every so often. Because people change.””You gotta have that foundation, and you gotta always go back to it,” he included. “The longer you wait to go back to it, the further away it gets, and you can get to a point where it’s unreachable.”Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s empty nestTim and Faith’s lives have actually altered substantially over the last few years, after their child Maggie got engaged and their youngest, Audrey, vacated home. “We’ve lived a lot of life. So we’re going in now, at 59, you’re stepping into another ,” he mused.
The Louisiana native shared that while it spent some time to get used to their brand-new typical, they had “made it fun by ourselves” and liked being alone together.
Their oldest kid, Gracie, has actually followed in her moms and dads’ steps and is a vocalist and entertainer. She appeared in The Great War & The Great Gatsby in April 2025, and even dueted with her papa on the track “Here Tonight”
Meanwhile, Maggie has actually flown under the radar and works as an intelligence expert for Major League Baseball, and her sis, Audrey, is a starlet, design and vocalist.
The 24-year-old was the supporting act upon Brandi Carlile’s Lost Time Tour in Europe in 2025, and has actually acted in the television series Landman.
Sarah Ferguson handled a little smile as she came back in London for the very first time in months
on Thursday.
The disgraced Duchess was signed up with by Princess BeatricePrincess Eugenie and their other halves at a funeral for her ex-boyfriend, racing magnate Paddy McNally at St Paul’s Church in Knightsbridge.
The timing was rather amazing; it was this time in 2015 that Sarah was removed of her Duchess of York title and her world came crashing down through her association to Jeffrey Epstein.
Certainly Sarah’s choice to participate in the event has actually raised eyebrows, and triggered essential concerns from royal observers.
What does Sarah’s reappearance mean for her future?
Sarah has a track record for being something of a return queenand there are now concerns regarding whether she will try to make a complete go back to the general public eye
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She didn’t diminish far from the video cameras on Thursday, no doubt assured by the existence of her 2 women. And she was caught smiling in the images, which included in the Daily Mail.
Sarah had her 2 children by her side at the memorial
Furthermore, there was another member of the royal household in presence, Peter Phillips, an automobile racing lover.But speculation this will indicate the start of a main reemergence are most likely early. Royal fans have actually kept in mind that- possibly fortunately for Sarah-the funeral came at a time when King Charles and Queen Camilla run out the nation.There is likewise still a strong public sensation towards both Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah concerning their association with Jeffrey Epstein, something that is going to be extremely difficult for her to get rid of provided the truth that the ex-Prince is still under active criminal examination.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is still under authorities examination
Despite current legal difficulties relating to how the proof was collected, the authorities are moving on with their examination, following Andrew’s arrest on his 66th birthday in February 2026 on suspicion of misbehavior in public workplace. It has actually been declared that he shared delicate, non-public info with Epstein while functioning as the UK’s main trade envoy. Andrew has actually rejected any misbehavior. Will Sarah choose to tell-all?[
Some specialists think that Sarah will however attempt to conquer this most current scandal? There has actually been speculation she is thinking about composing a tell-all bookpreparing to inform her story on television, or introducing an organization effort -simply as she has actually done before when times was difficult.
“She’s denied that she’s writing a book, but I have no doubt she will attempt some sort of comeback at some point. Only she knows exactly how that will manifest and exactly what that will be,” royal analyst Phil Dampier informed HELLO!.”But she is the resurgence queenWho understands whether, at 67, she can doing it or if it’s far too late. She will definitely have a shot.”
Sarah’not welcome’ at Andrew’s home
While Sarah has actually handled to maintain her relationship with Beatrice and Eugenie, the exact same can not be stated of her ex-husband Andrew. Despite having actually formerly explained them as “the happiest divorced couple in the world”relations in between the set have actually broken down because of the Epstein scandal.
Both Sarah and Andrew lost their significant honours and titles following discoveries about their ties to the founded guilty paedophile. They were likewise advised to leave Royal Lodge.
Andrew, 66, now lives at Marsh Farm, a five-bedroom residential or commercial property on the King’s Sandringham estate. And while it was believed that Sarah was eager to keep her range from the ex-Prince, it appears the opposite holds true. A source formerly informed The Times: “The red setter, as she’s known, is not welcome at Marsh Farm. She’s persona non grata as far as Andrew is concerned.”It’s not understood why she has actually been banished by her ex-husband, however the cache of Epstein files launched in the United States appear to reveal it was Sarah who presented Andrew to Epstein.The source likewise refuted speculation that Andrew is indulging his own business. “Don’t believe all that poor Andy . He’s having a very nice time, thank you very much. He goes out, he goes off shooting with friends, he sees his old chums who are very loyal to him. He’s not sitting around feeling sorry for himself any more.”Where has Sarah Ferguson been?Sarah’s last public look was at the Duchess of Kent’s
funeral service at Westminster Cathedral in September 2025.
Sarah and Andrew at the Duchess of Kent’s funeral service in September in 2015
That October, she was required to vacate Royal Lodge in Windsor, where she coped with her ex-husband, Andrew.In December, she went to the christening of her granddaughter Athena, Princess Beatrice’s infant lady, and
was photographed in the back of an automobile.She wasn’t seen for months after that, however was reported to be hanging out in EuropeOn 16 April, Sarah was photographed by The Sun at a ₤ 2,000-a-night resort near the Mayrlife Medical Health Resort in Altaussee, Austria. She used a blue coat and a white baseball cap in the past once again disappearing from the general public eye.It is thought she had actually been investing her time out of the general public eye at a Swiss Alpine chalet in Verbier, while some reports recommended she checked out Portugal to satisfy Eugenie’s child child, Adelaide,
who was born in August.
Sarah’s relationship with Paddy McNally
In August, Princess Beatrice represented Sarah at Paddy’s funeral service at St James’s Church in Sevenhampton, as Fergie continued to avoid of the general public eye
Sarah dated Paddy in the 1980s however separated when he stopped working to propose, though they stayed friends later on. She even supposedly remained at his ski chalet in Verbier in the months after leaving Royal Lodge.e4wqK29vGaVV” data-wc=”23″>
The previous Duchess when stated: “Paddy was my father figure, 22 years older than me.
“He taught me a lot about life. Whenever I desired guidance, I turned to him since he was so worldly smart. He appeared to have actually seen and done whatever.”
Where is Sarah Ferguson living now?
Sarah utilized to deal with Andrew at his previous home, Royal Lodge, however he was required to abandon the properties and relocate to Marsh Farm on the King’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk, while his ex-wife requires to discover a brand-new home.
In August, The Sun reported that Sarah was going back to Britain when again and was residing in the Home Counties.The paper explained the residential or commercial property as “gated” with “6 bed rooms”. It also has three bathrooms and a “granny annexe”, according to the paper.
Photographs of Timothée Chalamet from 2023 and 2026 capture his evolution, from familiar curls to a Dune: Part Three buzz cut and waves he wore in October. His fashion choices also changed, adding another dimension to the comparison.
Chalamet and Jenner were first linked in April 2023. They appeared together at Beyoncé’s Los Angeles concert and the US Open that September. In November, Chalamet wore a black Dolce & Gabbana suit at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards.
Timothée Chalamet’s 2023 Look
In November 2023, Chalamet’s longer, voluminous curls remained a defining feature. At the London premiere of Wonka on 28 November, he wore a mauve velvet Tom Ford suit and a Cartier necklace in place of a shirt collar. His curls framed the outfit.
At the Saturday Night Live after-party that month, he chose a purple zip-up jacket, colour-blocked hoodie and grey jeans, while Jenner wore a sleek black outfit. Their outfits contrasted, showing they did not always match.
From a Dune Buzz Cut To Returning Curls
The most dramatic change came in 2025, when Chalamet shaved his head to play Paul Atreides in Dune: Part Three. As it grew back, his hair passed through several stages. British GQ documented gelled spikes in February 2026, a mod-inspired shag in April and returning curls by summer. Vogue’s July coverage connected the textured style to his look in Call Me by Your Name.
At the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in Los Angeles on 18 October, where Jenner made her runway debut, Chalamet wore medium-length waves parted near the centre and falling towards his eyebrows. He paired them with a black suede jacket and T-shirt. The hairstyle recalled his earlier curls, not a sudden relationship-related makeover.
Their Fashion Choices Changed, Too
During the 2025 Marty Supreme promotional campaign, Chalamet and Jenner wore matching orange Chrome Hearts outfits, a departure from their contrasting 2023 looks. British Vogue documented the coordinated outfits. By October 2026, Chalamet’s black jacket and T-shirt offered a more relaxed contrast with Jenner’s runway appearance. These moments sharpen the comparison without suggesting either dictated the other’s choices.
Fans Respond to His Familiar Hairstyle
After the 18 October show, a 19 October post, ‘Spotted at the Victoria Secret Fashion Show’, drew comments including ‘His hair’, ‘His hair is baaaaaack. Sigh. Hot’. and ‘So good to see his curly locks again’. The reactions praised his curls, not the wider before-and-after comparison.
The Instagram carousel supplied for this article could not be independently accessed because of platform restrictions. Its account, publication date, image sequence and comments remain unverified, so this comparison relies on identifiable public-event photographs and separately sourced fan discussion, rather than unverified social-media claims.
What Kylie Jenner Said About Style Speculation
In March 2024, Jenner was asked whether Chalamet had influenced her more understated fashion choices. ‘I don’t know how I feel about that’, she told The New York Times, declining to discuss personal matters. She also discussed taking time to feel like herself after having a baby and changing fashion trends. Her remarks concerned her style, not Chalamet’s, and do not establish a cause for his changing appearance.
The video soundtracks “The End,” the very first tune from The Black Parade
After presenting the exceptional dreamscape of The Dying World with a brief movie at Annecy Film Festival in 2015, self-taught artist Lauren Tsai revealed the job as part of her bigger solo exhibit at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. While the setup concluded its run last November, Tsai has actually returned with a brand-new partnership along with My Chemical Romance– a full-circle minute for the artist who as a kid produced animated fan videos for the band’s tunes.
The brief movie, Start to The Endcontinues the story of the character Astrid while likewise deepening the story of The Dying Word with brand-new voices, extra characters, and settings. “It was an outright dream to deal with this task for The Black Parade and The Dying World,” stated Tsai in a declaration. “I deeply regard MCR and Gerard’s imaginative tradition. It has actually been an honor for him to discover motivation in a world that I’ve developed, in the very same method I have actually constantly appreciated the worlds that he has actually constructed throughout his profession.”
Start to The End gets here on the heels of last Friday’s release of The Black Parade (20th Anniversary)the landmark rock opera by the Jersey pop-punkers that’s thought about among the most prominent in the ever-evolving emo category. The movie will evaluate ahead of the last dates of the band’s five-night perform at the Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 30 and 31.
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The cooperation in between MCR and Tsai is soundtracked by the album’s very first tune,”The End.”The movie follows Astrid as she browses a strange New England boarding school overrun by garbage. As the school’s authoratative bodies toss her treasured sketchbook down a chute, Astrid follows it into a world occupied by forgotten concepts and faces an old buddy who appeared in her previous movie, The Dying World Part One: ForgettingAccording to a news release, the movie “checks out the relationships all of us accept our productions, youth and the steadfast decision to end up being and reveal our reality, the latter of which in specific is a secret, repeating style throughout My Chemical Romance’s brochure.”
In addition to Tsai offering the vocals for Astrid, Start to The End Includes singing contributions from Billie Eilish (Astrid’s good friend), Phoebe Bridgers (Astrid’s sis), Hideo Kojima (“The Teacher”) and John C, McGinley (“The Dean”). The brief likewise consists of a live recording of Flying River, Violin Concerto by Pascal Dusapin, which was carried out by Utopia Orchestra at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, and carried out by Giuseppe Mengoli, with solo violin by Daniel Lozakovich.
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a ₤ 2,000-a-night resort near the Mayrlife Medical Health Resort in Altaussee, Austria. She used a blue coat and a white baseball cap in the past once again disappearing from the general public eye.It is thought she had actually been investing her time out of the general public eye at a Swiss Alpine chalet in Verbier, while some reports recommended she checked out Portugal to satisfy Eugenie’s child child, Adelaide, 
