Making its first upfronts pitch to advertisers as a merged company, TelevisaUnivision delivered a message of balanced strategy to ad buyers in an hour-long presentation at New York’s Javits Center.
29.04.2022 - 15:07 / usmagazine.com
Batter up! Kate Upton, Hannah Davis and JoAnna Garcia Swisher are just a few A-listers who’ve been wooed by Major League Baseball athletes over the years.
Garcia was acting for more than a decade before her now-husband, Nick Swisher, was drafted in 2002 by the Oakland Athletics. Two years later, Swisher made his MLB debut with the Oakland As, playing both outfield and first base.
After two trades — Nick moved to the Chicago White Sox and then to the New York Yankees — and six years in the league, the athlete married the Reba alum in 2010. (He later played for the Cleveland Indians and the Atlanta Braves before retiring in 2015.)
“He was really consistent and he was very willing to prove himself. He’s like, ‘I don’t want you to think that I’m some stereotypical athlete,’” JoAnna exclusively told Us Weekly in February 2018, recalling how she fell for her husband. “He was very honest about that. He was like, ‘I’m only going to be dating you and you are the only one and until you believe that I’ll be here reminding you of that.’ And that just really struck me like he’s in it to win it.”
The duo, who share two daughters, were set up by a mutual friend. “It certainly wasn’t the first type of profession for a guy that I wanted to date. I didn’t think like, ‘Yea! This sounds great.’ But the second I met him — I went to go see him play a baseball game against the Mets and I thought, ‘Wow, he’s just really refreshing and he’s really kind,’” the Astronaut Wives Club alum recalled. “He’s exactly what people would imagine him to be. He is what you think he is. He’s a good egg.”
Models Upton and Davis appear to be equally as lucky, finding their happily ever afters with Justin Verlander and Derek Jeter, respectively.
Upton’s romance with
Making its first upfronts pitch to advertisers as a merged company, TelevisaUnivision delivered a message of balanced strategy to ad buyers in an hour-long presentation at New York’s Javits Center.
David Muir is going back to his roots for the most special of reasons! The star was raised in upstate New York's Syracuse area.ALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleThough his alma mater is the nearby Ithaca College, David no doubt grew up surrounded by Syracuse students, and now as a seasoned journalist and news anchor, he has a special message for them.The reporter had the honor of being Syracuse's class of 2022 commencement speaker at their graduation.WATCH: David and Kelly Ripa's friendshipMORE: David Muir shares heartbreaking Covid story that leaves fans in tearsHe certainly took the position seriously, sharing on Instagram some images from the special occasion ahead of his speech, which was no doubt inspiring. He dressed appropriately for the event, looking dapper in a toga, shiny leather shoes, and slicked back hair.The ABC host endearingly captioned the snap with: "Thank you for inviting me home.
Kelly Ripa delighted her fans with a heartwarming update on Sunday alongside her family dog Chewie, who celebrated her birthday.MORE: Kelly Ripa updates fans on her health with glowing new selfieThe Live with Kelly and Ryan host shared the news on her Instagram feed alongside a spectacular selfie snuggled up with her furry companion. WATCH: Kelly Ripa's life at home during Covid battleCaptioning the post, she wrote: "Happy birthday to the grandest dame, CHEWIE! You wouldn’t know by the looks of it, but we sure are glad we found each other!"ALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleSEE: Kelly Ripa's palatial New York mansion where she's recovering from COVID-19The 51-year-old's husband, Mark Consuelos was quick to weigh in on the post of his girls. He penned: "Chewie!!!" in the comments of the post, and added "Chewbacca Maria Consuelos," for clarification.
Rising star Lil Keed has tragically died at the age of 24, his brother has today confirmed.The Atlanta based young rapper, whose real name was Raqhid Render, leaves behind his young daughter Naychur and pregnant girlfriend Quana Bandz. No cause of death has yet been confirmed. Announcing the news on social media, his brother wrote: "Can’t believe I seened u die today bro I did all my cries I know what u want me to do and that’s go hard for Mama Daddy Our Brothers Naychur and Whiteboy." The star’s last album Trapped on Cleveland 3 had been produced in collaboration with Kylie Jenner ’s boyfriend Travis Scott, Young Thug and Chris Brown, reports the the Mirror .
Lil Keed has died, according to reports in Complex and XXL and an Instagram statement by Lil Gotit, Keed's brother. No cause of death was revealed in the 24-year-old Atlanta rapper's passing.
Shirley Ju Raqhid Jevon Render, who was known by his rapper stage name Lil Keed and was a frontrunner of Young Thug’s Young Stoner Life Records label, has died. He was 24 years old.Render’s death was confirmed by his label on Saturday morning.
Lil Keed , a rising rap star and member of Young Thug‘s YSL label, as died at the age of 24.
J. Kim Murphy It’s May in New York City, and what better way to ring in the summer movie season than venturing to AMC Theaters in Times Square for opening night of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”?If you and a friend wanted to be among the first to catch Marvel’s latest, the 3 p.m. screening was the earliest possible.
Journalists from Ukraine were recognized with a 2022 Pulitzer Prize special citation, while judges for journalism’s top honors also recognized coverage of the January 6th attacks on the Capitol, the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Surfside condominium collapse in Florida.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” the newest timeline-altering tentpole in Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe, captured a huge $265 million in its international box office debut.Those mighty ticket sales represent the second-biggest opening weekend overseas in pandemic times. Sony’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” still stands as the highest-grossing COVID-era debut with $340 million internationally.The second “Doctor Strange” film, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the goatee-rocking sorcerer, generated $185 million in North America over the weekend, bringing its global tally to a massive $450 million.
Sisters forever! Elizabeth Olsen may be an accomplished star in her own right, but she still looks up to her older siblings Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticWell, Dolly Parton didn’t get her wish, although she’s likely to be happy anyway. The country superstar will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November — a possibility she said last week she’d come to terms with and would “graciously” accept, after initially trying to get herself nixed — along with Duran Duran, Pat Benatar, Eminem, Lionel Richie, Eurythmics and Carly Simon.Those are the seven performers that the Hall’s thousand-plus voters chose.
RELATED: Happy 60th Birthday, Wayne Gretzky! Looking back at the legendary career and life of 'the Great One'Although Canada's climate is ideal for learning to carve ice, hockey fever transcends the Great White North. Celebrities across the globe don memorabilia, wave towels and holler "goal!" at a fever pitch.
NEW ORLEANS -- The memorial garden at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is about to get a lot more crowded as fellow musicians honor the many musical icons — known as “Ancestors” — who have passed since the festival was last held three years ago.Jazz Fest, which began Friday and will conclude on May 8, will feature on-stage tributes, as well as jazz funeral processions that will cross the Fair Grounds and conclude with the unveiling of the honoree’s likenesses alongside the other Ancestors at the rear of the Congo Square field.“That’s Jazz Fest,” Quint Davis, the festival’s longtime producer/director, told The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate. Like many African cultures, “we stay connected to our ancestors.
Chad Michael Murray is giving us hope of a “One Tree Hill” revival.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMichael J. Fox, the Hollywood star who became a powerful advocate for medical research, will be the subject of a new documentary from Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim.