and she came within a draw of clinching the title Instead Mendes won on demand to force tiebreaks and then won both games to pick up the $1,500 top prize.     There were 12 players in the hunt on Saturday with the top-two in each group set to qualify for Sunday's knockout Reigning Under 12 European Youth Chess Champion FM Wiktor Golis from Poland dominated from the start of Group A, delivering checkmate in 22 moves in round one against the eventual runner-up, FM Reyaansh Chakrabarty from Australia and a slight mid-tournament wobble did no harm Chakrabarty followed that opening loss with a shaky draw against the youngest player in the event, nine-year-old CM Ashwath Kaushik (who beat a grandmaster at the age of eight!) including a revenge checkmate against Golis He could afford to lose the final game and still qualify and could be forgiven for struggling at the end since the 11-year-old revealed that it was the first time he was awake never mind playing a chess tournament at 1 a.m.!  Chakrabarty was still happy to be interviewed, telling FM Mike Klein and GM Ben Finegold "When I was younger I used to always watch ChessKid videos and it’s nice to finally be interviewed by ChessKid," and was refreshingly humble "I thought I was one of the heavy underdogs—I thought I would have no chance at coming first or second I thought 3-4/10 points would be lucky."  that doesn't mean he's not ambitious!  11-year-old Reyaansh Chakrabaty, who qualified for tomorrow's #ChessKid Championship Semifinals at 1am in Australia, says his goal is to become the world's youngest ever GM, or at least the youngest Australian! pic.twitter.com/A40tBQqof5 "I'm very likely to break that record," he said of GM Anton Smirnov's record of becoming Australia's youngest GM at the age of 16 Firstly my goal right now is to become the youngest in the world I’m kind of aiming to become the youngest in the world I think I have a very good chance at becoming a grandmaster by a young age.  I'm kind of aiming to become the youngest in the world —Reyaansh Chakrabaty on becoming a grandmaster    There were also scheduling issues in the second group but I managed to draw and I still felt I had quite a bit of energy for this tournament Top-seed Mendes, who in 2023 beat IM Faustino Oro on the way to winning the ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship who after a very slow start beat Banerjee in the first game of a three-game winning streak.  Megan Paragua grabs a 1st win and moves up to 4th place! https://t.co/Z6MCGhQzkD pic.twitter.com/TmPPxgD7QO with Paragua trailing by half a point but playing Mendes Supratit Banerjee is through to tomorrow's ChessKid Under 13 Championship Semifinals, but we have a perfect final round, with Megan Paragua taking on Aaron Mendes in a must-win game for qualification! https://t.co/TGHxZmHalu pic.twitter.com/SSe66oBqV2 and seemed to play a perfect solid game where his opponent was forced to take risks and went on to lose to learn that Mendes was unaware he only needed a draw since I was not looking at the standings after round five I was not worried that I needed only a draw Paragua, who recently qualified for the FM title by crossing 2300 on the live ratings during the Grenke Open Since the start time of the final day couldn't be pushed back—Chakrabarty was already starting at 1 a.m. in Australia—Banerjee was forced to drop out, since his 4NCL game against English FM Martin Taylor was in a tense middlegame The good news for the kid was that he took over and won in style The 4NCL's gain was the ChessKid Youth Championship's loss but Paragua had been on standby and took full advantage She won two battling games to take a 2-0 lead in the four-game semifinal and though Golis hit back smoothly to win game three he couldn't win the next game on demand—as the Polish star pushed for a win in the queen endgame he got checkmated instead by the U.S US FM-elect Megan Paragua delivers checkmate to reach the final of the Under 13 ChessKid Championship, where she'll play Canadian IM Aaron Mendes! https://t.co/Amu8zr1Mqr pic.twitter.com/FUQyxmKlp0 ensured Chakrabarty wouldn't need to play past 2 a.m He got off to the perfect start with a checkmating attack in the first game Chakrabarty's best chance came in game two but at the end he took a draw by repetition in a position where he was still better but lower on time Mendes clinched the match with a trademark endgame victory—his technique was impressive throughout the tournament and given Mendes had won their mini-match 2-0 in the group stage the only IM in the tournament looked to be the clear favorite WFM Megan Paragua was a late substitute for the U-13 knockout but won her semifinal 3-1! đŸ€ŻShe faces IM Aaron Mendes in the final! pic.twitter.com/hM6LFKnsf8 That assessment hadn't changed when in the first game he converted a winning dynamic position into a stable two-pawn advantage "I usually like to play with a bit of time extra and then with the chaos I just spent too much time calculating Paragua not just equalized but gained a winning position near the end All the kids showed admirable composure during the event but Mendes revealed afterward that he was fuming at missing the win but I just try to breathe in and breathe out and try to calm myself down.  —Aaron Mendes on missing a win in the first game of the final The recovery didn't happen fast, as Paragua went on to take the lead with a sparkling attack in game two after Mendes had missed a fleeting chance to get a winning position himself (21.gxh7+ appeared on the board Black was crashing through Mendes then hit back with an impressive endgame grind picking up a pawn and smoothly converting to level the scores at 1.5-1.5 That then became 2-2 after an insane game where Paragua found a perpetual check to save a difficult position but then instead of taking the draw decided to play on though along the way Mendes himself missed a two-move winning sequence so that the draw that followed—where Black had five (!) passed pawns—was very much fair for both sides Both sides missed wins at the end of a wild draw, with the final tied 2-2, with 2 games to go! https://t.co/cqeE67U3iQ pic.twitter.com/U7uwcrnKlO so that when Paragua went on to win game five it meant she was only a draw away from clinching the title Mendes admitted he was "really scared" going into the must-win game and when asked if he'd played such games before he commented but I usually messed that up and didn’t actually win!" Paragua avoided the usual mistake in such positions of playing strictly for a draw and in fact gained a better position with the black pieces but the natural attack she went for proved to be a mistake Instead Mendes was able to hit back with a winning attack of his own.  Mendes exploited a tactical mistake to break through with a mating attack on the black king so that it was now Paragua who needed to win on demand with the white pieces to prolong the match but although Stockfish was giving her position as almost a full-piece advantage it was one of those cases where the evaluation seems to come mainly from an advantage in space and a couple of less-than-obvious mistakes allowed Mendes to not only equalize but take over Congratulations to 12-year-old Canadian IM Aaron Mendes on winning the Under 13 #ChessKid Youth Championship after a great battle against FM Megan Paragua went to tiebreaks! 🎉🏆 pic.twitter.com/EjHmPzB8Z5 So Paragua had almost pulled off a fairy-tale win on a day she wasn't initially supposed to play but in the end it was Mendes who took the title and the $1,500 top prize That's all for the Under 13 section, but in a month's time, June 7-8, we're going to have the Under 16 section, which is set to feature a mouth-watering lineup including defending champion Erdogmus and the likes of Oro and top female stars IMs Alice Lee and Lu Miaoyi.  The ChessKid Youth Championship is Chess.com's top event for the next generation of the chess elite with two six-player groups where the players competed in a double round-robin The top two players qualified for the knockout where the semifinal was best-of-four and the final best-of-six All games were played with the 3+1 time control and the prize fund was $5,000 Colin McGourty led news at Chess24 from its launch until it merged with Chess.com a decade later he got into chess writing when he set up the website Chess in Translation after previously studying Slavic languages and literature in St Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva has been offered to Real Madrid which has revealed whether or not Los Blancos would be willing to do a deal Both Madrid and Man City are enduring disappointing seasons Pep Guardiola’s failed to retain their Premier League title and could not do much of note in the Champions League Los Blancos lost the final of the Copa del Rey to Barcelona suffered a comprehensive defeat to Arsenal over two legs in Europe’s premier club competition and could lose the LaLiga title to Barca The two European giants are planning to reinforce their respective squads in the summer transfer window and aim to come back stronger next season It has been revealed in the Spanish media that Silva’s agent According to Defensa Central Silva wants to leave Man City at the end of the season The Portugal international attacking midfielder has a contract with the Cityzens until the summer of 2026 The report in the Spanish news outlet has revealed that Mendes has offered Silva Last season’s LaLiga champions have been told that they can sign the 30-year-old for just €30million (ÂŁ25.6m Silva has been on the books of Man City since 2017 when he joined from AS Monaco The midfielder has established himself as a legend at the Etihad Stadium and has won the Premier League title six times the EFL Cup on four occasions and the Champions League once The superstar midfielder has scored 70 goals and given 72 assists in 400 appearances for Man City so far in his career DON’T MISS 🌐 World’s ‘best midfielder’ could make COMPLETE Man City U-turn if Alonso joins Real Madrid Madrid have made it clear that Silva is not the kind of player that they are looking to sign in the summer transfer window Los Blancos believe that they already have enough midfielders and are not willing to make a big investment to bring in another player for that position While Silva is one of the best attacking players in Europe Madrid have focused on signing top young talents and bringing them together to form a strong and successful group Jude Bellingham and Eduardo Camavinga are prime examples of Madrid investing in young and promising midfielders who have the potential to become superstars Liverpool have made a decision on whether or not to send Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid early Los Blancos are ready to pay Liverpool a small fee and snap up Alexander-Arnold before the contract with the newly-crowned Premier League champions runs out at the end of June The Spanish media is adamant that Madrid already have a deal in place to sign the right-back on a free transfer this summer Real Madrid have decided how much they want for Rodrygo Liverpool and Manchester United have all been linked with the Brazil international forward Meanwhile, Madrid are ready to bring back a left-back they sold a few years ago in the summer transfer window Los Blancos believe that the left-back is an area that they need to address this summer and have set their sights on an AC Milan ace This tale of two British army sergeants who filmed the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp uses their profoundly disturbing footage It’s TV that could alter your whole world view the first documentary by the film and theatre director Sam Mendes The film straightforwardly combines two precious artefacts held at the Imperial War Museum in London: 35mm film shot by Sgt Mike Lewis and Sgt Bill Lawrie of the British Army Film and Photographic Unit before and during the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near the town of Celle in northern Germany in April 1945; and audio interviews given by the cameramen in the 1980s Lewis and Lawrie did not record sound when they visited Belsen; the words they spoke years later are the only sounds we hear Lewis and Lawrie do not arrive at Belsen until almost halfway through the film’s 36-minute running time we hear how they came to be army photographers and we get a flavour of their prewar civilian life This is particularly pertinent in the case of Lewis a son of Jewish immigrants from Poland who looked on in dismay in 1936 as fascists held rallies in his parents’ adopted home country “But the world began to assume a shape more real than those things we were taught about it.” filming devastating destruction caused by aerial bombardment: what used to be streets are now discernible by spotting where the rubble is not heaped quite so high There they meet a handful of Belsen inmates who have already left the camp and are wandering but apparently not significantly more damaged than other displaced civilians On hearing about more “political prisoners” who have just been liberated nearby Lewis thinks this sounds like a less dangerous assignment than the frontline: the term “political prisoners” strikes him as “a bit vague and rather dull” but who have not before encountered moving images of the unique terror of Belsen what Lewis and Lawrie are about to see will change them and stay with them for ever face up and face down on the open space between the camp’s buildings the camera catching juxtapositions of the dead in the foreground and the living behind Then come the pictures no one can ever forget Belsen contained thousands more dead who had to be moved by the truckload to mass graves Lewis and Lawrie are there as these figures – more shocking because they are naked more grotesque because starvation has robbed them of a recognisable human shape – are transported to 20ft-deep holes and then thrown their fragile limbs twisting unnaturally as they fall and join the pile surely among the most disturbing images ever shown on British TV are more or less the whole piece: everything on either side is context and the austerity of the format – if Lewis and Lawrie don’t explain something it is not explained – can make What They Found slightly perplexing Existing knowledge or post-viewing research is required to provide details on why the Nazi camp guards – described with bitter British reserve by Lawrie as “arrogant” – are still present or why the corpses were disposed of in that way or why the buildings were all firebombed when the liberation was complete What was there about the Germans that made them do this?” muses Lewis before the tape runs out and the last moments of the film play to blank silence [It was] not only the Germans: any race was capable of it the camera formed a barrier between him and what he saw “It pushed the reality of the sights away from me But What They Found forces us to glimpse the clearest and most terrible truth What They Found aired on BBC Two and is on BBC iPlayer now This article was amended on 8 April 2025 because it was Lawrie who called the Nazis “arrogant” rather than Lewis as an earlier version said 2025Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.Save this storySaveSave this storySaveIn the nearly 45 years since John Lennon was killed outside The Dakota he’s remained both a legend and a man—thanks in no small part to Yoko Ono and Sean Ono Lennon’s stewardship of his estate (I’m going to wait a second for the haters who never shut up to leave the room.) Kevin Macdonald’s new documentary with concert tracks produced by Sean himself State of Play) makes John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s long-lost Madison Square Garden concerts from 1972 the documentary’s centerpiece He captures the swirling larger context of the early ’70s when John and Yoko were living in Greenwich Village and their anti-war activism landed John on Nixon’s deportation list What makes the doc so inventive is how Macdonald intersperses the footage with vintage interviews and even anesthetizing TV commercials from back in the day his collage beautifully conjures a divisive era that may look a little familiar In advance of One to One’s theatrical run (it opens in IMAX theaters on April 11 before expanding) Sean Ono Lennon talked and emailed with Vanity Fair about the documentary and what his life is like as he approaches 50 but the thing that maybe people would expect me to be embarrassed by I was very proud of—which is I think her music is great Do you remember being in the studio with your parents as a little kid I remember being in the studio during Double Fantasy I remember them recording my voice and me not realizing that they were I just have these very vague memories of napping on the couch and stuff Now you must get people coming up to you and saying [Sings to the tune of “Beautiful Boy”] Ugly What was it like to go back and listen to the live tracks when you produced them for One to One It was really fun for me because the tracks were kind of a mess and I got to listen to the raw master tapes with Paul Hicks She hadn’t been a rock star or a pop artist before—she was an avant-garde conceptual artist who did installations and she did some experimental performances with John and Ornette Coleman But for her to just walk onstage at Madison Square Garden to do two sold-out shows in a single day—to have that kind of confidence and just do it—is something that I don’t think I could do I feel like I have memories of her telling me that she was influenced by avant-garde composers and she tried to incorporate those kinds of tones into her chords She wasn’t the most trained classical musician but I think she was more than most rock musicians She came to it from a pretty sophisticated place producing the music for One to One was an interesting challenge I hope you don’t mind me calling you a music nerd I really have enjoyed working on all my dad’s music and the stuff I’ve done with my mom it’s really fun to have challenges and overcome them It makes me feel really good that I can honestly say to myself that we’re making the best version of these recordings that people have ever heard but at least I can say that to myself with a straight face Your parents sing some powerful songs in the documentary John does “Mother,” and Yoko does “Don’t Worry Kyoko,” about the agony of being forcibly separated from her first child One to One is largely about an electric political moment in the ’70s but I don’t see how anybody could watch it and not be moved by the personal pain they’re singing about But when you are at the performance you see that my mom’s essentially doing a Jimi Hendrix feedback guitar solo—but with her voice It’s a very energetic kind of wild rock-and-roll energy I toured the world playing guitar in her band and people you might not expect to enjoy that kind of thing really did actually wind up kind of grooving to it Especially “Don’t Worry Kyoko.” That song is so heavy on so many levels because of what it’s about and then she’s wailing and it’s uncomfortable for people It’s wrenching to see your father sing “Mother.” What’s your relationship to that song these days it’s about his mom and dad both leaving him—in very different ways I grew up listening to “God” and “Mother” (sister tunes to my ears) and was very moved by them even before I could understand them You can hear the influence my mother had on his singing style as he screams at the end
 You can tell my father is putting the elaborate surrealism of his past away for a more brutalist and raw type of expression The transformation in his style from Beatle to solo artist I think is unprecedented for someone of his stature it’s one of the best moments of the film and concert your mother did an excellent job of keeping your father’s music alive in the world I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying the work you’re doing now because I’ve sometimes wondered if it’s hard for you to suddenly be a spokesperson for them I really love doing work that is meaningful to me personally And in terms of being a spokesperson—I don’t really want to be a spokesperson I don’t think you can really speak for other people I know a lot about their work and their intentions and where they were coming from—probably better than maybe anybody But I don’t want to be considered a spokesperson so it’s unfair to represent what he would think And my mother certainly is not the kind of person who wishes me to speak for her Your mother once told me that your dad worried the “business bastards” would have the two of you out on the street if he died your mom of course worried about what would happen to you if she died she brought you onstage at the Grammys partly to introduce you to the world so you’d be a little safer I would say that going to the Grammys for Double Fantasy was definitely a kind of a splash into cold water for me Now you must be worried about both John and Yoko and their legacies What you were saying about my mom working very hard to keep my dad in the zeitgeist—I think she did an amazing job But I think it’s almost harder than ever to keep an artist like my dad in the consciousness There’s hundreds of thousands of albums coming out every year So I do worry about people forgetting about John Lennon because I don’t think society should—or can afford to—forget about people like my dad or my mom She’s still present in the world and people are seeing her work all the time whereas my dad hasn’t been around for a while there was a core curriculum where you have to learn a certain number of masterpieces of music a certain number of masterpieces of literature I feel like society has shifted away from even believing in that kind of tradition I really think that not only do we owe it to future generations to keep Shakespeare and Socrates alive we also owe it to them to keep Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon alive When I was growing up—and that was the ’80s and ’90s even the early 2000s—you could argue people like Zeppelin and Hendrix and the Beatles and Stones were in the pantheon of these godlike figures The music they produce and the transformative ideas that they represented are really important I don’t think we can afford to forget them And I think that message is sadly as important One to One is experimental in the sense that you don’t know what’s going to come at you next—live music the film happens to be revolving around the central concert that happened Neilson Barnard/Getty Images.Tell me some music you love and listen to constantly I would actually send you a playlist if you want I listen to so many different kinds of music maybe most people do—but I’ll listen to one record every day for weeks Lennon—passionately and in too much detail to quote—recommends the indie band Warpaint the British pianist Tom Rogerson and his work with Brian Eno the virtuosic Swedish duo Mats/Morgan Band the longtime progressive-rock singer Peter Hammill and the electronic music artist who goes by the name Aphex Twin.] and I sit and I just look through the internet to find people who were in bands of bands of bands That’s honestly the best thing about the internet—researching music and cat videos Those are the two reasons I still have a computer You’ve always seemed to have good relationships with everybody in the Beatles family the idea that Julian and I were ever not close is wrong I think it’s because my mother and he had some disputes and his version of that story he was very public about I tend to not want to talk about family things like that Just my personal style—I think I inherited it from my mother He had a number one record when I was a tween so he was literally one of the reasons I started playing music And this idea that we were ever fighting is
it’s almost like the “Yoko broke up the Beatles” thing No matter how many times I say it’s not true no matter how many photos people see of us laughing and hanging out you should hang out with your brother.” I’m like I assume you have a good relationship with Paul McCartney too and he and [his wife] Nancy especially have been very kind And I’m very close with [Paul’s children] Stella and James Johm lennon and Yoko Ono in New York during the 70sCourtesy of Magnolia Pictures.Can I ask you how your mom is doing these days I would say that she’s very healthy for a 92-year-old It was wild to see the cast for the four Beatles movies that Sam Mendes is making Did you get to talk to him or to Harris Dickinson We are all in touch with Sam (the Beatles gang) I told him I am not interested in second-guessing his casting choices as a director Would anyone have expected Christian Bale to be a good Dick Cheney My interest has more to do with the scripts I have every confidence in Sam and Harris and the rest of the team but I’d like to read you a few sentences I wrote about you after meeting you 30 years ago and then have you tell me how it sounds to you “In person, Lennon is phosphorescent with love and awe for his mother But he’s dismissive of his own gifts: ‘I suck ‘You know what I mean?’” Does that sound like an accurate reflection of you at 20 It sounds like exactly the inner voice that I have to this day It is actually shocking how little I’ve changed I think of myself then as being a lot more arrogant I didn’t realize how self-aware I was at the time You definitely didn’t strike me as arrogant I remember making my first record—and making Rising—and just thinking everyone was going to love it tell me what you’re personally working on these days Les Claypool and I are trying to finish up this third Delirium album I feel very lucky in terms of the scope of projects I get to work on Then I got to do this box set for my dad that got a Grammy And I still get to have my own bands 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want George to experience a night out away from home in a big European competition,” the royal Villa supporter said before kick-off Villa’s first quarter-final on this stage since 1983 It also represented their first monstrous away tie in the competition this season The PSG ultras in the Auteuil stand unravelled a giant tifo of a flat cap perched on a skull a nod to the Peaky Blinders as the players emerged “By order of the Paris SG fans,” read a giant banner in the lower tier though they seemingly ignored the television show is set in Small Heath round the corner from Villa’s arch‑rivals Birmingham City Free daily newsletterKick off your evenings with the Guardian's take on the world of football Read moreThen McGinn made a crunching tackle on Mendes a couple of yards inside the Villa half piled forward and spread play from right to left who was preferred to Ollie Watkins in attack Rashford spotted Youri Tielemans on the overlap and his ball across the six-yard box was converted by Rogers at the back post Emery clenched both fists in celebration but kept his arms by his side from creeping over the line but what happened next was unstoppable The 19-year-old drove inside off the left flank and promptly sent a blistering right-foot strike into the goal off the underside of the crossbar DouĂ© tested MartĂ­nez and spooned another effort over before half-time The only difference was now it was Axel Disasi a half-time replacement for the cautioned Matty Cash who had to live with PSG’s devastating attack darting infield before ripping in the opposite direction to send the Chelsea loanee stumbling Kvaratskhelia still had work to do but made light of an awkward angle and blasted a vicious strike inside MartĂ­nez’s near post ShowDownload the Guardian app from the iOS App Store on iPhone or the Google Play store on Android by searching for 'The Guardian'.If you already have the Guardian app make sure you’re on the most recent version.In the Guardian app then Notifications.Turn on sport notifications.Was this helpful?Thank you for your feedback.Now this stadium was bouncing but it was one of those ahead of him in the pecking order who stole the show Kvaratskhelia nutmegged McGinn and then released DouĂ© who burned down the left and found Hakimi infield MartĂ­nez made a fine save down to his right Eventually Mendes made it 3-1 in stoppage time feinting to fool both Ezri Konsa and MartĂ­nez before chopping inside and finishing in style Fresh from clinching Ligue 1 for a fourth successive season one which eluded Emery during his time here “We want to make history in Paris,” Luis Enrique said The Parisians won the first leg at The Emirates 1-0 with Ousmane Dembele scoring an early goal (4') Bukayo Saka and Nuno Mendes had a key battle during the course of the first leg It's a clash between two players with electric pace and Saka has now reflected on how he felt in the showdown against Mendes I’m looking forward to going again next week are one of the most in-form teams in Europe at the moment After knocking out Liverpool and Aston Villa they're up against another English opponent Saka had high praise for the Parisians as he said: a lot of threat at the top end of the pitch I think they keep the ball really well in midfield Saka also added that PSG have improved since their 2-0 defeat in the league phase of the competition I know they only changed two players from the line-up that they put out against us previously I would say so [they're the best team Arsenal have played this campaign] World Cup Winner Claims PSG Outclassed Arsenal In The UEFA Champions League Semi-final First Leg Martin Odegaard Reveals Mindset Arsenal Must Adopt To Overcome PSG Deficit Transcript: Luis Enrique And Others' Post-Match Press Conference After PSG’s Loss Philipp Lahm Compares Khvicha Kvaratskhelia To Former Bayern Munich Teammate The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only Betting and gambling content is intended for individuals 21+ and is based on individual commentators' opinions and not that of Sports Illustrated or its affiliates All picks and predictions are suggestions only and not a guarantee of success or profit If you or someone you know has a gambling problem crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER seen in war dramas like Jarhead in 2005 and 1917 in 2019 as well as the Bond films Skyfall and Spectre When he shared his favourite films with Sight & Sound in 2012 the director’s choices reflected that same love for sweeping drama—Citizen Kane during a guest DJ set on US radio station KCRW “I suppose a lot of my musical tastes come from my dad,” Mendes told KCRW’s Chris Douridas “The reconstructed hippie that he was and still is — big Dylan fan Bob Dylan, of course, could occasionally dip his toes into the musical equivalent of a four-hour period piece, but Mendes’ Dylan selection, ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ sits on the other end of the spectrum—a wistful acoustic change-of-pace from the electrified rock that preceded it on side one of 1965’s Bringing It All Back Home “It’s actually a song that reminds me of my childhood,” Mendes said “My dad sang me to sleep with this song
 When my son was born I used to sing him to sleep with this song as well until I got to the point where I couldn’t sing it without bursting into tears like a sentimental old fool.” more personal films— the 2009 romantic comedy Away We Go—in which it’s sung by actress Maya Rudolph “I suggested she sing this song because it had some other meaning for me and also it’s one of the most beautiful songs ever written Mendes’ second song selection was also a call back to his childhood but with a vibe much more representative of his rebellious teen years Another Planet’ was easily the biggest hit scored by London rock outfit The Only Ones and it’s somewhat ironically the only thing Sam Mendes associates with that band “Music is never quite as important again as it is when you’re 17 years old and I’m still drawn to stuff that sounds a little bit like that,” he added “You’ll find me listening to the Kaiser Chiefs or the Raconteurs or what have you It’s kind of one degree to the left or to the right of the Buzzcocks or the Clash and The Only Ones is definitely of that era for me I was very effective on air guitar for the guitar solo on ‘Another Girl The Only Ones are on their own a bit in Mendes’ list as his last three choices all return to a slower ‘Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken’ by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions and ‘Caravan’ by Van Morrison are all vulnerable Mendes was a big Lloyd Cole fan during his university days and considers ‘Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken’ from 1984’s Rattlesnakes to have “a sort of slight lyric—lyrical self consciousness—and the acoustic guitars and the sort of ambient synth that to me just defines the whole idea of college rock Wainwright’s tear-jerking ballad ‘Barcelona’ was in heavy rotation for Mendes during the production of American Beauty in 1999 and was even playing when his wife Kate Winslet gave birth to their son Joe Morrison’s ‘Caravan’ from the classic 1970 album Moondance serves as a good bookend to the opening Dylan track; a mellow pick-me-up tune that similarly requests someone to play a song and change the energy of the day “My life has lived out in songs rather than in photographs,” Mendes told KCRW I don’t like to gather my memorabilia and stuff like that
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The 26-year-old "Treat You Better" singer was shared a laugh with a friend as they grabbed lunch…Read More Here Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here The comedian and absurdist on his favourite letters and colours and least favourite shapes I thought Shawn Mendes was an intern’The comedian and absurdist on his favourite letters and colours and least favourite shapes There’s a rigidity to it that I find displacing What’s the oldest thing you own and why do you still have it I was just going into what I refer to as the forbidden closet in my apartment And I saw in there a picture of the inside of a church that my mother took when she was in college There is something eerie and mysterious and evocative about the photo I like thinking of her as a young creative What’s the strangest thing you have in your fridge right now strange patterns that mould creates over takeout What is your most controversial pop culture opinion I am a big fan of the film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, starring Cara Delevingne, Dane DeHaan and Rihanna. It’s a Luc Besson movie. It is apparently France’s most expensive film and it was not well received It sort of came and went but I really liked it Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Photograph: Moviestore/Rex/ShutterstockWhat is your most cringeworthy run-in with a celebrity [This happened] when I worked at Saturday Night Live no one was harmed – but I did think that Shawn Mendes was an intern what is this intern doing just like strolling the halls I just looked at him and hesitated a little bit I think I was confused by his very confident presence these NYU kids just think they own the place [I only realised] when I saw him through the monitors rehearsing his musical performance What has been your biggest fashion crime to date The brief period in my life where I wanted to wear what everyone else was wearing What is the weirdest thing you have ever eaten I’m vegan and I am not adventurous with food so I don’t think I’ve ever eaten anything that exciting in my life I never strayed away from the four main kinds of meat that most people eat That’s the weirdest thing I’ve never eaten I like Ss and I like Vs and I like Zs and I like Ys and I like Is. I like Qs. I don’t like Ps, which it’s strange because my first and only movie so far [Problemista] has a title with a P It’s basic and in a way that’s not even like comforting It’s not like the letter A – that’s also basic They seem very happy to be there and apologetic If you could remove one colour from the rainbow But if I could add one colour to the rainbow Julio Torres performs his show Color Theories at Melbourne international comedy festival from 15 to 20 April By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use My coming-out was ruined by the gay labelers my coming out felt more like a confession that confirmed other people's suspicions rather than a moment of reclamation and joy for myself," Jamie Windust writes in a powerful essay for Out There's been an astronomical growth in our collective understanding of the many routes that queer people take when they decide to share their sexuality or gender identity with the world. In the past decade, something that was once seen as a confession has often granted much more compassion and empathy from people. However, along with this societal move toward empathy for the LGBTQ+ community we’ve also seen the more invasive side to putting ourselves in other people's shoes I felt a deep sadness when I saw Shawn Mendes discussing his sexuality during a performance in Colorado's Red Rocks Park While I've never had a strong affinity for Mendes's work I've always paid attention to how the media coverage — often within queer media — and social media discourse consistently raise his sexuality as a talking point Even if it's a single line at the bottom of an article or a suggestive emoji in the caption of a TikTok Mendes's kind-hearted charm and boy-next-door image has always been studied for the singer to trip up and reveal that the coverage and discourse surrounding his sexuality were valid all along #shawnmendes #shawnmendesvideos #shawnmendesfan #nyc As someone who's recently spent time unpicking my own experiences coming out as a teenager Mendes's words on stage struck a chord with me I saw myself in Mendes's reluctant statement — for he was saying what I wished I could've said over a decade ago It is assumed that people who present themselves as kind and/or feminine have an easier journey in the lead-up to their coming out "People already know," I'd hear But a crucial part of this process is often forgotten: whether or not you already know this about yourself As a child who came of age in the late 2000s in the United Kingdom I had an arguably better time than prior generations was showcasing LGBTQ+ representation among pop stars and TV presenters in ways we hadn't seen before but the hardwired stereotype of the predatory flamboyant gay man archetype was still very much alive and kicking Television shows like Little Britain in the U.K permanently burnt these tropes of gay people — as the butt of the joke — into the minds of both young and old audiences Some of those assumptions are still very much present even today I had already been labeled as gay in the outside world The boys at school were already confident that I was part of that club I was one of those people they'd seen on the TV My first introduction to the word "gay" wasn't a gentle understanding of what I might be, but rather an accusation by people who perceived being gay as something wrong. As a result, my coming out felt more like a confession that confirmed other people's suspicions rather than a moment of reclamation and joy for myself I couldn't help but identify with his words: not having the space to discover parts of yourself that you were curious about "I went right into working a lot and traveling and it was the most beautiful thing," he told the crowd "But the truth is that I didn't get to do a lot of 15-year-old things and discover parts of myself that you do at 15." worlds apart in terms of superstardom and upbringing both of our experiences share the fact that we weren't given the space or the grace to figure out something that is so beautiful and integral to one's experience — their sexuality — without scrutiny People kept telling us who we were before we even reached that conclusion for ourselves Mendes, unfortunately, isn't the only celebrity who's become a target for media speculation. Chappell Roan notably took to TikTok to explain how "weird" it felt for fans to invade the privacy of her family and friends and many other artists thanked her for setting boundaries in an industry that can feel lawless Reaching new heights of fame doesn't give anybody the right to demand an answer from others about their personal lives The world consistently wants to know more about the people we see on our phones and TV screens but maybe it's time to learn the importance of boundaries with at least 10 years of distance from being told I was gay before I even knew what it meant I realize that I never got the chance to come out on my own terms Recent news stories about Mendes brought me back to the realization that I also never got the chance to understand myself first his story resonates with a queer person who knows what it's like to have your discovery process robbed from you Everyone should have that right — famous or otherwise Voices is dedicated to featuring a wide range of inspiring personal stories and impactful opinions from the LGBTQ+ community and its allies. Visit out.com/submit to learn more about submission guidelines We welcome your thoughts and feedback on any of our stories Views expressed in Voices stories are those of the guest writers and do not directly represent the views of Out or our parent company Jamie Windust is an award-winning LGBTQ+ author Their debut book 'In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life' was published in 2020 Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes share two daughters: Esmeralda and Amada Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage ; Pascal Le Segretain/Getty  The Portugal defender is being touted as the world's best left-back but he faces another stern examination of his credentials at the Emirates.. Mohamed Salah vs Nuno Mendes: it was always likely to be a decisive duel in Liverpool's Champions League last-16 tie with Paris Saint-Germain - and the presumption was that the Egyptian King would come out on top Salah was in Ballon d'Or-winning form going into the first leg at Parc des Princes breaking one record after another as he almost singlehandedly turned the Premier League title race into a procession the 22-year-old Mendes had long been tipped for greatness going all the way back to his emergence as a top teenage talent at Ruben Amorim's Sporting CP but nullifying the threat posed by Salah for 90 minutes was proving an almost impossible task even for the game's most experienced defenders Even when the winger was having an off-day where his one decent goal-bound effort was brilliantly blocked by his new nemesis is whether Mendes can do just as effective a job on Bukayo Saka as he did on Salah when PSG take on Arsenal at the Emirates on Tuesday as their battle could prove just as integral to this eagerly-awaited semi-final showdown.. A dream come true: establishing AI Dream in China Transforming education in Brazil with Inspira Marco Mendes joined Advent in 2013 and is a Managing Director in Boston Marco has worked with more than 40 private equity portfolio companies during his career Marco spent seven years with Doughty Hanson he worked for 10 years in strategy consulting and executive positions in consumer goods with responsibilities that included business development Marco has a BS in Business Administration and a master’s degree in Marketing both from Universidade CatĂłlica Portuguesa I’d like our management teams to say the Portfolio Support Group acts as an extension of their own team We achieve this by leveraging the best practices our team members have accumulated through the years and also by leveraging the Advent ecosystem of curated resources we support their companies in becoming more resilient and help them perform at a higher level Advent has always been operationally focused but it has become increasingly important to prioritize operational improvements in our companies – and that’s the Portfolio Support Group’s focus we’ve started to provide more specialized support based on the five sectors in which Advent operates and better curation of the resources specific to each sector making sure businesses are future proof through best practices in e-commerce “I’d like our management teams to say the Portfolio Support Group acted as an extension of their own team We’re constantly tracking everything we do We measure the financial output of all our initiatives and have sessions where we evaluate every project We also connect frequently with our stakeholders to collect their feedback I speak with all of our North American CEOs at least twice a year to hear their perspective and I spend a lot of time talking with internal stakeholders we have portfolio reviews as part of our Investment Committee meetings where we discuss all of our companies These multiple touch points let us fine tune each project to ensure we’re best supporting our portfolio companies I’ve had a varied career at Advent – I joined in Latin America where I hired the team and set up the operating model initially covering the whole region from SĂŁo Paulo I was invited to lead the team in North America I love the fact you never face the same challenge twice: every investment we make has different elements and we’re always working with different management teams and industries I’m very passionate about the teams we build and the people we hire I spend a lot of time with my family and my four dogs I also support several nonprofits – giving back and helping people who are disadvantaged is extremely important to me I’m involved in nonprofits that support children and teenagers both by sponsoring scholarships and through volunteering It’s something I used to do in Brazil and have kept up in Boston with organizations such as Cradles to Crayons Home / News / Celebrity News Eva Mendes is known for her roles on screen, but behind the scenes, she’s navigating the challenges of motherhood, just like many of us. As a mom to two daughters, Esmeralda Amada (10) and Amada Lee (8), whom she shares with longtime partner Ryan Gosling, Mendes recently opened up about a personal parenting struggle that many can relate to: yelling In a candid conversation on the Parenting & You podcast with Dr shared how hard it’s been for her to break the habit of raising her voice despite her best efforts to create a calm home “I think one of the hardest patterns for me is yelling,” she admitted I yell
 The rushing and the yelling for me.” Mendes’ story hits close to home for so many moms who feel the pressure of keeping up with the pace of family life Between the chaos of getting everyone out the door and juggling a million other tasks it’s easy to find ourselves raising our voices more than we care to admit What makes Mendes’ reflection even more relatable is the way she connects it to her own upbringing but it was definitely like raising us by fear,” she shared “I hope I’m not going to look back in 20 years and go I did that.’ Because I really don’t want to raise by fear.” That vulnerability resonates with so many of us who are trying to break the parenting patterns we were raised with Mendes’ concern—that her own habits might unknowingly put pressure on her daughters—is something countless moms can relate to “I hope that I’m not unknowingly putting some kind of pressure on [my daughters] through fear like I was raised
 through threats and fears.” but Mendes’ raw honesty about her struggles is a reminder that none of us are alone in this journey During a recent appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show Mendes also shared how motherhood has transformed her identity If you’ve ever felt like you’re losing yourself while raising your kids breaking generational habits takes time and patience—but it’s one of the most important things we can do for ourselves and our children and Dating on John Mayer’s ShowShawn is the next guest on John’s interview series December 10, 2024Shawn Mendes sits down with John Mayer on John’s recently launched interview series, “How’s Life with John Mayer,” on SiriusXM During their conversation debuting on Thursday reveals he considered becoming a small-town therapist after wrapping up a tour “What would you have done if you never came back to music?” John asks during the show “I might just become a therapist,” Shawn says Watch and listen to the interview on demand on the SiriusXM app anytime starting Thursday, December 12, and listen to it on SiriusXM’s Life with John Mayer (Ch. 14) on Sunday The launch of the new series also marks one year of John’s exclusive year-round channel The channel is an unparalleled musical experience curated by the guitarist and songwriter and is defined not by genre but by the time of day as well as the day of the week The channel features a hand-selected mix of Mayer’s favorite music SiriusXM’s Life With John Mayer is available to subscribers nationwide in their cars on channel 14 and anytime on the SiriusXM app News and moreAll in one place on the SiriusXM app and after graduating from the Law School he practiced law in Chicago for four years he and his wife decided it was time for an adventurous change where they knew no one and had no jobs waiting for them he is about as enmeshed in Nashville’s legal and civic life as anyone could be He built a successful law firm and was president of the bar association he won a seat on the 40-person city council (formally the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County) and he was re-elected to a four-year council term in 2019 receiving more votes than any other candidate Mendes was expected by many to run for mayor in 2023 since the three previous mayors had all been the top council vote-getters before winning that office O’Connell appointed Mendes to the position of chief development officer a job that one local newspaper described as placing Mendes “in the crossfire between rival governments his most prominent responsibility is for the development of a large riverfront area near the city’s center which will include a two-billion-dollar-plus stadium for the city’s National Football League team a new 600-million-dollar home for the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and 22 million square feet of new mixed-use development across four walkable districts is the biggest municipally owned development project in America possibly excepting some at former military bases He is also charged with redeveloping a defunct mall bought by the previous administration turning it into another mixed-use property with offices “We intend to create communities that are diverse His background says that he’s the right person for the job His legal practice focused on challenging transactions there’s one person who is the great dealmaker and one who is best at bankruptcy challenges,” he said “I loved doing all those things—I liked the odd It was great preparation for government work in general Mendes established himself as a progressive lawmaker He opposed the amount of tax funds going to the new football stadium and helped lead reform related to police traffic-stop practices and housing of civil immigration detainees in the local jail He successfully opposed plans to hold this year’s Republican national convention in Nashville due to it being too expensive and too disruptive While that opposition was popular in Nashville it made him “the most hated municipal elected official in the state of Tennessee among state political leadership.” “I didn’t have to run for office,” Mendes said “I had built a successful firm and I was doing work I liked The fact that I got more votes than anyone else in our 2019 election suggested that some people liked the way I approached my council work.” he found his clinical work particularly satisfying as he was involved from the first intake interviews to arguing before a US District Court a Chicago Housing Authority wrongful-eviction case “She was a great teacher and an influential role model for me.” Mendes declined to speculate on what he might do after his present job what will allow me to help others be better off “I’ve had a terrific life without plotting out the future and I don’t see any reason to change that now.” Directions and Building Access Consumer Information (ABA Required Disclosures) Accessibility « Back Shawn’s also dated another A-list celeb and possibly a chiropractor who’s twice his age This is why I’m convinced he has the potential to make less bland music He has so much fascinating material about his personal life Here’s everything to know about Shawn Mendes’ dating history including his ex-girlfriends and current relationship status Shawn and Hailey dating feels like 53 lifetimes ago Hailey was first linked to Shawn in 2017 (after she and Justin Bieber broke up!) when they were spotted together at Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights they even attended the Met Gala together but denied that they were making their ~couple debut~ Although Shawn and Hailey never commented on their relationship while they were dating the “Stitches” singer gave Rolling Stone some tea in November 2018 after they reportedly split “I don’t even wanna put a title on it,” he said about their… fling “I think it was more of a zone of limbo She’s still one of the fucking coolest people ever — she’s not just a beautiful person visually but she’s one of the most beautiful hearts I’ve ever met.” He added But you can’t control your heart.” I mean, you’d need like six novels to cover the Shawn and Camila story but I’ll do my best to provide the Sparknotes version The singers became besties in 2014 when they were both openers for Austin Mahomes’ tour (lol) Although they denied dating rumors in the following it was quite obvious that they were in love with each other and all of us fangirls were shipping them together Shawn and Camila began publicly dating in July 2019, shortly after they released their sultry duet, “Señorita.” They posted lots of couple content, adopted a Covid puppy named Tarzan, and wrote a trillion songs about each other. But in November 2021, they announced their breakup via a joint IG Story statement: “Hey guys we’ve decide to end our romantic relationship but our love for one another as human is stronger than ever ❤️.” They noted that they would “continue to be best friends.” Famous last words They gave their romance another try in April 2023 after they had a PDA-filled Coachella reunion but it didn’t last long the second time they still follow each other on Instagram and seem to have a friendly relationship the short-lived romance that (presumably) gave us Short n’ Sweet. Shawn and Sabrina first sparked dating rumors in February 2023 when they were spotted going on a walk together in LA they left Miley Cyrus’ Endless Summer Vacation album release party together and also hung out at the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party During a December 2024 interview with his idol, John Mayer, Shawn seemed to allude to, well, fucking up the Sabrina fling. “I’m an impulsive person,” he admitted being with someone two days before seeing your ex and communicating two days before that that you’re going to go hangout with your ex.” Yup A post shared by Dr Jocelyne Miranda (@drjocelynemiranda) In February 2023, there were also rumors that Shawn was dating his longtime 50-something-year-old chiropractor They’ve definitely been seen together a lot but I honestly think they’re just friends or had a very brief A post shared by Sumak Helena Gualinga (@helenagualinga) This history brings us to the present: Shawn’s rumored to be dating Ecuadorian activist Helena Gualinga She’s literally an icon who’s dedicated her life to fighting against the extraction of natural resources in the Amazon and working to protect her Kichwa Sarayuku community (There’s a whole documentary about her!) While neither Shawn nor Helena has officially confirmed that they’re dating the singer and the activist have been spotted looking super couple-y © 2025 Betches All rights reserved a leading University of Chicago scholar of intellectual history in modernity modern Jewish thought and German-Jewish intellectual life the Dorothy Grant Maclear Professor Emeritus of Modern Jewish History and Thought at the Divinity School was a foundational figure in the analysis of 19th- and 20th-century Jewish thinkers; several of his edited anthologies and translations are standard textbooks in the field He was particularly known for his work on the intellectuals and lecturers Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig “I think his reading and writing transformed the field in a way we will be unpacking for another generation,” said Ben Sax Mendes-Flohr’s former student and a longtime friend and collaborator Colleagues remembered Mendes-Flohr for his warm and generous relationships with students and collaborators and for his advocacy for peace and dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians he was influenced by his upbringing as the child of hard-working Jewish immigrant socialists He earned his BA at Brooklyn College in 1964 and Ph.D from Brandeis in 1972 He taught at the Freie UniversitĂ€t Berlin and McGill University before moving to Hebrew University in Israel where he served as the longtime director of the Franz Rosenzweig Center for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History He joined the University of Chicago in 2000 spending half the year in Chicago and half in Jerusalem until his retirement in 2018 Mendes-Flohr encountered the works of German-Jewish philosophers Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig through his dissertation research with Nahum Glatzer He spent the rest of his life analyzing the rise and shape of 20th-century Jewish thought exploring religion and secularity in a dialogue around the crisis of modernity He documented Jewish assimilation into Europe the rise of the secular understanding of the self and early Zionism Mendes-Flohr was particularly drawn to Buber for the import he placed on dialogue “The idea of dialogue marked Paul’s approach as a scholar,” said Assoc a longtime friend and colleague at the Divinity School he was in conversation with these thinkers—entering dialogues with them and with other sources He loved co-teaching courses because he was modelling what dialogue meant.” This approach inspired how many modern scholars operate in other disciplines Mendes-Flohr translated a collection of primary texts as The Jew in the Modern World which is used in countless introductory courses around the world as essential reading he authored some 300 articles in multiple languages and more than 70 edited volumes and monographs Other well-known works include A Land of Two Peoples: Martin Buber on Jews and Arabs (first edition 1983) itself translated into many languages; German Jews: A Dual Identity (1999); and the well-reviewed 2019 biography Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent he was also known as a prominent voice for reconciliation and dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian citizens.  “His whole being was suffused with an effort to genuinely engage with everyone he encountered while his research and teaching focused on communicating what he had learned from the German Jewish writers he not only respected but loved,” said Leora Auslander the Arthur and Joann Rasmussen Professor in the Departments of Race students and colleagues spoke of Mendes-Flohr’s “beautiful writing” and “irreverent” sense of humor and encourage them in his Swift Hall and Regenstein offices around campus and in his Hyde Park apartment,” said James T His willingness to engage wasn’t limited to academic colleagues; friends spoke of walking down 57th Street with Mendes-Flohr and encountering many people who knew him—and that each person received the same attentive and genuine audience “Paul really embodied the idea that when you encounter someone else you have a responsibility to be in dialogue with them—that encountering others is the most important thing you can do as a human,” said Rokem you’re always going to see some element of who he was Not because we’re purposefully trying to emulate him and that dialogue was transformational,” said Sax “There was this ineffable quality about him that made you want to be the best version of yourself Mendes-Flohr was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; his awards included the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation prize and the Guggenheim Fellowship to whom he was married for more than 50 years; children Inbal and Itamar; and grandchildren Eden Get more with UChicago News delivered to your inbox news@uchicago.edu Subscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownShawn Mendes Just Opened Up About His Relationship With Ex Camila Cabello, And It Has Completely Changed My Opinion On The Whole ThingTBH, I didn't have this on my bingo card. I'll never forget Taylor Swift's reaction to this performance. He emphasized how and Camila have worked hard to "protect each other" throughout the whole thing, and how he learned a lot from her. He said he doesn't "see or care" what people are saying about him, and has become "strict" about limiting his social media usage because "it's honestly too detrimental to the actual relationship itself." Page unavailable.This page either does not exist or is currently unavailable From here you can either hit the "back" button on your browser to return to the previous page, or visit the ABCNews.com Home Page You can also search for something on our site below Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker “It’s been this way since 17,” is the immediate dead giveaway here Fans are well aware that the Shawmila lore goes back to when they were teenagers in the mid 2010s my love / We said forever ever since / We give a lot he’s referencing the whole ~breaking up “I know we made our promises / But promises are hard to keep / I don’t know if it’s meant to be / But that’s the dream.” I thought these two were “meant to be” since the era of their 2015 smash hit “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” and I still think they could end up together one day Shawn’s singing about a great love (he’s only had one as far as we know) “When you’re so in love / And your souls touch / But it’s still not enough / Where does it go?” he wonders in the soulful track “Nobody knows / Where the love goes.” Except I do know — it goes into every song in his discography and many of the songs in Camila’s too I know that basically all of Shawn’s songs are about Camila this seems to be the most intense Camila-inspired song he’s ever written Shawn says she could “move away” and “build a home with somebody I don’t know,” but there will always be undeniable love between them you can fight the truth / ‘Til your face turns blue this love is here to stay,” he sings I don’t know how no one’s written a rom-com about these people yet Shawn claims when he’s “six feet underground,” that’ll be the day he finally “loses” her this song reminds me of Camila’s song “B.O.A.T.” She sings (presumably to Shawn) “Just when I think I could fall in love without you / I forget why I try / You were the best of all time.” Sigh I could not have predicted we’d still be talking about this in 2024 It’s not often that Eva Mendes opens up about her life as a mother. The actress, who shares her two daughters with partner Ryan Gosling, is famously incredibly private about her family life. But in a rare new interview with Drew Barrymore, she opened up about some of the things she’s been feeling as her kids have gotten older, and it turns out that in some ways, the stars really are just like us. Mendes appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show on Thursday, Sept. 19, where she and Barrymore had plenty to talk about—the two are both moms to two girls, and they’re similar ages right now. Mendes’ daughters, Esmeralda Amada and Amada Lee, are 10 and 8 years old, respectively. Barrymore shares her two girls, 11-year-old Olive and 10-year-old Frankie, with her ex-husband, Will Kopelman. “Eva and I used to be hang buddies back in the day, in a very different chapter. I guess life is a book with chapters!” Barrymore joked, before wistfully adding, “Those were fun chapters.” She then turned to Mendes and shared a compliment with her fellow mom: “When I watch the way that you navigate the world—how you conduct your life, I have such deep admiration.” Barrymore continued, sharing some of the confusion and disorientation she felt when she first became a mom. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eva Mendes (@evamendes) “I felt a little lost when I had kids, in the sense where I was like, I don’t really know how to do that job and be other people,” she explained. “What was it for you, may I ask?” “Yeah, I felt—I actually didn’t feel lost. I felt very clear, but then I felt lost, if that makes sense,” she said. “Then when it was the cliche of, ok well, who am I now after the kids can survive on their own?” Mendes then added her very relatable experience now that her girls are getting a little older. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eva Mendes (@evamendes) “But I love talking to my girls about anything so I feel very fulfilled.” It’s certainly a transition when kids start growing up and getting more independent Mendes is clearly feeling that—but like Barrymore noted because watching kids blossom into whole people is an incredible thing to experience Already a member? Log in Not a member? Sign up Explore our Food Tours → Editor’s note: In the latest installment of our recurring First Stop feature we asked celebrated Portuguese chef Nuno Mendes about some of his go-to spots in Lisbon Born and raised in Lisbon; now splitting his time between East London and Portugal Nuno has dedicated his life to exploring and perfecting his cooking a traveler or “viajante,” who has explored the globe in search of unique ingredients innovative techniques and first-hand experience on local farms In 2017 Nuno published his first solo cookbook ‘Lisboeta’ (Bloomsbury publishing) which inspired his partnership with restaurant group MJMK to launch Lisboeta (2022) – Nuno’s “love letter to Lisbon” – on Charlotte Street Nuno launched Cozinha das Flores and Flôr a neighborhood restaurant and bar in the historic center of Porto.  some of my favorite dishes when I return to Lisbon are the following: Grilled Alentejo pork plumas with a tomato salad and piri piri.These are the dishes that make me salivate when I fly back home Both of them symbolize the food of Lisbon and they always taste better in situ The pork dish is one you can find with reasonable quality in most good tascas or old school eateries throughout the city I prefer to sit outside to soak in the sun perhaps because I now live in London where there’s so little of it because they took me on a culinary journey focusing my energy on introducing Portuguese food to the London public The dish is delicious and carries with it both history and gastronomic tradition and a piri piri-laced bechamel (not traditional but super tasty) and makes it one of my all-time favorite snacks Especially if they are freshly made and served warm and crispy Growing up in Lisbon in the late 70s and 80s I remember the rissoles sitting on the display shelves of pastelarias withering away and served cold and devoid of texture and taste So much so that I only recaptured my passion for them when I ate them fresh made with a squeeze of fresh lemon and flakes of good salt. Now in Lisbon there are places that understand the value of well-made rissoles so I tend to go to these places to enjoy them these eateries are in danger of going extinct
some of the older operators are being pushed out and replaced with newer concepts that seem to attract the new international crowd that is populating the center of Lisbon these days These eateries exist mostly in my dreams now – though O Coelho da Rocha The menu at Das Flores is a celebration of the Portuguese gastronomic classics If you get a chance to visit Das Flores on a weekly basis and see it over a full month of lunches you will find the most amazing array of specials that celebrate our tradition They just keep turning hit after hit after delicious hit all from a very small kitchen and all under a tenner per dish served with love and knowledge to the local clientele This is one of the hardest places to get into – the locals have booked it continuously for the months to come Everyone knows everyone and they all sit and listen when they are there Susana is the boss and she’ll tell you what you’ll eat; her mother will cook it and her father will watch over the dining room It’s magic – so simple and so incredibly complex To achieve this in our businesses is the dream for so many of us This should be the restaurant model that we look up to the staff have been working there for donkey’s years and everyone knows you by name there are lots of local workers eating there although they still feel local with plenty of families the prices are reasonable and the menu is still the one from opening day thirty some years ago
 though maybe with some edits made with a pen There’s a fridge displaying an array of desserts which are cut to order there might be a game on and lots of locals drinking beers and eating tremoços or snails The dishes are prepared traditionally but the quality of the product is amazing The pork dish I mentioned is made using very high quality blackfoot Alentejo pork with its very dark meat streaked with a lovely marble which these piggies ate for most of their lives. The meat is simply grilled to a nice crisp outside with loads of rock salt then it’s carved and heavily doused with good-quality olive oil and more rock salt The tomatoes are typically bull’s heart variety There are thin rings of tender onions scattered over the tomatoes and more salt on top The piri piri is homemade and always available upon request with lots of coriander and fried garlic in the filling as well as a bit of piri piri or a chili of sorts They are fried to order and arrive very crispy and hot I always eat them at a counter standing up “Elevenses,” as we call it – five minutes of pure indulgence as I get ready for the next chapter of my day Pedras sparkling water is a must: ice cold Afterwards, I’ll always wander around town, take in the sunbeams and feel the noise and energy of the city. Maybe I’ll go for a nice pastel de nata or maybe some ice cream if it’s warm. Most often, it’s a coffee that does the trick since I have to run into my next meeting or phase of the day. courtesy of Calvin KleinBad Bunny's Calvin Klein ad has taken the world by storm and nobody seems immune to the Puerto Rican star's charms — not even Shawn Mendes In case you've been living under a rock, Bad Bunny whose real name is Benito Antonio MartĂ­nez Ocasio is the latest celebrity to star in one of Calvin Klein's underwear campaigns Shot and directed by legendary photographer Mario Sorrenti Bad Bunny is the face of the brand's spring 2025 campaign and poses wearing the brand's new Icon Cotton Stretch underwear Mario Sorrenti, courtesy of Calvin KleinMario Sorrenti, courtesy of Calvin KleinThe videos and photos from Bad Bunny's Calvin Klein ad have gone more than viral, grabbing the attention of fans and celebs alike — chief among them Shawn Mendes who dusted off his Spanish skills to comment “guapo” (a.k.a handsome) under the reguetonero's post on Instagram courtesy of InstagramThough Bad Bunny's campaign was unveiled on March 18 it wasn't until March 20 that Mendes left his comment under the star's post Mendes's comment has racked up thousands of likes and hundreds of comments since it was posted precisely how I feel about Bad Bunny's Calvin Klein campaign Underneath Chappell Roan’s Hannah Montana Wig? 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She Continues to Laugh This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Not to mention, Shawn shared photos from his trip on Instagram and added the caption, “feeling like a lucky boy these days.” The caption of a man in love (or at least infatuation) he really looks like he’s posing for a GF in these pics So, who’s the girlie who’s about the inspire the next Shawn album? She’s kind of incredible. Here’s everything to know about Shawn Mendes’ rumored new girlfriend, Helena Gualinga Helena is an Ecuadorian activist and a member of the Indigenous Kichwa Sarayaku community She comes from a family of activists and has continued their legacy fighting against the extraction of natural resources in the Amazon and fighting to protect her Kichwa Sarayuku community and it sheds light on the Sarayaku way of life as well because Shawn also has a documentary about himself (Except his is about being famous and dating Camila.) I just know in my bones he’s already written a love song titled “Machu Picchu.” “In Between” is Shawn’s ~situationship~ song which (likely) translates to his Sabrina song surprise… Situationships are actually deep and meaningful from his perspective he didn’t do anything wrong by not committing “If it doesn’t end with a ring is it just sex?” he croons in the first verse then it’s onto the next.” In the chorus Shawn asks about the “in-betweens,” a very generous term for being emotionally and physically intimate with someone “What about the in-betweens?” he sings “You layin’ your head on me / Livin’ for the next time that we touch / Isn’t that enough?” Yeah if you ask Sabrina (and probably most people) Shawn acknowledges that his lack of commitment really upsets the other person — another reason why I’m guessing it’s Sabrina-inspired ‘Guess I’ll see you never,’ with tears in your eyes,” he sings “It’s so like you to get clever when you don’t wanna cry.” I definitely associate the word “clever” with Sabrina he admits: “The way you hold a pen could make me fall in love / But I’m not there yet it doesn’t mean too much.”  this is mostly a (crazy) Camila-inspired song but I do think Sabrina’s referenced here too Shawn sings: “I could pretend that I have a chance / At another romance I’ll be wastin’ breath / I’ll be fakin’ sex ’cause you’ll be on my mind.” At least he’s being honest about the Camila addiction here This immediately made me think of Sabrina’s “Sharpest Tool” and her lyric “We had sex / I met your best friends / Then a bird flies by and you forget.” Both of their accounts make it seem like Shawn wasn’t fully present because he was thinking about Camila.  In “Dumb & Poetic,” Sabrina accuses a man of “jacking off to lyrics by Leonard Cohen,” so that’s just an iconic parallel photographed earlier this year in his home in Jerusalem there is never enough earth to refill it.” He replied “from Jerusalem/al Quds” (his own valediction): “It is almost sinful to speak of oneself in these dire times.”  He also wrote: “My heart bleeds with sadness for all those — Israelis (among whom are also Muslims and Pagans) and Palestinians (including several hundred children as a result of the bombs raining upon Gaza) who have lost their lives in the past four days The cycle of revenge must somehow be brought to an end.” Anyone who knew him knew that all his emails were like that he became “Mendes-Flohr” upon marrying his wife whom he would tell you at the drop of a hat was related to the 17th-century Sephardic arch-heretic Baruch Spinoza But the familial connection to Spinoza was not Mendes-Flohr’s only heritage from modern Jewish thought where he studied with the refugee historians Alexander Altmann and Nahum Glatzer These scholars were not just experts in the German-Jewish intellectual tradition but representatives of it Glatzer had taught at the Freie Judisches Lehrhaus at the invitation of Franz Rosenzweig and studied under Martin Buber and Mendes-Flohr made it his life’s mission not just to study and teach these figures but to embody their Geist Mendes-Flohr trained generations of scholars in the philosophical theological and historical intricacies of German-Jewish thought He became the world’s foremost Buber scholar published widely on modern Jewish intellectual history which has been used in countless introductory college classes But what innumerable students of his remember most is his soft voice and earnest effort to personify the dialogical thought he studied he would ask about his students’ families with such sincerity and persistence that they would sometimes forget what they had come to talk to him about I still remember when I arrived at my first class with him ready to impress my teacher and classmates with my intellect I had come for Herr Doktor Professor and what I got was a bubbe when I received his Rosh Hashanah greetings May your path in the New Year be blessed with good health creative wisdom and a horizon of hope for our tormented world It kills me that he passed away on Shemini Atzeret on what my colleague Liora Halperin resonantly calls the “secret anniversary” of the date known to the world as “Oct 7.” It kills me because his dreams were bombed and reduced to rubble first and foremost by the State of Israel and secondarily by the “resistance movement.” On Oct 11 he was already referring to the “hundreds of children.” As the hundreds became thousands I wondered whether he despaired of his life’s work When he spoke of torment in his New Year’s greeting cards because of what he meant to me and how he changed my life I discovered his edition of Martin Buber’s A Land of Two Peoples when I was in college I honestly don’t know where I would be now I probably wouldn’t have gone to graduate school I wouldn’t have written a book — at least a study of Buber’s concept of “theopolitics.” I lost track of how many opportunities came my way because he went to bat for me it felt like too much — did I really need to edit not one but two volumes of the Martin Buber Werkausgabe the collected critical edition of Buber’s works in German That only happened because Mendes-Flohr signed me up for it the critical edition of the very book that changed my life Because make no mistake: although it is a collection of Buber’s writings A Land of Two Peoples is Mendes-Flohr’s book Any student of Buber and modern Jewish thought generally knows the importance of an editor to an anthology of a Land of Israel/Palestine in which two peoples dwell together on terms of full equality there is never enough earth to refill it.” May the memory of Paul Mendes-Flohr bless us with a horizon of hope Perhaps there we will find the missing earth Samuel Hayim Brody is Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Kansas He is the author of Martin Buber’s Theopolitics and co-editor of Volume 21 of the Martin Buber Werkausgabe: Schriften zur zionistischen Politik und zur judisch-arabischen Frage I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward American Jews need independent news they can trust At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S rising antisemitism and polarized discourse This is a great time to support independent Jewish journalism you rely on See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs subject line “republish,” with any questions or to let us know what stories you’re picking up Copyright © 2025 The Forward Association SĂ©rgio Mendes was a pioneer not just in music he had to wear a cast due to a bout with osteomyelitis gave Mendes one of the first shots of penicillin in Brazil Venturing from the classroom to late night clubs Mendes formed his first band of jazz “aficionados.” Whether a trio this first group offers a glimpse of the various formats Mendes would use for his later bands his first break came after taking a ferry to the neighborhood of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro — to open at a new and upcoming spot The would mark the first of many trips for Mendes and several other bossa nova artists that would emerge from the jazz scene in Rio He formed the Bossa Rio Sextet in the early '60s and quickly became popular in his home city They received an award for best instrumental group from a local newspaper His next trip would change his career trajectory and unlock Mendes’ ability to collaborate with the most popular acts in their genre Mendes took his first bite out of "The Big Apple" in 1962. He traveled to New York City to participate in the “Bossa Nova Festival” at Carnegie Hall On this same trip, Mendes saw the likes of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Cannonball Adderley live for the first time at Birdland Jazz Club After receiving an invitation from Adderley the two would record Cannonball's Bossa Nova Mendes released several records with his Brasil 64/65 band that were met with mixed to moderate reviews Low sales for these instrumental albums would force him to reroute and create a sound that would become his most recognizable He immediately had a hit on his hand with the Jorge Ben composition “Mas Que Nada.” Sung entirely in Portuguese the song placed 5th on the Billboard charts becoming the first vocal song in a language other than English to chart The success of “Mas Que Nada” garnered Mendes a ton of popularity in the U.S Bossa nova jazz became more accessible and mainstream even leading to a performance at the White House in 1971 Many artists of the time wanted to make a bossa nova recording and Dizzy Gillespie would all reach out to Mendes He continued to ride the wave of Brasil '66 finding success in his home country and Japan as his U.S popularity began to stall including a collaboration with Stevie Wonder who wrote Mendes’ 1982 groove One of these hits was used as the opening theme for the 1984 Olympics and his 1992 Grammy winning album Brasileiro further cemented Mendes' place as a legend of Brazilian pop and jazz Mendes' timeless sound would be recognized by younger audiences His 2006 Timeless album featured a wide range of hip-hop and soul artists Mendes continued to garner awards later in his career He served as executive music producer for the film Rio which was nominated for an Oscar for "Best Original Song." His music and life were honored in his 2020 documentary Sergio Mendes: In the Key of Joy also the title to his final studio recording In a 2022 interview with KNKX's Robin Lloyd Mendes was still looking for fresh and innovative ways to create music Mendes continued to tour worldwide with his last performance in 2023 When Mendes passed on Sept. 5 The music world lost a giant in SĂ©rgio Mendes a musician who emerged with Brazil’s bossa nova movement in the 1960s and became an ambassador for that country's music around the world died Thursday in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles the 83-year-old had been suffering from long COVID in recent months A composer, pianist, producer and singer, Mendes had a prolific career spanning over 60 years, collaborating with everyone from Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire to the Black Eyed Peas. In a 2020 interview with NPR he said these “incredible encounters” with musical peers began after his first visit to the United States when he performed alongside other bossa nova greats in a historic concert at Carnegie Hall he was stunned to receive an invitation from Cannonball Adderley to work on his album “I’ve been very fortunate to have such experiences because that has enriched my life,” Mendes told Weekend Edition Sunday “Working with different people from different countries I think it just helps you grow and learn new things I love that because you don’t program that artists and celebrities have been paying tribute to Mendes on social media The Black Eyed Peas’ will.i.am shared a picture of him and Mendes walking together calling theirs “a timeless friendship.” Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento recalled how much fun they had when Mendes attended his concert in Los Angeles in 2022: “We had many years of friendship and he will be with me forever in my heart.” Herb Alpert who produced Mendes’ first international albums mourned the loss of his “brother from another country,” saying: “He was a true friend and extremely gifted musician who brought Brazilian music in all its iterations to the entire world with elegance and joy.” When the military dictatorship began in Brazil in 1964 he decided to escape and settle in the United States — a decision that would change his style as well He invited two American singers to join the band he had formed produced “Mas Que Nada,” a modern Brazilian classic and Mendes’ best-known song (though it was originally composerd by another Brazilian icon a new version of the song recorded by the Black Eyed Peas in collaboration with Mendes revived the hit — and Mendes’ fame — for new generations Mendes held his last performances last year Brazilian President Luiz InĂĄcio Lula da Silva praised Mendes’ career achievements which include landing the most songs in the US Top 100 of any Brazilian artist — 14 in total — and receiving a Grammy for the album Brasileiro in 1992 “SĂ©rgio Mendes was one of the greatest exponents and promoters of our music and culture in the world.” Become an NPR sponsor