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Rebel Wilson marries fashion designer Ramona Agruma in Sydney in second wedding ceremony | Ents & Arts News

Rebel Wilson marries fashion designer Ramona Agruma in Sydney in second wedding ceremony | Ents & Arts News

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Rebel Wilson has legally married fashion designer Ramona Agruma in her hometown of Sydney. It’s the second wedding for the pair, who had a lavish ceremony on the Italian island of Sardinia in September. The 44-year-old Australian actress announced her engagement to Agruma at Disneyland on Valentine’s Day last year. Instagram This content is provided by Instagram, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Instagram cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Instagram cookies. To view this content you can use the button below to allow Instagram cookies for this session only. Enable Cookies Allow Cookies Once Sharing a selection of photos taken in Sydney Harbour in front of Harbour Bridge, Wilson wrote: “My sister Liberty officiated our legal wedding in Sydney! “It meant my …

A Catholic rebel with a cause

A Catholic rebel with a cause

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The first and only biography of Father Joseph Fessio, S.J., is published SAN FRANCISCO — In a biography that reads more like a Catholic adventure novel, the only biography of Father Joseph Fessio, S.J., has finally been published by his own publishing company. Written by one of Fessio’s earliest Jesuit mentors, historian Father Cornelius Buckley, S.J., FATHER JOSEPH FESSIO, S.J.: CALIFORNIA BLACKROBE (Ignatius Press) tells the story of the founder and editor of Ignatius Press and the University of San Francisco’s Saint Ignatius Institute. Buckley was born in California in 1925, served in the Navy during World War II, and graduated from the University of Santa Clara in 1950, the same year he joined the Jesuits. After his studies, he was a professor of history at the University of San Francisco until his retirement in 1998. In 2004, he became a chaplain at Thomas Aquinas College, a position he held until 2022, when he moved to the “Jesuit Finishing School,” his term for the Society of Jesus’ retirement community in Los Gatos, California. Here, he awaits …

The Rebel Plot To Oust Rishi Sunak Fizzles Out Despite Ominous Local Election Results

The Rebel Plot To Oust Rishi Sunak Fizzles Out Despite Ominous Local Election Results

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks all but guaranteed to lead the Tories into the next election (Alamy) 4 min read2 hr Rishi Sunak is expected to avoid a Tory rebel bid to oust him as party leader and Prime Minister despite an ominous picture emerging from Thursday’s local elections. Plotters who for weeks have hoped and briefed that a dire set of results on 2 May would be enough to turn the parliamentary party against Sunak appear to have admitted defeat. It means he is all but guaranteed to lead the Tories into the next general election. With more results to be announced this weekend, the Conservatives look set to lose over 500 council seats across the country, which is nearly half of the seats the party is contesting. At the Blackpool South by-election, an enormous 26-point swing to Labour — the third biggest swing from the Conservatives to Labour in history — further crystallised the size of the hole which Sunak’s beleaguered party finds itself in as the next general election approaches.  The scale of the losses …

Duane Eddy dead: Guitarist known for ‘Rebel Rouser’ was 86

Duane Eddy dead: Guitarist known for ‘Rebel Rouser’ was 86

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NEW YORK —  Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as “Rebel Rouser” and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock ’n’ roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians, has died. He was 86. Eddy died of cancer Tuesday at the Williamson Health hospital in Franklin, Tenn., according to his wife, Deed Abbate. With his raucous rhythms, and backing hollers and hand claps, Eddy sold more than 100 million records and mastered a distinctive sound based on the premise that a guitar’s bass strings sounded better on tape than the high ones. “I had a distinctive sound that people could recognize and I stuck pretty much with that. I’m not one of the best technical players by any means; I just sell the best,” he told the Associated Press in a 1986 interview. “A lot of guys are more skillful than I am with the guitar. A lot of it is over my head. But some of it is not what I want to …

Rebel Wilson shows off her feminine silhouette wearing sculpted lace gown

Rebel Wilson shows off her feminine silhouette wearing sculpted lace gown

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Rebel Wilson proved that red truly is her colour as she graced the red carpet at the UK premiere of The Almond And The Seahorse at Vue West End on Tuesday evening.  The Australian actress, 44, looked utterly fabulous in a collared lace dress in a romantic scarlet hue. Complete with a delicate off-the-shoulder neckline, contrasting pockets and a preppy button-down bodice, Rebel’s silhouette was sculpted and snatched in the statement ensemble.  The Bridesmaids star was beaming in photographs captured on the night, wearing her buttery blonde hair in a sleek French pleat, elevated with coiled bangs that framed her beautiful features.  © GettyRebel looked incredible as she beamed on the red carpet Letting her dress dominate the spotlight, Rebel opted for sleek nude heels, a dainty bracelet and her glittering engagement ring for her minimal accessories.  The Pitch Perfect actress proposed to her fiancée, Ramona Agruma at Disneyland earlier this year, popping the question in front of Cinderella’s iconic castle surrounded by pink petals. © GettyRebel Wilson attends “The Almond and the Seahorse” UK Premiere …

Tory MPs threaten to rebel against government over leasehold reform | Politics News

Tory MPs threaten to rebel against government over leasehold reform | Politics News

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Tory MPs are threatening to rebel over the government’s new housing proposals. In a letter to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, more than 30 Tory MPs have stated their dissatisfaction with the current leasehold system and implores the government to scrap ground rent on leasehold properties. Currently, there is no cap on the amount freeholders can charge existing leaseholders for “ground rent”. That’s the money to literally have property on the ground that their freeholders own. Politics latest: Potential SNP contender hints she will stand Housing Secretary Michael Gove previously called that “a charge for nothing” and has stated a personal preference to move towards a “peppercorn” system, where ground rent is as close to zero as possible. Multiple Tory MPs who have signed the letter are also in favour of this proposal – citing that promise made in the Tory 2019 manifesto. They wrote: “It’s time to finish what Margaret Thatcher started and implement peppercorn ground rents and other much needed reforms to leasehold.” They also state that many of their constituents are stretched with the …

Rebel Wilson isn’t the only one who lost her virginity in her thirties

Rebel Wilson isn’t the only one who lost her virginity in her thirties

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Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Not everybody has to lose their virginity as a teenager.” So says Rebel Wilson in her recently released memoir, Rebel Rising. Among the many headline-grabbing lines to come out of the book, perhaps the one that sparked the biggest furore was the revelation that the Pitch Perfect actor didn’t have sex for the first time until she was 35. Referring to herself as a “late bloomer”, Wilson, now 44, said she was sharing her experience in the hope of normalising the notion of losing your virginity later in life. “People can wait till they’re ready or wait till they’re a bit more mature,” she said. “And I think that could be a positive message. You obviously don’t have to wait until you’re in your thirties like me, but you shouldn’t feel pressure as a young person.” Despite culture’s best efforts to convince …

Netflix’s Rebel Moon Cast: Here’s Where You’ve Seen The Stars Before

Netflix’s Rebel Moon Cast: Here’s Where You’ve Seen The Stars Before

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The second part of Zack Snyder’s sci-fi epic Rebel Moon arrived on Netflix last week, and quickly soared to the top of the streaming service’s most-watched movies list. Most of the all-star cast are reprising their roles in Part Two: The Scargiver, making for an impressive ensemble of acting legends, TV stars and promising up-and-comers. The second instalment picks up with Kora and the surviving warriors as they prepare for battle against the tyrannical Motherworld to defend their homeland. Read on to find out where you’ve seen the cast of Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver before… Sofia Boutella Sofia Bouetlla in Rebel Moon (left) and The Mummy (right) Netflix/Universal Pictures/Kobal/Shutterstock/ Leading actor Sofia returns as the titular Scargiver Kora in part two. This follows her huge role as antagonist Ahmanet in 2017’s The Mummy reboot opposite Tom Cruise. Her first major film role back in 2015 was also a big one, playing Samuel L Jackson’s henchwoman Gazelle in Kingsman: The Secret Service, before she starred opposite Nicolas Cage in Prisoners Of The Ghostland. …

Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell” continues to reverberate 40 years later in remastered, deluxe edition

Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell” continues to reverberate 40 years later in remastered, deluxe edition

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In the early 1980s, Billy Idol exploded onto the American music scene with “Dancing with Myself,” the neo-punk anthem that he originally recorded with Generation X. He had recently left England for New York City, having heard the siren call of MTV. As he recently reflected on the “Everything Fab Four” podcast, the flamboyant Idol and upstart MTV were made for each other, which he proved in unforgettable style with the video hit “White Wedding” on his self-titled debut LP. But Idol’s incredible coming-out party as a hitmaker was a mere prelude to 1983’s “Rebel Yell,” an album that sounds as fresh and arresting as it did more than 40 years ago. In a newly remastered, deluxe edition, “Rebel Yell” underscores Idol’s vaunted place as one of his era’s most dazzling performers, as well as the searing, hard-rocking voice at the center of an increasingly plasticene, synth-driven musical epoch. In short, Idol was the rock ‘n’ roller at the center of the maelstrom. With Steve Stevens turning in one raucous guitar lick after another, “Rebel …

Rebel Wilson’s controversial memoir Rebel Rising is bemusing, tone-deaf and obsessed with money

Rebel Wilson’s controversial memoir Rebel Rising is bemusing, tone-deaf and obsessed with money

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Rebel Wilson landed in Hollywood with a mission: she would be the female Jonah Hill. She sensed there was a gap in the market for a girl like her, who grew up, dreaming of networking opportunities, in an Australian suburb and was taught in a university course on comedy that “people like to laugh at people that they don’t want to sleep with”. “I can create content, and that’s valuable,” she told Hill’s agents at a meeting in 2010, while hoping to get them on board with the Rebel Wilson business plan. “I see them pondering my potential and future in their minds,” she writes in her new memoir Rebel Rising. “My boob sweat starts to drip again.” Wilson’s book may be the first celebrity memoir to forgo gossip and myth-making in favour of detailing marketing strategies and movie-star asset management. Yes, there is a gripping – and, …