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After a tumultuous romance, Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan split up, but it seems like the American singer still has the Irish star in her heart.

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When she appeared to be slammed against her ex-boyfriend Barry Keoghan, Sabrina Carpenter raised eyebrows. Following a slow-burning career that didn’t take off until she broke into the mainstream with her 2024 hit Espresso, the American pop star has grown a sizable following.

The 26-year-old had been working hard for ten years prior, but thanks to a number of chart-topping songs, he has since managed to stay in the spotlight. However, success often results in greater scrutiny, and Sabrina has seen her personal life brought into the spotlight as a result of her fame.

When the American singer reportedly found love with Irish actor Barry Keoghan, 33, in 2024, the public was enthralled. However, the romance ended abruptly, and the couple had already broken up by the year’s end.

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However, Sabrina is not finished talking about her former love and took a swipe at him on social media as the year 2025 came to an end. And her insult came after the singer’s provocative song, Manchild, which many fans have assumed was his Irish actor despite the singer’s own insistence that it is not.

In the vortex of time that exists between Christmas and New Year, Sabrina took to social media to post a cryptic message. On TikTok, she reposted a video of a fan complaining: “It’s been a tough year, but at least I didn’t get back with my ex.”

Many people flooded the comments about the singer’s re-possession of the clip, which revealed that she had shared it and what she might have meant as a result. Sabrina hasn’t shared any romantic interests since she broke up with Barry, whereas previous romantics involved Bradley Steven Perry, American singer Joshua Bassett, Canadian pop singer Shawn Mendes, and American actor Bradley Steven Perry.

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Over on Instagram, Sabrina offered an upbeat look back at her year – as she plugged the fact a bonus version of her latest album was available for fans to listen to. Sharing snaps of herself with a vintage car and a dog, the singer wrote: “To thank you for such a beautiful year …and to supply whoever needs a cathartic Christmas crashout song… Man’s best friend bonus track edition with one of my favorites ‘Such a Funny Way’ is now officially available on streaming.”

Sabrina continued, “I adore you all so much. Thank you for your kindness toward these songs and for making 2025 special! There is still so much good to come, and that’s my feeling of accomplishment.

In August, Sabrina released her seventh studio album, Man’s Best Friend. Fans and feminists, however, criticized the American star for the album cover art, which depicted her on all fours while a man held her by her hair.

The star made an appearance on Saturday Night Live two months later to quench her anger over the contentious image. The pop singer made the decision to make a tongue-in-cheek comment during her appearance on SNL.

She began, addressing fan concerns that the image was anti-feminist and said “some people got a little freaked out by the cover.” “I’m not sure why,” she said. I was merely “on all fours, with a hidden person pulling my hair,” I thought.

She continued, “But what people don’t realize is how they cropped it.” After Martin Short shoved me out of the buffet line and said, “Daddy need his mini quiche,” it’s obvious that it’s from the 50th anniversary special of Yang helping me up by the hair.

Following the outcry, the singer had previously attempted to calm the situation by attempting to release an alternative album cover. The new image, which was significantly less provocative than the original, depicted her holding onto the arm of a suited man, while she joked that the alternate album artwork was “approved by God.”

Cora Corre, her granddaughter, posted a heartfelt tribute to the fashion icon three years after Dame Vivienne Westwood passed away, and people are commenting in a fit for the occasion.

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The granddaughter of the late fashion icon Dame Vivienne Westwood has paid an emotional tribute on social media to mark the third anniversary. Cora Corre, who at a young age walked along the catwalk during Dame Vivienne’s fashion shows, posted a number of pictures of her grandmother in the touching tribute.

She captioned the post saying: “3 years of missing you, wondering what you’d say, what you’d think of the world that’s only increasingly hardened but also softened with good people too. ” She added: “One thing I know to be true is you’d never waiver from your morals, heart and good intentions and that I will always look forward with whilst also looking back, missing and cherishing every single part of you.”

Fans made a quick buck by reading the post’s comment section. While some of the comments featured heart emojis, one person wrote a designer’s memory. They continued, “I miss her as well! She was a great inspiration.

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The fan recalled that during Paris Fashion Week in September 2022, I attempted to hand-deliver my Master’s thesis (dedicated to her work) to her outside. I later mailed it to her because it wasn’t possible, they added. I’ve always wondered if she ever had the opportunity to see it. Another person responded, “Truly an icon on all fronts, we miss you”!

Dame Vivienne Westwood sadly died in December 2022 at the age of 81. Surrounded by her family, the legendary fashion designer who made waves in the industry at the height of her fame died at her home in Clapham.

Cora posted a moving tribute a year after her passing. She said that at the time of her grandmother’s memorial, the one-year anniversary looms tomorrow. She means so much to me. Given London Fashion Week, it comes at a good time.

She continued, “The deafening silence through the current conflicts has rung clear in the fashion industry, which has one of the largest platforms and reach in the world. Vivienne continued to speak out against injustice in the world using her platform.

Cora continued, “I asked myself what she would have done in my speech last year if there had been a 3, 000-person audience in Southwark Cathedral.” “Dame Vivienne’s glamorous granddaughter said, “So I wanted to share what I believe is now more significant than ever. “

She said, “To honor Vivienne, share your stage, shed light on the issues, and speak up for the people who don’t have a voice…and let Vivienne’s fight continue through you.” She then concluded her post by saying, “To honor Vivienne, share your stage, shed light on the issues, and speak up for the people who don’t have a voice.

We need more world-class people like Vivienne, the post continued. In her own words, ” The human race’s very existence is at stake in this conflict. And the planet’s as well. Public opinion is our most valuable resource. “Fight for freedom.”

Her fashion house made the announcement of her passing on X at the time. The statement read:” 29th December 2022. In Clapham, South London, Vivienne Westwood passed away today, peacefully and surrounded by her family. People like Vivienne are indispensable for making a change in the world.

A quote from Dame Vivienne was included in the tweet, which read, “Tao spiritual system.” The Tao is no longer necessary. Tao adds that it gives you a sense of purpose in your life and that you are a part of it.

It continued, “You have such a sense of identity and strength knowing that you are living the life you can live and should be living: make full use of your character and make use of your life on earth.”

When it came to her style, her designs, and her desire to advocate for the underprivileged, Vivienne was at the forefront. She frequently challenged the government’s political choices in the 1980s.

The nurses of Nonnatus House will be seen protesting and burning their bras in the BBC drama Call the Midwife, which takes place in 1971.

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Call The Midwife star Helen George has warned that feminism and women’s rights are facing their biggest-ever threat following the rise of nationalism, Nigel Farage and Andrew Tate.

Next month, the long-running BBC1 drama returns with the nurses of Nonnatus House getting involved with the Women’s Liberation movement and burning their bras. The show is famous for having strong female characters at its core and championing women’s rights with its historical storylines stretching from the 1950s to the 1970s.

However, Helen fears that the rise in “anti-feminist mood” in modern Britain, the rise in support for Reform UK leader Farage, and the rise in popularity of self-declared misogynist and social media influencer Andrew Tate.

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She is worried that the rise in toxic masculinity means that the country could end up like the fictional world of Gilead in the novel The Handmaid’s Tale, where powerless females are stuck in a patriarchal society with no control over their individuality or reproductive rights.

The actress, 41, who plays midwife Trixie Aylward in Call the Midwife, is dating businessman Dan Innes following her split in 2023 from her former Call the Midwife co-star Jack Ashton, with whom she shares two daughters.

She said: “We’re seeing the patriarchy get stronger and stronger, and I find that really terrifying. I think what comes with nationalism that we’re seeing with the St George’s flags, you know, and I don’t want to get too political, but what comes with that as well is an anti feminist mood. The Andrew Tate movement.

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And I constantly tell my partner, “I feel like we’re being hoodwinked into it,” and we could turn around thanks to The Handmaid’s Tale. Do you comprehend my definition?

We may not be as far away from that as we believe we are. We believe we are all powerful as women, but it is coming. the laws and practices that prohibit abortion. If Nigel Farage gets his way, I believe Parliament will likely debate them.

It seems like it’s coming at us, and we’re sort of stomping around with it. According to Helen, abortion, which was legal in the UK in 1967, is still a hot topic even today.

She continued, “It is insane that some American states now prohibit it.” And you know, because it isn’t being monitored, we’ve seen what that does, we’ve seen the backstreet abortions, the slaughters that result from it. You are aware of what will occur. There will always be arguments in favor of abortion. The issue is that if you don’t allow it, it will actually cause more harm, right? There will be a death.

The new series of Call The Midwife starring Helen alongside co-stars Jenny Agutter and Judy Parfitt is back on our screens on Sunday January 11 but this will be the last viewers see of the Nonnatus House regulars in for a while, as the show is taking a break.

A brand-new cast playing some of the nuns in their younger years, set during the Blitz, will take the place of Call the Midwife in its place next year.

Meanwhile the main cast will be busy filming a movie version of the BBC show later in 2026. Helen claims it was a good time to put Call The Midwife on a pause.

It’s our first year not filming Midwife, she explained to the Walking The Dog podcast (MUST). Although we won’t be doing a series next year, series 15 will be broadcast in January. We need to refocus because we’ve been doing it for a while, so the movie will give us a good chance to do that.