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There are those women who always know how to look chic. In our eyes, one ofthose women is of course our (style) queen Máxima. Whatever she is wearing,she knows how to surprise us time and time again with the most beautifullooks. What if we told you we discovered one of her favorite styling tricks?The great thing about this is that it ‘s actually much simpler than you think.She appears more often in ton-sur-ton looks and in our opinion this is theperfect way to dress. If it doesn’t mean anything to you, it is simply said tobe dressed in one basic color, where you can alternate in the shades. This wayyou will look very chic without having to put too much effort into it. Alsocurious how she uses it? Scroll down quickly for a healthy dose ofinspiration and matching shopable items.

**Máxima ‘s most beautiful looks: **

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Máxima in completely yellow look

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Máxima in completely brown look

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Máxima in completely dark red look

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IKEA’s first record player is part of the new collection Obegränsad(‘limitless’), aimed at people who make music at home. Completely in black,the collection is the result of a collaboration between Swedish dance DJsSwedish House Mafia and Friso Wiersma, the only Dutch in-house designer atIKEA. The collection includes a special desk, cabinets, racks and bags thatexactly fit LPs and even slippers. But the eye-catcher is the minimalistrecord player.

“Vinyl in itself is something irrational. Other minimalist turntables areoften thin and slim, but I chose a rather thick, chunky design. The recordplayer can take up a lot of space in your interior, you also make a statementwith it,” says Wiersma from Sweden. The record player has a turntable that ispartly positioned over the edge of the housing. “This emphasizes the circle.The circle also plays a major role in the visual identity of Swedish HouseMafia,” explains Wiersma.

The turntable has a built-in preamplifier, a replaceable cartridge and needle,and a USB-C power cable. Connecting to speakers is done with a simple RCAcable. “We wanted to make a very accessible record player. Simple to use andin shape,” says Wiersma.

The romance of spinning pictures

The turntable is not intended for audiophiles. “It is for people who are juststarting out with vinyl. It is as much ‘plug-and-play’ as possible. It isabout the essence of playing records. Everything is deliberately not digital.We therefore do not have a bluetooth function for wireless streaming tospeakers or headphones built-in.”

According to Wiersma, the cables also deliberately run along the side insteadof the back. “That’s why you can see them well. Cables are part of the analogexperience.” If you want better sound quality later on, you can replace theAudio Technica brand cartridge with a more expensive one. Wiersma: “I think itsounds super good. I’ve already exchanged my own old Philips record player forthis record player.”

The Dutch designer himself is a music fanatic and a great lover of vinyl. “Themusic experience is very different from Spotify or Apple Music. You’re almostschizophrenic listening through playlists and shuffle from one artist toanother. The great thing about records is the idea that artists have createdsomething from scratch. builds up to the end. In short, music as the artistintended. And it’s also a pleasant way to listen. I like the romance of it,the act of turning a record.”

Stimulating creativity

The Dutchman is one of fourteen in-house designers at IKEA and has previouslydesigned furniture, salad bowls and cutlery. “But this collection suits me themost, because music is a very big passion of mine. I also make music and sing,and used to be in a band. I’ve always had a record player too. Music is a wayof life for me and I also go to concerts a lot. There are a lot of people formusic is very important and they want that reflected in their interior.”

The Swedish furniture chain often comes up with special collections aimed athobbies, such as cooking or gaming. Obegränsad responds to the growing groupthat makes music themselves on their laptop or tablet. “We want to stimulatethat creativity and interaction. That is why this collection has, among otherthings, a producers desk, a desk with a layout aimed at producing music.Together with Swedish House Mafia we have thought about how to set up a studioat home. They also used to have their own own studio built with IKEAfurniture.” The desk also has two speaker stands and a shelf that can bepulled out from under the desktop, for example for a midi keyboard.

In addition to the record player, Wiersma is also proud of the clock in thenew collection. That is a black circle in which three small white circlesrevolve around each other. “Music can give time a different kind of role. Wewanted a way to convey that sense of intimacy.”

Chat at the bar with IKEA CEO

Wiersma calls the fact that he ended up at IKEA five years ago ‘just luck’. “Igot to talk to an IKEA CEO at the bar after a design conference in Amsterdam.We immediately clicked and was invited for a conversation in Sweden. I comefrom a Frisian family with carpenters. I love craft and design. down toearth is aimed at real use. IKEA is also very involved in this, design isvery close to the consumer. What you want to say as a designer is subordinateto that.”

In his time as a student, Wiersma didn’t like IKEA. “I saw IKEA as my enemythen. I made furniture that cost at least a thousand euros because it washandmade. You then have to compete against an IKEA that sells everything for afew hundred euros. I did a project about what I would do differently if I hadan industrial process like IKEA available. Robot techniques and computer-controlled machines are making more and more possible.”

Probably sold out quickly

Wiersma’s record player is available from October 1 for 129 euros, but theedition is limited. IKEA therefore expects that the turntable will be sold outquickly. “This is a kind of experiment. We are curious how this will bereceived. But it has already received so much attention worldwide in recentmonths. The record player was for sale in Belgium for a day due to a mistakeand was immediately sold out. TikTok videos about it have been viewed millionsof times.”

Finally: what is Wiersma’s favorite LP? “From Chet Baker. By the way, my wifeand I buy each other new LPs every few weeks at the local record store. We’relucky: one of the best record stores in all of Sweden is right here in our

Khloé Kardashian may have rejected Tristan Thompson’s first proposal, butPEOPLE has learned she accepted a second proposal — and the off-again couplewere secretly engaged for nine months.

Kardashian, 38, revealed to sister Kim Kardashian on Thursday’s episode of_The Kardashians_ that she said no to Thompson, 31, when he initially askedher to marry him. Now a source tells PEOPLE that proposal occurred in December2019.

RELATED: Khloé Kardashian Rejected Tristan Thompson ‘s Secret ProposalBecause She Wouldn’t Be ‘Proud’ Of Relationship

Despite lingering concerns about Thompson’s infidelity, the couple hadrekindled when he popped the question a second time, and Kardashian said yesaround February 2021.

Tristan Thompson and Khloe Kardashian pose for a photo as Remy Martincelebrates Tristan Thompson’s Birthday at Beauty & Essex on March 10, 2018 inLos Angeles, California

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That year, the couple were seriously planning to conceive a second childtogether. The pair’s first child, daughter True, was born in April 2018 on theimmediate heels of Kardashian’s first public embarrassment about Thompson’scheating.

RELATED: Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson ‘s RelationshipTimeline

Through a surrogate, Kardashian and Thompson successfully conceived a secondchild in the final weeks of 2021 — just as news broke that Thompson hadfathered a baby with another woman, Maralee Nichols.

At that point, Kardashian called off the secret engagement in December 2021.

The pair welcomed their son, whose name is not yet known, this past August.

Kardashian allowed Thompson into the room to meet the infant, admitting, “I’vebeen on the fence about letting Tristan come to the hospital or not, butTristan wants to be here so I just figured, why not let him come? I’ ll neverget this moment back.”

RELATED: Tristan Thompson Met Son He Shares with Khloé Kardashian inHospital: ‘He Wants to Be Here’

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HULU Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson with their son

On the latest episode of The Kardashians , Kim alluded to the somewhatsquishy timeline of Thompson’s proposals. “I’ll never forget Tristan callingme and he was gonna propose to her on Valentine’s Day, which was a year sincethey had drama so this was last Valentine’s Day,” she said. “And then I calledhim the day after and I was like, ‘Hey, I never heard anything from Khloé. Ohmy god, did you propose?” and he was like, ‘Oh yeah, I did in December.’ Oh myGod, she didn’t tell us!”

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But once the couple did decide to make it official, they kept that informationto themselves and off the show.

RELATED: Khloé Kardashian Shares First Look into Son ‘s Birth as ShePuts Tristan Thompson ‘Trauma’ Behind Her

The Good American founder explained her reasons behind her initial refusal toget engaged on this week’s Kardashians.

“I said, ‘I need to make sure this is a totally different relationship becauseI wanna be proud to say I’m engaged to anyone,'” she recalled. “And that’s whyI said, ‘I’m not comfortable accepting this right now because I’m not excitedto tell my family,’ and as hurtful as that probably was for him to hear, itwas the truth. I’m not ever gonna accept something or give someone false hope,and I said that to him.”

Khloé Kardashian attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: AnAnthology of Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in NewYork City

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“Going through what I went through was Tristan was incredibly hard,” she lateracknowledged in a confessional. “The hardest part about it all is trainingyourself to un-love someone. This was my life for six years. And we weren’tjust a couple, we genuinely were best friends. He was my workout buddy, we didall these things together. And so learning how to undo all those things, thattakes time. Just because someone does you dirty doesn’t mean you fall out oflove with them instantly.”

News of the secret engagement was previously reported by BuzzFeed and_Entertainment Tonight Canada_.

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All NPO broadcasters, except NOS, refuse to talk or collaborate with OngehoordNederland in the field of journalism. That broadcaster does not engage injournalism, the broadcasting associations argue in a letter to Gijs vanBeusekom, the genre manager of the NPO who is responsible for journalisticproductions.

Normally, all broadcasters discuss the journalistic course of the NPOtogether. The heads of journalism of the broadcasters now state that OngehoordNederland ‘in our view does not conduct journalism, but uses its programmingto put forward points of view and opinions that are not journalisticallysubstantiated’.

‘The NPO’s genre consultation is a place where the heads of journalism explorethe profession together and keep each other on their toes, but this is onlypossible if all participants share the same basic journalistic principles,such as hearing both sides of the argument and finding the truth,’ accordingto the broadcasters.

The current programming of Ongehoord Nederland does not meet this in the eyesof the other broadcasters. The letter is signed by AvroTros, BNNVara, WNL,Human, Omroep Zwart, Omroep Max, KRO-NCRV, VPRO, EO and Powned. WNL editor-in-chief Bert Huisjes said yesterday that his broadcaster no longer wants totalk.

The NOS has not joined the call. “I can’t find a solution in advance not tocome to the table,” says editor-in-chief Giselle van Cann of NOS Nieuws.,,That genre consultation is precisely the place to say what you think ofjournalism. It is not for me to make an administrative judgment.”

The NPO takes the letter “extremely seriously”, a spokesperson said. He saysthat the NPO ‘has not yet taken a position’ on the issue. “We will discussthat.”

Quote >>> The genre meeting is a place where the heads of journalism explore the> profession together and keep each other on their toes, but this is only> possible if all participants share the same journalistic fundamentals>> Broadcasters in letter

Sanction

Ongehoord Nederland previously received a financial sanction from the NPOafter an investigation by the Ombudsman into complaints that the broadcasterwould spread incorrect and unreliable information, that the journalists wouldnot ask enough critical questions and that the guests would mainly come fromthe right. This would be contrary to the journalistic code of the NPO. TheOmbudsman considered these complaints to be largely well-founded.

The Ombudsman has launched a new investigation after a much-discussed itemthat showed videos of random black people beating up white people without anycontext. Presenter Raisa Blommestijn stated that the black perpetrators allhad a racist motive. But from research by pointer has shown that there is noevidence for this.

As a result of this item, the Ombudsman again received many hundreds ofcomplaints. The NPO has also asked the Media Authority to look into whetherOngehoord Nederland has violated the media law.

Ongehoord Nederland and broadcaster Arnold Karskens could not be reached forcomment today. But in the program Unheard of News accused presenterBlommestijn of excluding the fellow broadcasters ‘the sound of millions ofDutch people’. She also accused the NPO of ‘standing for connection andinclusion, but now doing nothing but excluding and throwing mud’.

Also listen to the AD Media Podcast with this week ‘s nominations for theTelevizier ring, the clash between Angela de Jong and Johan Derksen, thestatement by Linda de Mol and the cancellation of Het Dorp. Listen below orsubscribe via Spotify or iTunes.

Ruben Block has been part of Triggerfinger for almost a quarter of a century,well known to you thanks to hits such as ‘All This Dancing Around’, ‘Is It’ orthe Lykke Li cover ‘I Follow Rivers’. Today the frontman steps forward with ahighly intriguing solo debut.

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It took Ruben Block four years to Looking to Glide but without time pressurehe could continue to work on his firstfruits until all the details were right.The Triggerfinger frontman consulted a striker brother who had sent earlierstudio recordings of the same power trio. ‘s secret weapon Colossus (2017)?That was the producer, Block thought. “Mitchell Froom taught us to look atTriggerfinger in a different way,” he explains today. “We don’t necessarilyhave to sound big and loud to impress.”

We stroll through the Antwerp Zoo with Block and Froom. That evening, Froomwill play with Crowded House a little further down the road in the LottoArena. Block is the support act. We decide to rest at the monument of gorillaGust. “If I have to compare this record with an animal, I think of aflamingo”, Block thinks. “A strange, but beautiful bird that moves angularlyand idiosyncratically. By the way, on this record you also hear samples of agecko, and of ducks in the Venetian canals. There is music in life. Whyshouldn’t I mold that life into a song?”

Froom constantly challenged Block on the recordings, just as he did years agoon iconic records by Los Lobos, Elvis Costello or Suzanne Vega. When a full-blooded rock group from Belgium came knocking on his door about five yearsago, the producer raised his eyebrows at the time. “I like rock,” he says,“but I had never worked with such a hard and loud band like Triggerfinger. Iasked them if they were sure they wanted to work with me. But afterwards I wasso impressed with Ruben that I told him: ‘If you ever need me, call me, I’myour man’.

“And promise is debt. Suddenly he was at my door again. We saw each otherabout twice a year for an extended period of time, and for the last two yearswe worked remotely. It was all very informal, with no fuss or interferencefrom outsiders. Maybe that’s why it turned out to be such a daring and goodrecord, I think.”

The urge to experiment on Colossus even seems like a cautious stepping stonefor the sound on this solo debut, where Block pulls out all the stops. Well,what a solo: “Mitchell and I have done everything together: writing, recordingand producing. And Tchad Blake also sometimes gave new life to a song in themix. I thought it was important to tinker on my own, but it was equally niceto go deep into the woods with Mitchell. “For example, in the title song youhear a sample of my lawnmower at home (chuckles). It makes such a weirdnoise when you turn it off: wa-wuwuwuwu. That doesn’t mean anything in itself,but if you tinker with it a bit, it becomes a fantastic sound.

“I can’t imagine anyone would confuse this record with anything fromTriggerfinger, except maybe for my voice. And then again. Triggerfinger’sthunder usually forces me to sing a certain way, and here it was different.Very liberating.”

Strengths

Froom says that as a producer he closely monitors all the strong points of anartist: “I try to highlight them, but not too much. The trick is to never betoo respectful. Otherwise, the result will be too soft and colorless. Rubenwanted nothing more than a lack of respect (laughs). His strongest point?That must be his colorful character. You notice that in his choice ofclothing, but you can also hear it in his music. He is also a great guitaristand singer. And his ego doesn’t stand in his way: the first chords of ‘Awake’come from me, for example. He could have thrown it to the trash can, but hesaw a challenge and came up with something fantastic about it.”

The lyrics of Block once again read cryptically, like a Rorschach test thatespecially seem to hold up a mirror to your own perversions. For example, ‘TheKey’ seems like a song about a stalker: “Could be”, Block smiles. “A crypticform once worked better within the whimsical nature of some songs. As aresult, sometimes multiple entrances present themselves and listeners may findtheir own secret back door. I like how, for example, Frank Black or DavidByrne can also create a mood with images and impressions.”

In the freezer compartment

We read on social media that Triggerfinger would remain “in the freezer for along time”. Now that drummer Mario Goossens and bassist Lange Polle are alsobusy with their own projects and hand-in-hand services for other artists, youwould think that the trio will miss its silver jubilee next year. Block widenshis eyes. “On the contrary.”

Froom chuckles: “I don’t think the boys are challenging each other with theirown projects. It’s not an adultery or ego trip like Mick Jagger, whooccasionally wants to prove that he can be just as successful without KeithRichards.”

Block nods: “After the summer we will write new material and after my tournext year it will be Triggerfinger’s turn again. The group is therefore notready to jump. I’m glad this came through. It was high time to take somepressure off the kettle. To let in some air.”

Looking to Glide appears 30/9 at PIAS.

**Ruben Block plays 1/10 in the AB, Brussels and 8/10 in the Handelsbeurs,

The duets episode is already the last episode of the fifteenth season of BestSingers. During the duets, the singers step out of their comfort zone. Somehave never sung a duet before, others do so regularly.

For Jan Smit, the evening of duets is his most favorite evening. After all theweeks that everyone has come together, the atmosphere is still good. The bestsingers are getting looser and what they have learned from each other latelycomes together in the duets.

If you’re going to go crazy, then together.>> Roxeanne Hazes

Claudia de Breij & Sarita Lorena – The Girl From Ipanema

Claudia de Breij has been listening to the song ‘The Girl From Ipanema’ sinceher younger years. She was a big fan of Sinatra in Kurt Cobain’s time, butalways very secretly. So she turned Nirvana on one side of her Walkman andSinatra on the other, so no one would notice. Together with Sarita she singsthe song ‘The Girl From Ipanema’ by Frank Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim.

Nielson & Roxeanne Hazes – Who I’m looking for

It was soon clear to Nielson that he would like to sing a song with RoxeanneHazes during the duets episode. For this, he delved into the story ofRoxeanne, where he found a song called “I’m With You” by Avril Lavigne. Thatsong is one of Nielson’s favorite songs ever. Of course Nielson and Roxeannechoose to translate the song into Dutch. They sing the new version ‘Who I amlooking for’.

This is truly an evergreen.>> Nielson

Blanks & Claudia de Breij – Heal you

Simon’s all-time favorite song is “Fix You” by Coldplay. That song reminds himof the music camp he often went to. The time with all participants of BesteZangers gives him the same feeling. Everyone grows together very quickly.Blanks is afraid he will fall straight into a big hole on the plane home.

Blanks likes to make an exception for Claudia. For the first time he sings inDutch, instead of English. Together with MEAU, Blanks has translated the song’Fix You’ into ‘Heel you’.

Sarita Lorena & Nielson – You’ll be in my heart

The song Sarita sings with Nielson is the soundtrack of the film Tarzan. Thissong is very important to Sarita because she always sings the song ‘You’ll bein my heart’ with her mother. As a little girl, the story of the film Tarzanmade a deep impression on her. A boy who loses both parents and is taken in byanother family. This time Sarita Lorena does not sing the song with hermother, but with Nielson. Nielson sings a song in English for the first timein Beste Zangers, which is completely outside his comfort zone.

Roxeanne Hazes & Jaap Reesema – Bitter Sweet Symphony

At the age of thirteen, Roxeanne Hazes got her very first boyfriend. Togetherthey often played the song ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ by The Verve. The song hasalways stayed with her and she still enjoys listening to it today. Because itis her favorite song, she likes to sing it together with Jaap Reesema.

Ferdi Bolland & Blanks – Circle of Life

Just like Sarita Lorena, Ferdi Bolland chooses a song from a musical. Namelythe well-known song by Elton John ‘Circle of Life’ from the Lion King. Ferdithinks it’s a beautiful song, which he would like to sing together withBlanks. The biggest reason to sing this song with Blanks is the story fromBlanks’ past.

Blanks used to sing the song with his class, to celebrate the life of hisdeceased friend Joost. Strangely enough, instead of a heavy moment, it was avery beautiful moment. That’s why the song has a special place in Blank’sheart.

Jaap Reesema & Sarita Lorena – Holiday in Spain

Jaap Reesema chooses to sing a song that Blanks had listed as an importantsong. He does not sing the song with Blanks, but with Sarita Lorena. Jaap andSarita sing ‘Holiday in Spain’ by Bløf with a touch of Portuguese.

Yes, of course it is exciting: on Tuesday the band members meet for the firsttime and they dive into the rehearsal room together. Three days later, onFriday, they will tour for eleven concerts, starting in Almere. “But I’mespecially curious,” says pianist and arranger Julian Schneemann (1992) abouthis new project ‘Island Songs’. “I’ve been working on this for so long, andnow it’s finally happening.”

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For Island Songs, Schneemann traveled to the edges of Europe: Ireland andCrete. He studied the local musical traditions and found strikingsimilarities, both in the way of singing and playing and in the social contextof the music. “They are living musical traditions, where melodies are passedon from father to son. The role of music in the community is very differentfrom here where we really only hear live music in concert halls. Music isreally part of life there,” says Schneemann.

Intimidating

The choice for Cretan music is not accidental, says Schneemann: „I have beengoing to Greece every summer all my life, my parents have a wooden sailingship there, an old fishing boat, and with that we sail to a different islandevery day. From an early age I have heard a lot of folk music there, thatsound has settled in my ear. Crete is at a crossroads of cultures and themusic contains many influences from Turkey and the Arab world.”

Julian’s father Bart Schneemann is artistic director of the Netherlands WindEnsemble. For the New Year’s Concert 2020 he brought the Greek brothers Nikosand Adonis Xylouris to Amsterdam. Julian wrote the arrangements for thespectacular performance – which can be seen on YouTube – and had a click withthe brothers. “When I asked them if I could come and study their music, theytook me in for weeks. They are like rock stars in Crete. When I told themsomewhere on the island that I was staying with the Xylouris brothers, peoplealmost fell off their chairs,” says Schneemann.

In the summer, the brothers perform night after night. And everyoneparticipates in the parties where they play, Schneemann noted: “Grandpas andgrandmas, small children, teenagers with hooded sweaters, the local machos –they all dance. For me as an outsider that was a very romantic image. But Ialso saw that it could be intimidating: they had to keep playing, and they hadto stay within the lines of tradition.”

The role of music in the community is very different than in the Netherlands

Folk music is a common thread through Schneemann’s professional existence. Heis the son of classical musicians, he himself studied jazz piano at theAmsterdam Conservatory. But for his pleasure, he mainly listened to music fromother cultures, in which he found something he lacked in classical and jazz:“The music is very earthy, they are strong, simple melodies, often very old,that sound slightly different every time. . You hear life, that’s theattraction.”

After graduating, he founded the group Caravan, with drummer Jeroen Batterink,a fellow student, and the Syrian oud player Jawa Manla, whom he knew from hiswork as an arranger for the NBE. The project was a success, they touredextensively and the third album was released this spring, Caravan III. Thefourth member of Caravan, violinist Emmy Storms, also participates in IslandSongs. “Emmy can play anything from a classical violin concerto to jazz. ButIrish music is her great love. I liked that too, but thanks to her I startedto delve into it even more,” says Schneemann.

the pub

Because he had no contacts in Ireland, he had to rely on the internet – andthe pub. “That was no punishment,” laughs Schneemann, who drove around theentire island in a rental car. “In the past people used to come together athome to sing, nowadays it is mainly in the pub. As a child you get to know thetradition by being immersed in it.”

The Irish contribution to Island Songs comes – except for Emmy Storms – fromthe famous bodhran player John Joe Kelly. The bodhrán is a frame drum (kind oftambourine) that is played with a stick.

The melodies that Schneemann learned from his Greek and Irish colleagues formthe basis of Island Songs, supplemented by some new compositions. At home hepuzzled together arrangements, which he then taught his band members againduring countless Zoom sessions. “There is a plan, but nothing is on paper –that was the agreement from the start. At Caravan I have always written allthe music, but this is really a joint project. All musicians know the pieces,they embody the music. During rehearsals we will find out exactly how we aregoing to play.”

Kelly Osbourne knew something wasn’t right as she entered her third trimesterof pregnancy.

After urging her doctor to take a closer look at some of her symptoms whichincluded rapid weight gain, unusual fatigue and ankle swelling, Osbourne wasmet with a diagnosis she was hoping to never receive.

“First of all, gestational diabetes is not your fault,” Osbourne tells PEOPLEexclusively ahead of celebrating the first annual National No Sugar Day onOct. 3. “At first I thought it was something that I had done. I only gotdiagnosed with it well into my third trimester, so it wasn’t like I developedit as some people get it from the get-go when they’re pregnant. I got it in mythird trimester and basically, I thought it was something that I had donewrong.”

According to the CDC, gestational diabetes occurs when a pregnant woman’s bodycan’t make enough insulin, a hormone made by your pancreas that lets bloodsugar in. While all women have some insulin resistance, gestational diabetesaffects only 2%-10% of pregnacies.

After taking a deeper look at the way she was eating, Osbourne decided to makesome changes and began cutting out sugar and watching her carbohydrate intake.

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“This whole pregnancy, I’ve had no cravings except for sugar, which issomething I’ve never had before,” says the 37-year-old, who’s expecting herfirst baby with Slipknot’s Sid Wilson. “I wasn’t eating right.”

“The number one thing for me that I realized was taking me down was sugarydrinks and it was juice. Because even though I was drinking fresh pressedjuice, it still had a lot more sugar than I needed.”

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Once her new meal plan began taking its course, the mom-to-be noticed severalchanges almost instantly.

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“I’ve lost 10 pounds while pregnant,” the London native shares. “As soon as Icut the sugar out, I had a bit of a headache for a while. I’m not going tolie. It’s a bit of a shock to your system.”

“Overall, my skin cleared up. I don’t have to wear any makeup. My friends thathaven’t seen me since I started my third trimester, now that they see me,they’re like, ‘Whoa. What changed? Your skin is perfect,’ and I know thatsometimes that has to do with pregnancy, but I had pregnancy acne. I cut thesugar out and it completely went away. I think clearer.”

“I haven’t had to wear compression socks once since I cut the sugar out, whichis unreal for pregnancy,” she adds. “I just have more energy. I’m sleepingbetter. You don’t realize what it’s doing to you until you take it away is allI can say.”

As she nears the end of her pregnancy, Osbourne, who says she’s, “feelingreally good,” wants new moms everywhere to go easy on themselves if theyreceive the same diagnosis.

Kelly Osbourne gives weird glimpse at baby bump

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“I wish I had this kind of incentive prior because I’ve never been able tostick to anything a hundred percent the way that I have been doing thisbecause I’m not doing it for myself,” Osbourne says. “I’m doing it for mybaby. But I have learned — I can’t even begin to tell you the changes thatit’s made.”

Now that Osbourne has made adjustments to her everyday lifestyle, she’s vowedto continue cutting out sugar alongside the No Sugar Company in hopes ofhelping others with the launch of the new holiday.

“We are thrilled to partner with Kelly Osbourne to help educate and cometogether to join No Sugar Company in the pledge to cut over 1 million grams ofsugar during the month of October from the 84 billion pounds that are consumedannually throughout the US,” CEO of No Sugar Company and Joyburst, BradWoodgate, says. “I’m excited that National No Sugar Day will be a recognizedday that will be celebrated Internationally.”

Tom Hardy is one of those actors who is just as good at picking great roles ashe is at playing them. These are the eight best movies with Hardy, ranked byIMDb rating. We also tell you where to stream them.

The British actor has already worked with some of today’s greatest directorswhen he’s not winning martial arts tournaments.

The best Tom Hardy movies

But with a career spanning more than two decades, it can be difficult to knowwhere to start when it comes to body of work.

That’s why we’ve made a list of Hardy’s eight best movies, ranked by IMDbrating. From his breakthrough role in Black Hawk Down to his recent role asVenom in Sony’s Marvel films: these are the films that have made Hardy one ofthe most beloved actors in Hollywood.

8. Wuthering Heights (2009)

Tom Hardy has done more than rock hard action. You wouldn’t expect him in anadaptation of Jane Austen, but he really played a part in Wuthering Heights, from 2009, with which we kick off this list. Infatuation, jealousy, revengeand an impossible love: the film has all the classic romantic and dramaelements you would expect from Jane Austen. You know the recipe: if you loveit, this is an absolute must-watch.

Wuthering Heights is unfortunately nowhere to stream at the time of writing.Keep an eye on Film.nl to check where you can buy it.

IMDb Score: 7.5

7. Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007)

Tom Hardy has not only played in expensive blockbusters. meet Stuart: A LifeBackwards, probably the only movie on this list that doesn’t look familiar toyou. Still, it’s worth checking out, because it’s a gripping film aboutfriendship and dealing with trauma. The film follows writer Alexander Masters(Benedict Cumberbatch) as he reflects on the life of his unlikely friend,Stuart (Tom Hardy), a homeless alcoholic. The film is based on the true eventsand shows how two people can find each other in the most unlikely ofcircumstances.

Stuart: A Life Backwards can now be seen on HBO Max IMDb Score: 7.7

6. Dunkirk (2017)

Christopher Nolan loves Tom Hardy. You will encounter his films more often inthis list. But now we’ve come to Dunkirk, one of the best war films of thepast twenty years. Dunkirk is about the allied soldiers who were surroundedby the German army at Dunkirk, in 1940, and last minute were still evacuatedduring a fierce battle. A special film, especially because of the lack ofplot, which you would prefer to see in the cinema. With, yes, a role for TomHardy.

Dunkirk can now be seen on Pathé Thuis and HBO Max IMDb Score: 7.8

5. The Revenant (2015)

The Revenant is a true masterpiece by director Alejandro G. Inarritu. Thefilm won three Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Bee TheRevenant Of course, you immediately think of Leonardo DiCaprio, who isabsolutely magical in the lead role as Hugh Glass, who is left for dead by hishunting team after being attacked by a bear. But don’t forget that Tom Hardyalso appears in the credits of this beautiful film.

The Revenant is now available on Disney+, Prime Video and Videoland IMDb Score: 8.0

4. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

It’s been seven years since Mad Max: Fury Road came out. A rollercoasterride of a film that has no equal. Luckily we get a sequel. But before that,we’re going back with Tom Hardy to that post-apocalyptic wasteland, wherepeople rebel against a tyrannical ruler. The insane action that follows isunforgettable.

Mad Max: Fury Road can now be seen on Pathé Thuis, Netflix, HBO Max andVideoland IMDb Score: 8.1

3. Warrior (2011)

warrior is a film about two brothers who face each other in a mixed martialarts tournament. The youngest brother, played by Tom Hardy, is trained by hisfather, played by Nick Nolte. The older brother, played by Joel Edgerton, isestranged from his family and has his own problems. It is arguably the bestfighting film of the past twenty years.

warrior can now be seen on Pathé Thuis and Netflix IMDb Score: 8.2

2. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

‘ The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 epic crime film directed by ChristopherNolan. A filmmaker with whom Tom Hardy, spoiler, also made his best film.Eight years after the Joker terror attack, Batman is forced out of exile tosave Gotham City from the guerrilla terrorist Bane. With a strong castincluding Christian Bale, Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway, _The Dark Knight Rises_a visually beautiful and brutal film that you will not soon forget.’

The Dark Knight Rises can now be seen on Pathé Thuis and HBO Max

IMDb Score: 8.4

1. Inception

Christopher Nolan’s oeuvre is impressive and extensive, but Inception isperhaps his best work. This film is about a thief who steals business secretsusing dream exchange technology. But when he’s tasked with planting an idea ina CEO’s mind, his tragic past threatens to jeopardize the project and histeam. A top film with an IMDb score of 8.8, which you certainly don’t want tomiss.

Inception can now be seen on Pathé Thuis, Netflix and HBO Max

More than 1 billion streams on Spotify, just as many viewers on YouTube andmore than five million copies of a single sold: Gangsta ‘s Paradise canrightly be called one of the greatest hip-hop songs in history. With the deathof Coolio, the rapper who made the song in 1995, the artist and the song aretrending again 27 years later.

By Lara Zevenberg

The music scene of the 1990s was heavily influenced by rappers such as 2Pacand Notorious BIG. The influences of Coolio and his colleagues can still beheard in music that comes out now. Coolio’s biggest hit has been influenced bya soul and R&B legend. Gangsta ‘s Paradise uses parts of the melody andlyrics of Stevie Wonders Pasttime Paradise from 1976.

Gangsta ‘s Paradise _was written by Coolio, LV and producer Doug Rasheed forthe film’s soundtrack _Dangerous Minds. In the 1995 film, Michelle Pfeifferplays a teacher who goes to work at a high school in a troubled Californianeighborhood. Coolio was looking for a song that would represent the strugglesof children from a neighborhood where economic problems and racism play amajor role and came across the demo by singer LV

Stevie Wonder didn’t immediately give the green light

“It’s like Gangsta ‘s Paradise _there had to come. That it wanted to live,that it wanted to be born. And that I just had to get the message across,”Coolio later said about the writing process. He freestyled the first lines ofthe song, after which he finished the song in one session. _Gangsta ‘sParadise not without a struggle: Stevie Wonder still had to give approval.

The singer was not happy when he heard the first version. Wonder is not a fanof swearing and Coolio had quite a few swear words in that first version.”When Stevie Wonder heard it, he said there’s no chance I’ll have my song usedin a gangster song,” Coolio said in an interview with Rolling Stone.

At the request of Stevie Wonder, the rapper rewrote the song. “He didn’t likesome of the more obscene words I used. I used the N-word and in two places itsaid something like ‘ fucked in the ass ‘. If I didn’t change that, hewouldn’t put his signature. So I changed that. And once he heard the newversion, he loved it.”

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Number 1 hit in fourteen countries

And Stevie Wonder wasn’t alone. Coolio scored a number 1 hit in fourteencountries, including the Netherlands. In Australia, the song was at number 1on the charts for fourteen weeks, a record. It wasn’t until 22 years laterthat that record was broken by Ed Sheerans Shape of You.

The rapper was showered with awards. He won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Soloand an MTV Video Music Award for the clip accompanying the song. In 2019,_Gangsta ‘s Paradise _Named one of the top 20 songs of the 1990s by Billboard.

“You know what _Gangsta ‘s Paradise _has done, other than that it sold well?It gave me a place in the world. It gave me the guarantee that I could tourwell into my sixties, if I wanted to. It’s been really good for me and it’staken me to places that most rappers, no matter how big they get, will nevergo. You won’t be seeing Fetty Wap of Future in Pakistan or Uzbekistan anytimesoon, are you?”

Coolio was born twenty years after the release of Gangsta ‘s Paradise stillreminded daily of its success. “I still have people who approach me on thestreet and tell me that it has helped them through difficult times. That ithas changed their lives. That is why I see the number as a gift. It hasnothing to do with me, but with the person who is listening to it at the time.It has to do with all people, everywhere.”