Month: May 2023

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Padma Lakshmi Makes Her SI Swimsuit Debut

Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi will be featured in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s 2023 issue. 

Lakshmi, who began her modeling career in college, had a daylong shoot in Dominica with photographer Yu Tsai to capture her dazzling debut. Becoming an SI Swimsuit model is yet another accomplishment Lakshmi can add to her growing list of accolades. 

You can see five incredible photos from the shoot over at SI Swim.

“Mother, author, activist, TV host, Emmy-nominated producer, philanthropist and now, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model. Padma’s list of accomplishments is as stunning as she is, and it’s an absolute honor to feature her in the 2023 issue,” SI Swimsuit editor-in-chief MJ Day said. “The importance of Padma’s presence here is multifold. She is here because she feels better than ever both inside and out. At 52, she has curated a life that represents who she authentically is: a powerful, beautiful, brilliant, accomplished woman in her prime. She can make the world look and listen and is here to remind us all that women can be all of these things and feel sexy AF. We will let the photos speak for themselves.”

Yu Tsai

Along with the coveted title of SI Swimsuit model, Lakshmi is also an actress, New York Times best-selling author, philanthropist, activist, culinary personality and mother. She produces and hosts Bravo’s Top Chef in addition to hosting and serving as an executive producer for Hulu’s Taste the Nation. Lakshmi is also the author of a best-selling children’s book, Tomatoes for Neela, as well as a memoir and multiple cookbooks. Lakshmi is the co-founder of Endometriosis Foundation of America and was appointed United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador in 2019. 

As for her shoot with SI Swimsuit, Lakshmi praised the experience.

“From the first conversation to the fitting to every interaction I’ve had with MJ and everyone, they said this is about you feeling good and your comfort level,” Lakshmi says. “I want everybody to see this pictorial and understand that sometimes a whole new phase that’s even more exciting than anything you’ve ever experienced before can happen well over 40.”

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Author: SI News Desk

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie has made a cool $1 billion

A dragon-like tortoise with its arms reached out to grasp a glowing star.
Bowser gazing at a Super Star. | Image: Universal

The writing’s been on the wall basically from the moment The Super Mario Bros. Movie first hit theaters, but after weeks of sitting comfortably at the top of the domestic box office, Universal, Illumination, and Nintendo’s big movie collaboration has officially made $1 billion.

It’s been less than a full month since co-directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie premiered, but in those few short weeks, the project’s already raked in a cool $490 million domestically and $532 million internationally, making it the fifth pandemic-era movie to cross the $1 billion mark. Given how the film only just opened in markets including South Korea and Japan within the past few days, it’s all but assured to make quite a…

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Author: Charles Pulliam-Moore

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A Mic’d Up Kyle Schwarber Had the Perfect Response to a Play Gone Wrong During Live ESPN Interview

The ESPN Sunday Night Baseball broadcast has been putting mics on players and interviewing them live during games, which is not only a fun way for viewers to get more into the game—but it can also lead to some pretty funny moments. 

That happened in the Philadelphia-Houston game Sunday night when Phillies left fielder Kyle Schwarber was talking with the booth during the bottom of the second inning. A fly ball was hit Schwarber’s way while he was chatting, and he tried to make a play on it but things did not go well at all. 

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Yup, we need more live mics on baseball players.

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Author: Andy Nesbitt