Bella Thorne has gone against tradition — sort of — by proposing to her fiancée, Mark Emms, sa year after his initial proposal to her.

The Disney Channel alum posted a video of the proposal on Instagram, captioning it: “3 years ago we met, 1 year later he proposed, Now 1 year later so did I.”

The clip showed an apartment covered in candles and flowers as Thorne got down on one knee and asked Emms to marry her. The post was followed by subsequent angles of the clip and photos of the two posing in front of heart-shaped balloons.

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However, the comments were split between whether or not a woman should be proposing to a man to begin with.

“Ok ladies let’s not normalise this, okay?” one commenter wrote, being against the idea of a woman proposing.

‘3 years ago we met, 1 year later he proposed, Now 1 year later so did I,’ Thorne captioned her proposal post on social media (Getty Images)

Other commenters were confused as to why Thorne chose to propose to Emms a second time when he had proposed to her over one year ago. “If he already proposed why did you do it lol I’m confused,” one person questioned in the comments.

“He literally already proposed to her. why are y’all like this ?” another commenter agreed.

There were some comments, however, that thought the re-proposal was romantic. “Comments failed. girl power i love you for this,” one person commented while another agreed, writing, “This is so romantic what is wrong with yall.”

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The Blended actor later addressed the debate unfolding in her comments section in an Instagram Story.

“The comments on my post are hilarious!!” she wrote on top of a photo of Emms snuggling with a dog. “Totally split down the middle. Half of u are like let’s not normalize proposing to your partner — other half is like f*** yeah girl power this is the sweetest!!”

Thorne originally announced her engagement to Emms in 2023 as she shared a romantic picture of her TV producer fiancé hugging her as she held her diamond engagement ring up to show the camera.

“My love,” she captioned the Instagram post at the time, which also included a series of photographs of her with Emms throughout their nine-month relationship. In one photo, Emms was wearing a wig that matched the colour of Thorne’s signature red hair.

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The pair met in 2022 on the beach in Ibiza at supermodel Cara Delevingne’s birthday party.

Thorne told Vogue that it was “love at first sight as the sun rose.”

Prior to her relationship with the producer, she was previously engaged to her Time Is Up co-star Benjamin Mascolo. She announced the engagement in March 2021, but the pair’s split was reported in June 2022.

Kseniya Alexandrova, a Russian model and TV personality who competed in the 2017 Miss Universe competition, has died. She was 30.

Alexandrova died on Aug. 12, her modeling agency, Modus Vivendis, confirmed in an emotional Instagram post on Aug. 13. A cause of death was not disclosed.

“Kseniya was bright, talented, and extraordinarily bright,” the agency said. “She knew how to inspire, support, and give warmth to everyone around her. For us, she will forever remain a symbol of beauty, kindness, and inner strength.”

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According to Russian media, Alexandrova died in a car accident while she and her husband were traveling on the M9 highway, Alexandrova’s spouse told RIA Novosti. The couple reportedly collided head-on with a moose that had entered the road, and Alexandrova sustained a blow to the head.

Alexandrova and her husband, whose name was not disclosed, were married in March, the model announced in an April 2 Instagram post.

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USA TODAY has reached out to Modus Vivendis and the Miss Universe Organization for comment.

Born in Moscow, Alexandrova represented her hometown in the 2017 Miss Russia competition and won first runner-up. The previous year, the model graduated from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, where she earned a finance degree.

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Following her Miss Russia success, Alexandrova went on to compete in the 2017 Miss Universe competition after Miss Russia winner, Polina Popova, opted to compete in the Miss World competition.

Kseniya Alexandrova competes during the 2017 Miss Universe pageant at The Axis at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on Nov. 26, 2017.

“I want people all around the world to believe in themselves and to always have a dream,” said Alexandrova in an interview during the competition, translated from Russian. “We should be strong and believe in ourselves and never give up on our dreams. In this world, everything is possible.”

In an Aug. 14 statement shared to its official social media channels, the Miss Universe Organization paid tribute to the late beauty pageant alum, offering the “deepest and most heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and everyone whose life was touched by the light of Miss Universe Russia 2017.”

In addition to her success in the modeling world, Alexandrova continued her studies after her Miss Universe stint. In a November 2022 Instagram post, Alexandrova shared that she was a practicing psychodrama therapist.

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“Her grace, beauty, and spirit left an unforgettable mark on the Miss Universe family and beyond,” the Miss Universe Organization concluded. “May her memory continue to inspire kindness, strength, and love in all those who were fortunate enough to know her.”

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Former Miss Universe contestant Kseniya Alexandrova dies at 30

Welcome back to another roundup of the funniest tweets by women! This week, most kids went back to school. For the rest of us, it was just another day at work — but we got through it! So, it’s time to enjoy some top-tier comedy.

We’ve rounded up the best jokes from Bluesky, Threads, and X…noting that we can’t endorse the latter, but we are pleased to bring you the comical relief that can still be found on the platform, free of the surrounding chaos. PS: Be sure to give these funny women a follow!

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Terence Stamp, the English actor who played the arch-villain General Zod in the original Superman films, has died at the age of 87.

In a career that spanned six decades, the Oscar-nominated actor starred in films including The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Far From the Madding Crowd and Valkyrie.

Stamp died on Sunday morning, his family said in a statement to Reuters news agency.

“He leaves behind an extraordinary body of work, both as an actor and a writer that will continue to touch people for years to come,” they said.

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Bafta said it was “saddened” to hear of Stamp’s death and highlighted his two Bafta nominations in 1963 and 1995.

His Superman co-star Sarah Douglas described him as “beyond gorgeous and talented”.

“So saddened to learn that Terence has left us,” she wrote on Instagram.

“I learnt so very much from him. What a start to my career to have spent so many months in his company.

“My love and heartfelt condolences to all who cared for him. What a loss.”

Born in Stepney, east London, to working-class parents on 22 July 1938, Stamp attended grammar school before pursuing a career in advertising.

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After securing a scholarship for drama school, he shot to fame in the 1960s, making his debut playing the titular role in Billy Budd, a 1962 film about a naive young seaman in the 18th century.

His performance earnt him an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor and a Golden Globe for best newcomer.

He went on to make a name for himself as a villain, with stand-out performances in Superman and Superman II as General Zod, kidnapper Freddie Clegg in The Collector, and Sergeant Troy in Far From the Madding Crowd.

During his heyday in the 1960s, Stamp was known for his good looks, fashion sense and high-profile girlfriends, including actress Julie Christie – who he later starred alongside in Far From the Madding Crowd – and supermodel Jean Shrimpton.

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His relationship with Christie only lasted a year but was immortalised by the Kinks in the song Waterloo Sunset with the line “Terry meets Julie”, believed to reference the pair.

Stamp with Jean Shrimpton at the British premiere of The Collector in 1965 [Getty Images]

Stamp was approached to replace Sean Connery when he relinquished his role as James Bond, but said his radical ideas about how he could interpret the character put off producer Harry Saltzman.

“I think my ideas about it put the frighteners on Harry,” he said. “I didn’t get a second call from him.”

He spent some time in Italy, working with directors Pier Paolo Pasolini and Federico Fellini, but found his star had faded when he returned to London at the end of the 1960s.

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“When the 1960s ended, I think because I’d been so identified with it, I kind of ended as well,” he later told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.

“I thought if I could be good looking, and I could be successful and I could be famous, everything would be solved. And when it all kind of came to an end, I thought to myself there’s been a lot of fun but there hasn’t been any real, deep internal satisfaction.”

He moved away from acting for a while, buying a round-the-world ticket and ending up in India where he studied yoga and spent time living in a spiritual retreat.

Despite describing the decision as “epic”, Stamp admitted he was “distraught”.

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“I never imagined this would happen,” he told Desert Island Discs. “I always thought after six months or so some great part would come up and nothing did.”

That opportunity finally arrived in 1976 when he was offered his most high-profile role as General Zod in the first Superman film.

Returning to the silver screen, the following decades saw dozens of appearances in films including Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, A Song for Marion, Wall Street, The Adjustment Bureau and Last Night in Soho.

“My only regrets,” he told Desert Island Discs, “are the films that I passed on because I was fearful.” Noting Camelot and Romeo and Juliet with Audrey Hepburn, he added that he would “like to have them in my canon”.

One of his most celebrated and notable performances came in 1994 when he played a transgender woman in the Australian film, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – earning him BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations.

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Stamp was reportedly onboard to return for a sequel to Priscilla, director Stephan Elliott confirmed last year.

Elliott described the then 85-year-old Stamp as the “fittest man I’ve ever met in my life” who “has never drunk and basically eats grass”.

“It took him a long time to think about it until he got there,” he told The Guardian, “but eventually he said to me, ‘You know what? You’re right. We’re not finished yet. The story is untold.'”

Stephen Colbert is “too talented and too essential to go away,” Conan O’Brien said Saturday night as he was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. “It’s not going to happen,” O’Brien added near the end of a lengthy and emotional speech celebrating the occasion.

Colbert will “evolve and shine brighter than ever in a new format that he controls completely,” O’Brien insisted. And “technology can do whatever they want” in terms of changing the landscape of television, even “make a television pill.”

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“It can make television shows a high protein, chewable, vanilla-flavored capsule with added fiber. It still won’t matter,” O’Brien continued. “If the stories are good, if the performances are honest and inspired, if the people making it are brave and of good will, then somewhere, two weird siblings huddled in their crowded living room just off Route 9 outside Boston are going to be moved.”

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O’Brien began his speech by recalling a childhood spent with his brother Neil, an unabashed fan of TV. And though “streaming changes the pipeline” through which series are delivered into homes and minds, he said, “the connection, the talent, the ideas that come into our homes, I think it’s as potent as ever.”

The late night host pointed to the audience as proof positive, and cited series like “Severance” and “Andor” to support his point. The reality of TV in 2025 is that “it’s all electrifying a new generation of viewers.”

“Yes, late night television as we have known it since around 1950 is doing to disappear,” O’Brien admitted, “but those voices aren’t going anywhere.”

Colbert announced the end of his late show in mid-July. Since then late night ratings have surged, and Colbert has managed to get in a few jokes that surprised even his audience.

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