Regardless of all of the cons of getting older, the party is without doubt one of the finest issues about including one other 12 months to your life. Forcing a bunch of Chili’s servers to sing a knock-off model of Completely satisfied Birthday to me whereas I blow out a candle on a crumbling molten lava cake? Perfection. However some birthdays are higher than others. To make retired school dean and Canine lover Dr. Robert Moore’s Huge 100 additional particular, his household devised a crafty plan: host a canine parade!

To assist coordinate the parade, the household requested the neighborhood to participate. They thought they’d solely get just a few canines to affix in as a result of when was the final time your neighbor did something good for you? Nevertheless, it appears to be like like folks love birthdays and parades as a result of everybody and their canine confirmed up! through People:

Nevertheless, to their astonishment, practically 200 canine of all styles and sizes got here to want Dr. Moore a cheerful birthday, based on NBC Bay Space. The canine have been wearing costumes starting from tuxedos to cowboy hats. Some arrived in traditional automobiles.

Traditional automobiles? These are some fancy ass canine!

Dr. Moore was overjoyed by the canine procession and petted each canine that got here by. Many canine attendees introduced items for the person — cupcakes, flowers, posters, and drawings. The 100-year-old — identified to household and buddies as “the canine whisperer” — might title all of the breeds.

“My father, he was so touched. He pet [sic] each single canine that got here by means of. Each particular person introduced the canine as much as him. It was so pretty,” Moore’s daughter, Alison Moore, instructed NBC Bay Space.

“That is most likely the most important factor that’s occurred in our household that’s given us probably the most pleasure,” his different daughter, Vickie, added.

You may see clips of the parade right here:

Now my chain restaurant celebration appears pale compared to this birthday bash. I suppose subsequent 12 months I can ask my neighbors to placed on canine present for me, nevertheless it’s doubtless the one response I’ll obtain is, “Bitch, you’re virtually 40! Manage your personal boring get together!”

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After getting hit with a shock divorce papers in early Might, Kevin Costner goes by means of the standard messy drama ritual that each celeb should undergo when splitting with their associate. First, there’s hypothesis that his estranged spouse, Christine Baumgartner, is leaving as a result of Kevin is a serial cheater. Then Christine determined she’s not leaving their home regardless of no matter a foolish prenup says. Then some imprecise information surfaced that Kevin’s ex-tenant, Daniel Starr, was kicked out due to some combat between the Yellowstone star and David that concerned Christine. Now Christine is airing out all the main points behind how Kevin spends his paychecks, presumably to obtain higher spousal assist. She’s after that Waterworld cash!

The couple signed a prenup 19 years in the past, however Christine is having none of it. To combat the “restricted” spousal assist she is ready to obtain, she outlined in court docket how a lot precisely Kevin is raking in and what he’s spending it on. Spoiler alert: dude has a ton of high-priced homes. In line with Page Six:

Costner, 68, earned a complete of $19,517,064.32 earlier than taxes as a result of earnings he accrued from TV and movie initiatives, leases and social safety, per the paperwork.

The “Bodyguard” star and his household, nevertheless, spent $11,921,543.89 in bills final yr. The longtime actor’s internet earnings in 2022 was simply over $7.5 million.

A big portion of Costner’s lavish spending went to his three houses, together with a property in Santa Barbara, Calif., famous as “Padaro Lane” within the data, a home in Aspen, Colo., and a 3rd titled “Seaside Home.”

I like that along with the insane amount of cash he in all probability makes from residuals from the smash hit The Postman; he’s additionally getting that authorities examine. The measly $2K month-to-month from social safety might be sufficient to cowl a complete day of grocery buying! The court docket submitting particulars that Kevin spends a lot of his fortune sustaining his many houses.

Every property required a protracted record of bills — presumably as a result of sustaining their repairs.

The house in Carpinteria, Calif., in Santa Barbara County required greater than $70,000 in gardeners’ charges, greater than $20,000 in repairs and upkeep and almost $200,00 in property taxes, amongst different prices.

The entire cash spent on his Aspen, Colo., dwelling in 2022 was almost $2 million, and consisted of a $91,999 wage for his ranch supervisor, $170,533 for different staff, $34,732 in gardener’s charges, $21,807 for spa companies, almost $20,000 in cleansing companies and extra.

The “Seaside Home” was the least costly, costing Costner $1,178,147 in bills for 2022.

No less than the seaside home is a modest spend! Costner additionally reportedly spent virtually $500,000 on seaside membership dues, $12,851 on a private coach, and $830,000 on items. He additionally obtained hit with 1000’s in bank card charges, exhibiting that everybody is horrible at paying these issues on time. To move off Christine coming after the Yellowstone fortune, Kevin allegedly tried to pay her off.

Baumgartner argued within the new court docket paperwork that Costner allegedly tried to deposit $1 million into her checking account to allegedly “pressure” her into conceding to the phrases of her “restricted” spousal assist of their premarital settlement.

“I can not make this concession, don’t settle for cost, and instructed our monetary accountant Francis Shelley to return the funds to Kevin,” she added.

From the appears to be like of issues, this divorce goes to pull out. I’d in all probability ask for extra if I spent 19 years with Kevin Costner. That alone is not less than price TWO seaside homes!

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Oh, how the mighty B has fallen! Within the span of just a few years, Bethenny Frankel has gone from getting paid to battle with the Actual Housewives Of New York on our TV screens to now preventing with random individuals on social media free of charge. Bethenny posted a video on her Instagram displaying off her supersized, meaty engagement ring from her fiancé Paul Bernon, which, in these attempting instances when shopping for eggs makes you appear like a excessive curler, no person desires to see that shit! However regardless of how many individuals known as out Bethenny’s tone-deaf put up, she didn’t need to hear that shit.

Bethenny doubled down on her option to put up the video by trolling her peeved-off feedback part, and with each snarky comment, And Simply Like That… writers grew an increasing number of justified of their shade in direction of her through the latest episode the place Carrie Bradshaw confesses she, “nearly purchased a home within the Hamptons six instances however all the time discovered a motive to not,” to which her good friend responds, “Was that motive all the time Bethenny Frankel?” 

Right here’s what went down, based on People:

The put up, soundtracked to Angel Laketa Moore’s TikTok-viral “One Margarita,” described performing sexual acts that turn out to be extra excessive for every margarita the rapper drinks. Within the video, Frankel jokingly changed alcohol with the phrase “carats.”

Whereas it was meant as a lighthearted technique to exhibit her jewellery, some didn’t take it evenly.

“This makes me sick,” one lady wrote, earlier than explaining that she was a single mom and that “the wealthy simply hold getting richer and the center class hold getting f—– right down to the poor.. however by all means Mrs. Frankel you completely DESERVE this.”

Frankel responded: “Then you must perhaps do one thing and assist some individuals…. Go to a shelter.”

Right here’s a close-up of the rock:

‘Out of contact’ Bethenny Frankel dragged for flaunting large engagement ring: ‘Wealth Whispers’ pic.twitter.com/w6K1pNoYyG

— Web page Six (@PageSix) June 22, 2023

Whereas she made her level and will’ve stopped there, she bounced from remark to remark to defend this ring that weighs greater than her:

Frankel’s feedback didn’t cease there, as she additionally inspired others to discover a “humorousness,” reminded them they have been commenting beneath an “engagement put up,” and accused one consumer of being “jealous” after they wrote that “massive rings don’t make good marriages.”

“Sorry you’re jealous. Really feel higher. However 👏👏👏 for the engagement. You’re shopping for me one other ring.”

Bethenny can rant for days, weeks, and months with out taking a breath about how filtered and shallow social media is, and as soon as called out Kylie Jenner for posting her daughter Stormi carrying a $12,000 Hermes backpack, remarking, “I’m no stranger to an @Hermes_Paris bag & have a daughter & luxurious vehicles, however flaunting (beneath the guise of a again to high school put up) throughout a pandemic & the best unemployment disaster in our lifetime is a selection.” However when she posts one thing out of contact, all of the sudden everybody’s simply “jealous.” (Shrugs) Is sensible!

However in case you ask me, the actual fake pas is shelling out all that cash for a cheesy, lopsided ring that appears prefer it was popped out of a capsule from a toy merchandising machine!

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Shanghai was the venue for the launch of Chinese language streaming agency iQiyi’s newest enterprise into Digital Actuality.

Its ‘Luoyang VR Challenge’ is a studio-based expertise wherein customers are invited to expertise as much as 12 completely different leisure zones within the historical metropolis of Luoyang in Henan province. Requiring headsets and utilizing a bodily house of some 300 sq. metres, the set-up stimulates the bodily expertise of excessive winds, waterfalls and explosions.

IQiyi described the challenge as “the primary try within the VR {industry} to combine completely different components from immersive theatre, VR, and authentic IP,” and mentioned that it leverages “inside-out monitoring” expertise and different industry-leading, sensory-simulation strategies to construct in automobiles, boats, carriages, and different props. “The upshot is a extremely sensible surroundings that totally immerses the viewers within the story,” the corporate mentioned.

The challenge has attracted greater than 5,000 customers to this point and can later relocate to Luoyang itself after which Beijing.

IQiyi made its first transfer into VR in 2018 when it established its Dreamverse studio and commenced creating its first offline challenge. In 2020, Dreamverse started curating VR tasks and fully-immersive experiences.

“The Chinese language content material market supplies a bunch of wonderful IPs, however the {industry} remains to be initially of harnessing the complete potential of those Ips,” mentioned Zhang Cling, senior VP of iQiyi. “The ‘Luoyang VR Challenge’ exhibits how incorporating technological improvements and a localized method to exploring VR commercialization, authentic IP-based tasks increase each the content material market and cultural consumption at giant.”

Hu Shihui, founder and CEO of metaverse-themed park X-META, iQiyi’s companion and offline operator of the challenge, identified along with a extremely immersive “in-theatre” expertise, the challenge additionally generates person curiosity by incorporating eating and alternatives for dressing up in costumes and photoshoots.

Constructing on the momentum of the Luoyang VR Challenge, iQiyi expects to launch three shorter interactive expertise tasks together with “Mars Rescue,” “Kunlun Maze” and “Apocalyptic Journey” on the finish of June. These tasks goal explicit viewers segments—resembling {couples}.