Hilary Duff (Houston, USA, 34 years old) literally and metaphorically stripped naked for Women’s Health magazine. The How I Met Your Father actress has spoken candidly about the complicated relationship she’s had with her body over the years. He did it in the US version of the magazine last May and has now done it again for the Australian edition. In the latter, Duff has admitted that the “terrible” pressure of being a certain height as a teenager led her to deal with an eating disorder at the age of 17. Now, she says, she’s reached a point where she fully accepts her body, whether it meets Hollywood standards or not.

Hilary Duff rose to fame at the age of 14 when the Disney Chanel series Lizzie McGuire (2001-2004) aired. Despite only having two seasons and one movie, the fiction gained worldwide fame and turned its protagonist into a teen idol. So much so that today, 20 years later, a new season is being prepared. Simultaneously and always connected to the Disney universe, Duff launched a successful music career.

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During that time, the star explains, he began to become obsessed with his body. “Because of my career, I couldn’t help but think, ‘I’m in front of the camera and the actresses are skinny.’ It was awful,” he told the magazine.

The actress has returned to the limelight in recent months thanks to the sitcom How I Met Your Father (available in Spain on Disney+). But as he says, he now knows how to deal with media attention with greater composure and has developed a new relationship with his body. “I think the older I get, the more confident I am. My body comes in many different shapes and sizes, and I am primarily fascinated by being a woman. And also all the changes your body can go through over the course of life,” he explained.

Duff gave this interview to a magazine specializing in sports and physical well-being. Her statements are accompanied by photos of the actress nude (in the American version) and in a bathing suit (in the Australian version) with a body that perfectly fits Hollywood standards. His profile is rounded off by statements from his personal trainer, who praises his performance in sport. “I value my health, I do activities that make me strong instead of just improving my looks,” the actress explains to the magazine. “I spend time with people who make me feel good and who share similar beliefs about health and body positivity, get enough sleep, and eat a balanced diet.”

So the story Hilary Duff tells in the magazine is not so much that of a person who has given up conforming to the standards of a normative body, but rather that of a person who has overcome an eating disorder. She still takes care of herself, she explains, but she’s not obsessed like she was as a teenager. “I think at 34 I’ve gained a lot of respect for my body. It took me everywhere I needed to go. It helped me build a beautiful family,” explains the actress. Duff has three children. The first, nine-year-old Luca, was the result of her first marriage to former hockey player Mike Comrie, from whom she split in 2014. The next two, Violet, three, and Mae Mae, one, were with her current husband, musician Matthew Koma, whom she married two years ago. “I love this chaos,” he told People magazine a few months ago about his large family. “Even if I have help because I work a lot and have babysitters, sometimes it’s never enough. And the kids always want their mom, it seems like I’m the only one in the room.”

Ready for Ole! Glamorous partners of the Spain squad enjoy a night out before the team’s World Cup match against Morocco

By Jessica Green For Web

Published: 14:08 GMT, December 6, 2022 | Updated: 14:29 GMT, 6 December 2022

They’ve supported their football partners throughout their World Cup run in Qatar – but it seems Spain’s WAGS needed a little time to themselves this week.

The glamorous girlfriends and wives enjoyed a night out in Doha ahead of the team’s game against Morocco tonight.

Beatriz Espejel, wife of Atletico Madrid star Koke, shared a group photo of the WAGS enjoying their evening together on Instagram.

Dressed in all their finery, the 11 partners put on a show in style over a meal in Qatar’s capital at Spanish restaurant Tatel Doha, where a T-bone steak costs around £220.

The glamorous girlfriends and wives of Spain’s World Cup team enjoyed a night out in Doha ahead of the team’s game against Morocco tonight

The picture was simply captioned: “Spanish girls team night out! #fifaworldcup #qatar2022.’

The picture was simply captioned: “Spanish girls team night out! #fifaworldcup #qatar2022.’

Among the participants of WAGS were Romarey Ventura, Elena Galera, Alice Campello and Daphne Canizares, partners of Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Alvaro Morata and Dani Carvajal.

Pau Torres’ girlfriend Paula Batet was also in the snap, alongside Pablo Sarabia’s partner Carmen Mora and Marco Asensio’s other half Sandra Garal.

Marta Marchena, girlfriend of Carlos Soler, and Marcos Llorente’s partner Patricia Charlotte also attended, as did Sira Martinez, girlfriend of Ferran Torres and daughter of manager Luis Enrique.

Beatriz Espejel (pictured), wife of Atletico Madrid star Koke, took to Instagram to share a group photo of the WAGS enjoying their night out together

Marta Marchena, girlfriend of Carlos Soler, and Marcos Llorente’s partner Patricia Charlotte also attended, as did Sira Martinez (pictured) – girlfriend of Ferran Torres and daughter of manager Luis Enrique

The lavish restaurant chain Tatel has branches in Madrid, Ibiza, Beverly Hills and Mexico City.

The WAGS will show their support for the team in the stands today as they watch Spain play Morocco at the Education City Stadium, one of the arenas built specifically for the tournament in Doha.

Morocco have pushed through against the odds to reach the round of 16 – having won a tricky group with Belgium and Croatia – although unfortunately they still faced a tough knockout game against Spain.

Luis Enrique’s men could only finish second in their Group E as Japan stunned them with first place – and Hakim Ziyech and co will be confident their esteemed opponents can be beaten.

Pau Torres’ girlfriend Paula Batet was also in the snap alongside Pablo Sarabia’s partner Carmen Mora and Marco Asensio’s other half Sandra Garal (pictured).

Spain scared their World Cup rivals with a 7-0 win over Costa Rica in their opening game but have since stuttered with a 1-1 draw with Germany and a 2-1 defeat by Japan.

Morocco, on the other hand, were undefeated in Group F as they drew 0-0 with Croatia, then beat Belgium 2-0 and beat Canada 2-1.

These two teams last played each other in the group stage of the 2018 World Cup, which game ended 2-2.

A prominent Republican senator is threatening to withhold all Defense Department nominations over senior leaders’ decision to provide furlough and travel expenses to help troops access abortion services.

The move comes as senior Pentagon officials raise concerns about several vacant senior positions, including the assistant secretary of defense for personnel and reserve affairs, a key post in recruiting and retention efforts, and the assistant secretary of defense for acquisition and retention, a key post for oversight of Stockpiles of weapons sent to Ukraine.

In a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday, Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville — a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee — said the move was intended to force military leaders to provide a rationale for the decision, which he said appears politically motivated . A briefing on this subject was scheduled for last month but was cancelled.

“This unprofessional behavior does not reflect well on your office or the Department of Defense,” Tuberville wrote. “Unfortunately, I expected this kind of delay and obfuscation from the Pentagon.”

A Tuberville office staffer said the senator will lift his grip after the briefing has taken place and any questions about the policy have been adequately answered.

At least nine senior Defense Department nominees are awaiting a full-chamber vote for confirmation, including Lester Martinez-Lopez, President Joe Biden’s pick for assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, and Radha Iyengar Plumb, the nominee for the earning and maintaining post.

In addition, the nominations of Nickolas Guertin for Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Ronald Keohane for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Reserve Affairs are pending before the Armed Services Committee.

The Pentagon Legislative Affairs team has been lobbying to ensure that nominations at least continue since lawmakers returned to Washington after the midterm elections.

Earlier last month, Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters that Congress has lagged behind in confirming Pentagon candidates during the Trump administration and that it is impeding national security.

“We’re a bit paralyzed here, and that’s why we’re pushing the Senate to confirm these nominees because they play a critical role in managing recruitment, our budget and the physical health of the force,” Singh said. “We believe these nominees are fully capable and have bipartisan support. I mean they got voted out [armed services] committee.”

Tuberville’s influence amounts to another headache for Pentagon leaders hoping to fill senior positions. They have already dealt with delays and frustrations over confirmation votes due to other lockdowns, including multiple deadlocks from Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., who has called for resignations and firings of senior administration officials over mistakes in the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Hawley has said he will not budge from the candidates until the Senate Armed Services Committee hosts a hearing on Afghanistan, a move likely to happen next year in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives but not in the Democrat-controlled Senate .

On Tuesday, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla, said he would also withhold all defense candidates over the issue of mandatory military vaccinations.

The Biden administration’s handling of abortion access issues in recent months has infuriated Republican lawmakers, prompting threats to withdraw funding from government agencies or suspend operations until steps are lifted.

In October, Austin released a memo saying that senior leaders “must ensure our service members and their families have access to reproductive health care,” regardless of where they are stationed.

Concerns about the troops’ access to abortion services have increased since the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade repealed the 1973 law that legalized abortion nationwide. Since then, more than two dozen states have attempted to ban or limit the process, with many of these cases currently the subject of litigation.

Austin’s memo allows pregnant military members to take time off to travel abroad for an abortion if they cannot legally have the procedure in the state where they are stationed. The department also reimburses travel expenses.

Tuberville called the timing of the decision, announced just weeks before the midterm elections, “suspicious.”

Although the positions awaiting confirmed leaders have been filled by senior civilians on a deputy basis, Singh said confirmed political appointments are better placed to direct the bureaus’ operations.

If the nominees are not confirmed by the end of the current Congress, Biden would have to nominate them again. The Senate is expected to wrap up its work for the year by December 16, but could return for a few more days of legislative work before the end of the month.

Reporter Bryant Harris contributed to this story.

Leo covers Congress, Veterans Affairs and the White House for Military Times. He has been covering Washington, DC, since 2004, focusing on military personnel and veteran politics. His work has received numerous awards including a 2009 Polk Award, a 2010 National Headliner Award, the IAVA Leadership in Journalism Award and the VFW News Media Award.

Joe Gould is the senior Pentagon reporter for Defense News, covering the intersection of national security policy, government and the defense industry. He was previously a convention reporter.

The race for the White House and the US Congress could be disrupted if the nine justices decide to let the 50-state legislature organize these federal elections as they wish.

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday, December 7, is examining an electoral law file that is raising strong fears among those on the left – but not only – that it could revolutionize the way elections for the White House and Congress are organized. The hearing will focus on a new legal theory proposed by Republican congressmen in North Carolina that, if adopted, would give lawmakers in all 50 states free reign to organize federal elections.

Voting by mail, office hours, documents required for registration on the electoral roll…: the Constitution gives each state’s legislature the task of determining the “time, place and procedure” of elections. However, their laws are subject to review by local courts and possible veto by their governor. Elected officials in North Carolina want to change that. For them, the constitution “puts the regulation of federal elections in the hands of the state legislature and no one else”.

This theory of so-called “independent state legislatures” has “never been validated by the Supreme Court, although it has been around for some time,” noted attorney Amy Mason Saharia during a presentation of the case to the Legal Institute. Four of its nine judges expressed an interest in this reading, “and there is a possibility that the court will adopt this doctrine,” says Me Saharia.

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Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper believes such a closure “could fundamentally transform American democracy,” which has already been weakened by former President Donald Trump’s attempts to reverse his defeat in the 2020 election, wrote in one column published by the New York Times. The governor accused his state’s elected Republicans of “rigging the election process for political gain” and was pleased that the local judiciary was able to block their efforts.

One of those fights is at the heart of the Supreme Court case. With the 2020 census, which recorded an increase in North Carolina’s population, the state gained an additional seat in the House of Representatives. Its parliamentarians then redrawn the contours of the constituencies. In February, her card was struck down by the state Supreme Court, which ruled that it favored the Republican Party by dumping Democratic voters in certain counties to dilute their votes elsewhere. A second card didn’t seem fairer, so the local high court appointed an independent expert to deal with it.

This extreme interpretation of the constitution would help local elected officials disenfranchise some voters, divide constituencies at their discretion, and potentially sabotage election results. »

Sophia Lin Lakin, ACLU

North Carolina lawmakers then turned to the US Supreme Court, accusing the local judiciary of usurping its role. Her sages refused to intervene urgently, and the expert’s map served well in November’s midterm elections, which won seven representatives from each party. But the court wanted to deal with the substantive issue.

Ahead of the hearing, President Joe Biden’s administration, the Democratic state and senators, law professors and all major civil rights associations (ACLU, NAACP, ADL, HRW) wrote to the court to dissuade them from adopting the new theory. “This extremist interpretation of the constitution would help local elected officials disenfranchise some voters, divide up constituencies as they see fit, and potentially sabotage the outcome of the election,” Sophia Lin Lakin told ACLU reporters.

Our political system would suffer greatly if the slaughter of constituencies were left out of control. »

Former Republican Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Republican Party deemed this alarming speech “absurd”. He reasoned that North Carolina’s elected officials “will not give carte blanche to state legislatures” whose work can always be challenged in federal courts, he pleaded in an argument sent to the Supreme Court. But in the conservative ranks, the theory is not unanimous. “Our political system would suffer greatly if the slaughter of constituencies got out of control,” said former California Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The court must make its decision before June 30.