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15 Elevated Mini Bags For Women In Their 30s

Mini bags can be tricky. The goal is to find a practical option for holding your essentials that looks grown-up and sophisticated. You want something that works for your daily needs but doesn’t look like it belongs in a teenager’s wardrobe or a toddler’s hand.

Luckily, we’ve found a selection of mini bags that hit the mark. These structured options are produced from high-quality materials, and tout elevated designs that make them feel far from juvenile. Whether looking for something sleek and minimal or with texture and detail, these picks are perfect for women over 30.

Crossbody Bags

1. Cool Crossbody: Consider this structured crossbody bag your new go-to. It’s crafted from a smooth leather that only gets better with time.

2. Miss Popular: If you love a bag that does just enough, this one’s for you. The wide strap adds a little edge, the pebbled leather keeps it polished, and the size is perfect for your essentials.

3. Polished Pick: This bag has just enough space for your phone, wallet, and lip balm — because that’s all you really need.

4. Luxury Look: Under $50? Say less. If you’ve been eyeing a designer mini but don’t want the price tag, add this option to your cart.

5. Minimalist Pick: This sleek pick is proof that sometimes, simple is better. Not into logos or flashy details? This one is for you.

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Handbags

6. Elevated Essential: Who says your mini bag can’t be the main event? The sculptural handle and polished design make this one feel like a piece of art — without the museum price tag.

7. Classic Twist: With its croc-embossed leather and bold buckle, this handbag mixes old-school elegance and modern practicality.

8. Designer Splurge: If you’re going to spend on a mini, make this one. This is the bag that somehow works with everything in your closet. Plus, the pebbled leather gives it a luxe feel.

9. Travel-Friendly Mini: A beauty bag that moonlights as a chic mini handbag? We love a multi-tasker!

10. An Everyday Pick: This top-handle bag is structured but not stuffy, and pairs well with jeans, blazers, and everything in between.

Shoulder Bags

11. Quiet Luxury: This shoulder bag is for when you want people to notice your style, not the brand name. No loud logos, no flashy hardware — just understated perfection.

12. The Special Occasion Crossbody: Wedding season? Fancy dinner? Date night? This bag has you covered. The quilted design and chain strap add an elegant look.

13. A Day-To-Night Essential: A soft, slouchy bag with a chunky chain? Yes, please. It’s polished enough for work, cool enough for drinks, and small enough to keep things light.

14, An Affordable Pick: A structured mini that looks like a designer find but costs less than your last latte (okay, two lattes). An easy yes.

15. The No-Fuss Option: Some days, you just need a bag that gets the job done. Lightweight, durable, and surprisingly roomy, this one makes life way easier.

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Rihanna Says Fatherhood is the ‘Greatest Thing’ for A$AP Rocky

Rihanna Says Greatest Thing About ASAP Rocky Is Watching Him as a Dad
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Rihanna loves gushing about her man.

In a sweeping interview with Harper’s Bazaar published on Saturday, February 22, the singer and entrepreneur admitted that the “greatest thing” about her partner A$AP Rocky is “is seeing him be a dad.”

The pair’s sons, RZA, 2, and Riot Rose, 1, seem to agree. “I’m annoyed because my sons sometimes just live for him more than they live for me,” she continued. “And I’m like, ‘Did you know who cooked you? Do you know who pushed you out?’ And they love him, but when I see it, oh, it’s the best.”

The duo, who finally connected romantically in 2019 after years of friendship, go way back. The family of four lives in New York City — something they both appreciate.

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“We like to eat with people. We like to shop with people. We like to walk the streets with people,” Rihanna, 37, explained to the outlet. “I don’t like a private room. I don’t have them shut down stores. I don’t like the Rapunzel life. It’s very isolating. It’s very lonely. And what am I protecting myself from? I’m actually allowing people to dictate the robbery of the life that I could actually be living.”

Rihanna also spoke about her other babies: her massively successful businesses, including Fenty Beauty and Savage X Fenty. She adds that she’s interested in expanding to home design and even wine at some point. (“We would want to have our own family vineyard.”) She said that part of her success is due to the fact that she’s “never underestimated my consumer.”

“I think a lot of people underestimate the consumer,” Rihanna added. “They think that they can maybe pull the wool over the consumer’s eyes and sell them what the ideal of beauty should be. And I don’t know if it’s the era of social media or just time, but people are not dumb.”

In the same interview, Rihanna also assured fans new music will be on the way… one day.

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“There’s no genre now. That’s why I waited. Every time, I was just like, ‘No, it’s not me. It’s not right. It’s not matching my growth. It’s not matching my evolution. I can’t do this. I can’t stand by this. I can’t perform this for a year on tour,” she explained.

“After a while, I looked at it, and I was like, this much time away from music needs to count for the next thing everyone hears. It has to count. It has to matter.”

“I have to show them the worth in the wait,” she added. “I cannot put up anything mediocre. After waiting eight years, you might as well just wait some more.”

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Zachary Levi on Rumors Timothee Chalamet Will Star in Live-Action 'Tangled'

Zachary Levi Reacts to Rumors Timothee Chalamet Will Play Flynn Rider in 'Tangled' Live-Action Movie
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Zachary Levi has some thoughts on whether or not Timothée Chalamet will play Flynn Rider in the live-action movie Tangled.

“Oh, I think he would be great,” Levi exclusively told Us Weekly of the rumored casting while attending the New York premiere of The Unbreakable Boy on Wednesday, February 19 at AMC Lincoln Square.

“I would totally sign off on Timothée,” he added.

Levi, 44, lent his voice to the 2010 animated film, alongside Mandy Moore’s Repunzel and Donna Murphy’s evil Mother Gothel. Levi went on to tell Us that he doesn’t know if the powers that be will “ever make a Tangled 2 movie.”

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“We did a Tangled series,” he added, referring to the 2017 series Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure that featured the returning voices of both Moore and Levi. The series ran for two seasons.

In December 2024, Deadline and Variety reported that Disney’s 2010 Tangled was getting a live-action remake. According to the outlets, The Greatest Showman director Michael Gracey is in talks to direct.

Zachary Levi Reacts to Rumors Timothee Chalamet Will Play Flynn Rider in 'Tangled' Live-Action Movie
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Do Revenge and Thor: Love and Thunder writer Jennifer Kaaytin Robinson reportedly wrote the latest version of the Tangled script.

Revisiting his work on Tangled – whether via a live-action movie or simply a 2010 animated film re-watch — is certainly in Levi’s future, as he is preparing to become a father. In December 2024, Levi announced via Instagram that he and girlfriend Maggie Keating are expecting their first child together.

“I’ve wanted to be a dad since I was literally a kid,” Levi wrote at the time, alongside a picture of an ultrasound. “I’ve always felt that call on my life. This desire in my heart. A strange feeling of incompleteness by not having that level of love and responsibility in my journey. That the best years of my life would be on the other side of finally being a father. But deep down I knew that there were things in my life that needed to shift before I was ready for the blessing of something so special and the responsibilities that come with it.”

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Levi went on to say that “last November” that aforementioned shift occurred, which he credited to “loving and valuing myself more.” He also praised his girlfriend Keating, calling her a “wonderful woman on the same journey of self discovery and love, ready to step into a new and amazing chapter of life with me.”

“We can’t wait for ya’ll to meet our little bambino,” he continued in the post’s caption. “We’re waiting until the birth to know the sex, but I’ll be stoked out of my mind either way. Keep ‘em original, but not TOO original. We don’t need them being bullied more than their theater-nerd father.”

When asked how his recent role in The Unbreakable Boy – a movie about a boy and his parents finding courage, joy and gratitude in a trying circumstance in which Levi stars alongside Jacob Laval – prepared him for impending fatherhood, the actor said that working with “anyone, be they a child or another adult, teaches you empathy.”

“It teaches you that there is another soul out there that is not you, that is living an entirely other existence and another life, and they’re doing their best,” he told Us. “And particularly with children, whether with children or adults, may we always walk more patiently. May we always walk in more kindness and more love. Jacob has this incredible energy that we all got infected by as he brought Austin to life. For us, we were so blessed to find somebody as talented because child actors, it’s tough. They haven’t had a lot of experience acting, so they’re coming with a lot of their own raw talents, and Jacob was wonderful.”

Reporting by Andrew Nodell

Salma Hayek Celebrates Stepdaughter Mathilde Pinault’s 24th Birthday

Salma Hayek Celebrates Daughter's Birthday
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Salma Hayek is celebrating stepdaughter Mathilde Pinault on her birthday.

“Happy Birthday Tildie 🎂, Wishing you a year as bright, beautiful, and full of promise as you are,” Hayek, 58, wrote via Instagram on Thursday, February 20, alongside several sweet photos of the actress and her stepdaughter, including a throwback photo from when Mathilde and daughter Valentina, 17, were children.

“So proud of the woman you’ve become!” Hayek’s heartfelt message continued. “We love you @mathildepinault ♥.”

Hayek and Mathilde stepped out together last year for the 60th annual Venice Biennale for the event’s Fondazione Cini, Isola Di San Giorgio gala dinner in Italy. The stepmother-stepdaughter duo stunned in sparkling gowns, with Hayek donning a bright blue fitted number with a plunging sweetheart neckline. Meanwhile, Mathilde dazzled in a sparkling silver dress adorned with tassels.

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Mathilde, 24, is the daughter of Hayek’s husband, François-Henri Pinault, whom she married in 2009. Pinault was already a father of three by the time they met. Pinault shares Mathilde with ex wife Dorothée Lepère, along with son François, whom the pair welcomed in 1998. Pinault also shares a son Augustin, born in 2006, with model Linda Evangelista. Hayek and Pinault welcomed Valentina together in 2007.

“I had a child late in life,” Hayek said to Red magazine about being a mother in 2017, noting at the time that she “identified” with her character in the 2015 film Tale of Tales who had a “desperate desire to have a child and maybe feeling that you could never be happy or complete, that your life is not complete, without this.”

She continued, “I’ve had that yearning, that longing, and that pain… I always wanted to have a lot of children, and I was not able to. My body, as a miracle, had one. The huge blessing I’ve had is that my husband has three other children. So I have four. And they are all so different.”

Hayek takes her role as a step mom seriously, previously gushing over her stepson Augustin for his 18th birthday in October 2024.

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“Happy 18th bday Augie you’re officially a full grown up man who just became legal at least in Mexico and France,” she wrote, alongside several sweet family photos.

“Your gentle heart is like healing caress in our lives because you bring warmth and light to everyone around you,” her post continued. “Keep bringing the laughter and joy. We love you so much.”

How Kelsey Anderson Plans to 'Incorporate' Her Late Mom Into Joey Wedding

How Kelsey Anderson Plans to Incorporate Her Late Mom Into Wedding to Joey Graziadei
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When Kelsey Anderson and Joey Graziadei tie the knot, they plan to make sure her late mother will be honored.

“I think that maybe I would take, like, a piece of some type of clothing of hers that meant a lot and somehow incorporate it into something in our wedding,” Anderson, 26, said on the Friday, February 21, episode of the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast. “I definitely want a piece of my mom in our wedding and I think that I’m a very sentimental person, so there’s a lot of ideas that I have [to incorporate] the people that went with us presently.”

Anderson got engaged to Graziadei, 29, during the Bachelor season 28 finale and are now in the midst of planning their big day. According to Anderson, her fiancé also wants to honor his late grandmother.

“She was very, very special to him,” Anderson said. “I’m trying to think of ways that we can still honor them because they were big people in our lives.”

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Other than including special tributes, Anderson doesn’t have a ton of must-haves in mind when it comes to the ceremony.

“The only [thing] that Joey and I both have said is that we want it to just be a big party,” Anderson teased. “Like, after we say our vows we just want to have a big celebration. We want everyone on the dance floor [and] so I’m gonna find the perfect band, perfect DJ, whatever we choose.”

How Kelsey Anderson Plans to Incorporate Her Late Mom Into Wedding to Joey Graziadei
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She added, “I’m pretty open, but I don’t think I want everything to be super traditional. I want it to just form to [what] we feel is right for us.”

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Kelsey is one of the daughters of Mark and Denise Anderson. Denise died in 2018 following a battle with breast cancer.

“My mom was somebody who was very positive and always found light in any situation, even whenever she was going through all these rounds of chemo and radiation and she was very sick,” Kelsey exclusively told Us Weekly in October 2024. “[My mom] initially got diagnosed because she found a lump in her armpit when she was doing a self-exam. She went in and she got it checked. They said it was fine. It wasn’t anything. She had this gut feeling and was like, ‘I just want it removed if it’s not supposed to be there.’ She ended up having stage three and stage four breast cancer.”

Kelsey has since become an advocate for early detection, telling Us that she’s previously undergone two lumpectomies that were “luckily” both benign.

Mark later went on The Golden Bachelorette in 2024 before meeting his current girlfriend, One Tree Hill alum Barbara Alyn Woods.

Lenny Kravitz Addresses His Decade-Long Single Status: ‘I’m Good on My Own’

Lenny Kravitz Has Been Single for 10 Years: ‘I’m Good on My Own’
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He might be the object of many a heart’s desire (who could forget that workout photo?!), but Lenny Kravitz has been single for 10 years — and he’s happy that way.

“I’m good on my own. There’s nothing like a relationship with… You know,” Kravitz, 60, told The Times in an interview published Saturday, February 22. “But right now, I’m good where I am.”

Kravitz’s relationship history is a storied one — he was married to Lisa Bonet from 1987 to 1993, at which time the pair welcomed their daughter Zoe Kravitz in 1988. After the pair’s split, he went on to have a five-year relationship with Vanessa Paradis, and was at one point even engaged to Nicole Kidman.

In May 2024, Kravitz also said he’s chosen to remain celibate until he finds the right partner, something The Times noted he appeared to wave off in this interview.

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He was much more willing to talk about daughter Zoe, 36, who hilariously noted that her father’s “relationship with the netted shirt is probably your longest one — and it works” when Kravitz received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in March 2024.

Lenny Kravitz Has Been Single for 10 Years: ‘I’m Good on My Own’
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Kravitz hasn’t stopped wearing mesh shirts, either.

“So now people come up to me when I’m wearing [one]: ‘What did your daughter tell you?’ I’m like, ‘What?’ And I look down and I’m, like, ‘Oh my God. I’m a caricature of myself,’” he told the publication.

The singer and actor also shared where he likes to shop for furniture (Paris flea markets, something Paradis introduced him to in the 1990s) and clothes (“I have certain vintage dealers that I deal with. They curate things, they know what I like.”) before he revealed he has a fondness for the Netflix series Emily in Paris.

“I’ve seen the whole thing,” he said. “I love a bit of camp every now and again. I know the creator [Darren Star], who I met after I’d watched it. We were at a dinner in LA at a friend’s house. She said, ‘He does Emily in Paris.’ I was like ‘You do?’”

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Though Kravitz might have been single for a decade, it doesn’t seem that it’s completely for lack of trying — but maybe for lack of following through. In November 2024, Real Housewives of Atlanta star Cynthia Bailey, 57, claimed Kravitz asked for her number, but never actually called her.

“He was really nice,” she said on the “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast at the time. “He didn’t use my damn number.”

Perhaps it was for the best, Bailey continued, because she “didn’t feel any sparks” either way.

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Everything Lenny Kravitz Has Said About Fatherhood and Raising Daughter Zoe
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Lenny Kravitz is “Sittin’ on Top of the World” as a devoted father to daughter Zoë Kravitz.

Lenny and ex-wife Lisa Bonet welcomed their only child together in December 1988. The couple, who married one year earlier, ultimately split in 1993 but remained committed to coparenting Zoë. (Bonet also shares two younger children, daughter Lola and son Nakoa-Wolf, with ex-husband Jason Momoa, whom she split from in 2022.)

“What you see is what it is. We are one family,” Lenny said during an October 2020 interview on the“Carlos Watson Show” podcast. “Yes, we split back then [but we] worked it out because that is what you do. There was no choice in that matter [and] it’s a blessing. Been wonderful for Zoë to be able to see her parents like that. I forget that people don’t operate that way in so many cases.”

As Zoë grew up, she followed both her parents into Hollywood and made her own name as an actress. According to Lenny, she even tried to change her name professionally.

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“I understood it,” he told Esquire in a November 2023 profile. “But I was like, ‘That’s your name.’”

Keep scrolling for the “American Woman” rockstar’s honest quotes about fatherhood through the years:

October 2010

“It makes it kind of impossible,” Lenny joked about dating as a single parent during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “[Zoë is] extremely critical. I thought I was the dad and I had to screen the boyfriends, but it’s kind of the other way around.”

June 2019

Lenny gushed to People that he’s learned about “love, respect, and hard work, honor, and discipline” since becoming a dad before theorizing what it will be like to watch Zoë get married.

“When that happens it’ll be a trip and emotional for all the reasons anybody would understand, but also because that’s the one thing my mother [Roxie Roker] talked about before she died that she wanted to live long enough to see her granddaughter get married,” he said of his mother, who died of breast cancer in 1995. “When my mother passed, [Zoë] was young. She remembers her and has really fond memories, but it didn’t get to the point where they’d get into deep conversation.”

Zoë got engaged to Karl Glusman in 2018, and they wed the following year. They split in 2021 after 18 months of marriage.

Everything Lenny Kravitz Has Said About Fatherhood and Raising Daughter Zoe
Zoe Kravitz and Lenny Kravitz at the 2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic

October 2020

Lenny revealed to Access Hollywood that parenting “came naturally to [him].”

“I knew what I didn’t want to be,” he said before referencing his estranged relationship with father Sy Kravitz. “Because our relationship was what it was, that’s fine. What I got to see was what a great grandfather he was. So, I got to see that and experience that and my daughter got to experience that.”

Lenny also discussed watching Zoë grow up in the shadow of famous parents. “What’s great about her is that she’s always been her own person,” he added. “She didn’t want people judging her and seeing her in a certain way because of who her parents were, and that’s wonderful because a lot of kids like to use that for the attention.”

November 2020

“People can’t believe how tight Jason and I are, or how tight I still am with Zoë’s mom, how we all relate. We just do it because that’s what you do,” he told Men’s Health of his blended family. “You let love rule, right? I mean, obviously, after a breakup, it’s work — it takes some work and time, healing and reflection.”

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March 2023

Lenny hinted to Extra about the possibility of making music with Zoë.

“You know, that’s something I always thought about,” he explained. “The right thing at the right time [but] I’d love to work with my daughter one day on something just because I think she’s great. If she wasn’t my daughter, I would still feel the same way about her.”

Zoë also has musical talents, even helping pal Taylor Swift write songs for 2022’s Midnights.

Everything Lenny Kravitz Has Said About Fatherhood and Raising Daughter Zoe
Lenny Kravitz and Zoe Kravitz during the 2000 GRAMMY Awards Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

November 2023

“I wouldn’t think of it as this heroic feat. This is just normal to me,” he told Esquire about coparenting, going on to reveal if he wants to have more kids. “I could not, and I could. If it doesn’t happen, I’ve done the best with Zoë that I could ever dream to do. If I was with somebody that wanted to have kids, absolutely. A hundred percent.”

January 2024

Us confirmed in 2023 that Zoë had gotten engaged to actor Channing Tatum after two years of dating. (News broke in October 2024 that the pair ended their engagement.)

“Hey man, that’s life. When your family is happy, when your child is happy, that’s it,” Lenny gushed to Entertainment Tonight. “I’ve done well. Blessed.”

February 2025

During an interview with The Times of London, Lenny stressed, “I love being her father” before approving her remarks during his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony. (When Lenny received his star in March 2024, Zoë roasted his penchant for sheer, nipple-baring tops.)

“Oh, wasn’t that fabulous?” Lenny recalled to the outlet. “You see, that’s what your daughter’s supposed to do. That is absolutely exactly what your daughter is supposed to do, and she told the truth. She’s dry, but she told the truth.”

Elsewhere in the profile, Lenny addressed the possibility of becoming a grandfather. (Zoë, however, has previously been candid about her indecision in having children.)

“Of course. If it happens. Yeah, if it happens. It feels weird, just hearing the word,” he said. “Probably, because I still feel like a kid. I honestly still feel like a kid.”

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Ashley Iaconetti has loved getting certain cosmetic procedures over the years.

“Well, forever and always [my] #1 [is] forehead tox,” Iaconetti, 36, revealed during  Friday, February 21, Instagram Story Q&A. “Botox is like saying the brand name Kleenex for tissue.”

Iaconetti also has a soft spot for lip filler, which she gets annually.

“My bottom lip is naturally full,” she explained. “Now, the top is perfectly balanced for my face IMO.”

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The Bachelor Nation alum also recently underwent NeoGen PSR (Plasma Skin Regeneration), which is classified as a non-invasive skin treatment that targets acne scarring and promotes collagen production.

“I just did NeoGenPSR last month at @aiyanaatelier. It’s supposed to take six months to see full results, but basically, it’s the ultimate collagen booster,” she explained. “I feel like, despite Hayden getting me up three times per night, I’m still looking fresh and youthful lately.”

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Iaconetti shares sons Dawson, 3, and Hayden, 7 months, with her husband, Jared Haibon. (The couple met during Bachelor in Paradise season 2 and got married in 2019.)

“It was actually easier than the first. I had two great deliveries and this one could not have been done better,” Iaconetti exclusively told Us Weekly in August 2024 of Hayden’s birth one month earlier. “Like, I basically didn’t feel pain. I felt pressure and really [no] pain.”

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She added, “With Dawson, I probably felt pain for like an hour — going from triage to the delivery room and waiting for the epidural for a little bit. [This time], I was induced and it was just kind of like a doctor’s appointment. It was awesome.”

Iaconetti and Haibon, 36, previously welcomed eldest son Dawson in 2022 — and they are not thinking of expanding their family further.

In January 2024, Iaconetti exclusively told Us that the couple are “very done with two.”

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What to Know About Justin Baldoni's Baha’i Faith Amid Blake Lively Drama

Explaining Justin Baldonis Bahai Religion That Allegedly Played a Part in Blake Lively Legal Drama
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Director Justin Baldoni’s religious beliefs are reportedly playing a part in his ongoing legal drama with It Ends With Us costar Blake Lively.

Baldoni, 41, is a member of the Baha’i faith, a religion founded in the 19th century that focuses on the unity of humanity and the elimination of prejudice. Both of the directors’ parents converted to Baha’i before he was born. His religious beliefs, however, allegedly played a role in the on set drama between him and Lively, 37, during the production of It Ends With Us.

In Lively’s initial December 2024 sexual harassment lawsuit against Baldoni, the actress claimed she felt “alarmed” upon learning the actor cast as the doctor in her character’s birth scene, Adam Mondschein, was Baldoni’s “best friend.” A feature published by The Hollywood Reporter on Friday, February 21, noted that Mondschein, like Baldoni, was a member of the Baha’i community as well. (Lively’s December 2024 sexual harassment lawsuit against Baldoni does not mention the religion by name.)

Per THR, a source who worked on Baldoni’s 2019 film Five Feet Apart claimed the director “talk[ed] about his religion a lot” on set, adding, “This had shades of Scientology but with less of the prominence and people hovering at all times.”

Baldoni’s response to the allegations here – can be one or two sentences max

Keep scrolling to find out more about the Baháʼí Faith:

When Did Bahá’í Start?

The Baha’i Faith was established in Iran under the Universal House of Justice in 1963, the same year that founder Baháʼu’lláh claimed to be the prophet foretold by the Báb, an Iranian religious leader who died in 1850. Per the religion’s official website, the origins of the Baha’i Faith began in 1819, the same year the Báb was born.

The Bahá’í World News Service reports that there are currently more than 5 million members around the world. Besides Baldoni, other Bahá’í celebrities include Rainn Wilson and Penn Badgley.

What Is the Universal House of Justice?

Established in 1963, the Universal House of Justice is the elected head and international governing council of the Baháʼí Faith. The functions of the body are defined by Baháʼu’lláh, which cover how to implement Baháʼí laws, teaching and education, addressing social issues and taking care of the weak and poor.

Per the official website, the Universal House of Justice “is charged with applying the Bahá’í teachings to the requirements of an ever-evolving society.” Baháʼu’lláh’s guidelines for the council — the members of which are elected — were further clarified by his son, Abdu’l-Bahá, after his death, who wrote that the “equality of men and women is an established fact.”

Despite the so-called established fact, the website notes that membership for the Universal House of Justice is men only.

“While this may be surprising, it is a provision that was ordained by Bahá’u’lláh Himself,” it reads. “Abdu’l-Bahá has stated that its wisdom will be clearly understood in the future. Because the Bahá’í Writings are filled with unequivocal statements about the equality of men and women, however, the question of male membership of the Universal House of Justice can in no way be regarded as a sign of the superiority of men over women.”

What Do Baha’is believe?

A pillar of the Baha’i Faith focuses on teaching the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people. Per the official website’s overview, their beliefs address what are called “essential themes” including the “oneness” of God, religion and humanity, harmony between religion and science, equality of the sexes and the importance of education.

Bahá’ís also believe in the “inherent nobility of the human being,” the “development of spiritual qualities,” the “integration of worship and service,” with particular importance paid to the “dynamics of the relationships that are to bind together individuals, communities, and institutions as humanity advances towards its collective maturity.”

What do Bahá’ís do?

For a Bahá’í, the purpose of the faith is to “inspire individuals and communities as they work to improve their own lives and contribute to the advancement of civilization,” per the website, which also states that many followers have “sought to apply Bahá’í principles to their lives and work.”

Bahá’ís are encouraged to better their communities, sometimes through volunteering and outreach, all with the intention of “serving humanity and refining their inner lives.” A lot of focus is paid on the betterment of the “human soul” and working toward the “realization of Bahá’u’lláh’s stupendous vision for humanity’s coming of age.”

Additionally, as part of their devotion, followers are encouraged to take a pilgrimage to the religion’s holy site in Haifa, Israel. Baldoni shared a snapshot from his own pilgrimage via Instagram in December 2022, writing, “So grateful to be back in Haifa visiting the #bahai holy land on a three day pilgrimage. Praying in the Shrines of `Abdu’l-Bahá and The Báb was the spiritual cleanse I needed. Overflowing with gratitude tonight.”

Do Bahá’ís Pray?

Pilgrimages and prayer is integral to the Bahá’í Faith, “whether at the level of the individual, the community, or the institutions.” Followers are encouraged to “turn their hearts in prayer to God repeatedly throughout the day.”

The official site notes that “in addition, meetings of consultation and gatherings where friends have come together to undertake one or another project commonly begin and end with prayers.” Bahá’ís also host gatherings and “devotional meetings” for friends and other Bahá’ís to “unite together in prayer, often in one another’s homes,” which are meant to “serve to awaken spiritual susceptibilities within the participants, and in concert with the acts of service they perform, lead to a pattern of community life that is infused with the spirit of devotion and focused on the attainment of spiritual and material prosperity.”

According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Friday feature, a source who previously worked with Baldoni on the 2019 film Five Feet Apart claimed they had “never worked with a male director who was so worried about everyone’s emotional and mental well-being.” The source stated Baldoni had an “openness and emotionality to his style that was more typical of a woman, and it probably wouldn’t be an issue if it was a [female director] because of the preconceived notions of gender.”

However, other sources told the outlet that because Baldoni was both leading man and director of It Ends With Us, the influence of his religion on set was more pronounced, allegedly leading crew members in prayer on the first day of production where he would “ask God for guidance” before making creative decisions.

Inside Patrick, Brittany Mahomes' Bluey-Themed 4th Birthday for Sterling

Patrick and Brittany Mahomes’ daughter Sterling turned 4 with a blow-out bash worthy of Bluey herself.

“I can’t believe she’s 4 already,” Brittany, 29, gushed via Instagram Stories on Saturday, February 22, sharing snaps from the Bluey-themed party she hosted based on the popular animated children’s series.

To celebrate Sterling’s big day, the party venue was decked out in themed merch and colorful balloons.

Sterling is the firstborn daughter of Brittany and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick, 29. (They also share younger children Bronze, 2, and Golden, 1 month.)

“This sweetest, most kind little girl ever! I thank God every day for choosing me to be your mom, you have taught me so much about life and what matters most and I truly am so thankful you made me a mama,” Brittany wrote via Instagram on Thursday, February 20. “You are the best big sister to Golden & Bronze and they are so lucky to have you guiding them your Mom and Dad love you beyond and more.”

Keep scrolling for a peek into Sterling’s adorable birthday bash:

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Sterling wore a teal dress with illustrations of pink flamingos, which complemented her hair bow.
 

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Bronze enjoyed playing on a slide during the party.

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A colorful three-tiered cake was topped with a plush Bluey toy and Sterling’s name spelled out in Scrabble tiles.
 

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Blue and pink balloon arrangements decorated the space.
 

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A giant number “4” stood next to a sign that read, “Sterling Turns Four.”

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Brittany snapped a sweet pic of Bronze, wearing an all-blue Adidas sweatsuit, in front of Bluey posters.
 

Jason Kelce Says He and Kylie Have ‘Talked About' Him Getting a Vasectomy

Jason Kelce Says Hes Talked About the V Word With Wife Kylie After They Welcome 4th Baby
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Jason Kelce and his wife, Kylie Kelce, have discussed whether their fourth baby will be their last.

“That’s not my decision. I got the easy part and I’ll keep doing my part,” Jason, 37, quipped during the Friday, February 21, episode of “The Steam Room” podcast. “I think Kylie’s about coming to the end of wanting to pop these things out. I think this pregnancy has been a long [one] for her. This is our fourth girl [and] this one might be it. We’ll see.”

Jason and Kylie, 32, have been married since 2018 and are parents to daughters Wyatt, 5, Ellie, 3, and Bennett, 23 months. They announced in November 2024 that they are expecting again.

According to the retired Philadelphia Eagles center, there “hasn’t been any firm decisions” made on whether their fourth baby will forever be the youngest Kelce child.

Why Jason and Kylie Kelce Are Only Considering 'Gender-Neutral' Baby Names

“We’ve talked about the V-word,” Jason teased on Friday, referring to a vasectomy procedure. “We’ve brought it up. I don’t know if it’s going to happen, but we’ll see.”

Jason had been specifically asked whether he and Kylie were eager to keep trying until they had a son.

“I don’t think it’s necessarily if we want to have a boy because, at the end of the day, we’re not shooting with good percentages,” Jason joked. “We got to give up on that idea. It’s like, ‘Do you want to have another child?’ Then, we’ll do that. But, I think as of right now, that’s not definitely happening.”

Kylie also wasn’t shocked that their soon-to-be fourth baby will be a girl.

Jason Kelce Says He and Kylie Are 'Pretty Set' to Welcome Baby No. 4

“We were not surprised at all. There was a lot of talk, and I think there still are rumors that we’re having a boy, or that we were trying for a boy,” the field hockey coach told Parents magazine earlier this month. “It’s very silly. We were not trying for anything but a healthy baby. We’re so excited to meet her.”

Rather than be fixated on the baby’s sex, Jason and Kylie find it more important to raise down-to-earth children.

“We stay surrounded by family and friends, so we keep the people around us very close to us,” Kylie exclusively told Us Weekly in June 2024 of how the couple keep their girls humble. “Then, we make sure that anything that we’re doing that they feel supported by their family and friends and then also not really putting them in any places of privilege.”

She added, “[We’re] trying our best to make sure that when they grow up and they turn 16, they will be driving a [used vehicle]. We can’t let them have a hand-me-down car at this point. You’re not getting dad’s [Tesla] CyberTruck as your hand-me-down. You will be driving a basic model, hopefully, having to roll the windows down with a crank.”

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