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Trigger Warning: This article contains mention of death.

South Korean actress Kim Sae Ron’s unnatural death on February 16 left her family heartbroken. Several past instances surrounding the actress surfaced since the tragic incident took place, including allegations of cyberbullying. In an interview with K-media Daily Sports on March 9, Kim Sae Ron’s father and family members shared the painful impact of malicious rumors on the late actress and their entire family, and announced plans to take legal action against those responsible for spreading the false rumours.

Lee Jin Ho, a YouTube personality, had posted several videos discussing Bloodhounds actress Kim Sae Ron, focusing on her controversies, including a DUI incident and since-deleted Instagram photos with a man captioned “Marry”. Following reports of her unexpected passing, Lee Jin Ho made these posts private and after her funeral, justified his actions by saying that the videos were posted after discussion with the late actress’ agency. Kim Sae Ron’s father considered the actions “absolutely unforgivable” and said that “They didn’t just ruin Sae Ron’s life, they shattered an entire family.”

As per him, Lee Jin Ho twisted narratives to conceal his “vile intentions” of spreading “false claims” about the actress “visiting the ossuary and opening the urn, and rumors that our family squandered the money she earned.” He expressed their distress, stating that YouTuber Lee Jin Ho, cyber-wreckers, and the media’s indiscriminate reporting caused their family immense suffering. The family emphasized that these rumors led to secondary harm, with Kim Sae Ron’s two younger sisters being “branded unfairly.”

Their father urged for legal action against Lee Jin Ho and others responsible for formulating and spreading malicious content regarding them. He even considered calling him up and cursing at him but stopped himself from doing so, considering the repercussions his impulsive act might have had. So, according to him, law was the best way to deal with the unwanted situation. In a poignant admission, Kim Sae Ron’s father expressed his overwhelming emotions, stating, “I feel so wronged, angry, and devastated.” He then stated resolutely, “Fortunately, there are people supporting me, and a law firm is currently gathering evidence” against the late actress’ online slanderers.

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Beloved American actress and activist, Jane Fonda, began championing for women’s rights in the ’60s, more than 50 years ago.

Looking back at her 65-year career, Jane has won two Oscars, for her role in Klute (1921) and Coming Home (1978), and seven Golden Globes.

Not only do her passions lie in the arts and on screen, the 87-year-old is an advocate for political change, sharing with Vogue in February 2025, “For me, art and activism have always been interconnected. And if people are enjoying a movie, the message will enter their subconscious by osmosis.”

WHO IS JANE FONDA?

Jane was born in 1937 to actor Henry Fonda. Beginning her career as model, she later studied acting with her career beginning in the Broadway play, There Was a Little Girl (1960).

She received Academy Awards for best actress in Klute and Coming Home.

Jane has continued to play iconic roles, starring alongside Jennifer Lopez, in the 2005 film Monster-In-Law, and of late has appeared in Netflix comedy Grace and Frankie.

In 2021, she was given the Cecil. DeMille Award aka a Golden Globe for lifetime achievement.

Not only is she known for her impact in the film industry, but she is also an activist for political causes.

In 1972 she protested the Iraq War, along with violence against women, later co-founding the Hollywood Women’s Political Committee in 1984 and the Women’s Media Centre in 2005.

JANE FONDA ACTIVISM

At 87, Jane continues to advocate for change as a committed activist for women’s rights, climate change and other political matters.

At the height of the Vietnam War and civil rights protests in America, Jane became engulfed in educating herself. At the time, she was pregnant and was committed to making change, “I was pregnant, which makes a woman like a sponge, very open to what’s going on around her. It was around that time that I began to realise that I wanted to change my life and participate in trying to end the war.”

She became involved with the Black Panther Party, which was the era’s most influential militant black power organisation.

In 1970, Jane protested with a group of Indigenous people in an act led by Bernie Whitbear to reclaim Fort Lawton, land which had been taken.

From 1969 to 1971, Jane visited young Native American protestors who were contained in Alcatraz, at this time Jane became a staunch anti-war activist.

In 1972, she toured North Vietnam to protest against America’s military policy.

Through her own experience during this time, she made the film Coming Home, which won her an Academy Award.

Starring alongside Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin in the 1980 movie, 9 to 5, the concerns behind women’s rights were highlighted and escalated.

In 2019, she was arrested five times for her Fridays for Future climate change protests. These demonstrations were held every Friday on the steps of the Capitol Hill building to fight for environmental reform. These continued amidst the COVID-19 pandemic virtually with discussions via Instagram live.

Throughout her life, she has advocated for change to allow marginalised people a voice, as well as educating the public and governments on climate change, sexism and racism.

JANE FONDA FAMILY

Roger Vadim was Jane’s first husband, meeting in 1963.

In 1968, the pair welcomed a daughter, Vanessa, and later divorced in 1973.

Vanessa, aged 56, is now a filmmaker and activist like her mother, participating in the Fire Drill Fridays alongside Jane.

She has also welcomed two children, Malcolm and Viva.

In the same year as her divorce with Roger, Jane married Tom Hayden, a social activist and politician. They bonded over their joint devotion for activism, “The passion of our common involvement no doubt caused our involvement in passion for each other,” Tom shared in his 1988 memoir.

In 1973, they welcomed a son, Troy, 51, who is now an actor too, and adopted a daughter, Mary Williams.

They were married for 17 years before divorcing.

In 2001, a year after her second divorce, Jane married Ted Turner, an American entrepreneur and producer.

Jane told the New Yorker after their divorce in 2001, “He was sexy. He was brilliant later. He had two million acres by the time I left. It would have been easy to stay,” Jane said in 2019. “But there was this angel on my shoulder…[saying], ‘If you stay, you will die without ever becoming who you can be. You will not really be authentic.’”

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I was reaching into a bag of Hill’s Science Diet dog food to scoop out Frankie’s breakfast when I noticed a brown foreign object the size of my palm inside.

It looked like a large piece of bark made of dough nestled inside the kibble. The discovery startled me. In all the years of feeding Frankie, I’d never found an unidentified object inside a bag of commercial dog food.

Frankie had been gassier than usual and didn’t want to eat anything that morning. I wondered if something in his food was making him sick.

I took a picture of it, then called the company to report it. They took all the information from the bag of food and asked me to email them the photo. I also filed a pet food safety report online with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

I wanted to alert the federal agency that is responsible for assuring the safety of our nation’s food supply, drugs, pet food, medical devices and cosmetics — just in case this was part of a larger problem that could affect other pets.

Just two days before this incident, the Trump administration announced that it is seeking to close the FDA office in St. Louis as part of the slashing of jobs and government agencies by the Department of Government Efficiency task force run by billionaire Elon Musk. Since then, the decision was abruptly reversed.

No word yet on how many FDA workers might be fired. Musk and his DOGE accomplices have cut more than 100,000 probationary employees nationwide from the federal workforce — mostly new or recently promoted employees. Trump and Musk will begin firing permanent employees later this month. The cuts have hit agencies across the country: the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Park Service, the Department of Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, the Internal Revenue Service, the National Institutes of Health and others.

As Sen. Elissa Slotkin pointed out in her response to Trump’s televised address to Congress, Musk and Trump have fired workers who protect our nuclear weapons (many had to be quickly hired back), people in critical safety positions that keep our planes from crashing and researchers trying to find cures and treatments for cancer.

In addition to the concerns about what so many job losses and the Trump trade wars will do to an economy that has already started to weaken under this administration, I’m worried about what these haphazard mass firings mean for our public safety. Think about all the ways we rely on the government to function: for instance, the elderly who depend on Social Security payments and anyone who uses the U.S. Postal Service to deliver payments and bills.

On Joe Rogan’s podcast earlier this month, Musk declared: “Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.” That’s a slap in the face to workers who have spent their careers paying into it. Musk and his team have also started meddling with key payment and contracting systems for Medicare and Medicaid, which insure the elderly and lower-income people. He has said “big money fraud is happening” with these programs. We have no idea what kinds of cuts he’s planning.

I’ve thought about the small ways I’ve interacted with government agencies just in the past week. After an inexplicable experience with American Airlines in January, I filed a complaint, with documentation, to the Department of Transportation. The airline had already reimbursed us for unfounded extra charges, but this week, after receiving the DOT complaint, American sent a letter of apology and a flight credit, admitting our experience had been due to agent error. Prior to this, during weeks of calls and emails, I had been unable to get a single customer service agent to explain what had happened.

Also this week, a Russian cybercrime group, Qilin, claimed responsibility for a ransomware cyberattack on my employer’s parent company, Lee Enterprises. The appropriate federal agencies have been notified. However, the Trump administration also announced that it was rolling back efforts, at the FBI and other agencies, related to countering Russian-based digital and cyber threats. I have no idea how this will affect the ongoing investigation at our parent company. But when your company is threatened by foreign-based criminals, you realize the importance of government agencies that investigate these crimes.

Closer to home, I received a quick reply from the makers of Hill’s Science Diet after I sent the photo. The manufacturer said the object was a clump of crumbs, which may have been coated with fat during the production process. They said these kinds of clumps are typically removed by screening the kibble before packaging.

I hope it’s as harmless as a mass of congealed crumbs, and that the FDA will inform me, and other consumers, if it finds otherwise. But what if we had no independent agency to look into these kinds of problems?

What if we were out of luck and on our own?

We might soon find out.

Catbus joins Totoro in cap and bib bundles.

They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but when it comes to cuteness, there are certain things that we’ve all more or less come to a consensus about. Humanity has largely decided that little babies are adorable, and as a society we’ve reached that same conclusion about Totoro.

Therefore, the only sensible thing to do is to dress our infants in Totoro baby clothes.

Giving us the means to do just that is Studio Ghibli specialty shop Donguri Kyowakoku, which has recently restocked a whole slew of Totoro-themed baby items, such as the My Neighbor Totoro Big Totoro Baby Gift Set pictured above. This bundle of Ghibli gear for your bundle of joy consists of a hat, bib, and shoes patterned after the Big/gray Totoro.

The fuzzy cap has a leaf on top for a bit of silly fun, and considering that babies typically share Totoro’s cuddly round physique, decking your kid out in the set arguably qualifies as their first cosplay.

▼ The shoes have plush acorns on them.

Donguri Kyowakoku also has a Medium Totoro Baby Gift Set, modeled after the mid-size blue forest spirit, once again with cap, bib, and shoes.

Both of the above sets are priced at 6,380 yen (US$43), but Donguri Kyowakoku also has a variety of other Totoro baby sets with bibs and rattles based on all three Totoros (Big, Medium, and Small), plus the Catbus, Soot Sprites, and “Mei Crab,” ranging from 7,700 to 10,450 yen.

Oh, and those Totoro-face and Catbus bibs are also available individually, for 2,420 yen.

The baby sets can ordered through the Donguri Kyowakoku online store here, and the individual bibs here.

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Cynthia Nodanche said enforcement officers demanded £1,000 after she drove her non-compliant Vauxhall Antara through the Clean Air Zone but forgot to pay.

The 41-year-old executive assistant had only just moved to Birmingham, and claimed her fines ballooned after they were sent to the wrong address.

She said the “confusing” system could discourage people from moving to the city and urged the council to be more flexible.

“I don’t know why they only give you a short timeframe to pay the fine,” she said.

“They should give people notice of one or two weeks more.”

• Kate Hudson, 45, says she isn’t afraid to apologize to her kids whenever she’s in the wrong.
• Instead of being combative with them, the “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” actor tries to acknowledge her shortcomings.
• There are several steps to making an effective apology, psychologists previously told BI.

Kate Hudson, 45, isn’t afraid to admit to her kids when she’s in the wrong.

During an appearance on Thursday’s episode of the “Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce” podcast, Hudson spoke about being “conscious of” her own behavior while parenting her kids and learning how to apologize to them when she goes “too far.”

The “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” actor recounted a recent incident when she butted heads with her son, Bingham, 13, after he refused to do something she had asked him to.

“And in that moment, I got triggered,” Hudson told host Kylie Kelce. “It wasn’t about him, it was about my own inability to resolve or walk away from the moment that was happening.”

Instead, Hudson said she “became combative” with her teenage son.

“But it happens all the time as a parent. When you walk away from it, you can recognize where you might’ve created more of a problem than you did a lesson,” Hudson said.

She said that admitting to her kids that she could’ve handled the situation better would have been more helpful in resolving the conflict.

Not only that, it would also be a better parenting model for her kids to emulate.

“Sometimes in conflict, you go too far, and you need to say you’re sorry, instead of teaching them that you doubled down,” Hudson said. “And what you find in going to your kids and saying, ‘I could have handled this better’ or ‘I made a mistake’ or ‘I’m sorry I didn’t trust you’ — whatever the scenario — is that connection becomes stronger.”

Knowing when to acknowledge her shortcomings has been a key part of her parenting journey.

“I think that’s the biggest lesson for me, and now that I feel like a veteran mother. Been like doing it for 21 years,” the “Running Point” star said.

Hudson welcomed her eldest son, Ryder, in 2004 with her ex-husband, Chris Robinson. In 2011, she gave birth to her second son, Bingham, whom she shares with ex-fiancé, Muse front man Matt Bellamy. She welcomed her daughter, Rani, in 2018, with her current fiancé, Danny Fujikawa.

Psychologists previously told Business Insider that there are several steps to making an effective apology. These include being accountable, putting a plan in place to rectify the mistake, and being sincere.

It is also important to avoid phrases like “I’m sorry if…” or “I’m sorry, but…” since they reduce the apologizing party’s accountability, Leah Rockwell, a licensed counselor, previously told BI.

“By adding ‘and’ into an apology, you create an easy way to open and broaden the conversation rather than to close it,” she said. “As soon as the word ‘but’ is present, you are operating from a place of defensiveness.”

A representative for Hudson did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent by BI outside regular hours.

Anxiety can make you feel lonely but know that you are not alone.

Anxiety disorders affect almost half (40.1%) of U.S. adults—around 40 million people—each year, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. If you are one of the 40 million, you know it’s not an easy way to live.

“Anxiety is a combination of two major processes,” explains Dr. Michael Adelman, MD, a child and adolescent psychiatrist with Mindpath Health.

He says you’ll experience excessive worry that makes it hard to do what you need to do to function daily. You may also experience physical symptoms, like a racing heart, in response to stressful daily events or tasks. We likely don’t have to tell you, though.

Still, despite how common anxiety and overthinking is in the U.S., we can’t pinpoint a precise reason why it happens to some people and not others. However, it can begin in childhood. Your upbringing—the caregiving style you received or traits you witnessed in parents or grandparents—can have long-lasting effects. Certainly, there are overt traits and issues—physical abuse, substance use disorders and neglect. However, other issues—while perhaps more subtle—can also contribute to anxiety in adulthood. You don’t have to “it-could-be-worse” yourself out of acknowledging what happened and getting help. 

Mental health experts aren’t surprised when anxious adults tell them their parents or grandparents did these seven things when they were growing up.

Related: How To Stop Worrying That Someone Is Mad at You, According to a Psychologist

7 Things in Childhood That Can Make You an Anxious Adult

1. Your parents/grandparents displayed anxious behavior

Anxiety isn’t a virus, but it can be contagious. 

“Parents who experience anxiety and do not work to explore and manage their thoughts and feelings around their anxiety enhance the likelihood that their children will adopt similar anxious ways through modeling,” says Dr. Brett Biller, Psy.D., a licensed child and parenting psychologist with Hackensack University Medical Center.

He explains that anxious behavior becomes normalized because children learn to manage emotions from their adult caregivers.

Related: A Trauma-Informed Psychotherapist Is Begging People With Anxiety To Try This 3-Minute Coping Strategy

2. Excessively critical parenting

Kids who feel they can’t do a thing right likely find their self-esteem in the basement. Low self-esteem can open the door and welcome in long-term anxiety that continues into adulthood.

“The child develops a pattern of being critical of themself, an inability to take in compliments when they are expressed and uncertainties that are the foundation of anxiety,” Dr. Biller warns.

3. Overly restrictive or authoritarian parenting

Super-strict parenting—never letting a kid have a drop-off playdate or climb a tree—makes it impossible for kids to explore their world safely. As a result, they’re more likely to become anxious. Dr. Biller says.

He adds that authoritarian parenting is one style that research links to increased odds of eating disorders in girls, which can become evident in late adolescence and adulthood.

Related: ‘I Struggled With Anxiety for Decades,’ Mel Robbins Reveals—Here’s What Made the Biggest Difference (Exclusive)

4. No structure

On the other end of the spectrum, a lack of structure in childhood can also raise the odds that someone becomes anxious as an adult.

“Boundaries and structure are necessary for children and adolescents to experience safety and security, which is a fundamental need,” Dr. Biller says.

Without the structure, he explains that insecurities increase, and anxiety symptoms are more likely to drag on.

Related: ‘I’m a Trauma-Informed Psychotherapist—Here’s What I Wish All Women Over 50 Knew About Anxiety’

5. Enabling

Enabling isn’t just about letting a child do whatever they want (see: no structure). There can be an emotional component. Dr. Adelman says parents and grandparents who enable children are strongly affected by a child’s distress and team up with them to avoid the feeling. The child learns that negative emotional reactions aren’t to be challenged—a key cog in emotional regulation in healthy adults—but obeyed. 

“This leads to patterns of anxiety and avoidance that often lead to less and less engagement and set the stage for adolescent and young adult behavioral patterns that feed the strength of the anxiety response by continued behavioral avoidance of any stress-inducing situation,” he explains.

Related: Child Psychologists Are Begging Parents and Grandparents To Stop Asking These 10 Questions

6. Lack of emotional validation

Enabling doesn’t help, but Dr. Adelman says you’re also likely to become anxious if your grown-ups disregarded your feelings in childhood. Responses like “toughen up” or “get over it” fit that bill and may have made it harder for “little you” to feel safe voicing your concerns and working from a place of power and control to regulate your emotions and anxiety. So, it’s unsurprising that “adult you” also struggles with anxiety—you were never given the power to learn.

7. Focus on the outcome, on the investment

Sometimes, kids need an “A” for effort—even if the report card says “C.” 

Dr. Adelman says that a hyper-focus on sports performance, grades and even social standing without a tailored investment in a child (which helps them feel seen) lays the foundation for anxiety. He explains that people raised in these settings are highly sensitive to negative events and emotions and anxious. 

Related: What Is ‘Eldest Daughter Syndrome?’ 11 Signs To Look For, According to Psychologists

How To Heal

1. Nurture emotional attachments

Dr. Adelman says it’s important to invest in relationships that bring you joy and connection, especially if you had negative attachments to parents, grandparents or other caregivers early in life. The goal is to challenge negative attachments and break cycles.

“Learn over time which relationships bring you enjoyment and happiness and build your self-esteem,” he suggests. “Take time to invest in these relationships and build awareness of the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ behind their health.”

Related: 13 Lies People Tell Themselves That Do More Harm Than Good, Psychologists Warn

2. Avoid avoidance

According to Dr. Adelman, continuing to engage (even when it’s hard) is a pillar of coping with anxiety in adulthood. While avoiding something because you’re anxious might seem like a good solution in the moment,  chronically restricting your world can only make things worse. Plus, facing the issue helps you build perseverance. It won’t be easy, though.  

“Be gentle with yourself in this process,” he stresses. “Make sure to both be aware of and validate your own emotional response, but be cautious not to invest too much in it.”

Related: 14 Habits of People Who Never (Or Rarely) Get Anxious, According to Therapists

3. Explore your anxiety with a therapist

You’ve been living like this for a while and may need some help learning how to cope and heal.

“Therapists are neutral parties that assist us in exploring the intersection of our histories and our current functioning,” Dr. Biller says. “While assisting us in exploring our thoughts and feelings, within a safe container, professional therapists also are able to assist in building coping strategies that enable us to manage thoughts and feelings which we seek to change.”

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Hardy and Caleigh Ryan are celebrating the arrival of their newborn baby.

The two-time CMA Award winner announced that Rosie Ryan Hardy arrived on 7 March, weighing in at nine pounds, two ounces.

The pair were showered with messages of congratulations on their Instagram post of Sunday 9 March, with friends and fans complimenting the baby’s name and sweet photos.

They first shared the news that they were expecting at a country music party in Nashville in October, and shared images from a maternity photo shoot on Instagram with the caption, “You have been our favourite little secret to keep. Baby Hardy coming February 2025.

The American country music singer-songwriter and his wife had a little extra time to wait before they met their daughter. On the due date in February, Ryan celebrated with a trip out to Jelly Roll’s downtown Nashville bar.

Hardy has charted three No 1 Country Airplay hits, and his albums The Mockingbird & The Crow and Quit!! topped the Hard Rock Albums chart. He has also penned songs for Blake Shelton and Morgan Wallen.

He proposed to his then girlfriend in August 2021 at The Lyric venue in Oxford, Mississippi, which is where the couple met in 2017.

Rosie is their first child together.

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Team India lifted the Champions Trophy 2025 title, beating New Zealand in the final by four wickets in Dubai on Sunday. India orchestrated a brilliant run chase, and won with an over to spare. Celebrations erupted right after victory, with several heartwarming and wholesome moments being shared between the players. One such moment was when India’s star batter Virat Kohli met pace spearhead Mohammed Shami’s mother. Kohli greeted Shami’s mother in a rather heartwarming moment, in visuals that were captured by the official broadcast.

In the video, Kohli can be seen bowing down to pay respect to Shami’s mother by touching her feet – a common traditional gesture in India. All smiles, Kohli then goes on to seemingly take a photograph with Shami’s family.

virat touching mohammed shami’s mother feet pic.twitter.com/FxvGDZGP4R

— Bewda babloo (@babloobhaiya3) March 9, 2025

Fans on the internet couldn’t help but react to the heartwarming moment.

Absolutely love the Indian culture

— Richa ( team chai n kishore kumar) (@Richa31309939) March 10, 2025

Scenes like this make more meaning for winning the trophies

— Saiprasanth(@Saipras187) March 9, 2025

Best part of virat is that despite achieving everything in his life, he is still so humble.

— Dr. Aashish Yd (@chinmocho) March 9, 2025

Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami: Two instrumental figures

A lot was debated and discussed regarding Kohli, 36, and Shami, 34, ahead of the tournament. However, come the big games, both players shone and led India to victory.

Virat Kohli finished as India’s second highest run-scorer in Champions Trophy 2025, and the fifth overall. Kohli slammed a masterful century against Pakistan in the group stage, before guiding India to victory with a knock of 84 in the semi-final against Australia.

The Champions Trophy 2025 title becomes Kohli’s fourth major ICC crown, and second when it comes to the Champions Trophy.

On the other hand, Mohammed Shami returned to form and full fitness when it mattered the most. Plagued by injury concerns and in a race against time to make it to the 15-man squad, Shami’s comeback spoke volumes of his dedication.

Shami also came into the tournament with the added responsibility of being the sole experienced pacer in the side, after Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out prior to the event.

However, despite all doubts, Shami took the responsibility in his stride. The 34-year-old began with a bang, picking up five wickets in the first Group A game against Bangladesh.

Shami also chipped in with three wickets in the semi-final against Australia, where he looked his best. Another wicket in the final meant that Shami finished as India’s top joint-highest wicket-taker, alongside Varun Chakravarthy.

Following the disappointment of the 2023 World Cup final, India have now won two ICC tournaments on the trot without losing a single game – the T20 World Cup 2024 and the Champions Trophy 2025. In all, India have now won 23 of their last 24 games in major ICC events.