#there's also a photo of sophia and alexandra from the same day but it's so dark you can't see anything

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King Constantine holding his granddaughter Alexandra, posthumous child of his son, King Alexander. Photographed in the gardens of the royal palace in Athens, 1922.

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Jenni “JWoww” Farley Shares Epic “Glow Up” Photo in the Ultimate Jersey Shore Throwback

Rob Latour/Shutterstock New JWoww, who dis? On Monday, JWoww—née Jenni Farley—reached a major milestone on Instagram and she wanted to celebrate it in a special way. The 33-year-old posted a photo on the social media platform that was a side-by-side image of herself from the early Jersey Shore days next to a more current image. “In honor of hitting 7 million followers, I shall post this amazing glow up,” she wrote. “from looking like I haven’t showered… to contour, filters and fillers… but always the same expression #unbothered.” She added at the end, “love all of you. even the hating ass ones.” Under the first photos, a caption was partially cut off but pretty clearly said, “I will rip his head off.” JWoww has turned her glow up into a lucrative career for herself. She owns Naturally Woww, a skincare company that is “built on three main principles – pure, simple, innovative.” JWoww founded the company because she wanted to use products that she “could trust” and didn’t contain any harmful ingredients. The mom of two has come a long way since her early Jersey Shore days (it premiered in 2009), but the cast members are still as friendly as ever. For instance, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is currently serving an 8-month sentence in federal prison for tax fraud, but his friends often stop by FCI Otisville for friendly visits.  The love and bonds have even extended to the next generation because Jersey Shore kids love each other as much as their parents do. The cast always comes together for big reasons to celebrate. From partying it up at JWoww’s birthday bash in Atlantic City to hanging out at Snooki‘s baby sprinkle, this friend group remains close-knit and sticks with each other through the glow ups and breakups. JWoww is hardly the only Jersey Shore cast member with a substantial makeover. Take a look at the photos below to see the cast then and now. Scott Gries/Picture Group for MTV Jersey Shore Cast: Then and Now Almost 10 years later and we’re still GTLing. Jersey Shore premiered in 2009, changing reality TV and  the rest of the country’s opinion of the Garden State forever. The MTV series introduced viewers to eight unforgettable Guidos and Guidettes as they spent the summer partying in a house in Seaside Heights.  After six seasons, 71 episodes and a trip to Italy, the show stopped fist-pumping in 2012 only to dance their way back into our hearts in 2018’s Jersey Shore Family Vacation. Here’s how they’ve changed since their TV debuts all those years ago: MTV; Bennett Raglin/Getty Images Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi Arguably the breakout star of Seaside, Snooki has gone on to make numerous appearances on reality shows, including Dancing With the Stars and Celebrity Apprentice. She and co-star JWoww also landed their own spinoff, which focused on their transition into motherhood, and she tried out professional wrestling for a bit in 2011. Snooki married Jionni LaValle in 2014, and the couple has two children together, and are expecting their third. Dr. Tutela told E! News the mother of two came to his office more than a year ago for a breast lift and implants to combat sagging after breastfeeding. “This is a very common operation after pregnancy and breast feeding and is truly restorative surgery,” he said. “Nicole is a great mom and lives a healthy life style. She has a diet and exercise plan in place that keeps her fit and feeling good.”In addition to the surgery, Tutela said she also comes in for regularly Botox injections to help prevent wrinkles on the forehead and in between her eyebrows. MTV; Jerod Harris/Getty Images Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino The Situation has made the reality show rounds since leaving the Shore, appearing on Dancing With the Stars, Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars, Marriage Boot Camp Reality Stars Family Edition, Worst Cooks in America and Celebrity Big Brother in the UK. He pleaded guilty to tax evasion in January and, after years of prescription drug addiction, Sorrentino turned his life around, went to rehab and has been sober for more than two years now. With his new outlook on life, Sorrentino aims to keep looking great. According to Dr. Tutela, “The Situation” came into the office for Botox injections. “Everyone enjoyed a touch-up before filming the new show, and I think it’s really helpful when being on camera,” the doctor explained. “The key is not to use too much so your results remain natural and don’t look overdone.” He’s currently serving an 8-month prison sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville, N.Y. Article continues below MTV; Thos Robinson/Getty Images Jenni “Jwoww” Farley In addition to the spinoff with Snooki, JWoww also appeared on One Life to Live, Worst Cooks in America and Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars after leaving the Shore. JWoww married her longtime love Roger Mathews in 2015, and the couple has two children together, Meilani Alexandra and Greyson Valor. She filed for divorce from Mathews in September 2018. MTV; Jerod Harris/Getty Images Vinny Guadagnino Like Snooki and JWoww, Vinny also stayed in the MTV family after Jersey Shore, landing his own talk show, The Show With Vinny, in 2013. He also landed a cooking show with his mother, Vinny & Ma Eat America, which aired on The Cooking Channel. Vinny, 29, also wrote a book, Control The Crazy: My Plan To Stop Stressing, Avoid Drama, and Maintain Inner Cool, and released a clothing line, IHAV. In the premiere episode of Jersey Shore Family Vacation, Guadagnino also revealed he’s been keeping a strict exercise routine and has been following a ketogenic diet. He and Pauly D searched for love in their very own dating show called Double Shot at Love. MTV; Leon Bennett/Getty Images Paul “Pauly D” DelVecchio The DJ found romance with Aubrey O’Day on season one of Famously Single, but the reality stars have since split. After Jersey Shore ended, Pauly D was the first cast member to get his own spinoff, The Pauly D Project, and in 2013, he welcomed a daughter, Amabella Sophia, with Amanda Markert. All these years later, he’s still rocking his signature blowout.  Article continues below MTV; Mark Davis/Getty Images Ronnie Ortiz-Magro After an on-and-off again relationship with “Sammi Sweetheart” Giancola, Ron-Ron followed in Pauly D’s footsteps and went on the second season of Famously Single, where he ended up dating Malika Haqq. Sadly, they split after two months. Now, he’s a new dad to a baby girl with girlfriend Jen Harley. Physically, not much has changed for the GTL fan—except for maybe a new haircut.  MTV; Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images Deena Nicole Cortese Deena, who joined the show original show in season three, is sporting a special new accessory these days—a wedding ring! The star married longtime boyfriend Chris Buckner in October 2017. Not to fret—she’s still committed to being one half of the show’s meatball duo. She and Chris welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Christopher John, on Jan. 5. MTV; Bennett Raglin/Getty Images Angelina Pivarnick After quitting the show in season two due to confrontations with cast members, Angelina, who described herself as “the Kim Kardashian of Staten Island,” went on to join the first season cast of Couples Therapy, and is now an EMT For FDNY. She’s also engaged to her longtime love Chris Larangeira. While fans await her surprise return to the Jersey Shore crew, Pivarnick is gearing up for a breast lift and implants with Dr. Tutela. “She has been so great setting up for surgery and is always texting to go over last minute jitters and asking questions about the recovery process,” he described.  Article continues below Step aside GTL, it’s now time for gym, tan, glow. Don’t miss E! News every weeknight at 7, only on E! https://www.eonline.com/news/1043059/jenni-jwoww-farley-shares-epic-glow-up-photo-in-the-ultimate-jersey-shore-throwback?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories The post Jenni “JWoww” Farley Shares Epic “Glow Up” Photo in the Ultimate Jersey Shore Throwback appeared first on Top Of The World. https://kartiavelino.com/jenni-jwoww-farley-shares-epic-glow-up-photo-in-the-ultimate-jersey-shore-throwback/

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Fader Tackles the U.K.'s Julie Adenuga

How Julie Adenuga Became The Most Trusted Voice In U.K. Music

A conversation with the Beats 1 anchor about documenting grime, supporting the next generation, and the lessons she learned from her mom.

By AIMEE CLIFF

“I never got taught how to do radio,” Julie Adenuga said in a matter-of-fact style, before bursting into laughter. It was a bright day in December, and the 28-year-old radio DJ was reflecting on her self-started career. She was still wearing a lush fur coat and winged eyeliner from a photo shoot earlier that day, all gothic glamor behind her clear-framed spectacles. She spoke while multi-tasking with purpose, eating cheesy pizza with one hand, firing off emails with the other. “At no stage did I sit down and read a book about [DJing],” she continued. “I wouldn’t know how to do it professionally.” It’s this unstudied approach, she said, that helps create the no-bullshit feel of her Beats 1 show — and it’s true that her presenting has a casual, free-form feel that is a rarity elsewhere on mainstream radio. But whatever she tells you, Julie is a professional in her prime.

Julie’s career success isn’t rooted in books, but in her genuine roots and graft in London’s tight-knit music scene. Growing up in north London neighborhood Tottenham, she watched her older brothers Junior and Jamie (MCs Skepta and JME) launch their grime label Boy Better Know in 2005, but she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do herself. She was always creative — she studied dance in school, and sang backing vocals on JME's 2008 album Famous — but didn’t see herself becoming an artist. After dropping out of an Events Management degree, she worked in an Apple store for a little under two years. Feeling restless in 2010, she persuaded the then-pirate radio station Rinse FM to give her a show with her best friend Sian Anderson, despite neither having DJed before. The result was candid and hilarious: between the latest grime, afrobeats, and electronic music emerging from London, the two would spar and banter as though no one else was listening. Within five years, Sian was holding down a show on BBC Radio 1Xtra, and Julie was hosting the drivetime slot on Rinse. Listeners around the world learned her name in 2015, when she was chosen by Apple to anchor their new station, alongside seasoned pros Zane Lowe and Ebro Darden.

Julie’s transition to mainstream radio wasn’t just a victory for her personal career — it’s also been a big boost for artists who are often misunderstood by the U.K.’s broadcast media. In the grime and U.K. rap scenes in general, the prejudiced institutional press so often gets it wrong; artists find themselves labeled as “aggressive,” looked over for awards and radio play, and reviewed by journalists who have little understanding of their culture or lyricism. But Julie’s daily Beats 1 show feels authentic. As a day one music obsessive with a true understanding of how artists build careers, she knows exactly how to tread the line between amplifying culture and protecting what’s so special about it. Beyond radio, she’s also dedicated to opening up the music industry to young people from diverse backgrounds, launching the One True Calling mentorship scheme with Sian Anderson in 2016. As the world looks toward the U.K., Julie’s making sure the story of British music is being told right.

You and your siblings are all so creative and entrepreneurial. What were the best lessons your parents taught you growing up?

To have respect. In Nigerian culture, you can't give your mum or anyone older than you anything with your left hand. That's seen as disrespectful. If an auntie or uncle walks in a room, you touch the floor. Growing up as an English-born Nigerian person, there were just things that my friends at school weren't really going to understand. But I liked [those customs]. It's not a weakness to be a nice person.

What was it like for you growing up with all brothers?

I’m definitely not the girly type. I was so comfortable growing up as the only girl. I didn’t have to go play with my friends, in the house was where the fun was — with Junior, Jamie, Jason, mum, dad. I became uncomfortable when I went to secondary school, and had to be in an environment where people didn’t really understand me. It was a very strict line of, “There’s girls, and there’s guys.” I didn’t have any close female friends. I wasn’t like them. I didn’t have hairstyles, I didn’t even comb my hair. [I went] through these phases of like, doing girly things, and thinking, I don’t like this. Finding myself was basically going back to the original tomboy that I was, and remembering that I was cool.

“I want to encourage people to do stuff they’re passionate about. Putting positive energy out into the world.”

What surprised you in 2016?

Junior [Skepta]’s Mercury award! That was something that I never thought would happen. There were so many other people in that category — David Bowie, for a start. Everything that followed on from that, from Alexandra Palace, to shooting the documentary — everything felt so rewarding.

You wrote and presented Apple’s documentary on Skepta. Is it important to you to make sure that the right people are telling grime’s story?

I wouldn't want someone to tell Junior's story and not tell it right. I don't like seeing things wronged that are important to me. I think [that] ruins any credibility that that story had; every point you were trying to make is overshadowed by your incorrect information. Junior is such a delicate character, he's really easily misunderstood. [In interviews] he's so careful with what he says because he's aware that anything he does say can be taken left or right. [I thought], I probably am a good person to tell this story. Because I understand. Let me see what I can do to make sure that other people don't get it misconstrued.

On the flip side, do you ever get feel frustrated with being labeled a “grime” presenter/DJ, when you represent so many genres on your show?

I don't get frustrated, because it's never stopped me from doing something. When I was doing an interview for the documentary with Jamie [JME], he was talking about that moment [in the early-’00s] when loads of [grime] artists started signing record deals. I [asked] him, “How did that make you feel, as someone who's been so adamant about being independent?” He was like, "It was good, I liked that Kano, Chip, all these people were getting signed and spreading the sound, or spreading our culture, spreading that we exist to other people." For me, it's the same thing. If people feel like I'm a grime person, I like that I represent a grime person who's into other things. People think that [grime fans] just like grime, they don't listen to anything else. I'm a good representation of the fact that grime isn't just a secret club.

"All platforms should be accessible to all artists. A lot of music is celebrated, but [once] you reach a certain level, it’s only Adele."

There was a lot of talk last year about diversity at U.K. awards shows; do you think ceremonies like The BRITs need to improve?

Kanye West made me feel like awards are really bad! Because you work so hard, and then you have to be in competition with people when you didn’t even want to be. It’s not cool! Loads of people put work into their albums and then they have to lose. My [point of view] has always been, if you’re not 100% happy with how something is going, then you should just create your own — which is what [grime YouTube channel and publication] GRM Daily done with the Rated Awards.

If you could wave a magic wand and fix something about the U.K. music industry, what would it be?

I would change who you have to be to get to certain places. There are places that some artists will never be, because they are a person that isn’t normally accepted in that world. There are some artists that will never be on a late-night TV show, because they don’t fit into a certain box, because they don’t adhere to certain rules. I would change that. All platforms should be accessible to all artists. A lot of music is celebrated, but [once] you reach a certain level, it’s only Adele. I would change it so the English public can see all the types of music that exist out there.

How do we make that happen?

I need to make a late-night TV show!

What are you looking forward to in 2017?

Towards the end of [2016], I was very emotional about the world. Human beings have still not learned how to live on a planet with other human beings. [In 2017] I’m gonna try and do my part; I’d love for everyone to do their part, whatever that may be. I’m going to go to Greece for 10 days, because my friend is living out there — she used to work at a major label, but she quit her job [to start the charity Hope Project, building schools for refugees in Greece]. I’m launching a live music event this year as well, and I’m going to donate all the money from the ticket sales to [Hope Project].

On top of that, I am going to start a nice dinner [event] with [art director] Sophia Tassew, that should happen monthly or bi-monthly, for creative women to just come and have some food and talk about their lives with each other. I just want to have a place where [women] can mix with people that are older, in a different stage of their career. [I want to] encourage people to do stuff they’re passionate about. Putting positive energy out into the world.

Have you always been so confident?

I've always been loud. Sometimes people can mistake my loudness — when I was young, anyway — for confidence. In school, I was the outspoken, crazy one. But I think my confidence [came] from knowing that I'm confident about what I'm saying. Sometimes you can shout, and think: I'm shouting so people probably think I'm saying something that's right. But now, what I'm saying is something I believe in.