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Will Smith Reveals why Dubai Made Him Fearless in Spirit

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When Will Smith talks about Dubai, it doesn’t sound like a celebrity talking about a favorite travel destination. It sounds personal. Ahead of the Middle East premiere of Pole to Pole with Will Smith, the Oscar-winning actor opened up about how the city played an unexpected role in reshaping his mindset and relationship with fear. “I wake up when I land in Dubai,” Smith said. “I’m ready to create.” That energy, he explained, comes from a moment that changed him years ago. Skydiving over Dubai in his forties.

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For most people, skydiving is a bucket-list thrill. For Smith, it was something deeper. He admitted he had always lived with fear beneath the surface, even at the height of fame. The jump forced him to confront it head-on. “I was trying to open myself up,” he shared. “That jump changed something inside me.”

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Will Smith has been visiting Dubai for nearly three decades, long before the skyline became what it is today. He remembers a city full of cranes and ambition, still becoming itself. Watching that transformation left a mark on him.
“There’s a spirit here,” he said. “Dubai feels like a second home.”

That same spirit is echoed in Pole to Pole, the National Geographic docuseries that pushes Smith into extreme environments, from icy landscapes to the Himalayas. One moment stayed with him deeply. At 14,000 feet, struggling to move, he watched a 70-year-old woman walk past him with ease. “It taught me how much we underestimate ourselves,” he said. “The human body, the human mind, can adapt far beyond what we think.”
But the real lesson wasn’t physical. It was emotional.“Fear blocks beauty,” Smith explained. “If you’re afraid, you can’t fully experience life. Not nature. Not relationships. Not happiness.”
That philosophy is why Dubai resonates with him. A city built on bold decisions, big visions, and the refusal to accept limits mirrors the journey he’s been on personally.

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He spoke openly about being inspired by the vision behind Dubai’s rise.
“I feel like I was in charge of something here in another life,” he laughed.
When asked about his favorite cities in the world, his answer was immediate.
“Miami and Dubai,” he said. “The moment I land here, I feel alive.”
For Will Smith, Dubai is a reminder, a challenge to keep choosing courage over comfort. Fear isn’t ignored in his story. It’s faced. And then left behind.
And that, he says, is why he keeps coming back.

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Camila Cabello and Billionaire Heir Henry Junior Chalhoub Split After More Than a Year Together

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Camila Cabello and Henry Junior Chalhoub have ended their relationship after a year together. As expected from these two, the breakup was kept out of the public eye, just like most of their relationship.

The pair were first linked in November 2024 being seen together at an Elie Saab after-party in Saudi Arabia. Speculation gained traction in January 2025 when the pair were photographed kissing in St. Barts. It was their first widely circulated public sighting as a couple, and one of the limited times they shared their relationship publicly.

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From there, appearances came in carefully chosen moments. They attended Chanel’s Fall/Winter show at Paris Fashion Week in March 2025, Later that summer, Cabello shared Ibiza vacation photo posting a “falling in love” caption that fans linked to Chalhoub. They also appeared together at Coachella this year, where Cabello surprised everyone by joining Young Thug to perform “Havana.” It was among their final public appearances as a couple.

Chalhoub is the heir to the Chalhoub Group, that major luxury retail business his family built out of Dubai. The company operates a large retail network globally and partners with luxury brands including Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Christian Louboutin. The family wealth has been estimated in the billion-dollar range.

Cabello, who’s 29, has always kept her private life extra private. Back in 2019, she told Elle, “Love is the most sacred, precious thing to me. I want to always feel like my love is between me and that person, and never belonging to anyone else.” She has largely maintained that stance since, even with the glare of fame and after her much-talked-about romance with Shawn Mendes.

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Before Henry, Cabello and Mendes dated between 2019 and 2021. They had a brief rekindling in 2023, but did not continue. Mendes has spoken about the pressures of public attention during the breakup.

Regarding the reported split, neither Camila Cabello nor Henry Junior Chalhoub has made a public statement. The relationship was kept largely out of the spotlight throughout its duration, with only a limited number of appearances and shared moments.

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Pete Davidson Praises Kim Kardashian’s Resilience: ‘She’s Superhuman’

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There is something quietly striking about an ex-partner who speaks openly and respectfully about someone they once dated, offering admiration without bitterness, irony, or restraint. Pete Davidson offered precisely that during a recent episode of his Netflix podcast, “The Pete Davidson Show,” delivering remarks that felt notably more grounded than the typical celebrity soundbite.

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Sitting across from comedian Nikki Glaser, Davidson reflected on his nine-month relationship with Kim Kardashian with a level of perspective that feels shaped by time and distance rather than immediacy. “She’s superhuman,” he said. “I learned from her that no matter what’s going on, whatever’s in the news, you’re still you, and you can just still go do stuff.”

That is not a small observation, For nearly two decades, Kardashian has been scrutinized, dismissed, and frequently underestimated, yet she has continued to show up in her businesses, family life, and professional pursuits.

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Davidson, who has dealt with mental health challenges and media scrutiny, appeared to recognise a sense of resilience in what he witnessed.

What surprised him most, though, was her acting. “Isn’t it crazy Kim’s good at acting?” he said, recalling the moment she casually announced she wanted to be an actress. “I was like, ‘F*** yeah’, and then she’s just good at it.”

Glaser, who is co-starring with Kardashian in the upcoming film “Fifth Wheel,” echoed the sentiment without hesitation. “She’s amazing. She’s so smart. She does anything she wants to do.” Glaser went further, noting the particular courage it took for Kardashian to step into acting knowing full well the audience was primed to watch her fail.

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That scrutiny is real. Kardashian made her acting debut in “American Horror Story: Delicate” in 2023, drawing significant attention from critics and viewers. She later secured a lead role in Hulu’s “All’s Fair” in 2025.

Kardashian and Davidson parted ways in August 2022, both have moved on, Kardashian has also been linked to Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton. while Davidson welcomed a daughter with Elsie Hewitt in December 2025, though that relationship ended in May 2026.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s Eldest Son Maddox Files for an Official Name Change

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The oldest of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s six children has reportedly filed paperwork to be known simply as Maddox Jolie. According to TMZ, the 24-year-old has filed legal paperwork to remove “Pitt” from his surname. If approved by a judge, he would legally be known as Maddox Chivan Jolie.

Representatives for Brad Pitt have declined to comment, and there has been no response from Angelina Jolie’s team.

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This isn’t the first time Maddox has moved away from the Jolie-Pitt surname. When he served as an assistant director on Angelina Jolie’s 2025 film “Couture,” he was credited as Maddox Jolie. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and later opened in theaters across France. The change differed from 2024, when he served as a production assistant on the biopic “Maria” and appeared in the credit as Maddox Jolie-Pitt.

Maddox is the eldest of the six children shared by Jolie and Pitt. Their separation began in 2016, with the divorce not finalized until 2024. Maddox’s siblings, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Knox and Vivienne have also taken steps away from the Pitt name. In 2024, Vivienne used “Vivienne Jolie” for her work on the Broadway show “The Outsiders,” which Angelina produced. The same year Zahara introduced herself as Zahara Marley Jolie at a Spelman College sorority event, and she did it again at her graduation in 2026, then there is Shiloh, who dropped “Pitt” entirely after she filed for a name change on her 18th birthday. The court approved it, so now she is Shiloh Jolie.

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The developments have fueled ongoing speculation about tension between Brad Pitt and some of his children years after the split – The long-running speculation about tension between Pitt and some of his children has continued over the years

Angelina adopted Maddox back in 2002, before she was with Brad. Pitt adopted him later, and in 2006 a judge gave Maddox and Zahara the full Jolie-Pitt surname. Now, more than twenty years later, that double-barreled last name is fading away from both public view and legal records for several of the Jolie-Pitt kids.

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