Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone’s company KA Enterprises has bought an apartment worth 178 million Indian rupees ($2.1 million) in the upscale part of Bandra West in Mumbai, according to reports.
The apartment spans 1,845 square feet and is on the 15th floor, documents accessed by property technology platform Zapkey.com show.
Padukone and her actor husband Ranveer Singh welcomed their first baby earlier this month.
The couple were said to have purchased another property at Bandra Bandstand, close to Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s house, in Mumbai in 2022. That four-floor sea-facing property was reported to be worth more than 1 billion rupees.
The couple had also previously purchased a bungalow in the coastal town of Alibaug, in the west Indian state of Maharashtra, worth 220 million rupees in 2021.
The actress, one of the highest paid in India, has a personal fortune estimated at $40 million, according to wealth-tracking platform Celebrity Net Worth.
Padukone, 38, has landed lucrative roles in major Hindi, Tamil, and Kannada films. Today she earns approximately $10 million per year from her endorsements and film appearances, the website said.
She made history in 2022 by becoming the first Indian to be a Louis Vuitton ambassador.
Her personal care start-up 82ºE announced plans to raise 500 million rupees from new and existing investors in June, according to a regulatory filing.
Founded in 2021 by Padukone and venture capitalist Jigar Shah, the Mumbai-based brand offers a range of skincare products for men and women.
The company last raised $7.5 million in a seed round led by DSG Consumer Partners and Ideo Ventures, along with Padukone’s family office, in December 2022.
Padukone and her family office own 59.6 per cent of the start-up’s shares, while her husband controls 5.32 per cent of the company, according to start-up data intelligence platform TheKredible.
Padukone made her Hollywood debut in the 2017 action film xXx: Return of Xander Cage.
In 2015, she started the Live Love Laugh Foundation to promote self-care through conscious living and being in tune with one's body and mental state.
Selena Gomez
US singer, actor, producer and entrepreneur Selena Gomez is now a billionaire.
The 32-year-old is one of the youngest self-made billionaires in the US, according to Bloomberg, which values her net worth at $1.3 billion.
Some of the star’s wealth comes from singing, brand partnerships and acting, but the “vast bulk” of her wealth is tied to Rare Beauty, her five-year-old make-up line that is a success with influencers and teenagers.
The 32-year-old’s wealth is based on Bloomberg’s estimated value of her stake in the beauty brand, plus her interest in mental health platform Wondermind and other earnings from her music, acting, properties and brand partnerships on social media, which includes her 424 million followers on Instagram.
She is also an investor in food delivery company Gopuff. In 2020, she became an investor and co-owner of the ice cream brand Serendipity.
In March, Bloomberg reported that Gomez hired advisers to weigh selling Rare Beauty at a $2 billion valuation, although she later told Time magazine that she has no plans to sell.
The Lose You To Love Me singer, who has been open about her struggles with bipolar disorder, pledges to donate 1 per cent of all Rare Beauty sales to the Rare Impact Fund for mental health service and education.
As one of the most popular entertainers of the past decade, her popularity on Instagram makes her the third-most followed person, behind football stars Cristiano Ronaldo (638 million) and Lionel Messi (504 million), helping her rake in massive endorsements with activewear company Puma, worth a reported $30 million, and luxury accessories brand Coach, a $10 million deal.
She is reported to earn anywhere from $500,000 to $800,000 for a single sponsored post. Between her various endeavours, primarily Coach, Puma, and Instagram, Selena makes between $10 million and $15 million per year.
Other revenue streams for the former child star include income from her Hulu show Only Murders in the Building, according to Bloomberg, and a smaller slice from her music royalties.
As a child, Gomez was part of the cast of Barney & Friends.
Madhuri Dixit
The 1990s Bollywood star Madhuri Dixit Nene has bought shares in SoftBank-backed Indian food and grocery delivery start-up Swiggy ahead of its public market debut later this year, according to media reports.
Dixit, 57, bought shares worth 15 million rupees in Swiggy from the secondary market.
With this, she has become the second Indian celebrity to acquire shares in the IPO-bound company. In August, actor Amitabh Bachchan was reported to have purchased shares in Swiggy.
Swiggy is waiting for a green light from the Securities and Exchange Board of India to go ahead with the IPO filing, Bloomberg said last week. The company is reportedly aiming to raise more than $1 billion through its listing.
Founded in 2014, Swiggy works with more than 150,000 restaurants across India to help deliver food in the world’s most populous nation, according to its website. It competes with companies including public-listed Zomato, e-commerce giant Amazon’s India unit and conglomerate Tata Group’s BigBasket.
In 2022, Dixit joined a $10 million series B funding round for Indian fashion retailer Purple Style Labs.
The actor has a net worth of $35 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Her assets have accrued from her acting work in Hindi cinema and live performances. She starred in the Netflix series The Fame Game.
The actor has also endorsed many brands over the course of her career, including Maggi noodles and Aquaguard water purifiers.
Kanye West
US rapper, fashion designer and entrepreneur Kanye West has sold his house in Malibu, California, at a $36 million loss.
He bought the property in 2021 for $57.3 million. The oceanfront home was sold to crowdfunded real estate investment firm Belwood Investments for $21 million, leaving West with a loss of approximately $36 million.
After West, 47, first purchased the house, he gutted it to remodel it from scratch. However, those plans did not materialise as he listed the home for sale in January, with an asking price of $53 million.
In April, he slashed the price further to $39 million but was unable to find a buyer.
The musician, who legally changed his name to Ye in 2018, has a net worth of $400 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
The vast majority of his earnings have come from royalties and other earnings related to his Yeezy brand and partnership with German sportswear retailer adidas. But his outspoken views and controversy have cost him many sponsors and partnerships over the last few years.
Adidas ended its nine-year business partnership with him over his anti-Semitic remarks in 2022. The deal with adidas on West’s Yeezy line of trainers was worth $1.5 billion, based on a multiple of annual earnings, according to business magazine Forbes.
The Donda hit maker has full ownership and creative control of the Yeezy trainer brand, which was launched in 2015 with the adidas Yeezy trainer.
West pocketed about $150 million to $200 million in annual royalties from the fashion brand. He earned 15 per cent on the wholesale price of his trainers from adidas.
The Yeezy brand generated $2 billion per year in revenue and $250 million in profit for adidas. At the peak of West's partnership with adidas, the Yeezy brand was estimated to be worth about $4 billion to $5 billion on its own, Celebrity Net Worth said.
West, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after being admitted to psychiatric care in 2016, first made the Forbes’ billionaire list in 2020 with an estimated $1 billion fortune.
Kim Kardashian, 43, and West split in February 2021 when she filed for divorce. They share four children.
He owns about $100 million worth of real estate in the US.
Reading List
Practitioners of mindful eating recommend the following books to get you started:
Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life by Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr Lilian Cheung
How to Eat by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Mindful Diet by Dr Ruth Wolever
Mindful Eating by Dr Jan Bays
How to Raise a Mindful Eaterby Maryann Jacobsen
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The specs: 2018 BMW R nineT Scrambler
Price, base / as tested Dh57,000
Engine 1,170cc air/oil-cooled flat twin four-stroke engine
Transmission Six-speed gearbox
Power 110hp) @ 7,750rpm
Torque 116Nm @ 6,000rpm
Fuel economy, combined 5.3L / 100km
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Name: Younis Al Balooshi
Nationality: Emirati
Education: Doctorate degree in forensic medicine at the University of Bonn
Hobbies: Drawing and reading books about graphic design
Major matches on Manic Monday
Andy Murray (GBR) v Benoit Paire (FRA)
Grigor Dimitrov (BGR) v Roger Federer (SUI)
Rafael Nadal (ESP) v Gilles Muller (LUX)
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Who's who in Yemen conflict
Houthis: Iran-backed rebels who occupy Sanaa and run unrecognised government
Yemeni government: Exiled government in Aden led by eight-member Presidential Leadership Council
Southern Transitional Council: Faction in Yemeni government that seeks autonomy for the south
Habrish 'rebels': Tribal-backed forces feuding with STC over control of oil in government territory
Founders: Abdulmajeed Alsukhan, Turki Bin Zarah and Abdulmohsen Albabtain.
Based: Riyadh
Offices: UAE, Vietnam and Germany
Founded: September, 2020
Number of employees: 70
Sector: FinTech, online payment solutions
Funding to date: $116m in two funding rounds
Investors: Checkout.com, Impact46, Vision Ventures, Wealth Well, Seedra, Khwarizmi, Hala Ventures, Nama Ventures and family offices
The President's Cake
Director: Hasan Hadi
Starring: Baneen Ahmad Nayyef, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Sajad Mohamad Qasem
Rating: 4/5
Wicked: For Good
Director: Jon M Chu
Starring: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Ethan Slater
Rating: 4/5
So what is Spicy Chickenjoy?
Just as McDonald’s has the Big Mac, Jollibee has Spicy Chickenjoy – a piece of fried chicken that’s crispy and spicy on the outside and comes with a side of spaghetti, all covered in tomato sauce and topped with sausage slices and ground beef. It sounds like a recipe that a child would come up with, but perhaps that’s the point – a flavourbomb combination of cheap comfort foods. Chickenjoy is Jollibee’s best-selling product in every country in which it has a presence.
'Worse than a prison sentence'
Marie Byrne, a counsellor who volunteers at the UAE government's mental health crisis helpline, said the ordeal the crew had been through would take time to overcome.
“It was worse than a prison sentence, where at least someone can deal with a set amount of time incarcerated," she said.
“They were living in perpetual mystery as to how their futures would pan out, and what that would be.
“Because of coronavirus, the world is very different now to the one they left, that will also have an impact.
“It will not fully register until they are on dry land. Some have not seen their young children grow up while others will have to rebuild relationships.
“It will be a challenge mentally, and to find other work to support their families as they have been out of circulation for so long. Hopefully they will get the care they need when they get home.”
The specs
Engine: 3.0-litre twin-turbo flat-six
Power: 480hp at 6,500rpm
Torque: 570Nm from 2,300-5,000rpm
Transmission: 8-speed dual-clutch auto
Fuel consumption: 10.4L/100km
Price: from Dh547,600
On sale: now
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Benefits of first-time home buyers' scheme
- Priority access to new homes from participating developers
- Discounts on sales price of off-plan units
- Flexible payment plans from developers
- Mortgages with better interest rates, faster approval times and reduced fees
- DLD registration fee can be paid through banks or credit cards at zero interest rates
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PROFILE OF HALAN
Started: November 2017
Founders: Mounir Nakhla, Ahmed Mohsen and Mohamed Aboulnaga
Based: Cairo, Egypt
Sector: transport and logistics
Size: 150 employees
Investment: approximately $8 million
Investors include: Singapore’s Battery Road Digital Holdings, Egypt’s Algebra Ventures, Uber co-founder and former CTO Oscar Salazar
Fixtures (all times UAE)
Saturday
Brescia v Atalanta (6pm)
Genoa v Torino (9pm)
Fiorentina v Lecce (11.45pm)
Sunday
Juventus v Sassuolo (3.30pm)
Inter Milan v SPAL (6pm)
Lazio v Udinese (6pm)
Parma v AC Milan (6pm)
Napoli v Bologna (9pm)
Verona v AS Roma (11.45pm)
Monday
Cagliari v Sampdoria (11.45pm)
MATCH INFO
Uefa Champions League, semi-final result:
Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona
Liverpool win 4-3 on aggregate
Champions Legaue final: June 1, Madrid
SERIE A FIXTURES
Friday Sassuolo v Torino (Kick-off 10.45pm UAE)
Saturday Atalanta v Sampdoria (5pm),
Genoa v Inter Milan (8pm),
Lazio v Bologna (10.45pm)
Sunday Cagliari v Crotone (3.30pm)
Benevento v Napoli (6pm)
Parma v Spezia (6pm)
Fiorentina v Udinese (9pm)
Juventus v Hellas Verona (11.45pm)
Monday AC Milan v AS Roma (11.45pm)
House-hunting
Top 10 locations for inquiries from US house hunters, according to Rightmove
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Westminster, London
- Camden, London
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Islington, London
- Kensington and Chelsea, London
- Highlands, Scotland
- Argyll and Bute, Scotland
- Fife, Scotland
- Tower Hamlets, London
BUNDESLIGA FIXTURES
Friday (UAE kick-off times)
Borussia Dortmund v Paderborn (11.30pm)
Saturday
Bayer Leverkusen v SC Freiburg (6.30pm)
Werder Bremen v Schalke (6.30pm)
Union Berlin v Borussia Monchengladbach (6.30pm)
Eintracht Frankfurt v Wolfsburg (6.30pm)
Fortuna Dusseldof v Bayern Munich (6.30pm)
RB Leipzig v Cologne (9.30pm)
Sunday
Augsburg v Hertha Berlin (6.30pm)
Hoffenheim v Mainz (9pm)
Our legal consultant
Name: Hassan Mohsen Elhais
Position: legal consultant with Al Rowaad Advocates and Legal Consultants.
TRAP
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Saleka Shyamalan, Ariel Donaghue
Director: M Night Shyamalan
Rating: 3/5
Short-term let permits explained
Homeowners and tenants are allowed to list their properties for rental by registering through the Dubai Tourism website to obtain a permit.
Tenants also require a letter of no objection from their landlord before being allowed to list the property.
There is a cost of Dh1,590 before starting the process, with an additional licence fee of Dh300 per bedroom being rented in your home for the duration of the rental, which ranges from three months to a year.
Anyone hoping to list a property for rental must also provide a copy of their title deeds and Ejari, as well as their Emirates ID.
About Takalam
Date started: early 2020
Founders: Khawla Hammad and Inas Abu Shashieh
Based: Abu Dhabi
Sector: HealthTech and wellness
Number of staff: 4
Funding to date: Bootstrapped
Price, base / as tested From Dh173,775 (base model)
Engine 2.0-litre 4cyl turbo, AWD
Power 249hp at 5,500rpm
Torque 365Nm at 1,300-4,500rpm
Gearbox Nine-speed auto
Fuel economy, combined 7.9L/100km
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
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What vitamins do we know are beneficial for living in the UAE
Vitamin D: Highly relevant in the UAE due to limited sun exposure; supports bone health, immunity and mood.
Vitamin B12: Important for nerve health and energy production, especially for vegetarians, vegans and individuals with absorption issues.
Iron: Useful only when deficiency or anaemia is confirmed; helps reduce fatigue and support immunity.
Omega-3 (EPA/DHA): Supports heart health and reduces inflammation, especially for those who consume little fish.