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Model Winnie Harlow and NBA player Kyle Kuzma get engaged during weekend getaway

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February 19, 2025

Model Winnie Harlow and NBA player Kyle Kuzma get engaged during weekend getaway

Winnie Harlow and Kyle Kuzma are getting married: The model and Milwaukee Bucks forward are engaged.

Harlow confirmed the engagement Tuesday in an Instagram post that included snippets of Kuzma’s lavish proposal and a glimpse at her 8.5-carat engagement ring.

“to eternity 💍♾️ #shesaidyes,” Harlow, 30, wrote.

Kuzma, 29, who played for the Los Angeles Lakers when they won their 2020 championship, proposed to Harlow on Feb. 13 after chartering a rose-filled private jet for a long-weekend getaway to Turks and Caicos, the couple told Vogue. The NBA star knew since their first trip to the Caribbean island in 2022 that he wanted to pop the question there and began planning the proposal about six months ago.

The former “America’s Next Top Model” contestant thought Kuzma’s elaborate plans for the trip were a sweet way for them to celebrate Valentine’s Day, with a “fleeting” thought that he might also propose. But she didn’t want to get ahead of herself, she told Vogue. That is, until Kuzma started reading her a poem that concluded with him asking “will you be my wife?”

Harlow said she said yes before Kuzma even pulled out the ring — an 8.5-carat oval-cut sparkler surrounded by two baguette stones. Kuzma spent three months designing the piece.

“I never really asked her what type of ring she liked or anything,” he told Vogue. “I just wanted to draw a picture of what I felt resembled her — something that was elegant, but very timeless and simplistic at the same time.”

Kuzma’s proposal was followed by a surprise engagement party that included both Harlow and Kuzma’s families at a beachfront villa, complete with a DJ, dinner on the beach and fireworks.

“We’re over the moon,” Harlow told the magazine.

The couple also shared a joint Instagram post that featured several snapshots from their eventful trip, including close-ups of Harlow’s ring and her reaction to her surprise party.

The Cay Skin founder, who is a spokesperson for the skin condition vitiligo, first connected with Kuzma in early 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Apparently, Kuzma had tried to reach out to her in 2019 but she never got his Instagram DM. But once they got to talking, she said they never wanted to stop and they officially started dating in April 2020, according to People. Harlow then moved from New York to L.A. where Kuzma was playing for the Lakers, and made their relationship Instagram official in June 2020.

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‘Wait Wait’ for February 28. 2026: Live in Bloomington with Lilly King!

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March 1, 2026

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‘Wait Wait’ for February 28. 2026: Live in Bloomington with Lilly King!

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This week’s show was recorded in Bloomington, Indiana with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest Lilly King and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Josh Gondelman, and Faith Salie. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.

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Zendaya and Tom Holland Are Married, Her Longtime Stylist Claims

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March 1, 2026

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Zendaya and Tom Holland Are Married, Her Longtime Stylist Claims

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March 1, 2026
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Zendaya and Tom Holland are married … so claims her longtime stylist, Law Roach.

Here’s the deal … the celebrity stylist — who started styling Zendaya way back in 2011 — spoke to Access Hollywood on the Actors Awards red carpet where he sang out “The wedding has already happened, you missed it.”

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The AH reporter asks in shock if that’s true … and, Law responds by saying it’s “very true” before walking off.

This isn’t the first time Tom and Zendaya’s relationship status has made headlines on a red carpet … remember at the Golden Globes in 2025, Zendaya had a ring on that finger — and, the next day, we found out the two were engaged.

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Zendaya and Tom met on the set of “Spider-Man: Homecoming” in 2016, started dating a couple years later and went public with their relationship in 2021.

We’ve reached out to Tom and Zendaya’s teams … so far, no word back.

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Bet on Anything, Everywhere, All at Once : Up First from NPR

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March 1, 2026

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Bet on Anything, Everywhere, All at Once : Up First from NPR

Online prediction market platforms allow people to place bets on wide-ranging subjects such as sports, finance, politics and currents events.

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The rise of prediction markets means you can now bet on just about anything, right from your phone. Apps like Kalshi and Polymarket have grown exponentially in President Trump’s second term, as his administration has rolled back regulations designed to keep the industry in check. Billions of dollars have flooded in, and users are placing bets on everything from whether it will rain in Seattle today to whether the US will take over control of Greenland. Who’s winning big on these apps? And who is losing? NPR correspondent Bobby Allyn joins The Sunday Story to explain how these markets came to be and where they are going.

This episode was produced by Andrew Mambo. It was edited by Liana Simstrom and Brett Neely. Fact-checking by Barclay Walsh and Susie Cummings. It was engineered by Robert Rodriguez.

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