Illustration: Guardian Design/ Getty ImagesThe BBL is the fastest growing cosmetic surgery in the world, despite the mounting number of deaths resulting from the procedure. What is driving its astonishing rise? by Sophie ElmhirstThe quest was simple: Melissa wanted the perfect bottom. In her mind, it resembled a plump, ripe peach, like the emoji. She was already halfway there. In 2018, she’d had a Brazilian butt lift, known as a BBL, a surgical procedure in which fat is removed from various parts of the body and then injected back into the buttocks.

Carrie Underwood is one of the highest-earning country singers today –  but her jaw-dropping net worth is very different from that of her hockey star husband Mike Fisher. The singer met husband Mike back in 2008 backstage at one of her concerts and they wed two years later.  The athlete, who retired after a 15-plus year career in 2018, is said to be a keen real estate investor, and he and Carrie own a gorgeous “forever home” – their 400-acre estate in Nashville, Tennessee.

New year refresher: Hawksmoor’s grapefruit sgroppino. Photograph: Dan Matthews/The GuardianView image in fullscreenNew year refresher: Hawksmoor’s grapefruit sgroppino. Photograph: Dan Matthews/The GuardianThe good mixerCocktailsCocktail of the week: Hawksmoor’s grapefruit sgroppinoThe combination of tequila, lime sorbet, fizz and grapefruit sherbet makes this a perfect New Year’s Eve party drink A refreshing little number that will do the trick nicely for New Year’s Eve. If you don’t want to make the sherbet, use a basic sugar syrup infused with grapefruit instead.

The actor who excels in legal dramas, Jimmy Smits, got married to Barbara Smits in 1980. They spent seven years together, where they were blessed with two children, a daughter named Tania Smits and a son named Joaquin Smits. After the divorce in 1987, the couple co-parented their children. Jimmy Smits got chummy with his... ncG1vNJzZmidk5q5pq7RoquypZmnv7C%2BjZympmeklrRwwMCipZplo6K2tb%2BO

Peter Nygard was married to his wife Carol Knight for three years in the 1970s. The fashion magnate from Dateline NBC: The Secrets of Nygard Cay does not intend to get into a marital relationship again following his divorce from his first wife. Fashion tycoon Peter Nygard was once one of the most well-known figures in the entire industry (worth $900 million), but allegations of sex trafficking, sexual abuse, and extortion have driven him to plummet from his glory days.