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Valentine’s day is rough when you’re single but here are some rom-coms that make it easy. One of those franchise has always been the Bridget Jones movies. This Valentine’s day though, you can head back into her love life and it is the comfort you need as a singleton!
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is the fourth installment in the franchise and tells the devastating story of Bridget Darcy (Renée Zellweger) as a newly single mother of two after Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) dies while on a humanitarian trip. It is Bridget as we knew her back in Bridget Jones’ Diary but it is also sad because we have to watch her struggle to move on from the love of her life.
Valentine’s day is rough when you’re single but here are some rom-coms that make it easy. One of those franchise has always been the Bridget Jones movies. This Valentine’s day though, you can head back into her love life and it is the comfort you need as a singleton!
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is the fourth installment in the franchise and tells the devastating story of Bridget Darcy (Renée Zellweger) as a newly single mother of two after Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) dies while on a humanitarian trip. It is Bridget as we knew her back in Bridget Jones’ Diary but it is also sad because we have to watch her struggle to move on from the love of her life.
Maryland businesswoman Mika Simpson is blossoming into a master florist with her popular flower company, My Little Rosebud, and with a new collection of preserved roses, she’s expanded her catalog of elegant arrangements nationwide.
The former Atlanta lash technician founded My Little Rosebud in Capitol Heights, Maryland to offer an experience and provide fresh bouquets to locals. After being in the floral industry for nearly a year and a half, her company has already bloomed into a six-figure business venture and the florist’s recent addition for her customers, whom she refers to as “Rosebuds,” is giving true romance and the beauty of fresh blooms.
Simpson introduced BLACK ENTERPRISE to her 2025 “Forever Collection,” a hand-selected line of roses she described as timeless treasures. “We wanted to offer our customers something truly special — roses that capture the romance and beauty of fresh blooms, but with the convenience and longevity that we all crave,” the floral boutique owner said.
2025 Forever Collection
In January, My Little Rosebud launched the Forever Collection, preserved roses which last for up to three years. They’re real roses that go through an eco-friendly preservation process which allows them to expand their lifetime. The roses are carefully treated and require no water or sunlight to maintain their natural appearance, texture, and fragrance. “I decided to launch that just because I know a lot of people really enjoy the gift of flowers and sharing something special with someone,” said Simpson, who also kept in mind people who may not have the time or know how to properly care for them. Since the preserved roses in the Forever Collection minimize the maintenance load for those who Simpson said may not have the “green thumb.”
The Forever Collection offers exquisite options in three different sizes that customers can cherish for a long time. “We have small, large, and our grande, which is [a bouquet] of one hundred preserved roses,” she said. The exclusive line is available in red, white, and pink.
“They’re gorgeous. They smell great. I’m obsessed with them!” she said.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day!
Boxed and elegantly packaged, the Forever Collection is perfect for anyone looking for long-lasting gifts that symbolizes beauty, elegance and affection. “It’s just one of those gifts that you can give to someone for almost any occasion,” the My Little Rosebud founder said. “They can be a gift to yourself just to have something in your home, graduation, [or] birthdays.”
So, what’s the perfect gift to pair with a bouquet of roses from the 2025 Forever Collection? “The perfect gift, in my opinion, would be a love letter,” said Simpson. “Because you don’t have to spend money on it. It’s really just the thought and I think those are the perfect pairs.” Going for a more grand gesture, the Maryland florist recommended the Grande bouquet. “In person, it’s huge,” she said. “But even if you want to do something small, we have our smaller sizes. I just want them to experience the love.”
My Little Rosebud bouquets are an experience and Simpson hopes her Rosebuds enjoy their flowers while they’re still alive. “Roses, especially, have an amazing scent,” she said. Simply going up to them and smelling them everyday, making sure the timeless treasures are cared for and kept visible, will allow for a more intimate experience. Whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s day with someone special, cherishing moments with loved ones, or simply adding a touch of elegance to your home this year, My Little Rosebud has your floral needs covered, and to keep the experience for Simpson’s Rosebuds hassle-free, aftercare cards are given with every bouquet to provide instructions on how to care for the flowers, which includes trimming and water maintenance.
The preserved roses are available year-round and ship nationwide. Due to delicacy, other fresh flower bouquets are available for in-store purchase and pickup. My Little Rosebud serves the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia areas. Look out for limited-time collections in the future, including a special arrangement for Mother’s Day. Rosebuds can stay connected on Instagram and TikTok or by joining the My Little Rosebud mailing list.
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Social media commended Macklemore’s latest single as “revolutionary.” But his call-outs were arguably not radical. Rather, his piercing words were just an honest commentary about billionaires. Macklemore only comes off as loud because other artists have been deafeningly silent.
Macklemore’s single, “f— up,” raps about how the billionaire class controls key natural and technological resources. He directly illustrates this point by bringing up inmates who work as firefighters for $2 an hour, all while billionaires like the Resnicks have 57% ownership of state water in California. Macklemore describes the system Americans live in for what it is: an oligarchy.
The reality of the MCU in 2025 is that most everyone knows Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars will reboot, or at least reset, the entire cinematic universe. As a result, it can feel like the current regime of movies and shows is biding their time (if not wasting ours) as we get closer to merging the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and the other Fox-owned properties legitimately in with the 616 universe. This is why it’s particularly surprising when something happens that teases an X-Men thing within the mainline MCU. In Captain America: Brave New World, that thing is Adamantium. Yes, Adamantium has officially arrived to the MCU.
In Captain America: Brave New World, the newly elected president, Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (Harrison Ford), addresses a small gathering of world leaders about the discovery of a brand new metal, one as powerful and indestructible as Vibranium. (Actually, what Ross says is that it’s “more indestructible” than Vibranium, which unfortunately is impossible. Indestructible means you can’t destroy it. If you can’t destroy it, you can’t destroy it. Regardless.) But, we quickly learn that the mystery MCU metal is Adamantium, which the authorities discovered within the corpse of the Celestial in the Indian Ocean. Yeah, the one from Eternals!
The MCU’s Adamantium, and the access to it, is the major plot driver of the entire movie, escalating almost to the level of World War III. One aspect Ross highlights about Adamantium in the MCU is that, unlike Vibranium, it isn’t sole property of a single, isolationist nation. Huge burn on Wakanda, and incidentally the most political this would-be political thriller gets.
Adamantium was first introduced in Marvel Comics in 1963’s Avengers #66. The metal is a man-made substance created by metallurgist Dr. Myron MacLain. The Avengers themselves tested the metal’s durability and it withstood attacks from Iron Man, Goliath, and even Thor the God of Thunder. Ultron commanded Vision to steal the Adamantium and used it to create the armor for his new robot body.
Despite first appearing in the pages of Avengers, Adamantium is almost totally associated with the X-Men, thanks to Wolverine. The healing factor made him the perfect subject for grafting the metal onto his bones. His claws, of course, are also made of Adamantium. In fact, I’d hazard to guess if you’ve heard of Adamantium at all, it’s in relation to Wolverine and nowhere else.
And yes, we know the X-Men universe will collide with the main MCU universe, so it might not even matter, but allowing Adamantium to peek into movies and shows until that happens is a fun reminder of what’s to come.
Captain America: Brave New World is in cinemas now.
Kyle Anderson is the Senior Editor for Nerdist. He hosts the weekly pop culture deep-dive podcast Laser Focus. You can find his film and TV reviews here. Follow him on Letterboxd.
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