Megan Fox is engaged to her rapper partner, Machine Gun Kelly.
Kelly, born Colson Baker, proposed to the actress under the banyan tree the couple claim to have fallen in love sitting under in 2020.
The rapper presented Fox with a striking duo of emerald and diamond rings, which he designed with British jewellery designer Stephen Webster. The stones represent each of their birthstones, emerald for Fox, whose birthday is May 16, and diamond for Kelly, who was born on April 22.
"Beneath the same branches we fell in love under, I brought her back to ask her to marry me," Kelly wrote on Instagram.
"I know tradition is one ring, but I designed it with Stephen Webster to be two: the emerald (her birthstone) and the diamond (my birthstone) set on two magnetic bands of thorns that draw together as two halves of the same soul forming the obscure heart that is our love."
How much is Megan Fox's engagement ring worth?
Jeweller Mehul Pethani from Cara Jewellers in Dubai estimates that the pear-shaped diamond is about three carats, while the emerald stone is around five carats.
To buy the ring in Dubai, it would cost Dh250,000 ($68,000), depending on cut and clarity, according to Pethani.
"It's a very different style," Pethani says of the ring style. "Many people don't only want to go for a diamond, so they combine [it] with different coloured stones like emeralds, sapphires and rubies."
He says combining stones makes for an "elegant" design, inspired by royal jewellery styles.
How does Megan Fox's ring compare with other celebrity engagement rings?
Fox's relationship with Kelly has drawn comparison to Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker's high-profile romance.
Kardashian, 42, and Blink-182 drummer Barker, 45, got engaged on the beach in Montecito, California in October. He had set up an enormous arrangement of roses and candles in the sand, which surrounded the couple as he proposed. The pair have been together since 2020.
The ring is a large oval-shaped diamond, set on a thin white gold or platinum band designed by celebrity jeweller Lorraine Schwartz.
"It's a flawless, beautifully cut diamond stone," Schwartz told People magazine. "I worked on it with Travis and he was a really big part of it. He was really hands-on in the whole making of it. It's gorgeous and they're happy."
Pethani estimated that the diamond is between eight and 10 carats. To buy the ring in the UAE, it would cost Dh600,000 to Dh1.5 million ($163,000 to $408,000), depending on cut and clarity.
Other celebrities with oval engagement rings include the Duchess of Cambridge, who famously inherited Princess Diana's Garrard oval sapphire ring surrounded by diamonds.
When Ariana Grande got engaged to Dalton Gomez in December 2020, he presented the singer with an oval diamond set on an axis alongside a single pearl. Justin Bieber proposed to now-wife Hailey Bieber with an oval-cut solitaire diamond by Solow & Co, and Blake Lively's engagement ring is an oval pink diamond ring by Lorraine Schwartz.
Singer Britney Spears announced her engagement to Iran-born fitness expert Sam Asghari in September.
The bespoke piece of jewellery was created by designer Roman Malayev at Forever Diamonds NY.
The ring is estimated to have cost $70,000 and has the word "lioness" engraved inside, which is Asghari's nickname for his fiancee.
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Email sent to Uber team from chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi
From: Dara
To: Team@
Date: March 25, 2019 at 11:45pm PT
Subj: Accelerating in the Middle East
Five years ago, Uber launched in the Middle East. It was the start of an incredible journey, with millions of riders and drivers finding new ways to move and work in a dynamic region that’s become so important to Uber. Now Pakistan is one of our fastest-growing markets in the world, women are driving with Uber across Saudi Arabia, and we chose Cairo to launch our first Uber Bus product late last year.
Today we are taking the next step in this journey—well, it’s more like a leap, and a big one: in a few minutes, we’ll announce that we’ve agreed to acquire Careem. Importantly, we intend to operate Careem independently, under the leadership of co-founder and current CEO Mudassir Sheikha. I’ve gotten to know both co-founders, Mudassir and Magnus Olsson, and what they have built is truly extraordinary. They are first-class entrepreneurs who share our platform vision and, like us, have launched a wide range of products—from digital payments to food delivery—to serve consumers.
I expect many of you will ask how we arrived at this structure, meaning allowing Careem to maintain an independent brand and operate separately. After careful consideration, we decided that this framework has the advantage of letting us build new products and try new ideas across not one, but two, strong brands, with strong operators within each. Over time, by integrating parts of our networks, we can operate more efficiently, achieve even lower wait times, expand new products like high-capacity vehicles and payments, and quicken the already remarkable pace of innovation in the region.
This acquisition is subject to regulatory approval in various countries, which we don’t expect before Q1 2020. Until then, nothing changes. And since both companies will continue to largely operate separately after the acquisition, very little will change in either teams’ day-to-day operations post-close. Today’s news is a testament to the incredible business our team has worked so hard to build.
It’s a great day for the Middle East, for the region’s thriving tech sector, for Careem, and for Uber.
Uber on,
Dara
