Imagine not only being famous enough to require hiring a publicist, but being such a superstar that you actually share that very publicist with other extremely famous people. That, apparently, is the case for Charlize Theron and Rihanna, and seems to lead to some good-natured celebrity competition. “You want your publicist to like you,” Theron […]
In honor of this year’s Met Gala exhibition, “Camp: Notes on Fashion”, Bergdorf Goodman’s Fifth Avenue windows have gone over-the-top. Created by longtime window dresser David Hoey, the windows feature eccentric pieces from a variety of designers, as well as a Gucci exclusive presentation. Behind the glass are theatrical scenes; flamboyant mannequins are placed in […]
Sometimes you just look at a celebrity doing something and you know it’s going to be a meme. So far, by my count, this year’s Met Gala has produced five: four from Lady Gaga’s entrance and one for Billy Porter’s (to be fair, Gaga had four outfits). Porter, an actor who stars in Pose, arrived […]
For several years after the Kardashians became A-plus-listers, they were noticeably absent from the Met Gala. When Kanye West attended without Kim in 2012 (they were already dating), rumors that Anna Wintour had banned the Kardashians surfaced. Whether or not that was true, Kim got the message. On Monday, ahead of the 2019 gala, she […]
Facebook announced on Thursday that it had banned a number of far-right extremists from both Facebook and Instagram. You might have read about it at precisely 2:01 p.m. ET, the time the embargo lifted from the select number of sites Facebook decided to give this news to exclusively. (We’re gonna just say it seems like […]
New York is about to welcome a large exhibition on fashion history next week. But if you’re looking for something more subtle than “Camp,” Nordstrom’s latest pop-up is basically an exhibition in and of itself. Nordstrom Men’s store in New York has had a series of what they call New Concepts — an in-store pop-up […]
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Click:China Tour Agency And now, some nice news: Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand, announced on Friday that she is engaged to her longtime partner Clarke Gayford, the New Zeland Herald reports. Ardern, 38, and Gayford, 41, welcomed their first child, Neve Te Aroha, in June 2018. Ardern became the youngest woman to […]
Earlier this spring, I was driving down a highway in upstate New York when suddenly I spotted some cows. They were so much bigger and more majestic than I remembered. One lay smack in the mud, its thin legs tucked elegantly under its gargantuan frame. Another ate from a trough. Some just stood there, doing […]
Measles had been declared eliminated in the United States nearly 20 years ago, but the deadly infectious disease has made a troubling comeback, with numerous public health emergencies declared as a result of measles across the country. There has also been an increase in infections worldwide. And now, an outbreak has occurred on a cruise […]