Month: May 2022

In 1883, Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt attended her sister-in-law’s famed masquerade party in a dazzling gold-and-silver gown, custom from Paris, dubbed Electric Light, complete with hidden batteries that illuminated a torch she held above her head. Today’s A-listers hope to generate their own electricity at Monday night’s Met Gala, the dress code for which is “gilded glamour.” Yet instead of cutting-edge frocks like Mrs. Vanderbilt’s, some insiders fear that attendees will embrace the tackiest aspects of late-19th-century Manhattan society. Will dresses resemble the costumes on the popular HBO series “The Gilded Age,” in which Carrie Coon’s social-climbing Bertha swans around her Fifth Avenue mansion in couture? While flamboyance has helped make Anna Wintour’s annual ...

Pete Davidson breaks silence on being harassed by Kanye West Pete Davidson broke his silence on being harassed by Kanye West as the Saturday Night Live star took a dig at the rapper during his weekend’s Netflix Is A Joke Festival. The audience burst into laughter as the comedian grabbed the microphone to headline two stand-up shows Pete Davidson and Best Friends at Los Angeles’ Fonda Theatre on Friday. During his performance, Davidson looked back at an eventful year which kicked off with an AIDS scare which was referring to the rumours sparked by the Donda 2 rapper earlier this year. Davidson also poked fun at West sending Kim Kardashians a truck full of roses. Comparing the hip-hop artists to Robin Williams' hit 1993 film Mrs Doubtfire, the 28-year-old comedian said, “Am ...

LONDON, May 1 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate published three photographs of their daughter Charlotte on Sunday to mark her seventh birthday. The photographs of Charlotte, who turns seven on Monday, were taken by Kate in Norfolk, eastern England, and show Charlotte sitting in a meadow with bluebells, holding the family's black cocker spaniel. Charlotte is a great-granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, and fourth in line to the throne, behind her grandfather Charles, father William and elder brother George. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Reporting by David Milliken Editing by Marguerita Choy Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Machine Gun Kelly's revelation he and Megan Fox drink each other's blood is drawing a warning from vampires -- yeah, the real deal -- and, believe it or not, they're reminding the couple ... safety first! While MGK and Megan haven't explicitly used the V-word, many people on Twitter are labeling them that way, and now self-described vampires are weighing in on the famous couple's blood-drinking ritual. Belfazaar Ashantison, the co-founder of The New Orleans Vampire Association (NOVA), is urgin...