Sometime before sunset, as a crowd of spectators watched from behind barricades across the street, six shirtless musclebound men hoisted a velvet divan onto their shoulders. Lady Gaga had performed a kind of high-art striptease, doffing gown after gown until she reached her fourth and final outfit, but already the next performance was set to…
This year’s Met Gala theme Camp: Notes on Fashion was made to be memed and the good people of the internet did not disappoint. From a surprise appearance from Sharpay to Rihanna disguised as Anna Wintour, here are the best tweets and memes from the 2019 Met Gala. Hit that RT button! The red carpet…
And so to the question of Monday night’s Met Gala in New York City: Could anyone top Rihanna’s appearance last year as the Pope, complete with bejeweled robe and miter, when it comes to red carpet camp? As if you had to ask. The night largely seemed to be a game of entrance-making one-upmanship, a…
Like confetti shot out of a cannon, hundreds of brightly colored wisps fluttered around the city after the Met Gala on Monday night, landing at after-parties that went till morning. The first stop was a party given by Gucci, a gala sponsor, in the Hunter College gymnasium (“Home of the Hawks!”) on the Upper East…
A decade ago, when the Jonas Brothers started pumping out the catchy tunes that launched them into the pop music stratosphere, each famously wore a purity ring. Now all three have traded their purity rings for wedding bands. But while the purity bands were matching, the weddings that led to the wedding rings — including…
In 1945, Dorothy Still, a nurse in the United States Navy, met with a Navy psychiatrist to discuss disturbing symptoms she had been experiencing. Miss Still was one of 12 Navy nurses who had been held prisoner of war by the Japanese military in the occupied Philippines during World War II. For more than three…
The Met Gala’s attendees had one task at hand: dress according to this year’s theme, Camp: Notes on Fashion. For some, there seemed to be a bit of confusion (Celine Dion admitted at first she thought there was going to be a sleepover at the museum), but others pulled off their looks with ease. They…
Monday night’s Met Gala event was magical! Like, actually magical. Even though all the celebrities arrived seemingly dressed for the night’s “Camp” theme, many of the stars turned out for the event actually looking like Disney characters. Maybe because some of them once were? From Cole Sprouse, an actual former Disney Star, to Zendaya, also…
Image CreditVictoria Roberts Q. What do crickets find to eat in my basement? A. Most cricket species, indoors or outdoors, are omnivorous. They will eat almost any organic material, usually preferring items derived from plants. Depending on what kind your basement is harboring, the crickets may consume dried leaves blown in from outdoors; potted plants…
BERLIN — Germany’s health minister has proposed a fine of up to 2,500 euros, or about $2,800, for parents who refuse to immunize their school-age children against measles, part of efforts to combat a disease that has surged after decades of decline. The fine is part of a draft bill that the minister, Jens Spahn,…