The most fashion-y night of the year is once again upon us, on this first Monday in May. Ostensibly to raise money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, the annual gala is really just an excuse for the famous and famous-adjacent to stunt in haute couture.
This year's dress code is "The Garden of Time," inspired by J.G. Ballard's short story of the same name, and in honor of the Costume Institute's new exhibit, Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.
Hopefully, enough guests got the memo so that these lewks won't be putting us to sleep. But with co-chairs Anna Wintour, Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth for some reason, perennial style icon Jennifer Lopez, and undefeated red carpet champ Zendaya, we're in (mostly) good hands.
What must Asma al-Assad be thinking right now? Bright, beautiful and British-born, she could be living an affluent life in England, with friends, family and a fine career, had she not sold her soul to the devil. As it is, she is an international pariah, the wife of a monster responsible for more than half a million deaths, and she faces – along with her three children – the very real prospect of spending the rest of her days in joyless exile in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
Katie Holmes is defending her daughter Suri Cruise against claims that she became a millionaire when she turned 18 via trust fund. The actor posted a screenshot on Instagram of a Daily Mail article that read: “Suri Cruise the millionaire! Tom Cruise’s trust fund has ‘kicked in’ and mom Katie Holmes has one for her too.” On the screenshot, Holmes wrote that it was “completely false.”
It is now 22 matches unbeaten for Ruud van Nistelrooy in this new chapter of his career as a manager, and he is clinging onto that record like the defenders who used to man-mark him.
Wolverhampton Wanderers players and staff had to be separated from fighting amongst themselves as tempers flared after their latest disappointing defeat. Captain Mario Lemina and assistant manager Shaun Derry appeared to clash in the aftermath of the 2-1 Premier League loss to West Ham United, which may prove to be the last game in charge for Wolves manager Gary O’Neil.
Manchester United axed Dan Ashworth as sporting director after just 159 days because he lost the faith of Sir Jim Ratcliffe and failed to gel with the club’s new football hierarchy.
Jay-Z, the legendary rapper whose real name is Shawn Carter, was accused in a lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl at a party following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards alongside the disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. The bombshell allegations were revealed after Carter’s name was added to one of several lawsuits filed over the last year from alleged victims of Diddy, the founder of Bad Boy Records. Diddy is also facing federal charges for sex trafficking and racketeering, and is currently