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☆ See the best red carpet looks from the 2023 CFDA Awards
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty Images Hari Nef arrived in hot-off-the-runway JW Anderson. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty Images Molly Ringwald stepped out in a scarlet red Zac Posen number. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty Images Jenna Lyons opted for a classic back suit with a fitted waist. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty ImagesSerena Williams, who became the first athlete to be honored as a CFDA Fashion Icon, similarly opted for an all-American designer. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty ImagesKim Kardashian and Law Roach, meanwhile, broke from the ranks and chose to amplify smaller US designers in two equally eye-catching looks.

Persons: Willy Chavarria, Catherine Holstein —, —, Olsen, Anne Hathaway, Dimitrios Kambouris, Demi Moore, Carolina Herrera sequined, Taylor, Devon Lee Carlson, Jeremy O, Harris, Chloe Sevigny, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hari Nef, Molly Ringwald, Zac Posen, Jenna Lyons, Greta Lee, Emma Chamberlain, Thom Browne, Ashley Graham, Anne, Ralph Lauren’s, jean, Britney Spears, it’s, Ralph Lauren, Vanessa Hudgens, Vera Wang, Anne Hathaway's, Serena Williams, Williams, Thom Browne —, “, ” Williams, Hudgens, Wang, Wang —, Kim Kardashian, Law Roach, Roach Organizations: CNN, of Fashion Designers of America, American Museum of, Getty, Anderson, Housewives, New York, U.S ., York Locations: New York City, New York, Carolina, Los Angeles, Brooklyn

☆ Ari Emanuel's Endeavor says it will explore strategic alternatives, sending stock higher
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Mike Calia | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Endeavor Group Holdings , the talent agency and sports company run by Ari Emanuel, said Wednesday it would start exploring strategic alternatives for the company, which could mean a potential sale. The move comes weeks after French billionaire Francois-Henry Pinault agreed to buy a majority stake in Endeavor rival Creative Artists Agency. Endeavor's market value, likewise, was $7.79 billion as of Wednesday's market close, having declined 21% so far this year. Notably, Endeavor said it wouldn't consider ditching its interest in TKO Group Holdings , the newly formed combat sports company that includes Vince McMahon's WWE and Dana White's UFC. Endeavor owns 51% of TKO, which began trading on the New York Stock Exchange last month.

Persons: Ari Emanuel, Mark Bradford, George Lucas, Gucci, Emanuel, Francois, Henry Pinault, Vince McMahon's, Dana White's, – CNBC's Alex Sherman Organizations: Endeavor Group Holdings, Endeavor, Creative Artists Agency, Holdings, Vince McMahon's WWE, Dana White's UFC, New York Stock Exchange Locations: LACMA, Los Angeles , California

Shares of WWE fell in premarket trading, while Endeavor shares rose. Ari Emanuel will act as chief executive of both Endeavor and the new company, the companies said. McMahon, likewise, will be executive chairman, while Endeavor President and COO Mark Shapiro will also work in the same roles at the new company. Dana White will remain as president of UFC, and WWE CEO Nick Khan will stay on as president of the wrestling business. Stefanie Keenan | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesThe announcement confirmed an earlier CNBC report.

☆ Painters in Search of Transcendence
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Susan Delson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

In 1932, the painter Agnes Pelton traded a well-established career in New York for the beauty and isolation of Cathedral City, a desert settlement near Palm Springs, Calif. A few years later, her ethereal abstractions caught the attention of a small group of artists in New Mexico who called themselves the Transcendental Painting Group (TPG). Pelton never met most of the artists and didn’t attend their gatherings, but they saw in her work what they hoped to achieve in their own, and they elected her their honorary president. “Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group, 1938-1945,” opening Dec. 18 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), brings to light this little-known band of philosophically minded artists. The exhibition presents some 80 works by 11 artists who were united in the belief that “the spiritual can be both achieved and expressed through abstraction,” said LACMA curator Leah Lehmbeck.

☆ Red carpet style at the LACMA Art + Film Gala
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Jeremy Schultz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Model and many of her classmates were murdered at their nursery by a former police officer, in the world's deadliest killing of children in recent years. Now, several weeks later, her family traveled to the coast to scatter her ashes.

☆ How Bryan Lourd became one of the most powerful people in the history of Hollywood
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +18 min

Lourd, 61, isn't a household name, but he wields a stunning amount of influence in Hollywood. Lourd's Hollywood clients aren't just A-listers, they're A+-listers: Brad Pitt. An old-fashioned talent agent who loves discussing old movies and doesn't mind pointing out the flaws in his own clients' work, Lourd has become arguably the most powerful person in Hollywood. "He's one of the most powerful people in the history of Hollywood," said Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos. But Lourd's clients are such bankable stars that it's equally important for Hollywood executives to be friendly with him as it is beneficial for Lourd and CAA.

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