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☆ A complete timeline of Bobby Berk's exit from 'Queer Eye' and the drama that's ensued
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewNetflix's "Queer Eye" reboot built a reputation as a feel-good show about a team of professionals, known as the Fab Five, giving people life makeovers. AdvertisementHis full statement read:"To the Queer Eye Community who have become family to me. It's with a heavy heart that I announce that season 8 will be my final season on Queer Eye. The day after Berk's exit was announced, a source told People magazine that "the parting was amicable." According to one source, Van Ness' temper would hit a boiling point at least once a week.

Persons: —, Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan, Jonathan Van Ness, Antoni Porowski, he's, Gilbert Flore, Getty Images Berk, I've, It's, Berk, Bobby, Jeremiah Brent, Eric Charbonneau, Paramount Pictures Brent, Rachel Zoe's, Rachel Zoe, He's, Nate Berkus, Ilana Panich, costars, Kevin Winter, Van Ness, Berk didn't, Van, Brent, what's, didn't, that's, Michelle Obama Organizations: Service, Business, Harmony Gold, Variety, Getty Images, Queer Eye, Netflix, Getty, Paramount Pictures, France Tan Locations: Tan France, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, France, France Tan France, Instagram, Tan, Van Ness, Berk

☆ The best and most daring looks celebrities wore to the 2024 Screen Actor Guild Awards
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Eve Crosbie | Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The 30th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards were held in Los Angeles on Saturday. Many stars weren't afraid to have fun with daring looks on the red carpet. AdvertisementAwards season continued on Saturday with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, which celebrated last year's best television and film performances. Before the 30th annual event, celebrities posed for the cameras in their stand-out suits, colorful gowns, and daring ensembles. Here are some of the best and most daring looks from the night.

Persons: weren't, Tan France, Carey Mulligan's, Ali Wong, — Organizations: Actors Guild, Service, Screen Actors Guild Locations: Los Angeles, Tan

☆ Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway drag Meryl Streep during 'The Devil Wears Prada' reunion at SAG Awards
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"Devil Wears Prada" actors Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and Anne Hathaway reunited at the SAG Awards. "I don't think I'm anything like Miranda," Streep sheepishly retorted. AdvertisementMeryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and Anne Hathaway came together at Saturday's Screen Actor Guild Awards to honor the 18th anniversary of the 2006 film, "The Devil Wears Prada." Blunt and Hathaway then walked out, holding just what Streep needed: Large, black, square-framed glasses and an awards envelope. "I don't think I'm anything like Miranda," Streep sheepishly retorted.

Persons: Prada, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Anne Hathaway, Streep, Miranda, Streep sheepishly, —, Wears, Blunt, Hathaway, — Versace, Louis Vuitton, Meryl, Miranda Priestly, Anna Wintour, Wintour, Hathaway interjected, Jeremy Allen White, Andy Sachs, Vanessa Williams, Pedro Pascal, Ali Wong, Tan, Oprah, Edebiri Organizations: Service, Vogue, Netflix Locations: London's, Tan France, Edebiri

☆ Pedro Pascal said he was ‘a little drunk’ while accepting SAG Award for ‘The Last of Us’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Pedro Pascal is not one to deliver a status quo award show acceptance speech, and we couldn’t be happier about it. “I’m going to have a panic attack and I’m going to leave,” Pascal said at the end of his speech with a smirk, as he walked off stage clutching his statuette. Backstage with Netflix’s SAG correspondant Tan France, Pascal admitted he really wasn’t sure how he felt about how his speech went. The two are actually friends in real life, Pascal told France, and they’ve known each other for years. “It’s been amazing to see him in that show,” Pascal said of Culkin’s turn in “Succession.”

Persons: Pedro Pascal, “, joyously, Pascal, Keiran Culkin, he’s, “ I’m, ” Pascal, correspondant Tan, ”, Culkin, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, HBO, Warner Bros ., France Locations: correspondant Tan France

☆ All the Best Looks From the 2024 SAG Awards Red Carpet
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( The Styles Desk | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A few short months ago, members of the Screen Actors Guild wore jeans, shorts and T-shirts while carrying picket signs in the last days of a lengthy strike. On Saturday, they were at their red-carpet best as they arrived at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles for the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Before the ceremony, which is streaming on Netflix for the first time, the “Queer Eye” cast member Tan France and the fashion editor Elaine Welteroth hosted a red-carpet preshow. The evening will also honor the actress and filmmaker, Barbra Streisand, with the life achievement award. Here are some of the looks from the red carpet.

Persons: Tan, Elaine Welteroth, Barbra Streisand Organizations: Screen, Netflix Locations: Los Angeles, Tan France

☆ Bobby Berk explains why he left ‘Queer Eye’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Designer Bobby Berk is sharing more about his decision to step away from “Queer Eye” after eight seasons. “Queer Eye has been the most amazing gift that I couldn’t have ever imagined,” Berk told Vanity Fair. Berk explained that after a seven-cycle contract that lasted through September 2022 had concluded, he thought the show would be over. Karamo Brown, Tan France, Bobby Berk, Jonathan Van Ness, Antoni Porowski in "Queer Eye." “We had mentally just prepared ourselves to move on—that’s why I left,” he said.

Persons: Bobby Berk, ” Berk, “ It’s, . Berk, Tan France, “, Tan, Berk, Karamo Brown, Jonathan Van Ness, Antoni Porowski, Ilana Panich, ”, maven Jonathan Van Ness Organizations: CNN, Netflix Locations: Tan France, France

☆ An ad showing Christmas party hats burning in a fire was taken down after people compared it to the Palestinian flag
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

UK retailer M&S deleted an Instagram post of an outtake from its 2023 Christmas ad after backlash. The image, showing Christmas party hats on fire, was compared online to the Palestinian flag. AdvertisementAdvertisementBritish retailer Marks & Spencer deleted an Instagram post of an outtake from its 2023 Christmas ad showing party hats with the same colors as the Palestinian flag on fire, after facing intense backlash on social media. The image was captioned: "This Christmas, do only what you love … like saying no to paper hats (although if we're honest, we're partial.)" The theme of the video appeared to be about saying no to Christmas traditions people don't love anymore.

Persons: —, Spencer, could've, Hannah Waddingham, Zawe Ashton, Tan Organizations: Service, Marks, Palestinian, BBC, The Times, Hamas Locations: London, Israel, Gaza, Tan France

☆ Look of the Week: @subwaysessions is the TikToker dividing the internet with her outfits
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —This week, by far the most feverishly discussed outfit didn’t come from a member of the Kardashian clan or an off-duty model. Instead, it was Kristina Avakyan (known on TikTok as @subwaysessions), a New York resident who pushed the boundaries of style with a look that was anything but average. In a TikTok that’s now been watched over 1.9 million times, Avakyan paces across her runway (the 6 train subway platform) in what has become a deeply polarizing outfit. The outfit has been seen over 1.9 million times on TikTok and 62 million times on Twitter this week. The phrase “#personalstyle” has more than 858 million views on TikTok, and in 2022 the New York Times fashion critic Vanessa Friedman wrote about how to capture it.

Persons: didn’t, Kardashian, Kristina Avakyan, “, ”, Adam Sandler collab, Carrie Bradshaw, Avakyan, Vanessa Friedman, Tan, Doja Cat, Heliot Emil Organizations: CNN, Twitter, City, HBO, Everett, New York Times, Paris Couture Locations: New York, TikTok, Tan France, Danish

☆ How a Vast Demographic Shift Will Reshape the World
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Lauren Leatherby | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +18 min

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☆ Paris 2024 flame to be lit on April 16, relay to visit overseas territories
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"It's going to be spectacular and will showcase all our territories," Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet said at a ceremony at the French capital's Sorbonne university. Following a brief domestic relay in Greece the flame is then handed over to the host city. Paris organisers have said they will use a three-masted ship the 'Belem' to take it the port city of Marseille, where the sailing competitions of the Olympics will take place. Usually the flame, held in a safety lantern, is flown by plane to the Olympic Games host city. Paris 2024 organisers have been planning to install the Olympic flame on the Eiffel Tower, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters last month.

Persons: Stephanie Lecocq PARIS, Armel Le, Tony Estanguet, Laure, Florent Manaudou, Dimitri Pavade, Anne Hidalgo, Julien Pretot, Kirsten Donovan, Toby Davis Organizations: Sorbonne University , Paris, Michel, French, Sorbonne, National Assembly, Senate, Olympic Games, Eiffel, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Marseille, Paris, France, Olympia, Athens, Montpellier, Corsica, Bordeaux, Brest, Strasbourg, Reims, Ville, Greece, Belem, Phocaea

☆ This is the 2-minute self-care practice 'Queer Eye' star Tan France uses to boost his confidence
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

If you're looking for a new way to start your day off with some positivity, you might want to consider this practice that Tan France does for just two minutes a day. Juggling many roles requires "Queer Eye" star Tan France to have a consistent practice for his self-care: a stellar morning routine. But he doesn't just stand in the mirror admiring his physical appearance, he actually aims to focus on anything but. "Having that just two minutes each day to remind yourself why you are worthy, actually has changed my life." Take this survey and tell us how you want to take your money and career to the next level.

☆ Versace reaches for new heights with starry LA rooftop show
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Kendall Jenner walks the runway during the Versace Fall-Winter 2023 collection fashion show in Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniLOS ANGELES, March 10 (Reuters) - Italian fashion house Versace made its Fall/Winter 2023 show a star-studded affair on Thursday, moving its catwalk from Milan to Los Angeles three days before this year's Oscars ceremony. Held on the roof-top of the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, the open-air show was brought forward by a day due to a heavy rain forecast. Gigi Hadid led models on the runway dressed in a black pencil skirt and power-shouldered blazer. Versace offered denim trousers and jackets for more casual options.

☆ This property tech startup offers fractional home ownership to wealthy individuals. Check out the 16-slide pitch deck Fractal Homes used to raise $30 million.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

London-based startup Fractal Homes has raised $30 million in debt and equity funding. The property tech company offers fractional home ownership for wealthy individuals from MENA. Fractal Homes, a property tech startup that helps wealthy individuals purchase second homes in desirable cities, has raised $30 million in debt and equity funding. To date, wealthy individuals from the MENA region have struggled to access the European housing market, Fractal claims. Check out Fractal Homes' pitch deck below:

"Queer Eye" host Tan France says he noticed four key money differences between Brits and Americans. France writes, "On the whole, if you have money in America, you buy stuff. Circling back to American car culture, France said he couldn't understand why Americans take out loans to buy fancy new cars, especially when their older models still work. Before joining the cast of "Queer Eye," France was a businessman looking for independent health insurance. France writes, "It's the best con, but it's perfectly legal."

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