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☆ Kenneth Kimes went on a deadly crime spree with his mother Sante. Now he’s speaking out
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Learn more about the dark saga of Sante and Kenneth Kimes in the latest episode of “How It Really Happened,” airing Sunday at 10 p.m. As investigators dug deeper they learned that “Manny Guerrin,” the name Kenneth Kimes gave Silverman when he rented the apartment, did not exist. In a 2000 interview with CNN’s Larry King, Sante Kimes called their arrest a witch hunt, saying they were victims of mistaken identity. Kenneth Kimes Sr. pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, but Sante Kimes went to prison in 1985. When he or other people called for Kenneth Sr., Sante Kimes would say he was traveling, in the shower or had laryngitis, he said.

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☆ Kim Kardashian gives Princess Diana’s famed crucifix necklace its first public outing
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

But on Saturday, at the LACMA Art+Film Gala in Los Angeles, Kardashian debuted another cultural artifact — a diamond-lined cross pendant, once a favorite of Princess Diana. Alberto E. Rodriguez/WireImage/Getty ImagesKardashian bought the piece for £163,800 (around $212,000) in January 2023 during the final five minutes of a Sotheby’s auction. Her red carpet appearance over the weekend marked the first time the necklace has been worn in public since Diana’s death in 1997. Kardashian styled the necklace differently, shortening the pearl chain significantly, and wearing it alongside a stack of jewels, including a six-strand pearl choker. “Why are we still giving this woman precious heirlooms like Diana’s necklace after she broke Marilyn’s dress,” wrote one commenter on Instagram.

Persons: CNN — Kim Kardashian, Marilyn Monroe, Janet Jackson, Jackie Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor’s, Lorraine Schwartz, Michael Jackson, Kardashian, Princess Diana, Alberto E, Rodriguez, Garrard, Naim Attallah, Diana, Catherine Walker, Kim, neckline, ”, Kristian Spofforth Organizations: CNN, CNN’s Royal Locations: Los Angeles, Palestinian, British, London

☆ Inside the legal plans by foes of Donald Trump and Project 2025 to fight his second-term agenda
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

(Trump himself has tried to distance himself from Project 2025 but many of his policies and goals overlap.) “Honestly, the Trump administration was often sloppy in the way they rolled out these executive orders, including the first Muslim travel ban,” Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson told CNN, referring to the Trump ban on migrants from several Muslim-majority countries that was the target of one of nearly 100 lawsuits brought by the Evergreen State against the Trump administration. “This time around, Project 2025 provides a very thorough overview over the issues in which a leading conservative organization, like the Heritage Foundation, is likely to push the Trump administration,” Romero said. Part of the Project 2025 effort has been to collect and vet thousands of potential staffers to serve up and down the federal bureaucracy of a future Trump administration. The ACLU, meanwhile, has been rolling out a series of analyses of possible legal and legislative responses to potential Trump policies.

Persons: Donald Trump, he’ll, slapdash policymaking, Trump, Bob Ferguson, Ferguson, Washington Democrat –, –, “, ”, Deepa Alagesan, Trump’s, Elizabeth Taylor, rollbacks, “ It’s, Anthony Romero, ” Romero, Joe Biden, Romero, It’s, Paul Dans, Skye Perryman, Kica Matos Organizations: CNN, Republican, Trump, Evergreen State, Washington Democrat, International Refugee Assistance, “, National Health Law, Republicans, Supreme, ACLU, Heritage Foundation, Trump Justice Department, Forward, Immigration Law Center, New York Times, Democratic Locations: Washington

☆ Insider Today: The new Ozempic
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I'm Jordan Parker Erb, filling in for Joi-Marie McKenzie today. On the agenda:This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Also read:Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BIThe new OzempicYou've heard about Ozempic and Botox, treatments that have become staples of elite wellness and beauty routines. AdvertisementMore of this week's top reads:The Insider Today team: Jordan Parker Erb, editor, in New York. Dan DeFrancesco, deputy editor and anchor, in New York City.

Persons: —, I'm Jordan Parker Erb, Marie McKenzie, Jaime Stathis, She'd, It's, it's, Insider's Aki Ito, who've, Trois Rois, Napoleon Bonaparte, winder, Bentley, Chance Yeh, Getty, Hector Vivas, Tyler Le, Read, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, You've, Elizabeth Taylor, Rebecca Zisser, Max, Olivia Rodrigo, Jordan Parker Erb, Dan DeFrancesco, Lisa Ryan, Amanda Yen Organizations: Service, Joi, Emirates, Business, Grand, Michelin, Miss, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, BI, Getty, Elizabeth Taylor Estate, HBO, Disney Plus, Hulu, Eagles, Reebok, Apple Locations: Dubai, Cavan, Northern California, Grass, Sacramento, Big, California, Austin, Basel, Switzerland, Miss USA, New York, New York City

☆ The 7 best things to stream this weekend, from an Elizabeth Taylor documentary to the 'House of the Dragon' finale
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The new documentary "Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes" is out now. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The most anticipated release is the "House of the Dragon" season two finale, airing on Sunday. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Elizabeth Taylor, — Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Kingdom

☆ Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' ends with an ode to Clara Bow. The silent film star's family thinks it's a 'hauntingly beautiful' homage.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read preview"You look like Clara Bow in this light" is how Taylor Swift begins the closing track of the standard edition of her latest album, "The Tortured Poets Department," which was released on Friday. But beyond what she's been told by others, by naming the song "Clara Bow," Swift appears to be signaling an affinity with the original "It" girl whose career reached its apex almost a century ago. Ultimately, for Sisneros and Bell, Swift's immortalization of their great-grandmother in "Clara Bow" is a gift they can hand down to future generations. A sex symbol is a heavy load to carry when one is tired, hurt, and bewildered," Bow is quoted as saying in Stenn's biography, "Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild." Advertisement"I feel like she would say the same thing about Taylor," Bell concluded.

Persons: —, Clara Bow, Taylor Swift, Swift, Bow, Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac frontwoman, It's, she's, unapologetically, Taylor, Brittany Grace Bell, Clara, They're, Nicole Sisneros, Eugene Robert Richee, Sisneros, Bell, Bow's, Rex Bell Jr, David Stenn, Rex Bell, Brittany Grace Bell's, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rebekah Harkness, Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy, Taylor's, Beth Garrabrant Sisneros, Swift's, Marilyn Monroe Organizations: Service, Poets Department, Business, BI, B.P, Golden, Hollywood, Department Locations: Hollywood, Nevada, Swift's Rhode, Clara Bow, Las Vegas, Sisneros

☆ The potential $2 billion sale of Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty could make her the next celebrity billionaire
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-20 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Here's how Rare Beauty outdid other celebrity brands — and how it could make Gomez a billionaire. AdvertisementThere are currently at least 40 celebrity beauty brands on the market — all experiencing varying degrees of success. AdvertisementNow, Selena Gomez may be poised to join their ranks and become the next celebrity beauty billionaire. Rare Beauty is exclusively sold at Sephora — meaning a potential buyer would see plenty of room for growth. It's among the most-followed celebrity beauty brands on both Instagram and TikTok, with 7.1 million and 3.6 million followers, respectively.

Persons: Selena Gomez, Gomez, —, Hailey Beiber's Rhode, Addison, Brad Pitt's Le Domaine, Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Kim, Anncy Rowe, Jeffrey Ten, Scott Friedman, Nikki Eslami, Pascal Le Segretain, it's, Friedman, Mehdi Mehdi, Joyce Kim, Estée Lauder, Elizabeth Taylor's, Rowe, she's, Alex Rawitz Organizations: Service, Coty, Bloomberg, Fashion, Business, Fast Company, Brand, New Theory Ventures, Nyx, L'Oréal Locations: SKKN, L'Oréal, Sephora

☆ The Oscars producers said they had to cover John Cena up 'like a Ken doll' for his nearly nude segment at the awards show
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewJohn Cena had a supposed nude segment at the Oscars on Sunday, and the show's producers said they had to cover his private parts "like a Ken doll" so they wouldn't run afoul of broadcasting standards. However, the producers of the awards show managed to push things as far as they were allowed, he said. AdvertisementThe team also covered Cena up in the back and Velcro-ed the giant envelope to his front so that it wouldn't fall, Mills said. I was very thankful that we didn't have to send him out there in tighty whities, which I'm sure legal would have preferred." AdvertisementIn a recent interview with People, Cena said that he always tries to be committed to the characters he portrays.

Persons: —, John Cena, Cena, Walt, Rob Mills, Mills, Ken, Molly McNearney, McNearney, David Niven, Elizabeth Taylor, Britney Spears, — you've Organizations: Service, ABC, Walt Disney, Business Locations: tighty

☆ Turns out John Cena wasn't fully nude when presenting an award at the 2024 Oscars
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

John Cena wasn't fully nude while presenting the award for best costume design at the 2024 Oscars. Backstage photos revealed Cena was wearing a protective garment that covered his private parts. AdvertisementJohn Cena presented the award for best costume design at the 2024 Oscars in nothing but Birkenstocks and an oversized envelope held over his groin. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesThe beige-colored protective garment resembled a piece of underwear and covered Cena in the front and back. AdvertisementJohn Cena wore a protective garment that covered his private parts.

Persons: John Cena wasn't, Cena, Cena's, —, John Cena, Robert Gauthier, Al Seib, David Niven, Elizabeth Taylor, Jimmy Kimmel, Cena peeked, Kimmel, Cena couldn't Organizations: Service, Los Angeles Times, Getty, Cena

☆ What’s So Funny About a Naked Man?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Rhonda Garelick | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

John Cena’s ‘streaker manqué” routine at the Oscars was pretty funny. And soon, an entirely naked, and remarkably buff, Mr. Cena came onstage to introduce the Best Costume Design, nervously grasping the sealed Oscar envelope over his genitals, as a makeshift fig leaf. Then, in a bit of television magic, he was draped in a toga-like, one-shouldered robe with a tasseled rope belt. An exactingly chiseled, naked male body onstage is only funny because it is unexpected — because, that is, it does not belong to a woman. Seeing a naked woman on stage at the Oscars could never be funny, simply because it’s the norm to see female bodies in various states of revealing dress on the red carpet, and in movies as well.

Persons: John Cena’s ‘, Jimmy Kimmel, Mr, Cena, Kimmel, David Niven, Elizabeth Taylor

☆ They Married, Divorced and Then Married Their Ex-Spouses Again
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Eric V. Copage | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Think of the actors Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, who were married to each other twice — first for a decade beginning in 1964, and then again in 1975 before they divorced the next year. The celebrity TV justice Judith Sheindlin, better known as Judge Judy, married Jerry Sheindlin in 1977. They divorced in 1990 and then remarried in 1991. The singer and actress Marie Osmond and the motivational speaker Steve Craig were first married in 1982 and divorced in 1985. Ms. Osmond told People Magazine in 2019, “The thing about a second marriage is that you realize things you thought were so important aren’t.”

Persons: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Elon Musk, Talulah Riley, Judith Sheindlin, Judy, Jerry Sheindlin, Marie Osmond, Steve Craig, Osmond, ” Organizations: People Magazine

☆ Sarah Jessica Parker’s ‘Sex and the City’ tutu sells for $52,000
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The iconic tulle tutu worn by Sarah Jessica Parker in the opening credits of “Sex and the City” proved a star lot in an auction of “iconic” fashion pieces from film, TV and celebrity wardrobes on Thursday, selling for $52,000, more than four times its high estimate. The oyster-white, three-tier tutu skirt was expected to sell for $8,000-12,000, but drew 24 bids during a sale by Julien’s Auctions in California. The tutu “became a pop culture symbol,” according to the auction house, after Parker wore it in her role as Carrie Bradshaw in the smash-hit HBO TV series. The tutu also made an appearance in the 2008 “Sex and the City” movie, in a scene in which Carrie is clearing out her closet and deciding whether to keep certain outfits. The piece was sold with a certificate of authenticity signed by Field.

Persons: tutu, Sarah Jessica Parker, tutu “, Parker, Carrie Bradshaw, Patricia Field, Pat, Carrie, ”, Sarah Jessica, ” “, Samantha, Charlotte, Miranda, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, ’, Kim Kardashian, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Catherine Walker, Princess Diana, Cher, Elle Woods Organizations: CNN, Julien’s, HBO, Warner Bros ., Vogue, City, Field Locations: California, City, throwaways, chihuahua

☆ Kate Beckinsale attends Leonardo DiCaprio’s birthday in a party dress with a familiar blue gemstone
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Kate Beckinsale and rapper Big Boss Vette arrive for DiCaprio's birthday. Miha Azne/Frank Vasquez/BACKGRIDCNN —Kate Beckinsale wore a bejeweled mini dress over the weekend to celebrate Leonardo DiCaprio’s 49th birthday in Los Angeles, and a photograph of the black frock, which featured a colossal blue-gemstone-like accessory belted around her waist, has since made its rounds across the Internet. Though the look seems to be a delightful reference to a famous DiCaprio film, one question has persisted: Which one? Is the gem a blue diamond or blue sapphire? Beckinsale starred alongside DiCaprio in “The Aviator“ as actress Ava Gardner and aerospace engineer Howard Hughes.

Persons: Kate Beckinsale, Big Boss Vette, Miha Azne, Frank Vasquez, CNN — Kate Beckinsale, Leonardo DiCaprio’s, DiCaprio, Beckinsale, Ava Gardner, ” Beckinsale, Howard Hughes, “, Moviestore, Billy Zane, Kate Winslet, Elizabeth Taylor, Phillipe Blond, David Blond —, Beyoncé, Salma Hayek, Kim Kardashian, Zoë Kravitz, Channing Tatum Organizations: CNN, New York, Beverly Hills Locations: Los Angeles, “

Cast member Matthew Perry poses at the premiere of the television series "The Kennedys After Camelot" at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, California U.S., March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 3 (Reuters) - Actor Matthew Perry, who died on Saturday at age 54, was laid to rest on Friday at a Los Angeles cemetery in a service attended by relatives and castmates from the hit 1990s television sitcom "Friends," show business media reported, citing photographs. Mourners gathered at the Forest Lawn cemetery in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, less than a mile from the Warner Brothers studio where the show was filmed. The cause and manner of Perry's death are to be determined by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office, following completion of an autopsy with toxicology tests. Reporting by Daniel Trotta in Carlsbad, California, and Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Jamie FreedOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Matthew Perry, Mario Anzuoni, Michael Jackson, Lucille Ball, Elizabeth Taylor, Perry, Chandler Bing, York Post's, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer, TMZ, John Bennett Perry, Keith Morrison, that's, Daniel Trotta, Steve Gorman, Jamie Freed Organizations: The Paley Center for Media, Beverly Hills , California U.S, REUTERS, Warner Brothers, Media, TMZ, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Medical, Thomson Locations: Beverly Hills , California, Los Angeles, Hollywood, York, Los Angeles County, Carlsbad , California

☆ She was a Pan Am flight attendant, he was a pilot. Their inflight meeting sparked a 50-year romance
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

CNN —Flight attendant Ilona Zahn was less than impressed when she first met pilot Ian Duncan. Ilona was working the first class cabin on the Pan American Airlines flight from Rome to Tehran, traveling via Beirut and Damascus. It was, says Ilona, “a long, romantic embrace.”When their Pan Am flight returned to Rome, Ian and Ilona spent the evening walking around the city together. When their flights didn’t coincide, they’d leave letters for one another at Intercontinental Hotels frequented by Pan Am crew. Ilona DuncanWhile Ilona was enjoying her romance with Ian, she was also keen to hold onto her independence.

Persons: Ilona Zahn, Ian Duncan, Ilona, Ian, ” Ilona, “, haven’t, Ilona wasn’t, Ilona Duncan Ilona’s, ’, ‘, ”, Rome Here's Ilona, Ilona Duncan, warily, wouldn’t, he’d, –, she’d, who’d, John F, Here's Ian, He’d, They’d, Rome, ’ ”, Iona, Pan, She’d, ” Ian, Ilona weren’t, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, “ Ilona Zahn, Manhattan –, Pan Am, Duncan, Ilona Zahn Ilona, She’s, Ian’s, I’m Organizations: CNN, Pan American Airlines, CNN Travel, Boeing, Pan, Royal Tehran Hilton, John, Kennedy, Intercontinental Hotels, Pan Am, “, Playboy, Airbus, Hotel Metropole Locations: Rome, Tehran, Beirut, Damascus, Tabasco, Worcestershire, ”, Iran, Germany, London , New York, Paris, American, Trevi, New York, Sydney, Australia, London, Tokyo, Kenya, Bermuda, JFK, Pan, New Delhi, Bangkok, Hong Kong, West Hampton, Long Island, Manhattan, Long Island , New York, Las Vegas, Fiji, Samoa, France, China, Virginia, Chesapeake, “, Florida

☆ In the Early Days of Lockdown, a Writer Considers a Perplexing Age
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Dwight Garner | More About Dwight Garner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Playing with Eureka makes her melancholy, because “animals having fun can be a poignant spectacle — I suppose partly because it narrows the gap between us and them.”I can do without animals, most of the time, in novels. “When men appear in fiction now,” she writes, “it’s usually to be criticized or denounced for something. I meet the same paragon in book after book: high I.Q., great personality, firm moral purpose, dazzling wit. And the trick is to get across that she’s also very attractive without ever appearing to be somehow disrespecting her. Every novel is about aging, in a way, but Nunez is especially attuned to old age’s tender humiliations.

Persons: Nunez, Bette Davis’s, Elizabeth Taylor, “, Virginia Woolf, Robert Hughes, ”, ” Nunez Organizations: Eureka

☆ What the World’s Richest People Wear on Yachts
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos in yacht mode. Photo: TheImageDirect.comOh, to be a fly on the wall of the yacht Christina O… First launched in 1943 as a Canadian warship, she was present at the Normandy landings before being purchased by Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis and beginning her life as a pleasure cruiser. Elizabeth Taylor and Frank Sinatra sipped cocktails on the boat’s whale-foreskin bar stools; Grace Kelly celebrated her 1956 wedding to Prince Rainier onboard. When Jackie Kennedy first started spending time on the boat in the 1960s in her silk headscarves, Valentino shift dresses and tailored capri pants, she burnished it as an epicenter of elegance.

Persons: Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Christina O …, Aristotle Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, Prince Rainier, Jackie Kennedy, Valentino Locations: Canadian, Normandy

☆ Johnny Depp self-portrait painted during 'dark time' goes on sale
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] A self-portrait by actor Johnny Depp is pictured in Castle Fine Art Gallery in London, Britain, July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Ben MakoriLONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - A self-portrait by Johnny Depp went on sale on Thursday, depicting the Hollywood star when he was in between court cases relating to his marriage to ex-wife Amber Heard. "This self-portrait, it was created at a time that was... let’s say a bit dark, a bit confusing," Depp said in a video. Depp married Heard, whom he met on the set of film "The Rum Diary", in 2015. Depp said $200 from the proceeds of each sale would be donated to non-profit Mental Health America.

Persons: Johnny Depp, Ben Makori, Amber Heard, Ralph Steadman, Depp, Heard, Harry Potter, Dior, ” Depp, Elizabeth Taylor, Al Pacino, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Alex Richardson Organizations: Fine Art, REUTERS, Hollywood, U.S, Sun, Castle Fine, Mental Health America, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, British

☆ Do I Really Need to Pack a Capsule Travel Wardrobe?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | More About Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I’m going on a two-week hiking trip in August and am trying to figure out what to pack. We’re limited to about 33 pounds, so I need to pack light. I’d love to put together a wardrobe that’s practical, chic and wearable beyond the trip. The capsule holiday wardrobe is the holy grail of travel: an interchangeable, efficient system of dressing that in an ideal world necessitates no more than a tote and a bag that will fit in an airplane overhead bin. The weight of stuff falls from your shoulders, as does the time spent deciding what to wear.

Persons: Suzanne, Vuitton, Elizabeth Taylor, ogle, it’s, Erik Maza Organizations: tote, Town Locations: Saratoga Springs, N.Y

☆ Joseph Fiennes says playing Michael Jackson ‘was a wrong decision’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Though the project was never released, Joseph Fiennes being cast to play Michael Jackson in 2017 created a whitewashing controversy. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Fiennes addressed the backlash to his casting. Fiennes had initially defended the decision in a 2016 interview with The Hollywood Reporter. It doesn’t negate who he was.”In a 1993 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Jackson rejected the idea of having a white actor portray him onscreen. Winfrey had asked him about reports that he wanted Pepsi to cast a white actor to play him as a child in a commercial.

Persons: Joseph Fiennes, Michael Jackson, Jackson, Marlon Brando, Brian Cox, Elizabeth Taylor, Stockard Channing, Fiennes, “, ” Fiennes, ”, ” “, “ It’s Michael, –, Oprah Winfrey, Winfrey, ” Jackson Organizations: CNN, Guardian, Hollywood, Pepsi

☆ What Makes a Great Performance? Backstage Drama, That’s What.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Roslyn Sulcas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

“The classicist who wants to be modern, meeting the modernist who wants to be classical.” So says Elizabeth Taylor, summing up the fractious encounter between the revered Shakespearian actor John Gielgud, and her new husband, the actor Richard Burton. It’s 1964, Taylor and Burton are the most famous couple in the world, and Burton is rehearsing the role of Hamlet for a Broadway production that Gielgud is directing. It’s not going well. That’s the setting for “The Motive and the Cue,” a new play directed by Sam Mendes, written by Jack Thorne, and starring Mark Gatiss as Gielgud, Johnny Flynn as Burton and Tuppence Middleton as Taylor. The play, which opened to enthusiastic reviews in May and runs through July 15 at the National Theater, in London, was an idea born out of the pandemic, said Caro Newling, a co-founder with Mendes of Neal Street Productions, which developed the show.

Persons: Elizabeth Taylor, John Gielgud, Richard Burton, It’s, Taylor, Burton, Gielgud, Sam Mendes, Jack Thorne, Mark Gatiss, Johnny Flynn, Tuppence Middleton, Caro Newling, Mendes, Neal Organizations: National Theater, Neal Street Productions Locations: London

☆ Take a look at this sleek $3.7 million yacht that has 3 bedrooms and is perfect for Ibiza parties
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Yachting has long been a favorite pursuit of the rich and famous. Take a look inside the Princess Yachts S62, one of the vessels that was on display. From top business leaders and royals, to sports stars and Hollywood celebrities, yachting has long been a favorite pastime of the rich and famous. Whether it's Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' $500 million megayacht or Walmart heiress Nancy Walton Laurie's $300 million aquarium-equipped superyacht, the boats are bigger and flashier than ever. Take a look inside one of the yachts that was on display.

☆ Avedon at 100: Celebrities select the famed photographer’s best works
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

courtesy Richard Avedon/The Richard Avedon FoundationWhen Hillary Clinton, then a US Senator, arrived for a shoot with Avedon in 2003, she recalled him looking at her and saying, "I've seen this image before." courtesy Richard Avedon/The Richard Avedon FoundationFashion designer Miuccia Prada selected this image of Boyd Fortin, a teenaged rattlesnake skinner from Texas, taken in 1979. courtesy Richard Avedon/The Richard Avedon FoundationFashion designer Calvin Klein selected this infamous campaign image from his label's archives. courtesy Richard Avedon/The Richard Avedon FoundationFilmmaker Sofia Coppola chose this iconic 1958 photograph of model China Machado. courtesy Richard Avedon/The Richard Avedon Foundation“Avedon 100” is on view at Gagosian in New York through June 24.

CNN —Hundreds of jewels once owned by late Austrian billionaire Heidi Horten have fetched a combined 176 million Swiss francs ($196 million) to become the most expensive private jewelry collection ever to appear at auction. Heidi Horten pictured wearing the Briollete of India necklace, which sold for 6.3 million Swiss francs ($7 million). The most valuable lot, a ruby and diamond Cartier ring that is “pigeon blood” in color, fetched just over 13 million Swiss francs ($14.5 million), despite Christie’s expecting bids as high as 18 million Swiss francs ($20 million). A 90-carat “Briolette of India” diamond necklace by jeweler Harry Winston also came in below estimate, selling for 6.3 million Swiss francs ($7 million). courtesy Christie'sElsewhere, however, a Bulgari diamond ring more than doubled its high estimate to fetch 9.1 million Swiss francs ($10.1 million).

The collection, acquired between the early 1970s until Horten's death last year, is also comprised of more than 100 Bulgari pieces. "What's important is that we have been completely transparent," Rahul Kadakia, international head of jewellery at Christie's, told Reuters. Christie's said it would make a "significant contribution" from its final proceeds to Jewish organisations to advance Holocaust research and education. "Of course we cannot erase history," said Max Fawcett, head of the jewellery department at Christie's in Geneva. Christie's will auction 400 pieces in Geneva on Wednesday and Friday and hold an online sale.

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