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☆ How an unknown actor scored a role in 'Joker 2' after a chance encounter with Todd Phillips at the grocery store
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Theodore Martello landed a role in "Joker: Folie à Deux" after meeting Todd Phillips at a grocery store. After a cordial chat, which included Phillips recommending a good wine to the actor, Martello left the store. Theodore Martello (slightly in frame, far right) in the TV set scene with Gaga in "Joker: Folie à Deux." After filming, Martello contacted Phillips to thank him for casting him and to remind him that he's always available for another opportunity. Now, with "Joker: Folie à Deux" on his resume, he said he's begun landing better auditions.

Persons: Theodore Martello, Todd Phillips, Lady Gaga's Lee, —, Todd, Phillips, Martello, Nick Jonas, Joaquin Phoenix, Weeks, he'd, Lady Gaga, Lee, Gaga, Gaga's Lee, Theodore Martello Phillips, Martell, Tarantino, he's Organizations: Service, Bristol Farms, West Hollywood, Martello, DC Comics, Warner Bros Locations: West, Los Angeles, New York City

☆ 'Joker: Folie a Deux' snares $40 million in domestic debut, less than half of first film
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

"Joker: Folie a Deux" stumbled to just $40 million in domestic ticket sales during it opening weekend, a far cry from the $96.2 million its predecessor brought in during its debut in 2019. Just last month, the film was expected to haul-in closer to $70 million, but as reviews poured in, that estimated figure slumped to around $50 million. Audiences and critics applauded Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga's performances in "Folie a Deux," but they felt the story had too many ideas and not enough plot. At present, "Folie a Deux" carries a 33% score on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes from 258 critical reviews and 31% audience score from more than 2,500 moviegoer reviews. NBCUniversal owns Rotten Tomatoes.

Persons: Paul Dergarabedian, Todd Phillips, Joaquin Phoenix, Gaga's, Adam Nayman, NBCUniversal Organizations: Comscore, Comcast, CNBC, Rotten Locations: NBCUniversal

☆ If you liked the first Joker movie, critics say you'll hate the sequel
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

"Joker: Folie à Deux" opens in theaters Friday. Here's a sampling of what critics think of "Joker: Folie à Deux," which is in theaters now. "'Joker: Folie à Deux' often recalls the series finale of 'Seinfeld,' insofar as it puts its main character on trial for his former misdeeds," he wrote. Related stories'Folie à Deux' really is a musical — just not a good onePhoenix and Gaga in "Joker: Folie à Deux." It's definitely not a movie for the fansGaga and Phoenix in "Joker: Folie à Deux."

Persons: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Harley Quinn, —, Oscar, Todd Phillips, Arthur Fleck, Gaga's Lee Quinzel, Fleck, Warner, Phillips, Nick Schager, Arthur couldn't, IndieWire's David Ehrlich, Pete Hammond, TIME's Stephanie Zacharek, Johnny Oleksinski, Gaga, Lee, Niko Tavernise, Alison Willmore, Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney, Gaga tamps, Richard Lawson, Arthur's, Lawson, Arthur, It's, Critics, He's, he's, Variety's Owen Gleiberman, BBC's Nicholas Barber, it's, TIME's Zacharek Organizations: Rotten, Service, DC Comics, Phoenix, Arkham, Warner Bros, coy, New York, MGM, Miss, Hollywood Locations: CinemaCon, Miss Saigon

☆ The shocking 'Joker: Folie à Deux' ending adds a unique twist to the Joker character
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"Joker: Folie à Deux" is now in theaters. They did so by making "Joker: Folie à Deux" a musical that cast Lady Gaga as Joker's love interest, Harley Quinn. Here's everything to know about the "Joker: Folie à Deux" ending. "Joker: Folie à Deux." AdvertisementPhillips says he's not making a 'Joker 3'Lady Gaga holding Joaquin Phoenix in "Joker: Folie à Deux."

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☆ This travel concierge's clients are worth at least $100 million. Here's how they do Las Vegas differently — from where to stay to where to eat.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Ultra-luxury travel concierge Sienna Charles' clients have an average net worth starting at $100 million. Its founder explained how its clients do Las Vegas, from the best hotels to the top restaurants. While you'd be right, you'd also be missing one key destination — Las Vegas. India said Las Vegas is a once-a-year trip for some of Sienna Charles' clients. However, unlike most attendees, Sienna Charles' clients also get VIP or backstage access tickets.

Persons: Sienna Charles, —, you'd, Jaclyn Sienna India, Eric Lo, George W, Mariah Carey, Carbone, Bauer, Griffin, Fleur de Lis, Connie Zhou, Kit Leong, Mott, Cipriani, Delilah, Rachel Askinasi, Wynn, Dine, Tayfun, Katy Perry's, Gaga's Organizations: Service, New, Hamptons, Las Vegas Convention, Visitors Authority, Fortune, AaronP, Wynn Las, butlers, Carbone's, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Resorts Locations: Vegas, Las Vegas, London, Paris, Sin, India, Nevada, Vegas India, Wynn Las Vegas, Fontainebleau's, Fontainebleau, Vegas Mott, Peking, New York, York, Las, Wellington

☆ Lady Gaga's fiancé is a tech CEO who went to Harvard with Mark Zuckerberg
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Avery Hartmans | Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Polansky appears to have been involved in several of Parker's other ventures since 2010. Polansky and Parker's working relationship goes back many years. Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Global CitizenAccording to his LinkedIn page, he's the executive director of the Parker's charity, the Parker Foundation; he's a board member at the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy; he's managing partner at Parker Ventures; and he's CEO of the Parker Group, which serves as the umbrella organization for all of Parker's other endeavors. According to Pitchbook, Polansky is also cofounder of VC firm Hawktail; executive advisor at private equity firm Cove Hill Partners; senior advisor at boutique VC growth investor 7 Global Capital; and partner at investment firm Unless Management. Gaga also founded the nonprofit Born This Way Foundation, which focuses on mental health and youth empowerment, in 2012.

Persons: Polansky, Theo Wargo, Pitchbook, Gaga, Coco Chanel Organizations: Global Citizen, Parker Foundation, Parker Institute for Cancer, Parker Ventures, Parker Group, Partners, Global, Management, Haus Labs

☆ Ellen DeGeneres said she's 'done' with fame after her upcoming Netflix special. Here's a complete timeline of the backlash she's faced since 2020.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +32 min

Read previewThe talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has long been considered a beloved celebrity for her friendly and funny public demeanor. "Maybe I'm being naive, but I expected them to welcome me with confetti: Welcome to 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'!" Next thing we know, we literally hear Steve Jobs pick up and say, 'Hi, Ellen' … Ellen told him the iPhone should have a bigger font," the producer said. I have been getting calls asking me about the Ellen Degeneres Show and I would like to address the time I spent there. AdvertisementPaytas appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in 2010 when she was 22 years old to showcase her speed-reading talent during an audience talent segment.

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☆ Taylor Swift shows support for Lady Gaga shutting down pregnancy rumors: 'It's invasive & irresponsible to comment on a woman's body'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewLady Gaga and Taylor Swift are teaming up to squash "invasive" and "irresponsible" speculation about women's bodies. The photos fueled speculation that Gaga was expecting her first child with her boyfriend, Michael Polansky. Related stories"Can we all agree that it's invasive & irresponsible to comment on a woman's body," Swift wrote. Taylor Swift commented on Lady Gaga's TikTok to show her support. In the 2020 documentary "Miss Americana," Swift opened up about avoiding paparazzi photos during her eating disorder recovery.

Persons: —, Gaga, Taylor Swift, Michael Polansky, Swift, Gaga's TikTok, Pedro Gomes, TAS24, TikTok Swift, Gaga's Organizations: Service, The Daily, Business, Poets Department

How to watch Lady Gaga Chromatica Ball in the USLady Gaga's Chromatica Ball will premiere on HBO on Saturday, May 25 at 8 p.m. Shop at MaxHow to watch Lady Gaga Chromatica Ball in CanadaLady Gaga's Chromatica Ball will air on Crave in Canada. How to watch Lady Gaga Chromatica Ball in AustraliaLady Gaga's Chromatica Ball will stream on Stan in Australia. How to watch Lady Gaga Chromatica Ball in the UKAccording to a Warner Bros. release, the release of Chromatica Ball in additional territories (including the UK), are to be announced. How to watch Lady Gaga Chromatica Ball in other countriesLady Gaga's Chromatica Ball will be available to stream on Max in several countries in addition to the US.

Persons: Gaga's, Lady Gaga's, Gaga, Chromatica, we've, Lady Gaga, Gaga's Chromatica, Max, Stan, HBO Max, you'll, Lady Gaga's Chromatica, ExpressVPN Organizations: Business, Little, HBO, Dodger, Max, Warner Bros Locations: Los Angeles, Canada, Australia, America, Caribbean, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Spain

☆ I tried Spotify's AI feature to make playlists with text and emoji prompts. It's impressive but I'll still make my own.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Spotify has launched AI Playlist, a new feature that makes playlists with a text or emoji prompt. It then gives you three options: "Playlist" to build your own, "Blend" to make a shared playlist with friends, and "AI Playlist" to "turn your ideas into playlists using AI." Jyoti MannOnce you tap "AI Playlist," a text box appears where you can enter a prompt — even by entering just an emoji. Within five seconds it can put together a playlist made up of 30 songs based on what it thinks you'll like. I then asked for a playlist based on the vibes of Joseph Cooper, the main character in the movie "Interstellar."

Persons: —, I've, Jyoti Mann, swiping, Adele, Hozier, Amy Winehouse, Joseph Cooper, Gaga's, Ryan Lewis's Organizations: Spotify, Service Locations: Australia, Sardinia, Italy

☆ Apple's having a rough year
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Matt Turner | Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BIThis week's dispatchTaking a bite out of AppleApple's having a rough year. Apple is to blame for Amazon and Microsoft's phone failures, per the DOJ, which also zeroes in on Apple's green text bubbles. It was a tech antitrust lawsuit more than two decades ago that helped create space for Apple's rise.

Persons: —, Justin Sullivan, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, Tim Cook, Steve Jobs, Apple, Rebecca Zisser, Frazer Harrison, Tyler Le, Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, Patrick Semansky Goldman, Russell Horwitz, Al Schwimmer, Frank Sinatra, Matt Turner, Jordan Parker Erb, Dan DeFrancesco, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, Business, Apple, Department of Justice, DOJ, Amazon, FTC, Getty, Google, BI, David Solomon AP Locations: China, Palestine, New York

☆ AI Is Upending Google's Search Business. a Lady Gaga Query Shows How.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Kali Hays | Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Search versus SGESince December, Business Insider has plugged the same queries into Google's traditional search engine and its generative AI version to see how information is presented differently. Mark Mahaney, a top internet analyst at ISI Evercore, has been testing SGE alongside generative AI rivals like Perplexity and OpenAI's ChatGPT. Ray has spotted answers in SGE results that are not sourced from websites that rank in the top 100 positions for that query in traditional Search results. Neither query produced any sort of generative AI response — although a search for "common cold" did. They've already got billions of people using Chrome and using Google search," Shmulik told BI.

Persons: It's, Mark Mahaney, Mahaney, SGE, Adweek, Alan Antin, Google's SGE, Gaga's, Gaga, Tiffany, Kali Hays, Google's, Sundar Pichai, Lily Ray, Ray, Mark Shmulik, Bernstein, Susan Orlean, Evercore's Mahoney, we're, Bernstein's, Shmulik, he's, ChatGPT Organizations: Google, Business, Microsoft, Gartner, ISI, New York Magazine, BI, GitHub, LinkedIn, SGE, Bing Locations: SGE, OpenAI

☆ 50 of the most iconic red-carpet looks in Grammys history
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Gabbi Shaw | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Lady Gaga's neon-yellow hair and celestial dress at the 2010 Grammys will go down in awards show history. Lady Gaga at the 52nd Grammy Awards on January 31, 2010. "I am honored to be wearing Armani this evening. The series of pieces Mr. Armani created for me are truly iconic; they represent not only beautiful fashion, but my spirit and essence as an artist. She was wearing this creation when she won her first two Grammys that night.

Persons: Lady Gaga, John Shearer, Getty, wouldn't, Steven, Armani, Gaga Organizations: Los Angeles Times

☆ I'm a 24-year-old man who tried 'softmaxxing,' a less intense version of 'looksmaxxing,' for a week. I can say with confidence it's a toxic scam.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Kieran Press-Reynolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The "looksmaxxing" community is a group of mostly young men sharing tactics to improve their attractiveness. After trying the "soft" version of these techniques for a week, I feel the trend is inherently cruel and harmful. By the end of the week, I felt like looksmaxxing and its subcultures were a scam designed to reel in young, insecure people. While this sort of abusive community exists everywhere online, it seems particularly toxic and supercharged among young men. I found myself feeling sympathetic to the young men who feel like they need to perform these ridiculous rituals to love themselves.

Persons: —, mewing, it's, hashtag, softmaxxing, I've, Hunter, looksmaxxers, It's, Gaga's, I'd Organizations: Service Locations: There's, British

☆ Naming a species after a celebrity may do more harm than good
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

But it's very difficult to change a species' scientific name, and that can lead to regrets. The list of species named for celebrities is lengthy and includes everything from flies (Beyoncé) to lichen (Oprah Winfrey) to lizards (Lionel Messi). An eponym is a scientific species name based on a person, either real or fictional. AdvertisementAdvertisementUniversity of Oxford biologist Katie Blake and her co-authors found that species with celebrity names had almost three times as many page views on Wikipedia as non-famously monikered control species. AdvertisementAdvertisementSome examples include Adolf Hitler, Cecil Rhodes, and George Hibbert, all of whom have species named after them.

Persons: —, Taylor Swift, Leonardo DiCaprio, David Attenborough, Oprah Winfrey, Lionel Messi, Jimmy, Sericomyrmex radioheadi, Tarantobelus, roundworm, Jeff Daniels, Taylor Swift's millipede, Katie Blake, cuvier, Georges Cuvier, Andre Seale, Blake, Hitler, Christopher Bae, Adolf Hitler, Cecil Rhodes, George Hibbert, Sergio Pitamitz, Bae, Cecil John Rhodes, There's, heidelbergensis, CESAR MANSO, Rhodes, bodoensis, Bodo D'ar, Jimmy Buffett’s “, Hal Horowitz, Hibbert, George Rinhart, Stephen B, Heard, Charles Darwin's Barnacle, David Bowie's Spider Organizations: Service, Virginia Tech, University of Oxford, VW, Getty, University of Hawai'i, American Ornithological Society, NPR Locations: Mano, Slovenia, Africa, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Right, Spain, AFP, Ethiopia

☆ Millennials struggled to get jobs in the Great Recession. Right now, it's even worse for Chinese Gen Zers.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Sirena Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Youth unemployment in China has reached 21.3%, which is really bad. It's even worse than when millennials were trying to get jobs amid the Great Recession. There are 280 million Gen Zers in the world's second-largest economy. "Youth unemployment" was the buzzword. In 2022, there were 72 million millennials in the US; there are 280 million Gen Zers in China.

Persons: millennials, Zers, Gaga's, That's, Hillary Hoffower Organizations: Service, Pew Research Center, Bureau of Labor Statistics Locations: China, Wall, Silicon, COVID

☆ There's never been a better time for "Vanderpump Rules" stars Ariana Madix and Katie Maloney to open their sandwich shop
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Buzz has never been higher around "Vanderpump Rules" stars Ariana Madix and Katie Maloney. It's the perfect time for them to open their much anticipated sandwich shop, Something About Her. Searches for "something about her sandwich shop menu" spiked 5,000% on Wednesday. "Vanderpump Rules" is pulling series-high ratings, with the first reunion episode garnering 2.7 million more viewers than the show was getting pre-scandal, The Wall Street Journal reported. In the days following the cheating revelation, the pair's restaurants Tom Tom and Schwartz and Sandy's were review-bombed, vandalized, and dealt with canceled reservations.

Persons: Buzz, Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney, —, Madix, Maloney, it's, Gaga's, there's, katie, ariana, they'd, Tom Sandoval, Raquel Leviss, panini, Tom Schwartz, Tom Tom, Schwartz, Sandy's, Addison, Rae, Jeffrey Ten Organizations: Service, Gaga's Haus, Street Journal, Global, Brand, Madix

☆ The Proud Boys crashed my story hour: A drag king recounts a joyful but 'terrifying' showdown at a NYC library
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Proud Boys protested Drag Story Hours on 18 occasions across the US last year, new data shows. 'Oliver H,' a NYC drag king, read to 50 kids during 2022's 'terrifying' but joyful final protest. Outside the library, some three-dozen Proud Boys, neo-Nazis, and religious activists were shouting "groomer!" Drag performer Oliver H prepares for Drag Story Hour at Queens Public Library in Jackson Heights on December 29, 2022. See Insider's interactive US map of what happened each of the 53 times the Proud Boys joined or led anti-LGBTQ+ protests last year.

LOS ANGELES, Jan 25 (Reuters) - "Naatu Naatu", the standout song in the Indian period film "RRR," has won a Golden Globe and a Critics Choice Award, garnered hundreds of millions of views on YouTube and spawned a TikTok challenge. Keeravani, songwriter of ''Naatu Naatu'' from the movie ''RRR'', which is nominated for best original song at the Oscars, poses for a portrait at the Reuters office in Culver City, California, U.S. January 13, 2023. "Naatu Naatu" and Keeravani are competing with some big household names in the best song category, including Lady Gaga's "Hold My Hand" from "Top Gun: Maverick" and Rihanna's "Lift Me Up" from "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever". In the action-Bollywood epic directed by S.S. Rajamouli, "Naatu Naatu" begins when the two leads, played by Ram Charan and N.T. Rahman won the Oscar for the Hindi song “Jai-Ho,” but that was for the U.S.-British production of “Slumdog Millionaire,” which was set in India.

Here are 12 of the weirdest and most fascinating animal behaviors scientists spotted in 2022. Here are 12 bizarre and amazing things animals were spotted doing, some of which had never been seen before. It turned out that at least 12 species of primates had been reported doing so, a review published in the Journal of Zoology in October found. A dolphin swallowed 8 venomous sea snakesA sea snake (indicated with pink arrow), moments before it is captured and eaten by a Navy dolphin. Though animals have often been spotted using tools, these usually are used to give the animal a clear survival advantage.

☆ Netflix's 'Wednesday' is competing with the streamer's biggest hits, 'Stranger Things' and 'Squid Game,' for record-high viewership
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Netflix's "Wednesday" is already one of the streamer's biggest TV originals ever after two weeks. Its viewership is on pace to pass "Stranger Things" season four and is rivaling its top show, "Squid Game." "Wednesday" also had Netflix's biggest first week of viewership ever, beating "Stranger Things" season four. The show is chasing the Korean-language series "Squid Game" to be Netflix's biggest original show of all time, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said at an event in New York City on Tuesday. "This group is far more likely to be among highly engaged viewers because the series has strong overlap with other young-skewing Netflix shows," including "Stranger Things," Alexander wrote.

☆ Man who shot Lady Gaga's dog walker in pet theft sentenced to 21 years
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LOS ANGELES, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The man who shot and wounded Lady Gaga's dog walker during the theft of two of the singer's French bulldogs in Hollywood last year pleaded no contest to attempted murder on Monday and was immediately sentenced to 21 years in prison. Several other charges Jackson faced were dismissed in the plea deal, according to the Los Angeles City News Service (CNS). Another co-defendant, Harold White, pleaded no contest on Monday to a weapons charge and will be sentenced next year, prosecutors said. Two others, Jaylin White and Lafayette Whaley, each previously pleaded no contest to second-degree robbery, receiving sentences of four years and six years in prison, respectively. Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

LOS ANGELES — The man involved in the shooting of Lady Gaga's dog walker during a robbery last year was sentenced Monday to 21 years in prison, officials said. James Howard Jackson, 20, pleaded no contest to the attempted murder charge and was immediately sentenced to prison, NBC Los Angeles reported. In August, almost four months after he was mistakenly freed from custody in Los Angeles, Jackson was captured and arrested in Palmdale, a city north of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Those charges were dropped with the plea entered Monday, NBC Los Angeles reported. Eric Leonard reported from Los Angeles, Antonio Planas reported from New York.

☆ Rats can bop their heads to a rhythm and like music by Lady Gaga, a study discovers
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rats can bop their heads to a rhythm like humans, a study has found. The animals were best at keeping in time with beats between 120 and 140 bpm, similar to humans. The results found that the rats' had the best beat synchronization in the range of 120-140 beats per minute and that rats and humans bopped their heads to the beats in a similar way. "Rats displayed innate — that is, without any training or prior exposure to music — beat synchronization most distinctly within 120-140bpm, to which humans also exhibit the clearest beat synchronization," he said. The study found that rats preferred beats close to 120bpm, similar to humans, suggesting that the best tempo for beat synchronization depends on the time constant in the brain, the study author said.

☆ Rich millennials are buying $152 poop-bag holders and $1,100 Hermès dog bowls as luxury brands bank on them spoiling their pets over having kids
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Luxury brands like Prada and Versace have launched pet collections in the past couple of years. Thirty percent of pet owners said they spent more on their pets and pet supplies in 2020 than in 2019. Courtesy of Anya HindmarchHindmarch's short-lived project is just the latest sign of the opportunities available in the upscale pet market, especially for dog owners. In summer 2021, Versace expanded its homeware collection to cater to pets, no doubt inspired by Donatella's own Jack Russell, Audrey. Heather GildroyPagerie, a luxury pet brand that just launched a collection aimed as much at humans as at dogs, hopes this will be the case.

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