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☆ UK police receive sex assault allegation following Russell Brand reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Michael Holden | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - London police said on Monday they had received an allegation of a sexual assault dating back 20 years following media reports about comedian and actor Russell Brand. "Officers are in contact with the woman and will be providing her with support," the Metropolitan Police statement said. The Times and Dispatches said one woman had made an allegation of rape, while another said Brand assaulted her when she was 16 and still at school. The reports of the allegations about Brand, once one of the country's most high-profile comedians and broadcasters, has dominated British media since they appeared. Reporting by Michael Holden and Muvija M; Editing by Kate Holton and Andrew HeavensOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Russell Brand, Brand, Katy Perry, Rishi Sunak, Michael Holden, Muvija, Kate Holton, Andrew Heavens Organizations: London, Sunday Times, Police, Metropolitan Police, Theatre Royal Windsor, BBC, Met Police, British, Thomson Locations: Soho, London, Los Angeles, British

☆ Katy Perry sells rights to five albums including 'Teenage Dream' to Litmus Music
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Katy Perry performs on stage during the Coronation Concert on May 07, 2023 in Windsor, Britain. Chris Jackson/Pool via REUTERS/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 18 (Reuters) - Singer Katy Perry has signed a deal to sell rights to five of her studio albums released between 2008 and 2020 including "Teenage Dream" to Carlyle-backed Litmus Music, the music rights company said on Monday. "One of the Boys," "PRISM," "Witness" and "Smile" are the other four studio albums that are part of the deal. The five studio albums were released under Perry's contract with Capitol Records, whose former president Dan McCarroll is the co-founder of Litmus Music. With Perry, Litmus Music gets access to an artist who shot to fame in July 2008 with the track "I Kissed A Girl" and has earned 13 Grammy nominations and five MTV Video Music Awards.

Persons: Katy Perry, Chris Jackson, Carlyle, Dan McCarroll, Blackstone, Justin Bieber, Bob Dylan, Perry, Jaspreet Singh Organizations: Billboard, Capitol Records, Litmus, Litmus Music, MTV, Thomson Locations: Windsor, Britain, Bengaluru

☆ BBC is 'urgently looking' into issues raised by Brand report
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Britain's BBC said on Sunday it was "urgently looking into the issues" raised by allegations of sexual assault made against the broadcaster's former employee, British comedian and actor Russell Brand, who denies the accusations. Brand, 48, the former husband of U.S. singer Katy Perry, worked on BBC radio programmes between 2006 and 2008. A BBC spokesperson said in a statement: "The documentary and associated reports contained serious allegations, spanning a number of years. Russell Brand worked on BBC radio programmes between 2006 and 2008 and we are urgently looking into the issues raised." "Russell Brand categorically and vehemently denied the allegation made in 2020, but we now believe we were horribly misled by him," it said.

Persons: Russell Brand, Brand, Katy Perry, Tavistock Wood, Elizabeth Piper, Louise Heavens Organizations: BBC, Sunday Times, The Times, Trevi, Brand, London's Metropolitan Police, Thomson Locations: British, Los Angeles, London's

LONDON (AP) — Three British news organizations reported Saturday that comedian and social influencer Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assault and abuse based on allegations from four women who knew him over a seven-year period at the height of his fame. Brand denied the allegations and said that all of his relationships have been consensual. The Sunday Times, The Times of London and Channel 4’s “Dispatches” said that one woman alleged she had been raped, while three others accused him of sexual assault. Political Cartoons View All 1163 Images“Amidst this litany of astonishing, rather baroque attacks are some very serious allegations that I absolutely refute,” he said. “To see that transparency metastasized into something criminal, that I absolutely deny, makes me question is there another agenda at play,” Brand said.

Persons: Russell Brand, Brand, ”, ” Brand, Joe Rogan, “, Sarah Marshall ”, “ Arthur ”, Katy Perry Organizations: Sunday Times, The, BBC Radio, Hollywood Locations: British, London, Britain

☆ UK comedian Russell Brand denies media allegations of sex assaults
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Michael Holden | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Brand, 48, the former husband of U.S. singer Katy Perry, issued a denial to unspecified "very serious criminal allegations" hours before they were published online by the newspaper on Saturday. The Sunday Times did not say if any of the women had made complaints to the police. In a video message posted on social media, Brand said the accusations contained "a litany of extremely egregious and aggressive attacks as well as some pretty stupid stuff". "But amidst this litany of astonishing rather baroque attacks, are some very serious allegations that I absolutely refute," he said. "What I seriously refute are these very, very serious criminal allegations."

Persons: Russell Brand, Brand, Katy Perry, Perry, Michael Holden, Alex Richardson Organizations: Sunday Times, Reuters, The Times, BBC, Thomson Locations: British, Los Angeles, India

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried said he was one of the 'most hated people in the world' in an unpublished Twitter thread written after he was arrested, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Documents revealed by the New York Times shed light on Sam Bankman-Fried's mindset after his arrest. In a Twitter thread he never published, SBF called himself "one of the most hated people in the world." The documents also show Bankman-Fried blaming a lack of hedging by Caroline Ellison for Alameda's collapse. "I'm broke and wearing an ankle monitor and one of the most hated people in the world," Bankman-Fried wrote in an unpublished draft of a Twitter thread written after he was arrested late last year. The 250-pages of documents were shared with the New York Times by crypto influencer Tiffany Fong.

Persons: Sam Bankman, SBF, Caroline Ellison, Fried, I'm, Tiffany Fong, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Sam Trabucco, Trabucco, FTX, Ellison Organizations: New York Times, Service, Alameda Hedge Fund, Times, Alameda, Bankman Locations: Wall, Silicon, Alameda, Brooklyn

☆ The 2023 superyacht summer recap: Jeff Bezos is now king of the high seas
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

For billionaires and their celebrity friends, warm weather means it's yacht season. Four years later, Bezos is no longer Amazon's CEO, and he's spent the last few months earning a new title: king of the high seas. As 2023's yacht season comes to a close, it's clear that Bezos' brand new $500 million superyacht won the summer. AdvertisementAdvertisementYacht season's runner-up: billionaire Barry Diller's EosThe Eos, owned by Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg, is a yacht-season staple. The Eos docked in Venice to end its summer season, where von Furstenberg hosted the annual DVF Awards — and began furnishing one of her dry-land residences.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, David Geffen's, Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, he's, superyacht, David Zaslav, Bezos, Koru, Lauren Sanchez —, —, that's, Sanchez, Bill Gates, Whitney Wolfe Herd, Ari Emanuel, Leonardo DiCaprio, Orlando Bloom, Katy Perry, Usher, Barry Diller's Eos, Barry Diller, Diane von Furstenberg, Horacio Villalobos, Eos, Diller, von Furstenberg, Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, Edward Enninful, Valentino, Valentino Giancarlo Giammetti, Kris Jenner, Candice Bergen, Emma Thompson, Jason Blum, Diane Sawyer, Bryan Lourd, Giorgio Armani's, Sydney Sweeney, Kerry Washington, Geffen, it's Organizations: Service, Warner Bros, Discovery, Hollywood, Bezos, British Vogue, Creative Artists Agency, Geffen Locations: Wall, Silicon, Gibraltar, Spain, Cannes, Positano, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Mallorca, Greece, Amalfi, Venice, Venice's, Capri, Portland , Maine

☆ Egos! Drama! Desmond Child, a Pop Hitmaker, Is Telling His Story.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Jim Farber | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“When Steven Tyler wrote his memoir, he completely diminished me by saying, ‘Well, everything was already written’ and I just added a few words,” Child, 69, said of Aerosmith’s 1987 hit. “When Joe Perry wrote about ‘Dude’ in his autobiography, he said, ‘Well, Desmond just came up with the title.’”That wasn’t all. After “I Was Made for Lovin’ You,” which Child wrote with Paul Stanley of Kiss, became a smash for that band, he asserted that Gene Simmons “started saying in every interview, ‘We hired guards in front of the studio to keep Desmond Child out,’ because he hated that song so much. Why would you attack a person who put money in your pocket?” (In an interview, Stanley confirmed the anecdote.) people locked in the closet.

Persons: Bon, ”, Ricky Martin’s “, Katy Perry —, Desmond Child’s, “, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Desmond, ’, Child, Paul Stanley of Kiss, Gene Simmons “, ‘, Desmond Child, Stanley, Blanche Dubois, Anjelica Huston, ’ ” Organizations: Kiss Locations: Cuban

☆ Insider Today: Y Combinator's Demo Day decline
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Y Combinator's Demo Day, which will wrap up today, was long considered the event for early-stage startups. AdvertisementAdvertisementInvestors front-running Demo Day was previously considered a major faux pas. You might ask yourself: Who cares if startups line up investments before Demo Day? And companies that get investments before Demo Day might regret it in the long run. The new rating system for performance reviews determines pay — and managers were instructed to not share it with employees.

Persons: I've, that's, Madeline Renbarger, haven't, It's, it's, Samantha Lee, Madeline, There's, Martin, Ryan Reynolds, LeBron James, they're, Ed Yardeni, Jeremy Grantham, Brevan Howard, Peter Hornick, Eduardo Munoz, Sapna Chadha, Shopify, Arantza Pena Popo, YIMBYism, Elon Musk, Katy Perry, Hozier, Hayao Miyazaki's, Heidi Tissenbaum's, Dan DeFrancesco, Naga Siu, Hallam Bullock, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, NFL, Tech, Bank, Getty Images, REUTERS, Google, Google Asia Pacific, The Kansas City Chiefs —, Detroit Lions, 48th Toronto, Getty Locations: Wall, Silicon, Silicon Valley, Nevada, The, New York City, San Diego, London, New York

AdvertisementAdvertisementI love cruises as a vacation option with an affordable fixed price, and my Virgin Voyages cruise was great. Vacations often come with surprise expenses — cruises are a great value and make it easy to know exactly how much you'll spend in advance, and my Virgin Voyages cruise was a great value. While the cruise ship itself offered plenty to see and do, I thought the four included stops were some of the best I have ever visited on a cruise. Finally, we loved the inclusiveness the Virgin Voyages brand builds into their cruise product, which helped make the cruise more carefree and fun. Now all I have to do is start planning how we'll spend days in port on our next Virgin Voyages cruise in February.

Persons: Richard Branson's, Jeff Bezos, Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Usher, That's, Burger, we'll Organizations: Service, HBO, Virgin, Voyages, Virgin Voyages Locations: Wall, Silicon, Athens, Greece, Dubrovnik, Split, Croatia, Kotor, Montenegro, Corfu, Old, Montenegro Kotor, Town, San Juan , Puerto Rico, St, Croix , Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Bahamas

☆ Jeff Bezos' hot yacht summer with fiancée continues in Croatia with Orlando Bloom, Katy Perry, and Usher
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The pair was photographed walking and sailing with A-listers Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, and Usher. Weeks earlier, the couple hosted a lavish engagement party on Bezos' $500 million yacht. Bezos and Sanchez were recently seen enjoying the summer weather with Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, and Usher, according to photos published in People. Bezos, Sanchez, Perry, Bloom, and Usher were photographed walking around Dubrovnik, Croatia, according to the report, a coastal city known for being a filming location for "Game of Thrones." Just weeks ago, the couple hosted an engagement party on Bezos' $500 million yacht in Italy, according to Page Six.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Usher, Weeks, Bezos, Sanchez, Perry, Bloom, it's, Lil Nas X, Bill Gates, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kris Jenner, Mackenzie Scott Bezos Organizations: MEGA, Sanchez's, Amazon, Bezos Locations: Croatia, Europe, Dubrovnik, Portofino, Italy

☆ See inside Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s ‘magical’ new home
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —John Legend and Chrissy Teigen have often been candid about their lives together over the years, sharing snippets on social media as they’ve grown to a family of six. Their family homes have been key “chapters” in their lives, Teigen tells Architectural Digest (AD). Yoshihiro Makino/Architectural Digest“We’re always open to a new house, or to changing the house we’re in,” Teigen told AD in the cover story. “They like elements with a little glam and fun, and they’re drawn to work by bold, contemporary artisans, which is not my usual thing,” Arnold told AD. Yoshihiro Makino/Architectural DigestThe power couple were drawn to the light and airiness of their new home.

Persons: John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Teigen, Rihanna, Luna, Miles, Esti, Wren, Jake Arnold, Arnold, Katy Perry, Rashida Jones, Aaron Paul, Yoshihiro Makino, “ We’re, ” Teigen, We’re, sancturary Legend, ”, they’re, ” Arnold, Chrissy, John, “ Organizations: CNN Locations: Beverly

☆ What Is It About Montecito?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Amy Larocca | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Montecito is where Gwyneth Paltrow goes when the pressures of Brentwood are too much. Jennifer Aniston bought a $16.5 million property from Ms. Winfrey, who had not had time to use it. But it’s not just the famous who come to Montecito, it’s also the straight-up rich. Montecito is loaded with the less-recognizable names behind very recognizable things, including Ty Warner, the press-shy inventor of Beanie Babies, who lives in a rose-colored mansion with views of the whole landscape. It’s a dizzying combination of old wealth, new wealth and outrageous physical beauty that has begun to attract an ever-wider range of dreamers.

Persons: Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Gwyneth Paltrow, Adam Levine, Ritchie, Ariana Grande, DeGeneres, Jennifer Aniston, Winfrey, Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Perry’s, Ed Hardy, Elton John, Flav, Amanda Chantal Bacon, Madame Tussauds, —, Prince Harry, Meghan, Duchess of, it’s, ”, Pierce, Eric Schmidt, Montecito, Ty Warner Organizations: Chrome Locations: Montecito, Brentwood, Patagonia, Duchess of Sussex, Santa Barbara

☆ What Happened When 15 of Twitter’s Top Celebrities Joined Threads
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Yiwen Lu | More About Yiwen Lu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Threads, the new social app from Meta, had a fast start this month when it racked up 100 million downloads in less than a week. We compiled a list of 15 of some of the most-followed celebrities and high-profile figures on Twitter who joined Threads, including Katy Perry, Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Gates, Britney Spears, Shakira and Oprah Winfrey. Then we compared their activity on Twitter with their activity on Threads every day since July 5, when Threads was released. We also looked at what they did on Instagram, which is owned by Meta and developed Threads. What we found is just an early snapshot, but it may provide some clues to where Threads is headed.

Persons: Katy Perry, Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Gates, Britney Spears, Shakira, Oprah Winfrey, — Organizations: Meta, Twitter

☆ Taylor Swift changes controversial lyrics for ‘Better Than Revenge’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

From Taylor Swift On her birthday in 2019, Swift shared this photo of herself as a child. From Taylor Swift A 13-year-old Swift sings the National Anthem before an NBA game in Philadelphia in 2002. Kevin Winter/ACMA/Getty Images Swift sings the National Anthem before Game 3 of the 2008 World Series in Philadelphia. John Mabangalo/Pool/Getty Images Swift performs during a sold-out show at New York's Madison Square Garden in 2009. Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images Swift performs on stage during an "Eras Tour" concert in Atlanta in April 2023.

Persons: CNN — Taylor Swift, ” Swift, “, Swift, ” Taylor, shaming, ” Taylor Swift, Christopher Polk, Scott, Andrea Swift, Taylor Swift, Jesse D, Tim McGraw, Kevin Winter, John Mabangalo, Chad Batka, Bryan Bedder, Larry Busacca, Miley Cyrus, Lucas Till, Hannah Montana, Sam Emerson, Everett, Jonas, Frank Masi, Taylor, I'm, West, Beyonce, Jeff Kravitz, Lucy Nicholson, Christopher Morris, Josh Haner, Kevin Mazur, James Taylor, Charles Sykes, Matt Sayles, Mark J, Terrill, Invision, Jimmy Fallon, Douglas Gorenstein, Nicholas Harvey, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Laraine Newman, Bill Hader, Taran Killam, Kristen Wiig, Keenan Thompson, Fred Armisen, Kerry Washington, Betty White, Bradley Cooper, Dana Edelson, Andrea, Ethan Miller, Tim Boyles, Selena Gomez, Jordan Strauss, Mike Coppola, John Shearer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Brandon Urie, Katy Perry, Republic Records Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner, Will Heath, Seth Wenig, Terence Rushin, didn’t, It’s, –, Scooter Braun, Braun Organizations: CNN, Staples Center, NBA, of Country, Garden, New York Times, New York's Rockefeller Center, Walt Disney Co, Kanye, Madison, MTV, NBC, ACM, Academy of Country, Getty, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Universal Pictures, Coachella, Republic Records, New York University, Machine Locations: Los Angeles, West Reading , Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, New York, Auburn Hills , Michigan, Newark , New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Frankfurt, Germany, London, Arlington , Texas, Tampa, Chicago, Atlanta

☆ 'Swiftie' moms are passing down their passion — and parasocial relationship with Taylor Swift — to their kids
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

"People pull their kids from school for way stupider reasons than to go to a Taylor Swift concert," Vladek says to CNBC Make It. "That's the part Taylor Swift has done so brilliantly," she says. Taylor Swift doesn't." "When I was pregnant, I would hold my phone to my belly and play Taylor Swift," she says. "Honestly, I'd be crushed [if my daughter didn't like Taylor Swift].

Persons: Karen Vladek didn't, Taylor Swift, Taylor, Vladek, Maddie …, Swift, Tim McGraw, Michael Jackson, isn't, Kate Kurtin, Kurtin, Katy Perry, Russell Brand, Katy Perry's, —, Sally A, Theran, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jessica Sawyer, Sawyer, Jessica Dinney, Swift's, Dinney, wouldn't, didn't, Harry Potter, I've Organizations: CNBC, California State University , Los, Wellesley College, Disney, Twitter Locations: Houston, Austin , Texas, California State University , Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Jacksonville , Florida, Tampa , Florida, Tampa

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried shot a MasterClass video about crypto trading months before FTX collapsed, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

FTX cofounder Sam Bankman-Fried shot a MasterClass video on crypto last year, per The New York Times. He recorded the video last summer, months before FTX collapsed, according to the report. FTX cofounder Sam Bankman-Fried is thought to have shot a video for MasterClass, which offers classes taught by celebrity experts, just months before his crypto exchange collapsed. The existence of Bankman-Fried's MasterClass had only been a social media rumor around the time FTX collapsed prior to The Times' report. MasterClass, Bankman-Fried and Kives did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider, made outside normal working hours.

Persons: Sam Bankman, FTX, MasterClass, SBF's, Fried, Michael Kives, Kives, Crypto, Changpeng Zhao, Emilie Choi, Paul Krugman, Chris Dixon, Coinbase, Gordon Ramsay, Garry Kasparov, Margaret Atwood, Fried's MasterClass, Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Bill Clinton, Elon Musk, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ron DeSantis Organizations: New York Times, Morning, Hollywood, Bankman, MasterClass, Times, Alameda Research Locations: MasterClass, Alameda

NEW YORK, June 22 (Reuters) - Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX on Thursday sued a former aide to Hilary Clinton and the former aide's investment firm, seeking to claw back $700 million in investments allegedly made with misappropriated FTX funds. Bankman-Fried authorized investments in K5 projects that enriched Kives and Baum with no payoff for FTX or its customers, who were footing the bill, FTX alleged. FTX has also filed lawsuits over its pre-bankruptcy investment in the stock platform Embed and its payments toGenesis Global Capital, the bankrupt lending arm of crypto firm Genesis. FTX on Wednesday announced a settlement with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in which the museum agreed to return $550 million in donations that it received from FTX companies in 2022. Reporting by Dietrich Knauth in New York Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi and Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Hilary Clinton, misappropriated, FTX, Sam Bankman, Fried, Michael Kives, Bryan Baum, Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Katy Perry, I've, Baum, Kendall Jenner's, SBF, Elizabeth Ashford, Kives, Dietrich Knauth, Alexia Garamfalvi, Matthew Lewis Organizations: YORK, K5 Global, Democratic, Republican, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, K5, Genesis Global Capital, Wednesday, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomson Locations: Wilmington , Delaware, Democratic U.S, New York, Republican California, FTX

☆ 'He'll do anything to come for you': Bang Bang, the tattoo artist to stars like Rihanna and Justin Bieber, is a controlling, vindictive boss, ex-employees say
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Melkorka Licea | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +31 min

Yet some former Bang Bang employees said that McCurdy's meticulously curated image as a thoughtful progressive in a rough-and-tumble industry wasn't much more than good PR. At Bang Bang, "they just woke-wash everything," one former employee said. This kind of behavior extended to other Bang Bang employees. Ganser, the Bang Bang manager, also sent Wang a text comparing her behavior to her father's, who was in prison. Photo by Gotham/GC ImagesNearly a decade after opening the first Bang Bang shop, McCurdy still sees himself as a trailblazer.

☆ "A great treat": King Charles heralds weekend of coronation celebrations
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla wave on the Buckingham Palace balcony following their coronation ceremony in London, Britain, May 6, 2023. REUTERS/Matthew ChildsLONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - King Charles thanked singers who performed at a coronation concert in his honour at Windsor Castle for a "great treat" as a long holiday weekend of celebrations drew to a close on Monday. Celebrations on Sunday culminated in the "Coronation Concert" featuring singers including Lionel Richie and Katy Perry, as the royals joined a 20,000-person audience at Windsor, the king's palace to the west of London. Charles asked Richie whether the singers will be there "all night long", in reference to one of Richie's hits. After weekend of street parties and celebrations, Monday, which is a public holiday in Britain for the coronation, sees thousands of organisations get together for a volunteering programme.

Prince William honored his father with a few words during Sunday night's concert - the first ever to be staged at Windsor Castle, home to monarchs for almost 1,000 years. Royals dance the night awaySeveral members of the royal family got their groove on throughout the concert. Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesMesmerizing drone displayA fabulous drone display lit up the sky over the coronation concert, earning audible gasps from the crowd below. Crowds watch illuminated drones creating a light display above Windsor Castle. But when Miss Piggy, dressed in a cerise pink evening dress and glittering necklace, recognized “Downton Abbey” star Bonneville she had other things in mind, thinking he was a real lord.

☆ Street parties and a concert held to mark King Charles' coronation
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Michael Holden | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - King Charles will attend a music concert featuring the likes of singers Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Andrea Bocelli at Windsor Castle on Sunday after street parties are held across Britain as part of celebrations to mark his coronation. The royals have not been seen since an appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the coronation, but senior members will be out in force in Sunday. The king's younger brother Prince Edward, his sister Princess Anne and Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, the daughter of Charles' other brother Prince Andrew, will attend 'Big Lunch' events, joining some of the estimated 50,000 thousand street parties being held around the country. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will also be among those hosting a coronation lunch with the guests including Ukrainian families and youth groups. "Come rain or shine, thousands of friends and neighbours are coming together this weekend to put up the bunting, pour the tea and cut the cake at street parties and community events across the UK," he said in a statement.

☆ Use the writers' strike as an opportunity to catch up on some content
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

While Hollywood deals with the first TV and movie writers’ strike in 15 years, the wealth of content that we have available to us is a good reminder of the creativity those writers have put into making the shows and movies we love. Something to sip on…Corey Mylchreest as Young King George, India Amarteifio as Young Queen Charlotte in episode 101 of "Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story." Liam Daniel/NetflixOne of the reasons the strike is even happening is because streaming has changed the entertainment industry so much that writers say their wages are being adversely affected through shorter seasons and changing distribution models. Those individuals can’t work – and some of our favorite shows will be delayed – unless writers and studios reach a new agreement soon. In the meantime, catch up on some brilliant shows you’ve missed.

☆ Florals, hats and robes: colours and tradition at King Charles coronation
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERSLONDON, May 6 (Reuters) - From traditional robes to statement headpieces, royals and guests wore an array of colourful outfits for the coronation of Britain's King Charles III on Saturday, filling London's Westminster Abbey with a mix of hues and designs. The monarch arrived at the Abbey in the crimson velvet Robe of State, worn by his grandfather King George VI at his 1937 coronation, a crimson coronation tunic and cream silk overshirt with royal naval trousers. Charles' siblings also wore traditional robes, while his nieces - Princesses Beatrice, Eugenie, Zara and Lady Louise wore dresses or coats in fuchsia, blue and floral prints respectively. There were traditional outfits from across the Commonwealth and peers wore red ceremonial robes. Colourful and statement hats and fascinators in fuchsia, orange and red peppered the Abbey.

☆ Royals wear historic robes, guests don bold colours for coronation
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The monarch arrived in the crimson velvet Robe of State, worn by his grandfather King George VI at his 1937 coronation, a crimson coronation tunic and cream silk overshirt with royal naval trousers. Charles was crowned with the historic St Edward's Crown that has been used since the coronation of King Charles II in 1661. Both left the Abbey in purple Robes of Estate - Charles', previously worn by George VI and Camilla's designed by the Royal School of Needlework and featuring nature-themed embroidery. Charles' siblings wore traditional robes, while his nieces - Princesses Beatrice, Eugenie, Zara and Lady Louise wore dresses or coats in fuchsia, blue and floral prints respectively. There were traditional outfits from across the Commonwealth and peers wore red robes.

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