MEDIA & CULTURE

Virginie Viard took over from her mentor Karl Lagerfeld

Chanel At Fashion Week Without Sacked Designer Viard

Viard worked alongside the legendary Karl Lagerfeld for years before taking over at the helm after his death in 2019. She oversaw record sales of nearly $20 billion last year. But a crisis had been brewing for months, with skeptical pouts on the front row and murmurs that her shows were growing repetitive.
Canadian actor Donald Sutherland has died at the age of 88, his son announced

Actor Donald Sutherland Dead At Age 88

The elder Sutherland had a distinctive look -- and piercing eyes -- that brought a depth and mystery to the huge range of roles he inhabited over more than half a century on the big screen.
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Japan's Takeru Kobayashi won the Nathan's Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York six times in a row before he was beaten by Joey Chestnut

Netflix To Air 'Ultimate' Hot Dog Eating Contest

The announcement comes a day after the esoteric world of speed eating contests was rocked by news that Chestnut had been banned from a popular New York event sponsored by fast-food company Nathan's.
BTS fans lined up from as early as 7:00 am to join the band's annual FESTA

BTS Mania Hits Seoul Ahead Of 'Huggathon' With Jin

Just 24 hours after the oldest member of the world's biggest boyband was discharged from duty, the South Korean capital was overtaken by BTS fans, with tens of thousands of people lining up Thursday to join the group's annual party.
The boys' love genre, which features same-sex male romances, began as a strand of Japanese manga comics in the 1960s but has become a booming cultural export for Thailand

The Thai 'Boys' Love' TV Dramas Conquering Asia

Inspired by her favorite idol from the series, Huang moved to Thailand a year later to start a new life, becoming part of a growing legion of fans of the "boys' love" romance genre taking Asia by storm.
Jessica Gunning and Richard Gadd star in Netflix's smash hit 'Baby Reindeer'

'Baby Reindeer' Inspiration Sues Netflix For $170 Mn

Fiona Harvey has identified herself as the real-life "Martha," the delusional, violent and abusive woman at the center of Richard Gadd's global phenomenon, which claims in its opening episode to be "a true story."
Fans remain captivated by Edinburgh, whose sights and scenes were the inspiration for fantastical characters and locations

Harry Potter Offers Magical Boost To UK Tourism

The Scottish capital attracts lovers of the bespectacled schoolboy from across the world, boosting the UK economy and helping generate billions of pounds in global sales of Potter-related offerings.
Japanese shiba inu Kabosu became the star of the 'Doge' meme that inspired Dogecoin

Japanese Dog Of 'Doge' Meme Fame Dies

The Japanese dog whose photo inspired a generation of oddball online jokes and the $23-billion Dogecoin cryptocurrency beloved by Elon Musk died on Friday, her owner said.
Kevin Costner and Sienna Miller premiered their Western "Horizon: An American Saga" at the festival

Trump Biopic Hits Cannes Film Festival

The festival -- considered the film industry's foremost get-together -- concludes with its award ceremony on Saturday, with "Barbie" director Greta Gerwig heading the jury.
Adam Driver stars in 'Megalopolis'

Coppola's Epic 'Megalopolis' Finally Arrives At Cannes

Will history repeat itself as Coppola, 85, returns to the French Cote d'Azur to premiere "Megalopolis", a $120-million project he self-funded by selling part of his California wine estate and which has been gestating for some 40 years?
77th Cannes film festival jury

Hollywood Heads To Cannes As Off-screen Drama Soars

The 12-day festival officially kicks off in the evening with an honorary award for Meryl Streep -- just one of a host of international A-listers flocking to the sun-drenched Cote d'Azur, where legendary directors George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola top the VIP guest list.

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