2025 Met Gala After-Parties: Jenna Ortega, Lisa and Other Celebrities

2025 Met Gala After-Parties: Jenna Ortega, Lisa and Other Celebrities

This year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s signature gala welcomed a host of top hats, pinstripes and impeccable suiting (and a fashionably late, pregnant Rihanna) in celebration of the Costume Institute’s new exhibition about the history of Black dandy fashion. But it’s the after-parties where politicians, athletes, celebrities and influencers, …

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Predicting the Oscar Nominations in a Wild and Wide-Open Season

Predicting the Oscar Nominations in a Wild and Wide-Open Season

Sometimes, when I poll Oscar voters about the films and performances they plan to nominate, they turn the tables on me. “What do you want to happen?” they ask. Maybe they’re expecting me to advocate for an underseen movie or steer them toward a performance that hasn’t gotten its flowers. …

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