The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit bash returned to celebrate late designer Karl Lagerfeld ... and his famous feline. Also in the news: Hollywood's writers will strike today for first time in 15 years and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is the second U.S. speaker to address Israel's legislature. |
Now, here we go with Tuesday's news. |
Karl Lagerfeld honored on 2023 Met Gala red carpet |
Karl Lagerfeld's spirit was felt at the annual Met Gala, which serves as a glamorous fundraiser for the latest exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. |
Stars from Kim Kardashian to Brittney Griner celebrated the invite-only event's dress code, "In honor of Karl," paying tribute to the late creative director of top fashion houses including Chanel, Fendi and Chloé. |
| • | Rihanna arrived fashionably late, gracing the Met steps with A$AP Rocky (and baby No. 2 baking) to close out the red carpet with sartorial flair. | | • | Lagerfeld's famous Birman cat Choupette may have declined to attend the Met Gala, but Jared Leto dressed up in a full animal suit, appearing like a massive version of the cat. | | • | While Lagerfeld is known for his signature style – white hair, black sunglasses, pearls and 19th-century-style shirt collars – he is also remembered for his polemical tendencies, having offered unfiltered commentary on migrants, sexual assault survivors, the #MeToo movement and gay men who want to adopt children. |
| A$AP Rocky and Rihanna Dimitrios Kambouris, Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue |
Hollywood writers, slamming 'gig economy,' go on strike |
Television and movie writers declared they will launch a strike for the first time in 15 years, as Hollywood girded for a walkout with potentially widespread ramifications in a fight over fair pay in the streaming era. The Writers Guild of America said late Monday its 11,500 unionized screenwriters will head to the picket lines Tuesday. Negotiations between studios and the writers, which began in March, failed to reach a new contract before the writers' current deal expired just after midnight Tuesday. All script writing is to immediately cease, the guild informed its members. Read more |
McCarthy speaks to Israeli legislature |
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy became the second U.S. speaker Monday to deliver remarks before the Israeli Knesset, the national legislature of Israel, where he reinforced U.S.-Israeli relations and announced the formation of a House-Knesset parliamentary friendship group. McCarthy led a bipartisan congressional delegation to the country to celebrate its 75th anniversary of independence. "This will be part of a new chapter of U.S.-Israel relations," he said. Read more | U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, center, is joined by a U.S. Congressional delegation as he speaks after a session of Israel's parliament, the Knesset in Jerusalem, Monday, May 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) Ohad Zwigenberg, AP |
Seven bodies found during search for missing Oklahoma teenagers |
Authorities found seven bodies, including two missing teenagers, during a search Monday in eastern Oklahoma, state officials confirmed. Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice said 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer were found dead on a rural property near the town of Henryetta after they were declared missing. Authorities believe they also found the body of Jesse McFadden, 39, a convicted sex offender the teen girls were thought to be with, on the property. Though the bodies have not yet been identified by the medical examiner, Rice told reporters late Monday afternoon his office believed they had found "everything that we were seeking this morning." Read more |
Dozens injured after dust storm causes 'horrific' pile-up on Illinois' I-55 |
At least six people are dead and dozens injured after a blinding dust storm caused a multi-vehicle pileup late Monday morning south of Springfield, Illinois, that Gov. J.B. Pritzker described as "horrific." As of late Monday, the Illinois State Police said 72 vehicles were involved in the crashes which included passenger cars and multiple tractor-trailers. Starrick said two tractor-trailers had caught fire. According to Montgomery County authorities, 10 helicopters were called to the scene in addition to a hazardous materials team to suppress fires, including a power-tool battery blaze on a semitrailer. Read more | Dust storm in Illinois causes massive pileup on I-55; several fatalities reported Nathan Cormier via Storyful |
Photo of the day: Would you eat this banana? | Maurizio Cattelan's piece called, "Comedian," at Art Basel in Miami Beach almost immediately sold for $120,000. Marina Brown |
Associated Press contributed reporting. | | | |
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