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Jessica Serfaty wears a garden’s worth of brilliantly colored flowers while ascending the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the 2024 Met Gala on Monday evening (May 6) in New York City.

Jennifer Lopez has arrived for co-hosting duties at fashion’s biggest event of the year!

The ladies are enjoying a night out on the red carpet!

Stray Kids are hitting the red carpet at the Met Gala for the first time!

Rebecca Hall wows in a dreamy look at the 2024 Met Gala on Monday evening (May 6) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Emma Chamberlain makes her arrival at the 2024 Met Gala on Monday evening (May 6) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Chris Hemsworth is gracing the red carpet at the Met Gala for the first time alongside his wife Elsa Pataky.

Ashley Graham is first up on the red carpet at the 2024 Met Gala!

Anna Wintour has arrived!

Gwendoline Christie is putting on a fabulous display!

Elsa Pataky and Chris Hemsworth (who is one of the co-hosts of the evening) post in gold and cream at the Met Gala. 2024 Met Gala host Bad Bunny wore shades to the carpet. Gwendoline Christie is giving “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” at the Met Gala.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Fashion’s biggest night is here. Dozens of the most stylish stars will descend on the Met steps on Monday night for the 2024 Met Gala, celebrating the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s new exhibit “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” This year’s dress code is “The Garden of Time,” inspired by J.G.

Tyler Perry has conquered the entertainment world — the creative force between two dozen films, 17 television shows, bestselling books and 20 stage plays. He built a thriving studio complex in Atlanta, and just today Deadline reported he has signed a first-look deal with Netflix to produce faith-based films alongside DeVon Franklin.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large “The Young and the Restless” icon Melody Thomas Scott, veteran soap opera producer Edward J. Scott and public TV food host Lidia Bastianich are all set to receive Lifetime Achievement awards at this year’s Daytime Emmys.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Dan Abrams is taking a deeper gulp of liquor media. The media entrepreneur, who has built businesses such as the TV-news-obsessed Mediaite and the Law & Crime network, which was recently sold to the creator-fueled media company Jellysmack, is acquiring two specialized event businesses tied to liquor tasting in a bid to grow Bottle Raiders, a collection of sites that offer reviews of whiskey, tequila, gin and rum.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor After more than a year of talks, Condé Nast management inked a new pact with hundreds of union workers at Vogue and other publications — heading off a strike and a picket line that threatened to disrupt the company’s splashy Met Gala on Monday. The two sides reached an agreement on the terms of a new contract in the early-morning hours Monday.

Kendrick Lamar and Drake‘s feud is escalating rapidly.

Being invited to your first Met Gala is a huge moment for a celebrity!

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com Action romance is a tricky genre to master — it requires the right balance of heart and spectacle. But when done well, à la “True Lies” or “Mr. and Mrs.

new 65-foot, giant hot dog sculpture that landed in Times Square this week.Buckle up. Because these sculptors, Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw, have delivered a meat manifesto.Their titanic sausage is apparently meant to “examine consumption, capitalism, class and contemporary culture,” Times Square Arts’ website amazingly reads.A kooky press release added this epic Wiener of the World will expose “the patriarchy of meat-eating.”That must be why every day at 12:30 p.m., the installation lifts off the ground, angles up to sky and becomes a confetti cannon.

Michelle Yeoh is receiving a major honor!

We’re just a few weeks away from the 2024 Met Gala!

Jewel effectively shut down questions on those romance rumors involving her and Kevin Costner.

Kim Kardashian is never afraid to take a fashion risk, which is part of what makes her such a perfect star for the Met Gala.

A permanent exhibition space from renowned immersive events organizer Meow Wolf will open in Los Angeles in 2026.

) where her husband crawls over to her in bed, placing his head on her lap like a puppy as she stares at him with disdain. And like, damn, that’s hot.Wouldn’t it be nice to find a guy who’s just a little pathetic? Honestly, we straight women are tired, and we don’t have time for the effort of taming a playboy. Many of us are working 40-plus hours a week.

A mural of Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding has appeared on a wall in Stockport - the town where she grew up.

Brits looking for affordable travel from Manchester Airport should look no further.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor London- and Paris-based production, finance and sales outfit Film Constellation has boarded international sales on Titus Kaphar’s drama “Exhibiting Forgiveness.” The film received strong reviews after its January premiere at Sundance in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section, and was picked up for North American distribution by Roadside Attractions, with plans for a wide theatrical release in the fall and awards campaign.

There's an art to creating a sanctuary within your bedroom, and Stacey Solomon, the queen of all things tidy, has just unveiled a game-changing hack to elevate your bedtime routine to luxurious levels.The secret? A humble wooden coat hanger. The Sort Your Life Out presenter is known for her simple and affordable tips and tricks to help keep her family life organised and stress-free, and her latest one will have you slipping into a bed that rivals those found in top hotels.