This awards season has had, if nothing else, a ton of wattage, thanks in no small part to A Star Is Born's Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. That's been particularly true for the 2019 Oscars, which announced its nominations on Tuesday morning, finally shifting the spotlight from Kevin Hart and the fact that this year's ceremony will be just the […]

They’re a frequent feature of city life, especially in New York and other East Coast cities in the United States, as well as Chicago. When a large construction project is in progress, and the project has used nonunion labor, labor unions will often appear with a giant inflatable rat in order to draw attention to and discourage the use of […]

Brandon Truaxe, the founder of the disruptive Canadian cosmetics company Deciem, has died. He was 40. The death was confirmed by a spokeswoman at Estée Lauder Companies, which has a minority stake in Deciem, and in an Instagram post by the company. Vox initially reported Mr. Truaxe’s death. View this post on Instagram Brandon, our founder and friend. You touched […]

The family of a brave little boy are trying to raise £25,000 for a bionic prosthetic arm so he can "be like everyone else". Four-year-old Jacob Scrimshaw, who was born prematurely with one arm, is not able to get the prosthetic on the NHS. Although he doesn’t let his disability hold him back, he broke his mum’s heart by telling […]

Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images Calling all style savants—one of your favorite times of the year has officially arrived once again.  Yes, we’re talking about fashion week—er—more like fashion month. As is the case twice a year, a handful of the world’s major fashion cities debut designers’ latest collections as celebrities, influencers and industry figures put their best footwear forward to take in […]

By now, you have likely heard the story of how director Alfonso Cuarón found the actor who would star in his epic and deeply personal film, Roma: a casting search led him to the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where he met schoolteacher Yalitza Aparicio. She had never acted before, much less in a movie. Yet she would go on to […]

The Duchess of Cambridge looked stunning in a stylish green dress as she arrived in London to launch a new charity helpline. Kate met with staff and volunteers at Family Action, which supports anyone struggling with issues ranging from relationship difficulties to mental health. Fashion fans were impressed by her sophisticated outfit choice, believed to be a modified version of […]

The damning figures also show that more than 40 per cent of London council homes bought under the Government's Right to Buy programme are now rented out privately. Margaret Thatcher's flagship policy gives council tenants a chance to buy their home at a discount of up to £108,000 in London and £80,900 in the rest of England. So far, more […]

Jeremy Corbyn has always been a unilateralist. He wanted to scrap our nuclear deterrent against the Soviet Union at the height of the cold war. So it should be no surprise that he insists Britain should unilaterally disarm in its negotiations with the EU. That is what his demand that Theresa May take no deal off the table means. If […]

Luca Guadagnino has teamed up with Italian designer Pierpaolo Piccioli, creative director of the Valentino fashion house, to make a short movie fusing the aesthetics of film and haute couture and featuring an A-list cast comprising Julianne Moore, Kyle MacLachlan, Marthe Keller, KiKi Layne, Mia Goth and Alba Rohrwacher. The 35-minute film, portraying different chapters in a woman’s life through […]