Entertainment
Met Gala 2024: Zendaya, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez – all the best looks from fashion’s biggest night
The Met Gala always produces the most memorable red carpet looks of the year.
Following this year’s theme, Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion, and a Garden Of Time dress code, the stars pulled out all the botanical stops with their outfits, with floral and garden-inspired fashion unsurprisingly dominating.
Zendaya, Kim Kardashian, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Lopez and Gigi Hadid were among the celebrities in attendance – and there was even a pregnancy reveal.
Here are some of the best outfits from the Met Gala 2024.
Co-chair Zendaya stunned in a vintage black Givenchy couture gown from the spring 1996 collection, featuring a floral bouquet hat with a long train. And she surprised with not one…
… but two gowns, bringing a dark twist to the theme with both. This ocean-blue and green tulle gown with a matching headpiece is by Maison Margiela, styled by her long-time collaborator Law Roach
Kim Kardashian is renowned for her Met Gala looks, from Marilyn Monroe’s actual dress to a Morph suit. This year, she cinched in with silver in custom Maison Margiela but also opted for a cardi, which is sensible. Kim Cardi-ashian? Anyone?
And of course, it was a family affair. Here’s Kylie Jenner in a more simple cream gown, apparently inspired by a garden statue but channelling Marilyn Monroe herself
While Kendall Jenner opted for dramatic black and bronze with a cut-out waist
All white is a tricky look to pull off at a party, but if anyone can go a night without spilling her soup it’s Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner (and partner Corey Gamble)
Singer and actress Janelle Monae looked incredible in barely there silver
Ready for the red carpet and a potential swarm of bees, here’s Lana Del Rey
Emily Ratajkowski managed to pull off simple and daring in this nearly naked jewelled gown
Singer Sabrina Carpenter channelled Cinderella for her Met Gala look – and also made her red carpet couple debut with boyfriend Barry Keoghan…
The Saltburn star brought a hint of Mad Hatter in olive-toned velvet
Cara Delevingne sparkled in the fanciest balaclava look we have ever seen. The bejewelled outfit, by Stella McCartney, was created with lab-grown diamonds, she told reporters
After breaking records at the Brits earlier this year, British star Raye continues to make headlines with this waterfall-inspired look
J Harrison Ghee picks up Garden Of Time style points for the insect-inspired headpiece
Elle Fanning was transformed into a delicate ice sculpture…
… while Camila Cabello took an ice block, rather than a handbag, to encase her lippy and phone
Congrats are in order for British model Adwoa Aboah, who revealed her baby bump on the Met Gala carpet
Cardi B requires a landscape shot in her MBD (massive black dress)
Jennifer Lopez glittered in muted metallics
Gigi Hadid’s high-fashion spin on a floral wedding-look gown apparently took 13,500 hours to make thanks to millions of hand-sewn beads – no wonder she’s got assistants keeping an eye on it
Singer-songwriter Erykah Badu added a colour pop to the Garden Of Time
Model Karlie Kloss (L) and Swarovski creative director Giovanna Battaglia Engelbert brought visions of a sparkling rose garden in pink and green
Nicole Kidman served the drama in monochrome, accompanied by husband Keith Urban
Saying goodbye to Roman Roy and his boardroom wardrobe, Kieran Culkin brought watercolours and pink suede shoes to the Met Gala
Rapper Doja Cat must have been channelling the recent British weather for her Garden Of Time look, opting simply for a soaking wet white T-shirt dress
Perhaps surprisingly, this was Pamela Anderson’s Met Gala debut – and she made it in a nude Oscar de la Renta gown and diamonds
Burberry’s chief creative officer Daniel Lee with supermodel Naomi Campbell, who opted for a simple but dazzling aquamarine fringed gown
Marni creative director Francesco Risso lets Nicki Minaj’s floral sculpture dress do the talking
Euphoria and The White Lotus star Sydney Sweeney revealed a dramatic new look, with dark hair and elbow gloves toughening up her princess-style gown
For Kylie Minogue’s first Met Gala in 10 years, designer Glenn Martens transformed her into a real-life Sleeping Beauty, telling Vogue: ‘It’s meant to look as though she’s been sleeping in this dress for hundreds of years’
Demi Moore’s look was part Queen Of Hearts, part wallpaper (literally – designer Harris Reed revealed the dress is actually made from it)
FKA Twigs, who recently revealed she has created an AI clone of herself, was another star to channel the ‘naked’ look, underneath what looks like the world’s cosiest cardi
What else but gold for a winner like Serena Williams?
Wicked co-stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were reunited at the event, with Erivo wearing a Thom Browne look complete with pink rose petals and a butterfly attached to the back of her head. Grande opted for very pale pink hues and pearls
Amanda Seyfried reportedly requested for her dress to be sustainable, and Prada delivered – creating her metallic outfit from leftover deadstock fabric, according to the New York Times
Poet and activist Amanda Gorman went for pale blue-green jacquard for her gown and matching headband
Designer Raul Lopez and rapper Lil Nas X, who was reportedly suited in more than 50,000 Swarovski crystals
British actress Phoebe Dynevor was the first star ever to wear a Victoria Beckham number to the event, according to Vogue
Bridgerton and Sex Education star Simone Ashley opted for dramatic navy and black sequins
Lizzo’s sculpted corset look complete with headdress, designed by Victor Weinsanto, was reminiscent of an autumnal tree
Michelle Williams was pretty as a pixie with a pink crop and ethereal tulle dress (plus bonus Kieran Culkin and his wife Jazz Charton in the background)
Rita Ora went for a daring nude tasselled bodysuit, while husband Taika Waititi accessorised in a brown leather-look suit
And finally, the covered-in-sand beach look has never looked so glam thanks to Grammy-winning singer Tyla – who sported a sand-adorned Balmain gown alongside a sand-filled hourglass clock in lieu of a bag
World
Vladimir Putin’s fifth presidential inauguration marks more of the same for a Russia with little choice
The term “inauguration” may feel slightly misleading. After all, this is not his first time.
Today’s ceremony will be the fifth occasion Vladimir Putin has been sworn in as Russia’s president, and it marks the start of another six years at the top.
He is already the Kremlin’s longest-serving leader since Joseph Stalin, having been in power for nearly two and a half decades – 20 years as president, four as prime minister.
By the end of this term, only Catherine the Great will be ahead of him – she ruled Russia way back in the 18th century.
So, to some, President Putin may feel more like Permanent Putin.
There is a whole generation here that hasn’t lived under anyone else.
President Vladimir Putin at a military parade after his 2018 inauguration ceremony in Moscow. Pic: AP
The ceremony itself will be a lavish affair, inside the glittering Grand Kremlin Palace, Russia’s “new” leader will swear an oath of loyalty to the people in front of thousands of guests.
Former Hollywood action hero (and now Russian citizen) Steven Seagal and Germany’s ex-chancellor Gerhard Schroder were among the celebrities and VIPs last time around in 2018.
A lot has changed since then, though. It will be fascinating to see who accepts their invitation.
Putin 5.0 is no surprise, of course. His victory in March’s election was a given.
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Pic: AP
The only question was his level of support. Officially, he won 87% of the vote, which was widely condemned by Western governments as being neither free nor fair.
The latest polling, however, points to a similar figure. According to the independent Levada Centre, Putin’s current approval ratings are 85%, not far off his all-time-high.
In part, that is down to a “rally behind the flag effect”, says Levada head Denis Volkov, which Putin has been tapping into since his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
But there are other factors too – namely, silencing of the opposition.
“If not Putin, then who?” is a common response, Denis says, when Levada conducts its polls.
Pic: AP
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What’s more, the Kremlin has complete control of the media landscape.
The population is fed a strict diet of fawning coverage and today will be no different.
For the past week, the main channels have been running adverts urging people to tune into the inauguration.
It’s a spectacle Russia has got used to.
Boeing has called off its first-ever astronaut launch at the final moment after discovering a valve problem in the Atlas V rocket.
The two NASA test pilots had just strapped into Boeing‘s Starliner capsule at Cape Canaveral space station for a flight to the International Space Station on Monday night (US EST) when the countdown stopped – two hours before the planned lift-off.
It was the latest delay for Boeing’s first crew flight, on hold for years because of capsule trouble.
The Atlas V rocket is manufactured by the United Launch Alliance, which includes Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
United Launch Alliance’s chief executive Tory Bruno said the most recent delay may have been caused by an oxygen pressure-relief valve on the upper stage of the rocket that started fluttering open and closed, creating a loud buzz.
The valve may have exceeded its 200,000 lifetime cycles which means it will have to be replaced, pushing the launch into next week, Mr Bruno said.
In an update, NASA said the launch will take place no earlier than Friday.
Mr Bruno said similar valve issues had occurred in previous years on other Atlas rockets launching satellites and these were resolved by turning the valves off and back on.
But the company has stricter flight rules for astronaut flights, prohibiting valve recycling when a crew is on board.
“And so we stayed with the rules and the procedures, and scrubbed as a result,” Mr Bruno said at a news conference.
It meant the two-member crew of NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore, 61, and Sunita “Suni” Williams, 58, had to be removed from the capsule by technicians, before they were whisked away from the launch complex to await a second flight attempt when the issue is resolved.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams heading to board Boeing’s Starliner capsule before the launch was called off. Pic: AP
NASA’s commercial crew programme manager Steve Stich added: “We’re taking it one step at a time, and we’re going to launch when we’re ready and fly when it’s safe to do so.”
Starliner’s first test flight without a crew failed to reach the space station in 2019 and Boeing had to repeat the flight. The company then encountered parachute issues and flammable tape.
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NASA hired Boeing and SpaceX a decade ago to ferry astronauts to and from the space station after the shuttle programme ended, paying the private companies billions of dollars.
Atlas V has been in operation for more than 20 years after it was designed by Lockheed Martin.
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