6 h. ago ‘As a film lover, I want more’: the Black female directors taking centre stage

The curator of the BFI’s Black Debutantes season on piracy, truncated careers and the frustrations of dealing with big studiosHello and welcome to The Long Wave. This week I spoke to Rógan Graham, a curator of the British Film Institute’s latest season, Black Debutantes: A Collection of Early Works by Black Women Directors. The programme runs throughout May at the BFI Southbank in London, and is a celebration of the feature-length work of Black female film-makers, both the familiar and the seldom screened. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago ‘An incredibly political moment’ – why fashion and the Met Gala are celebrating Black dandyism

This year’s Met theme is ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ and focuses on Black men’s strategic use of fashion. Author of the text the show is inspired by, Monica L. Miller talks about why it’s being celebrated at this year’s show and galaAfter three decades as a jobbing actor, Colman Domingo finally ascended to the Hollywood A-list in 2023 off the back of Rustin, a biopic of Bayard Rustin, an adviser to Martin Luther King Jr and civil rights icon. But while his performance was brilliant, Domingo’s meteoric rise was also down to something else: his masterful embrace of Black dandyism.Having honed his trademark tight trousers and unbuttoned shirts waiting tables in San Francisco, on the red carpet he set himself apart in suits with Nehru collars, bow ties, dramatic cloaks and sparkling brooches. “I don’t just wear clothes, I wear stories,” Domingo told GQ ahead of his appearance at the Golden Globes in January, before stepping out in a black Valentino mohair wool tuxedo paired with ...

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21 h. ago Met Gala 2025 brings back menswear: Everything to know about this year’s theme

The big event will take place on Monday, May 5, with the red carpet starting at 6 p.m. EST

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3 d. ago Naomi Campbell's savage reason why she'll never attend the Met Gala again

Naomi Campbell has been one of the best-dressed stars at the Met Gala for years, but swore that last year was her 'last Met' after explaining why she was tired of all the drama

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3 d. ago Naomi Campbell, 54, declares she will NEVER attend the MET Gala again because she feels 'too old'

Naomi Campbell has declared she will never attend another Met Gala again because she feels 'too old' and can no longer deal with the anxiety that it brings her.

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4 d. ago Telling the incredible tale of Anna Politkovskaya has taught me one thing: I could never be that brave | Maxine Peake

She faced endless opposition and threats to her life. This has become a reality for far too many journalistsMaxine Peake is an actor who appears in the new film Words of WarWhat drives someone to become a journalist? A good journalist, someone whose keyboard is a tool for exposing injustice, a truth-seeker who would risk life and limb to report their experiences back to the world? I know I couldn’t do it. I’ve interviewed people for a research project and was hopeless. I found myself shying away from asking the really difficult questions. There’s no way I could confront a corrupt official, or race to file a breaking story before a hostile regime tried to silence me, possibly for ever. I like to think of myself as the kind of person who would speak truth to power, but would I really, if my life was in the balance?One of the many privileges of being an actor is that it affords you the opportunity to dip your toes into other worlds and experiences from the safest possible distance. In ...

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6 d. ago ‘I love humans – it gives me the courage to approach them’: the disarming work of Mao Ishikawa

For five decades the Japanese photographer has captured the internal lives of a host of unlikely subjects, from dockers to Black GIs. Now a new show celebrates an artist dedicated to documenting the underdogIn 1975, when Mao Ishikawa was in her early 20s, she took a job in a bar frequented by Black American GIs stationed at Camp Hansen, in Okinawa. She had grown up hating the Americans who controlled her home island and, to this day, maintain military bases there. Yet she found kindred spirits among the soldiers and her fellow barmaids, with whom she lived and loved and also photographed. These images became her first major documentary series, Red Flower: The Women of Okinawa, and capture a sense of their youthful freedom and outsider bonhomie, from the group of men and women hanging out in bed to the trio hitting the town for a night out, the women’s hair teased into afros, massive hoop earrings glinting.Like much of what you can discover in Ishikawa’s first UK surve...

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6 d. ago Italian model claims he lost his Met Gala job after viral Kylie Jenner interaction

Eugenio Casnighi, who was hired as a greeter at the Met Gala, said he was fired from the annual event last year after unintentionally 'upstaging' Kylie Jenner on the red carpet.

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7 d. ago Everything you need to know about the Met Gala 2025: Theme, dress code and attendees

Everybody, gird your loins! The Met Gala 2025 is imminent, with the first Monday in May right around the corner

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7 d. ago 2025 Met Gala livestream hosts announced two weeks before the big event

The Met Gala red carpet will commence on Monday, May 5, at 6 p.m. EST

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9 d. ago This Morning star angry as she reveals 'mad perimenopausal moment'

This Morning star Lisa Snowdon has recalled a 'mad perimenopausal moment' where she got rid of some couture fashion items due to them not fitting at the time, something she now regrets.

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1 week ago Lewis Hamilton in F1 fashion rebuke: ‘Black men have always had to be more excellent’

Hamilton bucked the trend when he started arriving in the F1 paddock in his own clothing, instead of team kit

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2 w. ago 'Putting the ASS in astronaut': Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez debut 'sexy' space suits for all

Katy Perry looked ready for action on Sunday as she posed alongside Lauren Sánchez in their bodycon space outfits ahead of their Blue Origin space mission on Monday.

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2 w. ago 'We're bringing a little spice to space!' Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez pose in bodycon suits designed by Jeff Bezos' wife and her Met Gala stylists as the all

Katy Perry looked ready for action on Sunday as she posed alongside Lauren Sánchez in their bodycon space outfits ahead of their Blue Origin space mission on Monday.

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2 w. ago Cypress Hill’s Black Sunday Celebrated with Graphic Novel and Live Album Featuring London Symphony Orchestra

Cypress Hill’s Black Sunday Celebrated with Graphic Novel and Live Album Featuring London Symphony Orchestra  That Eric Alper

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2 w. ago A complete list of all to celebrities to appear in Black Mirror Season 7

From Issa Rae to Emma Corrin and Chris O’Dowd, we unpack all the famous faces who’ll be putting themselves through the emotional wringer in the name of art

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3 w. ago It's Met Gala time! Get yourself suitable with this guide on what to expect

Springtime sunshine has finally hit New York City, and that means the Met Gala beckons

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3 w. ago This Morning's Cat Deeley wows in black swimsuit on family holiday with rarely

Cat Deeley has been enjoying a break from her hosting duties on This Morning as she soaks up the sun on holiday with her husband, Patrick Kielty, and their two sons, Milo and James

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3 w. ago Cat Deeley looks incredible in black swimsuit as she enjoys break from This Morning

This Morning presenter, Cat Deeley, is making the most of her time off from the ITV show on a sun-kissed holiday with her husband, Patrick Kielty, and sons Milo and James

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3 w. ago ‘A meditative practice’: the Australian Sand Sculpting Championships 2025

Tasmanian artist Meg Murray won the top prize with Screech of the Sea, a creation with ‘undeniable villainy’They say life’s a beach, but whoever coined that phrase probably wasn’t looking at today’s economic and political landscape – or they had an incredible sense of humour. Much like the artists at this year’s Australian Sand Sculpting Championships, which returned to Frankston foreshore, just south of Melbourne, for the first time since 2019.This year’s event had a playful take on our polarising times; its theme is “The Villains of Storytime”, and sculptors responded with giant sand-made depictions of familiar witches and wolves from fairytales and Disney movies. Looking around, visitors can see a big bad wolf, Ursula from The Little Mermaid and a mythical siren calling to unsuspecting sailors. Continue reading...

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