3 h. ago Gayle King hits back at backlash over Blue Origin space trip... and reacts to becoming a viral meme

King addressed her now-viral facial expression before takeoff, and responded to the immense criticism the women have received over the trip.

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4 h. ago The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism | Moira Donegan

The trip leaned on a vision of women’s empowerment that is light on substance and heavy on a childlike, girlish sillinessThere are some spectacles of US decadence and decline that almost seem too on the nose – the sort of orgies of vulgar provocation or fantastic lack of self-awareness that exceed the limits of parody, so that if they were in a novel, you’d think the writer was laying it on a little thick. Among these is the all-female flight by Blue Origin, the Jeff Bezos-owned rocket tourism company, which on Monday launched a phallically shaped pod full of women – including the pop star Katy Perry and Bezos’s partner, Lauren Sánchez – on a brief trip into space.The flight, which was promoted for months in advance, was touted as a triumph of feminism, a win for science and an embrace of the kind of expansive, curious human spirit of striving and possibility that once animated both. Instead, the flight served as a kind of perverse funeral for the America that once enabled both scie...

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7 h. ago Emily Ratajkowski furiously accuses Blue Origin of ‘destroying the planet’ after all

The trip to space on Monday included Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, and Gayle King

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13 h. ago Katy Perry's daughter Daisy, 4, is seen for the first time as she's filmed watching Blue Origin flight in awe alongside dad Orlando Bloom after pop star's sweet tribute to her in space

The singer, 40, soared into the sky with a star-studded crew including Lauren Sanchez and Gayle King for an 11-minute trip, before safely touching back down on Earth.

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13 h. ago Katy Perry wore this affordable £10 foundation for her ‘space glam’ during historic Blue Origin space flight

Katy Perry's makeup artist Alexandra French has shared the affordable L'Oréal Paris products she used to create the singer's 'space glam' look for the historic Blue Origin flight

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14 h. ago What’s more vacuous than an endless vacuum? It’s Lauren Sanchez and Katy Perry’s party in space | Marina Hyde

The all-female Blue Origin flight on Monday broke boundaries and set records in the spouting of girlboss gibberishWell, I watched every second of the buildup, flight and aftermath of the first Blue Origin all-female space trip. You’ve heard of one small step for man? This was one giant leap backwards for womankind. I’m kidding, I’m kidding! What could be more empowering or something than watching Lauren Sánchez make going to space sound like brunch with the girrrrrls. Sally Ride could never.Anyway, if you missed this, Jeff Bezos’s fiancee took an 11-minute trip to the edge of space on one of his Blue Origin craft on Monday, alongside some all-female passengers – sorry, “crew” – who included CBS anchor Gayle King and pop star Katy Perry. So yes: the Woman’s World video is no longer the most plastic feminist thing Katy’s done.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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14 h. ago What’s more vacuous than an endless vacuum? It’s Lauren Sánchez and Katy Perry’s party in space | Marina Hyde

The all-female Blue Origin flight on Monday broke boundaries and set records in the spouting of girlboss gibberishWell, I watched every second of the buildup, flight and aftermath of the first Blue Origin all-female space trip. You’ve heard of one small step for man? This was one giant leap backwards for womankind. I’m kidding, I’m kidding! What could be more empowering or something than watching Lauren Sánchez make going to space sound like brunch with the girrrrrls. Sally Ride could never.Anyway, if you missed this, Jeff Bezos’s fiancee took an 11-minute trip to the edge of space on one of his Blue Origin craft on Monday, alongside some all-female passengers – sorry, “crew” – who included CBS anchor Gayle King and pop star Katy Perry. So yes: the Woman’s World video is no longer the most plastic feminist thing Katy’s done.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Emily Ratajkowski SLAMS Blue Origin for 'destroying the planet' after star

Emily Ratajkowski joined a growing number of stars criticizing Blue Origin for its star-studded, all-female space flight that took place on Monday.

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25 h. ago Lauren Sánchez and Gayle King slam critics of Blue Origin space flight: ‘I get really fired up’

The Blue Origin rocket was in space for four minutes before floating back down to Earth

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26 h. ago Lauren Sanchez makes wedding jibe at Jeff Bezos after he blasted her into space on Blue Origin flight

Lauren Sánchez revealed the hilarious joke she made to her fiancé, Jeff Bezos , before her trip to space as a member of Blue Origin 's first all-female flight crew .

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27 h. ago First video emerges from INSIDE the Blue Origin space ship... as Lauren Sanchez, Katy Perry and Gayle King are seen in terror

Blue Origin 's New Shepard rocket had a successful trip into space Monday, but Jeff Bezos ran into turbulence while greeting the returning astronauts.

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31 h. ago Oprah cries as she sees best friend Gayle King go into space on Blue Origin flight

Oprah Winfrey cried as she witnessed her best friend Gayle King fly into space on an all-female Blue Origin flight with Katy Perry on Monday, 14 April.

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32 h. ago Blue Origin crew including Katy Perry safely returns to Earth after space flight

All-female crew led by Jeff Bezos’s fiancee Lauren Sánchez lands in Texas after reaching the edge of outer spaceKaty Perry’s space flight – latest updatesSix women – including the pop star Katy Perry and morning TV host Gayle King – safely completed a trip to the edge of outer space and back from a private Texas ranch on Monday morning on a rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos, the Amazon co-founder and commercial space flight entrepreneur.The women, who also included Bezos’s fiancee, Lauren Sánchez, made the trip to the Kármán line – the internationally recognized boundary of space – to float about, weightlessly, in the rocket’s capsule for three minutes before returning to Earth. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Katy Perry kisses ground as Blue Origin flight returns to Earth

Katy Perry kissed the ground as she landed back on Earth following the all-female Blue Origin flight to space on Monday, 14 April.

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32 h. ago Katy Perry sang ‘What a Wonderful World’ in space, Gayle King reveals

‘I gotta sing in space,’ Perry told followers on Instagram ahead of the launch

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32 h. ago Watch in full: Katy Perry launched into space on Blue Origin rocket

Watch as Katy Perry is launched into space on board an all-female Blue Origin flight on Monday, 14 April.

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33 h. ago Terrified Gayle King SOBS as she arrives for Blue Origin space flight

Gayle, 70, appeared extremely emotional as she prepared to head into the sky on Monday. Cameras caught the TV personality breaking down into tears as it pulled up to the launch site.

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33 h. ago Katy Perry heads to space: Live Blue Origin launch updates as singer leads A

LIVE UPDATES: Follow live updates as Katy Perry and five women launch into space from a Blue Origin rocket in the first ever all female space mission.

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34 h. ago Watch live: Katy Perry launched into space on Blue Origin rocket

Watch live as Katy Perry is due to be launched into space on board an all-female Blue Origin flight on Monday, 14 April.

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34 h. ago Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez ready for space flight with all

The Amazon founder’s Blue Origin is due to undertake its 11th flight with six women on boardTrips like these raise questions: are they anything more than joy rides – and do they need to be?Gayle King said she “had a lot of trepidation – I still do – but I also know it’s very interesting to be terrified and excited at the same time. I haven’t felt like this since childbirth. Because I knew childbirth was going to hurt. But it’s also stepping out of your comfort zone.”Mission NS-31 is historic, marking the first time since 1963 that an all-female crew has launched into space, highlighting a significant moment in space exploration and gender representation.Though billed as the first all-female crew to reach the Kármán line, the internationally recognised boundary of space at an altitude of 62 miles, it is not technically so: the cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova flew a solo mission to space in 1963.The mission features several well-known public figures, including: Katy Perry, internationa...

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