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I Need Legolas as Never Before
Faith · Society · Pop Culture · Humour
Why on earth was he invited to the church at all?
Elon Musk's father made himself comfortable at the Easter service
Art · People · Pop Culture · Saint Petersburg
A new record for Timur Novikov at the Vladey auction: the contrast-fabric work "Rocket Attack" of 1986 sold for 243,000 euros
The work dates from the period when Novikov collaborated closely with Kino, designing the group's concerts and living in the same artistic space where Tsoi, Guryanov, Kuryokhin and Pop-Mekhanika formed a single, indivisible world. The "New Artists" did not then separate painting, music and performance;
Art · London · Museums · Pop Culture
British artist Eileen Agar's straw hat with Schiaparelli gloves at the exhibition Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art, which opened in March at the V&A
British artist Eileen Agar's straw hat with Schiaparelli gloves at the exhibition Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art, which opened in March at the V&A. Agar attached to the straw hat a pair of gloves with painted red fingernails, as a reference to a Schiaparelli design of 1928.
NB! · Pop Culture · Humour
A Typical Millennial Who Has Saved a Couple of Reels on Healthy Eating
Cinema · Pop Culture
At a Los Angeles auction, the glowing head of the humanoid protocol droid C-3PO from "Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back" sold for more than a million dollars against an initial estimate of 350,000–700,000
It is the only known example of the character's head from the filming of that picture to have reached the collectors' market. Several versions of the costume and of its separate parts were made for every film: spares, technical versions, versions for close-ups. After shooting, most
NB! · Cinema · Pop Culture · Humour
The face of Harry Potter cinematic universe fans when they see this face
Aristocracy · Art · Observations · Mores · Paris · Pop Culture
The Surrealist Ball
Hosted by Baroness Marie-Hélène de Rothschild and her husband Baron Guy de Rothschild at their family estate, the Château de Ferrières in Seine-et-Marne, France. The dress code, written in mirror script, read: "Black tie, long dresses and surrealist heads". As the guests arrived, searchlights played
Archive · Moscow · Pop Culture · Humour
Chuck Norris and Vladimir Zhirinovsky in Heaven
Photograph taken in Moscow in 1997
Cinema · Observations · Pop Culture · Reportage
The state of the auditorium at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, where yesterday's Oscars ceremony was held
The rows in the balcony are buried in rubbish. These seats are reserved for studio staff, invited guests, partners, film students and the junior crew members of the nominated films. Culture, as they say, with a capital C (for Crisp packet)
Observations · Pop Culture · Society Pages
Ulyana Sergeenko presents a nostalgic Haute Couture collection for Spring-Summer 2026, timed to the House's 15th anniversary and therefore devoted to signature silhouettes, techniques, models and other recognisable elements from the archives
What can one say? As always, it is very beautiful. The finest detail, the most extravagant flights of fancy, handwork of astonishing mastery... And had I not been a friend of the brand and seen their workshops with my own eyes, I should probably not have believed that all these