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I Need Legolas as Never Before
Faith · Society · Pop Culture · Humour
Elon Musk's father attends an Easter service, seated on a chair
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
Novikov, the band Kino and the New Artists milieu, and record auction prices for his work
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
Art · London · Museums · Pop Culture
Eileen Agar's straw hat with Schiaparelli gloves at the V&A exhibition
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.
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A Typical Millennial Who Has Saved a Couple of Reels on Healthy Eating
Cinema · Pop Culture
The only C-3PO head from the filming of “Empire” to reach the collectors’ market
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
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The face of Harry Potter cinematic universe fans when they see this face
Aristocracy · Art · Observations · Mores · Paris · Pop Culture
The Rothschilds’ ball at Château de Ferrières with a dress code of surrealist heads
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
Archive · Moscow · Pop Culture · Humour
A waiter lights a guest's cigar in a photograph taken in Moscow in 1997
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