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The stars are descending upon New York City for this year’s Met Gala.

Vanessa Hudgens goes for a sheer look while arriving at the 2022 Met Gala on Monday evening (May 2) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Two-time Emmy winner Jeff Daniels has been tapped as the lead of A Man in Full, a six-episode limited series based on Tom Wolfe’s 1998 novel, from David E. Kelley and Regina King. Kelley serves as writer, executive producer and showrunner, with King directing three episodes and exec producing as part of her first-look deal with Netflix via her Royal Ties production company.

LIVE – Updated at 11:28We are just hours away from the 2022 Met Gala, which will be the first time fashion’s most-anticipated event will take place on the first Monday in May in two years. Last year, the Met Gala took place on 13 September and the year before, it was cancelled due to the pandemic. Usually, around 600 celebrities are invited to mark the glitzy event in their social calendars, but this year and last, the numbers are closer to 400.

Met Gala, returns to its usual berth on the social calendar this year after pandemic upheaval. And if it feels like one of those what, already moments, it is. It's been just under eight months since the last gala, an annual fundraiser that raises eight-figure sums for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.

Met Gala tomorrow night (May 2). The event has been under the watchful eye of Anna Wintour since 1995, and acts as a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City. But what exactly is the gala and what is the theme for 2022?Here’s everything we know about the iconic event.

fashion is almost here. The Met Gala returns to its traditional “first Monday in May” slot on 2 May 2022 with the theme, “In America: An Anthology of Fashion. ”Occasionally viewed as the “Super Bowl of fashion,” the Met Gala is the annual fundraising event for the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, where the event is held.

Read more: Four people shot at Justin Bieber concert afterparty The black-tie event raises money for the Costume Institute by invited people of high status and throwing an unforgettable dress-up theme into the mix. The Gala will occur on Monday May 2 with arrivals from 5. 30pm until the red carpet closes at 8pm in America.

Met Gala. In a new interview with , the fashion designer said the ball has turned into a bit of a «costume party.»«The only thing about the Met that I wish hadn’t happened is that it’s turned into a costume party,» Ford said.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterDanielle Deadwyler has been cast in the lead role of the J.J. Abrams HBO series “Demimonde,” Variety has learned.The show was first reported to be in development back in 2018, though few details were available at the time. Now, it is known that the series focuses on Olive Reed (Deadwyler), a woman who is torn away from her husband and daughter in a brutal scientific accident.

Phat Tuesdays, a pioneering comedy night held at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles during the mid-1990s and early 2000s, helped pave the way for comedians including Chris Tucker, Nick Cannon and Tiffany Haddish.

Gallery: ‘I feel like an ogre!' These stars just say NO to high heels (BANG Showbiz)Zendaya will be busy filming her role as Tashi in Luca Guadagnino's upcoming tennis drama, 'Challengers'. The screen star was preoccupied with shooting HBO teen drama 'Euphoria' when the gala took place in September 2021. At the time, Zendaya said: "My fans are going to be very upset with me.

Vanessa Hudgens and Lala Anthony are teaming up to host the 2022 Met Gala!

Sandra Bullock shut down any hopes of aMiss Congeniality revival and hilariously roasted the sequel to the iconic first film in her latest interview.The actress, 57, spoke to Metro.co.ukalong with fellow Lost City co-star Daniel Radcliffe, 32, and upon being asked whether fans could hope for a third film, she gave a resounding no.'God no! No, no. Two shouldn’t have been done.

Angelique Jackson “The Harder They Fall” actor RJ Cyler has signed with CAA and Management 360 for representation.Ronald “RJ” Cyler II was most recently seen in the Sundance selection “Emergency,” which is set to hit theaters and begin streaming on Amazon Prime Video in May. He also portrayed real-life cowboy Jim Beckwourth in Jeymes Samuel’s Netflix western “The Harder They Fall,” stealing scenes amid the star-studded ensemble of Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Regina King, Lakeith Stanfield, Zazie Beetz, Edi Gathegi, Danielle Deadwyler and Delroy Lindo.Cyler will next be seen in the HBO Max comedy series “Rap Sh*t,” created by Issa Rae, and will play a leading role in “Freedom’s Path,” an upcoming film set in and around the Underground Railroad, written and directed by Brett Smith.

Celebrity makeup artist AJ Crimson died on Wednesday at the age of 27.A cause of death for the beauty mogul and CEO of AJ Crimson Beauty has not yet been revealed.His family confirmed his passing in a statement to ET: 'We as a family are heartbroken and devastated by his passing, but thankful for the lessons that he laid on each of us with his truth, directness, and leadership.' Heartbreaking: Celebrity makeup artist AJ Crimson died on Wednesday at the age of 27'AJ Crimson was a makeup industry leader that set a standard of beauty that was elevated, beautiful, and accessible to people of all color,' the statement read. 'We thank you all for your kind words, tweets, and posts, as AJ was an inspiration to us as much as he was a bright light to the rest of the world,' it continued.'There are no words that can sum up his whole.

Celeb makeup artist AJ Crimson has sadly passed away.

has died. He was 27.The pioneering beauty mogul and CEO of AJ Crimson Beauty died on Wednesday, March 30, his family confirmed in a statement to ET on Thursday.«AJ Crimson was a makeup industry leader that set a standard of beauty that was elevated, beautiful, and accessible to people of all color,» the family shared. «We as a family are heartbroken and devastated by his passing, but thankful for the lessons that he laid on each of us with his truth, directness, and leadership.»«We thank you all for your kind words, tweets, and posts, as AJ was an inspiration to us as much as he was a bright light to the rest of the world,» they continued.

In the first public sighting since the tragic death of her son Ian Alexander Jr., Regina King was hard at work filming John Ridley's biopic Shirley in her Cincinnati hometown on Monday.The 50-year-old Oscar winner channeled her grief to portray the first African-American congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm - who passed away, age 80, in 2005.Regina - who's also a producer - was wearing a 1972-era white floral blazer dress with black PVC high-heeled boots selected by costume designer Megan Coates. Back to work: In the first public sighting since the tragic death of her son Ian Alexander Jr., Regina King was hard at work filming John Ridley's biopic Shirley in her Cincinnati hometown on Monday Groundbreaker: The 50-year-old Oscar winner channeled her grief to portray the first African-American congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm - who passed away, age 80, in 2005King wore Shirley's signature glasses, dental prosthetics designed by Gary Archer, and a short wavy wig was coiffed by hair department head Nakoya Yancey.Oscar nominee Terrence Howard (Triumph) was also on set dressed in a blue three-piece suit to better inhabit the New York native's husband, private investigator Conrad Chisholm.

Laverne Cox sure knew how to light up the red carpet at the 2022 Oscars on Sunday afternoon.The Orange is The New Black star wore a dramatic strapless black gown with her hair up in a bun that made her look like Audrey Hepburn.The 94th annual Academy Awards are taking place at the Dolby Theater with hosts Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina King. That glow:Laverne Cox sure knew how to light up the red carpet at the 2022 Oscars on SundayThe day beforeCox said she felt 'like she [was] somebody' when she was in the same nightclub as Leonardo DiCaprio.The 49-year-old star worked as a waitress when she first moved to New York in a bid to kickstart her acting career but she loved the buzz of knowing she could go out somewhere and be in close proximity to some of the biggest names in showbiz at the time.

The Academy Awards red carpet kicked off early on Sunday afternoon at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood with hosts Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina King.It looked as if the stars were making up for lost time by dressing in their very most glamorous styles as last year the ceremony was severely pared down due to the COVID-19 pandemic which relocated the show to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles.The women wore spectacularly elegant gowns as they dripped in diamonds while the men kicked up their suit game by straying from the standard black tuxedo.Vanessa Hudgens, Laverne Cox, Jamie Lee Curtis and Sofia Carson all opted with black gowns for the splashiest night of the year. Basic but beautiful:The Academy Awards red carpet kicked off early on Sunday afternoon at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood with hosts Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina King.