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coming out as LGBTQ+ in 2021, Siwa has rebranded her image with a darker — but no less sparkly — image. Meanwhile, her April single “Karma” has racked up over 33 million views on YouTube.And “SNL” had a field day riffing on Siwa’s new “bad girl era” style.

Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Gisele Bündchen, Kendall Jenner, Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift are all expected for the photo call on the Metropolitan Museum’s iconic stairs.But one star is bigger than all the othersFor it is queen Anna Wintour who wields the real power Monday and who will hold all those A-listers, not to mention the world’s biggest business movers and shakers, in her thrall.Over the past 30 years, the editor-in-chief of Vogue and Global Chief Content Officer of Condé Nast, has transformed the event from a relatively humble fundraiser for the Met’s costume exhibit — with tickets once costing around $1,000 — to New York City’s most important event of the season. “It’s through her hustle that she made this happen,” one attendee who has gone for decades told The Post.

Copacabana beach Saturday night, turning Rio de Janeiro’s vast stretch of sand into an enormous dance floor teeming with a multitude of her fans.It was the last show of The Celebration Tour, her first retrospective, which kicked off in October in London.The “Queen of Pop” began the show with her 1998 hit “Nothing Really Matters.”Huge cheers rose from the buzzing, tightly packed crowd, pressed up against the barriers.Others held house parties in brightly lighted apartments and hotels overlooking the beachfront.Helicopters and drones flew overhead, and motorboats and sailboats anchored off the beach filled the bay.“Here we are in the most beautiful place in the world,” Madonna, 65, told the crowd. Pointing out the ocean view, the mountains and the Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking the city, she added: “This place is magic.”Madonna performed her classic hits, including “Like A Virgin” and “Hung Up.” For the introduction to “Like A Prayer,” her head was completely covered in a black cape, a rosary gripped in her hands.The star paid an emotional tribute to “all the bright lights” lost to AIDS as she sang “Live to Tell,” with black and white photos of people who died from the illness flashing behind her.Later, she was joined on stage by Brazilian artists Anitta and Pabllo Vittar.Rio spent the last few days readying itself for the performance.An estimated 1.6 million people attended the show, G1 reported, citing Rio City Hall’s tourism agency.That is more than 10 times Madonna’s record attendance of 130,000 at Paris’ Parc des Sceaux in 1987.Madonna’s official website hyped the show as the biggest ever in her four-decade career.In recent days, the buzz was palpable.

Box Office Mojo.The action flick, starring Gosling as a cocky stunt double for a famous actor, raked in $10.48 million on Friday. The movie, loosely based on the Lee Majors-led 1980s TV series, was expected to garner $28 million for its opening weekend after falling short of earlier estimates, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

forthcoming podcast with Lemonada Media was reportedly pushed back to next year. According to In Touch, honchos at the company put the project on pause for fear that the upcoming launch of her lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, would take attention away from her audio endeavors. “Meghan gets greedy,” an inside source told the publication.

new 65-foot, giant hot dog sculpture that landed in Times Square this week.Buckle up. Because these sculptors, Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw, have delivered a meat manifesto.Their titanic sausage is apparently meant to “examine consumption, capitalism, class and contemporary culture,” Times Square Arts’ website amazingly reads.A kooky press release added this epic Wiener of the World will expose “the patriarchy of meat-eating.”That must be why every day at 12:30 p.m., the installation lifts off the ground, angles up to sky and becomes a confetti cannon.

Bill Maher took aim at President Biden’s latest student loan handout proposal, insisting his own tax dollars, by extension, will be funding the “Jew hating” on college campuses.During Friday night’s panel discussion, while discussing the anti-Israel unrest occurring at top universities in recent weeks, Maher said he gets “so incensed” at how many of the students participating receive federal aid.“When I read about the college loans… ‘Biden administration’s student debt cancelation will cost a combined $870 billion to $1.4 trillion. That’s a lot of debt forgiveness,” Maher said.Maher continued, “Colleges constantly raise tuition, then the kids take out more loans, then the government comes by and pays those loans.

Us Weekly that William and Kate are motivated to make amends for the sake of their three children. “They want a relationship with Meghan and Harry, and they don’t want the acrimony to carry over to the next generation,” the source stated.The insider added that Meghan and Harry feel similarly, saying: “Obviously, the Duke and Duchess want their kids to have a relationship with their cousins.”William and Kate are parents to Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louise, 5, while Harry and Meghan are mom and dad to Prince Archie, 4, and Princess Lilibet, 2. Prince Harry is set to return to the UK next week for a ceremony to celebrate 10 years since the first Invictus Games, sparking speculation he could meet with William and Kate, who is currently being treated for cancer.

the star shared with his nearly 400 million Instagram followers.In the clip, Johnson addresses the 75 students gathered in the auditorium as they erupt in cheers.“This message goes out to all the amazing students at P373R out in Staten Island,” he begins.“Your awesome teachers told me that every year, you guys love choosing a musical because you’re so talented and you’re so excited . . .

market for $4.45 million, on nights he fought with then-wife Mia Farrow. “Godfather” actor Gianni Russo, who lives five doors down from where the crooner and the famed actress cohabitated at 249 E. 61st Street, said Sinatra was sure to ring his buzzer.“Anytime they’d have a fight, he’d come have a drink and spend the night at my place,” Russo, 80, told The Post.

Brooke Shields revealed that she stripped down in solidarity with co-star Benjamin Bratt on the set of their new Netflix movie “Mother of the Bride.” On Friday’s episode of “The View,” the actress explained that she went mostly au natural to comfort her co-star Bratt whose wardrobe for one scene consisted only of a “modesty sock.”Shields, 58 relayed, “They have these things called modesty socks, which, for a woman, it’s a modesty triangle and they tape it to you, just where the camera’s going to go. For the poor guy, they don’t tape — they just have a little sheath.” Shields then used her hands to mimic the act of putting the sock on the penis.

Mark Consuelos has a specific diagnosis for wife Kelly Ripa’s can-do attitude, she explained: “I have what Mark likes to call ‘a–hole syndrome.’ I don’t have imposter syndrome. So I think that I can do everything.”The talk show host, 53, revealed her condition to guest Elisabeth Moss on “Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa,” where she detailed the effects of living with a–hole syndrome.“Like, I’m not kidding, we’ll watch the Winter Olympics, and I start moving furniture in the living room, and he goes, ‘What are you doing?’ and I go, ‘I’m gonna figure skate.’ He’s like, ‘Stop it.’ I watched it, I got it,” she explained to Moss.

The “Queen of Pop,” Madonna, rehearses at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 2, 2024, ahead of her free mega-concert on Saturday, May 4th, to conclude her ‘Celebration’ tour. Hundreds of fans were given a sneak peek before the historic event, marking Madonna’s return to Brazil since 2012.

Entertainment Tonight at the CBS Fall Schedule Celebration on Thursday.“I’m not going anywhere,” he said. Carey has been hosting the beloved game show since 2007 when he took over from Bob Barker. “I think Bob made a mistake by retiring,” Carey added.

a little girl, who got separated from her mother, approached Mariska thinking she was an on-duty police officer. The show halted production for about 20 minutes as Mariska successfully helped the young child find her mom at the Anne Loftus Playground in Fort Tryon Park. While speaking to Entertainment Tonight at Variety’s Power of Women event on May 2, Mariska reflected on the “beautiful” moment that she shared with the child last month.

32-game winning streak in 2019, has struck again. In the season premiere of “Jeopardy! Masters,” which involves past champions returning to the show, Holzhauer stole the show. He was given the question prompt, “The last name of botanist Leonhard gave us this word for a type of flower & a shade of reddish purple.” Holzhauer replied with the correct answer, “fuchsia.”“What is F – U – C,” he said, adding in a long pause before smiling and continuing with, “H – S – I – A.” Holzhauer then smirked and said, “Gotta be careful with that fourth letter.” The crowd laughed, and his fellow contestants Yogesh Raut and Amy Schneider smiled.

cancer diagnosis. News of King Charles’ cancer diagnosis came to light in February after he underwent a procedure for an enlarged prostate.

Dead and Company will descend upon Las Vegas’ MSG Sphere for a 24-concert residency.The forthcoming extended stay may come as a surprise to fans; in summer 2023, the band put on a ‘Farewell Tour,’ that they alleged to be their last.“There are other ways to make sure the music never stops,” the band shared in an Instagram video. “And it’s gonna be a ball.”If this sounds like the show for you, tickets are available for all Dead and Company Sphere concerts.And, given how expensive tickets were to see U2 and Phish at the newly-opened, high-profile, often trippy Sin City venue, prices are surprisingly reasonable to catch John Mayer, Bobby Weir and co.

he lost it amid scandal — is addressing what happened. At the “Netflix Is a Joke” comedy festival on Thursday, Minhaj hosted a showcase featuring a variety of comedians.

“Andy Cohen Live,” John Leguizamo described his late co-star Patrick Swayze as “neurotic” and “difficult” to work with. The two actors starred in the 1995 drag queen cult classic “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar” alongside Wesley Snipes and Stockard Channing.Leguizamo’s comments were spurred by host Andy Cohen’s suggestion that Swayze had a sterling reputation among his co-stars.Leguizamo, 63, disagreed, “That’s different than what I experienced. Rest in peace, I love him.

Dua Lipa — the “New Rules” breakout who went from working the runway to working the dance floor with her self-titled 2017 debut.The 28-year-old diva seemed destined to be one of those Best New Artist Grammy winners we never heard from again back in 2019.