The United Kingdom is projected to overtake continental heavyweight Germany as the biggest entertainment and media (E&M) market next year, according to projections by PwC. The crown is expected to travel across the North Sea at some point in 2023, as detailed in the accountancy firm’s Global Entertainment & Media report, which values the UK E&M market at £83bn this year, with further growth of 4% per annum through to 2026 – the second-fastest rate of growth of any western European market. If everything plays out as expected, UK E&M…
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Miami Swim Week 2022: Highlights
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Read MoreThe best dressed celebrities at the Paris Fashion Week
Selena Gomez looks like a true star while leaving her hotel in Paris on Jul. 9, 2022. She wore a tie-up top and PJ-inspired trousers.SPREAD PICTURES / MEGA Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban share a kiss after leaving the Balenciaga show. Nicole walked in the show and Keith was there to support her.BEST IMAGE / BACKGRID Bella Hadid is a treat in emerald green during the Balenciaga show. She wore long black opera gloves and had a fresh face with winged eyeliner.BEST IMAGE / BACKGRID Nicole Kidman stuns in silver…
Read MoreParis Fashion Week’s Haute Couture features weird, wacky and wonderful designer clothing
Four days of the fashion world’s top designers displaying their most extravagant designs have come to an end, with flowers, balloons and live horses featured on the Haute Couture runways. Dior’s line by Maria Grazia Chiuri started the week for 2022-23 autumn/winter collections with simple and elegant design. The stage set was created by Ukrainian artist Olesia Trofymenko, with a collection featuring everything expected by the average person from Haute Couture. Some described Iris van Herpen’s collection as “futuristic” and like out of a “Marvel Movie”: They were not wrong. The show, entitled “Meta Morphism”, was also a milestone for the…
Read MoreTommy Hilfiger Is Returning to New York Fashion Week in September
The brand will show its fall 2022 collection in Brooklyn, marking its first runway show since the pandemic began. It will also be livestreamed on Roblox. Tommy Hilfiger is coming home. On Sept. 11, the brand will present its latest see-now, buy-now collection after a three year absence from New York Fashion Week. The show, taking place in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighbourhood, will unfold in the metaverse, too, livestreamed on gaming platform Roblox. The digital show will also include avatars dressed in the new fall styles. In the last few years,…
Read MoreDiesel will open its Milan fashion week show to the public
Italian luxury brand Diesel announced on Monday it plans to open its upcoming Milan fashion show to the general public, scheduled for this September. The Diesel Spring/Summer 2023 collection, under the creative direction of Glenn Martens, is slated to take place on September 21, as part of the Milan fashion week calendar. Now, in a company first, any person wanting to attend will have the opportunity to experience the show live on a first come, first serve basis, through an online registration process on the brand’s website. Registration opens September…
Read MoreCannes full list of winners: Sweden’s Triangle of Sadness wins Palme d’Or
The prestigious film festival held at the French Riviera has come to an end as the nine-member jury gave out the awards for the 75th edition of this festival. The Swedish movie Triangle of Sadness won the glorious Palme d’Or, the biggest honour at the event. Meanwhile, the Indian movie All That Breathes won the L’Oeil d’Or for the best documentary. Triangle of Sadness was Ruben Ostlund’s portrayal of a class welfare comedy, which won the top prize. Multiple Korean movies also won awards for their movies. The awards were…
Read MoreBad planning and errors, not fans, led to Champions League chaos, says report.
Faulty coordination, bad planning and multiple errors by French authorities were responsible for the chaos that marred this year’s Champions League soccer final just outside Paris, according to a parliamentary report published Wednesday that criticized officials for blaming English fans instead of acknowledging their own failings. The scenes of confusion and violence at the May 28 final between Real Madrid and Liverpool were described as a “fiasco,” and with Paris scheduled to host the Summer Olympics in two years, the report urged French officials to dispel doubts over the country’s…
Read MoreCannes 2022: Celebs Walk The Red Carpet
The world’s biggest film festival, Cannes, is underway at French Riviera right now and every day, we are being treated to some of the best red carpet looks that we have seen so far, this year. Some of the most extravagant looks are coming from Leonie Hanne, who has been a regular attendee of Cannes since past few years. We have got to say, Hanne has got the hang of the memo and is serving up looks-after-looks, impressing us every time she is making an appearance. This year, for her…
Read MoreWeirdest films from Cannes 2022
After a two-year hiatus following Covid restrictions in France, the Cannes International Film Festival saw full seating capacity this year, befitting its 75th anniversary celebration. Actor Tom Cruise’s career retrospective and honorary Palme D’or, a Top Gun: Maverick promotional fighter-jet flyby, as well as the celebrity allure of red carpet appearances, made for some of the eye-catching spectacles that the Palais des Festivals had to offer this year. However, away from the glitz and glamour, the film festival had some of the wildest, most absurd titles among their Official Selection, reactions to which…
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