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The legendary designer Dapper Dan, known for helping to construct hip-hop’s sartorial sensibility, will be the recipient of the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2021 CFDA ceremony. The honor marks the first time the award has been given to a Black designer, as well as a designer without …

The standing ovation was inevitable. Not just because audiences getting to their feet and applauding has felt perfunctory and expected for decades. Pass Over is being lauded as the first play staged on Broadway since the coronavirus pandemic forced all live performances to stop in March 2020. And at the …

Robert Durst, the real estate heir accused of murdering his friend and former employer Susan Berman, said in court that he regretted appearing on the incriminating HBO docuseries The Jinx. As The Wrap reports, Durst was testifying Tuesday, August 17th, when he said his decision to appear on the series …

Throughout the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg have provided some bonus commentary for the Summer Games on the streaming service Peacock, with the duo interviewing athletes, recapping events and, most notably, doing play-by-play for sports they don’t understand. In a segment called “Cold Call” uploaded Friday, the …

Back in 2002, when I was reporting on Jeffrey Epstein’s finances for Vanity Fair magazine, he was not a household name. During that time, I paid a visit to the Federal Medical Center, Devens in Devens, Massachusetts, to meet with an inmate, one Steven Hoffenberg. We sat in a little …

Less than two days after a rare sealed copy of The Legend of Zelda broke the record for most expensive video game sold at auction, a pristine unopened copy of Super Mario 64 toppled that record Sunday with a $1,560,000 high bid. The sealed copy of the 1996 video game …

On June 21st, Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib chose to invite the world in to the interior parts of his mind via Instagram, and told everyone he was gay. As I listened to Carl’s Instagram message, I smiled and thought, “This one feels different.” Carl talked about the …

Chef Wolfgang Puck discussed his numerous culinary exploits and shared stories about Pink Floyd and The Simpsons, on the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s “The First Time.” Puck — who’s the subject of the new Disney+ documentary, Wolfgang, out June 25th — has been one of the best-known chefs in …

Classic Stage Company was just two weeks into rehearsals for its highly anticipated off-Broadway production of Assassins when New York’s performance venues shut down on March 12th, 2020. Now, a year later, they’re announcing a star-studded virtual event to benefit the vital Manhattan theater institution. On April 15th, CSC presents …

Former President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen are making a podcast. The two have teamed up for Renegades: Born in the USA, the second original podcast series from the partnership between Spotify and Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company Higher Ground. Renegades is an eight-episode podcast featuring Barack Obama and …