Aronofsky, Iรฑarritu films set for Venice Film Festival
Darren Aronofskyโs โThe Whale,โ the Marilyn Monroe drama โBlonde,โ Alejandro Gonzรกlez Iรฑรกrrituโs โBardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truthsโ and Guadagninoโs โBones and All,โ with Timothรฉe Chalamet, will all have their world premieres in competition at the Venice International Film Festival this fall.
Zurich Ring Cycle focuses on dysfunctional family of gods
Andreas Homokiโs production of Richard Wagnerโs โDas Rheingoldโ that opened at the Zurich Opera is a family affair, stripping Wagnerโs mythology of usual trappings, instead laser-focused on a dysfunctional, brooding bunch consumed by greed.
Holiday trends to watch: Adult Play-Doh; stores that ship
(AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)(AP) โ The pandemic is turning this into a holiday shopping season like no other. And with more people shopping online, stores are doing double duty as shipping centers to try to get gifts to doorsteps as fast as possible. Meanwhile, Best Buy says that 340 of its stores are being specially designated to handle a higher volume of online orders, though all its stores ship e-commerce packages. Its goal: to have the 340 stores ship more than 70% of its ship-from-store units during the holiday quarter. Typically, 25% of holiday shopping is based on impulse, according to Marshal Cohen, chief industry advisor at NPD Group, a market research firm.
Rudolph, Santa figures soar to sale of $368,000 at auction
A buyer shouted out with glee that they would pay $368,000 for the Rudolph and Santa Claus figures used in the perennially beloved Christmas special โRudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.โBidding for the figures soared past the projected sale price of between $150,000 and $200,000 on Friday at the Icons & Legends of Hollywood Auction held in Los Angeles by Profiles in History. The 6-inch-tall Rudolph and 11-inch-tall Santa were made in Tokyo of wood, wire, cloth and leather, and are still malleable. Other highlights from the two-day auction include Marilyn Monroe's tiger-striped gown from โThe Seven Year Itch,โ which sold for a whopping $593,750. Another Monroe gown that she wore when she met Queen Elizabeth II at a London film premiere went for $294,400. A Scarlett O'Hara dress that Vivien Leigh wore in โGone With the Windโ and Gene Kelly's rain suit from โSingin' in the Rainโ sold for $150,000 apiece.
Sparkle, dance and postal service infuse Paris Fashion Week
PARIS โ From escapism at the disco, to resistance and aggression, even to pondering the importance of the postal service while working from home, designers in Paris have presented divergent creative responses to the global health crisis as spring-summer shows continued Friday. Like Milan before it, Paris is undertaking an unusual fashion season for spring-summer 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. PARIS FASHION MUSEUM REOPENSAfter delays because of the COVID-19 crisis, Paris fashion museum the Palais Galliera has finally reopened following about two years of construction and renovation work to coincide with Paris Fashion Week. The designerโs life came at a consequential moment in Europe, as war nearly shuttered her fashion house. Perfume and accessories were for a period the only surviving lines sold at 31 rue Cambon in Paris.