Image Author: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America From Margot Robbie’s billion-dollar Barbie hangover to Dilraba Dilmurat’s quiet takeover of luxury, the 2026 list proves the most beautiful women aren’t just photographed — they’re running the business Every year we rank beauty. Every year we get it wrong — because beauty in […]
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Photo Attribution: MartinPutz, CC BY-SA 3.0 From White Lotus-fuelled Riviera rushes to “playcations” in Normandy, how the A-list is rewriting the 2026 holiday map LONDON — The first heatwave hasn’t hit Heathrow yet, but the summer escape plans of Hollywood, pop and football royalty are already leaking — one Instagram story, one marina sighting, one […]
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Photo Credits: Lauraleedooley, CC BY 2.0 Inside the 79th Festival — where John Travolta got a trophy before his film, Sharon Stone stole a premiere, and the jury can’t agree on lunch CANNES — The red carpet is supposed to be 60 metres long. This year it feels longer, mostly because everyone is stopping halfway […]
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Photo Description: Dara for Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026; Credits: Tobias Kleinlercher / Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Grand Final on Saturday 16 May at Vienna’s 16,152-seat Wiener Stadthalle opened with a montage of 70 years, then cut to hosts Victoria Swarovski and Michael Ostrowski walking the “Turquoise Carpet” route […]
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Photo Description: Pedro Almodóvar, Premios Goya 2017. Source: Ruben Ortega, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ‘Bitter Christmas’ — his most self-lacerating comedy yet — premieres to a warm ovation and a divided press CANNES — Pedro Almodóvar arrived on the Croisette on 19 May not with another melodrama about mothers, but with a film […]
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Photo Description: Wagner Moura, Maria Fernanda Cândido, and Gabriel Leone at 2025 Cannes Red Carpet for O Agente Secreto. Source: Kacy Bao / WikiPortraits If Cannes 2026 has a thesis, it’s in the Competition list. Of 22 titles, at least seven are in the running for the Queer Palm — including Almodóvar’s Bitter Christmas, Lukas Dhont’s Coward, Javier Ambrossi […]
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Photo Credits: Daria Yakovleva, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons From Naples pizza to Alpine herbs, Italy leads the global table in 2025-26 ROME — For a country that measures time in courses rather than minutes, the news felt almost inevitable. This month TasteAtlas, the crowdsourced global food guide, named Italy the world’s best cuisine for 2025/2026 […]
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Description: Eva Minge. Source: Christopher Macsurak from Chicago, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Four days, 29 houses, and a very strict definition of “handmade” PARIS — The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode has finally released the official calendar for the Fall/Winter 2026-27 couture shows, and it is, by design, […]
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Photo Description: 17/04/2026. Paris, France. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President, Emmanuel Macron co-host the Strait of Hormuz Summit at the Elysee Palace. Picture by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street. Credits: Number 10, OGL 3, via Wikimedia Commons. The war between Israel and Iran is not only changing the geopolitical balance of […]
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Photo Credits: Valentino at Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Mr. Satterly, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons The designer who turned a shade of red into a global language leaves behind a 60-year legacy of glamour, discipline and beauty ROME — Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani, the Italian couturier universally known simply as Valentino, died […]
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