Alex Newell arrives at the Met GalaEntertain This!
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Zendaya is in all white for Met GalaEntertain This!
Zendaya is in all white for Met GalaEntertain This!
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Diana Ross shuts down Met Gala red carpetEntertain This!
Diana Ross shuts down Met Gala red carpetEntertain This!
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Colman Domingo, Zendaya, Sabrina Carpenter
Black dandyism: Met Gala to highlight Black influence in fashion
Black dandys and clothiers are being celebrated with this year’s Met Gala theme, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.”
If the Met Gala is the Olympics of celebrity fashion, these stars are going for the gold.
The annual fashion extravaganza, hosted at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, returned on May 5 with a theme that pays homage to the cultural influence of Black menswear, as seen through the lens of dandyism. The Black “dandy,” defined as a “man unduly devoted to style,” was a term associated with Black men in 18th-century Europe as a trend of smartly dressed servant staff emerged.
In keeping with the theme, the co-chairs for this year’s gala are fashionistas Pharrell Williams, Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky and Lewis Hamilton.
Meanwhile, a star-studded host committee features the likes of Usher, Regina King, Spike Lee, Simone Biles and husband Jonathan Owens, Janelle Monáe, Doechii, Ayo Edebiri and many more.
Follow along for USA TODAY’s picks for best dressed celebs of the night (in no particular order).
Lewis Hamilton
The British racecar driver was a vision in ivory as he donned an elegant suit, which he paired with a white collared shirt and matching bowtie.
Hamilton topped off the look with a chic newsboy cap, as well as a pair of gold and silver pendants.
The Oscar-nominated actor put on a sartorial spectacle with a two-part look exuding the fashion whimsy that has made Domingo a red-carpet darling.
Domingo wore an opulent royal blue gown on the red carpet that boasted an enlarged, sparkly collar. The actor followed up the look with a more understated — but equally fabulous — ensemble featuring a pearl-embroidered blazer, polka-dotted handkerchief tie and floral brooch.
Earlier in the day, during a media preview for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute spring exhibit “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, Domingo remembered three men who shaped his sense of fashion: his brother, stepfather and biological father.
Perhaps the flashiest of the three was his father, also named Colman, whose wardrobe ranged from “white, very tight, Italian flared trousers” to “preacher robes that showed another part of him where he was representing the Lord.”
Emma Chamberlain
Chamberlain might just break the internet with this dapper frock.
The social media personality stunned on the red carpet in a sleek pinstripe dress that mirrored the crisp tailoring of a menswear suit. The dress’s halter collar and flowing train put a refreshingly feminine twist on the Black dandy theme.
Zendaya
Zendaya, aka the reigning Met Gala diva, is at it again.
The Emmy-winning actress and fashion icon, who co-chaired the 2024 Met Gala, returned in a sharp cream suit and matching hat. The billowy headpiece couldn’t mask the fierce smolder Zendaya showed as she posed on the red carpet.
Jeremy O. Harris
Harris proved nostalgia can be timeless.
The actor and playwright popped in a navy blue and white Balmain suit that paid homage to Black jockey James Winkfield and early 1900s Black Dandy culture. An enlarged lavallière bowtie and red egg-shaped ring gave the look a touch of campy flair.
Zoe Saldaña
Saldaña is suiting up and taking names her own way.
The Oscar-winning actress stunned in a beaded, pinstripe dress by Thom Browne. A sophisticated black-and-white pattern gave the frock’s sculpted bodice room to shine, while a delicate skirt brought a feminine contrast to the suit reference.
Diana Ross
Ross is “coming out,” and the fashion world certainly knows it.
Donning a bejeweled white gown from her personal archive, the pop icon made a grand entrance in an 18-foot-long train and white feathered cape. Ross was flanked by her son, actor and singer Evan Ross, who helped adjust her oversized feathered hat.
Bad Bunny
You can take el conejo out of Puerto Rico, but you can’t take PR out of Bad Bunny.
The reggaeton superstar and former Met Gala co-chair gave a playful Puerto Rican twist to the Black dandy theme with a crisp espresso brown suit. He paired the ensemble with a brimmed hat resembling a pava, a traditional straw hat made from leaves of the Puerto Rican hat palm.
That Carpenter espresso is still piping hot.
The Grammy-winning pop star sizzled on the red carpet in a merlot pinstripe bodysuit and cropped blazer by Louis Vuitton. Carpenter gave the look a pin-up girl zhuzh with a wispy train.
Cynthia Erivo
Erivo is “defying gravity” in more ways than one.
The Oscar-nominated actress and “Wicked” star radiated in a black, floral-embellished dress. The ensemble’s pronounced shoulder pads gave the look a masculine edge, while a voluminous skirt — propped up by red-carpet staff — lent itself to an ethereal finish.
Contributing: Anika Reed, USA TODAY
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‘NCIS’ couple in new show on Paramount+
‘Tony and Ziva’ trailer has Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pable on ‘NCIS’
The first “NCIS: Tony & Ziva” teaser drops with views of reunited Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo running for their lives in style and in Europe.
Finally: Look below for the first full trailer for “NCIS: Tony & Ziva” is here for the world of fans waiting for the return of the couple known as Tiva.
To state the obvious, Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) and Ziva David (Cote de Pablo) still have that perfect sizzle in the “NCIS” reunion series coming later this year to Paramount+.
The couple briefly live the dream in Paris, running their security firm while caring for their 12-year-old daughter, Tali (Isla Gie). But their happily ever after gets blown apart, sending the family on the run throughout Europe in the action comedy series.
Here’s what we learned in the trailer, which will be aired officially during CBS’ May 5 “NCIS” finale (9 ET/PT).
Tali is being tracked!
The family cannot get past their “NCIS” past. Ziva explains to Tali why she needs a bodyguard. Despite the precautions and a SAS-trained nanny, Sophie (Lara Rossi), Tali is nearly kidnapped in broad daylight, setting the show in motion.
Ziva breaks into her hidden weapons collection as the family is forced into action and on the run. “Have I ever told you how deeply I appreciate your paranoia?” asks Tony, eyeing Ziva’s arsenal.
Tiva is still not a defined relationship
Even while raising their daughter in France, the famously on-again-off-again couple remains undefinable. Ziva tries to explain it as “on again, maybe again, kind of again and where we are now.”
And while on the run, Tony tells Ziva over a candlelight dinner that he could “never ask for a better safehouse roomie.”
There are laughs, action, and a kind of romance in Europe!
So the whole “couple thing” is still a work in progress. Still, sparks of romance, action, car chases and fight scenes are glimpsed in the trailer. So is Tony, diplomatically negotiating peace at gunpoint rather than “a lot of shooting, a lot of pointless death.
“Does that sound good to anybody?” Tony asks. We won’t answer that question.
When does ‘Tony & Ziva’ come to Paramount+?
The series is scheduled for the fall. But Paramount+ has not revealed the exact release date. Stay tuned.
