Karan Johar Makes Striking Met Gala Debut as ‘Costume Art’ Theme Turns Red Carpet into Canvas

May 5, 2026 11:46 AM

Karan Johar Makes Striking Met Gala Debut as ‘Costume Art’ Theme Turns Red Carpet into Canvas

Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar made a memorable debut at the Met Gala 2026, bringing an artistic Indian aesthetic to one of the world’s most prestigious fashion platforms, as global celebrities embraced the evening’s theme, “Costume Art.” Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the annual fundraiser for the Costume Institute once again blended fashion, art, and celebrity culture, with tickets reportedly costing up to $100,000. This year’s exhibition, marking the opening o...

Stars embrace costume at Met Gala as protesters target Bezos

May 5, 2026 11:14 AM

Stars embrace costume at Met Gala as protesters target Bezos

Celebrities including Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny, supermodel Heidi Klum and singer Katy Perry walked the carpet at the Met Gala on Monday — many of them unrecognizable. Leaning heavily into this year’s theme of "Costume Art," Bad Bunny was dressed up as an elderly man, Klum was draped in a Statue of Liberty costume and Perry went incognito in a silver mask. Pop icon Beyonce was among the most notable appearances of the night, returning to the Met Gala for the first time in 10 years a...

Blue Origin to fly Katy Perry to edge of space with all-female crew

April 14, 2025 4:07 PM

Blue Origin to fly Katy Perry to edge of space with all-female crew

Pop star Katy Perry, along with five other women, is set to make history by traveling to the edge of space on Monday evening aboard Jeff Bezos’ aerospace venture Blue Origin’s tourist mission. The six-member crew is scheduled to lift off on the company’s reusable New Shepard rocket — NS-31 — from Launch Site One in West Texas at 8:30 a.m. CDT (7:00 p.m. IST). This marks the 11th human flight to suborbital space by Blue Origin. The journey will last approximately 11 minutes and reac...