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Coco Chanel revolutionized womenswear when she introduced the tweed skirt suit in the 1920s. Born out of the designer’s relationship with the Duke of Westminster, the couple vacationed together in the Scottish highlands, where sportsmen favored suits fashioned out of the woolen knit. Chanel feminized the textile, making it lighter weight and spangling colorful skirt…
Sean “Diddy” Combs is no stranger to the headlines, but recent allegations have thrust him into a storm of controversy. The shocking lawsuits include allegations of assault and misconduct, and as these cases unfold, some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry—like Nicki Minaj, Jay-Z, Lil’ Kim, and Mary J. Blige—have been named in…
I’m A Celeb’s Danny Jones on life-changing lesson jungle has taught him Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary,…
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The public naming of Jay-Z as the mysterious celebrity accused in an anonymous civil lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl with Sean “Diddy” Combs came after weeks of behind-the-scenes battling between the star’s lawyer and the Texas attorney representing the woman. Since Combs was charged by federal prosecutors in a salacious sex trafficking probe, numerous…
A fast-growing wildfire has set the affluent, star-studded Southern California community of Malibu ablaze, covering thousands of acres, burning up homes, closing roads and sending residents fleeing, including Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke. The Franklin Fire continued to explode in size overnight, and covers 3,983 acres as of Wednesday morning with 7% containment, according to…
AFP Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani spoke to supporters at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus hours after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani has dropped that nom de guerre associated with his jihadist past, and been using his real name, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in official communiques issued since Thursday, ahead of the fall…
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 15-21: Dec. 15: Singer Cindy Birdsong of The Supremes is 85. Drummer Dave Clark of the Dave Clark Five is 82. Drummer Carmine Appice of Vanilla Fudge is 78. Actor Don Johnson is 75. Actor Melanie Chartoff (“Rugrats,” ″Parker Lewis Can’t Lose”) is 74. Director Julie Taymor (Broadway’s…
Most democratic elections are about competing views of the world. But in the United States in recent years, that divide seems to have evolved, moving from differences of opinion about what the nation could be to differences of opinion about what the nation is. In an October op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, Geoffrey Cohen…