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CFDA Fashion Awards 2019: Jennifer Lopez and Barbie among winners - CNN

Written by Kristen Bateman, CNNNew York City

Two very different fashion icons were honored at one of the fashion industry's most prestigious award ceremonies in New York Monday night: Jennifer Lopez and Barbie.

The pair were among a host of figures recognized by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) at its annual awards, often known the "Oscars of the fashion world."

Wearing a vibrant coral-red Ralph Lauren skirt and a turtleneck embellished with more than 43,000 crystals, Lopez was handed the CFDA's Fashion Icon Award for her "long-standing and global impact on fashion," according to the CFDA. Previous winners have included Naomi Campbell, Beyoncé, Johnny Depp and Rihanna.

Jennifer Lopez and Tom Ford appear onstage at the CFDA Fashion Awards. Credit: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images

"I loved fashion since I was little girl, growing up in the Bronx and to here and among all these designers and to be honored is just a dream," the singer and actress said on the red carpet, adding: "I'm wearing Ralph Lauren, a fellow Bronx native."

In a somewhat unusual turn, the Mattel doll Barbie received the CFDA's Board of Directors' Tribute Award for her influence on fashion -- as well as her esteemed designer collaborations -- over the last 60 years. Model and actor Yara Shahidi presented the award, with Barbie's official Instagram account posting a picture of the doll in a custom look by Diane von Furstenberg.

Von Furstenberg, chair of the CFDA, also made a splash at the awards by carrying a fake torch down the red carpet. The designer told guests that her dramatic entrance signified the passing of her duties to Tom Ford, who now takes over as organization's chair.

Elsewhere, designer Eileen Fisher was honored with the Positive Change Award, in honor of her commitment to sustainability. Fisher's eponymous brand has pledged to use only organic cotton and linen by 2020.

"I'm very excited to speak to the group and to try to inspire them to think about positive change," she told CNN, before taking her seat at the ceremony. "It's so needed."

Diane Von Furstenberg, who is standing aside as chair of the CFDA. Credit: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images

Designer Brandon Maxwell took home one of the most coveted prizes of the night, being named womenswear designer of the year. The Texas native, who made headlines with Lady Gaga's show-stopping Met Gala outfits last month, has become a fixture on the New York fashion scene since launching his neatly tailored and feminine line in 2015.

"I'm here with my fiancé and my friends, and I'm just excited to even be invited into the room," the designer explained, adding: "I think in fashion, we're always looking forward and I'm just working on what's next for September right now."

A brief history of the red carpet

A total of 11 awards were presented at the ceremony Monday night. Other winners included Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, who won a fifth CFDA Fashion Award in recent years for their brand, The Row. Emily Adams Bode was named emerging designer of the year, while Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen was honored with the Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti International Award.

And plenty of other fashion figures turned up to wow the red carpet. Gigi Hadid arrived in a gray Louis Vuitton suit with a pleated skirt alongside the brand's artistic director and award nominee Virgil Abloh. Ciara was among the last to arrive, wearing a black silk off-the-shoulder gown, with metallic embroidery, by Vera Wang.

Gigi Hadid and Virgil Abloh on the red carpet at the CFDA Fashion Awards. Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

Halima Aden, who made history this spring when she became the first model to wear a burkini in Sports Illustrated, arrived wearing a custom Tommy Hilfiger.

"For me, it felt like life was coming full circle," she told CNN. "What launched my career was wearing the burkini, so then to shoot for (Sports Illustrated) and shatter so many perceptions and to be alongside women, who wear very little or nothing at all, felt just so incredible."

Scroll through the gallery above to see the best fashion from the red carpet. CNN's Cody McCloy, Mohammed Elshamy and Oscar Holland contributed to this report.

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2019-06-04 12:08:53Z
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Putin's Media Struggle to Deal With HBO's Chernobyl - The Moscow Times

It seems every major Russian media outlet had to chime in about the “Chernobyl” TV series by HBO. Although the foreign program airs only online to paying viewers, the show has become something of a national sensation in Russia where the pro-Kremlin media have launched a mini-crusade against it.

Komsomolskaya Pravda (KP), Russia’s most popular newspaper, raised suspicions that competitors of state-atomic center Rosatom were using the series to tarnish this country’s image as a nuclear power.

Argumenty i Fakty, a newspaper popular among the elderly, dismissed the show as “a caricature and not the truth.”

“The only things missing are the bears and accordions!” quipped Stanislav Natanzon, lead anchor of Rossiya 24, one the country’s main news channel. He pointed to shots showing modern storm windows on a building in Pripyat — that are only visible if you greatly enlarge the image — as evidence of shoddy filmmaking. However, critics of the series found fault with more than just minor details.

"The scientist Valery Legasov not only led the government’s response to the Chernobyl disaster, he was also openly critical of its management of the nuclear industry."

In his show, the Rossiya 24 anchor pointed out a major article published by KP, arguing that the HBO series was wrong to suggest that the Soviet authorities were afraid to admit their mistakes and that this reluctance led to terrible consequences.

Legasov’s article in the country’s leading newspaper, the anchor says, proves this was not the case, undermining one of the main theses of the show.

Unfortunately, however, state-controlled media often tries unmask one set of lies with the help of another. It is true that Legasov did write such an article for KP in 1987, but the editors didn’t like it and refused to publish the piece.

Legasov was at wits end by this time: the Academy of Sciences had rejected his ideas and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had refused to award him the honorary title of Hero of Socialist Labor (although he did bestow it upon others who worked with Legasov in Chernobyl).

Following a meeting at the Academy of Sciences, Legasov hung himself. Two weeks after his death, KP reversed its decision and published Legasov’s article in 1988.

“Chernobyl” is relatively historically accurate and the filmmakers devote a great deal of attention to detail. Nonetheless, I expect that the airing of the final installment will spur a fresh wave of unfounded criticism.

Ultra pro-Soviet columnist Anatoly Vasserman offered what is probably the most candid of all the reviews leveled against the show: “If Anglo-Saxons film something about Russians,” he said, “it definitely will not correspond to the truth.”

In so saying, he spared himself the need to look for hidden storm windows or other historical inaccuracies. “Those people always get it wrong. ‘Nuff said.”

In fact, it has been a long time since even Russians made uncontroversial historical films about Russia. Against this backdrop, HBO’s “Chernobyl” does not look too bad. So why were the pro-Kremlin media opposed to it from the start?

It is an ordinary case of jealous resentment: “Only we have the right to talk about our history,” they say, “so don’t butt in.” However, the reception given “Chernobyl” says more about the critics than it does about the series.

Thanks to the HBO series, many of my peers now have a different view of the Chernobyl accident. Whereas most disaster films culminate with the central catastrophe, only the first episode in this series is devoted to the Chernobyl reactor explosion.

All the subsequent episodes focus on the harrowing and self-sacrificing struggle that the Soviet people waged against the consequences of the explosion. And it was these people who saved Europe — at the cost of their own lives and health.

Watching this series provides at least a passing understanding of the hardships they endured in the process.

Russia, however, does not honor these individuals as heroes who saved Europe.

Just go to the official Kremlin website to see how often President Vladimir Putin mentions the Chernobyl survivors — many of whom are still alive and suffer from a variety of radiation-induced illnesses.

Putin’s sole references to them occur on the major anniversaries of the Chernobyl accident. He last mentioned them in 2016, on the 30th anniversary of the disaster, and again in 2011, on the 25th anniversary.

As odd as it might sound, the clean-up effort after the Chernobyl accident was almost as important to Europe as the Allied victory in World War II.

What began as a day of solemnity and sorrow, Victory Day has since turned into a noisy holiday with military parades.

Russia will never celebrate the Chernobyl events as a holiday — and if leaders cannot turn it into a fete of national pride and greatness, then better to forget that it ever happened at all.

Still, an attempt will be made to put an entirely different spin on those events. Russia’s NTV channel has already announced that it is shooting its own “Chernobyl” series based on the premise that the CIA sent an agent to the Chernobyl zone to carry out acts of sabotage.

Russia, however, does not honor these individuals as heroes who saved Europe.

As justification for the story, the film’s director, Alexei Muradov, cited fringe conspiracy theorists: “One theory holds that Americans had infiltrated the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and many historians do not deny that, on the day of the explosion, an agent of the enemy’s intelligence services was present at the station.”

In place of a moving tribute to the heroic men and women who sacrificed everything to overcome the fallout from the Chernobyl disaster, Moscow gives us a thrilling detective film based on a conspiracy theory in which a KGB officer struggles to thwart American spies — the new villains in this national tragedy.

The fact that an American, not a Russian TV channel tells us about our own heroes is a source of shame that the pro-Kremlin media apparently cannot live down. And this is the real reason they find fault with HBO’s “Chernobyl” series.

The views expressed in opinion pieces do not necessarily reflect the position of The Moscow Times.

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2019-06-04 08:23:06Z
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Beyonce's lioness Nala tells Simba to 'come home' in new 'Lion King' teaser, Twitter roars - USA TODAY

Bryan Alexander USA TODAY

Published 3:03 AM EDT Jun 4, 2019

Silence, jungle! Beyonce is speaking at last.

The Queen Bey revealed her lioness Nala's voice in "The Lion King" with a brief teaser trailer released Monday. Beyonce had no comment on the footage, letting Nala do the talking for the live-action film (in theaters July 19).

In the teaser, Nala calls out to her childhood friend Simba (Donald Glover) to return to Pride Rock, now ruled by villainous Scar (Chiwetel Ejiofor).

."Simba, you have to take your place as king," Nala says. "We need you. Come home."

Seriously, who is going to say "no" to Beyonce? Simba's coming home.

The teaser gets a little heated at the local watering hole as grown lion Simba eyes the grown Nala. The teaser also shows Billy Eichner’s meerkat Timon and Seth Rogen’s warthog Pumbaa in a bit of comic relief.

Beyonce (and Blue Ivy!) go 'Lion King': Check out their roaring outfits

Twitter loved hearing from Beyonce.

"OK SIMBA NOW LET'S GET IN FORMATION #TheLionKing," Twitter user @simaemsima wrote, featuring a picture of Beyonce with a Nala head.

"Beyoncé has spoken. #TheLionKing," @canIbereel wrote.

"Did I get chills when I finally heard Beyoncé as Nala in #TheLionKing? Yes, yes I did," tweeted Entertainment Weekly's Alex Steinman.

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2019-06-04 07:03:26Z
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Trump attends royal state banquet hosted by Queen Elizabeth II - Global News

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2019-06-04 03:12:09Z
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Senin, 03 Juni 2019

Post-End Game, Russo Brothers to adapt Magic: The Gathering for Netflix - Ars Technica

Enlarge / "Being able to help bring these stories to life through animation is a true passion project for us,” Joe and Anthony Russo said in a joint statement.
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Avengers: End Game might have stopped short short of toppling Avatar as the highest-grossing film worldwide, but it has still raked in a staggering $2.71 billion globally. And now Deadline Hollywood reports that the next project for co-directors Joe and Anthony Russo will be an adaptation of the hugely popular and influential card game Magic: The Gathering into an animated series for Netflix.

Clearly, Netflix is looking to tap into that lucrative Russo brothers box office mojo, and who can blame them? The brothers have produced "four Marvel Studios hits in five years with $6.61 billion in global box office," per Deadline Hollywood. Octopie Network will be co-producing with Bardel Entertainment overseeing the animation.

“Our goal is to not only tell a compelling story leveraging Magic: The Gathering’s incredible body of work, but to also push the medium and perception of storytelling through animation,” Octopie CEO Isaac Krauss told the site. “This series will cross the genres of suspenseful thriller, horror, and drama with deeply developed characters the likes of which are not often seen in animation.”

Invented by combinatorial mathematician Richard Garfield in 1993, Magic: The Gathering casts players as planeswalkers, spell-casting wizards that traverse the Magic multiverse doing battle by summoning various creatures, artifacts, and elemental powers via collectible trading cards. Ars' own Aurich Lawson—an avid Magic player since before the first official expansion pack, Arabian Nights (so he's got the cred, y'all)—calls it "poker for nerds who are worried plain poker might make them too cool and socially acceptable." There are now 20 million players worldwide, dedicated tournaments, and over 20 billion Magic cards in circulation, along with spinoff comics, games, novels, and online short stories.

We don't have much in the way of details as to what the animated series will be about; it's early days yet, and the future series doesn't even have a title. But the teaser art pictured above features "Chandra Nalaar, a fiery spellslinger from the plane of Kaladesh who has become one of Magic’s most recognizable heroes," per io9. Apparently the Russos will “oversee the creation of an all new storyline and expand on the stories of the Planeswalkers and will see the heroes and villains of the universe contend with stakes larger than any one world can hold.”

The Russo brothers, avid gamers themselves, said in a joint statement, “We have been huge fans and players of Magic: The Gathering for as long as it has been around, so being able to help bring these stories to life through animation is a true passion project for us.”

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2019-06-03 15:39:00Z
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Netflix is working on a 'Magic: The Gathering' anime series - Engadget

Kylie Jenner’s daughter Stormi hospitalized for allergic reaction - Page Six

Kylie Jenner‘s 1-year-old daughter, Stormi Webster, suffered a health scare over the weekend.

Kylie Jenner's Instagram post of Stormi Webster after the hospital. — Kylie Jenner’s Instagram post of Stormi Webster after the hospital.Kylie Jenner/ Instagram

“Spent the day in the hospital with my baby,” Jenner, 21, captioned a photo of Stormi napping on her chest. “She had an allergic reaction but is 100% okay now and we are home.”

The “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star did not reveal what caused the reaction, but empathized with mothers whose kids are ill.

She continued, “Nothing else matters when these things happen. God bless all the moms with sick babies. I’m sending so much love and positive energy your way.”

Stormi’s father Travis Scott did not comment on his baby’s health on social media.

Less than two months ago, Jenner’s nephew, Saint West, was also in the hospital for an allergic reaction.

Kris Jenner revealed Kim Kardashian and Kanye West‘s 3-year-old son discovered he might be allergic to grass on a trip to Palm Springs.

She shared, “We ended up in the E.R., but all is well — we figured it out.”

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2019-06-03 13:42:51Z
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