Patricia Williams

Proud mom! Love you Anthony! cbc.ca/radio/podcastp…

@mattearoach I want the long census too!

Hoping my brother and I get the long form census at our apartment this year so we can baffle Statistics Canada with our never-before-seen combination of responses

Imagine being a person who does this after Paper Planes, true brain poison

@televisionaryZW Steve Allen

Monday night April 18th, 1960: what would you watch?

From @TheAthletic: The Pulitzer for audio reporting went to the staff of “Pablo Torre Finds Out” for an investigation into how the Los Angeles Clippers seemingly evaded the NBA’s salary cap by funneling money to a star player. Watch the series on YouTube: nyti.ms/4uwljLp

Connor Storrie on if he feels like being on the red carpet is an extension of acting: "That’s really interesting. I think being on the red carpet doesn’t feel like an extension of acting. I’ll be honest, I’m a very visual person before acting really took off. I’ve had a million passions, one of them being clown, but also one of them being photography. I’ve always just loved the aesthetics of fashion photography and editorial. So I really enjoyed that element. And so it feels like an extension of photography. It feels like live photography. I think there is an element of acting. You do feel different in different clothes. Tonight, I’m going to be feeling super sleek. I’m going to be feeling really strong and powerful. And sometimes you want to feel rich and relaxed. [Laughs.] I think it taps into my visual sensibility of liking photography and fashion. James, my stylist, is really great because he’s cut from the same cloth of seeing things as a full picture and adapting these characters or these versions of myself and being like, “Okay, what does this make us feel? What’s the situation this is for?”

Vincent Price Trivia. When his daughter Victoria came out as a lesbian, Vincent Price was immediately supportive. He became an honorary board member of PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) and was a vocal ally for LGBTQ+ causes. Later in life, he openly shared with her that he was bisexual.

Aaron Rose Philip arriving at the Met Gala ✨ First Black transgender woman with quadriplegic cerebral palsy signed to a major agency… breaking barriers with every step This is what real representation looks like 💫 #Metgala

They’re forcing children to be dependent on AI so that the moment they leave school they won’t be able to survive without it. And they’re calling THAT captive marketing instead of exploitation.

“It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I'd been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the Earth as though I had a right to be here." —James Baldwin

whoever installed this outside the met gala is ICONIC.

Charlie Watts was a big fan of bespoke tailoring, having used West End tailors and shoemakers for most of his life. He got into suits through his love for jazz. In the original photo, he's wearing that "suspiciously square" toe associated with George Cleverley.

A Pulitzer for Julie K Brown! … for her groundbreaking reporting on 2017 and 2018 that exposed Jeffrey Epstein’s systematic abuse of young women, the justice system that protected him, and, over time, his powerful network of associates and enablers pulitzer.org/prize-winners-…

Naomi Osaka on her way to the Met Gala.

@pablofindsout @Foxworth24 Congratulations!!!

We are honored to have been named the winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Audio Reporting!

Congratulations to Heated Rivalry composer Peter Peter who was honored at last night's @SOCANmusic Awards with the Breakthrough Screen Composer Award 🏒❤️‍🔥

Lincoln Kirstein (b. 4 May 1907) was an American writer, impresario, art connoisseur, philanthropist, and cultural figure in New York City, noted especially as co-founder of the New York City Ballet. A true Renaissance man, he exerted influence across dance, literature, and the fine arts. Kirstein grew up in a wealthy Bostonian family and attended the private Berkshire School, along with George Platt Lynes, graduating in 1926. He then entered Harvard, where with his father's financing and his friend Varian Fry, he started a new literary quarterly, Hound & Horn. As an undergraduate, he also co-founded the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, which is considered a direct forerunner of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Kirstein's most enduring legacy is the creation of a permanent American ballet tradition. In 1933, he invited (the surprisingly homophobic) choreographer George Balanchine to the U.S., leading to the 1934 opening of the School of American Ballet. After several earlier ventures (like Ballet Caravan), they established the NYCB in 1948, where Kirstein served as General Director until 1989. Beyond the stage, Kirstein was a major advocate of modern art and supporter of artists like Paul Cadmus (his brother-in-law) and Pavel Tchelitchew (the Russian émigré and long-term partner of Charles Henri Ford). He also wrote the introduction for Walker Evans' American Photographs (1938), helping to establish photography as a serious art form. During WWII, Kirstein served in the U.S. Army as part of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA) program. He was involved in retrieving masterpieces looted by the Nazis, including those found in the Altaussee salt mines. His experiences inspired the celebrated poetry collection Rhymes of a Pfc (1964). In addition, Kirstein authored over 600 works, including novels, memoirs, and monographs on dance history. Notable titles include the novel Flesh Is Heir (1932) and the massive memoir Mosaic (1994). Kirstein was a prominent gay cultural figure whose sexual orientation was for decades an "open secret" in the New York art world. In his diaries, he described his preference for men as his "real blood-tribe" and wrote about enjoying sex with Harvard undergraduates, sailors, prostitutes, and casual encounters in the showers at the 63rd Street YMCA. However, in 1941, he married Fidelma Cadmus, the sister of artist Paul Cadmus. Their marriage was described as a complex, amicable union, even though his male lovers sometimes lived in their home. His long-term romantic partners included artist Dan Maloney, dancer Pete Martinez, and most significantly, artist and assistant to George Platt Lynes, Alexander Jensen Yow. His social and professional circles were filled with gay men and lesbians, including Lynes, Glenway Wescott, Cecil Beaton, Gertrude Stein, W. H. Auden, and the members of the PaJaMa Collective and their associates. In 1982, he officially came out when he addressed his homosexual experiences in an essay published in Raritan, and later in his memoir Mosaic. Kirstein’s sexuality is often viewed as central to his identity as a cultural insider, a position that allowed him to move through elite Manhattan social circles while also participating in a very active gay subculture in New York. In his later years, Kirstein struggled with bipolar disorder – mania, depression, and paranoia. On one occasion, he destroyed the studio of his friend and former lover Dan Maloney. He sometimes had to be constrained in a straitjacket for weeks at a psychiatric hospital. After suffering two heart attacks, he died of natural causes on January 5, 1996, at age 88.

Today is the Met Gala. Here are some things to keep in mind while engaging in Met Gala discourse: — The Met Gala is a fundraising event that supports the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute. — The Costume Institute preserves historical garments, curates public exhibitions, and educates people on how clothing reflects and shapes culture. — In a political climate when public arts funding is being limited or contested, private fundraising efforts like this are even more important. — Many organizations hold galas to raise money for their missions. This includes organizations focused on the arts, LGBTQ+ rights, environmental justice, and medical research. The Met is not the only institution that holds galas. — The Met Gala raises money through ticket sales. Major fashion houses such as Gucci often purchase entire tables and invite celebrities to attend the event in their designs. For brands, this functions as a form of marketing, similar to advertising or runway shows. But here, that spending also helps fund a public cultural institution. — Members of the public can later visit the museum and see exhibitions that contextualize fashion as part of cultural history. And their tickets are relatively affordable because they have been subsidized by these fundraisers. — Not all clothing is meant to be practical or "presentable" by conventional standards. Some garments are made as artistic statements. Even if you wouldn’t wear something to the office, you can still appreciate the creativity and technical craft behind it. — Events like this provide work for countless tailors, embroiderers, textile specialists, and artisans. These people often work on other types of cultural productions, such as the costuming for films, theatre, and TV shows. The Met Gala helps sustain these craft industries and thus keeps the production quality high for the areas of culture you care about. — Traditional black tie is never wrong for a gala. In fact, this is how men traditionally dressed for the Met Gala for much of this event's history. Not everyone has the personality to pull off an avant-garde outfit, so they shouldn't be forced into one.

seen a lot of people mentioning connor storrie’s “canadian tuxedo” on snl, so here is a little summary on how that term came to be, let’s all learn about fashion with mama for the met gala 🥰

They’re not even giving kids a chance to develop their brains or their social world. Hooking them as customers as early as possible.