Weekly Wrap: Big moments of the week
Scroll through this weekly wrap to know all the important updates of the week.
This year’s Met Gala was held on 1st May.
Met Gala this year was a glamorous affair with celebrities coming up with the best. This year’s theme was “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,” that was aimed to celebrate the full work and life of Karl Lagerfeld, so the dress code was, fittingly, “in honor of Karl.” We also saw a new Indian face at the event as Alia Bhatt makes her Met Gala debut.
The coronation ceremony of King Charles ||| and Queen Camilla –
The coronation of King Charles III which is a symbolic ceremony combining a religious service and pageantry was celebrated by millions of people from the UK. It was held at Westminster Abbey, with the King becoming the 40th reigning monarch to be crowned there since 1066. Queen Camilla was crowned as Queen consort alongside him.
Kate Bush among the list of artists who got inducted in the Rock and Roll hall of fame this year.
British singer Kate Bush has been inducted in the Rock and Roll hall of fame this year against the Machine, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, the Spinners and Missy Elliott. She has been nominated 3 times before for the inclusion. Artists are only eligible to join the list after they complete 25 years of their first recording, the name gets chosen through a voting of 1000 industry figures who vote for the inductees.
Actress Eva Green wins $1M for a film that was never made
French actress, Eva Green wins $1M by a British court as she wins the case against White Lantern and SMC Speciality Finance. The case started over a disputed film project that was suspected of becoming a “B Movie” and could have ruined the actor’s career. The disputed film was a sci-fi thriller “A Patriot” According to sources, she called one of the executive producers a “devious sociopath” and “pure vomit” and said the production manager was a “moron”.
Sculpture of Euthanized Freya the Walrus was unveiled in UK
Last year, Walrus caught everyone’s attention last year as it was seen frolicking and basking in an Oslo fjord before getting euthanized by the authorities. It has been honored with a bronze sculpture in Norway. Recently, the life-size sculpture by Norwegian artist Astri Tonoian was unveiled at the Oslo marina not far from the place where the actual 600-kilogram mammal was seen relaxing.
Ed Sheeran wins the copyright case over Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get it on”
Ed Sheeran was sued by the family of Ed Townsend over copyright infringement as they found similarities between “Thinking Out Loud” and the song Let’s Get it On by Marvin Gaye. But the jury rules out the decision in the favour of Sheeran. Demonstrating chord changes by playing his guitar on the stand was part of his defense.
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