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Al Sharpton said to be appalled by Palestinian pay-for-slay policy – JNS.org

(May 1, 2023 / JNS) It was an unlikely image, to say the least. Rev. Al Sharpton tweeted a photo of himself last week with Mort Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America.

Much of the Jewish community has long considered Sharpton antisemitic for his incendiary rhetoric, accusing him of inciting violence against Jews back in 1991 in Brooklyn, N.Y., as part of the Crown Heights riots. He has expressed regrets about such actions in recent years, which some take as genuine remorse, though others think that he is more focused on rehabilitating his reputation.

Sharpton expressed support of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in 2019, calling it inexcusable that Israel banned the congresswoman, who has a history of antisemitic statements, from entry the country that summer. And as recently as 2020, Klein said that the Anti-Defamation League head should not go on Sharptons MSNBC program, PoliticsNation.

Klein told JNS that he received a call from Sharptons National Action Network offices, looking to set up a get-together.

A couple of his board members told Sharpton, You should meet with a guy who fights for his people just as strong as you fight for the blacks, said Klein. I figured if I can have a relationship with him that will help our Jewish people and Israel, Ill do it.

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There was no preset agenda for the initial 90-minute meeting, according to Klein. Sharpton has tweeted that the meeting included Howard Teich and Michael Hardy, board member and general counsel, respectively, of National Action Network.

Klein told JNS that he sought to make common cause with civil-rights activist Sharpton, discussing his upbringing in a majority-black West Philadelphia neighborhood, as well as a friendship with Ice Cube after the rappers own spewing of anti-Jewish sentiment. Sharpton tried to explain his past actions that have been seen as antisemitic and said some were misrepresented in the media, according to Klein.

How can this be that I never heard of this?

In a 2019 appearance in front of a Jewish audience, Sharpton acknowledged his role in stoking division and recalled how Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.s widow chided him for his cheap rhetoric.

He has reportedly expressed private regrets to Jewish leaders for helping fuel the deadly Crown Heights riots in 1991, as well as denounced them publicly. He has also been accused of inciting a firebombing of a Jewish-owned clothing store in Harlem in 1995.

Sharptonhas lately appealed for black-Jewish unity and has been critical of entertainer Ye (Kanye West) and basketball player Kyrie Irving for their antisemitic statements.

The meeting became an educational session largely, according to Klein. Although Sharpton visited Israel in 2001 and met with then-Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and, controversially, Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat, much of what Klein told him last week surprised Sharpton, according to the ZOA head.

I showed him an emblem of the Palestinian Authoritya picture of all of Israel with a keffiyeh over it, with a picture of Arafat and a Kalashnikov rifle. He was horrified, Klein told JNS.

He also showed Sharpton posters of Jew-killing terrorists, which the P.A. put up in high schools and colleges. He told JNS that he had also thought the day before about what he could ask Sharpton to do, which would be uncontroversial, which wont offend his supporters, that he has no choice but to support.

National president of the Zionist Organization of America Mort Klein speaking at an event in West Palm Beach, Fla., in 2018 Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.

Klein decided to ask Sharpton to condemn the P.A.s pay-for-slay policy, which pays salaries to terrorists, who kill and maim Jews, and to their familiesincreasing the amount of money based on the severity of the crimes and the casualty toll.

He also showed Sharpton literature on the Taylor Force Act, a U.S. law that withholds U.S. funding for the P.A. until it stops such terror payments.

His eyes came out of his head. He said, How can this be that I never heard of this? recounted Klein.

Sharpton told Kleinand has posted on Twitter and Instagramthat he will contact House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and the leadership of the Congressional Black Caucus to find out more about the policy and what could be done.

The two also discussed a joint Israel trip and have a follow-up meeting planned, according to Klein.

The National Action Network did not respond to JNS queries about the meeting.

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Don Lemon finds ally in the Rev. Al Sharpton who demands ‘a full … – Los Angeles Times

Days after he was dropped from CNN, Don Lemon is gaining some allies.

Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton, who heads the National Action Network and hosts the MSNBC show PoliticsNation, voiced his support for Lemon on Wednesday, alongside Marc Morial, the president and chief executive of the Urban National League.

In a statement, Sharpton and Morial questioned what Lemon was referring to when the former anchor said there are some larger issues at play in his firing announcement posted on Twitter.

After praising Lemon for being a superb journalist who was very open to the civil rights community on issues others wouldnt touch, the prominent activists demanded transparency from CNN for why the network let Lemon go. Lemon, CNNs highest profile Black anchor, has talked frankly about race and civil rights issues throughout his run at the network.

We would like to know what he alludes to when he said there are greater things at play, which is why we urge for a full explanation as to why he was let go in such a fashion, the statement said.

Dons voice has been invaluable to the conversation of how we become a more just nation, the statement continued. With the health of our democracy undergoing perhaps its greatest test, we cannot afford to silence his voice.

Lemon announced he had been fired by sharing a statement on Twitter, claiming he had been blindsided by management and that his agent had delivered the news.

At no time was I ever given any indication that I would not be able to continue to do the work I have loved at the network, Lemon wrote. It is clear that there are some larger issues at play.

CNN dismissed Lemons statement as inaccurate and said he was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter.

Lemon has already hired Hollywood attorney Bryan Freedman. The lawyer also represents Chris Cuomo, who was fired by CNN in 2021 and is seeking $125 million for wrongful termination, and helped Megyn Kelly secure a $69-million payout when she left NBC in 2019, according to the New York Times.

In the meantime, the unemployed Lemon was also offered some employment options from rapper Rick Ross. In an Instagram story on Monday, the rapper offered Lemon a job at one of his Wingstop restaurants. Ross reportedly owns nearly 30 of the chicken franchises across the United States.

Were hiring at Wingstop, and for some reason, I believe you know what you doing with the lemon pepper wings, so man, just send over your rsum, the Grammy-nominated rapper said while sitting next to his pool at his Atlanta-area mansion. Imma make sure I get you in front of the right grill, brother. Stay solid, brother.

The Money in the Grave performer also offered to reach out to Rapstar Energy Drink to start manufacturing its own Don Lemon flavor.

Lemons firing came as CNN began facing resistance from advertisers and potential guests for the morning news program CNN This Morning, which he co-anchored, according to people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to comment.

Lemon was briefly suspended in February after he made offensive comments about when a woman is past her prime while speaking about 51-year-old Republican former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who is running for the partys presidential nomination for the 2024 election.

Soon after apologizing for the inartful comment, Lemon was accused in a Variety report of exhibiting misogynistic behavior in the workplace allegations he dismissed as 15-year-old gossip.

Lemons prime comments were not the first some have called into question at CNN.

In December, Lemon is alleged to have screamed at co-host Kaitlan Collins off-camera following a Dec. 8 broadcast of This Morning, lambasting her for interrupting him on-air, according to a New York Post report that cited sources close to the situation.

After confirming Lemons termination on Monday, CNN Chief Executive Chris Licht said in the statement that Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years.

We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors, Licht added without giving any further explanation.

Lemons firing on Monday coincided with the termination of Fox News show host Tucker Carlson.

Staff writers Meg James and Stephen Battaglio contributed to this story.

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Transcript: Mayor Adams Calls In Live To WBLS 107.5 FM’s Open … – nyc.gov

April 30, 2023

Fatiyn Muhammad: ... We want to talk with our special guest that's traveling, traveling back into New York City. And that is the 110th mayor of the City of New York, Mayor Eric Adams. Good morning, Mr. Mayor. How are you this morning?

Mayor Eric Adams: Hey. Good morning, brother and Sister Jones. Good to speak with both of you. Last night we were at TheGrio and the White House Correspondents Dinner and so we headed back down now.

Muhammad: That's right.

Mayor Adams: The National Day on May 4th. And we are going to be holding a series of events and we're going to be asking no matter what your faith is for everyone to spend the day doing something that will really emphasize and lean into our faith. And we believe this is a time that we're dealing with the unseen. And as we cycle out of Covid, we're watching people who are dealing with many issues who are facing mental health issues as well as just some of the issues that are facing our children and young people.

So we're holding a series of events throughout the entire city that day. Of course, the White House is doing their National Day of Prayer as well. But we're going to do things here in the city and we're going to make sure we really move people into a place of going inward and whichever faith they have to find a level of hope, of peace, and prosperity.

Jennifer Jones-Austin: Good morning, mayor. Good morning, mayor. You sound a little tired. It sounds like it was a good dinner. Hope that it was. So, one of the things that we appreciate about you is that you've let us know that your faith is a big part of who you are and how you move through the world. And so if you could just help us to appreciate how prayer is a part of your life and how it informs what you do.

Mayor Adams: So, so much, sister. And when you think about it, I say over and over again this journey, over 32 years journey, God has played a major role in my life and the life of my family. As a young man, as you know I had my trouble with the law as a child, arrested. I'm dyslexic, still dyslexic, and days have been rejected and I say all the time now I'm elected to be the mayor of the most important city in the world.

And when I look at it, I see the constant presence of God, of how much praying through these difficult times. And when you deeply pray, no matter again with faith you may have, but when you do that you come in, a level of confidence and a level of security. And that has played such a role in my life. And that's why you see a steady hand as I navigate this ship out of the crisis we're facing. Because each morning, each afternoon and each evening, it's just about prayer. And I participate in levels of prayer throughout today because I know the challenges we're facing and it's crucial to me. It is, I believe, that which underpins me.

Muhammad: Wow.

Jones-Austin: Wow. Now are there any specific activities or is there anything on the nyc.gov website where people can learn more?

Mayor Adams: Yes. We're going to be listing on our website the various locations. So we're asking others to reach out to us and let us know what they're doing in their houses of worship so they can have an opportunity to celebrate and pray in any manner they want and create prayer lines. I have a prayer line. I know many people have prayer lines with friends and family. They wake up in the morning and they get online with others and they pray together. There's power in joint prayer. We have a large event at the Christian Cultural Center with Reverend Bernard, a number of synagogues, Sikh temples, mosques, and other churches. And so we're going to be listing different places where people can go in their own communities or in their own location if they don't want to come to the one major event we're hosting.

Muhammad: Wow. This is good. And before you came on, Mr. Mayor, we got a chance to talk a little bit about the history of National Day of Prayer there when it came into existence back in 1952 and how every other president since then, since Harry S. Truman has signed it. Every president has signed a proclamation moving forward. So we talked about that. Before we let you go, Mayor Adams. We lost two giants this past week. We lost Harry Belafonte, actor and activist, but we also lost someone, a giant here in New York City, and he's known as the attorney at war, Attorney Alton Maddox, a fearless fighter warrior and legal scholar that took all those to school in his classroom, which was the courtroom. And Attorney Alton Maddox, in the past, hee represented the family of Michael Stewart, a Brooklyn man who died while in the custody of the New York City Transit Police. Attorney Maddox was their attorney for Cedric Sandiford and the family of manslaughter victim, Michael Griffin.

And Griffin and Sandiford were the victims of a racially motivated attack in December, 1986 in Howard Beach, Queens. Michael Griffin died. Maddox also represented 15-year-old Tawana Brawley. He also represented Yusef Hawkins who was murdered in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and Attorney Alton Maddox represented Reverend Al Sharpton where Reverend Sharpton faced a 67 count indictment where Reverend Sharpton was acquitted on all charges. Mr. Mayor, what is your reflection on Attorney Alton Maddox?

Mayor Adams: Well, both Attorney Alton Maddox and Harry Belafonte, they were not people that I read about, they were individuals that I knew. My relationship with Brother Maddox, of course, so far back in the part of a real freedom fighter. And I believe that when he lost his law license, we lost a real warrior in the courtroom. But he continued. Even without his law license, he continued to be an advisor on many legal issues and just had a real depth of knowledge of the law and how to use the law to fight on behalf of those who were unjustly untreated. He started so many movements and conversations throughout the year. And many people don't realize how much he has played a major role in the issues that they were facing in their lives. But he was a real fighter and we're going to miss him. That's a part of life as birth is a part of life. That transition happens. But in his time here, he was a real hero among many. And we'll be wishing him and his family just peace in this very difficult moment of losing this brother.

Muhammad: Wow. Okay. I really appreciate that, Mayor Eric Adams. Like I said to our listening audience, we doing a more in-depth conversation on Alton Maddox on Open Line online the second hour following Open Line. And coming up at 9:10, we have special guests, New York City Councilman Charles Barron and longtime political commentator, Dominic Carter. So they will be joining us on the second hour Open Line. Mr. Mayor, I want to thank you. I know you have a busy day ahead of you and that's what you ... You're not a spring chicken like we were when we were 18, 19 and able to hang out, come in late, and then get up at eight and keep rolling, brother. Got to get that rest.

Jones-Austin: I didn't say that. I didn't say that, Mayor Adams. Im just glad you had a good night.

Mayor Adams: [Inaudible], I know you lost your life. My heart goes out to you. You have been just a [inaudible], brother, for so many years. When you lose your queen, it's a part of us. So you're in our prayers and I wish you well.

Muhammad: Appreciate that, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. Thank you for those kind words. Thank you. All right. Have a great day, my brother.

Mayor Adams: Okay. Take care.

Muhammad: All right. All right. All right.

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Communities impacted by the digital divide cannot ignore innovation … – BlackEngineer.com

Tyrone Taborn, founding chief executive officer of Career Communications Group (CCG), hosted an insightful and thought-provoking panel discussion on The Metaverse as a Civil Rights Struggle at the National Action Network in New York. The event brought together experts from various fields to discuss the importance of minority engagement in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Joining Taborn on the panel were Keith Clinkscales, media entrepreneur and former chief executive officer of REVOLT Media & TV; the State University of New York Chancellor John King, former New York education commissioner, and U.S. education secretary; Dr. Colin Parris, senior vice president and chief technology officer at GE Digital; and Russell Frisby, an attorney specializing in communications and technology law.

The diverse panel explored the opportunities and challenges presented by the metaverse and emphasized the need for minorities to actively participate in shaping this new frontier.

The discussion focused on the potential for the metaverse to redefine social, economic, and educational landscapes, with panelists highlighting the risks of digital exclusion and the importance of ensuring equitable access to technology for all. The panelists also addressed the critical role that education, government, and private sectors play in fostering an inclusive digital environment, ensuring that underrepresented communities are not left behind.

Tyrone Taborn, a recognized advocate for diversity and inclusion in STEM, emphasized the urgency of the matter: The metaverse presents incredible opportunities, but it also poses the risk of further widening the digital divide. We must ensure that minority communities have the tools, resources, and knowledge necessary to participate and thrive in this new digital realm.

The event, held at the National Action Network Conference, drew significant interest and attendance from local community leaders, educators, and technology professionals. The panels powerful message reinforced the importance of collective action in promoting equal opportunities in the rapidly growing metaverse.

Career Communications Group, Inc. has created an innovative and exciting virtual event platform called the STEM City USA Metaverse. The platform offers a unique and immersive experience for attendees to participate in events, conferences, and activities related to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The STEM City USA Metaverse is a virtual world that can be accessed anywhere with an internet connection. http://www.stemcityusa.com

The National Action Network is a leading civil rights organization founded by Rev. Al Sharpton in 1991. The organization focuses on social justice issues, including racial discrimination, police brutality, and economic inequality.

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Met Gala 2023 Live Updates: Fashion Highlights From Carpet – NBC New York

Fashion's biggest night is underway after all, it is the first Monday in May. Follow along for real-time updates on the 2023 Met Gala from The Associated Press. We'll be bringing you news in all formats, all day and all night, from the carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and behind the scenes. This year's theme revolves around late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.

Live updates are contributed by Leanne Italie, Jocelyn Noveck, Beatrice Dupuy, Lindsey Bahr, Elise Ryan, Mallika Sen and other AP journalists.

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IS RIHANNA AT THE MET GALA?

Yes! About an hour and a half after reporters were told to expect one more guest in about 15 minutes, Rihanna herself arrived at the Met Gala. She ascended the steps in voluminous white bedecked with rosettes that doubled as a hood, accompanied by A$AP Rocky in a kilt-type layer over jeans (reminiscent of mid-aughts Disney Channel couture).

It's just May and it's already been a year of grand entrances for Rihanna, who revealed her pregnancy during her Super Bowl appearance in February.

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MET GALA COCKROACH, 2023-2023

The cockroach has been stepped on. While it's possible the cockroach was born in 2022, given that they have an adult lifespan of around six months, we reckoned that lifespan shortens significantly in New York City.

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IS RIHANNA AT THE MET GALA?

No. At least, not yet. It's 10:05 p.m.

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MEANWHILE, A CUTE MOMENT

While we wait, here's a cute moment witnessed by AP's Brooke Lefferts: Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union departed and then Britney Griner walked down the Met steps to cheers. Wade came back in to hug Griner, chatting with her and then FaceTiming his daughter on his phone. He did a pan as all the press yelled and waved: Thanks, he said, I wanted to show my daughter what the Met Gala was like.

Wade has two daughters, 4-year-old Kaavia and 15-year-old Zaya, who is trans. Wade recently said in an interview with Rachel Nichols that his family left Florida because his family wouldn't be accepted, a reference to the state's pursuit of anti-LGBTQ+ policies.

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MYSTERY AT THE MET

It's nearly 9:30 p.m. All the reporters at the Met Gala are in a holding pattern. We've been told someone big is coming, and we've been told that for the last 40 minutes or so. But the identity and the location of the final guest remains a mystery: Is it Rihanna, known for a grand and late entrance? Is it Choupette, coming to extract revenge on Jared Leto? Is it the cockroach that AP's Beatrice Dupuy just saw scurry up the stairs?

Who are you wearing? a reporter yelled. The roach did not respond.

Inside the Met Gala, with cocktails over and done, most had gone inside for dinner. Left behind were the journalists like AP's Jocelyn Noveck, awaiting the whoever or whatever is coming.

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DRESSED TO (THE) NINE(S)

It's 8:50 p.m. and cocktails are long over inside the Met. Dinner was supposed to start at 8 p.m. But it seems as if the carpet has some life still left in it, even with appearances by what would be showstoppers like Jeremy Pope in a massive Karl Lagerfeld cape at any other event already gone by.

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THE BUZZ ABOUT FLORENCE PUGH

Florence Pugh did not hold back for her Met Gala debut. The 27-year-old actor surprised onlookers with a shaved head, adorned with a sky-high feathered headpiece by Valentino. Her gown, also Valentino, was white with a black ribbon.

Pugh has sported several showstopping Valentino looks lately, including at the Venice Film Festival premiere of Dont Worry Darling and then again at the Oscars earlier this year. Last week she revealed that she was the new star of Valentinos Rockstud bag campaign.

But it was her hair that drew the most attention. Some onlookers wondered if it was a wig.

In an interview last week with the New York Times she teased that her Met Gala look was going to be big.

The idea is to be as bold as possible. I love the power that it gives me. I love how it sparks conversation, Pugh said. Every time I step out in whatever dress, thats a version of me that Im really proud of. So it doesnt matter if people dont necessarily like it. I dont think anything that I do has to be 100% loved. Things being up for debate is good. It means people are interested."

Just last week, Pugh attended an event with a long blonde bob with bangs.

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BRITNEY GRINER SPEAKS OUT

Brittney Griner knows she has an advantage over other Americans being detained overseas as a public figure with access to media.

The WNBA star used that influence on the carpet at the Met Gala to talk about helping support families working to free Americans jailed in foreign prisons through the organization Bring Our Families Home, dressed in Calvin Klein and alongside her wife

The 6-foot, 9-inch Griner is finally taking on a more public profile after being traded for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout on Dec. 8, 10 months after she was arrested at a Moscow airport. Authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. She later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years in prison.

Griner recently appeared at an event with Al Sharpton and attended the White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington on Saturday. She had her first news conference since her release in preparation for the upcoming basketball season, which starts May 19.

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PRECIOUS LEE ON FATPHOBIA

Model Precious Lee only had only positive things to say about Karl Lagerfelds designs Monday at the Met Gala. Its alluring, seductive, captivating, timeless, elevated, Lee told The Associated Press.

Lee, a plus-sized model, wore a black Fendi gown with a hot pink Fendi baguette purse for the night.

She did not have any direct comment about Lagerfelds comments about fat people, but simply said, Im fat. Always have been, always will be.

Lagerfeld was not shy about his own fatphobia and did not think he should have to cast models of different sizes in his shows.

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SERENA WILLIAMS PREGNANT, TOO!

Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian announced they were expecting a baby during a Vogue livestream interview with La La Anthony.

The tennis superstar announced she would retire from the sport in August, saying she wanted to focus on her business interests and having another child.

Williams and Ohanian beamed as they told Anthony there were three of them up there for the interview. Then Ohanian and Anthony both offered to have a drink on Williams' behalf inside.

The couple has a 5-year-old daughter, Olympia. Williams actually announced her intention to step away from tennis in an essay for where else? Vogue.

Earlier in the night, Karlie Kloss also announced she was pregnant.

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WHO'S THAT CAT?

New York's rat czar can rest easy the cats have overrun the Met. There's still no Choupette (how many times can we link to our story on her absence?), but the attendees are stepping up:

1. Jared Leto talked to AP's John Carucci as Choupette. He didn't just channel her spirit from across the ocean that was him in a giant, white fursuit complete with heart-melting eyes. At some point, though, the head came off, at which point it looked alarmingly like a medieval battle trophy.

2. Lil Nas X talked to cameras in meows. If you speak Cat, help meow-t. The singer's look was crystallized cat, created by Pat McGrath and Dior Men.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this item said Leto told the AP he lost a bet. He, in fact, said C'est moi, Choupette. ("It's me, Choupette").

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DOJA CAT. THAT'S THE HEADLINE.

Doja Cat leaned into her name and love of cats for her first Met Gala look. The rapper arrived on the carpet with makeup and prosthetics that gave her a felines face, cat claws for her nails and sequined dress with cat ears.

Im just really happy about it and I feel sexy, she said of the look.

The makeup took 45 minutes to an hour and getting the dress on took about 20 minutes.

Doja Cat said the inspiration for her look came immediately when she heard this years theme, which honors the late designer Karl Lagerfeld, who counted among his many muses his cat Choupette.

We just went for it, she said.

A viewer of AP's livestream of departures from the nearby Mark Hotel could purr-dict that something was afoot. Doja left ensconced in a phalanx of umbrellas, much to the chagrin of the present fans, photographers and video journalists.

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ACCESSORIES JOURNALISM

Its all in the details. Some notable accessories on the carpet:

3. Chloe Finemans cat-shaped bag, a Choupette substitute (were really sad the cat didnt come, if you couldnt tell. This isnt an accessory, but Emma Chamberlain wore Choupette blue, by the way)

4. Rita Oras long, jeweled chain nails

5. Irina Shayks ballet flats

6. David Byrnes bicycle, complete with a handbasket

7. Chloe Malles Alices Adventures in Wonderland purse

8. An unrecognizably blonde Jessica Chastain's sunglasses (that she was asked to remove because no one could tell who she was)

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SIGH: WHO WORE IT BEST?

What would Karl say? Actor and filmmaker Olivia Wilde and Margaret Zhang, Vogue China's editor-in-chief, showed up to the Met Gala in what appeared to be the same Chloe dress in different colors. Wildes was white and Zhangs was black, but both had a gold embellishment that resembled a guitar on their torsos.

The fashion faux pas caught fire on social media as people pulled out old jokes about the dress that some people saw as blue and black and some people saw as white and gold.

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KARLIE KLOSS' SECRET PLUS-ONE

No one gets an automatic plus-one to the Met Gala unless you're Karlie Kloss. Accompanied by her husband Josh Kushner, Kloss revealed her pregnancy in an interview with Emma Chamberlain on the Vogue livestream much to the host's excitement.

Kloss and Kushner also have a son, born in 2021.

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BOB IGER ALL SMILES AMID LAYOFFS AT HAUS OF MOUSE

Disney CEO Bob Iger was all smiles on the Met Gala carpet amid massive layoffs at the company and a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday over the Republicans takeover of its theme park district, alleging the governor waged a targeted campaign of government retaliation after the company opposed a law critics call Dont Say Gay.

Iger said the Met Gala is one of the best nights of the year. Iger said that the Met Gala may be second to the happiest place on earth but that its the happiest night on earth.

When asked about the lawsuit Iger told the AP that he had nothing more to say than what weve already said.

The Walt Disney Co. last week also went through a second round of layoffs this year in an effort to cut 7,000 jobs before the summer.

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HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS AND SO IS GISELE

Gisele Bndchen looked happy and confident on the Met Gala carpet, wearing a white sequined Chanel gown with a white feathered cape draped on her shoulders with her hair in long, beachy waves.

The supermodel wore the gown previously, in 2007, for a Harpers Bazaar Korea shoot, shot on location by Lagerfeld.

The last time Bndchen attended the Met Gala was in 2019 with then-husband Tom Brady. The pair divorced in October.

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MICHAELA COEL IS HERSELF

What I like about you is you're unafraid to be yourself. That's what Michaela Coel said Anna Wintour told her when she asked why she was picked as a co-chair of this year's gala. Coel told Vogue livestream host La La Anthony that Wintour likened the British multihyphenate to Lagerfeld in that way.

I'm just out here being myself," Coel declared, clad in a Schiaparelli dress with more than 130,000 crystals and chain embellishment.

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QUINTA BRUNSON DID HER HOMEWORK

On brand for her Abbott Elementary character, Quinta Brunson knows her fashion and studied up before her first Met Gala.

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