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Naomi Osaka Exits U.S. Open, but Not Before Displaying One More ‘Swaggy’ Fashion Ensemble

Naomi Osaka Exits U.S. Open, but Not Before Displaying One More ‘Swaggy’ Fashion Ensemble

Published by Sam Flores

NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Osaka may not have gone out of the U.S. Open with much of a bang. But she surely went out with a burst — of color, and a bit of swag. The two-time U.S. Open champion lost a lopsided fourth-round match on Monday to Elena Rybakina. But she continued to make her mark as the undisputed fashion queen on tour. Osaka, already known for her walk-on fashion reveals at tournaments, has been upping her game at the year’s final major with a series of dramatic ensembles — all with a basketball theme, as her sponsor, Nike, honors the New York Knicks’ championship win. For her last look, she arrived on court Monday in a coat of many colors: a fur-trimmed cloak designed by Brooklyn-based label KidSuper. “I felt really swaggy when I put it on,” Osaka said after the match. “I feel feel like it embodied New York a lot.” For her increasingly dramatic looks the past week or so, Osaka has worked with celebrity stylist Law Roach — also …

Photos of the Week: Heat Wave, Buck Moon, Alphorn Ensemble

Photos of the Week: Heat Wave, Buck Moon, Alphorn Ensemble

Published by Daniella Wilson

Noah Berger / AP Firefighters burn off vegetation while trying to stop a wildfire called the Bench Fire from spreading in Warm Springs, Oregon, on July 25, 2026. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty A Tezutsu-shu, a traditional fireworks performer, is showered with sparks from tezutsu hanabi, hand-crafted bamboo tubes packed with gunpowder that erupt in a towering column of spark and flame, during the Tatebayashi Arm-Held Fireworks Festival in Tatebayashi, Gunma prefecture, Japan, on July 25, 2026. Lee Jin-man / AP A participant plays in a mud pool during the Boryeong mud festival near a beach in Boryeong, South Korea, on July 25, 2026. Pavel Bednyakov / AP People run through Red Square under pouring rain in Moscow, Russia, on July 28, 2026, backdropped by Saint Basil’s Cathedral. Mateusz Kaczmarek / Reuters Europe’s largest statue of the Virgin Mary, measuring 182 feet, pictured before its official opening to the public, in the village of Konotopie, near Torun, Poland, on July 29, 2026. The monument, funded by billionaire couple Grazyna and Roman Karkosik, is expected …

BBCPhil/Storgårds / Park & Jupiter Ensemble reviews – stylish Strauss and lyrical Sibelius … and a lutenist’s singalong | Classical music

BBCPhil/Storgårds / Park & Jupiter Ensemble reviews – stylish Strauss and lyrical Sibelius … and a lutenist’s singalong | Classical music

Published by Sam Flores

A late-night Prom can sometimes serve as a musical Rennie, a soothing digestif after 90 minutes of heavyweight orchestral fare. Fortunately, none was needed here. In the early evening programme John Storgårds kept the BBC Philharmonic sufficiently light on its feet, while Sueye Park made the most poetic of Proms debuts in Sibelius’s violin concerto, a cornerstone work she owned from start to finish. If the opening wash of strings was barely audible over the whirr of the Royal Albert Hall air-con, it wasn’t long before the South Korean violinist grabbed our attention, her lean, silvery tone penetrating and intensely lyrical. In fact, Storgårds seemed to worry unnecessarily, keeping the orchestral volume on a low simmer for much of the work’s span. Park, an enthralling musical raconteur, imbued the first movement with a forthright romantic sweep before conjuring the kind of laser-focused, ethereal fireworks that set the finale dancing. Dramatically assured: John Storgårds conducts the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Photograph: BBC/ Chris Christodoulou Betsy Jolas, who turns 100 in two weeks’ time, composed Tales of a …

Princess Charlene wows in casual ensemble at charity race in Monaco

Princess Charlene wows in casual ensemble at charity race in Monaco

Published by Daniella Wilson

Princess Charlene cut a casual figure as she attended the Together Crossing for the Pelagos race in Monaco. The 48-year-old opted for a laid-back look for the event, sporting a navy polo shirt along with white trousers. Styling her blonde locks into a sleek updo, Charlene completed her ensemble with white trainers and a pair of sunglasses. She attended the event with her husband, Prince Albert, 68, who wore a white polo shirt and beige trousers. The Together Crossing for the Pelagos is a 225-kilometer water bike relay race across the Mediterranean Sea. The event promotes drowning prevention and marine conservation. The race, co-organised by the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, requires elite athletes to pedal specialized water bikes in an uninterrupted relay. © Frederic Nebinger / Palais PrincierThe Together Crossing for the Pelagos promotes drowning prevention and marine conservation Teams departed the Tuscan port city of Viareggio and arrived on the sands of Larvotto Beach in Monaco where they were greeted by Charlene and Albert. The …

A Dark Ensemble Drama in Digital New York

A Dark Ensemble Drama in Digital New York

Published by Daniella Wilson

One of the paradoxes about movies set in the digital age is that most of us now spend the majority of our time staring at screens, which is probably the last thing anyone actually wants to watch on another screen. Filmmakers such as Timur Bekmambetov, who’s produced a handful of genre-driven “screenlife” flicks, including Unfriended and Searching, have attempted to incorporate that phenomenon into the aesthetic of the films themsleves, posing intriguing challenges for directors forced to limit the action to a single virtual display. But generally speaking, movies about people stuck in the digital vortex can be a bit of a drag to sit through, failing to offer the kind of escape many of us watch films for in the first place. Here I’m Alive The Bottom Line New York, I love you but you’re bringing me down. Venue: Tribeca Festival (U.S. Narrative Competition)Cast: Cheyenne Gallagher, Eddie Torrenegra, Caleb Zuzga, Krystaly Figueroa, Emira D’SpainDirector: Joshua Z WeinsteinScreenwriters: Joshua Z Weinstein, Brian Perkins 1 hour 21 minutes Writer-director Joshua Z Weinstein’s docu-style second feature, Here …

Galilee String Quartet review – Palestinian ensemble improvise their signature east-west blend | Classical music

Galilee String Quartet review – Palestinian ensemble improvise their signature east-west blend | Classical music

Published by Sam Flores

‘We’ve done many concerts, but this is the first time I’m stressed,” the first violin confesses with a grin, lowering his instrument before a single note has sounded. But before he can launch into the story he’s interrupted by the cellist. “We’re actually supposed to play first!” she chides. A string quartet is often compared to a four-way marriage. But what if the dynamic was closer to four siblings? One group that doesn’t need to imagine the answer is the Saad family: brothers Omar, Mostafa and Gandhi, and sister Tibah – AKA the Galilee String Quartet. Formed in 2011, the Palestinian ensemble was forced into hiatus in 2013 when eldest brother Omar was summoned for military conscription by Israel’s IDF. Refusing to serve, he was imprisoned as a conscientious objector. The quartet are currently based in Paris, honing their signature blend of east-meets-west music-making. Webern’s lyrical love-letter Langsamer Satz was a strategic opener. The only classical work on the programme, it was as though the quartet wanted to prove they could play it straight, before …

Sacconi Quartet review – new Freya Waley-Cohen work reveals ensemble at their finest | Classical music

Sacconi Quartet review – new Freya Waley-Cohen work reveals ensemble at their finest | Classical music

Published by Sam Flores

Founded at the Royal College of Music in 2001, the Sacconi Quartet celebrated their silver jubilee by looking forward as well as back. If Haydn and Beethoven represented the bedrock upon which their musical sensibilities were grounded, it was a newly commissioned work by Freya Waley-Cohen that revealed them at their finest. Impeccably crafted and full of rhythmic and harmonic invention, Dances, Songs & Hymns for Friendship is a six-movement string quartet informed by the composer’s observations of the four musicians both in and out of rehearsal – she even watched them making tea! It opened with Spin, in which bold unison passages dissolved into fragmentary solos. Waley-Cohen’s musical fingerprints here were spicy, but rarely ventured beyond a world that Bartók, for example, would have recognised. It suited the Sacconi’s tightness of ensemble and muscular tone, especially in the lower instruments. Subsequent movements included the pensive Sing, with an aching melody reminiscent of a deconstructed folk song; Play, where dancing syncopations hinted at eastern Europe; the hypnotically skirling Step; and Pray, a luminous meditation in …

Helen George steps out in killer mini dress and leather ensemble for London night out

Helen George steps out in killer mini dress and leather ensemble for London night out

Published by Daniella Wilson

Helen George seldom misses when it comes to her sense of style, and Wednesday night was no exception when she stepped out for an exciting night in the British capital. Heading to Cirque du Soleil at the Royal Albert Hall, the Call the Midwife actress, 41, stepped out in Kensington wearing a fabulously risque ensemble, comprised of a leg-lengthening mini dress and a floor-length deep brown leather coat, which was adorned with fur on the collar and cuffs. © WireImageHelen looked gorgeous for the night out in London Showing off her golden sun tan, Helen kept the patent black coat open to show off her fabulous brown dress underneath, which she paired with pointed-toe beige heels.  As for her glam for the evening, Helen wore her platinum tresses down and curled, and her makeup reflected her all-brown look and was comprised of brown eyeliner and mascara, warm bronzer and glossy lips. © Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty IHelen headed to the Royal Albert Hall for Cirque Du Soliel Helen’s family Christmas Helen’s evening out comes after she enjoyed …