In 1948, tickets to the Met Gala were $50 apiece. In 2024, a single entry fee for the exclusive social event was about $75,000. Despite the high cost, celebrities, designers, and the who’s who of NYC and beyond shell out for the gala, which benefits the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. Since the ’70s, the annual affair has attracted household names wearing the most haute couture fashions — always adhering to the chosen theme. See some of the most out-there and iconic guests and looks at the Met Gala over the years.
Jackie Onassis and singer Debbie Harry at the 1979 Met Gala | Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
Jackie Onassis served as a Met Gala co-chair in 1976 and 1977. The former First Lady wore a black taffeta gown to the 1979 Met Gala for “Fashions of The Hapsburg Era.” That same year, Debbie Harry of Blondie graced the famous event in a more casual look.
Jackie Onassis and singer Debbie Harry at the 1979 Met Gala | Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
Jackie Onassis served as a Met Gala co-chair in 1976 and 1977. The former First Lady wore a black taffeta gown to the 1979 Met Gala for “Fashions of The Hapsburg Era.” That same year, Debbie Harry of Blondie graced the famous event in a more casual look.
- 5/7/2024
- by Ali Hicks
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Lauren Graham has always kept her private life pretty quiet. While starring on Gilmore Girls, she was rarely seen out and about with a love interest. That all changed after she hooked up with Peter Krause. The duo started dating after they began working together on Parenthood. They dated for a decade before ending their partnership in 2022. In interviews following the breakup, Graham admitted there were still moments of sadness about the end of the relationship. Still, she wasn’t ready to give up on love. So, does Lauren Graham currently have a boyfriend?
Lauren Graham has been pretty busy, but she hasn’t appeared with a new boyfriend
In 2022, after a decade together, Lauren Graham announced the end of her only truly public relationship. The Gilmore Girls star and Peter Krause ended their romance after Graham returned from spending five months on set. While she tried to remain vague...
Lauren Graham has been pretty busy, but she hasn’t appeared with a new boyfriend
In 2022, after a decade together, Lauren Graham announced the end of her only truly public relationship. The Gilmore Girls star and Peter Krause ended their romance after Graham returned from spending five months on set. While she tried to remain vague...
- 2/25/2024
- by Andrea Francese
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When Elvis Presley met the young Priscilla Beaulieu, she dressed primly and wore limited makeup. As their relationship wore on, however, he began shaping her looks to fit his tastes. This meant more eye-catching, mature clothing, high piles of hair, and heavy eye makeup. While Priscilla felt glamorous at the time, she explained that when looking back on pictures from the 1960s, she couldn’t help but laugh at her eye makeup.
Elvis Presley asked Priscilla to wear more makeup
Priscilla moved out of her family home and in with Elvis at Graceland in the early 1960s. Once she moved in, he began exercising control over her looks. He bought her new clothes and instructed her to update her makeup to fit the era.
“It was the early sixties, when clothes and makeup veered to extremes,” she wrote in her book Elvis and Me. “Women’s eyeliner was heavier, their hair more teased,...
Elvis Presley asked Priscilla to wear more makeup
Priscilla moved out of her family home and in with Elvis at Graceland in the early 1960s. Once she moved in, he began exercising control over her looks. He bought her new clothes and instructed her to update her makeup to fit the era.
“It was the early sixties, when clothes and makeup veered to extremes,” she wrote in her book Elvis and Me. “Women’s eyeliner was heavier, their hair more teased,...
- 9/19/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Yoko Ono’s constant presence in the studio began to wear on George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr. Things grew so tense that, eventually, Harrison blew up over a digestive biscuit. The Beatles had always been protective of their food, and when he saw Ono eating his snack, he began screaming about her.
George Harrison began shouting about Yoko Ono in the studio
The Beatles were so protective over their food that they were not allowed to share snacks. Therefore, when Harrison noticed Ono eating his digestive biscuits, it became a problem.
“After a moment or two, [George] began staring bug-eyed out the control room window,” engineer Geoff Emerick wrote in his book Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles. “Curious, I looked over his shoulder. Yoko had gotten out of bed and was slowly padding across the studio floor, finally coming to a stop at Harrison’s Leslie cabinet,...
George Harrison began shouting about Yoko Ono in the studio
The Beatles were so protective over their food that they were not allowed to share snacks. Therefore, when Harrison noticed Ono eating his digestive biscuits, it became a problem.
“After a moment or two, [George] began staring bug-eyed out the control room window,” engineer Geoff Emerick wrote in his book Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles. “Curious, I looked over his shoulder. Yoko had gotten out of bed and was slowly padding across the studio floor, finally coming to a stop at Harrison’s Leslie cabinet,...
- 9/6/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were two of the biggest bands of the 1960s, but George Harrison thought Mick Jagger followed The Beatles’ lead on most things. While they were in two different groups and allegedly feuding, Jagger was, in Harrison’s words, always around. He said when The Beatles did anything, Jagger was there. He spoke about a time Jagger tagged along to a seminar on meditation.
George Harrison and Mick Jagger | Sonia Moskowitz/Images/Getty Images George Harrison said Mick Jagger was always around The Beatles
In 1967, The Beatles traveled to Wales by train to attend a seminar on transcendental meditation. Harrison, growing increasingly interested in cultivating his spiritual life, was the driving force behind the trip. He even brought along Ringo Starr, whose wife had recently had a baby.
“At that time Maureen was in hospital having Jason, and I was visiting. I came home and put on the answerphone,...
George Harrison and Mick Jagger | Sonia Moskowitz/Images/Getty Images George Harrison said Mick Jagger was always around The Beatles
In 1967, The Beatles traveled to Wales by train to attend a seminar on transcendental meditation. Harrison, growing increasingly interested in cultivating his spiritual life, was the driving force behind the trip. He even brought along Ringo Starr, whose wife had recently had a baby.
“At that time Maureen was in hospital having Jason, and I was visiting. I came home and put on the answerphone,...
- 5/21/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
George Harrison and Eric Idle were close friends, and Idle said he learned a lot from the former Beatle. Harrison’s devoted interest in spirituality caused him to think a lot about purpose, death, and the afterlife, which Idle said gave him a unique perspective on fame. It also added a bit of morbidity to the conversations he had with others. According to Idle, Harrison was constantly talking about how everyone was going to die.
George Harrison | Sonia Moskowitz/Images/Getty Images Eric Idle and George Harrison met at a movie premiere
Harrison and Idle met at the premiere of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Harrison specifically sought out Idle, which was a bit stressful for the actor.
George with Olivia, @EricIdle and @TerryGilliam at the US premiere of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", 1975
?: Jim Selby pic.twitter.com/bvfr5N1Q6K
— George Harrison (@GeorgeHarrison) October...
George Harrison | Sonia Moskowitz/Images/Getty Images Eric Idle and George Harrison met at a movie premiere
Harrison and Idle met at the premiere of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Harrison specifically sought out Idle, which was a bit stressful for the actor.
George with Olivia, @EricIdle and @TerryGilliam at the US premiere of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", 1975
?: Jim Selby pic.twitter.com/bvfr5N1Q6K
— George Harrison (@GeorgeHarrison) October...
- 4/23/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
George Harrison was the youngest member of The Beatles and was dubbed the quiet one. Though a bit of a misnomer (Tom Petty said he wouldn’t shut up), George often let his music do the talking. He came into his own as a songwriter with the Fab Four and continued the trend in his solo career. Here are 10 essential George Harrison songs to listen to on his Feb. 25 birthday (presented in no particular order).
George Harrison | Sonia Moskowitz/Images/Getty Images 1. ‘Taxman’
George wrote the lead song from perhaps the best Beatles album with hardly any help. John Lennon refused to help George write “Taxman,” and that might have been a good thing.
The barbed guitar line, simple yet infectious melodies, and memorable lyrics culminated in his peak Beatles moment to that point. It’s not difficult to conceive George receiving a confidence boost knowing he penned a stellar song without any assistance.
George Harrison | Sonia Moskowitz/Images/Getty Images 1. ‘Taxman’
George wrote the lead song from perhaps the best Beatles album with hardly any help. John Lennon refused to help George write “Taxman,” and that might have been a good thing.
The barbed guitar line, simple yet infectious melodies, and memorable lyrics culminated in his peak Beatles moment to that point. It’s not difficult to conceive George receiving a confidence boost knowing he penned a stellar song without any assistance.
- 2/22/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Henry Fonda was one of the most famous actors of the last century, with a career that spanned the ’20s to the ’80s. People around the world loved his work, but Fonda wasn’t always welcoming to fans. In a recent interview, his daughter, Jane Fonda, revealed his true feelings about his supporters.
Henry Fonda’s career as an actor spanned 60 years
The elder Fonda began acting when he was 20 years old, appearing in local theater shows. In 1935, he headed to Hollywood and soon became a star, appearing in movies like You Only Live Once, Jezebel, The Grapes of Wrath, and The Lady Eve.
He enlisted in the Navy during WWII and, after returning, took a break from acting. Fonda returned in the late 40s and never stopped working afterward. Some of his biggest acting credits include 12 Angry Men, Once Upon a Time in the West, On Golden Pond,...
Henry Fonda’s career as an actor spanned 60 years
The elder Fonda began acting when he was 20 years old, appearing in local theater shows. In 1935, he headed to Hollywood and soon became a star, appearing in movies like You Only Live Once, Jezebel, The Grapes of Wrath, and The Lady Eve.
He enlisted in the Navy during WWII and, after returning, took a break from acting. Fonda returned in the late 40s and never stopped working afterward. Some of his biggest acting credits include 12 Angry Men, Once Upon a Time in the West, On Golden Pond,...
- 2/18/2023
- by India McCarty
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Raquel Welch was married several times during her life. However, she wasn’t married at the time of her death. Here’s the reason Welch gave for not getting remarried.
How many times was Raquel Welch married? Raquel Welch and Andre Weinfeld | Sonia Moskowitz/Images/Getty Images
Welch was married four times. She was married to her first husband, James Welch, from 1959 to 1964. She married her second husband, Patrick Curtis, in 1967 and they divorced in 1972. Welch was married to her third husband, André Weinfeld, from 1980 to 1990. Her fourth marriage was to Richie Palmer. They were married from 1999 to 2008.
Welch told Piers Morgan during a 2015 interview that she never got marriage “right.” She felt that she kept repeating the same mistakes. “I never did get it right,” Welch told Morgan during an episode of Life Stories.
Why Raquel Welch never remarried Raquel Welch | Jason Laveris/FilmMagic Related
Why Each of Kenny...
How many times was Raquel Welch married? Raquel Welch and Andre Weinfeld | Sonia Moskowitz/Images/Getty Images
Welch was married four times. She was married to her first husband, James Welch, from 1959 to 1964. She married her second husband, Patrick Curtis, in 1967 and they divorced in 1972. Welch was married to her third husband, André Weinfeld, from 1980 to 1990. Her fourth marriage was to Richie Palmer. They were married from 1999 to 2008.
Welch told Piers Morgan during a 2015 interview that she never got marriage “right.” She felt that she kept repeating the same mistakes. “I never did get it right,” Welch told Morgan during an episode of Life Stories.
Why Raquel Welch never remarried Raquel Welch | Jason Laveris/FilmMagic Related
Why Each of Kenny...
- 2/17/2023
- by Sheiresa Ngo
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
George Harrison said there was something frightening about the music and film industries. Starting in the early 1980s, George was a part of both. He was a famous musician and a film producer at his own HandMade Films.
George Harrison | Sonia Moskowitz/Images/Getty Images George Harrison navigated both the music and film industries
Obviously, George got his start as the guitarist of The Beatles. It was a hectic 10 or so years being a Beatle. The group achieved international success and became one of the most famous rock ‘n’ roll bands in history. However, it all came with a price. Beatlemania took its toll.
When The Beatles split, George released All Things Must Pass as a reaction to leaving the group. He never pursued a solo career and sort of fell into it.
By the late 1970s and early 1980s, George had become disenchanted with the music industry. They wanted...
George Harrison | Sonia Moskowitz/Images/Getty Images George Harrison navigated both the music and film industries
Obviously, George got his start as the guitarist of The Beatles. It was a hectic 10 or so years being a Beatle. The group achieved international success and became one of the most famous rock ‘n’ roll bands in history. However, it all came with a price. Beatlemania took its toll.
When The Beatles split, George released All Things Must Pass as a reaction to leaving the group. He never pursued a solo career and sort of fell into it.
By the late 1970s and early 1980s, George had become disenchanted with the music industry. They wanted...
- 2/6/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Left to Right: Roy Cohn, Donald Trump.
Photo by Sonia Moskowitz. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics
“Have you no sense of decency, sir?” was the question asked of Sen. Joe McCarthy at the Army-McCarthy hearings but right beside him was Roy Cohn. If the question instead had been asked of McCarthy’s young associate, the honest answer would have been no. A famously vicious lawyer and Donald Trump’s mentor. Roy Cohn is the subject of director Matt Tyrnauer’s fascinating documentary Where’S My Roy Cohn?
That question directed at Sen. McCarthy was asked by Sen. Joseph Welch, and brought an end to McCarthy’s reign of terror in the 1950s. The documentary takes a close look at the man sitting beside McCarthy, a ruthless lawyer and power broker who many have described as the embodiment of evil. With young attorney Roy Cohn whispering in his ear, Sen. Joe McCarthy...
Photo by Sonia Moskowitz. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics
“Have you no sense of decency, sir?” was the question asked of Sen. Joe McCarthy at the Army-McCarthy hearings but right beside him was Roy Cohn. If the question instead had been asked of McCarthy’s young associate, the honest answer would have been no. A famously vicious lawyer and Donald Trump’s mentor. Roy Cohn is the subject of director Matt Tyrnauer’s fascinating documentary Where’S My Roy Cohn?
That question directed at Sen. McCarthy was asked by Sen. Joseph Welch, and brought an end to McCarthy’s reign of terror in the 1950s. The documentary takes a close look at the man sitting beside McCarthy, a ruthless lawyer and power broker who many have described as the embodiment of evil. With young attorney Roy Cohn whispering in his ear, Sen. Joe McCarthy...
- 10/18/2019
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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