Cynthia Erivo opens up about how her life changed after Wicked
The Tony Award-winning actress and singer has been in the spotlight for years, but she reached a new level of fame when she played Elphaba in Jon M. Chu's 2024 film adaptation of Wicked. Cynthia told Billboard that she remains committed to protecting her privacy despite suddenly becoming a household name. "I think there is an interesting thing that happens, where it's assumed that because you're in the public eye, everything is for everyone.' "But being in the public eye does not stop you from being a human being…'
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Confusion over Justin Bieber's sudden name change
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Prince Harry's incredible 'disappearing act'
Is it harder to spy in California the Dusky Warbler or The Duke of Sussex? One's a rarely sighted migratory bird and the other is a blood prince but it's tricky to spot either of them these days. So far 2025 feels like it could be one of the quietest ever with Harry 's public footprint seeming to be on the wane. Consider: In 2019, his last year of official royalling, he undertook 201 engagements. This year he has undertaken charitable outings on about 17 days as far as is publicly known and at the time of writing. (That includes the ten days of the Invictus Games and on seven others including, for example, him discreetly thanking volunteer firefighters during the LA blazes.) The duke and the Dusky Warbler – neither are California natives and neither can be seen all that much. Back in 2022 the duke was being asked to address the UN General Assembly; now he is being tasked with holding his wife Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex's iPhone. The 40-year-old might contain multitudes but he appears to be increasingly keeping himself on the down low, aside from his willingness to still lob an occasional grenade over the palace walls. By and large the most common place to catch a glimpse of the duke these days is the duchess' Instagram feed thanks to her muscular posting regimen. In recent weeks we've been treated to seeing Harry's joy at a Disneyland jaunt with their kids and his unfortunately Dadish dance moves. But while Meghan is busy beavering away at building an empire (something her in-laws know a brutal thing or two about) off the back of tea bags and rose petals, selling out her second drop of As Ever products and launching her own rosé, Harry circa 2025 remains something of a blank. While the duchess is transitioning and evolving her brand into that of go-getting entrepreneur, it feels like duke is trapped in something of an identity crisis, stuck in a reputational no man's land. It's easier to define Harry today by what he is not. Royal? He might still have his titles but what are they but shiny appendages he can have printed on his reams of unused letterhead but the royal family appear to want to have about as much to do with him as with zero proof gin. His own father King Charles won't speak to him, as he himself told the BBC in May, giving the British broadcaster an explosive interview and laying bare the full extent of the family destruction wrought by the last few years. His brother Prince William, formerly 'burning' about his brother's energetic dishing of Windsor dirt is now 'indifferent' towards the duke, the Sunday Times revealed this week. His coterie of cousins are no longer photographed in his orbit and we are coming up, in September, on it being three years since the late Queen's funeral and the last time the Duke of Sussex was seen with anyone who knows the Buckingham Palace Wi-Fi code. But royalty you might say. That's defined by service. By steadfast doing and by helping those less fortunate with a certain indefatigable, unflagging Blitz-era spirit. Harry is by all accounts a man who cares and cares deeply, with him coming up on him having worked with some of his philanthropic organisations for two decades. Unfortunately he has faced controversy and setbacks on this front. In late March he and co-founder Prince Seeiso of Lesotho resigned from their charity, Sentebale, along with the entirety of the board, as part of a dispute with the chair, Dr Sophie Chandauka. She later accused Harry and the organisation of 'bullying and harassment at scale'. The UK's Charity Commission is investigating and Harry has spoken about his 'heartbreak' over the situation. In May, the charity African Parks, with which Harry has been involved since 2016, acknowledged that rangers employed by the organisation had committed 'human rights abuses' against indigenous people in the Congo. He has continued with this longtime associations, like speaking about mental health at the New York Times ' Dealbook Summit in December, supporting The Diana Awards in Las Vegas in May, and flying more than 10,000km to give a speech about his sustainable travel initiative Travelyst at a summit in China the same month. None of it really managed to make any sort of bigger splash or was particularly noticed by the wider world. The shining star in the duke's philanthropic quiver is the Invictus Games, the sporting event for wounded current and veteran service personnel that is the definition of 'life-changing'. The Games' ongoing success reflects what Harry can pull off – but he has not launched or done anything that even vaguely matches up to this since landing Stateside in 2020 and learning how to mispronounce 'tomato'. Unlike last year, the Sussexes have not taken themselves off for any sort of DIY 'royal' overseers tour either, visiting Nigeria and Colombia in 2024. Nor does Harry appear to be a paid worker these days. No podcasts, books, TV series, docos, films or even his own branded line of ducally-approved creatine seem to be in the pipeline. (Lucky those As Ever bits keep selling out.) With his story told, his family trauma catharted, and Oprah no longer out on the porch with a camera crew, what comes next? I suppose there's always bird watching. His country might no longer want him but the Dusky Warbler? Why not.
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Truth no bride will admit about Kylie Jenner's wedding guest move
When Kylie Jenner stepped out at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's wedding, she knew exactly what she was doing. Her plunging, corsetted 'icy blue' dress (which, to anyone with eyes, is white) was destined for a million paparazzi photos and a thousand online debates. In the age of Instagram, every celebrity outing is an opportunity to make a statement, and the Bezos-Sanchez wedding was no exception. It was all about the spectacle. Jenner's bride-adjacent outfit felt intentional and designed to go viral – and it did. Social media erupted. Vogue 's Instagram post of the look was flooded with comments like, 'Who the f**k wears white to a wedding?' Others called it 'tacky' and said, 'You can't buy class'. One commenter asked, 'Has Kylie never been to a wedding before?' Now, you might think this is a trivial matter about rich people and fashion faux pas. And it is. But as someone who got married this year, I can tell you the personal toll a move like this can take. At my April wedding, which, surprisingly, didn't cause an entire Italian city to grind to a halt and was not attended by the Kardashian-Jenner clan, one of my friends wore cream. I know what you're thinking. Cream isn't white. And you're right. But it was close enough to cause a double-take in photos. I gently let her know it made me uncomfortable, but she insisted it 'wasn't white,' so it wasn't going to be an issue. And while, yes, it technically wasn't white, it did make me wonder why, out of all the colours in the world, she had to pick that dress. Here's the thing. In this day and age, many wedding guests, whether they're Kylie Jenner or my friend, seem to forget the basics of wedding etiquette. They get caught up in the moment, in what they're wearing, in how they will look in photos. And I get it. Weddings are a rare chance to dress up, to be seen, and frankly, to look hot. But somewhere along the way, the unspoken rule of 'don't wear white' has been forgotten. In fear of being labelled a 'bridezilla', I let the issue go and didn't say anything more about it. When the big day arrived, I was so caught up in the excitement of getting married that I hardly noticed or cared what anyone else was wearing. I was too busy laughing, dancing, and trying not to make ugly crying faces as I walked down the aisle (I didn't quite succeed at that last one). But in the months afterwards, a sour taste lingered whenever I thought about that cream dress. It wasn't really about the dress itself – it was about the fact that, out of all the possible outfits, my friend chose to flirt with crossing the line, and even after I told her I wasn't okay with it, she persisted. And while everyone told me I was being petty to care, I couldn't shake the feeling that it was about more than just the dress. You really don't understand until you're a bride, groom, or anyone planning a wedding, for that matter. You (hopefully) only get one day in your life where everything is about you. When a friend, who could quite literally wear anything to your wedding, chooses to push boundaries with their outfit, it makes you wonder: why? Is it an innocent choice, or a subtle power play? In the words of Succession, 'Was this a snubbing?!' My friend told me it was the only dress she could find that made her feel confident, and while I want her to feel her best, surely, there's a wedding pecking order in terms of who deserves to feel the best. I even worry I seem vain for discussing this. But the comments on Vogue 's post validate me, suggesting that for most people, wearing white to a wedding is still a big no-no. If we give Jenner the benefit of the doubt and assume Sanchez approved her outfit, I'm still baffled as to why she chose to make a statement at that moment, on someone else's special day. But honestly, maybe I shouldn't be that surprised. For celebrities, controversy is just another form of publicity, and maybe Sanchez was even in on it to create more buzz for the wedding, not that it needed it. But for the rest of us, it can feel more like a personal slight. So, if you're invited to a wedding soon, please, please, please, think twice about wearing pale colours. You might just make someone feel a little less special on their big day.
