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Sydney Morning Herald
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
The Bezos-Sanchez wedding party proves it – the age of vulgarity is upon us
One should never be cynical about love, but it is impossible to not be a little bit cynical about the nuptials of Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos and his recently acquired bride, former television host Lauren Sanchez. The happy couple this week took over Venice for their wedding festival, which commenced with a foam party aboard the $500 million Bezos mega-yacht, moored in view of paparazzi off the coast of Croatia. For the uninitiated, a pre-wedding foam party seems to be a yacht-based, poolside romp in which the bride and groom-to-be frolic in their swimwear, covered by soapy bubbles that have presumably been prepped by one of the many invisible workers who have toiled to make this $50 million special day come true. Just as the working-poor labour force that powers Amazon has invisibly toiled to make Bezos one of the world's richest men (currently fourth-richest, as per the Forbes 'Real Time Billionaires List). We know about the foam party – from which the couple was helicoptered to Venice – because it was abundantly photographed. Like the Zen koan about the tree falling in the forest, there is zero point in a billionaire wedding unless it is telegraphed widely across the world in exquisite detail: the guest list (which included Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Kim Kardashian and sundry other Kardashi), the rolling schedule of parties, the flight logs of the 90-odd private jets expected to land at local airports, the price tags, and the dresses, the dresses (for the bride did not have just one). The publicity is the point. The transparent vulgarity is even more the point. As reported in New York magazine, 'Sanchez, in some respects, represents the aesthetic and moral pinnacle of the Mar-a-Lago era.' It was not so long ago that stealth-wealth was in vogue, and that so-called quiet luxury was aspirational. But the re-election of Donald Trump, and the slavish compliance the tech-bro oligarchs immediately bestowed on his administration (Sanchez managed to upstage the president by wearing a cleavage-driven inauguration outfit that Vogue noted 'forgoes inauguration style codes'), has changed all that.
The Age
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
The Bezos-Sanchez wedding party proves it – the age of vulgarity is upon us
One should never be cynical about love, but it is impossible to not be a little bit cynical about the nuptials of Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos and his recently acquired bride, former television host Lauren Sanchez. The happy couple this week took over Venice for their wedding festival, which commenced with a foam party aboard the $500 million Bezos mega-yacht, moored in view of paparazzi off the coast of Croatia. For the uninitiated, a pre-wedding foam party seems to be a yacht-based, poolside romp in which the bride and groom-to-be frolic in their swimwear, covered by soapy bubbles that have presumably been prepped by one of the many invisible workers who have toiled to make this $50 million special day come true. Just as the working-poor labour force that powers Amazon has invisibly toiled to make Bezos one of the world's richest men (currently fourth-richest, as per the Forbes 'Real Time Billionaires List). We know about the foam party – from which the couple was helicoptered to Venice – because it was abundantly photographed. Like the Zen koan about the tree falling in the forest, there is zero point in a billionaire wedding unless it is telegraphed widely across the world in exquisite detail: the guest list (which included Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Kim Kardashian and sundry other Kardashi), the rolling schedule of parties, the flight logs of the 90-odd private jets expected to land at local airports, the price tags, and the dresses, the dresses (for the bride did not have just one). The publicity is the point. The transparent vulgarity is even more the point. As reported in New York magazine, 'Sanchez, in some respects, represents the aesthetic and moral pinnacle of the Mar-a-Lago era.' It was not so long ago that stealth-wealth was in vogue, and that so-called quiet luxury was aspirational. But the re-election of Donald Trump, and the slavish compliance the tech-bro oligarchs immediately bestowed on his administration (Sanchez managed to upstage the president by wearing a cleavage-driven inauguration outfit that Vogue noted 'forgoes inauguration style codes'), has changed all that.
Forbes
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
NYT ‘Connections' Hints And Answers For Sunday, June 29th
Hints, clues and answers for today's Connections are here. Looking for Saturday's NYT Connections hints, clues and answers instead? You can find them here: It's a lovely weekend, though I'm a little sad it's already the last weekend of June. My favorite month of the year, come and gone. Summer has begun in earnest and the 4th Of July is just around the corner. I suppose we'll get some kind of patriotism-themed Connections that day, though usually when Connections have a 'theme' it's a headfake. In any case, we have some words to group. Let's get right to it! How To Play Connections Connections is the second-most popular NYT Games puzzle game outside of the main crossword itself, and an extremely fun, free offering that will get your brain moving every day. Play it right here. The goal is to take a group of 16 words and find links between four pairs of four of them. They could be specific categories of terms, or they could be little world puzzles where words may come before or after them you need to figure out. And they get more complicated from there. FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder There is only one set of right answers for this, and you only get a certain number of tries so you can't just spam around until you find something. There are difficulty tiers coded by color, which will usually go from yellow, blue/green to purple as difficulty increases, so know that going in and when you start linking them together. You pick the four words you think are linked and either you will get a solve and a lit up row that shows you how you were connected. If you're close, it will tell you that you're one away. Again, four mistakes you lose, but if you want to know the answers without failing, either come here, or delete your web cookies and try again. If you want to play more puzzles, you can get an NYT Games subscription to access the full archives of all past puzzles. What Are Today's Connections Hints? These are the hints that are laid out on the puzzle board itself, but after that, we will get into spoiler territory with some hints and eventually the answers. Today's Connections What Are Today's Connections Groups? Alright, the full spoilers follow here as we get into what the groups are today: What Are Today's Connections Answers? The full-on answers are below for each group, finally inserting the four words in each category. Spoilers follow if you do not want to get this far. The Connections answers are: Today's Connections answers Not a terribly difficult Connections today. The one that got me was the dance moves. My first choice was EARTHWORM for this group, as I pictured that dance breakdancers do on the ground, though I think it's just called the worm. In any case, I swapped that out for CABBAGE PATCH and that worked. I was pretty certain that the purple words would be all the stuff you find in the ground, but I guessed what I suspected the green words were first. I got these all in order in the end, from yellow to blue to green to purple. I still think this puzzle would be more fun and just a tiny bit more challenging if they'd include a poison word or red herring, something to throw us off a bit more. One word that didn't fit. But maybe that would be too much. How did you do on today's Connections? Let me know on Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky or Facebook. Also be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me here on this blog. Sign up for my newsletter for more reviews and commentary on entertainment and culture.
Forbes
13 hours ago
- Forbes
Apple iPhone 17 Series: The Best Views Yet Of All TheNew Designs Just Leaked
Updated June 28 with further images claiming to show the design of the iPhone 17 series. Although it's around 12 weeks until the next iPhones go on sale (read exactly when they will launch here), there have been numerous reports and leaks. The latest comes from a regular leaker, and aims to show exactly what the iPhone 17 Pro will look like in black. The same leaker has now posted more images, showing what the iPhone 17 Air and other models in the range will look like: more on that and images of the whole iPhone 17 series in the form of dummies below. Apple iPhone 16: are the new leaked dummy images of the iPhone 17 series accurate? Getty Images Of course, it's not yet known exactly what colors the next iPhones will come in, or what they'll be called, but it's highly likely that there will be a new black color this time around (which will be similar, perhaps, to the current titanium black found on the iPhone 16 Pro. Forbes Apple iPhone 17 Series Will Showcase 'Design Revamp,' New Report Claims By David Phelan The leak comes from serial tipster Majin Bu who has a strong, though not perfect, track record. Their latest post on X reads, 'iPhone 17 Pro Black, absolutely beautiful,' and the caption shows two images of what it will look like, it's claimed. It's a persuasive replica, with lots of detail and convincing materials. But the reason it's interesting is that it shows the new camera panel design in a way that many will find attractive. Previously, I've been skeptical about how the predicted wider camera panel will work in practice. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman revealed that the panel would not be black on all models, that it would match the color of the iPhone. So, it's not yet clear what models in other colors will look like, but the images here show a panel which seems in keeping with the handset, and even makes the three camera lenses look less dominant than they do on the iPhone 16 Pro. In the dummy, the panel looks as though it rises out of the phone more deeply than before, perhaps to create a greater distance between the lens and the sensor beneath. The lenses are still raised on top of the panel. This is the iPhone 17 Pro, and it's the Pro Max model which is rumored to be the thickest iPhone Pro yet, so this looks, well, not super-thin, but not chunky. Of course, however carefully researched a phone dummy is, it can only take us part way to understanding what the real thing will look like. But these images make the iPhone 17 Pro look better than some had been expecting. The same could be said for the iPhone 17 Air, which Majin Bu has also featured, in a post on X captioned, 'iPhone 17 Air looks fantastic,' and showing two images of dummies claiming to show what the slim iPhone, nicknamed the Air, will look like. If you've already seen images said to be the iPhone 17 Air, you'll know that it has quite a different look on the rear of the phone (let alone its profile). There's only one camera expected on the iPhone 17 Air, and it seems it will sit on the left side of the phone's back, as Apple's cameras always have. But the raised camera panel which is one of the biggest design changes in the iPhone 17 series stretches across the width of the phone. It's a controversial look that is most noticeable on the one-camera slim phone. That said, it looks more persuasive in this dummy than has previously been seen. And then there's the profile: turn the phone sideways and this dummy shows how strikingly thin it is. Majin Bu has also posted more images, including a group shot of the entire iPhone 17 series, showing them in a pale color, silver, perhaps. Seeing them together shows a distinct and consistent design language which, did we but know it at the time, began with the iPhone 16 in September 2025. All models apart from iPhone 17 base model have a camera panel that stretches the width of the phone. It again makes one ask why the panel is that wide on the slim model with its single camera. My only guess is to separate it in design from the iPhone 17 and iPhone 16e, which will still be on sale. Plus, it seems it's going to be a pricier model than the iPhone 17, so the slim iPhone needs something else to set it apart. Plus, of course, with a phone that thin, you may need to use some of the camera bump to squirrel away components for which there's otherwise no space. By the way, if you look at the dummies, you know that's what you're looking at: the leaf at the top of the Apple logo is missing on the supposed iPhone 17 Air. I think it's pretty clear that that's not a design change we should be expecting. Forbes Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 Automatic Deletions: Take Action Now To Protect Yourself By David Phelan
Forbes
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
‘Quordle' Hints And Answers For Sunday, June 29
Here's some help with today's Quordle, including hints and the answers. Before today's Quordle hints and answers, here's where you can find the ones for Saturday's game: Hey, folks! Hints and the answers for today's Quordle words are just ahead. How To Play Quordle For any newcomers joining us, here's how to play Quordle: Just start typing in words. You have four five-letter words to guess and nine attempts to find them all. The catch is that you play all four words simultaneously. If you get a letter in the right place for any of the four words, it will light up in green. If a word contains a letter from one of your guesses but it's in the wrong place, it will appear in yellow. You could always check out the practice games before taking on the daily puzzle. Here are some hints for today's Quordle game, followed by the answers: What Are Today's Quordle Hints? FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder What Are Today's Quordle Answers? Spoiler alert! Don't scroll any further down the page until you're ready to find out today's Quordle answers. This is your final warning! Today's words are... That's all there is to it for today's Quordle clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for hints and the solution for Monday's game if you need them. See you then! If you'd like to chat about Quordle and New York Times word games such as Wordle, Connections and Strands (and to hang out with a bunch of lovely people), join us over at Discord! Also, subscribe to my newsletter, Pastimes!
