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Metro
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Metro
Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner? Roger Federer predicts Wimbledon champion
Roger Federer has revealed who he thinks will win the Wimbledon 2025 men's singles final ahead of Carlos Alcaraz's clash with Jannik Sinner. Spanish world No.2 Alcaraz, 22, is arguably the bigger favourite for Sunday's showdown, clinching the trophy for the last two years in a row. But Italian world No.1 Sinner, 23, certainly cannot be discounted having played some of his best tennis at this year's Championships, with a dominant victory over Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals on Friday. Alcaraz is looking to land a sixth Grand Slam title and complete a Channel Slam for the second successive year after beating Sinner in the French Open final earlier this summer. Sinner, who faced a three-month ban earlier this year, has reached the Wimbledon final for the first time as he looks to get revenge for that epic five-set Roland-Garros battle and register his fourth major trophy. Swiss legend Federer, who holds the record for the most Wimbledon titles with eight triumphs at the All England Club, recently took part in a Rolex event in London – which featured a Q&A session with an audience. According to Women's Wear Daily, Federer was asked about who he thought would win the Wimbledon men's singles title and said that Alcaraz was 'slightly favoured' over Sinner. Federer doesn't seem to rate Sinner's chances, given he also told Sport Klub that he thought Djokovic would beat the Italian in the last four. Jamie Murray, meanwhile, speaking exclusively to Metro, also believes that Alcaraz will come out on top at this year's Championships. 'The longer Alcaraz goes in the tournament, the harder it becomes to beat him,' the British doubles specialist said. 'It doesn't feel like grass is Sinner's best surface… It'll be interesting to see how it plays out but I can't look past Alcaraz. 'He tends to turn up in the big matches. I don't see him getting to the final and laying an egg. His level and his ceiling is so high. 'Alcaraz is the man to beat. He's got more of an edge over Sinner than he'd have on a hard or clay court.' Meanwhile, Murray is adamant that Sinner was incredibly fortunate not to crash out in the last 16 to Grigor Dimitrov. More Trending Sinner was losing by two sets – but was handed a walkover win after his opponent was dramatically forced to retire from the match due to injury. 'He got very lucky, yeah,' Murray added. 'Two sets down and 2-2 in the third and the guy tears his pec muscle, which is a random injury to get. 'Sinner was struggling, not playing his best tennis, Dimitrov was playing well and was controlling the match. 'Sinner will be counting his lucky stars he's still in the tournament and has a chance to win Wimbledon.' MORE: How an unknown British player is helping Carlos Alcaraz's Wimbledon title bid MORE: Wimbledon prize money: How much will Iga Swiatek and Amanda Anisimova get? MORE: Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner? Novak Djokovic names 'favourite' to win Wimbledon final
Perth Now
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Hunter Doohan fears becoming the 'Tom Holland of Wednesday'
Hunter Doohan is worried about becoming "the Tom Holland of Wednesday". The 31-year-old actor - who played coffee shop barista Tyler Galpin in the first season of the Netflix show - referenced the Spider-Man star's habit of accidentally revealing Marvel spoilers during interviews, and admitted he can't wait for the second season of Wednesday to finally come out so he can stop panicking about letting something slip. Speaking to Women's Wear Daily, he quipped: "I don't want to be the Tom Holland of Wednesday. 'I feel like a jerk sometimes in these interviews, I'm like, 'I can't say that. I can't say anything.' ' Hunter did promise the new season will be "bigger and better" then its predecessor, which hit the streamer in 2023. Two years later, the actor revealed he's excited to embrace the supernatural elements of the show, as he had to play his character in a grounded way before he was revealed to be the monstrous Hyde. Speaking about season two, he said: 'It was really fun to be in the Tim Burton world a bit more because I'm not pretending to be the nice boyfriend barista. 'So this time I really felt like from the start I was living in the heightened genre of the world the whole time.' As well as Wednesday, Hunter has been seen in series like Your Honor and Daredevil: Born Again, while he also appeared in episodes of Westworld, What/If and Schooled. Next year, after a string of short film roles, he'll make his major big screen debut in Evil Dead Burns. Hunter admitted despite a love for acting on screen, growing up in Fort Smith, Arkansas meant chasing his dream didn't feel "realistic". He explained: 'I never saw film and TV as an option growing up there, even though I loved it. "It just truly never even crossed my mind as something I could even try to pursue, whereas theater felt realistic. 'We had our high school theater and our community theater.'
Metro
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Metro
Alcaraz, Sinner or Djokovic? Roger Federer predicts Wimbledon champion
Roger Federer has named who thinks will win Wimbledon 2025 as the likes of Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic fight it out. Spanish superstar Alcaraz, 22, arguably remains the biggest favourite, having clinched the men's singles trophy for the last two years in a row. Sinner, 23, is also among the main contenders with the world No.1 and top seed playing some of his best tennis at this year's Championships. Djokovic, 38, a 24-time Grand Slam winner, cannot be discounted either given his experience and history of success at the All England Club. Swiss tennis legend Federer is adamant that one of those three men will land the title – and has revealed his 'slight favourite' to come out on top. Federer took part in a Rolex event in London on Friday which featured a Q&A session with an audience. According to Women's Wear Daily, Federer was asked about who he thought would win the Wimbledon men's singles title and said that Alcaraz was 'slightly favoured' over Sinner and Djokovic. Meanwhile, in the women's singles, Federer believes either Aryna Sabalenka – the world No.1 – or defending champion Barbora Krejčíková will come out on top. Alcaraz booked his spot in the fourth round on Friday with a 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4 victory over unseeded German opponent Jan-Lennard Struff. Sinner joined him in the last 16 on Saturday with a 6-1 6-3 6-1 win over Spanish world No.52 Pedro Martinez while Djokovic plays his third-round match against fellow Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic later today. Speaking after his win over Struff, Alcaraz fired a warning to his Wimbledon title rivals. Quizzed about winning 21 matches in a row and if he was playing the best tennis of his career, Alcaraz said: 'Yeah, I think so. 'It wasn't the best tennis the whole 21 matches that I've won. But I think I've kept myself really, really calm in the tough moments in those 21 matches that I won in a row. 'I think I've played really good tennis lately. I'm really high on confidence right now. I'm really happy. During those matches I've saved myself in some really difficult moments.' Djokovic, speaking after his second-round win over British star Dan Evans, said: 'If I play like today, I feel like I have a very good chance against anybody, really, on the Centre Court of Wimbledon, a place where I maybe feel the most comfortable on any court. More Trending 'Rod Laver Arena and Wimbledon Centre Court are the two courts where I've done so well throughout my career. I felt great physically, mentally sharp. 'Game-wise, I'm playing as well as I can, really, on grass. So hopefully I can keep it up. I met Gael Monfils in the locker room. He was waiting for his match. He kind of smiled at me and said, 'Good day in the office' – at this age, he said, We need those types of days. 'Of course, it's great. You want to keep on playing this way. It can be only one day, one match. Tomorrow or in two days can be a different story. I don't know. 'I'm trying to be cautious and keep it going. But yeah, aspirations and objectives are very high to go all the way.' MORE: Novak Djokovic's former coach names his 'favourite' to win Wimbledon MORE: Wimbledon respond to Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper complaints over key change MORE: I coach a Russian Wimbledon title hopeful playing today – here's what she's really like
New York Post
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
What it was really like to work for Anna Wintour at Vogue
On Thursday, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour sent shock waves through the media world when the style icon announced that she was stepping away from the role after more than three decades running the fashion bible – with an iron fist. 'Power for her was what it was all about. Power's Anna's aphrodisiac,' a magazine staffer told author Jerry Oppenheimer for his 2005 book 'Front Row: Anna Wintour,' a tell-all on what it was like being in Wintour's orbit. Winter, 73, famously inspired Meryl Streep's ice queen lead in the 'Devil Wears Prada,' and those who've worked with her say the portrayal was accurate. In 'Anna: The Biography,' author Amy Odell writes of Wintour requiring her three assistants to do everything from handling her pets to organizing her clothes. Advertisement 17 On Thursday, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour sent shock waves through the media world when she announced that she was stepping away from the role after more than three decades running the fashion bible. GC Images One former editor who worked under Wintour recalled the expectation that she would be in heels, not flats, when the boss was on the floor. She also remembered that it was understood that Wintour only let the prettiest assistants work the Met Gala. Advertisement Merle Ginsberg, a longtime fashion writer and former editor for Women's Wear Daily, W Magazine and Harper's Bazaar, among others, recalled first meeting Wintour during an interview for a senior editor job at Vogue back in the 90s, when she was working at W. A friend at Vogue had helped get her the interview, and gave Ginsberg strict advice on what to wear, telling her she should don 'a matching dress and coat – with no stockings, Anna hates stockings – and Manolos.' 17 Winter, 73, famously inspired Meryl Streep's lead in the 'Devil Wears Prada,' and those who've worked with her say the portrayal was accurate. In 'Anna: The Biography,' author Amy Odell writes of Wintour requiring her three assistants to do everything from handling her pets to organizing her clothes. The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images 17 Merle Ginsberg, a longtime fashion writer and former editor for Women's Wear Daily, W Magazine and Harper's Bazaar, recalled first meeting Anna Wintour during an interview for a senior editor job at Vogue back in the 90s: [I] was really shaking when I went up there. I recall her desk was far away from where I was sitting – like 'Devil Wears Prada.'' NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Advertisement 17 A friend at Vogue had helped get her the interview, and gave Ginsberg strict advice on what to wear, telling her she should don 'a matching dress and coat – with no stockings, Anna hates stockings – and Manolos.' Getty Images Ginsbreg followed her instructions, but the interview didn't go well. '[I] was really shaking when I went up there. I recall her desk was far away from where I was sitting – like 'Devil Wears Prada.' First question: 'Why should I hire you if Patrick McCarthy at W will hate Me?'' Ginsberg recalled. 'She never looked me in the eye.' Then, Wintour asked her to pitch some stories. Ginsberg started to offer up ideas, but they weren't received well. Advertisement 'She stopped me [and said], 'Vogue is a supermarket magazine, these ideas are far too exalted,' Ginsberg said. Not surprisingly, she didn't get the job, and, she said, Wintour told her then-boss McCarthy that she'd applied. '[I] could not believe that,' Ginsburg added. 17 A former staffer at Lucky magazine, which shuttered in 2015, recalled at time after a meeting when Wintour walked off and forgot to take her wallet. 'Someone yelled out that she had left it,' the source told The Post. 'Anna stopped and held her hand out behind her without turning around. One of my coworkers ran to put it in her hand, and Anna just kept walking.' Christopher Peterson / 17 From left, Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace, Wintour, Karl Lagerfeld and French fashion designer Christian Lacroix during Fall Fashion Week in September 1990 at the Paramount Hotel. Getty Images 17 'She stopped me [and said], 'Vogue is a supermarket magazine, these ideas are far too exalted,' Ginsberg recalled of Wintour's reply to her fashion pitches during a meeting. Here, the ice queen editor is pictured with late designer Karl Lagerfeld. Stephen Lovekin A former staffer at Lucky magazine, which shuttered in 2015, recalled an entirely different but similarly cold interaction with Wintour. After a meeting at Lucky, Wintour walked off, forgetting to take her wallet. 'Someone yelled out that she had left it,' the source told The Post. 'Anna stopped and held her hand out behind her without turning around. One of my coworkers ran to put it in her hand, and Anna just kept walking,' Advertisement Over the years, a lore developed around Wintour and her peculiarities. She reportedly has a hairdresser come to her home to blow out her perfect bob every morning at 6 a.m. She has a penchant for leaving her sunglasses on. She hates the color black and loves fellow Brits, such as good friend Sienna Miller and restaurateur Keith McNally. 17 One former editor who worked under Wintour recalled the expectation that she would be in heels, not flats, when the boss was on the floor. Getty Images 17 Over the years, a lore developed around Wintour and her peculiarities. She reportedly has a hairdresser come to her home to blow out her perfect bob every morning at 6 a.m. She has a penchant for leaving her sunglasses on. She hates the color black and loves fellow Brits, such as good friend Sienna Miller and restaurateur Keith The Met Museum/Vogue In Oppenheimer's 'Front Row,' Laurie Schechter — who started as Wintour's assistant at Vogue and became style editor — describes her former boss as 'very mercurial,' noting 'She's a lot like fashion — short skirts this season, long skirts next. She can be a bit like that with people, too.' Advertisement Schechter claims she lost out on some top magazine jobs because of Wintour's advice. 'Anna knew about my capabilities, and if you're a potential threat to her, competition to her, she's not going to help you do a better job at competing with her,' Schecter, who eventually left Conde Nast, told Oppenheimer in his book. The author also writes of Wintour's 'horrific treatment' of creative staff fashion editors Liz Tilberis and Grace Coddington. during her time as the Editor-in-Chief at British Vogue. 17 In Oppenheimer's 'Front Row,' Laurie Schechter — who started as Wintour's assistant at Vogue and became style editor — describes her former boss as 'very mercurial,' noting: 'She's a lot like fashion — short skirts this season, long skirts next. She can be a bit like that with people, too.' Dylan Travis/AbacaPress / Advertisement '[They] believed Anna was out to get them,' Oppenheimer writes in his book. 'Anna constantly demanded that Coddington take reshoots, sometimes three times before Anna signed off. When Coddington was forced to turn in a Polaroid to Anna before the actual shoot took place, Anna would only brusquely respond, 'Like it,' or 'don't like it.' And if the latter, everything had to be reshot.' While Coddington had decades of experience, Oppenheimer notes that Wintour treated her 'like a lowly intern and even scolded her if she was at lunch and a few minutes late returning to the office.' Wintour has a taste for blood — not just when it comes to office politics. In a viral TikTok video, celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian described how she would come into the Lambs Club for lunch every day and have a cappuccino; a 'very rare,' heavily salted hamburger patty, sans bun; and a small pot of ultra-buttery Robuchon mashed potatoes. Advertisement 17 Wintour inspired Meryl Streep's character (center) in the book and film 'The Devil Wears Prada,' which also starred Anne Hathaway (left) and Emily Blunt (right) as her hard working fashion assistants. 17 Wintour counts actress Sienna Miller as one of her dear friends. Here, the duo appear at the opening night of the play 'Straight Line Crazy' at The Shed in 2022. Getty Images 17 Wintour has long been a front row fixture of Fashion Week alongside high profile stars like Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner, seen here. 17 Wintour has been the editor-in-chief at Vogue for more than three decades. Here, Hailey Bieber is photogrphed on the magazine's Summer 2025 issue. 'She would obliterate the entire thing in 15 minutes,' Zakarian says in the post. Other restaurant folk have less fond recollections of her. In his book 'Your Table Is Ready,' Michael Cecchi-Azzolina, the former maître d' at a number of top NYC restaurants, writes that Wintour was 'absolutely horrid,' and would 'march in with no reservation and demand a table,' at Raoul's in Soho. She would then order a steak 'very rare' and requested it be served immediately. 'God forbid it was the least bit overcooked. She'd look at the server as though he'd just served her rat and have it sent back and redone,' he writes. 'You'd think the raw meat would make her less sanguine.' In 2022, he recalled to The Post that Wintour once showed up a Raoul's and insisted on sitting in the back room, even though they were closing that section for the night. 17 For those who could deal with Wintour's demands, the rewards could be great. 'I knew a few of her assistants. I have to say, she gave them all promotions if they worked hard,' Ginsberg said. Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions 'We had to keep a waiter there and give her her own waiter. Boy, was that waitress pissed,' Cecchi-Azzolinat said. 'Boy, was that waitress pissed.' The Post has reached out to Wintour and Conde Nast for comment. For those who could deal with Anna's demands, the rewards could be great. 'I knew a few of her assistants. I have to say, she gave them all promotions if they worked hard,' Ginsberg said. While Wintour is shifting her focus, she's in no way retiring. She will remain on as Conde Nast's global chief content officer and Vogue's global editorial director. The magazine will hire a head of editorial content who will report to her. 17 While Wintour is shifting her focus, she's in no way retiring. She will remain on as Conde Nast's global chief content officer and Vogue's global editorial director. The magazine will hire a head of editorial content who will report to her. Here, she's pictured with her daughter, Bee Shaffer (left). WireImage 17 'She earned every bit of her success and I suspect as the overall Conde content director she will never fully cede her dominion over Vogue,' Tina Brown, the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and The Daily Beast, told The Post. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Tina Brown, the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and The Daily Beast, told The Post that she anticipates Wintour will be quite involved in Vogue's pages. 'Being queen of the glamosphere never stopped Anna working harder than anyone I know,' she said. 'She earned every bit of her success and I suspect as the overall Conde content director she will never fully cede her dominion over Vogue.'
The Age
26-06-2025
- Business
- The Age
Free flights to Milan; your own butler: The perks of being a Very Important Customer
Forget about doll-sized face-cream samples when you're next offered a 'gift with purchase'. Spend enough and you'll get invited to King Charles' private estate or the French Riviera to party at Pablo Picasso's mansion with the world's beautiful people. Sold! Welcome to the world of the VICs, the term giant, global, luxury brands use for their Very Important Customers. Women's Wear Daily describes VICs as customers who spend at least $US1 million a year in total. As Australia's rich get richer, we have more VICs than ever. 'It's easy to get hooked,' says Singapore-based expat and Sydney publicity queen Roxy Jacenko. 'Some people buy art to put on their walls; I buy handbags.' She now owns 28 Hermès Birkin bags. 'I sat near Kris Jenner at the Hermès Paris show. Afterwards, I got a selfie, then walked straight to the boutique on Rue [du Faubourg] Saint-Honoré and bought a 35-inch, crocodile-skin Birkin for $70,000. That's smart business for Hermès.' Loading Australia's VICs are not all familiar names. Sydney's Christie Arnaout, wife of panel beater-turned-billionaire property mogul Sam Arnaout, now sits front row at Hermès' Parisian fashion shows cradling her Birkin. Melbourne's Jaimee Belle Kennedy, wife of jewellery scion James Kennedy, is a VIC guest at Dolce & Gabbana's extravagant Alta Moda events and has mingled in Sardinia with Princess Diana's niece, Lady Kitty Spencer, as they ogled $200,000 frocks. Louis Vuitton recently flew half a dozen Australian VICs to Mallorca to be dazzled by sparkling pieces from its high-jewellery collection temporarily housed in the ancient La Fortaleza and Castell de Bellver. The guests browsed – and bought – the jewels in specially built suites replete with chilled Krug and a personal butler. With prices running into the millions, security was on par with that at Fort Knox. Online luxury retailer Mytheresa recently treated VICs to flights to Milan to see the ballet at La Scala as well as a private tour of the city's Cenacolo Vinciano museum to view one of the world's most famous paintings, Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, up close. And, at the time you're reading this, Burberry is taking VICs on a trip to Highgrove, King Charles' private home and gardens in the UK's Gloucestershire, to mark the launch of a collaboration. 'While there's no such thing as a free lunch, these are magical brand immersions,' says Sydney VIC, socialite, philanthropist and businesswoman Kate Champion. She partied at Picasso's home, Pavillon de Flore in Cannes' La Californie quarter, when YSL took her to the film festival last year. 'I'm pretty sure the brand's getting a solid return on its investment,' she says.
