Taylor Swift Gives Shoutout to Cara Delevingne After Surprise Role in “Patient Zero” Video

Taylor Swift Gives Shoutout to Cara Delevingne After Surprise Role in “Patient Zero” Video

Back in 2024, the Los Angeles Times called Taylor Swift “patient zero for emotional contagion,” which may have inspired her lyrics from this single off Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, out Sept. 25, 2026. But it turns out “Patient Zero”—which features Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell in the music video—is about Taylor bonding with a…

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You Might’ve Missed Taylor Swift Being Called Mrs. Kelce at VMAs 2026

You Might’ve Missed Taylor Swift Being Called Mrs. Kelce at VMAs 2026

Taylor Swift Dedicates Top Prize at MTV VMAs 2026 to “Ultimate Showgirl” Dolly Parton Photographers were calling Taylor Swift differently on the megaphone.  After the Grammy winner arrived at the 2026 MTV VMAs, sporting her freshly chopped hair and Tamara Ralph Haute Couture gown, she was delivered a sweet nothing referencing her husband Travis Kelce on the red carpet.  As Swift walked…

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Prada Heir Lorenzo Bertelli Has a Versace Problem

Prada Heir Lorenzo Bertelli Has a Versace Problem

Prada heir Lorenzo Bertelli is overseeing Versace’s turnaround as the group cuts stores and resets pricing. MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images Lorenzo Bertelli, the former rally driver expected to inherit the Prada empire, now faces a less glamorous assignment: making Versace profitable again. At 38, he oversees the Italian fashion house as executive chairman after…

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Observer’s 2026 October Art Fair Calendar (Updated)

Observer’s 2026 October Art Fair Calendar (Updated)

British artist Yinka Shonibare’s Wind Sculpture in Bronze (SG) at Frieze in London in 2024. Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images October is National Arts & Humanities Month, which launched thirty-plus years ago as National Arts Week to honor the twentieth anniversary of the National Endowment for the Arts. Yet perhaps not so ironically,…

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Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Ads Draw Bipartisan Criticism

Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Ads Draw Bipartisan Criticism

A screenshot of President Donald Trump’s 2023 ad for the 2024 presidential elections. —Screenshot from Donald Trump’s Truth Social account @realDonaldTrump “This is the final battle,” Donald Trump could be heard saying in one of the taxpayer-funded television ads that aired ahead of the November elections and elicited scrutiny across political parties for potential violations…

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Money Reveals What Kind of Friend You Are

Money Reveals What Kind of Friend You Are

Both sides can carry shame. The friend with less money may feel judged or inadequate. Meanwhile, many affluent people also carry a deep shame around wealth, feel undeserving of it, and hide their financial means. “I once worked with a woman set to inherit millions who felt she couldn’t accept it until she had proved…

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