Anika Reed

6 days ago | usatoday.com | Anika Reed |Melissa Ruggieri

Taylor Swift has regained control of her music catalog six years after a controversy surrounding her masters and retired music manager Scooter Braun. Braun, a high-profile industry veteran who has managed the careers of pop stars from Justin Bieber to Ariana Grande, is at the middle of the dispute that pushed Swift to rerecord four of her albums.

3 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Anika Reed

Robert De Niro hit the Cannes red carpet in a rare public appearance with partner Tiffany Chen, and he also used his time at the annual film festival to call out President Donald Trump. De Niro and Chen, who share 2-year-old daughter Gia Virginia, were spotted in the south of France on May 13 at the start of Cannes, where he received the Honorary Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) award, a lifetime achievement honor recognizing directors and actors who haven't won a Palme d'Or in competition.

1 month ago | desertsun.com | Anika Reed

NEW YORK – It's fashion's biggest night at the Met Gala. The annual event returned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, the first Monday in May. This year's Met ball, an invite-only event overflowing with A-list talent, celebrated the museum's Costume Institute and its spring exhibit, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. The exhibit – and the night's dress code, "Tailored for You" – highlighted Black dandyism and the midnight blue carpet was overflowing with Black excellence all night.

1 month ago | usatoday.com | Anika Reed

NEW YORK – It's fashion's biggest night at the Met Gala. The annual Met Gala returns for 2025 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the first Monday in May. This year's Met ball, an invite-only event overflowing with A-list talent, will help fund and correspond with the museum's Costume Institute and its spring exhibit, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. The exhibit – and the night's dress code, "Tailored for You" – will highlight Black dandyism.

1 month ago | usatoday.com | Anika Reed

NEW YORK – Screams erupted from Fifth Avenue: Sean "Diddy" Combs had arrived. At around 8 p.m. on the first Monday in May, Diddy ascended the famed steps of the Met Gala red carpet, draped in a black puffer cape atop a black motorcycle suit jacket embroidered with black pearls. The custom Sean Jean cape, adorned with black camellias, was a nod to fellow controversial fashion figure Karl Lagerfeld, to whom the year's event paid tribute.