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The Independent
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Independent
House Ethics Committee orders AOC to pay nearly $3,000 for Met Gala dress
The House Ethics Committee has directed US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to make additional payments concerning her 2021 Met Gala appearance. The committee's investigation revealed she did not fully adhere to Gift Rule regulations, having accepted free admission for her partner and underpaid for certain outfit items. Although Ocasio-Cortez had paid nearly $1,000 for her ′Tax the Rich′ gown and accessories, the panel assessed their fair market value at over $3,700. She has been advised to pay an extra $2,733.28 and contribute $250 to the Met's Costume Institute for her partner's meal. The committee found no evidence of intentional underpayment by Ocasio-Cortez, and her chief of staff confirmed she accepts the ruling and will settle the remaining amounts.
The Star
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Star
Stars and their watches: Celebrities' wrists sparkle and dazzle at the Met Gala
Making his Met Gala debut, a member of the K-pop group Seventeen, walked the red carpet wearing a Piaget Polo diamond watch. The Met Gala, an annual fundraising gala for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York City, celebrated the Costume Institute's new exhibition, 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style', this year. One of the biggest events in fashion, many of the world's most famous and influential came dressed in their luxurious best for a historic Met Gala that paid tribute to Black fashion and emerging designers for the first time. This was also a first in more than 20 years, for a menswear theme at the event that ignited a showcase of creativity and bold interpretation. Together, the stars from the fashion, entertainment, sports and business world raised a record of US$31mil for the Met's Costume Institute.
The Star
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Star
Justin Bieber unveils surprise 7th album just hours after teaser
Justin Bieber attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala on Sept. 13, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) Canadian superstar Justin Bieber released his seventh album, Swag , on Friday just hours after sharing a sneak peek of it on social media. Comprising 21 tracks totaling 54 minutes, the project marks the return of the 31-year-old singer more than three years after his last single, Honest , a duet with Don Toliver. His previous album, Justice , was released in 2021. Bieber has collaborated with US rappers Gunna, Lil B, and Cash Cobain, among others, on this seventh album. He posted a video on his Instagram account on Thursday showing the tracklist for Swag on a large screen in Times Square in New York City. Posters also appeared this week in Reykjavik, Iceland, where US media said Bieber finalized the album in April. Bieber's comeback follows a period marked by the singer's withdrawal from media. His fans, known as the "Beliebers", had been hoping for a new album for several months. In 2022, Bieber was forced to cancel the remainder of his world tour – 82 of 131 scheduled concerts – after revealing he suffered from Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a neurological disorder that partially paralyzed his face. The hashtag #SWAGOUTNOW was among the top global trends on X a few hours after the album's release, underscoring the excitement of his fans. Bieber rose to prominence in 2010 at just 15 years old with the global hit "Baby," becoming a teen pop star before turning to R&B. In August 2024, the singer and his wife Hailey Bieber announced the birth of their first child, Jack Blues. – AFP
Toronto Sun
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Sun
Justin Bieber teases his long-awaited seventh album, apparently called 'Swag'
Published Jul 10, 2025 • 2 minute read Justin Bieber attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala on Sept. 13, 2021, in New York. Photo by Evan Agostini / Invision Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Bieber is teasing his long-awaited seventh studio album — apparently called 'Swag' — with a series of billboards and social media posts Thursday. Billboards depicting Bieber were found by fans in Reykjavik, Iceland and Los Angeles with the word 'Swag.' The singer also shared images of billboards on his official Instagram account that appeared to depict a tracklist that includes song names like 'All I Can Take,' 'Walking Away,' 'Dadz Love' and 'Forgiveness.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account No details on when the album would drop were included. The Hollywood Reporter , which was first to report the album was nearing release, said it would arrive on streaming services Friday. Bieber, the two-time Grammy Award-winning singer and Canadian pop idol who revolutionized teen pop and social media fame, is best known for his silky R&B pop lyric tenor, demonstrated on the diamond-selling 'Baby,' 'Sorry,' and 'Stay' with the Kid Laroi. At the beginning of his career, and as a tween, Bieber began working with Usher and the influential music manager Scooter Braun. In 2023, Bieber sold the rights to his music — all six of his albums, including hits like 'Sorry' and 'Baby' — to Hipgnosis, a U.K-based music investment company. The deal's financial details were not disclosed, but Billboard Magazine reports that the sale was worth an estimated $200 million. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In August 2024, Bieber and his wife, the model Hailey Bieber (nee Baldwin), announced the birth of their first child, Jack Blues Bieber. Read More Love concerts, but can't make it to the venue? Stream live shows and events from your couch with VEEPS, a music-first streaming service now operating in Canada. Click here for an introductory offer of 30% off. Explore upcoming concerts and the extensive archive of past performances. Toronto & GTA Canada Toronto & GTA Toronto Blue Jays Crime
Toronto Sun
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Sun
SHOCK DIDDY SEX TRIAL VERDICT: Rap mogul 'owned' the kinky -- and won
Get the latest from Brad Hunter straight to your inbox In this May 4, 2015 file photo, Sean Diddy Combs is pictured with Cassie, one of the complainants in the case against pictured at at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating "China: Through the Looking Glass" in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) Hip hop impresario Sean 'Diddy' Combs may have skated on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, but still faces prison on prostitution convictions. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The 55-year-old was acquitted in a New York courtroom on Wednesday of sex trafficking that could have seen him sent to prison for life. But a prostitution conviction could still see him jailed for 10 years. In addition, the prostitution conviction and the lurid details that flowed from the eight-week trial have likely torpedoed his career. It took jurors three days of deliberations — which were reportedly contentious, at times — to reach their verdict. When the verdict was read, the man who was the ringmaster for days-long sex and drug fuelled orgies, clasped his hands together in a prayer motion. He hugged his lawyer, Teny Geragos. One legal analyst said the key to the courtroom win was that the billionaire 'owned' the bad facts of the case. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'This trial was a major gamble and Combs won that bet,' New York Law School Professor Anna Cominsky told the New York Post. 'Everything is stacked against the defendant going into a federal case, in particular one like this. His attorneys were smart and they owned the bad facts. They fought on the things that mattered, and it paid off.' Cominsky said that lawyers for the founder of Bad Boy Records admitted that Diddy had: Beat up girlfriends, engaged in eye-popping kinky sex, made porn and lived a swinger's lifestyle. But they argued the case was about domestic violence, not sex trafficking. One confusing aspect of the trial is that while Combs walked on the sex trafficking charges, he did go down in flames on prostitution, which consisted of him flying girlfriends and male sex workers around the U.S. to engage in sex. Those actions were a felony violation of the Mann Act. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. But the jury of eight men and four women acquitted Combs of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges, related to allegations that he used his money, power and frightening physical force to manipulate girlfriends into hundreds of drug-fuelled sex marathons. Recommended video His legal eagles argued the women were willing participants in the orgies and that his violent actions did not justify the heavyweight charges. After the verdict was read, Combs continued to pump his right fist subtly, seemingly satisfied that he was acquitted on the most serious charges. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian was weighing whether to grant Combs bail in the wake of the verdict. He adjourned the court while he considered whether to spring Diddy. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Combs has been locked up since he was arrested and charged last September. Diddy appeared buoyant arriving in the courtroom earlier Wednesday morning, a contrast to his mood a day earlier after he learned that the jury at his sex trafficking trial had reached a yet-to-be-disclosed verdict on all but one of the five charges. On Tuesday, Subramanian ordered the jury to continue its closed-door discussions for a third day after the panel of eight men and four women said it was unable to reach consensus on the top count: racketeering conspiracy. The judge agreed with prosecutors and Combs' defence team that less than 13 hours of deliberations was too soon to give up on reaching a verdict on all counts. In a note to the court late Tuesday, the jury said 'unpersuadable opinions on both sides' among some jurors had prevented the group from reaching a unanimous verdict on the racketeering conspiracy charge. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The disclosure of Tuesday's jury note about the partial verdict had seemed to put defence attorneys and their client in a dour mood even before it was read in open court by the judge. Eight defense lawyers formed a half-circle behind Combs as the smiles and lighthearted mood that accompanied the arrival of other jury notes over two days seemed absent. His attorneys contemplated the possibility that jurors had reached agreement on counts that carry the heaviest sentencing penalties. Combs appeared morose as his lawyers spoke with him. At one point, the hip-hop mogul solemnly read a piece of paper that attorney Marc Agnifilo handed to him. After the jury came in for instructions and then exited the room, a subdued Combs sat in his chair for a few minutes. As he stood to leave, he faced his relatives and supporters in the audience, blew a kiss and tapped his heart, as he frequently has done at the start and end of each day. Then he paused before his mother and exchanged a few words, telling her, 'Love you' and 'I'll be all right.' Marshals then led him from the room. — WITH FILES FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sports Money News MLB Relationships Editorial Cartoons
