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Perth Now
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Cate Blachett co-hosting Serpentine summer party 2025
Cate Blanchett is co-hosting the 25th Serpentine summer party. The 55-year-old actress is "honored to co-chair the Serpentine party" fundraising event on June 24, which sees key figures from the art, culture, fashion, architecture, business and technology worlds descend on Kensington Gardens on London to support the Serpentine art gallery. The attendees will be able to take in the new Serpentine Pavillion called 'A Capsule in Time', which was created by Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum, and Cate said it is "an inspirational opportunity" to be leading the proceedings. She is quoted by as saying: "Supporting our cultural institutions and their power to illuminate the world at large and our place within it is of paramount importance. "I'm honored to co-chair the Serpentine party and its summer festivities where so many creative forms - architecture, performance, music, science and digital narratives - intersect. "To come together around a pavilion created by Tabassum, whose socially driven work particularly in her home country of Bangladesh to meet the challenges faced by Rohingya refugees, is an inspirational opportunity." As well as being able to experience the Serpentine's summer programme, guests will be able to rub shoulders with rising London-based fashion designers as they show off their creations on their friends. Bettina Korek, the Serpentine's chief executive officer, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, the Serpentine's artistic director, said: "[We are] deeply grateful for the opportunity to celebrate our community and artistic program with a true creative icon. "We are looking forward to an unforgettable evening, where the elegance of a classic British garden party will meet the energy of a salon attended by global luminaries.'
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Anya Taylor-Joy reveals how she met her husband Malcolm McRae who makes her feel 'so lucky'
Anya Taylor-Joy met her husband in a music studio. The 28-year-old actress and her 30-year-old Malcolm McRae tied the knot in 2022, and now she has recalled the moment she first set eyes on the "absolute greatest" person. Appearing on 'The Drew Barrymore Show', she said: "I love him so much. Oh yeah, he's, I'm very, I'm so lucky. I'm so lucky. 'We met in a music studio ... We were born on the same day. So that was the first thing he ever said to me he was like, 'When's your birthday?' And I was like, 'April 16th,' he's like, 'I knew it.' I was like, 'Oh no, this is, yeah,' he's the absolute greatest.' The 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' star got some sage words of wisdom from her dad Dennis when it came to looking for Mr. Right, and it stuck with her up until she met Malcolm, who is a musician. She said: 'My dad once told me when I was a kid that you're not looking for another half to make you whole, that you are whole, and if you're lucky enough, you meet another whole, and then you become like a greater sum of your parts." The smitten couple's relationship is so strong, it has enabled her to grow as a person. The Golden Globe winner said: 'And I just feel like I am encouraged to grow in the most unexpected and beautiful ways because he provides a soil that's like really nutritious and safe and yeah, he's the best.' Anya and Malcolm got hitched in secret in New Orleans in 2022, and Anya's Dior wedding gown was embroidered with personal images telling the couple's story. Speaking to she said: "I wanted our love story to be embroidered on the dress. I didn't want to wear white, I don't know why, but there's so much embroidery. "You've got a little speed boat because my dad was a world powerboat champion when he was younger. And we've got things for my husband's family, coordinates - the whole story." She credits Dior's creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri with giving her plenty of help even though the dress might never be seen by the public. She added: "Maria was so sweet about it, just took the time and was so caring, and she knew that the dress wouldn't be seen. I've intentionally not released any pictures of my wedding. "So she did it just for love."
