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On his brand Instagram account, Alexander Wang is offering Wangovers to tourists and locals he meets in the South Street Seaport neighborhood where he’s headquartered. It’s compulsively watchable content, not least of all because the people who agree to his proposals aren’t typical Wang customers. He’s made over a Bronx granny and a Westchester mom and a Connecticut construction worker with hair, makeup, and a new wardrobe—the works—and when he’s done with them you can just about believe that any one of them is making it past the bouncer and into the club.Wang’s press materials outline his new resort collection’s…

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterNov 20, 2024, 09:42 AM ETCloseCollege football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — About two hours before kickoff against Michigan, Indiana fans lined The Walk, a path from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall to Memorial Stadium that the team traverses before games. Two fans standing near the start of The Walk wore T-shirts that read “Google Me” on the front and “Football School” on the back.The areas south of the stadium were filled and festive, which was nothing new. Indiana has had a good tailgating scene before games. Getting those fans inside…

Add ByteDance to the list of companies that are envisioning AI avatars as the future of creator-fan interactions. Douyin — ByteDance’s Chinese counterpart to TikTok — has launched an initiative called the V Project, which includes a robust feature set dedicated to the development of AI-generated creator lookalikes. Creators who develop AI chatbots via V will be able to outsource fan interactions to those avatars. AIBase noted that the chatbots will be able to interface with fans 24/7 while also participating in group chats, live streams, and comment conversations. The avatars are developed via Doubao, a large language model under the ByteDance umbrella. The avatars created through…

Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Joy Oladokun are among the winners of the inaugural PLUS1 Impact Awards, presented by Wasserman Music. The awards honor leaders and innovators in the music industry who are driving positive social change through their commitment to philanthropy, community engagement and environmental action. “We are thrilled to celebrate these incredible leaders,” Marika Anthony-Shaw, PLUS1’s founder/CEO, said in a statement. “Their dedication to using their platforms and influence for good sets a powerful example for our industry and our world.” The awards underscore PLUS1’s ongoing mission to amplify the power of music and the entertainment industry to…

Even though they’re only six years apart, Miley Cyrus says the generational age gap between her and boyfriend Maxx Morando is huge. “He grew up with a laptop [and] I had a desktop computer that I shared with my brothers and sisters,” the “Hannah Montana” alum, who turns 32 on Nov. 23, told Harpers Bazaar in an interview published Wednesday. “Honestly, he’s raised our dog off Reddit,” she shared. “I’m like, ‘Are you sure we’re supposed to be doing this?’ And he’s like, ‘On Reddit it says blah, blah, blah.’” Miley Cyrus, seen here in 2021, shed light on her romance with boyfriend…

Simone Biles Calls Out Paris Club for Attempting to Charge Her $26,000 for Champagne After OlympicsSimone Biles is going for gold with her new look. The Olympic gymnast debuted a sleek new bob haircut in an Instagram Stories post Nov. 19, showing off her new chin-length hairdo as she posed for a selfie an oversized black jersey with silver knee-high boots. The following day, Simone posted another pic on her Instagram Story, pursing her lips alongside a friend as she flaunted her fresh cut once again, this time in a brown T-shirt and light-wash jeans. She completed her look with…

Tom Green is ready for his closeup. FilmMagic for HBO Comic Tom Green — who had a hit show on MTV in 1999, and a whirlwind marriage to Drew Barrymore — is making a full-blown comeback with a number of upcoming projects and a country music album. A source tells us that Green will drop a documentary, a comedy special and a four-part docuseries — all within days of each other this January, exclusively on Amazon. Green, who became famous with an outrageous MTV show, has four projects coming out on Amazon. ©DreamWorks/Courtesy Everett Collection Green’s MTV show was a pop…

Lawyers for Anna Delvey have sent a cease-and-desist letter to Walmart after clothing with her name on it appeared on the big box’s site. Stephen Yang If there’s one thing Anna Delvey hates, it’s a fake! Delvey has sent a cease-and-desist to Walmart, Page Six hears, after the big box began selling T-shirts and sweaters with her name and image on them — because it turns out that she trademarked her criminal alias just before she left prison. Delvey’s real name is Anna Sorokin, and she famously went to the slammer for posing as a “fake heiress” to scam businesses…

Music films and documentaries are sprinkled among the nominees for AARP’s 24th annual Movies for Grownups Awards, which was established to encourage films and TV shows that resonate with older viewers. A Complete Unknown, the upcoming James Mangold film about Bob Dylan in the 1960s starring Timothée Chalamet, is nominated for best picture/best movie for grownups. It is competing with Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Gladiator II and September 5. (The latter concerns a hostage crisis at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.) Documentaries about Celine Dion and Luther Vandross are among the nominees for best documentary. I Am: Celine Dion, directed by…

19 Credit: Michael Mattes/Shutterstock, Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock, Faye’s Vision/Cover Images Kyle Richards‘ relationship with Morgan Wade was a hot topic on Wednesday night’s premiere of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, with the mother of four admitting that speculation surrounding their friendship led her to question her sexuality. Following the episode, which saw Kyle, 55, opening up to her castmates, including Garcelle Beauvais, 57, a number of the women shared their thoughts on Kyle and Morgan, 29. Garcelle questioned Kyle’s behavior amid the romance rumors, and Sutton Stracke, 53, accused Kyle of trying to hook up with Kevin Costner, 69. “[Kyle]…