F1 | Piastri beats Norris to pole position in thrilling Spanish GP Qualifying as McLaren lock out front row

Oscar Piastri has grabbed his fourth pole position of the season during Qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix, the championship leader beating McLaren team mate Lando Norris in the dying moments of the session.

After setting the pace across Q1 and Q2, Piastri lost out to Norris when the opening runs of Q3 took place, the Briton having snatched provisional pole. But it was advantage Piastri as the final flying laps came in, the Australian pumping in a 1m 11.546s to go 0.209s quicker than the other papaya car.  –read more–

CNN Style/Fashion | This ‘Sex and the City’ dress achieved cult status. But it has controversial origins

(CNN) — Remember when Carrie Bradshaw of “Sex and the City” wore a Christian Dior newspaper-print dress? Bradshaw, the fashion-forward sex columnist, played by Sarah Jessica Parker in the television series, defined late 1990s and early 2000s lifestyle aspirations for Gen X women when she and her three friends dominated the small screen from 1998 to 2004. (The television series and sequel aired on HBO and Max, respectively, which share the same parent company as CNN: Warner Bros. Discovery.)

Cut on the bias and featuring a newspaper print, the now iconic outfit designed by John Galliano became a piece of fashion legend, courtesy of a scene from season three, episode 17, which saw Bradshaw wearing it while walking in slow motion through the traffic-lined streets of Manhattan. In those brief on-screen moments, the dress — which was from Dior’s ready-to-wear autumn-winter 2000 “Fly Girl” collection — assured cult status.  –read more–

F1 | What tyres will the teams and drivers have for the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix?

Pirelli have confirmed the tyre selection for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, as Lando Norris tries to continue the momentum garnered from winning in Monaco last time out.

The last two races have seen the softest Pirelli compounds in use, but this weekend the Italian manufacturer has opted to give the teams the hardest tyres in their range – the C1 as the hard, the C2 as the medium and the C3 acting as the soft.  –read more–

Norris wins the Monaco Grand Prix 2025.

F1 | Norris takes victory over Leclerc and Piastri in gripping Monaco Grand Prix

Lando Norris expertly converted pole position into victory during Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix, leading home Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc and McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri at the end of an intriguing, strategic race, which saw Max Verstappen hold P1 until the penultimate lap on an alternate strategy.

Norris survived a massive lock-up at the first corner before working through Virtual Safety Car phases, spells of traffic and the mandated two-stop rule to score his second win of the season and slash Piastri’s championship lead.  –read more–-

Lando Norris winning the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix 2025.

F1 | Norris takes victory over Leclerc and Piastri in gripping Monaco Grand Prix

Lando Norris expertly converted pole position into victory during Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix, leading home Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc and McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri at the end of an intriguing, strategic race, which saw Max Verstappen hold P1 until the penultimate lap on an alternate strategy.

Norris survived a massive lock-up at the first corner before working through Virtual Safety Car phases, spells of traffic and the mandated two-stop rule to score his second win of the season and slash Piastri’s championship lead.–read more–

CNN Style/Fashion | She spent $2,600 on a designer bag from a trusted store. Was it a fake?

(CNN) — Many people will have experienced the excitement of receiving an online order, or that hit of dopamine that follows a new purchase. But what happens when you unbox the goods, only to find that it wasn’t what you were expecting? Worse yet, when it turns out that you spent a significant sum on a product that could potentially be counterfeit?

That was the dilemma Joan Kim had to contend with. In a TikTok video uploaded in December 2024 that has since amassed over 1 million views, the Los Angeles-based content creator shared her frustration at “being scammed” by US luxury department store-chain Saks Fifth Avenue. “It’s the holidays and I wanted to buy a gift,” Kim said, gesturing to an ivory-colored leather bag on her shoulder. Priced at $2,600, it was a tote by The Row, the discreet, logo-free luxury label founded by actresses-turned-designers Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.  –read more–

CNN) — The Cannes red carpet is officially in full swing, with stars flocking to the French Riviera for the annual Film Festival. Now in its 78th year, the event is a jewel in the calendar of both lofty cinephiles and polished fashionistas. Since last week, actors, directors, producers and influencers have been ascending the carpeted steps — not just to promote their latest feature film at the high temple of world cinema, but also to turn a look.

This year, the fashion stakes were upped before the festival even opened its doors — prompted by a change in the official dress code, announced just hours before kick-off. Nudity was explicitly banned (also prohibiting the current celebrity favorite ‘naked’ dress trend that has dominated the red carpet in recent years); as were “voluminous outfits” with large trains for the sake of traffic control. –read more–

F1 | What tyres will the teams and drivers have for the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix?

Formula 1’s triple header sequence continues this weekend as drivers and teams head to Monte Carlo for the Monaco Grand Prix – and Pirelli have confirmed the tyres that will be used at the famous venue.

The Italian company have again chosen the softest trio of compounds in their range to take on the classic, 19-turn circuit, naming the new C6 as the soft, the C5 as the medium and the C4 as the hard.–read more–

The usual suspects.

F1 | Verstappen storms to victory in thrilling Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix ahead of Norris and Piastri

Max Verstappen has surged to an impressive second victory of the season at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, the Dutchman having snatched P1 at the start before holding his position ahead of the McLaren pair in an eventful afternoon that featured Virtual Safety Car and full Safety Car phases.

The race got underway in exciting fashion as polesitter Oscar Piastri initially launched well off the line – only for Verstappen to make a stunning overtake through the Tamburello chicane, resulting in the World Champion going on to build a lead in the laps that followed. –read more–

F1 | Piastri beats Verstappen and Russell to pole in dramatic Imola Qualifying session

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri charged to pole position for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at the end of a dramatic, incident-filled Qualifying session in Imola, narrowly getting the better of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ George Russell.

Verstappen had led the way after the opening Q3 runs but Piastri turned the tables with his final lap to the chequered flag – a stunning effort of 1m 14.670s putting the championship leader three-hundredths up on his Dutch rival.  –read more–