This podcast episode is part of the Billboard editorial staff’s Greatest Pop Stars of 2025 list. Find our accompanying Tyler essay here, and all the rest of our essays and podcasts related to the list here.
Ballet, Circus, Film And Jazz
Ballet Icons, 2025
Jack Devant
This winter, London offers plenty of respite from its typical short, dull days, with a dazzling array of cultural experiences from a variety of music at an exciting new jazz venue to breathtaking acrobatic…
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These 2026 fashion trends use old styles to create new looks
With a new year, there is both the start of new fashion trends and the return of old ones. For anyone who is on social media, there has already been a push for a return to 2016, but in 2026 there is more than just a return to mom…
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The Museum of Romantic Life Will Reopen this Valentine’s Day In Paris With a Brand-New Exhibition
More into art and literature than romcoms and chocolate boxes? Why not do something a bit more interesting (but still on theme) this February 14 and take a trip to Paris?
Okay, going to Paris on Valentine’s Day is hardly an original idea –…
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Saul Nash Men’s Fall 2026 Ready-to-Wear Runway, Fashion Show & Collection Review
What’s the purpose of fashion if not that of projecting onto ourselves the identity we want the world to see, either through disguise or blending in?
In an interesting reflection on clothing as tools of self-expression,…
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Kao Group hosts limited-time pop-up in Japan to showcase make-up brand Kate
Japanese beauty giant Kao Group is hosting a limited-time pop-up with make-up brand Kate in the Shinsaibashi district of Osaka, Japan.
The ‘Kao Wow’ event will initially feature the Japanese…
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The Strad News – Winners announced for 2026 Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition
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The final round of the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition took place on 18 January at the Keith C. & Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center in Boca Raton, FL, US. Finalists were accompanied by…
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‘I love that there’s this big gay thing in the middle of Scotland’: Ian McKellen and Graham Norton join Alan Cumming for Out in the Hills | Pitlochry Festival theatre
Sir Ian McKellen is on stage blowing up a red balloon. For a man of 86, he has impressive lung capacity. He lets it go and watches it take a satisfyingly theatrical trajectory, rising to a height, then plummeting. “Free the spirit,” he says,…
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where Japan meets Provence with elegance
The Côte d’Azur’s new contemporary Japanese restaurant lives up to its promise and is well worth the trip from Monaco.
In Nice’s bustling gastronomic scene, the opening of Zenirō marks a turning…