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- The 2025 Met Gala takes place on Monday. The theme is “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.” The Met’s museum display will draw inspiration from Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. Pharrell Williams, A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, and Anna Wintour are the chairs, and LeBron James will be the honorary chairperson. The host committee includes Simone Biles and husband Jonathan Owens, Angel Reese, Sha’Carri Richardson, Spike Lee, Regina King, Ayo Edebiri, Audra McDonald, Jeremy Pope, Doechii, Usher, Tyla, Janelle Monáe, André 3000, and more. You’ll be able to stream the arrivals on Vogue.com, YouTube, or E! Monday starting at 6:00 pm ET.
- Sovereignty won Saturday’s 151st Kentucky Derby. Olympic medalist Simone Biles was at Churchill Downs to give the “riders up” call for the jockeys. Nearly 150,000 spectators watched 19 horses hit a muddy track as horses Citizen Bull and Neoequos started with a strong lead, with American Promise and East Avenue joining them in the back stretch. Sovereignty and odds-on favorite Journalist then took the lead during the final turn, with Sovereignty pulling ahead at the final sixteenth of the mile, winning the Derby by a length and a half. Sovereignty entered the race with 9-1 odds. The next leg of the Triple Crown comes within two weeks at the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, followed by June 7th’s Belmont Stakes in Saratoga, New York.
- On Wednesday, May 7th, TSA will begin utilizing REAL IDs as the minimum security identification at airport checkpoints. The REAL ID Act of 2005 set the standard, but officials kept pushing back the start date. A REAL ID is identified as a state-issued ID with a special gold star at the top. If you don’t have a REAL ID yet, you can still use a passport to get through TSA security. If you have neither, your travel will be severely hampered.
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