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Timothée Chalamet skipped the Met Gala on Monday to attend a New York Knicks playoff game at Madison Square Garden, according to multiple media reports. The actor’s choice continues a pattern from last year, when he stayed home to watch the Knicks face the Boston Celtics in Game 1 while Kylie Jenner attended the gala solo.

According to one media report, the 2026 Met Gala had the theme 'Costume Art – Motekunst' and was co-chaired by Venus Williams alongside Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, and Anna Wintour, while two sources, including Page Six, stated that Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez were lead sponsors and honorary co-chairs. The event attracted the Williams sisters, Zoë Kravitz, and other notable figures.

The New York Mets have fallen to a 10-21 record, the worst in Major League Baseball, while their playoff chances have plummeted from 87% to under 30%, according to multiple media reports.

Tech entrepreneur Ben Pasternak was arrested in New York City on Tuesday, March 31, according to multiple news reports.

Queen Camilla will replace a missing stuffed toy Roo from the Winnie-the-Pooh collection during her visit to New York, according to multiple reports. The original Roo was lost in the 1930s, and the new toy has been made by the same firm, Merrythought, that created the original set.

David and Victoria Beckham were jointly featured on the Time100 list and arrived at the gala through a loading bay, with Victoria wearing an off-white silk gown with a thigh-high split.

NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Chris Williams will answer prerecorded STEM questions from students while aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday, March 11. The Earth-to-space call will stream live on the agency’s Learn With NASA YouTube channel.

Jurgen Klopp, who left Liverpool in 2024 after nearly nine years, has stated he will never coach another team in England other than Liverpool. Currently head of global soccer for Red Bull since January 2025, Klopp said he does not miss coaching or press conferences.

Opening statements are set for Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein's New York rape retrial, concerning a charge involving a 2013 encounter in a Manhattan hotel. The 73-year-old prison inmate has pleaded not guilty and denies ever having nonconsensual sex.

Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer will host a daily World Cup chat show for Netflix from a studio in New York's Times Square, in a deal valued at around £14 million.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 had its London premiere events in late April 2026, with a photocall at the V&A South Kensington and an afterparty at the National Gallery, reports said. It releases on May 1, 2026, and according to reports, brings back original stars Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci.

Former President Barack Obama joined New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a childcare center on Saturday, reading to preschoolers and leading a sing-along in their first meeting.

The FIFA World Cup kicks off in 12 weeks, with the first match in Mexico on June 11 and the final at New York's MetLife Stadium on July 19, but accommodation and infrastructure challenges loom for the host region.

Author Rachel Reid and showrunner Jacob Tierney announced the return of the hit series 'Heated Rivalry' for a second season in April 2027 during their appearance at BookCon 2026 in New York.

A six-month-old girl was found unharmed in a stroller in Times Square on Tuesday night, prompting a police search for her father.

Harvey Weinstein's latest retrial begins in New York on Tuesday, with jury selection and opening statements focusing on a single rape charge involving hairstylist and actor Jessica Mann. The case marks another chapter in the legal saga that helped propel the #MeToo movement.

Administrative deficiencies were discovered in the Church of Sweden's operations in New York in 2024, according to an official source.

Errol Musk, father of billionaire Elon Musk, has claimed that financier Jeffrey Epstein is still alive and that his 2019 prison death was staged, during a primetime interview on Russian state television. The comments were made while Errol Musk is visiting Russia for research projects, sparking controversy amid his son's past critical remarks about him.

The Trump administration will resume flying a rainbow Pride flag on a federal flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City, reversing course two months after removing it.

A 75-year-old grandmother was beaten to the ground after asking a passer-by to clean up their dog mess in the Crown Heights area of New York. Linda Scott was pushed to the floor and struck with repeated blows and a kick to the head, suffering injuries that required hospital treatment.