Milan Kundera, Author of ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being,’ Dies at 94

Lindsey Horan scored a game-saving goal during a high-stakes U.S. versus Netherlands match in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

White sneakers are everywhere this summer and we love Meghan Markle’s fave, the popular Veja sneakers. Right now, there are tons of stylish options from Veja to shop at Nordstrom, Zappos and Gilt.

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is underway. The biggest international tournament in women's soccer is being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand this year. For the first time, 32 teams — eight more than the previous edition held in France — will face off for the coveted FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 trophy.The USA women's team won their first match on Friday, July 21 against the Vietnam soccer team.

She-Ra reboot — can draw his bustling life into a frame, one panel at a time.Filling the pages of candid, witty webcomic I’m Fine I’m Fine Just Understand with expressive line-drawn vignettes, or, say, early sketches for his award-winning science fantasy graphic novel Nimona, Stevenson, who is trans and married to fellow author/creative Molly Knox Ostertag, chronicles his own adventures in simply getting through the day.It’s a safe space, he writes, “to post little comics and updates about transition, mental health, career, and life in general.”“I just feel like comics is something that I kind of can’t not do,” Stevenson tells Metro Weekly, zooming in — before the current WGA and SAG strikes — to chat about Netflix’s new animated feature adaptation of Nimona, starring Riz Ahmed as interstellar knight Ballister Boldheart and Chloë Grace Moretz as the beloved, shape-shifting title character.Traveling the globe on behalf of the film, directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, Stevenson has recently devoted several amusing pages of I’m Fine I’m Fine to recounting his “adventures from the Nimona press tour.” The webcomic travelogue marks a full-circle moment for the artist and the character who helped lead him out of a self-described time of darkness.“I think the character specifically was at that particular time in my life,” Stevenson recalls. “I was 19 and in a very transitional period, as I think most young adults are at that age.

White sneakers are everywhere right now and we LOVE Meghan Markle’s fave, the popular Veja sneakers. Right now, there are tons of stylish options from Veja to shop at Zappos and Gilt this summer.  The line has become a celebrity favorite since Markle was snapped wearing the casual footwear during a royal visit to Australia with husband, Prince Harry, in 2018.

Sophia Scorziello editor Josephine Chaplin, actor and daughter of Charlie Chaplin, has died. She was 74. Chaplin died on July 13 in Paris, according to an announcement from her family. During her career, she starred in a number of foreign films. In 1972 she was featured in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s award-winning film “The Canterbury Tales” and Richard Balducci’s “L’odeur des fauves.” The same year, she also starred alongside Laurence Harvey in Menahem Golan’s 1972 drama “Escape to the Sun” about a group of people attempting to flee the Soviet Union. In 1974, Chaplin starred as Martine Leduc in Georges Franju’s European crime-thriller “Shadowman” alongside Gayle Hunnicutt and Jacques Champreux. The film follows the Man Without a Face, a criminal attempting to find the elusive treasures of the Knights Templar. Chaplin then reprised her role as Martine in the subsequent French mini-series “The Man Without a Face,” an extended eight-episode version of Franju’s film.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Amid deep concerns about the risks posed by artificial intelligence, the Biden administration has lined up commitments from seven tech companies — including OpenAI, Google and Meta — to abide by safety, security and trust principles in developing AI. Reps from seven “leading AI companies” — Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI — are scheduled to attend an event Friday at the White House to announce that the Biden-Harris administration has secured voluntary commitments from the companies to “help move toward safe, secure, and transparent development of AI technology,” according to the White House.

Hooking up with your step-mom in any form is obviously a big no-no. Still, when you’re step-mom wants to hook up with you, a teenage boy, well, I guess only French provocateur Catherine Breillat can be bold enough to pull off such a shocking tale which she seems to do in her new film, “Last Summer” (L’Été Dernier” in French; at least shocking to Americans, maybe it’s not as wild for the loose and free Europeans who think we are all Puritans).

Reese Witherspoon's gorgeous, casual style, her affordable clothing line, Draper James, has jsut kicked off its biggest sale of the year. Dubbed the 'Lucky You Event', this Draper James sale is taking up to 70% off dresses, shorts, swimsuits, jewelry and more summer wardrobe essentials.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Milan Kundera, whose novel “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” was turned into an Oscar-nominated film, has died at the age of 94. Kundera died Tuesday in Paris after a long illness, Jindra Pavelková, a representative of the Moravian Library, the Czech library housing his personal collection, told Variety Wednesday. “Milan Kundera was a writer who reached whole generations of readers across all continents and achieved global fame,” Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said. “He leaves behind not only notable fiction, but also significant essay work.” The 1988 film adaptation of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” was directed by Philip Kaufman and starred Daniel Day-Lewis and Juliette Binoche. Jean-Claude Carrière and Kaufman were Oscar nominated for adapted screenplay, and Sven Nykvist was Oscar nominated for cinematography.

Czech-born French writer Milan Kundera, author of the novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, has died aged 94, according to Czech media and sources close to the writer.

, , , : The Princess of Wales, or Kate Middleton, surprises us again and again with ways to embrace different hairstyles while still maintaining royal protocol. It’s why “Kate Middleton hairstyle” has become such a popular Google search term as a source of inspiration.

Le Creuset, the iconic cookware brand, is part of Amazon’s Prime Day sale, and many of the items are on sale today!

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Global Citizen Festival will return to Central Park Sept. 23 for another ticketed-but-free concert, with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ms. Lauryn Hill set as the day’s headliners. Megan Thee Stallion, Conan Gray and Stray Kids are also on the day’s bill.  As always, tickets to the show on the Great Lawn are free, but require fulfilling a task as part of the international advocacy organization Global Citizen’s initiative to raise awareness about hunger, poverty, climate change and inequities facing women around the world, among pressing related concerns. The broadcast component will be produced by Done and Dusted; broadcast partners have not yet been announced. The show is being presented by  by Citi and Cisco. 

Danielle Jonas is opening up about the struggles of having famous sisters-in-law.During a June 27 interview with the podcast, the former television personality — who is married to Kevin Jonas of the Jonas Brothers -- shared that she sometimes feels «less than» her sisters-in-law Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Sophie Turner. «I am so different than them,» Danielle admitted. «It's actually made it work even more because we're not trying to fight for the celebrity part of it or whatever, but it is a love-hate.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Florian Zeller, the Oscar-winning director and playwright of “The Father” and “The Son,” received the Medal of Honor, France’s highest decoration, at an intimate ceremony in Paris on Wednesday. The event, hosted in the gardens of the French authors and composers guild (SACD), gathered a flurry of talent and luminaries from the worlds of film, TV, theater and literature — reflecting the breadth of Zeller’s body of work. Zeller was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honor by France President Emmanuel Macron. Guests included Isabelle Huppert, Pierre Arditi, Catherine Frot and Elodie Navarre who have starred in Zeller’s plays; Christopher Hampton, with whom he shares a best adapted screenplay Oscar for “The Father;” “Simone” actor Elsa Zylberstein; Mediawan boss Pierre-Antoine Capton, with whom he launched the L.A.-based company Blue Morning Pictures; Victoria Bedos (“La famille Belier”); Orange Studio’s Kristina Zimmermann and Sebastien Cauchon, who distributed both “The Father” and “The Son” in France; French singer Julien Clerc; French director Anne Fontaine and producer Philippe Carcassonne; as well as Zeller’s wife, Marine Delterme, an actor who was recently signed by WME.

, who stepped out at the All England Club earlier this week.The couple looked loved-up as they took in the action on another busy day at SW19, which saw , golden girl of British tennis, sail through to the third round of the tournament. James Middleton, dapper in a linen suit and contrasting , put a protective arm around his wife, who leaned into his side.

James Middleton, the brother of the Princess of Wales, has announced that he and wife Alizée Thevenet are expecting their first child together. Sharing a snap of Alizée cradling her bump, as the couple's dog Mable appears rather excited about the coming arrival, James wrote: "We couldn’t be more excited … well Mable might be [red heart emoji] "It was a very difficult start to the year after losing my beloved Ella however we will end the year with the most precious little addition to our growing family [red heart emoji]" Congratulatory messages have already begun rolling in, with TV presenter Ben Fogle leading the way, with a simple "Congratulations" Another commenter added: "Huge congratulations to you both!!" while a third wrote: "Omg congratulations! I’m expecting too and the baby will be here at the end of the year as well.

Kate Middleton's younger brother is about to be a dad! James Middleton took to Instagram on Wednesday and shared that he and his wife, Alizee, are expecting a baby.«We couldn’t be more excited … well Mable might be ❤️,» the proud dog dad wrote in his caption. «It was a very difficult start to the year after losing my beloved Ella however we will end the year with the most precious little addition to our growing family ❤️.»Ella was James' Cocker Spaniel, who died in January. In the post, James posted two photos of Alizee and the couple's doggies as she shows off her baby bump. A post shared by James Middleton (@jmidy)The baby news comes nearly two years after Kate and Pippa Middleton's younger brother tied the knot in France.

Karim Ainouz film “Firebrand,” in which she stars as the 16th-century British queen Catherine Parr opposite Jude Law’s King Henry VIII. For Vikander, it marked a return to the Czech Republic, where she made her first international movie, 2012’s “A Royal Affair,” starring as another queen, Denmark’s controversial 16th-century monarch Caroline Matilda.In between those two royal dramas, Vikander has starred in movies that include “Anna Karenina,” “Ex Machina,” “Jason Bourne,” “The Green Knight” and “The Danish Girl,” for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.During her trip to Karlovy Vary, Vikander sat down with TheWrap for a discussion of “Firebrand,” the importance of depicting honest, unapologetic women onscreen and just how disgusting it was to smell the special perfume Jude Law commissioned to capture the scent of a dying Henry VIII.