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SZA tops Grammy nominations in a year made for women and ‘Barbie’

SZA tops Grammy nominations in a year made for women and ‘Barbie’

VERSATILE recording artist SZA led this year's Grammy Award nominations with nine, coming in ahead of industry heavyweights Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Billie Eilish, in a year made for women artists and the movie blockbuster "Barbie." The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on February 4. The 34-year-old SZA, born Solána Imani Rowe, snagged nominations for album of the year with "SOS" and record of the year and song of the year for "Kill Bill," while being shortlisted in multiple genres including pop, melodic rap and both progressive and traditional R&B. The song "Kill Bill," also nominated…
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MET Gala 2021 presents: the dazzling and the bland

MET Gala 2021 presents: the dazzling and the bland

MPHO RANTAO AFTER a year break due to the covid-19 pandemic, the MET Gala, society’s most anticipated social fashion event of the year, returned to New York’s Metropolitan Museum with one of their most ambiguous themes yet - ‘In America: A Lexicon of Fashion Part 1’.  The 2021 edition of the gala evening was met with a mixture of haute dressed-to-the-nines; social-cultural movement themes; old Hollywood glamour. There were reimaginings of iconic American imagery, old Hollywood glamour and reimaginings of iconic American imagery like the Wild West.  There were also risque barely-there looks; underwhelming and absent faces with whom fans…
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