• Judge Rejects Ronald Perelman’s $400 M. Insurance Claim Over Fire-Damaged Art

    A New York judge has ruled against billionaire investor and art collector Ronald O. Perelman in his bid to collect $400 million from insurers for five paintings he said were damaged in a 2018 fire at his East Hampton estate, according to the New York Times.Justice Joel M. Cohen of State Supreme Court in Manhattan found on Friday that there was “no visible damage” to the works—two by Andy Warhol, two by Ed Ruscha and one by Cy Twombly—and “nothing traceable to t
  • Drag Queen Alexis Stone Transformed into the Mona Lisa for Milan Fashion Show

    Elliot Joseph Rentz, a makeup artist and drag queen who goes by the stage name Alexis Stone, transformed into the Mona Lisa for the debut of Boss’s womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 collection in Milan earlier this week.Rentz, through his drag persona, is popular on TikTok and Instagram—where he has 890,000 and 1.3 million followers, respectively—for his elaborate and meticulous transformations into many of the world’s most recognizable celebrities, from a young Judy Garland

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