Have you ever been invited to a party and forced to cough up a fortune? Because that’s exactly what you’d have to do if you wanted to go to the Met Gala.

The Met Gala sees some of Hollywood’s greats don the great carpet well suited and booted. After all, it is fashion’s biggest night in the calendar.

The event is all to do with raising funds for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in Manhattan, New York, after making its debut back in 1948 as a fundraiser for the nascent Costume Institute.

Driving the initiative was fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert, followed by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour who took over the reigns as lead chairperson of the Gala event since 1995.

Diana Ross at the 2025 Met Gala (Kevin Mazur/MG25/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

Wintour oversees the benefit committee and the guest list, as well as choosing who will co-host the glamorous event with her.

This year, singer and actor Teyana Taylor, actor and producer La La Anthony, and actor and comedian Ego Nwodim, are co-hosting alongside her while the famous faces taking to the carpet have been tasked with meeting the brief of ‘Black dandyism.’

The theme follows with the Costume Institute’s ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ exhibition from May 10 to October 26 and has been picked to examine the ‘importance of clothing and style to the formation of Black identities in the Atlantic diaspora,’ according to Vogue.

It is also the first exhibition since 2003’s ‘Men in Skirts’ that focuses on menswear, though the dress code invites attendees to make it ‘Tailored for You,’ focusing on a variety of tailored suiting styles and menswear with ample wiggle room for interpretation.

Whoopi Goldberg (Mike Coppola/MG25/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

Yet while it cost just $50 a ticket back in the day, it sure does cost a pretty penny for celebs hoping and praying for an invite.

Fast forward to 2025 and they’re looking at coughing up 1,500 times more than that – at an eye-watering $75,000 a ticket.

That’s per person, by the way.

For those looking for the most lavish Gala experience, tables start from $350,000, according to CBS News.

However, that’s not to say celebs will be footing the bill for the star-studded evening as couture powerhouses that sell high-end fashion are known to buy the tables and invite their A-listers along – providing they wear one of their designs while strutting the famous red carpet.

Barry Keoghan at the Met Gala this year (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

This year also poses the first Met exhibit to be devoted exclusively to Black designers, the news outlet adds.

Speaking to The Associated Press, music artist Janelle Monáe said: “I I think honoring minorities, honoring Black and brown people in these spaces and outside every day, is important.

“The ones who have dedicated their lives to this country to serve, build and give us art to sustain us for a lifetime.

“We should continue to honor them and push forward and stand on their shoulders.”

A former White House official has estimated that there are around 170 underground bunkers dotted in and around the US.

Catherine Fitts is the former United States Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing. She recently sat down with Tucker Carlson for an interview for The Tucker Carlson Show.

In the episode that’s nearly two hours long, the pair discussed a series of different topics. From inflation and the housing crisis, to global money laundering and the prospect of us approaching extinction, no stone went unturned.

Another thing they touched upon is money that’s allegedly ‘missing’ from government spending. Between 1997 and 2015, Fitts says that there were ’21 trillion [dollars] of undocumentable adjustments in the US government’.

With this huge figure of allegedly missing money in mind, Fitts did some deep diving into government financials.

Catherine Fitts recently sat down with Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson/YouTube)

“One thing I’ve looked at is the underground base, city infrastructure and transportation system that’s been built,” she said.

“I’m sorry?” Tucker replied to Fitts’ bombshell revelation.

“We have built an extraordinary number of underground basis and, supposedly, transportation systems,” Fitts replied. “Some of these are documented as part of the national security infrastructure. I think there are many more.”

She continued to say that she thinks these bunkers are dotted around in and around the US.

Between 2021 and 2023, Fitts recruited someone to help her go through data and all the allegations about underground bases.

From their research, they estimated that there are 170 underground bases in the US and under the ocean surrounding the country with a transportation network connecting them.

Tucker went on to say that he doesn’t think it’s ‘a good sign’ that so many of these bunkers are supposedly being built.

Fitts actually suggested the bases would be in a ‘near-extinction event’ or if the government were to carry out any ‘secret’ projects.

“For example, if you’re doing a secret space program, you need to platform it from things that can’t be seen,” she said. “But I think if you’re worried about a near extinction event, you know.”

Fitts’ comments about the $21 trillion of unauthorized government spending in the departments of Defense and Housing and Urban Development are believe to stem from a 2017 report by Michigan State University economist Mark Skidmore, on which he collaborated with Fitts.

It’s been reported that there’s $21 trillion worth of government funds that are unaccounted for (Getty Stock)

A news release issued at the time said: “Skidmore got involved last spring when he heard Catherine Austin Fitts, former assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development, refer to a report which indicated the Army had $6.5 trillion in unsupported adjustments, or spending, in fiscal 2015.

“Given the Army’s $122 billion budget, that meant unsupported adjustments were 54 times spending authorized by Congress.”

Economist Laurence Kotlikoff wrote at the time in a column for Forbes: “The ongoing occurrence and gargantuan nature of unsupported, i.e., undocumented, U.S. federal government expenditures as well as sources of funding for these expenditures should be a great concern to all tax payers.

“Taken together these reports point to a failure to comply with basic Constitutional and legislative requirements for spending and disclosure. “

Fans have been left outraged after learning that a certain celebrity has not invited back to the Met Gala this year.

It’s fashion’s biggest night of the year where some of Hollywood’s VIPs are invited to strut the red carpet event in all their glamour and glitz, all to raise funds for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in Manhattan, New York.

This year, dozens of famous faces are anticipated to show off their fits at the Met Gala to the political and aesthetic constructs of ‘Black dandyism’ to align with the Costume Institute’s ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ exhibition from May 10 to October 26.

The theme has been picked to examine the ‘importance of clothing and style to the formation of Black identities in the Atlantic diaspora,’ according to Vogue, and is the first exhibition since 2003’s ‘Men in Skirts’ that focuses on menswear.

The Met Gala is the biggest event in the annual fashion calendar (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

The show is also inspired by co-curator Monica Miller’s 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.

However, one celebrity has apparently been shunned from serving on the carpet this year, which fans are understandably outraged about.

Revealing he won’t be attending the 2025 Met Gala on Twitter, model Wisdom Kaye wrote: “I was not invited to the met, I know you guys wanna see me there so just letting y’all know. Looking forward to seeing all the beautiful interpretations of black dandyism tmrw :).”

Kaye, an American-Nigerian who was born in Nigeria but raised in Texas from the age of four, shot to fame as a model and social media influencer.

The 24-year-old has long been on Vogue’s radar, who called him ‘TikTok’s best-dressed guy’ since 2021.

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Dozens of his fans have since taken to social media to rage against the apparent shun, particularly noting how he would excel in this year’s category.

“Justice for Wisdom Kaye not being invited at the 2025 Met Gala,” wrote one.

“He had a brilliant debut at last year’s one. Not including him is such a baffling decision. He is the theme ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’.”

Another agreed: “Wisdom not being invited to the met gala this year is insane and he had one of the best looks last year. it transcends time and theme. he wore robert wun.”

Another slammed the move as ‘outright disrespectful’.

Wisdom Kaye at the 2024 Met Gala (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

They wrote: “You not being invited to the Met Gala, despite the theme being ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,’ is truly shocking and just outright disrespectful.

“You’re quite literally the modern-day embodiment of this theme and have worked 10 times harder than the majority of the people that were invited to make a name for yourself in the fashion world. Anna Wintour needs to do better!”

“This had to be an egregious oversight cuz you embody the theme on an off day wtf,” chimed a fourth.

Rihanna has revealed she’s pregnant with her third child through her dazzling appearance at the Met Gala once again.

The singer and mom-of-two (soon to be three) is no stranger to gagging fans on the Met Gala steps.

And while Rihanna is known to be fashionably late to fashion’s biggest night of the year, appearances of her en route to the famous red carpet tonight (6 May) has given fans quite the surprise.

Accompanied by her partner, rapper A$AP Rocky – with whom she shares her two children – Rihanna rocked a fitted grey two-piece.

However, it was the 37-year-old’s protruding baby bump that has stolen the limelight as before one toe could even step on the carpet, the couple have revealed they are expecting their third child, with a source confirming the happy news to Page Six.

Rihanna showed off her bump at the 2025 Met Gala, confirming that her third child is on the way (Steve Eichner/WWD via Getty Images)

And in an interview with CBS on the red carpet tonight, Rocky, a Met Gala co-chair, confirmed: “Rihanna’s outfit tonight is … I don’t know, whatever, just don’t cover her baby hump, you dig?”

Rocky and Rihanna, who have been dating since 2020, last appeared on the famous red carpet in 2023 when the ‘Umbrella’ hitmaker was pregnant with their second child, Riot.

Last year, the Barbados-born artist spoke to Interview about her blossoming romance with the 36-year-old record producer, revealing the pair share the same hobbies and keen eye for detail.

The star said: “We saw fashion the same. We saw creative the same. We ended up in the same circles a lot. And past that, when we grew up, we ended up supporting each other’s brands and products and creative all the time. I would wear his s**t, he would show up to my launches.

“But it wasn’t until the end of 2019 [that our relationship became romantic].”

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky at the Met Gala in 2023 (GWR/Star Max/GC Images)

The baby bump debut comes as fans were stunned by the pair’s outfits at the Gala this year.

Taking to Twitter, one fan said: “This pic looks like a vogue pic. She’s not even trying. Congrats icon.”

“Every met gala she’s attended these past few years, she’s been pregnant,” another said, to which a fan joked back: “It’s her theme!!”

However, many others joked that the bump is a sure sign that we might not be getting an album anytime soon.

“Rihanna, when we said R9, we meant the album… Not 9 kids,” read one.

Rihanna and Rocky have been together since 2020 (DUTCH/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Dozens of famous faces have already strutted into the event with their take on this year’s theme, ‘Black dandyism,’ which aligns with the Costume Institute’s ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ exhibition from May 10 to October 26.

The theme has been picked to examine the ‘importance of clothing and style to the formation of Black identities in the Atlantic diaspora,’ according to Vogue, and is the first exhibition since 2003’s ‘Men in Skirts’ that focuses on menswear.

The show is also inspired by co-curator Monica Miller’s 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.

Also having turned heads on the carpet is Sabrina Carpenter, for her ‘Espresso fit’, as well as Sydney Sweeney and Simone Biles.