By Rachel Tashjian, CNN

When “The Devil Wears Prada” was released in 2006, it won over countless fans: critics adored how it spikily satirized the sudsy but serious business of fashion magazine publishing; Meryl Streep, playing formidable magazine editor Miranda Priestly, and costume designer Patricia Field (who also masterminded the looks on “Sex and the City”) earned Academy Award nominations; and the film grossed over $300 million.

But fashion insiders were not among the reverent. Not only did Anna Wintour, upon whom Miranda is based, ignore the 2003 book — “I cannot remember who that girl is,” she said to a colleague upon learning that her former assistant, Lauren Weisberger, was publishing a novel based on her time as the Vogue editor’s underling, according to Amy Odell’s 2022 biography “Anna” — but she glided above the film’s existence while nonetheless benefitting from its chilly portrait. (She eventually attended a screening — wearing Prada.)

The clothes, though, were a particular pain point for the industry. In 2006, The New York Times interviewed fashion figures who griped about the costumes, which comprised head-to-toe Chanel outfits and ladylike coats for Anne Hathaway as Miranda’s hapless assistant Andy, and several enormous furs and aviator frames for Miranda. Elle magazine’s then-fashion news director Anne Slowey deemed the clothes “a caricature of what people who don’t work in fashion think fashion people look like.”

Those inside Vogue’s office recall feeling the same: “We were terribly snobbish and disparaging about everyone else’s clothes, and particularly about anyone who attempted to portray the fashion industry,” said Plum Sykes, a longtime Vogue contributing editor.

“The Chanel boots that Andy wore, we all thought — this is a very English phrase — gopping error!” she added, referring to the over-the-knee shoes that Andy dons post-makeover, which inspired one of the film’s most quoted exchanges: “Are you wearing the…” her baffled rival, assistant Emily (played by Emily Blunt), sputters. “The Chanel boots?” purrs a victoriously coiffed Andy. “Yeah, I am.”

“We never would have worn a Chanel jacket, with the Chanel boots with the Chanel skirt,” Sykes said. “American Vogue at that time was really in the moment of personal style — capital P, capital S — where you broke up all the designers. So: the boot was a Manolo (Blahnik). Long, skinny Manolo, very high heel. The skirt was Prada. And then you might have thrown a Chanel jacket, with not too many logo buttons, over that. And then you might have put a vintage fur stole around the collar.”

The sequel’s costume designer Molly Rogers, who also worked on the first film as Field’s protége, described the costumes of the first film as “timeless,” adding that Field thought of them as “heightened reality.” The characters “only needed the framework of the fashion world. They weren’t loaded up with things.”

But in the two decades between “The Devil Wears Prada” and its sequel, which releases this Friday, fashion editors have come to look fondly on director David Frankel’s funhouse vision. Vogue has gone on a marketing bonanza for the sequel, with Wintour posing alongside Streep on the magazine’s May cover and attending the New York premiere. Odell, Wintour’s biographer, reported in her newsletter “Back Row” that the Vogue maverick even visited the set and suggested a change to the color of floral bouquets.

A spokesperson for Vogue clarified that there is no financial relationship between Disney (20th Century Studios produced the film) and

Por Juan Carlos Arciniegas, CNN en Español

¿Nostalgia o simple sequía creativa? Es la pregunta que algunos nos hacemos cada vez que Hollywood anuncia, con bombos y platillos, la resurrección de uno de sus viejos éxitos, sea mediante una segunda parte, una “reinterpretación” de la idea original, una adaptación para el streaming o incluso un spin-off.

En las últimas semanas, se ha comentado mucho sobre el regreso de varias de esas historias que en el pasado fueron exitosas y se convirtieron en parte de la cultura pop. “The Devil Wears Prada” (2006) es la última en reencarnar.

Con un simple “2” al final de su título original, esta secuela se estrena este viernes 1 de mayo; pero, gracias a las redes sociales, fuimos testigos en tiempo real de su rodaje, gracias a las fotos que el público compartió en redes sociales.

Las ganadoras del Oscar Meryl Streep y Anne Hathaway regresan a interpretar los hoy míticos personajes de Miranda Priestly y Andy Sachs, respectivamente. La nominada al Oscar Emily Blunt también figura, retomando el personaje de la asistente de la primera y bully de la segunda: Emily Charlton.

La sinopsis oficial del segundo capítulo indica que Emily se ha convertido en rival directa de Miranda, ambas como ejecutivas del mundo de la moda. Las dos tratan de sobrevivir al colapso de la industria editorial y, en el caso de Miranda, a un futuro como jubilada.

Una vez más, la película –que nació de una novela basada en experiencias personales de su autora– estaría tomando prestado de la realidad, luego de que en junio de 2025 Anna Wintour, editora en jefe de la revista Vogue y supuesta inspiración para el personaje de Miranda, anunciara su retiro de ese cargo.

En lo que respecta al equipo detrás de cámaras, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” también mantiene su plantilla original. David Frankel vuelve a ocupar la silla de director y Aline Brosh McKenna regresa a la computadora para escribir el guion.

A los rostros originales, entre los que además está el de Stanley Tucci, como el confidente traicionado de Miranda, se suman los de otras reconocidas figuras como Justin Theroux, Lucy Liu y Kenneth Branagh, este último en el papel del esposo de Miranda.

Y si en la primera película vimos breves apariciones de estrellas de la moda como las modelos Gisele Bündchen y Heidi Klum y el diseñador italiano Valentino Garavani, no me sorprendería que para esta nueva entrega convoquen a una Kendall Jenner o a su amiga y colega Gigi Hadid para aparecer como ellas mismas.

Un cameo de diseñadores jóvenes y cotizados como Simon Porte Jacquemus o JW Anderson tampoco sería mala idea.

De hecho, la especulación sobre posibles invitados especiales a esta película está fuera de control. En redes sociales, muchos han compartido fotos de archivo de celebridades como la cantante Dua Lipa, su colega Chris Martin y las actrices Amber Heard y Karla Sofía Gascón, bajo la descripció

By Fredreka Schouten, Arlette Saenz, Patrick Svitek, CNN

(CNN) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is expected to suspend at least some contests in his state’s May 16 primary election following the US Supreme Court’s decision invalidating his state’s congressional map and calling it an unconstitutional gerrymander.

Early voting in the primary is scheduled to begin Saturday and overseas ballots have already gone out. But Democratic Rep. Cleo Fields, whose district is at the center of the Supreme Court’s redistricting decision, said Landry has told him he anticipates issuing an executive order to suspend the election and call a new one.

Fields told CNN he expects a court challenge to the move, which was first reported by The Washington Post.

“People have already voted,” Fields said. “Early ballots have been submitted.”

Landry posted a joint statement with state Attorney General Liz Murrill on X, saying Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling meant the state was “currently enjoined from carrying out congressional elections under the current map.”

“We are working together with the Legislature and the Secretary of State’s office to develop a path forward,” Landry and Murrill said.

It’s not yet clear whether Landry will suspend the primaries for all races currently scheduled for May 16. Louisiana has a closely watched US Senate Republican primary, in which Sen. Bill Cassidy faces challenges from US Rep. Julia Letlow and State Treasurer John Fleming.

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El rápido aumento de los precios de la gasolina elevó el indicador de inflación preferido de la Reserva Federal al 3,5 % en marzo, su tasa más alta en casi tres años, según mostraron nuevos datos el jueves.

El índice de precios de los gastos de consumo personal subió un 0,7 % con respecto a febrero, una aceleración mayor de lo esperado en comparación con el ritmo mensual anterior del 0,4 %, según informó el Departamento de Comercio el jueves. La tasa de inflación anual, que se disparó desde el 2,8 % en febrero, registra ahora su ritmo más rápido desde mayo de 2023.

Seg ún FactSet, los economistas esperaban que el índice de precios subiera un 0,6 % respecto al mes anterior y un 3,6 % interanual.

El fuerte aumento de los precios de la energía, consecuencia de la presión ejercida sobre el comercio de petróleo por el conflicto de Medio Oriente, fue en gran parte responsable del repentino repunte de la inflación.

Si se excluyen los costos de alimentos y energía, los precios subieron un 0,3 % con respecto a febrero y un 3,2 % interanual. Esto coincide con las expectativas de los economistas.

Además del índice de precios PCE, que la Reserva Federal utiliza para su objetivo de inflación del 2 %, el informe del Departamento de Comercio del jueves también ofreció una visión de cómo se mantenían los gastos, los ingresos y los ahorros de los hogares.

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By Patrick Svitek, CNN

(CNN) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills is suspending her Democratic primary campaign for US Senate, clearing the way for Graham Platner to challenge Sen. Susan Collins.

“While I have the drive and passion, commitment and experience, and above all else – the fight – to continue on, I very simply do not have the one thing that political campaigns unfortunately require today: the financial resources,” she said in a statement released Thursday. “That is why today I have made the incredibly difficult decision to suspend my campaign for the United States Senate.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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