Hollywood, please stop method dressing!

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By Rachel Tashjian, CNN

(CNN) — For the past few years now, movie stars have publicized their films in promotional drag called “method dressing.” Picking up on the themes or cliches of their films, they appear on the red carpet in looks that function as goofy in-jokes – corsets on Margot Robbie for the bodice- ripping update on “Wuthering Heights,” and ensembles that telegraph “good” and “evil” for Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s “Wicked” two-parter.

Increasingly, they look less like movie stars than guests at a very expensive costume ball.

No star is a more committed method dresser than Robbie. Working with stylist Andrew Mukamal, Robbie adopted a wardrobe of Barbie-inspired ensembles to promote the 2023 blockbuster, sometimes tasking designers with recreating an exact Barbie costume. It was hokey and over-the-top, but so is the doll herself, director Greta Gerwig gently reminded us, and the sight of Robbie in hot pink skirt suits, minidresses and gowns set the tone of the film as finely drawn pop cultural froth.

Robbie’s methodology has continued with red carpet appearances for her starring role in Emerald Fennell’s sudsy adaptation of “Wuthering Heights.” There are corsets, puffed sleeves and little old timey trinkets that speak of her and co-star Jacob Elordi’s bond. This has been far less effective than her Barbie-girl, Barbie-world looks, in part because the movie is more serious (allegedly a bookish romance – allegedly!) and because the universe of the Emily Brontë book isn’t known for its extravagant clothes, unlike that of Marie Antoinette’s or Regency-era set “Bridgerton.”

It is unclear what Robbie’s ensembles are meant to tell us, except that she is promoting a period drama – which period, the clothes do not say. In one moment, Robbie wore a look that puts a spotlight on an emerging designer, Dilara Findikoglu, who created a dress braided with synthetic hair, for the film’s London premiere. At another moment, she wore one of the ugliest Chanel dresses in recent memory (see above).

Hollywood is desperate to get audiences back in movie theater chairs, and you can’t blame actors for doing anything to drum up excitement, whether that’s Timothée Chalamet summitting the Sphere, which was transformed into a giant ping pong ball, in Las Vegas to promote “Marty Supreme” or wearing a hideous Chrome Hearts suit in orange homage to his titular character.

Chalamet also went full method dress for his Bob Dylan biopic, “A Complete Unknown,” recreating hilariously deep-cut Dylan looks, like a goatee and scarf appearance at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. And Erivo and Grande could have relied on their strange but touching bond to get us to see the “Wicked” movies. But their coordinating overt looks — ONE is evil and the OTHER is “good” and you know because of the COLORS they’re wearing! – showed us just how much they wanted us there. For “Marty Supreme,” “A Complete Unknown” and “Wicked,” the marketing desperation paid off: all were bonafide box office hits.

Method dressing has been popularized by Law Roach, the self-styled image architect who made vintage into the ultimate celebrity fashion flex back when big name brands refused to lend clothing to him. Roach is an expert at using clothes to tell a story, though his yarns tend to be subtler – that Lindsey Lohan is ready to be taken seriously as an adult, or Celine Dio

Victory in the valley for UCSB

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Gauchos break double-digits for conference wins

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (KEYT) - Zoe Borter scored a game-high 20 points on the strength of four 3-pointers to lead the Gauchos to a 74-58 road win against Cal State Northridge.

UCSB improves to 10-6 in the Big West and 18-7 overall.

Chauncey Andersen added 11 points and Olivia Bradley tallied 10 points who led 36-26 at half.

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El Reino Unido bloquea el uso de bases aéreas que Trump dice serían necesarias para atacar a Irán, informan medios británicos

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Por Brad Lendon, CNN

El primer ministro del Reino Unido, Keir Starmer, ha bloqueado una solicitud del presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, para permitir que las fuerzas estadounidenses utilicen bases aéreas británicas durante cualquier ataque preventivo contra Irán, alegando que podría violar el derecho internacional, según múltiples informes en medios británicos que citan fuentes gubernamentales.

Según The Times de Londres, que fue el primero en informar sobre la división sobre el acceso a la base aérea, Starmer ha negado el uso de la RAF Fairford en Inglaterra y de Diego García (territorio británico de ultramar en el Océano Índico) para cualquier ataque contra Irán.

Las dos bases han servido durante mucho tiempo como puestos militares cruciales de Estados Unidos en el extranjero para operaciones lejos de casa. En el caso de Diego García ha sido un aeródromo clave para la flota de bombarderos pesados ​​de Estados Unidos.

El Times informa que Gran Bretaña está preocupada de que permitir que Estados Unidos utilice las bases “constituiría una violación del derecho internacional, que no distingue entre un Estado que lleva a cabo el ataque y quienes lo apoyan si estos últimos tienen ‘conocimiento de las circunstancias del acto internacionalmente ilícito’”.

El Times citó fuentes del Gobierno británico. La BBC, The Guardian y The Telegraph también publicaron posteriormente sus propios informes sobre el bloqueo del acceso a las bases por parte del Reino Unido, citando fuentes.

Históricamente, las solicitudes estadounidenses de utilizar bases del Reino Unido con fines operativos se han considerado caso por caso, y se han ocultado criterios precisos por razones de seguridad en virtud de acuerdos de larga data.

“Todas las decisiones sobre si aprobar o no el uso de bases militares por parte de naciones extranjeras en el Reino Unido con fines operativos consideran la base legal y la lógica política de cualquier actividad propuesta”, escribió el Ministro de Veteranos Al Carns en respuesta a preguntas del miembro independiente del parlamento británico Jeremy Corbyn, según un informe de enero del UK Defence Journal.

Starmer y Trump mantuvieron una conversación telefónica el martes por la noche, y según informes, ambos discutieron sobre la paz en Medio Oriente y Europa.

Al día siguiente, Trump recurrió a su plataforma Truth Social para retirar su apoyo a un acuerdo que entregaría la soberanía sobre las Islas Chagos, la cadena del Océano Índico que alberga la Instalación de Apoyo Naval conjunta de Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido Diego García, a Mauricio a cambio de un contrato de arrendamiento de 99 años de la base militar.

CNN se ha puesto en contacto con la Casa Blanca para solicitar comentarios.

Gran Bretaña separó las Islas Chagos de Mauricio antes de que esta colonia se independizara, lo que ha generado fricción diplomática y múltiples batallas legales con los lugareños que fueron desalojados.

En 2019, la Corte Internacional de Justicia dictaminó que Gran Bretaña debía devolver las islas “lo antes posible” para que pudieran ser descolonizadas.

Desde entonces, se ha estado avanzando a través de los canales del Gobierno británico un acuerdo para devolverlos, con Londres argumentando que un compromiso sobre el arrendamiento evitaría más batallas legales costosas y probablemente inútiles, al tiempo que mantendría e

Cal Poly continues to be ‘Giant Killers’ in Big West with latest win at Hawai’i

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Hamad Mousa scored 24 points with 9 rebounds as the Mustangs stay hot

HONOLULU, Hawai'i (KEYT) - Add another Big West front runner to the Mustangs hit list.

Hamad Mousa scored a game-high 24 points as Cal Poly knocked Hawaii out of a first place tie in the Big West with an 86-75 road win.

The Rainbow Warriors are now a 1/2 game out of first place in league behind UC Irvine who is 11-4 in conference. Cal Poly beat Irvine last week as well as rival UCSB and is now riding a three-game win streak.

Besides his scoring, Mousa also collected nine rebounds for the Mustangs (12-16, 8-8 Big West Conference). Cayden Ward added 19 points and notching six rebounds. Peter Bandelj finished with 12 points while Troy Plumtree had 10 points and three steals.

The Mustangs had a two-point lead with 6:30 remaining, but went on a 15-5 run to create a buffer for the win.

Dre Bullock led the Rainbow Warriors (18-7, 10-5) in scoring, finishing with 22 points and nine rebounds. Hawaii also got 18 points and eight rebounds from Isaac Johnson. Hunter Erickson finished with nine points and eight rebounds.

(The Associated Press assisted with this story).

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A visual guide to the evidence in the Nancy Guthrie investigation

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By Chelsea Bailey, Way Mullery, CNN

(CNN) — It’s been nearly three weeks since Nancy Guthrie vanished from her secluded Tucson, Arizona, home in the dead of night, and investigators say they are no closer to identifying a leading theory or motive behind her abduction.

The saga has become a waking nightmare for Guthrie’s family, with her daughter, Savannah, posting a series of increasingly heartbreaking pleas on social media for her mother’s abductors to “do the right thing” and bring Guthrie home.

A private donor is backing a new $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Guthrie’s captors. Meanwhile, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI have increased their reward to $100,000.

Investigators are facing mounting pressure to piece together the fragmented puzzle of evidence they’ve gathered. From chilling surveillance footage and alleged ransom notes to DNA and a collection of gloves, here’s a look at what we know about the evidence in the investigation:

The surveillance footage

In perhaps the biggest break in the case so far, investigators on February 10 released surveillance footage and images recovered from Guthrie’s doorbell camera.

The Nest camera was reported missing after Guthrie’s abduction, but investigators partnered with Google, which owns the camera company, to recover some of the data.

The grainy video shows a man in a ski mask approaching Guthrie’s front door and attempting to cover her doorbell camera with a gloved hand. He then walks off the porch and picks up shrubbery to try to cover the lens.

The FBI later described the person as the “suspect in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie.” The agency said the man is approximately 5-foot-9 to 5-foot-10 tall with an average build.

“We hope this updated description will help concentrate the public tips we are receiving,” the FBI Phoenix office said.

Savannah Guthrie later shared the footage on her social media accounts with the caption, “someone out there recognizes this person.”

“We believe she is still out there,” she writes, “Bring her home.”

The backpack

In the footage and images released by the FBI, the suspect appears to have a gun holstered near the center of his waist – an unusual position – and is seen wearing a backpack with reflective straps.

The FBI later said the backpack he’s wearing is a black, 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department told CNN the backpack is only sold at Walmart, and investigators are working with the retailer to gather more information.

The glove

As they searched the area around Guthrie’s home, investigators recovered multiple gloves.

But, a glove found about two miles from the house appeared to visually match the ones worn by the suspect, according to the FBI. Authorities took DNA samples from the glove and ran it through the national database known as CODIS, which compares a DNA sample against the profiles of more than 19 million known offenders.

But it did not return any matches.

Authorities have not determined if the glove is connected to the kidnapping.

The DNA

Investigators say they have also recovered DN

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