• Jeremy Scott arrives at the 2014 MTV Music Video Awards in Inglewood, California August 24, 2014. Kevork Djansezian / Reuters
    Jeremy Scott arrives at the 2014 MTV Music Video Awards in Inglewood, California August 24, 2014. Kevork Djansezian / Reuters
  • Jessie J performs Bang-Bang during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. Lucy Nicholson / Reuters
    Jessie J performs Bang-Bang during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. Lucy Nicholson / Reuters
  • Bryan Cranston, left and Aaron Paul pose after winning the award for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for his work on Breaking Bad at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre LA Live on August 25, 2014, in Los Angeles. Tonya Wise / Invision for the Television Academy / AP Images
    Bryan Cranston, left and Aaron Paul pose after winning the award for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for his work on Breaking Bad at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre LA Live on August 25, 2014, in Los Angeles. Tonya Wise / Invision for the Television Academy / AP Images
  • Filipino actress Nora Aunor speaks after receiving the 10th ‘U.P. Gawad Plaridel’ a lifetime achievement award to an outstanding media practitioner in Quezon City, east of Manila, Philippines, on August 27, 2014. The petite actress, whose entertainment career began after winning a singing contest in the 1960s, has received dozens of best actress awards at local and international film festivals since the 1980s. Ritchie B Tongo / EPA
    Filipino actress Nora Aunor speaks after receiving the 10th ‘U.P. Gawad Plaridel’ a lifetime achievement award to an outstanding media practitioner in Quezon City, east of Manila, Philippines, on August 27, 2014. The petite actress, whose entertainment career began after winning a singing contest in the 1960s, has received dozens of best actress awards at local and international film festivals since the 1980s. Ritchie B Tongo / EPA
  • Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reported to have married at the weekend in France. Eamonn M. McCormack / Getty Images
    Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reported to have married at the weekend in France. Eamonn M. McCormack / Getty Images
  • A monument for late musician Michael Jackson is pictured as a fan (rear) takes pictures of his childhood home in Gary, Indiana on Jackson’s birthday August 29, 2014. Jackson, who died in 2009, would have been 56. Jim Young / Reuters
    A monument for late musician Michael Jackson is pictured as a fan (rear) takes pictures of his childhood home in Gary, Indiana on Jackson’s birthday August 29, 2014. Jackson, who died in 2009, would have been 56. Jim Young / Reuters
  • A winged character joins thousands of other attendees during the Dragon Con science fiction and fantasy convention in Atlanta, Georgia on August 29, 2014. Thousands of attendees will crowd downtown during the 28th annual gathering in downtown Atlanta.
    A winged character joins thousands of other attendees during the Dragon Con science fiction and fantasy convention in Atlanta, Georgia on August 29, 2014. Thousands of attendees will crowd downtown during the 28th annual gathering in downtown Atlanta.
  • President Barack Obama smiles as he takes questions in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before convening a meeting with his national security team on the militant threat in Syria and Iraq. Obama’s summer fashion choice, not unprecedented among presidents — himself included — was the talk of social media, Thursday. Other presidents who have taken on tan include Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, George H W Bush, George W Bush and Dwight Eisenhower. Charles Dharapak / AP photo
    President Barack Obama smiles as he takes questions in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before convening a meeting with his national security team on the militant threat in Syria and Iraq. Obama’s summer fashion choice, not unprecedented among presidents — himself included — was the talk of social media, Thursday. Other presidents who have taken on tan include Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, George H W Bush, George W Bush and Dwight Eisenhower. Charles Dharapak / AP photo
  • A model showcases designs by John Zimmermann Couture at New Zealand Fashion Week 2014 on August 27, 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand. Fiona Goodall / Getty Images
    A model showcases designs by John Zimmermann Couture at New Zealand Fashion Week 2014 on August 27, 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand. Fiona Goodall / Getty Images
  • Parts of an exhibit called Perspectives: Chiharu Shiota at the Smithsonian Arthur M Sackler Gallery on the National Mall, August 29, 2014 in Washington, DC. Japan’s performance and installation artist Chiharu Shiota creates installations as part of the museum’s Perspectives contemporary art series. The exhibition transforms everyday objects — yarn, shoes and handwritten notes — into a dramatic and emotionally installations. Brendan Smialowski / AFP photo
    Parts of an exhibit called Perspectives: Chiharu Shiota at the Smithsonian Arthur M Sackler Gallery on the National Mall, August 29, 2014 in Washington, DC. Japan’s performance and installation artist Chiharu Shiota creates installations as part of the museum’s Perspectives contemporary art series. The exhibition transforms everyday objects — yarn, shoes and handwritten notes — into a dramatic and emotionally installations. Brendan Smialowski / AFP photo
  • Burning Man participants walk through dust at the annual Burning Man event on the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nev, on August 29, 2014. Organisers call Burning Man the largest outdoor arts festival in North America, with its drum circles, decorated art cars, guerrilla theatrics and colourful theme camps. The Reno Gazette-Journal, Andy Barron / AP photo
    Burning Man participants walk through dust at the annual Burning Man event on the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nev, on August 29, 2014. Organisers call Burning Man the largest outdoor arts festival in North America, with its drum circles, decorated art cars, guerrilla theatrics and colourful theme camps. The Reno Gazette-Journal, Andy Barron / AP photo
  • Passers-by admire an art installation by Gabriel Lester (The Electrified Line, Cross-track Observation-deck — perched on the disused railway), displayed as part of the Folkestone Triennial Public Art Project on August 28, 2014 in Folkestone, England. Stuart C Wilson / Getty Images for Creative Foundation
    Passers-by admire an art installation by Gabriel Lester (The Electrified Line, Cross-track Observation-deck — perched on the disused railway), displayed as part of the Folkestone Triennial Public Art Project on August 28, 2014 in Folkestone, England. Stuart C Wilson / Getty Images for Creative Foundation

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