Stars have turned out en masse for the music industry's biggest night of the year, the 2024 Grammy Awards.
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From Taylor Swift to Dua Lipa, some of the biggest names in the business walked the red carpet at the Los Angeles awards ceremony, which recognises achievements in music from the past year.
Swift, who is about to embark on the international leg of her record-breaking Eras Tour, wore a white Schiaparelli Couture gown, with a dramatic leg slit and black opera gloves.
Also in white were singer Kat Graham, who wore a structured Stephane Rolland piece; Summer Walker, in a custom feathered design by Syrian-Venezuelan designer Usama Ishtay; and Olivia Rodrigo, who opted for a vintage Atelier Versace gown from the label's 1995 spring/summer collection.
Rodrigo wasn't the only star to wear a vintage piece, with singer Caroline Polachek donning a red and black Olivier Theyskens design from the Belgian designer's 1998 autumn/winter collection, Miley Cyrus wearing vintage Bob Mackie to perform, and Oprah in vintage Valentino couture to introduce Fantasia Barrino's Tina Turner tribute.
On the other end of the colour scale were Mark Ronson and wife Grace Gummer, who co-ordinated in all-black Gucci, and Sofia Richie, who wore floor-length black Saint Laurent.
Singer Dua Lipa wore custom Courreges, which featured chain mail-style metal work and had “Joan of Arc energy,” according to the singer. Her look was completed with Tiffany & Co jewellery.
Singers Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker of supergroup Boygenius opted to wear matching ivory Thom Browne suits, which they accessorised with black ties and pink carnations as well as red Artists For Ceasefire pins on their lapels.
The specs
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If you go
The flights
There are direct flights from Dubai to Sofia with FlyDubai (www.flydubai.com) and Wizz Air (www.wizzair.com), from Dh1,164 and Dh822 return including taxes, respectively.
The trip
Plovdiv is 150km from Sofia, with an hourly bus service taking around 2 hours and costing $16 (Dh58). The Rhodopes can be reached from Sofia in between 2-4hours.
The trip was organised by Bulguides (www.bulguides.com), which organises guided trips throughout Bulgaria. Guiding, accommodation, food and transfers from Plovdiv to the mountains and back costs around 170 USD for a four-day, three-night trip.
THE APPRENTICE
Director: Ali Abbasi
Starring: Sebastian Stan, Maria Bakalova, Jeremy Strong
Rating: 3/5
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Results for Stage 2
Stage 2 Yas Island to Abu Dhabi, 184 km, Road race
Overall leader: Primoz Roglic SLO (Team Jumbo - Visma)
Stage winners: 1. Fernando Gaviria COL (UAE Team Emirates) 2. Elia Viviani ITA (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) 3. Caleb Ewan AUS (Lotto - Soudal)
Company profile
Name: Tharb
Started: December 2016
Founder: Eisa Alsubousi
Based: Abu Dhabi
Sector: Luxury leather goods
Initial investment: Dh150,000 from personal savings
Timeline
2012-2015
The company offers payments/bribes to win key contracts in the Middle East
May 2017
The UK SFO officially opens investigation into Petrofac’s use of agents, corruption, and potential bribery to secure contracts
September 2021
Petrofac pleads guilty to seven counts of failing to prevent bribery under the UK Bribery Act
October 2021
Court fines Petrofac £77 million for bribery. Former executive receives a two-year suspended sentence
December 2024
Petrofac enters into comprehensive restructuring to strengthen the financial position of the group
May 2025
The High Court of England and Wales approves the company’s restructuring plan
July 2025
The Court of Appeal issues a judgment challenging parts of the restructuring plan
August 2025
Petrofac issues a business update to execute the restructuring and confirms it will appeal the Court of Appeal decision
October 2025
Petrofac loses a major TenneT offshore wind contract worth €13 billion. Holding company files for administration in the UK. Petrofac delisted from the London Stock Exchange
November 2025
180 Petrofac employees laid off in the UAE
UK’s AI plan
- AI ambassadors such as MIT economist Simon Johnson, Monzo cofounder Tom Blomfield and Google DeepMind’s Raia Hadsell
- £10bn AI growth zone in South Wales to create 5,000 jobs
- £100m of government support for startups building AI hardware products
- £250m to train new AI models
