Apparently, it is a music festival. But, if we are honest, Coachella is much more than that nowadays. This veteran Californian desert festival has become a physical hub for brands and media attention thanks to its instagrammability, which greatly surpasses what happens there from a musical point of view. If not, you only need to look at how many news items related to this festival you have seen in the last week and, above all, how many of them were about music. There are no further questions, Your Honour. In this absolutely commercial magma, in which brands from all over the world pay between half a million and one million dollars to have a stand there, and in which these same firms pay up to $20,000 per day for a billboard on the road from Los Angeles to the festival grounds, a Kardashian couldn't be missing, grabbing attention. As often happens when there are spotlights, flashes, and excited algorithms, one of the world's most famous sisters – or sometimes all of them – has become global news. In this case, the lucky one has been Kendall Jenner, who, so we all understand, is the model Kardashian, who went there last weekend.

When in a relationship the older one is the man, that age difference is transparent in the eyes of society. In fact, it is something so normalized and so insignificant in terms of social controversy that people don't even notice it unless someone specifically points it out to them. Fortunately, nowadays, some feminists with some standing on social media raise their voices when some rich/famous/powerful man –or all three at once– starts dating a young woman who is the same age –or younger!– as his own daughters. But, well, the percentage of people who publicly complain about that age difference is infinitesimal. And mind you, there are angles from which to criticize it... From the secular heritage of machismo that the relationship represents to the inequality in terms of power it embodies or to the medium-term harm that it will cause her, to name just three examples.

In this chapter we talk about a space Easter. And is this news?" is the question we often see in the comments of news about the pink press and pop culture. And, obviously, they are not news that occupy the front pages of newspapers, but they are issues that we often discuss with friends or family around a table or at the bar counter. And this is what we do in this podcast: move to a place to review some social chronicle news that serve not only to keep up with the most outstanding gossip, but also to talk about love, friendship or breakups.

Seen from a perspective, the 2022 Oscars ceremony can be described as a source of monumental gossip. Because, as we have just learned, on the same evening that became tragically historic because Will Smith went on stage to slap Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett, a betrayal was cooked up for none other than Liza Minnelli. As the artist explained in her memoir, which she very skillfully titled Kids, wait till you hear this! –Children, wait till you hear this!, in Catalan–, Hollywood's last historical muse does not have a good memory of that night, in which the Academy had invited her to present the most prized Oscar of the night, that for best film, which she did alongside none other than Lady Gaga.

If throughout the 20th century many European monarchies could be politically justified as guarantors of democratic values – for example, for not having cooperated with fascism during the world wars –, now this situation has changed. The refinement of the meaning of democracy in the minds of European citizens means that the thrones that have reached our days have become misaligned with the concept of democracy that large segments of society now hold. This society demands that the representatives of its highest institutions not only formally adhere to democratic values, but also live a life consistent with those values. A tangible adherence. Adapting to this new phase is infinitely more complex for monarchies than any previous reform, since these institutions are intrinsically contrary to what meritocracy and equality mean, the two essential pillars upon which a democracy is indefectibly built today.

An institution as little accustomed to changes, and even less so to rapid changes, as the British Royal Family has finally understood that it has no choice but to adapt to new rhythms when making decisions if it wants to survive. This is demonstrated by the management of the Beatrice and Eugenie of York case, who have gone from being treated as victims of their parents' relationship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein to being seen as active participants in the tycoon's corrupt relationship with their parents. It is for this reason that in recent times, the princesses have suddenly disappeared from the official agenda of events of the Windsor family, who have let them fall to save themselves before it was too late.

In this chapter we investigate an emerging concept: Ortega Yoga. "And is this news?" is the question we often see in the comments of news about the gossip press and pop culture. And, obviously, they are not news that occupy the front pages of newspapers, but they are issues that we often discuss with friends or family around a table or at the bar counter. And this is what we do in this podcast: we go to a venue to review some social chronicle news that serve not only to keep up with the most outstanding gossip, but also to talk about love, friendship or breakups.

In July, it will be 27 years since John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette died. These two style icons and absolute celebrities for an entire generation were already completely unknown to young people born after the year 2000. However, the series that Ryan Murphy has dedicated to them, Love story (Disney+), has resurrected them from the oblivion into which they had fallen. As often happens with celebrities who die prematurely and leave a beautiful corpse, there is always a latent fascination for them that makes social interest very easy to revive. The fact that they haven't had time to make mistakes and that aesthetically they are a fossil of an era places them in people's minds as shining icons, which enhances them being looked at with a certain extra dose of affection and interest. Obviously, if on top of that an omnipotent platform like Disney brings them back into the spotlight, the global impact is served.

A Catalan person can't help but click on a headline that says Britney Spears has been arrested for DUI. The pity is that they click on it only to discover that in English, DUI means driving under the influence (i.e., drunk driving) and not a unilateral declaration of independence. The truth is, the idea of ​​Britney becoming independent from something—whatever it is—was very appealing to me. After having been held captive for 13 years by an absolutely abusive legal conservatorship in front of the whole world without anyone doing anything about it, the artist will always have my full support if she wants to become independent, whatever it is. She has the right to want to escape from everything and everyone forever. She has a supreme right to have an infinite thirst for freedom. They already stole her childhood and then the entire first part of her adulthood. She has the right to never want to know anything about anyone again. Not even the fans who were constantly writing the hashtag #freebritney everywhere. And that they had been doing so since before the trial began until she left it with a sentence in her hand that freed her from her father – and incidentally from her entire family of leeches – and that stated that her father had stolen up to 6 million dollars from her while took care her estate.

In this episode of "A Matter of Image," we explore the question, "Is this news?"—a common refrain in the comments sections of celebrity gossip and pop culture stories. While these aren't headline news, they are topics we often discuss with friends and family around a table or at a bar. This podcast delves into the world of celebrity news, offering a unique opportunity to explore themes of love, friendship, and breakups.

I've always said that rich people are the best at recounting their misfortunes. They're so unaccustomed to the inherent miseries of being alive that they speak of their misfortunes with such emphasis, from a place of strangeness and surprise that we working-class people find magnetic. You see adults absolutely traumatized by having experienced things that you discovered—and also overcame—before finishing high school. Sometimes, they even lament things you hadn't even internalized as negative. Just normal. In fact, since they've never experienced any misfortune before, they're much more frustrated than usual, they get very angry, and their situation seems utterly horrible to them. This also amuses us poor people because, when we see it, we think that if we got so angry every time something negative happened to us—the kind of thing that irritates millionaires so much—we'd have chronic ulcers, since it's our daily bread.

Some royal accounts say that the current King Charles III once told his ex-wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, before their separation, that she could learn a bit more from Sarah Ferguson, who had great charisma and was very pragmatic about palace matters. More of a smile for the outside world and less vulnerability behind closed doors was what he demanded of the mother of his children, a woman who suffered greatly at his hands not because of his own personality but because of the way he treated her. This statement resonates more than ever these days, now that we've learned that the cheerful and pragmatic Fergie was even worse than we imagined: a ruthless woman capable of acting without any principles to achieve her goals, which were almost always material. Just to give one example: after Epstein was convicted of pimping and attempting to prostitute a minor in 2008, she took her two daughters to meet him at the Florida mansion where he was under house arrest. As if to ingratiate herself with the millionaire who we now also know supported her for almost a decade. Like a kind of offering. If Diana had been like Ferguson, as her husband asked her to be, Charles III might not be king today, just as his brother is no longer a prince...

In this episode, we offer a pink requiem. "Is this news?" is the question we often see in the comments on celebrity gossip and pop culture stories. And, of course, these aren't headlines, but they are things we often discuss with friends or family around a table or at a bar. And that's what we do in this podcast: we go to a bar to review some social news stories that serve not only to keep us up-to-date on the latest gossip, but also to talk about love, friendship, and breakups.

It is not difficult to understand that the fact that an icon like Nicole Kidman is single depends solely on her will. Anyone can easily get an idea that in the Hollywood circles she moves in, someone with her talent, beauty, and media position has no shortage of suitors. That is why, while at the end of September 2025 we wrote the news that after 20 years she had separated from Keith Urban we were all already thinking about the flood of news we would write shortly about her future relationships, material that American paparazzi and the media that sponsor them surely could not resist. And neither could we.

In this chapter, we ask ourselves, "Is Benito our new Mariah?" "And is this news?" is the question we often see in the comments on gossip and pop culture articles. And, obviously, these aren't headline stories, but they are topics we often discuss with friends or family around a table or at a bar, not only to keep up with the latest gossip, but also to talk about love, friendship, or breakups.

No death is more alive than Jeffrey Epstein, a financial magnate who lived a life that, at first glance, could be defined as the American Dream, going from a simple working-class high school teacher to a billionaire with properties around the world and high-level connections capable of changing the course of any business he undertook. Unfortunately, the facts dismantle this narrative, as the rise of that young Jewish man from Brooklyn has always been more closely linked to shady dealings than to success born of effort and talent for his profession, whatever it may have been.

In this chapter, we talk about unsupportive bras. "Is this news?" is the question we often see in the comments on celebrity gossip and pop culture articles. And, obviously, these aren't headline-grabbing stories, but they are topics we often discuss with friends or family around a table or at a bar, not only to keep up with the latest gossip, but also to talk about love, friendship, or breakups.

"I got botulinum toxin injected into my forehead and I can't even express how awful I feel, sister."It's a phrase that many will recognize because it was uttered by one of the most viral personalities of recent times, Triana Marrash, the undisputed winner of The House of the Twins 2. This phrase, which many will criticize more for its context than its actual meaning, perfectly encapsulates Victoria Beckham's current situation. This week, she received an award from the French Ministry of Culture in Paris, her expression difficult to interpret from a cinematic perspective. It was hard to decipher whether she felt bad about everything happening with her son despite the moment of great joy, or if she had simply used too much Botox for the occasion, making that the most exquisite face she could muster. Perhaps her facial expression was a combination of all these things. In any case, the Catalan actress Triana Marrash hasn't been a prophet in her own land, but she has been in the land of the Enlightenment. Who would have thought that through her words we could so accurately interpret something that happened in France...

To come from nothing and manage to remain at the top of the fashion industry for five consecutive decades, an icon of luxury and elegance, is such a feat that if we weren't absolutely certain it had happened, we might doubt it, and that disbelief would be entirely justified. This, which Valentino accomplished with admirable serenity and steady progress, is far from being achieved by the most acclaimed figures in the industry today. Most people who work in fashion now—and not in such high-profile positions as creative director of a globally influential brand—end up leaving the forefront of the industry after a few years to retreat to secondary roles because they can't cope with its relentless pace. That's why stories like that of the late Valentino Garavani, who died this week at the age of 93 in RomeThese events can only be accompanied by the story of an impressive fortune, the fate of which we will now know.