The magazine “8:30 p.m. on Saturday” (Twitter), presented live by Laurent Delahousse just after the 8 p.m. news on France 2, recounts an unprecedented moment in the life of a personality, behind the scenes of an event or a place belonging to collective history. Reports that reveal “the little story in the big one”, to leaf through like a family album. This new issue of season 4 of “8:30 p.m. on Saturday” recounts the reign of the divas in the 1990s…
The day > Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey face off on stage
At the end of the 1990s, the three divas caused rain and shine in the world of pop and soul: Aretha Franklin had been an icon since the end of the sixties, Celine Dion had risen to the top of the hit- parades with the movie song titanic and Mariah Carey sells albums by the millions. In 1998, an American television channel decided to launch a series of charity concerts, in order to raise funds for the musical education of children. The singers, all three of humble origins and engaged in charitable causes, accept the invitation… But bringing together on stage and for the first time the most powerful divas of the decade, it inevitably creates sparks. Back to this unique encounter.
And also, the revenge of the models, a fashion designer and a singer in conflict…
News > Revenge of the supermodels
It was not just the pop divas who took center stage in the 1990s. It was also the appearance of supermodels: Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Estelle Lefébure… These models became so famous that a first name is enough to identify them. Before them, the models were only stooges, but they made an alliance and upset the rules of the game. How did they manage this tour de force, this revenge?
Bonus > The clash between Thierry Mugler and George Michael
Stylist Thierry Mugler, who died on January 23, 2022, at the age of 73, paraded all the greatest models of the 1990s. The clip too funky by George Michael is also inspired by this universe. And the singer even asked the designer to make it, but the two men quickly disagree…
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– divas, by Agnès Gerhards (ed. Seuil).
– Ten Women, by Peter Lindbergh (ed. Schirmer/Mosel).
– The fashion book, under the direction of Olivier Saillard (Bouquins Editions).
Non-exhaustive list.
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