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"    Want to be included in the Oscars of Fashion? It&amp;#039;s easy \u2014 just drop $25k. That&amp;#039;s right. Tickets to the annual Met Gala have skyrocketed from this year&amp;#039;s comparatively conservative price of $15,000 to a record $25,000. The Gala, held at New York&amp;#039;s Metropolitan Museum of Art, will be held on May 5 this year and, as always, will feature the entertainment, fashion, and music industry&amp;#039;s most stylish. But is all that hype \u2014 and soaring ticket price \u2014 worth it? One such celeb, Gwyneth Paltrow, says no. &amp;quot;Do you want me to be honest? It sucked. It seems like the best thing in the world. And then you get there, and it&amp;#039;s so hot, and so crowded, and everyone&amp;#039;s pushing you,&amp;quot; the 41-year-old actress told an Australian radio show earlier this year. &amp;quot;It wasn&amp;#039;t fun! Kanye West was playing, and he was furious, and he threw his microphone down. I feel that we&amp;#039;re all a bit old to be dressed punk.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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