Agenda: Andrej Pejic; Jessica Chastain; the British Library; The Go! Team; Falling Skies; gallery grub
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After the billboard success of transgender model Lea T, comes the next gender-bending face of fashion, the Serbian-born Australian model Andrej Pejic. With his flowing blond locks and pixie pout, he's the androgynous face of Marc Jacobs' newly launched spring/summer ad campaign, and stars alongside female lookey-likey Karolina Kurkova for Jean Paul Gaultier. We don't know whether to fancy him or envy him.
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Music: The Go! Team
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Television: Falling Skies
Sci-fi geeks are bristling in anticipation of Steven Spielberg's latest TV sojourn, an alien-invasion series emitting Close Encounters vibes. Launches in the US in June; catch the first trailer at tinyurl.com/6js7zo
Restaurants: Gallery grub
High culture just got more palatable thanks to gastro re-fits at the Whitechapel Gallery, where Angela Hartnett has taken over the dining-room, and the RA, where Oliver Peyton launches a tapas-style affair on Wednesday.
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