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The two-time Oscar winner is back with Swan Song, an ambitious new sci-fi movie for Apple. By Wesley Lowery Photography by Ashley Peña December 15, 2021 Sweater, by Zegna. Pants, by Labrum. Sunglasses, $130, by Chimi. Ring (on right ring finger), $175, by Miansai. Ring (on right middle finger), $2,500, by David Yurman. GQ Hype: It’s

Jenny doesn’t cry in front of the girls. She cries in the shower or in her mom’s bed, where her scent and reminders linger. No specific memory triggers her; it’s the bare absence. When she watches old cell phone videos of her mom, she laughs. “She knew how to have a good time,” she says

After widespread criticism forced the organization that puts on the Golden Globes to lose its televised award show and overhaul its membership, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association nevertheless went ahead announcing nominees for film and television awards on Monday despite a skeptical entertainment industry. Just as it’s done for many years, the HFPA gathered reporters

Tom Holland made it abundantly clear how smitten he is with Zendaya last night when the Spider-Man: No Way Home star literally stopped his interview with Entertainment Tonight to watch her arrive on the red carpet. Entertainment Tonight was filming the interview and posted the footage on its Twitter of the moment Holland paused their

Kim Kardashian has cleared a key hurdle in her unconventional quest to become a lawyer. The reality television star and entrepreneur said Monday on Twitter that she passed California’s First-Year Law Students’ Examination — a daylong test required of aspiring lawyers in the state who are not taking the traditional path of attending an accredited

Keanu Reeves is charming. Full stop. As someone who fell in love while watching Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure as a kid, I’ve been on the Reeves train for decades. You don’t have a Neo doll in your room as a child for nothing. So right now, as he’s making the rounds doing press for The Matrix

Former General Hospital star Ingo Rademacher is suing the soap’s network ABC for discrimination after he left the TV show following his refusal to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Rademacher, 50, is claiming religious discrimination and says ABC’s vaccination mandate — obligatory for all cast and crew on its various sets — is unconstitutional. He also said

It was a sparkly owl that started it. Started it again, really. I was rushing through LAX after a frantic week of work around the 2020 Golden Globes, and I was keeping my eye out for something I could grab as a gift for my daughter, who had recently turned one. I spotted—perhaps because it

Taylor Swift is celebrating her 32nd birthday today, and the singer opted to have a joint party with Alana Haim, who turns 30 on Dec. 15. Swift shared intimate photos from the gathering on her Instagram—and she of course referenced her hit Red song “22” now that she’s a decade older. “*don’t say it, don’t

Motivated by stagnating wages, CEO Steven Cahillane making $11 million in 2020, and reported 16-hour workdays with 7-day workweeks, Kellogg’s factory workers in four states began striking on October 5—yes, the same people who feed the country and world struggle to feed their families. After weeks of negotiations, the best Kellogg’s offered was a 5-year

Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2021, a year that saw his electric car company become the most valuable carmaker in the world and his rocket company soar to the edge of space with an all-civilian crew. Musk is also the founder and CEO of SpaceX,

This is the biggest TV death cliffhanger since Jon Snow. By Grant Rindner December 10, 2021 Jeremy Strong in Succession.Courtesy of Graeme Hunter/HBO. Succession is the internet’s show, and when it hits us with one of the biggest potential plot twists in recent TV history, people will inevitably start to look for any clues about

Anne Rice, the novelist whose lush, best-selling gothic tales, including “Interview With the Vampire,” reinvented the blood-drinking immortals as tragic antiheroes, has died. She was 80. Rice died late Saturday due to complications from a stroke, her son Christopher Rice announced on her Facebook page and his Twitter page. “As a writer, she taught me

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez went shopping as a couple together in Westwood, Los Angeles, accompanied by Lopez’s 13-year-old daughter Emme on Friday. Lopez wore baggy jeans and long-sleeved grey sweater and wool coat that matched Affleck’s jacket. Under that, Affleck wore a knit sweater and grey t-shirt. Lopez was carrying a Coach handbag she

We’re currently living in a terrifying time for reproductive rights, fueled by extreme state abortion bans and the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court. Yesterday saw the Supreme Court rule that the lawsuits filed by abortion providers and advocates could move forward against some defendants, while the court refused to block Texas law S.B.8

The series is remembered as a pantheon show for women’s fashion—but its characters also delivered a fascinating, iconic, and lasting vision of menswear. By Max Berlinger December 10, 2021 Photographs Courtesy of HBO; Collage by Gabe Conte Sex and the City was a show about many things—the indiginities of dating in New York, the balm

In the two weeks since Stephen Sondheim’s death at the age of 91, one of the most touching tributes—and there have been many—of the musical-theater legend came from longtime collaborator and current Company star Patti LuPone.  The seven-minute video package for CBS News Sunday Morning (intended to air for Sondheim’s 90th birthday in March 2020)

After I published last week’s recap, a Project Runway season 19 contestant—who will remain nameless to protect their privacy—reached out to me, taking issue with a criticism I’d made about one of their designs. Of course, I reserve the right to criticize as both an enthusiast and a reporter, but our ensuing conversation was enlightening

West Side Story isn’t only the 1962 Oscar winner for best picture, it’s also one of the most iconic musicals in history — most people know of it, a vast majority can sing at least one song from it, and we’ve mostly all heard about the cursed love story of Tony and Maria, which became

On Saturday in Palm Beach, I walked into a restaurant called Cucina, on Royal Poinciana Way in the middle of the mile-wide island and steps away from the ocean. I was there along with a fellow New Yorker who works as a vice president at a major auction house. It was just after midnight, and

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court made a surprise announcement that it would hand down one or more opinions today, without specifying which cases they would be ruling on. #SCOTUS announces that it will hand down one or more opinions in argued cases tomorrow starting at 10:00 EST. It psyched us out before, but a

British Columbia’s highest court has upheld a lower-court ruling allowing a prominent businessman and philanthropist’s defamation lawsuit against Twitter Inc. to proceed in the province. The decision released Friday by the B.C. Court of Appeal means the lawsuit filed by Frank Giustra, a member of the Order of B.C. and founder of Lionsgate Entertainment, may

The rapper has one of the most consistent catalogs on hip-hop, continuing with his new album Richer Than I’ve Ever Been. But his long-term goals extend far beyond music. By Frazier Tharpe Photography by Aijani Payne December 10, 2021 I highly recommend incorporating Rick Ross into your daily Instagram Story rotation, if he isn’t there

Rapper Travis Scott said in an interview that he didn’t know that fans had died at his Astroworld festival in Houston until after his performance. In a lengthy interview with radio personality Charlamagne Tha God posted on YouTube on Thursday, Scott described from his perspective what happened at the Nov. 5 festival that left 10

This is where Hunter Biden keeps the light, up here, many minutes up the turns of a hill outside of Los Angeles, behind gates and past Secret Service, through the white, open house he is renting with his wife and young son away from everything and everyone. It’s on the floor of the garage where

Zendaya and Tom Holland may not be hiding their romantic relationship anymore, but the Spider-Man on-screen and off-screen couple very much prefer to keep it low-key. Still, paparazzi captured a rare sighting on Tuesday: the two on a casual dinner date in New York City. Both wore statement coats: Zendaya in a brown leather trench

Actor Jussie Smollett, the one-time star of the TV drama “Empire,” was found guilty on Thursday of staging a hate crime against himself in what prosecutors said was a bid to gain sympathy and bolster his career. Prosecutors said Smollett, who is Black and openly gay, lied to police when he told them that he

Few American musicals enjoy the longevity and popularity of West Side Story. Composer Leonard Bernstein and lyricist Stephen Sondheim’s musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was a smash hit when it opened on Broadway in 1957. The musical’s success was rivaled only by the 1961 film adaptation, which won 10 Academy awards, including Best

Lina Wertmüller, a visionary Italian filmmaker who made history as the first woman to be nominated for a best-director Oscar, has died, the Italian Culture Ministry and La Repubblica reported on Thursday. As reported by Variety, a friend of Wertmüller’s told the Italian press that she died “peacefully at home, next to her daughter and