Pink, mauve, fuschia—whatever we’re calling it, we’ve been seeing it in spades this awards season. In varying doses and shades, Regina King, Julia Butters, Laura Dern, Chris Rock, and Idina Menzel all picked up the baton on Sunday’s Oscars red carpet. Any number of explanations could be ventured: in the color’s brighter forms, an optimistic
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Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial has unfolded this month in a 15th-floor courtroom in New York, but its reverberations are being felt far beyond, as his many accusers anxiously await the outcome. They wonder how the disgraced mogul’s wealth and power might affect the verdict. They wince at the way fellow accusers have been treated
Maybe there won’t be a host, or the option of Greta Gerwig winning best director—but by God, there will be an Oscars livestream Sunday night. The 92nd annual Academy Awards will be presented from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles this weekend—and even cord-cutting fans will be able to watch the Academy hand out awards
gotpap/Bauer-GriffinGetty Images Presley Gerber, the 20-year-old son of Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford, got a new addition to his already large collection of tattoos. On Friday, Jonathan “JonBoy” Valena, tattoo artist to the celebrities, gave Gerber a face tattoo that reads “misunderstood.” JonBoy posted a photo with Gerber on his Instagram, clearly referencing his tattoo
Saturday Night Live returned this week with a parody of Friday’s New Hampshire Democratic debate in their latest cold open. The sketch opened with a scene of the debate’s moderator panel featuring SNL cast members Mikey Day, Ego Nwodim and Beck Bennett as ABC hosts and reporters, George Stephanopoulos, Linsey Davis and David Muir respectively. Stephanopoulos, after
(Colleen Hayes/NBC) SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details of the series finale of The Good Place, so watch it already! Ever since The Good Place ended its four season run with a truly perfect series finale, we’ve been mourning the loss of the delightfully silly and soulful series. Luckily for us, The Good Place Twitter
United States President Donald Trump insisted a photo of himself on Twitter that made him look poorly spray-tanned was “photoshopped, obviously.” The photo, which began making its rounds on the internet on Friday evening, is a close-up of the president on the White House Lawn. In the photo Trump appears to be turning right to
Reflecting on the life of Kirk Douglas, who died earlier this week at the age of 103, Jamie Lee Curtis took to Instagram to talk about her parents’ friend and co-star. In doing so, she recalled how the Hollywood legend also saved her life. “I just remembered this morning that Kirk saved my life when
Welcome to Watches of the Week, where we’ll track the rarest, wildest, and most covetable watches spotted on celebrities. Much to the dismay of…me, a watch columnist, Kanye West is not much of a watch guy. Unlike most celebrities, he often appears in public with wrists fully naked. Admittedly, a watch doesn’t necessarily go with
A witness to the deadly crash of a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others said it sounded normal just before slamming into a hillside. Wreckage examined by experts at the scene showed no sign of engine failure as well, federal investigators said in a report released Friday. The Jan. 26 crash occurred in cloudy
Democrats are quick to point out too, that they never stopped legislating during the impeachment inquiry. It is Republicans, they argue, who have failed to act. “We have 275 bipartisan bills sitting in a huge wobbly stack on Mitch McConnell’s desk right now,” Congressman Jamie Raskin said, emphatically. “We need to press the Republicans to
Only 11 days after the release of Letter to Nipsey — a recent tribute song penned about fallen rapper Nipsey Hussle — Meek Mill has released his second single of 2020. It’s called Believe. The 3-minute and 30-second track dropped on Friday and features Justin Timberlake. Its release was accompanied by a music video which stars
Historically, women have needed to be convinced to enter politics. But since the 2016 presidential election, thousands of women announced their plans to run for public office. And we want them to win. So we’re giving them examples of women who have run. The point: You can too. Morgan Harper wants you to see her
Kesha was ordered to pay Dr. Luke $373,000 on Thursday in the defamation case the music producer filed against the performer. According to court documents, obtained by Entertainment Tonight (ET), Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Schecter ruled that Kesha defamed Dr. Luke when she sent a text message to Lady Gaga in 2016 claiming that
Ever since her star turn in 2015’s Broadway revival of The Color Purple, Cynthia Erivo has been a mainstay on the red carpet, favoring risk-taking beauty looks and striking ball gowns. Sunday night won’t be her first time at the Oscars—she sang at the Governors Ball following the 2017 ceremony—but it will be the first
(image: Warner Bros./Marvel Entertainment/Netflix/The CW/20th Century Fox) In a shocking twist in 2020: nerds are hot! With the recent off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors (and a possible movie remake starring Taron Egerton), a conversation has surfaced surrounding “hunky” Seymour. There’s a lot of unease that the most recent influx of Seymours taking to the
The cause of death of Nick Gordon, the former boyfriend of late pop icon Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, has been revealed. According to an autopsy report, Gordon’s cause of death was heroin toxicity. 0:40 Bobbi Kristina’s fiancé tells all about her final days Bobbi Kristina’s fiancé tells all about her final days Gordon
As President Donald Trump and his administration navigated the Ukraine saga at the heart of his recent impeachment, the president was—unsurprisingly—helped out tremendously by Fox News, whose programming has largely pushed the Trump administration’s false narrative that the president did nothing wrong and Joe Biden is the one whose Ukraine dealings actually deserve scrutiny. While
In a week that saw the Knicks fire yet another general manager, a flurry of multi-team deals erupt just before the trade deadline, and the All-Star three-point contest add a needless new wrinkle, there was one question that dominated NBA Twitter discourse above all others: WHAT ABOUT SCARVES THO? If you haven’t yet witnessed the
Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial rested their case Thursday after more than two weeks of testimony punctuated by harrowing accounts from six women, including some who said he ignored pleas of “no, no, no” and justified his behaviour as the cost of getting ahead in Hollywood. Now Weinstein’s lawyers will start calling witnesses of
For the first time in nearly five years, Virginia-based metal outfit Lamb of God is set to release a brand-new album. After being teased a few days beforehand, news of the self-titled record was announced on Thursday morning along with a new single, Checkmate. The album will serve as Lamb of God’s eighth studio effort
It’s a common refrain by now that this year’s Oscars will be short on surprises, what with Renée Zellweger, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern, and Brad Pitt picking up nearly every other statue this season; Bong Joon Ho’s and Taika Waititi’s wins at the WGA Awards last weekend seemingly sealing the screenplay races; and best-picture threat
James DevaneyGetty Images Maybe it’s low-key Kardashian drama, maybe it’s just a cleaning of the feed: Sofia Richie quietly unfollowed her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend Kourtney Kardashian on Instagram, just months after she made headlines for following Kardashian in September. Kardashian never followed Richie back, so there was no mutual unfollowing to be had. Richie still follows
NOTE: This article contains graphic, sexual language that some readers may find offensive and disturbing. Please read at your own discretion. Prosecutors at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial are on schedule to rest their case Thursday after more than two weeks of testimony, including graphic accounts from six among scores of women who’ve accused him of
The United States Senate officially voted to acquit President Donald Trump of the articles of impeachment against him Wednesday, bringing the months-long impeachment saga to an unsurprising end. The president was acquitted in a 52-48 vote that, with the exception of Senator Mitt Romney, fell largely along party lines. And after Republican senators lined up
We’re ignoring, well, everything going on in the news for the rest of the day and we’re choosing instead to focus on this. The beautiful beacon of goodness and weirdness that is…John Boyega’s face on the Cats trailer. I don’t know how or why he did this…but I’m glad he did. I think it’s clear
Good Vibrations seem to be coming to a halt between some of the original members of The Beach Boys, after former keyboardist and co-founder Brian Wilson publicly denounced the current iteration of the classic rock band. On Monday afternoon, after it was announced that the current touring lineup of The Beach Boys would soon play a
If you’re hunting for the best gifts for men to spoil the truly deserving dudes around you—and let’s face it, conduct some naughty-but-needed online ordering yourself too—you are in the right place. Discover unique, stylish, and crowd-pleasing gifts for men in this, the mother of all gift guides, including a chef-quality pepper grinder (gifts for
Posted February 5, 2020 6:50 pm Updated February 5, 2020 6:54 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas has died. He was 103. The Spartacus actor’s death was confirmed by his son, actor Michael Douglas in a statement from Instagram. “It is with tremendous sadness
I asked Doctor how it got to this point. Once upon a time, he explained, newspaper chains were predominantly owned by wealthy and powerful families—the Chandlers, the Medills, the Knights, the Newhouses (who continue to own Condé Nast, which owns Vanity Fair). Newspapers were a good investment, owing to a largely captive market of local