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On October 24, the infamous diamond company De Beers officially announced its first-ever brand ambassador, Lupita Nyong’o. Like when Beyonce donned the Yellow Tiffany Diamond, this prompted a mixed-negative reaction because (like the Yellow Tiffany) the company is deeply steeped in colonial history and the slicing up of Africa for exploitation. While De Beer’s commenters

Food writer Julie Powell, who became an internet darling after blogging for a year about making every recipe in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, leading to a book deal and a film adaptation, has died. She was 49. Powell died of cardiac arrest Oct. 26 at her home in upstate New York,

White lace curtains, relics from Greece, hang in the storefront windows of Laila Gohar’s Lower East Side studio, as much a means of privacy as they are an understated calling card. Such old-world materials are a signature for the Cairo-born New Yorker, whose finely tuned food installations bring an off-kilter wit to fashion and art

With a fake Vogue cover, fake NPR Tiny Desk and a fake Howard Stern interview, the duo have been promoting Her Loss by trolling traditional album promo.  By Grant Rindner November 3, 2022 21 Savage and Drake onstage at the Spelhouse Homecoming Concert at Forbes Arena at Morehouse College on October 19, 2022 in Atlanta,

Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds may be interested in purchasing the Ottawa Senators if the NHL team is put up for sale, new reports claim. Rumours are already growing that the Deadpool actor, who already co-owns the Welsh football club Wrexham AFC, is interested in the opportunity for both business and personal reasons. Read more: Blake

Five years ago, #MeToo rattled the entertainment industry down to its tectonic plates. Triggered by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, and Ronan Farrow’s reporting on Harvey Weinstein as well as actress Alyssa Milano’s tweet, stories of abusive behavior and flagrant misuses of power erupted out of Hollywood, one after another. Kevin Spacey, Louis CK, Jeffrey Tambor,

Actor Christina Applegate has lost the ability to walk without a cane as a result of her multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis. In an interview with the New York Times, Applegate, 50, discussed how filming the last season of the Netflix series Dead to Me was the “hardest thing” she’s ever had to do. Read more:

The midterms are coming quickly, and this year, there’s a lot at stake: It’s the first nationwide election day since President Joe Biden was voted into office, and it will ultimately decide which party is in charge of the U.S. House and Senate, as well as who will lead a number of impactful local offices.

Leah Remini is once again taking the Church of Scientology to task, posting a lengthy Twitter thread that accuses the organization of “covering up” member Danny Masterson’s alleged crimes. The King of Queens actor, a former Scientologist, urged her followers to keep a close eye on the trial in which Masterson is facing charges for

The Florida governor is expected to cruise to reelection next week—yet might hold back on a 2024 bid. One source tells Vanity Fair that DeSantis has led donors “to believe he will not run if Trump does,” while another says he could “walk into the presidency in 2028 without pissing off Trump or Florida.” By

Out of the way, losers. The gays are coming through. We’re sick of being the butt of jokes. The side characters. The ones that die first. The ones that die offscreen. The ones that don’t even get the chance to die because we weren’t even in the movies in the first place. We want to

We’ll say one thing about the full-length Avatar trailer: it’s visually stunning. On Wednesday, a new trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water — the sequel to James Cameron’s 2009 sci-fi blockbuster — was released to much hype and fanfare. The film, set to clock in at over three hours in length, sees the return

In her new audio project, the actor and director returns (with some famous friends) to her favorite subject: how we sound when we talk, and why it matters. By John McDermott November 2, 2022 It’s nerve-racking talking to Lake Bell: The moment I speak, she’s sizing up my voice—judging its pitch, appraising its timbre, listening

Persistent 2020 election denial, along with the potential for disruptions or delays in counting votes, has journalists and media executives on alert—and determined to counter misinformation. “We really feel that the more we can get out in front of it, the better,” says the AP’s Washington bureau chief. By Charlotte Klein November 2, 2022

Takeoff, one-third of the popular rap group Migos, was shot and killed early Tuesday morning in Houston, Texas. He was 28 years old. The rapper, whose real name was Kirshnik Khari Ball, attended a private afterparty at a bowling alley where violence broke out around 2:30 a.m., a Houston Police Department spokesperson said. Read more:

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau⁠ — wife of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ⁠— sat down for the latest episode of Meghan Markle‘s Archetypes podcast, joining a long list of esteemed women have joined the Duchess of Sussex to talk about the pressures and judgements placed on women in today’s world. Released Tuesday, the podcast featured discussions under

If you ever need a morale boost, I would recommend jumping on a call with Michelle Yeoh. The 60-year-old actor has a way of looking back on her career and any hurdles she’s had to overcome with such grace and positivity that it really does make you feel like you too can do anything. Even

Elle Fanning and her boyfriend of four years, Max Minghella, have kept their romance private—but their history is robust and still ongoing as of November 1, 2022, when Fanning shared a photo of them in a couple Halloween costume together on her Instagram grid. That appearance silenced any breakup rumors. The two have been romantically

Everyone loves a Halloween costume that references a recent pop culture moment, but one child’s costume on The View left the audience feeling a sting. During a segment called “Newsworthy Halloween Costumes: BOO Are You Wearing in 2022?” a child dressed as the infamous Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscars slap appeared in a gold morph suit with

Sometimes, you just want to curl up with your favorite franchise and that’s exactly what this new collection of Star Wars branded comfort looks can do for the fans in your life and family. Because who doesn’t want to rock a cool Star Wars beanie? The women owned and operated loungewear company Smash + Tees collaborated

The South Dakota governor has recently campaigned for Kari Lake in Arizona and was satirized on Saturday Night Live—yet isn’t running away with her Trump-country race. She’s vastly outspending her Democratic rival and bringing Glenn Youngkin and Tulsi Gabbard to the campaign trail this week. By Tom Kludt November 1, 2022

Even Hollywood’s biggest A-listers like to get in on the Halloween fun. From frightening to funny, entertainers of all kinds employed their glam squads (and in some cases, massive budget) to bring their costumes to life. For many of the world’s most beloved celebrities, there was clearly no last-minute Amazon scouring for an outfit. In

In honour of Julia Roberts‘ 55th birthday, fans of the actor are sharing a little-known fact about how Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, played an integral role in her birth story. Roberts’ Oct. 28 birthday congratulations included several videos shared to Twitter in which the Academy Award winner discussed with

“Sometimes I joke about how I wish the character wasn’t named Ramy,” Ramy Youssef says with a smile over Zoom from his new home in New York. He’s just moved in and took a few moments to work out the best place to sit for Wi-Fi so he can chat with ELLE.com about season 3

A South Korean singer and actor is among the more than 150 people dead after a crowd surge during Halloween festivities in Seoul, South Korea. Lee Jihan was celebrating Halloween in the Itaewon neighbourhood on Saturday when chaos ensued on the intensely overcrowded streets, causing a crowd crush. He was 24 years old. Lee Jihan,

I could say that Doctor Who is literally about a mad person in a box traveling through all of time and space and I would technically be correct, but at the same time I’d be oh so wrong. Airing its first episode on November 23rd, 1963, Doctor Who is nothing short of a phenomenon, first

The GOP has been very open about what it will do if in power, from cutting popular federal programs, to political investigations and changing the elections process. “They’re bomb-throwers. They’re crazy,” one Democratic lawmaker told Vanity Fair of the Republicans who could soon be calling the shots. By Chris Smith October 31, 2022