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Spoilers below. The Idol is about nihilism, or consumerism, or gender power dynamics, or the ruins of culture, or sexual empowerment (but probably sexual manipulation), or maybe the price of one’s soul. Any of these explanations are equally plausible after the series’ disjointed, if intriguing, premiere episode, in which pop star Jocelyn (Lily Rose-Depp) attempts

Spoilers below. Alycia Debnam-Carey has had a rough go of it over the last decade onscreen. First, she was murdered mere seconds after finally consummating her relationship with the girl she loved; after that, she spent years navigating a post-apocalyptic, zombie-riddled version of Los Angeles. Most recently, as if all that wasn’t enough, she’s been

On June 4, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s daughter Lilibet Diana celebrated her second birthday in California, where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex make their home. The newly named Princess turned one-years-old during her late great-grandmother’s Platinum Jubilee last year. Everyone was gathered to honor Queen Elizabeth, who passed away in September 2022, just

Spoilers below. Flight 828 has reached its final destination. In the series finale of the NBC-turned-Netflix supernatural drama Manifest, the passengers of the infamous flight, who inexplicably disappeared for five-and-a-half years during a routine trip from Jamaica to New York on April 7, 2013, faced their final judgment in the eyes of the Divine Consciousness

On Saturday, Jennifer Lopez headed out with her twins Emme and Max to lunch in Beverly Hills. J.Lo wore her favorite aviator sunglasses and a Gucci X Adidas button-up shirt paired with her cross body Gucci bag. She had on loose fit jeans, white sneakers, and swept her hair back in a casual ponytail. The

Actor Tom Holland had his 27th birthday on June 1, and he celebrated by sharing the “sexiest” photo of himself on Instagram. It was a big hit, especially with his girlfriend, Zendaya. In the picture, Holland is wearing a bunch of gear, including a wetsuit, helmet, goggles, and a pair of floppy shoes. He looks

This week, Stranger Things‘ Millie Bobby Brown and her fiancé, Jake Bongiovi, had an engagement party for friends and family just three months after announcing they were planning to get married on social media. Brown’s hairstylist Pete Burkill shared a few pics from the event on Thursday, showing the couple standing together in front of

It’s Pride Month, and Taylor Swift took a moment to speak to her fans and the LGBTQIA+ community during her Eras tour concert in Chicago, Illinois, this week. “I’m looking out tonight, I’m seeing so many incredible individuals who are living authentically and beautifully, and this is a safe space,” Swift said while seated at

Spoilers ahead. With a title like “So Long, Farewell,” you’d think the last episode of Ted Lasso marked a definitive end to Apple TV+’s beloved comedy series. And it some ways it did—the mustachioed titular coach steps down as manager of AFC Richmond and returns home to Kansas to reunite with his son—but it also

Spoilers below. There’s a moment near the climax of the magnificent animated sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse in which it seems, perhaps, there might be too many Spider-People. Miles Morales (a fantastic Shameik Moore) is fleeing the Spider-Society headquarters with hundreds, if not thousands, of Spider-Folk from across the multiverse hot in pursuit, including the

Taylor Swift is in the midst of one of her biggest years in music with her Eras tour, the release of Midnights, and her upcoming releases of her re-recorded albums Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), out July 7, and 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which is heavily teased to be coming after. Make no mistake: Swift has brought

Taylor Swift really likes Matty Healy and is spending lots of time with him, Us Weekly reports, despite fans’ (and Azealia Banks’) concerns over his various controversies. A source shed light on the couple’s relatively new romance and how serious it is looking. Swift is on cloud nine, the source indicated, and really is quite

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s rekindled romance appears to have really taken off, at least according to Us Weekly‘s source. An insider told the outlet, “They’ve practically moved in with each other. They each have their own places, but they’re spending every day they can together and traveling together.” Mendes’ and Cabello’s feelings for each

SZA isn’t hiding the fact that she got a Brazilian butt lift, a risky fat transfer procedure used to enhance the appearance of the butt without implants. After hinting at it in the intro of her SOS album, “That ass so fat, it look natural / It’s not,” SZA confirmed to ELLE that she did get a

Before they got married, Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons dated for years and welcomed two sons. The couple knew they were the ones for each other whether or not there was a ring on it—though Dunst did wear an engagement ring for years before the ceremony. The two actors first met while working on the

When Nicole Kidman met Keith Urban in 2005, she was immediately attracted to him. But she says he didn’t get in touch with her for ages after she gave him her phone number. Kidman told Ellen in 2017, “I remember thinking, I had such a crush on him, and he wasn’t interested in me. It’s

The Summer I Turned Pretty is coming back to sweep us off our feet again. Adapted from Jenny Han’s popular YA romance books, the Prime Video series follows teenager Belly over a transformative summer as she falls into a love triangle with two brothers she’s always seen as her closest friends. After trying to figure

Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes seem like one of Hollywood’s most solid couples, even though they keep most of their romantic life pretty private. They first sparked dating rumors in 2011 while filming The Place Beyond the Pines, and have been going strong ever since. Here, we look back at their connection over the last

One of Hollywood’s most beloved couples, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, seem to have a perfectly-balanced relationship—particularly when they take turns lovingly roasting each other on social media. The pair began dating in 2011 and were married about a year later. That might seem fast, but they’d been friends for a while and could simply

Press Play is a recurring column that looks at (and listens to) the songs that have shaped the life and work of beloved musical artists. Arlo Parks’ sophomore album My Soft Machine takes its title from a scene in Joanna Hogg’s 2019 semi-autobiographical film The Souvenir, during which one of the two main characters describes

HBO’s newest original film REALITY isn’t just ripped from the headlines—the film’s dialogue is literally lifted from a transcript of a 2017 FBI interrogation into Reality Winner, a former Air Force member who leaked classified documents about Russia’s interference into the 2016 election to the website The Intercept. The film is directed by Tina Satter,

Spoilers ahead. Perhaps the most remarkable ascendance in the Succession series finale is not that of newly appointed American CEO Tom Wambsgans, or the maniacal Swedish billionaire Lukas Matsson, or even Shiv Roy, who ties her string to Tom’s helium balloon. Instead, one of the most fascinating wins in the send-off episode, “With Open Eyes,”

On Saturday, Matt Healy performed with his band The 1975 at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Dundee, Scotland, and while he didn’t mention Taylor Swift by name, he did allude to their romance while on stage. Or at least to people’s curiosity about his relationship to the Midnights singer. Just before their set began,

Spoilers below. Ever since Succession’s first episode, viewers have been trying to answer the show’s central question: who will get a kiss from daddy? In other words, who will succeed media titan Logan Roy at the helm of his empire? Battles have been fought, alliances have been broken, and Logan himself has breathed his last