Sara Bareilles Hosted a Spontaneous Cabaret When a Set Piece in Waitress Malfunctioned

Places, please for ELLE’s monthly column Showstoppers, where theater’s biggest stars reflect upon the moment in their career where the famous phrase “the show must go on” became a little too real. When things don’t go according to plan onstage, here’s how the pros react—and what they take away from it. This month, Sara Bareilles, […]

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In May December, What Is a True Story?

Spoilers below. I’ve been thinking a lot about The Lisp. If you’ve watched director Todd Haynes’ unsettling new drama May December, now streaming on Netflix, then you know exactly to which I’m referring: the uncomfortably babyish, swollen-tongued accent Julianne Moore’s character, Gracie Atherton-Yoo, puts on (or lets out) whenever her surroundings grow a key too […]

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The Barbie Soundtrack Is a Master Class in ‘Dance-Crying,’ According to Dua Lipa

It may seem like a distant memory, but it wasn’t long ago that Barbie fever had the world in a collective chokehold. Upon its highly anticipated release this past summer, the Barbie movie saw the much-beloved doll turn into a fantastical, hilarious, and sardonic feature film that only Greta Gerwig could pull off. In the […]

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Jennifer Lopez Is Standing in Her Power

Dress, Ralph Lauren Collection, $5,990. Earrings, Schiaparelli, $1,100.Sølve Sundsbø In a black hoodie, her caramel hair corralled into a ballerina bun, Jennifer Lopez is giving her dancers a priceless piece of advice. “Part of being a great performer is being aware,” she tells them. That moment, from her documentary Halftime—which narrates her progress toward her […]

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Maren Morris Is Leaving the ‘Toxic’ Parts of Country. What Does That Mean for Women in the Genre?

This September, Maren Morris set fire to the country music business. Her lighter of choice? A pair of impassioned singles—“The Tree” and “Get the Hell Out of Here”—housed on an EP aptly titled The Bridge. On “The Tree,” she declares her frustrations with the industry, the place where she started her career, singing, “I’m taking […]

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Blackpink Wore Stunning Gowns to the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace

On Tuesday, November 21, K-pop stars Blackpink joined a number of British and South Korean dignitaries for a state banquet at Buckingham Palace. Jisoo, Lisa, Jennie, and Rosé dressed in stunning gowns for the evening, forming a power quartet as they walked through the hallways in their finery. While their looks did not match, they […]

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Taylor Swift Gives Statement on Death of Fan Before Her Brazil Concert: ‘I Feel This Loss Deeply’

On Friday night, a Taylor Swift fan named Ana Clara Benevides died just before the Eras Tour concert in Brazil, after losing consciousness at the Nilton Santos stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The 23-year-old’s cousin reportedly told Brazilian newspaper Folha that while attending the concert, Benevides went into cardiorespiratory arrest and fainted. She experienced a […]

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Did Dodi Fayed Propose to Princess Diana The Crown Thinks So.

Spoilers below. The Crown depicts the final hours of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed as a centrifuge of competing interests. This much we know is accurate to life. Dodi wanted to please his father, Mohamed Al-Fayed; Diana wanted to evade the paparazzi and return to her sons; the paparazzi wanted spoils from the money-printing phenomenon […]

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