Tequila shots, reggaeton performances, ruffled ball gowns, and some juicy chisme over dinner? It had to be a Latino function. Indeed, last night’s We Are All Human Gala, a splashy event at Gotham Hall in New York City celebrating outstanding Latino contributions, was as much a fiesta as it was a charity fundraiser for a […]
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Graphic by Kayleen Dicuangco Were you Team Sofia or Beyoncé in 2023? By Annika Lautens Date December 5, 2023 Facebook Twitter Who here hasn’t fantasized about having a Pretty Woman moment? You know the one: You walk into a high-end boutique and spend “an obscene amount of money.” Or better yet, you drop an obscene […]
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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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Another gorgeous tragicomic farce from Finnish maestro Aki Kaurismäki, a heartfelt cinephile ode to the possibility of love among the working classes. When you see guys with droopy jaws, immaculate greased side-partings, slightly ill-fitting leather jackets, and a flask of unidentified hooch in their breast pocket, there’s only one place you could be: the wonderful […]
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Places, please for ELLE’s new 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, Shoshana Bean, […]
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The world knows how Princess Diana’s impromptu trip to Paris in 1997 ended. But while recreating it on The Crown, Elizabeth Debicki had to work against that knowledge while portraying the People’s Princess during her final days. “On the outside of the character, as just a person who is doing this job, going home, for […]
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Warning: Spoilers for Big Little Lies season 2 ahead. The Big Little Lies season 2 finale ended with Bonnie (Zoë Kravitz) deciding to turn herself in for pushing Perry down the stairs that fateful night. With the Monterey Five finally freed from their big lie, the story seemed to be at its end; Madeline (Reese […]
Continue ReadingSpoilers 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 […]
Continue ReadingOne of Netflix’s most beloved and acclaimed series is finally on the brink of its last episode. The Crown, which has covered decades of Queen Elizabeth’s rise from underestimated princess to stalwart ruler, will end its run well before the events of her death in 2022. The Crown season 6 part 2 will choose, instead, […]
Continue ReadingRoyal reporter Omid Scobie spoke to Peoplethis week about why Prince William and Prince Harry’s relationship is irreparably broken and has been for some time. The outlet ran a devastating excerpt from Scobie’s upcoming book Endgame that detailed how, during the Queen’s final hours, Harry was completely kept out of the loop about her state, […]
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