Spoilers for House of the Dragon below. House of the Dragon has been renewed for a second season on HBO, which comes as no surprise following the show’s record-breaking premiere on August 21, 2022. Given its predecessor, Game of Thrones, dominated TV for eight seasons, this could be the beginning of another years-long reign for […]
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In the opening pages of Lauren Groff’s The Vaster Wilds, a starving girl slips through the confines of her colonial settlement and escapes into the surrounding woods, where the isolation and the chill offer both her liberation and eradication. Outside Jamestown, Virginia, circa 1609—a period known as “The Starving Time,” during which it’s estimated around […]
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Where Lana Del Rey last left us and where she lives in our memory are two different places. For some, she will exist forever inside the grand vision of her 2019 album and its hyperbolic songs, “The Greatest,” “The Next Best American Record,” and emphasis-laden title track, “Norman Fucking Rockwell,” painting a portrait of America […]
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Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. This season, fashion pulled a fast one. Dopamine dressing? Serotonin-seeking maximalism? Aughts bodycon? We don’t know her. Instead, trends were out and wardrobe-building was in; on the runways, stealth wealth reigned in a way it hasn’t since the glory days of […]
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Photography courtesy of launchmetrics.com/spotlightIt’s complicated. By Annika Lautens Date March 27, 2023 Facebook Twitter Fashion trends are rarely accidental. Consider the popularity of Bridgerton and the rise of Regencycore, or people’s embrace of dopamine dressing after escaping the confines of COVID-related lockdowns. And the latest trend breaking the internet — the denim maxi-skirt — is […]
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Emma Watson was the third famous Emma to hit Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, following in Emma Stone and Emma Roberts’ footsteps. Watson was spotted by fans at the singer’s first Las Vegas show over the weekend—and her company has sparked some questions about her current relationship status. The actress was seen standing alongside her ex-boyfriend […]
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Elizaveta Porodina Beauty compounds. That’s the theme of Wes Gordon’s latest campaign for Carolina Herrera (as in treatments formulated to deliver results). For their fifth collaboration since 2020, Gordon once again teamed up with photographer Elizaveta Porodina—but this time, to amplify the artistry of the designer’s resort and spring/summer 2023 collections, he tapped Dove Cameron […]
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Spoilers for season 1 ahead. With the first rings forged and the true identity of Galadriel’s boyfriend—er, sorry, mortal enemy—revealed, the Rings of Power is finally ramping up now that its first season has aired. But the fires of Mount Doom will wait for no man (or elf), and you’d better believe Amazon Prime Video […]
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Kantamanto Market, a secondhand exchange in Accra, Ghana, has piles of clothing taller than the people walking through it. When the wind picks up, T-shirts whirl around the seemingly endless rows of clothes, most of which have been discarded and donated from Canada, the United States, and Europe. It’s impossible to know the exact amount […]
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The Coronation of King Charles III is set for May of this year and whether or not his youngest son Prince Harry will be included along with his wife Meghan Markle has been a subject of much conjecture. Now, leaked plans for the Coronation rehearsal indicate that if the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are […]
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