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Exes Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s relationship started out friendly but are becoming romantic again, multiple sources have told E!. The former couple went on vacation together this past week, traveling to the Yellowstone Club in Montana. “They were alone,” a source said. “Just the two of them.” A second source close to Lopez said
Angourie Rice’s Siobhan Sheehan might be the only character in HBO’s hit detective drama Mare of Easttown who isn’t actively languishing. In other words, the daughter of titular character Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet) might have gone to therapy willingly, and it shows. Mare‘s central mystery revolves around the death of a young woman named Erin
A rare look at Kate Middleton and Prince William’s life off-duty with their kids Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis emerged over the weekend when Instagram user Elle Kay spotted the family boarding a helicopter on the Kensington Palace grounds Friday. She filmed the excursion, writing, “Stroll through the park led to a lucky
To mark Mother’s Day, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry made a donation, through their foundation, Archewell Foundation; the money will help to provide diapers, cleaning supplies, and other items to the women who live at Harvest Home. “As a mom, and an expectant mom, I deeply appreciate the significance of community support, safe and accessible
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively really enjoy trolling each other; it’s their social media love language. But today, on Mother’s Day, Reynolds posted a (mostly) earnest tribute to his wife of nearly nine years. “It can’t be said enough… you’re the heart and soul of every moment this family shares. I’m grateful for the light
Global Citizen’s recorded Vax Live event aired on Saturday night, and it included speeches from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Harry attended the event, attended by a fully vaccinated audience of frontline workers, at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Meghan, who is going to give birth to a baby girl this summer, was not present
If you like a film or TV series that makes you wonder, the entire time you’re watching it, whether the actress or actor billed as the lead is really the person you’re seeing on screen, Pam and Tommy is for you. On Friday, Hulu released first-look photos of (working title) Pam and Tommy, its upcoming
When she’s not dazzling the hearts and minds of queer women everywhere in Happiest Season and making it cool to be the weird girl in Parks and Rec, Aubrey Plaza has been carrying on her own personal life with her longtime partner, Jeff Baena. On Friday, Plaza dropped the news that she and Baena had
Jennifer Lopez’s twins are 13 years old now, and the latest photo she posted with her daughter, Emme, proves just how much they look alike. In fact, the photo is of all three generations of women in their family: J.Lo, Emme, and J.Lo’s mom, Guadalupe. Alongside the photo, a promotion for her beauty line, JLo
I stand by my opinion that there are too many detective dramas. There are far too many more detective dramas dealing specifically with the gruesome deaths of young women. Yes, the new, Kate Winslet-led drama on HBO Max, Mare of Easttown, is one of these dramas. And yet, unlike so many other tired tales of
Spoilers for Vincenzo below. Among the ranks of Korean idols-turned-actors, Ok Taecyeon is a clear standout. A member of the South Korean boy band 2PM, Taecyeon proved his acting abilities in K-dramas like Dream High and Save Me before taking the lead role as Vincenzo‘s menacing villain Jang Joon-woo. The dark comedy, which premiered on
One of our most anticipated shows of the summer is AMC’s Kevin Can F**K Himself, a whip-smart black comedy which upends the “sitcom wife” trope we all know and hate. You know her when you see her—the easygoing, patient, incongruously gorgeous housewife whose sole personality trait is absolute devotion to the sitcom’s schlubby male hero.
Spoilers for season 4 episode 4 of The Handmaid’s Tale, “Milk” below. When Rita (Amanda Brugel) steps off the plane and into Canada at the end of The Handmaid’s Tale season 3, it’s one of the show’s rare moments of relief. Finally, a character who is good and kind—as we slowly but surely come to
On Investors Day in 2020, Disney announced the making of a new limited series called The Dropout. The series will focus on the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her company, Theranos. The show will stream exclusively on Hulu with Elizabeth Meriwether, who produced New Girl, as showrunner. FOX Searchlight Television and 20th Television
India’s health system—which supports 1.3 billion people—verges on the brink of collapse. Every day, the country breaks a grim world record of Covid-19 cases and deaths, and the reported death tolls are likely a massive underestimate. Patients are dying as hospitals run out of oxygen and crematoriums have overflowed into car parks. The situation is
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are celebrating Archie’s second birthday today at their Montecito, CA, home. But Us Weekly got intel about how the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are making the day special for Archie, with some help from his great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II from England. “While Harry and Meghan are raising Archie to
New month, drastically different look—at least for Rihanna. The singer debuted a pixie cut last night while heading to dinner at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica. She wore a vintage Dior jacket, a Hyein Seo crop top, custom Chrome Hearts pants, vintage Versace sunglasses, and The Attico high heels. AGNY, BENSBACKGRID This isn’t Rihanna’s first
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry opted not to let Archie’s second birthday end without giving the world a new glimpse of their son. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex shared a new photo of Archie on their Archewell site this afternoon. Archie appears holding a bouquet of balloons in the sepia-toned photo. With his back
It happens every time, in every city, with every book tour. I’ll do a reading, and talk about my new book—where I got the inspiration, how I decided on a setting, which characters were my favorites, what messages I hope readers take away. I’ll answer questions from the audience; then, when there’s no global pandemic,
Anna Kendrick and Daniel Dae Kim are back from space, and just in time for a round of Who Said That. Tune in as the Stowaway co-stars guess lines from Meryl Streep, dish on working with Toni Colette, and weigh in on the great Titanic debate. This content is created and maintained by a third
Taylor Swift has made her grand return to the Grammys after four years away, and she dressed for the occasion. The singer appeared at the event’s limited red carpet (there’s still an ongoing pandemic, after all), wearing a flower-adorned mini dress by Oscar de la Renta. Her boyfriend Joe didn’t pose with her. Getty Images
Taylor Swift and her ex-boyfriend Harry Styles both performed at the Grammys in Los Angeles tonight. They has a moment at the ceremony when Styles won the Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance for “Watermelon Sugar.” Swift was in the audience, applauding for him, like the supportive ex she is. This content is imported from
Welcome to Shelf Life, ELLE.com’s books column, in which authors share their most memorable reads. Whether you’re on the hunt for a book to console you, move you profoundly, or make you laugh, consider a recommendation from the writers in our series, who, like you (since you’re here), love books. Perhaps one of their favorite