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Meghan Markle isn’t often photographed by paparazzi in California, but on Tuesday, fans got a rare glimpse of her off-duty date night style. The Duchess of Sussex and her husband Prince Harry went out with Katharine McPhee and David Foster in Montecito to Lucky’s steak house. Meghan opted for a very fall outfit for the

This weekend, consider your house haunted. Netflix just dropped The Haunting of Bly Manor, the ghost story following The Haunting of Hill House in Mike Flanagan’s ongoing spooky stories franchise. The series takes Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw and leads us into the world of Dani Clayton (Victoria Pedretti), a governess tasked with

Two years ago, The Haunting of Hill House struck fear into our hearts with its story of family trauma unfolding inside a big, creepy Massachusetts house. Now, creator Mike Flanagan and several of the same cast members return for The Haunting of Bly Manor, which tells a very different kind of ghost story inside a

On the premiere of Fox’s The Masked Singer, fans of the show (or new viewers, like me, looking for some light in the 2020 darkness), met Group A of the costumed contestants. First up, singing Lizzo’s “Cuz I Love You,” was The Sun, a gold-masked performer who completely slayed the soulful notes and emotional depth

When Unsolved Mysteries came to Netflix July 1, viewers might’ve been nostalgic for the original NBC series hosted by Robert Stack. Though this new iteration doesn’t have a host, it’s still full of creepy, compelling stories—but this time, the subjects of each episode carry the show, from interviews with those who experienced unexplained phenomena to

Six men have been charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer with help from a “militia group” ahead of November 3, the date of the presidential election. According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court and unsealed on Thursday, the FBI learned about the alleged plot through confidential informants and by intercepting

On Wednesday night, Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris faced off in the 2020 Vice Presidential debate at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The candidates verbally sparred for 90 minutes from behind plexiglass dividers, but the real winner of the night—at least according to Twitter—was Sen. Harris’s facial expression. That

The vice presidential debate was nearing its end when the true star of the night finally emerged: a fly! Yes, an actual fly. More specifically, this fly, which landed on Vice President Mike Pence’s head and just decided to hang out there for a little while: This content is imported from Twitter. You may be

The real Broadway may be closed indefinitely, but Netflix and Ryan Murphy are aiming to fill the void. The Prom, a Tony-nominated musical about four Broadway stars’ mission to help a high school girl bring her girlfriend to prom, is becoming a movie. Variety first reported in April 2019 that Ryan Murphy would adapt the

While some wish Game of Thrones‘ series finale was an elaborate prank, there were actually quite a few hijinks happening behind-the-scenes. A few of them are revealed in Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon, a book that digs into the history of the hit HBO show. Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon: Game of Thrones and the

In a landscape dominated by white men and their high-tech toys, a new kind of superhero is debuting in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Step aside, Tony Stark and Peter Parker: Kamala Khan has entered the chat. Ms. Marvel is the latest Disney+ series to expand upon the franchise and tells the story of Khan, a

On the heels of their first album, high profile collaborations with Selena Gomez and Cardi B, and an October ELLE cover, Blackpink is gearing up for another milestone: The release of their very own Netflix documentary. The first trailer for Blackpink: Light Up the Sky has arrived and it offers an intimate look at the

Inez & Vinoodh Senator Kamala Harris started her life’s work young. She laughs from her gut, the way you would with family, as she remembers being wheeled through an Oakland, California, civil rights march in a stroller with no straps with her parents and her uncle. At some point, she fell from the stroller (few

Welcome to another week of Scaredy Cat recaps, where I, a habitually terrified person, review what is and is not nightmare fuel on HBO’s horror allegory Lovecraft Country. Let’s go back, way back, back in time. One of the scariest scenes in all of Black cinematic history comes from the 1978 film version of The

On September 24, Selena Gomez posted an Instagram of herself posing in a light blue La’Mariette one-piece, showing off her kidney transplant scar. It was a breakthrough in her journey toward embracing her body and feeling “confident in who I am and what I went through.” For Theresa Mingus, 31, and Morgan Brutocao, 29, the

On July 29, 1981, the world met one of the most iconic wedding dresses of all time: the dress that Lady Diana Spencer wore to marry Prince Charles at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. That dress, designed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel, became legendary for several reasons, one of which being its seemingly endless, dramatic

North West seems to have provided a solution for how we can all survive the rest of 2020: “I would make everybody love each other,” she told CR Fashion Book, per Page Six. “And make the coronavirus go away and make everyone have more dogs.” This series asked several fashionable people how they would make

Kenzo Takada, the Japanese-French designer and founder of Kenzo, has died from COVID-19 at the age of 81, a spokesman confirmed to The Guardian. He died in the American hospital in Paris. Takada was born in 1939 near Osaka and was known for his colorful prints and made a name for himself as the first

Joe Jonas is celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October with one particular change: He’s dyed his hair neon pink. On his Instagram story, Jonas posted a photo of his new hair color along with the breast cancer awareness ribbon. This is the second major hair change Jonas has made since his daughter’s birth this

Some might argue that Harry Styles is becoming an icon in his own right. But he won’t be filling the shoes of international British spy and icon James Bond. Per The Daily Mail, the singer will not be replacing Daniel Craig in the role, despite rumors otherwise. A representative for Styles told the Mail that

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge We learned last week that Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis got to hang out with legendary natural historian David Attenborough in the gardens of Kensington Palace. It turns out, the photos that Prince William and Kate Middleton shared of that adorable event weren’t the only thing to come

After months of anticipation, Blackpink’s first studio album The Album is finally here. Featuring hits like “Ice Cream” and “How You Like That,” the eight-track release shot to the top of iTunes last night and threw Twitter into a frenzy, where the group’s loyal fanbase (a.k.a Blinks) celebrated the comebacks of Rosé, Jennie, Lisa, and

For the first time since the pandemic forced the world into lockdown in March, Giveon finally has time to explore his new hobby: interior design. “I’m a minimalist, for sure,” he says matter-of-factly. His living room is his first project. “A couple homies saw Kanye West’s crib with barely anything in it and thought it

Hide your kids. Hide your mice. In 2020’s long list of films that are heading straight to streaming, Roald Dahl’s The Witches is landing on HBO Max on October 22. While a straight to streaming release used to mean bad news for a film, we live in times where we’re grateful to land any new