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Spoilers for Severance season 1 ahead. It’s fitting that, in this era of return-to-office fatigue, mass resignations, “quiet quitting,” and declining professional ambition, a show about the oddities and horrors of work life would captivate us most. Apple TV+’s Severance took the world by storm after premiering in February, garnering critical acclaim, a growing fandom,

“Sometimes I joke about how I wish the character wasn’t named Ramy,” Ramy Youssef says with a smile over Zoom from his new home in New York. He’s just moved in and took a few moments to work out the best place to sit for Wi-Fi so he can chat with ELLE.com about season 3

On Saturday afternoon, Jennifer Lopez did a little at-home modeling of her intimate wear, looking soft and gorgeous in her Intimissimi lingerie. J.Lo was wearing a white lace one piece underneath a white silk robe slipping of her shoulder. She had her hair down in soft waves, and was sitting on her bed covered in

Getting an EGOT — an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award — is not something that is in the reach of every performer. The people most likely to do it are musicians, since regular actors rarely win Grammys, even the award-winning ones. One person who is very close to the full EGOT is Adele. The

Actress Florence Pugh recently opened up about how when she first entered the entertainment industry, she wasn’t always accepted exactly as herself. The 26-year-old has been promoting her newest film The Wonder after filming her role in the upcoming Dune 2 and attending the press tour for Don’t Worry Darling with Harry Styles. Clearly, whatever

Ariana Grande didn’t just dress up for Halloween, she created a short film inspired by the 2000 comedy Best In Show starring Jennifer Coolidge and Eugene Levy. She was helped her friend and former Victorious co-star Elizabeth Gillies, and claimed in her caption that they created the piece way back in May. They really wanted

The 2012 film adaptation of the musical Les Miserables had a lot of big stars, but not Taylor Swift, though that apparently could have happened. She auditioned to play a role, but according to her it was a “nightmare” experience. Swift recounted the moment while on an episode of The Graham Norton Show with actor

On Friday night, Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly arrived at the Casamigos Tequila Halloween party in Beverly Hills in a wild couples costume, playing a former couple with a rock-and-roll reputation that out paces even Fox and MGK. The pair wore a throwback outfit belonging to ‘90s era Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee. Jeff

It’s not just Rihanna; SZA is back too. The singer ended the wait for new music with the official release of her single “Shirt,” along with a short film-style music video co-starring LaKeith Stanfield. This isn’t the first time SZA fans have heard the song, though. She originally teased the track at the end of

When did Taylor Swift become Taylor Swift? It’s not an easy question to answer. Swift is the consummate skin-shedder, forever toeing the line between self-expression and self-creation. In this sense, she’s also the consummate millennial: taught from youth to craft a persona, only for human emotion to blow it up. The difference is Swift, unlike

Right before the 2020 election, Sen. Gary Peters took a risk. At the time, he was facing a tough re-election race in Michigan, which would help decide whether Democrats would clinch the Senate majority. But he was also concerned about then-Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, and what her addition to the bench could mean

It’s finally here. After a years of waiting, begging, and nagging, Rihanna has blessed us with new music at last. Her latest is “Lift Me Up,” the lead single from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack—a grand comeback fit for the superstar and mogul. The uplifting, emotional ballad is meant to be a tribute Chadwick

While The Good Nurse tells the chilling saga of serial killer Charles Cullen, its title actually refers to the other nurse in the story, Amy Loughren. She worked side-by-side with Cullen at Somerset Medical Centre in Somerville, New Jersey and went undercover to lead to his arrest in real life. The pair were actually close

SPIROS HALARIS This August, Democrat Mary Peltola shocked the nation when she won a special election in Alaska, flipping a long-held Republican seat to become the state’s sole U.S. representative. In doing so, she also made history, becoming the first Alaska Native ever elected to Congress and the first woman to represent the state in

In another entry for the true crime genre, Netflix has dramatized the real story of serial killer Charles Cullen, who was convicted for the murder of dozens of patients under his care, with the new film The Good Nurse. Based on a true crime book of the same name by journalist Charles Graeber, the drama

Netflix’s The Good Nurse tells the true story of a nurse named Charles Cullen who was eventually found guilty of killing dozens of patients in his care—though he is suspected of murdering far, far more. In the film, Eddie Redmayne plays Cullen and co-stars with Jessica Chastain, who portrays a fellow nurse at Somerset Medical

Welcome to Look Back At It, a monthly column where some of the most iconic Black actresses in Hollywood reminisce and reflect on the roles that made them stars. For this month’s installment, Regina Hall breaks down her career—from the Scary Movie franchise and Girls Trip to her most recent film, Honk for Jesus. Save

Apparently, Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson’s romantic end in August didn’t mark the end of their talking period. Entertainment Tonight reports that the two exes are in regular contact. “Pete and Kim still keep in touch,” the source said. “It wasn’t a bad fallout or breakup, so things are good between them and they’ve remained

Campaigns for a Grace and Frankie spin-off series haven’t paid off just yet, but stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are nevertheless steering the Netflix series’ sizable fanbase toward collective democratic action. On Friday, Oct. 28, at 8 p.m. EST, the co-stars behind the hit comedy will return to their roles for a table read

Kylie Jenner is speaking out about her postpartum experience. In the newest episode of The Kardashians, Kylie got real about her struggles in the aftermath of giving birth to her second child, a boy, whom she shares with boyfriend Travis Scott. (The couple also share four-year-old daughter, Stormi Webster.) During a filmed conversation with sister

Taylor Swift’s second Midnights music video is one giant Easter egg hunt. The singer released her video for “Bejeweled” at midnight and told Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight Show ahead of its release that there’s a “psychotic amount” of Easter eggs in her fun take on Cinderella. “We have a PDF file for the Easter

Two years on from its horrifying first season, The Vow, Part Two continues to chronicle the rise and fall of NXIVM, a cult-like organization based in upstate New York. The new episodes focus on the trial and sentencing of NXIVM leader Keith Raniere on charges of sex trafficking and forced labor. Part Two also offers

Before Prince Daemon accepts a marriage proposal from his niece, Princess Rhaenyra, in episode 7 of House of the Dragon, he gifts her a bit of wisdom about Targaryen rule: “If the King isn’t feared, he is powerless.” He continues, “If you are to be a strong queen, you must cultivate love and respect, yes,

This weekend, Meghan Markle was seen with a friend in Montecito, California, with a friend enjoying a little shopping. The Duchess of Sussex was wearing a sleeveless and strapless green Malia Mills jumpsuit that ended just below her knees, with a cardigan slung over her shoulders in a slightly lighter shade of the same olive