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Chris Rock has broken his silence following an altercation with Will Smith at the Oscars, which involved Will slapping Chris over a joke he made about Jada Pinkett Smith starring in G.I. Jane 2—despite Jada being open about her struggles with alopecia. Speaking in a stand up special in Boston on March 30 (in audio

Fret not after that tumultuous Bridgerton season 2 finale: Lady Whistledown will write again. Netflix announced way back on April 13, 2021, that it had already renewed the dazzling period romance for both a third and fourth season, just as the highly anticipated season 2 began filming in the U.K. Bridgerton is based on a

On July 13, 2014, authorities discovered the body of 18-year-old Conrad Roy III in his pickup truck, parked outside a Kmart in Fairhaven, Massachussetts. The honor roll student, who struggled with social anxiety and depression, had killed himself by attaching a hose from a portable generator and filling his car’s cab with carbon monoxide. In

Zoë Kravitz, like many others, is not okay with Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Academy Awards after Rock’s distasteful on-stage joke about Smith’s wife. The actress shared photos of herself in her Saint Laurent Oscars ceremony and after-party looks on her Instagram. Her captions made her stance candid on the infamous slap: “Here’s

Manny Jefferson / ILLUSTRATION BY YOUSRA ATTIA 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),

Will Smith issued a public apology to Chris Rock and the Academy for the Oscars slap that went viral last night. Rock made a distasteful joke about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith while presenting at the Academy Awards, joking about her shaved head. He said she looked like “G.I. Jane.” Pinkett Smith has been vocal

Happily ever afters are the hallowed promise of rom-coms. The two leads finally kiss and you can feel the credits rushing to roll to keep viewers from thinking too hard about whether they will last afterwards. That afterwards is exactly where season two of Rose Matafeo’s hit HBO max rom-com Starstruck—about a “little rat nobody”

Zendaya in only one outfit on Oscars night? As if. The Dune actress switched up her look for Vanity Fair‘s Oscars after-party, opting for a pointy-shouldered power suit after drawing gasps with her Valentino white silk crop top and long, glittering skirt earlier in the evening. While Zendaya wasn’t individually nominated at the 2022 Oscars,

Zendaya and her stylist Law Roach came ready to make a strong bid for best dressed at the 2022 Oscars. The Dune actress arrived on the red carpet, wearing a white silk crop top with a glittering long silver skirt by Valentino. Zendaya posed solo. It’s unclear if her boyfriend Tom Holland is at the

“The more the merrier” is very literally the case in the Webster family. Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott recently grew their family and welcomed their second child (their son, formerly named Wolf Webster, new name not revealed yet), and it’s only made their relationship better. “They are getting used to having two little kids and

Neither Taylor Swift nor her boyfriend Joe Alwyn may be up for any Oscars tomorrow night, but the entertainment couple was seen out at CAA’s pre-Oscars party yesterday evening at the San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood, E! reports. Multiple sources spoke to the outlet about the couple’s date night. Swift was seen talking to

Spoilers ahead. Perhaps the relationship between Eloise Bridgerton (Claudia Jessie) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) doesn’t get the marquee billing of its steamier counterparts, but if the Bridgerton season 2 finale proved anything, it’s that the duo know how to execute a satisfyingly stinging break-up. Even if it just so happens to be a platonic

Soo Hugh is no stranger to epic, multigenerational tales. Having grown up on a steady diet of such projects as The Godfather, Roots, and War and Remembrance, Hugh has been able to parlay her affinity for sprawling stories into a screenwriting career that has gradually grown in genre and scope: from writer on the CBS

Four years. That’s nearly how long it’s been since the last episode of the Emmy award-winning TV series, Atlanta was released. That’s the length of a U.S. presidency; enough time for a newborn to learn to speak full sentences; the period between your first day of high school and leaving for college. Needless to say,

Apologies in advance to our moral compasses, which will once again be tested with another season of You, Netflix’s hit thriller starring the ridiculously hot Penn Badgley as a ridiculously creepy serial killer. The streamer renewed the series for a fourth season just days before the third arrived, pointing to its confidence in the show.

The Power of the Dog tops the Oscar nominations this year with 12 nods total, including a first-time nomination for Kirsten Dunst, a Best Supporting Actress contender. Auteur Jane Campion is nominated for Best Director, becoming the first woman named twice in the category. (Her previous nod was for 1993’s The Piano.) Adapted from the

The conversation was polite but powerful in Manhattan’s Rainbow Room yesterday morning, as around 100 women—many of them strangers to one another—sat for two and a half hours of problem-solving. Each had arrived for the flagship celebration of A Seat At The Table, a global event enlisting female leaders to host roundtable discussions about gender

Rihanna showed off her on-point maternity style on a day date with boyfriend A$AP Rocky on Wednesday. The couple was photographed shopping in West Hollywood, making stops at Fred Segal and the store’s Mauro’s Cafe. The outfit marked one of Rihanna’s girliest looks yet: a pale pink dress with lace detail at the bottom. She

The premiere of The Adam Project was a star-studded affair. The new Netflix movie stars Jennifer Garner, Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, and Zoe Saldaña in a time-traveling story about a fighter pilot from the future who travels back in time and encounters his childhood self. (We’re getting Back to the Future vibes!). Everyone looked absolutely

For centuries, the white male experience has guided our laws and policies in the United States. It has defined our democracy. And this remarkable lack of diversity has led to a government that’s failed to recognize, reflect, or represent the people whose perspectives and contributions make this nation special. We’ve seen this everywhere: from state

Ariana DeBose has showcased her artistry from Broadway to the big screen, and finally, here, on a game of Song Association. The triple threat recently scored an Oscar nomination for her work on West Side Story, and today she has her sight’s set on another prize. Tune in as she talks filming West Side Story,

Rihanna sparked speculation she and her boyfriend and baby’s father A$AP Rocky may be getting married when the pregnant singer was photographed out wearing a stunning diamond ring on her left ring finger. Rihanna was out shopping for baby clothes in Los Angeles’ Kitson Sunday. She wore a vintage Grave Digger monster truck T-shirt with

Steve GranitzGetty Images Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck just took a major step in their relationship: buying a house together. And the term “house” is being used loosely here, because it’s actually a massive mansion that they dropped $50 million on. According to Dirt, the 20,000 square foot home is in Bel-Air, and comes with

In the same way Kylie Jenner announced her son’s name was Wolf, Jenner casually revealed on Instagram Stories that she and Travis Scott have decided their baby’s name shouldn’t be Wolf. Jenner responded to media coverage of the 9-minute documentary-style video she shared, “To Our Son,” which included never-before-seen moments from her second pregnancy and