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Spoilers below for It Ends With Us, both the book and film. There are plenty of problems with It Ends With Us—the buzzy new Colleen Hoover adaptation directed by (and starring) Justin Baldoni alongside Blake Lively—and that’s without mentioning the supposed cast drama that has TikTok up in arms. Yet the film does make improvements
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Barack Obama has been bumpin’ that. And by that, I mean “365” by Charli XCX, the Hot Girl Anthem of the season, which appears on his official 2024 summer playlist. The former president shared his annual list this afternoon, featuring a range of new hits and old classics. In his picks, you’ll find “Chihiro” by
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The girls of Blackpink reunited to celebrate the eight-year anniversary of their band’s debut. They had a very public celebration in Seoul with fans where they all coordinated in black outfits. Lisa opted for a black jacket, crop top, and pants ensemble (very “Rockstar”) while Jennie, Jisoo, and Lisa wore minidresses. Jisoo actually stepped out
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The rumors were true: Adele confirmed this evening in Germany that she and Rich Paul, the sports agent she has been dating since July 2021, are officially engaged. Adele revealed her new relationship status during a cheeky fan interaction at her Munich concert. A video of her responding to a fan asking her to marry
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After dominating BookTok, the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel, It Ends With Us, is finally headed to the big screen. The story follows Lily Bloom, played by Blake Lively, the owner of a flower shop struggling to grapple with her dark past while building a future for herself in Boston. There, she falls
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Kinds of Kindness is a star-studded dark comedy film with Poor Things’ Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe, Civil War’s Jesse Plemons, plus Joe Alwyn and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Hunter Schafer. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (the filmmaker behind Poor Things, The Favourite, and The Lobster), the movie consists of three
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Blake Lively, who famously styles herself, dug deep into Versace’s archives for the New York City premiere of her new film It Ends With Us. For the big night, the actress wore the iconic rainbow Versace dress that Britney Spears memorably donned in 2002. Lively chose the piece from Versace’s spring/summer 2003 collection specifically to
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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
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