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On Taylor Swift’s new album The Tortured Poets Department, one of her songs titled “thanK you aIMee” seemed to address an old feud with SKIMS founder Kim Kardashian. Even the title alludes to their long standing conflict with capitalized letters spelling out “KIM.” Clearly, Swift has been thinking about her former friend for some time,

Furiosa star Anya Taylor-Joy is known for delivering show-stopping red carpet looks. On Thursday, April 25, she attended a Tiffany & Co. event celebrating the launch of Blue Book 2024: Tiffany Céleste. Taylor-Joy looked regal in a corseted, satin gown from UAE-based designer Hamda Al Fahim, which she accessorized with Tiffany jewelry. The top of

Emma Stone is reclaiming her real name. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Stone sat down with her The Curse co-star Nathan Fielder, who told the interviewer that, for the remainder of their chat, he would be calling Stone by her real name, which is actually Emily. “Before we continue, I’d like to say

On Thursday, ELLE’s 2024 Music Issue cover star, Dua Lipa, attended the Time100 Gala in custom Chanel. The sheer dress had long sleeves and a plunging neckline, and was embroidered with crystals. At the center of the bodice, there was a signature black Chanel bow, with an elegant white broach in the center. There was

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce managed to sneak in another getaway before Swift’s Eras Tour resumes in Europe—and they had some pretty famous company with them. Travis’ mom, Donna Kelce, revealed at QVC’s Age of Possibility summit yesterday that Travis and Swift recently went to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, with Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper. According to

Allow Benny Blanco to tell the straight-from-a-rom-com story of how he realized his feelings for his girlfriend and longtime friend, Selena Gomez. He had his epiphany while they were doing a recording session, the music producer told WSJ magazine, but they were already friends for nearly a decade. “I was the last one to know,”

With the release of Challengers a day away, Zendaya has been squeezing as many tennis-inspired looks into the press tour as she can. On Wednesday alone, she was photographed in three different outfits. The actress started her day off in New York City in a custom dress from the athletic brand On. The white dress

Ever since Taylor Swift released The Tortured Poets Department, Travis Kelce has kept quiet about the new album and the two songs on the record believed to be about him: “The Alchemy” and “So High School.” (Fan theorize a third, “The Albatross,” is about their relationship, too.) However, a source who knows Kelce spoke to

Matty Healy is the first of The Tortured Poets Department’s rumored song subjects to speak out about Taylor Swift’s new album. TMZ obtained video of the conversation between Healy, whom Swift dated briefly last summer, and a paparazzo this morning in Los Angeles. The photographer asked Healy how he’d rate Swift’s “diss track” about him

Places, please for ELLE’s theater column Showstoppers, where theater’s biggest stars reflect upon the moment in their career where the famous phrase “the show must go on” became a little too real. When things don’t go according to plan onstage, here’s how the pros react—and what they take away from it. This month, Eva Noblezada,

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

Zendaya is keeping fans happy with her Challengers press tour, which, in typical Zendaya fashion, wound up becoming an all-out fashion tour. Ahead of Challengers’ official release on Friday, the actress continued her tennis-inspired red carpet looks with two more preppy outfits on April 23. For her appearance on Good Morning America, the actress wore

Selena Gomez and her boyfriend, Benny Blanco, reunited for a very public New York City date night on Monday. The couple was photographed sitting courtside for the New York Knicks game against the Philadelphia 76ers. Gomez and Blanco didn’t hide their affection either, with Blanco kissing Gomez’s cheek while they were filmed. Sarah Stier//Getty Images

Joe Alwyn went to great lengths to avoid talking about his ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift during their six-year relationship. Days after Swift told her side of the breakup on her new album, The Tortured Poets Department (particularly on “So Long, London” and “loml”), a source close to Alwyn spoke to People about why he chose not

The hit Netflix series Baby Reindeer began as a one-man play starring Richard Gadd, in which he told his traumatic true story of being stalked by a woman named Martha (played by Jessica Gunning) when he was in his 20s. He performed the show at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and it became a success.

Spoilers below for The Sympathizer. “In America, it’s called the Vietnam War. In Vietnam, it’s called the American War,” reads an opening title card on the first episode of HBO’s new limited series The Sympathizer. It’s an immediate reminder to Western audiences of the perspectives on global conflicts outside of their own, and teases that

The first season of Fallout premiered in early April, and the show has already been confirmed for a season two on Prime Video, headed by Kilter Films and executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. The show has reportedly become one of the streaming service’s three most-watched shows ever and the most-watched globally since The

On Saturday night, Victoria Beckham celebrated her 50th birthday in London and she was surrounded by friends, family, and all of her fellow Spice Girls. Happily, her husband David Beckham was there to record the momentous reunion. Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, and Emma Bunton were all present to to party with Posh Spice

The Met Gala is coming up, and the red carpet will see some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. But Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will reportedly not be amongst them, according to a report from TMZ. The couple have been individually invited to the famed fashion night, however they’ve already declined. Swift has logistical reasons for

Zendaya and Tom Holland have been dating since at least 2021, but the timeline is a bit murky before that. They met as co-stars on the set of Spider-Man, and though there were rumors early on that they were developing a romantic relationship, they kept their private lives private. Their couplehood was only revealed after

To celebrate Taylor Swift’s new “Fortnight” music video for a track off her just-released Tortured Poets Department album, the singer released a 15-second compilation of clips on YouTube. It included an adorable moment between her and boyfriend Travis Kelce. In the short video, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end leans over to give her a

The music video for “Fortnight,” the first from Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Department era, has arrived. The visuals for this Post Malone collab are black and white, cinematic, and full of period costumes and typewriters. But of course, there’s always more to Swift’s symbolism than set dressing might suggest. Swift teased that the music video

In Taylor Swift’s December Time interview, the singer touched on how much pain she stills feels about Kim Kardashian’s Snapchat scandal. Her song “Cassandra” from The Tortured Poets Department appears to expand more on it. For context, in 2020, full footage of the infamous call between Taylor Swift and Kanye West discussing the lyrics of

When Taylor Swift wants to make herself clear, that’s exactly what she does. (Case in point: Her Tortured Poets Department track “thanK you aIMee” is about as obvious a swat at Kim Kardashian as it gets.) But the pop sensation similarly relishes her mysticism; an unavoidable component of Swiftiehood is decoding the artist’s numerous Easter