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When you think of the French Riviera, you might assume that summer is the best time to visit. But Nice has actually been a popular winter travel destination since the 18th century, when aristocrats, largely from England, began spending summers there. With mild temperatures year-round (a local told me you can eat outside until the end of November, and begin doing so again come February), and far fewer tourists than the hordes that swarm the city in August, Nice is truly at its prime in the cooler months. And you...

Pete Davidson, Hollywood's surprise most coveted bachelor, is having great luck charming Emily Ratajkowski, a source close to Emrata would like you (and E!) to know. The SNL alum, who recently dated Kim Kardashian, was reported to be dating Ratajkowski at the beginning of this week. Emrata and Davidson were then photographed hugging on Wednesday.The Emrata source told E! that while these are really just the early days of Ratajkowski and Davidson, they have something very good going on. “Emily is super into Pete right now,” the source said. “It's...

Andrew Morton regrets little about his bestselling 1992 biography Diana: Her True Story: not the surreptitious manner in which its interviews were conducted; not the warfare it catalyzed between the Prince and Princess of Wales; nor the way it was portrayed in 2022, on the fifth and penultimate season of Peter Morgan’s drama The Crown. He has only two wistful observations: That so many refused to believe his work was authentic when first published, and that he never got to meet with Princess Diana before her death, to express his...

School is back in session at Essex College—The Sex Lives of College Girls has returned for its sophomore season. After premiering on HBO Max in 2021, the beloved new comedy from Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble picks up shortly after the season 1 finale, as our leading quartet of roommates return to campus after fall break. In the new episodes, the girls face a new set of challenges: Bela (Amrit Kaur) launches her own women-centric comedy magazine, Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet) deals with the aftermath of losing her scholarship, Leighton (Reneé...

How to even chronicle the exhausting and hilarious arc of the days that started at 5 a.m. when my kids banged on the drums we gave them for some reason (why?!), and culminated in my attempt to write my essay collection, Weird Girls: Writing the Art Monster. Weird Girls considers the plight of women writers (and particularly mothers) to make not only cakes and babies but also art, and the very conundrum I was facing myself: how to carve out space to be creative, how to push back against the...

It's hard to believe that The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement arrived way back in August 2004. While the past 18 years have just flown by, fans of the real-life fairytale franchise have never given up hope for a third Princess Diaries movie. And 2022 feels as fitting a time as any to bestow the world with some good news.In recent years, traction on a trilogy-making sequel has stalled. Anne Hathaway, who played plucked-from-obscurity princess Mia Thermopolis, previously confirmed a script exists, and while she claimed to be on board...

When they first met in 1995, the heart surgeon Hasnat Khan offered exactly what the recently divorced Princess Diana needed in a partner: normality, stability, wisdom, and warmth. What he couldn’t provide was legitimacy. Horrified by the intrusion of paparazzi and deeply serious about his work at Royal Brompton Hospital, the 36-year-old Pakistani cardiologist knew going public with the Princess of Wales would ignite a press frenzy he didn’t care to read, let alone involve himself in. Never mind the response his family would have, the racism he’d experience, or...

Zoë Kravitz is ready to talk a little more about her romance with Channing Tatum—and how she and good friend Taylor Swift secretly spent a lot of time together during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Kravitz told GQ that she was quarantining in London while shooting The Batman, and Swift was there too with her boyfriend Joe Alwyn.“She was my pod,” Kravitz said. “She was a very important part of being in London, just having a friend that I could see and that would make me home-cooked meals...

If you thought Tampongate was going to be the most bizarre royal scandal depicted on The Crown, grab a seat. Let's discuss the “toe-sucking” incident of 1992.In season 5, episode 4, Queen Elizabeth II (Imelda Staunton) sits down with her son Prince Andrew (James Murray) to discuss his marriage with Sarah Ferguson. By this point, he and the Duchess of York, who doesn't appear onscreen this season, are separated. The duchess has even been linked with an American named Steve Wyatt and is now dating her financial advisor, John Bryan....

Press Play is a recurring column that looks at (and listens to) the songs that have shaped the life and work of beloved musical artists.Growing up in rural Germany, Kim Petras would watch her sisters and friends receive communion at church, feeling excluded but also conflicted. “As someone who’s been transgender my whole life, I never fit into religion,” she says. “I had a lot of religious friends, and I would go to their First Communion and things like that, but I was never really accepted into that world because...

The late Princess Diana was a media mastermind, an unabashed spin doctor of her own wounded cause. That’s not to say her cause was illegitimate: Marrying a man with little interest in loving her, she was sold a raw deal disguised with the saccharine frosting of her wedding cake. Royal life was not the pleasure she’d been promised, marriage was not the solace she’d long sought, and womanhood was as terrifying and cruel as she’d always feared. Diana could be impetuous, but she was not unjustified. Which, of course, made...

On Friday night, actress Blake Lively stepped out with a friend in Manhattan for an evening on the town, showing off a rare maternity look. The 35-year-old is expecting her fourth child with husband Ryan Reynolds; she revealed her pregnancy on the red carpet at the 10th Annual Forbes Power Women's Summit in September, wearing a short gold sequined dress that stretched over her baby bump.In NYC this week, Lively wore a long black dress with white buttons at the neckline, a long loose grey coat, black boots, and a...

On November 10, People's newest Sexiest Man Alive Chris Evans revealed that he has been dating 25-year-old actress Alba Baptista for at least a year and “it's serious,” according to a source, who added,“They are in love, and Chris has never been happier. His family and friends all adore her.”Stefania D'Alessandro//Getty ImagesThis is everything about Baptista and their relationship timeline so far.Who is Alba Baptista?The actress is best known for her role on Netflix's Warrior Nun, her English-language debut. Baptista is from Portugal and was born in Lisbon. She has...

After Coldplay's Chris Martin consciously uncoupled back in 2014 with his partner of a decade Gwyneth Paltrow, his dating life became decidedly more private. Martin seems to have finally found lasting love with Dakota Johnson after previously being linked to actresses including Jennifer Lawrence and Annabelle Wallis. Although they've kept their relationship low-key, they celebrated three years together this past October. Here, a rundown of the romance.October 2017: Rumors of a relationship first arose when Johnson and Martin were spotted grabbing dinner at Sushi Park in Los Angeles. According to...