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Kim Kardashian has made a rare public statement against Kanye West on his own Instagram, asking him to stop pushing the false narrative that he can't see their four children.West shared a photo today of Kardashian, West, and alien pins on their eight-year-old daughter North West's backpack. “This was on my daughters back pack when I was ‘allowed’ to see her last week This is why I go so hard for my family I am wired to protect my family at all cost As the priest of my home Don’t...

Hailey Bieber confirmed weekend reports that on Thursday, she was briefly hospitalized after experiencing “stroke-like symptoms” but had been released. “They found I had suffered a very small blood clot to my brain, which caused a small lack of oxygen, but my body had passed it on its own and I recovered completely with a few hours,” she wrote.Over the weekend, she was back in action, going out with Justin and friends to Soho House in West Hollywood on Sunday afternoon, according to Entertainment Tonight, and his Salt Lake City...

ELLE Editor in Chief Nina Garcia has been named one of USA Today's 2022 Women of the Year alongside honorees including Vice President Kamala Harris, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, philanthropist Melinda French Gates, and more.Garcia, who was born in Colombia and became the first Latina to helm a major fashion magazine in the U.S., is recognized for uplifting Latinx voices with her role at ELLE. She previously spoke about her responsibility while accepting a CFDA Fashion Award for Best Media in November. “My mission is so clear,” she said at...

ABC's hit comedy Abbott Elementary is officially returning for another season. The network announced the news in the form of a memo from Principal Ava Coleman (played by fan favorite Janelle James) to faculty and students “aka my fans,” she writes. “The camera crew I hired to showcase all that I've made happen at our beautiful school thinks I'm a star. I mean, are we surprised? No, we're not :),” she added. “With that said, it is with great pleasure that I share they'll be returning for the 2022-2023 school...

Euphoria season 2 was quite the ride. It saw our favorite East Highland teens (plus Fez and Ash—and minus Nate) up to more shenanigans, still mostly propelled by sweet thrills, unhealed wounds, and an achingly familiar yearning for connection.As discourse faithfully filled timelines and group chats with each episode, it seemed fitting to ask a specialist some of our most pressing questions about the show, specifically about the girls and their dysfunctional relationships: Why would Cassie do…*gestures vaguely*…all of that? How the heck would Maddy recover from all her trauma?...

This Women’s History Month, it’s time to have a seat. More specifically, a #SeatAtTheTable. On March 23, The Female Quotient, NBCUniversal, The Female Lead, and ELLE magazine are partnering to invite women to fill a table—both literally and metaphorically—and be part of a global conversation around closing equality gaps. After all, the experts on how to fix these issues? The women experiencing it firsthand.How it’ll work: RSVP to host a discussion. Fill it with the women in your community. Discuss mentorship, caregiving, entrepreneurship, representation, education, mental health, or whatever issues...

This past fall, director Denis Villeneuve captivated us all with the futuristic, sand-ridden sci-fi film Dune, starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, and many more. Set 20,000 years in the future, the movie introduces us to a brand new-world of technology, power, and warfare. Based on the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert, the story follows Paul (Chalamet), the royal heir to the house of Atreides, a wealthy colony on the planet Caladan in the year 10,191. He and his family, including his mother Lady Jessica (Ferguson) and father Duke Leto...

Salma Hayek celebrated International Women’s Day, and she infused some serious style into the big day. In a new Instagram post, the 55-year-old Eternals star modeled a cool Gucci shirt—and nothing else. (Fun fact: Her husband, François-Henri Pinault, owns Gucci.) You can buy the shirt here and hat here.“Today on #IWD2022, @Gucci debuts a special #GenerationEquality capsule collection under the banner of #ChimeForChange, Gucci’s longstanding global campaign to convene, unite and strengthen the voices speaking out for gender equality,” Hayek wrote in the caption, before urging people to check it...

The beloved Netflix series that catapulted Maitreyi Ramakrishnan into teen stardom has an end in sight: According to Deadline, the streamer has renewed Never Have I Ever for what will be its fourth and final season. The show, created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, follows Indian-American teenager Devi throughout her high school years in Los Angeles, so the final season is expected to take place as Devi prepares for graduation. Until then, we'll have season 3 to keep us coming. The third chapter is expected to land on the...

On Feb. 25, 2021, the House of Representatives voted to pass the historic Equality Act, a bill that would revise existing civil rights law in order to explicitly ban discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation and expand current protections. In short: The law would give LBGTQ+ people the same rights millions of Americans have had for decades. But in the last year, the bill has stalled in the Senate, where it needs all Democrats and at least 10 Republicans to vote in favor for it to land on...

Dua Lipa is a pop star, lifestyle brand founder, and even, on rare occasions, a runway model. Now it seems she’ll soon become a movie star, too. The “Don’t Start Now” singer is set to make her acting debut in Argylle, a new spy thriller from Kingsman director Matthew Vaughn. Not much is known about Lipa’s role yet, but we just got our first look at her in the film. In a still released by Apple TV+, she wears a gold form-fitting dress (and a blonde wig!) while cozied up...

There are plenty of reasons to be upset with director Sam Levinson's latest season of Euphoria, but actress Barbie Ferreira is easing some pressure with her latest confession: Much of the alleged behind-the-scenes drama is apparently “untrue.”In an interview with Insider, the actress responded—albeit indirectly—to rumors that not all was well between her and the director during production. These alleged incidents included “storming off” set and “butting heads” with Levinson regarding story and screen time decisions, according to The Daily Beast. Rumors proliferated further after a February 2022 cover story...

Dior ambassador Jisoo did more than just attend the French house's fall/winter 2022 runway show last week in a very Clueless-like yellow plaid mini dress. She also recorded a diary of her experience so everyone could have an intimate look inside one of Paris Fashion Week's most prestigious events. Watch the video, premiering on ELLE.com, above.Jisoo narrated her day, saying in Korean, translated into English in Dior's subtitles: “It’s been a little while since the spring/summer 2022 show. As always, Paris is thrilling, and there’s incredible energy here.” Pascal Le...

This week, Hulu's The Dropout premiered. This adaptation of Elizabeth Homes's story features Amanda Seyfried as Holmes and actor Naveen Andrews playing Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the Theranos founder's much older ex-boyfriend. Holmes hired Balwani as the president of her company and then the COO before its very public crash.The big promise of Theranos was that the new technology the company was allegedly developing would revolutionize blood testing in the medical industry. They raised billions of dollars and got a whole lot of hype. The only problem was none of the...