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The Marvel Cinematic Universe is just getting bigger and bigger. Not only are there TV shows, but countless new characters are also getting their chance to shine. No shade to the OGs—Thor, Iron Man, and Captain America—but is anyone else tired of seeing those same white men beating bad guys film after film?That’s why I (and honestly, everyone else) should be excited over Maya Lopez, aka Echo. A Native American deaf superhero, Echo's powers consist of mimicking the fighting styles of her opponents—100-percent badass if I do say so myself....

My Zoom interview with Jordan Alexander happens to take place a little over a year since she was first spotted with the new Gossip Girl cast on the Met steps. The images spread like wildfire online, christening the new guard of Upper East Side elite in their remixed prep school uniforms. (There were oversized blazers and biker shorts, but not a headband in sight.) Alexander immediately commanded attention with her shaved head and knee-high white croc boots, sprawled on the staircase with terrifying levels of cool. That was months before...

Games of Thrones is the best TV show ever (pending if we’re pretending the last season never happened). Okay, maybe not the best, but it's so good that multiple spin-offs are in the works. No, I’m not talking about House of the Dragon, though you should be hyped up for that too. I’m talking about Tales of Dunk and Egg. While we all loved GoT for its interconnected storylines, something we’re sure to see with the upcoming spin-offs, there’s something more exciting about seeing the world of Westeros with a...

"I'm so much more open to stuff now." On the verge of 100 million followers, Billie Eilish is ready to step back into the world as the most comfortable version of herself. Filled with new life experience, two more Grammys than last year, and a few less of her infamous one-liners, Billie Eilish truly is happier than ever. From hosting the Met Gala to being the reason Oscar de la Renta no longer sells fur, watch to see how much Billie has grown since her first interview in 2017 with...

Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, and Martin Short have decided to extend their stay in the Arconia—in spite of, you know, all the murders in the building. (Our hope is that rent will go down, at least.) The popular Hulu comedy has been a success story from the beginning, when the show launched as the streamer's most-watched original comedy on premiere day. The wacky mystery stars Gomez, Martin, and Short as a trio of true-crime connoisseurs who launch a podcast investigating a murder in their own Upper West Side building, only...

Stranger Things season 4 won't be out until summer 2022, and Sadie Sink “honestly cannot say anything” about what'll happen, she told ELLE.com during Kate Spade's summer presentation on Tuesday in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. But the 19-year-old actress sweetly offered a little tease about her character Max's journey. “I'm really happy with where Max's storyline went for season four,” she said. “I think you see a different side of her that I'm really excited to share with everyone.” John LamparskiGetty Images She also confirmed that the cast is truly is as...

We've watched Midge Maisel endure setbacks before, but none quite so sudden as the final moments of season 3's finale, in which the talented young comedienne loses her touring gig with singer Shy Baldwin and her glamorous New York City apartment, courtesy of her manager Susie's reckless gambling. Perhaps Midge deserves to be rocked back on her heels a bit. In her stand-up performance at the Apollo, her naïveté gets the best of her when she takes the opportunity to riff on Shy himself. The ruthless comedy for which she's...

Priyanka Chopra opened up on InStyle's Ladies First With Laura Brown podcast about how tough her year in London has been, where she has been shooting the upcoming series Citadel, and how she and her husband Nick Jonas coped with being long distance—and in different continents—during the COVID pandemic.“This year has been really tough,” Chopra started. “It was really, really tough to be away from home for an entire year, especially at a time where you can’t travel to see your family. Just the uncertainty of my mom and my...

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck reunited for the Thanksgiving holiday and spent the weekend together, marking the first major holiday they've celebrated alongside each other and their families since reconciling in the spring. E! got some details on Thanksgiving itself, which a very smitten Bennifer spent in Los Angeles.“Jennifer was very excited to come home and spend Thanksgiving with Ben,” a source close to Lopez told the outlet. “ mom joined them and they had a lot of low-key family time with both of their families together.” Lopez has 13-year-old...

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas stepped out for their first big red carpet date night of the holiday season. The two posed alongside each other at the British Fashion Awards in London. Chopra went full statement look, wearing a floral pantsuit, while Jonas wore a black suit with a red top. The couple had a cute moment on the red carpet but by no means were showing Bennifer-level PDA. Neil MockfordGetty Images John Phillips/BFCGetty Images Their appearance comes after Chopra sparked breakup rumors earlier this month after fans noticed that...

Comedian J.B. Smoove is co-star to Zendaya and Tom Holland in the Spider-Man films, so he's been able to observe their relationship first hand. And he's a fan. Smoove and his wife Shahidah Omar attended the American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles last weekend; while on the red carpet he told ET's Cassie DiLaura “Oh, I love those two. I love them so much.”He added that they were “the most adorable couple ever in the history of adorableness.”Then Smoove offered a little romantic advice, as an older...

Royal expert Jonathan Sacerdoti told US Magazine that it is unlikely that Prince William and Duchess Kate will be staying with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in California on their upcoming trip to the United States. William's environmental initiative The Earthshot Prize will be holding its second annual award ceremony in America in 2022 and it will be the first time the royal couple has visited the country since 2014.“It’s like so many of these things — it’s a sort of lose-lose situation,” Sacerdoti claimed. “If they get invited and...

It looks like pop icon Ariana Grande had a raucously fun time on Thanksgiving with her family and guests. The musician shared a series of photos and videos of everyone enjoying the day, including a rare photo of her husband Dalton Gomez and their dog Toulouse. Instagram In the photo, Gomez laughs while looking off camera as Grande buries her face in the pup's neck, her long ponytail and bow showing above his head. Other pics include her parents, Joan Grande and Ed Butera, playing Codenames together, and a video...

Pop star Selena Gomez is working with her mom, Mandy Teefey, on a new mental Health platform along with Daniella Pierson called Wondermind, launching the website this week. The site offers people access to supportive content and community around mental health issues. The three women wrote this message to their followers:We’ve each had our own mental health struggles, and we realized there was no inclusive, fun, and easy place where people could come together to explore, discuss, and navigate their feelings. So we created it. Welcome to Wondermind.The site explains...