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Netflix’s Selling Sunset was the hit of lockdown, but the engaging cast and their glamorous mansions have remained compelling even when there's other stuff to do besides binge watch. It was announced in March of this year that the show had been renewed for Seasons 4 and 5, and the fourth season premiered on November 24. If you haven't started watching yet, it might be the perfect way to get through the rest of the Thanksgiving weekend. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the...

On Thursday morning, Kim Kardashian and her 8-year-old daughter North West debuted their shared TikTok account, @kimandnorth, and they already have over 300k followers and more than 1.5 million likes. “No bio yet,” reads the bio. The first of 24 posts (so far) is of the gal's “spa day” where they show their monochrome collection of products from Kylie Cosmetics and lip syncing to Doja Cat's “Need To Know.” This content is imported from TikTok. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may...

Putting a dog in your show is a copout. I can admit this! It is astronomically more challenging to judge a work by its merits when there's a golden retriever blinking at you drowsily from the screen. If you have a dog yourself, it's even worse: The two canines always seem, impossibly, to lock eyes through the television; perhaps one of them even barks or whines or makes that heart-melting little chuff sound, and you, in all your cynicism, still can't help but indulge in another episode. Such a weakness...

The Harder They Fall, Netflix’s all-Black Western blockbuster, may be filled with star actors from Regina King to Idris Elba, but you can’t take your eyes off Danielle Deadwyler. From her first scene as Cuffee, the mysterious doorman at Stagecoach Mary’s (Zazie Beetz) saloon, she gives an impressively vulnerable performance based on Cathay Williams, a frontier woman who served as a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army while disguised as a man. Joining in on the Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) gang’s quest to take down Rufus Buck (Elba), Cuffee...

It has been 23 years since Cowboy Bebop first premiered on TV Tokyo, gracing Japanese television screens for the first time. Since the colorful debut of the now-iconic series, which was inspired by old westerns and pulp fiction, the very cool yet mysterious leading man Spike Spiegel and his comrades Jet Black and Faye Valentine have become synonymous with the global anime takeover. The neo-noir drama has become an invaluable part of pop culture with a legion of fans that still consider it one of the best series from the...

Netflix’s Selling Sunset is finally back for its fourth season, and to add some extra drama, luxury real estate agents Emma Hernan and Vanessa Villela have joined the cast. While Emma has some relationship history with fellow cast member Christine Quinn, Vanessa is a completely new addition to the gang. Here’s what you need to know about one of Selling Sunset’s newest cast members.She got her start in soaps.Vanessa Villela has something in common with original cast member Chrishell Stause—they both started out acting in soap operas before joining The...

Two musical theater legends collide in Netflix’s latest movie musical tick, tick... Boom!, which follows a young theater composer (played by Andrew Garfield) who’s on the brink of turning 30 and wrestling with his decision to follow a career in the arts. The film is based on the semi-autobiographical rock monologue written by Jonathan Larson, who’s best known for writing the musical sensation Rent, and it’s directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, best known for writing the era-defining show Hamilton. Miranda has long been a fan of Larson’s work, telling publications over...

Most deadly shootings don’t start with an apology. Then again, little about Rachel Bellesen’s case resembles other deadly shootings. After years in an abusive marriage, the 38-year-old mother thought the worst was behind her: She had remarried the love of her life and was now helping other women through her work at a domestic violence shelter in Kalispell, Montana. “I didn’t even consider myself a survivor anymore, because it all seemed like a lifetime ago,” she told ELLE recently. “I think that’s why I didn’t see it coming.”On the morning...

Allow Selena Gomez to show how travel style can be cozy but still eye-catching in the best ways. The singer was photographed at JFK airport in New York City today, wearing orange sweats with white Miu Miu sneakers and a matching Miu Miu purse. Gomez had a black mask on and her hair in a bun. BACKGRID Gomez has been spending time in New York City as her hit Hulu comedy series Only Murders in the Building season 2 begins shooting. Series co-creator John Hoffman spoke to ELLE.com at the...

As streaming services wrestle to nail down which episode rollout strategy will prove most fruitful, HBO Max has taken the “spaghetti at the wall” approach, cutting some series into mini half-seasons or, as is the case with The Sex Lives of College Girls, dicing up the show into seemingly arbitrary chunks.This strategy might smooth over the debate between binge-watchers and appointment-television devotees, but actual viewers might struggle to piece together when, precisely, their new favorite Mindy Kaling comedy will air. The series stars Pauline Chalamet, Amrit Kaur, Reneé Rapp, and...

Last month, Jay-Z was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and his 9-year-old daughter Blue Ivy Carter made a public appearance to help with the ceremony. All of the ceremony is now available to view on HBO, but the pre-recorded tribute video featuring Beyoncé's oldest was released on YouTube. Blue pops up right after her mother, joining in on repeating Jay-Z's lyrics. Hers was from his 1998 song “Ride or Die,” slightly censored. “Congrats S. Carter, ghost writer,” she recites. “You paid the right price, so we...

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker shared a romantic movie night on the beach this weekend and before sharing some clips of the evening on Instagram. Their date included a projected screening of Home Alone, private fireworks, dozens of candles, a bonfire, a meal, and as usual, a lot of cuddling. Page Six reports it was another celebration of Barker's birthday, who turned 46 on November 14. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to...

Carola Lovering's 2018 novel Tell Me Lies is being adapted by Hulu into a series as part of Emma Roberts' first look deal with the streaming service. Here's what we know about the show so far.What's the plot?The story covers eight years in the life of a young woman named Lucy Albright, who arrives on her college campus wanting to leave a traumatic relationship with her mother behind. There, she meets a young man named Stephen DeMarco. They start off with your average early romance, but then things “quickly fall...

On Thursday, Blake Lively walked through New York City streets in casual fashion that fit in perfectly. She wore a long black coat over a white crop top with blue piping that she's worn before on an outing with husband Ryan Reynolds. Her skinny black jeans were tucked into black combat boots with white laces.Slung over her shoulder was a brown leather phone case, and she carried a yellow water bottle as she walked down the street with a male friend. MEGAGetty Images Lively just released her directorial debut for...