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By now, you’d have had to be in exile on a WiFi-barren island to avoid the buzz around HBO’s surprise summer hit The White Lotus. Set at a lavish Hawaiian resort, the deliciously mischievous show portrays a group of privileged, oblivious, mostly white guests and the frustrated staff members attempting to perfect their stay. Yet nothing—not the“romantic” boat ride for the newlyweds, nor the traditional luau dinner-and-show for families—goes as planned. As the episodes peel back the layers of the seemingly picturesque oceanside vacation, some truly dark debris floats to...

American Crime Story, the Emmy-winning FX series that gave audiences a closer look into the trial of O.J. Simpson and the assassination of Gianni Versace, will be tackling a new, eerily relevant topic in its third season: the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.The season, appropriately titled Impeachment: American Crime Story, will explore the case against Clinton, which infamously involved his sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Clive Owen will play the role of Clinton, while Beanie Feldstein will take on Monica Lewinsky. The season, originally set to begin...

The conservatorship battle that sparked the highly publicized #FreeBritney movement has seemingly reached its long-sought goal. Britney Spears’s father, Jamie Spears, has announced that he is “willing to step down” as her conservator, though the action will not take place immediately. “Mr. Spears is willing to step down when the time is right, but the transition needs to be orderly and include a resolution of matters pending before the Court,” the court filing read, as reported by NBC News. Once Jamie has officially chosen to step down, he will no...

Vang wearing a traditional Hmong hat, “xauv” necklace, and money belt with coins. Courtesy Annie Vang After the Vietnam War, Annie Vang’s parents escaped persecution in Laos and traversed the Mekong River in the dead of night to seek safety in Thailand. “My family had no choice but to flee or die,” she says.Vang and her family are Hmong, an ethnic and cultural group who lost their land—and way of life—after siding with the U.S. in the fight against Communism. Like so many other Hmong people, Vang’s family resettled in...

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Hailey and Justin Bieber are the kind of couple who loves dressing up (Hailey more formally than Justin most of the time), and this week they did it again. Justin shared a selfie of them on his Instagram featuring him in a sleek black look and Hailey in a latex blue Versace dress. It's a dressier summer date night ensemble for the Biebers. Hailey accessorized with a Bottega Veneta bag, Rachel G jewelry, and an Anita Ko necklace. Over 4.6 million people liked Justin's post: This content is imported from...

Twenty years ago, Sex and the City’s Charlotte (Kristin Davis) sat down with her three best friends—Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon)—at a diner in the middle of the night. She had a radical proposal: “Maybe we can be each other’s soulmates,” she said. “And let men be these great, nice guys to have fun with.”This overture began with the disclaimer “Don’t laugh,” because the very notion that women could abandon the idea of a fairytale romance for their platonic friendships sounded ridiculous in 2001....

Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles have kept their romance mostly private since news of their dating went public in January 2021. But on Sunday in Los Angeles, the two were photographed out on a very affectionate walk in matching white and denim looks. It's a very rare sighting of the couple—and a signal that over six months into dating, their love story is still going strong. GEDU, SALABACKGRID Entertainment Tonight got an update on Styles and Wilde's relationship twice this summer. Most recently in July, the outlet was told that...

There are three types of L Word fans: people who identify with Bette Porter, people who want to be with Bette Porter, or people who are a bit of...both. Jennifer Beals has been embodying the iconic power-lesbian character since the show first premiered in early 2004, and today she serves as an executive producer on the Showtime follow-up The L Word: Generation Q. During the past 17-plus years, Beals has seen Bette through several heartbreaks, breakups, and make-ups. She has ushered Bette through her life’s biggest changes: losing a parent,...

Following TMZ's report today that a judge denied Britney Spears' request to remove her father from her conservatorship ahead of her scheduled September hearing, Spears posted on Instagram that she is going to “post a little less from now on” because “the news has been pretty nasty saying horrible and mean lies about me.” She also shared a cooking video and quoted lyrics from Selena Gomez's “Kill Em With Kindness.” Gomez responded to the shout-out with a sweet message to Spears—and a public show of support for Spears as she...

CBS’s How I Met Your Mother ended more than seven years ago, but fans who miss Robin, Barney, Ted, Lily, and Ted and are also really bummed the Lizzie McGuire reboot didn’t happen are in luck. Hilary Duff is starring in a How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM)spin-off called How I Met Your Father (HIMYF) a 10-episode comedy series on Hulu. This is the first show Duff is doing after the series end of Younger, which ran for seven seasons. The pilot episode will be helmed by HIMYM director Pam...

Today is Shawn Mendes’s 23rd birthday, and his girlfriend, Camila Cabello, is here to remind the internet with a sweet tribute. She posted on her grid to celebrate her boyfriend of two years on his big day.“feliz cumpleaños mi amor ❤️ thankful for your existence everyday 🌹,” she wrote alongside a carousel of two images and one video. The lead image is of her kissing Mendes on the cheek. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may...

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West share four kids, which means, even though they are no longer together, they are co-parents. A source tells E! that the two have a “healthy” co-parenting relationship, adding: “They have been communicating more and more.”Kardashian attended West’s “Donda” listening party last month in Atlanta and attended the second one on August 5. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. This content...