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On My Block is coming to an end with its fourth and final season on Netflix, but that doesn't mean we have to leave Freeridge just yet. A spin-off set in the show’s fictional town is in the works, this time focusing on a new quartet of kids. The follow-up series will explore a new part of the neighborhood and the main crew “may or may not have unleashed a deadly curse kicking off an unforgettable adventure,” per Netflix.As of right now, further plot and release details are still unknown,...

“There are only two places in the world where we can live happy: at home and in Paris,” Ernest Hemingway once wrote in his acclaimed memoir about 1920s expat life, A Moveable Feast. Very wise words. Call it whatever you like: The City of Light, The City of Love, The Fashion Capital of the World, Paris is steeped in history and utterly charming at every turn. Whether you’re people-watching at a café, scoring vintage Chanel at a secondhand shop, or drinking wine by the carafe (no judgment here), there’s simply...

Sad girl fall is officially in session if Adele is on the way with new music.After a five-plus-year hiatus, the 15-time Grammy winner announced today that she’ll be dropping new music later this month, hopefully leading to an imminent new album, too. While we await the big release, we've gathered what we know so far about Adele’s next musical era. What songs are on the album?The first one we know of so far is “Easy on Me,” which drops Oct. 15. Adele posted a clip of the new track, teasing...

Pivotal Ventures/Jason Bell/Getty Images A vocal critic of the COVID-19 pandemic's disproportionate impact on women and marginalized communities, philanthropist and businesswoman Melinda French Gates is making renewed efforts to combat global inequity—but, this time, with a new strategy: books. In partnership with Flatiron Books, part of the larger Macmillan Publishers company, French Gates is launching Moment of Lift Books, an imprint dedicated exclusively to nonfiction about social issues faced by women and girls. The off-shoot, named after French Gates's own bestseller, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the...

How do you make the most out of a summer in New York? Happy Hour is a charming ode to the young women traipsing around downtown who always have somewhere to be. The debut novel by Marlowe Granados, written in diary form, takes place in one electric summer in New York, from late May to Labor Day. The 21-year-old protagonists, Isa and Gala, always seem to be whisked away to parties and art openings at a moment’s notice and sneaking in the back door of places where they wouldn’t otherwise...

It is just days before the Tony Awards would celebrate Broadway’s eagerly anticipated return after going dark for 17 months, and Annaleigh Ashford, who earned the coveted award in 2015 for her performance in You Can’t Take It With You, is giddy with appreciation when we hop on a Zoom call together. That’s partly because the live ceremony, which aired on September 26, marked an IRL reunion with some of her thespian friends. It’s also because, even throughout the hellscape that was 2020 (and still going strong in 2021), she’s...

Another day, another Trumpworld memoir. The latest damning dispatch from the Trump Administration comes courtesy of Stephanie Grisham, who served various roles in the White House throughout a four-year period: communications director and press secretary in the West Wing, as well as communications director and chief of staff in Melania Trump’s East Wing. In I’ll Take Your Questions Now, her new memoir, Grisham depicts a White House “where everything was like a clown car on fire running at full speed into a warehouse of fireworks.” Caught between the president’s abusive...

It's true, Netflix's smash-hit K-drama Squid Game is a show largely about brutality, poverty, desperation, and the inevitability of death. It is also a show in which the main characters sport some truly iconic green tracksuits. These two truths, however separate, can and must co-exist. You might be asking the question, Is it appropriate to wear the garb of these poor souls, who fight and kill one another in order to outlast a deadly children's game? Your heart is in the right place, I assure you, but nevertheless we must...

The Other Two, the hit HBO Max comedy series that concluded its long awaited second season on September 23, was recently renewed for its third, but co-creator Sarah Schneider admits she's still riddled with self-doubt, despite the show's passionate following. When asked if she feels the same sort of imposter syndrome as Brooke Dubek (Heléne Yorke), one of the titular “other two,” she's perfectly blunt: “I’m a writer, does that answer your question? We live in a society where at any moment, you can go online and see how much...

On Saturday, model Connar Franklin posted a now viral TikTok of her casual hang with “international celebrity” Selena Gomez. In the clip, Gomez is talking to their friend Aaron, taking a mock snooty tone while joking about what happens to her pals when they start following her on social media.“All my friends literally get mad at me when they follow me because their Explore page is me, so all they see is me,” Gomez quips as Franklin giggles behind the camera. “And then I'm like ‘I'm sorry, I'm just so...

It's spooky season, and sisters Kourtney Kardashian and Kylie Jenner are getting into the haunted spirit. On the very first day of October, Kardashian shared some of her festive decorations adorning the inside and outside of her home, beginning with two massive skeletons standing on either side of her front gate. 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. She also shared some of the Halloween-themed table...

Scarlett Johansson launched a lawsuit against Disney this year, alleging that their simultaneous release of her super hero vehicle Black Widow in theaters and Disney+ hurt the box office take. That meant Johansson's payday was hit. Disney responded to the lawsuit by alleging that Johansson was being careless of the pandemic and their reasons for putting the film on their streaming service.A spokesperson said at the time, “The lawsuit is especially sad and distressing in its callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged global effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.”The breach...

Bridgerton's break out star Regé-Jean Page may have left the series, but he has not left the streaming service Netflix. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Page will be starring in a project written and directed by Noah Hawley. The untitled project is a “heist thriller,” and will be produced via Hawley's 26 Keys production company and in partnership with AGBO's Joe and Anthony Russo and Mike Larocca. Further plot details for are being held back for now, Deadline reports. Larocca gave a statement on the announcement, saying, “AGBO was originally...