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Just as Michelle and Barack Obama never fail to share the love on holidays and special occasions, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds never pass up the chance to lovingly troll each other. Today, for her Valentine's Day Instagram message, Lively posted a video of Reynolds helping her dye her hair (assuming this was taken during this past year of at-home hairstyling). "That time I f*d my hairdresser," she wrote. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may...

Taylor Swift has given her fans a whole new set of reasons to get excited lately. This week, she announced that she would be re-releasing a new recording of her 2009 hit, "Love Story" at midnight on February 12. Since then, Swifties have been doing what they do best: Detective work. After Swift revealed the new recording of "Love Story," she added that she'd finished 26 new songs, as well as six bonus, never-before-released songs. In her Instagram post, she dropped the new cover of Fearless, in which she is...

If you're invested in the To All the Boys I've Loved Before franchise, then you've likely already watched the third movie, which premiered on Friday. The second movie in the franchise, To All the Boys I've Loved Before: P.S. I Still Love You, came out February 12, 2020, and it's been one long garbage-fire year since we last saw Lara Jean Covey and Peter Kavinsky. Fans who've already watched To All the Boys: Always and Forever tweeted their passionate feelings about Lara Jean, her journey, her love story, and her...

On February 12, 2020, To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You premiered on Netflix. Yes, that was last year. Valentine's Day 2020 came just one month before COVID-19 confined us to our homes or forced us to risk our lives to earn money at jobs deemed essential. And on February 12, 2021, one year and a traumatic pandemic later, To All the Boys I've Loved Before: Always and Forever, the third film in the trilogy, premiered on Netflix. We pick up where we left off with P.S. I...

Like most fashionistas, Meghan Markle has amassed quite the collection of designer shoes, spotted at public engagements in brands like Manolo Blahnik and Stuart Weitzman. But, like sister-in-law Kate Middleton, Meghan also recycles a good amount of her heels, mixing and matching her favorites with her midi dresses. The Duchess of Sussex has her go-to pumps for special occasions (Aquazzura) and sandals or sneakers (Veja) for more laidback outings. Because she's not afraid of a repeat-wear, it's easy to identify the few brands she holds dear to her heart. Find...

If the fan theory machine churning at full blast is any indication, WandaVision—Marvel's first serialized foray into the uncharted waters of streaming—is a massive hit. The show siphons the best parts of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (the adventure, the powers, the Easter eggs) and blends them with the completely original element of all-American sitcoms. Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany play a Wanda Maximoff and Vision we haven't seen before, a suburban couple who specialize in neighborhood talent shows and diaper changing rather than intergalactic warfare. They're Dick Van Dyke-ified, Full...

Last April, a few weeks into pandemic lockdown, a strange phenomenon occurred. Friends and acquaintances messaged me to say they, in so many words, “finally understood what my life was like.” I didn’t know how to respond to those messages then, but I think I do now. See, I’m chronically ill. I live with Crohn’s, an incurable disease that causes my immune system to attack my digestive system, and celiac disease, an immune response in the small intestine to gluten. Celiac has been fairly easy to manage with a strict...

Abaca Press / Alamy Stock Photo Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been released from prison after 1,001 days. Hathloul was arrested in 2018 after openly calling for an end on the ban against female drivers in the deeply conservative Kingdom. She also spoke out against its controversial male guardianship system, which gives men considerable power over women. Hathloul was one of at least a dozen other female activists taken into custody in 2018 after Saudi media branded them as traitors.In December 2020, she was reportedly sentenced to...

The revealing film 'Framing Britney Spears' dives into the singer's conservatorship and her fight for freedom Britney Spears has been framed by the media in many ways: a Disney protégé, America’s “girl next door,” a Hollywood heartbreaker, a woman unhinged and an industry villain. Her image—this time, the real Britney—is being reinvented again as a woman struggling for freedom. It’s all in an episode of Hulu’s New York Times Presents documentary series called Framing Britney Spears. The documentary exposé—which has been blocked in Canada by both YouTube and Vimeo since its February...

The day I learned I’d been nominated for an Oscar, I was filming a small role for a new Black director. Just as I was delivering an important line, I heard laughter on the sidelines of the set. “Don’t they know we’re shooting in here?” I snapped. “What’s the matter with them?” A moment later, a producer walked in. “We’ve just gotten some good news,” he said. I held up my hand. “I don’t want to hear anything,” I told him. “Whatever it is can wait.” When I am working,...

We're looking down the barrel of the longest Droughtlander yet, but the beloved cast and crew of Outlander are intent on keeping us apprised of the latest from set (and, er, Zoom) in the meantime. Below, everything we know about season 6 of the hit Starz series—from what's going on with pre-production to what to expect for Claire (Caitriona Balfe), Jamie (Sam Heughan), Brianna (Sophie Skelton), and Roger (Richard Rankin) when the show returns. Season 6 will largely pull from Diana Gabaldon's A Breath of Snow and Ashes.Though season 5...

Max Mumby/IndigoGetty Images The UK has a new royal baby! Buckingham Palace just confirmed the happy news that Princess Eugenie gave birth to her son this morning at the Portland Hospital in London. "Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie was safely delivered of a son today, 9th February 2021, at 0855hrs at The Portland Hospital. Jack Brooksbank was present," reads a statement released this afternoon.The Palace then went on to share that both mother and baby are in good health following the delivery, and that the little boy weighs 8lbs 1oz....