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As K-pop band (G)-IDLE speed toward their five-year anniversary in May 2023, the girls are ending 2022 with two major milestones: Their mini album I love, which was released in October, became their first work to chart on the Billboard 200, and they just completed their first world tour. It’s been a rejuvenating experience for the now-five-member girl group, which has 8.8 million fans (their fanbase is called “Neverland”) on Instagram alone. As MINNIE tells ELLE.com of their time on the road, “The atmosphere was so different, and the energy...

Jack Harlow, an artist who famously wrote and named a track after Dua Lipa with her blessing, may be getting the chance to date his dream girl after all. Page Six reports that the two met in person at Variety's Hitmakers Brunch in Los Angeles on December 3 and have been in “constant communication” ever since. The outlet described her as “quite smitten” by the 24-year-old rapper.Harlow is shooting his shot, a source told the outlet: “He was very interested in her, and was going to strongly pursue ,” the...

Now that Brittney Griner is finally home following nearly one year in Russian custody, her wife is thanking the people who made her return possible.This weekend, Cherelle Griner shared her first Instagram post since the WNBA star's release. In it, she included two collages featuring photos of friends and advocates who used their voices to call for Griner's freedom.“Yesterday my heart was made whole thanks to the collective efforts of MANY! I'm humbled by their hearts. To care for another, a stranger to some, a friend to some—is humanity in...

I feel as if my body is withering away. I don’t say this as a form of hyperbole or in a quest for sympathy from strangers. It’s the rotten-bone truth: Since being diagnosed with heart failure in 2019, my body has considerably shrunk in size—to the point that I’ve had to discard my entire wardrobe and purchase a new one. That’s not a compliment. This isn’t earned or intentional weight loss. I wasn’t aiming to lookin the mirror and see a smaller face or slimmer waist staring back at me,...

On Friday, Priyanka Chopra shared a few more glimpses of her one-year-old daughter Malti, who she shares with husband Nick Jonas. Chopra is careful to obscure Malti's face, but clearly wants to post about how adorable her daughter is in other ways. The mother-daughter pair were enjoying some time together as the holidays approach and they were looking very cozy and cuddly.In the first photo, Malti is seated in her mom's lap, flipping through a magazine and seemingly enjoying a look at a Chanel print ad. The baby is in...

Kids who gets cast in Disney Channel productions have a challenging road ahead. Being famous isn't always easy, and it's especially challenging for young people. But they do have each other to turn to. That's exactly what Liv and Maddie star Dove Cameron did after landing her gig with the Disney show when she was only 16-years-old.The young actress told Buzzfeed in an interview at the New York iHeartRadio Jingle Ball event this week that she got great advice and support from Disney favorite Selena Gomez.“When I first started out...

Volume I of the Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Netflix docuseries, Harry & Meghan, is already causing a stir and there's still more to go. Volume II is dropping on December 15, and the streaming site is making sure people tune in with more fun teasers. In a clip dropped on Saturday, December 10, the couple share private details of their wedding day. The pair were married on May 19, 2018. At the start, the Duchess of Sussex says, “I just really wanted the music to be fun. Even our...

On Friday, Kourtney Kardashian posted on her Instagram Stories after a work out to let people know she's recovering from her IVF treatment. The 43-year-old influencer was going through fertility treatments with the support of her husband, 47-year-old Travis Barker, but decided to put the effort on pause. “Finally started getting my energy back 10 months after IVF, for anyone else going through it, it gets better!” The Kardashian's star wrote over a black-and-white photo of herself on the treadmill.Kourtney Kardashian//InstagramThe couple started seeking fertility treatments in 2021, and continued...

In ELLE’s series Teen Queens, we check in with the iconic stars who ruled the stage, screen, and news cycle during their reign.Ashley Tisdale has been working since she was 3 years old. And when the actress-singer-entrepreneur, now 37, gave birth to her daughter, Jupiter, in 2021, she vowed to only pursue her dream projects. In May, she told E! News, “If I’m going to take time away from her, it has to be something like that because it’s hard taking time away from your child.” We’re speaking at a...

The pre-pandemic New York of 2016 is back in our lives again, at least in Fleishman Is In Trouble, the new FX series based on celebrated journalist Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s novel of the same name. In the wry drama, Jesse Eisenberg stars as Toby Fleishman, a recent divorcee hooked on hook-up apps whose ex-wife, the calculated publicist Rachel (Claire Danes), goes radio-silent without warning. She drops the kids off at Toby’s apartment and leaves for a retreat, only for days to pass without a second word from her. Lizzy Caplan stars...

Ever since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s earth-shattering interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021—during which the couple revealed that racism behind Palace doors was partly to blame for their exit from royal life—people around the world have desperately sought to learn what, exactly, was said. (And by whom.) But part one of Harry & Meghan, the new Netflix docuseries produced through the duo’s Archewell Productions, points a finger less at any specific royal than at the British media writ large. And both the Duke and Duchess of Sussex admit...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's big Netflix docuseries has arrived. Titled Harry & Meghan, the six-episode series focuses on the life and love story of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and promises an unprecedented, intimate look into the couple's relationship. It also promises a lot of inside intel on the royal family in general. Volume I of the six-episode series is now streaming, with the second volume arriving on Dec. 15. In one trailer for the project, Harry admits, “It's really hard to look back on it now and...

Netflix's Too Hot to Handle has returned for its fourth season, and fans can't get enough.In the scandalous reality show, 10 singletons compete for a huge cash prize, with just one huge catch: if anyone engages in sexual contact, such as kissing, touching, or self-gratification, the prize fund diminishes—for the entire group. Real money is on the line, and season 3 saw Harry Johnson and Beaux Raymond win a whopping $90,000. The first five episodes of Too Hot to Handle season 4 arrived on Netflix on Dec. 7. But when...