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Atlanta is a unicorn. A predominantly Black city with among the highest percentage of tree canopy of any major U.S. metropolis, the Georgia capital earns its nickname: the City in a Forest. But some of that greenery is now being threatened after the Atlanta City Council approved a $90 million complex for police and fire officials to be built on 85 acres of Atlanta forest land. The proposed center would be outfitted with a shooting range and a mock city to use for training—a nightmare for activists and organizers who...

After rising through the music industry to make platinum records and Super Bowl memes, Abel Tesfaye (better known as The Weeknd) has set his sights on new terrain: television. The singer is starring in, co-writing, and executive producing HBO’s The Idol, the buzzy, controversial music industry drama he co-created with Reza Fahim and Euphoria’s Sam Levinson. Lily-Rose Depp will star alongside Tesfaye. Already touted as “the sleaziest love story in all of Hollywood”—and stirring up the investigative reporting to back that up—the story is said to follow “a female pop...

The era may be long past, but remnants of the Swift Squad, circa 1989, live on: “I’m a psychopath at a Taylor show,” admitted Gigi Hadid during an interview this week. “I go nuts. I’m not cool at all. I’m, like, the most embarrassing friend.”This, of course, begs the question: Is anyone not? If, having undergone the rigorous process of securing a ticket to a Taylor Swift show, you’ve emerged energized and unscathed, you’re either extraordinarily well-connected or you’re committed. In this case, the supermodel happens to be both. Her...

Hailey Bieber may publicly be keeping silent about fans on TikTok dissecting her history with her husband Justin Bieber's ex Selena Gomez, but she is aware of what's happening. A source spoke to Us Weekly about how she is coping with the attacks on her character and accusations that she is secretly a “mean girl.” The source also seemed to debunk some fans' speculation that Hailey and Justin's marriage was strained at all.The source explained, “Justin has been an amazing support system for Hailey throughout all this. He knows how...

The Band-Aid is the new beauty mark—just ask Jennie Kim. Ushering in the era of bandagecore, the Chanel ambassador stepped out at Paris Fashion Week today as a VIP guest for the brand’s fall/winter 2023 show. The Blackpink singer caught no shortage of flashbulbs, owing, certainly, to the ivory tweed Chanel jumpsuit she’d slipped into, but a certain adhesive bandage tucked underneath her right eye didn’t hurt either. She—or, more likely, some sort of makeup genius—had manipulated the patch into her beauty look, rendering it almost invisible. As Coco Chanel...

It truly is all happening: Bravo’s Vanderpump Rules is kicking up major drama after a sleepy last couple of seasons with a major cheating scandal involving castmates Raquel Leviss, Tom Sandoval, and his now-ex girlfriend, Ariana Madix—and things just keep getting messier.TMZ broke the news on Friday that Sandoval and Madix called it quits after nine years together, reporting that Madix had only very recently found out that Sandoval cheated on her with Leviss, and with that revelation, immediately ended the relationship. But further reporting from People magazine claimed that...

Fleetwood Mac’s legacy was solidified with the 1977 release of Rumours. The album, which features hits like “Dreams” and “The Chain,” turned the band into bona fide rockstars. With over 40 million copies sold, Rumours is one of the highest-grossing albums of all time.After Fleetwood Mac’s formation in 1967, constant lineup changes, crippling addictions, and tumultuous romances threatened to derail the group's success. With the additions of Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, and Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac spun inner discord into gold, creating breakup songs that would resonate with multiple generations...

On Saturday night, Nick Jonas and wife Priyanka Chopra left a Paris Fashion Week party hand-in-hand together looking chic and fashionable as always. Chopra wore a cream-colored midi dress with a mock turtleneck under a long warm brown coat, and knee-high khaki suede boots with pointed toes. She had her dark brown hair down and for makeup she was wearing a rich red lipstick and a smokey eye.Jonas wore a sparkling black sweater made of textured material with a noticeable cutout in the center of his chest, showing the collar...

The original tracks from Daisy Jones and The Six’s album Aurora aren’t the only songs that appear in the new Prime Video series about the band. Embedded in the sepia-toned and whiskey-soaked scenes, there lie tracks by very real artists who graced stages and airwaves in the ’70s—and some even earlier—from The Byrds to Carole King. That can be credited to music supervisor Frankie Pine (Magic Mike, Nashville), who helped nail down the vintage feel of the series with some well-curated ditties. There are also other original songs written for...

On Saturday, Prince Harry sat down with Dr. Gabor Maté to discuss his popular memoir Spare, discussing the book's themes around trauma and healing. The book covers many aspects of Harry's life, which included the loss of his mother Princess Diana at a young age, an extremely public youth and young adulthood, alienation from his brother, and the harassment of his wife, Meghan Markle. The Duke of Sussex has a lot to talk about. In their discussion, Dr. Maté suggested that the Duke might be struggling with a number of...

On Thursday, actress Riley Keough said in an interview on Late Night With Seth Meyers that pretending to have sex with her own husband while filming Daisy Jones & the Six was much more “awkward” and “uncomfortable” than she anticipated. Keough is married to performer Ben Smith-Peterson, and he shows up to play a “random” hookup her character Daisy meets on the Amazon Prime miniseries.Keough was initially on board with the idea, but things changed on set.“We got there and, like, really uncomfortable,” Keough explained. “It was so weird.” She...

Decades after the birth of ’70s style, there’s no better time than the present for the drop of Daisy Jones and the Six. The new ’70s-set drama series on Prime Video, adapted from Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel of the same name, has arrived at a moment in the modern trend cycle when flare jeans and crochet sets, metallic cowboy boots and fur-lined coats, tie-front crop tops and tinted sunglasses are all enjoying a resurgence amongst the young, the stylish, and the vintage-obsessed. Dressing like a rockstar has always been...

Hailey Bieber hasn’t said a word about the Selena Gomez TikTok drama; in fact, her social media activity is business as usual amid fan accusations that she has a long history of treating Gomez unkindly. But the viral discourse has still had a major impact on her social media following. Celebrity news fan account PopFaction pointed out that Bieber has lost over one million Instagram followers since the situation started in late February.The outlet included a screenshot of Bieber’s account when accusations first broke that she and Jenner had subtly...

This story contains spoilers for the Harlem season 2 finale. Tracy Oliver craves stories that put women’s messiness front and center. The ones with compelling characters with big emotions who come undone, or who comfortably take up space while prioritizing their pleasure and peace, even if it rocks the boat.Oliver, who is the series creator, executive producer, and showrunner of the popular Prime Video dramedy Harlem, knows these portrayals can be much-needed affirmations for women. Threaded throughout Oliver’s work are reminders that it’s perfectly okay to live life outside the...