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Spoilers below. The Bear has returned for season 2 and turned the heat up high. The Chicago-set kitchen drama centers on esteemed chef Carmy as he transforms his late brother's sandwich shop into the latest entry in the city's fine dining scene (with hopes of even receiving a Michelin star). But the renovation is a lot harder and more expensive than expected. They only have six months to makeover the restaurant, revamp its menu, formally train its staff, meet safety standards, and attract customers, all while grappling with personal traumas....

Just one week after Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker announced their first pregnancy together, they are now publicly sharing the baby’s sex. The couple posted a video on their Instagrams where Barker literally did a drumroll with his pregnant wife on his lap before confetti shot out. It was blue: They are having a boy.This will be Kardashian’s third son. She has three children with her ex-boyfriend Scott Disick, two of whom are boys: Mason, 13, and Reign, 8. She and Disick also have daughter Penelope, 10. Barker, meanwhile, has...

On Friday, in an interview with UNILAD, actor Tom Holland may have revealed more about his relationship with girlfriend Zendaya than he intended. It started when he shared a sweet story about impressing her with his handyman skills early on in their relationship.“I fixed my girlfriend's door once, really early on in our relationship,” he said. “I was hanging out at her house, and her door was broken. I was like, ‘I'm gonna fix that door for you,’ and now we're in love.”That's all it takes:But fans noted this story...

Spoilers below. The Bear’s second season is all about time. Signs in kitchens remind us that “every second counts.” There are foreboding close-ups on clock faces and their fast-changing digits. Kitchen timers in the Berzatto household go off like buzzing little bombs. Even the episodes themselves are structured countdown-style within the restaurant’s six-month timeline to re-open. Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and co. don’t have much time to re-introduce his brother’s beloved sandwich shop into their Michelin-star hopeful The Bear, so how they spend each moment matters. Not just in the...

Most Star Wars fans already know how Cassian Andor’s story ends, but reaching that gut-wrenching moment will, blessedly, take a while longer: A second season of the fantastic prequel-to-a-prequel series Andor is already in production. The Disney+ drama follows Diego Luna’s Cassian, an orphan-turned-thief-turned-resistance fighter as he’s slowly swayed to the side of the Rebel Alliance, the underground movement against the oppressive Galactic Empire. Season 1 covers his reluctant radicalization; season 2 will lead up to the events of the acclaimed film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Creator (and...

Were I presented with this week’s Project Runway challenge—take $2,000 worth of toys and transform them into couture—and set loose in FAO Schwarz, I can almost guarantee any thought of the “unconventional materials” challenge would vanish from my mind. I would waltz out of that wonderland with my Barbie Polaroid camera and my rock tumbler and a racetrack for my husband, and you would not hear from either of us for at least the ensuing 24 hours. I would neglect to procure one single scrap of fabric for the article...

Spoilers below.At the end of And Just Like That... season 1, Carrie Bradshaw is coming to terms with her grief over the death of her husband John, a.k.a Mr. Big. After a year without him, she finally says goodbye to his ashes in Paris before grabbing a drink with Samantha Jones—very much off screen. In the finale, Carrie opens up to a bit of romance again, kissing her podcast producer, Franklyn (Ivan Hernandez), in the office elevator. Will a workplace love affair become a problem? In the season 2 premiere,...

Beyoncé's summer fashion marathon continued with yet another generous outfit of the day Instagram. The star, who attended Louis Vuitton's menswear show last night in Paris, shared a second outfit from the week: a dramatic pink-fringe cropped blazer she paired with a matching miniskirt and gold boots. Naturally, the outfit was custom Louis Vuitton. InstagramBeyoncé, as usual, provided no commentary on that Instagram. She did offer up ample photos, including detail shots of her accessories, in the carousel.Additionally, the singer posted photos of herself in her look from the Louis...

When in Paris, dress the part. Selena Gomez embraced a very classic all-black look while grabbing dinner at Manko Paris on Wednesday. The actress paired a little black dress with a belted long trench coat and stiletto heels. She wore her hair up in a bun and added an accent red lip. Splash NewsGomez has been in the French city filming her next project, musical crime comedy Emilia Perez, which also stars Karla Sofia Gascón and Zoe Saldaña. She has also been working on music too. She assured fans on...

Taylor Swift and Gigi Hadid had a girls’ night out in New York City—and matched for the occasion. The two stars dined at Nobu, and both wore black and white looks, albeit on different sides of the dressy scale.Swift opted for a more formal look, pairing a halterneck top by The Row tucked into black slacks with a white Mansur Gavriel purse and O Jour black stilettos. Hadid erred on the more casual side in a crop top, black skirt, and loafers with socks. Both had their blonde hair styled...

More details have come out about how Scott Disick, Kourtney Kardashian’s ex-boyfriend and father of her three children, is struggling with the news that she is expecting her fourth child with her new husband Travis Barker. Disick accepts that Kardashian has moved on, the Daily Mail reports per two sources close to him, but the Father’s Day weekend timing of the announcement and her omission of him in her Father’s Day Instagram Story tributes to Barker and her late father Robert Kardashian was not well received.One source told the Daily...

If you’re counting down the days until the Barbie movie is released next month, we’ve been given a sneak peek into the world of the iconic doll thanks to a recent house tour video like no other.The film’s star Margot Robbie showed off the real-life Barbie Dreamhouse from the movie over on Architectural Digest’s YouTube channel. As expected, there is a lot of pink. So much pink that the movie allegedly caused a worldwide shortage of pink paint during filming. There’s everything from a pink fridge, toaster, stove and dining...

Dust off your pastels and find something to bedazzle because we're all about to spend the summer back in our collective Lover Era, as Taylor Swift has a new old single. The song her label picked as her next single is four years old but as popular as ever. “Cruel Summer” (from 2019's Lover) is taking a surprise trip to radio this summer and the whole journey is surprising organic (you know, for a label-promoted single at least). The short version is that the song is being streamed so much...

Two days after her star-turn in Pharrell Williams' first Louis Vuitton men's campaign was unveiled, Rihanna showed off her late, great maternity style again. Rihanna was photographed grabbing lunch with her boyfriend A$AP Rocky at Los Angeles' Wally's restaurant on Friday. She wore a jersey dress and oversized varsity jacket, accessorizing with Puma sneakers and a red Louis Vuitton bag in a nod to the fashion house. She wore her hair down in waves and for beauty, opted for minimal eye makeup and a red statement red lip. Rihanna is...