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“I peeked around my camera and saw people running and screaming,” says Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times photojournalist Ruth Fremson, who took the above photo. “I thought, just stay calm—then it registered that the people running were police officers.” RUTH FREMSON Within minutes, they were at the scene—or what was left of it—battling falling debris
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Dress, Fendi. Courtesy Elizabeth Kari An all-out sprint, a leap of faith, and a series of disorienting turns. Land gracefully, and you’ve just described the perfect vault. In the case of McKayla Maroney, you could just as well be talking about the last decade of her life. Back at the 2012 London Olympics, the gymnast
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“Are you watching the Olympics at all?” asks Kristine Froseth. The actress and model woke up early to watch the games—specifically track and field—because the Ingebrigtsen brothers from her native Norway are doing considerably well. “I’m supporting my home country!” she exclaims from her new Williamsburg digs. Growing up, the 25-year-old split her time between
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Disney is planning a return trip to Pride Rock. A follow-up to 2019’s photorealistic The Lion King is in the works, courtesy of Oscar winner Barry Jenkins (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk), Deadline reports. The film will utilize the motion capture and visual effects technology used by Jon Favreau in the last big-screen iteration
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Netflix has painted quite a picture of the late Bob Ross and his still-standing empire, and let’s just say that it’s missing more than a couple happy trees. The documentary, which dives into the inner-workings of Bob Ross’s personal life, has highlighted some of the more complex parts of the landscape artist’s legacy—particularly when it
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In ELLE.com’s series Unexpected Expert, we’re going straight to the source to find out which items are actually worth your hard-earned cash. Athletes look for any advantage to help them finish first—and that starts long before the competition ever does. Track icon Allyson Felix calls her mother ahead of races, Serena Williams has to tie
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Welcome to Shelf Life, ELLE.com’s books column, in which authors share their most memorable reads. Whether you’re on the hunt for a book to console you, move you profoundly, or make you laugh, consider a recommendation from the writers in our series, who, like you (since you’re here), love books. Perhaps one of their favorite
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If you’re in the bad business of comparing your output to others’, might I suggest avoiding Mindy Kaling‘s resume? In the years since her acclaimed turn as Kelly Kapoor on The Office and the success of her self-styled rom-com The Mindy Project, her rise in Hollywood has expanded to a whopping writer-producer-actress dominion—and she’s also
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Olivia Rodrigo is the poster child for chic road rage in the new “brutal” music video, which sees the emotionally turbulent teenager—who famously can’t parallel park—sitting atop a convertible in the middle of a Los Angeles-worthy multi-car pileup. In perhaps the video’s most meme-able moment, she whips around to stare at the honking drivers behind
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