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John Legend dedicated his Billboard Music Awards performance of “Never Break” to his wife Chrissy Teigen, just weeks after Teigen lost their third baby due to pregnancy complications. On his Instagram last night, Legend expanded on his dedication, offering the family’s first remarks following Teigen’s announcement of their pregnancy loss and an intimate message to

BRENDAN SMIALOWSKIGetty Images Like much of this year, the 2020 presidential debates have been unprecedented, to say the least. The first—and so far, only—debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden quickly descended into chaos as Trump repeatedly interrupted both Biden and the moderator, Fox News’ Chris Wallace, who was unable to

For filmmaker and artist Garrett Bradley, bearing witness has always been a means for understanding the world. Born and raised in New York City by two abstract painters, Suzanne McClelland and Peter Bradley, Garrett, 34, made her first film at age 16. “It was me going to my dad’s studio and harassing him with my

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have settled into their new Montecito home—and they’re making the most out of living in a more private community, according to People. The outlet reports that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been able to go out on both solo dates and group dates with friends with next-to no

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello are finally back in the same city after Cabello returned to L.A. from London, where she was shooting Cinderella. But the couple opted not to have a date night, at least in person, at the Billboard Music Awards in Los Angeles this evening. Cabello and Mendes are jointly nominated for

For many people, celebrities included, formal dressing has been put on hold during the coronavirus pandemic. But Jennifer Lopez, 51, and Alex Rodriguez, 45, haven’t given up fancy attire entirely for their outings. The power couple was photographed out in Los Angeles last night, en route to dinner at the San Vicente Bungalows. Rodriguez wore

Demi Lovato surprise-released a new song last night, “Commander in Chief,” with lyrics targeted directly to the U.S.’s 45th president, Donald Trump and his response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the California wildfires, Black Lives Matter movement, police brutality, and racial injustice in the U.S. As Lovato put it to CNN, “There’s been so many times

There’s just something about Keira Knightley, sporting a corset and gazing out a frosted windowpane, that feels right. However, the Oscar nominee’s plans to return to her costume drama roots in the new AppleTV+ series The Essex Serpent have halted. Deadline reports that Knightley has exited the romantic period drama, adapted from Sarah Perry’s bestselling

Selena Gomez isn’t just doing a new TV series based in New York; according to Variety, the singer is now in talks to do a horror movie based on the city’s “elite fashion scene” called Dollhouse. Variety described the film as a psychological thriller and Black Swan-esque. Gomez will also produce the project. STXfilms Motion

Kelly Clarkson filed for divorce from Brandon Blackstock in June. She has spoken a little since then in interviews and on her show about how hard that has been for her. Now, she’s explaining to Entertainment Tonight why she chose to speak publicly about it—and how difficult it has been finding that balance between being

Spoilers for The Haunting of Bly Manor episode 9, “The Beast in the Jungle.” If you’ve already finished bingeing The Haunting of Bly Manor then, first of all, congratulations. You are what everybody’s favorite haunted orphan, Flora, would deem “perfectly splendid.” Second, you’re probably reeling from the finale, which dealt its audience an emotional sucker

Spoilers for The Haunting of Bly Manor episode 7, “The Two Faces, Part Two,” below. The Haunting of Bly Manor has no shortage of ghosts, apparitions and otherworldly villains, most of them working both as literal threats and metaphorical representations of guilt, grief, and denial. But the most memorable and complex of all the baddies

Over the weekend, Selena Gomez did an Instagram Live with Dr. Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general under President Barack Obama, to discuss chronic loneliness as part of her Rare Beauty’s Mental Health Social Summit for World Mental Health Day. Gomez was candid talking to Dr. Murthy about her own difficulty coping with quarantine and the

Today is National Coming Out Day. It’s also International Day of the Girl—so many things to celebrate! Here’s another thing to celebrate: Demi Lovato is introducing the public to a thing we in the queer community take very seriously: the “root.” Your queer “root” is the thing that first tipped you off to the fact

Prince WilliamsGetty Images Cardi B turned 28 years old today, and—because she can—she celebrated with friends in Las Vegas. Also in attendance at the big birthday bash was Offset, Cardi’s husband and the father of her daughter, Kulture. On his Instagram story Saturday, Offset shared many videos of Cardi, dancing in what looks like a

Princess Diana ArchiveGetty Images A new book, Battle of Brothers: William and Harry—the Friendship and the Feuds, written by biographer Robert Lacey, reveals a reported interaction between Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s brother Charles, 9th Earl Spencer after Diana’s death in 1997, per People. Lacey writes that during what were heated conversations about Diana’s funeral,

Spoilers for episode 5 of The Haunting of Bly Manor, “The Altar of the Dead,” below. “You can’t count on the past,” says Owen (Rahul Kohli) early in episode 5 of The Haunting of Bly Manor, discussing his mother’s recent death from dementia. “We think we have it trapped in our memories, but our memories

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are cool parents who TikTok (is that a verb?). On Friday, they took a now-classic Kylie Jenner/Kourtney Kardashian Keeping Up With the Kardashians moment and make it into this hilarious video: This content is imported from TikTok. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or

Meghan Markle isn’t often photographed by paparazzi in California, but on Tuesday, fans got a rare glimpse of her off-duty date night style. The Duchess of Sussex and her husband Prince Harry went out with Katharine McPhee and David Foster in Montecito to Lucky’s steak house. Meghan opted for a very fall outfit for the

This weekend, consider your house haunted. Netflix just dropped The Haunting of Bly Manor, the ghost story following The Haunting of Hill House in Mike Flanagan’s ongoing spooky stories franchise. The series takes Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw and leads us into the world of Dani Clayton (Victoria Pedretti), a governess tasked with

Two years ago, The Haunting of Hill House struck fear into our hearts with its story of family trauma unfolding inside a big, creepy Massachusetts house. Now, creator Mike Flanagan and several of the same cast members return for The Haunting of Bly Manor, which tells a very different kind of ghost story inside a

Following an interminable wait, Dickinson fans finally received some good news: season 2 will premiere in January 2021. The inventive comedy about the life of Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld) dropped its first season on AppleTV+ in November 2019, and Emisue stans have been anxiously awaiting a new season ever since. Below, everything we know about

Six men have been charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer with help from a “militia group” ahead of November 3, the date of the presidential election. According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court and unsealed on Thursday, the FBI learned about the alleged plot through confidential informants and by intercepting

On the premiere of Fox’s The Masked Singer, fans of the show (or new viewers, like me, looking for some light in the 2020 darkness), met Group A of the costumed contestants. First up, singing Lizzo’s “Cuz I Love You,” was The Sun, a gold-masked performer who completely slayed the soulful notes and emotional depth