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Suffolk County district attorney Alexander Urtula was all set to graduate from Boston College at 10 a.m. on May 20. The 22-year-old was an exemplary student, a biology major and a member of the school’s Philippine Society, and his parents were in town from New Jersey to watch him receive his diploma. But just hours

It’s almost the best time of the year! As the days get shorter and the leaves start to ominously darken and swan dive off their branches, movies and TV offerings are getting scarier. Halloween has long inspired some of the scariest films of the year; here are cinema’s 42 best. 1 Halloween (1978) This movie’s

Selena Gomez’s surprise stint plugging Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS shapewear line ended as quickly as it started. Gomez posted an Instagram Story raving about the product (“Legit so freaking comfortable @skims”) this afternoon, then took it down hours later—right around the time she posted an Instagram shout out to her good friend Taylor Swift. It’s coincidental

Cody Simpson returned from Australia, and he and Miley Cyrus had a PDA-filled date night in Los Angeles on Saturday. The couple went out with their friends to Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights, but before that, the two went out to dinner and were so lovestruck, they stood up and had a dramatic, passionate kiss

Halsey and Evan Peters are officially official. The couple attended Halsey’s Halloween party together Friday night dressed as Juggalos, which is honestly a great costume idea. They were then photographed leaving the party holding hands. Halsey even took it one step further and made them Instagram official, posting a photo of theme earlier in the

Frazer HarrisonGetty Images Noah Centineo and his girlfriend Alexis Ren are now red carpet official. The couple made their red carpet debut on Saturday night at the UNICEF’s Masquerade Ball. The couple were rumored to be dating last month when he was seen picking up Ren from the airport. “He picked her up as she

Ariana Grande’s Twitter feed just got a lot more political. The singer was promoting her remix of Lizzo’s “Good As Hell” when she tweeted “baby how u feeling,” but Bernie Sanders had other things on his mind. “Ready to fight for Medicare for All,” the senator replied. Sander’s response did not go unnoticed by Grande,

Isabel Infantes – PA ImagesGetty Images It’s been five months since Game of Thrones wrapped up for good, but some of the cast just can’t seem to stay away from each other. Emilia Clarke posted a photo of her with her former co-stars, Jason Momoa and Kit Harington. “Reunions never looked this hairy, “ she

Michael KovacGetty Images Jessica Biel may have already won Halloween and the holiday isn’t even here yet. Biel and her husband, Justin Timberlake, attended the Casamigos Halloween party in Los Angeles on Friday night, along with Lisa Rinna, Paris Hilton, Kaitlynn Carter, and Cindy Crawford. Timberlake dressed as a microphone and Biel dressed as, well,

Spooky szn is upon us, and celebrities are of course doing it big for Halloween. The costume parties started on October 25, and with Halloween falling next Thursday, there will be a full week of festivities—and multiple costumes from some stars. Here, all the best costumes they’ve worn so far. From Kate Beckinsale’s spot-on Holly

The 2020 presidential race is in full swing, and there’s a mind-boggling number of Democratic primary candidates vying for the party’s official spot. Luckily for voters, the debates are well on their way. Here, everything you need to know. When is the fifth debate? The fifth debate will be co-hosted by MSNBC and the Washington

Eric Reads The News is a daily humor column which skewers politics, pop culture, celebrity, shade, and schadenfreude. . I hope, when I am finally a senior citizen, I can enjoy anything as much as Jane Fonda seems to enjoy protesting climate change inaction in Washington D.C. and subsequently being thrown in jail for blocking

Jennifer Aniston started her Instagram with a Friends post, and she fed into nostalgia for the show yesterday by posting a #tbt of her favorite Friends scene with her The Morning Show co-star Reese Witherspoon. And because it’s Instagram, Witherspoon left a clever comment on the post. Aniston and Witherspoon played sisters on Friends in

Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin have purposely been trying not to post anything eyebrow-raising on social media after his ex Selena Gomez released her second breakup song believed to be about the Biebs, “Look at Her Now,” at midnight. E! spoke to a source about the Biebers’ feelings about Gomez’s two new tracks, particularly her

Dimitrios KambourisGetty Images Conversations about women’s rights and policies have taken center stage as the 2020 presidential race heats up, and candidate Pete Buttigieg wants female voters to know he’s on their side. On Thursday, the South Bend, Indiana, mayor released “Building Power: A Women’s Agenda for the 21st Century,” a plan focused entirely on

Selena Gomez took a clear stand for her ex Justin Bieber’s wife Hailey Baldwin last night during an Instagram Live, amid the backlash from Selena Gomez fans that Baldwin was receiving for posting a screenshot of herself listening to Summer Walker’s “I’ll Kill You” minutes after Gomez’s first breakup track, “Lose You to Love Me,”

Chip SomodevillaGetty Images Eric Reads The News is a daily humor column which skewers politics, pop culture, celebrity, shade, and schadenfreude. . Hello? Is this Jennifer Love Hewitt on 9-1-1? I just saw a photo of Representative Maxine Waters deconstructing Mark Zuckerberg at a molecular level using only an imperious gaze and, like Peter Parker

In September 2015, Selena Gomez told ELLE “I don’t know!” whether or not she’d ever get back together with Justin Bieber—the guy she officially broke up with in 2012, but had been on and off with until fall 2014. “I’ll forever support him and love him in a way that….we grew up together.” In November

Any bad vibes between Drake and Rihanna after their very public 2016 romance cooled off have passed. E! and The Shade Room report that Rihanna made an appearance at the rapper’s birthday party at Poppy nightclub on Monday night—and it wasn’t a brief visit either. Lyrica Anderson, who posted an Instagram Story of her and

Warning: Contains minor spoilers for season 3 of The Crown. After two long years of waiting for a new season of Netflix’s The Crown, we’re less than a month away from new episodes—and a whole new cast. This season will also see more focus on the younger members of the royal family, and all the

Samir HusseinGetty Images Meghan Markle stepped out today for her first event since her candid interview with ITV made global headlines. The Duchess of Sussex is at the opening ceremony of the One Young World Summit in London. Meghan wore an aubergine midi dress with navy suede heels. Karwai TangGetty Images As the Sussex Royal

Gabriel OlsenGetty Images For nearly six months, Lori Loughlin’s daughters Olivia Jade and Isabella Giannulli’s admission status at the University of Southern California hung in the air after news broke their parents allegedly paid $500,000 to make the girls appear as rowing team recruits to guarantee their admission to the school. The girls were not

Attention: Major spoilers ahead for the book and Hulu miniseries Looking for Alaska. At the very beginning of Hulu’s Looking for Alaska, an eight-part mini series based on the John Green novel of the same name, there’s a horrifying car crash. It’s the kind of crash that leaves no survivors, though we don’t know who’s

Miley Cyrus just a released a statement clarifying what she meant during an Instagram Live she did with Cody Simpson last night. Controversy erupted after Cyrus said “you don’t have to be gay” and seemingly slammed her ex-husband Liam Hemsworth. In the Instagram Live, Cyrus said, “There are good men out there guys, don’t give