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After years of starring in major blockbusters, actress and writer Maggie Gyllenhaal is ready to make her directorial debut with Netflix’s upcoming film, The Lost Daughter. Adapted from Elena Ferrante’s 2006 novel of the same name, the feature will star Oscar winner Olivia Colman in the leading role, along with Dakota Johnson and an A-list

Tommaso BoddiGetty Images Stormi Webster is reportedly going to be a big sister. Page Six reports that Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are expecting their second child together, with multiple sources confirming Jenner’s pregnancy to the outlet. TMZ also reported the news. The reports come after a video was published of Caitlyn Jenner saying her

Fresh off a bronze medal win at the Tokyo Olympics, Megan Rapinoe is ready to relax—with a good book in hand. And she’d like you to join. The soccer superstar is one of several athletes, actors, and activists to launch a virtual book club during the pandemic with Austin-based literary startup Literati. Rapinoe is calling

She made it “Clap for Democracy” and encouraged us to “Stop Being Poor,” now the “Famously Iconic” Ziwe is on to her next challenge, Song Association. Watch on this episode as she sings Madonna, and discusses a range of topics, from middle school dance floors to the remake she’d love to star in. Alyssa Bailey

Selena Gomez is ELLE’s September cover girl, and her ex Justin Bieber’s wife, Hailey Bieber, is among the thousands in awe of it. Fan account Pop Faction pointed out that Hailey quietly liked ELLE’s cover shot of Gomez, which was posted to Instagram this morning, in a sweet signal of support. Instagram Hailey has a

Dress, Gucci, $5,980. Earring, Cartier. Inez & Vinoodh Selena Gomez’s favorite place to chill is her glam room. A small space on the ground floor of her new L.A.-area house, it opens onto a stone patio surrounding an amoeba-shaped pool. Inside, there’s a hair and makeup station stocked with products from her Rare Beauty line;

Meet Marvel’s newest super team. The Eternals are an immortal alien race sent to Earth by the Celestials to defend humanity and have been silently keeping watch for 7,000 years (yes, even through Thanos’ infamous finger snap). With Eternals arriving in theaters this November, we’ll soon be able to see this band of heroes in

Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are officially parents together. Johansson’s rep Marcel Pariseau confirmed to People that the actress recently gave birth to the couple’s first child. The rep did not reveal the baby’s name or gender. This is Johansson’s second child; she shares six-year-old daughter Rose with her ex-husband, Romain Dauriac. The news comes

The squad lives on. Camila Cabello shed insight into what being Taylor Swift’s friend is really like in a new interview with Bustle, published today. Cabello’s remarks paint a picture of how Swift behaves with her famous friends behind the scenes and show her dedication to her relationships. “Taylor has always been so kind and

In the midst of continued real-life royal family drama, the fake royal family of Netflix’s hit series, The Crown, is having a ball excavating history for Her Majesty’s juiciest chapters. And it appears the next season will be the most scandalous yet. Season 5 will, of course, focus primarily on the doomed marriage between Prince

It took just 24 hours for Khloé Kardashian to personally shut down InTouch‘s report (via The Mirror) that she and her on-again off-again ex-boyfriend Tristan Thompson had reconciled. The couple, who share three-year-old daughter True, broke up in June after rumors emerged that Thompson had cheated on her again. InTouch claimed it was told by

Geoff Kim Geoff Kim South Korea has quietly become Hollywood’s biggest competitor, churning out wildly popular music, TV dramas, and beauty and fashion trends with global appeal. This week, ELLE celebrates the K-World we’re all living in. When the pandemic brought international travel to a halt and forced the nation to shelter in place, many

Haiti is in crisis. On Saturday, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean country, killing at least 1,297 people. Thousands of homes, as well as landmarks, churches, markets, and hospitals, have collapsed or been damaged, leaving people without supplies or shelter as a tropical storm rolls in early this week. Haitians are also still dealing with

How does a billionaire dress to grocery shop? If you’re Rihanna, now the wealthiest female musician in the world, you pair acid-wash jeans with pearls, a preppy jacket, and a New York Yankees baseball hat. RiRi was photographed shopping at Whole Foods in TriBeCa last night in the ritzy look. TheBigSHotApp/ShutterstockShutterstock Rihanna has spent the

What’s Kehlani been up to this summer? Besides releasing a hit song with T-Pain and a buzzy new partnership with American Express, the singer is pretty much chilling. “I’m just having fun,” she told ELLE before taking the stage at American Express X Saks Star Island Summer in the Hamptons. “I think I passed the

Social media conspiracy theorists have been buzzing this week that two members of the Kardashian-Jenner family could possibly be expecting: Kylie Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian. Kylie has ignored the secret pregnancy suggestion (and subtly shut rumors down by posting photos of her with alcohol and celebrating her birthday with sushi) while Kourtney spoke out directly

The memory is still seared in my mind: Sanaa Lathan, chin up, a basketball clutched to her chest like a lifeline. I was a child sitting in front of the television; Love & Basketball was on BET. Lathan’s Monica Wright was the first Black female I’d ever watched on TV who actually reminded me of

The White Lotus brought us laughter. It brought us irony. It brought us Jennifer Coolidge sobbing into a box of ashes and Alexandra Daddario making every journalist question their body of work. And while we must bid goodbye to the swaying palm trees and ominously yellow-tinged sky of The White Lotus’s famed Hawaiian property, HBO

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have kept the exact status of their personal relationship private, but E! got a little update on the state of affairs between the two exes and co-parents three months after it was reported they were giving things a shot romantically again. E! reports now that Jenner and Scott still aren’t

Rihanna and her boyfriend A$AP Rocky had a late New York City date last night, ending their Pergola nightclub outing at 5 a.m. And as always, Rihanna brought her best summer date style to the occasion, pairing a Harley Davidson handkerchief top with very ripped jeans and sandal heels. DIGGZY/ShutterstockShutterstock Rihanna’s outing comes just over

By now, you’d have had to be in exile on a WiFi-barren island to avoid the buzz around HBO’s surprise summer hit The White Lotus. Set at a lavish Hawaiian resort, the deliciously mischievous show portrays a group of privileged, oblivious, mostly white guests and the frustrated staff members attempting to perfect their stay. Yet

Kendall Jenner may be more public about her romance with NBA player Devin Booker than she has been with any of her other relationships, but don’t expect wedding bells just yet. Entertainment Tonight got an update from a source about how the two see their future together over a year into dating—and it does not

The conservatorship battle that sparked the highly publicized #FreeBritney movement has seemingly reached its long-sought goal. Britney Spears’s father, Jamie Spears, has announced that he is “willing to step down” as her conservator, though the action will not take place immediately. “Mr. Spears is willing to step down when the time is right, but the

Cheri Goodwin never thought she’d grow up to marry a coal miner. Born in Mexico to a pair of Christian missionaries, she spent most of her early childhood there before moving to Michigan, then made the move down to Alabama as a seventh-grader to be closer to her grandmother. The soft-spoken 36-year-old smiled conspiratorily as