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The Queen and Buckingham Palace have finally responded to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Oprah interview, where the couple spoke candidly about their experiences in the institution. Among the bombshell claims was that a member of the royal family (not the Queen or Prince Philip) had concerns that Archie’s skin would be too dark, the

While the world started seeing clips of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s bombshell interview about the royal family, Kristen Stewart was busy working on a movie about how that same family treated Princess Diana, Harry’s mother. New set photos came out of Stewart in character as Diana on the set of Spencer at Schloss Nordkirchen

One year into the pandemic, its effects are threatening to undo decades of investment in girls’ and women’s access to education, economic opportunity, and safety. The facts are dire: The crisis has led to an increase in domestic violence; the gender poverty gap will likely worsen, as more women than men have lost work during

A young Afghan refugee in Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesvos. She traveled from Iran to Turkey to Greece to seek asylum. Devon Cone Solange never imagined that she would leave her country. But the violence in her town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo became too much and was too close.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry dropped a lot of bombshells during their two-hour interview with Oprah. But one of the happier ones was that the couple chose to get married privately—for themselves—before their big royal wedding ceremony. “I was thinking about it, you know our wedding—three days before our wedding, we got married. No one

Over their years in the public eye, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have largely kept their relationships with the queen private. But during the CBS special Oprah with Megan and Harry, Meghan spoke to Oprah about where things stand between her and the queen following her and Harry’s decision to step back from their senior

Tonight is the highly anticipated Oprah Winfrey interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on CBS. As the teaser for the interview shows, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are going to get into the details of Harry and Meghan’s transition out of formal royal life. At one point in the interview, Oprah asks Meghan:

Amanda Gorman, the 2021 inaugural poet, tweeted on Friday that she had been racially profiled on her way home by a security guard. “A security guard tailed me on my walk home tonight,” she wrote. “He demanded if I lived there because ‘you look suspicious.’ I showed my keys & buzzed myself into my building.

Miley Cyrus is 28 years old now, and her Disney and Hannah Montana days are far behind her. But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t still think about those days. “Talk about an identity crisis,” Cyrus said on Spotify’s Rock This with Allison Hagendorf on Friday. She said that Hannah was “a character almost as often

Tomorrow night, CBS will air an interview with Oprah, Meghan Markle, and Prince Harry; as teaser footage has shown, the couple doesn’t appear to hold back about their post royal-life journey. As interview day neared this week the Times published a report that Meghan “faced a bullying complaint made by one of her closest advisers

Gigi Hadid made her biggest hair change yet: ditching her signature blonde locks for red. The model revealed on her Instagram Story today that she really did dye her hair ginger ahead of today’s Versace show (Hadid’s first runway show since she welcomed her five-month-old daughter with Zayn Malik, Khai). The hair change happened during

At 33, it feels like I’ve known non-monogamy was right for me forever. But as someone who grew up surrounded by monogamy—in my family, in my friendships, in my culture, in my media consumption—I know that, at some point, I must have learned this about myself. But I can’t remember my younger self even considering

Sean Monterrosa and his sisters, Michelle and Ashley. Courtesy of Ashley and Michelle Monterrosa This week marks the nine-month anniversary of when a police officer shot and killed Sean Monterrosa outside of a Walgreens in Vallejo, CA. Monterrosa was 22 years old and kneeling with his hands up when he was shot through the windshield

Meghan Markle is now saying what many have speculated for years: that the Palace has played a role in the years-long smear campaign British tabloids have waged against her and Prince Harry. Following news that Buckingham Palace was investigating a two-year-old royal aide’s bullying claim about Meghan on Wednesday afternoon, CBS released a new clip

Gigi Hadid welcomed her first child with boyfriend Zayn Malik, baby girl Khai, back in September. The model has shared photos here and there of her daughter, opting to keep her face hidden for her child’s privacy. This morning, Gigi shared another new pic of Khai, giving a full look at her style at five

First Glossier made our complexions dewier, then they made our shelfies more aesthetically pleasing. Now, the cult-loved beauty brand is coming to make our lives more organized—or our makeup situations at least. Unveiled this morning, Glossier has launched their first-ever makeup bag. The new beauty bag isn’t replacing the brand’s famous pink bubblewrap pouches (these

Prince Philip is currently in the hospital, and Britain is still in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. But Buckingham Palace has apparently decided to shift its focus to claims royal aides made to The Times that a bullying complaint against Meghan Markle was filed when the Duchess of Sussex was a working royal family

Lady Gaga was photographed in Rome yesterday, making her first public appearance since her two stolen dogs Koji and Gustav were recovered. The singer opted to channel Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s with her outfit, wearing a $4,990 Max Mara camel coat, a white mask, and gloves. She carried a CELINE by Hedi Slimane

Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick’s on-and-off romance has been a plot point on Keeping Up With the Kardashians for years. The former couple, who have three children together, are now dating other people—and they have strong feelings about the other moving on. Entertainment Tonight spoke to a source who detailed how Disick feels about Kardashian

In 2020, I found myself overcome by grief and despair that felt new not in its existence, but in its potency. The heartache borne from thirty-six years of racial, ancestral and familial trauma, on top of the global health pandemic, Black genocide, ongoing anti-Black police brutality, and expectations that simply because I am a racial

This evening, Meghan Markle made a very rare move and responded to a new report the Times ran alleging the Duchess of Sussex “faced a bullying complaint made by one of her closest advisers during her time at Kensington Palace,” and that multiple royal aides had come forward with concerns about her portrayal. The Duchess,

Discovered on Youtube by Justin Bieber at age 13, now 21-year-old Madison Beer is owning the spotlight. The pop singer has topped the Billboard charts, achieved Gold certification, and boasts over 22.7 million followers on Instagram alone. With her debut album #LifeSupport​ now out, Beer takes on Song Association to see if she can get

Shortly after the clock struck midnight and February came to a quiet end, Rihanna hopped on Instagram to make an announcement: Spring is here, and floral season is upon us. RiRi posted a new photo of herself posing in a two-piece lingerie set and matching robe from her Savage x Fenty line. “savage af. don’t

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s been a significant uptick in violence against Asians and Asian Americans. The organization Stop AAPI Hate collected more than 2,800 reports of verbal abuse, harassment, and physical assaults against Asians in the United States from March to December 2020. These reports depict a disturbing reality, especially for