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Season 4 of The Crown is finally upon us, and not a moment too soon. The much-anticipated new season delves headfirst into the gloriously drama-packed 1980s, during which Lady Diana Spencer made the fateful decision to marry Prince Charles. But as the season’s first episode depicts, Charles only met Diana because he was dating her

At one point in The Crown season 4, an Australian spectator expresses disappointment that Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor) is present at an event instead of Diana. “Oh, we only really came to see Lady Di,” he says. In some ways, we’re all a little like that disgruntled fan. We’ve invested in three long seasons just

Kensington Palace has shared a new video of the Duchess of Cambridge thanking the public for their participation in the Hold Still photography project as the U.K.-wide exhibition comes to an end. More than 31,000 portraits—powerful images of frontline workers and healthcare and medical staff, as well as poignant images representing both the hope and

Steve GranitzGetty Images Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis have split. The couple, who share two children, Otis, 6, and Daisy, 4, and have been together for seven years, actually went their separate ways at the beginning of 2020. “It’s been amicable and they’ve transitioned into a great co-parenting routine,” a source told People. “The children

Sarah SilbigerGetty Images It’s eight months to the day since police shot and killed Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, sparking worldwide calls for justice and police reform. Following her death, thousands marched and pled with the public to “Say Her Name.” But, according to Missouri Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush, some Republican lawmakers still don’t know who Taylor

After a spine-tingling escape from a killer spider-inhabited ice planet in episode 2, Mando, The Child and Frog Lady are plunged straight into the deep end in episode 3, “The Heiress.” Luckily, there are a few Mandalorians more than willing to help their brethren, and their arrival not only provides further insight into our eponymous

In a world rife with revivals and reboots, there’s one that got away: the mythical Friends reunion. Ever since the six pals walked off into the Central Perk sunset, viewers have been waiting patiently for a hint of their return and feverishly rewatching the series. (Which explains the apocalyptic reactions to all 236 episodes leaving

File this news under things we can’t wait to see after quarantine: Ryan Murphy announced on Instagram that an American Horror Story spinoff series is in the works. Titled American Horror Stories, the anthology will feature “16 one hour standalone episodes,” he teased on Twitter. The project was unveiled and discussed during a virtual AHS

Katie Holmes appears to be moving on after her split last year from Jamie Foxx. She’s reportedly dating New York City chef Emilio Vitolo, 33, and they’ve been spotted on a few public date nights in the city. The pair was first captured by TMZ grabbing dinner at the Mediterranean restaurant Antique Garage in Manhattan.

NIKI’s debut album, Moonchild, gave us just a glimpse into the poetic imagination of the Indonesian artist, leaving fans excited for more. Today she joins ELLE for a round of Song Association, singing Billie Eilish, Justin Bieber, and Nicki Minaj in a race against the clock. NIKI also shares why “Not Ready to Make Nice”

The 2020 election has officially been called for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, which means we can all get back to watching something besides Steve Kornacki hugging a giant map on MSNBC. Did you know that guy slept more than 15 hours on Saturday when he got home from being at work all week? Never

Tonight, we will see Group A perform for the third time on The Masked Singer, which means we will watch performances from the Sun, Popcorn, and… the Snow Owls. Yes, it is snow owls, plural, which means we not only have to guess one but two singers under this costume. So far, Robin Thicke guessed

For Franco-Iranian journalist Delphine Minoui, what was supposed to be brief trip to Iran to reconnect with her paternal roots became a decade of living in Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Syria. Today, Istanbul is her home base. “There is a saying in Istanbul: ‘They call it chaos. We call it home,’” Minoui tells

At the beginning of the pandemic, when news updates were changing drastically by the hour and the future was scarily unclear, the only thing I could listen to was Dolly Parton’s 1977 song, “Light of a Clear Blue Morning.” The songbird-like trill of her voice singing “everything’s gonna be all right, it’s gonna be okay,”

Marvel has imagined nearly every possible crossover in its cinematic universe, but the studio’s next TV project serves us a cocktail we didn’t see coming. Ingredients include superheroes Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany), the world of ’50s black-and-white sitcoms, and…Kathryn Hahn in leg warmers? But that’s the exact concoction viewers will be

All I want for Christmas is some long-overdue representation in my holiday rom-coms. Ask and ye shall (finally) receive: Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis are playing a couple in Hulu’s Happiest Season. A new trailer for the Meet the Parents-esque comedy introduces us to Abby (Stewart) and Harper (Davis), partners who hide their romance when

Prince Harry and Meghan made a private visit to a Los Angeles cemetery Sunday to honor fallen soldiers and mark Remembrance Sunday in the U.K. A source close to the couple told ELLE.com, “It was important to the Duke and Duchess to be able to personally recognize Remembrance in their own way, to pay tribute

In any other year, the news that Vanessa Hudgens will potentially play four lookalike characters in the same Netflix Christmas movie would stun me. But in 2020, a third movie in the identity-swapping Princess Switch franchise just makes sense. Netflix announced The Princess Switch: Switched Again, a sequel to the original 2018 film, will drop

If you need the dulcet tones of an Australian Academy Award winner to soothe your 2020-frayed nerves, might I suggest a subscription to HBO and a few moments spent watching The Undoing? I’ll admit the accompanying murder mystery might not be the best prescription for your spiking anxiety levels, but the show does feature a

Emma McIntyreGetty Images While much of America took to the streets yesterday with their various noise-making items, celebratory shouts and screams, and creative signs, Jennifer Lopez took a moment to honor the emotional weight the historic Biden/Harris win had for our country. “I’m just crying tears of joy,” Lopez said in the video, originally posted

Kamala Harris made history again, becoming the first woman to ever be elected vice president of the United States, along with the first Black, Indian-American, South Asian, and Asian-American person to ever have the role. Hollywood immediately began congratulating Harris and President-Elect Joe Biden, posting tributes on Instagram and Twitter to celebrate the feat. Here,

Kirstin SinclairGetty Images Yesterday, cities across America erupted in joy after the news broke that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would be the next president and vice president of the United States. Jennifer Lawrence very much caught on to the national celebratory energy: She ran into the streets of Boston in her pajamas while blasting

On Saturday, November 7—four days after Election Day and exactly 48 years after Joe Biden was first elected to the U.S. Senate—it was officially announced that Biden and Kamala Harris will be the next president and vice president of the United States. In the end, the two received the most votes ever cast for a

Joe Biden is the President-Elect of the United States, but he’s also grandfather to seven grandchildren. Today, his oldest grandchild, Naomi, tweeted a photo of her and her cousins hugging their grandfather after his win. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you