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Just when you think 2020 couldn’t get any wilder, Addison Rae Easterling signs on to star in a gender-swapped remake of She’s All That. Variety is reporting that the viral TikTok star, who has over 58 million followers on the app alone, will star in He’s All That. Yes, it’s a re-imagining of the hit

Anthony HarveyGetty Images As Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s nearly 4-year-long divorce drags on, the case has reportedly hit yet another snag, not long after they butted heads about their private judge. Ahead of a child custody trial set for October, “tensions have escalated between Brad and Angelina, with family therapy no longer taking place,”

After a real-life meet cute, Zac Efron and Vanessa Valladares’ love story is going strong. The pair was officially reported to be dating this week after meeting at Australia’s Byron Bay General Store café, where she was working as a server. Efron and Valladares have been spotted holding hands, grabbing brunch, and enjoying a ski

You remember the awe, right? That feeling you had months ago, many moons before COVID-19, when Game of Thrones’ ultimate villain died at the hands of one Arya Stark, the small-but-mighty Maisie Williams left clutching the sword. In spite of its otherwise universally panned final season, Game of Thrones nailed it with that reveal. There’s

Succession crises, steamy sex, a battle for the soul of a nation—must be another installment of The Spanish Princess. The Starz drama returns for a second season on October 11 to conclude the tale of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII, and ELLE.com has your exclusive look at the first trailer. Though history tells us

One of the movies we’re most looking forward to watching when movie theaters reopen is a new adaptation of Dune, starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya. From director Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Sicario), the movie is based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name. One of the best-selling sci-fi stories ever, the book laid

During her tenure as the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama found herself in a work-life tug of war. She discussed trying to strike a work-life balance in her best-selling memoir Becoming. “I tell women, that whole ‘you can have it all’ — nope, not at the same time; that’s a lie,” she

David M. BenettGetty Images This year has been one disappointment after another, but here’s a sliver of good news: Lily Allen and David Habour have obtained their marriage license. According to Us Weekly, the singer and Stranger Things actor visited Las Vegas’ Clark County Clerk’s Office on Sunday, September 6, to complete martial paperwork. Not

It’s the end of an era. On Tuesday, Kim Kardashian West took to Twitter to announce the end of her longstanding E! reality show Keeping Up With the Kardashians. The final season will air in early 2021. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the difficult decision as a family to say goodbye to

Male directors have been objectifying female characters onscreen since the dawn of cinema. In the age of #MeToo, we’ve begun to reanalyze some of those images as gratuitous at best, exploitative at worst. It’s why intimacy coordination is crucial to creating safer and more equitable sets. But what happens when an industry charged with mitigating

You know Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s husband and man who loves himself a jaunty cap? Apparently he is not pleased with Prince Harry’s decision to step away from senior royal duties and move to California. In fact, he reportedly thinks it’s a complete “dereliction” of his responsibilities. According to royal biographer Ingrid Seward’s book Prince

DANIEL LEAL-OLIVASGetty Images When Meghan Markle and Prince Harry left their royal life and moved to North America, they dropped their official royal titles and committed to repaying the costs of renovation for Frogmore Cottage, their home in Windsor. On Monday, a spokesperson for the couple told People in a statement that the couple has

On the sixth and most recent episode of Michelle Obama’s podcast, the former first lady and Conan O’Brien talked relationships, marriage, and what it takes to make both work. In a candid conversation, Obama and the comedian also discussed what happens to a marriage after kids enter the equation. Obama talked about how “disruptive these

Serena Williams won her match against Sloane Stephens at the U.S. Open on Saturday in a stadium that, because of COVID-19, was mostly empty. But there were two very important fans there to cheer her on: Williams’s husband, Alexis Ohanian, and their 3-year-old daughter, Olympia, were their own very robust fan section. “I hope she

BG028/Bauer-GriffinGetty Images In July, Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas welcomed a daughter, Willa, into their family. Since then, they’ve been enjoying their new life together and keeping to themselves. This past week, they got a moment to take a stroll together, sans baby. The Daily Mail captured some photos of Turner and Jonas holding hands

Kendall Jenner, Devin Booker, and Justin and Hailey Bieber spent a few days at a lakefront home in Idaho, where they reportedly enjoyed some end-of-summer lake time together. Although there wasn’t any Instagram-grid record of the four sharing time on their trip, Kendall took plenty of photos. In the first photo she shared, she’s wearing

Stephen LovekinGetty Images 2020 seems to be the year of The Princess Bride. In June, celebrities including Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas reenacted the 1987 classic for a fundraiser for World Central Kitchen. Now, the original cast of the movie will reunite for a virtual script reading. The September 13 reading, set for 6 p.m.

Updated post, 9/5/2020 If you, like me, spent the first part of quarantine watching Gossip Girl on Netflix and actually miss hearing “Good morning, Upper East Siders,” then you’re in luck. HBO’s reboot of the show will begin filming in New York City this fall, Variety confirms. A Warner Bros. spokesperson told Variety that shooting

Kendall Jenner and Devin Booker are reportedly “not serious” and are “just having fun with each other.” They might not be a serious couple, but they are a couple who takes vacations with another couple—and breaks the California non-essential travel ban to do it. Via the “stay home” order, residents are asked not to leave

The COVID-19 pandemic is shaping how Americans approach the presidential election, including where people will fill out ballots. Election officials are expecting a “historic level” of mail-in voters this November as states make adjustments amid concerns about the transmission of the virus at polling places. Rules and regulations for mail voting are different across the

This weekend, viewers across the globe will be watching the live-action Mulan on Disney+. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there have been several delays on the road to the movie’s theatrical opening. But Disney+ subscribers can now watch the female-fronted action film from the comfort of their own home for $29.99. Prior to Mulan‘s release,

They don’t call her America’s Mom for nothing. TikTok’s beloved mother-daughter duo Tabitha Brown and Choyce Brown, who’ve gone viral for their vegan recipes and witty banter, are taking ELLE inside their kitchen for a brand-new tutorial. This time, Choyce is learning to make Tabitha’s expert vegan alfredo for the first time. For Tabitha, it’s

Imagine the following scenario: The alarm clock is beeping, and John’s eyes creak open, landing on a book he was reading the night before: A Man’s Guide to Producing Healthy Sperm. He and his wife, Jen, have been trying for months to have a baby, and they are both doing all they can to improve

Trigger warning: this post contains a video with graphic content. Two months before the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota inspired global Black Lives Matter protests, Daniel Prude was suffocated by officers in Rochester, NY. Prude, a 41 year old Black man, died of asphyxiation after police put a hood over his head and