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At Monday night’s Democratic National Convention, Michelle Obama delivered a powerful speech to make the case for Joe Biden. The former first lady closed out the two-hour virtual event built on a theme of unity. Other speakers included Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. This content is imported from

Today is going to be a good day and here’s why: Dear Evan Hansen is becoming a movie. The hit Broadway musical, which won six Tony Awards, will be adapted for film, with Ben Platt likely reprising his titular role. Ahead, everything we know about the film, including the actresses in talks to star opposite

The only thing bigger than getting media attention for being a celeb lookalike is actually getting the celeb’s attention. That’s exactly what happened to Priscila Beatrice, a 28-year-old who looks so much like Rihanna (especially when she does her makeup to purposely look like RiRi), even Rihanna is pretending that Beatrice is her. Here, take

Machine Gun Kelly (Colson Baker) and Megan Fox started dating this year, and it seems as if their relationship is no casual fling. When Kelly appeared on Thirst Tweets for BuzzFeed Celeb, one fan asked him out. “Machine gun kelly I just wanna let you know am free this sunday to go on a date

Steven FerdmanGetty Images It turns out the 2020 pandemic is providing parents with even more handmade keepsakes to stow away and show off to their children’s friends in the future. On her Instagram, Blake Lively posted a selfie in which she and Ryan Reynolds are both wearing face masks decorated by their young daughters. “We

This week, TMZ reported that Miley Cyrus and Australian musician Cody Simpson have split after less than a year together. Per E! News, the two had different goals and decided to go their separate ways. “Cody felt like he was in a different place and wanted to be single. Miley started to get busy working

You know when you’re just trying to post about a good book you’ve read on Instagram but everyone keeps hounding you about when you’re going to release new music? Don’t you just hate that? I hate that. OK, so we can’t all exactly relate to this problem, but Adele can’t seem to post anything on

In July, Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas became first-time parents when they welcomed a daughter, Willa, into the world. But Willa isn’t the only one who’s celebrating a birthday this summer. Today, Jonas turns 31 years old. To celebrate, Turner posted a black-and-white photo of her and Jonas on Instagram and added the caption, “Happy

Much has been written about regarding Meghan Markle’s distant relationship with her sister-in-law Kate Middleton. But the relationship between Meghan and Prince William—and William’s reaction to Prince Harry’s choice of bride—also explains some of the royal drama that led to Harry and Meghan deciding to step back from their senior royal family roles. Omid Scobie

Beloved 1995 teen film Clueless is being turned into a TV show again—but this one has a teen mystery twist to it. Deadline reports that Peacock is rebooting the series, and that it will be focused on Cher’s best friend Dionne rather than Cher herself. It’s part Heathers, part Riverdale and not so much a

If there’s one moment in Ryan Destiny’s new music video “Do You” that encapsulates the song’s message, it occurs in the first few seconds, when she slams her flip phone shut. She’s presumably hanging up on a lover irritating her on the other line. The next scene finds her lying down on a couch as

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ bestselling 2015 book Between The World and Me is headed to HBO. Deadline reports that Coates’ autobiographical book—as well as the 2018 stage show it inspired—will be adapted into a TV special this fall. Created under specific COVID-19 guidelines, the special will combine aspects of the book’s 2018 stage adaptation alongside book readings,

Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson’s big romance didn’t quite make it a year. TMZ reports the two have called it quits. According to TMZ’s multiple sources, they split quietly within the last few weeks. The reason for their split isn’t clear at this point. Cyrus and Simpson were first seen kissing in Los Angeles grocery

Jodie Turner-Smith is opening up about becoming a mother in 2020. On the heels of her breakout role in Queen & Slim and surprise marriage to Joshua Jackson, Turner found herself expecting amidst a pandemic and social unrest following the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other innocent Black people. “Every stage of my

If the Wizards of Waverly Place taught us anything, it’s that everything is not what it seems. That was also the case with a Selena Gomez and David Henrie reunion teased to fans over the weekend. “Hmm @selenagomez,” Henrie captioned a video of the former co-stars, who played siblings Alex and Justin Russo, as they

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris are vowing to move on up. The pair made their first joint appearance as running mates in Delaware on Wednesday, arriving onstage in masks to Curtis Mayfield’s “Move On Up.” Biden and Harris maintained social-distancing during the event as each delivered remarks about the other. “The

Seventeen years ago, Emily Strayer, Martie Maguire, and Natalie Maines would sit backstage at their sold-out Top of the World Tour and laugh. They’d laugh about what men were saying about them on major cable networks, men like Bill O’Reilly (“These are callow, foolish women who deserve to be slapped around”) and Pat Buchanan (“The

Joe Biden officially announced that Kamala Harris will be his running mate in the 2020 presidential election. Harris will become the first Black woman to be on a presidential ticket for a major party in the United States, and if Biden wins in November, Harris will become the first Black woman to be vice president.

Chip SomodevillaGetty Images After months of speculation, Joe Biden has announced that Kamala Harris is officially his running mate for the 2020 presidential election. “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris—a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants—as my running mate,” he wrote on

“I miss everything,” Sabrina Carpenter declares at the beginning of our conversation, speaking to the universal struggle of 2020. While we’re all regularly feeling the mean reds, Carpenter herself has a lot to yearn for. There’s her Broadway run in Mean Girls, which was cut short after only two performances; missed hangouts with cast mates

People have been quarantining for months, and the boredom is getting to some celebrities and causing them to use their excess free time in some extremely weird ways. Take Will Smith and Jason Derulo—two bored famous dudes—as an example. Over the weekend, Will and Jason met up so Will could give Jason a proper golf

At one point in The Umbrella Academy season 2, Diego manages to sneak into The Infinite Switchboard, a mysterious screen-filled room at The Commission’s headquarters that allows agents to step out of time and monitor every single point in the space-time continuum. In other words, it offers an overview of the show’s entire twisty-turny timeline.

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner quietly welcomed their baby girl Willa on July 22 and have since been silent on social media about her birth. But Jonas shared the first new photo of him and his wife since their daughter was born on his Instagram Story this weekend. The two appear at home and using

A fusty, nearly century-old franchise may not seem like an obvious vehicle for a show about inequality and police corruption, but HBO’s new series Perry Mason has managed to turn a 1930s pulp-fiction protagonist into a mouthpiece for our time. Granted, it takes some liberties with the source material: The titular criminal defense attorney is