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Former President Barack Obama returned to social media today to share tips on how to sustain momentum and create real change in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of a white police officer. Obama shared a short article he wrote on Medium as Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality continue across

Last Monday, a 46-year-old Minneapolis man named George Floyd was killed by a police officer named Derek Chauvin. Chauvin put his knee on Floyd’s neck for close to nine minutes, including the three minutes when Floyd was unresponsive. Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder. This happened in the middle of a global pandemic, but

Anadolu AgencyGetty Images This past Monday, 46-year-old George Floyd died after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him to the ground and pressed his knee into his neck, while Floyd pleaded for help and repeatedly said he could not breathe. The officers were responding to “a report of a counterfeit bill being passed” when they located

As protests continue across the U.S. and world following the murder of Minneapolis man George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin, these companies are releasing statements about the Black Lives Matter movement. Here is a list of the companies who are standing in solidarity with the movement and the protests. This post will be updated.

Since George Floyd was killed by a police officer named Derek Chauvin on Monday, more than 30 cities across the U.S. have held their own protests. In the days following Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, protesters took to the streets in the city in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. As ELLE.com pointed out earlier this

This year, Universal rebooted its monster universe with Invisible Man, starring Elisabeth Moss, and is going to keep going with Wolfman, starring Ryan Gosling. Per Variety, the studio has been meeting with directors over the past month and should land on a name soon. Corey Finley, who directed HBO’s Bad Education with Hugh Jackman and

On Saturday, Billie Eilish posted on Instagram to share her feelings about the phrase “white lives matter” as protests around the country continue following George Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. “I’ve been trying to take this week to figure out how to address this delicately. I have an enormous platform,

Spoilers for the Defending Jacob finale, “After,” below. No one reinvents themself for the screen like Michelle Dockery. At the close of Downton Abbey, it seemed we’d never see her as anything but English nobility. Then came Good Trouble, and it was if she’d only ever been a North Carolina grifter. Godless followed suit, with

Like Catherine the Great on her wedding night, viewers’ expectations of Hulu’s The Great will look quite different from historical truth. The off-kilter series from The Favourite‘s Tony McNamara stars Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult as real-life Russian rulers Catherine the Great and Peter III. However, this isn’t your grandmother’s historical drama—and it doesn’t purport

Scott Disick’s breakup with his girlfriend of three years, Sofia Richie, was in part because of the feelings he still has for Kourtney Kardashian, his ex-girlfriend and the mother of his three children, Us Weekly reports. A source told the outlet that his relationship with Kardashian and their history hindered his romance with Richie. “Scott

Lady Gaga’s new album Chromatica is a personal look into her journey of healing in recent years. And one of the most empowering and intimate explorations of this process is in the lyrics of her song “Free Woman.” Gaga told Zane Lowe that the song is about how she moved forward after being sexually assaulted

In 2011, my younger brother Lee was stopped and frisked on his way to buy ginger ale at the grocery store on 216th Street and White Plains Road. Walking into the market, his black du-rag on and headphones plugged in, two white police officers stopped Lee and asked to search him. “What’s the problem?” he

Concert season is definitively cancelled, but a new documentary series is offering a unique look at some of the best music acts of a generation. Directed by Allison Ellwood, Laurel Canyon focuses on the Los Angeles enclave where a counter-cultural social and musical scene blossomed, and the talents of stars like Joni Mitchell, Carole King

Listen, we all have our security blankets. For many of us born in the ‘90s, that blanket is re-reading and re-watching the Harry Potter series ad infinitum. Yes, I like to believe my literary tastes have elevated since my days writing Harry/Ginny fanfiction on Tumblr, but I still get chills every time I hear the

If you’ve been missing your Friends during the pandemic, sulk no longer. HBO Max is now streaming all 10 seasons of the hit NBC comedy nearly six months after the sitcom left Netflix, breaking hearts and ending rewatches everywhere. However, the highly-anticipated unscripted Friends reunion with Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew

In August 2019, financier Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in his prison cell, just a month after being arrested for allegedly sex trafficking underage girls in New York and Florida between 2002 and 2005. The Daily Beast first reported the new charges against Epstein, and according to the New York Times, they carried a combined

An emergency meeting of the International Council of Thirst Journalists was convened over Zoom today after paparazzi photos of Normal People star and hottie Paul Mescal broke through the malaise of the internet in a manner not unlike his character Connell’s hidden emotional depths bursting through his emotionally stunted exterior at various points in his

In a time where few of us can leave our houses—or, at least, we shouldn’t—there’s something vaguely voyeuristic about touring the homes of the rich and famous, especially when said sparkling homes hide a lot of drama. Netflix, as it’s wont to do, has leaned into that appetite with the docu-soap series Selling Sunset, which

Does the name Polly Platt mean anything to you? Karina Longworth thinks it should. The host of the podcast “You Must Remember This,” which specializes in telling, as its haunting intro puts it, “the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century,” is premiering a new season today, devoted to the figure Longworth calls “the

Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse dated for about two years before reports of their breakup in July 2019. As intriguing as their secretive relationship was prior to a reported split, this co-star couple’s brief breakup only heightened public interest in their romance. Sprouse and Reinhart’s post-(reported) split behavior has left fans with far more questions

John LamparskiGetty Images Mary-Kate Olsen officially filed for divorce from French banker Pierre Olivier Sarkozy today, as New York courts began allowing lawsuits and divorces to be filed online following coronavirus closures. Earlier this month, Olsen filed “emergency” divorce proceedings from her husband of four years, but it was denied. Sources told the New York

On Sunday, Taylor Swift tweeted about the cover of her 2017 song “Look What You Made Me Do,” which played on the latest episode of Killing Eve last night. “VERY STOKED about this cover of lwymmd on @KillingEve by Jack leopards & the dolphin club!!,” she tweeted with a clip of the show credits. It

Jeff Kravitz/AMA2019Getty Images Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes have been quarantining together in Coral Gables, Florida, where they take PDA-filled walks and give Cabello’s dog, Thunder, some exercise. These two don’t often share images of their time together at home on their Instagram grids, but on Saturday, we got a look into a sweet family

Summer is going to be different this year, but it doesn’t mean we can’t get outside, get some sun, and wear whatever make us feel good. No matter your fitness and self-care routine, it’s important to take time for yourself—if and when you can. These are stressful times, and breathing in some fresh air (while