Welcome to Shelf Life, ELLE.com’s books column, in which authors share their most memorable reads. Whether you’re on the hunt for a book to console you, move you profoundly, or make you laugh, consider a recommendation from the writers in our series, who, like you (since you’re here), love books. Perhaps one of their favorite
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K-pop boy band, ENHYPEN, are veterans of Song Association and have decided to join ELLE to face the music for the second time. ENHYPEN sings their top hits like “Polaroid Love,” “Fever,” and many, MANY more, to ENSURE their score is enough to beat their personal record. Will ENHYPEN come out on top, or will
Chelsea Bieker writes as if sorting through old photographs; she knows the images well, but the scenes where they take place are stretched and warped by memory. She deploys this curiosity to fascinating results in her new short story collection Heartbroke, which, similar to her excellent debut novel Godshot, plants its protagonists in California’s Central
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas made a very personal announcement this Mother’s Day, sharing the first photo of their daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas. The couple revealed that their daughter was born premature and spent 100 days in the NICU. She is now home with her parents. “Our next chapter begins now, and our baby
On Saturday, newly engaged couple Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck continued their search for a shared home in Los Angeles, surveying a $68 million dollar mansion in Bel Air. They were dressed casually for the day of viewing, with Lopez in a silky green blouse and high-waisted pants, accented with a green belt and a
On Saturday, Rihanna blessed the timeline by dropping her self care routine on social media, which of course included a number of items from her Fenty Skin line. In the video, the beauty mogul is wearing a bra and panty set in a beautiful aqua blue with her hair wrapped up in a towel. As
Kendall Jenner is doing her part to promote new episodes of Hulu’s The Kardashians, and revealing a little bit about her romance with boyfriend Devin Booker in the process. For the May 5 episode, she shared a screenshot of her phone with a reminder to watch. The snap of her lock screen showed that she
In an interview with Jimmy Fallon on Friday, Sophie Turner shared an emotional moment she had soon after meeting her now-husband, pop star Joe Jonas. Fallon asked Turner when she knew she’d marry Jonas, and she replied, “I mean the first night I met him.” Fallon wanted to know if that was on a first
On Thursday, May 5, actress Kristen Stewart sported a sexy sheer Chanel look to the fashion house’s after party in Monaco, following a show for their 2023 cruise collection. Styled by Tara Sweenen, Stewart wore a white halter bodysuit with black details under a see-through column skirt that just kissed the floor. It was belted
Jennifer Lawrence has kept a low profile for months, after welcoming her first child with husband Cooke Maroney in February. But just about three months after becoming a mother, Lawrence was photographed out on a date night with Maroney. She dressed stylishly in a black maxi dress and matching jacket. Her long blonde hair was
The Summer I Turned Pretty will fill the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before-shaped hole in your heart. The YA novel by Jenny Han, actually published years before her TATBILB series, is being adapted into a series on Prime Video. A perfect binge for the warmer months, the romance follows a girl named Belly
Kim Kardashian revealed on Instagram today that she donned not one, but two dresses formerly worn by Marilyn Monroe on Met Gala night. Kardashian shared photos of herself in Monroe’s green Norman Norell dress that she wore to the Golden Globes in 1962—the reality star’s second look of the evening. She captioned the series of
Spoilers for Moon Knight ahead. Superhero costumes have long since bypassed the capes and spandex requirements, and with each new Marvel project, the sartorial boundaries are pushed further. Moon Knight adds several new entries to the stylish list, with Oscar Isaac serving double duty (at least) as Marc Spector and Steven Grant. But he is
Getty Images Update, May 5, 2022: The below column, originally published in Aug. 2021, features Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House principal deputy press secretary. Months later, we’re republishing, as it was just announced that Jean-Pierre will soon become the new White House press secretary, making her the first Black person and the person openly LGBTQ
On Thursday, May 4, Olivia Rodrigo hit the stage in Washington, D.C. as part of her SOUR tour. The “Driver’s License” singer took a few moments to address the recently leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court of the United States voting to strike down Roe v. Wade, which grants access to abortion. Twitter user
A trip to London may conjure two different and somewhat competing vacation fantasies: the first, a more royal-inspired vision, with fancy tea parties, shopping at Selfridges, and photos outside Kensington Palace, and the second somewhat grungier, filled with smokey Camden bars and vinyl shopping in Soho. Why not do both? For ELLE Escapes, we compiled
The Kardashians’ new Hulu reality series devoted its latest episode to Travis Barker proposing to Kourtney Kardashian—and it showed for the first time how Scott Disick, Kardashian’s ex and the father of her three children, took the news. Disick and the kids weren’t at Barker’s surprise Santa Barbara proposal with the rest of the family.
Celine ambassador and K-pop star Lisa put her modeling skills on display in Paris when the Blackpink singer walked in Celine’s winter 2022 runway show, appropriately titled “Dans Paris.” Footage of the show was released today. Lisa wore two looks: a silver sequin mini dress and a black jacket and skirt, which you can see
It’s been nearly 50 years since the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade established the constitutional right to have an abortion in the United States. Today, millions of Americans are facing a potential future without that protection. It was reported on Monday that the Supreme Court has already privately voted to strike down Roe,
The Washington PostGetty Images Roe v. Wade, the landmark case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that access to legal abortion is a constitutional right, is under imminent threat. As first released by Politico on Monday evening, a leaked draft majority decision signaled that the Court is moving to overturn Roe, disrupting nearly
While most eyes were on celeb transformations for the 2022 Met Gala, behind the scenes, our government was fashioning a different kind of change. In leaked documents written by Justice Samuel Alito and obtained by Politico, the U.S. Supreme Court reportedly voted to renege on its trailblazing Roe v. Wade decision. The draft opinion rebukes
Despite DeuxMoi rumors that Adele would make her Met Gala debut tonight, the singer wasn’t at the New York City event. Adele, as usual, kept her whereabouts private. She didn’t update her social media today. It’s unclear whether she was invited or just unable to go as she continues to prepare to do her Las
Unfortunately, red carpet darling Anya Taylor-Joy ended up skipping the Met Gala with its Gilded Glamour theme tonight. Taylor-Joy was silent on her social media today. She kept details on where she spent her day private, but it is worth noting that Taylor-Joy has several film projects in the works right now (Furiosa and Laughter
Selena Gomez is using her platform and businesses to support mental health organizations—and make the conversation about mental health healthier all around as Mental Health Awareness Month kicks off this month. Gomez announced yesterday on Instagram that she’s launching a campaign called “Your Words Matter” to raise awareness around the words people use when discussing