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Alyson and Amanda Michalka have undergone many evolutions: They were young actors, they broke through as music duo Aly & AJ in the mid-2000s, they briefly rebranded as 78Violet, and they returned as Aly & AJ while pursuing separate acting careers as adults—but through it all, there’s been one integral constant: sisterhood. “It’s everything to

The reboot machine has revealed the limits of its audacity—and the limit does not exist. Hollywood is attempting to “reimagine” the 1992 romantic drama The Bodyguard, which you might remember as the film that launched the biggest movie soundtrack of all time and blessed us with Whitney Houston’s unforgettable cover of “I Will Always Love

For Nicole, taking the abortion pill was like getting through “an extremely painful poop.” It hurt, a lot, and then it was done. She was bartending at the time, light years away from thinking about motherhood, and decided on medication abortion. At $585, it was cheaper than a surgical abortion. Plus, Nicole wanted do it

A Black woman is the brains behind American Horror Story’s latest horrific tale, Double Feature: Red Tide, and Angelica Ross gives her life. The horror anthology’s milestone 10th season takes place in a fictionalized Provincetown, Mass., whose residents have fallen under the sway of mysterious Black Pills. The pills, made by the unnamed Chemist, can

When Rachel Zegler, then a 17-year-old high school student, posted a tweet of her singing a pitch-perfect cover of Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow” back in 2018, she went viral. To date, the 30-second clip has over 86,000 retweets and 374,000 likes. A month later, the teen was chosen to star opposite Ansel Elgort

One of Broadway’s most beloved musicals is being made into a movie…again! Earlier this year, it was announced that West Side Story, the Romeo and Juliet-inspired tale about a pair of star-crossed lovers in New York City, will be getting a modern update. Steven Spielberg is set to take on the task of recreating the

Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, and Martin Short have decided to extend their stay in the Arconia—in spite of, you know, all the murders in the building. (Our hope is that rent will go down, at least.) The popular Hulu comedy has been a success story from the beginning, when the show launched as the streamer’s

Rihanna closed out the Met Gala red carpet in Balenciaga with her boyfriend A$AP Rocky last night, but that was only her first look of the evening, naturally. The singer was photographed again arriving at her Met Gala after party in a very modern flapper-esque look. Rihanna paired a cropped black top with a sheer

Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian made their MTV VMAs debut last night, but they didn’t have their first Met Gala this evening. The two were absent from the red carpet. Kardashian revealed on her Instagram Story that the couple was still in New York City. They appeared to have a romantic dinner at Polo Bar

Beyoncé was photographed in Cannes, France, yesterday, and while it’s not 100 percent certain she’s skipping the Met Gala in New York City tonight yet, Bey hopped on Instagram to generously make up for her possible absence. Bey shared three grid posts full of her European birthday vacation style. Notably, her four-year-old daughter Rumi appears

Can SUPER JUNIOR achieve sweet Song Association success? In our latest episode, the Seoul stars sing group hits like “House Party,” solo feats like KYUHYUN’s “Together,” and ballads from Eric Benét and Richard Marx in a race against the clock. Count down, and find out where they land. Alyssa Bailey News and Strategy Editor Alyssa

When Grammy-winning artist Doja Cat stepped onto the MTV Video Music Awards stage in a Thom Browne dress from the designer’s Spring 2018 collection, she had to have known she was tempting the internet’s meme machine. Her so-called “worm” look nearly overshadowed her “Best Collaboration” VMA win for her song “Kiss Me More” with SZA,

ELIZABETH FISHER/CBS/PARAMOUNT You might assume that after spending two seasons confronting questions of faith, morality, demonic possession, and other supernatural manifestations as the resolute psychologist Kristen Bouchard on Evil, Katja Herbers has come to her own conclusions about spirituality and humanity. But she’s just as bewildered about the state of the world as we are.

When Kabul fell to Taliban forces in August, the United States ended its 20-year war in Afghanistan right where it started—with the militant group back in power. The devastating conclusion left people in the U.S. distraught, frustrated, and asking the same regretful question: What if Barbara Lee hadn’t been alone? Back on Sept. 14, 2001,

Bennifer’s biggest public moment as a couple so far has arrived. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez made their red carpet debut at the 2021 Venice Film Festival’s premiere of The Last Duel today. Affleck wore a black suit, while Lopez went glamorous in a white plunge dress by Georges Hobeika. She accessorized with Cartier jewelry,

Disney is getting ready to go back Under the Sea with The Little Mermaid. The studio is adding to its growing list of live-action remakes with a new take on the beloved 1989 animated classic. Now, the principal cast for the new movie is officially set, with Halle Bailey starring as Ariel, Jonah Hauer-King as

Spoilers ahead for The Circle season 3. Fans of The Circle are already embroiled in all of the drama of season 3, which is airing on Netflix through September. In the first four episodes alone, sisters Ava and Chanel, who are playing as Ava, have found themselves voted out of The Circle, only to receive

At every step of Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott’s more than on-again-off-again four-year relationship, they’ve kept fans guessing. Are they dating? Is she pregnant? Will he propose during the Super Bowl halftime show? On the heels of the couple’s reported “break,” fans were left wondering what happened and if the split will last. Now, reports

In country music, the divorce album is sacred, albeit trodden ground. As Nashville rebel-turned-pop-icon Kacey Musgraves herself told the New York Times, “I wasn’t going to be a real country artist without at least one divorce under my belt.” But star-crossed, the Golden Hour singer’s latest album—and the title of her accompanying film—is not the

We’ve only just met the new faces controlling Constance Billard’s social scene, and they’re already making power moves: The HBO Max Gossip Girl revival has officially earned the green light for a second season. And showrunner Joshua Safran hopes for not just two seasons in total, but at least three. Perhaps young influencer Julien Calloway

Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles’ surprise January romance is going strong in September, even as Styles begins his tour. E! spoke to a source who detailed how things are going between Wilde and the singer and how they are going to cope with him being on the road. Wilde will be going to shows during

Beyoncé graced Instagram with a first look at her 40th birthday fashion. The singer spent the time on a yacht in Capri, Italy, naturally, and shared three Instagram grid posts full of outfit of the day pics. She graciously let her husband Jay Z pose beside her in some shots. Bey went for a stylish

J.Law is having an eventful 2021. Mere hours after the highly anticipated trailer for the star-studded Netflix film Don’t Look Up—the actress’s first film since 2019—dropped, reports circulated that the Mother! star is, well, becoming a mother. A representative for Lawrence confirmed to People that the 31-year-old is pregnant with her first child. Lawrence, perhaps

Back in June 2018, Jennifer Lawrence was spotted hanging out with a mysterious man that the internet eventually determined to be New York City-based art gallerist Cooke Maroney. The couple soon married during a lavish October weekend in Rhode Island in 2019, though prior to the engagement they’d kept the relationship mostly out of the