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Ariana Grande added further fuel to speculation that she could be part of tomorrow’s Paris Olympics opening ceremony when she shared an Instagram from the city this morning. Grande stopped at a Sephora on the Champs-Elysées to promote her r.e.m. beauty line. She went mod in a Tom Ford mock-neck minidress. Her blonde hair was

The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics is tomorrow, July 26, one day before Taylor Swift takes the stage at her Eras Tour in Munich, Germany. While the singer hasn’t shared any plans to attend the Games (nor is she among the artists rumored to be performing during the ceremony), she is close enough

Billie Eilish hates pranks—good thing she’s the one doing the pranking. From asking Margot Robbie to use her house for a last-minute music video shoot to telling her very concerned label head that she’s quitting music, Eilish’s pranks are hilariously and incredibly convincing. Watch as the multiple Grammy and Oscar-winning artist tricks Tyler, The Creator

Justin Baldoni and his wife, Emily Baldoni, have been together for over a decade and share two children. The Jane the Virgin star still gushes about his life partner at every opportunity. “I had made the same mistake so many times, searching for something in a package that I thought I would want,” he told

Jennifer Lopez dropped a thirst-trap swimsuit photo on Instagram to mark her 55th birthday. “This Is Me…Now 🎂” she captioned the mirror selfie. Lopez wore a $99 Gooseberry Intimates one-piece with a plunging neckline. The piece hasn’t sold out yet for those trying to replicate the look: One Piece White Model wears an XS Height

“I don’t really know what ‘authentic’ means,” Katie Kitamura admits. She’s sitting in a nondescript hotel room in Tennessee, where she’s staying as a faculty member for the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, as she talks me through the genesis of her upcoming novel, Audition. But the questions at the root of the book itself steer us

Taylor Swift resumed her Eras Tour this evening in Hamburg, Germany, after her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, attended two of her three shows in Gelsenkirchen. Kelce wasn’t in the crowd—in fact, he’s thousands of miles away from Swift this week. The Kansas City Chiefs player is in Missouri at the team’s training camp. Given that practice

Selena Gomez publicly called Benny Blanco the “love of my life” yesterday. Privately, the couple of one year has had more serious discussions, a source told Us Weekly today. “She and Benny are very serious and have talked about marriage,” the insider said, calling the relationship “definitely endgame [for her]. Selena is really happy and

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

Selena Gomez turns 32 today, and her boyfriend, Benny Blanco, celebrated the occasion twice on Instagram: first with an Instagram post, then with a romantic comment on Gomez’s own page. She responded by giving him one of her most public declarations of love, writing, “love of my life,” on her Instagram Story. Instagram Blanco’s Instagram

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are officially long distance again until late August when Swift has a tour break starting August 21. Kelce is at training camp for the Kansas City Chiefs, while Swift is finishing up the European leg of her Eras Tour. The couple is going into this time apart in a very

Kassy was a fan favorite on the fifth season of Love Island, coming in second place alongside Leonardo Dionicio, as reported by USA Network. Outside of the show, the 24-year-old is studying real estate and works as an influencer, podcaster, and model. In season 6, Kassy was a late entry to the villa, and coupled

Spoilers below. There’s a hot new couple in Westeros, and I’m not talking about Alicent Hightower and Ser Criston Cole (they’re old news) or Daemon Targaryen and his cursed visions of his dead mom (sorry). I’m talking about none other than Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen and one of her very valued allies, and things get steamy.

Vice President Kamala Harris was sworn into office in 2020 beside her running mate, Joe Biden. Now, as the 2024 election approaches, she could be the potential Democratic nominee following Biden’s announcement he is stepping down from his campaign. In 2019, she delved into another important role in a piece for ELLE.com, writing about being

As season four of The Boys arrived on Amazon Prime Video, fans were aware there was one more season ahead. And it turns out that it will be the last. Showrunner Eric Kripke confirmed it himself in a tweet in June, writing, “Season 5 will be the Final Season! Always my plan, I just had

On Saturday, Nick Jonas celebrated many years of love with wife Priyanka Chopra. The couple share a number of anniversaries, but in this instance Jonas shared a never-before-seen picture from the night he proposed. In the photo, he is smiling at the camera and holding up his blushing bride’s hand to show the ring as

Travis Kelce was not at Taylor Swift’s final show at Gelsenkirchen’s Veltins Arena on Friday, July 19, after attending both Wednesday and Thursday’s shows. The football player is expected back for Kansas City Chiefs training camp in Missouri this week and flew home to prepare. But even though Kelce wasn’t there, he seemed to be

On Thursday, Miley Cyrus was the co-host for Gucci’s celebration of summer event at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. The party was centered around the venue’s famous garden and Gucci’s new Flora Gorgeous Orchid eau de parfum. Cyrus is the face of their new campaign. The star performed her hit “Flowers” for the crowd wearing

In July 2021, a video surfaced of Zendaya and Tom Holland kissing in a car, exposing their relationship to the masses. Over three years later, a source tells Us Weekly that the private couple still has a “rock solid” relationship due to one thing in particular: their close friendship. “These two are the real deal,”

In Olivia Gatwood’s debut novel, as in life, self-perception is rarely reliable. That uneasy boundary between the real and the perceived is exactly what piques protagonist Mitty’s fascination when she encounters her new neighbors, Lena and Sebastian, outside their glittering glass-walled home on the Santa Cruz waterfront. At the beginning of Whoever You Are, Honey,

If you’re a fan of 1996’s Twister starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton, listen up. Hit Man’s Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones of Where the Crawdads Sing, and In the Heights star Anthony Ramos have come together to bring a follow-up film to life. Jeff Spicer//Getty Images In the new Twisters, Kate Carter (Edgar-Jones) has retired

Travis Kelce flew thousands of miles to spend his last few days with Taylor Swift before Kansas City football training camp starts on Sunday. So far, he has attended both Eras Tour shows in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, and reunited with her backstage to congratulate her post-concert. Yesterday, the couple was filmed leaving her first performance together.

Most women have two ovaries; I only have one. When I was 12, I had an emergency surgery that removed my right ovary and fallopian tube. Nearly a decade later, for unrelated reasons, I almost lost my left ovary—and my ability to ever have biological children. To a 12-year-old girl, that threat hadn’t meant much.

A dozen young Kenyan women wearing dark leggings and colorful T-shirts are resolutely running up a steep, narrow dirt street. At the top, they veer around a bend and race back down. When they reach the bottom, they pivot and return up the hill. It’s the rainy season in Iten, a small village in western