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
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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
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
Kylie Jenner bought her first “starter” home in 2015, when she was only 17 years old. It was a $2.7 million dollar, 4,851-square-foot home that she sold in 2017 for $3.15 million. The makeup mogul has moved on to bigger properties since then, but the first place she called home after moving out of the
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,
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
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
Former President Barack Obama has released a statement on the death of George Floyd and is pleading for Americans to open their eyes to the ongoing racial injustice that plagues the country. Obama shared his statement via social media, including excerpts of emails and messages he received following the news of Floyd’s death. George Floyd
Courtesy While things may feel stuck at a standstill, there are some couples who are not letting anything stop their love. Proposals are still happening amidst a pandemic, and we cannot be happier for those making the best out of a grim situation. After all, we can use some good news these days. Typical engagement
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande know the show must go on, and leading up to a bummer Memorial Day weekend, the pop stars dropped a pre-quarantine music video for their new collaboration ‘Rain on Me’ just last week. The video is a reminder of a world we once knew, full of partying, congregating in large
Vladimir VladimirovGetty Images Putting on sunscreen is the second easiest way to protect your skin from sun damage. (Staying out of the sun is the first, but you have to life your life!) But 2013 and 2016 studies concluded that while SPF safeguards humans from cancer, it’s also deadly for marine life and coral reefs.
Pat McGrath may have the best job in the world. In the ‘90s, the makeup artist was in New York when she met two immortal models for the first time. One was Kate Moss. The other? Naomi Campbell. “We were so hyped and thrilled to be shooting with each other,” Campbell told ELLE.com by phone
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
Lady Gaga’s new album Chromatica explores her journey of healing—including, it seems, from heartbreak. On her track “Fun Tonight,” Gaga sings about the moment a relationship she was in stopped being healthy (“Yeah, I can see it in your face / You don’t think I’ve pulled my weight / Maybe it’s time for us to
News flash: Shaving is no longer relegated to your underarms, bikini line, and legs—people are shaving their faces now. It’s called dermaplaning, and the procedure is usually performed in-office by a dermatologist or esthetician using a fancy tool called a scalpel. But as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, life has been put on pause,
Just when you thought that dating in quarantine would at least free us from the world of ghosting, a sneaker collab dropped early this morning like an unprompted 2 AM text. Launching today, Converse teamed up with Carhartt Work In Progress (WIP) for a pair of messy sneakers that are out here to undo all
Myka Stauffer / Instagram On Tuesday, YouTuber Myka Stauffer and her husband, James, announced their decision to give up Huxley, the four year old autistic boy they adopted from China almost three years ago. In a seven-minute-long video titled “an update on our family,” the couple recounted how Huxley had “a lot more special needs
As people who are lucky enough to be able to work from home slide into their 12th week of doing so, certain fashion standbys are starting to feel as remote as a matinee with a large popcorn or a night out at a crowded bar. I’m talking about jeans and all other “hard pants,” anything
When Hilal Ibrahim found out that Muslim healthcare workers were throwing away their hijabs in between shifts for infection control purposes, she set out to design a sanitary head scarf that could be easily washed and safely reused. The Minnesota fashion designer and owner of Henna & Hijabs, a boutique specializing in organic henna and
Many occasions don’t warrant a full bikini-zone shave—and for all of those times, consider a bikini trimmer your new best friend. Simply put, these electric trimmers work to clean things up a bit without requiring the effort (or potential for razor bumps and burn) of a full-on shave. A good bikini trimmer is quick, safe,
What does it take to be qualified to run for office? Since Donald Trump, a man with zero political experience (getting roasted at the White House Correspondents Dinner doesn’t count) burst through the old boundaries like the Kool Aid man, we’ve crossed into a realm where basically anything goes. A battery of young, progressive women
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
Despite how much time we’re spending inside, dermatologists recommend applying sunscreen daily, so you should always have a bottle (or three) saved underneath your bathroom sink. Fortunately, Supergoop is taking 20 percent off sitewide with the promo code “SUNSALE” right now, which is pretty rare. If you haven’t tried Supergoop yet, the brand offers lightweight,
The last few weeks, and really, the last few centuries, have been exhausting for Black Americans. The violent cycle goes: trauma —> invisibilization —> normalization —> repeat. How do we stop the runaway train that is white supremacy? There’s no one answer—a complex problem needs many solutions. But the question I consistently pose to those
Courtesy While we’re still uncertain when our next beach day will be, we refuse to believe that summer isn’t happening at all. And nothing will make you more optimistic for the sunnier days ahead than a Jacquemus straw bag, Isabel Marant jeans, or an Ulla Johnson dress. Get all of these designer must-haves plus more
There’s nothing more unsightly or uncomfortable than flaky, sandpaper lips. Sure, you can tap on your trusty lip balm and be on your way, but once it fades, you’re back to square one. And if you’re wearing lipstick, that uneven texture can be even more noticeable. That’s where lips scrubs come in, which sloth off
Kensington Palace made a very rare move late last night, issuing a statement in response to Tatler‘s big cover story on Kate Middleton. A Palace spokesperson said, “This story contains a swathe of inaccuracies and false misrepresentations which were not put to Kensington Palace prior to publication.” It did not specify explicitly what the inaccuracies
In January, Jennifer Carroll Foy helped end nearly 50 years of inaction on the Equal Rights Amendment by leading a push to make Virginia the final state needed to ratify the landmark women’s rights legislation to the Constitution. Today, the 38 year old freshman state delegate and criminal defense attorney took on an entirely new,
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