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Everything We Know About Homeland Season 7

Yes, The Weimar Republic Was Really As Sexy & Progressive As Babylon Berlin...

People Are Searching For A Very Specific Kind Of Bouquet This Valentine's Day

Madeline Buxton

Celebrity Beauty

Does Selena Gomez's New Haircut Represent Something Deeper?

We've all been in a salon chair, ridden with nerves about getting a fresh new 'do. No matter if we were cutting off an inch or foot, someone almo

by Samantha Sasso

The Most Talked About Sex Scene Of The Year Now Has A Custom Dildo

If I had one complaint about the Oscar-nominated film The Shape Of Water, it's that we didn't get to see the fish penis. It's not that I wan

by Kathryn Lindsay

Salma Hayek Felt Guilty For Not Writing Her Harvey Weinstein Stor...

In a candid conversation with Oprah Winfrey, Salma Hayek revealed that she felt guilt over coming forward with her Harvey Weinstein story. The Beatriz at D

by Kaitlin Reilly

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Jennifer Garner Will Star In Lena Dunham's Next HBO Series

Jennifer Garner is coming back to television, and instead of a mysterious red bob, she'll be rocking Lululemons. According to The Hollywood Reporter,

by Madison Medeiros

Entertainment News

North West Took A Topless Photo Of Kim Kardashian & The Reactions...

Another day, another photo-driven Kardashian scandal. If there's one thing Kim Kardashian knows how to do best, it's strike up a global conversat

by Madison Medeiros

Why This Is The Only Love Story You Need To Watch This Month

Love is one aspect of racial, gender, and class privilege that we don’t interrogate enough.

by Sesali Bowen

Is This Kylie Jenner Baby Name Theory A Stretch, Or Totally Genius?

If you were convinced that Kylie Jenner would name her baby “Butterfly,” get ready, because a new baby name theory from Buzzfeed is about to co

by Kaitlin Reilly

Strong Opinions

How #FreeMelania Got Flipped On Its Perfectly Coiffed Head

Like much of the internet, I am cheering Melania Trump's every literal wrist slap because I have to believe that someone close to the administration is una

Black Panther Is The Most Important Marvel Film Yet

Like any good action movie worth its salt, Black Panther has a casino scene. T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman), newly crowned King of Wakanda and inheritor of

Your First Netflix Binge Is Probably Embarrassing & Here's How To...

by Rebecca Farley

In I Feel Pretty, Amy Schumer Magically Gains All The Co...

Amy Schumer's new movie I Feel Pretty dropped reads like a lengthy Inside Amy Schumer sketch. The movie, written by Marc Silverstein (who is married t

by Rebecca Farley

Why Fifty Shades Freed Is A Missed Opportunity In The #M...

It’s no secret that Fifty Shades of Grey, the frothy series turned movie trilogy, has its roots in erotic Twilight fan fiction. It’s fitting then, that

Break Out The Confetti & Celebrate 2018's New Emoji

Redheads can rest easy: The battle is over. The fight has been won. At long last, Unicode, the governing body in charge of reviewing emoji proposals, has c

by Madeline Buxton

Celebrity Style

Why Kate Middleton Must Keep Her Coat On In Public

Royal protocol stipulates it.

by Channing Hargrove

What It's Like To Recover From An Eating Disorder In The Fashion ...

Christina Grasso and Ruthie Friedlander had known about each other for years just from working in the fashion industry, but they didn't connect until

by Kimberly Truong

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Celebrity Beauty

Jessica Biel's New Hair Colour Is A Callback To L.A.'s Coolest Trend

Anyone with colour-treated hair knows that the dyeing process is not always a quick one, especially if you're going from brunette to blond. In fact,

by Samantha Sasso

Why That Riverdale Twist Calls The Black Hood Mystery In...

Riverdale is built on twists. Without them, the beloved CW soap is merely a bunch of sexed-up teens running around, planning musicals and drinking milkshak

by Ariana Romero

Jennifer Lawrence's Nude Scenes Helped Her Recover From Her Traum...

It takes a lot to become a spy, but for Jennifer Lawrence, the hardest part probably isn't what you expect. In the upcoming movie Red Sparrow, Lawrenc

by Kathryn Lindsay

Will Caitlyn Jenner Meet Khloé Kardashian’s Baby? Khloé Says “No”

Having a baby is a life-changing event, but according to Khloé Kardashian, there's one thing that will stay exactly the same following the birth of h

by Kathryn Lindsay

Here's What Chrissy Teigen Buys At The Grocery Store

It’s only natural to be curious about what our favourite cooks and chefs actually buy when they go to the grocery store, especially those whose recipes w

by Olivia Harrison

11 Single Women Reveal The Best Dating Advice They Have Ever Rece...

by Jessica Chou

Entertainment News

Melissa Schuman Filed A Police Report Against Nick Carter Regardi...

The Santa Monica police confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter Thursday that a complaint has been filed against former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter. Carter was

by Rebecca Farley

Listen To All The Oscar Nominated Songs Right Here

by Elena Nicolaou

How To Have Steamy Bathtub Sex

by Kasandra Brabaw

Entertainment News

Wes Anderson Brings His Pastel Palettes To New Exhibition

Filmmaker Wes Anderson is best known for his unmistakeable aesthetic style, with dreamy pastel colours, ornate architecture and retro fashion dominating hi

Learning To Cook With Antoni Porowski From Netflix's 'Queer Eye'

A cook’s intuition is something you either have or you don’t. Kind of like 20/20 vision, or an inclination toward kindness. Some people can, with a shr

by Elena Nicolaou

This Is How Much A Kardashian Flower Arrangement Costs

Kylie Jenner returned to Snapchat this past Monday, one day after the surprise announcement that she had given birth to her daughter, Stormi. After swiping

by Olivia Harrison

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The Naked Wedding Dress Trend Is Here & It's Not For The Faint-He...

Brides have never had so much freedom and choice over what they wear on their big day, with many now shunning convention altogether in favour of non-tradit

Let The Women Of Altered Carbon Tell You Just How Much ...

Netflix’s new sci-fi epic Altered Carbon is a lot of things: futuristic noir, action romp, literally star-crossed love story, the list goes on. But, when

by Ariana Romero

The Beauty Products Black French Girls Are Buying Now

Melanin magic is worldwide, baby.

by Khalea Underwood

Kourtney Kardashian Shows A New Side Of Calabasas In This Exclusi...

Keeping Up with the Kardashians is a show about family, wealth, and Calabasas. With a family so large and so financially successful, most episodes are cent

by Morgan Baila

This Unexpected Makeup Pairing Is Sweeping Hollywood — & It’...

by Erika Stalder

Is Your Favourite Reality TV Show About To Get Woke?

Lately, a lot of nostalgia-inducing TV shows like Friends, The Simple Life and Dawson’s Creek have come under fire for being the very opposite of woke. Y

by Sarah Roberts

Everyone Is Obsessing Over This Free Trivia App That Gives Cash P...

Last year, I sat in a Soho studio with Sarah Pribis and Sharon Carpenter, trying to think of female leads throughout game show history. Carpenter and Pribi

by Madeline Buxton

Jamie Dornan On Being Freed From The Fifty Shades Franchise

Before he signed on to play Christian Grey, the gorgeous but tortured billionaire with a secret penchant for kink in the blockbuster Fifty Shades franchise

Student's Artistic Response To Teacher Who Says "Dial Down The Fe...

It's no secret that the idea of gender equality makes many men feel uncomfortable. A sizeable chunk of them, lifelong beneficiaries of our patriarchal

How To Style The 'Dad' Trainer Trend If You're Not Into Athleisure

by Georgia Murray

Is Cosmetic Acupuncture The Holistic Alternative To Botox?

Following the sharp spike in popularity of cosmetic surgery over the past two decades, the beauty tide finally seems to be turning. The days of the ‘froz

by Jenny Brownlees

How My SAD Lamp Saves My Life Every Winter

Sunset came at 5.02pm in London today, but in my house the daylight stuck around for several more hours. This is because I have sunshine on tap, in the for

by Jessica Furseth

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Derry Girls Is The Raucous '90s Teen Sitcom We Didn’t Kn...

Have you been watching Derry Girls? It’s almost worth having on every Thursday night just for the nostalgic soundtrack. If you grew up in the ‘90s, you

This Parody Beauty YouTuber Will Make You Lol – But There's A Ser...

A post shared by SailorJ✨ (@slaylerj) on Aug 11, 2017 at 1:49pm PDT Twenty-one-year old JJ Smith, known as Sailor J, may have only burst onto the YouTube

by Marie-Claire Chappet

ACS: The Assassination Of Gianni Versace Episode 4 Recap...

I wish I was not the kind of fool who roots for a happy ending because The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story keeps putting my heart in

by Wendy Steiner

Grown-ish Season 1, Episode 7 Recap: "Un-Break My Heart"

There were a lot of reasons not to love Zoey Johnson’s (Yara Shahidi) first big grown-ish relationship. I mean, where do I start with Cash Mooney (Da’V

by Ariana Romero