Being a royal may look like fun and games, but it’s no walk in the park (hello, Meghan Markle’s duchess lessons). Even so, there are traditional perks to the gig—including getting your own Coat of Arms, approved by Queen Elizabeth. In case you aren’t regally inclined, a Coat of Arms is a distinctive shield that […]
Can we let Serena live? The last thing world-renowned tennis champion Serena Williams needs after a grueling return to the tennis court for the French Open is to be forced to patiently explain to reporters that their irrelevant and sexist questions are irrelevant and sexist. And yet … Over the weekend, Williams fielded such a […]
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin campaigns outside the governor’s mansion in Frankfort, Ky., with anti-abortion-rights activists. Bevin has been a consistent and vocal opponent of abortion rights in Kentucky. On a recent, cloudy fall afternoon, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin stood outside the governor’s mansion in Frankfort, flanked by a couple dozen activists in blue T-shirts, holding […]
There were no pot pies. Of all the surprises at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund awards ceremony last night, that was the greatest. Every year, the prize dinner — where a cash award (this year, $400,000) is presented to a designer selected by a committee that includes Vogue editors, Council of Fashion Designers of America representatives, […]
The crazy, complicated story about Natalia, the Ukrainian orphan who may or may not have been an adult masquerading as a child, caused widespread confusion and chaos last month. Now the most crucial missing piece of the extremely complicated puzzle — Natalia herself — has finally been found. By Dr. Phil. In an appearance on […]
Photo: Adam Kremer Held during New York Fashion Week, Marc Jacobs’s Fall 2019 show was an ode to individuality. Each look had its own distinct personality, but the models all had one accessory in common: a simple beanie by the milliner Stephen Jones, with a single tall feather sticking out of the crown. There were […]
Emma Watson is an actor, activist, baby bangs devotee, and U.N. Goodwill Ambassador. Her latest act of international good will? Providing the masses of single people out there with a way to answer their family, friends, and well-meaning strangers who ask them if they’re seeing anyone, come Thanksgiving time. According to CNN, in an upcoming […]
The most perfect video on YouTube is called “How to Make Ree’s Chicken Spaghetti.” In it, Ree Drummond, a.k.a. the Pioneer Woman, assembles a chicken-spaghetti casserole (!) while upbeat muzak plays in the background. She boils a chicken, shreds it, and then adds green and red bell peppers, a can of cream of mushroom soup, […]
Kasi Lemmons is the director and screenwriter of Harriet, the new Harriet Tubman biopic that opened last week. She also directed Madam C.J. Walker, a forthcoming Netflix series about the first African-American self-made millionaire. Having started her career as a child actor (she had a small role in Silence of the Lambs), Lemmons made her […]
Thanks to promo stills and paparazzi shots of Mackenzie Davis in bowl cut/dirty tank topped glory, many queer women I know have been eagerly awaiting Terminator: Dark Fate for months. Davis, who gained dykon status for her role in “San Junipero,” Black Mirror’s gayest and sweetest episode, got jacked for her role as Grace, a […]