[ Jurnee Smollett’s first date was a family affair. At 18, she’d gotten someone’s number “randomly, on the street” and agreed to go out with him — she’d been banned from dating until she was legally an adult. Her four brothers didn’t love the idea, and literally tagged along, unbeknownst to the guy. “We went … Read more
[ Growing up, Sabrina Dhowre Elba could never find a skin care brand for people that looked like her. With a deeply-rooted passion — and a bit of encouragement from her husband, actor Idris Elba — the Canada-born model began formulating her own range of products with all genders *and* all skin tones in mind, … Read more
[ Looking back on her 20s, Juliette Binoche refers to the characters she played as the “sorrowful sisters.” They were consumed by darkness and often molded by tragedy — from her breakout role in 1988’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being to a painter losing eyesight in The Lovers on the Bridge to a woman having … Read more
[ As soon as Netflix dropped the first photos from Bridgerton Season 3, it was clear that a major transformation was in store for Colin Bridgerton. Gone were his twerpy little-brother high collars, replaced by an unbuttoned shirt and wind-swept hair. The changes quickly captured the attention of fans, known as “the ton,” who gifted … Read more
[ Nicholas Galitzine is booked and busy. Over the last three years, the English actor has jumped from Cinderella to Purple Hearts to Red, White & Royal Blue to Bottoms, and this spring he has two high-profile projects dropping in swift succession, each opposite an Oscar winner. In May, he’ll star in the unconventional romance … Read more
[ Billie Piper is no stranger to nosy journalists. The 41-year-old British actor got her start as a pop singer when she was just 15 years old, and has been in the limelight ever since. (She retired from singing in 2003, and went on to star as Rose Tyler in Doctor Who, as well as … Read more
[ No, Jake Gyllenhaal’s tattoos in Road House—a 2024 remake of the 1989 action movie that was released on Amazon Prime today—are not real. But that doesn’t make them any less meaningful. “I have a couple of different tattoos in honor of Patrick [Swayze],” Gyllenhaal told Decider in a recent Zoom interview. “When I put … Read more
[ In a cinematic landscape replete with overmuscled, undersexed, military-complex-adjacent superheroes, Love Lies Bleeding provides a much-needed counterpoint: an oiled-up, unabashedly sexy movie that indicts “strength for strength’s sake,” in the words of director Rose Glass. Glass, whose debut feature Saint Maud (2019) was widely acclaimed, dreamt up an ’80s steroid-fueled fever dream about Lou … Read more
[ Is The Bachelor actually an English class? Throughout Season 28, the terms used to express feelings between Joey Graziadei and his contestants have loomed over every relationship. Specific words, especially how and when they’re used, have played an outsize role in how pairings progress — and Joey reveals to Bustle that he got a … Read more
[ Erika Jayne is squarely in her redemption era. The singer, best-selling author, and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star fell out of favor with many fans and castmates in 2021, when her then-husband Tom Girardi’s ongoing legal scandal came to light. Erika’s “lack of empathy,” for those affected by the alleged embezzlement crimes, as … Read more
