Dear reader, we’d like you to imagine Bridgerton without Lady Danbury. Practically impossible, right?Well, it was almost reality according to Julia Quinn, the author of the book series that inspired the Netflix period piece. In an exclusive chat with E! News, Quinn confirmed that she “almost killed her off in a book.” “She’s so important and I thought it’d be this like great dramatic moment,” she said of the most formidable genteel lady in the Ton. “And now I’m so glad I didn’t, because she is hands down my favorite character to write.” In fact, Quinn vows that Lady Danbury—played by the brilliant Adjoa…
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Photography by Getty Images Jewellery designer Ayça Özbank Taşkan of Mara Paris gives her advice on wearing pearls, silver and statement earrings this season. By Annika Lautens Date March 11, 2022 Facebook Twitter To paraphrase Marilyn Monroe, jewellery has always been a girl’s (or really anyone’s!) best friend. Made more apparent by the pandemic, an eclectic pair of earrings or cluster of gold chains can instantly elevate an outfit, and many have rediscovered the power of a well-placed upper body accessory thanks to two years of Zoom meetings. But what separates a good piece of jewellery from a great piece…
When it comes to having more kids, Jimmie Allen is one foot in and one foot out. Although he tells People he wouldn’t mind having more children in the future, his wife, Alexis, says she is done being pregnant.It’s a decision that he’s okay with.”It was actually her idea,” Jimmie says about remaining a family of five. “Cause when it comes to babies, you know guys, we got the fun part … women gotta carry the baby. Give birth to the baby. And ’cause she’s told [people] before she doesn’t mind giving birth, it’s the pregnancy part that’s normally gonna be hard…
The legal battle raging over the gag order that has muzzled lawyers representing Astroworld victims and attendees but not Travis Scott himself intensified Friday when the father of the deadly concert’s youngest victim asked a Texas judge to either pull the rap musician under the case’s cone of silence or “rescind” the order altogether. In a new filing obtained by Rolling Stone, Treston Blount, the dad whose 9-year-old son Ezra Blount was one of the 10 victims to die from Astroworld crowd crush injuries last November, argues for the first time that the publicity order should be scrapped if it’s…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. West Side Story, Dune, and Belfast are among the top contenders vying to take home the award for Best Picture at this weekend’s Critics’ Choice Awards. Originally set for earlier this year but rescheduled because of Omicron, the show — hosted by Nicole Byer and Taye Diggs — will finally make its way to your screen on Sunday, March 13th. “Following the science and tracking the course of the Omicron variant, we believe that March 13th will be…
The horror renaissance has been ongoing for years, and is showing no signs of slowing down. There’s also been a trend where new sequels to the best horror movies have made their way into theaters, like the 2018 Halloween movie. The upcoming threequel Halloween Ends just wrapped principal photography, see how the Michael Myers actor is celebrating that milestone.Two different actors have been playing the villainous Michael Myers in David Gordon Green’s Halloween franchise. OG actor Nick Castle does the maskless shots and The Shape’s breathing noises, while stunt performer James Jude Courtney does the heavy lifting and dangerous stunt…
Ikumi Nakamura, former Tango Gameworks’ creative director for the upcoming Ghostwire: Tokyo, has founded a new studio called UNSEEN. Referred to as “a borderless and mysterious game development studio”, Nakamura says that the new studio will develop games with a focus on mystery, horror, sci-fi, and the supernatural. In an interview with IGN, Nakamura stated that the studio will focus on an international staff, with the Tokyo studio serving as a central hub. Her vision for UNSEEN is to “transcend various medium beyond the realm of video games.” UNSEEN is already at work on a new title, which Nakamura suggested…
Despite the fact Captain Underpants and similarly funny books remain perennially popular with young readers, a Mississippi educator was fired this week for selecting a humorous, age-appropriate book to read to second graders. Toby Price, an assistant principal at Gary Road Elementary School in Byram, Mississippi–just outside Jackson–was asked to set up a class via Zoom. When his boss, the principal, didn’t show up to the class as was planned, Price was told to read them a book. He picked I Need a New Butt by Dawn McMillan. The book, Price said, was one of his favorites to share because…
Jussie Smollett’s siblings gave their thoughts after his sentencing. Outside the Chicago courthouse on March 10, Jussie’s siblings spoke with reporters, saying that he is innocent and that he did not deserve the sentencing. The Empire star was found guilty of five of six charges for filing a false police report in 2019. His report of an alleged hate crime led judge James Linn to sentence him to 150 days in a county jail starting Thursday and 30 months of felony probation. “[The judge] shamed my brother, he spoke about his arrogance,” his brother Jojo Smollett, 44, said. “He doesn’t know the struggles my brother…
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NATASHA GERSCHON Jenna Bitove Naumovich walks FASHION through her collection of campy Moschino creations. By Annika Lautens Date March 10, 2022 Facebook Twitter Jenna Bitove Naumovich’s nine-to-five consists of finding fanciful fashion pieces for her clients, but during her off-hours, the personal shopper and stylist for The Room at Hudson’s Bay has steadily acquired a mass of Moschino garments, shoes and accessories just for herself. “The designs are so happy,” she explains from her home in Toronto. “I’m inevitably intrigued to see what Moschino is doing next because it’s always going to be different from what anyone else…
Bobbie Nelson, pianist and singer in the Willie Nelson Family band, died Thursday morning, March 10, 2022, the Nelson family’s publicist confirms. She was 91.”Her elegance, grace, beauty and talent made this world a better place,” a statement about Bobbie from her family reads. “She was the first member of Willie’s band, as his pianist and singer. Our hearts are broken and she will be deeply missed. But we are so lucky to have had her in our lives. Please keep her family in your thoughts and give them the privacy they need at this time.”Bobbie Nelson was raised alongside Willie by…
Omar Apollo daydreams about love and lust in his new song “Killing Me,” which he performed on The Tonight Show Friday. The bilingual R&B track is one of Apollo’s most unabashedly sexy releases yet, offering another glimpse at the eclecticism the Mexican-American singer will showcase on his upcoming album, Ivory, out April 8. “Killing Me” starts with sky-high choral loops before soulful guitar chords take over. Apollo reflects on a love he can’t get out of his head , before launching into a seductive pre-chorus: “Love me like I’m gonna die/Fuck me like you fantasize,” he sings “Touch me like…
For a few years in the mid-2010s, Amy Schumer was as prominent and acclaimed a comic voice as there was to be found anywhere in American pop culture. Her Comedy Central show Inside Amy Schumer wickedly parodied the television of the day. (Josh Charles came in for note-perfect spoofs of both Friday Night Lights and The Newsroom, the latter “bestowed upon you by Aaron Sorkin.”) It dug deep on the strange and terrible ways society could view women, or that women could view themselves, whether in the implied homoeroticism of men’s fascination with “chicks who can hang,” or the way…
Most people would likely agree that Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is an excellent movie. They would also agree that it’s quite a long movie. And it’s actually even longer since the movie we have is only half the story, and will require a second film to complete. Dune: Part One is over two and a half hours long, but the film’s editor says that, while a shorter version is technically possible, it’ would be a much lesser final product.Joe Walker has been nominated for an Academy Award for his work as the editor of Dune, (though his category is one that’s…