Inside Joanne’s Conversion, the Napa Proposal and That Impromptu Beach Wedding

This article contains spoilers for season three. Every long-running romance eventually faces the question of what it is actually about. Strip away the meet-cute and the near breakups, and what remains? For this series, season three offers the clearest answer yet: it is about two people dismantling, piece by piece, every defense they arrived with. … Read more

Why William and Kate Kept Their Cornwall Visit Quiet While Charles Opened the Senedd

The most telling royal appearance of Thursday, Oct. 15 was the one nobody saw. While King Charles and Queen Camilla opened the Welsh Parliament in Cardiff and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visited charities in Nottingham, Prince William and Princess Kate slipped into the Cornish community of Nansledan, did a full day’s work, and slipped … Read more

Why One in Five MS Diagnoses Can Be Wrong, and What Christina Applegate Faces Next

One in five. That is the figure that has followed Christina Applegate’s revelation around the internet this week, and it deserves a slower look than a headline usually allows. According to the specialist who joined Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler on their podcast, roughly twenty percent of people diagnosed with a certain complex neurological disease may … Read more

Cole vs. Dylan: The Sprouse Twin Mix-Up That Happens Every Victoria’s Secret Season

Every October, like clockwork, the internet forgets which Sprouse is which. The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show airs, Barbara Palvin walks, and Cole Sprouse’s mentions fill up with tags meant for his Identical Twin brother Dylan. This year, Cole finally said what he is clearly thinking every single time: “It’s that time of year again where … Read more

Michelle Zauner on Motherhood, Performing Pregnant, and What’s Next for Japanese Breakfast

Michelle Zauner has spent her career writing about family — grieving her mother, remembering her childhood, and turning the ache of distance into some of the most beloved songs and prose of her generation. Now, with the arrival of her first baby, Mnemo, the Japanese Breakfast frontwoman steps into an entirely new role: New Mom. … Read more

Why Do Stars Keep Their Love Lives Secret? What Hollywood’s Hidden Couples Teach Us About Fame

Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner dated in secret during the making of Romancing the Stone — and waited forty years to tell anyone. It is the most extreme example of a phenomenon Hollywood knows intimately: stars who keep their love lives entirely hidden, sometimes for decades, and let the truth surface only when they are … Read more