I have worked as an editor and entertainment journalist for over 10 years, covering TV, movies, celebrity news, and more for various online publications, including Bustle, The Cut, and Cosmopolitan.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’s Jessi Draper Credits the Show With Saving Her Marriage
One day before season three of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives premiered on Hulu, star Jessi Ngatikaura changed her name on social media, subtly announcing to her 1.4 million TikTok followers that she is now going by her maiden name, Jessi Draper. Fans immediately saw this as a sign that she had split from her husband, Jordan Ngatikaura. Spoiler alert: Jessi and Jordan Ngatikaura are still together, but, as seen in the new episodes, they came awfully close to calling it quits.
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RIP Reality Dating Shows: How ‘Love Is Blind’ and ‘The Bachelorette’ Are Giving Up on Love
It took nine seasons, but it happened. For the first time in Love Is Blind’s five-year history, no couples said “I do” at the altar. This season, the show finally answered the question: Is love really blind? And the answer they landed on was a big fat “no.”
6 ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Movie Theories: From a Christmas Special to the Return of Cam Cameron
Leading up to The Summer I Turned Pretty series finale, it became clear that fans weren’t ready to say goodbye to Conrad and Belly. Luckily, we don’t have to. Jenny Han confirmed on Wednesday that a The Summer I Turned Pretty movie is officially happening, and while we don’t have a lot of details, we do have plenty of The Summer I Turned Pretty movie theories. This article leveraged fan enthusiasm and SEO to keep Cosmo an authority on all things TSITP.
Lili Reinhart on the Launch of Her New Skincare Brand and How Acne and Mental Health Collide
As Betty Cooper in Riverdale, Lili Reinhart survived multiple serial killers, a cult, a time jump, and time travel, but one thing she never faced onscreen? A breakout. Offscreen though, the actor dealt with cystic acne in the public eye, her relationship becoming tabloid fodder, and her appearance being scrutinized. Now, after years of connecting with fans about her acne journey, Lili is jumping into the skincare game with her new brand, Personal Day.
The Bobbi Althoff Interview You’ve Been Waiting For
In real life, Bobbi Althoff is far from the self-assured, sarcastic interviewer she plays on her podcast. When she signs on to our Zoom meeting with an iced coffee in hand, she seems nervous as she settles in, giving me a shy smile and wave. This is her first time doing a real magazine interview since her cringe-inducing conversation with Drake went viral.
American Born Chinese Depicts Asian-American Life Through a Limited Lens
For some, “American Born Chinese” is a derogatory reference to Chinese Americans who were born in the U.S. It’s a term used to connote hierarchy in Chinese immigrant households and dismiss the connection that first or second generation children have to their Chinese roots and culture. But in the new Disney+ series American Born Chinese, based on Gene Luen Yang’s graphic novel o...
What Could Possibly Be Next For Joe Goldberg?
“A Brush with Death, A New Life of Philanthropy: How Joe Goldberg Escaped Killer Love Quinn.” This is how the fictional version of the Cut covered Joe’s return to New York City in the final moments of You season 4, giving him a complete image rehabilitation thanks to his girlfriend, Kate (Charlotte Ritchie), and her millions. “I subscribe, that’s one reason,” showrunner Sera Gamble said when asked why You is just so obsessed with us...
Rachel Bilson Has Some Notes for The Bachelor
Depending on which tier of millennial to which you belong, you know Rachel Bilson either as the iconic SoCal popular girl with a heart of gold on The O.C., Summer Roberts, or the fish-out-of-water Dr. Zoe Hart of Hart of Dixie.
Haley Lu Richardson Isn’t Afraid to Be Cringe
Haley Lu Richardson is too humble to call herself an expert. But after crocheting for 19 years (her mother taught her when she was 8), there’s no denying she has mastered the skill of hooking yarn together and weaving patterns that turn into sweaters, hats, and scarves. “I can pretty much crochet anything,” she tells me as we settle in over Zoom. Richardson, who stars in the new season of The White Lotus, has agreed to crochet with me during our conversation. She works on her current project ...
Arden Cho Knows the Power of Saying ‘No’
When Arden Cho moved to Los Angeles with a couple hundred dollars in her pocket in 2007, she didn’t anticipate one day being at the center of a conversation about equal pay in Hollywood. In fact, the Korean American actor thought she’d be lucky if she got just a few roles. “At the time, I was like, Okay, I can either sit back and complain about the lack of Asian American presence in media forever or I can take a shot and hope that maybe I’ll get to be on TV once or twice.”
“Ginny & Georgia” Season 2's Strength Lies in Its Portrayal of Mental Health
In this op-ed, writer Olivia Truffaut-Wong unpacks Ginny & Georgia season 2 and its patient, smart exploration of mental health and mental illness. Spoilers for the series ahead.
Tell Me Lies Episode 4 Sex Scene Shows Why We Need Enthusiastic Consent
Tell Me Lies might seem like a young woman’s sexual fantasy of a college relationship. After all, the first time Lucy (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen (Jackson White) hook up, he goes down on her and easily brings her to orgasm, her first from oral, and their relationship only gets hotter from there. But not all sex in the show is actually hot. In fact, the most impactful sex scene in Tell Me Lies has nothing to do with the leading will-they-won’t-they couple, and it mi...
Taylor Swift, Fatphobia, and Me
On Twitter, Swift described the video as depicting “my nightmare scenarios and intrusive thoughts.” Those include watching her imagined adult children fight about their inheritance, being a larger-than-life “monster” who takes up too much space with her friends, and stepping on a scale ...
Gossip Girl Herself Is Ruining the New ‘Gossip Girl’
Kate Keller (Tavi Gevinson) has always been one of Gossip Girl’s more morally questionable characters. But the high school teacher-turned-Gossip Girl mastermind herself has finally reached full villain status.