Belgravia, the new period series from creator Julian Fellows, begins with the tragic loss of a young man that transforms life for two families. The scenario is tantalizingly familiar: Nearly ten years ago, it was the Titanic death of the assumed heirs to a grand estate that set into motion the central conflicts, both financial
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Every decade has a signature haircut. The fifties had a neat short, back and sides, the seventies had long hair and sideburns, the eighties had mullets. In the nineties, it was all about curtains. Worn by everyone from David Beckham and Brad Pitt to countless boyband members and that guy from Dawson’s Creek, it was
KREUZLINGEN, Switzerland (Reuters) – He happens to live in Switzerland. She happens to live in Germany. Before the coronavirus, that didn’t mean much for Lukas and Leonie, a cross-border couple. Then suddenly, a fence was built between them and they were ordered to stay apart. Couple Lukas from Switzerland and Leonie from Germany embrace after
If you’re looking for your next binge-watch (and aren’t we all?), add Amazon Prime’s show, Making the Cut to the list. It premiered at the end of March, and the entire first season is now available to stream. If you’re a fan of fashion-competition shows dotted with occasional drama and snarky comments, you’ll whip through
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – After Ivory Coast’s government announced the easing of some restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the new coronavirus on Thursday evening, Ange-Désire Indat hit the phones and invited more guests to his wedding planned for the next day. Indat Ange Desire, 30, and Marie Andrea Offoumou, 28, attend their wedding ceremony
Nearly every industry is being impacted by the novel coronavirus pandemic, including entertainment, which has halted production on virtually all projects and delayed the releases of high-profile movies such as Mulan and Black Widow. As movie theaters across the country close due to COVID-19 safety concerns, studios including Universal, Warner Bros., and Disney are making
PARIS (Reuters) – A Paris museum dedicated to the work of sculptor Alberto Giacometti re-opened to the public on Friday, one of the first art centres to test the waters after France eased its coronavirus lockdown. Visitors attend the reopening of the Giacometti Institute Museum after France begun a gradual end to a nationwide lockdown
There’s one thing every action star has in common, aside from a hefty paycheque, and that’s a set of boulder shoulders. Those Hollywood PTs bulking-up the likes of Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson understand that shoulder muscle is what bookends the V-shape of any all-action testosterone physique. When it comes to your designs on a
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Next time you fret about sanitising your desk or kitchen counter because of the coronavirus, spare a thought for the workers whose task on Friday was to wipe down St. Peter’s Basilica. A Vatican staff member in protective gear sanitises the interior of St. Peter’s Basilica, as part of efforts to
Victor VIRGILEGetty Images The next venture for ELLE’s Education project globally is a series of online learning courses that you or any of your friends can sign up for. Following the ELLE International X MIT Innovation Leadership For Fashion & Luxury Consumer Brands Program, ELLE International’s educational programs will be extended to a dedicated online
NEW YORK (Reuters) – For 64-year-old New Yorker Victoria Rosenblatt, giving up her calming pottery hobby during the stresses of the coronavirus lockdown was not something she wanted to contemplate. But her local pottery studio had been forced to close. So she purchased from the studio a mini pottery wheel on which she can make
On Zoom calls, Kate Middleton makes a point to dress up. But off camera and off the clock, the Duchess of Cambridge’s style is far more cozy than it is extravagant. She dresses like a human, not some ritzy princess, a source made clear to Us Weekly. The source told the outlet that the Duchess
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Can’t bear to eat alone? People have dinner as they sit next to stuffed panda dolls, used as part of social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Maison Saigon restaurant that reopened after the easing of restrictions in Bangkok, Thailand, May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
With binge-watch performances from the likes of Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy, razor-sharp suits and bloody good haircuts across the board, BBC drama Peaky Blinders had us gripped from the very start. It follows the story of a gangster family running a crime racket in Birmingham just after the First World War. It’s been one
Francisco fills a neighbors’ cup with wine at a rooftop during a nationwide quarantine due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Caracas, Venezuela April 6, 2020. Picture taken April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero CARACAS (Reuters) – When Venezuela ordered a quarantine in March to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, real estate agent
Adult female panda Er Shun, one of two being returned to China by Canada’s Calgary Zoo due to the difficulty of obtaining their food of fresh bamboo due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) related logistical problems, is seen in an undated photograph provided May 13, 2020. Calgary Zoo/Handout via REUTERS. (Reuters) – Unable to import
Talking about silver linings in quarantine is a difficult proposition, and the Internet can be a tricky place for rooting out positivity right now. But the truth is that most Americans are home all day, working, not working, worrying about not working, caring for children—and, yes, some are fashion-influencing on the Internet, and Instagram in
It’s been almost 20 years since the first The Princess Diaries came out, but Anne Hathaway let fans in on a sweet and major secret about the first film. One of its most iconic moments—Mia Thermopolis slipping on the bleachers while talking with Lily—wasn’t scripted. In a bonus clip from The Happy Days Of Garry