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Hailee Steinfeld Locks In

She’s back on the awards-season trail for Sinners and glowing with newlywed bliss: “I am stepping into the version that I’ve always dreamed of being.”

by Thessaly La Force

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The Defiance Of Olivia Munn

After taking a break to become a mother and tackle cancer (casual), the attention-magnet actor is igniting the small screen again. Lucky for us, she’s as opinionated as ever.

By Carina Chocano
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Quinta Brunson Was Built For This

The Abbott Elementary star followed her gut to hit ratings and Emmys gold. Now she’s taking big swings in the rest of her life, too.

By Katie Heaney
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The Many Lives Of Leighton Meester

She’s slowed her roll to embrace parenthood and shrugs off the “Leightonaissance.” Yet she can’t resist a career playing pretend: “Getting to be another person — it’s such a gift.”

By Jessica Pressler
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Kate Hudson Takes Hollywood By The Balls

With basketball comedy Running Point, the eternal A-lister is taking her one-in-a-zillion magic to Netflix. For Kate? It’s nothing but net.

By Samantha Leach
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The Gospel According To Ciara

She’s got a 20-plus year career, a swoon-worthy home life, and dance moves that still defy gravity. How’d she do it? “I’m always reaching for the next step.”

By Nolan Feeney
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Khloé Kardashian Sets Herself Free

As she enters her 40s, Kardashian is reclaiming her confidence and tackling work with renewed purpose: “I got really insecure about doing anything on my own.”

By Charlotte Owen
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Florence Pugh & Andrew Garfield Are Done Wasting Time

The stars of We Live in Time say making their new A24 tearjerker made them rethink everything: “It definitely gave me the kick up the ass.”

By Josh Duboff
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Shailene Woodley Lives For Pleasure

In Three Women, the actor digs into the mess of sex and gender in America. Off the clock? She’s touching grass.

By Chloe Joe

The Private World Of Kerry Washington

Her characters are famous for handling messy situations, often through sheer force of will. Can that approach succeed in real life?

By Kendra James

Dakota Johnson Can’t Fake It

On set, at junkets and in her relationships, the actor — and literary tastemaker with a new book club — favors blunt truths. And the occasional mischievous fib.

By Charlotte Owen
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Lindsay’s Glorious Return

Lindsay Lohan is back. She’s bringing the peace she’s found — abroad and in marriage and motherhood — with her.

By Samantha Leach

Gwyneth For All

With a new, lower-priced beauty line, the lifestyle mogul finally expands beyond the jet set. After that? "I might just disappear."

By Emma Rosenblum
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Kimora Lee Simmons Has Had Enough Drama. She Wouldn’t Mind Being In Love Again.

The Baby Phat CEO reflects on the male ego, the backlash successful women face, and going single-mom mode with Khloé. Marriage, she says, “is not all that it's cracked up to be.”

By Naomi Elias

Jessica Simpson's Big Bet

Returning to music and taking over her company, Jessica Simpson is finally in control. Now, she opens up about the challenges of buying herself back.

By Mickey Rapkin

The Jonas Brothers Roll Deep

Across many time zones, famous wives, and five daughters in tow, Kevin, Joe, and Nick are more in sync than ever.

By Leah Greenblatt

Rachel McAdams Is Worth Waiting For

The selective star returns for the long-awaited, totally adorable adaptation of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

By Samantha Leach

More Jodie Turner-Smith, Please

The scene-stealer of White Noise on working parenthood and making geeky glamorous.

By Erin Somers

Looks Like She Made It

How Shania Twain found love, her voice, and her rightful place in the pop music pantheon.

By Lindsay Zoladz, Beau Grealy and Tiffany Reid

Hannah Einbinder Lets Down Her Armor

Before she could become an Emmy-nominated star on HBO Max’s Hacks, the comedian had to battle her own brain.

By Nolan Feeney

Charlie Puth Is Horny On Main

On his retooled third album — and his delightfully weird TikTok — Charlie Puth is letting it all hang out.

By Samantha Leach

Keke's World

Between three movies, numerous TV shows, and an album, the busiest woman in Hollywood somehow was able to give us an hour.

By Sylvia Obell

Kourtney Kardashian Was Right All Along

In Calabasas, healthy boundaries are suddenly in style. Here’s how the reality star and Poosh founder insisted on balance and embraced her feelings.

By Anna Peele

Hilary Duff Figured It Out On The Way

With a new show, a sterling reputation, and one of the longest, most successful careers in television, the woman formerly known as Lizzie McGuire finally gives herself a break.

By Carrie Battan

Alicia Keys Comes Home

On the 20th anniversary of Songs in A Minor, the artist reflects on who she was then — and who she's been all along.

By Shayla Lawson

The Millennial’s Guide To Addison Rae

TikTok’s reigning queen is about to cross over into old-fashioned stardom.

By Carrie Battan

Thank God For Dan Levy

Inside the showrunner’s hard-earned, awkwardly timed, very good year.

By Anna Peele

"I Didn’t Think Of Myself As A Black Mother. I’m A Mother."

Phylicia Rashad, 72, makes her first foray into sci fi-horror and finds new depths to the role that made her a legend.

By Rebecca Carroll

Issa Rae Has More To Do

The Insecure creator and star talks to Elaine Welteroth about Emmys regrets, friend breakups, the moving goal post of success, and whether celebrities can persuade voters.

By Elaine Welteroth

Kehlani Is Feeling It All

The singer stands up for her vision, for leaning into joy, and for all Black lives.

By Sylvia Obell

Demi Lovato Saved Herself

Two years after overdosing, the singer has a new hobby (painting), a new manager (Scooter Braun), and a new mandate (doing exactly what she wants).

By Anna Peele

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Lee Pace’s Naughty Streak

The actor swears he’s “extremely boring” and shrugs at being called “daddy” — but comes alive playing a villain.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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Brooks Nader’s Naked Ambition

Ever since Love Thy Nader skyrocketed her public profile, women everywhere have found themselves unabashedly rooting for Nader and her utter unabashedness.

By Samantha Leach
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Dave Franco, Actually Romantic

His character in Regretting You gets closer to his real-life self than anyone he’s played before: “I am a pretty sensitive, vulnerable, open guy.”

By James Grebey
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Caleb Hearon Is A People Person

Ahead of his debut HBO standup special, the comedian and podcaster says joy is available to us all — even when it feels like the world’s on fire.

By Nolan Feeney
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Jay Ellis Has Stories To Tell

The Insecure and Running Point actor’s memoir — now in paperback — revisits a formative childhood relationship: that with his imaginary friend.

By Charlotte Owen
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Logan Lerman Can't Play It Cool

He plays a jerk in both the indie dramedy Oh, Hi! and a new Haim music video. But when it comes to his own love life, “I’m ‘constantly available.’ I never played games.”

By Samantha Leach
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Parvati Shallow Isn’t A Villain — She Just Plays One On TV

The reality TV star has a reputation as a Survivor all-timer. In her memoir, she reveals what it took to get there — and why she's done being the “Black Widow.”

By Alana Hope Levinson
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Lewis Pullman Will Keep His Shirt On

He’s a (ripped) action star now thanks to Marvel’s Thunderbolts*. But the actor’s defining trait might just be his sensitive side.

By Samantha Leach
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Bowen Yang Is Number One

From SNL to Wicked to his latest movie, The Wedding Banquet, the comedian is never far from the center of pop culture. He’s still working on putting himself first.

By Jazmine Hughes
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Chet Hanks Has The Last Laugh

The iconoclastic Hanks brother is reaching new heights as a team player on Netflix’s Running Point.

By Alison Abbey Hudak
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Grace O'Malley Is Laughing With You

With Alex Cooper’s backing, the comedian and former Barstool Sports star has a brand-new podcast. But she’s nobody’s sidekick.

By Samantha Leach
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The Gospel According To Ciara

She’s got a 20-plus year career, a swoon-worthy home life, and dance moves that still defy gravity. How’d she do it? “I’m always reaching for the next step.”

By Nolan Feeney
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The Viall Family Values

Could Bachelor-star-turned-relationship-expert Nick Viall and his wife and co-host, Natalie Joy, actually be the perfect couple? They sure think so.

By Samantha Leach
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Brenda Song Is Still Dreaming

The Disney alum and star of The Last Showgirl almost left acting behind to raise her family. Hollywood — and fiancé Macaulay Culkin — knew she had more to give.

By Naomi Elias
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Khloé Kardashian Sets Herself Free

As she enters her 40s, Kardashian is reclaiming her confidence and tackling work with renewed purpose: “I got really insecure about doing anything on my own.”

By Charlotte Owen
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Nicholas Alexander Chavez Can Take The Heat

A pair of dark, twisted roles in the Ryan Murphy universe have made him a TikTok heartthrob. He doesn’t mind.

By Esther Zuckerman

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Brittany Snow Is Owning The Moment

After 30 years of playing the best friend, Snow now has a bonafide TV hit and a buzzy new show opposite Claire Danes. No wonder she’s never been happier.

By Naomi Elias
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Jake Lacy Won’t Flip A Table — But He’d Like You To Think He Could

The All Her Fault star on trading nice-guy roles for “rich douchebags,” the thrills of being a little bad, and pizza hangouts with his cast.

By Esther Zuckerman
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Eva Victor’s Secret Is Out

The Sorry, Baby sensation on what it’s like to be the year’s biggest breakout.

By Samantha Leach
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Jeremy Irvine Is Bloody Brilliant

The Outlander: Blood of My Blood star is A+ talent, zero pretension: “Never let an actor tell you that their job’s hard. We’ve got tea and coffee on tap.”

By Hannah Orenstein