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The Entertainers Issue

Kristen Bell’s Happy Tears

As the third season of Nobody Wants This hits Netflix, the TV perennial, Frozen superstar, and modern-marriage poster girl reveals her secret sauce.

By Rachael Combe and Matthew Sprout
Entertainment

Charles Melton’s All-American Confidence

Her Private Hell and Beef star Charles Melton is bringing Brando vibes with a modern, experimental edge of his own to some of Hollywood’s shiniest projects.

By Jada Yuan
Entertainment

How Mindy Kaling Flipped The Script On Her Life

Two decades after joining The Office, the Hollywood multihyphenate is returning to the water cooler as the creator of Hulu’s new Not Suitable for Work. Everything else, however, is quite different.

By Ashley Spencer
Entertainment

Friends For Eternity

Miles Teller and Da’Vine Joy Randolph play unlikely besties in A24’s new romantic comedy. Off set, they’re still cracking each other up.

By Charlotte Owen
Entertainment

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
Entertainment

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
Entertainment

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
Entertainment

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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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
Entertainment

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
Entertainment

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
Entertainment

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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Jessica Williams’ Grounded Game

Three-time Emmy nominee and Shrinking star Jessica Williams knows the trick to surviving Hollywood: having a life.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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Jordyn Woods Has Plenty To Celebrate

With a wedding to plan and her lucky Knicks bag in the spotlight, the multihyphenate star is embracing reinvention: “I feel like my purpose is a lot bigger than even I am.”

By Stephanie McNeal
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Leo Woodall F*cking Loves It

Whether he’s playing a rom-com love interest or a prestige leading man, the Tuner star and White Lotus alum runs on pure, unadulterated enthusiasm.

By Jack King
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Olivia Jade, On The Record

She’s spent the better half of a decade avoiding the press and channelling a brand of hot, cool, and unbothered to her millions of followers. Now, with the launch of her first-ever makeup line, Olivia Jade is finally ready to talk.

By Samantha Leach
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Will Sharpe Is At The Center Of It All

With a starring role in the new Amadeus out now and an Apple series of his own on the horizon, the British multihyphenate is living on the edge no longer.

By Lucy Ford
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We Can’t Stop Watching Barbie Ferreira

The Faces of Death and Mile End Kicks star dreamt of working in Hollywood since childhood. How’d she get there? By avoiding overexposure, ignoring the discourse, and keeping her inner fangirl close.

By Beatrice Hazlehurst
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Daniel Radcliffe, Man Of The People

The former wizard now finds power in range — from an aching stage drama to a silly sitcom to Winnie the Pooh.

By Jessica Derschowitz
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Michelle Randolph Makes It Hot To Care This Much

The star of Landman and Scream 7 is big on manifestation — but overprepares like it’s her job.

By Grace Wehniainen
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Tom Blyth Gets Loose

After a string of dark dramas, the British actor enters his rom-com era with the Netflix version of Emily Henry’s People We Meet On Vacation.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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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

Features

Baggage Claim

Fendi’s New Zebra Baguette Perfects Fall’s Biggest Print Trend

The “holy grail of It bags” just got a wild, maximalist refresh.

By Alyssa Lapid
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Prada’s Small Buckle Is The LBD Of Bags

BDG’s fashion market director dubbed the new mini "perfect for the New York girl."

By Alyssa Lapid and Kaitlin Cubria
Politics

The Fighter

In our explosive political environment, liberal Fox News panelist Jessica Tarlov believes civilized debate could save us all.

By Mattie Kahn
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Chanel’s Embroidered 11.12 Bag Is Rewriting Modern Luxury

The floral-embellished piece is fall’s biggest flex, looking just as good at a black-tie event as it does with your fave denim.

By Alyssa Lapid and Kaitlin Cubria
Entertainment

Life At 250% With Diego Boneta

The Mexican actor went all-in embodying Fidel Castro in the upcoming Killing Castro: “It’s when I’m scared that I know that it’s what I have to do.”

By Kevin LeBlanc
Entertainment

Nicholas Duvernay Doesn't Want You To Give Up On Love

The rising star plays the designated “hot guy” in Not Suitable For Work — but his character has feelings, too: “Hopefully, the guys watch this and go, ‘Wow, maybe I can open up to my homeboys.’”

By Gabrielle Bondi
Something About Her

Was It Worth It?

Ariana Madix on living through the reality-TV wringer.

By Ariana Madix
Entertainment

Belmont Cameli’s Winning Season

In Off Campus, he plays a hockey jock with a sensitive side. Off-screen, he’s got one, too.

By Gabrielle Bondi
Entertainment

Sam Claflin’s Year Of Rest & Relaxation

After burnout and heartbreak, the actor took nine months off to reset — and learned how to stop people-pleasing, start healing, and show up for himself.

By Samantha Leach
Olympics 2026

Perfectly In Sync

After a health scare and a seven-year hiatus, Olympian-sibling duo Alex and Maia Shibutani are returning to competitive skating. This time, they’re doing it for themselves.

By Naomi Elias
Entertainment

Josh Hutcherson Is Madly In Love

With his I Love LA castmates (looking at you, Jordan Firstman), his girlfriend (of 13 years), and the work.

By Samantha Leach
Entertainment

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
Entertainment

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
Entertainment

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
Entertainment

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