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Who needs sunlight? The world outside is harsh and scary, so you may as well celebrate the arrival of THURSDAY in a swanky, secure bunker of a LOunge. Settle in. We promise frivolous distractions.

Outrageous, the Mitford sisters drama with Bridgerton and Sex Education stars, should be top of your list
The new TV series is a surprisingly camp, contemporary look at the plight of these 1930s women, who were looking for their place in the world and unfortunately found fascism.
At the London premiere for new TV series Outrageous, the Mitford sisters – the stars of the show, and very real members of British aristocracy back in the 1930s – were very quickly described during a Q&A as “the Kardashians of their generation”.
And while the series takes a look at the lead up to WW2, therefore very much set in the early 20th century, there’s something very modern and knowing about the story of the Mitford sisters, for a range of reasons.
The series – based on Mary S Lovell’s biography The Mitford Girls – sees Mitford sisters Diana (Joanna Vanderham) and Unity (Shannon Watson) travel to Germany for the Nuremberg rallies, so taken with and invested in Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists and its alignment with Hitler and Nazism. A rather poignant moment in the first episode hits when Mosley (Joshua Sasse) makes a rising speech about “making Britain great again”.

‘When I Started In Music, It Was Designed To Pit Women Against Each Other’: Kelly Rowland On Leveling Up Her Industry
Ahead of ELLE UK and Fendi’s Celebration Of Women In Music, the Destiny’s Child alum shares her soundtrack to the summer, holiday wardrobe essentials and enduring love of strong women
‘We have to be aware of how the patriarchy makes its way into our psyches,’ says Kelly Rowland in her West London abode. ‘When I started in the music industry, it was designed to pit women against each other.’
It’s a sharp, clear-eyed reflection from an artist who has spent three decades learning how to resist the roles the world tries to write for her. With over 40 million solo and 60 million group records sold with Destiny’s Child; 4 Grammys and multiple other awards, the Atlanta born musician is redefining what it means to be a woman in the industry. Joining the next series of The Voice UK later this year, Rowland is committed to paying it forward by coaching a whole new cohort of British musicians.

Move Over ‘Girls’ — Why Lena Dunham’s Neflix Series ‘Too Much’ Is Going To Be Your New Rom-Com Obsession
Lena Dunham is back in all of her semi-autobiographical glory with new Netflix series ‘Too Much’ — and it’s about to become your new summer obsession.
Speaking to Netflix, Dunham said, ‘When I first started coming to the UK for work … I thought to myself, “I want to write something about the experience of being a foreigner here, and the fantasies we have of [London] versus the realities.” Then when I met my husband, Luis, I felt like I was experiencing all of that, but in the context of a relationship.’
What ensues is a messy fallout you’re sure to fall head-over-heels for, featuring some seriously star-studded cameos from the likes of Andrew Scott, Kit Harington, Jessica Alba, Rita Ora, and Jennifer Saunders (yes, really). So get your calendar, and bookmark July 10 immediately — this is not one to miss.

63 Best Movies of the 2000s That Are Due for a Rewatch
Because who hasn’t watched Shrek and Legally Blonde for the umpteenth time?
The best movies of the 2000s can be divided into a few categories that dominated the decade: the romantic comedy boom that gave us classics like The Wedding Planner and My Big Fat Greek Wedding, slapstick comedies (of the Judd Apatow variety, especially), intense award-winning dramas like Million Dollar Baby, and experimental films that are hard to define (looking at you, Quentin Tarantino).
In short, there’s a lot to choose from, so why pick only one? With the world in such a tumultuous place, we decided to embrace that with feel-good, sci-fi, coming-of-age, and movies in between from the 2000s. Here you’ll find the kinds of films you still watch over and over again because they’re that good. Some have won Oscars, like the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but that certainly wasn’t a determining factor.

Ballerina flats with baggy jeans and a romantic blouse is the outfit combination we’ll be wearing all summer long
It’s the outfit combo that never fails.
This summer, we’re wearing our ballerina flats with baggy jeans and a romantic blouse.
It’s a winning outfit formula, considering ballerinas have established themselves as the star shoe of 2025. And when they’re combined with loose-fitting jeans and an airy top, it creates an effortlessly chic vibe that can easily adapt to both day and night. It’s the type of fresh, versatile look we especially crave in the summertime when it’s too hot to think hard about what to wear.

How to Deep-Condition Hair for Moisturized, Healthy Strands
See ya, dry hair.
If your hair is feeling frizzy, dry, or brittle, investing in a deep conditioner or hair mask will do wonders. Don’t know how to deep-condition hair? Not to worry, we’ve got you covered. Using a deep conditioner is different than using a regular conditioner—while you use a regular conditioner every wash, deep conditioners are used more infrequently (more on this later). “A deep conditioner is a heavier moisturizer targeted to repair damage and not meant to be used every day,” says celebrity hairstylist and Los Angeles salon owner Sophie Rose Gutterman.
Incorporating a deep conditioner into your hair will add moisture and protect your strands. Want to learn more? Gutterman and celebrity hairstylist and Dippity-Do curly-hair expert Suzette Boozer weighed in with all their expert tips about this seriously moisturizing product, how to deep-condition hair, how often to use it, and more.

How Teyana Taylor Battled the Competition in Two Industries—And Won
Five years ago, she walked away from her record deal and bet on herself as an actress. Now she’s dropping a wild new visual album, Escape Room—and starring in Paul Thomas Anderson’s hotly anticipated One Battle After Another.
Taylor sang on the subway as a child, and started doing choreography for local kids’ groups when she was only 12. She was 15 when Beyoncé’s team heard from neighborhood connects about a young dancer they had to meet, and summoned Taylor to teach Queen Bey the viral dance known as the Chicken Noodle Soup; instead, being a self-professed “hustler,” Taylor showed Beyoncé some moves of her own, and wound up with a choreographer credit on the iconic B’Day-era music video for “Ring the Alarm.” Beyoncé wanted to offer her a record deal, but she’d already missed the boat; Pharrell Williams (who turns up as a party guest in her Super Sweet 16 episode) had just signed her to his label, Star Trak Entertainment.

Palace Staff Are ‘Frustrated’ by William and Kate’s New ‘Attitude’
The Prince and Princess of Wales are two of the most popular members of the royal family, with many insiders believing that they will make a powerful pair when the time comes for William to ascend the throne. Experts often claim that Kate holds the future of the monarchy in her hands, while William’s ‘informal, approachable way of going about his work’ will make him a popular monarch.
However, in a new report from The Scottish Express, royal experts have claimed that the Palace is ‘frustrated’ with the Wales’ change in ‘attitude’ when it comes to their royal duties. William and Kate had an extremely challenging year in 2024, with both the Princess and the King receiving cancer diagnosis’ within weeks of one another. William’s royal responsibilities increased as he regularly stepped in for his father at engagements, and he was simultaneously trying to support his wife as she underwent chemotherapy. As a result, the couple’s public appearances were understandably reduced while the Princess was in treatment and recovery.

Why Alpine Cheese Is Disappearing — and What We Lose If It Goes
Wheels of Fontina and Gruyère have been shaped by the Alpine ecosystem for centuries. Can they survive a changing climate?
In Italy’s Valle d’Aosta, I ducked into a tunnel carved into the side of a mountain. Once a copper mine, it now holds thousands of wheels of Fontina DOP, one of the Alps’ most storied cheeses. The first thing that hit was the smell: wood smoke, moss, and the unmistakable savory tang of cheese as it slowly ripens.
I had asked Massimiliano Accornero, sales manager for the regional producers’ cooperative, to snap a photo of me in the cave.
“Wait until we get to the end,” he said with a smile. “There’s an amazing view of so much cheese.”

Yes, There Is a Correct Way to Load Utensils in the Dishwasher
We asked food safety and dishwasher experts to settle this household debate.
Among all the daily tasks that households across the country face, perhaps none is as disputed as loading the dishwasher. Within this seemingly simple chore, a number of controversies can arise: Do you place bowls on the top rack or the bottom? Have you loaded all the plates in the most efficient, space-saving fashion? Do you hand wash the steak knives or put them in with everything else?
I haven’t had a dishwasher in my kitchen for the past ten years, but the strong opinions that this household appliance can evoke are still vivid in my childhood memories, and I’m reminded of them every time I visit my parents.
For as long as I can remember, my dad has had a habit of reloading the dishwasher after someone else has already put every dirty dish in it. Even when I try to load each item according to his specifications, he will undoubtedly end up redoing it. This is because he, like many other dishwasher owners, has strong beliefs about the best way to do it. And among the tenets of his dishwasher wisdom is a clear mandate about how to load the utensils into the silverware basket.

Everyone’s Dressing Like Dolly Parton This Summer
Gingham, denim, cowboy boots, and a Kendra Scott collab: This season belongs to the Queen of Country.
There’s no denying this summer is looking a little bit country. Beyoncé is on tour for Cowboy Carter, spurring fans from sea to shining sea to put on their “Texas Hold ‘Em” best. Cowboy boots are the unexpected going-out shoe for warmer weather, so much so that the boot-to-short employment index is active meme fodder. (The less leg showing between your shorts and boots, the more likely you are to have “creative director” in your Instagram bio.) And Western-inspired hats have transcended the rodeo—just check out this Instagram from Doechii’s stylist for proof.
If the coquette cowgirl aesthetic dominated 2024, this year’s take on country is a bit more fun and a whole lot more glamorous. Rhinestone butterflies are adorning baby tees; shorter hemlines are dominating headlines; and gingham sets are selling out by the dozen. But doesn’t this more-is-more Western vibe remind you of someone? The Backwoods Barbie, perhaps? The Smoky Mountain Songbird? The Queen of Country? That’s right; everyone is dressing like Dolly Parton—again.

5 Trendy Nail Colors to Try in June, From Guava Girl Pink to Electric Blue
It’s time to embrace some serious saturation.
The days are long, the sun is bright, and the flowers are in full bloom. June marks the first official month of summer. So take inspiration from the vibrance all around you and go bold with your manicure.
Now is the time to leave powdery pastels and barely-there shades in the past, and embrace some serious saturation. To help you figure out the best shade for your next mani, InStyle tapped five top nail art artists to share the colors they can’t escape this month.
These shades will look stunning on their own, but can also be incorporated into French, chrome, and other nail designs for June. Ahead, explore five trending June nail colors and shop some expert-loved polishes to try them out yourself.

The Most Extravagant and Enviable Destination Weddings in Vogue
Wedding photographs are always fun to flip through, whether you’re reliving your own fond memories or ogling someone else’s special day. But clicking through the digital album of a destination wedding has its own distinct appeal. For starters, the location and venue are likely more unique than your average country club affair. But a great destination wedding can also induce its fair share of wanderlust. Whether the ceremony is set on the edge of the earth in New Zealand or on a beach in the Bahamas, a well-chosen locale can be just as exciting for the guests as for the bride and groom.
To help kick off wedding season–which runs unofficially from June to October—we give you the best destination weddings in Vogue. A foliage-filled affair in Japan saw one bride walk down the aisle on the outdoor deck at the Four Seasons Kyoto, next to an 800-year-old koi pond, whereas another bride wore custom Schiaparelli to her wedding on Hawaii’s Big Island. Meanwhile, another couple found their dream European wedding venue in Porto Ercole, Italy.

The Other Side of Sicily You Should Explore This Summer
I’m here in Sicily for the first time exploring the off-the-beaten path destinations on the trendy island. I’m a quarter Sicilian, so this actually is my Roman Empire. (The Greeks and Arabs ran this land throughout the years, too). I don’t need to tell you about that certain HBO-turned-Max-turned-HBO Max series that has inspired a million excursions in the recent era. But on the eastern edge of the island, beyond the Gucci and gelato shop-lined streets of Taormina (where I’ll eventually wind up), there’s a bit more to the area than the bustling tourist meccas that have turned some Italian towns like this into places out of Epcot Center.

Scotland’s Isle of Skye Has Become an Unexpected Culinary Destination
The allure of the atmospheric Isle of Skye, Scotland’s northernmost island of the Inner Hebrides, is by no means a secret. While the landmass is a quarter in size of the state of Delaware, the island’s population swells from 10,000 to 650,000 each year to welcome intrepid travelers drawn to the island’s dramatic landscapes, storied history, and rich cultural heritage.
The rugged terrain is marked by the rolling hills of the Black Cuillin mountain range, which cuts through the mist sweeping in off the sea that earns Skye its name, which charmingly translates to “Cloud Island” in Norse. The area’s cultural history and heritage is just as captivating as its landscape, drawing visitors who are eager to step back in time and connect to an ancientness that doesn’t seem to exist elsewhere.

How I’m Fixing My Broken Attention Span The infinite scroll has ruined our ability to focus. Is wasting more time the key to getting it back?
Twenty years ago, an adult could focus on a screen without interruption for an average of two and a half minutes, says Gloria Mark, a professor of informatics at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity. In 2012, that measure was about 75 seconds, and according to studies done between 2015 and 2021, it then shrank to an average of 47. Half of adults in the U.K. believe their attention span is shrinking, and about that many say that “deep thinking has become a thing of the past.” Multiple best sellers in recent years have attempted to diagnose or cure this problem, from Johann Hari’s Stolen Focus to Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing to Anna Lembke’s Dopamine Nation, while others, including Jean Twenge’s iGen and Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation, blame much of the distractibility and misery of young people on smartphones and social media.

What’s So Funny? The Comedy Actor Roundtable With Seth Rogen, Adam Brody and John Mulaney
Feeling apocalyptic? No worries! TV’s top funnymen — including Ted Danson, Jason Segel and Julio Torres — will keep you laughing till the end.
Sit six uniquely hilarious men around a table for an hour and simply try not to laugh. That proved an impossible task in early May, as Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This), Ted Danson (A Man on the Inside), John Mulaney (Everybody’s Live), Seth Rogen (The Studio), Jason Segel (Shrinking) and Julio Torres (Fantasmas) assembled for THR‘s Comedy Actor Emmy Roundtable. In fact, the sextet was regularly in stitches as the conversation moved from shocking exec notes to industry expectations and the projects that got away.

Jean Smart on Her New Broadway Show, Turning Down Sondheim and Why She Doesn’t Know What’s Next in ‘Hacks’
Smart is currently starring in ‘Call Me Izzy,’ a one-woman show, on Broadway.
Were you nervous about it being a one-woman show?
Yes, still nervous. Talk to me in a couple weeks, I’ll be less nervous. That was a little daunting, even though I learn lines very easily, but not as easily as I used to. I called up Holland Taylor [who wrote and starred in a one-woman play], and I was saying, “So, any tricks? What’s the secret?” And she said, “Sleep after your matinee, before the evening show.” I said, “Good advice. That’s what I’m gonna do.”

‘We made something like 130 custom outfits in total… it was a very complete universe’: Marie Frémont, head of costume for the BBC’s Marie Antoinette, talks attention to detail, historical accuracy – and always keeping vodka on hand
The designer started work with her 60-strong team five months before shooting, and created many of the hit show’s costumes completely from scratch
Palace gossip, political scheming, rumbles of a revolt, royal backstabbing… what more could you ask from a good period drama? Happily, the second season of Marie Antoinette delivers all this and more, as it delves into the reign of the controversial Queen and the skulduggery leading up to the French Revolution. Despite the rollicking storyline, however, you might have found yourself hard-pressed to concentrate fully on the action – because in this TV tour de force, the costuming is very nearly the star player.
‘We were so lucky, because the way the series was filmed meant viewers could see so many details – the hand stitching, the delicate embroidery,’ Marie Frémont, the show’s head of costume, tells Tatler. ‘All those elements are really visible on screen, which I loved.’ The Emmy-nominated designer, who masterminded the costumes for season one and has also worked on big-hitters including Emily in Paris, Versailles and Jackie, nevertheless took on something of a challenge with this latest iteration of Marie Antoinette.

Superman lights the way: How Hollywood’s new Man of Steel shepherds the DC universe of tomorrow
Ten of DC’s “Super” stars — including director James Gunn, stars Rachel Brosnahan and Nicholas Hoult, and Clark Kent himself, David Corenswet — take EW inside the first feature film of the newly revamped franchise.
David Corenswet looks like just about any of Hollywood’s past Supermen in the right light. In particular, he often gets the Henry Cavill comparison. And it’s easy to see how merely a thin layer of finely shaped scruff alone highlights his dimples and pronounced jawline to resemble the last cinematic incarnation of DC’s Clark Kent/Kal-El, defined by Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel.
At Entertainment Weekly’s cover shoot at East End Studios in Glendale, Calif., the 6-foot-4 Corenswet certainly looks the part in an electric blue suit. He towers over Kristen Shaw, the groomer tasked with “curl duty” — making sure his classic Clark Kent hair curl remains properly perky for the cameras. The formerly svelte star of Hollywood and The Politician also now has a comparable frame to Cavill, the product of hitting the gym for months before shooting his leading role in James Gunn’s Superman (out July 11), which marks a fresh start for DC’s Kryptonian strongman.

How to Wash Bed Sheets the Right Way
Caring for your sheets correctly will keep them fresh and help lengthen their lifespan.
Most of us spend more time in our beds than we probably realize—about a third of our life, in fact. So, it’s important that our sheets remain clean and soft. But if you wash your sheets incorrectly, you could cause premature wear and tear; things like choosing the wrong water temperature or wash cycle can have consequences on the longevity of your bed linens.
We spoke with laundry experts to learn the right way to wash bed sheets, plus how often you should be doing it (hint: probably more often than you think!).

17 Small Kitchen Storage Ideas for a More Efficient Space
Keep organized with these expert-approved small kitchen storage ideas and tricks.
A small kitchen can quickly feel cramped, especially if both counter and cabinet space are limited. With an overflowing collection of pots, pans, utensils, and appliances, finding a place to store everything may seem like a daunting task. However, with a few innovative small kitchen storage ideas up your sleeve, you’ll be well on your way to a streamlined setup. We spoke with organizing experts to help you tackle all your storage woes and create a space where you love spending time.

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