Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Everett Collection Picture this: You’re at home, settled on the couch, sweatpants on, snacks in arm’s reach, basking in the glow of your favorite candle. Only one further element is needed to complete this near-perfect picture: a really good rom-com. There’s nothing better than watching two or more people deal with their trauma and/or overcome the odds against them, all in the name of love! But it’s actually very difficult to make a high-quality romantic comedy, and leaving it up to the streaming-service gods might have you watching the first ten minutes ..read more

Photo: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Netflix Call her wife! Alex Cooper, the host and co-creator of Call Her Daddy, got the Vogue Weddings treatment. Earlier this month, Cooper married producer Matt Kaplan, her co-CEO at Trending Media Company. The couple got hitched in a small ceremony in Riviera Maya, Mexico. If you aren’t a member of Daddy Gang, you might be wondering how someone ends up marrying their co-CEO. Well, it’s because their relationship started through business, then became romantic, and eventually circled back to business. As Cooper explains to Vogue, the couple first met on a Z ..read more

Photo: Courtesy of Golden Goose To the Andy Sachs of the world who scoff at the fashion industry for being gimmicky and impractical, the brand Golden Goose is particularly triggering. My suburban dad rolls his eyes every time he sees the star-embossed sneakers in public, grumbling about how absurd it is to spend $600 on pre-scuffed shoes that look like they’ve been used and abused for decades. It’s a valid point, especially if you’re not familiar with the purpose behind the designs and the ethos of the brand. During a recent trip to Venice to celebrate the unveiling of Haus — a sprawling, 54,0 ..read more

NBAE via Getty Images WNBA player Kelsey Plum and NFL player Darren Waller are getting divorced after a year of marriage. On Tuesday, Plum, a point guard for the Las Vegas Aces, and Waller, a tight end for the New York Giants, filed a joint-petition divorce in Las Vegas, ESPN reports. “I’m devastated,” Plum wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. “I walked through fire for that man, but now I see it’s time to go. God has given me such an incredible life, and I’m truly so grateful for the profound love from my family and friends. One day I’ll share my story, today is not that day.” Plum and Waller report ..read more

Photo: Matthew Leifheit I like to cook. It’s how I show love,” Pierce Abernathy tells me while deftly slicing an eggplant. I try not to swoon, staring at his hands. I mean … his knife skills. “I was going to butcher a whole fish for you. I thought that might be a little too much,” he says. We’re in Abernathy’s full-floor Crown Heights apartment — high ceilings, pocket doors, big fireplaces (he says it once belonged to a fur trader) — making a couscous salad. With a message. This particular couscous we’d be eating, he informs me, comes from a women’s farming collective in Palestine. “Good grain ..read more

Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Getty Images Are there any videos with positive messages, polite language, and beginner techniques? Dear Beauty Editor, I have a preteen who loves beauty videos on YouTube, but I want to make sure the messaging is positive and the language appropriate. Do you have any suggestions of channels for her to watch?  —Abby There’s no shortage of beauty content on YouTube, but to help your preteen navigate the morass, I think you need to talk to her about what kind of videos she likes and why she’s watching them. I’ll offer my suggestions below, but they’r ..read more

Photo: WireImage A new lawsuit filed by Megan Thee Stallion’s former cameraman, Emilio Garcia, accuses the singer of sexual harassment — including allegedly forcing him to watch her have sex with another woman while he was trapped in a moving vehicle. In a press release, Garcia’s legal team also alleged that the plaintiff is owed more than six figures in back pay and that he endured fat-shaming and “intolerable” working conditions that resulted in physical sickness and emotional distress during his time working for the singer. Filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the complaint ..read more

Bloomberg via Getty Images The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it has reached a settlement with more than 100 victims abused by former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar and is set to pay the women $138.7 million over the FBI’s fumbled investigation. The victims, who were abused by Nassar for decades under the guise of medical care, sued the FBI in 2022 for turning a blind eye to the women’s repeated allegations of sexual abuse. Combined with previous payments, the victims have now been awarded close to $1 billion in settlements for the horrific treatment they endured at the ha ..read more

Photo: Robyn Beck/Getty Images/AFP via Getty Images Over the course of nearly three decades, Jennifer Lopez has played all kinds of characters. We’ve watched her be a wedding planner, a stripper, and Selena Quintanilla. Most recently, she played a fun mirror version of herself toiling away in the heart factory. The upcoming film Atlas adds a new character to Lopez’s filmography: “a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence.” Her name is Atlas Shepherd. On gut instinct alone, I find this less plausible than the three times J.Lo has played a cop, but ..read more

Photo: Variety/Variety via Getty Images In the decade between 2001 and 2011, Anne Hathaway was booked and busy, giving memorable performances in The Princess Diaries, Ella Enchanted, The Devil Wears Prada, Becoming Jane, Bride Wars, and many more movies. In a new interview for V magazine, Hathaway revealed that the casting process wasn’t always easy or appropriate, citing an occasion when she was asked to kiss nearly a dozen men for a “chemistry test.” “Back in the 2000s — and this did happen to me — it was considered normal to ask an actor to make out with other actors to test for chemistry ..read more