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It’s been exactly 20 years since we first watched Holland Taylor terrorize a group of law students with the Socratic Method in Legally Blonde. As Profess

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The Suicide Squad‘s Daniela Melchior… Might ...

Ask Daniela Melchior about rats, and she’ll immediately light up. Her phone background shows her cuddling a particularly fluffy one, and if she could, sh

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Introducing The Gloriously Messy Women Of The Pursuit Of Love...

The first scene of The Pursuit of Love made me immediately reach for my phone: A very pregnant Linda Radlett (Lily James) strokes her naked belly, clad onl

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Celebrity Couples
Is Bennifer 2.0 A PR Stunt? Yes & No
Are Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck for real? It’s a valid question that’s been on our minds for weeks, ever since the former lovers were first rumored
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The Last Letter From Your Lover Understands The Kissing ...
Augustine Frizzell is intimately acquainted with the power of romantic letters. The director of Netflix’s The Last Letter From Your Lover first met her n
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If You Thought Dating Was Bad, Wait ‘Til You See Billie Pip...
In nearly every tale of romance, there’s a foil. You know, the nightmare date that provides the catalyst for the protagonist to realize that they’re me
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The Clues To The Major Twist In Fear Street: 1666 Were I...
Spoilers are ahead. In the first two installments of Fear Street, a specter looms in the dark, threatening everything and everyone: Sarah Fier, the rumored
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There’s A Deeper Meaning Behind Yelena’s Hysterectomy Speech in <...
Slight spoilers are ahead. It doesn’t take long for Cate Shoreland’s Black Widow to establish itself as distinct from previous portrayals of its eponym
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TV Shows
These 7 Stars Prove It’s Time For A New Type Of TV Teen
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Entertainment
Julia Fox Is Always Playing A Character — Just Not The One You Think
Steven Soderbergh’s latest movie, No Sudden Move, starts out as a fairly low stakes crime caper: A gang of small-time crooks are hired to retrieve a docu
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Ilana Glazer Knows You Have Questions About That False Positi...
This story contains major spoilers. Ilana Glazer is used to mining her own vulnerabilities and insecurities for laughs. But while filming False Positive, a
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Iliza Shlesinger’s Real-Life Dirty John Inspired Her New Ne...
Iliza Shlesinger has a theory about our collective cultural obsession with scammers. “These are people hiding in plain sight,” the comedian tells Refin
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How The True Story Behind Physical Shaped Its Most Distu...
If you’re planning on tuning in to Physical just to see a permed-out Rose Byrne do high kicks to a killer ‘80s soundtrack, there’s something you shou
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Entertainment
India Sweets & Spices Is A Coming-Of-Age Movie Full Of ...
We all have that moment when we suddenly realize our parents are people. For India Sweets and Spices’ Alia Kapur (The Wilds’ Sophia Ali) the fateful tw
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Entertainment
Amber Sealey Didn’t Want To Make Another Ted Bundy Movie. That’s ...
At one point in Amber Sealey’s No Man Of God, serial killer Ted Bundy (Luke Kirby, who you may know as Lenny Bruce in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) is being
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Leyna Bloom’s Dreams Started At A Bus Terminal. With Port Aut...
When Leyna Bloom was just 17, she boarded a Greyhound bus from Chicago to New York City, ready to chase her dreams. But after arriving at New York’s Port
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Entertainment
Lizzie Borden’s Working Girls Forever Changed Sex ...
Sex, money, drama — for the women of Lizzie Borden’s Working Girls, it’s just another day at the office. First released in 1986, the rev
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The Full-Frontal Scene From Plan B Exposes A Hidden Burd...
Spoilers ahead. “Male nudity is very funny. It’s an intrinsically funny piece of anatomy,” Natalie Morales joked over Zoom. She’s referring to
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In Cruella, Cruella De Vil May Not Be The Monster We Thi...
Warning: Major spoilers ahead. How do you solve a problem like Cruella? It’s a question that’s been rolling around in my head ever since Disney announc
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The Sweetest Thing: The Raunchy Rom-Com We Need To Talk ...
Criticism is a field overwhelmingly dominated by (surprise, surprise) white men. Not anymore. In Refinery29’s monthly series, our movie critic gives
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Everyone Thought Ana de la Reguera’s Army Of The Dead Role
When Ana de la Reguera arrived on set for Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead, some people were surprised to see her. Her character Maria Cruz, had been bille
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Netflix’s Fear Street Trilogy Is Giving Off Cr...
Pack your bags because we’re about to spend July in Shadyside, Ohio. Netflix has just released the first teaser for Fear Street, its series of horror mov
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I Still Can’t Stop Thinking About The Last Two Seconds Of <...
I first saw Saint Maud on March 4, 2020 in a screening room in midtown Manhattan, six days before the Refinery29 office — and soon the rest of New York C
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Andrew Garfield Is The Prince Of (Naked) Pranks In Gia Coppola’s ...
There’s a scene in Mainstream, Gia Coppola’s sophomore feature about a YouTube vlog squad, that’s basically designed to go viral. In it, Andrew Garfi
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TV Shows
We Still Owe Melinda Clarke For Bringing Us Julie Cooper On T...
“Jimmy, honey, did you get my froyo? Pistachio. Thanks, sweetie.” With those 10 words and a sly delivery, Melinda Clarke turned a guest star appearance
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The New GoT Series Is Already Failing Its Women Characters
This post contains spoilers for Game of Thrones. Remember how Game of Thrones spent eight seasons building up its women characters as the next leaders of W
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The Fiery, Artsy Ending Of Netflix’s Things Heard And Seen
Things Heard & Seen, now streaming on Netflix, is many things: a ghost story, a tense family drama, a crime thriller, and a celebration of art history
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