CULTURE

How to Dress Like Sofia Richie

Recreate the style star’s fashion week looks

Sofia Richie Style

By Matteo Chinellato // Shutterstock

Sofia Richie-Grainge is the biggest style star of the year. After her internet-breaking wedding, she single-handedly put #OldMoney, #QuietLuxury style on the map — never mind that, as our favorite nepo baby, her wealth only goes back one generation to her father, Lionel Richie.

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Film News

‘Red, White, & Royal Blue’ Review: Campy Queer Romances Are Here

This YA adaptation is firmly in the fun rom-com canon

Taylor Zakhar Perez, Nicholas Galitzine

via Amazon Prime

Let me start this off by saying: I don’t love much more than I love everything Brokeback Mountain. The short story by Annie Proulx. The Ang Lee film starring Heath Ledger (gone too soon) and Jake Gyllenhaal. All of it.

It’s why, no offense to Swifties, I can’t be too mad at Gyllenhaal even after listening to “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version).” It’s why, during a 10-hour layover in London last month, I used 3 of them to watch the Brokeback Mountain play on the West End, starring Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges (a slay by the way, go before it closes). So I will never say a bad word against that classic piece of cinema.

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CULTURE

Saucy Santana x thread beauty: Inside the Iconic Ambassadorship

thread beauty just announced Saucy Santana as their first celebrity face

saucy santana x thread beauty

via thread beauty

The latest venture of Melissa Butler, founder of the Lip Bar, is thread beauty, a brand created with inclusion and representation at the forefront. Described as a “Beauty Brand Created For Humans Of Color Who Are Expressive & Unapologetic In Their Being,” thread beauty is a Black Owned Brand championing gender diversity and unbridled self-expression — we love to see it!

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Film Reviews

‘Eric LaRue’ Review: After Soaring in Succession, Skarsgard Transforms in ‘Eric LaRue’

Judy Greer and Alexander Skarsgård star as parents trying to make sense of tragedy in Michael Shannon's directorial debut

Judy Greer in Eric LaRue

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There's a lot to be said about Eric LaRue. It’s Michael Shannon’s directorial debut. It’s a meditative adaptation of Brett Neveu’s 2002 play. And it stars Judy Greer, Alison Pill, Tracy Letts, Paul Sparks, and a just about unrecognizable Alexander Skarsgård. The latter is what the film will undoubtedly be remembered for, but let’s start from the top.

Eric LaRue premiered on June 10th at Tribeca Film Festival. This highly anticipated drama is a fresh perspective on a timely and important topic: gun violence. The film follows two parents (Greer and Skarsgård) whose son commits a school shooting. After murdering three of his high school peers, the title character Eric LaRue is sent to prison. In the aftermath, his parents struggle to repair and adjust to life without their son and as pariahs in their cookie-cutter suburban town.

The film poses a number of questions. Whose to “blame” when such a shocking tragedy occurs? Who takes responsibility? How does a community heal? And what is our responsibility to ourselves?

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CULTURE

15 Best AAPI Month Titles to Stream

As harmful narratives spread around the country, it’s important to amplify the voices, stories, and work of the AAPI community

Ali Wong and Steven Yeun in BEEF

via Netflix

When is AAPI Heritage Month?

May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, celebrating the culture and diversity within the AAPI community.

Why do we celebrate AAPI Heritage Month?

According to Cynthia Choi, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action and co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate the month is a time to speak out, share stories, and debunk myths about Asian communities.

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CULTURE

What’s Going On With Lily-Rose Depp?

The it-girl actress cementing her icon status at Cannes

Lily-Rose Depp at Cannes Film Festival

By Denis Makarenko // Shutter

We’ve been talking a lot about It Girls this summer. There are Fashion It Girls like Bella Hadid and Zendaya. There are eternal empresses like Chloe Sevigny. And with the tornado-like trend-cycle permeating style and pop culture, cultural ephemera breeds icons like Sofia Richie for the quiet luxury crowd.

And this summer, you simply can not talk about It Girls without talking about Lily-Rose Depp.

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