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The rest of us will have to wait one more month before we can see the first part of director Jon M. Chu’s big screen take on Wicked. Not Kim Kardashian. The Skims founder hosted her own private screening of the movie musical on Tuesday night (Oct. 22) at her home, where she was joined by stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.
She chronicled the special night on her Instagram Story, where fans could watch her narrate the special night, beginning with a walk through the front door flanked by a giant arch of pink balloons. “Okay, I just came home, look what we’re watching tonight,” Kardashian says as she passes a pair of Wicked movie posters and makes her way down the green carpet, past a series of huge pink flower arrangements.
“Look what Cynthia and Ariana set up for us,” she says as she walks up to a giant movie theater lobby standee featuring the co-stars posted in front of the title rendered in towering pink and green letters. “Oh my gosh, I’ve never been more excited,” Kardashian says as she moves further down the green carpet to another room featuring green-draped cocktail tables and another massive standee of Grande and Erivo as Glinda and Elphaba reaching out to each other.
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There were, of course, also themed green and pink drinks for Kardashian, her children and family, who all joined her for the screening that took place the night after Kim celebrated her 44th birthday. There was also copious swag for the kids, including Glinda and Elphaba Barbie dolls and Funko! Pop figures. The Story featured a foot pic of sisters Kylie, Khloé and Kourtney, and mother Kris Jenner, all standing in their pink socks and green pajamas, though Grande stood out in her green socks and pink jammies.
The Story ended with a huge group photo of the Kardashian crew — including Kim’s kids, North, Chicago and Psalm West, as well as Kourtney’s daughter Penelope, Khloé’s kids True and Tatum and Kyli’s daughter, Stormi Webster — flanking Grande and Erivo. “We laughed, we cried (a few times) and we loved it so much!” Kim captioned the pic. “Thank you @arianagrande and @cynthiaerivo for watching @wickedmovie with us tonight [pink and green heart emoji]. The most magical pajama party.”
The first part of the big screen adaptation of the Broadway musical — which also co-stars Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater and Bowen Yang — opens on Nov. 22.
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Boo basket season is here! These fun, themed gift baskets are filled with goodies designed to spread joy and excitement during the fall season, often around Halloween. With a mix of fun treats, cozy items, and personal touches, each basket can be tailored to suit your friends’ or family members’ unique preferences. If you’ve been scrolling on TikTok, you’ve probably seen these adorable gift baskets taking over your For You Page.
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The best part about boo baskets is that you can DIY them, allowing you to personalize each one and make it uniquely your own. There isn’t a right or wrong way to do them. You can get creative with all the Halloween-themed and autumn-inspired gifts you choose to put together. For music lovers, consider adding a Taylor Swift-inspired candle or a Sabrina Carpenter cherry perfume for a music-inspired touch to your basket.
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Getting started on your boo basket can be a bit daunting , especially if it’s your first time. However, to get your creative wheels turning, we’ve put together a list of top 10 items to help you get started. From cute ghost-shaped throw pillows, memory foam slippers, cozy blankets, hot drink bombs, plush pumpkin bears and TikTok-favorite coffee mugs, you’ll be ready to make someone’s day with your boo basket creation.
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Firstly, you need a basket. Shopping for baskets can be a task in itself, but if you’re looking for a stylish yet practical option, consider adding this basket to your cart. It’s not only a great gift basket but also functions as a storage option.
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Sabrina Carpenter Cherry Baby Eau De Parfum Fragrance
Are you a Sabrina Carpenter fan? Consider, adding her signature cherry scented fragrance to elevate your gift basket. Its candy bar shape not only adds a playful touch but also makes it a fun decor item.
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Litfun Women’s Fuzzy Memory Foam Slippers Fluffy Winter House Shoes Indoor and Outdoor, Chestnut 8-8.5
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Stay cozy this fall season with these Fuzzy Memory Foam Slippers. This is a great gift that doesn’t take up too much space in your basket, leaving room to fit more of your favorite goodies.
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Taylor Inspired May This Be Your Best Era Scented Candle – Natural Soy Lavender Candle- 9Oz, Cool Gifts Idea for Christmas, Birthday Gift for Girls Women, Fun Presents
Live out your best era with this Taylor Swift-themed candle. If you’re creating a boo basket for a Swiftie make sure to add this one to your cart.
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Hyde & Eek! Halloween Stoneware Figural Ghost Mug
This Hyde & Eek! Halloween Stoneware Figural Ghost Mug is everywhere on TikTok. For those looking for TikTok-approved items to add to the mix make sure to add this one. It features a friendly ghost ready to trick or treat with its little yellow bow.
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Coolife Halloween Pumpkin Ghost Skull Cups – 16 oz Pumpkins Fall Cup Mug, Tumbler Glass Cups w/Lids Straws, Spooky Cups for Iced Coffee, Goth Spooky Gifts for Her, Halloween Gifts for Women Teen
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If your friend is a coffee lover, consider adding this spooky tumbler glass cup. It comes with a lid and a straw, making it a great addition to your fall-themed gifts.
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Meetoo Halloween Plush Pumpkin Bear
Add this cute Halloween Plush Pumpkin Bear to your goodie bag to add a touch of personality to your gift basket. This best selling bear is a great option for all ages and complements any fall-inspired decor.
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Favorite Day Hot Drink Bombs
Fall season is here, which means it’s time for cozy hot drinks. Grab these pumpkin-shaped hot drink bombs that are made of white chocolate and filled with mini marshmallows for a sweet taste of warmth.
Hurry and add one or more of the items above to make your boo basket in just seconds. To add a spooky touch, you can include faux spider webs in your basket and use them as decor around the items of your choice.
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Amazon is adding a dose of color to the Kindle lineup. The company unveiled a fleet of new Kindles last week, including the Kindle Colorsoft and an updated Kindle Scribe.
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You can download thousands of e-books on Kindle, including music best-sellers such as Lisa Marie Presley’s From Here to the Great Unknown, Brothers by Alex Van Halen and Britney Spears: The Woman in Me.
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The Kindle Colorsoft, the first Kindle to feature a 7-inch color display screen, was “meticulously designed to deliver rich, paper-like color” using an oxide backplane “with custom waveforms for fast performance and a higher contrast on both color and black-and-white content,” per Amazon.
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Introducing Amazon Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition (32 GB)
With Kindle Colorsoft, you can see e-books and images in color and highlight pages in color. Equipped with 32 GB storage, the e-reader retails for $279 and will be released on Oct. 31. It’s available for pre-order now.
The new Kindle Scribe features AI capabilities, a 300 ppi, a glare-free display for faster page turns and a higher contrast ratio. At its max setting, Kindle Scribe’s front light is 25 percent brighter than the previous model. The Kindle Scribe ($399) drops on Dec. 4.
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New Amazon Kindle Scribe (16GB) – Redesigned display with uniform borders. Includes Premium Pen
Active Canvas, another new feature, lets you jot down notes directly in the text. The device summarizes pages and notes for you and organizes them into concise bullet points, and you can change the font of your notes, so it looks more like handwriting. Other features include new white borders, a Premium Pen with a softer eraser-tip designed to mimic a real pencil, and a display screen with a “smooth, paper-like texture.”
Amazon also debuted a new Kindle Paperweight, Kindle Paperweight Kids and the original Kindle in a matcha-inspired shade ($109.99). The upgraded Kindle Paperweight, its fastest edition yet, has 16 GB of storage and it’s available in raspberry, jade and black.
The Kindle Paperweight Signature Edition — available in metallic raspberry, metallic jade and metallic black — has 32 GB, optional wireless charging and auto-adjusting front light.
The new Kindle lineup was announced on the heels of Amazon’s Audible promotion launched earlier this month. With the limited offer, new customers can join Audible Premium Plus for just $0.99 per month for the three months. Join here.
Palestinian DJ Sama’ Abdulhadi says she “did not approve” the use of her image in a new ad from the Kamala Harris presidential campaign.
In a statement posted Tuesday (Oct. 22) to social media, the techno producer wrote that “the use of this footage was unauthorized and done without my consent. The use of this footage implies that I endorse Vice President Harris’s presidential candidacy, which is totally and utterly false; it is deeply offensive to my social, moral and political beliefs and is misleading political advertising by VP Harris’s presidential campaign.”
The commercial in question is titled “Detroit vs. Trump” and was released amid heavy campaigning by Harris and her running mate Tim Walz in the 2024 swing state. The ad contains footage of Adulhadi performing at Detroit’s annual Movement festival this past May.
“For the avoidance of doubt,” Abdulhadi’s statement continues, “I do not endorse nor have I ever endorsed, Vice President Harris, and I am taking the necessary legal steps to ensure that this video is promptly retracted, to dispel any notion of an association between myself and VP Harris’ campaign for the U.S. presidency.” In the caption, she writes that “I am Sama’ Abdulhadi, and I did not approve this message! I don’t endorse any US political party.”
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Abdulhadi’s statement comes amid continued criticism of the Harris campaign by many Muslim and Arab Americans, given the Biden administration’s support of Israel amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. This conflict is estimated to have killed more than 40,000 Palestinians since the war began last October.
The New York Times reports that in an effort to win the votes of Arab and Muslim voters, the Harris campaign has “launched Facebook ads targeting Muslims, created WhatsApp channels and distributed fact sheets with Ms. Harris’s most forceful statements on the war in Gaza. And in private meetings in living rooms and basements across the country, including in the battleground states of Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania, campaign workers are trying to reach voters who say they may stay home, vote third party or even vote for former President Donald J. Trump because of the Biden administration’s policies in the Middle East.”
Green Party candidate Jill Stein commented on Abdulhadi’s post, writing, “Wow…unbelievable.”
Speaking at the Amsterdam Dance Event last week in the Dutch capital, Abdulhadi spoke on her position as a Palestinian artist. “The resistance is doing what the people in the Arab world and what the young people in universities are doing,” she said. “The people’s movement is the thing that is now pushing me to do things, and that’s why I’m still DJing. I would have literally quit the industry a year ago if it wasn’t for for that; if it wasn’t for the crowds that I’m getting now. Every gig I do now is a protest.”
With two weeks to go until Election Day on Nov. 5, many other artists are rallying around the vice president. Eminem is scheduled to make a rare public appearance Tuesday night at a Detroit rally for Harris, where he will reportedly introduce former president Barack Obama at the event supporting the VP and Walz.
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Shyne (born Jamal Barrow) served eight years behind bars for his role in the 1999 NYC nightclub shooting involving Diddy. The former Bad Boy rapper is telling his story of evolving from rapper to politician in The Honorable Shyne documentary.
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Hulu released a trailer for the feature doc on Tuesday (Oct. 22) ahead of its arrival on the streaming giant on Nov. 18. At one point in the clip, Shyne alleges that he was “set up” to be the “fall guy” in the club shooting, which led to Diddy getting off scot-free.
“I was absolutely set up to be the fall guy,” Shyne claimed. “I spent 10 years in prison, but I was able to move on. There’s a time to pivot, there’s a time to transition.”
The scene pivots to a Diddy press conference following the club shooting, which the mogule attended with his girlfriend at the time, Jennifer Lopez. “I had nothing to do with a shooting in this club,” he emphatically stated.
Shyne’s heart turned cold while watching other artists thrive throughout the 2000s, while he himself lost out on his opportunity at stardom behind bars.
“One of the most difficult parts of it was watching everybody succeed. Watching 50 [Cent],” he said. “I spent 10 years in prison, but I was able to move on. There’s a time to pivot, there’s a time transition. And that’s how I got into politics.”
Following his sentencing in 2001, Shyne was released from prison in 2009 and immediately deported to Belize. He pivoted to a career in politics, and currently serves as the Leader of the Opposition in the Belize House of Representatives.
Shyne commented on the nature of his currentrelationship with Diddy following the embattled Bad Boy mogul’s arrest on federal sex trafficking and RICO charges in September.
“I was defending him, and he turned around and called witnesses to testify against me,” he recalled of the 1999 shooting. “He contributed … he pretty much sent me to prison. That is the context by which you must always describe that [relationship]. I forgave. I moved on. But let us not pretend as if I was in Miami for Thanksgiving and Christmas.”
Shyne added at the time: “So, let us not lose sight of what the cold, hard facts are. This is not someone who I vacationed with and who he and I enjoyed this great, intimate relationship of brotherhood. This is someone who destroyed my life and who I forgave and who I moved on and for the better interest of Belize”
The Honorable Shyne arrives on Nov. 18. Watch the trailer below.
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Stick season is upon us, and to help you prepare for the cold, muddy weather, Noah Kahan has reunited with L.L. Bean to launch another exclusive collaboration. The Northern Attitude collection expands the limited-edition merch that fans can stock up on, including outerwear, hats and a tote for carrying all of your travel necessities.
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Previously, the 27-year-old singer and the lifestyle brand launched a Stick Season line inspired by his album of the same name, featuring a selection of apparel and accessories loved by Kahan. Now, you can bring a touch of northern attitude with outerwear designed with the “Dial Drunk” singer’s logo and graphics of the Vermont native’s dog, Penny. One of the most notable pieces from the drop is Kahan’s very own pair of Bean Boots, a staple of L.L. Bean that has become acts as a stylish and waterproof boot you can wear beyond rainy days.
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The limited-edition merch launched Tuesday (Oct. 22) and has already had fans scrambling to stock up, with the tote bag selling out almost immediately. Pieces range from $29 to $295 and are available in unisex sizes.
Keep reading to shop our favorites from the Northern Attitude collection below.
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L.L.Bean & Noah Kahan Boat and Tote Zip Pouch
Carry your toiletries in a small protective pouch that shows off your northern appreciation. Outside is a cute patch featuring a graphic of Penny in a muted sage green shade to dress up your travel gear. Topping the accessory is a zipper closure that’ll keep your belongings secure.
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L.L.Bean & Noah Kahan Bean Boots (Women’s)
Whether or not you’re an outdoors person, these Noah Kahan Bean Boots will keep your feet protected and dry in a fashion-forward way. Featuring a rubber sole for added traction, the top comes in a dark brown shade that’ll easily pair with jeans or joggers. They’re also waterproof and come with an insulating interior to keep your feet comfy.*You can also get it in men’s sizing here.
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L.L.Bean & Noah Kahan L.L.Beanie
Top your head in a Kahan-approved beanie featuring a nature-inspired logo patterned with hints of New England. Your outerwear won’t feel complete until you feel the soft yet stretchy polyester-nylon material that’ll form to your head without leaving you feeling restricted.
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L.L.Bean & Noah Kahan Hoodie Sweatshirt
Getting cozy will be easy once you throw on this simple hoodie. It comes in a butter yellow-like shade featuring an embroidered logo of the collaboration while the front pocket will keep your hands warm and phone safe.
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L.L.Bean & Noah Kahan Mountain Classic Anorak
When the weather gets windy (or rainy) you can count on this anorak to give you comfort without taking away trendiness. With its color-block pattern you can make a statement in just one layer while the adjustable drawstring hoodie will ensure you protect your head and neck from rain droplets and chilly breezes.
For Kahan, it was only natural to team up with L.L. Bean having been a supporter of the brand for years. Not only does it act as a reminder of his childhood, but an homage to his New England roots.
“I grew up wearing my brother’s Bean Boots, so the brand has always been a part of my life,” he said in a press release. “Wearing L.L. Bean makes me feel like I’m outside, even if I’m not, and this is important because going outside is self care for me, especially when it comes to my mental health. Including Penny is also just so special as she’s been my closest confidant during the creation and launch of Stick Season, so this collection is really personal and nostalgic for me.”
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“Hot Girl Holidays” are here! Megan Thee Stallion is bringing the heat for True Religion’s 2024 holiday campaign released on Tuesday (Oct. 22).
“Working with True Religion is such a full-circle moment,” the Grammy winner said in a statement. “I’ve been a fan of the brand since I was a kid, so it’s really exciting to star in this campaign and bring in the Hot Girl Holidays in a special way.”
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The Houston rapper models True Religion’s holiday collection of jeans, tops and jackets showcasing the brand’s signature horseshoe logo embellishment.
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“We’re very excited to partner with Megan Thee Stallion for this incredible campaign,” said True Religion CEO Michael Buckley. “She’s the absolute perfect face for our women’s business right now, which is seeing double digit growth [versus] last year.”
Megan stars in the “Where Holiday Wishes Come True” campaign alongside Atlanta rapper Hunxho. In addition to fronting the campaign, which launches in stores today and will be featured across billboards, social media and paid audio platforms, both rappers will share their favorite looks for the season on True Religion’s website and social media.
“Megan Thee Stallion who is hotter than hot right now but also, a ‘true’ fan which makes this a milestone moment for the brand,” added Kristen D’Arcy, chief marketing officer at True Religion. “I know that our loyal customers will love everything this campaign stands for. And with a diverse, 360-degree approach that includes tons of surprise and delight behind-the-scenes content, we’re confident that many new customers will have a chance to discover the brand as well.”
Additionally, Megan and her Pete & Thomas Foundation are partnering with True Religion for “Where Wishes Come True,” a community-driven holiday gift giveaway for those in need. The event will be held later this year.
Megan is no stranger to giving back. The “Hiss” rapper was honored for her philanthropy during the 18th annual Golden Heart Awards in New York City on Monday (Oct. 21).
Beyond philanthropy and fashion, the Houston Hottie is dropping a deluxe edition of her album, Megan: Act II, on Friday, and a documentary, Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words, premiering on Prime Video on Oct. 31.
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Do you get deja vu? Olivia Rodrigo‘s Guts World Tour concert film is coming soon to Netflix, allowing fans to relive the 21-year-old pop star’s show over and over again — as teased by a new trailer that dropped Tuesday (Oct. 22).
The minute-long video opens with Rodrigo on stage, dressed in a sparkly red leotard. “Here’s the deal,” she yells into the microphone as the crowd cheers. “Right now, I want you to think about something or someone that really pisses you off, and when the lights go down, you’re going to scream as loud as you can and let it all out!”
The teaser then cuts to a backstage shot of the “Vampire” singer with her band and backup dancers, standing in a circle as they hype each other up ahead of a show. “I’m so grateful that I get to be here and do this with you guys,” she tells the crew. “I love you all to death.”
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Rodrigo’s concert film is set to drop on Netflix Oct. 29. As seen in the rest of the trailer, the project will document the star’s first-ever arena tour with shots of her singing, playing guitar and piano, dancing on stage and interacting with fans at her August tour stop at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.
“For those of you who didn’t get a chance to rock out in person, now you can have the best seats in the house!” Rodrigo wrote in a statement when the film was first announced early October. “And to the fans who cheered, screamed and danced with me, I am so glad we get to do it all over again!”
The High School Musical: The Musical: The Series alum has been on the road since February in support of her Billboard 200-topping sophomore album, Guts. Just days before her concert film premieres, Rodrigo will wrap the trek with four shows in Sydney Oct. 17-22, after which she won’t take the stage again until 2025 for a limited run of dates in Latin America and two rescheduled shows in Manchester.
“It brings me so much joy to perform in front of my fans,” Rodrigo recently reflected on the experience to Billboard. “We sing, we scream and we dance … Everyone’s energy is really inspiring and makes me want to bring my all every night.”
Watch the trailer for Olivia Rodrigo: Guts World Tour below.