Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Demna’s Power at Gucci Goes Beyond the Runway
Demna Gvasalia, creative director of Gucci, is taking on the challenge of making the century-old fashion brand relevant again. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images Demna’s latest Gucci show took place inside a store that wasn’t real. For his Sept. 25 spring 2027 presentation in Milan, Gucci transformed a convention center into a replica boutique, down to the…
Read More‘Carrie’: Finale of Mike Flanagan Series, Explained
Robert Falconer—Prime —Summer H. Howell as Carrie White in Carrie. Warning: This post contains spoilers for the finale of Carrie, now streaming. If you ever wished Stephen King’s Carrie was actually a story about a telekinetic teenager getting whisked away from the violence and isolation of her sheltered small-town life to join a secret society…
Read MoreMeet the Nobel Peace Prize Contenders Who Could Beat Trump This Year
Carney’s efforts to unite Canada in the face of Trump’s threats have seemingly helped his popularity at home, with his approval rating back up to 66%, according to new data from Liaison Strategies. When it comes to the Nobel Peace Prize, he’s more an outsider, with a 1% chance of receiving the honor. Pope Leo …
Read MoreBridgerton Prequel Series Based on Lady Violet Is Coming to a Ton Near You
6. Beyoncé Inspired Queen Charlotte’s Look Produced by Shonda Rhimes, the multitalented mastermind behind shows like Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder, Bridgerton has been celebrated for its diverse casting. For instance, on the show, Guyanese-British actress Golda Rosheuvel plays Queen Charlotte of England, who was a real person. Some historians believe the wife of King George…
Read MoreThe Essentials With Frama’s Niels Strøyer Christophersen: Copenhagen Tables, Tokyo Guesthouses and Design Books
Before Niels Strøyer Christophersen had a design company, he had a job taking rooms apart. After high school, he worked as a bricklayer’s assistant, demolishing bathrooms and cutting tiles, while acquiring an affection for bare concrete and empty spaces that would help shape Frama, the Copenhagen company he co-founded in 2011. As a child, he…
Read MorePrince Harry Says He “Slipped Into Depression” After Canada Move With Meghan Markle, Son Archie
The Gossip Girl alum detailed his experience as a child actor with what he described as “body dysmorphia.” “I know that I hated my body,” Penn told The Guardian in April 2025, “and simply wanted a different one.” In response to the weight he gained following his parents’ divorce, he added, “There was just a period where,…
Read MoreScreening at New York Film Festival: Tom McCarthy’s ‘A Statement’
Dylan Baker, Paul Giamatti and Zach Woods in A Statement. Courtesy NYFF Funny and terrifying in equal measure, Tom McCarthy’s A Statement is a work of recent history rendered urgently, re-creating a multidisciplinary policy meeting on climate change in October of 1980. Commanding an ensemble of nearly two dozen, the Spotlight director brings his signature,…
Read More‘Carrie’ Episode 3 recap: Party studies
How about we kick this one off with a 1955 film about telekinesis, deriving “from the ancient Greek for far-off motion”? Our narrator (Kate Siegel, this episode of Carrie’s director) steps in to chronologically run down the stories of five women across two centuries who gained attention for their psychic abilities. France’s Angélique Cottin, Italy’s…
Read MoreHow DWTS’ Guillermo Rodriguez, Witney Carson Are Moving Past “Really Hard Week”
‘DWTS’ Pro Witney Carson Slams Untrue “Narratives” About Guillermo Rodriguez Partnership Guillermo Rodriguez and Witney Carson are determined to put their best foot forward. While the couple have consistently sat at the bottom of the leaderboard during the first four weeks of Dancing With the Stars season 35, their most recent samba earning only 15 out of…
Read MoreStudent Protesters in France are Holding Signs Referencing May 1968. Here’s Why It’s Significant
French students took to the streets again Thursday and blockaded some high schools as they demanded action from the government they say is underfunding the country’s education system. Now in its third week, the wave of protests has seen hundreds of thousands march after rows over staffing shortages, overcrowded classrooms, and dilapidated buildings reached a…
Read MoreKansas Has Emerged as a Senate Battleground State. Here’s Why It Matters
Kansas has emerged as a surprise battleground in the weeks leading up to the midterm elections. The state has not elected a Democrat to the Senate in 94 years, but Republican Sen. Roger Marshall now faces a close challenge from megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton—with repercussions that will extend beyond Kansas, as Republicans fight to keep…
Read More‘Cupertino’ Is More Fun Than a Tech-Dystopian Legal Drama Has Any Right to Be
So it was only a matter of time before we got a broadcast lawyer show set in Silicon Valley. What was in no way inevitable was that said lawyer show, CBS’s Cupertino, would be one of the most tightly constructed and purely enjoyable debuts of the season. For that miracle, we can thank Robert and…
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