Bravo executive Frances Berwick can’t believe that the “Real Housewives” franchise is turning 20. That’s right. The series that started as a single-camera production following a group of affluent women in Orange County, California, has grown legs and taken on a life of its own, spawning hit series in cities across the country, including Atlanta, New York, Salt Lake City, and yes, Rhode Island. Heck, the franchise even expanded beyond the U.S., previously following glamorous women in Dubai. Ahead of the franchise’s 20th-anniversary special, “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th,” Berwick is reflecting on the program’s legacy and opening up about the moment the network knew it had a hit on its hands.
Speaking with Deadline at the season 20 premiere of “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” Berwick expressed gratitude that the series is still running 20 years later. (The first episode aired March 21, 2006.)
“Just feels incredibly gratifying and fun and joyous,” she said. “The fact that it’s still making people really happy to watch the show, that they love being part of this Real Housewives community, it just makes you feel good.”
When Did The Network Realize They Had A Hit On Their Hands?
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Regarding the first season of “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” or “RHOC” for short, Berwick recalled the moment the network realized the series would be bigger than they imagined.
“The viewership had gone up with every episode,” she said. “We were like, ‘Oh my God… we’re going to do a Season 2.’ We had not thought that we would be franchising it, and it was only really as we started to see other casts like ‘Manhattan Moms’ that we thought this could be a ‘Real Housewives’ show too. They don’t have to be housewives. This is sort of like a modern interpretation of what a Real Housewife is.”
The season 1 cast of “RHOC” included Vicki Gunvalson, Jeana Keough, Lauri Peterson, Jo De La Rosa, and Kimberly Bryant. (Gunvalson is still part of the cast today.)
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Berwick Remembers Being Nervous To Turn ‘The Real Housewives’ Into A Franchise
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For those who don’t know, “Manhattan Moms” was the working title of what’s since become “The Real Housewives of New York City.” And while the latter has given Bravo viewers 15 seasons of excellent TV, thanks to stars like Bethenny Frankel, Luann de Lesseps, Dorinda Medley, and Sonja Morgan, Berwick and the rest of the crew were hesitant about turning it into a “Real Housewives” series.
“We were quite thoughtful about it, but then it felt like this could be a good thing,” she said. “And since ‘Orange County’ had resonated, perhaps this was a good way to sort of attract a different audience rather than the same audience and expand it.”
“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” had a similar beginning to “RHONY,” according to Berwick. “Ultimately, it was all about the cast. There were so many women who had amazing stories to tell who had these incredible bonds and friendships and were going through all sorts of life challenges and dealing with different things in their life. It just felt like a natural extension,” she said.
“RHOA” included breakout star NeNe Leakes, Shereé Whitfield, and Kim Zolciak.
Bravo Is Honoring 20 Years Of The Franchise With An Epic Special!
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According to a previous report from The Blast, Bravo is planning to honor the 20th anniversary of “The Real Housewives” series with a special edition of “Ultimate Girls Trip.”
The show will feature “a group of beloved Housewives from across the years embark on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, making their way through some of the most memorable locations in the franchise’s history.”
Throughout the episodes, more than 80 housewives from the past and present will appear, including Porsha Williams, Kyle Richards, Lisa Barlow, Teresa Giudice, and Gizelle Bryant.
Leakes Will Be Part Of The Series
Leakes will also make a special appearance when the main cast stops in Atlanta. It will mark her grand return to Bravo after she left “RHOA” in 2020 and sued the network in 2022.
“This has been a really long, long journey, and gosh, I’m happy, overjoyed to say that I will be returning to Bravo,” Leakes said in an emotional Instagram video. “I almost can’t believe the words that are coming out of my mouth. I’m so happy. I’m excited to see all of you girls. It’s going to be a time. Yes! B-tches, I am back. Now pick your faces off the floor. OK!? See you on Bravo. Love you.”
Li’l Ze looking angry in ‘City of God’Image via Miramax Films
The past couple of years have been particularly impressive for Brazilian cinema. A record fell in 2025 as the brilliantly pensive political thriller I’m Still Here became the country’s first to be nominated for the Best Picture prize at the Academy Awards, with star Fernanda Torres scoring a Best Actress nomination. The film also won the Best International Feature prize at the same ceremony, a feat that sadly couldn’t be repeated by 2026’s Brazilian success story The Secret Agent, which eventually lost to the Danish-Norwegian drama Sentimental Value.
But The Secret Agent was successful in other areas, notably for star Wagner Moura, who picked up the Golden Globe for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, as well as earning a second Brazilian main acting Oscar nomination in a row. Given how both these movies have carried the torch for modern Brazilian cinema, breaking records along the way, you’d be forgiven for thinking they are the best exports of their kind. However, that title instead goes to the genius 2002 crime flick many liken to Martin Scorsese‘s Goodfellas: City of God.
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Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund‘s powerful social drama is as visceral and realistic as it is inventive. Considered one of the most perfect movies of the last 40 years, City of God has aged like a fine wine, feeling even more poignant today than it did 24 years ago. It is also widely recognized for crafting one of cinema’s most spine-chilling villains, with Leandro Firmino‘s performance as drug dealer Li’l Zé still infecting nightmares all these many years later. If you have yet to tick this off your “must-watch” list, you’re in luck, as City of God is now available to stream on Paramount+ following its arrival at the start of the month.
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Collider Exclusive · Oscar Best Picture Quiz Which Oscar Best Picture Is Your Perfect Movie? Parasite · Everything Everywhere · Oppenheimer · Birdman · No Country
Five Oscar Best Picture winners. Five completely different visions of what cinema can be — and what it can do to you. One of them is the film that was made for the way your mind works. Ten questions will figure out which one.
🪜Parasite
🌀Everything Everywhere
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☢️Oppenheimer
🐦Birdman
🪙No Country for Old Men
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What kind of film experience do you actually want? The best movies don’t just entertain — they leave something behind.
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Which idea grabs you most in a film? Great films are driven by a central obsession. What’s yours?
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How do you like your story told? Form is content. The way a story is shaped changes what it means.
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What makes a truly great antagonist? The opposition defines the protagonist. What kind of opposition fascinates you?
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What do you want from a film’s ending? The final note is the one that lingers. What do you want it to sound like?
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Which setting pulls you in most? Where a film takes place shapes everything — mood, stakes, what’s even possible.
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What cinematic craft impresses you most? Every great film has a signature — a technical or artistic element that makes it unmistakable.
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What kind of main character do you root for? The protagonist is the lens. Who you choose to follow says something about you.
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How do you feel about a film that takes its time? Pace is a choice. Some films sprint; others let tension accumulate slowly, deliberately.
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What do you want to feel walking out of the cinema? The best films leave a mark. What kind of mark do you want?
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The Academy Has Decided Your Perfect Film Is…
Your answers have pointed to one Oscar Best Picture winner above all others. This is the film that was made for the way your mind works.
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Parasite
You are drawn to films that operate on multiple levels simultaneously — that begin in one genre and quietly, brilliantly migrate into another. Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite is a film about class, desire, and the architecture of inequality that manages to be darkly funny, deeply suspenseful, and genuinely shocking across a single extraordinary running time. Your instinct is for cinema that hides its true intentions until the moment it’s ready to reveal them. Parasite is exactly that — a film that rewards close attention and punishes assumptions, right up to its devastating final image.
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
You want it all — and this film gives you all of it. The Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once is one of the most maximalist films ever made: action comedy, multiverse sci-fi, family drama, existential crisis, and a genuinely earned emotional core that sneaks up on you amid the chaos. You are someone who responds to ambition, who doesn’t want cinema to choose between being entertaining and being meaningful. This film refuses that choice entirely. It is overwhelming by design, and its overwhelming nature is precisely the point — because the feeling of being crushed by infinite possibility is exactly what it’s about.
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Oppenheimer
You are drawn to cinema on a grand scale — films that understand history not as a backdrop but as a force, and that place their characters inside that force and watch what happens. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is a film about the terrifying gap between what we can do and what we should do, told with the full weight of one of the most consequential moments in human history behind it. You want your films to feel important without feeling self-important — to earn their ambition through sheer craft and the gravity of their subject. Oppenheimer does exactly that. It is enormous, complicated, and refuses easy comfort.
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Birdman
You are drawn to films that foreground their own construction — that make the how of the filmmaking part of the what it’s about. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman, shot to appear as a single continuous take, is cinema examining itself through the cracked mirror of a fading actor’s ego. You respond to formal daring, to the feeling that a film is doing something that probably shouldn’t be possible. Michael Keaton’s performance and Emmanuel Lubezki’s restless camera create something genuinely unlike anything else — a film that is simultaneously about creativity, relevance, self-destruction, and the impossibility of ever truly knowing if your work means anything at all.
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No Country for Old Men
You are drawn to cinema that trusts silence, that refuses to explain itself, and that treats dread as a form of meaning. The Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men is a film about the arrival of a new kind of evil — implacable, arbitrary, and utterly indifferent to the moral frameworks we use to make sense of the world. It is one of the most formally controlled films ever made, and its controlled restraint is what makes it so terrifying. You want your films to haunt you, not comfort you. You are not interested in resolution if resolution would be dishonest. No Country for Old Men is honest in a way that most cinema never dares to be.
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‘City of God’ Was a Box Office Triumph
Despite being made for just $3.3 million and featuring a largely unknown cast, word-of-mouth proved pivotal to City of God‘s success, as it initially broke the record for the highest-grossing Brazilian movie of all time. Worldwide, the film returned $32 million in box office revenue, with $7.5 million coming from domestic revenue and a further $24.5 million from overseas markets. Don’t miss out on one of cinema’s best films available to stream now.
City of God is available to stream on Paramount+. Make sure to stay tuned to Collider for more streaming stories.
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February 13, 2004
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129 minutes
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Fernando Meirelles
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Bráulio Mantovani
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Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Daniel Filho, Donald Ranvaud, Hank Levine, Juliette Renaud, Marc Beauchamps, Mauricio Andrade Ramos, Vincent Maraval, Walter Salles
“Baby just say yes,” wedding guest Maren Morris wrote via Instagram on Saturday, July 4, quoting Swift’s song “Love Story,” while sharing a handful of pics from the white-veiled occasion.
Swift and Kelce, both 36, said “I do” on Friday, July 3, in a grand ceremony held inside New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden arena. Morris, 36, was among the star-studded attendees, alongside fellow country stars Kelsea Ballerini and Miranda Lambert.
In Morris’ social media recap of the event, she captured a snapshot of a white, lace handkerchief that was embroidered with the line “So it’s gonna be forever” from Swift’s “Blank Space,” which happens to be Kelce’s favorite track of his bride’s. The delicate linen also included the wedding date and city stitched into the fabric, in addition to the same ‘TT’ monogram intertwined by hearts that was seen on the rehearsal dinner gift boxes.
After Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s reported rehearsal dinner, several of their guests left with matching favors. The couple’s friends, including Ross Travis and Charissa Thompson, were photographed leaving New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Thursday, July 2, clutching locked black velvet boxes, per pics obtained by online gossip site DeuxMoi. In the snaps, […]
Morris has been close to Swift since 2018, even duetting on the song “You All Over Me.”
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“I’ve never seen a crowd like that, and there’s not a crowd like hers,” Morris said on the Jennifer Hudson Show in May 2025, detailing what it was like sharing the stage with Swift on the Eras Tour in Chicago in 2023. “[Her fans are] so supportive. They’re listening to all the lyrics, they want to hear every nuance and breath between words. They’re truly locked in. It was a real treat to experience on that plane.”
Despite her close bond with Swift, Morris initially wasn’t convinced she’d make the cut for the Grammy winner’s wedding guest list.
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“I got this, like, spam text a couple weeks ago. It was like, ‘You’re invited to Taylor and Travis’ wedding,” Morris quipped on the Morning Mash Up Showin May. “I was like, ‘I’m blocking this ‘cause there’s no way they would send an invitation through a text like this.’ What if I trashed [the actual one]? I was like, ‘How do they have my number? This is weird.’”
Luckily for Morris, the invitation was the real deal.
As the countdown to Swift and Kelce’s nuptials continued, Morris began pondering what to gift the couple for the occasion.
It’s the celebrity event of the year. Grammy award-winning music star Taylor Swift is reportedly scheduled to be married to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce on Friday, July 3, in New York City. Their wedding venue was only recently revealed to take place in Madison Square Garden, but did Kelce, 36, drop a […]
“What do you get as a gift for someone like that?” Craig Melvin jokingly asked Morris during an early Friday morning broadcast of Today. “Do you get a juicer [or an] air fryer?”
At the time, Morris played coy about her attendance.
“I don’t know, what do you get? That’d be a hard person to buy for,” she said, adding that she was just “so happy” for Swift and Kelce’s union. “She has such a close tie to New York. I’m so excited for them to celebrate their love.”
Comedian Dave Chappelle is breaking his silence on Travis Kelce choosing to attend one of his recent comedy shows as part of his bachelor party celebration.
“I was shocked, I had never seen anything like that. A whoreless bachelor party?” Chappelle, 52, recalled during a Zoom interview on CNN’s Independence Eve Live on Friday, July 3. “Whatever makes you happy, Travis.”
Travis, 36, was joined by his brother, Jason Kelce, and a gaggle of friends last month for a West Coast bachelor party. The group attended Chappelle’s show and multiple sporting events to celebrate Travis’ nuptials to pop star Taylor Swift.
Travis and Swift, 36, coincidentally said “I do” on Friday night, the same time of the CNN broadcast, inside New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden arena in front of a star-studded crowd of nearly 1,000 loved ones.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s family and friends stood by their sides during their highly-anticipated, star-studded wedding, though there were not any formal bridesmaids or groomsmen. The Grammy winner and the NFL player, both 36, tied the knot at Madison Square Garden on Friday, July 3. “Taylor and Travis did not have bridesmaids or groomsmen,” […]
“I heard he was getting married at Madison Square Garden. You would think I could have got an invite, but I didn’t,” Chappelle quipped during the CNN broadcast. “I didn’t make the 15,000 closest friends.”
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He then asked CNN hosts Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper, who hosted their live special from blocks away from MSG in Times Square, whether they scored invitations to the wedding of the year.
“It looks like the three of us are the only three people [who didn’t go],” Cohen,58, jokingly replied on Friday. “The three of us are the only ones not invited.”
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Cohen and Cooper, 59, were busy hosting their CNN broadcast on Friday night, while Chappelle called in from his stand-up show in California. At the same time, Swift and Travis celebrated their love story in front of a seemingly never-ending list of Hollywood A-list stars, including Bradley Cooper, Jessica Alba, Kelsea Ballerini, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and Miranda Lambert.
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“Well, I eloped,” Chappelle joked to the CNN cohosts, contrasting the size of his nuptials to Swift and Kelce’s big day. “Me and my wife went to Taco Bell after we got married in Vegas, like, ‘Well, it’s going to be a long life. Good luck to both of us!’”
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s guest list for their wedding may be under wraps — but we now know one celebrity who definitely didn’t attend the festivities. Amy Schumer poked fun at the interest surrounding Swift, 36, and Kelce’s special day, writing via Instagram on Thursday, July 2, “Rehearsal dinner was sick. Who knows was […]
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Chappelle has been married to Elaine Mendoza Erfe, with whom he shares three children, since 2001.
“We don’t live in Hollywood,” the comedian previously revealed of their daily life out of the spotlight during a 2020 episode of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With Dave Letterman. “There’s no paparazzi trying to get [our] picture. … I don’t think I ever leave my children’s presence without letting them know I love them ‘cause I never know what’s going to happen anyway.”
Taylor and Austin are the two children of Scott and Andrea Swift, all of whom have had the pop star’s back as she navigated both her highly accomplished music career and various personal relationships. The trio strongly embraced Taylor’s husband, NFL star Travis Kelce, before the couple’s July 2026 wedding at Madison Square Garden.
In fact, Austin even stood up beside his big sister during the ceremony in lieu of a traditional bridal party.
“Taylor and Travis did not have bridesmaids or groomsmen,” Taylor’s rep told Us Weekly in a statement at the time. “Instead, her brother, Austin Swift, served as Taylor’s Man of Honor and [Travis’ brother], Jason Kelce, was Travis’ Best Man. The ceremony joined both families together.”
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Keep scrolling to revisit Taylor’s comments about her dynamic with Austin through the years:
Holiday Favorites
During a 2012 interview with Parade, Taylor detailed how she and Austin spent the festive holiday season.
“I have a 20-year-old brother, so I like to see the absurd ways that he wraps presents,” Taylor told the outlet of her favorite tradition. “It’s worse and worse every year. It’s, like, garbage bags with duct tape in cardboard boxes with a rope tied around it. It’s the most hilarious thing to me because he wraps presents [in] his own special way.”
From Siblings to Colleagues
As Taylor pursued a career in the music industry, her brother has been by her side.
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“My dad, my mom, and my brother come up with some of the best ideas in my career,” she told TIMEin December 2023. “I always joke that we’re a small family business.”
Two years later, Taylor sent Austin and their mother to negotiate with Shamrock Capital on her behalf about the chance to purchase the masters of her first six albums.
“Rather than send lawyers or management in a big crew, I sent my mom and my brother, who I work with, to L.A.,” the singer detailed on Travis’ “New Heights” podcast in August 2025. “They sat with Shamrock Capital and they told them what this meant for me. They told them the whole story of all the times we’ve tried to buy it, all the times it’s fallen through, all the times we had gotten plans together and figured out something we thought was going to work and it didn’t at the last minute.”
Andrea and Austin’s mission was successful, and Taylor was able to buy her discography in May 2025 with profits from her Eras Tour.
For Travis Kelce, finding love with Taylor Swift meant he could add another brother to his growing family. After the pair started dating in 2023, the pair began blending their respective clans. For Swift, she started bringing her parents and younger brother Austin Swift to root for Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs alongside his […]
Childhood Squabbles
While Taylor and Austin are famously close as adults, that wasn’t always the case for the pair as children.
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“We used to get in absolute battles. It was like psychological warfare every single day,” Taylor recalled on Sirius XM’s The Morning Mashupin October 2025. “I’d try to annoy him so much that he’d lash out and try to get him in trouble, it was a nightmare, but then he learned all the sounds that annoy me.”
She continued, “He learned that if you repeat everything I say back to me when I’m seven years old, that’s gonna bother me. Just the sibling stuff that everyone does. But it’s crazy, we work together now, and we’re best friends. I don’t know what year it happened, but we just looked at each other and went like, ‘Truce.’ Just know if you have kids and they’re at each other’s throats constantly, they’ll probably grow up to be best friends.”
Bonus: Musical Tributes
Taylor has even given Austin shout-outs in a handful of her songs.
“I have an excellent father/ His strength is making me stronger,” Swift begins a verse on “The Best Day,” which was released in 2008. “God smiles on my little brother / Inside and out he’s better than I am.”
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Decades later, Austin was briefly mentioned on Taylor’s album The Life of a Showgirl.
“I had a bad habit / Of missing lovers past,” the Grammy winner sings on her “Opalite” track. “My brother used to call it / ‘Eating out of the trash’ / It’s never gonna last.”
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“Opalite” ends with Taylor making her own happiness thanks to Travis and their love story.
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Truth be told, I love traveling and I love weddings, so when I had a destination wedding on my calendar, I was pretty ecstatic. In addition to snapping up my bridesmaid’s dress, I also did a massive fashion haul, sourcing items that matched the lush, tropical vibe of Colombia. Let me tell you, I was not disappointed when I stumbled upon this surprisingly chic, tropical-inspired dress from Abercrombie & Fitch.
I initially spotted it in green, but was blown away after seeing the A&F maxi dress in a gorgeous exotic-looking pattern that’s made up of pinks, oranges, purples, blues and greens. The dress literally gives off tropical drink vibes in dress form, and I instantly had to have it. Due to the colorful hues, lightweight feel and flattering fit, I felt like an actual princess. The dress boosted my confidence the moment I slipped it on my body, and it just got better and better with every compliment I received.
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I donned the maxi dress at the welcome party and got over 15 compliments (yes, I counted) from guests commenting on how pretty the dress is, and several even asked where I got it. Spoiler alert: The maxi is from Abercrombie, and it’s currently on sale this weekend!
Get the Giselle Hardware Flowy Maxi Dress for $90(was $150) at Abercrombie & Fitch! Please note, prices are accurate as of the publishing date but are subject to change.
The Giselle Hardware Flowy Maxi Dress is the one dress you’ll want to have in your closet for destination weddings, fancy date nights and beyond. Honestly, I didn’t expect to garner such praise over a dress, but it just confirmed that I made the right choice in packing this little number in my suitcase.
This Fourth of July weekend is a big one as we celebrate America’s 250th birthday! But before you head out to enjoy hot dogs, fireworks and all the other festivities, Us Weekly shopping editors can think of another way to celebrate the holiday. You guessed it: taking advantage of all the fabulous fashion deals happening […]
In addition to the beautiful pink design, the dress stands out for its simple yet luxe-looking accents. The pleated ripple texture draws the eye in, especially when you walk. I also really like the gold U-ring decoration at the neckline that gives the dress a high-end appearance while also subtly showing a little extra skin.
The loose, trapeze silhouette may feel intimidating, but I promise that it’s actually a huge selling point. The unpredictable, tropical weather couldn’t hold a flame to this dress; the fit allowed air to breeze through and it lightly skimmed my body. I could walk, sit and dance without worry. Oh, and the bra-free design allowed me to forgo my usual strapless bra, and yet, I still felt covered and supported.
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Despite the long maxi design, petite girls can also sport the dress! As someone who is 5’2″, I know the struggle of finding long dresses that don’t overwhelm my frame, but this one actually hits the sweet spot. It’s available in regular, tall and petite lengths, so naturally I chose the latter. And when I paired it with platform sandals, the dress looked like a true maxi, which rarely happens.
The fabric is just as lovely, providing a sheen appeal due to the satiny material. With all these factors, it’s no wonder several people who complimented the dress were shocked I got it at a mall brand.
If I could get the Giselle maxi dress again, I totally would. It’s breezy, stunning and compliment-worthy. And right now, you can get it on sale with an extra 20% off when you add it to your cart. Lucky you!
Get the Giselle Hardware Flowy Maxi Dress for $90(was $150) at Abercrombie & Fitch! Please note, prices are accurate as of the publishing date but are subject to change.
Mary Jane flats may be mainstream, but Mary Jane sneakers? Now, that’s something a little out of our comfort zone. Here’s the thing: The trainers trend is one that we’ve been seeing all over New York City this season. Everyone from cool ‘It’ girls to fashion professionals to celebrities is donning the look, including Jennifer […]
“[Kristin Juszczyk] saved me again,” Kittle, 32, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Saturday, July 4, sharing a photo of the fashion designer, 32, stitching her blue gown ahead of the celebratory event.
Kittle and Juszczyk were among the celebrity guests at Swift and Kelce’s Friday, July 3, nuptials at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York City. The two San Francisco 49ers wives attended the ceremony alongside their respective NFL husbands, George Kittle and Kyle Juszczyk.
Kristin donned a royal blue satin corset dress that flowed into a color-blocked black bubble skirt with a tangle of diamond necklaces, while Claire chose a pastel blue sheath with a bedazzled illusion neckline.
San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle and his wife, Claire Kittle, have experienced unexpected travel delays ahead of friends Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s reported wedding date. “Just sat at BNA all evening,” Claire, 32, captioned a car selfie with George, also 32, via her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, July 1, using the code […]
The zipper on Claire’s dress, however, hit a snag just moments before Swift and Kelce, both 36, were scheduled to walk down the aisle.
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“Had to cut the lining in my dress,” Claire explained via her Stories. “The zipper was stuck.”
Kristin reposted Claire’s upload to her Stories, writing, “I was sewing all night” alongside a pair of laughing emojis.
Kristin, who founded the NFL-themed fashion label Off-Season, was quick to fix Claire’s dress in time for the ceremony, when — and while surrounded by approximately 1,000 guests — Swift and Kelce said “I do.”
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“The bride and groom’s wedding ceremony looks have been created by Christian Dior Haute Couture. They are designed by Jonathan Anderson, Creative Director of Dior Women’s, Men’s and Haute Couture Collections, in close collaboration with the bride and groom,” a rep for Swift said via press release. “This is the designer’s first couture wedding dress for a world-renowned celebrity. [Both of] their shoes were custom made by Christian Louboutin and the bride wore Cartier jewelry.”
Swift’s spokesperson further revealed that the newlyweds opted against a traditional bridal party.
“Her brother, Austin Swift, served as Taylor’s Man of Honor and Jason Kelce was Travis’ Best Man,” the statement added. “The ceremony joined both families together and was officiated by friend Adam Sandler.”
Selena Gomez glittered in gold while attending her best friend Taylor Swift’s highly-anticipated and star-studded wedding to Travis Kelce.
Gomez, 33, stunned in a fitted, curve-hugging beaded Oscar de la Renta gown for the newlyweds’ Friday, July 3, wedding inside New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden arena. The Only Murders in the Building star completed her ensemble with a pair of diamond rings.
For glam, Gomez sported rosy eyeshadow and lipstick, which her hair was slicked back into an Old Hollywood-style bob.
Selena Gomez stepped out in style at her best friend Taylor Swift’s wedding rehearsal dinner on Thursday, July 2. Gomez, 33, rocked a black, strapless Oscar de la Renta gown, which featured laser-cut floral imagery along the bodice. She completed her ‘fit with Jimmy Choo stilettos, Fernando Jorge jewelry and a custom Grown Brilliance diamond […]
Blanco, 38, wore another tux for Swift and Kelce’s rehearsal dinner on Thursday, July 2, while Gomez chose a strapless Oscar de la Renta gown for the occasion. The singer paired her black frock with a pair of Jimmy Choo stilettos, Fernando Jorge earrings and a custom Grown Brilliance diamond ring.
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Gomez has been close to Swift since 2008, when the pair first bonded during their respective teen relationships with brothers Nick Jonas and Joe Jonas. Swift even attended Gomez’s wedding to Blanco in September 2025, where she wore a gold Oscar de la Renta gown of her own.
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For her big day on the eve of the country’s 250th birthday celebration, Swift opted for a bespoke Dior Couture gown.
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“The bride and groom’s wedding ceremony looks have been created by Christian Dior Haute Couture. They are designed by Jonathan Anderson, Creative Director of Dior Women’s, Men’s and Haute Couture Collections, in close collaboration with the Bride and Groom,” a press release shared with Us Weekly read. “This is the designer’s first couture wedding dress for a world-renowned celebrity. Their shoes were custom made by Christian Louboutin and the bride wore Cartier jewelry.”
Swift and Kelce, 36, exchanged vows in front of upwards of 1,000 loved ones, including Gomez, Blanco, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Alba, George Kittle and Miranda Lambert.
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If you’ve spent the last decade getting serious about what you eat, how you train, and which supplements actually have data behind them, there’s a piece of your daily routine that probably hasn’t kept up: the toothbrush in your bathroom. An electric toothbrush is one of the more well-studied upgrades you can make to a daily health habit — and the clinical data behind it is harder to ignore once you’ve seen it.
A 2025 YouGov survey found that 64% of Americans are still using a manual toothbrush. Only 31% have moved to powered. That’s a striking gap given what we now know about oral health. The case for upgrading to a quality electric toothbrush is stronger than ever, and ARU is making it with clinical data behind it.
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What the Research Says About Manual Brushing
The case against manual brushing isn’t aesthetic, it’s mechanical. Four problems show up consistently:
Manual brushes are less effective at removing plaque along the gumline and between teeth — the exact zones where gum disease starts.
Most people brush too aggressively, which causes gum recession and enamel wear over time. Manual brushes don’t offer any feedback to stop you.
The American Dental Association (ADA) recommends two minutes of brushing. Most people fall well short, and a manual brush has no way to tell you so.
Manual brushing relies entirely on technique — angle, pressure, coverage, duration — which tends to be inconsistent brush to brush.
You can clean your teeth effectively with a manual brush. The point is that the best electric toothbrushes remove the guesswork, which matters when you’re optimizing for long-term oral health rather than just getting through the morning routine.
What’s Unique About ARU’s Electric Toothbrush
ARU is a sonic toothbrush built to deliver a clinical-grade clean without the gum trauma that often comes with manual brushing. The mechanism matters: sonic vibrations break up plaque along the gumline and between teeth — the regions where manual technique most reliably fails.
If you’ve rebuilt your morning routine around magnesium, a continuous glucose monitor and a meticulously curated supplement shelf, there’s one tool you probably haven’t reconsidered in years: the toothbrush by your sink. For a category most people grab off a drugstore shelf, oral care has become a surprisingly relevant frontier in preventive wellness. The ARU […]
What the brush adds beyond mechanism: a two-minute timer with a 30-second quadrant pulse, three modes and three intensities, and the option to dial pressure down for sensitivity or up for a deeper clean. Pressure becomes a setting, not a guess.
As a rechargeable electric toothbrush, ARU runs for 45 days or more on a single charge and uses wireless charging when you do need to top it off. That’s a meaningful upgrade from brushes that need a weekly trip to the charging cradle.
The Clinical Trial Behind the ARU Toothbrush
A 28-day clinical trial conducted by Ashtel Studios split 62 participants between ARU and an ADA-accepted manual toothbrush, with both groups brushing twice daily for two minutes. The aru toothbrush outperformed manual across every measure.
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15x more plaque removed than a manual toothbrush
9x more plaque removed in a single use
74% reduction in gum bleeding
46% improvement in overall gingival health
93% of gums classified as healthy after one month
140% improvement in plaque removal in hard-to-reach areas
Safe for sensitive teeth and gums without irritation
A separate independent study of 140 participants over 35 days found that 91% of users would recommend ARU.
What’s in the ARU Toothbrush Starter Kit
The ARU Starter Kit ships with the sonic handle, one brush head, a wireless charging base, a USB cable with wall adapter, a magnetic mirror mount, a travel case and a travel handle protector. It’s a complete setup with nothing sold separately, which matters if you’ve ever bought an electric brush and discovered the travel case costs another $40.
Why ARU’s Toothbrush Heads Matter
The electric toothbrush heads are doing most of the actual cleaning, and ARU’s are designed differently than most. Ultra-soft tapered bristles clean along the gumline without abrading it, and they’re 20x slimmer than standard bristles, so they reach between teeth and below the gumline. A hexagonal bristle pattern improves coverage per stroke, and a metal-free core avoids the corrosion you’ll see with heads that use metal anchors over time.
Shopping for a sonic toothbrush for sensitive gums means wading through a large range of prices and a wall of confusing marketing claims. For most households the question isn’t whether to upgrade. It’s whether the upgrade actually does anything, and how to avoid wasting money on features that don’t matter. The ARU Sonic Toothbrush Starter […]
ARU recommends swapping heads every three months, in line with ADA guidance. That matters because worn bristles clean less effectively and old heads accumulate bacteria. A refill subscription ships a new head every quarter at a 20% discount, plus a lifetime warranty on the handle.
The 7-Day Challenge Your Smile Has Been Waiting For
ARU’s 7-Day Challenge is a fair way to evaluate it: brush with ARU for a week, then on day 8, switch back to your old brush for one session. The contrast is the data point. Most people notice immediately — the smoothness of their teeth, the absence of low-grade gum sensitivity they’d accepted as baseline.
The 30-day money-back guarantee removes the financial argument against trying it. The clinical data removes the evidentiary one. What’s left is whether your oral care routine deserves the same scrutiny you’ve applied to the rest of your health.
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Production of this article included the use of AI. It was reviewed and edited by a team of content specialists.
Home Before Dark, executive produced by Wicked director Jon M. Chu, is a two-season drama that aired on Apple TV from 2020 to 2021. Over 20 episodes of twisty storytelling,the show follows a nine-year-old girl named Hilde Lisko (Brooklynn Prince) who moves from New York City to her father’s hometown of Erie Harbor, Washington. With her quirky, unique personality, Hilde struggles to fit in at school, while her older sister, Izzy (Kylie Rogers), seems much more likely to be accepted by the popular kids. Hilde is also seen as different from her classmates because she thinks of herself as a journalist, even at her young age, and tends to get in trouble for her inquisitive tendencies.
Plus, the pair open up about series star Brooklynn Prince’s talent and Chu details how this show let him go in some new creative directions.
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Shortly after arriving in Erie Harbor, Hilde starts a self-published newspaper called The Magic Hour Chronicle. During her reporting, she stumbles upon a mystery that has haunted the town for decades. Hilde starts investigating the kidnapping of a young boy named Richie Fife, but quickly discovers that there’s a mysterious cover-up connected to his disappearance. In Season 2, even more of the sinister cover-up is exposed, and Hilde makes some powerful enemies. Each episode is full of complex puzzles that unfold as Hilde investigates the mystery further.
‘Home Before Dark’ Will Draw You In With Its Intriguing Mystery
One of the great things about Home Before Dark is that it’s family-friendly, since its protagonist is a young girl, but the series is just as watchable for adults. The storytelling is suspenseful, and Hilde’s storyline doesn’t feel schmaltzy or too juvenile. Instead, the show captures the pangs of growing as well as the beauty of searching for truth and justice. Hilde’s journey is inspiring because she doesn’t let her age or any obstacles stand in the way of her goal. Home Before Dark‘s mystical cinematography and setting are another reason to watch, with the town’s eerie fog acting as a haunting veil that further masks its darkest secrets.
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Home Before Dark could have run the risk of feeling unsophisticated, but by casting Prince in the lead, the series morphs into a moving, deeply emotional story. Prince was first discovered in her breakout role as a small child in The Florida Project, and she continues to show her range and immense gifts here. Jibrail Nantambu and Deric McCabe play fantastic sidekicks to Hilde, without being cloying or silly. The adult actors also serve as grounding presences; Jim Sturgess, who plays Hilde’s supportive father, and Joelle Carter, as Hilde’s embattled school principal, are particularly compelling.
Home Before Dark was never officially cancelled, but no new episodes were ordered after Season 2 was completed. Much of the reason it flew under the radar is likely because it aired right in the middle of the pandemic, which also briefly halted the production of the second season. There might be flashier shows on Apple TV to binge, but this drama is quietly unique, with an eerie setting and a mix of thrilling mysteries and heartwarming coming-of-age themes.
Apple TV has stumbled into some massive success stories in the sci-fi genre in recent years, but the show that topped all others was Pluribus. Hailing from iconic TV scribe Vince Gilligan, famed for his work penning Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Pluribus shattered records on its way to becoming the most-watched Apple TV sci-fi show of all time. Apple TV also has another sci-fi thriller dominating streaming right now in Silo, the dystopian series led by Rebecca Ferguson returning for its third season. Fans have little to worry about regarding the future of Silo, too, as the show has not only been picked up for Season 4, but the fourth and final season was shot back-to-back with the third. This should eliminate another two-year gap between seasons, all but assuring that Silo Season 4 will air in 2027.
To reach the pinnacle of Apple TV sci-fi streaming greatness, Pluribus had to pass Severance, the platform’s original sci-fi crown jewel. The first season of Severance dropped all the way back in 2022, but due to COVID-19 restrictions and the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, it took over three full years for Severance to come back for Season 2. The show has been officially picked up for Season 3 — Apple TV made the announcement on the same day as the Season 2 finale — but it’s still unclear when it will return to streaming. Before its return, the show holds its status as one of the top 10 most-watched series’ on Apple TV, currently sitting at #8 on watchlists at the time of writing. The series was written and created for TV by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
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🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
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You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
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You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
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You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
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Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
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You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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When Does ‘Severance’ Season 3 Start Filming?
Production on Severance Season 3 is expected to begin any day now, but the show takes a long time to film, so it could easily be shooting through the end of this year. Around the time that Severance was renewed for Season 3, Ben Stiller promised that the wait would be less than that of Season 2. Leading star Adam Scott recently softened his stance on this, saying that everyone involved in making Severancewould rather take longer to deliver a final product worth its name than rush into it and fall short of high expectations.
Check out the first two seasons of Severance on Apple TV and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Season 3.
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