Samantha Leach

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In One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us at the blond in 11 Howard to discuss some of their favorite books, allowing us to learn about their tastes and lives in the process. Tommy Dorfman always knew she had a book in her, but it wasn't until she began transitioning in 2020 that its shape began to emerge.

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There’s no shortage of secret whisperers to the stars. Want someone to tell you exactly which adaptogens to add to your morning smoothie? There’s a guru for that. Does your lymphatic system need a thorough draining? We know someone who knows someone. Your aura’s hankering for a cleanse? Right this way. In Hollywood, all these experts and so many more are just one DM away. But what about an expert to guide you through the experience of celebrity itself? That’s where Mory Fontanez comes in.

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The series finale of The Handmaid’s Tale is on the horizon, but Margaret Atwood isn’t feeling particularly sentimental. The adaptation of her watershed novel has been on the air for six seasons now, and she knows there’s only so long an audience can suspend disbelief. “You start to think, ‘Why is the regime letting June stay alive so long?’” Atwood tells Bustle. “With TV serials, there are cliffhangers and narrow escapes because you have to keep the heroine alive.

2 weeks ago | bustle.com | Samantha Leach

When Gossip Girl finally unveiled the identity of its titular girl, fans were shocked. Dan Humphrey? The straightest, whitest, most Elliott Smith-listening, Brooklyn soft boy of all time? Aside from the plot holes the reveal opened up, it just defied logic to imagine the Moleskine enthusiast firing off b*tchy little missives from his Blackberry. Or did it?

2 weeks ago | bustle.com | Samantha Leach

In 2006, Nora Ephron published a collection of humor essays titled I Feel Bad About My Neck. Now, almost 20 years later, more people than ever are still gripped by that same gripe. “There's definitely been an uptick of patients since the lockdown coming in and going, ‘Oh, I hate how I look on Zoom. What can I do about my neck?’” plastic surgeon Dr. David Shafer, M.D., FACS, tells Bustle.