Valentina Valentini

2 weeks ago | vanityfair.com | Valentina Valentini

There’s a common thread running through Gossip Girl, Edith Wharton, and Apple TV+’s The Buccaneers. The hit mid-aughts soap contained more than a few nods to the Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist from New York City’s Gilded Age; The Buccaneers is based on Wharton’s incomplete posthumous book of the same name. Yet Leighton Meester, who has joined the show’s second season in a guest role that’s steeped in family drama, is hesitant to agree that this is a full-circle moment.

1 month ago | vanityfair.com | Valentina Valentini

Elisabeth Moss has been steeped in the dystopian world of The Handmaid’s Tale for six seasons. But as Hulu’s Emmy-winning drama drew to a close, its themes got even more personal for the actor and producer—who welcomed a daughter of her own in 2024. “I think it wasn’t until the end of the season that I really realized the effect that becoming a mom had on the season as a whole,” says Moss just before The Handmaid’s Tale airs its series finale.

1 month ago | shondaland.com | Valentina Valentini

From the very first season of Bridgerton, one of the Netflix series’ most talked about aspects has been the costumes. They’ve been bold and beautiful, daring for a period drama, and they’ve morphed with every season to follow their characters’ story arcs. They’ve even influenced trends like cottagecore and bridal lines like Allure Bridals’ Bridgerton collection. So, it’s befitting that the actors who don these intricate threads would also pick bold and beautiful clothing in their own lives.

Dec 4, 2024 | vanityfair.com | Valentina Valentini

Marielle Heller knew precisely what type of dog she’d cast as Amy Adams’s canine counterpart in Nightbitch, her adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s best-selling novel, in theaters December 6. The ideal fit would be a reddish-colored husky with blue eyes—preferably a female dog, the director says. As it turns out, that’s fairly rare coloring for that breed.

Nov 17, 2024 | bbc.com | Valentina Valentini

How to prepare an Indigenous holiday mealAdam LarkeyBen Jacobs, one of the US's premier Native chefs, explains how to make a celebratory feast that tells "a story of people and place". Ben Jacobs is on a mission. The Denver, Colorado-based chef and entrepreneur wants to make Native foods more accessible to the public and educate people about Indigenous culinary traditions across the United States.