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“He stole my heart immediately.” No, Jennifer Aniston isn't talking about a new love interest—rather her newly adopted puppy with a very royal name: Lord Chesterfield. The little lord brings the actress's brood to a total of three, and if you needed any further proof that the actress is a serious dog lover, she also has the name Norman—her corgi-terrier mix that died in 2011—tattooed across her inner right foot. During her interview on Inside the Actor's Studio, she tearfully explained that Norman was her favorite word. “Men come and go, but there really is no relationship like the one you have with a dog," she added. Read more at the link in bio.

The Regal Cinema in Times Square—which has been closed due to the ongoing pandemic—has decided to use its marquee to send a message. “48 states have reopened theaters safely. Why not New York, Governor Cuomo?" the sign reads, evoking a similar statement used in the 2017 film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Though the message is most likely the activity of an individual keyholder at this location and not a corporate-wide directive, it follows the announcement that Cineworld, the UK-based corporate parent of Regal, was closing all of its US and UK locations. Coincidentally, Governor Cuomo's new book, American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic, comes out this week. Read more at the link in bio.

Michelle Pfeiffer might already have an Oscar campaign to run. Although the 2021 Academy Awards aren't for another six months, that hasn't stopped awards-watchers from building a case for her role in French Exit, which premiered earlier this month at the New York Film Festival. The film, scheduled for a February 2021 release, stars Pfieffer as a Manhattan socialite who moves to Paris with her son and their cat after she spends the last of her husband's inheritance—the cat, voiced by Tracy Letts, is also the reincarnation of her late husband. Reviews for the film itself aren't unanimous, but there’s one thing most agree on: Pfeiffer seems a sure bet for an Oscar nomination. Read more at the link in bio.

Can the royal family stay politically neutral forever? During Queen Elizabeth’s 68 years on the throne, she's maintained political neutrality, though she's encouraged the act of voting in the past. That neutrality is something that Prince Charles and Prince William have carried on, but Prince Harry’s recent comments about voting have sparked a thousand British think pieces about his alleged breach of royal protocol. In his frankness, he’s confirmed something that has often been written about but never quite nailed down: that the Windsor family really does prohibit itself from voting, even if there’s no specific British law against it. As it happens, Harry's comments were just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the complex relationship between the royal family and the democracy they’re part of. Read more at the link in bio.

Nicole Kidman 🛀Photographed by Herb Ritts, 1995.

How, in this attention economy, is one supposed to be an informed citizen who votes while protecting one’s brain—which, in @vfvanities writer Kenzie Bryant's case, is trying to escape vis-à-vis exploding? The last few weeks have conspired toward a breaking point: there’s less than a month until the presidential election, and one candidate contracted COVID—and it’s all just news from this country. So how exactly does one read the news without going insane? Catherine Price, a science journalist, author, and digital detox expert, lays out a gentle, forgiving approach to getting a handle on it all. “Right now is an extremely, extremely challenging time to have a healthy relationship with the news, and that’s regardless of your political orientation, or even if you care about politics at all,” she said. It may be just one thing after another out there, but in terms of mitigating your exposure to the news, Price confirmed, “Why not start today?” Read an emergency guide to mitigating your news consumption in an emergency world at the link in bio.

It’s often been suggested that people like horror movies because they offer a vicarious thrill. But this year, with the coronavirus pandemic raging and a contentious presidential election mere weeks away, perhaps watching horror movies on Netflix in October will count as a form of light escapism instead. See all the best and newest horror movies to watch on the platform at the link in bio–once doom-scrolling Twitter has lost its edge, that is.

Did you catch all the ghostly references in The Haunting of Bly Manor? Netflix's miniseries is the follow-up to the surprise 2018 smash hit The Haunting of Hill House, which drew inspiration from Shirley Jackson’s eponymous 1959 novel. When it came time for the next installment, showrunner Mike Flanagan and his writers turned to another master of dense psychological terror: 19th-century novelist Henry James. The series remixes and riffs on several of James's short stories and novellas, particularly his most famous ghost story, The Turn of the Screw. At the link in bio, read a rundown of all the stories and references that inspired . Enter at your own risk—spoilers ensue.

It seems as though Kate Middleton's new necklace may have once been... Princess Diana's earrings. For her and Prince William's first audience at Buckingham Palace since the start of quarantine, the Duchess of Cambridge wore diamond and sapphire drop earrings and a new coordinated pendant, which looks very similar to a pair of earrings regularly worn by Princess Diana, known as The Saudi Sapphire Suite. The earrings from the set have since become one of Kate's signature styles, and it looks like she's finally found a use for the larger removable stones. Read more at the link in bio.

"GLOW was canceled. I am sad." Betty Gilpin, Emmy-nominated star of Netflix's recently canceled series about professional women's wrestling, penned a heartfelt eulogy for its cast and crew. "It was the best job I’ll ever have," she writes. "This was one of those extremely rare times where we got to do the dream for awake people. And it didn’t disappear in an audition room or unsent email. We did it on a show, recorded it all, I swear." Read more at the link in bio.

Maya Rudolph made her grand return to Saturday Night Live last week, reviving her Emmy-winning impression of Senator Kamala Harris. When Joe Biden picked Harris as his running mate, Rudolph knew she had to get back to New York, she told Jimmy Fallon in a recent interview, calling it her "civic duty" to help them win the election. But the comedian also revealed she was scared to go back to the show, frazzled by all the new COVID protocols. “I was not even thinking about what Kamala speaks like. I was just worrying, ‘Do I have pants on? Is there a booger hanging out? Is everything okay?’” Rudolph recalled. After Wednesday night’s vice presidential debate, she's likely preparing for another big week—one that will no doubt include mention of a certain show-stealing fly. Read more at the link in bio.

Good news, royalists: You can now buy an exact replica of Princess Diana's famous "black sheep" sweater. The late princess's impact on fashion is still going strong—and Rowing Blazers is capitalizing on that public fascination with the royal's style by reissuing some of her most famous knitwear pieces. Read more at the link in bio. @vfvanities