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'The Crown' Season 2, the Return of 'Vanderpump Rules,' and More Things You Can't Miss This Week


It’s hard to stand out in the golden age of television, but The Crown does just that. Netflix’s hit series about Queen Elizabeth II’s life and reign debuted in November 2016 to rave reviews and social media pandemonium. It racked up five Emmy nominations—and one win for John Lithgow—and reignited the world’s fascination with the Royal Family. Most people whipped through the first season in a week, which means they’ve been waiting over a year now for more episodes of The Crown. And now they’ve finally arrived: Yes, the second season of The Crown will be available in its entirety on Netflix Friday, December 8. The wait is over—well, almost. You still have about five days to go—so it’s a good thing there’s plenty of other TV shows and movies airing this week to keep you satisfied until then.

Here are the 14 things happening in TV and movies this week that you can’t miss:

Sunday, December 3

My Christmas Prince: It’s like The Prince & Me, but Christmas-themed. What happens when a teacher realizes her European diplomat boyfriend is actually a prince…and in line for the throne? Shenanigans, that’s what! 8 P.M. ET on Lifetime

Christmas at Holly Lodge: A real estate developer gets a crush on a lodge owner when he arrives for an undercover inspection. But will their sparks continue to fly when she realizes why he’s actually at her lodge? You’ve got nothing going on Sunday night, so tune in to find out. 8 P.M. ET on Hallmark

Monday, December 4

Supergirl: The Dark Arrow and Overgirl have been unmasked, so you know shit’s about to go down in this midseason finale. Yes, you read that correctly: This is the last Supergirl episode of 2017. Devastating, I know. 8 P.M. ET on The CW

Vanderpump Rules: As if you need incentive to tune in tonight. Fingers crossed we see some good Jax and Brittany wedding-planning drama. 9 P.M. ET on Bravo

Tuesday, December 5

The Flash: Remember, last week’s episode was a crossover with Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow, so what elements of those worlds (if any) will trickle into this week’s Flash? We’re excited to find out. 8 P.M. ET on The CW

Stripped: It’s a pretty literal title: Participants in this reality series are stripped of both their clothes and belongings and must simply exist for an isolated period of time. 10 P.M. ET on Bravo

Wednesday, December 6

Happy!: Christopher Meloni, your favorite detective from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (well, save for Olivia Benson), stars in this whacky series about a corrupt ex-cop who wakes up to find that his best friend is now a cartoon talking horse. I wonder how Ice-T would handle this situation. 10 P.M. ET on SyFy

Shut Eye: The life of a failed magician turned psychic (Jeffrey Donovan) is way more interesting than we thought. Season two of Hulu’s hit original series kicks off today. Streaming on Hulu

Thursday, December 7

Supernatural: Soak in Jared Padalecki while you can, my friends: Tonight is also the midseason finale of Supernatural. 8 P.M. ET on The CW

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: Hey, you guessed it! Tonight is the midseason finale of Legends, as well. How am I going to make it through the holiday season without Hawkman? 9 P.M. ET on The CW

Friday, December 8

The Crown, season two: The trailer for this new season alone proves there’s a lot in store for viewers. It starts with Her Majesty’s Armed Forces battling in Egypt, illegally, and ends with the downfall of her third prime minister, Harold Macmillan, after a controversy rocks their country. There’s a rebellious spirit to the plot this season that perfectly matches England’s actual political climate in the 1960s. If you can only watch one thing on this list, make it The Crown. It’s just too damn good. Streaming on Netflix

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I, Tonya: Margot Robbie is a tour-de-force in this dark and hilarious film about figure skater Tonya Harding, who found herself in the middle of a scandal in 1994 after her ex-boyfriend hired someone to break her competition Nancy Kerrigan’s leg. We smell an Oscar nomination (and maybe a win) for Robbie. In theaters

Saturday, December 9

Christmas in Mississippi: A woman returns home to Mississippi for the holidays and decides to help plan the town’s annual light show—not knowing her high school sweetheart is at the helm. This sounds cheesy, sure, but these types of movies are exactly what the holiday season is for. 8 P.M. ET on Lifetime

Christmas Encore: Which is why you should also watch Christmas Encore on Hallmark. This one’s surprisingly meta: A New York actress snags a role in a Broadway production of A Christmas Carol and falls in love with the director. 8 P.M. ET on Hallmark



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Michelle Obama Says Men Can't Be Bystanders When It Comes to Sexual Misconduct


We can always trust former First Lady Michelle Obama to speak up about important issues facing women—and to share some sound wisdom while doing so. She’s spoken out about the ways parents can better raise children so that when the kids reach adulthood, the men don’t feel so problematically entitled and the women feel more empowered. She’s enlightened us about the racism she faced during husband Barack Obama’s eight years as president. She has even pointed out the ridiculous double standard between her fashion choices and her Barack’s, pointing out that what she wore got scrutinized while her husband could wear the same tux to every single event.

This week, she spoke out about the issue that’s been in the news every single day lately: sexual misconduct. Michelle gave a speech in Hartford, Connecticut on Thursday where she addressed the slew of allegations that have made their way into the news recently. “I can’t tell you how sick it makes me, the more I see the uncovering of the truth that all us women know has been out there, that there is an ugliness there,” she told the crowd.

She went on to explain that in order for women to gain the strength to speak up for themselves, it’s going to take a lot of work. But it’s not all on women, either—men need to act as our allies: “I’m talking to the men out there, who cannot be innocent bystanders and complacent … watching this happen,” she said.

Michelle spoke of state of anxiety women constantly live in, too. “We live in a world … where young girls are literally in danger of some kind of mess, whether it’s what a man says to us, or how he looks at us, or an opportunity that is taken from us, or somebody who’s got our foot on our necks,” she said. “It is such a sad, common existence for women and girls in this country.”

As eloquently as you’d expect, Michelle also addressed the little ways that we can help make the word a better, more fair place for everyone. As it turns out, her golden rules aren’t terribly hard to follow: “Focus on what you can control. Be a good person every day. Vote. Read. Treat one another kindly. Follow the law. Don’t tweet nasty stuff.”

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15 Movies and TV Shows Airing This Week You Can't Miss


Next week is an interesting stretch for movies and TV: It marks the tail-end of Halloween and the beginning of the holiday season. Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday are full of Halloween movies galore, including the eponymous John Carpenter classic that launched Jamie Lee Curtis’ career. But then we end the week with A Bad Moms Christmas, the seasonal sequel to Mila Kunis’ hit 2016 movie. So many seasons, so little time, am I right? Actually, let’s face it: We all have time to watch these 15 films and TV shows this week. There’s literally nothing else more important. Mark your iCalendars accordingly.

Sunday, October 29

Carrie: Everyone knows the story at this point: A teenage girl with telekinetic powers burns down her high school prom after the popular kids humiliate her. But Carrie is worth revisiting for its memorable performances by Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie. Sure, the supernatural elements of this film are terrifying, but the scariest bits are simply when the kids are being cruel to Carrie. Honestly, nothing’s more gut-wrenching than that. 9 P.M. ET on the Sundance Channel

Silence of the Lambs: Another creepy classic to sink your teeth into before Halloween. Both Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins scooped up Oscars for this film, which centers on a rookie detective who enlists the help of a vicious cannibal to catch a serial killer. Don’t worry, though: It’s not nearly as bloody as that description makes it seem. (Well, except for the escape scene. Yeesh.) 6 P.M. ET on BBC America

Monday, October 30

Love & Hip Hop: New York The eighth season of VH1’s wildly popular reality series airs tonight. It’ll be sad to watch this chapter without Cardi B while she’s off being a chart-topping superstar. 8 P.M. ET on VH1

The Conjuring: At the end of the day, the haunted house formula still works. The Conjuring is proof of that; two paranormal investigators poke around a spooky manor they believed is possessed by a malevolent force. It’s eerie, atmospheric, and downright jaw-dropping at times. The perfect pre-Halloween treat. 7 P.M. ET on HBO Signatures

Tuesday, October 31

Halloween: You can’t not watch this movie on Halloween. Even after 30-plus years, the tale of teenage Jamie Lee Curtis getting stalked by a masked psychopath still holds up. And by “holds up,” I mean makes you sleep with the lights on for weeks. 7:30 P.M. ET on AMC

Hocus Pocus: Freeform is playing this campy cult classic all day, if you missed the dozens of showings that we spotlighted last week. Literally all day on Freeform

Wednesday, November 1

Light of the Moon This harrowing film, which was both written and directed by Jessica M. Thompson, explores how a woman deals with the aftermath of being sexually assaulted. It’s arguably one of the most accurate and nuanced depictions of sexual assault in cinematic history—and it feels particularly relevant right now. In theaters

Total Divas The Bella twins are back at it again for another season of romance, squabbles, and, of, course, wrestling. Please put my husband John Cena in every frame. 9 P.M. ET on E!

Thursday, November 2

Young Sheldon If you enjoyed the Young Sheldon premiere on September 25, then we have some good news for you: The full first season starts tonight. The only thing better than watching Sheldon throw academic shade at his roommates is watching his child counterpart do it. 8:30 P.M. ET on CBS

Mom The fifth season of Anna Faris and Allison Janney critically-acclaimed sitcom kicks off tonight. Faris has arguably never been funnier than as Christy Jolene Plunket, so definitely tune in. (Spend all weekend catching up if you have to. It’s well worth it!) 9 P.M. ET on CBS

Life in Pieces Life in Pieces is one of the most narratively interesting sitcoms on television right now. It’s told through the eyes of several members of its central family, so the perspective is always changing in a way that keeps you on your toes. Tune in tonight to find out what happens when the Hughes family moves into John and Joan’s home after their kitchen is destroyed. 9:30 P.M. ET on CBS

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Friday, November 3

Alias Grace This six-episode miniseries, based on Margaret Atwood’s novel, centers on Grace Marks, a poor Irish immigrant who was convicted of murdering her boss, Thomas Kinnear, and his maid, Nancy Montgomery, in 1843. Another man, James McDermott, was also convicted for the same crimes, but the two received radically different punishments: He was hanged, while Grace was sentenced to life in prison. The case, which actually happened in Canada, was extremely controversial and polarizing. Did she do it? Or was she just in the wrong place at the wrong time? Watch to find out the truth. Available on Netflix

Lady Bird Greta Gerwig wrote and directed this raw, poignant film about the tumultuous relationship between a mother (Laurie Metcalf) and daughter (Saoirse Ronan). In theaters

A Bad Moms Christmas Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn return for another round of mother debauchery—except this time it’s holiday-themed. In theaters

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Saturday, November 4

The Tale of Four Gabourey Sidibe’s directorial debut is a searing look into the nuances of race-based violence and police brutality. If you have 20 minutes to spare this weekend, definitely watch. Streaming

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You Can't 'Look' Like You Have an Eating Disorder


“You look really good.” That’s what my college advisor said when she learned I needed regular nurse and nutritionist visits because I was recovering from an eating disorder. She clearly had trouble believing I had one. At the very least, she believed my eating disorder must not be that severe because I was a “normal” weight—which I interpreted to mean that maybe, I didn’t need much help after all. Maybe it was dramatic of me to believe I was suffering from a mental illness.

Her comment was irresponsible, because I very much was suffering. I had only reached a healthy weight just before that conversation, and still had body dysmorphia and some disordered eating symptoms. One of them was the belief that since I was at a healthy weight, I didn’t need to stick to a plan when it came to food or see a therapist. Interactions like this reinforced this—erroneous–belief.

I’m not alone. Jenni Schaefer wrote in Life Without Ed that even when she fit the weight criteria for anorexia, a doctor specializing in eating disorders told her she didn’t “look” like she had it. (Whatever that means.) On the flip side, a Twitter troll recently told Lucy Hale that she was anorexic. Hale, also an ED survivor, clarified that she was “healthy and happy.” And anorexia survivor Gina Susanna recently tweeted about a doctor who told her she was “very thin” despite her explaining that she was in recovery. “I went to see my usual GP almost a year into my recovery for bone density meds,” someone replied. “He said ‘you don’t look anorexic.'”

So let’s clear things up: There’s no such thing as looking like you have an eating disorder—or looking like you’re in recovery, for that matter. Disordered eating can affect your looks in many different ways, whether that’s weight loss, weight gain—or, believe it or not, no weight change at all. A recent Instagram post by fitness blogger Carissa Seligman (below) illustrates this: She was heavier when she had her eating disorder than she is now. “The girl with the eating disorder isn’t always the one who looks ‘scary skinny,'” she wrote. “In fact, she may not even be the thinnest in the room. But what you see on the outside doesn’t always translate to what is going on inside.” Mic drop.

Like Seligman, I was not at my lowest weight when I was at my sickest. After a few years, once I wasn’t losing weight as easily from restricting alone, I started purging. At several points when my symptoms veered more in the direction of bulimia, my weight was considered “healthy”—but my behaviors and mind were anything but. Still, it was only when my eating disorder led to weight loss that people seemed to care.

Equating eating disorders with looks can also promote unhealthy ideas about recovery. I was told by multiple people while I was sick and recovering that I should eat more— not for my health, but because “men like curves” or “guys want something to grab on to.” Saying these things just reinforces the objectification that contributes to eating disorders.

After going to two treatment programs, I’ve met a lot of people who have internalized the attitude that the less you weigh, the more severe your eating disorder is. It may sound strange, but in an eating disorder sufferer’s mind, weight loss can feel like a competition. You see people who “look sicker” than you and feel like you’re less deserving of care. Like you don’t even belong there because you’ve just got some sort of eating-disorder-lite.

When I talked to people about this feeling, though, it turned out pretty much everyone had it. Once I got past this imaginary divide, though, I realized people in all different kinds of bodies are experiencing common struggles—and that we could help one another through them.

But in order to reach that point, we need to understand that eating disorders come in every shape and size.



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Even Fan Theories Can't Explain the Problematic Timeline of 'Grey's Anatomy'


At this point, Grey’s Anatomy, which returns tonight for its 14th season, is less of a show and more of a cultural institution. It’s the bedrock of the Shondaland empire, required viewing (and tweeting) for its legion of devoted fans, and the place young actors go for career-boosting arcs—much like ER before it or, on the East coast, Law & Order: SVU.

There was a time, however, when Grey’s was a show like (and unlike) any other, when it hadn’t been running for a thousand years and killed off a dozen main characters. A time when it was just this juicy drama starring really, really good-looking people that I would binge-watch with my camp friends at our semi-regular sleepovers. After those had petered out, I didn’t pay attention to the show until a couple months ago, when it was on at the gym and I found myself watching it; before I knew it, I had fallen down a hole and started the series from the beginning. (Side note: Grey’s is the perfect gym show because it’s addictive, chatty, and will make you terrified of death so you want to work out more.)

But friends, as I watched I noticed something that I never noticed before, but now it’s completely blown my mind and I can’t get past it: The first three seasons take place over the course of one calendar year. Just think about what that means for a second. That means by the time Burke leaves Christina at their wedding, he has known (not dated, not been engaged to, known) her for 12 months. Meanwhile, George falls in love with Meredith, sleeps with Meredith, loses his father, falls in love with Callie, marries Callie, and sleeps with Izzie between July and the next July, approximately. Let’s not even get into the Denny of it all.

If you watch the episodes week by week, you might think the show’s romances move kinda fast; if you look at it in terms of a single trip around the sun, they’re insane. These people start sleeping with each other within days of meeting one another, and they get married at an alarming rate. And apparently, it’s not only normal but good to not know if you want to be with someone on a week-to-week basis. From day one, these interns are like, “We gotta be extra smart and dedicated because there aren’t very many female interns and it’s a competitive program” before they immediately and ceaselessly start sleeping with their attendings and talking about it to anyone who will listen, ad nauseum. And then they break up a bunch! Over and over! In front of patients!

It makes sense that after a short first season (9 episodes) the writers would extend the intern year dynamic into the second season. They set up a pecking order and a chain of command, so, sure, they wanted to continue exploring that. But season 2 is also a whirlwind, including the fact that Bailey has a baby. If little Tuck was conceived on, say, the very first day of season 1 that means that by the middle of season 2, when Bailey delivers, nine months have passed, and the rest of season 2 and all of season 3 take place over the course of three more months?

And it doesn’t get better after season three: Seasons 4 and 5 are over the course of George’s second year as an intern, which means all of the many, many, many things that happen in the first five seasons of this show are supposed to be over two years. At the end of season five, these people have known each other for two years max.

I’m not alone in my confusion. After discovering this, I spent hours combing through timelines that superfans made online trying to make sense of it all, and it just doesn’t work, no matter how many convoluted fan theories—Lexie Grey doesn’t exist, for instance—you pile on top of it. Maybe the first seasons just exist on a different plane of existence. There are multiple references to Meredith being blonde even though she demonstrably isn’t and in the super early days, there was a cheesy theme song:

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Maybe (and most likely) the writers’ room just didn’t care. Or maybe—and hear me out here—Meredith’s arrival at Seattle Grace opened up a rift in the space-time continuum and suspended the laws of physics as we know them? Yeah, that’s probably it.



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Stores Can't Keep Fenty Beauty's Deep Foundation Shades in Stock


Less than a week after launching, Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty is flying off shelves. While most of Rihanna’s mega-successful makeup line has managed to stay in stock, there’s one product in particular that is selling out at lightning speed, according to social media, and that’s Rihanna’s deep foundation shades.

At the time of writing this, six out of the available 10 deep shades are already sold out on sephora.com, though it looks like restocks are happening pretty regularly. Normally, fans react with disappointment, frustration, or even anger when they can’t get their hands on a highly anticipated beauty launch. But with Fenty Beauty, the response to the limited availability of deep foundation has been markedly different, for a damn good reason.

After decades of being told by big beauty brands that there isn’t enough demand for deep complexion makeup (despite actual economic reports that point to the contrary), black and brown skin women are being heard and seen. What’s more, we’re being heard and seen by Rihanna.

I wasn’t able to get through all the tweets above with getting misty-eyed. Even through happy tears, I know I’m seeing history in the making. It’s more than monumental. It’s affirming in a way that the beauty industry hasn’t been before, but would do well to repeat. Just take a look at the Instagram post below and try to keep your heart from swelling three sizes, I dare you.

Since Rihanna first revealed that she would cater to women with all skin tones, Fenty Beauty stood out as an inclusivity game changer. The fact that the dark foundation shades are the first to sell out is just more proof that women of color deserve and demand an equal space in the beauty industry. Hopefully, other brands will follow suit and push for even more options in their shade ranges. There’s clearly money in it.

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