Good news, Killing Eve fans: Season four of the hit BBC America series, starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer, has been renewed for a fourth season—months before the third season even premieres. Yes, you read that correctly: The third season of Killing Eve won’t debut until the spring, according to TV Line, but we already know a fourth installment is happening.
“How could we not have massive confidence in Killing Eve?” Sarah Barnett, president of AMC Networks Entertainment Group and AMC Studios, told The Hollywood Reporter. “It has won big in every major award show and is the highest growing show on U.S. television for six years.”
She continued, “The reason for this series’ emphatic embrace is the brilliant women who breathed it into being: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emerald Fennell, Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw and its fairy godmother, executive producer Sally Woodward Gentle. Season three lead writer Suzanne Heathcote takes Eve, Villanelle and Carolyn to places more thrilling, twisted and surprising than ever. Our addicted fans will not be disappointed.”
Because season three hasn’t premiered yet, it’s difficult to say what season four will be about. But we’ll update this post with more information as it comes in. For now, here’s what we know:
The key players will most likely return. At least Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer. (This is based on Barnett’s above statement. After all, there really can’t be a show without them.)
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The premiere date. Every season of Killing Eve has debuted in the spring, so prepare for a spring 2021 release. Of course, it’s possible that will change.
The showrunner. A different woman has helmed each season of Killing Eve, so it’s highly likely that a new female will step in as showrunner for season four. Nothing’s been announced yet, though.
There’s going to be a lot more Eve and Villanelle in your future. Get ready.
We’re living in a renaissance of fancy sheets and cutting-edge mattresses. Nearly every hour of entertainment ever recorded is streamable. New Year’s Eve is a day away, and between scented candle culture and smoke alarms, it’s easier than ever to light a fire inside your house without risking death. Coziness is queen.
As the last days of 2019 are upon us, the question is not “Should you stay home on New Year’s Eve?” but rather—Why does anyone ever go out on New Year’s Eve?
In the coldest, darkest time of the year, humans feel compelled to manufacture light. We set off fireworks, string twinkle lights, light candles, build bonfires, throw sparklers, hang disco balls, and peer into each other’s eyes. Everything in nature is dead, but we’re not, and we want physical proof that we’re vital and alive and staring down another year together.
We go to parties, bars and clubs on December 31 seeking that feeling of the relief and ecstasy at being alive. But the sense comfort, safety, and joy that come from staying in on New Year’s Eve is just as fitting. The main activities of New Year’s Eve: drinking, thinking about stuff, and waiting, actually do not demand that you leave your house. You can, of course. But just know—you don’t have to.
Inside: radiators, candles, blankets, $12.99 wine from Trader Joe’s.
Outside: Seventeen-dollar mixed drinks, a sticky-looking man-boy named Kyle who sidles up to you and says, “You seem feisty!”
Inside: People you invited, music you chose, toilets whose cleanliness you can vouch for personally.
Outside: A woman in a sequined mini sits on a curb sobbing, pausing to hiccup.
“I actually usually stay at home because I find the expectation of the night too overwhelming,” says Nicole, a 29-year-old who lives in the UK. “The fact that everybody is out and trying to find the perfect party is really anxiety inducing for me.” Instead, she’ll drink, dance, and watch the ball drop at home, with family. “Sounds boring maybe, but at least I know I won’t be fighting my anxiety in overcrowded spaces,” she says. “And at the end of the day I am spending it with people I love in a chill way.”
Kendall wore a black gown with a feathered neckline, Khloé was in a gold dress, and Kourtney stunned in red.
As for Kylie, she shared a photo of herself and her daughter Stormi, dressed in matching dark green haute couture by Ralph & Russo. The gown featured featured an off-the-shoulder neckline and a thigh-high leg slit, which she paired with dark green diamond necklace.
“Most wonderful time of the year,” she captioned the shot.
Kim also went for an off-the-shoulder gown, which featured a snakeskin-print.
The guest list included Scott Disick, Sofia Richie and even some of the family’s famous exes.
Travis Scott was there…
…and Khloé’s ex Tristan Thompson also made an appearance.
Meanwhile, a gift-wrapped Sia provided the music for the night, singing from a doll box as dancers performed on stage beside her. The Kardashian sisters shared videos of her performing songs like “Chandelier.”
Kim even caught the moment the singer admitted she wants to join their family.
“You guys are my favorite. I was looking to get an adult adoption from Kris, but we realized tonight that I could marry Rob!” Sia jokingly said, adding, “I didn’t realize there’s more than one way to become a Kardashian. Obviously that’s what I’m trying to do.”
If being a Kardashian means getting an invite to this party, then we all volunteer as tribute.
Maybe you’ve been so busy binging Christmas movies that you didn’t realize Christmas is just eight days away. Maybe you get a thrill from scoring last-minute deals. Or maybe you’re so overwhelmed by your mile-long holiday shopping list that you haven’t pulled the trigger on a single gift yet. Whatever’s kept you from shopping for holiday gifts, it’s time to snap out if. There are only a few days left to shop online if you want your gifts to arrive on time. (If you’re already in panic mode, don’t even think about a trip to the mall.)
Below, 19 gifts for the home that seem to have thought behind them—and don’t require tracking down anyone’s size. (No one else needs to know you waited ’til the 11th hour.) These gifts feel well-considered, not last-minute, and make the best hostess gifts, if your New Year’s resolution involves attending more social gatherings.
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If you’re thinking about what to wear on New Year’s Eve, you can’t go wrong with a sequin dress. It’s a holiday classic for a reason: Sequins always feels festive, whether they come in dress form or as statement-making separates. But you probably already knew that—after all, nothing says “I came to party” like a glittery ensemble.
Be it a mini, midi, or floor-grazing style, a sequin dress takes the guesswork out of party invitations with a vague dress code. And no matter how minimal you keep the rest of your outfit, you’ll always look dressed up. Bonus: You can re-wear a sequin dress to so many other events, like engagement parties, office happy hours, or winter weddings.
So, party people, we’ve got you covered—in sequins, that is. RSVPs? Check. Champagne? Check. All that’s missing now is one of these 21 sequin dresses to get you in the party mood before you even hit the dance floor.
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Women love spy stories—the faction of the Internet which demands Gillian Anderson be cast as the new James Bond is proof enough. Still, espionage dramas have long been monopolized by men both on-screen and off. Even the most famous female-fronted spy or assassin shows, like Nikita or Alias, have been created by men, written by men, directed by men. That effect is visible, from the lead characters’ wardrobes to their personalities, which range from stereotypes to traditionally masculine lodged in a female body.
But last year, Phoebe Waller-Bridge debuted her psychosexual spy drama Killing Eve, and it was audacious, Sapphic, and unmercifully female in its storytelling. Starring Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri, a manic MI6 agent, and Jodie Comer as Villanelle, a vicious assassin, Killing Eve oozes femininity in a way we’ve never seen on a TV spy show. Last night, the show returned for season two and cemented the Killing Eve legacy: This is a spy series made by and for women. Finally, something just for us.
The female influence on the show shines through every aspect in season two: the humor, the fashion, Eve and Villanelle’s relationship to each other and their work. Villanelle has emerged as a sort of fashion icon for her delicious tailored suits. She’s been hailed by queer women as one of the sexiest on TV—and we’ve never seen her chest or ass exposed on the show, nor have we seen her queerness exploited. Women can be sexy in skin-tight jumpsuits, yes, but also in turtlenecks, power suits, and blood spray. In the season two premiere, Villanelle wears a kid’s PJs, and I still wanted her to be my girlfriend.
Jodie Comer in the Killing Eve season two premiere.
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The series’ humor is also infused with an aggressively female lexicon. In last night’s episode, Villanelle tells that same kid that her “girlfriend” stabbed her “to show me how much she cared about me”—a macabre comment on toxic and obsessive girl-on-girl relationships. Look out for a joke in episode two of season two, when Villanelle dials an emergency line and utters a coded phrase—what we can assume means “I need bailing out”—by saying, “It’s Cher Horowitz. I failed my driving test.”
The award-winning series was created by Waller-Bridge; she stepped aside in season two, staying on as an executive producer and adding her long-time friend Emerald Fennell as showrunner. On a Television Critics Association panel in February, Comer applauded Fennell for adding “complexity and versatility” to the lead characters. “It’s written by a woman who understands all of this, and it’s so visible in the writing. It’s so much fun to play. It’s a real gift,” she said.
Eve and Villanelle’s relationship is particularly nuanced and unique to the female experience, as are both their characters: Eve differs from most female spies in pop culture. She’s shrewd, but somewhat guileless and pure in her intentions. She approaches her work with fervor, but also with tenderness and emotion—all of which aid in her mission, and simultaneously disrupt and overhaul it—like Homeland‘s Carrie Mathison meets Gilmore Girls‘ Lorelai Gilmore. Unlike Elizabeth Jennings of The Americans, a stone-cold, emotionless spy whose character is almost traditionally masculine, Eve’s emotional attachment to her case is what makes her special and unique. It’s the reason her boss Carolyn (Fiona Bradshaw) brings her on board. There’s no male co-star, no Mulder to her Scully—it’s Eve and Carolyn versus Villanelle.
Sandra Oh and Fiona Shaw in the Killing Eve season two premiere.
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But Villanelle is perhaps the most unique and complex female assassin character…ever? In season one, she stalks and pursues Eve, buying her fancy clothes and killing her best friend to get her attention. Without giving too much away, their dynamic takes a sharp 180-degree turn in the season two premiere; Villanelle is now vulnerable and powerless. Most male stalker or assassin characters are portrayed as animalistic. It’s about the chase, prey, bloodlust—they’re sociopathic and unemotional. But Villanelle isn’t a man. She’s desperate for love and human connection, and that manifests in truly psychotic but undeniably female ways. She’s the opposite of a sociopath—she feels with the fire of 1,000 suns. She’s totally unhinged, yes, but craves affection. Both can be true, and both make sense for a murderous woman.
