Of all the Christmas movies airing on Lifetime this year, The Christmas Contract might be the most-anticipated. That’s largely because it stars several of the actors from One Tree Hill. Hilarie Burton, Danneel Ackles, Robert Buckley, Tyler Hilton, and Antwon Tanner are all joining forces for this charming holiday movie, which centers on a woman named Jolie (Burton) who takes her best friend’s brother, Jack (Buckley), home for Christmas, and they pretend to date to get her ex-boyfriend jealous. They sign a contract, drawn up by Jack’s sister Naomi (Ackles), that states Jolie will help Jack out with a work project if he does this charade for her.
Sounds kooky, right? Exactly! That’s what so delightful about it. One Tree Hill was a pretty bananas show, so it’s only natural the Lifetime movie starring its cast members is a little on the whimsical side. Plus, that’s the fun of these movies—as well as the Christmas movies on Hallmark, too. They’re perfect escapism.
Watch the trailer for yourself, below.
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Sadly, not all of your One Tree Hill favorites are in this movie. We’re missing Sophia Bush, Stephen Colletti, and Bethany Joy Lenz, among others. Interestingly, though, two of those actors are starring in other Lifetime Christmas movies: Lenz will be in Poinsettias for Christmas (due out November 23), and Colletti stars in Hometown Christmas (which drops December 16). That basically means not one, not two, but three Lifetime movies are receiving a dose of One Tree Hill this year.
The Christmas Contract debuts on Lifetime Thursday, November 22 at 8 P.M. ET.
The Fantasy Bra is a tradition that dates back to 1996, when the lingerie giant put Claudia Schiffer on the cover of its catalog wearing the Million Dollar Miracle Bra, a push-up style covered in “over one hundred carats of real diamonds” and valued at $1 million. Over the years, Victoria’s Secret has incorporated the Fantasy Bra into its highly publicized fashion shows, bestowing it upon one of its contract Angels—from Gisele Bündchen (in 2000 and 2005) to Lais Ribeiro (2017)—and upping the ante (and price tag) on the bling.
This year Swedish model Elsa Hosk will wear the Dream Angels Fantasy Bra down the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show runway. The diamond-encrusted bustier-style top (with matching body chain) features more than 2,100 stones, including a responsibly sourced topaz accent. Victoria’s Secret partnered with Swarovski, which has been creating a crystal-coated look for the fashion shows since 2003, on the 2018 Fantasy Bra. The grand valuation: $1 million.
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Hosk herself was introduced to the concept of the Fantasy Bra through Heidi Klum, who wore it three times during her tenure as an Angel. “I think they said, ‘Here comes the million-dollar bra!’ And I thought, Whoa, a million dollars—that’s special. You just knew it was the most special moment in the show,” she tells Glamour. Hosk has been a Victoria’s Secret Angel since 2015, and this will be her first time wearing the Fantasy Bra. She found out about a month ago, she says: “They planned a fake photoshoot. I was wearing a normal outfit. Everyone was watching me, and they said, ‘Something’s coming for you, Elsa.'”
This milestone comes with extra significance for Hosk: The model turned 30 the day after it was announced that she would be wearing the 2018 Fantasy Bra, and just a few days before she was set to walk the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show runway with it. “It feels really, really, really special,” she says. “I feel really proud that I got to wear in my career. It’s a cool moment.”
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Read on for some more fun facts about the 2018 Fantasy Bra.
It’s the first Fantasy Bra to be made with lab-grown diamonds. The 2,000+ diamonds on the Dream Angels Fantasy Bra were created by Swarovski, marking the first time the bra has been made with jewels originating from a lab. This is one of Hosk’s favorite parts of the style: “It’s a bit more sustainable, and I’m very supportive of that,” she says. According to Victoria’s Secret, it took 930 hours to make the 71-carat bra. This is also the first time Swarovski has made the Fantasy Bra, having collaborated with the lingerie brand on custom show looks for many, many years prior.
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Its design was inspired by Hosk… When she finally got a look at the Fantasy Bra, Hosk was struck by how true it felt to her own fashion sense—and that was apparently the point. “When I was there, someone was asking, ‘Did you look at Elsa’s style?’ And they said yes,” she remembers. “They look at each girl that they design it for and take into consideration what looks good on them, what their personal style is. I feel like this was really made for me.”
…but the bras was molded in the silhouette of an existing Victoria’s Secret bra. The Dream Angels Fantasy Bra may be one of a kind, but it’s made in the shape of one of the brand’s signature product ranges, the Dream Angels collection. Prices start at $34.50 for an unlined style and go up to $69.50 for a longline balconet. However, if you want to buy something as close to the actual 2018 Fantasy Bra as possible…
For the first time, Victoria’s Secret will sell a version of the Fantasy Bra. It’s not the Dream Angels Fantasy Bra—only Hosk gets to wear that one, sorry—but Victoria’s Secret and Swarovski did collaborate on a special-edition bra to be sold in select stores and online that’s inspired by one you’ll see at the 2018 fashion show. It’s a white, double-strapped bustier style, decorated with crystals, and it’ll retail for $250.
PHOTO: Courtesy of Victoria’s Secret.
The 2018 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show will air on ABC on December 2 at 10:00 P.M. EST.
Details are beginning to emerge about Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin’s surprise New York City wedding. According to People, it was Baldwin’s idea to have a quick ceremony at a courthouse over the summer.
“Hailey is a very bright girl. She’s not just blindly adoring Justin and doing whatever he wants,” a source close to Bieber told the magazine. “She’s wanted to be with Justin for a very long time.” While Bieber and Baldwin will reportedly have a more traditional ceremony for family and friends some time down the road, the source explained that Baldwin wanted to get married as soon as possible to solidify them “as a team,” and to prove to any skeptics that they’re the real deal.
“The city hall marriage was her idea. It was ‘you and me against the world,’” the source added. “Let’s show [everyone] we’re serious and it’s not just some crazy fling.”
The new report is in stark contrast to a previous report suggesting that Bieber and Baldwin had a shotgun wedding just because they wanted to get all the “legal stuff” out of the way. “It was more of a necessary ceremony to make it legal,” a source told People in September. “It doesn’t seem like it was a big deal to them.” Baldwin previously tried to downplay the wedding in a since-deleted tweet. “I understand where the speculation is coming from, but I’m not married yet!” Baldwin tweeted. According to a source, Baldwin needs a religious element for the wedding to feel official.
But it kind of was a big deal, because Baldwin has officially trademarked the name “Hailey Bieber,” People reports. According to The Blast, Baldwin filed the trademark for a potential clothing line. She also opened up about her husband in a recent interview with Harper’s BAZAAR. “He is incredible,” she said of Bieber. “He crushes everything. Every song, every feature. It’s crazy to see what he does. I’m always blown away.”
Caution: Bachelor in Paradise finale spoilers ahead.
If Chris Randone and Krystal Nielson are looking for someone other than Bachelor in Paradise host Chris Harrison to officiate their wedding, they should look no further than fellow contestant John Graham. At the finale taping, Graham couldn’t stop raving about his support for the two. “They are head over heels for each other, and they are amazing together,” he told Glamour. “So supportive, and they’re moving in together. Everything about their relationship is awesome. I love them and support them 100%.” Even Tia got on the Chris and Krystal bandwagon when she told us that “as crazy as it is, they’re made for each other. I think they’ve got a damn good shot at this. It totally works.”
John and Tia should know. After all, they were with the pair for most of Paradise—the place where Chris and Krystal managed to rehab their image from their time on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. But what makes the pair certain they’ll thrive as a couple in the real world? And most important, what was up with Chris’ confusing proposal that made it seem like he might break up with Krystal? We caught up with the engaged couple to get the answers to all that and more.
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Chris, you kind of made viewers think you might be breaking up with Krystal during your proposal. Why?
Chris Randone: I wanted to let her know that I was so in love with who she was on the inside—her heart.
Krystal Nielson: I was nervous!
Chris: It was just something where I wanted to keep her on her toes because she always keeps me on my toes. I didn’t want to leave here holding her hand. I wanted to leave here secure in her heart. That’s how I felt, and that’s how it came out.
Krystal: I was watching him, hearing him say the words, but his body language was so into me, I was like, “Uh, I hear what you’re saying but your body language isn’t matching up. So…” I knew he was messing with me. [Laughs] For a moment, though, I was like, “What?” Then I was assessing the situation and was like, “Nah… he’s playing with me. He loves me. He loves me.”
Chris: She’s incredible. There was a moment in our fantasy suite date where she was talking about an ex, but I thought she was talking about the situation between her and I, and I thought she was about to end it. I couldn’t breathe for like 15 seconds when she was talking to me, so I was like, I’m going to give her a taste of her own medicine… [Laughs]
Is that really why you messed with her at the proposal then?
Chris: No, no. I just had this whole thing…I took an entire day to figure out what I wanted to say. They felt like vows. I wanted to pinpoint all the amazing things she’s done for me and the transformation she’s helped me with, the evolution. All the key moments we had in paradise, even in the beginning episode—there was so much depth and so much conversation that really brought us together. And here we are.
Would you consider getting married on Paradise next year?
Chris: That’s a really good question because we definitely want a beach wedding. I’m going to support anything she wants.
Krystal: [Yes], barefoot in the sand!
Wherever it is, you need people to throw glitter instead of rice once you’re married.
Chris: If that’s what she wants, we’re getting pounds of glitter. That’s a very good advice. I’m all for it. Love it.
What makes you guys know that you found your person?
Chris: For me, it was our one-on-one date. We were dancing in the water, and she had this glow. She kept smiling, and I looked into her eyes and it was in that moment that it was the eyes of the woman I wanted to look into forever. 100 percent. I knew right then and there I was going to get down on one knee in paradise. I was already sold. It was just something I felt in the inside. She has a very genuine heart and her soul is so beautiful, I couldn’t imagine connecting with another woman or having love for another woman.
Krystal: We talked about this early on. The way things were going, I had a feeling he was going to leave without friends and have a bad experience. [Because of that] I wanted to give him some advice. It was the day after the second rose ceremony, and I wanted to see what he would do with [my advice]. He just stepped up and listened and applied the feedback. He got vulnerable. I love a man who can take ownership. Through his actions, he really won my heart over.
Finally, Krystal, how do you feel about the fact that a black box was used to cover up your butt most of the time on Paradise?
Krystal: [Laughs] I’m annoyed! I worked really hard on leg days specifically to rock those bikinis.
Chris: She wore some incredible bikinis, and it’s very unfortunate that the black box takes that away.
Krystal: But it looked good. I looked good. [Laughs]
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
When Abby Sams entered a contest to model for Aerie, she didn’t know that a viral online moment would come with the winning package. The 20-year-old college student, who has multiple chronic illnesses and uses a wheelchair, saw it as a chance to increase representation for disabled women in fashion. “My immediate thought was, There are never disabled models that enter these things, or at least enter and win,” she tells Glamour via email. “Which was then followed by my second thought, [It] wouldn’t hurt to try!”
So Sams completed the contest entry requirements: She filmed a video explaining what “Aerie Real” meant to her (“It means beauty comes in all shapes, sizes, ethnicities, and abilities,” she says), submitted it, and moved on with studying for her finals. She got the news that she’d be starring in the brand’s “Aerie Bras Make You Feel Real Good” campaign in late May. “I was in utter shock,” she remembers. “I literally couldn’t believe it was real.”
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Sams joined 56 other women—from brand spokespeople (or Role Models) Iskra Lawrence and Aly Raisman to fellow contest winners, which included a cancer survivor, a woman who uses crutches, a woman with a colostomy bag, and a woman with an insulin pump—for an unretouched photoshoot at Aerie’s Pittsburgh headquarters.
She recalls being impressed by the care that went into making the set accessible to all participants: “The world is an obstacle course [for me], and I was ready to not be able to participate in a lot of things on set,” she explains. “I was beautifully surprised with how accessible they made everything and how much they went out of their way to help me if something wasn’t accessible.”
On July 11 Aerie quietly released photos from the bra campaign on its website. As soon as she saw them, Sams shared the images with her Twitter followers: “@Aerie just sneakily released some of my photos! Look at this disability representation people!!!” she wrote.
Overnight, Sams’ tweet went viral. Her initial post racked up over 24,000 likes and 5,000 retweets.
It’s not hard to see why the Internet had such a strong reaction to those images: The “Aerie Bras Make You Feel Real Good” campaign, which officially launches on August 2, embodies a new level of commitment to portraying “real” shoppers, one largely fueled by actual customers. There are a range of women—at various points on the spectrums of ability, age, illness, and size—represented, proudly wearing the same Aerie bras.
But Sams didn’t anticipate the flood of positive feedback from social media users. “I was initially afraid that there would be a lot of rude comments, since disabled models aren’t really a thing,” she says. “Instead, I was overwhelmed with support and love and so many people saying how much it meant […] that they had someone that looked like them, or had the same chronic illnesses as them, in big media.”
“I’ve had a lot of people with my same chronic illnesses message me and say that finding out we shared illnesses made them feel less alone[,]” Sams says. “It gave a lot of people confidence in themselves and started a fire in a lot of people.”
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Sams was a fan of Aerie’s body-positive ethos before modeling for the brand. “Seeing models with stretch marks and belly rolls meant a lot to a lot of people, myself included,” she says of the first #AerieREAL ads from 2014. She believes featuring women with chronic illnesses and disabilities is an even bigger move for the company.
Sams became chronically ill during high school, which was a critical time for her body image and mental health. “I had never seen myself represented after I got sick in media like this,” she says. “When I was younger, I was able-bodied and didn’t really think about it—at that time, I was upset [that] all the models were tall and thin.” She wants Aerie’s campaign to change how able-bodied shoppers perceive women with disabilities: “I want to normalize diversity and disability. I want [people] to see it and know that limitations don’t mean I’m sitting at home, wallowing in self pity. I can do things and have fun and be a model, all while being chronically ill, and that’s normal.”
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According to Sams, representing all of their customers in their promotional imagery is just the start of what brands can do to become more inclusive. The in-store shopping experience is often difficult for her—boutique-style stores are too narrow for her to maneuver her wheelchair, and “accessible” dressing rooms are often crowded with furniture for able-bodied guests. “I’m very unlikely to go back to a store if I didn’t feel welcome because I was in a wheelchair or because I couldn’t maneuver through the store,” she says.
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Sams sees her appearance in Aerie’s campaign—which will appear both on its website and in its stores—as an opportunity for more brands to recognize their diverse customers and cast their campaigns accordingly. “We’re here. We exist. We want to feel beautiful,” she says. “Aerie really set the bar high with the diversity in [its] models, so I’m hoping I can expect to see the same level of diversity in other brands as well.”
Crazy Rich Asians, which hits theaters this month, features an unprecedented feat in Hollywood: a principal cast entirely of Asian descent. It’s also, simply put, a really delightful romantic comedy. The movie follows a professor (Constance Wu) who travels to her boyfriend’s old stomping grounds in Singapore to attend an opulent wedding. (She’s also there to meet his ridiculously wealthy family, NBD.)
The movie, an adaptation of the 2013 novel written by Kevin Kwan, is being heralded as a major win for representation—but a new Hollywood Reporter feature reveals some behind-the-scenes drama nearly kept it from being a faithful big-screen experience.
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Kevin told the publication he rejected numerous “lucrative” offers and instead optioned his film for a mere $1, passing on the large paycheck to ensure he maintained involvement with creative and development decisions. This was after, Kevin said, one disastrous pitch that strongly recommended he change the Asian heroine to a white woman. (“It’s a pity you don’t have a white character,” he was told by the producer.) “To say, ‘I’m going to do this for a dollar,’ the only other person I know who does that is Stephen King,” Brad Simpson, one of the film’s producers who fought for Kevin’s vision, explained of this significance. “You don’t want to just be another piece of development. With a movie like this, peopleare never going to have to make it, and it could get lost.”
Kevin and the film’s director, Jon M. Chu, also rejected an enticing offer for Crazy Rich Asians to be a Netflix-exclusive film—”dangling complete artistic freedom, a greenlighted trilogy and huge, seven-figure-minimum paydays for each stakeholder”—but the duo ultimately decided the need to bring Asian actors to the bonafide big screen was more of a priority. “Jon and I both felt this sense of purpose,” Kevin explained. “We needed this to be an old-fashioned cinematic experience, not for fans to sit in front of a TV and just press a button.”
The results will soon speak for themselves—Crazy Rich Asians will be released, not on a streaming service, on August 15.
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