Mariah Carey is the undisputed queen of Christmas. Her 1994 hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has become seasonal canon, this year more than ever. The song is currently sitting at the number-one spot on Billboard‘s Hot 100—a product of its ubiquitous airplay this time of year and Carey’s tireless promotional efforts, no doubt.
One of those efforts is a brand-new music video for “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which just dropped on Friday, December 20. The clip is an update on the original nineties clip, featuring Carey dancing in seasonal garb amidst a winter wonderland. It takes festive to a whole new level.
And sweet, too. Carey’s 8-year-old twins, Moroccan and Monroe, make an appearance in the video, as well as mixed-ish actor Mykal-Michelle Harris. I have to say, Moroccan and Monroe’s choreography skills are on point. Maybe we have two future pop stars on our hands!
Watch the new music video for “All I Want for Christmas Is You” for yourself, below.
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It’s hard to picture the holidays without “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” but Carey almost didn’t record it. “That’s because it was so early in my career. I didn’t feel, from a strategic point of view, that it was time to do something like that,” she told Entertainment Weekly. “As much as I love Christmas, I thought that the record company was off. Obviously, I couldn’t have been more wrong.”
Mariah Carey also told EW, “I’m excited about the 25th anniversary [of the song]. It’s like everything coming together to give the song a celebratory moment. It’s hard for me to know how much people celebrate this song other than what I hear from friends and just what I read online, or just other things, of people saying that they really get into the spirit with it. That, for me, particularly as a songwriter, is huge.”
Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson have been estranged ever since earlier this year, when news broke that he and Kylie Jenner‘s best friend, Jordyn Woods, kissed at a party. The two of them play nice for the sake of their daughter, True, but they very much are not a couple right now. Remember in April, when that video of Kardashian ignoring Thompson at True’s first birthday party went viral? That about sums up their relationship status.
But something happened on this week’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians that’s even more awkward. In one scene, we see Kardashian FaceTiming True and Thompson from Connecticut. When Thompson ends the conversation by saying, “I love you,” Kardashian’s response is a bit tense. All she says is “Thank you.”
The reply is so icy, in fact, that Kardashian’s friend Malika Haqq calls her out for it. “I love you. ‘Thank you,'” she says in the clip, laughing.
“I don’t know what to say,” Kardashian says. “I just think now, I’ve already seen how this ride goes, and I don’t enjoy it. Why would I want to do it for a third time?”
Watch this go down for yourself in the video, below. The episode aired this past Sunday on E!
Khloé Kardashian has been quite open with her followers and fans about the Tristan Thompson-Jordyn Woods situation. “This has been an awful week & I know everyone is sick of hearing about it all (as am I). I’m a rollercoaster of emotions & have said things I shouldn’t have. Honestly, Tristan cheating on me & humiliating me, wasn’t such a shock as the first time,” she tweeted shortly after the incident happened.
The reality star continued, “What’s been harder & more painful is being hurt by someone so close to me. Someone whom I love & treat like a little sister. But Jordyn is not to be blamed for the breakup of my family. This was Tristan’s fault. I have to move on with my life & count my blessings, my family, my health, & my beautiful baby True.”
Keeping Up With the Kardashians airs Sundays at 9 P.M. on E!
Happy Halloween to all, but especially Kelly Clarkson.
‘Tis the season of candy corn, scary movies, and intricately-crafted celebrity costumes—especially on talk shows. From Today to Good Morning America and Live with Kelly and Ryan, the hosts always go all out with their looks. But we’re not sure anyone is going to be able to top Clarkson’s very first Halloween celebration on The Kelly Clarkson Show.
Even if you’ve yet to tune in to the daytime talk show, you’ve probably seen the viral clips of Clarkson covering other artists’ famous songs in her opening “Kellyoke” segment—like the time she sang Lizzo’s “Juice” and the internet lost its mind.
But the singer took things to a new level for her show’s Halloween celebration. Clarkson dressed up as one of Bette Midler’s most beloved characters: Winifred Sanderson from Hocus Pocus. And her backup singers were in costume as the other sisters, Sarah (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Mary (Kathy Najimy). The rest of her crew was also in full Halloween regalia as zombie bellhops.
And the song choice? The appropriately witchy “I Put a Spell On You”, which was originally written and recorded back in 1956 and has been covered countless times, including in Hocus Pocus.
Watch it for yourself below.
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The internet was very excited by this mash-up of some of their favorite things. “Kelly Clarkson singing ‘I Put A Spell On You’ dressed as a Sanderson sister from ‘Hocus Pocus’ is all I care about this Halloween,” one fan wrote. “Kelly Clarkson took a DNA test, and she’s 100% that WITCH! Kelly crushed her 2019 Halloween talk show episode by going as Winifred Sanderson from ‘Hocus Pocus’ AND singing ‘I Put A Spell On You’!,” another tweeted.
We’re still waiting to hear what the great Bette Midler thought of the performance. It’s a 10/10 for us.
Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid reportedly broke up back in January, but whether things are over-over between them or not is still a little TBD (not that, you know, they have to define their status for us). On Saturday, for example, he dropped her an L-bomb on Twitter, writing, “@GiGiHadid love you.”
Hadid, who is currently out and about at Paris Fashion Week, didn’t respond (models gotta model). In the meantime, Twitter exploded as it tried to figure out if whether Malik’s missive actually indicated that the on-again, off-again couple has rekindled their relationship—although the only way to be sure would be if one of them confirmed it. They have a habit of keeping things ambiguous; at one point, Malik had shared that they didn’t believe they need to define things for anyone. “We’re adults. We don’t need to put a label on it, make it something for people’s expectations,” he told GQ.
Regardless, the little outreach from Malik sparked a virtual storm:
The couple’s relationship is hard to follow, so there’s a full timeline if you need to catch up. Basically, however, they dated for about three years after getting together in 2015. But in 2018, they released some of the world’s most civil break-up statements, announcing that they’d gone their separate ways.
“Gigi and I had an incredibly meaningful, loving and fun relationship and I have a huge amount of respect and adoration for Gigi as a woman and friend,” Malik said in his. “She has such an incredible soul. I’m grateful to all of our fans for respecting this difficult decision and our privacy at this time; we wish this news could have come from us first. We love you all. xZ”
“I’m forever grateful for the love, time, and life lessons that Z and I shared. I want nothing but the best for him and will continue to support him as a friend that I have immense respect and love for. As for the future, whatever’s meant to be will always be,” Hadid said in her.
However, they’ve been spotted together in recent months. The Sun obtained several photos of Hadid leaving Malik’s apartment following rumors that they had split. But for now at least, Zigi shows no signs of confirming things anytime soon.
But all this ~ drama ~ seems to have stirred The Weeknd’s melodic impulses: He dropped another song on Friday in collaboration with Nicki Minaj. It contains some telling lyrics (which he helped pen), and fans think it’s maybe-probably about Gomez.
There’s, uh, quite a bit going on here. After a first verse that’s basically The Weeknd being sad, he makes it clear he’s not into communication at the moment, while implying that he sees himself as a bit of a rebound—and he’s over it. “Nevermind, you were never mine for real,” he sings. “Hit my line, I’ma hit decline for real / I ain’t tryin’ for a second time for real.”
And then we get to the pre-chorus, in which The Weeknd alleges Gomez was playing the victim in the story, especially considering she’s incredibly popular on Instagram: “*Honestly, I think this shit excites you (excites you) / All that drama that you’re tied to (oh, yeah),” he sings. “You play the victim every time too.” So cold, but he forges on: “That shit came back and hit you times two.”
The whole thing about “times two”? As Elle points out, the “break” they were on turned into a breakup and boom, now Bieber’s engaged to Baldwin and The Weeknd is back with Hadid.
Fans were quick to dissect the track and point out some things:
There is precedent for such lyrics from The Weeknd: His My Dear Melancholy album, which dropped toward the end of March, also had a few seemingly pointed lyrics. Ah, young love and access to recording devices.
To say there’s a lot going on in Sorry to Bother You would be an understatement. The movie is fast-paced and forward-thinking, overflowing with looks that flash by. It’s a whirlwind, and though Boots Riley’s film clearly gets across its dystopian message, the makeup lover in me wanted to spend about two more hours staring at the beauty looks makeup designer Kirsten Coleman dreamed up for Detroit (Tessa Thompson), a performance artist and telemarketer alongside her on-screen boyfriend, Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield).
Especially considering that there are tons of Easter eggs packed into the film, heading back in for a second or third viewing would get the job done. But in lieu of that, unpacking the dimensions of Detroit’s beauty choices with Coleman was a more than welcome alternative, and one that adds another layer onto Thompson’s character. For those who haven’t seen the movie and clicked here out of pure fan love for Thompson, Detroit is a heroine unlike most we see onscreen. As the movie’s costume designer, Deirdra Govan, told Glamour, Detroit’s a self-made woman, and it feels revolutionary to see a female character express so clearly that she lives by no one’s rules other than her own. In her makeup, that means hot pink brow highlighter and golden lipstick, to name a few of her stand-out moments. As a character, she’s a moral counterpoint to Green’s shifting values; as a woman, she’s an example of opting out of society’s beauty norms, standing up for her outlook in all things, and making larger-than-life creativity look achievable in the day-to-day.
Glamour: What was the inspiration for Detroit’s makeup?
Kirsten Coleman: It was based around her character being Afropunk. It’s a really edgy, progressive style of wearing fashion and makeup by doing things you wouldn’t normally do. Putting eyeliner on your lips, or putting stickers or pieces of jewelry on parts of your face where they wouldn’t normally be applied. It’s a very artistic approach to makeup that I’ve always found very inspiring.
PHOTO: Pete Lee / Annapurna Pictures
Glamour: Why did you think that was a good fit for Detroit?
KC: She’s super independent, wild-spirited and wild-hearted. She’s very political, and she uses her entire body as a statement. Her clothing, her makeup, her hair—everything is a message. She doesn’t look at herself as a stereotypical form of a woman. She doesn’t use her body to be beautiful, she uses it as a statement. I respect that, because I think that everyone needs to be a little bit like her, and reshape how women are viewed in society. She doesn’t look at expressing herself the same way normal society would view women, and makeup, and beauty. It was all about re-approaching makeup and using things differently just ’cause. It might not even be super pretty, it’s just different.
Glamour: To me it was almost about disobedience, and breaking free of the norms of what you’re supposed to do.
KC: There’s rebellion there for sure, absolutely. And I think that was her thing—she had earrings that were penises covered in diamonds, you know? She was all about pushing the limits and making sure people noticed what she was trying to say. I appreciated her fierce fearlessness. She just wakes up, throws something on, paints something on her face, puts a bindi on and goes out the door. She’s constantly on the go, and she’ll change her makeup throughout the day. There’s a scene [where] they’re at a bar and she’s putting stickers on her hand as they’re talking. She’s constantly vibing on her look, because she’s constantly changing as well.
She knows what she wants. She’s very direct and honest, and she’s not passive, which is what this culture [teaches women] to be. I think that’s changing. I do hope people see this and look at Detroit, and go, ‘That’s the kind of the archetype I want to reflect, because she’s a strong woman and she doesn’t take any shit.’ I want people to look at this as a way of approaching life differently, and being risk takers. In general, just being a female in this lifetime, I think it’s good for women to have these different archetypes that are breaking out of the mold of women being expected to look a certain way. Women for thousands of years have been controlled by men, and that needs to stop.
PHOTO: Annapurna Pictures
Glamour: It seems like the idea of layers and special meaning was really important to the character. Blending all those influences must have been a challenge, especially drawing on other cultures with the bindi. How did you toe that line? Detroit is fearless, but appropriation is such an issue these days.
KC: What I like about Detroit and her approach with these things is that it’s like reassessing and reusing the things that we usually look at these cultures with. With the bindis, we had put bindis on her hands, on her nails, she’d have a bindi. There were these cool pieces on her hands, and I think it’s her way of re-approaching it. It goes back to how cultures look at beauty, how they express themselves. I think it’s a way of re-celebrating things in a new light. I think that was her mission. It’s not about misusing a culture’s influence, but it’s about recreating, re-exciting, re-celebrating it in a new way. If anything, someone would look at her and go, oh that’s different, look at that. Or, that’s kind of strange, and maybe does confuse me or frustrate me. But it’s not caring about what somebody thinks, and that’s always been her purpose.
Glamour: In terms of seeing things in a new light, the movie takes plausible ideas about things that are happening, like working conditions, and unionizing for wealth redistribution, and takes them to the next level. How did that translate through in the beauty choices?
KC: I think it’s a wake up call for people, that everything this movie expresses is just an accentuated version of what we live with everyday. It’s not far away. You can get caught up in all the glam, and money, all the things the world thinks that we need, but those aren’t the things that we need. It’s insane where we are politically as a culture, as America right now. It is a satire, and it’s sort of shoved in your face what the world really is. This film reminds me of The Handmaid’s Tale, which is another show that makes you think, “this could happen and it’s not that far off.”
I hope in general, it breaks the mold of expectations with makeup and how people look. Go home and be a little more experimental and take more risks, that’s definitely a message. I hope any woman who sees this film goes, “Hey, I can do that, and it doesn’t matter how old I am or what I do.” Be willing to take risks with yourself; be willing to push your own limits. Pushing yourself out of your comfort zone will absolutely be a case of learning and experience, and that’s the only way you grow as a person.
PHOTO: Peter Prato / Annapurna Pictures
Glamour: Lastly, we couldn’t discuss Detroit’s makeup and not talk products. Which ones were essential to her look?
KC: I used a lot of Make Up For Ever artistry palettes and foundation; plus a bunch of LimeCrime lipstick, which they have in all these different wild colors. We also relied heavily on Glossier. I used its Boy Brow on Tessa. Even in her most nude moments, her brows were always thick and defined and dark, even if she had blond hair with different colors in it. I also used Anastasia Beverly Hills powder sometimes to begin her brow a little bit. She wore a lot of the Generation G lipstick in Leo—it’s her favorite color. When her eyes were more intense I’d keep her lips pretty natural.
And then I was a frequent at Michael’s craft supply store for stickers, jewelry, flowers, and feathers. Things that have different textures, like glitters, shimmers, and foil—anything to just put on her that would be different. I really liked using a lot of these millennial brands, which are a little more simple, girl-on-the-go makeup. I felt like that reflected Detroit.
