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HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY PIPPA MIDDLETON This time, it’s Pippa’s time to shine: Middleton, 32, who nearly upstaged her sister while serving as a bridesmaid at Kate’s 2011 wedding to Prince William, and her hedge fund manager beau, James Matthews, 40, have confirmed their engagement in a statement to Britain’s Press Association. The pair plans to marry in 2017. According to a statement from Kensington Palace, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge — aka Will and Kate — were “absolutely delighted with the news.”
WHY MILLENNIALS ARE GOING BRALESS
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BOOKS BUZZ
‘Twilight’ author Stephenie Meyer is ready to thrill audiences once again, but this time in a new genre: ‘The Chemist,’ Meyer’s first thriller, GETTY IMAGES will be published on Nov. 15, announced Reagan Arthur, publisher of Little, Brown. Meyer is best known for her ‘Twilight’ saga about teen vampires, but her new book is aimed at adults. MAKING WAVES There’s more ‘Making a Murderer’ on the way: Netflix has announced that new episodes of the documentary are in production. Nominated for an Emmy for outstanding documentary or non-fiction series, ‘Making a Murderer’s new installments will pick up the story of Steven Avery and his co-defendant Brendan Dassey as their legal teams challenge their convictions.
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BEST MOVIE PRESIDENT Trump and Clinton, take note: a Fandango survey asked more than 1,000 movie lovers which fictional U.S. movie presiCOLUBIA/TRISTAR dents (or presiPICTURES dential candidates) they would most and least like to see in office. Harrison Ford of ‘Air Force One’ came out on top.
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The nation’s best sellers Top five best sellers, shown in proportion of sales. Example: For every 10 copies of The Black Widow sold, The Girl on the Train sold 3.7 copies. 10.0
The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins
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Me Before You Jojo Moyes
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The Land of Stories: An Author’s Odyssey Chris Colfer
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First Comes Love Emily Giffin
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Buying a first bra has long been considered a rite of passage for young women. These days, however, it’s the ditching of the undergarment (or wearing wire-free versions) that’s empowering female Millennials. Sure, going braless is nothing new — the concept is at least as old as the women’s liberation movement of the 1960s — but young women today aren’t doing it with quite the political fervor of their feminist predecessors. Today, pushing back from push-ups — by wearing an unstructured bra or no bra at all — is a personal triumph, a choice to be comfortable and a trendy move. ShopStyle ARI PERILSTEIN .com reports a 56% increase this year to date in shopper searches Fashionista Kendall Jenner is often photographed wearing bralettes or outfits without bras. for bralettes alone. jacket looks on the red carpet, For Victoria’s Secret, however, the topic: “WHY I DON’T WEAR Lawrence’s bralette style at movie the trend is a nightmare. Bras BRAS.” She says she started going premieres and Rihanna’s braless make up 35% of the retailer’s par- au naturel “just as a comfort tour attire. ent company, L Brands Inc., thing. ... I never intended it to Costume designer Cynthia which has seen its stock fall 28% be a discussion or anything.” Summers, who works on Lifethis year so far, with analysts ex- And then she kept doing it, and so time’s UnReal and Bravo’s Girlpecting it to fall 6.3% from fiscal did her friends. friends’ Guide to Divorce, has “Going braless is 2016 levels, says S&P incorporated bralette and braas old as feminism Global Market In- “It’s just a less looks into her shows. but it seems to be telligence. According Girlfriends character Phoebe bubbling to the to Gabriella Santa- day-to-day (Beau Garrett), who favors niello, an analyst fo- choice (to skip surface more recently as a direct low-cut boho-dresses, “is pretty cused on fashion at bras or wear response to Third much braless all the time,” A-Line Partners, Wave moments like Summers says. “(Victoria’s Secret’s) bralettes #freethenipple, inFruit of the Loom, the No. 2 message has been a only). It DIMITRIOS KAMBOURIS, GETTY IMAGES bra seller for Milliennials, accordcreased trans visivery in-your-face, doesn’t play ing to market research company bility like Caitlyn Rihanna has helped bring the sexy message for so a huge role in NPD Group, has seen buyers inJenner’s Vanity Fair trend to the mainstream, on many years: You cover … and Lena the red carpet and on tour. creasingly opt for wire-free and need a push-up, you my ideology.” Dunham’s show unlined bras over the traditional need to be sexy. ... Girls (which often padded and underwire versions. Now, it’s good to be Savannah Brown features young “We started seeing the impact of natural — so they’re this trend in our sport bras initiawomen without bras),” says a little late to the game.” lly,” says Melissa Burgess-Taylor, Going natural and “not wear- Allure fashion director Rachael senior vice president of brand ing a bra is a choice I find empow- Wang. Wang says waifish supermodmanagement and sales. ering and fun, but I think there’s According to a 2015 NPD less passion behind it (than when els have long gone braless, but Group study, the sports bra is the burning bras was done out of po- “where I have seen a shift is in fastest-growing bra style among litical protest),” says poet Savan- street style and on bloggers and Millennials, and ShopStyle.com nah Brown, 19, of London, whose celebrities who are wearing slip reports the lace bralette reprepopular YouTube video “sav’s dresses and crop tops without sents 32% of bralette searches guide to going braless” has more undergarments or with no-wire from shoppers, up 121% so far than half a million views. “It’s just meant-to-be-seen lacy bralettes.” The likes of Kendall Jenner, this year. a day-to-day choice (to skip bras Victoria’s Secret declined to or wear bralettes only). It doesn’t Demi Lovato, Jennifer Lawrence comment for this story. This year, play a huge role in my ideology. and Rihanna have been photoJB LACROIX, WIREIMAGE the lingerie brand released a new graphed in a number of bra-free It’s more of a quiet protest.” Cleavage leader Victoria’s line of unpadded bralettes, which YouTuber Stella Rae, 17, of ensembles, from Jenner’s thin marks a change from the compaSeattle also has a video ( seen by black shirts shown on Instagram Secret launched a new brany’s signature push-up bra. more than 500,000 viewers) on to Lovato’s nothing-under-her- lette collection this year.
It should have been a happy week for Leslie Jones. Crowned one of the new Ghostbusters, Jones joined Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig in the reboot, which survived months of vitriol to take the No. 2 spot at the box office last weekend (almost beating out The Secret Life of Pets, which nudged ahead). But behind the Hollywood rollout was another ugly storm brewing on social media. On Monday, Jones began retweeting the racist hatred that has been coming her way on Twitter. “You know I’m gonna stop blocking (people) so y’all can go through my feed yourself and see (this). You won’t believe the evil,” she wrote. “It’s (expletive) scary.” “I just don’t understand,” she wrote in response to a tweet that compared her to an ape. “Exposing,” she wrote, putting the faceless trolls on blast. “I hope y’all go after them like they
“I’m numb ... I’m not stupid to not know racism exists. But we have to make people take responsibility. ... We have to stand up to it.” Jones in a Twitter post
going after me.” “It’s like when you think “ok I’ve proven I’m worthy” then you get hit with a shovel of (hatred),” Jones wrote. “I’m numb ... I’m not stupid to not know racism exists. And I know it will probably live on way after me. But we have to make people take responsibility ... for the hate they (spew). We have to stand up to it.” Ghostbusters director Paul Feig jumped to her defense. “Leslie Jones is one of the greatest people I know. Any personal attacks against her are attacks against us all,” he wrote as the hashtag #LoveForLeslieJ began trending on Twitter.
Many users asked why Twitter wasn’t doing more to regulate the offensive tweets aimed at Jones. Jones addressed Twitter directly. “Twitter I understand you got free speech I get it. But there has to be some guidelines when you let (hate) spread like that ... It’s not enough to freeze Acct. They should be reported,” she tweeted. Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment. After a day of fighting back, Jones seemed defeated by Monday night. “I mean on my worst day I can’t think of this type of hate to put out,” she wrote. She added: “I use to wonder why some celebs don’t have Twitter (accounts) now I know. You can’t be nice and communicate with fans cause people crazy. “As much as you want to thinks actors ain’t human I want to give you something to think about. I work off pure passion for this game. I’ve never claim to be better or special. I just try to do my job as best as I can. Isn’t that any of us yall. So Yea this hurts me!”
Jones at this month’s Ghostbusters premiere. JIMMY MORRISON, EPA