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“The Bear” may be ending soon, but the show’s landmark Italian beef sandwich isn’t going anywhere. On Wednesday, it was recognized as Illinois’ official state sandwich. Chicago native Corey Hendricks, who plays Gary “Sweeps” Woods in “The Bear,” was also in Springfield when the official resolution was passed. “‘The Bear’ is one of America’s great Midwest cuisines and has brought international attention to a defining symbol of Illinois’ vibrant food culture,” the resolution reads. The series also served as a “powerful and authentic depiction of Chicago’s food culture, immigrant working-class roots, and the spirit of resilience, creativity, and excellence that…

10 min readIn ELLE’s series Office Hours, we ask people in powerful positions to take us through their first jobs, worst jobs, and everything in between. This month, we sat down with Sloane Stephens, former US Open champion and wearer of several other titles: philanthropist (Sloane Stephens Foundation, Project B), beauty founder (Doc & Glo), and, most recently, on-air commentator for TNT’s French Open coverage. Watching the inner workings of her family’s funeral home business growing up—she once dreamed of becoming an embalmer—ultimately led her to launch a self-care-rooted beauty brand named after her grandparents, Doc & Glo, who instilled…

Carol Burnett, 93, shared “a lot of laughs and a lot of memories” with former “The Carol Burnett Show” co-star Vicki Lawrence during a recent reunion. Lawrence, 77, shared a photo on social media on Monday from a fun night out on the town, showing the pair posing intimately. “Special night. Dinner with Carol. Thank you Brian for the delicious meal. Lots of laughs and lots of memories. I love her so much…🥰,” she captioned the photo. Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence reunited over dinner for “a lot of laughs and a lot of memories” decades after they shared the…

Rami Malek was moved to tears as he soaked up the love throughout the Cannes Film Festival for his deeply emotional performance in Ira Sachs’ The Man, I Love, which earned an eight-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday. The film is particularly notable as it is one of only two American films competing for the Palme d’Or at this year’s festival (the other being James Gray’s Paper Tiger, starring Adam Driver, Miles Teller, and Scarlett Johansson). “This is a film about what we can bring to each other through art, love, pain and memory,” said director…

Jessica Simpson explained why she was separated from her children several times on a recent flight. The “With You” singer set the record shortly after her ex-husband Nick Lachey claimed she was sitting in first class while her children were on a six-hour economy flight, telling a photographer at LAX on Wednesday that “my mom bought that ticket.” She repeated, “Going to Hawaii was my mother’s reward.” As Mr. Simpson began to go through security, the photographer asked if the children could sit with him if he had purchased a ticket, to which Mr. Simpson replied, “Of course!” Jessica Simpson…

Michelle Pfeiffer recently told the In Conversation podcast that there were “no bathrooms, no food, no air conditioning” on the set of Taylor Sheridan’s “Madison.” “We didn’t have certain accommodations lined up because it was a little bit of a rush for everyone,” Pfeiffer said. “There’s no bathroom. Even the barn isn’t real. So there’s no air conditioning, no plumbing, nothing. But it’s breathtaking.” “Because it was a 360-degree shoot, we couldn’t have a lot of trailers. So there wasn’t really anywhere for us to sit. There were no restrooms nearby. There was no food. And it was cold in…

She gets the last laugh and is making waves. Influencer and model Remi Bader took a break from oversharing online due to internet trolls after undergoing weight loss surgery in 2023 that was considered “controversial” among her fans. Now she’s Vogue wearing a red thong swimsuit, boasting her fresh-faced look that first appeared in May’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, her tanned skin glowing on a Montauk beach at sunset. In this issue, she also wears a little blue bikini and a beige knit crop top. Remi Bader, 31, made a splash in the coveted May issue of SI Swim as…

Vietnam’s Da Nang Asian Film Festival will hold its 4th and first two-day industrial program “DANAFF Industry Days” in June this year, bringing together 10 Vietnamese production companies and inviting international buyers for slate presentations and one-on-one business meetings. The program, scheduled for June 30 and July 1, during the festival that will be held in Da Nang from June 28 to July 4, will be based on the project market introduced by DANAFF in 2025. The event began with a keynote speech on the Vietnamese film market, featuring Galaxy Studios, CJ CGV Vietnam, BHD|Vietnam Media Corporation, Mockingbird Pictures, HKFilm…

Chelsea Handler has made cringing comments about fellow comedians Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchcliffe, following her divisive comments on Kevin Hart’s recent roast. “I knew enough about Tony and Shane that they’re racist, bigots, sexist,” the “Chelsea Handler Show” star said on Wednesday’s episode of the “Den Cole’s Funny Knowing You” podcast. “I don’t think that joke is funny,” she continued, adding that Gillis made fun of Hart’s height during a roast earlier this month, saying the 46-year-old Hart is so short that he “would get lynched from a bonsai tree.” “Lynching a black person is not a joke,” Handler…

Mike White continues the tradition of inviting ‘Survivor’ players to ‘The White Lotus’. White competed on Season 37 of “Survivor” before going on to create the now-beloved HBO drama. Then, shortly after “White Lotus” Season 3 was released, he returned to Fiji to compete on “Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans.” After losing there, he wrote the script for Season 4 of “The White Lotus.” During Wednesday’s live “Survivor 50” finale, host Jeff Probst interviewed White via video call, but the writer and director is currently out of the country filming “The White Lotus” and was unable to…