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6 minutes readIn ELLE’s series Office Hours, we ask people in powerful positions to tell us about their first job, their worst job, and everything in between. In honor of the WNBA Draft, we speak with Chiney Ogwumike, an ESPN basketball analyst and host who played for the Los Angeles Sparks and Connecticut Sun, won WNBA Rookie of the Year in 2014 and won two All-Star titles from the league. Ogwumike currently hosts Chiney Today, a biweekly ESPN podcast about all things basketball. “There are a lot of young women now who say, ‘I want to be a broadcast journalist,’…

West Wilson took a walk of shame the morning after his first public date since confirming his romance with Amanda Batula. Wilson was photographed leaving Batula’s New York City apartment around 1:30 p.m. Saturday, carrying shoes and an overnight bag. The 31-year-old wore an all-black outfit that included a long-sleeved Nike shirt, gym shorts and a hat. He also wore sunglasses and AirPods while staring at his phone. West Wilson (pictured above) was seen leaving Amanda Batula’s apartment in New York City on Saturday afternoon. Fernando Ramares / BACKGRID Wilson (seen above) had shoes and an overnight bag in hand.…

London’s SXSW and the Russo brothers’ production company AGBO are set to form a “massive” partnership for this year’s festival. AGBO, a collective of artists, artisans and engineers working in the fields of film, television, games and immersive experiences, will take a cross-media approach to the second edition of SXSW London, making its presence known through programming that explores the future of storytelling, technology and gaming. Anthony and Joe Russo, who founded AGBO in 2017, will be attending in person, along with partner Donald Mustard, former chief creative officer of Epic Games. The brothers are currently in post-production on Avengers:…

BARBARA EDEN has shared a new photo that has garnered attention and made fans do a double take. Eden, 94, was stunned by the photo shared on the “I Dream of Jeannie” star’s Instagram page. The actress and her husband, John Eicholts, wore matching bunny ears as they celebrated the Easter holiday together. One of her followers commented: “She’s amazing. I want to know her secret.” “Still gorgeous and ageless!!!” wrote another. A third comment read: “Beauty beyond age, for sure.” Eden enjoyed a decades-long career in Hollywood, but many remember her best for her beloved 1960s sitcom. “Genie’s Dream”…

Kate Hudson has worked with actors such as Hugh Jackman, Billy Crudup and Matthew McConaughey, but says the cast of her Netflix series Running Points, which she wrote, have really gotten used to casting characters who obviously have little experience in movies or TV shows. “We were all a little bit starstruck,” she admitted in a recent interview. Who is her new co-star? Jake from State Farm. Advertising characters like the Pillsbury Doughboy and Donald McDonald have long called commercial breaks their home. Now, in a twist on the established advertising model, a popular State Farm personality will appear on…

8 minute readThree days before the WNBA Draft, I was standing on the 103rd floor of the Empire State Building on a Friday afternoon watching Fraujay Johnson film the video for his new song “Woah.” As the music starts blaring from giant JBL speakers (“Rappers and ballers, baby, it’s not the other guy/I’m a millionaire straight out of college, baby, I was working my dough”), Johnson explodes out the door onto a private outdoor observation deck and begins bouncing, dancing, and lip-syncing to the song as a drone flies around and captures everything.It’s no exaggeration to say that Johnson is…

Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb reunited on Monday’s “Today” show as co-hosts for the first time in more than a year. “Good morning, everyone. And welcome to Today.” “It’s nice to be with you on Monday morning,” Guthrie began, then turned to his friend and put his hand on his arm. “I’m so glad you came, Hoda!” “I’m so happy to be sitting next to you in this chair again,” Kotb replied, to which Guthrie added, “Oh, that’s good. It’s the same as before!” She then explained that Hoda, 61, was filling in for Craig Melvin and that he was…

The 65th edition of Cannes Critics Week will open with Huong My Nguyen’s animated feature In Waves and conclude with Félix de Givry’s coming-of-age drama A Cruel Farewell. Nguyen’s debut feature, In Waves, will be the first animated film in Cannes’ parallel selection dedicated to the first and second films, curated by Eva Caen. This feature – produced by Silex Films and co-produced by Anonymous Content, France 3 Cinema and Panique. — Based on illustrator AJ Dango’s famous graphic memoir. “In Waves,” voiced by Will Sharp and Stephanie Hsu, is “a touching love story between a young male skater and…

Luca Guadagnino defended Timothée Chalamet, at least in part, regarding the “Marty Supreme” star’s viral comment that he doesn’t want feature films to be like “ballets or operas.” The Italian director did this just as he was preparing for the Italian premiere of American composer John Adams’ 1991 opera The Death of Klinghoffer. Guadagnino, who is credited with launching Chalamet’s career with “Call Me By Your Name,” was asked about Chalamet’s biting sarcasm in a weekend interview with Italian daily La Stampa ahead of the April 19 premiere of “The Death of Klinghoffer” at Florence’s prestigious opera festival Maggio Musicalle…

‘The Pit’ star Noah Wyle and creator R. Scott Gemmill have addressed the sudden departure of Supriya Ganesh, who played Dr. Samira Mohan, a senior medical resident on the series, after season two. “It’s inevitable that it happens every season on this show, because as writers we have a hard time figuring out how much time has passed and we can realistically keep most of the ensemble together,” Wiley told me Sunday night at the PaleyFest screening and panel for “The Pit.” “There’s a high revolving door in the emergency room. As always, to keep the storyline fresh through cast…