On Monday afternoon, a gunman shot and killed 10 people, including the first police officer on the scene, at a grocery store in Boulder, CO. After authorities took him into custody, he was later identified as 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa. He has been charged with 10 counts of murder.

According to police reports, around 2:30 p.m. Alissa entered a King Soopers grocery store a few miles south of the University of Colorado campus and opened fire. Shoppers and employees hid or escaped through the back of the store as they waited for law enforcement to arrive. According to The New York Times, a witness posted a live video from the scene not long after the shooting began claiming he heard about a dozen shots. Later, videos showed multiple police officers escorting a handcuffed man from the building who had what appears to be an injury to his right leg. A law enforcement official told The Associated Press that Alissa used an AR-15, which is a lightweight, semi-automatic rifle, but that officials were still trying to trace it to determine whether he is its registered owner.

Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold confirmed that Alissa sustained “a through-and-through” gunshot wound to the leg before being taken into custody at 3:28 p.m. on Monday. In the same briefing, Herold said that Alissa was sent to the hospital in stable condition and is being treated. It’s unclear whether the shot that injured him came from police, said Herold. In a statement given by Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty, Alissa is expected to be taken to jail after treatment is finished later today. 

“[It is] premature to draw any conclusions (about motive) at this point in time,” said FBI special agent Michael Schneider, who is overseeing the case. Herold added, “We are going to do everything in our power to make sure this suspect has a thorough trial.” At present, he is believed to be the only perpetrator involved in the mass shooting.

The names of those who died in the shooting have also been released, according to the Boulder police: Denny Strong, 20; Neven Stanisic, 23; Rikki Olds, 25; Tralona Bartkowiak, 49; Suzanne Fountain, 59; Teri Leiker, 51; Boulder police officer Eric Talley, 51; Kevin Mahoney, 61; Lynn Murray, 62; and Jody Waters, 65.

Not much information is currently known about Alissa, but investigators have shared that he is from Arvada, CO, a suburb of Denver about 20 miles from Boulder. He is said to have “lived most of his life in the United States,” according to Dougherty. Officials say they had two encounters with Alissa in 2018 — one for “criminal mischief” and another due to a report of a third-degree assault, which is considered a misdemeanor.

“This is a tragedy and a nightmare for Boulder County,” said Dougherty. “These were people going about their day, doing their shopping. I promise the victims and the people of the state of Colorado that we will secure justice.”

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Ten people were shot and killed on Monday when an unidentified gunman opened fire at a grocery store in Boulder, CO. According to authorities, a suspect is in custody after being injured during the shooting, but they are still unsure of what prompted the attack.

Around 2:30 p.m. yesterday, shoppers and employees ran for cover and some escaped through the back of the King Soopers grocery store, which is part of a large shopping center a few miles south of the University of Colorado campus. A witness who posted a live video from the scene not long after the shooting began said he heard about a dozen shots and three people injured. Two of the people injured were in the parking lot, while one was inside the supermarket. The first officer who was on the scene was also shot and killed.

“These were people going about their day, doing their food shopping, and their lives were cut abruptly and tragically short by the shooter, who is now in custody,” Boulder County district attorney Michael Dougherty said at a news conference on Monday night.

Investigators have revealed few details about the gunman other than that they have a suspect in custody and he has been injured. Videos of the massacre show a handcuffed man being escorted from the building by police officers. His right leg appears to be covered in blood, but the nature of the suspect’s injuries was unclear.

Among those who were killed, Eric Talley, a Boulder police officer, is the only person to have been identified so far. Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold credited Talley for his bravery as the first on the scene, calling his actions “heroic” during a press conference. “My heart goes out to the victims of the incident and I’m grateful for the police officers who responded,” she said. “I am so sorry about the loss of Officer Talley.”

On Twitter, Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado said he was following the events as they unfolded. “My prayers are with our fellow Coloradans in this time of sadness and grief as we learn more about the extent of the tragedy,” Mr. Polis said before the death toll was announced.

The shooting comes less than a week after a white gunman shot and killed eight people across three different Atlanta massage parlors. And, on Sunday, another gunman opened fire at a Philadelphia “pop-up” party, killing one man and injuring five others. However, unlike the Atlanta killings — which have sparked a national call to end violence against Asian Americans — it is unclear so far if this was a racially motivated attack. Still, many advocates are calling for immediate gun reform policies as a result.

“This past weekend it was a house party in Philadelphia. And last week it was an armed attack on Asian American women in the Atlanta area,” former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who is a shooting survivor, said in a statement. “This is not normal, and it doesn’t have to be this way. It’s beyond time for our leaders to take action.”

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colorado, also called for a national gun violence conversation and nonpartisan action. “It’s long past time for Congress to take meaningful action to keep deadly weapons out of the wrong hands,” he said.

“People in America shouldn’t have to worry about getting shot while shopping for groceries, working a job, going jogging, worshipping, driving home, watching a movie, walking to school, or sleeping,” Everytown for Gun Safety posted on Twitter Monday. “And politicians owe us #MoreThanThoughtsAndPrayers to end our gun violence crisis.”

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After the massive success of Netflix series Ginny & Georgia, breakout star Antonia Gentry, who plays Ginny, appeared on The Ellen Show to talk about the project, her role, and how her personal experiences with racial microaggressions made their way into the show.

The segment was guest-hosted by tWitch, who was eager to hear about how Gentry wove her own personal stories into the dialogue of Ginny & Georgia — in particular, he said, as the father of children who identify as biracial. Throughout the 10-episode series, Ginny addresses multiple aspects of her identity, like race and the beauty standards that have oppressed people for centuries. Ginny is put in situations where she’s pointed out as different, or is subjected to unrealistic and damaging expectations when it comes to her appearance.

“There are moments where Ginny’s friends have microaggressions that they put on her, and some of that comes from my own experiences,” Gentry explains. “There was a character named Samantha, for example, and she asks Ginny questions that are pretty insensitive like, ‘What are you? You look so exotic!’ or ‘Which one of your parents is white?’ or ‘I want to have mixed babies, but I don’t want to deal with all that hair.’ And I think another character, Brody, when Ginny has straight hair, he tells her she looks a lot better with her hair straight. If only she had a butt, then she would be perfect.”

Gentry goes on to explain how these scenes are all too relatable to her own life. “Those were things that were said to me by some of my peers growing up and they didn’t realize how hurtful those comments were,” she says. “To include them in the show, I think, was really important to bring up discussions.”

Not only did her character’s experiences mirror Gentry’s own in many ways, but being given the opportunity to revisit them proved to be a therapeutic experience for her.

“When I was that age, I was confused,” the now-23-year-old star explains. “I didn’t really understand why I felt so much like an outcast sometimes. I feel like a lot of people, they experience things where something is said to them that is hurtful, or something is done to them that is hurtful, but in the moment, you’re kind of just surprised. You don’t really know how to process it. You don’t really know how to address it. And it’s not until later on that you realize, ‘Oh, this is what happened. Oh, I wish I had said this.’ And so, definitely, playing Ginny and playing those moments was very cathartic for me. I forgave myself, essentially, for not sticking up for myself. I forgave my friends for not being aware of what they were doing.”

The true-to-life nature of Ginny & Georgia is part of what makes it so impactful, and why it’s been sitting in Netflix’s Top 10 for weeks. Moreover, it shows that the more natural hair is both celebrated and not shied away from, the more these conversations have an opportunity to exist and be discussed openly.

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Kylie Jenner is in the hot seat after asking fans to donate to her makeup artist’s GoFundMe over the weekend. Samuel Rauda, a celebrity makeup artist whose clients include Jenner, Bella Thorne, and Bebe Rexha, was recently involved in a serious accident, reportedly leaving him with $60,000 in medical bills. Rauda’s family created a GoFundMe page to help pay for the expenses, which Jenner posted the link to on her own Instagram Story. “Swipe up to visit his family’s GoFundMe,” read the call to action.

Before the Story had a chance to expire, Jenner was already getting dragged on social media. Immediately, fans questioned why, given her billionaire status, Jenner’s contribution to her own makeup artist’s medical bills was only $5,000 — and why she was soliciting her followers to put forward their own funds. A breakdown by Business Insider of how much well-known billionaires make in an hour estimates that Jenner rakes in approximately $19,000 every 60 minutes. By that metric, Jenner’s income over roughly three hours would have paid for Rauda’s medical bills in full. With her $5,000 donation, she paid the equivalent of about 15 minutes of her time. 

For reference, the current median income in the United States — the wage at which half the workforce is either paid more or less — stands at $19.33 an hour or about $40,000 per year. If someone making that wage, which could easily be a considerable swath of her fans, paid the same percentage of their respective hourly wage as Jenner did, it would come out to donating $4.83.

Even without sitting down and doing the math, fans immediately got the impression that Jenner’s contribution fell short. Twitter quickly filled with people sharing their thoughts on the matter.

So Kylie Jenner who apparently earns over $450k A DAY and is a billionaire shared the 60k gofundme of her friend who got in an accident for us poor people to donate to? Celebrities are a different breed.

— Queen of the Universe 🧚🏾‍♂️ (@tobeebayb) March 20, 2021

wait so kylie jenner’s make up artist got into a car accident and needed $60k for emergency brain surgery and she asked her fans to donate???? and then only donated $5,000 when she’s a literal billionaire? the wrong people have money.

— nataleebfitness (@nataleebfitness) March 20, 2021

Kylie Jenner, who makes $19K/hr asking for $$$ from her fans to help her make up artist pay for a $60,000 surgery, is an excellent example of why we need universal healthcare. Even billionaire employers like Kylie and Walmart aren’t willing to pay for their employees’ healthcare.

— Moumita for City Council D24 (@disruptionary) March 21, 2021

Jenner has not yet responded to fans or commented on the situation, and her Instagram Story has since expired, but with followers engaging in an important conversation around celebrity status and healthcare inequality, it seems like this backlash will last a lot longer than the next 24 hours. 

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To follow up her popular “Drunk Get Ready With Me” video with her sister, Khloé Kardashian, Kylie Jenner brought Kendall Jenner onto her YouTube channel for a sequel. As the sisters take shots of Kendall’s own tequila brand, 818, they do their makeup and reminisce about their early teen years.

Before they break into the makeup palettes, Kendall recalls struggling with acne during high school. “I remember the summer before ninth grade is when all my acne went crazy,” she says. “Every morning we would show up to school, dad would drop us off. We’d be walking up the stairs and I’d look at you and be like, ‘Can you see my acne?'” Meanwhile, Kylie nods along at the memory. “Clearly you could see my acne — it’s bumps on your face,” Kendall continued. “But every day you would say, ‘No, you look beautiful.'”

As Kendall is finishing up the story, Kylie is already tearing up. “Now, I’m going to cry,” she responded before leaning in to give Kendall a hug. “When you have your own daughter, you just think about this…I knew it was your biggest insecurity, and every time, like clockwork, we would get out of the car, you would pull me into the staircase and say, ‘How do I look today?’ It always made me so sad to even hear you talk about it.”

“Well, everything’s okay now,” Kendall joked to lighten the mood. “I was just saying that the really cute part of the story is that you were so nice to me when I obviously knew that my acne was really bad. It actually shifted my day. Bible, it shifted my day. I would go into school like, ‘I’m the only one that sees it as bad as it is, but if Kylie doesn’t see it that bad, then it must not be.’ And it actually boosted my confidence.”

The sisters return to their mission of downing a couple more tequila shots before digging into their makeup. While Kendall has been candid over the years about having acne, this is the first time she’s mentioned how her younger sister supported her through those challenges. Sisters helping sisters — we’ll drink to that.

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It’s a tale as old as time, or at least tattooing. You get a piece of ink that seems like a great idea at the time, but as the years go by, it starts to feel more like a mistake. Not even celebrities are immune: Hailey Bieber says that, of all her many designs, there’s one tattoo she considers a mistake.

In a recent interview with Elle, Bieber talks about her “20-something tattoos,” and calls out one particular piece she got in her late teens. Located on her left hand, on the inside of her middle finger, is an etching of a small handgun. “I think at 18, I was like, ‘Yeah, that looks cool!'” Bieber says of the tattoo’s backstory. “But now, as a 24-year-old, I would never do that. I think guns are violent.”

When she first got the tattoo in 2015, it didn’t seem like there was much significance behind it other than that Bieber liked the design. “Tbh I don’t know why I have this tattoo…just another story to tell lol. It is what it is,” she wrote on Instagram at the time.

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The tattoo was inked by artist JonBoy, who Bieber has continued to visit for a number of her tattoos over the years. JonBoy told Refinery29 in 2018 that, out of all of his A-list clients, he’s closest to Bieber. “If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t have been tattooing Kendall and Kylie Jenner, Justin [Bieber], or anyone else,” he said. “All these celebrities have come to me because Hailey said, ‘Yeah, he’s chill — go for it.'”

In spite of her regrettable tattoo, the model has been an outspoken advocate against gun violence for years. While co-hosting the 2018 iHeart Radio Music Awards, she wore a black T-shirt with the words “Stoneman Douglas High” to create awareness for the horrific school shooting; she’s also supported KROST, the first fashion partner for March for Our Lives.

With over 20 individual tattoos, there’s bound to be one or two that Bieber is no longer crazy about. What’s most important is that she acknowledges the firearm ink isn’t cool — and instead chooses to advocate against gun violence by using her platform however she can.

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After fiercely defending Piers Morgan’s treatment of Meghan Markle, Sharon Osbourne has been accused of racist and homophobic behavior by several people, including past The Talk co-host Leah Remini. Specifically, Osbourne was accused of directing offensive and dangerous comments at her co-hosts, behind-the-scenes. Former colleagues are coming forward with their accounts of these alleged statements.

According to Remini, who spoke with journalist Yashar Ali, Osbourne “would frequently refer to then-co-host Julie Chen, who is Chinese American, as ‘wonton’ and ‘slanty eyes.'” Osbourne was also accused of referring to co-host Sara Gilbert, who is openly gay, as “pussy licker” and “fish eater.” On Tuesday, Ali published a report which detailed Osbourne’s long record of insulting former co-hosts, Chen and Gilbert, as well as Holly Robinson Peete who, in a tweet, accused Osbourne of saying she was “too ghetto” for the show.

Osbourne’s publicist, Howard Bragman, denied the allegations, releasing a statement: “The only thing worse than a disgruntled former employee is a disgruntled former talk show host. For 11 years Sharon has been kind, collegial and friendly with her hosts as evidenced by throwing them parties, inviting them to her home in the UK and other gestures of kindness too many to name. Sharon is disappointed but unfazed and hardly surprised by the lies, the recasting of history and the bitterness coming out at this moment. She will survive this, as she always has and her heart will remain open and good, because she refuses to let others take her down. She thanks her family, friends and fans for standing by her and knowing her true nature.”

Remini, however, says that Osbourne needs to be held accountable for those statements. “Coming from Scientology, where racism, bullying, and bigotry is taught, I had to unlearn a lot. I’m still learning and hopefully evolving,” Remini said. “I can’t say that Sharon has focused on the work she needs to do.”

These allegations come just a week after Osbourne was called out for defending Piers Morgan during a segment of The Talk when co-host Sheryl Underwood explained how Morgan’s discounting of Meghan Markle’s mental health struggles verged on racism. Osbourne defended Morgan, but later issued a lengthy statement on Twitter where she apologized to “anyone of color” who she may have offended, adding, “There are very few things that hurt my heart more than racism so to feel associated with that spun me fast!”

Osbourne also directly denied Peete’s allegations that she called her “too ghetto.” “It’s an absolute lie — a 110 percent lie. That’s not in my vocabulary. I don’t speak like that,” she told Variety. “The only ghetto I know is the Warsaw Ghetto, and I think that’s the only time I’ve ever referred to something like that.” But Ali’s report noted that in a January 2011 episode of The Talk, Osbourne used the word “ghetto” to refer to Remini’s Brooklyn accent.

Osbourne has reportedly sent Peete a cease and desist letter demanding she take down her tweet or face litigation. The tweet currently remains online. Neither Chen nor Gilbert has commented on the accusations publicly yet, but on Monday, CBS announced that The Talk is taking a temporary hiatus so that it could investigate the exchange between Underwood and Osbourne.

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In early November, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement was alerted of reported vote tampering. Electronic accounts had been accessed without authorization to artificially skew the results in favor of one person: a high school student at J.M. Tate High School near Pensacola, FL.

A five-month investigation found that Laura Carroll, an assistant principal at the nearby Bellview Elementary School, and her 17-year-old daughter, Emily Grover, had cast at least 117 votes for homecoming queen in Emily’s favor using Carroll’s school district login. On Monday, department agents arrested both of them and charged them with conspiracy.

According to the investigation, Carroll’s employee account had been used to gain access to 372 internal accounts of Tate High students since August, reports The New York Times. These accounts, which students used to cast homecoming-court votes, include personal information including students’ grades, disciplinary records, and medical histories.

Working against herself unknowingly, Emily frequently spoke about having access to other students’ information using her mother’s login credentials. This was corroborated by eight fellow students and one teacher in witness statements. “She looks up all of our group of friends’ grades and makes comments about how she can find our test scores all of the time,” reads one arrest affidavit from a witness. “I recall times that she logged into her mom’s FOCUS account and openly shared information, grades, schedules, etc., with others,” said another student. “She did not seem like logging in was a big deal and was very comfortable doing so.”

On October 31, Emily was chosen as her school’s homecoming queen. But by the time Emily stood on the football field in a sparkling silver dress waiting to accept her crown, whispers had already begun spreading among the student body about the illegitimacy of her victory.

Around the same time, the school district’s elections contractor got in touch with school administrators after flagging upwards of 100 votes all cast in a short period of time from the same IP address. Investigators determined that 124 votes had been cast from Emily’s phone and 122 from Carroll’s phone. 

Investigators alleged that Carroll was aware that her daughter was accessing her account. On top of that, school district policy required her to change her password every 45 days, suggesting that she regularly shared her new password with her daughter, reports The Washington Post.

Records show that Emily was expelled from the school as a result of her decision to rig the court selection, and that the family contested the decision but it did nothing to change the outcome. She was also arrested and sent to juvenile detention for an evaluation. Currently, it is unclear if she has been released. Carroll was reportedly suspended from her job. She was also taken into custody on Monday and later released on $8,500 bail.

“She’d love to give out her side of the story,” said Carroll’s lawyer, Randall J. Etheridge, in a statement given to the NYT. “But it would probably be after we resolve the case.”

Instances of voter fraud in the United States are exceedingly rare. This latest plot to rig a high school election isn’t quite the national scandal many Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, spoke about — but it is one of the biggest high school scandals we’ve seen in years.

Currently, there is no court date set for Carroll or her daughter.

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Over the weekend, Jared Kushner resurfaced to write an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal titled “Opportunity Beckons in the Mideast.” In parts, he sounds as though he thinks his single term as an adviser for his father-in-law qualifies him to advise others on foreign policy. At one point, he even deigned to call the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a “real-estate dispute.” And yet somehow, this isn’t the most arrogant thing he said. That came later when he told the Biden administration that if they are “smart,” they will listen to him.

But let’s back up: This “advice” came after President Joe Biden offered to work with Europe and rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, known commonly as the Iran nuclear deal. In short, it is an agreement reached during the Obama administration in 2015 between Iran and the P5+1 — the UN Security Council’s five permanent members: the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China, plus Germany — to lift sanctions in exchange for significant restrictions to Iran’s nuclear program. In 2018, former President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the deal. Within the year, Iran began ignoring restrictions; however, last month Biden said the U.S. will return to the JCPOA provided that Iran resumes compliance with the agreed-upon terms.

In his advice column, Kushner praised (yes, praised) the Biden administration’s decision as a “smart diplomatic move.” However, naturally, the former first son-in-law believes that Biden was empowered to make this decision thanks to the groundwork laid by the Trump administration. If that seems confusing, it’s because it is. Basically, according to Kushner, Biden could never have had the opportunity to rejoin the agreement had Trump not pulled out of it? We’ll just leave that there.

“Mr. Trump has said that Iran has never won a war but never lost a negotiation,” Kushner wrote. “This negotiation is high-stakes and, thanks to his policies, America holds a strong hand.”

Kushner’s statements continued to grow bolder as he claimed that “we are witnessing the last vestiges of what has been known as the Arab-Israeli conflict.”

“One of the reasons the Arab-Israeli conflict persisted for so long was the myth that it could be solved only after Israel and the Palestinians resolved their differences,” he continued. “That was never true. The Abraham Accords exposed the conflict as nothing more than a real-estate dispute between Israelis and Palestinians that need not hold up Israel’s relations with the broader Arab world.” 

A reminder, for no reason at all, that in 2019, Jared Kushner said that in order to bring peace to the Middle East, people must simply stop “doing terrorism.”

“The table is set. If it is smart, the Biden administration will seize this historic opportunity to unleash the Middle East’s potential, keep America safe, and help the region turn the page on a generation of conflict and instability,” Kushner wrote. “It is time to begin a new chapter of partnership, prosperity, and peace.”

Take it all with a pinch — handful — of salt, though. After all, this is coming from the person who, last spring, told famed journalist Bob Woodward in an interview that “the most dangerous people around the president are overconfident idiots.” Just a reminder.

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While scrolling through Instagram, we accept the fact that many influencers modify their photos and present us with a polished, idealized version of their lives. A blemish, an unsightly wall outlet, or even the bringing in of a waist are all things we’ve come to expect. So how — and I cannot stress this enough — did smudgeless mirrors become the biggest influencer scandal in years?

It all started with a tell-all TikTok from model and influencer Kara Del Toro. Labeled as “part one” in a series of secrets bloggers “don’t want you to know,” Del Toro claimed that many mirror selfies we see in our feeds are actually an illusion — not because of FaceTune or some new way to pose, but because the mirror isn’t real. Yes, you read that right. There is no mirror.

“So here’s the secret: there’s no mirror,” Del Toro says on TikTok. “All you need is a second phone or spare camera.” Influencers will fake the mirror selfie look, she explained, by setting up a second camera and holding up their phone as if it were pointed at a mirror.

@karajewel

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♬ original sound – Kara Del Toro

This almost immediately caused a stir online. For some, it came as a shock. For others, their questions about how influencers always find the perfect angle with their phone covering their face and glass cleaning products finally became as clear as the smudge-free “mirrors” they were taken in. “I’m always irked by how perfectly clean their ‘mirrors’ are,” wrote one Redditor. “Meanwhile, I’m over here finding a dozen spots and streaks that aren’t visible until I attempt to take a pic in the mirror.”

As the fake mirror reveal began to circulate, many began picking apart influencers’ content to identify the fake mirrors. Danielle Bernstein, the person behind WeWoreWhat, was calling out a number of photos for using fake mirror selfies technique. Ella Emhoff, the step-daughter to Vice President Kamala Harris, was also called out for her squat and pose mirror-less selfies.

We should have known that celebrities and influencers don’t just have a myriad of mirrors lying around their houses in perfectly lit spaces. Maybe some mirrors, but that many perfect mirrors? No smudges, no sinks, somehow the mirror is always large enough to never show any edges? And once you know this, it is kind of impossible to unsee. 

But then again, the fake mirror selfie is completely symbolic of social media and the whole concept of mirror selfies. It is trying to look effortless by putting in as much work as possible to look like we’re putting little to no effort into it. So, are we shocked because it’s truly that shocking, or because we didn’t think of it sooner?

That said, if you do want to up your “mirror selfie” game, Del Toro explains the entire setup in her video. It’s all about the setup — and keeping your mirrorless room a cool secret.

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Ever since Julianne Hough ventured away from her signature platinum-blonde hair color, there’s been no stopping the experimentation. She’s gone short, temporarily pink, then back to her natural borderline-brunette shade. But now, she’s throwing hair extensions into the mix.

This weekend, celebrity hairstylist Riawna Capri — who’s also responsible for giving Hilary Duff her cotton-candy blue hair — shared a photo of Hough with waist-length dirty-blonde hair extensions. “After 14 years together, we did it again,” Capri captioned her Sunday Instagram post. “Another color and style @juleshough has never had before,” she added, calling the dirty-blonde tone “naturally nude.”

Hough is seen rocking full, wavy hair that starts with her dirty-blonde root shade, gradually fading to a warm, golden tone towards the ends, making the look both ombré and sunkissed. 

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Capri followed up by asking her followers whether they were obsessed with the darker bronde hair-color trend happening right now, crediting the past year’s quarantine for the reemergence of the darker shade of rooted blonde. The pro’s trend radar is right on the money: Darker roots and the return to one’s natural hair color is definitely a reality of the fewer salon visits we’ve made during the pandemic.

For the better part of a year, Hough has been sporting her natural hair color and a simple long bob, so these long, lighter mermaid extensions are definitely a big change. Whether she brought them out for a day or two or intends to keep them clipped in for a while, the statement hairstyle is definitely giving us peak flower-child vibes for spring.

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According to recent paparazzi photos, Emma Watson is now sporting a choppy, shoulder-length bob. The actress was spotted grabbing lunch in Beverly Hills with her boyfriend, Leo Robinton, on March 10. It’s unclear exactly when Watson chopped her hair short, as this is one of the few times she’s been seen out during the pandemic, but the caramel-toned bob is a marked difference from the last time we saw her when she still had her hair grown out well past her shoulders at the premiere for Little Women.

Whenever the actress last saw a pair of scissors, this springtime debut is definitely the shortest we’ve seen her hair in years. Still, this blunt, above-the-shoulder bob is hardly the shortest hairstyle Watson has rocked: Who could forget her iconic pixie cut from 2010? In fact, Watson has said she would keep her hair shorter in general if it weren’t for her acting career.

“I have to [cut my hair] for roles,” Watson told Glamour back in 2012. “But if I had it my way, I would have just kept it short forever. Of course, men like long hair. There’s no two ways about it. The majority of the boys around me were like, ‘Why did you do that? That’s such an error.’ And I was like, ‘Well, honestly, I don’t really care what you think!’ I’ve never felt so confident as I did with short hair.”

Whether this new hairstyle is for an upcoming role or not is unclear, especially considering reports emerged recently that she planned to give up acting altogether after 20 years in the business. In late February, the Daily Mail ran a story claiming that Watson’s agent said her career had become “dormant.” But not so fast: “Emma’s social media accounts are dormant but her career isn’t,” Watson’s manager, Jason Weinberg, told Entertainment Weekly.

While the actress’s fans may be hoping the new bob haircut is, in fact, for an upcoming role, there’s always a chance she just cut it short and added some highlights because she felt like changing things up coming out of quarantine.

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