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Elle
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
The 'Your Friends & Neighbors' Finale Just Revealed Who Killed Paul and Framed Coop
Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Spoilers below. Throughout its first season, AppleTV+'s Your Friends & Neighbors has explored the trappings of money and status, and what the wealthy class will do to maintain appearances. The season 1 finale 'Everything Becomes Symbol and Irony' hammers its thesis home via the reveal of what actually happened to Paul Levitt (Jordan Gelber), the man Andrew 'Coop' Cooper (Jon Hamm) had been accused of murdering. After perusing Sam's (Olivia Munn) phone records, Coop realizes that his number doesn't appear anywhere in the files—a stark omission given the two were sleeping together and regularly in contact. This leads Coop and his accomplice Elena (Aimee Carrero) to search Sam's house for a burner phone. Instead, they find Paul's suicide note. When Coop confronts Sam, Your Friends & Neighbors swaps the POV. Sam narrates her side of the story, detailing her humble beginnings as a waitress and her initial draw towards Paul's money and the life it offered her. When he began cheating, she realized how unhappy she was in her marriage, and she knew that a healthy divorce settlement would be her only way of maintaining her lifestyle. Paul called her on the night of his death begging for forgiveness and to salvage their marriage. But when she didn't immediately concede, he pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head right there on FaceTime. Sam began to call 911 but stopped when she realized that deeming his death a suicide would nullify his life insurance policy—money she was banking on (literally). Instead, she drove from Boston to New York to stage a murder scene, shooting his already limp body twice before stashing the smoking gun in Coop's faulty Maserati trunk. Coop takes this evidence to the police to exonerate himself, and he's surprisingly chill about the fact that his former lover tried to frame him for murder, especially because her reasoning is pretty weak. 'You weren't very kind to me,' she reasons when he initially pushes her on her motive, and he seems to accept this without pushback. Coop was far from an angel in Your Friends & Neighbors, but he didn't mistreat Sam in a significant way to warrant this kind of backstabbing. And Sam only slightly pays for this—she's arrested, but it's later hinted that she'll get off with a fine and community service. Until that point, Coop spent most of 'Everything Becomes Symbol and Irony' preparing his loved ones for what seemed to be an inevitable conviction and sentencing. His attorney Kat (Heather Lind) thinks a plea deal for manslaughter in exchange for an eight year prison sentence (versus 25 to life for first degree murder) is his best bet, and Coop is this close to giving in and giving up. He gifts his son Hunter (Donovan Colan) one of his most prized and expensive watches as a keepsake, and tries but fails at a real conversation with his daughter Tori (Isabel Marie Gravitt). His bipolar sister Ali (Lena Hall) openly acknowledges Coop's lifelong support during one of her performances, before also blasting her married ex-fiancé in front of the crowd, whom she started sleeping with again. The watch tips off Coop's ex-wife Mel (Amanda Peet), who scolds him for not fighting hard enough—not just for his life right now, but also for their marriage. Mel's real talk is a wake-up call for him, and is the stimulus for his eventual liberation. The soulmates don't exactly get back together—Mel tells Coop at a charity gala late in the episode that she's going to fly solo for a while—but Your Friends & Neighbors is leaving the door open for their eventual reunion. After all, Coop admits to Mel that he was able to forgive Sam so easily because he didn't love her, in contrast to the grudge he held against Mel for her cheating. As for Coop's new career as a professional thief? Despite the predicament he found himself in due to this decision, he can't stay away—even when he has the option to walk. Coop's former employers return to offer him his job back, citing a Swiss client that will only work with Coop. He negotiates his offer, demanding 20 percent of that deal and 25 percent overall, sensing they're desperate enough to say yes. It turns out he's correct, and they agree to convene that evening to fly to Europe for a meeting. But when the time comes, Coop opts out. He leaves the gala early, telling Mel on the dance floor, 'This is where I leave you' (likely a nod to show creator and showrunner Jonathan Tropper's eponymous novel-turned-movie). On his way out, he finds time to threaten Tori's tennis rival's mom to secure his daughter's spot at Princeton, revealing that he knows about the SAT test answers in their home and isn't afraid to announce it to everyone. Some light blackmail to indicate he's no longer the black sheep and is back in the mix of the Westmont Village interpersonal politics. When Coop finally leaves, he detours to a mansion and gets to work instead of heading to the private plane launch pad, leaving his hedge fund colleagues to take the meeting alone. He nicks a piece of art from an unidentified neighbor's home, and leaves without a trace. As he drives away, the trunk of his car pops open one more time. Your Friends & Neighbors has already been renewed for a second season with James Marsden joining the cast as 'a guy who comes from money and has a relationship with Samantha,' according to Deadline. While Coop's stock seems to be up by the end of the first season, there's no question that his past with Sam and his choice to continue robbing his wealthy community will land him in hot water again when the show returns.
New York Post
10 hours ago
- Business
- New York Post
This iPad Air is slim, smart, and on serious sale at 65% off
Discover startups, services, products and more from our partner StackCommerce. New York Post edits this content, and may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. TL;DR: This iPad Air can keep up with your multitasking for just $169.99 (reg. $499). Constantly multitasking? Then you need a device that can keep up with you, like the iPad Air. This lightweight device lets you browse the web, stream content, and take FaceTime calls from anywhere, all displayed beautifully on a 10.5-inch Retina screen. And right now, you can bring one home for 65% off — just $169.99 (reg. $499). If you're not an iPad devotee, it's just a matter of time until you realize how great these versatile devices can be. This Apple classic offers the portability of a smartphone with the power of a laptop, making it easy to take on the go. That 10.5″ LED-backlit display lets you enjoy it all in better detail, with True Tone technology that also reduces eye strain. This particular model is equipped with an Apple A12 Bionic processor and 3GB of RAM, so you can enjoy fast and smooth performance even with tons of tabs open. And you can download all your favorite apps thanks to the 64GB of internal storage. An 8MP main camera lets you capture memories, while a 7MP FaceTime HD camera lets you stay connected to loved ones. And you can seamlessly connect via Bluetooth 5.0 or Wi-FI wherever you end up. And you won't have to hunt down an electrical outlet — a full charge lasts 10 hours. If you're wondering how you're securing a $330 discount, it's due to this model's grade A refurbished rating. That means it will show up in neat-mint condition, while you snag it at a low price. Bring home an iPad Air for just $169.99 (reg. $499) right here for a limited time. StackSocial prices subject to change.
Buzz Feed
11 hours ago
- Lifestyle
- Buzz Feed
South Asians On Hollywood Scandinavian Scarf Trend
Note: This post is an Op-Ed and shares the author's personal views. Suppose you've been browsing TikTok looking for inspiration on what to wear to your friend's upcoming garden wedding. If so, you've probably noticed one particular item has been making the rounds on everyone's vision board for the season. Stroll through any women's clothing store and you'll spot it. Every celebrity was wearing it at award shows, and it looks like it's the accessory of the summer. I'm of course referring to those fab little chiffon scarves that the girlies have been draping around their necks. So chic, they've almost been impossible to escape. But if you have a South Asian friend, you might have had to sit through a rant or two on FaceTime where they tiredly explained their frustration with this particular accessory. My friends sure have had to put up with a couple of vent sessions over the past months. But you might be wondering what the actual issue is, if there's any at all. A little background for those who might need it: if your feed looks different to mine, you might have missed the discussion around the ironically named 'Scandinavian Scarf' micro-trend. The discourse has permeated the online cultural zeitgeist of the South Asian community over the past year, and it's been rampant. In case you missed it, here's the rundown. In a since-deleted TikTok video, the Bipty employee attempted to describe the style of sheer scarf worn as a shawl, saying it was 'very European and effortlessly chic.' While some agreed, the video was quickly spread in South Asian circles online, where viewers instantly recognized the style as something pretty distinctly Desi. In South Asian women's cultural clothing, more often than not, a scarf will be worn. This scarf, called a dupatta or a chunni, is a very prominent feature of traditional dress. It dates back literally thousands of years to the Indus Valley civilization, which was around during the Bronze Age. So it's not exactly something new. To this day, dupattas are worn by South Asian women, both in cultural clothing and in everyday life. You'll find them everywhere from Bollywood movies to Naani's wardrobe. They symbolize a lot of different things to a lot of different people, but it's a pretty distinctive marker that ties the community together. At least, that's what it means to me. After the original video went viral, Bipty founder Natalia Ohanesian took to social media to apologize for her employee's actions. 'The fashion aesthetic my teammate was fawning over in that video is very clearly not European,' she said. 'I understand the deeper conversations of cultural appropriation and all of the hurt that comes from these conversations.' 'I'm seeing this as an opportunity to really enrich Bipty's community, so thank you,' she continued. 'We are very sorry to the South Asian communities that were offended.' The video is currently unavailable as of May 2025, and it looks like Bipty has removed their TikTok presence entirely. Since last summer, South Asians online have been poking fun at the 'Scandinavian Scarf' trend and have been using it as an excuse to post themselves in their gorgeous cultural clothing. As they should. But despite awareness of the issue online, the scarf trend has only grown in popularity. Last year, during awards season, we saw a number of celebrities donning a scarf around the neck, and this year was no different. I counted 7 at this year's Oscars alone before I got bored and stopped counting. The style was sported at the SAG Awards, the Gotham Awards, the White House Correspondents' Dinner, and pretty much everywhere else you can think of. Now, I definitely can't claim that there's anything inherently wrong with wearing a floaty piece of fabric around your neck. A number of fashion outlets covered the trend and credited it to certain 'Old Hollywood' moments: most notably Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief, and Princess Diana at Cannes in 1987. While all of these are instances of the style being a Hollywood staple for a while, it's not hard to imagine how the '50s look gained popularity in the West, especially considering that India only gained independence from British rule in 1947. So gems and spices were probably not the only things the Brits took home. Many brands have also been getting a ton of flak for now selling pieces that look distinctly South Asian. Reformation, VRG GRL, and Oh Polly are among the labels that have faced criticism for their recent designs. The Oh Polly one was kind of my favorite, because in what world is that not a sharara? South Asians online have had varying reactions, but the overarching feeling is definitely one of dislike. Some creators have declared that all they want is credit, and that it's fine to wear South Asian inspired pieces as long as they are referred to by the correct cultural names. However, I feel like I'm getting flashbacks to Coachella 2015 when I was fighting for my life on Tumblr, arguing that no, it wasn't okay to wear a bindi and a tikka, yes, even if you were Vanessa Hudgens. As for me, I am of the camp that if you can't pronounce dupatta, there's no reason that you should be wearing one. However, I can't even bring myself to care that much. We really have bigger issues to focus on as a community right now. Have you seen the turmoil that our countries are going through back home? What I'm feeling is exhaustion. After years of the same arguments getting hashed out over and over again, my gut response is just fine, screw it. You win. Wear whatever you want. But I'm also exhausted because I know exactly how this is going to end. The most frustrating part about seeing your culture get co-opted for the trend of the week is knowing that it's on a time limit. With how fast micro-trends run in and out of the social sphere, it's now a matter of minutes before something goes out of fashion. In a year or two, people will look back and laugh about how everyone and their mother were wearing a neck scarf in 2025, and how they wouldn't be caught dead in one now. Meanwhile, my family and I will still be wearing dupattas on Eid, because that's what we do every year. But God forbid I wear one in public, lest someone think I'm following a dead trend. The very idea. Up until literally this year, long, decorated nail extensions were everywhere. Stiletto acrylics were so common that it really seemed like people forgot the origin — which was Black women from the early '90s onwards. At the time, the style was looked down upon as 'ghetto,' but as always, it was adopted by non-Black folks a couple of years on. But now, it seems like it's run its course, as many online creators have been talking about how short, nude nails are here to stay. Now, long nails are outdated. Another cultural look, taken and discarded with little remorse. We can't control trends. I certainly participate in them. And I can't really fault anyone for wanting to wear a scarf around their neck with a pretty dress. It's cute, I get it. But it's tiring, knowing the outcome. Knowing that when something is in, it's in. And when it's out, it's unthinkable. We're not able to change that. But if you see me wearing a scarf with a dress in five or ten years, at least don't act surprised. Check out more AAPI-centered content by exploring how BuzzFeed celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! Of course, the content doesn't end after May. Follow BuzzFeed's A*Pop on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube to keep up with our latest AAPI content year-round.
Graziadaily
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Graziadaily
We Need To Talk About Carrie And Aidan's Phone Sex Scene In And Just Like That
Keeping the spark alive - and staying intimate - in a long-distance relationship can be challenging; sometimes nudes, FaceTime and phone sex are all you've got. However, as common as the latter may be, it's not something we particularly expected Carrie Bradshaw to partake in. In the first episode of season three of And Just Like That , Carrie and Aidan pick up where they left off: in relationship limbo. Quick recap: at the end of season two, Carrie had just sold her iconic apartment and purchased a four-bedroom pad in Gramercy Park so that she could host Aidan and his three sons on a regular basis. However, after 15 year old Wyatt got into an accident while on drugs, Aidan decided he needs to stay home in Virginia and be there for Wyatt until he's safely out of his troubled teenage years. So Carrie and Aidan agreed to park their relationship for five years . At the beginning of the new season, they are still on 'no contact' terms but send each other blank post cards to let the other know they are thinking of them. That quickly snowballs into texts, phone calls and, eventually, phone sex. When Carrie is awoken from a deep slumber by Aidan's call, they are on very different pages. She's tucked up in bed in immaculate pyjamas and he's sat in a parked truck outside his family home with a beer and a clear agenda. 'I miss you so much,' he tells her, before admitting their no contact rule 'went out the window' after his third drink. The only pre-amble we see is a little chatter about Aidan's son Wyatt who has addiction issues. 'I don't want to waste this buzz on him,' Aidan interrupts. 'I want to talk about you. I ache for you.' Aidan then instructs Carrie to touch herself before undoing his own trousers and accidentally honking his horn (not a euphemism) with his knee, puncturing the sensual vibes just a touch, before saying 'I think I shit my pants a little'. Miraculously, it takes Aidan approximately ten seconds to finish, while Carrie, starring at the kitten at the end of her bed, fakes it instead. This is not exactly a how to guide or the makings of a great porno, but it is a stark reminder that phone sex is not always easy to execute. It's sometimes hard to meet each other in the moment. When Carrie calls Aidan back later in the episode to try again, he's lying next to his sleeping teenage son. Embarrassed, she swiftly ends the call and then her faulty house alarm goes off. In their defence, can phone sex ever really be sexy? For a lot of millennials, the idea of a phone call is alien, let alone phone sex. 'It feels like something pop culture has convinced us is real,' offers Ella*. 'Millennials don't pick up the phone, so we're never getting ourselves into this situation. We're sexting, we're sending nudes, but we are not having phone sex.' Beth* has other ideas. 'With my current partner the communication around sex was already open and comfortable before we ever had phone sex which made the phone sex much less cringe and sexier.' 'I've never faked it,' she adds, 'but I haven't always finished when it's more visual heavy rather than verbal heavy because that works better for me. It can be hard to be on the same page but also if you haven't had IRL sex in a long time that can make it even better because you want it more.' However, Grace* thinks Carrie and Aidan's rendezvous rang true to real life. 'I am convinced that nearly all phone sex involves one party faking it like Carrie, to some extent. And that's ok – sometimes even IRL, one of you is more into it than the other. As long as everything is still consensual and unpressured, there's no harm in letting your partner enjoy the moment over the phone, while you perhaps 'exaggerate' your own pleasure, particularly if you are using phone sex as a way to stay intimate in a long-distance situation.' Nikki Peach is a writer at Grazia UK, working across entertainment, TV and news. She has also written for the i, i-D and the New Statesman Media Group and covers all things pop culture for Grazia (treating high and lowbrow with equal respect).
USA Today
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Sarah Jessica Parker tells us about her head-turning 'cloud hat' in 'And Just Like That'
Sarah Jessica Parker tells us about her head-turning 'cloud hat' in 'And Just Like That' Show Caption Hide Caption Sarah Jessica Parker on new 'And Just Like That' season Sarah Jessica Parker reveals why audiences are rooting for Aidan and Carrie in new season of "And Just Like That." Spoiler alert! The following story contains minor details about the Season 3 premiere of "And Just Like That" (first episode now streaming on HBO Max; new episodes on Thursdays). NEW YORK — It's been 27 years since 'Sex and the City' first strutted onto HBO, but Carrie Bradshaw is still turning heads. Whether she's braving a snowstorm in a Moncler puffer gown or giving bridal chic with a taxidermied bird headpiece, the authorial fashionista has never shied away from an over-the-top gown or accessory. Her audacious style moments continue in Season 3 of sequel series 'And Just Like That...,' following Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and friends as they weather another Manhattan summer of romantic misadventures. On an afternoon stroll through Washington Square Park, Carrie's friend Seema (Sarita Choudhury), recounts how she nearly burned down her apartment while smoking in bed during a bad FaceTime date. The courtship horror story is amusing, yes, but it's impossible not to take your eyes off Carrie's humongous headwear in the scene: a floppy gingham hat designed by Maryam Keyhani. She pairs the colossal chapeau with a brown, pink and cream-colored dress from Ossie Clark, which she ties together with Dr. Scholl's white slides. After nearly three decades of working together, executive producer Michael Patrick King has learned never to question Parker's trend-setting choices. 'I saw the hat and wanted it on my head,' Parker says. 'At this point, there's no pretend dilly-dallying around. We pretty much just put stuff on my head and photograph it, and hope that Michael Patrick is hospitable to the idea.' The Ossie Clark dress reminded Parker of Neapolitan ice cream, which neatly combines chocolate, vanilla and strawberry flavors side by side. Without a headpiece, Parker adds, the scrumptious frock would feel 'incomplete.' Over the years, "once you've put a lot of hats on your head, you feel like it's missing its punctuation point,' Parker says. 'So there was that hat. It was going to be a lovely summer day, and it just felt like the period at the end of the sentence. I loved it and (King) agreed. I feel we've really worn him down. His eyes have adapted to large-scale things on heads now, so he's pretty generous about how often they can appear.' The Maryam Keyhani design is frequently called a 'cloud hat,' although King jokingly refers to it as 'the Hindenburg hot-air balloon.' For him, it felt like a brazen fashion statement to help usher in the comedy's new season. 'It's like, 'Hey, everybody, we're back! Here's a hat that Carrie would wear eating sherbet in Washington Square Park. Why not?'' King says. 'I've learned over the years that sometimes logic is not as good as a hat. It makes people say, 'I love it. I hate it. Oh, my God, what was she thinking?' 'It'll be a meme,' he continues. 'It'll be a thing. People will wear it at Halloween. It's always fun, but with that (hat) particularly, I had to call up some of the writers and say, 'Get ready. Once it's on the head, it's not coming off.'' King teases more delectable style ahead in 'And Just Like That...' Season 3, including a 'stunning' vintage Vivienne Westwood piece that Carrie dons in the final two episodes. ('It is quite special,' he says. 'It's an event.') A midseason episode also begins with a montage of Carrie sporting roughly a dozen different heels as she sashays through her new Gramercy Park townhouse. Although her face and torso aren't visible for the minute-long sequence, Parker wore every unique outfit on display. 'The shoe montage made everybody salivate,' King says. 'It's all her. Nobody else walks in Carrie's shoes – Sarah Jessica is a purist. There's not one part of Carrie Bradshaw that's ever been filmed by any other actor, especially not her feet. She was adamant she wanted to get in as many different shoes as possible.' Meanwhile, Seema flaunts a braided white dress in the Season 3 premiere, as she accompanies her film-director paramour, Ravi (Armin Amiri), to a dusty shoot. Choudhury recalls how fastidiously the crew worked to ensure it never got dirty. 'It looks like string or thin rope bound together,' Choudhury says. 'It's made in Colombia by many people. I wear it with Ravi when he's directing a scene and it's the dirtiest terrain. Everyone was super worried (about) this dress. It was my favorite because it's not a name brand, and yet there was more care and love for that dress than anything I've worn in the show.'
