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Elle
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
A Full Recap And Analysis Of And Just Like That... Season 3, Episode 1
Spoilers below. Every season of And Just Like That… has felt like the start of a new chapter, but this season, it really feels like it. Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) has a new apartment, Samantha (Kim Cattrall) gave us closure, and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), and the show as a whole, are done with Che. In fact, a few characters are missing from the season 3 opener, including Sara Ramirez's divisive stand-up comic, professor Nya (Karen Pittman), and Miranda's ex Steve (David Eigenberg). Maybe the show realized that there was too much going on, and that it needed to slim down its focus a bit. It's still outrageous, just a little less crammed. But some things still linger from past seasons, like Carrie and Aidan's situationship? You might recall that in the season 2 finale, the old lovers left things off on a confusing note: They are taking a five-year break while Aidan (John Corbett) tends to his family in Virginia. They're not supposed to see or talk to each other during that time, but they've been bending that rule by sending each other postcards. Carrie starts off the episode sending one with a vintage photo of Gramercy Park (her new neighborhood). How long can they make this arrangement last? Later that night, Miranda falls into an entanglement of her own during a night out at a lesbian bar. After braving an awkward run-in with her son's old babysitter and getting called a 'rando' by other patrons, she finds solace in another out-of-place guest named Mary (Rosie O'Donnell). She's in town visiting and is rather forward, inviting Miranda to her hotel room after exchanging only a few words, but what the heck, Miranda is into it. They go home together, but the next morning, Miranda is in for a few surprises: Their night together was the first time Mary had sex…with anyone…because she is a nun. A virgin nun? Oh, Miranda you've really outdone yourself. Meanwhile, the ever-glamorous Seema (Sarita Choudhury), whom I more and more each season, has her own crisis while trying to get in touch with her busy director boyfriend Ravi, who is filming on location in Egypt. She lights up a cigarette in bed and falls asleep waiting, nearly burning her apartment down. (On the bright side, the damage was only done to her hair. The down side? Damage was done to her hair.) She later vents to Carrie about it during a walk in Washington Square Park, but I'm sorry, I'm too distracted by Carrie's massive bonnet to register anything else. She looks like a very chic mushroom from Fantasia. Lisa (Nicole Ari Parker), on the other hand, seems to be making headway in her career. (Last season, she suffered a miscarriage and worried about not being able to balance motherhood and her professional life.) Her latest project is a documentary series about unsung Black women throughout history, like Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot license. It seems to be going well, but her producers seem more interested in including a bigger name—like Michelle Obama. Lisa is confused. Isn't this series supposed to be about unsung women rather than a very famous first lady? She acquiesces but feels her vision is being compromised. After Carrie accidentally slips and falls in her new home (it's big enough to run around in) Miranda comes over to debrief about her night with Sister Mary, using some delightful wordplay. 'You deflowered the Virgin Mary,' Carrie points out. Mary's too clingy and keeps texting Miranda, but she wants to end it. 'Can I ghost a nun?' she asks. 'It would be a holy ghost,' Carrie responds. Charlotte (Kristin Davis) is unfortunately stuck in this episode dealing with dog drama. Her bulldog, Mr. Burton, is accused of attacking a Chihuahua at the park, which sends her spiraling looking for a new dog walker and doggy daycare. In the end, she finds out that Burton was wrongly accused because the woman making the claim has bad eyesight. (Go figure!) Charlotte's daughter Lilly (Cathy Ang), however, is treated to a little bit of romance this week when she, Carrie, and Anthony (Mario Cantone) get exclusive invites to a ballet dress rehearsal at Lincoln Center. She has a crush on one of the dancers, and she nearly falls out of her seat watching him pirouette. While she ogles at her crush, there are some tensions between Carrie and Anthony as he judges the state of her relationship with Aidan. How can she be with him if she doesn't know when (or if!) he's coming back to New York? Aidan does return to our screens in this episode—but not to the Big Apple just yet—when he calls Carrie from his Virginia home, slightly drunk. Their flirty conversation turns into phone sex, but Carrie gets cold feet when she realizes her cat, Shoe, is staring her down from across the room. As Aidan finishes on the other end of the line, Carrie pretends that she does too. At least one long distance couple reunites: Seem and Ravi. The director arrives home surprisingly early and pampers Seema with a cascading bouquet of flowers and a reservation at Jean-Georges, but there's a catch: They have to go location-scouting for his film first…with his crew. Though he promises they'll make their lunch reservation, they go over-time, and Seema is fed up. Ravi 'lost track of time and on me,' she tells him. She calls a black car and leaves him in a movie-worthy exit. The rest of the ladies gather at Harlem's Red Rooster for Herbert's (Christopher Jackson), campaign event. (Lisa's husband is running for city comptroller, if you needed a reminder.) Though he's been spending a majority of the episode trying to be 'cool,' he succumbs to his charmingly uncool hobbies and performs with his college a cappella group. (A great excuse for to get the Hamilton alum to sing onscreen.) While staying true to himself, Herbert encourages Lisa to do the same with her docuseries and stay true to her vision. She's all ears until she realizes their event planner has a connection to The White House. Could he be her in with the Obamas? Miranda also can't help but go with her gut when Mary asks to meet in Times Square by the M&M store. (She gifts her a bag of the candies—M&M for Mary and Miranda!) She feels bad for the nun, but she also doesn't want to lead her on. 'Don't leave God for me,' she pleads. Mary shrugs all that off; of course she wouldn't leave God, she says, she's married to him. On a more sentimental note, Mary explains that Miranda helped her explore a side of herself that was always within her, waiting to be uncovered. Fresh off of watching a performance of Wicked, she takes Miranda's hands and sings, 'Because I knew you, I have been changed for good.' Carrie also comes clean when she calls Aidan that night, confessing that she faked her orgasm over the phone during their last conversation, but she's willing to give it another go. Unfortunately, it's not a good time for Aidan, who's in bed with his son. This five-year, long-distance break is going to be harder than Carrie thought. She gets out of bed and returns to the thing she knows best: writing. She opens her laptop and begins typing (with her signature narration), 'The woman wondered what she had gotten herself into.' This season, we're about to find out. ELLE Collective is a new community of fashion, beauty and culture lovers. For access to exclusive content, events, inspiring advice from our Editors and industry experts, as well the opportunity to meet designers, thought-leaders and stylists, become a member today HERE. Erica Gonzales is the Deputy Editor, Culture at where she oversees coverage on TV, movies, music, books, and more. She was previously an editor at There is a 75 percent chance she's listening to Lorde right now.
Elle
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
I'm Losing My Mind Over Miranda's Hookup in the 'And Just Like That...' Season 3 Premiere
Spoilers below. Every season of And Just Like That… has felt like the start of a new chapter, but this season, it really feels like it. Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) has a new apartment, Samantha (Kim Cattrall) gave us closure, and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), and the show as a whole, are done with Che. In fact, a few characters are missing from the season 3 opener, including Sara Ramirez's divisive stand-up comic, professor Nya (Karen Pittman), and Miranda's ex Steve (David Eigenberg). Maybe the show realized that there was too much going on, and that it needed to slim down its focus a bit. It's still outrageous, just a little less crammed. But some things still linger from past seasons, like Carrie and Aidan's situationship? You might recall that in the season 2 finale, the old lovers left things off on a confusing note: They are taking a five-year break while Aidan (John Corbett) tends to his family in Virginia. They're not supposed to see or talk to each other during that time, but they've been bending that rule by sending each other postcards. Carrie starts off the episode sending one with a vintage photo of Gramercy Park (her new neighborhood). How long can they make this arrangement last? Later that night, Miranda falls into an entanglement of her own during a night out at a lesbian bar. After braving an awkward run-in with her son's old babysitter and getting called a 'rando' by other patrons, she finds solace in another out-of-place guest named Mary (Rosie O'Donnell). She's in town visiting and is rather forward, inviting Miranda to her hotel room after exchanging only a few words, but what the heck, Miranda is into it. They go home together, but the next morning, Miranda is in for a few surprises: Their night together was the first time Mary had sex…with anyone…because she is a nun. A virgin nun? Oh, Miranda you've really outdone yourself. Meanwhile, the ever-glamorous Seema (Sarita Choudhury), whom I more and more each season, has her own crisis while trying to get in touch with her busy director boyfriend Ravi, who is filming on location in Egypt. She lights up a cigarette in bed and falls asleep waiting, nearly burning her apartment down. (On the bright side, the damage was only done to her hair. The down side? Damage was done to her hair.) She later vents to Carrie about it during a walk in Washington Square Park, but I'm sorry, I'm too distracted by Carrie's massive bonnet to register anything else. She looks like a very chic mushroom from Fantasia. Lisa (Nicole Ari Parker), on the other hand, seems to be making headway in her career. (Last season, she suffered a miscarriage and worried about not being able to balance motherhood and her professional life.) Her latest project is a documentary series about unsung Black women throughout history, like Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot license. It seems to be going well, but her producers seem more interested in including a bigger name—like Michelle Obama. Lisa is confused. Isn't this series supposed to be about unsung women rather than a very famous first lady? She acquiesces but feels her vision is being compromised. After Carrie accidentally slips and falls in her new home (it's big enough to run around in) Miranda comes over to debrief about her night with Sister Mary, using some delightful wordplay. 'You deflowered the Virgin Mary,' Carrie points out. Mary's too clingy and keeps texting Miranda, but she wants to end it. 'Can I ghost a nun?' she asks. 'It would be a holy ghost,' Carrie responds. Charlotte (Kristin Davis) is unfortunately stuck in this episode dealing with dog drama. Her bulldog, Mr. Burton, is accused of attacking a Chihuahua at the park, which sends her spiraling looking for a new dog walker and doggy daycare. In the end, she finds out that Burton was wrongly accused because the woman making the claim has bad eyesight. (Go figure!) Charlotte's daughter Lilly (Cathy Ang), however, is treated to a little bit of romance this week when she, Carrie, and Anthony (Mario Cantone) get exclusive invites to a ballet dress rehearsal at Lincoln Center. She has a crush on one of the dancers, and she nearly falls out of her seat watching him pirouette. While she ogles at her crush, there are some tensions between Carrie and Anthony as he judges the state of her relationship with Aidan. How can she be with him if she doesn't know when (or if!) he's coming back to New York? Aidan does return to our screens in this episode—but not to the Big Apple just yet—when he calls Carrie from his Virginia home, slightly drunk. Their flirty conversation turns into phone sex, but Carrie gets cold feet when she realizes her cat, Shoe, is staring her down from across the room. As Aidan finishes on the other end of the line, Carrie pretends that she does too. At least one long distance couple reunites: Seem and Ravi. The director arrives home surprisingly early and pampers Seema with a cascading bouquet of flowers and a reservation at Jean-Georges, but there's a catch: They have to go location-scouting for his film first…with his crew. Though he promises they'll make their lunch reservation, they go over-time, and Seema is fed up. Ravi 'lost track of time and on me,' she tells him. She calls a black car and leaves him in a movie-worthy exit. The rest of the ladies gather at Harlem's Red Rooster for Herbert's (Christopher Jackson), campaign event. (Lisa's husband is running for city comptroller, if you needed a reminder.) Though he's been spending a majority of the episode trying to be 'cool,' he succumbs to his charmingly uncool hobbies and performs with his college a cappella group. (A great excuse for to get the Hamilton alum to sing onscreen.) While staying true to himself, Herbert encourages Lisa to do the same with her docuseries and stay true to her vision. She's all ears until she realizes their event planner has a connection to The White House. Could he be her in with the Obamas? Miranda also can't help but go with her gut when Mary asks to meet in Times Square by the M&M store. (She gifts her a bag of the candies—M&M for Mary and Miranda!) She feels bad for the nun, but she also doesn't want to lead her on. 'Don't leave God for me,' she pleads. Mary shrugs all that off; of course she wouldn't leave God, she says, she's married to him. On a more sentimental note, Mary explains that Miranda helped her explore a side of herself that was always within her, waiting to be uncovered. Fresh off of watching a performance of Wicked, she takes Miranda's hands and sings, 'Because I knew you, I have been changed for good.' Carrie also comes clean when she calls Aidan that night, confessing that she faked her orgasm over the phone during their last conversation, but she's willing to give it another go. Unfortunately, it's not a good time for Aidan, who's in bed with his son. This five-year, long-distance break is going to be harder than Carrie thought. She gets out of bed and returns to the thing she knows best: writing. She opens her laptop and begins typing (with her signature narration), 'The woman wondered what she had gotten herself into.' This season, we're about to find out.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Here's a list of the top music concerts coming to the Upstate in June, check it out
Summer concert season is getting underway, and the Upstate is buzzing about upcoming performances. From renowned artists to local bands, the lineup includes various genres and venues. Mark your calendars, get your tickets, for shows coming to the Upstate in June. Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville will host Chris Stapleton's All-American Road Show, 7:30 p.m., on June 4. Nikki Lane s the special guest. has ticket prices $255, while reports the average price of about $350. Alternatively, lists ticket prices starting from $234. Cole Swindell will perform at Fifth Third Park in Spartanburg on June 5. The concert is part of the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX and marks the kickoff of the event. Gates open at 5 p.m. Ticket prices start at $34 and can be purchased Dope Shows celebrating Cash Money Millionaires' 30th anniversary. comes to Bon Secours Arena on June 13. Showtime is 8 p.m. Tickets start at $67 on Vince Gill is scheduled to perform at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium on June 13 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $71.23 to over $300, depending on seating and package options. On June 14, Fantasia and Anthony Hamilton take the Bon Secours stage. Tickets for the Fantasia and Anthony Hamilton concert are available starting at low as $83 plus fees. lists lower-level seats at $162 each, while some listings show prices up to $183 each. Wynonna Judd will perform at The Peace Center, 300 South Main St, on June 18. The show is part of her "The Greatest Hits Tour" and will take place in the Peace Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices for the concerts range from $94 to $198, depending on seating preferences. Find tickets at and Dixies will also perform at The Peace Center. Performances are scheduled for June 19 at 7 p.m., June 20 at 7:30 p.m., June 21 at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and June 22 at 1 p.m. Audiences can look forward to entertaining theatrical experiences. Tickets start at $77, with the average price being $112, according to Vivid Seats. For those looking for a deal, prices for some sections on start at just $64. The CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park at 861 SE Main Street in Simpsonville will host the Rainbow Kitten Surprise on June 21 at 8 p.m. Tickets for the performance start at $44, according to SeatGeek. The average ticket price is around $198.39, as reported by TicketSmarter. com The Peace Center will host a performance by Ledisi on June 25 at 7:30 p.m. It will be part of her "Love You Too" tour, and she will be accompanied by Marsha Ambrosius. Tickets range from $49.50 to $82.50 and can be purchased at For those looking for alternative options, lists tickets starting at $41. The Band of Horses will perform at the Peace Center on June 27, at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $70, with variations depending on seat location. According to Event Tickets Center, Balcony Row K tickets are priced at $105 each. Travis Tritt is scheduled to perform at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium on June 27 at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices vary by seat and section and range from $78 to $488 and can be purchased through or at the auditorium box office Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ticket prices start at $34 and can be purchased The 3rd Annual 864 Music Festival featuring Raheem DeVaughn and Keke Wyatt will be held June 28, 5:30-11 p.m., at Barnet Park, 248 E. Saint John St., Spartanburg. General admission tickets are $71, while 2-for-1 admission tickets are available for $37, according to For those looking for an exclusive experience, Dreamers VIP Lounge tickets are $162. also lists 2-for-1 deals starting at $36.52, providing various options for attendees. The Radio Room in Greenville will also have several concerts in June. These concerts include Merkules, Redferrin, Pallbearer, SUGAR, The Premiere System of a Down Tribute, and Houses of the Holy - The True Zeppelin Experience. Ticket prices at The Radio Room in Greenville can vary depending on the event and the time of purchase. Some events may have tickets starting from $10, while others can reach $333. Find specific prices and purchase tickets through the Radio Room's website or Freshtix. Other concerts include Subliminal Doubt, Cosmic Charlie, Black River Rebels, and Bailey Spinn. Here's a list of specific dates and artists: June 28: Tommy Prine June 3: Merkules wsg Ryan Oakes, LA Kenzie, and Darren Young June 4: Redferrin June 5: Pallbearer with Cinder Well June 6: SUGAR: The Premiere System of a Down Tribute wsg Knot Your Kind June 7: Houses of the Holy - The True Zeppelin Experience June 8: Subliminal Doubt - A Tribute to No Doubt and Gwen Stefani with All Apologies June 14: Cosmic Charlie June 19: Black River Rebels June 21: Mark Bryan (of Hootie and the Blowfish) with Doug Jones (of Cravin Melon) June 22: Dead Posey June 25: Bailey Spinn Travis Rose covers Anderson County for the Independent Mail. Reach him via email at trose@ This article originally appeared on Greenville News: What music concerts are coming to Greenville and Spartanburg in June?
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Shreveport's ‘Art•ish event highlights diverse Black artists
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — For the fifth time, artists, art enthusiasts, and the community are invited to return to 'Art•ish. 'Art•ish 2024: A Celebration of Black Artists 'Art•ish is an annual event that encourages and inspires black artists to be themselves. It features artists from various media. Performing artists, culinary artists, and visual artists all converge to present their unique visions of art in their own ways. See Fantasia and Anthony Hamilton live at the Brookshire Grocery Arena This year's event, which will take place on June 14 and 15 at Riverview Hall, will feature 50 regional visual artists, 20 performance artists and musicians, and five culinary artists. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
See Fantasia and Anthony Hamilton live at the Brookshire Grocery Arena
BOSSIER CITY, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — R&B singers Fantasia and Anthony Hamilton are set to perform in Bossier City. Grammy-award winner Ashanti to perform live at the Horseshoe Casino & Hotel Both Fantasia and Anthony Hamilton have made significant contributions to the music industry. Fantasia first captured the attention of fans in 2004 when she competed in and won the third season of American Idol. Since then, she has released seven studio albums and won two Grammy Awards. In addition to her music career, Fantasia has starred in the film adaptation of 'The Color Purple.' She also wrote a New York Times best-selling autobiography, which was later adapted into a movie. R&B legend Anthony Hamilton gained widespread recognition after performing the chorus for the rap group Nappy Roots' hit single, 'Po' Folks.' He went on to win a Grammy Award and received over a dozen nominations throughout his career. Hamilton has released ten albums and sold more than 50 million copies worldwide. 90's R&B fest in Louisiana to feature Adina Howard, Michel'le, and Dru Hill You can see both Fantasia and Hamilton at the Brookshire Grocery Arena on Saturday, September 27, at 8:00 p.m. To reserve your spot, visit Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
