Jay Z revealed that his mother Gloria Carter is gay in his new album 4:44, rapping “Mama had four kids, but she’s a lesbian / Had to pretend so long that she’s a thespian / Had to hide in the closet, so she medicate / Society shame and the pain was too much to take.”… Continue reading Jay Z’s mum tells the emotional story of how she came out to him
“My novels are my way of saying to the cruel, unjust people in the world, ‘You think you got away with it?!’” A Nadeem Aslam novel can be many things. You could read it for the poetry or the hypnotic imagery; the immediacy of its events or the relevance of its anxieties; its rich historicity… Continue reading Nadeem Aslam’s New Novel Delves Deep Into Pakistan’s Current Cultural Turmoil
It’s been a while since Chitrangada Singh’s face has crossed our screens, but the global launch of lace apparel brand Intrika remedied that. Dressed in a regal red and black number with a lacy trail, Singh looked every inch the showstopper that she was. We caught up with the actor before her walk for a… Continue reading Chitrangada Singh plays rapid fire with ELLE
Bollywood celebrities like Sonakshi Sinh are no strangers to Instagram-worthy holidays. Ranveer Singh let his inner Bollywood fanboy loose at Switzerland and Parineeti Chopra had us coveting her postcard-pretty holiday in Australia. Now, it is Sonakshi’s turn to take some well-deserved time off from her hectic schedule. (ICYMI, Sinha recently gave us a masterclass on… Continue reading Sonakshi Sinha’s tropical getaway is giving us major FOMO
Instagram can be a tough place to be at if you love food, what with all the delicious foodstagrams from all over the world! But it was especially hard this past week when Chef Thomas Zacharias (executive chef at The Bombay Canteen) went on a food vacay to Lucknow and bombarded our feeds with his… Continue reading This chef’s food vacation to Lucknow will definitely make your mouth water
Why? Because he’s Salman Khan and he can. For the uninitiated and those hiding under a rock at the bottom of a Guatemala, (Honestly, you might want to go back there. The humans of this planet have nothing of value to offer) Salman Khan recently shot into social media infamy after an interview where he… Continue reading Outrageous statements Salman Khan has gotten away with
Go behind the scenes of our October 2014 cover shoot with Shraddha Kapoor
Jonathan Adler has built an empire of stores across the world with popping prints, jewel-bright colours and quirky home accessories. We dare you to check out his web-store and not be tempted to buy everything on it. We caught up with the designer. ELLE: When did you get interested in pottery? JONATHAN ADLER: I was… Continue reading Five minutes with Jonathan Adler
