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The Not-So-Secret Life of a Mormon Bachelorette

We’re not in Utah anymore. Taylor Frankie Paul is no stranger to the camera. She started out sharing near-daily snippets of her life as a member of Utah’s #MomTok community, but after a “soft swinging” scandal pushed her squarely into the limelight, she found herself leading Hulu’s Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. As a person famous for blowing up her life and making a reality television show that dealt with said explosion, Paul presents as an unlikely choice to lead The Bachelorette, ABC’s increasingly staid reality-dating series. But viewers have fallen in love with Paul’s authentically messy self and want her thorns and all. Even if they didn’t, Paul wouldn’t care: “I’ve made a lot of mistakes, and I share it—take it or leave it.” Savannah Walsh talks to Paul about infiltrating the world of reality television and her upcoming stint as the Bachelorette.

Elsewhere in HWD, Samantha Bergeson talks to Sofia Coppola about wanting to work with Kirsten Dunst again; Peggy Siegal laments to Maureen O’Connor about being shut out of the Oscar season circuit and the film world; Chiara Pizzimenti walks us through Pope Leo XIV’s favorite films; and Chris Feil has the best movies to watch on Netflix this month.

Not-So-Secret Life

Taylor Frankie Paul, the leader of #MomTok on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, has found her way to our screens again, this time as the single lead of The Bachelorette. She’s living her not-so-secret life entirely on camera, sharing mistakes and messiness, and she says viewers can take it or leave it.

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Sofia by Sofia

Twenty-five years after The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola chats with VF before being honored at the Museum of Modern Art’s 2025 Film Benefit, presented by Chanel.

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Shut Out

For years, Peggy Siegal was an essential New York party host and omnipresent player in the annual Oscars swirl. Then the publicist’s past relationship with Jeffrey Epstein came to light. Will she ever live it down?

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The Young Pope

Before welcoming prominent figures in cinema to the Vatican on Saturday, Pope Leo XIV shared his four favorite films of all time— including a Christmas classic, a beloved musical, and an Oscar-winning drama.

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Watch It

From comedy classics to recent Oscar winners, these are the movies on Netflix you don’t want to miss this month.

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