When we look back at 2026 as pop culture lovers, we will undoubtedly remember it as the year of Anne Hathaway. With Mother Mary, The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Odyssey, The End of Oak Street, and Verity all released within the span of seven months, Anne Hathaway has had a better year than almost anyone. Not to mention the fact that she’s been pregnant with her third child throughout this entire journey. She will most likely earn an Oscar nomination (and possible win) for The Odyssey; she will certainly have her choice of plum Hollywood roles in the years to come, and she will have enough money to buy a whole collection of full-body swimsuits.

With all that said, I do fear a cursed Anne Hathaway artifact has entered the timeline, namely the K-pop boy band wig she’s donning on the cover of Vogue China. Now Annie is no stranger to bold fashion moves, but wearing a BTS bowl cut wig for an entire photo shoot is certainly a choice. She sort of looks like Liza Minnelli meets Moe from the Three Stooges, with a pinch of The Beatles circa 1964 sprinkled in. I cannot stop looking at these images and imagining the conversations that led to this choice. It must have been made out of exhaustion, right? After 100+ red carpets/photo shoots/magazine profiles this year, she must have just been itching for something out of left field. Like “You know what we haven’t done yet? A whole shoot wearing a Party City bachelorette trip wig?”

When the post-Les Misérables short hair era ended for Anne Hathaway, I never dreamed that someday we’d revisit that time in such a ridiculous fashion, but here we are. And you know what? As ill-advised as I think this decision was stylistically, I do love the camp aspect here. I’m lowkey hoping she brings this wig to a Verity premiere. Can you imagine? Nicole Kidman, step aside, there’s a new wig queen in town.

Update On My Close Personal Friends — Meghan and Harry are headed back to the UK

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s study abroad trip has officially come to an end. After six years living in California, the royals are finally returning to the UK. Harry and Meghan fled Great Britain back in 2020 after stepping away from their royal duties. They’ve since been involved in a string of nebulous ventures that have included not-so-successful deals with Netflix and Spotify, Prince Harry’s controversial memoir Spare, in which he discussed his frostburned peen, and Meghan’s bizarre lifestyle show, With Love, Meghan, which was oddly filmed at her neighbor’s house instead of her own.

So why are Meghan and Harry moving back to the UK now? Well, one reason is that Meghan Markle is reportedly returning to acting. While very few details have been announced, People reported that the pair are returning so that Markle can restart her acting career for the first time in a decade. Fans will of course remember her as a Suits cast member before she became a British royal. Will the return mean that Harry and Meghan will rejoin the ranks of the royal family? Only time will tell.

The Couch Report — Your new favorite Gen Z horror film has arrived in theaters

Move over Backrooms and Obsession, there’s a third Gen Z horror hit making waves at the box office. It Ends, written and directed by 27-year-old Alexander Ullom, follows a group of recent grads who turn onto a wooded road, only to find that it has no ending. Moreover, every time they stop the car, a horde of angry people sprint from the forest and start to attack the vehicle, desperate to get inside. What the hell is happening, and why did these four friends get trapped in this nightmarish Groundhog Day loop, where all they can do is drive? Those are the questions of It Ends. The movie is currently sitting pretty with a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, and if you’re looking for an end-of-summer thriller, this is the one.

Be So For Real — Margaret Qualley, those aren’t shoes

It appears Anne Hathaway wasn’t the only star seduced by bizarre fashion choices this week. Margaret Qualley, fresh off her separation from Jack Antonoff, arrived at the London premiere of her new film The Dog Stars, wearing only the back half of her shoes. The actress, sporting all black, opted for a pair of Chanel “shoes” that are basically just heel coverings tied to her ankle. To what end? Her feet are still getting dirty, and I’d imagine they’re quite uncomfortable to walk in. I’d rather just be barefoot at that point, no? And certainly, it is a fashion statement that draws attention (I am, after all, writing about it), but that doesn’t make it good fashion. Like, I’m glad that Chanel is experimenting with something new, but like when I experimented with a faux hawk in college, I think this is a mistake.

Current Hyperfixation — The Next Gen NYC love triangle (square?)

Oh to be young, stupid, and horny! I’ve watched so many middle-aged women on reality TV that I’d all but forgotten how chaotic 24-year-olds are, but Next Gen NYC has reminded me. Like early seasons of The Real World, Bravo’s Gen Z entree follows a group of twentysomethings who are trying to figure out their lives, and one of the subplots involves Ariana Biermann juggling not one, not two, but three different men. Her ex-boyfriend Hudson McLeroy, her current beau Liam Obergfoll, and the group’s resident bad boy Charlie Zakkour are all vying for Ariana’s attention, and as young people are prone to do, she’s making a massive mess out of the whole situation. She’s filming scenes naked in bed with Liam; she’s showing up drunk to Charlie’s apartment in the middle of the night; she’s still texting her ex even though he’s hiding out in Georgia. It’s giving me a massive hit of nostalgia for my early twenties in NYC, and simultaneously reminding me why I never want to be 20 again. This is perfect reality TV.