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Ilana Kaplan

Ilana Kaplan is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn. She covers music, culture and entertainment and has written for Rolling Stone, The New York Times, NPR, GQ and more.
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A New Chappell Roan Book Charts the Trajectory of Her Career From Pop Prominence to Dominance

Chappell has become pop's great maximalist icon of 2025, and it's time we discussed it.

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Exclusive: The Creatives Behind ‘13 Going on 30’ Say It Almost Had a Completely Different Ending

In honor of the film’s 20th anniversary (!?), 12 members of the cast and crew told Cosmopolitan all about the last-minute final scene switch, why Mark Ruffalo almost didn’t sign on to the movie, and whether they think a sequel is actually possible.

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Cosmo Exclusive: Your Favorite (Fictional) Band Pink Slip Might Reunite in the 'Freaky Friday' Sequel

In honor of the movie’s 20th anniversary, we called up the producers, casting directors, and actors behind it and found out Lindsay Lohan almost didn't get her now-iconic part.

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We Got Anna Kendrick* to Spill All the Wild, Almost Unbelievable Details on How “Cups” Even Happened

*And a whole lot of her colleagues, for Pitch Perfect’s 10th anniversary.

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Hilary Duff Loves That Her ‘How I Met Your Father’ Character Doesn’t Have Her Sh*t Together

And like you, she still thinks about that now-scrapped Lizzie McGuire reboot.

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Lisa Vanderpump on Her New Dinner Party Show, ‘RHOBH’ Castmates, and the Future of ‘Vanderpump Rules’

Cosmopolitan sat down (virtually, ofc) with the restauranteur to ask ALL the important questions.

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