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The Fictional Black Love That Changed Everything for 6 Cosmo Editors

Our view of love and relationships is shaped by so many things, including pop culture. Here, Cosmo’s Black editors talk about the Black couples in TV and movies that positively impacted our view of Black romance.

By Christen A. Johnson
Feb 9, 2026
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Now, Who Is Responsible for the Team USA Fedoras?

By Annabel Iwegbue
Feb 9, 2026
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I Wear These Perfumes When I Wanna Smell Sexy

By Jasmine Hyman
Feb 9, 2026
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What Decades of Love Really Looks Like

By Mikhaila Archer
Feb 9, 2026
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Hi, You Look Like You Need a New Romance Novel

By Corinne Sullivan and Laura Hanrahan
Feb 9, 2026
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Love & Relationships

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How AI Is Guiding Gen Z Divorces

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The 50 Best Date Spots in the USA in 2026

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The Self-Indulgent Art of the Post-Breakup Letter

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It Seems Like All the Black It Girls Are In Love

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2026 Grammys

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Exclusive

The Sound of Now Is Emotional—and That’s the Point

Join Cosmopolitan inside music’s biggest weekend with Universal Music Group.

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Inside the Grammys Afterparty You Didn’t See on TV

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Ayra Starr’s Stunning Look Owned the Grammys

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Our Grammys Faves Look Adorable in These Polaroids

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Kelsea Ballerini Looked Golden at the 2026 Grammys

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In love with love?

Cosmo Editor-in-Chief Willa Bennett unpacks dating trends in her new love newsletter.

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February Horoscopes

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Your Aquarius Monthly Horoscope for February 2026

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Your Cancer Monthly Horoscope for February

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Your Sagittarius Monthly Horoscope for February

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Your Taurus Monthly Horoscope for February

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Your Aries Monthly Horoscope for February 2026

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Your Gemini Monthly Horoscope for February

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Your Capricorn Monthly Horoscope for February

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Your Virgo Monthly Horoscope for February 2026

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Your Libra Monthly Horoscope for February 2026

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Your Pisces Monthly Horoscope for February

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2026 Olympics

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These Team GB Figure Skaters Spiced Up Our Lives

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Chocolate Lava Cakes Are Going Viral at the Winter Olympics

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Hunter Hess and Chris Lilis Feel "Mixed Emotions" Representing Team USA

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All the Women Repping USA’s Olympic Figure Skating Team

Editor-Approved Shopping

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Wear These Smokey Perfumes If You Want Compliments

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These Are the Best Colognes to Gift for V-Day

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Taylor Swift Wore These $59 Sneakers in "Opalite"

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Hailey Wore the Perfect Activewear Top

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Is It Just Us?

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Is It Just Us? Or Are Single Cat Ladies Happier?

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Is It Just Us? Or Is Everyone Wearing Leopard Print Again?

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Is It Just Us? Or Are Engagement Rings Bigger?

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Is It Just Us? Or Has the Hand Fan Fandom Expanded?

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Gender's New Era

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What I Learned From Trans Fitness Influencers

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Accepting Anger Helped Me Embrace Being Nonbinary

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How I Learned to Love Being a Girl

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What It's Like Finding Pleasure After Gender-Affirming Surgery

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Book Exclusives

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All 'The Lincoln Lawyer' Books in Order

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B.K. Borison’s ‘Grim Tidings’ Cover Reveal

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Read Sarah Domet’s ‘Everything Lost Returns’

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Former Bachelor Producer is Sharing Her Side of the Story

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Tomi Adeyemi Reveals Her Next Novel

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Kerri Maniscalco Has Some Big News to Share

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Melissa de La Cruz's ‘Sibylline’ Excerpt Delivers a Special Life-Changing Letter

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Your First Look at Caty Rogan's ‘Kissed by the Gods’

Beauty

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This Is the Most Popular V-Day Beauty Treatment

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I Quit Makeup for Two Weeks. My Skin Didn’t Care

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So What Actually are Sulfates in Haircare?

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Dior’s Beloved Lip Glow Oil Just Got an Upgrade

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Blind Date

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Madeline Argy Joins Cosmo’s Blind Date

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Chad Michael Murray Joins Cosmo's Blind Date

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JaNa Craig Joins Cosmopolitan's Blind Date

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Giveon Has a Theory About Being Friends With an Ex

Cosmo Quiz

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It Girl Quen Blackwell Takes the Cosmo Quiz

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Margaret Qualley Took the Cosmo Quiz Between Films

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Cole Escola Had Too Much Fun With the Cosmo Quiz

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Actor Chase Sui Wonders Takes the Cosmo Quiz

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Manny Jacinto Gave Me Marriage Advice

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Nicholas Alexander Chavez Gets Into It All

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The Cosmo Centerfold: Anora’s Mark Eydelshteyn

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Caleb McLaughlin Thinks Love Should Be Adventurous