Look Inside Variety's Power of Women Event & See Celebs Like Meghan Markle, Margot Robbie & More Mingling With Each Other!

The stars are stepping out for Elle‘s big event!

Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton were entangled in an awkward public exchange in 2018, which reports have suggested is the reason the Duchess of Sussex would 'never take to' her sister-in-law.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Billie Eilish and her brother and collaborator Finneas O’Connell have received Grammys, an Oscar and just about every award and honor and tribute and kudo young recording artists can imagine in the six years since her debut EP in 2017, but even they can still be awed by a tribute from a respected influence. That happened at Variety’s Hitmakers celebration in Los Angeles on Saturday, when Elton John’s lyricist of 56 years, Bernie Taupin — who has written the lyrics for everything from “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” and “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word” to “Bennie and the Jets” and “Candle in the Wind” — paid tribute to their songwriting partnership when rewarding them with the Film Song of the Year honor for “What Was I Made For?,” their song from the summer blockbuster film “Barbie.” Before an audience that included Boygenius, Joan Baez, Olivia Rodrigo, Victoria Monet and many others (SZA hadn’t arrived yet), the following exchange took place: Taupin’s tribute and Eilish’s response (Finneas just said “Thanks guys!”) follows in full.

Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish are closing out Saturday Night Live’s 2023 season. The two young musicians will serve as the musical guests for the two final episodes of the series, with Rodrigo performing on December 9th and Eilish performing on December 16th. Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo’s friendship: How she inspired her saddest songBillie Eilish unveils huge back tattoo: See the rest of her tattoosA post shared by Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl)Rodrigo will be featured on the episode where Adam Driver will serve as host, while Eilish will be featured on the season finale, which will be hosted by Kate McKinnon.

Jordan Moreau Variety has announced additional honorees for its annual Hitmakers Event on Dec. 2 in Los Angeles. Sabrina Carpenter will receive the Rising Star Award presented by H&M, celebrating her transformative year as a music artist.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the follow-up to Sony, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Marvel’s groundbreaking Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse which won the Animated Feature Oscar in 2019.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series, spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts, continues with Saltburn, the brutally dark satirical thriller written and directed by Emerald Fennell. The pic marks her sophomore feature, on the heels of the Best Original Screenplay Oscar winner Promising Young Woman. 

Taylor Swift may love a London Boy (or, at least, she used to…), but not enough to drop everything for one of them!

Meghan Markle was allegedly told to "be more Black" during an engagement linked to Nelson Mandela according to explosive claims made by a royal author.

Sounds like Meghan Markle‘s plan to return to Hollywood is moving ahead very quickly — and includes a transition directly into the star-studded community.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have suffered another blow in the US after being featured in a notorious shop window of a popular store in Los Angeles.

Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles on Saturday drew 28 of this season’s biggest and buzziest films for our annual panel showcase of cast and creatives, with a list of films that included everything from Barbie and Oppenheimer to John Wick: Chapter 4 and Trolls Band Together and every kind of movie in between.

Meghan Markle endured yet another "awkward" moment during an event last week as she was hurried along the red carpet.

“I definitely didn’t want to try and make a puff piece Barbie. I wanted us to run at the scary things as much as we celebrated the wonderful things,” executive producer and star Margot Robbie said during a panel for the movie at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles panel on the film. “That’s exactly why I went after Greta [Gerwig], because I was like, ‘She would do that.'”

Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles kicks off Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. PT spotlighting 28 movies, with panel discussions featuring cast and creatives from this awards season’s most talked-about films, including actors scheduled to return to post-strike duty from Margot Robbie, Bradley Cooper, Cillian Murphy, Jeffrey Wright, Colman Domingo, Lily Gladstone, Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson and Annette Bening to Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, Carey Mulligan, Anna Kendrick, Eve Hewson and America Ferrara.

happy 75th birthday could come with a hidden agenda: wanting the royal family’s cash. The estranged Duke and Duchess of Sussex reportedly called the monarch on Tuesday where the “Suits” actress allegedly showed him a pre-recorded video of their kids Archie, 4, and Lilibet, 2 singing “Happy Birthday” to their grandpa.

Meghan Markle is ready for her close-up. On Thursday, the Duchess of Sussex walked the red carpet for Variety’s Power of Women event in Los Angeles. The celebration honors the outlet’s Power of Women honorees, who each get a Variety cover.The mother of two was honored last year.

Meghan Markle is looking to the future of her career in Hollywood with Prince Harry.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s holiday traditions with their children — son Archie, 4, and daughter Lilbet, 2 — is something most parents can relate to.The Duchess of Sussex, 42, revealed her favorite Christmas activity with her family while attending Variety’s Power of Women event in Los Angeles on Thursday.“We’re creating new ones now that our little ones are growing up. And we’re enjoying every moment of it,” she told E! News on the red carpet.

and relaxed knitwear for her off-duty days in Montecito, Meghan Markle is known for her ability to serve , ensembles during her more public appearances. While it has been some time since she last graced the red carpet, this week marked the 's return to the spotlight, as she attended Variety’s Power of Women gala in Los Angeles last night.After an extended hiatus from the red carpet, the Duchess made a memorable comeback with a sleek, elegant look that warranted a double take.