LOVE , RINGS & RHINESTONES SEPTEMBER 2026

Description

The cover story is Anne Hathaway’s victory lap, two movies in theaters, a Disney Legend at D23 introduced by Anna Wintour, and a bump she put front and center in custom Prabal Gurung, with her own five words doing the talking. Then the portfolio that names the issue: Jordyn Woods and Karl-Anthony Towns in Malibu with the championship trophy on the dance floor, Billie Eilish officiating for Finneas at San Ysidro Ranch, Tallulah Willis in Sun Valley, Ronaldo’s five guest civil ceremony in Cascais, and a backyard vow in Los Angeles. Ring Season counts six proposals in 31 days, led by Post Malone’s 20 carat oval. The box office pages run Spider-Man’s five straight No. 1 weekends and the $4 billion summer, Country Ate the Charts covers Ella Langley’s 17 weeks and the first all country top five in Hot 100 history, Karol G ends Bad Bunny’s 77 week reign, and Ariana Grande posts one heart and announces a step back that we’re on the side of. Tenniscore puts Serena and Carlos on Ashe, Monterey rings up a $755.6 million week, and the September Cover Wars get scored kindly. And on its own pink pages, apart from the cheek, six pages for Dolly Parton, 1946 to 2026, the tribute wall, the encore and the Imagination Library.

The Fine Print

Our fact window closed August 31, so the Emmys, the VMAs, the US Open finals and New York Fashion Week sit on the Agenda page as forward looking and proud of it. It’s a first issue: the masthead prints roles rather than names, no advertising was sold, and the web sourced photography carries per image credits with rights pending while the licenses clear, which we’d rather say than hide. If you like your gossip with receipts and your glamour with its clothes on, this is your magazine.