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Jason Wu x Eloquii is here. (Photo: Eloquii)

Jason Wu and Eloquii just dropped the most covet-worthy, spring plus-size collection of the season.

The collection is Wu’s second for Eloquii, which builds upon the strengths of his last. It’s centered on form-fitting clothing that hugs your curves and is ultra flattering and undeniably fashionable. After all, Wu is one of the most revered American designers in the field. He’s dressed everyone from Meghan Markle to Michelle Obama and Priyanka Chopra.

No matter who Wu is dressing, one element remains clear — his designs are effortlessly beautiful and feminine. For this spring collection, the effort Wu puts into his designs remains the same. “I designed this collection no differently than [how] I design my other collections…it’s the same design philosophy. I want to provide the same kind of elevation and glamour and beauty,” Wu shares with Yahoo Lifestyle. “It sounds really simple, but there isn’t really that much out there in the market.”

For Wu, designing fashion-forward clothing that is beautiful and elevated — no matter what size a woman is — is an “obvious choice.”

Jason Wu poses alongside model Paloma Elesser, who returns as the face of the second Jason x Eloquii collection Photo: Eloquii)

It’s refreshing that the entire Jason Wu x Eloquii line retails for under $200 and caters exclusively to plus-size women — a market that has long been ignored. A typical Jason Wu dress can retail for $1,000 or more. Here, you can snag a gorgeous floral maxi dress for only $150 and in sizes 14 to 28. However, just because the price point is more accessible doesn’t mean quality is being sacrificed.

“We wanted to make sure it looked as good and elevated as anything else I do,” Wu tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “We don’t take shortcuts and want to make sure that everything you get here is, ‘I can’t believe I’m getting it for this price.'”

Looking through the collection, you’ll find wardrobe pieces you can wear to work, on dates and special occasions like weddings. A few of our personal favorites include a sleek and refined trench dress and a stunning floral sheath dress that is perfect for wedding season, as well as chic blouses, suits and skirts that perfectly epitomize what fashionable spring dressing is all about.

Wu is one of a handful of designers pushing size-inclusivity in America, while designers in Europe have been slow to adapt. When asked why that is, Wu responded: “I suppose in America we’re much less tied down by tradition,” he explains. “And I feel like right now there’s a real moment in America, not just about plus, but about really representing people of all shapes, size, color, gender. And I think in that sense, just given how crazy the world is right now, I think there’s a real concerted effort that people want to be authentic and represented.”

The Jason Wu x Eloquii collection caters to plus-size women everywhere, offering stylish wardrobe pieces that are not only perfect for spring, but can also be worn for years to come. Shop our favorite picks below and afterwards, head to eloquii.com for the full assortment.

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Jason Wu x Eloquii Belted Blazer and Trousers 

Jason Wu x Eloquii (Photo: Eloquii)

Last year, shoppers were obsessed Wu’s black tuxedo suit for Eloquii. This season, you can buy the updated version in a rich shade of teal.

Shop it: $120 (blazer), eloquii.com  Shop it: $90 (trousers), eloquii.com

Jason Wu x Eloquii Sleeveless Trench Dress

Jason Wu x Eloquii (Photo: Eloquii)

This has Meghan Markle vibes written all over it. Show up to a business meeting wearing this high-powered look, and your confidence will be through the roof.

Shop it: $111, eloquii.com 

Jason Wu x Eloquii Short Sleeve Sweetheart Neckline Sheath Dress

Jason Wu x Eloquii (Photo: Eloquii)

The color block design is tasteful and refined—a perfect dress to wear to a cocktail party.

Shop it: $100, eloquii.com 

Jason Wu x Eloquii Draped Front Dress

Jason Wu x Eloquii (Photo: Eloquii)

Have you seen a more perfect dress for spring? The print is so fresh you can almost “smell” the flowers.

Shop it: $70, eloquii.com 

Jason Wu x Eloquii Pinstripe Origami Sheath Dress

Jason Wu x Eloquii (Photo: Eloquii)

Wu’s many talents is being able to elevate what seems like an ordinary basic, like this pinstriped dress. Here, he transforms it by adding a small asymmetrical detail along the skirt that gives it an instant modern touch.

Shop it: $100, eloquii.com 

Jason Wu x Eloquii Halter Maxi Dress

Jason Wu x Eloquii (Photo: Eloquii)

This gorgeous tropical dress is ready to go. All you need to do is add a wicker bag and you’ll be ready for your BFF’s summer wedding soirée.

Shop it: $150, eloquii.com 

Jason Wu x Eloquii Draped Asymmetric Midi Dress

Jason Wu x Eloquii (Photo: Eloquii)

Available in both black and white, this angelic white dress is a classic piece that will never go out of style. The draping is a top-notch fit for any woman with curves.

Shop it: $80, eloquii.com 

Jason Wu x Eloquii Pleated Midi Dress

Jason Wu x Eloquii (Photo: Eloquii)

Style this whimsical springtime dress with wedges and you’ll be ready for a daytime park picnic.

Shop it: $150, eloquii.com 

Jason Wu x Eloquii One Shoulder Puff Sleeve Blouse

Jason Wu x Eloquii (Photo: Eloquii)

As the temperature heats up, a one-shoulder blouse is a chic and sophisticated top to pair with jeans or trousers.

Shop it: $70, eloquii.com

Jason Wu x Eloquii Notch Collar Wrap Dress

Jason Wu x Eloquii (Photo: Eloquii)

A wrap dress is a must-have in every woman’s closet. “It’s work appropriate, feminine [and] you can wear it to an event afterwards,” says Wu.

Shop it: $90, eloquii.com 

Jason Wu x Eloquii Poplin Ruffle Sheath Dress

Jason Wu x Eloquii (Photo: Eloquii)

This striped dress hugs all of your curves in all the right places. Add a pair of criss-cross sandals and you’ll be ready for warmer weekends ahead.

Shop it: $120, eloquii.com 

Jason Wu x Eloquii Pinstripe Belted Blazer and Culotte Trouser

Jason Wu x Eloquii (Photo: Eloquii)

If you’re a fan of suits, this version is perfect for spring as it features a wider, breezier trouser and a versatile pinstripe pattern.

Shop it: $120 (blazer), eloquii.com  Shop it: $90 (trousers), eloquii.com 

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David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in ‘The X-Files’ (Photo: Shane Harvey/Fox)

Warning: This post contains spoilers for the “Plus One” episode of The X-Files.

Phew — is it hot in here or is it just us? This week’s Chris Carter-penned X-Files installment, “Plus One,” was one of the steamiest in the show’s history… even though Fox Mulder and Dana Scully (David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson) didn’t do anything more on camera than cuddle. In the midst of an investigation into a strange case of murderous doppelgängers, the paranormal investigators provide an overdue update on their complicated romantic status by sharing an intimate night together in their hotel room. Initially occupying separate beds, an emotionally troubled Scully approaches Mulder with a request: “Can you hold me?”

Once in bed, the duo — who, let’s not forget, have a child together (or do they?) — engage in some sweetly emotional pillow talk about taking care of each other in their old age and the unlikely chances of spawning another rugrat. As Scully turns to face Mulder with a smile on her face, the camera pans subtly away to the left. When we cut back to the room later on, there’s obvious evidence that they’ve gotten hot and heavy beneath the sheets, from his rumpled tank top to her bare shoulders. It’s quite possibly the closest that The X-Files has gotten to a sex scene in 11 seasons — or, at least, close enough to make us want to rechristen the series as The Sexy Files.

“The Sexy Files! That’s pretty funny,” says the hour’s director, Kevin Hooks, with a good-natured chuckle. A former child actor turned veteran director — his past episodic credits include everything from St. Elsewhere and China Beach to Prison Break and Lost — Hooks says he was excited to learn that his first X-Files episode would be such a momentous one for the main characters. “That scene is obviously huge, and when I read the script I was really excited about it. It’s something that X-Files fans have been looking forward to for some time.”

Hooks filled us in on how he brought the sexy back to The X-Files and how he accomplished the difficult task of making a simple game of Hangman seem like the scariest thing ever.

Yahoo Entertainment: David and Gillian obviously have a long history together that they drew on for the more intimate moments in this episode. How did you see your role as the first-time director coming into that relationship? Kevin Hooks: The biggest challenge in doing a show that has the long history that The X-Files has is to gain the trust of the cast, as well as the crew. That’s something that I really tried to invest a lot of thought and energy into, knowing we were going to get to a place of intimacy that hadn’t been explored on the show in a while. Because David and Gillian are so close and so invested in these characters, they brought a lot to it that I couldn’t even have anticipated. They did a lot of work with Chris in terms of how to handle the passage of time and the ages of the characters. I just wanted to impress upon them the trust that I felt in them and that hopefully it would be reciprocated, which I think it was. I wanted to say my piece and get out of the way, because what they brought was going to be rich, and I wanted to make sure they felt comfortable enough to offer that.

The pillow talk sequence is the centerpiece of the episode, and you allow it to unfold in a very relaxed, almost languid way. It’s increasingly rare to see that kind of pacing on network television. How long did the scene take to shoot? We shot most of the hotel material in one or two days. What was paramount for me was to make sure that the scene played as honestly and earnestly as it possibly could. I didn’t want to rush the actors through takes; it was important to let that scene breathe, and I felt it worked well. In an episode that really does have a [fast] pace to it, that scene needed to breathe to be authentic.

As intimate as it is, we never do see Mulder and Scully kiss. Were there versions of the scene where things got more physical? Everybody was in agreement that we didn’t want to sell any body language that would indicate where it was going. The reveal was in the time cut when Mulder gets up to go to the bathroom, and you see bare shoulders. That’s when you realize that something has changed — that they’ve probably gone to another level, to use a euphemism. [Laughs] So we took great care with the body language to ensure that we didn’t ruin that reveal for the audience.

It’s not unlike the way Hollywood films functioned during the Production Code days — you had to hint at things rather than be explicit. Well, that’s the irony of the structure of that sequence, because we were restricted from what we could show for different reasons. We did it to serve the story as opposed to being dictated to by Standards and Practices.

Some lines in that sequence — like Mulder’s comment about Scully having plenty of “scoot in her boot” — sound improvised. Did the actors have leeway to play around that way? As much as Chris wanted to make sure that we got the scripted dialogue, he also trusts David and Gillian to try different things. I don’t remember if “scoot in your boot” was scripted or if it was David, but there’s some improv in there that works really well. When you’ve lived with characters for as long as they have, it becomes instinctive and just adds to the spontaneity of it all.

Anderson and Karin Konoval in ‘The X-Files’ (Photo: Shane Harvey/Fox)

Let’s talk about the other major hurdle you faced in the episode: making a game of Hangman seem frightening, not goofy. How did you approach those particular scenes visually? [Laughs] I knew there were going to be a ton of inserts, but I wanted to make sure that we didn’t rely entirely on them. I always think that camera movement creates drama, so I tried to get some push-ins and camera movements around that material. We also talked a little bit about jump-cutting in the editing patterns. Karin Konoval plays multiple characters in the episode, and one thing we talked a lot about was what grade of lead we’d use in the pencils. I wanted to feel the texture of what was being written on those pages, and Karin decided that she was going to make one of her characters left-handed and the other one right-handed. It was a wonderful idea that worked well with what the whole Hangman game was supposed to be in the episode.

I’ve always liked the conceit of doppelgängers as boogeymen. Did you enjoy playing around with that notion behind the camera? Chris and I talked a lot about designing shots that put characters in the same frame, whether it’s the young man in the car in the beginning of the episode or the fight Mulder has with his doppelgänger. We really wanted to give the audience visuals that felt a little bit more original and a little bit more fun than some of the other stuff where he had to rely on cuts. Putting both characters in the same frame was a wonderful exercise in the doppelgänger of it all.

The last shot of the episode — where Scully opens the adjoining door to their hotel rooms and finds Mulder waiting — is very playfully intimate as well. You can imagine where the scene goes next, even though we don’t see it. It’s very true. This sort of goes to what I was saying about relationships that exist well beyond a director coming in to do one episode in Season 11. There’s a foundation there that they’ve been working from and building on for years, and I just wanted to help bring it out. It was a lot of fun; watching them work together was amazing.

Were you a Mulder and Scully ‘shipper back in the day during the show’s original run? Working as a director and producer in television, you don’t get a chance to watch a lot of the shows being done. And that was before binge-watching! So I can’t say that I was avid a fan as many, but I certainly followed the show and aspired to be part of it. When I first talked to Chris Carter about doing [this episode], I told him that wherever I worked previously in the business, it was almost like “Six Degrees of X-Files.” I always met someone who had worked on the show, and thought they had worked with me on it! [Laughs] Finally, I was able to actually do the show and share the mystique of The X-Files.

The X-Files airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on Fox.

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Margo (Summer Bishil) has a heart-to-heart with the Muntjac (Photo: Syfy)

Spoiler alert: This week, the third episode of The Magicians‘ third season, “The Losses of Magic,” returned to a subject the series has dealt with before: sexual assault.

This time, after Eliot’s boat, the sentient Muntjac, was taken over by pirates, Margo (Summer Bishil) convinced the Fairy Queen to transport her and her advisors there. Eliot and his family had already escaped, so Margo was left to negotiate alone. She was told the pirates’ ship wanted to have sex with the Muntjac. If it didn’t get what it wanted, the crew of the Muntjac would die. A torn Margo then had a heartfelt conversation with the Muntjac‘s heartwood about consent and the stakes.

“As a woman, as a person, as a living being, it’s instinctual to want to ground a conversation about rape, essentially. So the work is already done for you if you are connected with reality,” Bishil says of filming the emotional scene. “As far as it being an inanimate object, and having to work with that, and wanting a response from it, I’m glad they left in the moment where I reach out to touch the heartwood, because it’s like, ‘Oh, you can’t respond. But you are living.’ So that sort of plays already, too, because it is weird talking to a piece of wood. But sometimes you don’t get a lot from actors.”

“How often do you go into an audition and you’re basically reading with a sack of bricks?” her co-star Hale Appleman (Eliot) says.

“You don’t always get people who are invested in story, either. Not on this show. But you are trained to deal with that,” Bishil says. “So I just drew on that. But that was just a beautiful episode. The writing for Margo is just endlessly inventive, and it’s there — it’s in the writing, really.”

Margo crushing her eye, in her own hand (Photo: Syfy)

The Fairy Queen overheard Margo’s conversation with the Muntjac and was touched, in her own way —  she massacred the pirates. She also, however, realized that one of Margo’s minions had stolen back Margo’s eye, which the Fairy Queen had been wearing as a bracelet. Rather than return the eye, which had become a spy for the Fairy Queen, Margo crushed it in her hand. It was a powerful moment.

“It’s almost like there’s two Margos,” Bushil says. “There’s the Margo in the edit, and then there’s the Margot that I experiment with. I come from the school of thought where you just try everything on the day. You try as many things as possible. You know, instinctually, what choice is probably going to be chosen in the edit, and what is probably going to resonate, but I played that scene completely different at first. I played the horrors of seeing all of these people dead, and the pirate king, who I had some sort of physical-sexual connection with, and the atrocity of what the Fairy Queen’s done, and the shock, and the devastation, and the real fear. The director — who I love working with, [James L. Conway], he’s fantastic, and he just makes me feel really supported on the set — and I think it was [co-producer] David Reed on set that day, were like, ‘Margo’s fearless, she’s not broken, she’s not afraid.’ So I quickly transitioned into what is played in the edit. And it was hard, because I wanted to break down and be like, ‘It’s my eye!’ But it’s so much more powerful [for her to crush it more stoically]. Because she’s basically deciding who she is in that moment. I don’t think Margo knows how fearless she is in that moment. That’s life, right? You don’t know who you are ’til you’ve made the decisions that you’ve made. We surprise ourselves, and I think Margo surprised herself at this detachment. She’s crushing this eye, and she’s like, ‘Oh my God, I’m really crushing this eye.‘”

She’s always tried to play against the vanity, Bishil says. “Because Margo really could’ve fallen into that category of superficial, and I never wanted her to be that, and I always tried to carve out something more interesting and not as cliché,” she says. “I don’t think Margo really cares too much about what people think about her appearance. She enjoys her appearance as performance. She celebrates it. It’s her own; it’s all hers, it belongs to her. She doesn’t do anything, appearance-wise, for anybody else.”

The Magicians airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on Syfy.

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Joel Edgerton goes out of his comfort zone to play a sexy leading man in Red Sparrow, and Jennifer Lawrence is here for it. Speaking with Yahoo Entertainment, Lawrence, who plays a Russian spy assigned to seduce Edgerton’s CIA agent, said that the Australian actor made a memorable first impression on her. As seen in the trailer, their characters meet at a pool, where they turn one another’s heads with body-conscious swimsuits.

“I think that was like his first day on set. I was like, ‘Hiii,‘” Lawrence recalled. (Watch the interview above.)

While Lawrence is often cast as a romantic lead, Edgerton is known for more offbeat roles, including an orc in the Netflix fantasy-crime film Bright and a creepy semi-stalker in his 2015 directorial debut, The Gift. 

“Look, sexy doesn’t sit well with me,” Edgerton admitted. “The spy part, loved it. Loved the whole idea that I got to live out and plug into a childhood fantasy of being a spy, but do it from the safety of my Winnebago-and-latte acting world. Because I would make, in real life, a terrible spy.”

Nevertheless, he looked the part in Red Sparrow, Speedo and all. “I’m so happy they keep bringing up the Speedo because then I get my memories,” Lawrence joked. “Sorry, am I making everybody uncomfortable?”

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Warning: This recap for episode 2 of The Bachelor contains spoilers. 

Get your motor running rose lovers, because it’s week 2 and our Bachelor is ready to hunt down a wife, like a hawk stalking its prey. (Sorry for mixing my metaphors and similes, folks.) And even though the “ladies” seem to be getting along famously right now at Casa Bachelor, Chris Harrison is quick to remind them that that camaraderie will not last.

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That’s for damn sure: When Becca K. gets the first one-on-one date, our resident single mom/villain Chelsea is not happy.

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Becca, meanwhile, hops on the back of Arie’s (rented) motorcycle for a ride through the picturesque Southern California mountains. It’s all very romantic… except for the whole “donorcycle” thing.

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Krystal’s dad, it turns out, was in a “serious” motorcycle accident, and she also knows lots of people who have died or “lost body parts” in bike accidents as well. Given all that potential awkwardness, I’m surprised Team Bachelor didn’t make Arie take Krystal on the motorcycle date. They love a good “forcing someone to confront a source of personal terror on camera” opportunity.

That said, there is something Team Bachelor loves more than making women fear for their lives, and that’s… the Pretty Woman Date™!!!

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Naturally Becca is THRILLED at this development — though as a grown-ass woman living in the year 2018 she should know that a man buying you expensive clothes and baubles on your first date is not romantic, it’s creepy and infantilizing. But who cares about that when everything is so SPARKLY???

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Vom. “Arie makes me feel very special,” gushes Becca. “I appreciate that he picked me to do this.” She appreciates it even more when Arie tells his little lady that she gets to keep ALL the pretty dresses, and he even has some sparkly $700 Louboutins to go with!

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After poking some diamond Neil Lane earrings through Becca’s lobes, Arie goes in for the smooch, all the while keeping one hand on Becca’s neck. When Becca gets home to primp for part two of her date with Arie, she strolls in so laden with packages and shopping bags that the “ladies” can’t believe what they’re seeing.

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“Look at those shoes! Are those Louboutins?” shrieks Lauren G. “Eeeeeeeee!” The women vociferously demur when Becca admits she was nervous about bringing all her loot home — and even though the air is thick with jealousy and tension, most of it seems to be directed inward rather than at Becca herself. “Oh my God,” sighs Bibiana ruefully. “They’re gonna get married.” Oh gurl, look at the odds — that’s very unlikely.

Over dinner that night, Arie does a lot of the talking, telling Becca that he feels “wiser” since his last experience on TV and reiterating that his real estate career allowed him to “slow down” and get ready for romance. When Becca does get to speak, it’s to fill Arie in on her late father’s battle with brain cancer — which was, understandably, “the hardest time that I had ever lived through at that point.” The experience, says Becca, brought her even closer to her family — and she’s happy to hear that Arie has strong family ties, too. Of course, she gets the date rose… and some free Neil Lane earrings!

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Also, I really wish he’d stop running his hands through Becca’s hair. It’s a little much.

The second date of the week is — hold up — another one-on-one date? With Krystal? Well I hope the fitness coach (or whatever) is ready to bring her A-game, because as Arie said, “Becca has definitely set the bar high.”

Krystal may not walk away from her date with a pile of bling, but she will have something to make the other “ladies” jealous: Arie’s taking her home to Scottsdale, Arizona! And she LOVES it.

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Vom. Once in Arizona, Arie gives Krystal the nickel tour, showing her the Pizza Hut where he worked as a teen, the tree where he had his first kiss, his high school, and naturally his condo, where they pore through old photo albums and watch home movies.

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But why look at old photos when you can have an awkward encounter with the real thing? That’s right: Arie surprises Krystal with the news that they’re going to meet his family! Though Mr. and Mrs. Arie weren’t super warm the last time they met one of Arie’s dates on TV (see: talking in front of Bachelorette Emily in Dutch), they do their best to endure Krystal’s breathy questioning about how they met.

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“My mom loves you — I can tell,” Arie tells Krystal as they leave his parents’ home. As for his sister-in-law? I think this barely-repressed sigh speaks for itself.

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At dinner, Arie invites Krystal to speak (“I want this also to be about you”) — specifically about her family and growing up. As we’ve learned from numerous confessionals, Krystal doesn’t have a close relationship with her family, and she’s nervous about revealing this to the Bachelor. Still, she soldiers on: “My dad wasn’t a part of my life, and my mom was there but was so emotionally unavailable — and I just really felt like my parents didn’t want me.”

Dayum, that’s rough. Krystal goes on tell Arie about the day her brother called her from the hospital after getting beaten up, and she learned he had been living on the streets. The Bachelor assures Krystal that her difficult upbringing doesn’t “reflect negatively” on her, and that he’s not put off by her struggles. In fact, says Arie, he specifically brought Krystal to meet his family in order to ease his mother’s mind about the types of women he would be dating on the show. “You are amazing,” he concludes, handing over the date rose.

Did you have “awkward private concert by (mostly) unknown artist” on your Bachelor bingo game? Time to stamp that card!

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Maybe next time, Connor.

On to the group date — which is so large Team Bachelor had to hire a tractor-trailer limo to fit all the women inside. Maquel, Marikh, Tia, Valerie, Annaliese, Lauren G., Kendall, Bekah, Jenny, Sienne, Jenna, Caroline, Brittany, Bibiana, [giant gasp for air] and Chelsea bounce out of the truck in their cute athleisure gear and are greeted by Arie, who drives up in a spray-painted beater

He briefs the “ladies” on demolition derby ground rules, and then sends them off to spray paint their cars. To their credit, some of the women get pretty creative with their designs. Winner:

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Runner-up:

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Unfortunately Annaliese can’t stop crying; it seems she had a traumatic experience with bumper cars as a child — which Team Bachelor promptly illustrates, nightmare-dream-sequence style.

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“A bumper car trauma?” scoffs Jenny, one of the 17 blondes on the date. “I didn’t know that bumper car trauma is a thing.” Damn right it is, toots! Especially if it gets Arie to come over and comfort the still-weeping Annaliese one-on-one. The girl’s no fool.

Naturally Chris Harrison is there — along with racecar driver Robby Gordon — to do the color commentary for the “Bashelor Demolition Derby.” And damn, the host isn’t holding back. “So could this be the first time that Arie actually wins something on a race track?”

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When the air horn blows, the women hit the gas. Suddenly Annaliese transforms from a weepy wuss to a stunt driver in Death Race 2000: She rams into Chelsea, “t-bones” Kendall, and slams into Marikh, all while driving in reverse. “She’s crushing girls like it’s her job!” marvels Harrison. Several minutes of ear-splitting metal-on-metal action later, Seinne emerges victorious in the derby, beating out Raven 2. “Second place sucks d***,” she groans.

Though she didn’t last the longest, Brittany’s derby run was apparently so violent that she upset her own equilibrium, because by the time the after-party rolls around, she is not in attendance. “Brittany smashed everybody with her car,” explains Jenna, “and unfortunately can’t be here.” Hmmm… if Brittany’s going to let something like whiplash or a possible concussion stop her from competing for Arie, maybe she doesn’t really want to be married after all.

Immediately after the toast, Chelsea pulls Arie away for a private chat. It’s time for her to reveal her big secret: She has a 3-year-old son, Sammy! The Bachelor is unfazed, as he once fell for single mom Emily Maynard, and he even lived with a woman with two kids for over a year. “I know that it’s hard to be away [from your son],” says the Bachelor. “It makes me happy that you’re here and taking a chance on me.” Then he eats her face.

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The women, on the other hand, aren’t so supportive. So what if Chelsea sacrificed time with her son to be here? All of them sacrificed something — like time away from posting on Instagram or posting homemade exercise videos on YouTube! “Everybody has a story,” notes Bibiana. Seinne’s, for instance, involves graduating from Yale, studying abroad in Brazil, and generally being far too good for this show/Arie. And he knows it: “I barely graduated high school and worked at Pizza Hut!” Of course, Arie isn’t going to let his insecurities stop him from macking on Seinne;  when she attempts to pull away from their “thanks for the chat” hug, he keeps his arm firmly around her neck until she realizes the only means of escape is to kiss him.

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As the night wears on, Bibiana — who was already irritable when the party began — grows ever more frustrated as woman after woman grabs Arie before she can. That is, if she’s even trying — we only ever see her sulking on the couch.

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“I’m done,” she says with a pout, before stomping out of the room and slamming the door. Meanwhile…

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“It was, like, really hot,” reports Bekah of her first smooch with the Kissing Bandit. Not hot enough, toots: Seinne gets the date rose!

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Seinne is in it to win it, dawg.

Cocktail party time! Arie — who either is a true gentleman or just knows how to approximate one, I can’t decide — kicks off the night by seeking out Brittany T., to make sure she feels better after her demolition derby-related injury. She does, especially after the Bachelor gives her this:

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We interrupt this recap to remind you that fur is gross, folks. Here’s hoping Bekah the nanny’s coat is faux.

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“I lead with chemistry, and with Bekah, there’s a lot of that,” says Captain Obvious. “She’s bold and charismatic, and when we kiss, it was just apparent that she could be the whole package.” The whole package minus about 10 years, but why quibble?

After an intern surgically removes Arie from Bekah’s face, he gets accosted by Krystal, who feels it’s necessary to “follow up” with the Bachelor even though she already has a rose. As you can imagine, this does not go over well.

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“I’m not worried,” breathes Krystal in her hyperventilating baby voice. “Some girls are a little weird, and some are very young, and some girls aren’t even there yet.” Which may be why she thinks it’s ok to interrupt Arie again while he’s talking to Bibiana, and you just know Bibi Gun is not about to lose her time tonight.

Krystal: “Do you mind if I step in for a moment?” Bibiana: “I actually do.”

The tension carries over into the house when Krystal foolishly (or as a calculated manipulation) comes and sits next to Bibiana. “I really think that you have a lot of balls just coming to sit down with us,” growls Bibi. “When you learn to speak to me like a normal human being and not with a fake tone, then I can actually respect you.” Then she does a dramatic interpretation of Krystal’s annoying personality.

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When Krystal tries to protest that she was just “checking on” Bibiana, Miss Miami puts a stop to that real quick. “Baby girl, it’s not about checking. If I’m trying to talk to my man, you need to back the f**k up.” Naturally, Team Bachelor makes them stand next to each other at the rose ceremony.

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Fortunately for Krystal, Bibiana — who warned that Krystal would have to “sleep with one eye open” if she got sent home — gets a rose. She joins Maquel, Jacqueline, Bekah M., Jenna, Chelsea, Lauren S., Raven 2, Annaliese, Lauren B., Kendall, Brittany, Ashley, Marikh, Caroline, Becca, Seinne and Krystal in the winners’ circle. That means we must say goodbye to Lauren G. (2 down, 2 to go!), Valerie, and Jenny… who takes it the hardest.

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Ever the gentleman (or a jerk capable of impersonating a gentleman, I’m not sure), Arie goes after Jenny to comfort her in her time of nationally televised rejection. “I have to make tough choices,” he says. “And I just didn’t see it.” And Jenny’s all, Whatever, Old Man River. “I’m not sad about you,” she sniffs. “I’m sad about leaving my new friends.” Indeed, Jenny has never experienced rejection before, and she definitely does not enjoy it. “He literally picked a taxidermist over me,” she moans. “I just feel like I embarrassed myself.” Finally, Jenny and I agree on something.

And with that, rose lovers, we’re done with week two. (The “next week on” preview can be summed up in one word: Tears.) So tell me, do you think Arie’s a true gentleman or just playing one on TV? Does anyone else feel guilty about hating Krystal, given her tough upbringing? And why in the world would anyone ever want a pickled bat? Post your thoughts now! And be sure to check out Chris Harrison’s exclusive blog right here. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go get examined for whiplash… just in case.

The Bachelor airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC.

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Did you know that 67% of women in the USA are size 14 and above? Did you know that clothing companies design the majority of their products for the size 2-8 market?

Meet Sarah Ahmed, the CEO and founder of Warp + Weft, the new jeans brand dedicated to serving the entire population — even that oft-ignored 67%. Ahmed grew up around fabrics, her family operated one of the largest textile mills one which was responsible for making much of the denim used to make the world’s most expensive jeans. With denim in her blood and that 67% on her mind, Ahmed realized that something was missing in the denim world: inclusive sizing. Why should women who are size 14 or above not be able to get their hands on good quality jeans, and why should jeans cost so much money?

After finishing her studies at Parsons the New School for Design, Ahmed decided to start a jeans collection with the promise of bringing a large range of sizes and fair pricing. Launched in May, Warp + Weft is a denim brand where every pair of jeans is under $100 and every fit goes up to size 24 for women and size 40 for men.

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The women’s collection has four different styles to choose from — skinny, bootcut, straight and shorts. The men’s collection boasts four styles as well — skinny, tailored, straight and slim. Prices start at $64 for the shorts and go up to $98 for the full-length pants.

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With the size and price taken care of, the last most important thing was the fit — and Ahmed made sure the fit was right on target too. Warp + Weft uses a cotton wrapping technique that Ahmed’s family developed for premium quality fabrics. It has incredible retention and lift (no jean sag) and gives wearers a great fit. The cherry on top of all of this is that Ahmed’s family factory, based in Pakistan, is committed to sustainable practices in order to reduce production’s impact on the environment. Great fit, fair pricing, large sizing, and care for the planet? What more does one need?

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Warning: Spoiler alert! Do not proceed if you have not watched Tuesday’s episode of Prison Break.

Did we just find out Poseidon’s identity?

At the end of Tuesday’s episode of Prison Break, titled “The Prisoner’s Dilemma,” the mysterious figurehead -- only known as “a rogue CIA operative” -- was possibly revealed to be Sara’s husband, Jacob Ness (Mark Feuerstein), as he was spotted by T-Bag (Robert Knepper) talking to two henchmen, A&W (Marina Benedict) and Van Gogh (Steve Mouzakis). But, is Jacob really Poseidon?

“There are definitely a number of more moves to that story,” creator Paul T. Scheuring exclusively tells ET. “The idea is to say, ‘Boy, that sure looks like it’s Jacob. Jacob sure looks like [he’s] Poseidon.’ All roads point to him at that point, but like I said, that is not the final understanding of Poseidon or Jacob.”

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Though Scheuring was coy, he did note that the identity of Poseidon is “more complex” than anyone could have imagined. But for the time being, it does appear that Jacob may be working against Sara.

“He does not, in that moment, seem to be on the right side,” he confirmed.

And don’t expect T-Bag to be keeping his revelation from Sara (Sarah Wayne Callies), his new unlikely ally. “Oh yes, he’s coming right back to her. He’s going to tell her everything,” Scheuring said.

With Sara armed with potentially damaging intel on her husband, their marriage will become strained -- and understandably so.

“At least with that information, in [the next] episode, she’s going to realize she’s sleeping with the enemy,” Scheuring teased. “But is that the final twist or are there more twists in that storyline? Is it a misunderstanding?”

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“There are more moves in that storyline subsequently,” he continued, reiterating his prior comments, “but for now, at the end of the episode, [Jacob] sure looks a hell of a lot like Poseidon.”

Poseidon, though, has a masterplan and it somehow involves Michael (Wentworth Miller), a point Scheuring emphasized: “On some level, the whole thing is a head game played by Poseidon on Michael and then Michael, in turn, has a head game to play on Poseidon, where down is up and everything you think you know is not true. We’re hoping that we blow the audience’s mind in the last episode.”

Meanwhile, Michael, Whip (Augustus Prew) and Ja (Rick Yune) successfully break out of the Ogygia prison, and Michael is finally reunited with his brother, Lincoln (Dominic Purcell). But they’re faced with a new challenge: How will they get out of Yemen alive when there’s a bounty on their heads?

“While before they had people in the government in Yemen helping them, now that the government has fallen, all their resources in Yemen have fallen apart. All the official means of egress, in terms of the airport and what have you, are controlled by ISIS,” Scheuring said.

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“It’s not as easy as getting on a jet and flying out of there. Now they have to figure out how to get out of the city and how to get out of the country without the airport and that takes them across the world, essentially. There are no short flights back to Ithaca, [New York,] to see Jacob and Sara,” he added, teasing that they’ll find themselves in “many more settings,” such as desert and ocean.

That means Michael and Sara’s anticipated meeting won’t happen for at least another few weeks. “But it will be before the last episode,” Scheuring promised. “We’re not going to starve the fans until [the finale], I promise you that.”

The episode also saw the death of Paul Kellerman (Paul Adelstein), a character who first appeared in the series debut in 2005, which begs the question: Are more deaths awaiting our Prison Break favorites before the nine episodes are over?

“There will be more deaths this season,” Scheuring warned. “Unless you’re killing people, there are no stakes.”

Prison Break airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Fox.

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