Gabrielle Bondi

Co-Founder

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Gabrielle founded The Young Folks in 2010 with Luciana Villalba. Since then, she has served as editor-in-chief and oversees the staff and editorial content on The Young Folks. She recently graduated from Northwestern University and is now working on her master's degree at the Medill School of Journalism.

Seven Films Influenced by Fashion Designers

With Tom Ford’s second feature film, Nocturnal Animals, out this month, it had me thinking about how many fashion designers make their way into filmmaking. Both industries often collaborate, but usually it’s getting a well-known filmmaker to direct a fashion…

Movie Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

Get ready to feel at home with this new adventure set in J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world. David Yates, director of the last four Harry Potter films, returns for this new five-part film series, written for the screen by Rowling herself.…

Critics’ Choice Awards 2016 TV Nominations – Full List

After their controversial partnership with Entertainment Weekly and resignation of 15% of their membership, the Broadcast Television Journalists Association went on to announce the television nominees for the 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards today. Recognizing both 2016’s crop of new…

The xx release new single “On Hold” & announce new album

After the past couple days like these, it’s hard not to interpret another layer of meaning from the xx’s new single, “On Hold.” But it feels good listening to these lyrics and Romy Madley-Croft and Oliver Sim’s tender vocals. Today,…

DEFINE Podcast: Diversity in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Young Folks is proud to present a podcast that hopes to take part in the ongoing discussions on diversity in the film and television industry. DEFINE: Conversations on Hollywood & Diversity is a monthly podcast hosted by yours truly with…

New Images of Emma Watson & Dan Stevens as Beauty & the Beast

We have our first official look at the new images from Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, featuring Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as the Beast. One of the most beloved tales ever told, this…

Watch Alessia Cara in “How Far I’ll Go” Music Video from Disney’s Moana

The upcoming animated film, Moana, is latest highly anticipated Disney release to be hitting theaters soon. One of the most exciting parts about Moana is that Hamilton’s Lin Manuel Miranda has penned original music for the film, including “How Far…