How to Vacay Like Taylor Swift (Tom Hiddleston Not Included)

Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston‘s whirlwind romance is straight out of a rom-com — that is, if the main characters were filthy rich, ridiculously gorgeous, crazy talented and had a major case of wanderlust. From their MET Gala dance to the deets of Tom and Tay’s first date, we’re a little envious of the glam amour these two new love birds are displaying. While their relationship may or may not be real, the experiences and places they’re visiting are, and you can go there too. Here’s how to vacay just like Tay (you’ll just have to find your own studly Brit).

1. Watch Hill, Rhode Island

Tom and Tay have already been to Rhode Island twice, once for their coming out party and also during Taylor’s Fourth of July party.

Travel like this: By private jet, of course. Taylor has a Dassault Falcon 900 tri-jet, as well as a Dassault Falcon 50. While you may not be able to purchase your own jets, you can charter one — for a hefty price. The average hourly cost of renting a 12-seater Gulfstream-V private jet is about seven grand.

Stay here: Taylor Swift, Tom Hiddleston and her all-star squad stay in Swift’s massive $17.5 million beach house, which has eight bedrooms and more than 10 bathrooms. While it might be a bit difficult to get the same kind of digs, you can rent a gorgeous room at the nearby Ocean House, with turn-of-the-20th-century decor, fine dining and a magnificent oceanfront setting that’s high atop a bluff overlooking Block Island Sound. Sounds like a good compromise to us. (Photo via Ocean House)

Eat here: When Tom and T. Swift first hit Rhode Island, they had a long, lingering meal at the Olympia Tea Room, a classic New England seafood restaurant in Watch Hill that’s been in biz for 100 years. “Tom and Taylor were… in the back left booth drinking white wine,” an eyewitness told Us Weekly. The two also ordered the restaurant’s famous Avondale Swan pastry with oodles of whipped cream and fudge. (Photo via Olympia Tea Room)

Do this: Take long walks along the beach and make out on the rocks. Frolic in the water with your supermodel and actor friends (or just normal besties will do).

2. Nashville, Tennessee

Taylor and Tom hit Nashville, Tennessee to hang out with Taylor’s parents (showing how serious things are getting) and to see her ride-or-die, Selena Gomez, perform. (Photo via Getty)

Stay here: Taylor has a place in Midtown, which is her fave. “I love living in Midtown,” she told Nashville Lifestyle Magazine. “In 10 minutes, I can walk to Hillsboro Village through the Vanderbilt campus, past the gorgeous old stone buildings and churches. I love being so close to Green Hills and the Gulch and Broadway. Everything is two minutes away. I’m obsessed with the history of this town.” We’d suggest staying at the Union Station Hotel, a boutique hotel situated inside a beautifully restored 19th-century railroad station. (Photo via Union Station Hotel)

Eat here: Tom and Taylor went on a double date at the farm-to-fork restaurant Adele’s, which serves up plates of gulf red snapper with farro, pork spare ribs with green onion mostarda and gnocchi with gulf shrimp and roasted tomatoes. They also got their meat on when they ate at the local Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse. (Photo via Adele’s)

Do this: Hang out with friends and family. If you don’t have any… make some. Nashville’s a very friendly place.

3. Suffolk, England

Taylor and Tom were only in Suffolk, where Tom’s mom lives, for 24 hours, so this will be a quick trip!

Stay here: Tom’s from Ipswich, so you’ll want to get a place in the quaint Suffolk village. Hintlesham Hall is a grand resort with plush rooms and elegant dining that would totally meet T. Swift’s glam standards. (Photo via Hintlesham Hall)

Do this: Head to the Aldeburgh beach like Taylor, Tom and Tom’s mum, and go for a stroll. Hold hands with your boo while you walk and make sure to bring a jumper (AKA a sweater — England is not known for its warmth).

4. Rome, Italy

Tay and Tom went for romance (and raised the vacay bar) by visiting Rome. They arrived via Taylor’s private jet, set off for their plush hotel and then immediately started sightseeing and canoodling. (Photo via Getty)

Stay here: The couple reportedly stayed in the Nijinsky Suite at the Hotel de Roussie, in the heart of Rome. The suite is “decorated in a contemporary style and is composed of a library, guest powder room, sitting room, kitchen with a separate bar area and a dining room that seats 10 guests. The dressing room and the walk-in wardrobe lead onto a marble and mosaic bathroom with a steam bath and separate shower.” Plus it boasts a terrace with killer views. With a room that incredible, how would you ever leave? (Photo via Hotel de Roussie)

Do this: While in Rome, Taylor and Tom took in the sights in style. They went on a private tour of the Colosseum, a tour of the Vatican and a helicopter ride over the city.

5. Gold Coast, Australia

After a quick pit stop at LAX, the duo jetted off — on a very, very long flight — to Australia. It’s not all pleasure in the land down under — there’s business for Tom. The Marvel movie star is reprising his role as the menacing Loki for Thor: Ragnarok, which is being filmed on the Gold Coast.

Stay here: While co-stars like Mark Ruffalo are supposedly staying at the Synergy in Broadbeach and Chris Hemsworth has his own waterfront mansion, Taylor and Tom are holed up at the Peppers Hotel in the Oracle. They’ve apparently taken over a huge suite that has three bedrooms and bathrooms and a wraparound balcony that has 270-degree views of the beaches. (Photo via Oracle)

Eat this: The headline-stealing couple were spotted dining at Gemelli Italian in Broadbeach, Australia. They specialize in wood-fired pizza and homemade pasta. Yum!

Next stop? Your guess is as good as ours!

Which Tay- and Tom-approved place would you like to go to most? Tweet us @BritandCo and let us know!

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I'm convinced Sophia Bush is an IRL Barbie. She's played a doctor, a cop, and a fashion designer, and according to the actress herself, she "just wasn’t done with [her] scrubs" because the One Tree Hill alum just joined Grey's Anatomy season 21! The news was announced on October 16, and we'll see Bush in a major recurring role starting November 7. Here's everything you need to know about her character — and Grey's Anatomy season 21 overall.

​Who's in the Grey's Anatomy season 21 cast?

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Deadlinereports that One Tree Hill star Sophia Bush will join the series starting November 7 as Dr. Cass Beckman, "an amiable, fun, and a little messy around the edges trauma surgeon." Her husband, David Beckman, is a cardiothoracic surgeon at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. "I just wasn’t done with my scrubs," Bush, who produced and starred in CBS' medical drama Good Sam, says on Instagram.

The rest of the Grey's Anatomy cast for season 21 includes Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens Jr., Kevin McKidd, Caterina Scorsone, Camilla Luddington, Jason George, Kim Raver, Jake Borelli, Chris Carmack, Anthony Hill, Alexis Floyd, Harry Shum Jr., Adelaide Kane, Midori Francis, and Niko Terho.

​How can I watch season 21 of Grey's Anatomy?

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New episodes of Grey's Anatomy season 21 premiere on ABC every Thursday at 10 PM EST/9 PM CST. They're also available to stream on Hulu.

​Is Grey's Anatomy season 21 out?

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Yes, Grey's Anatomy season 21 premiered on September 26 on ABC. Catch up on the first three episodes before episode 4 comes out on October 17!

​How many episodes are there?

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Grey's Anatomy season 21 will have 18 episodes, meaning we'll get a new episode every week until the finale next year. Check back here for the full list of episodes!

  • "If Walls Could Talk"
  • "Take Me to Church"
  • "I Can See Clearly Now"
  • "This One's for the Girls"
  • "You Make My Heart Explode"

​Is Ellen Pompeo in season 21?

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Yes, Ellen Pompeo has returned for Grey's Anatomy season 21! The season opens with Meredith Grey and Catherine Fox disagreeing over their Alzheimer’s research.

Watch new episodes of Grey's Anatomy season 21 Thursdays on ABC.

One Tree Hill fans know every little detail about Nathan Scottand Haley James Scott. How old Nathan and Haley were when they got married, Haley James Scott's birthday, and the fact that actress Bethany Joy Lenz was really pregnant when Haley got pregnant in season 8. But there's one behind-the-scenes detail OTH lovers might not have known about Lenz's life at the time: she was in a cult.

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The actress, who's currently promoting her book Dinner for Vampires Life on a Cult TV Show (While also in an Actual Cult!), recently revealed that her cast mates on One Tree Hill (which she auditioned for while already a part of the Big House Family Cult) could tell something fishy was going on — and that Craig Sheffer, who played Uncle Keith until season 3, even said something to her.

"I could see it on their faces," she tells People. "But I'd justify it, like, 'I couldn't possibly be in a cult. It's just that I've got access to a relationship with God and people in a way that everybody else wants, but they don't know how to get it.'"

At first, the group had a lot of aspects that fans have loved about One Tree Hill for years, like connection, emotional intimacy, and "the idea that someone out there says, 'No matter what you do or how badly you might behave or what dumb choices you make, I still love you, and I'm here for you.'”

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She met the pastor at 20 years old, when she joined a Saturday night Bible study in LA. At first, it was "nothing to be suspicious about," she says in an episode of Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy podcast, because it was just like other church gatherings she'd been a part of. But before long she was sucked in, and basically "disappeared for ten years."

The loving environment morphed into one that Lenz says villainized independence, and her One Tree Hill costars quickly realized where she was at. The cult's control continued to expand as they told her not to trust her cast mates (and to isolate herself instead), caused her to stop communication with her father for six years, and led her to turn down major movies. Oh, they also took upwards of $2 million from her.

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Bethany Joy Lenz ended up marrying the son of the cult leader around 2005, and despite the fact she'd always had "crazy sex drive," she didn't desire sex with him, and it got to the point the couple was put on a literal schedule. Even though she hated it, she believed her duty as a wife was to have sex, so she agreed. “I take marriage seriously, and I made a promise before God. This is something I really want to figure out how to make it work."

But when her husband came to town, her "stomach dropped every single time." The schedule affected her so deeply that it gave her PTSD in future relationships. However, it was still too risky to leave. "The stakes were so high," she tells People. "They were my only friends. I was married into this group. I had built my entire life around it. If I admitted that I was wrong...everything else would come crumbling down."

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During the period of filming the show, she used the role of Haley James Scott as a sort of escapism. She'd lean into her onscreen relationship with James Lafferty while filming, but clarifies she "never had to worry" about developing feelings for him off camera: “I always sort of saw him in real life as a brotherly figure and he was lovely.”

However, while she treasures her relationship with Lafferty, fans have theorized a feud between Lenz and Hilarie Burton (who played Peyton Sawyer until season 6), a rumor that first started when fans realized they weren't following each other on social media. “I love Hilarie,” she tells Alex Cooper. “I have always and will always and I don’t have any problem with her...There have been some bizarre misunderstandings that I really hope we can figure out one day, but I love that girl."

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When One Tree Hill wrapped, and Bethany Joy Lenz started therapy, she had the breakthrough that would change everything. Her therapist pushed her to set boundaries, and helped her leave her physically abusive relationship. But having to start a new life was far from easy.

"To leave a TV show after nine seasons, to leave all my friends that I had known for the last 10 years, to leave my marriage, to leave the state, all at the same time," she says. "Not knowing how I was going to make rent because all the money was gone...I had many, many weeping-on-the-floor nights, just trying to figure out how to manage and what I was going to do and what to do with my emotions, the anger, the injustice, all those things."

So why talk about the experience now? "I don't think of [opening up] as brave," she says. "I think of it as important. Living silently in the suffering I experienced, I don't know if that helps anyone...I think of this more as the right thing to do."

Dinner for Vampires Life on a Cult TV Show (While also in an Actual Cult!) is available to purchase starting October 22. Pre-order it now!

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You’re a Disney princess at heart, but you’re looking to take it to the dark side for Halloween. But not too freaky. Or gross. You still want to look, well, sort of pretty and chic. It’s a tall order for sure, but we’re always up to the challenge. We’re sharing 14 spooky-light ideas that will make you the belle of the Halloween ball.

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Spooky Witch

Feeling the astrological effects of the October Theory that's floating around Tiktok? You may be ready to don this chic witch costume.

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Pretty Zombie

Not only is this a sweet take on the classic zombie costume, but it’s an easy look to execute on a budget and to wear to work.

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Burton’s Doll

We gotta give it up for Tim Burton and his out-of-this-world imagination. This one will require really taking those false lashes to the next level.

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Wicked Witch

Why not try your hand at a classic villain by going as one seriously scary Wicked Witch? Broomstick not included.

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The Corpse Bride

Talk about the perfect ratio of gore and gorge! Plus the blue hair is totally on trend.

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Ursula From The Little Mermaid

Ursula may have been evil, but she made it look oh so good!

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Creepy Doll

All it takes to scare the living daylights out of your friends are some contact lenses and a bit of makeup. But seriously, this creepy doll is downright terrifying. (via Miss Ellen Melon)

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Lady Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! We’re loving the feminine touch to this classic Beetlejuice costume.

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Voodoo Doll

Take some black liner and shadow and go to town for this voodoo-inspired look. No worries if you don’t already have bangs — you can fake ’em for the night! (via Dope2111)

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Cruella de Vil

Half-scary and half-stunningly beautiful, this look could prove to be the perfect challenge for any makeup lover.

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Carrie

Didn't have a good time at your high school's prom either? Relive the night with a special twist by dressing up as 'scary' Carrie.

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Female Joker

Why so serious? There’s no reason girls can’t get in on the fun of an amazing Joker costume.

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Edward Scissorhands

Put your own spin on a Halloween classic with this Burton-esque choice. Perhaps put your makeup on before the hands in this case.

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Wednesday Addams

Our favorite frightful daughter is all grown up, and she couldn’t be more chic. Also, this one is SO easy. All you need is a little black dress!

Which of these scary costumes are you planning on wearing this Halloween? Let us know on Facebook!

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