The Devil Wears Prada 2 Is Ripped Straight From the Headlines—Except When It Comes to Its Fantastical Ending

Movies The Devil Wears Prada 2 Spins a Media Fantasy The sequel captures just how much the world of Runway and Vogue has changed in the past 20 years—except when it comes to its fantastical ending. May 02, 20265:50 AM 20th Century Studios The Devil Wears Prada 2 opens with a scene that will be painfully familiar to anyone who has suffered the indignities of working in the media industry: Andrea “Andy” Sachs (Anne Hathaway) gets laid off from her newsroom via text message, moments before winning a journalism award. When I saw this, I relived my own similar experience of losing my job at BuzzFeed News in 2023 through email, nearly a decade after my career there began. (This is embarrassing to admit now, but on my first day at BuzzFeed, I made a Devil Wears Prada joke on social media, sharing a photo of my outfit with a caption that referenced Andy’s first day as an assistant at Runway magazine in the original film, when she wore a hideously plain outfit with that cerulean sweater.) It’s a brutal way to kick off the long-anticipated sequel to the 2006 film, but one that effectively captures how much the world