Annabel Aguiar

Washington, D.C.

Reporting intern focusing on features

Education: Indiana University, BA in journalism

Annabel is an intern reporting for The Washington Post's features department. She has previously reported for The Seattle Times and USA Today.
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‘The Lost Leonardo’ is an art documentary that plays like a thriller

This film tracks how the “Salvator Mundi” became the most expensive painting in the world.

August 17, 2021

Would you like to adopt Adam Sandler? He’s small and scaly and available.

Shelters are giving animals strange names to help them get noticed — and find a home.

August 14, 2021
Adam Sandler the gecko is one of many pets given odd names by shelters that want to grab the attention of potential adopters.

Your family’s summer recipes are art, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts wants to share them

The NMWA's "Reclamation" exhibition is celebrating family recipes and related stories.

August 10, 2021
Asherah Douglass, 9, bakes a pound cake with her mother, Melani, for the National Museum of Women in the Arts's "Reclamation" exhibition. (Melani N. Douglass, 8 and Baking 02, 2021; Digital Photograph; Courtesy of the artist; Copyright Melani N. Douglass)

We’ve dumped blood on her and made her cry until her mascara runs. But, oh, how we still love our prom queens.

From "Carrie" to TikTok to Olivia Rodrigo, the girl who gets the tiara is an eternal subject in movies and pop songs.

August 9, 2021
Do we adore her or feel sorry for her? From “Carrie” to Olivia Rodrigo, there are complicated feelings about the prom queen.

‘Ailey’ gracefully attempts to understand the legendary choreographer as fully as possible

Alvin Ailey made his name with “Revelations,” which explored the Black American experience through dance.

August 3, 2021
Alvin Ailey, photographed in the 1950s.

For Britney Spears rally attendees, conservatorship issues are about more than one celebrity’s case

A #FreeBritney rally Wednesday drew fans of Britney Spears as well as conservatorship law advocates to the Lincoln Memorial.

July 15, 2021
Protester Maggie Howell attends a rally in support of Britney Spears in D.C. on July 14, 2021. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)

Tarriona ‘Tank’ Ball is back on tour — as a poet

The lead vocalist for Tank and the Bangas has published her first poetry collection and will perform at the Birchmere this weekend.

July 13, 2021
Tarriona “Tank” Ball, lead singer of Tank and the Bangas, has published her first book of poetry and will perform at the Birchmere on July 16. (Taja Janel)

New movies to stream this week: ‘The Tomorrow War,’ ‘First Date’ and more

Watch these new movies from home.

July 2, 2021
From left, Alexis Louder, Chris Pratt, Edwin Hodge and Sam Richardson in “The Tomorrow War.”

‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ at 50: The tender yet terrifying movie that never lost its flavor

The everlasting 1971 children’s movie "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," alternatively terrifying and tender, remains beloved half a century after its release.

June 29, 2021
Gene Wilder, left, as Willy Wonka and Peter Ostrum as Charlie Bucket in the 1971 film “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” (Warner Bros./Reuters)

Lions, tigers, bears, love? Netflix’s ‘Sexy Beasts’ baffles the Internet.

"Sexy Beasts" is like "Love is Blind" meets "The Masked Singer" and your worst nightmare.

June 24, 2021
A scene from Season 1 of Netflix's "Sexy Beasts." (Netflix)