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Model Hedvig Palm gets high falutin' in 'A Regency Romance' styled by Miranda Almond. Photographer Richard Phibbs captures the grandeur for Harper's Bazaar UK December 2017./ Hair by Alain Pichon; makeup by Florrie White
Sen. Al Franken (D-Mn.) Accused of Groping & Forcible Kissing By Broadcaster Leeann Tweeden
Broadcaster and model Leeann Tweeden said on Thursday that Minnesota Democratic Senator Al Franken "forcibly kissed" and groped her during a 2006 USO tour. Franken has apologized and called for a Senate investigation into his own actions.
“You knew exactly what you were doing,” Tweeden wrote in a blog post. “You forcibly kissed me without my consent, grabbed my breasts while I was sleeping and had someone take a photo of you doing it, knowing I would see it later and be ashamed.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on the Senate Ethics Committee to review the 11-year-old allegations against Franken, who first issued a brief statement of apology, then later a longer one in which he called for an investigation, saying, “I will gladly cooperate.”
Tweeden's 2006 USO tour was the ninth for the Fox Sports Network correspondent and fitness model,writes The Washington Post. Franken was an Air America radio host just months away from announcing his Senate candidacy.
Model Meghan Collison fronts 'French Cabaret Star', styled by Katerina Zolototrubova in pink and black lingerie-inspired looks. Olivier Zahm is behind the lens for Vogue Russia December 2017./ Hair by Seb Bascle; makeup by Kathy le Sant
Sweden's Kerkko Sariola is styled by Tuomas Laitinen in 'Palomo Spain!' lensed by Osma Harvilahti for SSAW Magazine Fall/Winter 2017/ Hair by Ramona Eschbach
Van Mossevelde + N Flashes Sean Levy In Simple Athletic Looks For D La Repubblica
Model Sean Levy is styled in athletic, minimal athletic looks by fashion editor Roberta Rusconi. Photographer team Van Mossevelde + N are in the studio for D La Repubblica./ Hair by Marco Minunno
Kate Beckinsale Is An Autumn Heroine Lensed By Robert Ascroft For Glass Magazine Fall 2017
Actor Kate Beckinsale joins Alek Wek, Arizona Muse and Karmen Pedaru as one of Glass Magazine's 'Autumn Heroines'. Lensed by Robert Ascroft, Beckinsale is styled by Danni + Emma, in Miu Miu, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Chanel and more.
The actor was among the first women to condemn disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, asserting that her spurning him also hurt her career. After detailing her first meeting with Weinstein in what is now the proverbial naked under the bathrobe meeting in his hotel room -- where a teenage Beckinsale explained she had to do to school --the actor wrote that she rejected Weinstein's sexual advances many times. People recaps:
“I said no to him professionally many times over the years-some of which ended up with him screaming at me calling me a c— and making threats, some of which made him laughingly tell people oh ‘Kate lives to say no to me,’ ” she recalled.
Sophie Ascroft Is 'Alone in the Woods' Lensed By Melinda Cartmer For Factice Magazine Fall 2017
Model Sophie Ascroft extends the season's love affair with sleek elegance and menswear tailoring in 'Alone in the Woods', styled by Dylan Joel. Photographer Melinda Cartmer captures Sophie for Factice Magazine Fall 2017./ Hair by Renee Sayed; makeup by Jessica Chapman
Angelina Jolie Criticizes UN Peacekeepers For Not Tackling Global Violence Against Women Art of Living
Angelina Jolie remains one of the strongest voices for women worldwide, and she did not hold back in addressing the UN Peacekeeping Defense Ministerial Conference in Vancouver on Tuesday with her keynote speech.
“Sexual violence is everywhere – in the industry where I work, in business, in universities, in politics, in the military, and across the world,” she said during her keynote address on Wednesday. “All too often, these kinds of crimes against women are laughed off, depicted as a minor offense by someone who cannot control themselves, as an illness, or as some kind of exaggerated sexual need,” she continued. “But a man who mistreats women is not oversexed. He is abusive.”
Top model Malgosia Bela self-styles in classic, fluid, easy pieces lensed by Chris Colls in 'Bela Epoque' for InStyle US December 2017.
Binx Walton & Selena Forrest Wear Céline Spring 2018 Collection, Lensed By Talia Chetrit
Céline Creative Director Phoebe Philo reminds us why modern women love her design aesthetic. Models Binx Walton and Selena Forrest join Ellinor Arveryd showcase the Spring 2018 collection, lensed by Talia Chetrit./ Hair by David Harborow; makeup by Stephanie Kunz
Two New Accusers Come Out Against Republican Senate Candidate Roy Moore
Two more accusers of sexual misconduct came forward tonight against Alabama Republican Senate race candidate Roy Moore. Al.com reports late Wednesday that Tina Johnson alleged that in the fall of 1999 (when Moore was married) she sat in Moore's law office with her mother Mary Katherine Cofield.
Moore began flirting with her from the moment she walked into Moore's office, alleged Johnson.
"He kept commenting on my looks, telling me how pretty I was, how nice I looked," recalled Johnson. "He was saying that my eyes were beautiful."
It made her uncomfortable. "I was thinking, can we hurry up and get out of here?"
Johnson was in a difficult period of her life, and in the process of signing over custody of her son to her mother. As she left the office, Johnson recalled that Moore grabbed her buttocks.
"He didn't pinch it; he grabbed it," said Johnson. She was so surprised she didn't say anything. She didn't tell her mother.
Gal Gadot Confirms That Brett Ratner Is No Longer Involved In 'Wonder Woman' Sequel
Hollywood producer Brett Ratner has met his match in Gal Gadot. The 'Wonder Woman' actor said that she would not make a sequel to the blockbuster movie, if he remained involved in the project. Warner Bros must have taken her seriously, knowing also that women worldwide would boycott the film with any new 'Wonder Woman' in place. That will not be necessary.
Vanity Fair reports that Gadot is on the record revealing that before the Wonder Woman star even appeared on 'Today' Wednesday morning, interviewed by Savannah Guthrie, the matter had been resolved. In fact, says Gadot, it was resolved before the Page Six article.
Models Kristine Drab and Martyna O at Mango are styled by Jana Kapounova in eclectic, over-sized long looks lensed by Andreas Ortner for Harper's Bazaar Czech December 2017./ Hair by Craig Hughan; makeup by Kateřina Kosová.
"Grace Elizabeth By No Other Name" as Sensual Goddess for V Magazine Winter 2017 AOC Style Photos
AOC shares for the first time “Grace Elizabeth By No Other Name” with American model Grace Elizabeth styled by Alex White. Photographer Bruce Weber captures the top model in the company of Adil Haddaoui, Teddy Spanos and Stevan Stevanovic for V Magazine [IG] Winter 2017 issue./ Hair by Thom Priano; makeup by Regine Thorre
Swedisn Film Institute (SHI) Considers New Rules For Training On Sexual Harassment In Industry
The Swedish Film Institute (SFI) is responding with lightening speed to the recent #MeToo letter signed by nearly 600 local actresses, including Oscar winner Alicia Vikander (above), calling out harassment and abuse in Sweden's film, theater industry.
SFI head Anna Serner's proposal, which requires board approval, stipulates that production companies seeking public funding attend free educational seminars, likely one or two per year, that would cover issues, such as sexual harassment, gender equality and diversity.
Asserting “zero tolerance against sexual exploitation and violence” the letter signatories demanded that employers, from film companies and theaters to book publishers and Swedish television networks, “stop protecting, hiring and making money on perpetrators” of sexual violence.
Writing on her blog, Serner said the #MeToo movement could only truly change the culture "if there are consequences" and called for zero tolerance of sexual harassment. The problem, writes Serner, is about power and an industry decision to profit from known abusers.
Top model Germany's Toni Garrn graces the pages of Elle Italia December 2017. Alberto Zanolettistyles Toni in a boho grunge mix lensed by Gilles Bensimon.
Garrn's acting career is in the spotlight over her role as the late Reeva Steenkamp, murdered by South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius, known as 'Blade Runner', on Valentine's Day 2013. Neither family cooperated in the production of the Lifetime film, which is written from Steenkamp's pov. With both families calling themselves 'horrified' by alleged misrepresentations in the film, it's possible that some countries like Switzerland may refuse to air the film.
Actor Rebecca Dayan is styled by Liz McClean in cool girl femininity lensed by Zachery Michael for So It Goes Magazine November 2017./ Hair by Marco Braca; makeup by Charlotte Day
Images by See Management for Charlotte Day
Dree Hemingway gets Rebecca Dayan on the line minutes after watching Dayan's new '60s nun movie 'Novitiate'. Breathless, Heminway says: "It’s such a fucking great movie and you’re amazing. I like that you’re the little minx. "
Not only is the movie about a nun, but in the age of Harvey Weinstein, the movie was written and directed by Maggie Betts. The cinematographer Kat Westergaard's employs a warm but restrained visual examination of the lives of the young women, in which Dayan plays a supporting role to a more central figure Margaret Qualley as the young novitiate Sister Cathleen.
Dayan talks with Hemingway about her art that inspired her during her immersion on nunneries. Indeed, the cast did spend time with nuns to make their roles more believable. AOC is digging into Dayan's art separately, after learning that it's an equally interesting topic to her movie role.
Model Michaela Kocianova covers the December 2017 issue of ELLE Czech, styled by Jan Kralicek in glam ivory and black party looks lensed by Andreas Ortner.
Top model Joan Smalls covers the November 2017 issue of Harper's Bazaar Taiwan, styled by Sarah Gore Reeves in Givenchy, Saint Laurent, Stella McCartney and more for images by David Slijper.
Model Elodie Christ is styled by Anna Querouil in sheer-looks, modern-architecture lingerie designed to emulate skin in À FLEUR DE PEAU. Photographer Amira Fritz eyes Elodie for Marie Claire FranceDecember 2017./ Makeup by Arzu Kücük; hair by Martyn Foss Calder
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