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Models Carolina Burgin, Rianne van Rompaey, Hannah Ferguson, and Imaan Hammam front Chloe’s Spring/Summer 2019 Ad Campaign, lensed by Steven Meisel./ Hair by Guido Palau; makeup by Pat McGrath
1) Guyanese actor Laetitia Wright topped the Hollywood $$$ charts in 2018, with Fandango crowning her the Highest Box Office Earning Actor of 2018. The list was compiled based on domestic box office earnings, and Wright ran away with the title with an easy $1.55 billion in revenue. via Marie Claire
Wright’s films tallied by Fandango:
Black Panther ($700,059,566)
Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482)
Ready Player One ($137,690,172)
The Commuter ($36,343,858)
2) Movies Starring Women Earn More Than Male-Led Films New York Times
Creative Artists Agency and shift7, a company started by Megan Smith, the 3rd Chief Technology Officer of the US and Assistant to the President in the Obama administration, has blown a hole in the common Hollywood truism that women’led films perform poorly at the box office. Studying the top movies from 2014 to 2017 , reality is that films starring women earned more than male-led films. Budget was not a determining factor. Whether the budget was $10 million or $100 million, women delivered box office cash.
Actor Saorise Ronan is styled by Leith Clark in ‘The Queen & I’ , promoting Ronan’s current role as Mary Queen of Scots. Photographer Erik Madigan Heck is behind the lens at Hammond Castle Museum in Glouster, Mass USA for a story in Harper’s Bazaar UK February 2019./ Makeup by Sam Addington; hair by Jordan M
Nominated for Oscars in ‘Atonement’, ‘Brooklyn’, and ‘Lady Bird’ at age 13, Saoirse Ronan assumes her role as the Queen who might have been at age 24. Ronan talks to Erica Wagner about British monarchs, Irish borders and whether history will repeat itself in the age of Brexit As for the expected #MeToo convo, Ronan, the actor credits her mother, who was very involved in the development of her acting career, as keeping her safe.
“I don’t know what would have happened if she [Ronan’s mother] hadn’t been around,” Ronan tells Wagner . “I’m sure I would have been exposed to that quite a bit, but she just protected me from all that.”
“I wasn’t unaware that there were people in the industry who abused their power, or who were seedy or untrustworthy,” she explains. “But because of her I was never a victim and I’m very, very thankful.”
Perhaps this is the perfect moment, as we teeter on the brink of Brexit, to consider Mary and her place in history. Born in Scotland, raised in France, with a claim to the English throne: monarch, woman, wife, mother – of a son, James, who would finally unite the two kingdoms of Scotland and England – she was a woman with a multiplicity of identities. We seem to be living in a time when people are being pushed into describing themselves as one thing and one thing only: British or European, to take just a single example. Ronan’s portrait of Mary is of someone who didn’t see those choices as necessary; the pressures came from outside, not from within.
Models Zo Ahmed, Firpal Jawanda, Kiran Kandola, Chawntell Kulkarni, Jeenu Mahadevan, Ravyanshi Mehta, Radhika Nair & Yusuf Siddiqi are styled by Kate Phelan in ‘Within You Without You’. Tim Walker makes the psychedelic capture for British Vogue December 2018./ Makeup by Sam Bryant; hair by Malcolm Edwards; set design by Shona Heath
Actor Emily Blunt covers Harper’s Bazaar UK’s January 2019 issue, styled by Miranda Almond in red Dolce & Gabbana on the newsstand cover and Dior Cruise 2019 collection for the subscriber’s cover. Inside, Blunt wears more Dior, Giles Deacon and more. Richard Phibbs captures the modern-day Mary Poppins in ‘Let’s Go Fly A Kite’. Lydia Slater conducts the interview.
Model Mirte Maas is lensed by Joshua Jordan in ‘Code Camel’, a collection of modern-architecture separates for ELLE Germany February 2019./ Hair by Louis Angelo; makeup by Campbell Ritchie
Rising model Selena Forrest is styled by Beat Bolliger in ‘Coolest Staples’, a collection of revitalized classics for the 21st century. Photographer Bibi Cornejo Borthwick captures Selena for WSJ Magazine December/January 2018.19./ Makeup by Hannah Murray; hair by Tomo Jidai
Mashannoad Suvalmas Fronts 'An Exotic Tale' By Tada Varich For Vogue Thailand December 2018
Model Mashannoad Suvalmas is styled by Jirat Subpisankul in lush, fashion orientalism for ‘An Exotic Tale’. Photographer Tada Varich makes the sensual capture for Vogue Thailand December 2018./ Makeup by Sukon Srimarattanakul
Supermodel Doutzen Kroes punches above her weight in her new pink and black activewear DK1985 Hunkemoller collection.
Model Julia Van Os fires up the new year, is styled by Maya Zepinic in glam flash outerwear layers. Arseny Jabiev is in the studio for Vogue Russia January 2019./ Hair by Shin Arima; makeup by Jenny Kanavaros
Photo by Alondra Olivas on Unsplash
By Malliga Och, Assistant Professor of Global Studies and Languages, Idaho State University.. First published on The Conversation.
(Note from Anne. As a progressive Democrat, these views may not coincide with my own, based on my extensive research on Republican women voters. I share the research from Baylor University because as a Christian University — unlike a liberal media resource like The Atlantic— the conclusions are more difficult to condemn. Also, personal interviews were part of the Baylor study, which concluded that “Value gender traditionalism, feeling that men are better suited for politics and should earn more than women; women should provide primary child care; and working women are deficient as mothers” is a core belief among Trump voters, including Trump’s Republican women voters.“ This article is factually correct in its assertions and Och’s arguments, which is why I’ve published it on AOC. I admit also that I am actively involved in trying to recruit Republican women and registered Independent women to the Democratic party by acting in good faith. )
The 116th Congress will be the most diverse in U.S. history: 126 women will take office, including 43 women of color. Yet, as many have noted, this new diversity is confined to one side of the aisle.
The number of Republican women in Congress is actually dropping from 23 to 13. Only one out of 36 freshman female representatives is a Republican. So while 2018 certainly was the Year of the Woman, Republican women are watching from the sidelines.
Whether you are progressive or conservative, this is bad news. As political scientists, we strongly believe that both democracy and feminism work best when there is a critical mass of women in each major political party. A democracy should reflect the diversity of its society. Considering that women make up over half of the U.S. population but only 23 percent of Congress, American democracy already under represents women. For Republican women, the mismatch is even more pronounced.
Nearly half of all women in this country regularly vote for Republican candidates. For example, Donald Trump won 41 percent of the female vote in 2016 and Mitt Romney won 44 percent in 2012. Yet the overall numbers of Republican women candidates and elected women has stagnated at around 15 percent for the past two decades and is now declining.
This is important for many reasons.
Laura Dern's Big Little Truths Are Revealed, Lensed By Julia Hetta For Vanity Fair February 2019
Actor Laura Dern, 51, plays the high-strung Monterey mom Renata in ‘Big Little Lies’ , and the slow evolution of her character suits Dern just fine. “I’ve never gravitated towards scripts where there’s profound change,” she told Vanity Fair. “I’m interested in incremental growth…and it’s so obvious to me how vulnerable Renata is because you can feel her being like — ‘You’re. Going. To. Listen. To. Me.’ — Nobody has to work that hard if they’re really being listened to.”
The ‘Jurassic Park, ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’, and yes— ‘Blue Velver’ star covers the February 2019 issue of Vanity Fair Magazine, lensed by Julia Hutta with styling by Samira Nasr., choosing Balenciaga, Maison ALAÏA and more. Sloane Crosley conducts the interview.
Like every actor in ‘Big Little Lies’, Dern gushes about the project, saying “I feel such sisterhood with the girls — we deeply love each other, and for Reese [Witherspoon] and Nicole [Kidman] and I particularly, all having done this since we were teenagers and never having acted with so many women, it’s amazing.”
Victoria’s Secret Angel Martha Hunt is sensually gorgeous, styled by Gabriela Langone in images by Ben Watts for ISSUE (South America) January 2019./ Hair by Gianluca Mandelli; makeup by Campbell Ritchie
JuanKr Flashes A Pensive Aline Weber Against New York Clouds For ELLE Serbia January 2019
Top model Aline Weber enjoys a cloudy New York day, styled by Jèss Monterde in black sobriety for ‘Na Krovu Sveta’.. Photographer JUANKR captures Weber for ELLE Serbia January 2019./ Hair by Matthew Tuozzoli
Hiandra Martinez Is Lensed By Nico Bustos In Retro Elegance Looks For Vogue Spain January 2019
Model Hiandra Martinez is styled by James Valeri in ‘Vestirse A Toda Costa’, images drenched in retro glamour lensed by Nico Bustos for Vogue Spain January 2019./ Hair by Seb Bascle; makeup by Celine Martin
Models Cindy Bruna, Daria Strokous, Doutzen Kroes, Fernanda Liz, Georgia Fowler, Isabeli Fontana, Lara Stone, Maria Borges and Toni Garrn dazzle in luxe jewels styled by Cécile Martin. Photographer Damon Baker is in the studio for Madame Figaro France December 21, 2018.
Alécia Morais + Amilna Estevao Are Lensed By Jack Waterlot For S Moda El Pais January 2019
Models Alécia Morais and Amilna Estevao are styled by Paula Delgado in Mirar a África (Look at Africa). Photographer Jack Waterlot is in the studio for S Moda El Pais January 2019.
Model Kris Grikaite is styled by Katie Shillingford in ‘Colour Overload’. Solve Sundsbo is in the studio for Vogue China January 2019./ Hair by Laurent Philippon; makeup by Nami Yoshida
Jacques Burga Flashes Alexandra Agostan In Couture For Harper's Bazaar Arabia December 2018
Model Alexandra Agoston is lensed by Jacques Burga in ‘Homage to Couture’ for Harper’s Bazaar Arabia December 2018.
Top model Barbara Palvin is styled by Melina Chen in slick sensuality with a dose of fishnets and a menswear coat. Photographers Caleb & Gladys capture Palvin in seductive poses for Issue (South America) Issue #25./ Hair by MIchael Silva; makeup by Mark Edio
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