Nicole Kidman Is Lensed By Will Davidson In 'Lionheart' For Vogue Australia January 2017
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Nicole Kidman Is Lensed By Will Davidson In 'Lionheart' For Vogue Australia January 2017
Will Davidson captures the Lionheart fashion editorial, channeling Kidman's role in 'Lion', the story of a young man determined to trace his roots in rural India. The young man's journey, played by Dev Patel in the adult period of the film, is based on a true story of a small boy falling asleep on an empty train. He is alone and trapped as the train takes him hundreds of miles from his mother and brother to Kolkata. The five-year-old's final destination is Australia, as the adopted child of Kidman's character and her husband.
Dev Patel has been nominated for a Best Supporting Actor for his role and Nicole Kidman as Best Supporting Actress for her. The film 'Lion' is nominated for Best Picture, Drama and Best Original Score.
For more information on the film, read on.
Nicole Kidman, centre, in a shot with Lion cast members as well as subject of the film, Saroo and his adoptive parents Sue and John Brierley during filming of 'Lion'
'Rave Girls Rule' By Luigi & Iango For Vogue Japan January 2017-Pt 1 & Pt 2
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'Rave Girls Rule' By Luigi & Iango For Vogue Japan January 2017-Pt 1
Agnes Akerland, Birgit Kos, Camille Hurel, Ellen Rosa, Faretta, Imaan Hammam, Jessie Bloemendall, Marjan Jonkman, Odette Pavlova, Ruth Bell, Selena Forrest, Stella Maxwell, Vittoria Ceretti, and Yasmin Wijnaldum front Vogue Japan's major January 2017 editorial 'Rave Girls Rule'. Anna Dello Russo styles the major studio shoot, with Luigi & Iango behind the lens.
'Rave Girls Rule' By Luigi & Iango For Vogue Japan January 2017-Pt 2
Revisiting 'Water & Oil': One of Franca Sozzani & Steven Meisel's Most Provocative Collaborations
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Revisiting 'Water & Oil': One of Franca Sozzani & Steven Meisel's Most Provocative Collaborations
The fashion world is grieving the death of Franca Sozzani, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Italia. Sozzani created the most activist and in-your-face political statements in Vogue Italia. Not all fashionistas appreciated her activist voice. Sozzani's infamous Italian Vogue editorial 'Water & Oil', September 2010 photographed by Steven Meisel is among her most controversial. Sozzani was making a political statement about the BP oil spill.
In honor of Franca Sozzani, we republish that editorial featuring Kristen McMenamy in much-expanded image sizes but with the original commentary. In moving AOC from Squarespace V5 to V7 a year ago, none of the comments transferred with the original articles. But I recall that the arguments were fierce! ~ Anne
{Written Aug. 7, 2010}: "Italian Vogue’s Kristen McMenamy oil-spill environmental disaster photos have created a firestorm of controversy about the motives of the magazine and whether or not the fashion shoot is in ‘poor taste’.
I’ve read endless comments from presumably American readers, and they are generally negative about the Italian Vogue Sept 2010 BP oil spill photos.
Comments are that the photos are tasteless, trivialize the events in the gulf to the point of mockery and represent a big-businesses attempt to exploit the tragedy. In the case of Italian Vogue and Kristen McMenamy, the big-business bad guy is Conde Nast, not BP.
From my perspective, I fail to see how these photos glamorize the BP Gulf oil disaster. They are disturbing, provocative and dreadfully ugly." Read on.
Amanda Wellsh Glitters In 'Underground' By An Le For Vogue Portugal January 2017
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Amanda Wellsh Glitters In 'Underground' By An Le For Vogue Portugal January 2017
Bringing an ounce of glamour to the New York City subway system is challenging, but the mood of An Le's images of Amanda Wellsh delivers. Looking at the editorial, I'm prompted to share ArtNet's article about the 6am Jan. 1 opening (FINALLY!!!) of New York's new Second Avenue line.
See the Second Avenue Subway's Gorgeous New Chuck Close and Sarah Sze Art
Global Antiquities Heavyweight Dealer Nancy Wiener Arrested In Manhattan
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Wiener is also accused of having items—like a $500,000 bronze Buddha—restored to conceal signs of illegal excavations, like shovel marks. The aforementioned Buddha was seized in a March 2016 raid on her gallery, while affixed with a selling price of $1.5 million.
Prominent antiquities dealer Nancy Wiener was arrested in Manhattan on December 21 and charged with possessing stolen property in the form of looted antiquities from East Asis since at least 1999. Wiener is accused of destroying documents about the pedigree and purchase route of stolen objects she delivered to Christie's and Sotheby's as well as private collectors and institutions. She is charged with knowingly creating false paperwork.
ArtNet writes: that the arrest "comes as part of the US federal investigation Operation Hidden Idol, which has been tracking down antiquities smuggled into the country by the New York dealer Subhash Kapoor. Kapoor is currently on trial in Chennai, India, for allegedly heading a $100 million international smuggling ring, bringing 2,622 stolen objects to the US. Wiener was allegedly in possession of some of Kapoor’s stolen Indian antiquities."
One must also wonder about the hush-hush complicity of Sotheby's and Christies in facilitating her 'presitigious' alleged antiquities looting operation. ~ Anne
'Influencer' Amy Sall Sees No Place For Silent Mouths On Politics & The American Experience
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Unlike many fashion 'infuencers', Amy Sall who has appeared in fashion campaigns for J Crew and Kenzo x H&M, uses her social media cache to promote social justice issues like advocating for African youth and the African diaspora. Sall is also the editor and founder of a journal of African Affairs, SUNU.
"I just think that we are in a time where you cannot be idle," Sall tells Christene Barberich, global editor-in-chief and cofounder of Refinery 29, in the latest episode of UnStyled. "You can't be a bystander. You can't be passive. What I noticed on certain social media accounts is that people tried to address some of the issues that we've been facing, but in a way that was almost performative. That, to me, is almost worse than just not saying anything at all. And you continue to post your vacation... People are being shot and killed in the streets. And to respond in a way that just seems like, I don't know, packaged, it doesn't feel right. It doesn't sit well with me."
Sall's Instagram feed is divine. Rich in beauty and intelligent thinking. One of the best I've seen. ~ Anne
David Bellemere Flashes A Year Of Nude Beauty In Lui Magazine 2017 Calendar
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David Bellemere Flashes A Year Of Nude Beauty In Lui Magazine 2017 Calendar
Photographer David Bellemere delivers an old-fashioned pinup 2017 pinip calendar for Lui magazine. Hilary Rhoda tees off January, February and March while Elsa Hosk greets April, May and June. Anais Mali enters the beauty quartet as Miss July and August. Stay tuned as the months unfold. Will Barbara Palvin finish out the fourth quarter as she did in Quartet?
David Bellemere Flashes 'Les Quartre Fantastique' For Lui Magazine December 2016-January 2017
Watching 'The Crown' With the QE2 Falling Apart In Dubai & John Boehner's Tears Long Gone From Trumpworld
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Could we agree that any woman trying to lead the free world, who cried in prime time, would be run out of Dodge? I finally tuned into the Netflix series 'The Crown', and I assure you that the young queen Elizabeth will be steely and duty-driven -- keeping it together when her father dies. And that is exactly how the second episode ends, with Elizabeth burying her adoring love and grief for her dead father deep in her heart, now masked by royal obligations to her public and the entire British Empire.
Watching 'The Crown' knowing that the electoral college voted on Monday for Donald Trump as America's next president, I can't help thinking about Republican John Boehner's arrival as Speaker of the House. He wept through his 2010 60 Minutes interview, a reality that did not amuse me in the least, given the Republican agenda for America. In fact, those tears are typically called a charade when a damsel in distress turns on the floodgates.
Indeed when I wrote about Boehner's intentions to lead the charge against abortion and contraception rights in America, it was after after watching a chilling meeting with his chief of staff Mick Krieger accepting one of those tiny plastic babies in perfect form meant to represent a six-week old embryo. In reality, those cells and molecules are a blob about the size of a pomegranate seed, and I don't mean to be disrespectful in any way. But it's another example of post-factual information suggesting that these perfectly formed cereal box creatures (I am not making this up. Republicans put them in cereal and candy boxes at state fairs) are in any way representative of the actual pregnancy process. To me the meeting signalled the hell that poor women in America would go through as Republicans ripped away not only abortion rights but also access to contraception and general health care for women living all over America in impoverished communities. There is no satisfaction in saying that my instincts were correct.
'Nasty Woman' T-Shirt Raises Over $100,000 In Trump's Name For Planned Parenthood
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As the Donald Trump Administration launches its full-frontal assault on American women (you know, grab 'em by our pu#sies so we know who is boss), Katy Perry steps up to the plate reminding us that 'nasty women' get shit done.
After Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton a 'nasty woman' during October's third presidential debate, the Internet and Twitter immediately claimed the term as a rallying call for women worldwide. The Cut reports that even today, the 'Nasty Woman' merchandise is flying off shelves shows no sign of slowing down.
The most successful item to date is Google Ghost's 'Nasty Woman' t-shirt, which donates half of proceeds from shirt revenue directly to Planned Parenthood and in Trump's name. The donation to date is $100,165 for Planned Parenthood.
If you are ready to rally for 'Nasty Women' worldwide, join us at the Washington DC Women's March on January 21 or at marches in your local community. See Women's March on Washington FB page.
Related: With regard to top Hillary supporter Lena Dunham's 'Distasteful Joke' about abortion, we can only say: with friends like her, who needs enemies. Thanks Lena for fueling every dirty, rotten image of feminism worldwide. Talk about East Coast, liberal narcissism that damages dirt poor women in Texas. Just yesterday, Texas -- which lost its big case to derail abortion and contraception rights in Texas -- moved again to block Medicaid funds from going to Planned Parenthood for any reason.
Barbara Jatta Appointed First Female Director of Vatican Museums
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Pope Francis' Tuesday announcement that art historian Barbara Jatta will become the new director of the Vatican Museums, marking the first time that a woman will lead one of the most important art institutions worldwide. Previously, Jatta worked at the Vatican Library, overseeing its collection of prints.
A Rome native, Jatta has worked for the Vatican since 1996 and will now become one of its most powerful administrators. While Pope Francis wants to increase the roles for women in the Catholic Church, he remains firm that the most important Vatican posts are reserved for cardinals and bishops, who are universally male.
The Vatican Museums represent 54 galleries acrross seven kilometers, receiving six million visitors in 2015. Regularly listed among the top 10 visited museums in the world, the Vatican museums represent one of the Holy See's biggest income sources. Estimates are about $311 million in gross revenues and $41 million in profits are driven by Barbara Jatta's new assignment.