Indholdsfortegnelse for November 2019 i ELLE

SEE For the ninth year in a row, Gucci sponsors LACMA’s annual Art + Film Gala, which has drawn talent like Salma Hayek and Beck (shown performing last year). This year’s honorees: filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón and artist Betye Saar. (November 2; lacma.org) SEE In With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985, L.A.’s MOCA highlights a movement that elevated craft to high art, and continues to influence art today (below, Robert Kushner’s Fairies). (October 27, 2019, to May 11, 2020; moca.org) READ Think of it as a fashion feast: John Galliano for Dior features full-page Robert Fairer images as lavish as the designs the Gibraltar-born talent created for the French fashion house. Candid backstage shots offer a closer look at these incredibly detailed garments. (thamesandhudsonUSA.com) READ Carmen Maria Machado,…

Doubting your own accomplishments is the classic double bind, and women are often exhorted to power-pose their way to self-confidence. But when the world sees you as “less than,” it can be hard not to fall prey to insecurity. As a woman and the first Latina editor-in-chief of a major U.S. fashion magazine, I can attest that getting ahead doesn’t always come from a strong conviction of “I’ve got this.” It takes a quiet confidence in your own abilities, and sometimes a healthy dose of “Fake it till you make it.” It’s particularly tough for women of color. Mindy Kaling, responsible for so many of the punch lines on The Office, tells Rebecca Nelson that back in those days, she had to assemble proof of her own worth in order…

MALIBU Breezy beach style is as easy as sun-soaked hues and playful silhouettes. BEAUTY PICKS Hit the beach with tousled hair and a colorful glow. DOWNTOWN L. A. Stay on the cutting edge with riffs on the classics and just the slightest nod to Tinseltown glamour. BEAUTY PICKS Effortlessly cool essentials with a bold streak. LAUREL CANYON Romantic florals and homespun crochet details are de rigueur in this bohemian paradise. BEAUTY PICKS Skip the flower crown in favor of botanically inclined discoveries. OJAI Farm-to-table, but for your wardrobe: garden-inspired prints, down-to-earth flats, and a generously sized straw hat. BEAUTY PICKS Scent, skin care, and makeup, all inspired by Mother Nature.…

Back in 1975, a collective of African American musicians, led by the visionary George Clinton, was staging ritualistic, retrofuturistic concerts in stadiums around the country. As Parliament-Funkadelic, the group espoused a cosmic mythology while playing music that was equal parts ancient and cutting-edge. The ultimate goal: black liberation. Lauren Halsey wasn’t even born when all this went down, but the 32-year-old artist knows by heart the incantation that would sometimes accompany a flying saucer—aka “the Mothership”—landing onstage: “You have overcome, for I am here!” Halsey recites over the phone, while walking to the former beauty supply store and minimarket in South Central Los Angeles that she’s in the process of transforming into an art studio. “I saw the old marquee and signage, with ‘Beauty Supply’ painted underneath,” Halsey says of…

Judy Earp knew it. When her boyfriend stopped picking up her calls and replying to her texts, she knew he had been killed. When he didn’t make his flight back to Northern California after a last-minute trip to Las Vegas, she called the police three days in a row. She told them she believed something terrible had happened. She gave them the names of the people she thought had done it. For a week, she waited to hear what she already knew. Finally, she heard from the police: Dr. Thomas Burchard, her 71-year-old partner of 17 years, had been found dead. His body had been stuffed into the trunk of a car and abandoned in the Nevada desert. Earp wanted to fly to Vegas to be sure it was really…

If last year’s Women in Hollywood came in the midst of a reckoning, then what happens now, in the aftermath of the seismic shift that was the #MeToo movement? This year’s honorees are defined by a question mark: Where do we go from here? For the 2019 Women in Hollywood, the answer comes with plotting a path unknown. “No point in going down that same Old Town Road,” says ELLE Icon Dolly Parton. “We got other roads to travel.” Yes, Parton was referencing her decision to pass on a collaboration with Lil Nas X, but her directive holds true for all. New roads are leading to projects that blow the lid off once-taboo topics, like Bombshell, a film that follows the Fox News scandal involving Roger Ailes. “The story it’s…

Early on in Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, we see Scarlett Johansson’s Nicole, a woman in her midthirties who’s fond of oatmealcolored cardigans and whose Instagram bio might read “mother, wife, actress, in that order,” seated on a sofa inside her divorce attorney’s office. Soon, she’ll dive into her story, a six-minute-long monologue that’s equal parts raw and precise: the story of someone who hasn’t been truly heard in months, maybe years (and a scene that will likely resurface during awards-show broadcasts). But first, Nicole is just a woman on a couch—looking dead-tired in a wrinkly button-down shirt and DIY haircut—waiting. When her lawyer (Laura Dern) finally breezes in, impeccably coiffed but apologizing for looking “schleppy,” Nicole glances down at her shirt and sighs. It’s a small moment, but one that…

Once, while Mindy Kaling was filming season five of her television series The Mindy Project, she had to walk from the writers’ room to the set. On the show, Kaling played a young doctor who reveled in high fashion. The set was across the lot at Universal Studios, and so, clad in her couture costume, she click-clacked in stilettos over the pavement to film. Suddenly, she heard a menacing bellow. “The security guard screamed from across the lot, ‘Where do you think you’re going? This is a set!’” Kaling pointed up to the gigantic billboard for the show, which featured her smiling visage. “I know,” she recalls telling the misguided guard. “I’m the star.” Kaling, 40, is used to being treated like she doesn’t belong. When she was hired as…

WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD “She’s a very savvy, composed girl, not to mention stirringly beautiful and a very smart actress. That’s a pretty deadly combination,” Clive Owen told ELLE of his costar Natalie Portman in 2004. It’s one shared by Hollywood’s most fascinating leading ladies—including these four, who once again grace our covers, proof positive that they captivate us on and off the big screen.—Naomi Rougeau…

SAM EDELMAN x LIBBY EDELMAN “From the subway to the sidewalk, fashion is everywhere in New York City. We wanted to incorporate the spirit of the city in our exclusive design.”–Libby Edelman MARC FISHER x ELIZABETH SULCER “I am motivated by creating something lasting and timeless in my work.”–Elizabeth Sulcer “For me, female power means recognizing my individual strength and lifting other women up to do the same.”@KRYSTAL_BICK FOUNDER, THIS TIME TOMORROW “Striking a balance between work and family life is my definition of power.”@CAITLYNWARAKOMSKI FOUNDER, HOW DO YOU WEAR THAT “A trusty pair of shoes makes me feel so confident.”–CAITLYN “Good shoes make me stand tall, head held high, ready for whatever could be thrown my way.”–KRYSTAL TIMBERLAND x LILY KWONG “These shoes are made for adventures, like a…

1 THE BAG Calling all modern-day Daisy Buchanans: Pierpaolo Piccioli ups the ante on Valentino’s classic VSling bag, this time in a limited edition featuring Art Deco–inspired embroidery. Handbag, Valentino Garavani, similar styles at Valentino boutiques nationwide. 2 THE SHOE In search of the perfect platforms for the festive season? Go for the gold in Saint Laurent’s skyscraping, disco-inspired stunners. Platform sandal, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, $995, Saint Laurent, NYC. 3 THE WATCH Seductive indeed. Bulgari’s appropriately named serpentine timepiece is sure to entrance with its pavé diamond scales. Serpenti Seduttori watch, Bulgari, 800-BULGARI.…

As any New Yorker knows, walking is the city’s best mode of transport. Comfortable shoes are an absolute must for all-day adventures, and for model Meghan Collison (@omgitsmeg) and her photographer and partner, Jack Spencer (@captainjackspencer), a key element of their NYC street style uniform. The ubercool Lower East Side couple are always exploring the city, finding inspiration, armed with their easy, up-for-anything style and classically chic Clarks boots. Here, Meghan shares a bit more about their enviable life in the city. Q&A WITH MEGHAN COLLISON TELL US ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL STYLE IN 3 WORDS: Vintage, Comfortable, Black. DESCRIBE YOUR VOCATION: As a model, my job allows me to be creative, to travel, and I constantly feel grateful for all the amazing opportunities and people in my life. WHAT INSPIRES…

POP ARTIST: JO BAKER Known for her quirky Instagram moodboards—featuring everything from hamburger buns to disco balls—Baker creates red-carpet makeup looks that regularly include graphic shapes, bold colors, and an alluring amount of glitter. @missjobaker LOCATION: Los Angeles HOMETOWN: London CLIENTS: Lucy Boynton, Salma Hayek, Natalie Portman SIGNATURE STYLE: I come from an art and fashion background, so high-fashion editorial has always been my aesthetic. MAJOR MOMENT: When my work with Lucy Boynton went viral. It was positively thrilling and unexpected. BEAUTY TRICK: I always freehand linear eyeliner, so I take a deep breath, exhale, then hold my breath again to steady my fingertips. I usually gasp when I’m finished. UNEXPECTED ESSENTIAL: A tiny teaspoon. I use it to curl lashes on eyes that don’t fit traditional curlers. RED-CARPET SECRET:…

CATT SADLER @iamcattsadler TV host and host of Naked podcast “I used Bumble and bumble Spray de Mode ($32, bumbleandbumble.com) throughout Oscars week. The hold is flexible with a matte finish, so my hair looks natural, not stiff. I have fine hair that doesn’t need a lot of product, and this spray gives it an impressive memory—it maintains its shape even after I’ve brushed it. I love the travel-size version, too!” NAI’VASHA @naivashaintl Celebrity hairstylist “I use L’Oréal Paris Elnett Satin Hairspray Strong Hold ($15, lorealparisusa.com) on all my clients—every single one. During awards season, I’ll typically go through five cans, and I hardly have to do touch-ups because it holds all day and doesn’t react to humidity. I like to use it as a setting product by curling the…

BOOKS Something I always get asked is: “What is it like being an Asian American woman in Hollywood?” I hate this question almost as much as I hate, “What is it like being a female in comedy?” Nobody wants his or her identity and defining characteristics reduced to just race and gender, and I resent that white men never get asked, “What is it like being a white man in movies?” What disappoints me even more is that the people asking are always Asian American. It’s like they want to hear a titillating story about how a high-powered Hollywood executive sat me down in his office and said, “Look, we love you, Ali. In fact…we love you long time!” And then this same exec proceeded to throw rice on my…

BEST SURPRISE PERFORMANCE Awkwafina turned heads—and sparked awards-season buzz—with her poignant portrayal of a young woman caught between worlds in The Farewell. BEST BUDDY FLICK Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever go together like Laverne and Shirley in Booksmart, the coming-of-age comedy we didn’t even know we’ve been waiting our whole lives for. BEST RECOUPLING If the chemistry between Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet was sparked in Lady Bird, it’s fully lit in Little Women. MOST FAMILIAR OPPONENTS Not since exes Kathryn Bigelow and James Cameron faced off in the Best Director race of 2010 have two theoretical rivals been as well acquainted as partners and coparents Greta Gerwig (Little Women) and Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story). BEST BLOND ENSEMBLE Bombshell, Jay Roach’s account of life inside the no-brunette zone that was…

When Jennifer Salke moved into her office at Amazon Studios in March 2018, the film and television studio was in the midst of a three-alarm fire. Its former chief, Roy Price, had recently been forced out for alleged sexual harassment, creating explosive headlines and sending the studio’s leadership spinning. Broadly, Amazon was lagging far behind Netflix and other competitors as they raced to stockpile creative talent for the streaming wars. For most consumers, Amazon Prime Video was an afterthought—a freebie that came with signing up for free two-day shipping. Some of Amazon Studios’ own creators wondered how the Seattle-based tech company would manage to attract a talented Hollywood insider to replace Price. “It was almost like, ‘Who on earth wants that horrible job?’” says Amy Sherman-Palladino, cocreator of the award-winning…

2001 The divorce filing for Dr. Thomas Burchard (below) reveals he had given thousands of dollars to women he’d met online, something his ex-wife found inappropriate. EARLY 2000s Burchard meets his partner, Judy Earp, while on a trip to Las Vegas. Soon after, she moved from Orange County to Salinas to live with him. 2017 At some point in the year, Earp becomes aware that Burchard is involved in a relationship with Kelsey Turner that involves him giving her financial support. It’s unclear when Burchard and Turner first met. 2017–2018 Kelsey Turner models for the websites of Playboy Italia and Maxim. LATE 2018 After being evicted from her home after Burchard stopped paying her rent, Turner moves from the Salinas area to Las Vegas with her four-year-old son. 2019 MARCH…

America’s myths are written by the victors. So when flashing lights in a rearview mirror end with a black life being taken, the justification of “fearing for one’s safety” can sometimes be enough for a policeman to walk away unpunished. What kind of revisionist twist would it be if a routine traffic stop ended with the black motorists walking away and the officer dead? The first 12 minutes of Queen & Slim, the much-anticipated project from writer Lena Waithe and director Melina Matsoukas, see that exact scenario unfold. An unremarkable first date between two electrifying leads, played by newcomer Jodie Turner-Smith and Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya, ends with the couple on the run as a nationwide manhunt ensues. The film is many things. It’s Bonnie and Clyde for the Black…

All of this started with Gwyneth Paltrow hearing from Brad Falchuk—the producer, writer, and director who is also, as of last fall, her husband—that she’d influenced a character in a Netflix series he was working on. “Then it went to, ‘I’ve written this part for you. Would you consider doing it?’” she says. Many actresses would have leaped at the chance. The show, The Politician, was created by Ryan Murphy, with whom Falchuk often collaborates (they cocreated Glee and American Horror Story), and is a dark comedy about class, privilege, and flawed, self-interested people who nonetheless try their best to do good. More specifically, it focuses on a young man, Payton (Ben Platt), driven by a strain of ambition so potent it could fuel a rocket ship; the first season…

NICOLE KIDMAN Kidman wears: Dress, top, underpinning, veil by Dior Haute Couture, earrings by Dior Fine Jewelry, available by special order, 800-929-DIOR. For her makeup look, try Hydro Boost Hydrating Tint, Smokey Kohl Eyeliner in Jet Black, and Healthy Lengths Mascara in Carbon Black. All, Neutrogena. Photographed by Zoey Grossman (styled by Natasha Royt; hair by Lorenzo Martin at the Wall Group; makeup by Angela Levin; manicure by Betina Goldstein; produced by Michelle Hynek at Crawford & Co Productions). ZENDAYA Zendaya wears: Tops by Armani Privé, 212-988-9191. For her makeup look, try Teint Idole Ultra 24H Long Wear Foundation, Ôscillation mascara, and Sourcils Styler in Brun. All, Lancôme. Photographed by Zoey Grossman (styled by Natasha Royt; hair by Larry Sims at Forward Artists; makeup by Sheika Daley at Sixk.la; manicure…

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Some fashion designers want to talk to you about the Michelin-starred caviar restaurant they just tried, or the vacation destination that has a yearlong guest backlog—you know, the one they just jetted back from? Yoon Ahn wants to talk about robotics. “Those guys, Boston Dynamics, that build robots?” she says, as if that will elicit some glimmer of recognition from me, her far-from-robot-fluent interlocutor. “I’ve been obsessing over them. They were trying to build this robot with new technologies, but I guess it wasn’t working out. So they went back to nature, and they started implementing things they were finding in insects and animals.” For Ahn, it represented a realization that technology has its limits. “It made me think, ‘All the answers that we need already exist on this planet,…

POTIONS CLASS We’re not saying Gucci’s perfume will give you the gift of Parseltongue (the wizarding ability to talk to snakes) like Harry. But we’re not not saying that, either. This potion blends oud, patchouli, and saffron for a dark and sexy scent that will transport you straight into an adrenaline-fueled night in the Forbidden Forest. BAG OF TRICKS Hermès looked to the dreamlike creatures of ancient Greek mythology to add a dose of drama to the classic Bolide bag.…

“AN ACTRESS CAN PLAY SUCH AN INTENSE ROLE THAT THE CHARACTER STARTS TO LIVE BEYOND THE MOVIE ITSELF.”—CREATIVE DIRECTOR LUCIA SILVESTRI Over the decades, Bulgari has provided countless carats of red-carpet glamour for some of the most celebrated stars of our time, from Monica Vitti to Sophia Loren. Its latest high jewelry collection, Cinemagia, was unveiled at a star-studded presentation in Capri that featured starlet and Bulgari brand ambassador Laura Harrier. Creative director Lucia Silvestri channeled the magic of the big screen into jaw-dropping baubles: “In some films, an actress can play such a real, memorable, and intense role that the character starts to live beyond the movie itself,” Silvestri says. “The same can happen in the world of jewelry: Sometimes there is an extraordinarily rare gemstone with an inner…

You can’t deny the ripple effect of Jameela Jamil’s oft-retweeted, highly trolled social media accounts. From clapping back at Piers Morgan for offensive statements regarding gender fluidity to calling out fat-shaming fashion and beauty brands, Jamil’s voice is loud and clear. So much so that her acting career—namely her work on the NBC series The Good Place—can seem to take second place. That’s not an accident, Jamil says. “Acting is something I enjoy, but it’s a very toxic industry. Activism is my calling.” Her current focus: turning I Weigh, the “radically inclusive” body-positive Instagram account she created last year, into a fully realized activism and allyship platform with curated content for people who are tired of being excluded. And when it comes to beauty? “I enjoy makeup—I love it like…

In Find Me (October 29), author André Aciman projects the characters from 2007’s Call Me By Your Name into the future, first with Elio’s father, followed by the lovestruck pianist himself, and then Oliver, the visiting scholar. The sequel is just as maddeningly seductive as the original, whose film adaptation won a 2018 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Eleven years after writing her best-selling memoir, Julie Andrews returns to the format in Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years (out now), in which she shares memories from the sets of The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins while also chronicling her life off-camera, where a search for familial stability was tested by distance and loved ones’ drug dependencies. When Hulu debuted Shrill last spring, author Lindy West—who penned the…

Google Marielle Heller, and you’re likely to find her name on countless lists of 2019 awards season snubs. The actor and writer-turned-filmmaker took on the indie movie Can You Ever Forgive Me? after its original director bowed out; her critically acclaimed interpretation earned Oscar nominations for both Melissa Mc-Carthy and Richard E. Grant. Now she’s about to take a huge step into mainstream Hollywood with her new film, the highly anticipated A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, out November 22. Tom Hanks stars as Fred Rogers in the drama based on journalist Tom Junod’s life-altering experience of writing an Esquire profile on the beloved children’s television host. A month before the movie’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Heller, now 40, spoke with ELLE about filmmaking, inequality in…

DEAR E. JEAN: I’m a 26-year-old reporter at a daily newspaper. Our managing editor is completely incompetent: He can’t edit, doesn’t know how to use technology, and, worst of all, sexually harasses me and another coworker and lets other men in the building behave in the same inappropriate manner. I complained to the publisher, who said he’s “aware,” and that he’s “taken steps” to make sure he performs better. However, the editor continues to create a toxic environment in the newsroom. How do I get this man out of here? I could do his job and save the paper! —Rebel Reporter Rebel, My Renegade: Gather proof of incompetency—incriminating emails, recordings of sexually harassing conversations, data on declining circulation—and send a registered letter to the CEO of the company that owns your…

Let’s get one thing straight: Zendaya never likes it when people watch her cry. The irony is that Rue, the drug-seeking teen she plays on HBO’s new drama Euphoria, is all about the tears. Between bites of yellow watermelon, she explains that she has to remember not to cover her face while filming. “I always hide my face when I cry,” she says, tossing back her curly brunette locks. “I would cover up my whole performance with my hands if I let myself.” Euphoria—which delves into a generation of overdrugged, hypersexed high schoolers—centers on Zendaya’s character grappling with grief, addiction, anxiety, and depression. “Rue has such a darkness to her, but also an innocence. I have to be super vulnerable and sad in front of people. It’s weird, but cathartic…

“It’s definitely a relief to be out of the phase where you’re supposed to be adorable,” says Natalie Portman one recent summer morning, after she’s rushed her two kids out the door. The actress entered the Hollywood system at the tender age of 12, when she filmed Luc Besson’s The Professional, and now, at 38, finally feels she’s aged out of a certain kind of role—wide-eyed and whimsical yet surprisingly perceptive—that she’s played with more depth and shimmer than most. Who can forget Portman in Garden State, her 2004 movie with writer-director-actor Zach Braff, holding her giant headphones and telling Braff in her character’s Jersey accent, “The Shins, you know’em? You gotta hear this one song. It’ll change your life, I swear.” “It certainly is stifling to be the one…

THIS SUMMER, A PARTICULARLY BUOYANT MEME BEGAN bouncing around Twitter. Created by comedian Rob Dubbin, it hinges on the punch line “ran into jolene….she mentioned you left kind of an intense voicemail.” Its giddy reception was a testament to the fact that a song written 46 years ago still resonates with The Youth. For further proof, look at the Gen Z members of the K-pop group BTS, who mouthed the words to “Jolene” as Dolly Parton performed it at this year’s Grammys. The song’s appeal, like that of Parton herself, transcends age, race, nationality, and pretty much every demographic factor out there, possibly including “home planet.” But Jolene herself was always kind of a cipher: We know she was a looker, with those flaming locks of auburn hair, but what,…

“I’M A BIG BELIEVER IN HOROSCOPES AND HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THE WAY A ZODIAC SIGN CAN OFFER GUIDANCE. I WANTED TO CREATE A ZODIAC COIN THAT WAS BOTH PERSONAL AND COOL, LUXE BUT FAMILIAR, SOME THING THAT COULD BE A LIFELONG HERITAGE PIECE, SO I DESIGNED THE ZODIAC COLLECTION.”—DESIGNERANITAKO SCORPIO Oct 23–Nov 21 You’ll be wildly magnetic this November, but who (and what) you attract depends on the energy you’re projecting. Mercury is retrograde in your sign until the 20th, so work on rebranding. (Plan a big, profitable debut near the 26th’s new moon.) And with driven Mars bursting into Scorpio for seven weeks starting on the 19th, you’ll be unstoppable. SAGITTARIUS Nov 22–Dec 21 Everything will feel complicated until Sagittarius season begins on the 22nd. Until then, surrender your…