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Hollywood’s 25 Most Powerful Stylists: Why Sydney Sweeney, Sadie Sink, Anne Hathaway, Angela Bassett and Jodie Turner-Smith Love Their Image Makers
Rewear, repeat, three-peat … The verbiage summing up what’s new on the red carpet in the past year happens to center on what’s old, or at least previously worn. Sustainability and vintage were at the forefront of Hollywood fashion throughout awards season. THR‘s Stylist of the Year Elizabeth Stewart worked with Tár best actress nominee […]
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MSCHF’s Big Red Boots Follow-Up Is a Backward-Forward Sneaker
After going extremely viral with the recent release of its outlandishly oversized Big Red Boots — which were worn by the likes of Janelle Monaé and Lil Nas X, among others — Brooklyn-based creative collective MSCHF has another stunt shoe ready to roll out soon. The footwear, dubbed the BWD Shoe, are a pair of […]
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Janelle Monáe on Keeping Their ‘Glass Onion’ Characters Straight, the Film’s Queer Inclusion and Why They’re Not a Disruptor
Janelle Monáe’s latest role, as both of Glass Onion‘s heroes, is arguably as layered as director-writer Rian Johnson’s plot. And like the film, their characters — twins Andi, a tech innovator and Alpha co-founder, and Helen, a school teacher — offer a refreshing chapter in the murder mystery genre as Black women from Southern beginnings navigating […]
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Making of ‘Glass Onion’: How COVID, Warehouse Fires and Too Much Reflective Glass Complicated Production of ‘Knives Out’ Follow-Up
A good mystery often begins with a clue that’s right out in the open, even if no one recognizes it at first. In a similar way, the extravagant Greek villa that serves as the principal setting for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery impressed production designer Rick Heinrichs when he first visited it early in […]
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Inside Netflix’s ‘Glass Onion’ Murder Mystery Experience With Janelle Monáe
If revenge is a dish best served cold, murder is a meal best served over a squabble between impeccably dressed murder suspects during an evening that ends in an exploding suitcase of fake $2,000 bills. At least, that’s what happened during Glass Onion‘s special murder mystery dinners held in December to celebrate Rian Johnson’s latest […]
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Critics Choice Awards: Janelle Monáe to Receive SeeHer Award
Janelle Monáe is set to receive the SeeHer Award at the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards, which will be held at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Jan. 17. Monáe, who received a past Critics Choice Awards nomination for best supporting actress in the Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures, is also nominated this year for a […]
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Margot Robbie, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janelle Monáe Present $1M in College Scholarships to High School Seniors at THR’s Women in Entertainment Gala
Jamie Lee Curtis, Janelle Monáe, Margot Robbie, Gracie Abrams and Addison Rae on Wednesday presented $1 million in university scholarships to high school seniors from underserved communities across Los Angeles with full-ride college scholarships. The announcement was made at The Hollywood Reporter’s 2022 Women in Entertainment breakfast gala, presented by Lifetime, which was held at the Fairmont […]
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Janelle Monáe, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kim Kardashian, Margot Robbie Among Presenters at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Gala
Jamie Lee Curtis, Kim Kardashian, Janelle Monáe, Carey Mulligan, Margot Robbie, Seth Rogen and Yvonne Orji are set to present at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment breakfast gala, presented by Lifetime. In addition, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey will keynote the event, taking place Dec. 7 in Los Angeles. Rogen will present the Sherry […]
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Rian Johnson, ‘Glass Onion’ Cast on Making the Whodunit Sequel and Which Costumes Will Rival Chris Evans’ ‘Knives Out’ Sweater
Three years after the introduction of Daniel Craig’s Detective Benoit Blanc and the launch of a new murder mystery franchise with Knives Out, writer-director Rian Johnson debuted the sequel, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, on Monday at Los Angeles’ Academy Museum. Craig (who missed the big L.A. event due to illness) is back as […]
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Halloween 2022: Most Outrageous Celebrity Costumes
The stars have finally caught up with Heidi Klum. For years, the supermodel reigned supreme as the queen of Halloween, thanks to a deep commitment and often intricate costumes. But in 2022, a gaggle of celebrities have given their all with outrageous costumes — including an opera-singing alien (Janelle Monáe), a pair of lovestruck dog […]
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Janelle Monáe Says She’d Like to Play “Transformative” Roles, Like Johnny Depp
When it comes to on-screen inspirations, there’s one particular actor whose career Janelle Monáe says she’d like to emulate. “When I think about careers, this person as an actor, his life as an actor only, it’s Johnny Depp,” she said, speaking at a special Q&A at the BFI London Film Festival ahead of the European […]
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Janelle Monáe to Be Honored as Trailblazer at Outfest Legacy Awards
Janelle Monáe has a date with Outfest on Oct. 22. That’s when the actress, artist, author and singer will be feted with a Trailblazer Award at the org’s Outfest Legacy Awards presented by IMDb. Held at Paramount Studios, the event will also shine a light on Glamazon, Amazon’s diversity and inclusion network for LGBTQIA+ employees […]
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