These are our favorites: the ones that entertained us the most, not necessarily the ones we think will win Academy Awards! 1. Up In The Air. The smartest and most original movie of the year, with perfect performances by George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick. 2. It’s Complicated. We want to live in a…
Her name is synonymous with fashion, and she may be the most influential woman in the field ever, but Coco Chanel was first a young girl named Gabrielle who lived in an orphanage and dreamed of achieving fame and fortune on the Parisian stage. She certainly was able to cross “fame” and “fortune” off her…
We have fond memories of waiting for the big September issue of “Seventeen” to come out when we were teenagers. Now it’s “Vogue” we look forward to, and we remember trying to balance the four pounder that took up our whole mailbox a couple of years ago. That September 2007 issue of “Vogue” was the…
If ever a film represented the “Look good. Feel good. Do good.” philosophy, it’s this moving documentary about six volunteer American hairdressers who, funded by the U.S. beauty industry, opened a beauty school in post-Taliban Afghanistan. With a sympathetic but unflinching eye, filmmaker Liz Mermin reveals the women behind the burkas — including Fauzia who…
Get out your iPods, ladies. I’ve just found your new favorite singer. Here is our exclusive interview with singer/songwriter Lori Leiberman. Lori Lieberman — does “Killing Me Softly” ring a bell? – has been a critics’ favorite for decades. With the release of her new album, “Gun Metal Sky,” and an upcoming performance at New…
