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t has been exactly a year since our first issue was released. ICON has really transformed, grown and evolved into the beautiful magazine you see in front of you today. Originally the idea for this publication started out small - a local fashion magazine only published in Southwest Florida covering amazing trends, style, beauty and, of course, fashion. Initially we didn’t even consider using a celebrity as a cover model. Somewhere along the line to creating that first issue we managed to get the lovely Audrina Patridge on our cover. After a grand launch party in LIV at Fontainebleau, Miami Beach with 5,000 people in attendance we knew ICON was going to be a lot bigger than we had expected.
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Come winter our cover featured Kim Kardashian. In spring, Camila Alves. For summer, the gorgeous Aubrey O’Day. This issue brings lovely “Teen Wolf” star Crystal Reed. Not only have our articles come a long way, so have our editorial content and photography. Almost all our editorial spreads are now taken in Los Angeles, CA, with renowned photographers and agencyrepresented models. We are so grateful to have gone from a local to a national to now an international publication within the first year. There has been a lot of blood, sweat and tears throughout. With the economy declining and bookstores closing, going completely digital was the smartest move we’ve made
yet. Not only is it saving paper, we are now recognized This year ICON relocates to Los Angeles. We are worldwide the minute each issue goes live. so excited to be in the heart of the entertainment industry. This means red carpet events, more I want to take the time to thank the people that celebrity features, fashion weeks and so much more. have supported us and stayed with us from the beginning. My husband Omid Rabbani, MD, Hope you enjoy this issue as much as we enjoyed who has been a tremendous support and writes creating it. Here’s to another great year! fantastic health articles. Our amazing art director Candace Cohen, our entertainment writer/ Cheers! Julie Rabbani, Editor-in-Chief copy editor Tom Stoup, Fashion News Director Candice Sebring-Kelber, clothing designer Kimberly Hendrix, our favorite DJ Memphis on Air and our amazing style team: Jenna and Jamie Debrino of Hot Pink Style. Without you, this magazine would not be where it is today. We have grown so much and have our loyal readers and fans to thank as well. Fall 2011 iCON
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In The Name of Fashion k.hendrix Showroom Launch By: Isabella Usami Photography By: Mariana Herrera Mosli
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Would you open your home to 200 people in the name of fashion? k.hendrix brand designer Kimberly Hendrix would, and did for her showroom launch party on August 27th. Kimberly invited everyone - and I mean everyone - in her fashion world to attend and network while enjoying her personal favorite, freshly made sangria - white, not red - in her Scandinavianinspired space that was recently highlighted in the famous Apartment Therapy design blog. 20
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Aside from making beautiful clothing, Kimberly is a person striving to inspire others in every way. If you make your way to the Tampa Bay area, the k.hendrix showroom is a must-stop for every artist and fashionista. You will leave her new space truly inspired, and possibly with a one-of-a-kind creation you just could not live without. k.hendrix Studios and Showroom | 1207 Sutherland Drive | Palm Harbor, fl 34683 | 727.643.2356
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Lagerfeld’s ability to adjust is obvious when one looks at the history of his career. Having moved to Paris in the early 1950s, Lagerfeld began his life in design working behind the scenes as an illustrator and draftsman, occupations he is still well known for as exhibited by his famously recognizable sketches, artwork and brilliant eye for photography. Having entered the industry in Paris at a time of revolutionary change in the way women dressed gave Lagerfeld a backstage pass to witness the beauty of mid-century fashion yet herald the much needed changes that would create modern fashion. Becoming an icon doesn’t happen overnight, though. Lagerfeld, now in his seventies – though he will never
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up with the introduction of readyto-wear fashion and Karl’s leap into the arena. As anyone in the industry will tell you, fashion is more than clothing. Fashion is art. Fashion is drama and theatre. Fashion is the gauge by which we measure the heartbeat of the world. Politics and economy play a much greater part in the world of fashion than critics give it credit, and like the ever-changing world of nature, fashion finds a way to continually live, breathe and manifest itself despite, or perhaps because of, global issues. In the ‘60s, change was happening all over the world. The
political climate was heated and the Age of Aquarius had appeared. Retail became something it had never been before and with this change came a need. Retailers had to look at the growing global economy and the reinvention of the modern woman. Karl Lagerfeld was there to fill the void. The different specialty segments of fashion were in dire need of restoration. Lagerfeld stepped in, taking the helm by first collaborating with the house of Fendi, where he manned their campaign to update their fur division as part of a partnership that continues to this
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day. Over the following two decades he would breathe new life into various areas of fashion including fur, perfume, ready-to-wear and haute couture. It was during this time Lagerfeld took the reins at Chloe, developed several fragrances under his own name, created his own label ‘Karl Lagerfeld’ and, most famously, began his long-term relationship with the house of Chanel in 1983. The story does not end there, however. Karl Lagerfeld has, since his rise to fame, continued to awe fashionistas of the world by constantly reinventing and reintroducing himself. Lagerfeld began the trend in what would become a long line of top designers to design capsule collections for mass retail chains. In 2004 he created a collection of 30 pieces for retail chain H&M and in August 2011, his collection for retail giant Macy’s was revealed. The collection, which has the black and white trademarks of both Lagerfeld and Chanel, hit racks on August 31st. In addition to this illustrious history in fashion, Lagerfeld is never one to rest on his laurels, constantly finding a place for his numerous talents from designing costumes, filmmaking and even creating his own diet. Lagerfeld is a perpetual chameleon when it comes to his career, though he never loses sight of himself – the King, the Kaiser, the Karl. Fall 2011 iCON
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2011 Haute Couture collections shown in July could also be described as a temperature gauge for world mood. Designers let slip emotion in Freudian-like exhibition of both beauty and the bizarre. Every season, Haute Couture is a melding of the wonderful as well as the whacky. And this season was no exception. In true couture vision some of the collections can only be considered costume design. Lesser known designers Iris van Herpen, Adeline Andre and the collective of On Aura Tout Vu, proved themselves creative artists but not quite attentive to the desires of the upper echelon for
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Though Gaultier provided first-class costuming as usual, this season had an uncharacteristic sober emotion visualized in sublime tailoring and silhouettes with a hint of Femme Fatale. for beauty and poetry to alleviate the current cynical and bleak mood in society. ‘Pretty’ was the trend from a number of the Haute Couture designers including; Valentino, Christophe Josse, Julien Fournie, Giambattista Valli, and curiously, Jean Paul Gaultier. Though Gaultier provided first-class costuming as usual, this season had an uncharacteristic sober emotion visualized in sublime tailoring and silhouettes with a hint of Femme Fatale. And elegance was a repeated theme in the vast majority of these collections with the single most obvious trend in color being the lack of color. These more subdued but beautiful collections had a darkness underlying their pretty silhouettes with the use of dark grey and black on a divine mixture of sensuous fabrics like lacquered lace, feathers, organza, and silk. And perhaps the most stunning collection was by little known designer Alexandre Vauthier whose use of solid bold, bright red on everything from silk gowns to fur coats was outstanding, breathing life into an otherwise mundane and dark exhibition for this season’s crop of Haute Couture. A true tale of Beauty and the Beast. Fall 2011 iCON
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Kenneth Barlis by Tom Stoup
Imagine life on a military base, bearing changeless standard issue drab day in and day out, growing up knowing your destiny rests only in your martial parents’ footsteps. Now think of a glamorous life in fashion, lived between catwalks and photo shoots with doors of opportunity opening in accordance with your ambition. These two paths merge in the burgeoning Kenneth Barlis, who, though not yet graduated from San Diego’s Fashion Institute of Design & Marketing, already has a bridal and evening gown collection available. Model: Brooke Alexandra with No Ties and Wilhelmina Hair/MUA: Amber Shamshoian Designer: Kenneth Barlis Photographer: Emily Soto
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“I work hard for everything I have; I put my love into it and want to give it my best.” Right away the seeds of a natural flair for fashion began to luminesce as Barlis took to tailoring his own wardrobe. “When I started designing, it was actually just for myself. My jacket, my shorts, my pants… then everyone started liking it so I ended up doing it more for my friends.”
Barlis knew youth in the Phillippines, son of a military family and student alongside many of the same. He recounts that with no variance in uniform and nary a shift in scenery lest it follow an hour’s trek to the nearest city, he “never gave a thought to fashion design as a career possibility.” He continues, “I don’t even know where my passion for fashion came from, because I never saw it growing up. I thought, when I saw my dad’s camouflage uniform with his boots and hat, that was the life right there - that was it. At school we never talked about fashion. It’s totally different, especially in a third world country where what we thought about was how to survive, make money and get groceries for the next day.” Initially pursuant of a parentally suggested career in healthcare, Barlis was granted a rare chance at higher education in the United States. “Moving [to the U.S.] for college was a big opportunity. Most of my friends at home are never given that liberty. I work hard for everything I have; I put my love into it and want to give it my best.” Right away the seeds of a natural flair for fashion began to luminesce as Barlis took to tailoring his own wardrobe. “When I started designing, it was actually just for myself. My jacket, my shorts, my pants… then everyone started liking it so I ended up doing it more for my friends.” With an AA in biology and on his way to a PSN nursing certification through
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Mesa College, Barlis decided he simply felt, “it’s not for me.” Turning to follow a new dream - with parental consent, mind you (as Barlis puts it, “I’m a proper kid and always telling mom, ‘just give me the chance and I will make sure not to be a fool about it’”) - his design knack at first segued into brief work as a model. Thus the bud truly broke into blossom through first-hand experience with professional designers’ works - a kaleidoscopic new world of dramatic layers and colorful whim to dynamically contrast Barlis’ formerly obligatory future. Barlis draws inspiration from everywhere he goes, particularly noting a strong matronly influence. “Most of my wedding dresses and elegant evening wear were inspired by the face of my mom. Every time I design something I’m thinking about her and whether she’d approve. If I show her something and she says, ‘Um, no,’ I’ll keep asking what she likes and doesn’t like about it and take her advice. It helps to get the woman’s perspective as research for how I complete my looks.” He adds, “I think of how my mom and grandmother want me to present myself - sophisticated, yet simple. The classic look of blue jeans and a white shirt is still there and may go in and out with the trends but it’s really about selfpresentation. It doesn’t matter what other people think. My signature is that I always just go for it. The easiest way to describe my work is by saying I don’t
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“My dad has been in the military since he was 16 and my mom married him when she was 18. There’s nothing wrong with that; I just want to bring my family a little difference in life. I want to show them something new, and see something new myself. I love color, I love fabrics, I love people. This is my calling. I think the door is open for me right now, so I’m like, hey, I’m coming home!” hold anything in. Some of my more outrageous designs are not wearable enough.” On the subject of the outrageous, when posed a question about potential diversification into shoes and accessories in addition to his current endeavors with leather outdoor wear and illusorily sequined and fringed underwater garments, Barlis laughs, “I’m starting to design some shoes now, but you’re never gonna wear them on the street for a regular day!” He goes on, “I feel I am a voice for the weird - the ones who want to be different. I don’t want to just follow other designers and live up to other peoples’ dreams. I will show my own vision of reality. If people like it, great! If not, okay, because that’s my look; that’s my ambition.” Regarding competitiveness with his classmates, Barlis observes, “Everybody wants to be on top, and
it’s not bad to dream, especially when you’re putting your passion toward it. We all have different niches. You have to put a special face on [your work] to make your name. I want to put my foot in the door so people know who I am.” Of course, having a collection out does give Barlis a leg up, but he declares, “When I’m doing my collections I never think about them being published. I’m not doing them to be on top. I’m just in the moment, sketching, sewing and having fun. When people appreciate what you do it’s the best feeling ever, and I guess my concepts, my designs and however I’m accomplishing them have brought me wherever I am right now, so… I’ll take it!” You don’t have to take Barlis’ word for it. This issue’s spotlighted photographer Emily Soto frequently collaborates with the up-and-comer and attests, “I love working with Kenneth! He is so passionate about what he does and has many beautiful
pieces. He is very creative and always surprising me with his new work. I love the excitement and energy he brings to our photo shoots.” Cover girl Crystal Reed adds, of wearing Barlis’ classically luxurious cape coat, “It was gorgeous - put together well and really well-made. I loved wearing it.” When asked if his break into the fashion world could be seen as a rebellion against his firm upbringing, Barlis states, “My dad has been in the military since he was 16 and my mom married him when she was 18. There’s nothing wrong with that; I just want to bring my family a little difference in life. I want to show them something new, and see something new myself. I love color, I love fabrics, I love people. This is my calling. I think the door is open for me right now, so I’m like, hey, I’m coming home!” kennethbarlis.com Fall 2011 iCON
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A mix of culture from the 1920’s, 1930’s and today. Styles combine from different decades create a one of a kind look for 2011.
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Photographer Spotlight
Jennifer Rovero Camera phone-tography is on the rise! With various “apps” and, among others, the iPhone 4’s 5.0 megapixel camera - also capable of capturing video in 720p (that’s HD) - even formal filmmakers such as Park Chan-wook and Apichatpong “Joe” Weerasethakul have created works of art through the thin and prolific slabs of wireless technology. Photographer Jennifer Rovero, AKA Camraface, also embraces the readily portable devices, using her iPhone to create rebellious, guerrillastyle snapshots of oft-provocative subject matter in highly exclusive locations. Also acting as Paris Hilton’s private photographer, she likes to tease and tap in to certain curiosities in all of us. By Tom Stoup 72
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Everyone thinks I’m working in studios or working with lights, but I just run around with my iPhone and my 5G and I just make it happen no lighting, no nothing. Do you go looking for subjects and set them up, or is your approach to photography more spontaneous than that? I see in frames. I just go
out in the world and things pop out at me. I’m really spontaneous. I don’t really set things up - it’s not my favorite. Everyone thinks I’m working in studios or working with lights, but I just run around with my iPhone and my 5G and I just make it happen - no lighting, no nothing. It’s a challenge in itself just to see if I can do it. What does the post-production involve? I might change the color
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Photographer Spotlight Now that I have an iPhone I’m realizing my big camera intimidates people. I have a lot of access to a lot of places and with the big camera a lot of people get freaked out, so I use my iPhone all the time. A lot of times I hide my face while I’m shooting, also, so it can also mean that. Even when I’m shooting other people I usually cut off their heads because it leaves more to the imagination - you can put whomever you want into the photo. Speaking of online personas, do you feel the modern age of social networking has had an influence on your art? Interestingly, yes, for a
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world through uploads - we’re on our computers so much. You do have access to a lot of places and in your work I do notice a focus on nightlife, particularly in the secretive women’s restroom.
neon sign - I see a frame and I just shoot. I like shooting places that people want to see. Men are always like, “I wonder what those ladies are doing in the bathroom, what are they doing with the other girls?” I like informing men of what we really are like.
matter? It’s just something that pops
Specifically
out at me. I honestly see in frames - all of a sudden it’s like… it’s almost like a
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regarding
such
to me - one of which you just recently
- you can’t write the things I see. I’m in such lucky places at lucky times that everything I’m shooting is happening as
Because I’m Paris Hilton’s private photographer a lot of times I get called a paparazzo… because I have to follow her around. That’s a touchy subject. hurry I’m gonna go right here!” I was like, “Wait, stop!” It’s just these crazy moments in my life. Might you go as far as to say this work is almost a slap in the face to annoying paparazzo types? Like, haha, here are a pair of naked legs, don’t you wish you knew who they belong to? At times I feel that. Because
I’m shooting it. It’s real time. That girl was standing in line in front of me and I was like, “Is this a real ass?” I asked her if she’d lift her skirt, and she did! And the girl in the back of that photo is puking in the sink. It’s just such a story. And the one with the two panties, actually I’m in that photo with my girlfriend - we were in the club and she was like, “You have to hurry up, I have to go to the bathroom and the line was too long! If you don’t
I’m Paris Hilton’s private photographer a lot of times I get called a paparazzo… because I have to follow her around. That’s a touchy subject. Fair enough. Well, how did you get in to photography? I was actually
a stay-at-home mom at the time. My guy was constantly working and I was feeling super creative and needed some kind of outlet, so I was just shooting my kids a lot. I’ve been best friends with Paris since I was 18
or 19 and once I started showing her my photos she was like, “Wow! Start taking pictures of me!” Eventually she was like, “Come with me!” Because she doesn’t like to travel alone to other countries, so it was a way for her to be with her best friend and get work done. Then people started seeing my shoots for her and they started requesting me. And going back to the internet… I hang out with celebrities and they control all their images they can send whatever they want to a magazine - but also while I’m hanging out with them I’m shooting tweets for them with my iPhone and it’s feeding that hungry internet fan base. Would you say that’s another of the reasons you typically crop out heads - it helps maintain celebrities’ anonymity? I never shoot a celebrity
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I never shoot a celebrity unless they ask me. It’s out of respect. Living around Paris I understand everyone’s got a camera in their face and everyone’s bugging them. Living around Paris I understand everyone’s got a camera in their face and everyone’s bugging them. For me, my relationships with celebrities are very respectable. If you come to me I’m down to shoot you, otherwise you can be with me all night long and I won’t point a camera at you. What is your background in the arts? I started out as a model - the
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super erotically, but I have kids so I feel like I have to hold back on everything I’m doing to be respectful of them they’re two little boys, 9 and 5. So I’m in this limbo of “do I go or do I stay?” Do you have project concepts in mind that you want accomplish but are holding in because of the kids?
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I like plays on words, so one of the projects is called “Caddy Bitches” and it’s this girl posing in a Cadillac in all these different ways. your mom who already comes from a Playboy background, you know? And their friends, they’re on Google too - they can easily look me up. The majority out there about me is from the Playboy world, so I’m afraid to add to it. Do
you
projects
feel are
passionate
these
potential
something
enough
you’re
about
that
you’ll pursue them once your boys have matured? Definitely. Until then
I do have a few projects I’m working on. I like plays on words, so one of the projects is called “Caddy Bitches” and it’s this girl posing in a Cadillac in all these different ways. Another project… when I’m traveling with Paris all over the world she’ll do public appearances… we’re in these clubs and while I’m shooting her I’ll notice there are these girls all around me, so it’s called “Bottoms Up” and it’s all these girls from the waist down. I’m very suggestive in everything I shoot. I’m also working on “Powder Room”, which is all the bathroom stuff.
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Emily Soto
Looking at Emily Soto’s work, you’d never guess she’s been in fashion photography only a year. Soto’s first model shoot was just last December, coming after - here’s another surprise - business school and a full-time position in that field. It’s easy to see from the natural talent’s robust work why her world has already begun to spin a bit more quickly. Along with effervescent images brimming with the radiant hues of nature and design, Soto’s still-young story offers proof that there’s no finite path to discovering a dream and pursuing your passion. By Tom Stoup
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How
would
you
describe
your
approach to your work? I love whimsical
photography. I find inspiration in my surroundings and love the creativity that photography brings. With my camera I can create anything I imagine. You collaborate with your husband Victor. How does that relationship function on set? Vic is a 3D graphic
artist and he’s worked on video games and movies such as “Night at the Museum” and Pixar’s “Cars”. When we started dating I picked photography up as a hobby and I started doing weddings with him. He has a really great concept of lighting techniques and helped me get started with digital editing. He’s been my teacher from the beginning and he’s great with helping out. I’ve been doing fashion for about a year now and am really enjoying it! You seem to favor outdoor shoots. How
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There are so many beautiful locations to shoot at and the weather is almost always perfect. I like that the models are able to interact with the environment and I’ve recently grown to love natural lighting as well. California makes outdoor shoots really enjoyable! There are so many beautiful locations to shoot at and the weather is almost always perfect. I like that the models are able to interact with the environment and I’ve recently grown to love natural lighting as well.
One might think studios would
What challenges do you meet
lend more freedom since you have
shooting outdoors? The main thing
more control, but you don’t find
is the weather. Like I said, in California we don’t have very much rain but there have been a few times I’ve had to reschedule. Other than that there are a lot of places that require permits so you have to research beforehand.
this to be the case? I bring my
studio equipment wherever I shoot so I can have complete control over the lighting whether it is in a studio or out by using different lighting techniques.
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Every designer has a different style and I’ve really enjoyed getting to work with their designs. I’ve been working with Kenneth Barlis lately and we’ve created some beautiful editorials with themes based on the style of each of his collections.
What
initially
drew
you
to
photography? I love the creativity
of it. Vic and I have always enjoyed traveling and taking photographs. I also took many fashion courses while earning my bachelor’s degree. I love getting to work with both fashion and photography! Do you feel designers are telling stories with their work? Every
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Every photographer has a different sense of creativity and uniqueness they bring forth. Any upcoming projects you’d like to discuss? I’m currently working with
several designers and boutiques here in the states and internationally on look books and website photography. I also have several editorial shoots planned, including one with Kenneth this weekend! Do you have any dream projects you’d love to one day tackle? I would
love to work with more international magazines and dream of one day being published in Vogue Italia! What advice might you lend to aspiring photographers? Keep shooting! There
is a lot of competition in the industry but only one person with their exact style. Every photographer has a different sense of creativity and uniqueness they bring forth. I am continually learning and growing which I think is important for every photographer!
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Dexterously charismatic, rising star and true thespian Crystal Reed only needs a camera nearby to thieve your heart. Reed has been taking on Hollywood through feature film parts and, most currently, a big television role in MTV’s new, sexier version of “Teen Wolf”. Where did she come from? Where is she going? What’ll she be up to in the newly ordered second season of “Wolf”? And how did “The Dark Knight” change her life (it’s not what you might expect)?
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“I knew I loved to act and it was something I never wanted to have to say I didn’t try. I love transforming into a different world as a great escape, and I had to be part of it.” Captain of the dance team and president of her drama club throughout high school after a childhood in ballet, modern dance and hip-hop, Detroit native Reed also seasoned her creativity in a Junior Players Association. During these years she participated in a production of “Annie”, stepped in to the shoes of Cha Cha for “Grease” and played the male fiddler in “Fiddler on the Roof”, the latter of which she recalls fondly, “I was in every scene, sitting up on the roof, reacting and dancing.” Her reasoning for taking the non-verbal role in a musical? “I actually can’t sing!”
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Soon Reed was pursuing a fine arts degree at Wayne State. “I knew I loved to act and it was something I never wanted to have to say I didn’t try. I love transforming into a different world as a great escape, and I had to be part of it.” Her method style inspired by her idols Meryl Streep, Robert Downey, Jr. and Daniel DayLewis outgrew the university quickly, however, and before long she was on her way to greener pastures. “Wayne State’s theater department is great it’s one of the best junior schools in [Michigan]. You have to audition to be admitted. I had a scholarship and at first I was all about it and drank the Kool-Aid; I did everything they asked and performed how they wanted me to
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perform. I think when you’re 18 or 19 you just do what other people do, but then you smarten up a bit and become your own person. I just didn’t like the way they were teaching us. Although it was a great conservatory setting, there wasn’t really room for expansion. When I started asking questions I was shut down. I don’t think art should be one-sided; it’s not that easy to explain.
one of the new millennium’s biggest hits, Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight”, which filmed there in Chicago. “It was between me and another girl. I obviously didn’t get it, but… I woke up one morning and was drinking my coffee, looking out my window… and they were filming [the movie].” This spectacle led to revelation. “I was like, alright, let’s be serious, if I want to do
Belmont, a bar that has, incidentally, employed several now-prolific Hollywood screen talents. “It was in the universe for me to get this job that same day a bartender had quit.” Of course, it’s typically difficult to land that sort of gig in LA. “The servers who were in line for the bartending job all hated me. At least five times I came home in tears because of how they were treating
“I was like, alright, let’s be serious, if I want to do this 100% I have to go to LA, because that’s where everything is. I scraped together the $1,000 I had and moved out west on a hope and a dream. I knew even if I ended up in some really tiny theater or just doing commercials, I’d be happy.” I always say it’s not black or white - it’s grey. David Mamet’s “True & False” made me believe that all you need to be an artist is a piece of paper, so I didn’t figure I was in the right place anymore.” Chicago came next, being the nearest metropolitan area with a big acting community. Reed did several local commercials, but earned her bread mainly through modeling. “I was a little skeptical because modeling isn’t something I’d done before. I looked at it as acting, ‘I guess I can act pretty and confident!’ Then I got a call for casting in Oprah’s summer show - they had me walk out in bikinis. It was fun!” Looking to move further on up, Reed eventually met with a producer for
this 100% I have to go to LA, because that’s where everything is. I scraped together the $1,000 I had and moved out west on a hope and a dream. I knew even if I ended up in some really tiny theater or just doing commercials, I’d be happy.” Once in her new West Hollywood home, Reed knew her first move right away. “Somebody wise once told me that when you get to LA the first thing you should do is find a day job you can make steady money at, so you’re comfortable when you do auditions.” She strolled around her block on that first day, headshot in hand (as she observes, “It’s kind of sad you have to submit your headshot when trying to get a bartending job”) and found the
me.” This unfair reputation led to a baseless accusation of embezzlement, which in turn led to Reed finding one last non-entertainment vocation - at a sushi establishment - and hiring an agent and a manager. Between guest spots on “CSI” and “The Hard Times of RJ Berger” and a Maybelline commercial, Reed landed an audition with what was then a little, unfinanced independent film, the Strause brothers’ “Skyline”. “The audition wasn’t even with the script. I just improved it. They sat me in a room and said, ‘Okay, we can’t tell you what it is, but a big monster - a ghost, a devil, whatever you need to think of - just killed your best friend. We need you to be emotional. And, go.’ So I just Fall 2011 iCON
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“I have to give the Strauses a lot of credit. They’re geniuses when it comes to special effects and it was really quite beautiful to watch them work.”
Crystal on Fashion Who are your fashion icons? The person I always look to when I’m dressing is Diane Keaton in “Annie Hall”. She has this style she pulls off with men’s trousers and button-up shirts, but she still looks positively feminine. It’s fun to mix different styles together. Is “Annie Hall” also the source of your hat obsession? Haha, it is! It’s my favorite movie, so that’s why I have all these great floppy hats that I love to wear all the time. What do you predict will be your must-have this Autumn? You know what I love? Denim. Denim with tights.
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started talking and screaming and I broke down, crying hysterically… and that got me the part, I guess!” To begin with, “Skyline”, co-starring Donald Faison and Eric Balfour, was filmed in a single condo with a meager crew, but then was picked up for distribution by Relativity Media through Universal Pictures. “My first film being released in theaters was such a big deal. Thing is, when it was picked up, we had to go back for reshoots because they changed the story completely. So what I shot originally is not what you saw.” Though a worthy experiment in more affordable studio effects work, “Skyline” did not end up a success. As her first film, Reed is proud of the experience regardless. She adds, “I have to give the Strauses a lot of credit. They’re geniuses when it comes to special effects and it was really quite beautiful to watch them work.” That prior guest spot on “RJ Berger” proved fortuitous, as Reed had hit it off with the MTV producers and was soon chosen as the first actress brought in to audition for the “Teen Wolf” role of Allison Argent. “For some reason they really liked me and I was the
first girl brought in out of thousands. Everything fell into place.” In a television production rarity, Reed was not only allowed to help create her character, she also continues to be outspoken on set regarding Allison’s development. “I wanted there to be more to Allison than just the girl who’s afraid and runs away. That’s easy, and quite boring. Before we started filming I met with the writers to talk about her motivations and her backstory and what makes her tick. What happened before Beacon Hill? Why do her mother and her not speak? What kind of runins did she have with her father? What does she want to be when she grows up? That’s sort of my homework, and that’s what I love to do because I love to really create a character. Then, because I come from theater, I thought about Allison’s physicality. I thought about how she would walk. When she comes to Beacon Hill, the very first day her shoulders are slumped because she’s afraid. Throughout the season you see she gradually stands up straighter and holds her head high. There’s this scene where she’s walking through the woods - it’s the first time you really see
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her carrying her bow and arrow - she’s confident. What I like most about the process is that we created a way on set to make suggestions and, well, I can’t say they always use my favorite takes, but if I want to experiment and do it playfully they let me do it playfully, or if I want to do it angry they let me do it angry, just to get it out of my system as an artist; just to throw it out there. I’m really grateful for that support I have from my producers, writers and directors.” As for where she’d like to see Allison go in future seasons, Reed considers, “Selfishly I’d like to see her step out of her box a little. I can play the damsel in distress and run and cry all day. Doing that once or twice is fun, but it’s not what interests me most as a performer. I’d like Allison to be more daring and step outside her comfort zone, and in season two I think that’s actually what she’s going to do. I was talking with the writers and they said they want to make her like Sarah Connor from “The Terminator” - so eventually she’ll become more like Kate, my aunt on the show. And I know the role will be getting more physical since they’ve set me up with a trainer to get in better shape.” Regarding inevitable comparisons to “The Vampire Diaries”, “True Blood” and, of course, “Twilight”, Reed feels her show is very different. “I think “Vampire Diaries” is more melodramatic and pretty. It’s backlit, all the actors have incredibly angular
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“I was driving to work at Warner Brothers Studios and I was like, “I… am working with Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling today. Yes, this is my life!” jaws and it’s just so… produced. Our show’s a little more like a dark and gritty film. I don’t think you can make the comparison to “True Blood” because one is on HBO and one is on MTV. If we had the leeway to do what they do… they can just get so bloody and there’s all this nudity… that’s what makes their show great. Comparisons to “Twilight” are flattering because that franchise is extremely successful, but our story is sexier and at times it’s really scary, but then there’ll be this punchline in the middle of a scene and you’re like, what? It reminds me more of “The Lost Boys” than anything.” And what about ties to the original “Teen Wolf ” film? Does it simply come down to easy brand recognition, or can we expect series
lead Tyler Posey to start air-guitaring and pulling handstands atop vans? “There are some similar elements. I think the main character Scott is very closely related to that original, but honestly besides that there’s no comparison. It’s really just that he’s a teenage werewolf. When our Scott turns into a wolf, people don’t clap for him. It’s a great concept and we definitely drew inspiration from it, but I don’t feel any pressure from it. I don’t even really think about it.” More recently, Reed was featured holding her own against Steve Carell in “Crazy, Stupid, Love.”. “I auditioned for a different part that I don’t think is in the script anymore, actually, and when I got the part they wanted me to do I said yeah, why not? I didn’t
realize the gravity of the situation. I was driving to work at Warner Brothers Studios and I was like, “I… am working with Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling today. Yes, this is my life!” Originally scripted, the scene wound up almost entirely improved. “The guys were super sweet. It was so great to be able to work alongside them rather than stare at them in awe through a television set.” Coming soon, Reed will be seen in the Jennifer Love Hewitt comedy “Jewtopia”, based on an off-Broadway play about an indecisive man in love with stereotypical Jewish girls because they “wear the pants”. On her part, the Catholic-raised Reed states, “It’s a lot of fun! I just love playing something so different from myself.”
Crystal’s Dream Projects Indie Film
so that would be fun for me. I would love
Studio films are great, but I would be
to play a certain figure, maybe like Queen
more interested in doing small indies
Mary because she was so vile.
that really hit home to me. If I could follow in anybody’s footsteps it would
Action Hero
probably be somebody like Carey
I’d like to try something more physically
Mulligan or Amy Adams.
challenging. Maybe a boxing movie!
Period Piece
Demonic Possession
Costumes and makeup and things like that
I know it sounds crazy, but I just feel it
help so much with character. I’m intrigued
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Singer and songwriter Mark Russell talks about his growing music career and what he has in store for the future in the music industry. By: Memphis on Air
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inger-songwriter
I watched your YouTube video
Mark Russell, how’s
“Making My Mark” and I have to say
it
man?
it’s very real. What made you want
Doing good, man, just driving through the desert heading to Vegas. Doing a show at the M Resort for Rock & Roll Wine. Basically it’s a Concert and a wine tasting, which is pretty awesome.
to do the video and how did you
going,
How’d you land that gig? I was
doing a show at the Mandalay Bay a couple months ago; they really liked my performance and asked if I would be interested in doing the show and I was like, sure I’ll do it.
come up with the idea? We had met
up with a group of students from Full Sail University. They were interested in doing a music video with us and we ended up doing a behind-the-scenes that turned out well. It’s showing you something that I’m passionate about and, being at the level that I am at, that it’s not all about money. It’s about me doing what I love to do, how I want to do it whether it is what I write or sing about or how I play it. Also in the video you said that your
What else have you been up to
dad sang in a quartet and that your
lately? Man, I’ve been out here on the
great-grandmother was an opera
west coast for three months now and playing a residency at the Mandalay and a residency at the Hard Rock in LA. I’ve been writing a lot and playing as much as I can.
singer. That’s got to be awesome.
So you’re from Orlando, right? Yeah,
and it’s been a long time since I’ve been back there, but I’m heading back home tomorrow for a little bit then heading out to Cleveland to do some recordings. So it’ll be a quick pop-in, pop-out kind of visit.
Do they or does anyone else in
as most of the songs I choose to write, but to break it down in the abridged version is a girl who has to choose between two guys, basically Plan A and Plan B. One guy wants to be Plan A and she goes with Plan B. But we’re actually releasing all three videos in September so I’m looking forward to that. And the fully produced EP will be out next year? Yeah, we’re looking to
do that early next year. Like I was just saying, I’m heading up to Cleveland to do some recording for that EP and also I plan on releasing an acoustic EP the end of this year to get something out. I just did “Dance” but besides that it’s been a little while since I’ve come out with some new music, so I wanted to throw that out there and get everybody ready for the new music that’s about to come.
your family give you any advice when it comes to your music? Not
One of the videos will be featured
so much advice, but they have been very supportive, my dad especially. He comes to as many shows as he possibly can make it out to.
in September as part of Hoodie
You have three videos coming out for your song “Dance”, which is on iTunes right now. Tell us about the song. It’s really personal to me,
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Clear Channel’s artists to watch. Congrats, man! Thanks, man. You’ve been out with the likes
You’ve had your songs featured on
of
Avril
Lavigne,
Hanson,
One
the last season of MTV’s “The Real
Republic, Jon McLaughlin, Robin
World” and “Warren the Ape”, and
Thicke, Tyrone Wells, Matt White,
you have an upcoming spot on BET’s
Jonas Brothers, Matchbox Twenty,
“Born to Dance”. How did that come
and The Veronicas. How’s that
about? My management kind of had
experience been? Oh man, it’s so
the hook up with MTV so a while ago I sent MTV some songs and was like, hey, if you ever want to put these on a show go for it. And what’s crazy was the first time we heard one of the songs had been featured, one of my fans had written me on Facebook and said, “Hey, I heard one of your songs on “Warren the Ape” last night!” It threw me a curveball because I didn’t know, so that was really exciting for us and we were like, what else have we been on? Then here comes “The Real World”. With Loraine’s show coming out, one of the episodes coming up is going to use a song. It’s been pretty awesome.
amazing, and being able to go out and play shows with artist on that level has been crazy. We went out with Avril for a little while - you’re playing shows for like nine-thousand plus and you see nothing but a sea of people. It’s insane. And everyone else we’ve gone out with as well, the experiences have all been great. Are there any artists, past or present, that you would like to work with?
Well if we’re talking past I’d have to say Johnny Cash. Present, I’d have to say Adam Levine and Maroon 5. So I read that you attended the
You also hosted and support “The
University Of Florida? University of
National Acoustic House of Blues
Central Florida.
Club Tour” in ’08, right? That was Now I have to give you a little crap
awesome! We got to go out with this other band and the lead singer of another band. I was asked to play host on the House of Blues tour with a bunch of boy bands and it was as awesome a tour as you could have with a bunch of boy bands together.
no, UCF’s not really competing with anyone on the football field right now so you don’t have to worry about me, haha.
So check it out, I was doing some
I also found out a lot of your friends
research and found out you’re in
in school didn’t know you could
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I started singing toward the end of high school and once I got into college I was so shy when it came to singing that I would sing in my dorm room. When people would walk by they’d hear me sing and say, let’s start a band! We would put together a group and I’d still be shy but I’d have to sing. We would go door-to-door with girls’ dorm rooms and I’d be like, hey, can I sing you a song, so I could build up my confidence to go sing in front of somebody. So the saying’s true, if you’re a jock or
played sports all through high school and two years of lacrosse in college so I was trying to get it from all angles, you know, haha. What’s next for Mark Russell? What’s the next big thing we can look forward to from you? Well, you can expect the
acoustic EP to release at the end of the year and we’re working on getting the full band EP out at the beginning of the year. As for touring, we’re looking to go out with a few people at the end of this year, as well. I’m trying to be as busy as I can.
entertainer you get all the girls. Well, I If there was anything you could tell all your fans about you that you’re not ashamed to say what would that be? Oh, man, something I’m totally not
ashamed of... well, there were two seasons in high school where I was a cheerleader. Now don’t make fun of me but I promised a girl I would do it and I’m a man of my word. So I went to cheerleading camp and that’s a good spot to pick up girls. I would have never thought that and now I’m kicking myself for not doing it. Oh yeah, there are like, 500 girls and 10
guys so you do the math, that’s 50 girls to every guy. You know you might be able to find love somewhere. Before I let you go, is there anything you want to say to your fans, etc.?
Thank you so much for supporting me through the years; I have some new stuff I’ll hopefully be playing somewhere near you soon. You can get a hold of me by checking out www.officialmarkrussell.com and that’ll keep you updated on where I’m playing, links to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Fall 2011 iCON
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Kate Levering Tony nominee and Fred Astaire Award winner Kate Levering currently stars as ruthless attorney Kim Kasswell on the Lifetime original series “Drop Dead Diva”. Part of Lifetime’s heretofore successful efforts to grow their demographic, “Diva” chronicles the life of fashion model Deb, who becomes trapped inside the body of the plus-sized Jane. Levering comes from a lifetime of performance and makes drawing sympathy look easy even while playing antagonist to Jane, creating an effective push and pull for her audience. The natural blonde dishes to Icon about her show’s moral base, her own self image and what may be in store come the September 25th “Diva” season finale.
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Firstly, my apologies in advance if I accidentally
No problem, it happens all the time, every day - I’m very used to it!
call
you
“Kim”.
How did you choose to transition from an award-winning Broadway career to television? It was a really
organic process for me. My philosophy is to always be doing as many things as I can, because jobs beget jobs. I had done some guest spots between shows and had just finished my sixth Broadway show, “Thou Shalt Not”, and I was coming off two pretty bad ankle injuries. I knew I was burnt out from theater and my body needed a rest. I started focusing more on television and ended up booking “Kevin Hill” [with Taye Diggs], which took me to Canada. Once that series was cancelled, the natural progression was to move to LA. Do you maintain aspirations in dance? I do! You know, I feel like
dancing and performing are the only things I’ve ever really been good at. I want to go back to Broadway really bad
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- I’m looking for the right project to come along. It’s hard when you’re on a series because the hiatus is pretty short and all the producers like you to sign a six-month if not a year contract. I’m dying to go back; I’d love to go back before I have a baby. I’m not pregnant, but I would like to be. Hopefully in the next few years, anyway, which would give me some time to return to Broadway. As
you
You’ve had chances to work with
welcome a film or television role
lots of noted talent through your
that incorporates dance? Oh, of
guest roles on various programs;
course. I mean, that’s not necessarily better, but that would be amazing. There’s this new TV show “Smash”
you must have collected a number
an
alternative
might
So I do feel like I get a little bit of that, but certainly not enough.
scenes - in a way you feel like you’re looking at Judy Garland.
Who are some of your biggest
Do you have a favorite Drop Dead
acting influences? I love the kooky,
Diva
quirkier actors. I love Bette Middler, because she’s a triple threat. Goldie Hawn, Carol Channing… I like the women that do it all. Meryl Streep is doing it all - the most incredible actress I can think of.
content or your work on it? There
of memorable on-set moments. Thinking back, do any come to
episode,
whether
for
its
are so many. I just love going to work. I love our cast. We have a lot of guest stars, so sometimes we don’t work with our series regulars as much as we’d like to, but we’re all such good friends and we respect each other as actors. When we’re together, all we do is laugh. I feel like the crew dreads when a big group of series regulars come to work because they know it’s just gonna be us going bananas. But it creates such a freedom, creatively
By season three, hard and bitchy Kim has her heart broken and she’s kind of cracked wide open. It’s nice this season because you don’t only see her as the antagonist of Jane and the shark lawyer in the courtroom; you also see a really honest, vulnerable side of her. coming out, which Steven Spielberg is actually a producer on. I would love to sneak in and do something like that on my hiatus. We do a few dance sequences on our show, too - dream sequences. Like, I did a big dance sequence with Thunder from Down Under, and Paula Abdul has been a regular guest star and we dance with her a lot. Tyce Diorio of “So You Think You Can Dance” and Broadway fame comes and choreographs for us.
mind straight away? Liza Minnelli
was a guest star on [“Drop Dead Diva”] season one. I’m not a starstruck person; I feel like people are people and yeah, it’s cool to work with recognizable people, but Liza was big for me. I grew up watching her mom’s movies and she’s an icon, herself. It’s incredible when you spend time with her in person - and I spent hours and hours and hours with her between hair and makeup and shooting our
speaking. It creates such a safe place to experiment and make choices, and if the choices don’t work, nobody cares. It kind of feels like we’re at theater camp for five months, to be honest with you. Where would you like to see your character go in future episodes?
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you would want to come back as in your own mid-life reincarnation… and I know you always say your dogs because apparently they lead excellent lives, but if I may I’d like to challenge you to provide a human alternative. Let’s presume there’s a strict policy against species
Story” by the time I was 15. I missed my high school graduation because I was performing in Boston. I was in and out of school a lot. I love what I do and I’ve only ever been an actor and a dancer. I’ve never had a waitressing gig (I have to find some wood to knock on). I do feel like I didn’t have
I’m going to Uganda to work for five days with an organization called Purse of Hope that deals with taking women who have been sold into the sex trade off the streets and putting them in a safehouse where they’re provided medical care, counseling, vocational training and mentoring, but most importantly, love and self-worth. We’re bringing 300 pounds of supplies. It’s everything from volleyballs to Frisbees to backpacks to clothing… yesterday I went out buying jelly bracelets and nail polish and today I’m going to pick up some “Drop Dead Diva” gear to bring to them so they can feel like divas. insight into why she behaves the way she does. I really love the direction my character is going… I think she’s really well balanced. Actually, at the end of season three there’s another upset both personally and professionally for her… so I don’t know where that leaves her. It’s always hard because there are seven series regulars - that’s a lot of mouths to feed in terms of the writing. You have to spread the storylines around, so some weeks I’ll have the heavier story, then I’ll be lighter for a couple weeks. That’s just the nature of any TV show. So I know everybody asks you, based on the “Diva” premise, who 126
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switching. Ooh, you’re tricking me!
Who would I come back as? Gosh… I think I would come back as any child who didn’t grow up in show business. I’ve been doing this for so long. There are all these shows on right now like “Toddlers & Tiaras” and these dance competition shows and by no means was I that extreme, but from a very young age - I’m talking seven years old - I was either at the gym hours and hours a day for gymnastics or I was training, dancing, taking voice and acting lessons, and by the time I was 13 I was already working professionally. I was dancing in a European production of “West Side
a normal childhood, and education was not my focus, so I would really like to come back as any normal kid. I feel like as an adult I have a hard time playing, if that makes sense. I missed the college experience - I didn’t get to go crazy; I didn’t go backpacking through Europe… I was a little bit of a grown-up too soon. That happens with any child in show business who has to work with and hang out with adults all day long. It just happens. I love the results of my childhood, but looking back I would like to go to my high school graduation… I would like to be a cheerleader… and experience high school life.
other television show or any other person in life, for that matter.
Has any part of your experience
feel size 16 accurately represents
with Diva and its morality, whether
your moral demographic, or does
the size issue or an individual
it alienate women who wear larger
episode’s topic, helped you grow in
sizes? Does it come down to a line
Do you have any non-Diva work
your own world outlook? In terms of
between matters of bodily health
set up on the horizon? Actually,
Hollywood and being a dancer, I have been body-conscious with self-image issues since I had to wear a leotard and tights. There’s obviously a lot of pressure to be super, super, super thin. There have been times in my life when I have tried to lose weight in order to fit that mold and I think the show is an important reminder to me that beauty comes from within. Our leading lady (Brooke Elliot) is plus-sized and owns it. It’s all about who you are internally, not what everybody projects on to you. I think that’s a good reminder for everybody. It’s nice as an actor to be on a show where that’s the message.
and the accepted standards of
tomorrow… oh my gosh, tomorrow I leave for Africa. - I’m going to Uganda to work for five days with an organization called Purse of Hope that deals with taking women who have been sold into the sex trade off the streets and putting them in a safehouse where they’re provided medical care, counseling, vocational training and mentoring, but most importantly, love and selfworth. We’re bringing 300 pounds of supplies. It’s everything from volleyballs to Frisbees to backpacks to clothing… yesterday I went out buying jelly bracelets and nail polish and today I’m going to pick up some “Drop Dead Diva” gear to bring to them so they can feel like divas. I’m just really looking forward to meeting these women - girls, actually… these particular girls are anywhere from 11 to 17, which just breaks my heart - and just talking to them, mentoring them and trying to help them know there’s something else out there than the life they’ve come from. We just wrapped season three, so it’s nice for me to get outside of myself. As actors we spend so much time focusing inward. Most people have other things to focus on in their jobs, but I am the product. It’s always about auditioning, or hair and makeup, or being in front of a camera, doing interviews, going to the gym…
Provided
that
is
the
show’s
message, do you still feel the pressure to maintain your image, particularly considering you’re in that rival role? Of course. It never
goes away. Not as an actor. Contrarily, do you feel Brooke is under pressure to maintain her image? She’s in an interesting position.
I don’t know if she’s contractually obligated to stay whatever size she is, but that’s an interesting question because I guess since she is Deb, versus Jane… I don’t know! The show states the character she plays to be a size 16… do you
beauty on television? To be honest
with you, we don’t ever focus on Brooke’s weight on the show. The first season focuses on it a little more because she’s brand new in this body and she’s adjusting to it, but truthfully after that it’s a non-issue. Obviously if somebody has health issues they need to figure that out and lose weight, but for our show it’s important we make it a non-issue. She’s representing the average size in America, so whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing is up to us as individuals to determine. It’s important for us to not make the show about her being overweight, because she’s a normal girl! Most of the people in the United States look like she looks. I like the fact that it’s not some topic that keeps getting debated over and over again on our show, and I don’t think it should alienate anybody. I think plus-sized women all over the country love our show because it’s a non-issue. Nobody’s talking about it, nobody’s making fat jokes… they’re not doing the stereotypical portrayal of overweight women. No one’s sitting around eating cheeseburgers, you know what I mean? [Brooke’s character] is just a really smart, really beautiful woman who is good at her job. She’s living her life and trying to find love like any other lead on any
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that the older you get the more classic your fashion needs to become. I also always have a great handbag, always. That’s like a man’s watch in my world. Men love their watches; they wear them every day. What sort of bags do you carry?
Has “Diva” been renewed for a
I imagine you have something
fourth season? We don’t know
nicer than Jane’s Mossimo. I have
yet! We’re going crazy! It’s always so difficult when you don’t know. That’s another reason it’s gonna be nice for me to get away - I can leave and make peace with whatever happens.
a little bit of a purse problem. I could go purse shopping in my own closet. Right now I’m carrying a Miu Miu in sort of a summer blush color. Before this I was carrying a classic Prada. I just love fantastic handbags the same way I like nice sunglasses - I could be wearing my gym clothes all day, running errands in sneakers, and if I have my nice handbag and Chanel sunglasses I still feel put together.
Switching gears to the fashion world, what is the Kate Levering look? I choose a more simple, casual
dress in life. I tend to buy really nice basics. Plus I travel all the time and it becomes easier to pack when you just have very specific pieces. I love Vince, James Perse, Diane Von Furstenberg and Zac Posen. I love a great shoe or a great accessory. I like accessible fashion - I don’t really get the other kind, you know? As far as classic designers… Oscar de la Renta, Chanel, I mean, they’re iconic. By the way, I love that I just went from Vince and James Perse who make t-shirts and chunky sweaters to de la Renta and Chanel! I tend to be a more cozy and casual dresser - with class, I hope, although right now I’m sitting around in a Judas Priest dress because I’m gearing up for Africa. It’s really rare I will wear a big, bold print, unless it’s a Maxi dress or something very summery, because I just think 128
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to an event and not feel like myself. I love Jennifer Aniston for that reason. She’s not considered a fashionista but she goes out looking comfortable, confident and always like herself. Angelina Jolie is the same way. I probably shouldn’t use those two names together… but you know what I mean! I would say that’s my fashion philosophy. Christina Hendricks is a dear, dear friend of mine - we used to be roommates when we did “Kevin Hill” together and I love her fashion sensibility as well. She is always so herself on the red carpet. And she’s a little quirkier in life, which is why I know when I see her on the red c arpet it’s always gonna be interesting; it’s always gonna be something totally Christina. Do you think that friendship might
What can your handbag not be
ever cross over into you guesting
without? Besides my asthma inhaler? I
on “Mad Men”, and maybe her
always have this line of products called Fresh. I never leave home without Fresh Lip Treatment in Sugar Rose.
guesting on “Diva”? I would hope
so. She’s pretty A-list these days, but maybe she would do it, I could ask her! I would love to do “Mad Men”.
Do you have any anticipations for what we might see when you arrive
You never know, “Diva” has pulled
on red carpets in the autumn? That’s
in some pretty good names! Just in
a good question… I have no idea.
the pilot, Linden Ashby walks in and I’m all, “No way, it’s Johnny Cage!!”
Is the fashion world just changing too rapidly? Yeah, and you know
what? I’m not good at it! I have to go to a stylist and say, “Make me look pretty. Tell me what to wear.” So that would be my answer for that. It could be any designer, as long as it’s not too much. I don’t like to go
That’s true! Isn’t that amazing? This season, there are so many guests. It’s out of control. Johnathan Schaech, JamieLynn Sigler… and Ed Herrmann! I’m like, oh my gosh! “The Lost Boys”! “Drop Dead Diva” airs Sundays at 9/8c on Lifetime.
Discover Kate’s Secret Fashion Weapon Tailor everything. Everything! Honestly, it’ll take off ten pounds. If something looks cute when you’re shopping, you still have to tailor it. Even if it’s just bringing up the sleeve length a little, taking something in at the waist just a tiny bit or attaining the perfect hem length on a jean. It makes such a big difference. I’ve learned this from being on television and I think it really sucks for women in real life and on a budget, but my clothes are tailored within an inch of their lives. Nobody else could wear my clothes because they will only fit my body.
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Tips on How to Keep your Skin Young By Omid Rabbani, M.D.
Ever notice how sometimes there are certain people you meet and they look older than their stated age because of the appearance of their face. It is definitely true that our outer layers of dermis reflect our overall health. It turns out that there are both external and internal factors in regards to our skin health. Research does indicate numerous beneficial effects of exercise, even at the cellular level. Regular exercise helps improve oxygen delivery and circulation in the body. This in turn allows anti-aging nutrients to reach their destined targets in the cells. The next area of protection comes from sunscreen products that protect your skin against ultraviolet rays from the sun. If you invest time in protecting your skin earlier in life, 130
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then you will save yourself money in the future by trying to heal damaged skin. Another important area when it comes to protection in the sun is wearing sunglasses that satisfactorily filter out ultraviolet rays. Don’t forget to get plenty of sleep in order to keep your body and skin in radiant shape. Sleep is one of the most important anti-aging factors where it allows our bodies to improve
and re-energize our skin cells. Hence a number of anti-aging skin products are designed for overnight renewal. So don’t forget your beauty sleep! Another factor that damages our skin is exposure to smoke. It definitely will benefit everyone to kick this habit as smoking accelerates skin aging. You probably have heard of the numerous benefits of taking in the
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Crucial to our appearance is the status of hydration. It is no longer just an answer to our thirst signals, but adequate water intake helps you to feel and look young. anti-oxidants that are popular these days. A diet for good skin may include certain cold water fish, fruits, vegetables, anti-aging vitamins supplements, and keeping the intake of fats and sugars low. Antioxidants neutralize free radicals and fight cancer cells. How you feel and look has a lot to do with what you eat. Crucial to our appearance is the status of hydration. It is no longer just an answer to our thirst signals, but adequate water intake helps you to feel and look young. Drinking plenty of filtered water is the best way to keep your skin healthy and hydrated. Water aids digestion, removes toxins from your body and allows skin tissue to plump up. Just drinking coffee, tea or soda will certainly not make up for the adequate amount of free water
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your body needs. In fact, these other products tend to dehydrate you of water. Therefore, expect to drink an extra serving of water whenever you have a cup of coffee, can of soda or glass of tea. Traditionally we are taught that healthy skin revolves around treating yourself well, such as moisturizing daily, hydrating sufficiently, using sunscreen products and eating healthy. However, did you know that anywhere between 30% to 60% of visits to dermatologists are related to conditions that are based
on psychological factors? There is now recognition that conditions of stress such as anxiety lead to changes in how the body is working and thereby age our skin. When people are stressed, commonly they notice an increase in pimples and hives. Other stress-related conditions that may worsen with stress include psoriasis, eczema, atopic dermatitis and hives. Meditation, biofeedback, relaxing yoga, selfhypnosis, psychotherapy, and other stress-reduction techniques are helpful in reducing the internal effects of stress on our skin. Fall 2011 iCON
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The Hunt For
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ell now, where do I begin? I suppose this would be that awkward part when the guy tries to talk to the girl for the first time. As much as I’d always love to side-step this little ditty, I find it integral to the dating process as a whole. This is where, at least as it feels to me, the girl gets to watch you squirm. She has a front row seat to how much effort you’re willing to put in to it. So many guys falter here and run off before they reach the goal line. Trust me guys, internet porn can only take you so far. Before we continue I should probably fill you in on who I am and what makes me tick. My name is Alex Taylor; I grew up in your typical Midwestern home with a loving family, good friends… you get the picture. I have always been interested in all aspects of the arts. At age seven I began playing the viola. At 12 I started to work on my own video game. My father and I had numerous projects on which we worked together; anything from a hovercraft that I’d zip around the basement with to a grappling hook I would use to climb, well, anything.
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Everyone likes to call themselves romantics, which we all know is bull. Yet here I stand ironically defending my position as one. If I could sum up my romantic personality with a band I would say I am the Goo Goo Dolls (any reader born in 1990 or later can just skip over that tidbit). A casting director “discovered” me in a mall at age 15. From there things progressed and I soon found myself signed and in front of the camera. Now here in lay the problem - up until this point I had been more the shy, quiet, video game-loving dork. Not saying there is anything wrong with that - on the contrary, in fact. Most of the nicer, more “real” people I’ve met throughout my life have fallen into that category. Sure, the life of the actor/model is fun and all, but when it comes to meeting the right girl it can cause a lot of problems. Now what do I mean by the “right” girl? Whenever my friends and I have a discussion about what we want in a girl (yes, guys have these conversations, too… a lot) there are always two possible outcomes. Some guys, typically
the more arrogant kind, tend to focus on the sexual body parts. “Well, my perfect woman would have a big ass, nice tits, blah, blah, blah.” Other guys will focus more on personality with the occasional body part tacked on. “My perfect woman would be intelligent, funny, have beautiful eyes, love to travel, yadda, yadda, yadda.” For all intents and purpose I’m throwing all of that to the wayside to examine the bare bones of what we’re really looking for. In the end I think all we really want - all we’re searching for - is another person who brings that spark out of you; someone who ignites you. This is where I’ve been failing, miserably. I seem to attract the wrong kinds of girls. I realize everyone has their personal taste but this is my article so we’re sticking with mine. I’ve had the college girlfriend, the f@#kbuddy, the good-girl, the hard ass (a burlesque dancer actually), the “you’re a little too old for me” girl and the “you’re a little too young for me” girl. What have I learned from all these experiences? As Tom Cruise put it in “Risky Business”, sometimes you gotta say, “What the f@#k!”
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then chances are you’re gonna get the call back for sure. We love women like this and yeah, we’ll tell our friends about them (good stuff).
3) Non-neediness So in the last issue I wrote “Top 10 Turn-Offs for Men” and I got a little bit of flack for it. Not really. Okay, maybe a little, but I’m here to speak for the fellas so I gotta keep it real as most of you know me to do. That being said, I most definitely have to speak on the things that you all do to turn us on and yes there are many but I can only choose ten!
1) A Smile Ladies, the thing guys look at first besides your cleavage and shoes - are your teeth. If you have a great smile with pearly whites… wow! That tells us you take pride in yourself and earns you mad cool points and more conversation.
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Now I know there are times when you ladies need that togetherness and that’s cool, but if you’re clingy it’s turn-off. That’s not what we’re talking about here, though. If you’re non-needy that says to us you’re independent enough to manage without us once in a while and when we get together things will be fresh and we’ll have more to talk about and/or do. Remember, don’t crowd!
4) Physical Appearance As men, we love to check you out every time we get a chance. Sometimes we get in trouble checking out other women. But can you blame us? I mean, if you keep your body tight then man, you could have a guy doing things he wouldn’t normally do like splurging on you when he knows he shouldn’t be spending, or even cheating on his woman. Yeah, it sounds bad - and it is - but if you have a banging body we’re putty in your hands. Sorry, fellas.
5) B eing Good with Kids This one might sound a little weird but it’s not and here’s why: There are a lot of single dads out there. Most aren’t deadbeats - they do what they have to do to raise their kids in the best way possible. Of course they want to be with someone who’s cool with the fact they come with baggage. If you’re cool with that and good with the kid(s) on top of it, you are gold! Now, he’s not looking for a stepmom but hey, if you two hit it off and the little ones dig you, you’ve found your Prince Charming - something not a lot of women can say.
6) Listening Skills This one is simple, ladies. Think of how you feel when we listen to you. We feel the exact same way and need I say it, this is a huge one. Most times we guys don’t share our feelings and when we do and you actually listen and give a crap then holy moly, you might get a ring on it. Might!
7) M aking A Mean Breakfast The saying “the way to a man’s heart is
through his stomach” is so true. If you can burn (that means cook), again, you might get a ring on it. Again, might!!
in street and a freak in the bed.” It’s 2011 by the way, so most things are not off limits anymore. Keep that in mind!
8) E mbracing Your 9) Confidence A woman who’s confident Inner Freak Let’s recall the summer issue’s #8: “Sad In The Sack”. Ladies, if you’re not conservative and are willing to express yourself sexually, within reason depending on the guy and how comfortable you are with him, then you’re most definitely a keeper. Like the old saying goes, “I wanna woman
with herself will always win. Guys don’t like a woman who’s shy and insecure, especially these days. Me personally, I like women who hit on me. Not that I’m saying I’m the greatest, but I’m a catch, and if you’re on your A-game then yeah, there could be a good chance we’ll discover #8!
10) L, S & BS “L” is for liquor, “S” is for sports. This one is a doozy because if you can go shot for shot with me and still know when to stop and keep it classy… yeah, baby. Guys like it when they can go out with their ladies to have a few drinks. Hell, I like when you call me out when I’m nursing my drink (“You wanna nipple with that beer?”). And if you like sports just as much as I do, that speaks volumes. Then if you can BS and give my friends crap, you are definitely a keeper.
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