Rose Byrne is a Glittered Goddess for Violet Grey.

Funny girl & stunner, actress Rose Byrne, is a glittering goddess for online beauty magazine, Violet Grey. We cannot wait to check out the hilarious movie starring Rose & Melissa McCarthy .. it’s killing the box office: ‘SPY‘ (catch the trailer below).

Byrne is also in the horror trilogy Insidious 3… get ready not to sleep at night. Back to the editorial – the Australian-born beauty is flawless in these striking shots photographed by Naj Jamai & styled by Penny Lovell.

The ‘sparkle effects’ were done by makeup artist Kate Lee, she said,  “I bought six pounds of gold and silver glitter in a shop in Covent Garden and shipped it back to L.A. probably nine years ago. I was waiting for the right moment to use it. When VIOLET GREY gave me creative input on this story, I knew the time had come.”

Catch some highlights from the interview:

On defining glamour: “It’s like  a James Bond film. It’s European. It’s international. Glamour is like that. It’s the Hotel du Cap. That’s glamorous. I stayed there when went to Cannes a hundred years ago, and it was the most beautiful hotel in the most beautiful corner of the world. It was outrageously glamorous.”

Her Makeup Regimen: “Growing up, my mum never wore a lot of makeup, she was very natural.  However, it’s important to take care of yourself and it doesn’t hurt to put on a bit of lipstick. I discovered I was allergic to all these chemicals and we put together a very strict bible of all the products I could use. I actually wear makeup everyday. I use a NARS tinted moisturizer. I love those Fresh lip stains. I wear them religiously. They are terrific in a berry color. I try to put on a hat if I can.”

On the importance of SPF and oh wait, a mention of her handsome Cuban boo: “In Australia, there is such a high rate of skin cancer that it’s really beaten into us at an early age to be careful about our skin,” she says. “Although, you know, my boyfriend smokes cigarettes and doesn’t drink water and has better skin than anybody that I know! He’s half-Cuban and half-Italian. He’s like, ‘Dios mío! It’s genetic, it doesn’t matter.’ So why am I trying?”

On women and the pressures of image:  “Absolutely! Increasingly! Look at Hillary Clinton. She has to spend time getting her hair and makeup done whereas a male candidate doesn’t have to do that as much. Or at least as much grooming. It really is this very old concept that we are valued for putting ourselves together and presenting ourselves.”

On comedy: “Comedy is hard. Talk about trying to make something look effortless! Better to be scared about the work than to feel as if it is too familiar territory.”

 

*Interview & Images courtesy of ViOLET GREY.

Eugenie Bouchard: Tennis Star & Model.

Eugenie is the No. 7–ranked female tennis player & last year she simultaneously landed a modeling contract with IMG/WME. The Canadian-native (who just incredibly beat the world’s number one tennis player Serena Williams), covers FLARE Magazine for a total bohemian dream editorial. Bouchard is fierce on & off the court.

It’s all Coachella vibes with Genie who wears pieces by Marc Jacobs & GUCCI in the desert | photographed by Nino Munoz. The 21 year old babe talks tennis, childhood & more.

On the comparisons to Maria Sharapova: “I’m tired of it. When I was ranked 100 and it was my first year on the tour, it was a compliment. I mean, it’s still a compliment. She’s a great champion, but I’m my own person. I just want to be Genie and no one else.”

Eugenie on the ‘twirl’ sitch:  “I didn’t think it was sexist at all. It was maybe a bit odd, but I’m a girl and I do care about what I look like, and I do care about my outfit. We are females, and we can play the sport and be tough on the court but have a girly side and care about fashion and all these things. I think it’s great that we can be more than just tennis players.”

Although, she’s headed straight for supermodel status, Genie, isn’t necessarily heading down the ‘sexy’ shoot rode as Anna Kournikova did, —“One time I did this shoot in England, and I had strawberries in my hand. I was wearing a white dress, and then the photographer was like, ‘Take a bite out of the strawberry.’ I didn’t even think about it and I did it, and my agent was like, ‘No. Delete that. That’s not going anywhere.’”

Bouchard is a ferocious perfectionist (as FLARE puts it), she says,  “I’m very hard on myself. Sometimes too hard on myself. When I lost in the Wimbledon finals, I was so sad, I cried. I had the runner-up trophy! It’s still a great accomplishment, but I was so mad. Everyone told me, ‘Genie, you had a great two weeks. Come on.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, but I didn’t win the title. I don’t deserve any of this.’ My goal is to always win the title.”

On growing up:  “I did not have a normal life. I’d be training when my sister would be at birthday parties and sleepovers. I finished high school by correspondence, basically working two full-time jobs. The last years were very, very tough. But I was willing to do that. It’s all about sacrifice.”

On self-confidence: “I’ve always had this inner confidence, this inner belief. Any successful run I have is never a surprise, because I put in 10 years of hard work.”

We love this kick-a** tennis star/model – can’t wait to see her fierceness on & off the court! Catch the full interview here on Flare. 

Charlize Theron is a Smoke-Show for W Magazine.

Actress / Muse / J’Adore Dior’s model Charlize Theron is a sultry star for W Magazine’s May ’15 issue. Photographed by Mert & Marcus | styled by Edward Enninful, the South African stunner looks kick-a** in Dior a leather jacket for the cover. From her role in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ to the upcoming thriller in ‘Dark Places’ (same writer as ‘Gone Girl’, Gillian Flynn), Charlize is making some serious waves.

She talks motherhood, leaving her ‘characters’ at work, & reflecting for W Mag. When Theron showed up at the Oscar 2013 Awards Ceremony in a couture gown and an almost shaved head of hair, she literally ruled red carpet.  Now, she opens up about chopping off her locks for Mad Max:  “At first, my character was going to be ghostlike and albino. And then I thought it would be stronger to shave my head. I called George [Miller] and told him my plan. He went silent, which I thought was a good sign. So I borrowed some clippers and buzzed it all off.”

Charlize is the mother of adorable toddler Jackson, she talks about the difficulties of separating work from home life, in particular her dark roles, “I’ve never been a fan of bringing my characters home. Even when I just had my dogs at home, I didn’t feel like it was fair to them: Cocker spaniels don’t deserve Aileen Wuornos [the serial killer Theron played in Monster, for which she won an Academy Award] walking in the door. If anything, I’m more attracted to dark material since becoming a mother. I look at Jackson and I want to fight harder to stop AIDS and tell stories that shed a light on injustice. I feel like he deserves a better world.”

On motherhood: “I do know that choosing to be a mom in my late 30s has been really great for me. It’s given me perspective…I think, like many women, I was judgmental toward women as they aged. Women, in our society, are compartmentalized so that we start to feel like we’re cut flowers and after a while we will wilt. I realize now that’s not the case—we can celebrate every age. That’s my encouragement to 20-year-olds who are terrified of getting older: Don’t have a nervous breakdown and don’t hit the Chardonnay too hard. Getting older is not that bad. [Laughs] Actually, I’m a complete alcoholic, but, please, don’t worry.”

And of course, if she were to give advice to her 20 year old self… “I would say, ‘Calm down.’ I was always in a rush. I felt like time was going to run out. Now that I’m older, I know I’m not missing out on anything. Now, I go home, and that feels really good. When I hit 30, I realized I didn’t have to please everybody. I could actually enjoy life, which is not a bad thing at all.”

Oh and case you have already, you totally need to pick up Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. Just sayin’. Xx

Blake Lively Covers ALLURE | Photographed by Mario Testino.

Actress / Model / Muse / Fashionista: Blake Lively stuns for the May ’15 cover shoot of ALLURE Magazine. The blonde beauty looks chic in a clean &simple white Jil Sander button-up, shot by renowned fashion photographer Mario Testino.

Blake is Testino’s latest muse for his popular Towel Series.The L’Oreal model welcomed her first child with hubby Ryan Reynolds, launched a lifestyle site Preserve, and is starring in the upcoming box office hit The Age of Adaline. She talks Gossip Girl, being happy, filming & more.

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We’ve always been obsessed with Serena Van Der Woodsen’s style from GG,  but in all actuality it was a pretty dark storyline (once you got past the exceptional clothing & parties of course), Lively says, “People loved it, but it always felt a little personally compromising — you want to be putting a better message out there. But it’s a weird thing when people feel like they know you really well, and they don’t. I would not be proud to be the person who gave someone the cocaine that made them overdose and then shot someone and slept with someone else’s boyfriend.”

Life after Gossip Girl: “I wanted to reset. It taps into so many of my own passions, but it also is a business that I can control. If I can be successful at this, I have security for my family and my babies. I’m in a profession, acting, where it’s really for-hire—I offer a service that people hire out. I love it, but it’s not something I can control.”

On ‘The Age of Adaline’: “People are obsessed with beauty and youth and with looking and feeling young forever. But look at a woman who is granted that: She’s trapped, because it’s tragic to be young forever.” A pause. “And also, having a child makes you realize that we pass on for a reason. You think, I have to go, because it makes room for you.”

On balancing work, family, life & more: “Most of the things I do are all-consuming, but somehow I find a way to do it all. But it’s dangerous to dilute that to a catchphrase. Having it all could be having a happy, healthy family, and you could be a mom who stays at home, and that is the most admirable thing you could do. Or it could be having a profession that you really believe in, and not having a family, and doing what fulfills you. If it’s not a part of a conversation with someone face-to-face, those bites are why women tear each other apart or why the media will tear people apart.”

*Photos & interview courtesy of ALLURE Magazine. 

Freida Pinto is ALL WOMAN for The EDIT.

Indian actress/model Freida Pinto stars in The EDiT’s ALL WOMAN issue. We love the goddess/warrior themed styling for the editorial by Tracy Taylor. She wears pieces by Sonia Rykiel, Vionnet, Vera Wang, Altuzarra, Balmain, and … that Jason Wu gown for the cover shot… omgoddess. . Photographed by Chad Pitman.

Beyond starring in L’Oreal campaigns & featured films, Pinto recently became an ambassador for the Because I Am A Girl campaign, which supports young girls’ rights to a quality education.

Since Pinto’s breakout role in Slumdog Millionaire she continues to take Hollywood by storm. For Net-A-Porter’s online mag, the Mumbai-born beauty talks modeling, different perspectives on looks, & more.

She began modeling at 19years old followed by becoming a leading actress, now she uses her fame to bring awareness to important issues,  “If it gives me a bigger ticket and I can use whatever fame I get to help women and girls who have been sexually abused, then it’s worth it.” In 2012, she joined the Plan International’s campaign which aims to protect girls and women from violence and sex trafficking.

Freida said, “You hear that phrase so much. ‘I got raped… because I’m a girl’, ‘I can’t go out at night…because I’m a girl’, when really it should be, ‘Because I’m a girl, I can give birth to the next generation of enlightened males.’”

On the perceptions about both her ethnicity & her looks. “It’s hard because the first thing people see when I go into an audition is that I am 100% Indian, but I don’t remember a time in my life when I did not see myself as a world citizen. When I watch films, I can always imagine myself as the female lead – even if it’s Minnie Mouse.”

“It’s not necessarily the way I see myself. In fact, I don’t even like to look at myself in the mirror. But I’m aware of the perception and I always say that if it’s because of that one line in Slumdog where Latika is described as “the most beautiful girl in the world”, then I have to do everything that I can to change that perception.”

Pinto’s not slowing down her career anytime soon, she says, “I’m excited about the kind of roles I might get in my thirties; I’m hoping they’re going to be very different,” she says. “I’m lucky that I haven’t been overexposed. There were a lot of films I said no to, because I wanted to concentrate on longevity.”

Oh, wondering what her fav designers are? Well beyond Prabal Gurung, Jason Wu, she LOVES Ferragamo, “everything the Ferragamo family does. I’m a self-proclaimed honorary Ferragamo family member.”

Images & Interview courtesy of THE EDiT.

Kode with Karlie: Supermodel Launches Coding Scholarship for Young Girls. (Definition of kick-a**)

Catwalk queen to coding. This is a ModelPrenuer on a whole ‘nother level. Supermodel Karlie Kloss is beyond beauty & brains, from covering VOGUE to rocking the runway, the upcoming NYU Gallatin grad is now launching ‘Kode With Karlie‘ which gives young girls the opportunity to win a coding scholarship!

“Participants will score free tuition to Flatiron Pre-College Academy’s Introduction to Software Engineering course — a two-week, full-time course where they’ll learn how to create an app. Ten of the spots will be at the NYC campus, and the other ten will be at different locations around the country.” (Buzzfeed). We’re pretty sure Kloss is the definition of ‘kick-a** chick’. 

So girls, if you’re in high school (between 13-18 years old) get ready to submit your 60-second-long video telling the VS model why YOU want to learn to code in the same summer course as she did. APPLY HERE! 

The 22 year old said , “I’m so excited to partner with the Flatiron School to launch the Kode With Karlie scholarship and give twenty young women a chance to spend two weeks with other coding students learning and having fun this summer! If one girl leaves the course inspired to keep learning code, I’ll be happy!”

“It doesn’t matter if you’re a fashion model or high school student, understanding code is so important because it’s the language that runs our world! Young women are shaping the world we live in and code is a tool for us to continue to have a big voice and say in our future,” Kloss added.

We love her passion for computer programming and Z Management is pretty passion about it too – that’s why WE created an APP for models & actors to kick-start their career. Start by creating your comp card in seconds (which is like your business card in the industry) share it | Get discovered. You can catch in the iTunes / Google Play store!

Beyond being the latest beauty ambassador for L’oreal Paris, she’s also created her own cookie brand ‘Karlie’s Kookies’ in collab with NYC-based Momofuku’s Milk Bar, the delish treats benefit the hungry through a partnership with Feed NYC as well as support the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

Again, Apply HERE to Kode with Karlie! 

Monday’s Muse: Madonna.

Madonna. The Queen of Pop (literally) once graced the cover of Cosmopolitan in 1990 where they said the ‘future is hers’ and dubbed her as the Magnificent Madonna. 25 years laters she’s still considered the ‘High Priestess of Pop’ & celebrates 50 years of some serious power & provocation with Cosmo.

Madge has always been one step ahead of the industry, talk about shaking things up. Whether you like her, or her music, she’s truly made a major impact both in the music & fashion world. Renowned photographer Ellen von Unwerth shot the icon for Cosmo’s latest issue.

M talks sexuality & ageism: “Don’t be fooled, not much has changed — certainly not for women. We still live in a very sexist society that wants to limit people. Since I started, I’ve had people giving me a hard time because they didn’t think you could be sexual or have sexuality or sensuality in your work and be intelligent at the same time. For me, the fight has never ended.”

On longevity in her career: “Popularity comes and goes. You need to know who you are, what you stand for, and why you’re here.”

The singer recently collaborated with Kanye west for her new album Rebel Heart, she says, “It’s a little bit of a bullfight, but we take turns. He knows that he’s walking into a room with a person with a strong point of view, and I do too. I listen to what he has to say, take it in, and he listens to what I say and takes it in. We didn’t agree on everything, but he has good ideas.”

On the online haters: “You can hide behind your computer or your phone and say whatever you want — you’re not known. Could you say it to my face? Would you say it to my face? I doubt it.”

You can catch the issue on newsstands on April 14th. For now, in case you missed it Madonna performed her new single ‘Ghosttown’ with Taylor Swift at the iHeart Radio Music Awards:

Stay up to date with all things fab, fashion, modeling, music & more on >>ZMAG’s Tumblr HERE.

BadGal RiRi on her Box Office Hit ‘HOME’ for Vanity Fair Italia.

BadGalRiRi is BOSS. Talk about triple threat: model | musician | actress .. oh did we mention a designer & overall bad-a**? RiRi’s starring in the animated film HOME which just knocking out the Box Office with $54 million in the first few days- beating out new movie ‘Get Hard’. She also just sang her new hit single BBHMM (B*tch Better Have My Money) from her album R8 at a killer live performance during the iHeart Radio Music Awards | catch it here on our blog. Now, she’s covering Vanity Fair Italia looking fresh-faced & flawless.

RiRi talks her character Tip in her movie ‘Home’: 

On Tip’s love of music & how she found her own voice as a little girl in Barbados: “I love the scene where Tip plays a song to Oh, who’s never heard music in his life and doesn’t understand what’s happening, so he tries to stop himself from dancing. Music is my life forever. When I was little, in Barbados there was only one TV channel: there was the time slot of the newscast, to Beautiful, Sesame Street and documentaries”

On how she relates to her character Tip: “Tip is strong, independent. Not to be discouraged, she knows what she wants and never gives up, without waiting for the help of others. She’s a little cheeky as I was. However sensitive. It sounds strange, but I’m very shy. I can only be spontaneous if I’m fine with those around me.”

Her musical inspiration: “On Sunday, finally, there were music videos on all day. I could stay inside the whole day listening to Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Bob Marley. I enjoyed mimicking their every song. And by doing a lot of imitating I found my voice. I was only a child when I decided I wanted to do singing as a profession, which I remember very clearly. I was eight years old, and my little brother had just been born, and I told myself that I wanted to do music, music gets you places in the world where I have never been.”

On feeling like an outsider: “Oh is an alien, Tip is a human: the music is just one of many things that make them, for background, very different. But gradually they discover a number of similarities. It is the basis of friendship, when one begins to know and you stop judging them. I know what it means to feel, like them, an outsider. The first time it happened to me as a child in Barbados, was when I moved and I ended up in a school where I knew no one. And then when at sixteen I landed in New York, where I was know as “the girl who is from the island.’”

Rihanna Performing BBHMM at the iHeart Radio Awards.

RiRi at the iHeart Music Awards wearing VERSACE.

Rihanna has a close relationship with her mom, and overall family, ummm have you seen the pics of baby Majesty?? Her character Tip is close to her mom as well, she says, “I recognize a lot in the relationship between Tip and her mother. My mom is a force of nature. I know that everyone says: I have the best mother in the world. But I’m really convinced. She has always filled me with affection and has never tried, nor has judged my friends. Her presence reassures me. I’m glad it was Jennifer Lopez who got to be the voice of my character’s mother. When she speaks, I feel the same warmth and the same security that my own mother gives me.”

HOME Premiere with her niece Majesty.

HOME Premiere.

Meaning of ‘Home’ in the film vs what ‘Home’ means to Ri: “Home, in the film, is all about reuniting with the people you love. For me, they are always around, the lifeline, when I return in the evening to my hotel room, is the TV: news, reality shows, movies, documentaries, cartoons. I learned to call any place where I feel safe as home. But there is no place like Barbados. My beaches, my family, my food, my music. Home, for me, it’s right there.”

Rihanna recently was featured on TWO covers of Harpers Bazaar China.

Photographed by “the coolest chick” she’s ever met, Chen Maner.

Olivia Wilde & her Dance/Fitness routine for SHAPE.

Spring is here (well it doesn’t feel like it in NYC quite yet …) but summer is just around the corner & we’re all about those crop tops. So, we’re taking tips from new mom/model/actress Olivia Wilde and her fitness / dance routine. You’ll love breaking it down to these beats & moves (catch the step by step after the interview below).

The face of Revlon covers & poses in SHAPE Magazine’s latest issue – she looks fab plus talks about ‘bouncing back’ after a baby.

Wilde points out how there’s so much attention paid to new Hollywood mom’s and their post-baby bod’ (although we do have to say she looks incredible after giving birth less than a year ago). She says, “I am not in perfect shape. In fact, I’m softer than I’ve ever been, including that unfortunate semester in high school when I simultaneously discovered Krispy Kreme and pot.” LOL! We always love her candidness.

Adding, “The photos of me in this magazine have been generously constructed to show my best angles, and I assure you, good lighting has been warmly embraced. The truth is, I’m a mother, and I look like one.”

On getting back in the workout groove: “If I wasn’t at work, I just wanted to stay home and party with my little man—and by ‘party’ I mean, of course, endless rounds of the ‘Itsy Bitsy Spider.’ Also, I like beer. And pizza. And these two ingredients are not found in the purely fictional book I like to call How to Look Like You Never Made a Human: A Guide to Socially Acceptable Motherhood.” We feel ya!

So, what does Olivia do to keep her rockin’ bod’? Probably the most fun & best form of exercise ever: Dancing.

“It’s understandable that many of us are scarred by childhood ballet, but dance doesn’t have to be scary, and in fact, can be the most fun you’ve ever had sweating your butt off. Which is why I’m a follower of Kristin Sudeikis, the queen of NYC dancercise and creator of 2Fly.” Listen, baby or no baby, getting out of the house to exercise is a serious achievement. If you’re going to haul your behind to a class, it’s not going to be for anyone else; not your partner, nemesis, mother, or tabloid bloggers—just you. And your special relationship with your own damn fat cells. For me, the bottom line (pun intended) is that the workout is fun.”

Coincidentally, Kristin is Olivia’s fiance’s sister (Jason Sudeikis), the creator of 2Fly says of dancercise, “Dance releases endorphins which interact with serotonin and dopamine, chemicals that have the power to instantly boost your mood.”

The full body fat burner, 2Fly, was inspired by “the early ‘90s Fly Girls (J.Lo’s original claim to fame), and blends fat-melting aerobics with serious attitude that makes you feel, well, pretty damn fly,” (Wilde).

How it Works: Make a playlist with your seven favorite songs. Press play, then do the first move for 1 minute. Then do the second move for 1 minute. Then do the first move again, then the second move, and then the third for 1 minute each. Start over and do the first four moves for 1 minute each. Then the first five. Continue with this cycle of adding a move on each round until you’ve done all seven moves. If you’re really feeling it, repeat the entire thing. Do this routine 3 or 4 times a week on alternate days.

What’s YOUR fav workout babeZ? We’re definitely going to get our groove on with this.

*Photos & Interview courtesy of SHAPE Magazine.

Serena Williams Covers VOGUE (for the 2nd time).

Bad-a** babe Serena Williams stuns for the cover of VOGUE shot by renowned photographer Annie Liebovitz. Saying tennis pro is an understatement as she’s regarded to be the greatest female tennis player in history. For the April 2015 issue of VOGUE Serena & Caroline Wozniacki show off their killer modeling skills. Williams talks her friendship as a tennis champion (& competitor) Caroline Wozniacki.

Serena is striking in a navy blue Rag & Bone sheath dress, paired with elegant Tate diamond bracelets, minimal makeup by Francelle, and rocking sexy serious curly hair by Holli Smith.

Serena Williams graced VOGUE in 2012 alongside athletes Ryan Lochte & Hope Solo.

VOGUE 2012

On being BFFs with Carolina: “Let’s just put an end to this myth that women players cannot be friends. We can!”

She adds, “It’s hard and lonely at the top. That’s why it’s so fun to have Caroline and my sister, too. You’re a target when you’re number one. Everyone wants to beat you. Everyone talks behind your back, and you get a lot more criticism. God forbid I lose. It’s like ‘Why?’ Well, I am human.”

“She was really there for me when I needed her the most,” says Caroline Wozniacki of Williams.

Vogue pointed out however, traditionally women athletes aren’t always the best of friends: “Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Maria Sharapova—champions all, but none noted for her cuddliness on, or off, the court. Roger Federer might have dinner with Stan Wawrinka after a match, but among the women, it’s mostly cold shoulders.”

On fitness: “Nowadays everybody goes to the gym. But when I won my first Grand Slam, I had never been.” Adding, “I hated my arms,” she remembers. “I wanted them to look soft.”

On being a perfectionist: “I am such a perfectionist, if I lose a game. I go crazy.”

Caroline Wozniackiis nearly a decade younger than Serena – and even though she mentions players tend to retire by 30ish she’s still utterly impressed by the longevity of her career. Carolina looks fab in an indigo belted swimsuit by Michael Kors.

 And we love this back & forth between Serena & Carolina:

“There are always people who aren’t going to like you,” Williams says. “Look at Jesus; there are people who didn’t like him.”

“Wait, are you comparing yourself to Jesus?” Caroline asks.

“Oh, God, no, I am far from it. As everyone knows. But as a Christian, I do try to be Christlike.”

Serena Williams is a force to be reckoned with and we love watching her career and talents expand from fashion to tennis & beyond. Z Managements Thomas Zeumer recently caught up with her – he said “With the beautiful & talented Serena Williams in #NYCthe other night. Catch you at the #USOpen & see you soon.”