Reset, rest, then rise again is the predominant theme this year, from Law Roach and Lily Reinhart running continuously thru Orville Peck needing to rest his voice then rescheduling his Hollywood concert from first week of October to right before Halloween. How appropriate for all the Outlaw Country-Western folks, like bad ass girl, Nikki Lane opening for him for two night. Those two are like peanut butter and jelly.
Two months ago, lecturing at the Grammy Museum, Orville, like Roach and Reinhart, his previous nonstop tour took the life out of him. What supposed to make him happy, made him depressed instead.
For his current “Stampede” tour, he’s touring like the Navy, “three months out” on tour then “three months in” at home working on his relationship and recharging.
His Halloween concerts were his last US concerts.
Within three months, he’ll hit the road again, perhaps over seas.
Since beauty is reflected in one’s health, this year’s BeautyCon 2024 is all about rest to reset to rise up, according to Sloane Stephen’s, tennis professional.
Whether it’s relentless touring or travel, Law Roach, Saweetie, and Sloane Stephens all agree to pacing one’s self into survive a glamorous, thriving yet demanding careers. They’re all trying to survive burnout.
Saweetie and Roach both agree, they have into a super-charged gratitude of taking advantage of all these tsunami of opportunities but it costed them their physical and personal health.
Speaking of personal health and Law Roach’s book discussing failures and setbacks, CW “Riverdale” Lili Reinhart spoke candidly about her moving to LA twice because she failed the first time.
Lili mentioned if her acting had not worked out, she would had been a special effects makeup artist.
After the success of “Riverdale” and Cover Girl Clean Beauty Ambassador, Lili says the stress of first living in LA gave her stress acne.
She figured if she using her days-off as personal days, why not use those days and nights as skincare health ritual.
This is where and when she debuted her adult sensitive complexion skincare line, Personal Day Skincare, @personalday on Instagram.
During her first time in LA, Lili’s stress acne made her so insecure that it affected her self-esteem as an actress. She refused to let that intimidate her. Plus, during her days and nights off from filming, she figured why not pamper your body and soul with affordable, effective skincare. Plus, learning about the beauty business as Cover Girl’s Clean Beauty ambassador, didn’t hurt.
Lili used wisdom and experience to recharge her body and brain and wants to share it with people.
BeautyCon 2024 is all about recharge to charge ahead.
Do you want to watch something authentically deliciously and dishy?
On October 30th, look no further than Netflix’s “Martha” documentary where Martha Stewart plainly straightforward talk about her and husband, Andy Stewart, cheating on each other as Martha grew into a lifestyle influencer powerhouse.
It’s partially about marriage and relationships as a pioneering woman is the first to navigate the churning waters of social media and building a corporation while learning to swim the waves, without drowning.
She did socially drown while being in prison, but she was rebirth to new generations of Millennials and Gen-Zers, needing home economics guidance.
The pressure of building a perfect image creates cracks in her marriage, of her and Andy growing apart and outgrowing each other.
Martha, based on her experience, quotes in the documentary, “If you want to be happy, get married. If you want to be happy for a decade, get a dog. If you want to be happy, grow a garden.”
A tough lesson from a tough lady.
Martha experienced a ton of tough lessons from her abusive, unhappy father to being one of the first woman stockbroker when there was no ladies room to being housewife contractor demolishing then renovating a farmhouse to caterer to using her entertainment skills into a lifestyle empire, many try to copy but can’t.
Martha is still around.
“Martha” the documentary will debut on Netflix on October 30th.
Who would had imagined a psychology and business admission bachelor graduate, with a minor in marketing, would go on become a fashion celebrity stylist?
Not Law Roach, but he did.
In fifteen years when stylist Rachel Zoe extolled the professionalism of having a roving fashion closet in a suv, ready for anything at anywhere to today’s emphasis on mental health and any body is a good body and you need fashion history to best style a client, Law Roach is the moment.
In his book, he’s not afraid to talk about failure. He’s no longer Keke Palmer’s stylist but still good enough friend to moderate his book questions and answers talk.
His book is not about external styles or appearances. It’s about the internal and how that person feels. He’s deep enough to talk about manifestation.
He ain’t afraid to discuss racism in a predominately white, skinny female business. Law had to take pay cuts in dressing Ann Hathaway while, thank god, still earning a decent pay in styling A-list African-American celebrities.
Towards the end of the book, he talks about why he needs to end the demands taking the toll on his body.
He still remembers he’s from Chicago.
He celebrated his book lecture by inviting the audience to a disco party in Hollywood’s hottest nightclub.
That’s one way to close a chapter while opening a new one.
Netflix has never been a traditional movie studio nor a television network. It has always been and proud of using tv series and movies to push boundaries and expand horizons of what it means to be human.
Streamers also provide opportunities for actors to broaden their horizons, widen their range, flex that acting muscle, and bust out of those lucrative but restricting pigeon holes.
In gender-and genre-defying “Emilia Perez,” it examines stereotypical machismo versus machisma. It also showcases today’s modern, contemporary Mexican culture and society, regarding race, ethnicity, and gender identity expectations and true desired identity, LGBTQ, and what makes one Mexican and Latin and Hispanic.
Zoe Saldaña is a black Mexican lawyer hired by a drug lord to help him tie up loose ends and research the safest place for trans-gender operations when he decided to start his trans-gender transition. This is not to be taken lightly or be taken for granted in Mexico’s male chauvinistic society.
“Emilia Perez” is all about finding true happiness, even sacrificing for true happiness.
That’s just the beginning of both characters’ journey.
Selena Gomez busts her goody-two shoes persona, in being a drug lord trophy wife turned heartbroken widow trying to move on with a previous lover, while fighting over child custody and alimony, that turned bloody.
Edgar Ramirez plays the rebound lover.
The true crux that “Emilia Perez” pivots on is Spanish trans actress, Karla Sofia Gascon, who, in real life, used to be telenova heart-throb, Juan Carlos Gascon.
If there’s anyone best qualified to play a macho male drug lord turned a good hearted trans woman, the title character “Emilia Perez,” running a victims’ charity. A she righting the wrongs of her old, male past, it would be Karla Sofia Gascon.
Ask any father turned trans, breaking free from the past ain’t easy with kids. Imagine the complications with dad returning as aunt; and the wife doesn’t have a clue.
Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez really flex their singing vocal cords and dancing muscles in their characters’ inner thoughts introspective song & dance numbers. For Zoe, it’s returning to her Hispanic heritage and dance roots. The same with Selena.
The cast of Edgar Ramirez, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and Karla Sofia Gascon really bust and crush Latin stereotypes.
This is Zoe’s most realistic role yet.
The protagonist, Emilia Perez, realizes she can’t really leave behind the past. Her child custody fight and alimony brings back the old, machismo male drug lord.
At the end, “Emilia Perez,” shows who’s the real lord. The only thing this scribe can say, is it is machisma that shows who’s boss.
If you want to find out, watch Netflix’s “Emilia Perez.”
This recent Halloween Horror season has been positively female.
Yes, definitely Hollywood youth-centric. It’s just the age-old quest of equating youth with beauty and health.
Unfortunately, the quest of hanging onto it longer, since we’re all living longer, makes the desperation scarier.
Elizabeth Banks’ “Skincare,” was based on a recent true crime story that reflects the beauty evolution from superficial makeup to health as wealth investment of skincare.
It also reflects aestheticians’ competition and rivalry morphing into physical intimidation, physical harassment, slander, defamation, and total elimination driving an aesthetician to desperate measures with shady people taking advantage of needy entrepreneurs. Remember, “Skincare” was based on a true crime and trial.
Whew! Thank god, Demi Moore’s science fiction-horror movie, “The Substance,” is an updated version of “Dorian Gray.”
Built on “beauty as health as wealth” and messing with one’s DNA, “The Substance” is a twisted version of rebirth and aging not so gracefully.
It also showcase agism and sexism and the sleazy people in the media industry where women are disposable.
Since these movies are female-centric, the women in your lives, aren’t going to be frightened but the men will be shocked.
Men, will soon learn in a changing society, youth as health, is currency.
Here’s you all’s more opportunities and chances to be famous, the old fashion way-talent.
“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” Sutton Stracke with the fashion duo of “Gown and Out in Beverly Hills,”Patrik Simpson and Pol’ Atteu are doing and judging on their own version of an “America Got Talent”-sque talent show.
With Patrik’s years of being a talent agent and manager, this sure helps.
Get ready! Auditions start this Friday, October 4th at 1pm.
