Women and Hollywood published this story on May 16th in which actor/producer Salma Hayek “dropped epic truth bombs for about an hour” about Hollywood’s gender problem:
“The only two industries where women make more money than men is fashion and pornography and in those we are treated as sexual objects. This is an ignorant way of looking at who we are. We don’t want to watch things that promote us as sexual objects.” — Salma Hayek
“We can’t take the risk of you opening your mouth and people thinking of their maids. You could have been a big star but you were born in the wrong country.” — Salma Hayek
“Movies are in trouble because [women] don’t want to see their movies. We lost the beautiful love for the ritual of going to the movies because we now watch content on tv because they abandoned us. They don’t know what we want.” — Salma Hayek
The article goes on to say that, “She told the story about how a male director fought to cast her and then gave up when the studio kept saying no. He sent her a note saying he was ashamed and we should have walked away but he needed the movie. The studio wouldn’t hire her because they couldn’t imagine ‘a Mexican in space.’”
“Here’s something I didn’t know - that A list actors have the ability to reject an actress in their contracts. They also have script approval and they don’t like when there is a strong female character. That the men say that they don’t want to play second banana to a woman. “99% of them want to be the star.” But they get their way because if the guy doesn’t sign then the financing disappears.”
Some faves are more problematic than we’ll ever realize.
“Celine made a bold fashion statement in a tiger-printed graphic tee, an over-sized snakeskin Balmain coat, thigh-high brown suede boots and a black leather hat while leaving the Royal Monceau Hotel in Paris on June 29.”
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Four glorious looks from the American Portraits editorial by John Alex Beck for Encens.
It was love at first sight when I first saw her. At the same time I was crushed because I didn’t know who she was. But after a while into fashion blogging I got pretty good with names and faces and suddenly recognized her. I wasn’t completely sure until she confirmed it on instragramthough. She surprised me by adding that she had never seen the photos before. When the shoot took place she was told that the editorial was going to be in the (then) next issue of Encens but it wasn’t so after a while without a sign she stopped looking for it. Man, her “Thanks! :)” felt sweet, really.