Modern Beauty Trends: In: Jennifer Lawrence Taking Time Off

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

In: Jennifer Lawrence Taking Time Off | Out: Kate Middleton’s Green Dress?

Jennifer Lawrence is taking a break, but ‘Black Panther’ won’t stop.
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Black Panther’s Broken Records

Anything Else at the Theaters

There’s a box of shattered records in Hollywood this morning thanks to Black Panther. Ryan Coogler’s historic superhero epic racked up so many milestones with its estimated $235 million four-day opening weekend domestically (with an international total of somewhere between $361 to $371 million) that it’s hard to even know where to start. It’s not only the biggest February opening weekend ever, but it’s also bigger than any movie released in March and April, too. It’s the biggest solo superhero (sequels included) opening ever, and the biggest opening for a director who isn’t a white male. There’s more, but we don’t have all day. Turns out audiences were plenty receptive to a blockbuster with a majority black cast, and maybe because there’s hunger for a superhero movie that isn’t too bogged down by connecting storylines to a half dozen other superhero movies. This weekend’s other new releases (imported family flick Early Man and low-budget Bible epic Sampson) didn’t even have a chance, with neither making it into the top five. Most likely, no studio wanted to go up against Black Panther in the first place, wisely.

The BAFTAs

Awards Season Surprises

The BAFTAs, England’s answer to the Oscars, went down this weekend and did little to shake up the awards races. As was the case with the Golden Globes, the SAGs, and the Critics’ Choice Awards before it, Frances McDormand, Gary Oldman, Allison Janney, and Sam Rockwell all won their categories. That’s the first time the same four actors have won all of the awards in the same year in recent memory, and it feels like betting against any of the four in your Oscars pool is a fool’s errand at this point. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri took home the top honor, but thanks to the Oscar’s unique voting scheme in their best picture category, there’s still a lot of debate as to whether there will be a Three Billboards coronation on Oscars night, with Shape of Water, Get Out, and Dunkirk still very much competitive. The other storyline of the BAFTAs was the actresses’ decision to repeat the Golden Globes blackout dress code in honor of Time’s Up. Though, a few notables didn’t comply. McDormand wore a dress with a pink and red print, but noted in her acceptance speech, “I have a little trouble with compliance, but I want you to know that I stand in full solidarity with my sisters tonight in black.” More notable was Kate Middleton’s decision to wear a dark green dress. There were rumblings that wearing black would break royal protocol that forbids England’s crowned set from getting involved in political campaigns of any sort, and the Duchess decided to err on the side of caution, it seems. See more of the best looks from the night here.

Being a Political Activist

Being Hollywood’s Sweetheart

Jennifer Lawrence has Red Sparrow coming out in two weeks (early reviews: mixed) and already filmed her scenes as Mystique in the next X-Men movie, but after that it may be a long while until you see her on the big screen again. She’s taking an entire year off to devote herself to activism. More specifically, she’ll be "trying to get young people engaged politically on a local level.” Lawrence has quietly been on the board of Represent.Us for some time, and the nonpartisan organization’s aim is to make American politics less corrupt and more transparent. Which means instead of fighting evil mutants and the Hunger Games elite on-screen, she’ll be squaring off against things like gerrymandering and restrictive voting laws behind the scenes. Apparently President Donald Trump has not heard the news, or else he likely would have tweeted about it this weekend like it was a personal attack against him.

Anna Dello Russo

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Front-row regular and street-style supreme Anna Dello Russo is auctioning off pieces from her legendary closet. Find out how to get your hands on some of her couture here.