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Elle
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Elle
Tati Gabrielle Reflects on 'You', 'The Last of Us', and the Power of Her Voice
Justin French Tuxedo jacket, bib, trousers, McQueen. Earrings, ring, Anita Ko. We meet Tati Gabrielle's characters before a word is ever spoken. In The 100 , her wide, doe-like eyes burn with a cold, unyielding glare. As Nora in You , they soften with intrigue—we (and Joe) meet her in a library, after all. It's almost impossible to believe there was ever a time she didn't recognize her power. 'I was a very socially awkward kid and slow to speak,' she says, 'but I loved to present my emotions and thoughts visually.' She credits her upbringing in the San Francisco Bay Area for instilling her with a 'sense of strong individuality, loyalty, and justice.' Gabrielle eventually cut her teeth in a third grade play, prompting her teacher to tell her mom, 'She's got something—you've got to [nurture] that.' When her mother urged her to continue to pursue theater, she resisted and auditioned for the Oakland School for the Arts as a visual arts student instead. Ironically, she forgot her sketchbook that day, and fate intervened: Theater it was. Her calling was anchored in 10th grade during a school trip to Edinburgh, Scotland, where her theater class performed a play. On the streets of the Festival Fringe, she witnessed how this form of storytelling could captivate an audience. 'Seeing the way that somebody can watch something and it speaks to them in such a way that will make them go about life differently from that moment on,' she says, 'I realized how much that had happened to me growing up, like watching Spy Kids and coming out of the movie saying, 'I can do this.'' Justin French Bubble dress, boots, Marc Jacobs. Earrings, necklace, bracelets, Cartier. The thing about fate is, no matter how hard you try to escape it, a voice will always lead you back to your rightful path. Gabrielle considered a career in criminal profiling, and majored in French at Spelman College, with dreams of becoming a diplomat. It wasn't until she overheard her mother telling people she wanted to pursue criminal justice that something inside her snapped. 'No, I want to be an actor,' she instantly thought. '[Black women] have been forced to grow up in a world where we have to be aware at all times.' Battling depression, she left college on medical leave and returned to the Bay Area feeling lost and uncertain. But her inner voice knew what she needed to hear. Or at least her high school best friend did, when she called her out of the blue and suggested they move to Los Angeles together. 'To me, it was the universe's call,' she says. She dipped her toes into acting with an appearance on a Nickelodeon show, but felt like kid shows didn't reflect her potential. 'It was a good introduction to what a film set is like, but I wanted to challenge myself to tell stories that were impactful on all levels,' Gabrielle says. That meant finding roles that acknowledged her identity as a Black and Korean-American woman. 'In the first couple of years [of acting], nobody knew where to place me. I wasn't Black enough to be Black. I wasn't Asian enough to be Asian,' she remembers. Justin French Tuxedo jacket, bib, trousers, McQueen. Earrings, ring, Anita Ko. Growing up in the diverse Bay Area presented a stark contrast to Hollywood's narrow perspectives. When she was appearing in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina , a scene depicting her character, Prudence, being lynched sparked backlash. 'Black Twitter went off,' she says. Showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa envisioned an innocently color-blind world, but audiences didn't perceive a witch existing in a fictional, supernatural realm—they saw a white woman hanging a Black woman. 'I can never let something like that happen again. I can't let my people down,' she says. From then on, she made it her mission to ensure her roles reflected the realities of women of color. Before accepting her role in You , she met with showrunner Sera Gamble. 'I told Sera that since I'm going to be Joe's new obsession, and all of the women before me have been white, there are certain things that, as a woman of color, are not going to go the same way,' she says. '[Black women] have been forced to grow up in a world where we have to be aware at all times. We think differently. We have to protect ourselves differently. So Marienne cannot be oblivious.' Justin French Tuxedo jacket, bib, trousers, McQueen. Earrings, ring, Anita Ko. When we last saw Marienne, she had outsmarted Joe and left him believing she was dead after an apparent overdose. But by the end of season 5, she returns with a chilling one-liner: 'You should've killed me better, Joe.' The moment was bittersweet for Gabrielle, who was grieving the death of her friend and Sabrina co-star, Chance Perdomo. Still, she found solace in Marienne's resilience. 'Women, we love hard and love really big, and we will falter, but don't let that falter be your end,' she says. For the girl who once spoke so little, finding her voice—one that carries weight, power, and purpose—hasn't come easily. 'Prudence taught me how to be unapologetic, and Marienne taught me grace—that there's always room to find joy, no matter what happens,' she reflects. As for Nora in The Last of Us , she's learning the weight of her choices. 'All of these characters are so blatantly flawed, and [ The Last of Us ] doesn't necessarily try to redeem them. Nora started teaching me that you are your choices. You can have as much intention and heart as you want, but what the world sees are your actions. Your choices define you,' she says. 'And you can't run from the things you've decided on.' Hair by Sami Knight for Rehab; makeup by Alexandra French at Forward Artists; manicure by Johanna Castillo; produced by Anthony Federici at Petty Cash Production; photographed at Malibu Creek Ranch. A version of this article appears in the Summer 2025 issue of ELLE. Related Stories
The Age
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
The Last of Us depicts murder and cannibalism, but women with bad hair? That's a no-go
Occasionally, some artfully placed tendrils tumble away from the braid (to frame her face, of course), but the audience never sees Katniss redo her braid during the perils of the arena. On a positive note, the film gets credit for having the character's hair up and away from her face. The 100 This young adult television series follows a group of juvenile survivors who return to Earth nearly a century after a nuclear apocalypse. The scorching disaster wiped out nearly all of humanity, but apparently managed to spare beauticians, nail technicians and hairdressers. Characters don bleached fishtail braids and balayage Dutch braids that would rival a Targaryen's wig from Game of Thrones, alongside heavy eye makeup and mascara. The elaborate hairstyles have even inspired tutorials on TikTok and YouTube. If an unexpected apocalypse happens in 2025, let's hope the beauty influencers stay safe. The Walking Dead Female characters are often the target of unrealistic makeup and hairstyle choices; however, men haven't escaped either. Enter post-apocalyptic comic book series The Walking Dead, where survivors struggle to stay alive, forage for food, but also prioritise perfectly manicured beards. When protagonist Rick Grimes wakes from his coma in season 1, he's understandably confused and frightened, but he's thankfully sporting beautifully trimmed facial hair. The hair magic continues for 10 more seasons. While food shortages are common in end-of-the-world scenarios, beard trimmers and razors remain pretty easy to find. Female body hair in every single dystopian film … ever Seeing body hair on a woman in contemporary television or cinema is unfortunately still a rarity, but when the Earth is depleted of resources, surely it makes sense to show a little peach fuzz? Heroines can overthrow corrupt governments, as Shailene Woodley does in Divergent, or outrun tsunamis like Chloe Grace Moretz in The 5th Wave, but they must do so without any armpit or leg hair and with perfectly shaped eyebrows. Loading However, recent films may show a glimmer of change in the industry. Aimee Lou Wood's natural teeth were heralded in season three of The White Lotus, Amy Adams' character in Nightbitch examines her chin hairs and Kate Winslet's Mare of Easttown embraces her unplucked eyebrows and half-dyed hair. Maybe a dystopian series with accurate hairstyles is on the horizon.
Sydney Morning Herald
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
The Last of Us depicts murder and cannibalism, but women with bad hair? That's a no-go
Occasionally, some artfully placed tendrils tumble away from the braid (to frame her face, of course), but the audience never sees Katniss redo her braid during the perils of the arena. On a positive note, the film gets credit for having the character's hair up and away from her face. The 100 This young adult television series follows a group of juvenile survivors who return to Earth nearly a century after a nuclear apocalypse. The scorching disaster wiped out nearly all of humanity, but apparently managed to spare beauticians, nail technicians and hairdressers. Characters don bleached fishtail braids and balayage Dutch braids that would rival a Targaryen's wig from Game of Thrones, alongside heavy eye makeup and mascara. The elaborate hairstyles have even inspired tutorials on TikTok and YouTube. If an unexpected apocalypse happens in 2025, let's hope the beauty influencers stay safe. The Walking Dead Female characters are often the target of unrealistic makeup and hairstyle choices; however, men haven't escaped either. Enter post-apocalyptic comic book series The Walking Dead, where survivors struggle to stay alive, forage for food, but also prioritise perfectly manicured beards. When protagonist Rick Grimes wakes from his coma in season 1, he's understandably confused and frightened, but he's thankfully sporting beautifully trimmed facial hair. The hair magic continues for 10 more seasons. While food shortages are common in end-of-the-world scenarios, beard trimmers and razors remain pretty easy to find. Female body hair in every single dystopian film … ever Seeing body hair on a woman in contemporary television or cinema is unfortunately still a rarity, but when the Earth is depleted of resources, surely it makes sense to show a little peach fuzz? Heroines can overthrow corrupt governments, as Shailene Woodley does in Divergent, or outrun tsunamis like Chloe Grace Moretz in The 5th Wave, but they must do so without any armpit or leg hair and with perfectly shaped eyebrows. Loading However, recent films may show a glimmer of change in the industry. Aimee Lou Wood's natural teeth were heralded in season three of The White Lotus, Amy Adams' character in Nightbitch examines her chin hairs and Kate Winslet's Mare of Easttown embraces her unplucked eyebrows and half-dyed hair. Maybe a dystopian series with accurate hairstyles is on the horizon.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Top 100 Players Compiled in New Book
Picking golf's top 100 players of all time is not an easy assignment. Just coming up with a formula is hard enough but shuffling through the thousands of players who have played golf, both amateur and professional, over the decades of the game makes the task even more daunting. Advertisement Recently, Michael Arkush wrote a book titled The Golf 100, taking on the difficult task. Spending three years compiling and providing analysis on different players, Arkush brings names known to only golf historians back to life. 'I just was so motivated to write about players I followed as a kid and covered at different publications,' Arkush said, 'I wanted to explore more about their lives, careers, what made them great, what made them flawed.' Cover of The Golf 100 by Michael Arkush The 100 starts with John McDermott and ends with Jack Nicklaus. While some may find Nicklaus's selection as the top player in the game's history controversial, Arkush felt comfortable with his points system, which focused more on majors than normal tour wins. Advertisement The system for majors awarded 2,000 points for each major win, 500 for second place, 250 for third, 100 for fourth, and 50 for fifth. Non-major wins garnered 300 points, and the U.S. Amateur and British Amateur received points as well. Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods smile during the R&A Celebration of Champions four-hole challenge at the 150th Open Championship golf tournament at St. Andrews Old Course Schumacher-Imagn Images Arkush also added or subtracted points in certain cases due to their impact on the game, using Francis Ouimet as an example of a player who, on his strict merits, would not make the list, but if you factor in intangibles, deserved to be in the top 100. Ouimet is 20th. Lastly, Arkush incorporated women into the ranking, starting with Mickey Wright at sixth, sandwiched between Arnold Palmer at fifth and Sam Snead at seventh. Advertisement All told, 14 women, including Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Patty Berg, and Glenna Collett Vare, made the list. Oddly, some players have not made the list as of yet, with Colin Montgomery, Justin Thomas, and Scottie Scheffler on the outside looking in. With the paperback version coming out next year, Arkush will accumulate points up until this year's Tour Championship, which, depending on their success in the remainder of the year, may find both Scheffler and Thomas in the mix. But even after all the painstaking analysis, even Arkush was surprised by some players and their golf success. 'People whom I did not really think that much about, I realized are top players, Leo Deagle, Walter Travers, Jerry Travers, guys like that, who are all-time based on the numerical system I came up with,' Arkush said. 'Harold Hilton. I knew about him as a great amateur but didn't realize how great he was. John Ball, the English Amber, My God, what a career he had, nine majors. I'm counting his eight British amateurs, and he also won a British Open.' Advertisement Arkush also gave bonus points for players where fate had a hand in their careers, like Young Tom Morris dying at 24 or Tony Lima's death in a plane crash at 32. Is it a fair assessment to provide players with points on their potential versus actual accomplishments? Picking golf's top 100 players is just part of a complicated process. Some players are ranked, and some are not even included, which makes the book an interesting read and worth the price if you're a golf fan. Link to the Penguin Random House Website: Related: Kiwi Ryan Fox Wins Myrtle Beach Classic in Playoff
Geek Culture
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Culture
'Final Destination Bloodlines' Scored World Record For Setting Oldest (Stunt)Person On Fire, Says Director
There are only so many ways to depict death, and after six outings, Final Destination Bloodlines isn't holding back on the theatrics. Ahead of the movie's release on 16 May, director Zach Lipovsky revealed that the film has set a new world record for setting the oldest person on fire. 'We lit so many different people on fire, including breaking the world record for oldest person on fire with Yvette Ferguson, who did that full body burn in the silver dress,' said the filmmaker in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. 'That was the oldest person ever on fire, on camera.' The 71-year-old stuntwoman stepped out of retirement to play Mrs. Fuller, who burst into flames in the opening sequence featuring the fictional, 112-metre-tall Skyview Tower. It should be noted that the record-breaking feat isn't quite official yet, as the team is still waiting on confirmation after submitting it to Guinness World Records, but it's still impressive enough to warrant a mention. According to Lipovsky, the time required to capture the scene amounted to about half of the film's entire shoot: 'The set was incredibly elaborate. It was actually probably seven different sets with all the different pieces. The main set, though, was incredibly huge, and we always laughed because it cost more than the first film we made.' 'We had to build the thing basically out of concrete…It was not only built to look incredibly cool, but it was built to be incredibly robust, as far as having huge amounts of fireproofing. It was so hot that you couldn't be in that set. You had to be standing really far away,' he added. That's but one of the many grisly moments to grace Final Destination Bloodlines , including a nose-piercing death, a deadly breakfast, an air conditioning unit with a loose screw, and more. Lipovsky serves as director alongside Adam Stein, who previously worked on Kim Possible , with Kaitlyn Santa Juana ( The Flash ), the cast includes Teo Briones ( Chucky ), Richard Harmon ( The 100 ), Owen Patrick Joyner ( Julie and the Phantoms ), Rya Kihlstedt ( Obi-Wan Kenobi ), Anna Lore ( Gotham Knights ), Brec Bassinger (Stargirl), and the late Tony Todd ( Candyman ) filling out the main cast. A previously released synopsis for the forthcoming entry reads, 'The newest chapter in New Line Cinema's bloody successful franchise takes audiences back to the very beginning of Death's twisted sense of justice. Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stephanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.' Final Destination Bloodlines opens on 16 May. Si Jia is a casual geek at heart – or as casual as someone with Sephiroth's theme on her Spotify playlist can get. A fan of movies, games, and Japanese culture, Si Jia's greatest weakness is the Steam Summer Sale. Or any Steam sale, really. final destination Final Destination Bloodlines Warner Bros.
