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Business of Fashion
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Business of Fashion
Longtime Beauty Editor Jane Larkworthy Dies at 62
Jane Larkworthy, the former beauty director of W magazine and a fixture in the New York beauty community, died on Wednesday following a battle with cancer, her family members confirmed to Women's Wear Daily. She was 62. Larkworthy joined W magazine in 2000 and stewarded its beauty coverage until 2016. More recently, she served as a columnist for New York Magazine's The Cut and a contributor for Linda Wells' Air Mail Look. Outside of her journalism ventures, she co-founded the consultancy C Word Media alongside Condé Nast alum Danielle Pergament. Prior to joining W, Larkworthy worked at Glamour, Mademoiselle and Jane. Her enthusiasm for beauty and cutting-edge eye made her a behind-the-scenes architect of the industry. Larkworthy is credited as the editor responsible for popularising Le Labo's now ubiquitous Santal 33 after convincing the brand's founders to turn the candle into a wearable scent. Learn more: Vogue Editor Polly Mellen Dies at 100 The Connecticut-born editor, known for her close work with Diana Vreeland and Richard Avedon, has died.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jane Fonda Gets Candid About the Painful Truth Behind Her On-Screen Sex Scenes
Jane Fonda is opening up about the emotional toll of filming intimate scenes without the protection actors now receive. At 87, the Oscar-winning actress is reflecting on her early career and revealing how much she wishes intimacy coordinators had existed back when she needed them the most. However, Fonda's assertions differ from those of actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who earlier said she didn't need an intimacy coordinator while filming "Marty Supreme" alongside Timothée Chalamet. Hollywood legend Fonda is once again sparking conversation, this time about the behind-the-scenes challenges many actors silently endured for decades. While at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, the veteran actress revealed just how isolating and uncomfortable filming sex scenes could be during the early days of her career. In an interview with Women's Wear Daily, Fonda was asked about how the film industry has changed since the rise of the #MeToo movement. She didn't hold back. "Every time you begin a movie, you have training. What to do if there's a problem. That never happened," Fonda said per PEOPLE Magazine, noting how little guidance or protection there used to be on set. "I wish that we had them when I was doing sex scenes because it's hard," she continued. "You want me to say to a guy you're supposed to look like you're in love with and you say, 'But please don't uncover my breast on the left side.' You know, you don't do that." This isn't the first time Fonda has shared raw, personal stories about the emotional strain of her early film work. In the 2022 documentary "Body Parts," directed by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, Fonda spoke candidly about her experience in the 1968 sci-fi cult classic "Barbarella," in which she played a sensual space traveler. "I was at a place in my life where if you were asked to do something, especially by a man, you did it," Fonda admitted. In recent years, intimacy coordinators have become an essential part of film and television sets, ensuring actors feel safe and respected while filming intimate scenes. Many modern-day stars have praised their presence, and like Fonda, some wish they had this support earlier in their careers. Oscar winner Kate Winslet is among those who have opened up about the emotional weight of navigating these scenes alone. "I would have benefited from an intimacy coordinator every single time I had to do a love scene or be partially naked or even a kissing scene," Winslet told The New York Times. "It would have been nice to have had someone in my corner, because I always had to stand up for myself." Winslet also described moments she now wishes she had handled differently. "'I don't like that camera angle. I don't want to stand here full-frontal nude. I don't want this many people in the room. I want my dressing gown to be closer,'" she said. "Just little things like that." "When you're young, you're so afraid of pissing people off or coming across as rude or pathetic because you might need those things," Winslet added. "So learning to have a voice for oneself in those environments was very, very hard." Although many celebrities see the need for intimacy coordinators, Paltrow, who recently returned to serious acting, doesn't think it is necessary. While reflecting on her intimate scenes with Timothée Chalamet in the movie, "Marty Supreme," Paltrow shared her thoughts on intimacy directors. She told Vanity Fair, "There's now something called an intimacy coordinator, which I did not know existed." Paltrow added, "When 'Marty Supreme's' intimacy coordinator asked me if I'd be comfortable with a particular move during the filming of an intimate scene, I was like, 'Girl, I'm from the era where you get naked, you get in bed, the camera's on.'" She emphasized that she and Chalamet were able to handle the intimate scenes with minimal external supervision. "We said, 'I think we're good. You can step a little bit back,'" she recalled. "I don't know how it is for kids who are starting out, but…if someone is like, 'Okay, and then he's going to put his hand here,' I would feel, as an artist, very stifled by that." After news of Paltrow's comments went viral, film executive Caroline Hollick criticized her for downplaying the importance of intimacy coordinators in film. Hollick, speaking at the "Series Mania" panel titled Let's Talk About Sex! (And Consent), described the comment as "irresponsible." She added per Deadline, "As a powerful woman in Hollywood acting with a man younger than her, well I'm sure [Chalamet] is chill but I thought it was quite an irresponsible thing to say." Hollick stressed that intimacy coordinators play a crucial role on set, saying, "Bringing an intimacy coordinator on set empowers an actor because there is someone on side who is there to fight for them." She highlighted how directors, producers, and writers all have their own agendas, but coordinators support the performer's comfort and safety.
Business Insider
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Insider
Jane Fonda says it was tough filming sex scenes and telling costars what to do without an intimacy co-ordinator
Jane Fonda said she wished intimacy coordinators existed earlier in her career, while speaking about changes to the industry following the #MeToo movement. The #MeToo went mainstream in 2017 when actors started sharing their experiences of sexual harassment and abuse in the entertainment industry. Intimacy coordinators have since become a standard on most major film and TV sets. They liaise between actors and production and movement coaches to help facilitate nudity, sex scenes, and other intimate moments. Speaking to Women's Wear Daily at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, Fonda, 87, about her early career, she said: "Every time you begin a movie, you have training. What to do if there's a problem. That never happened. "And the other thing, they're called intimacy coordinators. I wish we had them while I was doing sex scenes because it's hard." She added: "You want me to say to a guy you're supposed to look like you're in love with and you say, 'please don't uncover my breast on the left side.' You know, you don't do that." Other older actors, such as Sean Bean, Jennifer Aniston, and Michael Douglas, have questioned the need for intimacy coordinators, saying they'd prefer not to have one. Fonda, who has been acting for 65 years, previously praised the introduction of the intimacy coordinator in a 2023 interview with The Hollywood Reporter. "What a difference it would've made in terms of my comfort," she said. "I missed out on that one."
Hindustan Times
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Ana de Armas says she's just ‘working' with Tom Cruise amid dating rumours
Ana de Armas made a seemingly playful remark about Tom Cruise amid growing rumours about their alleged relationship. In an interview with Women's Wear Daily published Thursday, the 37-year-old said that she is just 'working' with the Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning star. 'Obviously, everyone knows I'm working with Tom Cruise,' Armas said, adding, 'We're working on something with Doug Liman and Christopher Mcquarrie, and those guys are unbelievable at everything they do.' 'They're so lovely and a great team, and the process we're having is amazing,' the Blonde actress said of the action movie directors. Also Read: Billy Joel has normal pressure hydrocephalus. What is this brain condition? Armas further revealed that she is 'doing crazy training,' adding, 'as you do when you're working with Tom.' Armas explained that the training for the unnamed project is on 'another level that just keeps setting the bar higher and higher.' 'But it's so much fun. And we're not only working on that thing that we're training for, but also a couple other things too. We just got excited,' she went on. The Ballerina star made similar remarks during an appearance on Good Morning America on May 15. As her fans caught a whiff of her constant meetings with Cruise, they began speculating if she was dating the 62-year-old actor. Also Read: Today co-host Sheinelle Jones breaks silence on husband Uche Ojeh's tragic death as fans pay tribute However, Armas shut down those rumours, assuring that she had been spending more time with Cruise because they are working 'on a few projects' together. 'It's so much fun. We're definitely working on a lot of things. Not just one, but a few projects with Doug Liman and Christopher McQuarrie and, of course, Tom. And I'm so excited,' she said on GMA.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ana de Armas Says She's 'Obviously' Just Working with Tom Cruise, Admits Training with Him Is 'Crazy'
Ana de Armas acknowledged that she's working with Tom Cruise on future film projects The Ballerina star called Cruise and directors Doug Liman and Christopher McQuarrie 'so lovely and a great team' Training and working with the Mission: Impossible actor on 'a couple other things' is 'so much fun,' de Armas addedAna de Armas is 'obviously' enjoying time with future costar Tom Cruise. In an interview with Women's Wear Daily published Thursday, May 22, the Ballerina actress, 37, confirmed that her many sightings with the Top Gun actor, 62, involve 'working on something with [directors] Doug Liman and Christopher McQuarrie,' Cruise's regular action film collaborators. 'Obviously, everyone knows I'm working with Tom Cruise,' de Armas acknowledged. Liman (who directed Cruse in 2014's Edge of Tomorrow and 2017's American Made) and McQuarrie (writer-director of several Mission: Impossible films including the new Final Reckoning) 'are unbelievable at everything they do. And they're so lovely and a great team, and the process we're having is amazing,' she said. 'And of course I'm doing crazy training, as you do when you're working with Tom,' added the Cuban actress. 'It's another level that just keeps setting the bar higher and higher. But it's so much fun.' In addition to 'working on that thing that we're training for,' de Armas teased there are 'also a couple other things too' on her and Cruise's plates. 'We just got excited.' The Oscar-nominated Blonde star leads John Wick spinoff Ballerina opposite franchise lead Keanu Reeves. In the lead-up to promoting that film, she has been spotted with Cruise in London at dinners, walks in the park and even on helicopter rides piloted by the action star himself. The two actors, a source has told PEOPLE, have nothing romantic going on. When they were first spotted on a night out in February, the insider said they were at dinner with their agents "discussing potential collaborations down the line.' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. In her WWD interview, de Armas reflected on working with Reeves, another action legend. Accepting a role in the John Wick franchise 'was a big deal,' she said. 'As much action as there was on the page, I could see the heart too.' Her character, assassin Eve Macarro, 'has such a beautiful journey,' the Knives Out star added. 'The emotionality of the character is so important in the film, I was just like, 'oh, I have to do this.' ' Cruise's Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, that franchise's eighth installment, is in theaters now. From the World of John Wick: Ballerina is in theaters June 6. Read the original article on People
