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- Easy (and Cute!) Costume Ideas for Halloween 2019 - STYLECASTER
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| Easy (and Cute!) Costume Ideas for Halloween 2019 - STYLECASTER Posted: 27 Aug 2019 07:03 AM PDT Scroll To See More Images Believe it or not, Halloween—AKA the best day of the year—is quickly approaching. The leaves aren't quite crunchy yet, but I'm still getting excited for the upcoming holiday and all the fall vibes that come along with it. If you're like me, though, you'll still wait until the last minute to figure out a costume, and be forced to come up with an easy Halloween costume idea based on clothes you already have in your closet. Lucky for all of us, though, there are actually so many cute and easy Halloween costumes you can recreate with things you probably own. (And I'm not just talking about drawing on some whiskers and calling yourself a cat, OK?)   Shutterstock/Cierra Miller. Below you'll find 21 easy Halloween costume ideas that are actually fun, unique and will definitely make you look like you put more effort in than you did. Some may require a little bit of DIY, but there's nothing that can't be accomplished in a day or two. So go forth, my lazy Halloween queens, and let your creativity shine this holiday. Grab a black sweater and layer it with a lacy collar and some big glasses, and you're good to raise some hell in court.  Who knew it was so easy to dress like an icon? Just don your favorite black dress and some pearls—and put your hair up in a bun, obviously.   Moviestore/Shutterstock. Get your dance on with this easy-to-recreate movie character costume. Become Mia Wallace with a white button-down and some black pants. Just don't forget your John Travolta.   Country Living. Go as this amazing feminist icon for Halloween with the help of a plaid dress and some NASA gear.  Have a pink crop top and skirt? If the answer is yes, you can easily recreate the classic Barbie look.   Pixelformula/Sipa/Shutterstock. Pair your favorite flow-y top with a chic headband, throw up a peace sign and voila—you've got a hippie costume.   Pinterest. If you own a white sheet and some gold accessories, you can easily create a beautiful Greek goddess costume.  Put your red dress on, and get ready to salsa dance the night away.   Rachel Lately. Put those overalls and your favorite flannel to good use and create your own scarecrow costume.   Twentieth Century Fox Television/Kobal/Shutterstock. All you need to achieve Tina's iconic look is a blue top, skirt, glasses and some knee-high socks.  This legendary costume is super easy to recreate. All you need is a denim shirt and a red bandana.   Moviestore/Shutterstock. Who doesn't want to be as hot as young Leonardo DiCaprio on Halloween? All you really need is a Hawaiian shirt and a journal to write down all your lovestruck thoughts.   Hannah Barbera Prods/Atlas/Kobal/Shutterstock. Honestly, you can probably whip of any of these character costumes pretty easily, but for Shaggy, all you need is a green tee and some brown pants.  Black-rimmed glasses and a red and white striped shirt are basically all you need for a quick and easy Waldo costume this Halloween.   Nbc-Tv/Kobal/Shutterstock. Pam is a classic TV character, and it's super easy to get her look for all your Halloween parties. Just repurpose your workwear—and maybe curl your hair—and you're good to go.  If you were anything like me as a kid, Arthur was your favorite show. And now you can go as the famous aardvark for Halloween with just a mustard sweater, some glasses and a white collared top.   Snap Stills/Shutterstock. Cady Heron before she starts dressing like one of "The Plastics" is a truly iconic look. And you just need an oversized pink top and some jeans to pull it off.  A mime costume is the perfect excuse not to talk to anyone at the party. Plus, the only things you really need to get the look are a striped tee, black bottoms and some white gloves.  Represent the best of the '90s with a trendy Chandler Bing costume. Just grab a pair of mom jeans, a white tee and some sneakers, and you're on your way to being the most sarcastic one on the block.   Paramount/Rso/Kobal/Shutterstock. Sandy and Danny's casual look from Grease might just be the easiest couples' costume you ever try. For Sandy, just wear a a red polo and white skirt. For Danny, don some great sweats. Simple as that.  It's easier than you'd think to go as this iconic princess. If you have a red top, yellow bottoms and a blue jacket or sweater, you're already ready to become Snow White herself. Just don't eat the apple.  Our mission at STYLECASTER is to bring style to the people, and we only feature products we think you'll love as much as we do. Please note that if you purchase something by clicking on a link within this story, we may receive a small commission of the sale.  |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2019 03:00 AM PDT  Jennifer Garner was all business when she took the stage at this year's Forbes Women's Summit. Thick-rimmed glasses and a black-and-white checked pantsuit. Her sleeves were puffy, and her smile, as always, was big, but everything else—light makeup, a small black notebook—suggested boardroom, not backlot. And that's just fine for the former star of the early 2000s TV action drama Alias, a role that landed her four Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe Award. "Nobody is saying, 'I'm just looking for a 47-year-old mom who wants to shoot in L.A. and do something about women.' Unless it's Reese Witherspoon, that isn't happening, so you have to make it for yourself," said Garner, who also had starring roles in the Hollywood films Elektra and 13 Going on 30. What that means for Garner and the rest of the industry's veteran class of actresses is that the days of just showing up for lines are gone. Taking the reins of the business side of show business is the surest way to create opportunity in an industry that notoriously skews in favor of men. And that has her starring in and producing My Glory Was I Had Such Friends, an upcoming TV series based on Amy Silverstein's memoir. The memoir about friendship between middle-aged women is the kind of story that wouldn't typically get traction among traditional production houses looking for a big return, but Garner saw the potential. She wanted it made—and not on the cheap—so, as she says, "we had to develop for ourselves." Partnering with J.J. Abrams of Bad Robot, Garner shopped the series around to the usual suspects, which started a bidding war won by Apple, which will stream the show on AppleTV+, one of the new streaming services from technology companies entering Hollywood and upending the way content gets bought and sold. The irony? Witherspoon, too, had to do it herself. She's the world's third-highest-paid actress this year, earning $35 million between June 1, 2018, and June 1, 2019. Like more than half of the women on this year's list, she's taken to producing her own star vehicles, including Big Little Lies, which she produced with Nicole Kidman, No. 4 on the earnings list this year. No. 9, Charlize Theron, is a producer of Long Shot, which represented a little less than half of her $23 million payday. The move into producing is creating more female-centered and female-written stories and, in increasing numbers, a more equitable paycheck. "It's about time," says Steve Mosko, the CEO of Village Roadshow Entertainment Group USA, a film and television production entity. "No one thought twice when male actors who had a broad view of the business would take control of their careers or wanted to tell their own stories." Take Sylvester Stallone and the Rocky franchise. He started out writing and starring in the original 1976 film. By the second, in 1979, he was also directing, and by the 2015 sequel, Creed, he had joined the business team as a producer. Dwayne Johnson, this year's highest-paid actor, started a production company, Seven Bucks Productions, in 2013. That's given him a say on everything from episodes of Ballers to blockbusters like Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. The world's 10 highest-paid actresses collectively earned about $315 million between June 1, 2018, and June 1, 2019, before fees and taxes. That's up 69% since last year, but still far less than the almost $600 million the top 10 leading men pulled in. If these business-focused actresses have their way, that disparity won't last forever. In a world in which action-packed tent poles with men playing superheroes or super-strong humans often get the highest budgets, there are fewer high-earning opportunities for actresses. According to a 2018 report by USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism that analyzed 1,100 popular films between 2007 and 2017, only 30.6% of speaking characters were women. When it comes to high-budget action movies, that number dropped to 23.2%. For women of color, the numbers are even worse: Out of the top 100 films of 2017, only four films had leads or coleads who were women of color—making it even harder for actresses of color to gain ground, and make big money, in Hollywood. Take the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which has grossed over $22 billion since 2008. Six stars of Avengers: Endgame—a movie directed and written by men—made this year's list of the highest-earning celebrities, but, mirroring the gender imbalance within the Avengers, five of them were men and only one, Scarlett Johansson, was a woman. As the world's highest-paid actress, Johansson pocketed $56 million in the past year, nearly all thanks to her role as Black Widow. She was the only woman in Endgame who could command eight figures upfront—about $14 million—and about 5% of backend (with a gross of $2.8 billion, that adds up to about $35 million). While that's one of the best deals in Hollywood for any actress—or actor for that matter—in today's market for movie talent, where enormously profitable arrangements were made for top stars in exchange solely for their acting services, it pales. Julia Roberts at her peak was reportedly able to bank the now extinct twenty-twenty deal, or $20 million upfront and 20 first-dollar backend points ($100 million on a $500 million box office hit), for films like 2000's Erin Brockovich.
It's a step forward, for sure. But for true parity, it's not just Hollywood that has to change. Culture will have to shift too. Female-focused films will have to be as popular as action films, or women will have to play their superpowered and indestructible stars. Women like Witherspoon, Kidman, Theron, Jennifer Aniston, Margot Robbie, Elisabeth Moss and Ellen Pompeo—all of whom are among the highest-paid actresses—are working to advance this. As producers, they can ensure female-focused stories are made and that actresses are paid as much as actors. Plus, as executive producers, they collect a little bit extra for themselves. "We're thinking about reaching women where they live, on their laptops or on their mobile phones," Witherspoon told Forbes of her production company Hello Sunshine. Take Big Little Lies, produced by and starring Witherspoon and Kidman. Witherspoon had read the Liane Moriarty novel of the same name and knew she wanted to make it into something for the screen, in large part because of its dynamic female characters. (Witherspoon had previously—and successfully—bought the rights for and produced Gone Girl and Wild.) "We need to see these things because we as human beings we learn from art, and what can you do if you never see it reflected? I feel like I constantly see women of incredible talent playing wives and girlfriends in thankless parts. I just had enough," Witherspoon said at 2017's Television Critics Association press tour. "I thought that was a really unique opportunity to have so many incredible parts for women in one piece of material." More parts for women means more actresses making top salaries. Witherspoon and Kidman made the most among the ensemble cast of Lies, each earning $1 million per episode in the show's second season. Witherspoon struck a similar deal with The Morning Show, a forthcoming series also slated for Apple TV+. This time, she partnered with Aniston, who earned $28 million in the past year, to produce and act in the series. The payout was $1.2 million for each of ten episodes—which is one reason why the series will reportedly cost more than Game of Thrones' record $15 million per episode. "It's a way for women to work on the gender pay gap—producing and coming up with their own projects," says one talent agent, who represents some of the world's top female talent. "They work together to raise everybody up together. And when you can point to the fact that a show would not exist without your client's work, you are in a place where you can demand more." The proliferation of actresses as executive producers wouldn't be possible without the arrival of streaming services, including from Netflix and Amazon, as well as others like Hulu and Disney+ that were created by the industry's more traditional production houses. The new services are shaking things up while also spending billions on content. "There are great stories to be told from a female perspective, and phenomenal women to tell those stories. Now there are more places to do it," says Mosko. Actresses are also joining the producing teams of their own films, guaranteeing them a piece of the backend. Robbie, who earned $23.5 million in the past year, is taking a producer credit for the forthcoming Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), which helped boost her upfront pay to $10 million. Theron recently starred in and produced Long Shot; out of a budget of reportedly only $40 million, she made about $9 million. "I am in full support of women taking ownership of their voices, their dignity and their worth and speaking up," Theron told Forbes. That's a feeling that seems to be echoed by many actresses in post #TimesUp Hollywood who want to reclaim both the narrative on screen and the dealmaking that goes on behind the scenes. In fact, a number of #TimesUp's prominent leaders and members, like Witherspoon, America Ferrara and Kerry Washington, have taken the producer reins. Another hopeful sign? For years, Paramount was the only major studio with a woman at the helm—Sherry Lansing—a Hollywood legend who served as its chairman from 1992 to 2005, but now more and more of Hollywood's corporate power structure includes female executive talent. Jennifer Salke was named the head of Amazon Studios last year, Ann Sarnoff was named CEO of Warner Bros. in June, and, with the Viacom-CBS merger finally coming to fruition, Shari Redstone has ascended to hold more power than ever in the business. And the more women behind camera, the more opportunities for actresses—and their wallets. Below is the full list of highest-paid actresses, including seven women who were producers on their own projects. Earnings estimates are based on data from Nielsen, ComScore, Box Office Mojo and IMDB, as well as interviews with industry insiders. All figures are pretax; fees for agents, managers and lawyers (generally 10%, 15% and 5% respectively) are not deducted. The World's Highest-Paid Actresses Of 201910. Ellen PompeoEarnings: $22 million The Grey's Anatomy star proves network television isn't dead quite yet. She earns about $575,000 per episode to star in and produce the ABC hit show. —9. Charlize TheronEarnings: $23 million Theron's production company, Denver and Delilah Productions, produced her 2019 film Long Shot and is also behind the Netflix series Mindhunter. She's set to star with fellow listees Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie in the December film Bombshell. —8. Margot RobbieEarnings: $23.5 million For the upcoming Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), Robbie will serve as a producer as well as reprise her role of Harley Quinn. The paycheck? Eight-figures up front. —7. Elisabeth MossEarnings: $24 million The Emmy winner serves as executive producer on her Hulu star-vehicle The Handmaid's Tale. —6. Kaley CuocoEarnings: $25 million Until The Big Bang Theory ended earlier this year, Cuoco was part of the highest-paid cast on network television, earning $900,000 per episode. ——5. Jennifer AnistonEarnings: $28 million The Friends star is coming back to television, starring in and producing Apple TV+'s The Morning Show. —4. Nicole KidmanEarnings: $34 million After wrapping up season two of Big Little Lies, Kidman continues her busy year with starring roles in Bombshell and The Goldfinch. —3. Reese WitherspoonEarnings: $35 million Witherspoon has embraced the title of producer. She will produce, though not star in, upcoming films Lucy in the Sky and The Dry. —2. Sofia VergaraEarnings: $44.1 million The eleventh and final season of Modern Family premieres this fall, but Vergara's wallet will be just fine: she still has her lucrative entrepreneurial ventures, including Sofia Jeans and a furniture line at Rooms To Go. —1. Scarlett JohanssonEarnings: $56 million For the second year in a row, Johansson is the world's highest-paid actress thanks to her lucrative role as Black Widow, for which she earns an eight-figure check plus backend points on Marvel films. Get Forbes' daily top headlines straight to your inbox for news on the world's most important entrepreneurs and superstars, expert career advice, and success secrets. |
| Simple Creatures tease new song "Thanks, I Hate It" dropping this week - Alternative Press Posted: 27 Aug 2019 11:05 AM PDT  Simple Creatures are giving us another reason to look forward to Friday as they tease the promise of a brand new track. Check it out below! Read more: Missy Elliott performs epic throwback VMAs set with dancer Alyson StonerAlex Gaskarth and Mark Hoppus took to social media to post the teasers, revealing their new song "Thanks, I Hate It" would be dropping this Friday.
Fans can pre-save the track here. In the meantime, we'll be counting down the days until Friday – for more reason than one now. More on Simple CreaturesLast month, Simple Creatures received a sock puppet makeover thanks to Gaskarth. After teasing a photo of himself and Hoppus in sock-form, Gaskarth has released a, uh, unofficially official music video featuring the pair's sock puppet counterparts. It all started when Gaskarth took to Twitter to share sock puppet versions of the Simple Creatures duo, complete with googly eyes.
Later, we were blessed with an "Alex Gaskarth Production." A sock puppet remake of the Simple Creatures track, "Special." From Gaskarth's iconic eyebrows to Hoppus' black-rimmed glasses, you have to appreciate the details. Check out the sock puppet remake below! We're hoping to see more Alex Gaskarth Productions in the future, especially if they'll maintain this level of quality entertainment. Perhaps this brand new Simple Creatures track will feature another Alex Gaskarth Productions video? We really hope so. Are you excited about a new song from Hoppus and Gaskarth? Do you think we can expect another Alex Gaskarth Production for this one? Sound off in the comments below! See more: 10 pop-punk shows we wish we could have gone to The Pop Disaster Tour 2002 (blink-182, Green Day) |
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