One cannot speak of the Nightsisters without mentioning their most well-known assassin, the failed Jedi Asajj Ventress. Sharp features, cold eyes, and even-colder presence make Ventress a force to be reckoned with by any who dare to cross her path. Armed with twin, blood-red lightsabers and dividing herself between Nightsister roots and new bounty hunter companions, calculating Ventress truly elevates herself into a class of fear all her own.
Known for conducting illegal and dangerous medical experiments, the filthy smuggler picked the wrong being to hate when he attempted to bully and attack Luke Skywalker in the Mos Eisley cantina.
A pair of homicidal inorganics with bloodlust in their circuits and the tools to get the job done. Regularly partnered with Doctor Aphra, this pair is downright evil, just waiting to destroy.
Speaking of First Order leaders with terrifying, expressionless helmets, how can we ignore the malevolent personage of Kylo Ren?
Carrying a cross guarded lightsaber, angrily spitting crimson plasma as he advances on a foe, Kylo himself reflects his weapon in terms of sudden, inexplicable fits of rage. More dangerous than an emotionless warrior whose skill with a lightsaber and strength in the Force make him formidable?
One that is emotionally unpredictable. Towering above his mechanical minions, a skull-like mask upon his face with presence akin to a gargantuan arthropod, General Grievous has struck fear into the hearts of his enemies since arriving on the side of the Separatists during the Clone Wars.
Not to mention his ever-present quartet of lightsabers, tokens to remember his Jedi victims, secreted under the tattered cape he uses to hide his broken skeletal body.
That raspy voice. The flinty yellow eyes glaring from the folds of his cowl. And that plan — like his fashion sense and love of crackling, purple lightning bolts — scares the Midichlorians out of most sentients with the good sense the Force gave them.
All 15 couples return to dance again next week but by the end of the evening, the first couple of the season will go home. Click here to read the full article on ABC 7. When your two older sisters are some of the most famous fashionistas in the world, shining your own sartorial light can be difficult.
But not for Elizabeth Olsen! Since rising to her own separate stardom, Olsen has proved her own personal style is worthy of just as much praise.
Of course, I need to start with her Emmys look, hot off the red carpet. This year, though, stars came to slay at the L. Live entertainment complex—and of course, Olsen was no exception. Stealing the show from the moment she showed up, Olsen wore an absolutely breathtaking flowing white gown by The Row.
Yep, her sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley designed it for her. To complement the dress, Olsen wore her short hair in soft, Old Hollywood-inspired waves with a deep side part to show off some massive dangling earrings by Chopard, which boasted As for glam, she kept with those classic vibes going with a super smokey eye and neutral but defined lip. Kim Kardashian West is explaining her polarizing Met Gala look.
Kim took to Instagram Tuesday to explain the Balenciaga fit and share some BTS photos from the night in her all-black ensemble. In the photos shared to Instagram, Kim showed off some red-carpet pics, her getting-ready process and a few snaps alongside Demna Gvasalia, creative director of Balenciaga, who accompanied Kim at the event.
The look echoed the form-hugging Balenciaga bodysuit she wore while supporting estranged husband, Kanye West, at the second listening event for his new album, Donda. It was him who introduced Kim to Demna and was instrumental in the newly formed relationship between her and Balenciaga. Click here to read the full article on ET. We deserve to see ourselves. We are a melting pot. So, it needs to be that represented by our industry. To the critically acclaimed comedian, actress, producer, author, activist and philanthropist, diversity, equity and inclusion are not just buzz words.
They are the bedrock and foundation of her career, as well as the legacy she hopes to leave in the world. She is also a successful entrepreneur as the founder and owner of her own production company, She Ready Productions.
She Ready Productions has been a dream in the making for Haddish, who started her company to make a change, not only in her life, but the lives of as many people as she could. There are so many stories to be told. I wanted to create a company that is female-run and that is telling our stories and giving opportunities.
In my mind, this time next year, people would have been employed, put their kids through school and paid their rent. Her father left when she was very young, thus her mother remarried and had two more girls as well as two boys. When Haddish was nine years old, their mother was in a car crash that her stepfather later admitted to causing, leaving her mother with severe brain damage that caused aggressive and violent changes to her behavior.
After that, Haddish became the major caregiver for her siblings until they were temporarily separated in foster care when she turned When she turned 15, their grandmother reunited them once more under her care. She has partnered with Living Advantage, a nonprofit that focuses its work on the welfare of foster children, as well as the Laugh Factory Comedy Camp and her own organization, the She Ready Foundation, which facilitates programs for foster youth like the She Ready Internship Program.
When asked about the program, Haddish was effusive. The kids are learning a lot, and we have these meetings every few weeks, just checking in with them to make sure they have the skills. Nobody showed me how to do a lot of things that I wish somebody would have shown me instead of me having to bump my head and figure it out. From not understanding her body in her early years and even being hospitalized with toxic shock syndrome at one point to living in her car during her twenties, Haddish had to learn a lot about life for herself, something she wants to spare the youth in her program.
Along with life skills, they are also learning about the entertainment and media industries and how to navigate the business of bringing people joy. Every month, we say this honey! I see them growing. I see their whole demeanor, their whole energy, changing.
By respected critics who felt her lack of detailed background made her implausible. By bloggers who felt she didn't go far enough in eradicating stereotypes, or that the very act of nurturing made her yet another tired mother figure.
And Furiosa isn't alone: Plenty of thoughtful critics have questioned what a Strong Female Character is , and whether any given example of one — Katniss Everdeen, for example — is strong enough to qualify. I guarantee the "Is Rey really a feminist character? They've already started on Twitter. My favorite part about Rey was how she was good at everything and everyone liked her Rey sucks as a character.
It's a stereotype that only exists in liberal dreams. NO ONE will go see these movies because of her. I'd be a hypocrite if I suggested, even for a moment, that we shouldn't examine Rey, that she should get some kind of cultural free pass. I've done plenty of that kind of examination myself , and I regret none of it.
But at the same time, the swoony heights and dreary second-guessing of Mad Max: Fury Road have left me a little weary of the impulse to prize apart and examine every heroic female protagonist, skeptically wondering whether they properly fulfill all our many ideals — and then, if they do, fussing over whether that's a good thing.
Because let's face it, Rey is kind of a Mary Sue character. That's fan-speak for a thinly-veiled, self-insertion character in fan fiction, usually written by someone who wants not just to be part of an imaginary world they love, but to be its ultimate, most beloved and respected hero. The male version is a Gary Stu. Rey is a survivor who seems to be consummately skilled at everything she tries.
She's a crack pilot. She's a skilled mechanic. She's so innately talented in her use of the Force that she figures out Jedi mind tricks on her own, out of nowhere. She keeps falling into standard-issue damsel-in-distress situations, then capably rescuing herself. Even Han Solo is vocally and visibly impressed with her awesomeness. Her only weakness is a minor and understandable one: She misses the parents who seemingly abandoned her. For women who've felt underrepresented through decades where most of the ladies onscreen were victims, tokens, rewards, or shrews, it's natural to feel a sugar rush of fulfillment over characters like Katniss Everdeen and Imperator Furiosa.
That these heroines not only make it to the screen, but beat out their male counterparts at the box office is even more encouraging. And it's especially thrilling to see a new tough-as-nails, take-no-prisoners heroine in the Star Wars franchise, which even writer-director J. Abrams has described as "always a boys' thing. She was one of the original models for modern women heroines: like Rey, Leia is confident, competent, unapologetic, and an active participant in her own rescues.
Even when rocking a skimpy metal slave-girl getup. But while Leia was quickly reduced to a secondary character after A New Hope, Rey is all Leia's potential fulfilled — jumping right into the pilot's seat instead of moving to the rear of the starship while the boys fly.
So here's a radical suggestion: instead of being concerned about whether her Mary Sue flawlessness is a problem, why not, just this once, enjoy it for what it is? The fight for equal representation for women, in front of and behind the camera, continues, and will continue for a long time.
No one's saying sexism is over and we should put our feet up and enjoy it. And no one's arguing that all female characters should be as flawless and fearless as Rey. It'd be a boring cultural landscape if they were. I'm still convinced, as I wrote for The Dissolve around this time last year, that the best Strong Female Characters are the physically and emotionally weak ones.
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