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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 1 december 2016
Pirelli launches covered-up

2017 calendar with top actresses

THOMAS ADAMSON A s - ing Charlotte Rampling, calendar’s move toward
sociated Press Uma Thurman, Helen Mir- less sexualized images of
PARIS (AP) — Pirelli on Tues- ren, Nicole Kidman, Lea women — begun in last
day unveiled the 2017 edi- Seydoux, Alicia Vikander, year’s edition by Annie Lei-
tion of its famed calendar, Kate Winslet, Julianne bovitz — marks “undoubt-
which sees photographer Moore, Robin Wright, Lupi- edly a cultural shift, a real
Peter Lindbergh mature ta Nyong’o, Rooney Mara, opening up and a big
beyond snaps of semi- Zhang Ziyi and Jessica change.”
nude models and set his Chastain all agreed to go The 49-year-old Kidman
lens on Hollywood. near-makeup-free for the added that the choice to
The calendar, entitled grown-up shoots. forgo makeup and proud-
“Emotional” and launched Speaking about his artistic ly look your age projects
in Paris, stars 14 Oscar-win- choices, the German pho- a good example of what Actresses Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman and Helen Mirren, from
ning actresses featured in tographer said that he’s natural beauty should be. left to right, pose during a photocall to unveil the Pirelli 2017 cal-
endar in Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016.
black-and-white close up, “not so fond of high heels “(It shows that) the cour- Associated Press
in clothed poses with invis- and bikinis” and wanted to age to be yourself is the
ible make-up. capture the nakedness in epitome of confidence back dark hair, said that er celebrities at the gala
The photos, while beautiful, the soul of the calendars and power,” she said, Lindbergh’s vision was launch of the Pirelli 2017
show wrinkles, lines and im- stars, not their bodies. adding that “my husband “beautiful ... wanting to calendar Tuesday evening
perfections. It’s a dramatic “In a time when women are (singer Keith Urban) totally free women from repres- at director Luc Besson’s
move away from decades represented in the media prefers me without make- sive and false standards.” Cite du Cinema in Saint
of risque shots that made (as) perfection and truth, I up on.” Kidman, Thurman, Mirren Denis, one of Europe’s most
the calendar, produced thought it was important to Thurman, with short swept- and Rampling joined oth- important film studios.q
by the Italian tire manufac- remind people that there is
turer, one of the most rec- a different beauty,” Lind-
ognizable in the world. bergh said.
A roll call of A-listers includ- Mirren, 71, noted that the
‘Just riding a wave’: ‘Queen

Sugar’s Kofi Siriboe soars

NEKESA MUMBI MOODY
AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Even
though Ava DuVernay and
Oprah Winfrey were both
involved in the creation of
“Queen Sugar,” Kofi Siriboe
didn’t really know how big
the OWN Network show
was going to be when he In this Feb. 7, 2015 file
auditioned a year ago. photo, Kofi Siriboe attends
“I had high expectations, the ASCAP Presents The 2015
but at the same time I Grammy Nominees Brunch
didn’t want to like, think in Beverly Hills, Calif. Siriboe,
too deeply into what it 22, stars in the TV series,
would be. I was just really “Queen Sugar,” on OWN.
open to letting it happen, Associated Press
so I’m just riding a wave,” says, chuckling. “It could
says the 22-year-old. be one thing, it could be all
The wave is showing no that ego, and validation, or
sign of cresting. Siriboe has it could just be, ‘I love that
drawn rave reviews for his you see God when you
portrayal of Ralph Angel, see me.’” Before “Queen
the formerly incarcerated Sugar,” which airs its sea-
young father struggling son finale on Wednesday,
to do right on the fam- Siriboe was best known
ily drama, produced by for smaller parts, includ-
DuVernay and aired on ing a stint on the TV show
OWN. “Queen Sugar” has “Awkward.” “Prior to this,
also made Siriboe, with I had 10,000 followers ...
striking model-like looks, a and now it’s nearly 100,000
fawned-over sex symbol, a people watching my every
status that makes the actor move,” he said. “They’re
laugh. watching, they actually
“I love when the women care, there’s a resonance
are like, ‘God is so good, there. That to me is what’s
girl, God did its thing,’” he like, mind-blowing.q