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White roses will have a hidden meaning at Grammy Awards this weekend
Why are some Grammy Awards attendees planning to wear white roses to the event on Jan. 28? A look back to the suffragette movement might provide some clues.
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Carey Mulligan Is Back in Black for?‘Suffragette’ Reception
The upcoming film Suffragette, a drama focusing on the earliest members of the feminist movement,?is all about strong women—and the red carpet tour that’s going along with it is no different.? Sartorially, stars Meryl Streep, Carey Mulligan, and Helena Bonham Carter are going all out this time around, bringing the high glamor in stunning dresses from Chanel, Marni, and more.? Click through to see the latest looks from the Suffragette red carpets.? All photos: Getty Images Follow us on Facebook,
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‘Suffragette’ Director Sarah Gavron Welcomes the Controversy
Photo: Focus Features Earlier this month, several cast members from Suffragette, including Meryl Streep and Carey Mulligan, donned T-shirts with the slogan “I’d rather be a rebel than a slave.” It’s a reference to a quote from real-life suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, who is portrayed by Streep in the film. We thought, ‘Do we dare ask Meryl?’ But we did and she came onboard, which was great because not only is she such a great actor, but she’s such a great advocate for women’s rights in the ind
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Capturing the Real-Life Suffragette Movement
Women’s Social and Political Union Exhibition stand, probably at Claxton Hall during the Women’s Parliament in February 1908.?(Photo: Christina Broom/Museum of London) Today, the film Suffragette is released in the United States, bringing the story of the women who fought for the right to vote in the United Kingdom back into the forefront of our pop cultural dialogue. The Prisoners’ Pageant in 1910, including key members of the WSPU Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Sylvia Pankhurst and Emily Wilding
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Get Carey Mulligan’s Retro Waves and Classic Red Lip
Carey Mulligan in NYC for the premiere of ‘Suffragette.’ (Photo: Getty Images) Suffragette star Carey Mulligan knows how to work a red carpet. The Oscar-nominated actress (and new mother) stepped out for her new film’s NYC premiere this week rocking cool retro waves and a bold red lip — the perfect fall look.? Hairstylist Jenny Cho was inspired by the vintage feeling of Mulligan’s strapless Alexander McQueen dress, so she opted for a modern version of a Old Hollywood style wave.
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Meryl Streep: ‘Women’s Issues Are Men’s Problems’
I watched on as the women discussed what early 20th century feminists like Emmeline Pankhurst (Streep’s character in the film and a leader of the movement in Great Britain) would think of the state of women’s issues today. Historian Simon Schama moderated the panel and posed this question: If the suffragettes were here today to see the women in the world, what would they say to us?
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Surprise! Carey Mulligan Returns to the Red Carpet, Minus One Baby Bump
Carey Mulligan at the premiere for Suffragette in England. Photo: Getty Images Actress?Carey Mulligan?has built up quite a reputation for being notoriously tight-lipped. She was equally hush-hush about her?ultra-private farm wedding in 2012?to musician Marcus Mumford as she was about her pregnancy, which she concealed by wearing strategically fitted gowns on the red carpet. (See: Her?loose, black Balenciaga halter dress at the 2015 Met Gala this past May, and?a structured maroon gown—also by Bal
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Meryl Streep: ‘There Isn’t a Man in this Audience Who Could Out-Lift Serena Williams’
Over Labor Day weekend, the first screening for Meryl Streep’s upcoming British period film, Suffragette, opened the Telluride Film Festival. Yahoo Beauty’s editor in chief Bobbi Brown hosted a party afterwards to celebrate the film and the three-time Academy-Award winner. The movie is about the late 19th century and early 20th century women’s movement to gain the right to vote.
