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32. Cameron Boyce The Boy-ce has talent by Daniel Larson
38. Chloe Bennet
Marvel-lous to Valley Girl
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FEATURES 6. Audree Kate Fashion Blogger by Daniel Larson
10. Someone to Know Jess Weiner
by Brittany Chetochine
by Gerry Strauss
16. Making Cents Credit Score
46. Rydel Lynch One of R’s
by Daniel Larsen
by Craig Moore
17. Novel Idea
by Brittany Chetochine
24. Queen Harrison by Daniel Larson
28. The Tiger Within by Myra Carlos
50. The Gallery Isa Grassi
FAS HION 72. Eco Fashion EDUN
76. Runway Retread SS 2018
by Jennifer O’Bannon
84. 1For All
White Button Down
BEAUTY
by Jennifer O’Bannon
54. The Softening of Spring
88. Accessories The Bold & Beautiful
60. A Fierce Refreshening
by Jennifer O’Bannon
94. Labor Anonymous
by Suzanne Teresa
by Angela Marklew
66. Pro Advice
HEALTH & FITNESS 18. Allergies Healthy Spring Guide
by Fujio Emura & Bibiana Pina
by Corrina Cooke & Andy Biggs
104. Dress the Part
70. My Makeup Bag Nichole Town
by Bella Wylie
114. Sole Searching History of the Sneaker
71. Winter-eyez
22. It Takes Two Partner Workout
by Feli Ruiz & Cinita Garzon
by Jennifer O’Bannon
Makeup Feature
by Corinna Cooke
by Dr. Karen Prentice
20. From Scratch Spring Kale Salad
by Haley Beaver
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QUEEN HARRISON
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You won’t put me in a box and tell me what a female athlete should look like.
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THE TIGER WITHIN
“If you build it, they will come.� The iconic line from the film Field of Dreams celebrates taking on challenges, doing things your way, and working hard to see your dreams become successful. And for actors turned screenwriters, Prem Singh and Michael Pugliese, it could very well be their own mantra for how they turned a dream and an idea into a reality.
29 words Myra Carlos
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We want the audience to be encouraged to stand up for what they believe in, no matter what it is… whether it’s your gender, ethnic background, skin tone, sexual orientation – whatever it may be.
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Dreams of becoming actors began very young for both. Pugliese shares, “From a child, I have homemade family videos of myself trying to steal the focus whenever I could – jumping in front of the lens during my brother’s first steps or blowing out the candles on my sister’s birthday. I just wanted to be in front of the camera.” Singh confesses that he would sneak into R-rated movies when he was just a kid. “The one thing that drew me to movies was the magic of it all – how in 90 minutes, you can get lost in a story that can take your emotions on a ride,” he states, “I envisioned myself as an actor…I think a lot of us do at first. We follow characters on screen and want to be like them or do what they do in some capacity.” Trying to embark on an acting career, however, proved challenging for the two as they found themselves disappointed in the limited roles available to them. Singh expressed frustration at being stereotyped as either a taxi driver or a terrorist. Pugliese, for his part, couldn’t find roles that “spoke to him”. It seemed that through their shared dreams and frustrations, fate brought together the former Bollywood dancer and the Toronto native in an acting class. There, they immediately found an ally in each other and hatched a plan to write together. “I knew I could do much more,” Singh explains, “so what I did was along the same lines as what Stallone did with Rocky, and what Matt and Ben did with Good Will Hunting – create roles that I wanted to be in myself. That’s when Michael and I got together and decided we were going to take destiny in our own hands and create something special.” For their first collaboration as screenwriters, Pugliese and Singh were inspired by the story of a Canadian Sikh boxer, Pardeep Singh Nagra, who was banned from boxing by the Canadian Boxing Association because of his beard (which he could not shave as it is forbidden by his religion) – a rule he challenged to defend both his right to
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The Boy-ce has Talent!
words Daniel Larson There’s not much Cameron Boyce can’t do. Aside from being a successful actor – gracing screens both big and small – he is a dancer, a friend, an animal lover, a philanthropist and so much more. Something Cameron isn’t? A morning person. The heartthrob tells Luca of his daily life, “One thing you can always count on is me having trouble getting out of bed...Besides that, every day is different. Sometimes it comes with preparation, sometimes it comes with action. The beauty of what I do is that there is no routine. No flow. I can’t ever commit to anything because my job as an actor pulls me in a million different directions. I love it for that.”
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M A R VE L - LO U S to VA L L E Y G I R L Agents of SHIELD star Chloe Bennet balances responsibility, recipes and everything in between while making the leap to the big screen.
words Gerry Strauss She’s only in her mid-twenties, but one look at her resume might suggest that Chloe Bennet has already lived a thousand lives… and really fun ones at that! A Chicago native, Bennet left home at the tender age of 15 and became a teen pop star in China (yes, you read that correctly). Her early international fame would be a career peak for most, but it was simply part of Chloe’s origin story. Next stop? Hollywood, where she battled ethnic discrimination while struggling to find success as an actress (she’s been very vocal about the fact that her career outlook improved only after changing her last name from “Wang” to “Bennet”). Despite the industry’s long-standing biases, the cream eventually rose to the top when Chloe landed her trademark role as “Daisy Johnson” aka the superpowered inhuman known as “Quake” on Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. With so many of her interviews focused on uberconfidential details about her show’s upcoming plot twists, we were happy to chat with Chloe about… well, Chloe!
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Rydel One of
R’s
words Daniel Larsen Beautiful twenty-four year old musician and actress, Rydel, is the only female born into the mega-talented Lynch family. She and her four brothers - Ross, Riker, Ryland, and Rocky Lynch, as well as friend Ellington Ratliff formed the band R5 back in 2009. Rydel’s band mate and boyfriend, Ellington Ratliff has joked, “There’s less fights over video game controllers than when we were 16.” As the band has matured, so has their music. Flash forward almost ten years, and the band has just returned from touring Japan to promote their latest EP, New Addictions, and promote the single “Hurts Good”.
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THE SOFTENING OF
SPRING
Freshen with ease, spring styles go soft and simple. Loosely played curls swept up or let down evoke the saavey feminine side.
photography Suzanne Teresa hair Michael Kanyon for @americanenglishhair makeup Mama Mimo stylist Ervina Topalli model Erin Marie Zajac w/ Wilhelmina LA
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The Bold & Beautiful When spring blooms so does our approach to ourselves. Get color going again. Bright bold bags are a quick pick. Then soften your roll of bold by pairing with a well shod ruffle.
photography Nichole Town
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bag La Terre shoe Betsy Johnson
DRESS THE PART Spring in Spain shot by Feli Ruiz style by Cinita Garzon
blue dress 2nd Lab by the 2nd Skin CO. striped dress Kling