Alexandra Nataf shot the cover. (source)
Daily Archives: January 11, 2019
Frank Ocean for GQ US February 2019
Frank Ocean is the first cover subject of GQ US‘s first issue under the new EIC, Will Welch. The front page image and inside story are photographed by Alasdair McLellan with styling direction by Rita Zebdi. (source)
Featured Article: Gina Rodriguez for Cosmopolitan US February 2019
Gina Rodriguez is feeling the heat. She has a wedding to plan, a series to finish, and a movie whose success—or failure—rides entirely on her shoulders. She even has a sick puppy. But this is not a woman who sweats under pressure. This is her superstar moment, and she’s ready to seize it.
Gina is photographed by Jason Kim for the February cover of Cosmopolitan US.
On her humble beginnings as an actress: “I was a broke, starving artist for years before I got Jane the Virgin… It’s interesting. As a performer, you have to quite literally bury your life. At the same time, every day on-set I’m like, How the hell did I get this lucky? To live out your dreams is a really surreal experience.”
On growing up feeling unrepresented on screen: “I felt very alone growing up. I didn’t feel represented. I didn’t feel a part of the conversation. And if you see yourself projected, you believe you are worthy, valuable.”
On the struggles of being in the public eye: “The anxiety started coming, like, two years into Jane. I had my first panic attack at a sushi restaurant. All of a sudden, I thought I was going to die, and people are taking pictures. It was horrendous. There are a lot of things in the manual of living out your dreams that you don’t know about. Like you don’t have any more friends. You never go out to eat. You never see your family, your boyfriend, girlfriend, or whatever you have….”
On her fiancé, actor Joe LoCicero: “Dating Joe was a new experience for me because I put myself first. For so long, I put every man in front of me. As a successful woman, it is so hard because of our cultural norms that, like, the man has to be the breadwinner! And the man has to be the more powerful one. It was so difficult for me to find a man who didn’t want me to dim my light for his ego.” Image courtesy of COSMOPOLITAN. (source)