COVER GIRL: GRACE GUMMER
When most people make the move from New York to Los Angeles, they do some major soul-searching. How do I feel about wearing tights just for show, not for warmth? Could I deal with all that traffic, even if it comes with pacific coast views and KCRW?
But Grace Gummer didn’t have that luxury. The day after she flew out west to screen test for the lead role on Gigantic, the first scripted show on Nickelodeon’s more grown-up counterpart TeenNick, she was informed that a cross-country move was in order. “I found out I got the part as I was sitting on the plane coming back to New York. They were like, ‘We want you back here in two days.’ I had to completely rearrange my life and relocate it over here,” says the 23-year-old….read more.
–By Erica Cerula
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GIFT GUIDE: BEAUTY BUYS
Everyone needs a little help being “naturally beautiful,” so gift these finds that help you stay pretty on the board….or at the board meeting.
1.Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray gives you windswept, beachy waves in a 4.0 oz spray bottle for $22.
2. Smart Girls Who Surf SPF 30+ Sunblock keeps your skin protected with a waterproof formula. 4.0 oz for $15.99.
3. Untangle knots with the Conair Mega Ceramic Porcupine Cushion Hair Brush, $8.79.
4. Hamadi Shea Leave-In Daily Conditioner has natural sunscreens from its shea butter formula. Comb through hair to protect your strands and scalp from the sun, 4.0 oz for $22.
5. True Blue Spa Watch Your Mouth - SPF 45 Broad Spectrum Sunscreen Lip Balm, $5.
6. Kiehl’s Superbly Restorative Argan Skin Salve will get rid of dry skin and calluses, plus you can use it on dry hair too, 1.4oz for $25.
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COVER GIRL
LOVING LEELEE
Leelee Sobieski has always had a crush on Johnny Depp. Or at least since he starred as a teenage misfit in the John Waters’ movie Cry Baby, which came out in 1990, when she was 6.
“It’s one of my secret obsessions,” Sobieski whispers conspiratorially, over lunch at a beachside dive in Malibu, not far from where she and her boyfriend, the fashion designer Adam Kimmel, rented a house this summer.
In fact, Sobieski told Depp exactly that when she met him, years later, at 14. But when she encountered him again, recently—this time to actually play his girlfriend in this summer’s Public Enemies (with Depp as 1930s bank robber John Dillinger), Sobieski decided to keep her mouth shut.
“I was composed,” she confesses, diving into a corn on the cob, trying to hide a blushing smile. “I tried to keep my cool. He’s super cool and super sweet, which is a pretty lethal combination.”
What’s perhaps most amazing about Sobieski, who turned 26 in June, is not her composure against the exhilarating hotness that is Depp, but that she has been actually acting—and hanging out with movie stars—for nearly 15 years. In fact, Sobieski, who has a striking, angular face with porcelain features and an intelligence that can no longer be called precocious, started working at the tender age of 11, before breaking out, at 15, in the end-of-the-world blockbuster Deep Impact and the smaller, more intimate Merchant-Ivory production A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries, about the life of the author James Jones.
Since then she has appeared in dozens of features and television shows, most recently opposite Al Pacino in 88 Minutes, which Variety legendarily called “a gape inducing fiasco.” But, with Public Enemies and the upcoming Mad Cow, which she shot in Russia with Tom Stoppard’s son, Ed, Sobieski says she’s discovered a newfound appreciation for her talents.
“I fell back in love with my job again,” Sobieski, who speaks deliberately and articulately, explains, before taking a sip of her lemonade. “I finally feel like I’m letting go and doing what I want to do. I’m rediscovering things.”
Part of that rediscovery involves planning new adventures. After filming Mad Cow, a movie about the dangers of large corporations that has a lot in common with 1989’s How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Sobieski started work on her first screenplay, which she hopes, one day, to direct. She prefers to keep as mum as possible about the details, but says the movie will be kind of , “Charlie Kaufman with a little Oliver Stone.” Ultimately, if she can make it happen, it’s “just going to be weird and probably no one’s going to want to see it, but, I think if you want to make something, there shouldn’t be anything like it. You shouldn’t be able to say it’s like this and that. Everything needs to be one of a kind. I want it to be an original.”
Sobieski also recently started another project that’s typically against the grain: a children’s book she’s writing with her friend Ozzie. “It’s about two little girls who are best friends and I can’t tell you any more,” she says, adding that she was influenced by Roald Dahl growing up, as well as The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eloise and Madeline.
But it may be a while before either of those projects ends up seeing completion. That’s because, Sobieski says, “I’m great at procrastinating.” Another problem? She recently fell in love, with Kimmel, who keeps an apartment just a few blocks away from hers in New York. “I love wearing his clothes, they’re so comfortable and soft,” she says of his fashion line. “Girls always steal their boyfriend’s clothes, and this is the way to do it.”
On the one hand, being in love, says Sobieski, means she won’t go around wasting time thinking she’s lonely or she wants a boyfriend. On the other hand, “In the beginning of the love phase, you’re not as productive as you should be,” Sobieski admits, watching the waves crash on the shore. “And I don’t know if this love phase is ever going to end, it’s so good.”
Living in Malibu has helped her recharge. “I think the ocean is really cleansing and relaxing and humanizing. You can never tackle the ocean. It’s boss. It’s good for the soul to hear the power of the surf, and the house that we’re in shakes every time at night when a big wave comes.”
Sobieski says she would like to learn to surf—Kimmel is a surfer—but admits she “doesn’t know if I’m cool enough.” “I don’t know,” Sobieski goes on. “I’m like half-fearless and half-scaredy cat.”
So, wait, Sobieski could tackle directing, but might be too afraid to get on a surfboard? “I am a little afraid to direct too,” she wavers. “But I know that directing would be the best way I could best articulate myself in all ways at once.”
Still, when push comes to shove, Sobieski is really a major softie who just wants to share her artistic gifts with the world. “I like big hugs,” she says, beaming. “If you’re warm and cuddly, you can get away with anything with me. Cuddly people aren’t fakers.”
-Writer, Marshall Heyman and Photos by Kenneth Cappello
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SHOPPING LIST
MANIC MONDAY
New Summer styles are now in stock from T by Alexander Wang! This collection is of course the epitome of Alexander Wang but at affordable prices; super slouchy tanks, like a worn in shirt that you slept in, soft and lush. But prices starting at $74! Get there and get some soon cuz there’s a few styles that have already sold out!
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OBSESSED
MY PET KED
I AM FREAKING OUT. Keds has teamed up with designer Tracey Reese to create a capsule line called “Plenty” with the two cutest funniest craziest coolest sneaks I’ve ever seen. I’m sure they’re loud, and you probably couldn’t get away with any sneak attacks or walk into room unnoticed, but WHO CARES. They’re awesome. Get them. I wish I could wear them on my hands.
$60 at
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BEAUTY NEWS
URBAN PLANNING
Foam caught up with Wende Zomnir, CEO & Founder of Urban Decay Makeup to ask a few questions and get a few answers.
by Lori Bergamotto
Foam: What can we expect from Urban Decay this Spring?
WZ: I love products that keep me looking pretty no matter what: whether I’m out for the night, or just hanging out at the beach, or even jumping in the ocean. My favorites for Spring ‘09 achieve this beautifully.
“First, we’re introducing a new version of our sheer cult-favorite potion. This one has a gorgeous champagne shimmer effect on the eye. I love this for snowboarding and surfing because it adds a pretty sheen to the eye without looking made up. Plus, our shadows are virtually waterproof when you use them with the Primer Potion.”
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FORECAST
POOL SHARK
CHANNEL THE GARAGE ETHOS OF THE 80s WITH FRINGE AND GRAPHIC PRINTS
Stetson cap, $40, stetson.com; L*Space bikini, $66 top $68 bottom, everythingbutwater.com; Stussy bag, $63, stussydirect.com RUBY is wearing: Seril leather cap, seril.net; Billabong shirt, $34, billabong.com; Vintage rope necklaces, $95 each, The Way We Wore, LA, 323 937 0878; Body Glove bikini, $35 bottoms, dianesbeachwear.com; Fox shorts, $36, fox-girl.com
RECALL THE FREEDOM OF THE 60s WITH PAINT SPLATTERS AND PEACE SIGNS
olsenhaus.com; Superga shoes, $100, zappos.com RUBY is wearing: Malin headband and necklace, TenOverSix, LA; Insight dress, $55, thecloset.com; Vintage shoes, stylist’s own
–photos by Christa Renee
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DESIGNER CRUSH
3 TIMES THE CHARM
It’s not every day that I fall in love, but this week I did. I fell truly, madly, deeply and hopelessly in love with Sretsis, a clothing line designed by 3 adorable and impeccable Japanese sisters. Every piece in the collection is a special gem that will make any girl feel like bell of the ball… even if you’re just hanging out at the mall. My favorites are the trompe l’oeil leggings that look like ripped jeans, and the floral dress… that turns into a simple white when you step out of the sun! Swoon
–Quinn Asteak
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