British actor David Shields is making a name for himself with his powerful performance as Major Everett Blakely in the World War II drama "Masters of the Air." Produced by the legendary duo of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, the nine-episode series for Apple TV+ follows the harrowing exploits of the Eighth Air Force of…
View our photo gallery of the event, images courtesy BFA The exclusive FreeSpade "Petit Davos" event took place on Friday, April 5th, at the chic Upper East Side venue Casa Cruz, offering a unique glimpse into their diversely creative world. The event featured captivating performances by Grammy Award-winning cellist Sasha Ono and her quartet, along…
Activist, entrepreneur, and breakout star of Netflix’s Perfect Match Ines Tazi wants to make one thing clear: she doesn’t fit into any singular box. At only 26 years old, her history has proven it – Tazi began partnering with NGOs in support of single mothers in her home country of Morocco at the age of…
Emily Warren is a Grammy-winning, multi-platinum songwriter who has written for artists such as The Chainsmokers, Frenship, Sean Paul, Charli XCX, Jessie J and Shawn Mendes. On May 5th, 2017, Emily independently released her debut single "Hurt By You," which received over one million streams in only two weeks. Emily's beginnings as an artist came…
Lukas Sindicic wears a leather jacket by as skirt by SKINGRAFT, trousers by GIVENCHY, and his own necklace. Left page: Todd Flaherty wears a top by SKINGRAFT, harness by NICK STRYKER, and shorts by GRAYERS. Right page: Diego Alberto Sanchez-Maitret wears a shirt by MARTIN KEEHN, a double breasted jacket by RAFI & OLGA, and…
“Music is like therapy for me. When I write songs, it’s a lot of what I haven’t articulated yet - things that are deep within me that I need to get out of myself.” For 26-year-old Swedish singer, Erik Hassle, honesty is the key to his artistry. Influenced primarily by soul music, it makes sense that self…
“I believe that everything is possible; that’s what’s so fun with music.” Grammy-nominated Swedish producer and DJ, Adrian Lux, has skyrocketed onto the music scene with chart-topping songs such as “Teenage Crime” and has headlined events, including Pandora’s Grammy after-party last January. His self-titled debut album was released in 2012, and he has produced…
As the daughter of Sex Pistol's drummer Paul Cook and Culture Club backup singer Jeni Cook, there's no question of how British born Hollie Cook got into music. The promising young artist, who is also the god daughter of Boy George, has always loved performing, and her sound, which she describes as "tropical pop" is a catchy blend of reggae and pop-infused…
“Just be yourself. Don’t care about what people think. Just have fun and do what you love.” -Birdy Seventeen-year-old British singer-songwriter Birdy displays a refreshing, easygoing attitude that is simply contagious. The same goes for her heartfelt vocals, which are displayed perfectly in the artist’s breakthrough video; a heart-wrenching cover of Bon Iver’s single “Skinny…
Callan McAuliffe, the 19-year-old Australian actor from such films as the 2013 hit The Great Gatsby, Rob Reiner’s Flipped, and sci-fi flick I Am Number Four, has mapped an unconventional road to success, and it started in a definitively unglamorous way: “I wanted to buy a dog and I didn’t have any pocket money.” This…
“In many ways, I’m a rock star as well as an anti-rock star.” -Kirin J. Callinan Kirin J. Callinan has rock & roll in his veins, having grown up watching his father play the stages of Australia. “I grew up with a lot of music,” he says. “Dad was a rock star in a band…
Aiden Grimshaw found his niche in music at the age of 11, when he picked up a guitar for the first time. Though he began writing songs at age 13, he is ever-humble regarding his musical roots. “I don't think it was my best work,” he said, of his earliest forays into music. Entertainment, however,…
- "She moves so deliberately and she holds everything inside. I had to kind of gather all of that, all of myself, and bring it in," says Sheila Vand on her new role as "the girl" in Ana Lily Amirpour's A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night. "I feel the reason why I became an actor was so that…
Unbroken marks Angelina Jolie’s third time behind the camera. Much like her previous directorial experiences, her new project brings to light a socially relevant episode in history. An on-screen adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand’s novel, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilence, and Redemption, the story follows the life of Olympic track athlete Louis…
Twenty-year old English singer-songwriter Laurel Arnell-Cullen, better known as “London’s Last Sweetheart” or just Laurel, was just another seventeen-year old college student, uploading her music onto the internet, when she received an email from Sony Music. “I remember when that happened, I started screaming at my mom – she thought it was spam mail. But, that…
"My old manager sent one of my songs to Diplo, and I just hit him up on Twitter," says Dillon Francis about his start as a professional DJ. At only 27, Dillon Francis is touted as the pioneer of moombathon music (a cross between slowed down house music and reggaeton). A native Angeleno, Francis lived in L.A.…
At the age of 12, Chanel Iman launched a whirlwind modeling career after being signed to Ford Models in Los Angeles, where she grew up. “I was the youngest black girl to be on all of the catwalks … you know, that was really rare!” She would subsequently, in a few short years, be crowned…
New Zealand-native Kimbra exploded onto the music scene with her Grammy-Award winning song “Somebody That I Used To Know” with Australian singer Gotye. The song not only won “Best Record of the Year” in 2013, but also scored the singers a Grammy for “Best Pop Duo.” At only 24, Kimbra is the third New Zealander to…
ELLIPHANT / BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO Photography and Video Direction by Indira Cesarine Fashion Editor: Indira Cesarine Hair: Anthony Joseph Hernandez Makeup: Georgina Billington Behind the Scenes footage: Marko Solvilj Video Editor: Patricia Gloum Fashion assistants: Mayra Perez, Martha Welnowska Music: Revolusion by Elliphant Be sure to read our exclusive interview and see the photos from our shoot with…
When Warhol Superstar Jane Forth met Andy Warhol, it was in his Madison Avenue brownstone in 1968, and she was just fifteen going on sixteen. One year later, while working in an upper east side antique shop, she received a phone call inviting her to star in Paul Morrissey and Andy Warhol’s film, Trash. From…
