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CONTENTS ISSUE 70, FEBRUARY 2020 FEATURES 87 BEAUTY ESSENTIALS 88 MUST-HAVE BEAUTY OK 10 ! NEWS 90 WHAT’S IN HER BAG?: RAMSHA 16 SOCIETY DIARY KHAN

28 RENÉE ZELLWEGER The actress extraordinaire talks about her six years of self-imposed exile from Hollywood, her Oscar LIFESTYLE nomination for her brilliant performance in Judy, and being at peace with herself 92 OK! SPOTLIGHT: HASAN RIZVI

34 ANNE HATHAWAY 96 UPCLOSE: TURHAN JAMES The Hollywood actress talks about her latest 98 DINE DIVINE: AVARI TOWERS, ﬁlm, Dark Waters, her new Amazon TV series, her personal evolution over the years, and changing her KARACHI 46 perspective on how she presents herself 99 LITERATI: GENIUS AND INK: 40 ALAINA ROY VIRGINIA WOOLF ON HOW TO READ In an engaging interview, talented Kathak dancer Alaina tells us more about her craft and its 100 TRAVELLER’S TALE: KASHMIR relevance in Pakistan THE BAND GOES TO BKK 46 SAOIRSE RONAN OK The 25-year-old Irish actress recently earned her 102 ! TRAVEL: MIAMI fourth Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her 104 OK! HEALTH: SEASONAL role as Jo March in Little Women, making her the youngest four-time nominee in Academy history AFFECTIVE DISORDER 106 WORLD IN ACTION FASHIONISTA 108 HOROSCOPE & TAROT 55 BEST DRESSED 34 56 RED CARPET 58 EDITORIAL: THE GLAM FACTOR 68 BAFTA 2020 70 THE OSCARS 2020 72 VANITY FAIR OSCAR PARTY 2020 74 FASHION EDIT: MAKE IT POP 76 MEN’S EDIT: HEY MICKEY! 78 STYLE CRUSH: HENRY CAVILL & 102 40 AMNA ILYAS 80 STREET STYLE 81 MY WONDERFUL LIFE: MEHREEN FAROOQ TABANI 82 JEWELLERY EDIT: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE 84 GET THE LOOK: MAWRA HOCANE 86 BEAUTY EDIT: YOUR TIME TO

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ur February issue carries an exciting line-up of interviews. OOur cover star this time is Renée Zellweger, who recently scooped the Best Actress award for Judy at the 92nd Academy Awards in Hollywood. It was a well deserved win, no doubt, for Renée put her heart and soul into her role as Judy Garland in the musical biopic based on the late star’s life. In this in-depth interview, the actress extraordinaire talks at length about the film, her self- imposed hiatus from Hollywood, her innate passion for films, her resurgence, and how her time away renewed her spirit and gave her peace of mind. “I love acting. It’s my bliss,” shares the inspiring actress who enjoys a brilliant career trajectory and has featured in films such as Jerry Maguire, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Chicago, and The Bachelor. “The creative experience is the treasure. No matter what happens, whether or not a film succeeds in the eyes of critics or if it makes money or whatever it is, the journey is always worthwhile.”

We have a feature on the hugely talented actress Saoirse Ronan, who was also nominated in the Best Actress category at the Academy Editor’s Picks Awards this year. This was the 25-year-old Irish actress’ fourth Oscar nomination, making her the youngest four-time nominee in Academy history. She is regarded as one of the top young actors in the business today, with ﬁlms such as Little Women, The Lovely Bones and Mary Queen of Scots to her credit.

Do read our conversation with talented Kathak dancer Alaina Roy, who communicates stories through her lovely performances. “I feel free when I dance,” she says.

We also catch up with the lovely Anne Hathaway, who talks about her new Amazon TV series, her latest ﬁlm Dark Waters, her personal evolution, and changing her perspective on how she presents herself. “I’ve gone through an evolution and things feel much easier and freer now!”

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Habib Paracha’s The Last Full Measure released in Pakistan he most anticipated war drama film, The Last Full Measure hit cinemas Tacross Pakistan on 31st January 2020, making this the first time that a Hollywood film by a Pakistani Executive Producer was released in Pakistan. Written and directed by Todd Robinson, the film stars Sebastian Stan, Christopher Plummer, William Hurt Ed Harris, and Samuel L. Jackson, among others. Habib Paracha is the executive producer behind the film, which narrates the true story of William Pitsenbarger, played by Jeremy Irvine, who is a war hero of the highest order, an Air Force medic who personally saved over sixty men. Talking about the film release, the excited producer Habib Paracha said, “I am so thrilled for this movie to be released in Pakistan! I hope to leverage my learning from this project to showcase the stories of the heroes of our armed forces and show the Pakistani audience and the world at large the great sacrifices that the soldiers of our country have made towards being a peaceful, progressive and positive country in the world.” Talking about the film release, CEO HKC Entertainment, Hammad Chaudhry, said, “We are glad to be bringing this exciting new story to cinemas across Pakistan. It is a real honour to be able to bring a movie produced by a Pakistani producer to audiences over here.” The Last Full Measure will be distributed locally by HKC Entertainment.

children and young people receiving care at the hospital as they took part in activities inspired by the Gallery’s portrait of actor Ben Whishaw. The workshop saw the children create their own decorated stage set with a self-portrait puppet and cast of characters. The workshop is inspired by the Gallery’s activity book, Playful Portraits, created by Quinton Winter. This free resource is gifted to each child receiving care at the hospital, to encourage play, making, reading, learning, writing and creativity. Young people can use the resource on their own, with their families, whilst on the ward and at home. Playful Portraits features a range of sitters from the Gallery’s Collection including girls’ education activist, Malala Yousafzai; chemist and crystallographer Dorothy Hodgkin; Paralympian David Weir; the Bronte Sisters, and physician Harold Moody. Nine-year-old Anna-Victoria Amoafa- Sennie, who took part in the workshop, said: “It was The Duchess of Cambridge very exciting and surprising because we’d seen her visits National Portrait on the TV, but we’d never seen her in real life!”. Anna- Gallery’s creative arts Victoria also presented The Duchess with a posy workshop when she arrived at the he Duchess of Cambridge met children, young hospital. people and their families taking part in a creative Anna-Victoria’s mother arts workshop, led by the National Portrait Gallery, T Irene, from Redbridge, at Evelina London Children’s Hospital on 28th January. Essex, said: “It was so The workshop is part of the National Portrait Gallery’s lovely to see Anna-Victoria Hospital Programme, which supports health, wellbeing meeting The Duchess. She and happiness through arts programming inspired by was so happy and excited! portraits and stories from the Gallery’s Collection. It was so wonderful and During her visit, The Duchess, who is Patron of both something that she’ll never the National Portrait Gallery and Evelina London, joined ever forget.” PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVID TETT DAVID BY PHOTOGRAPHS 10

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Yashma Gill to star in Bilal Abbas Khan’s upcoming drama Pyar

Ke Sadqay harsh realities of life. he talented actress and YouTube sensation, Talking about this new role, the excited star said, “When I irst read the Yashma Gill is conirmed to play a pivotal role in Bilal Abbas Khan’s next script, I instantly knew I wanted to take up this role. The character was surely a Tproject Pyar Ke Sadqay - that is set to go on Hum TV in early 2020. challenge because she has a lot of dimensions to her personality. I can’t wait Produced under the banner of Moomal Productions, the serial is directed for everyone to watch it!” by Farooq Rind and stars Yumna Zaidi as the lead with Bilal, Yashma, Umair Due to her remarkable acting prowess, the young star has garnered acclaim Rana and Atiqa Odho. for her roles in Qurban, Piya Naam Ka Diya, and the currently on air Alif, Yashma Yashma Gill stars as an innocent girl who embarks on a journey of Gill has proven her versatility. realization, regrets, and self-discovery. As she tries to get out of the shackles of her past mistakes and lapse of judgments, she faces the

Gigi & Zayn reunite inger Zayn Malik and model Gigi SHadid reunited for a swanky dinner in New York to celebrate Zayn’s 27th birthday. The former One Direction star and his supermodel on/of girlfriend ended their ive-year relationship in January 2019, though reportedly rekindled their romance last month. The evening before Zayn’s birthday bash, the couple were joined by Gigi’s sister Bella and brother Anwar’s girlfriend Dua Lipa as they walked arm in arm to Gigi’s mum Yolanda’s 56th birthday. Speculation the two had reunited was fuelled when Gigi, 24, recently made it known that she was cooking one of Zayn’s mum Trisha’s recipes. She penned on social media, “Sunday in the kitchen: about to marinate the chicken for one of my favourites!!! @ mammamalik’s Chicken Curry Pasta Salad. Hopefully she’ll share the recipe with the world one day.”

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HUM TV celebrates 15th Anniversary akistan’s numero uno entertainment network HUM Network Limited, celebrated the 15th anniversary of its premier entertainment channel PHUM TV, on January 17, 2017 in Karachi in a special transmission of Subh Se Agay. The anniversary transmission was attended by prominent faces of the country’s entertainment landscape including Imran Ashraf, Mawra Hocane, Sami Khan, Danish Nawaz, Khushbakht Shujaat, Mohammad Ehteshamuddin, Senator Faisal Javed Khan, Sultana Siddiqui President HUM Network Limited and CEO HUM Network Duraid Qureshi. Bushra Ansari and Hamza Ali Abbasi participated in the transmission via teleconference. Congratulating HUM on its 15th anniversary, President Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Dr. Arif Alvi said “HUM has always been unique in presenting topics that highlight social issues to bring awareness amongst people. Its approach in presenting such topics while maintaining the entertainment empowering women, showcasing stigmas and issues that people shy away factor makes it popular not only in Pakistan but throughout the world. from, presenting them with sensitivity and gaining acceptability with the HUM Network deserves congratulations for maintaining its high masses. This year HUM Network will celebrate success stories of our women standards.” and women leaders around the world in a one-of-a-kind awards show, HUM Through all of its growing years, Hum TV has played a major role in Women Leaders Award, 2020.

Friends Forever! he Instagram account of Jennifer Aniston is the gift Tthat keeps on giving. The 50-year-old actress treated us to a shot of herself with her former Friends co-stars Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow. Referencing their time on the show, Jennifer wrote, “Hi from the girls across the hall.” It appears their bond is incredibly important to Jennifer, who reportedly skipped the Critics’ Choice Awards to hang out with the pair. And it appears they aren’t the only ones she is there for – Jen has helped her ex- husband Brad Pitt by lending him her stylists Nina and Clare. Brad, 56, recently gushed that Jen is a “good friend”. 14

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KARACHI DEDIER TALPAIN HAMMAD CHAUDHRY The Last Full Measure Habib Paracha’s latest Hollywood production The Last Full Measure was recently premiered in ALI REHMAN Karachi’s Nueplex cinema. The premiere was attended by celebrities & socialites

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The year of Zellweger’s Renée-ssance! ACTING IS MY BLISS Renée Zellweger The powerhouse of talent on winning the Best Actress Oscar at the 92nd Academy Awards for her role as Judy Garland in the biopic of the singer and movie star, her innate passion for acting, and being at peace with herself RENÉE ZELLWEGER ACCEPTS THE ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE AWARD FOR JUDY ONSTAGE DURING THE 92ND ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS AT DOLBY THEATRE IN CALIFORNIA

enée Zellweger is enjoying what could well prove to be the beginning of a brilliant new chapter in her life. Having Rpreviously been nominated for a Best Actress Oscar twice and having won the trophy for Best Supporting Actress for Cold Mountain in 2004, Zellweger says being nominated again (in the Best Actress category for Judy) feels a bit diferent and that what is most important to her is the creative process itself. “I have a diferent perspective on everything, really,” she said in reference to her latest Oscar nomination after collecting the American Riviera Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on January 16th. “But the thing that remains true that I’ve always known is that the creative experience is the treasure. No matter what happens, whether or not a ilm succeeds in the eyes of critics or if it makes DAVID LIVINGSTONE, GABRIEL YARED, RENÉE ZELLWEGER AND CAMERON MCCRACKEN ATTEND money or whatever it is, the journey is always THE JUDY PREMIERE AT CINEMA GAUMONT worthwhile.” MARIGNAN IN PARIS Previously, at the Golden Globes awards held in Los Angeles on January 6th, Zellweger says she thinking about that every minute. Chester [her quieter life, and I love it.” did her best to tune out the buzz surrounding the German Shepherd] is my son, my irst son.” Today, at 50, Zellweger is back in action with Judy, possibility of another Oscar triumph: “I’m just not In the course of the past decade, Renée Zellweger a musical biopic in which she plays the title role aware of this stuf.” notoriously spent six years in self-imposed exile of Judy Garland, the legendary singer/actress who It was only a few days earlier on January 2nd from Hollywood owing to accumulated acting rose to fame as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz star that Zellweger, being honoured with the Desert fatigue: “I was bored with myself after 25 years of but would die of a drug overdose at 47. Zellweger’s Palm Achievement Award at the Palm Springs living other peoples’ lives and I needed to grow as performance proved so mesmerising at its North International Film Festival for her portrayal of Judy a person.” American premiere in Toronto that she received Garland, insisted that possible Oscar glory was the Her time away from the limelight renewed her the longest standing ovation in the history of that least of her worries. spirit and gave her some much-needed peace of city’s ilm festival. “I have my head in UC Davis where my doggie mind. Said Zellweger: “It was important, that time. Judy picks up the life of Garland in the winter Chester just had his second hip replacement You’re not in people’s consciousness anymore, so of 1968, when she was broke, homeless, surgery for complications. I’ve been hands-on and they don’t immediately make the connection. It’s a unemployed, and addicted to barbiturates and

30 The creative experience is RENÉE ZELLWEGER ATTENDS THE 2020 VANITY FAIR OSCAR PARTY the treasure. HOSTED BY RADHIKA JONES AT WALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS IN CALIFORNIA

OK! PAKISTAN • 31 I was bored with myself after 25 years of living other peoples’ lives and I needed to grow as a person. alcohol. She was also distraught over a bitter custody battle over her two children with ex- husband Sidney Luft. It was at that point that she accepted to perform a ive-week run of sold- out concerts at London’s The Talk of the Town nightclub so that she could solve her inancial problems and thus make a better case to retain custody of her children. Some nights the booze and pills forced her to cancel, but on most nights, she brought down the house. “I think one of the wonderful things about telling this story about this stage of her life is that it shows it was not completely tragic,” Zellweger says. “She was hopeful, and she got so much joy out of connecting with her audience and performing. She never gave up. Never.” During the course of the ilm, we see Zellweger singing most of Garland’s classic songs herself, a remarkable achievement given the latter’s powerful voice and distinctive tremolo. Even better, Zellweger nails all of Garland’s tics, gestures, and stage persona, and does so seamlessly without any trace of mimicry. No wonder then that she has received rave reviews for her performance, and is the Oscar favourite in what would be a itting triumph for a woman whose career was seemingly on the verge of extinction after rumoured plastic surgery on her eyes in 2013. But while she may have looked odd afterwards, today Zellweger rocks her look - fresh, youthful, and surprisingly natural. And, sorry, but we have to say it: this is the year of Zellweger’s Renée-ssance!

While researching and then playing Judy Garland, what stood out about her the most? RENEE ZELLWEGER: She was amazing. She could hit ’em back with the best of them. She was a dame. This ilm ills in the blanks between public conjecture and [Garland’s] critics’ omissions.

Was it at all daunting for you to take on the added pressure of playing one of the most legendary and beloved singers of all time? RZ: I tried not to think too much about how adored Judy is and has been through the generations and how she is an icon for the ages. I tried to take that of the table and instead look at the ilm as an exploration of the human experience on the other side of stardom. Otherwise I would have just run away! [Laughs] So I let myself be propelled by curiosity and admiration. And [director] Rupert and I worked on building the character for quite some time beforehand to understand her emotional journey at this time in her life where we’re not sure whether she’s going to succeed.

How did you handle the obligation that you must have felt towards portraying her as authentically as possible? RENEE ZELLWEGER ATTENDS THE EE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM RZ: It’s a diferent sense of responsibility that you AWARDS 2020 AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL IN LONDON

32 RENÉE ZELLWEGER ATTENDS THE 26TH ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS AT THE SHRINE AUDITORIUM IN CALIFORNIA feel to represent things as accurately as you can Did you come away from making this ilm deeply in love the more we learned about her as by digging through the historical and public record with a diferent or heightened appreciation of we went through. of the legacy of Judy’s life. In reading those things Garland? and considering the source, I learned a little bit RZ: I’m sad to say that I took her for granted, like How did you approach her stage persona while about the diference between the person’s true a lot of people you love in your life, she was just she was singing? history and the public account and tried to ind the always there. Of course she was extraordinary RZ: I tried to intellectualize it rather than look at balance in between. and deserved that place in history she carved out it from an emotional place because I think that Of course, there are many parameters that are non- for herself among the greatest of all time, but it would have been a little too...daunting. So just negotiable that have been said on the public record wasn’t until we did this ilm that I properly came breaking it down in terms of style, pitch, where her and through Judy’s own words and things. So, you to appreciate how truly extraordinary she was by register was at this particular time and the damage feel the need to represent that as authentically learning about the circumstances she was dealing and all that stuf. And then it just took Rupert as possible. But the rest was pretty diicult to with in that third chapter in her life. insisting again and again, ‘No you really do need to know because we’re talking about very private sing this.’” moments that haven’t been shared and it’s sort of an interpretation of what the experiences of the What was your perspective on looking at the person who was living under those circumstances I looked at Judy performer and then trying to see the person at that time might be like. behind the performance? as an exploration RZ: I was assuming there was a persona in the chair What kind of efort went into your singing when she has the armour on and doing interviews preparations. That was obviously another of the human and where she’s presenting a part of herself that major challenge for you? she wants to share with the world. RZ: I had a fabulous voice coach who helped experience on Then there’s the Judy when she’s on stage and me build up my vocal power. At the beginning of there’s a quality that is starry and sparkling and the process I couldn’t sing those songs because I the other side of very generous and loving in Judy’s case. That’s also didn’t have the strength to do it...But in the end I a performance. I was curious about the person performed most of the songs live on set. behind the spotlight when she goes home at night stardom. and she takes of the armour and the sparkling Can you describe how you felt when you sang dress and what her life might be like under the Garland’s classic Somewhere Over the Rainbow What kind of inluence do you think Judy circumstances she was grappling with at that time in the ilm? Garland has had on other singers who followed in her life. RZ: Oh, that was quite a day...It touched me very since her time? deeply. It was the end of the live performance RZ: The combination of gifts that she was born During the time you spent away from the ilm sequences that I had been sharing all week with with are just indescribably important in terms of business, did you ever think of retiring for good? the 300 actors who were playing the audience. what she inspires in other artists. Why she couldn’t RZ: I never once thought I’d never do it again It was the inal moment of celebration that was handle her fame? I don’t know ...you see stories like because I love acting. It’s my bliss. I appreciate it shared between us, and all of our afection and Amy Winehouse and you just wonder why? diferently now because I’ve igured out how to admiration for Judy felt very alive at the moment. It’s one thing to be born with this God-given mix bring the peace I have in my personal life into my You ind yourself thinking of what that song meant of talents that are one in a million years. But it’s professional life. It’s not the same chaos, because to her at that time in her life and the nostalgia we quite another thing to carry on and navigate your I’ve learnt what I can take on and when it’s too all feel about it changes form as we go through our life around diiculties. Learning about that and much. lives. watching this is what sets her apart, it’s not just INTERVIEW: WENN iconic, but heroic, really, and I was falling more PHOTOGRAPHS: GETTY

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I’ve gone through an evolution and things feel much easier and ANNEfreer now HATHAWAY The Hollywood actress talks about her latest film, Dark Waters, her new Amazon TV series, her personal evolution over the years, and changing her perspective on how she presents herself nne Hathaway has come a long way since She has spent much of her adult life struggling to (Haynes, the director) that made me want to her screen breakthrough in the 2001 ilm, overcome doubts, insecurities and a people-pleaser play this part. When I irst got it on the page (the The Princess Diaries. Now 37, she has mentality. Today, having endured years of online screenplay), there’s this cliché about the central Alargely fulilled the extraordinary promise trolls and media attacks which have criticised her as male character and his wife and I thought this ilm she demonstrated as a teenage star by going on to being too anxious to be liked, Hathaway now owns was one of those situations. earn an Oscar (for Les Miserables), and appearing in her fearless, uniltered spirit and no longer needs But then Todd told me about Sarah and who she many memorable ilms ranging from The Devil Wears external validation of her identity. is and I was pretty humbled actually and brought Prada to Rachel Getting Married to Interstellar. Declared Hathaway: “I spent way too much down to earth about my own assumptions about Her new ilm, Dark Waters, sees her co-star time trying to be perfect and then going through what a midwestern housewife was like. opposite Mark Rufalo in a thriller based on the periods of anxiety and confusion that would leave real-life story of the 20 year legal battle against me exhausted. Now I take things as they come and I How would you describe your character? the Du Pont chemical company for dumping toxic don’t block myself. I guess it’s all about gaining more AH: Sarah is vivacious, powerful, and full of waste - used in the production of telon frying pans perspective and being able to enjoy things rather contradictions. You can’t tell everything about her until 2013 - in West Virginia. Hathaway plays the than constantly worrying all the time...I’m very happy just by any one aspect. So I really had to meet her wife of Rufalo’s dogged lawyer Robert Bilott who, with how my life is evolving. I’ve igured out that I and get to know her and although I’m not sure I in 2017, ultimately prevailed on behalf of 3,500 don’t have to stress myself as much and can just igured out all of what she’s about I think I had residents by earning a $671 million settlement enjoy everything more by being true to who I am.” enough to give people a good glimpse of her... from Du Pont and its Chemours subsidiary. Anne Hathaway grew up in Brooklyn, New York She was also a big part of Rob’s life and he relied For years, many scientists have argued that in an intellectually and artistically rich home. Her on her incredible strength in order to be able to Telon-coated products contain a toxic chemical father is a prominent lawyer and her mother was take on a giant corporation for that length of time. that is potentially carcinogenic or otherwise formerly a theater actress who imbued her with a dangerous to human health. One of the reasons dual passion for the arts and social justice. How did you ind working with Mark Rufalo? that led Hathaway to want to be part of Dark Waters She lives most of the year in an uptown AH: Mark brings a lot of things we’ve come to was how she herself had read the 2016 New York penthouse lat in New York with her actor husband expect from him - stunning acting, intelligence, Times article that documented Bilott’s crusade Adam Shulman and their three-year-old son, dignity, and so much integrity to his work...He against DuPont and the contamination resulting Jonathan, aka Johnny. In December, she gave birth gives such a beautiful, understated performance. from the manufacture of Telon-coated products. to the couple’s second child, whose name and sex There’s something very risky about what he’s “I opened the drawer where I keep my pans and remain undisclosed. doing in terms of playing the character in such an pots, and there was a non-stick pan,” Hathaway Apart from Dark Waters, Hathaway is also understated way for the length of the ilm. I ind says. “And despite reading the article when I was starring in two episodes of Modern Love, the highly him incredibly captivating in this role and this story pregnant with my irst child that said ‘don’t use non- anticipated Amazon Prime Video limited TV series he’s telling is such a gift to us because the man stick,’ there was one that had somehow slipped in which she plays a bipolar lawyer. Dev Patel and he’s playing is someone who has made the world a through the cracks and I’d been feeding my family Tina Fey also appear in the show. safer place and he carried it on his back for so long. with it for years. I try not to blame myself too hard in those circumstances, but people should never What led you to play in Dark Waters? It’s been a Dark Waters draws our attention to be put in that position where...we’re inadvertently long time since we’ve seen you in a ilm where environmental contamination. How did it feel poisoning ourselves and the people we love.” you’re not the protagonist - which in this case to be part of a ilm that is addressing issues that Apart from her professional achievements, is Mark Rufalo as the lawyer ighting against are now of such huge concern to the general Hathaway believes that her most signiicant DuPont? public and society as a whole? triumph has been a more deeply personal one. ANNE HATHAWAY: It was a talk with Todd AH: There wasn’t really any acting required, 36 I grew up very fast and was very competitive and determined to succeed in this business. ANNE HATHAWAY ARRIVES AT THE 68TH ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS HELD AT THE BEVERLY HILTON HOTEL IN CALIFORNIA

OK! PAKISTAN • 37 I’m very happy with how my life is evolving. ANNE HATHAWAY ATTENDS THE 25TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS AT BARKER HANGAR IN CALIFORNIA 38 ANNE HATHAWAY POSES FOR A PORTRAIT AT HER STAR CEREMONY ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME IN CALIFORNIA in terms of playing someone who was learning competitive and determined to succeed in this about how exhausting their parts were. We are the of (corruption) and was equal parts aghast business. But when you push yourself that way you luckiest people in the world, and if you are a working and terriied and angry and emotional...It’s also keep yourself from evolving in other ways on a actor, that’s your job and be grateful. There are a heartbreaking and infuriating on a human level. personal level. So you learn to stop being so driven lot of people who want your problems....I always and become more aware of yourself and your own say that actors’ vanity doesn’t concern me and How do you feel about environmental activists needs that have nothing to do with your career. that this profession is not as hard as some want us and crusaders like Greta Thunberg who are to believe. We’re lucky and that’s it. warning the world about global warming? What’s the biggest change you’ve noticed But I have to be very candid and admit that this time, AH: I’m so inspired by them – their priorities playing a woman sufering from bipolar disorder are exactly right. They are focused and doing was a challenge. There were many moments when all the things we tell young people to do. So I I’ve been I felt like: “I’m never going to be able to do it.” It was don’t understand people’s negative reaction to tough - so here I am complaining just after I’ve said this generation, except to say they must be very actors shouldn’t complain! comfortable with the greed innate in the status quo. through a lot and What in particular caused you the most Do you think that being part of a ilm like Dark I’ve learned to diiculty in playing Lexi, a bipolar lawyer? Waters bolsters your own activist spirit? AH: I wasn’t fully prepared for what it was going to AH: The climate, the ight against racism, women’s take care of myself take to represent the highs of the high and the lows rights - these are all issues that should concern of the low and then have to go back to the highs and us. My parents taught me basic values to hold better and rethink go back to the lows, sometimes multiple times a day. onto and my upbringing brought me into contact I really lost my equilibrium by the end and kind of with people of diferent ethnicities and cultures. a lot of things. just needed to go to bed and get myself in order. It I was also encouraged to speak up whenever we made me appreciate that I am an actor and I’m not witnessed injustice and I like to think that I have the diagnosed with this condition. same kind of instincts when it comes to exposing about yourself over the years? But I’m an actress, so in that sense I have to be an inequality and ighting for basic human rights. AH: I’ve gone through an evolution and things feel instrument for what my character is experiencing. much easier and freer now. I don’t work on things So that means that I have to accept the challenge You’re someone who is known for being very as much as simply enjoying them. Now I feel like I and be able to give voice to those afected by this passionate about everything you do, sometimes can be more forgiving of myself and not be as self- condition in the most respectful way possible. to a fault. But in recent years you’ve spoken out critical or self-conscious. about changing your perspective on how you I just igured out how to say thank you to life by In your own life, was there any one thing that present yourself and also about not pouring too taking care of myself. By not apologizing for taking caused you the most distress? much of yourself into your ilm career? up space, which is not something I knew how to do AH: It was misdirected energy and emotion...Self- AH: I still think that you can work hard as long as 10 years ago...So I try not to be too hard on myself... loathing really serves no one. That kind of self- you make time for your own needs and maintain It’s been a journey. I don’t look that diferent, but I focus, you think it’s only afecting you but your the kinds of friendships that make life interesting just feel like the inside has transformed so much. energy can be beaming out and hitting someone and enjoyable. You can’t just exist for your work halfway across the world in ways that you couldn’t or you lose your sense of who you are. I’ve been You’re also appearing in the new Amazon have imagined. Even when you’re self-focused you through a lot and I’ve learned to take care of myself TV series, Modern Love, in which you play a are afecting people in the world around you. So I better and rethink a lot of things. I have a much woman sufering from bipolar disorder. Was it a try not to be too hard on myself. richer and happier life now. challenge to take on a character like that? INTERVIEW: WENN In one sense, I grew up very fast and was very AH: I don’t like actors who complain and go on PHOTOGRAPHS: GETTY

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“I feel free when I dance” alaina roy In an engaging interview, talented Kathak dancer Alaina tells us more about her craft and its relevance in Pakistan BLACK ANARKALI BY BOHEME BY KANWAL AND JEWELLERY BY ALANI BY HM

s Deborah Bull once said, “I enjoy a performance. the freedom of modern dance and the constraints of classical “I try to make Which dance type is Kathak most similar to? dance.” Our notion of storytelling AR: Kathak is one of a kind. It has its diferences and is bound to ilms and television the most use similarities. Body posture and certain techniques Aalone but the heart of it lies in may overlap but it is equally important that each culture and the arts. Dance, like of our local art form is recognized as its own. any other creative exercise, drives excitement and joy – the classical Kathak is no exception. This compositions What essential techniques have you learned ancient dance form enjoys unmatched signiicance from your mentors Guru Pali Chandra and Guru today and has a special place in modern history. Nitesh Saraswat? Meet our enthusiastic British-Pakistani Kathak to promote our AR: My guru-ji’s have taught me varied techniques dancer, Alaina Roy who communicates stories and so much more that has been vital to my growth through her performances. She began her musicians.” as a dancer. One of the most important things Pali professional training at the age of seven and has ji taught me was to be humble in my dance. It has especially when I decided to choose arts as a not looked back since. helped me to this day. career. I was initially learning ballet but had no interest in it. My mom then enrolled me in Kathak Give us some insight into your life. Is dance, as an art form, therapeutic? How so? classes and I instantly connected with it, possibly ALAINA ROY: I was born in London and lived AR: Yes – you can let go and express yourself because I had never lived in Pakistan before and there until I was four years old. Our family without judgement. Each time I set my foot in Kathak really allowed me to bond with my roots. relocated to UAE and I spent a large portion of the studio or perform on stage, I feel relaxed and I have been training for about fourteen years now my life in Dubai before moving to Pakistan. I am extremely content to be at liberty. I feel free when I and occasionally teach this form of dance in in my final year of Bachelors in Psychology at dance. It allows me to be me. Karachi. Royal Holloway, University of London. My family resides in Pakistan, so I split my time between What do you deem more important; connecting How is Kathak diferent from other styles of the UK and Pakistan. You could say I get the best with the audience or connecting with the stage? dance? of both worlds. That aside, I absolutely adore AR: Oh, deinitely both! AR: Every art form has its own beauty, technique dogs and have two of my own in Karachi – Pluto and style. In Kathak, for instance, discipline and Coco. In order to achieve the ultimate performance, is comes to you with ghungroos. This luxury is not it necessary for the mind, body and soul to be available to you in other genres of dance, be it What sparked your passion for classical dance? in unison? ballet or hip-hop. We try not to move certain parts AR: My parents have been my biggest supporters, AR: One hundred percent! of our body like chests, hips and shoulders during 42 “Kathak really allowed me to bond with my roots.”

OK! PAKISTAN • 43 44 “We need to revere art and not promote it commercially. It is an inherent part of our culture.”

How do you manage to maintain a proper posture during a performance? AR: It comes with a lot of practice and endless hours of stage time. The manner in which you hold yourself is essential and I am extremely grateful to both Guru Pali Chandra and Guru Nitesh Saraswat for teaching me the value of maintaining the appropriate posture while dancing. It was something I always struggled with as a child but my Kathak training allowed me to strengthen this skill.

How do you attune yourself to the background music while dancing? AR: I carefully listen to the compositions prior to my performance. I come up with a conceptual theme and jot down the precise timeline of the beats. I express myself through music and consider the ambiance, my emotions and thoughts. I often ask myself, “What story do I want to tell?” While conducting expressional workshops, I often ask my students to make sense of the tunes. To voice a story dramatically, one must connect with music and fathom each beat and lyric.

What creative inputs do you incorporate in your performances? AR: I look up new music and watch classical performances from around the world. Many artists in the ield inspire me but I try to make the most use of our local compositions to promote our musicians.

What is the scope of dance in Pakistan today? AR: It has scope here but if you talk about Kathak speciically, people have grave misconceptions about it. Unfortunately, the lack of understanding and knowledge of this art form has not raised any curiosity for it. The day Pakistanis begin to accept its roots, a number of doors will open up for young aspirants. I am trying to break the mold myself but it is a gradual yet progressive process.

Do you feel that we have failed to recognize the worth of dance in Pakistan? AR: Yes, we have failed to uphold, recognize and promote the culture of dance.

What do you hope Pakistan’ government accomplishes for all the declining art forms across the country? AR: As a starting point, we should bring more awareness on dance and ofer it as an extracurricular activity in schools. The government can encourage more performances at our heritage sites such as Alhamra Art Centre and Pakistan National Council of Arts. We need to revere art and not promote it commercially. It is an inherent part of our culture.

INTERVIEW: HAIDER RIFAAT COORDINATION: RAO ALI KHAN PHOTOGRAPHY: SHOIB ABRAR ALAINA LOOKS STUNNING IN A BLACK SHINY TOP PAIRED WITH BLUE MAKE-UP & HAIR: NABILA’S SALON TROUSERS BY ZARA AND JEWELLERY BY HAYA LUTFULLAH OK! PAKISTAN • 45 A story like Little Women will inspire young women everywhere SAOIRSE RONAN 25-year-old Irish actress Saoirse Ronan recently earned her fourth Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role as Jo March in Little Women. The nomination makes her the youngest four- time nominee in Academy history.

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aoirse Ronan greets you with the discovery, the ilm has been nominated for an Apparently you actively sought the part of Jo sweetest smile this side of paradise. Oscar and is already inding its way onto critics’ March as opposed to one of the other sister Her Irish lilt is beyond intoxicating and Ten Best Films of the year lists. roles? Sshe now speaks with an added sense For her role in Little Women, Ronan has earned SR: When I heard Greta was going to be making of conidence and conviction. She’s recognised as her fourth Oscar nomination, following previous Little Women, I knew right away that I wanted to one of the top young actors in the business with nominations for Atonement (as Best Supporting be a part of it. I had grown up with the novel and her work in ilms such as Lady Bird and Mary Queen Actress at age nine), and as Best Actress for although I would have been happy being part of of Scots and now she’s appearing in what could Brooklyn and Lady Bird. the ilm in any way, I had made up my mind that I well turn out to be the most important role of her It was Gerwig who cast Ronan as the rebellious had to play Jo. career to date. teenage title character in her 2017 ilm Lady Bird So I just went up to her backstage at The Ronan headlines an all-star cast in Greta and she has helped give the Irish star an even more Independent Spirit Awards, tapped her on the Gerwig’s superb new ilm, Little Women, the highly compelling role in Little Women. shoulder, and I pretty aggressively said to her, “I anticipated screen adaptation of the celebrated Saoirse Ronan was born in the Bronx know you’re doing Little Women and I just want to and much beloved Louisa May Alcott novel set neighbourhood of New York City and was only let you know that I’m going to be Jo March.” She in New England in the years following the end three when her family returned to Ireland where won’t admit it, but she said, “I’ll think about it.” So, of the American Civil War. Playing the key role of she grew up in County Carlow and Dublin. Her she took about a week to think about it and then Jo March, Ronan is following in the footsteps of mother Monica worked as a nanny while her father she emailed me and said. “OK, you can be Jo.” Winona Ryder who earned an Oscar nomination Paul is an actor. And it turned out that it was a part that I loved in the 1994 Gillian Armstrong version, and the When not away on a distant film set, playing. legendary Katherine Hepburn who played Jo in the Ronan divides her time between homes in 1934 screen classic. New York, Los Angeles, and Greystones, Were you excited about having Greta Gerwig “It’s mad lucky to play her,” Ronan says. “You County Wicklow. She recently put up her five- direct you in Little Women? read the book and you watch the other ilm bedroom house in Greystones for sale, two SR: It was so good to work with Greta again. versions and you realise that she’s an amazing years after buying it. She’s inspired me in so many ways and I have character. There’s so much you can do with her so much respect and admiration for what she’s and I think there’s a lot that we explore that hasn’t Saoirse, describe your feelings about your work accomplished and how she’s progressed from been explored as much before. It’s been such a in Little Women and what this role and ﬁlm actress to director. We had had such an interesting treat to delve into all the nooks and crannies of this represents for you? experience working on Lady Bird because we were character - she’s essentially Louisa May Alcott - SAOIRSE RONAN: I felt that this was an important both doing something neither of us had done and learning about Alcott’s life really helped.” ilm for me. I was much more conident going into before. I had never played that kind of role and Directed and written by Gerwig, Little Women this project than I was on Lady Bird, for example, carried that kind of responsibility for a ilm until co-stars Emma Watson and Florence Pugh as where I was constantly worried about ruining Lady Bird and Greta had never directed before. It Jo’s sisters Meg and Amy respectively, while Meryl things. But after things turned out so well on that was a great challenge for both of us and it turned Streep plays Aunt March and Laura Dern takes on ilm and then after playing in Mary Queen of Scots out to be a very successful experience. the role of Aunt Marmee March. Occupying the key I gained a lot more belief in myself and that made With Little Women it felt very diferent - we were role of Jo’s suitor, Laurie, is Timothée Chalamet, it much easier for me working on Little Women. both surer of ourselves and I think that made it less who previously worked with Ronan in Lady Bird. I was really looking forward to playing Jo and I stressful. I’m proud that Little Women was directed A captivating study of the three young March wasn’t anxious about my work. It was a really great by Greta who is both a woman and one of the most sisters in various stages of rebellion and self- experience. important ilmmakers for our generation. 48 I felt that Little Women was an important film for me. SAOIRSE RONAN AT THE WORLD PREMIERE OF “MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS” AT CINEWORLD LEICESTER SQUARE IN LONDON

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What was the atmosphere and friendship like between you and been important to you? together and your fellow female cast members on the set of SR: I had a beautiful childhood, also thanks to my Little Women? mother. We’ve remained close all this time and finding support in SR: There was this very energetic, spirited she’s still my best friend. We’ve always had a good atmosphere. We would eat together, drink together, relationship and that meant a lot to me when I and have so much fun together telling dirty jokes would be travelling all the time and spend a lot of each other. and sharing a lot of our personal feelings about time in diferent cities working on diferent ilms. I things. It couldn’t have been any better and we couldn’t have done that without her support. together and inding support in each other. We have became very close. We also relied so much on each to show how strong we can be if we stick by each other and supported each other while spending Obviously your relationship with her is diferent other. We need ilms that show how we can be as three months working on this ilm. from that between the mother and your proactive, creative and forward-looking as men. A daughter character in Lady Bird? story like Little Women will inspire young women Florence Pugh has been quoted as saying that SR: [Laughs] I’ve never argued with my mom everywhere who can identify with one or more of she asked you to slap her in one scene? that way. My mom and I only argue when we’re the March sisters and the kinds of struggles and SR: It was this scene where Florence and I were driving because I’m always telling her what gear issues we go through in life that are just as relevant ighting and wrestling the whole day doing it. I was she should be in when she’s driving and she’s really today as they were back then. very nervous about it; it was the end of the day and bad when it comes to giving me directions when we were doing this last shot and I was wondering if I’m driving. Although you have an apartment in London and I missed or that I hit her too hard. And then when it But even when we do have arguments we’ll be also spend a lot of time living in New York and was time and I did slap her almost immediately her like: “You really annoy me when you say things like Los Angeles, is Ireland still home for you? face started to swell but Florence was ine about it, that.” And then we feel so bad about the situation SR: Yes, and it will always be, even if I like to live although I felt awful! that it doesn’t take more than 10 minutes of not between one place and another. I was born in New speaking to each other that one of us will speak York but then when I was very young my family You also got to work with Meryl Streep in the up and apologise to the other. We’re so close and left for Dublin and for 12 years the Irish countryside ilm? such good friends that we can’t stand the idea of opened its arms to me. I like being with my family SR: Meryl Streep plays the aunt. I only got to do being angry with each other or leaving the other and Ireland is a place where you can still enjoy the one scene with her, but that was the most exciting one feeling hurt by anything we’ve said. silence of the countryside and that feeling of space. day of the entire shoot for me. Looking at her and We have a very close mother-daughter relationship getting to work with her... it’s incredible, she has and we’re more like best friends. Nothing is Do you still keep in touch with your childhood this magic inside of her, a way of working that is complicated between us. friends in Ireland? hers alone. It was hard for me to relax because I SR: It’s inevitable that you lose contact with people was struck by how special that moment was. One of the themes of Little Women is the idea when you leave home or take diferent paths in life. of female friendship and togetherness even if But I still have some friends from when I was a Your mother has been constantly at your side there will always be friction. Do you think it’s child and fortunately, I’ve also made friends in the during the course of your career up until the important that more stories about women are course of my work. time you made Grand Hotel Budapest. Has that being told these days in the movies? INTERVIEW: WENN SR: I love stories where you see women working PHOTOGRAPHS: GETTY OK! PAKISTAN • 51 Now Available on iTunes & Google Play

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MARGOT VANESSA LILY-ROSE CHARLIZE KIRBY ROBBIE THERON DEPP ZOË KRAVITZ BAFTAs 2020 Bright and bold, celebs brought their A-game to the BAFTAs this year. Here are some noteworthy looks: Charlize Theron in Dior, Laura Dern in Valentino, Saoirse Ronan in Gucci and more looked poised and DAISY SAOIRSE RIDLEY elegant. We loved that Kate Middleton repeated her RONAN dress making a statement for sustainable fashion (perhaps more will follow suit).

EMILIA CLARKE LAURA THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE DERN AND THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE SCARLETT JOHANSSON

RENÉE ZELLWEGER

CAMILA MORRONE

NATALIE PORTMAN

REBEL SALMA WILSON HAYEK JANELLE REGINA MONÁE KING OSCARS 2020 CHARLIZE One of the year’s most awaited awards, the Academy Awards THERON 2020 brings sparkle, glitter, cascading gowns and vertiginous heels to the red carpet. Check out the stars that shone the brightest.

ZENDAYA SCARLETT JOHANSSON

KAITLYN DEVER

PENÉLOPE CRUZ

BRIE LARSON RENÉE ZELLWEGER ROONEY MARA

70 BEETZ ZAZIE DERN LAURA PUGH FLORENCE ALDRIDGE LILY OH SANDRA FERRERA AMERICA ROBBIE MARGOT RONAN SAOIRSE BOYNTON LUCY WEAVER SIGOURNEY KALING MINDY WIIG KRISTEN SEYDOUX LÉA GAL GADOT

PHOTOGRAPHS: GETTY SOFÍA VERGARA

LESLIE MANN REESE WITHERSPOON SANDRA OH GAL GADOT SALMA HAYEK VANITY FAIR OSCAR PARTY While the Oscars red carpet had its fair share of celebs, the real fashion is at the Vanity Fair After Party. More celebs like the Kardashian clan, Hailey Beiber, Sofia Vergara, LILY RENÉE Adriana Lima attended this event in gowns worth swooning ALDRIDGE ZELLWEGER over! Here are some of the best dressed ladies of the night.

NICOLE HAILEY MADELAINE RICHIE BIEBER PETSCH ADRIANA TRACEE LIMA ELLIS JESSICA CHRISSY ROSS ALBA TEIGEN

72 ERIVO CYNTHIA QUALLEY MARGARET WILDE OLIVIA DERN LAURA JENNER KYLIE WASHINGTON KERRY WHITELEY HUNTINGTON- ROSIE PAULSON SARAH COLLINS JOAN BOSWORTH KATE RATAJKOWSKI EMILY VERSACE DONATELLA HUDSON KATE KARDASHIAN KIM COLIN JOST JOHANSSON & SCARLETT BOYNTON LUCY

PHOTOGRAPHS: GETTY OK! Fashion EDIT Bershka Crew Neck Oversized Sweater, PKR 3,800

Chanel Large Flap Bag, PKR 700,000 Balenciaga Bracelet, PKR 32,000 Amina Muaddi Holli Pumps, PKR 80,000 Cult Gaia Mala Top, PKR 35,000 MAKE IT POP! With Valentine’s Day around the corner, everyone seems to be wondering what to wear to Valentine’s Day soirees, date night and more! There’s no right and wrong way to do it as everyone has different agendas but if you are going to make a statement make it in bright reds or pinks. Magda Butrym Crystal Earrings, PKR 150,000

Dolce & Gabbana Heart Shoulder Bag, PKR 180,000 AYESHA AOMAR AYESHA Aquazzura Solace Exquisite Slingback Pumps, London PKR 140,000 Finley Mini Dress, PKR 65,000 Gucci Giambattista Resin Hair Slide, Valli PKR 75,000 Ruched Mini Dress, PKR 420,000 Atoir Paris Midi Dress, PKR 35,000

Chanel Pacharee Patent Pumps, Gold-Plated, PKR 150,000 Coral and Pearl Earrings, PKR 32,000

Jacquemus Gucci Le Petit Raia Intarsia Wool Bag, Sweater, PKR 70,000 PKR 220,000 74 Solace Lela Rose London Strapless Midi Margot Satin Top, Dress, PKR 55,000 PKR 200,000

No.21 Christian Logo Crossbody Bag, PKR 80,000 Louboutin Degrastrass Swarovski Pumps, PKR 150,000

H&M Knot-Detail Sweatshirt, PKR 2,300

Next Collar Layer Jumper, PKR 5,000

Needle & Thread Wild Rose Gown, PKR 75,000 Dior Montaigne Flap Bag, PKR 500,000 River Island Safiyaa Rule Midi Reverie Crepe Dress, Top, PKR 9,000 Dior PKR 88,000 Montaigne Alligator Mule, PKR 280,000

River Topshop Island Animal Print Dress, Topshop H&M High Rise Peg Vinyl Midi Skirt, Printed PKR 7,200 Trousers, PKR 7,000 Sweatshirt, PKR 7,000 PKR 2,500 Valentino Leather Tote, PKR 340,000

Shrimps Antonia Headband, PKR 20,000

Zara Tuxedo Ranjana Khan Jacket, La Cerise Earrings, CHIARA FERRAGNI CHIARA PKR 11,000 PKR 32,000 GETTY PHOTOGRAPH: STOCKISTS: AMINA MUADDI, BALENCIAGA, DOLCE & GABBANA, JACQUEMUS, NO.21, VALENTINO www.farfetch.com; AQUAZZURA, CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN, LELA ROSE, MAGDA BUTRYM, PACHAREE, RANJANA KHAN www.netaporter.com; GUCCI www.gucci.com; SOLACE LONDON www.solacelondon.com; ATOIR, CULT GAIA, GIAMBATTISTA VALLI, NEEDLE & THREAD, SAFIYAA www.modaoperandi.com; BERSKHA www. bershka.com; CHANEL www.chanel.com; DIOR www.dior.com; NEXT www.next.co.uk; H&M www.hm.com; RIVER ISLAND www.riverisland.com; TOPSHOP www.topshop.com; ZARA www.zara.com; SHRIMPS www. matchesfashion.com; prices are approximate OK! PAKISTAN • 75 OK! Men’s EDIT Just when Gucci HEY MICKEY! launched a Disney CONVERSE Mickey Mouse x Disney x Kith Chuck collaboration did we Sneakers, PKR 30,700 spot blogger Umair Mirza wearing an über cool Mickey Mouse jumper. High street DISNEY Mickey Mouse or haute couture, just Original Classic BERSHKA T-Shirt, Mickey make sure it’s got a PKR 3,000 T-Shirt, PKR 2,700 mouse on it! GCDS Mickey Mouse Sneakers, PKR 40,300

GCDS Mickey Mouse Beanie, H&M PKR 12,500 Printed Sweatshirt, PKR 3,100

GUCCI x Disney Hoodie, PKR 217,300 GUCCI Mickey Mouse Print Hoodie, PKR GUCCI MARCELO 201,800 x Disney Ace Sneaker, BURLON PKR 122,600 Mickey Mouse Jeans, PKR 41,300

ICEBERG Mickey Jumper, PKR 46,500

H&M Motif Jumper, PKR 3,900

SAINT LAURENT RIVER ISLAND Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Print Shirt, T-Shirt, PKR 108,600 ICEBERG PKR 2,800 Graphic VANS Sweater, Disney Sneakers, PKR 86,100 PKR 29,500

STOCKISTS: SAINT LAURENT www.ysl.com; ICEBERG www.iceberg.com; CONVERSE www.converse.com; GCDS https://gcds.it; GUCCI www.gucci.com; BERSHKA www.bershka.com; MARCELO BURLON www. marceloburlon.eu; H&M www.hm.com; DISNEY www.shopdisney.com; VANS www.vans.com; RIVER ISLAND www.riverisland.com; prices are approximate 76

OK! Style CRUSH

HENRY CAVILL We’ve been crushing on Henry Cavill since his Superman series and now with his latest show The Witcher – we’re swooning over his chiselled jawline, impeccably good looks and hot bod. Talented, good looking and it, Henry Cavill is a super man!

CANALI Two-Piece Striped GETTHELOOK Suit, MICHAEL KORS PKR 139,200 Turtle Neck Jumper, PKR 23,500

SCAROSSO Giancarlo Boots, PKR 39,900

OFFICINE SANTONI GENERALE Double Strap Leather POLO RALPH Drew Tapered Monk Shoes, LAUREN Pleated PKR 142,400 Logo Trousers, Embroidered PKR 60,000 T-Shirt, PKR 11,500

STOCKISTS: MICHAEL KORS www.michaelkors.global; OFFICINE GENERALE www.oicinegenerale.com; SCAROSSO www.scarosso.com; SANTONI www.santonishoes.com; CANALI www.canali.com; prices are approximate 78 OK! Style CRUSH

AMNA ILYAS Model and actress, Amna Ilyas has been making waves in the fashion industry for a while now! Enigmatic and diverse, she has served up some high-fashion looks in a plethora of editorials, campaigns and red carpet events as well as some killer o-duty sartorial styles.

MARQUES’ ALMEIDA Tiered Taeta Maxi Dress, GETTHELOOK PKR 150,000

ALDO Cassedy, PKR 12,500

VERSACE Crystal Earrings, ZARA PKR 75,000 Skinny Jeans, PKR 6,000

THE R COLLECTIVE Midi Dress, PKR 45,000 MANGO Geometric Bag, PKR 6,990

RIVER ISLAND ADIDAS ORIGINALS Embellished Collar Superstar Sneakers, Shirt, PKR 11,000 PKR 7,000

STOCKISTS: ADIDAS ORIGINALS, MARQUES’ ALMEIDA, THE R COLLECTIVE, VERSACE www.netaporter.com; ALDO www.aldoshoes.com; MANGO www.mango.com; RIVER ISLAND www.riverisland.com; ZARA www.zara.com; prices are approximate OK! PAKISTAN • 79 We’re smitten by theBottega Veneta pouchandhave found ONE HAND. SLAYS AWAY WITH APOUCH IN ACTRESS @KIRANMALIKK FASHIONISTA, MODEL AND CUCUMBER INTHISHAUTE PIC. @AMNAHASSTAHIR ISCOOL AS A

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TEXT: ALIZEH PASHA; PHOTOGRAPHS: INSTAGRAM MY WONDERFUL LIFE Mehreen Farooq Tabani of Mandarin Home shares it all with OK! Pakistan

Favourite style icon? Audrey Hepburn.

Most memorable moment? My daughter’s birth.

Favourite restaurant? Carine, Dubai. Celebrity crush? Rob Lowe. Favourite scent? Flowerbomb by Last extravagant Viktor and Rolf. buy? Art for my baby’s nursery.

Favourite book? Guilty pleasure? The Forty Rules of Love. Pizza, fries and chilli chips.

Ideal weekend? Being in pjs while indulging in junk food and watching TV in bed.

Three must-haves in Beauty your bag? extravagance? Hand cream, phone Body butter. and lip balm.

Celebrity encounters? Favourite Sidharth Malhotra. designer? Coco Chanel.

Favourite pastime? Instagramming cat What is your ﬁtness videos. regime? What are you most One hour of running. passionate about? My work (Mandarin Home) and cats. Favourite indulgence? Massages. Favourite movie? Before Sunset.

Can’t live without…? Favourite getaway? Family, massages and A spa retreat. cuddles.

OK! PAKISTAN • 81 OK! RUIFIER Jewellery EDIT Galaxy Earrings CHOW TAI FOOK DAVID MORRIS L’Acoustique Du Amaryllis Choker CHAUMET Coeur Necklace Hortensia Ring

In The Mood For Love AUSTY With Valentine’s Day around the CHOPARD LEE Blue Ruby & Diamond Morpho corner, we can’t help but think of Earrings Earrings rosy, ruby jewels that remind us of romance and what it’s like to be in love.

VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Art Deco Necklace

DE GRISOGONO Grappoli Ruby Watch

THE HOUSE VERDURA OF ROSE Wrapped Ruby Necklace Heart Brooch

DE GRISOGONO Diamond & Ruby Earrings

CARTIER CHOPARD Garance Animal World Necklace Mice Earrings

VAN CLEEF & GRAFF ARPELS Ruby & Diamond Lolanta Earrings Ballerina Clip

STOCKISTS: AUSTY LEE www.austyleeartjewellery.com; CARTIER www.cartier.com; CHAUMET www.chaumet.com; CHOPARD www.chopard.com; CHOW TAI FOOK www.chowtaifook.com; DAVID MORRIS www. davidmorris.com; DE GRISOGONO www.degrisogono.com; GRAFF www.gra.com; RUIFIER www.ruiﬁer.com; THE HOUSE OF ROSE www.therose.in; VAN CLEEF & ARPELS www.vancleefarpels.com; VERDURA www. verdura.com

OK! Beauty

For bright, beautiful, bold lips use the GIVENCHY Le Rouge Deep Velvet Lipstick. It’s moisturizing and long-lasting! PKR 5,800 Get naturally soft, smoky eyes with the NATASHA DENONA Neutral Eyeshadow Add a ﬂush of colour to your face with the Palette. PKR 19,900 NARS Cheek Palette. PKR 9,200

Actress Mawra Hocane makes a statement in a bold, red lip! We love that she’s matched her lip colour to her outfit and kept her eye makeup subtle and classy.

Use the ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS Contour Stick for more deﬁned cheekbones. PKR 3,800 For full coverage apply the CLINIQUE Beyond Perfecting Foundation + Concealer. PKR 4,600

To glam up your look, add oomph to your lashes with Hydrate, set the HUDA BEAUTY and refresh Hoodie False your make- Lashes. PKR 3,000 up with the GLAMGLOW Glowsetter Makeup Setting Spray. PKR 4,900

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Add deﬁnition to your eyes LOOK with6 the MARC JACOBS Lengthen your lashes with the IT BEAUTY Magic Marc’er MAWRA HOCANE COSMETICS Superhero Elastic Stretch Liquid Eyeliner. PKR 4,600 Volumizing Mascara. PKR 3,700

STOCKISTS: CLINIQUE www.clinique.com; ANASTASIA BEVERY HILLS www.anastasiabeverlyhills.com; NARS www.narscosmetics.com; NATASHA DENONA www.natashadenona.com; MARC JACOBS BEAUTY www.

marcjacobsbeauty.com; HUDA BEAUTY https://hudabeauty.com; IT COSMETICS www.itcosmetics.com; GIVENCHY www.givenchy.com; GLAMGLOW www.glamglow.com; prices are approximate GETTY PHOTOGRAPH: 84

OK! Beauty EDIT TO SHINE GE T WI T T G BOOS T

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FENTY FULL FRONTAL Rihanna just launched a new product and CANDLE MAKING we’re ecstatic! If WAVES you’re wondering Only if you’ve been living under what it is, it’s a rock would you not know of called Full Gwyneth Palthrow’s latest GOOP Frontal Mascara candle in collaboration with Heretic - an ultimate- (a perfume brand). The candle may do-it-all mascara not smell like Gwyneth’s vagina, designed for a but its name ‘This Smells Like My fully exposed Vagina’ suggests so. Already sold out lash look. It everywhere, we think this candle comes with a would make a statement on any flat-to-fat brush. co¡ee table. Oh and just in case you were wondering The fat side gives what it smells like – it consists of bergamot, your lashes an geranium, cedar and damask rose. instant lift while PKR 9,000; www.hereticparfum.com the flat side curls and defines. We haven’t tried it yet but are waiting to get our hands on this ASAP. SILVER FOR PKR 4,000; www.fentybeauty. 2020 com Joey King’s silver lids from the Golden Globes prove that it’s time to stock up on silver eye shadow and say bye-bye to your golden hued ones. 2020 is all about silver shimmer so try URBAN DECAY’s BEAUTY 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in cuff. Apply it on your lids and sparkle the night away! PKR 3,000; www. Essentials urbandecay.com BOLD RED Red lips are perennially chic and never go out of style! It should be a staple in every woman’s beauty stash. With a bunch of celebs such as Zoe Kravitz, Priyanka Chopra and Kerry Washington wearing the statement lippie on the red carpet during the Golden Globe awards, you should invest in a bold red now. Our favourite forever-flattering shade is the MAC Ruby Woo. PKR 4,000; www. naheed.pk

MATCHY MATCHY If it’s one beauty trend we learned from the Critics’ Choice Awards, it’s that matching your eye makeup to your dress is trending as ever! Lucy Hale and Zendaya both matched their eye shadow to their outfits and we think you ought to as well. It’s playful, fresh and so much better than basic smoky eyes. TEXT: ALIZEH PASHA; PICTURES: GETTY PICTURES: ALIZEH PASHA; TEXT: prices are approximate OK! PAKISTAN • 87 WOW NOW! From classic nudes to smoky hues, both matte and metallic, the ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS features 16 shades so that you can go from chic to glam in seconds. Highly pigmented and containing all the shades one needs in a palette, this is every beauty junkie or novices’ gateway to looking wow. PKR 6,000; www.sephora.com

PEACE OUT! AGE-DEFYING The PEACE OUT Microneedling TREATMENT Anti-Wrinkle Retinol Patches are As skin ages its ability to dissolving microneedling patches regenerate itself decreases. infused with age fighting retinol, The COSMEDIX Defy Triple peptides and vitamin C to smooth Hydroxy Acid steps in to wrinkles and fine lines. Each patch exfoliate the skin, allowing contains 450 self-dissolving it to receive and retain hyaluronic acid microneedles that moisture. It’s the perfect create tiny pathways for age- skin management tool for fighting ingredients. Good for crow’s those sensitive to retinol. feet, smile lines, forehead wrinkles Get smooth, soft skin for a and more. younger-looking complexion. PKR 3,000; www.sephora.com PKR 10,764; Available at all leading salons COLOUR SHAMPOO Indulge in the WELLA Professionals Color Brilliance Shampoo to cleanse and replenish color treated hair leaving it super soft and vibrant. This PH optimized shampoo MUST-HAVE enables color retention thanks to its INVIGO-Blends technology. OK! Pakistan The result? Healthy hair that shines visibly while preserving your brings you the coloured tresses. Available for both, fine and coarse hair. best of what’s in PKR 2,140; Available at all leading Beauty store froma the salons editor’s desk!

ESSENCE IS ESSENTIAL 100% natural and non-toxic, the TATA HARPER Hydrating Floral Essence not only moisturizes and plumps skin with hyaluronic acid and natural humectants, it also preps skin for maximum absorption of treatments (creams, oils etc.) that follow. In short, if you want your skin to absorb creams and oils – an essence is essential and we highly recommend the Tata one. PKR 13,000; www. CBD BEAUTY tataherperskincare.com Since CBD (Cannabidiol) beauty is all the rage, we suggest you try the HERBIVORE Emerald CBD + STYLE AWAY Adaptogens Deep Moisture Glow The KERATIN COMPLEX Oil to calm redness and nourish CLEANSE WITH ERNO LASZLO lightweight, deﬁning gel the skin for lasting hydration. The A cleanser and makeup remover in one, the ERNO ﬁghts frizz and adds volume oil contains less than .3 percent of LASZLO Hydra-Therapy Foaming Cleanse is a gentle, while maintaining long- THC, the psychoactive component foaming cleanser that removes pore-clogging impurities lasting styles. Suitable for all of cannabis and paired with hemp without bothering skin. With its luxurious lather and hair types. seed oil and Ayurvedic herbs makes intense hydration, it’s an ideal way to both clean and PKR 5,720; Available at all your skin look hydrated. pamper skin—so it stays refreshed, soft and glowing. leading salons PKR 6,500; www.sephora.com PKR 7,100; Available at all leading salons

What’s IN HER BAG? Actress and model, Ramsha Khan shows OK! Pakistan what she totes around in her bag.

WALLET I keep money and cards in this and so I can’t leave the house without it.

POWERBANK To make sure my phone never runs out of battery. My phone has to be with me 24/7 obviously.

IPHONE It’s impossible for anyone to leave the house without a phone!

EXTRA GUM I’ve a habit of PALMER’S LIP chewing gum BALM while on shoots I keep Palmer’s and after meals. lip balm in my bag to keep my lips moisturised because it’s winter and super dry. NEUTROGENA MAKEUP POCKET-SIZED BRUSH REMOVER WIPES I always keep a pocket- I need wipes because I sized brush in my bag remove my makeup as because you never know soon as a shoot ends. when you need it.

APPLE EARPHONES I’m a huge music lover so I need these all the time.

CHARGER BATH & BODY WORKS SANITIZER I keep it because I’m mostly After having meal I need to sanitise on shoots so I need to my hands, it important that my charge my phone. hands smell good after meals.

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OK! SPOTLIGHT

HASAN RIZVI

The dance visionary turned PR maven spills the beans… ccording to Hasan Rizvi of well; it’s probably my most used social media BodyBeat Public Relations (BBPR), How did you come up with the name BBPR? append, and I’m somewhat active on Facebook public relations is often mistaken HR: BBPR stands for BodyBeat Public Relations. as well. and merged with advertising and BodyBeat was initially a popular dance class that this is where BBPR comes in – Why do you use social media to help your Aessentially to draw the line between the two. clients? Where advertising is mainly above the line and I feel social HR: I feel social media is a great economical tool includes certain elements such as TVCs, public that increases talk-ability instantly for a brand. relations deals with providing the customer with media is a great Thus, I feel social media plays an integral role an experience. This, he insists, instills brand as it is one of the fastest growing platforms in recall and brings your brand a step above the Pakistan and brands as well as marketers see competitors. To find out more, OK! Pakistan economical tool the importance of it. speaks to the PR maven Hasan Rizvi. that increases talk- Describe a social media crisis you had and How did your love for Public Relations (PR) how you handled it. begin? ability instantly for HR: I’ve actually learned a lot in the past year Hasan Rizvi: So, PR just fell into my lap. We were about social media and we had one blogger doing an event for Pepsi and they suggested that complain about one of our products where we we do the PR as well, and that was the beginning a brand. learned a lot about crisis management, including of a whole new avenue for us. It was a very the threshold required for a brand to respond successful event with a massive turnout, where turned into an event management company. to a query. Response rate and response time everyone was talking about the event and I knew Since the name was recognised by many, we becomes an integral part of social media crisis. that this was our calling. decided to stick to it and now we’re a full- fledged PR company, holding one of the biggest What are the advantages and disadvantages What is your ideal work environment? corporate portfolios. of hiring a PR firm such as BBPR? HR: I believe in the “carrot” approach. You HR: We not only take care of crisis situations but can grow creativity when you have a healthy What does your typical day look like? make sure the brand maintains its true sense of environment where everyone is comfortable HR: My typical day tends to consist of a 10-hour self and is recognised and amplified to its fullest. with their space as well as working alongside work day, with a few hours spent at the gym, Moreover, amplification can never be negative me. Ideally, I would want a quiet space to have one hour with my kids, and a couple of hours to because we are constantly trying to convey the the creative juices flow but that doesn’t always socialise and unwind. brand’s message to the masses. happen. [Laughs] What source of media do you follow regularly What has been your proudest achievement in What does PR mean to you? and why those ones? the field of PR? HR: PR is the perspective people have about a HR: I like to stay updated with news both online HR: In my opinion the proudest moment has brand, product or service. and on TV. I like to stay updated on Instagram as been mostly with regards to sales. When I OK! PAKISTAN • 93 Rapid Fire:

Dance or PR? HR: Always PR.

What’s on your bucket list? HR: A Cannes Award.

Favourite superhero? HR: Superman because he’s superman.

Who do you admire the most? HR: My father.

Favourite summer activity? HR: Travelling.

Morning, noon or night? HR: Night.

What was the last ﬁlm you watched? HR: Ford v Ferrari.

Favourite destination? HR: Barcelona, Spain.

Celebrity crush? HR: Meghan Markle.

Go-to label? HR: Gucci.

Fitness regime? HR: I work out six days a week. I only take Sundays o because I feel I deserve it.

94 We not only take care of crisis situations but make sure the brand maintains its true sense of self and is recognised and amplified to its fullest. see the sales reflecting a brand I take on, I can gauge how my PR campaign has been in terms of execution. A very recent example from a few weekends ago is WinterLand for which we did the PR, and the amplification was such that the newly opened theme park was instantly booked for three weeks straight! They continue to have a barrage of bookings coming in which in itself tell you about the power of PR.

Why do you think companies need to pay attention to PR? HR: Not only companies but talent, influencers, cricketers, artists… everyone needs a PR company or a PR person. That being said, it is our job to maintain the brand’s reputation and repertoire.

What kind of clients do you find most interesting? HR: Well, obviously the clients that give us the liberty and creative freedom. This includes strategic liberty and creative margin. I feel like the best campaigns we’ve done were the ones with open-ended briefs. Lastly, with the belief of the client I feel we can conquer the world.

In what direction do you see the PR industry heading? HR: Globalisation is deﬁnitely blurring the lines of marketing and that includes the lines between PR and advertising along with merchandising. The best part is that with the increasing need and understanding of PR from the clients’ end, companies are approaching us instead of the other way around. Local companies are now beginning to invest in PR, which is a great move and works in our favour.

Describe your PR agency in three words. HR: Creative, fun, and hardworking.

You’re a father, a husband and run a PR agency. How do you manage to give time to everything? HR: I wish I could give more time to each, especially to my wife. However, she understands that this is the peak of my career and I need to focus on work. I am not going to say I am the best at everything but I am deﬁnitely trying my best.

INTERVIEW: MEHR KASSIM PHOTOGRAPHS: COURTSEY HASAN RIZVI

OK! PAKISTAN • 95 UP CLOSE WITH TURHAN JAMES OK! PAKISTAN GETS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH THE YOUNG AND TALENTED DJ

urhan James is a young musician and school dances. My early influences were definitely cool, trendy thing of what’s going on in the market. DJ, who grew up between Pakistan and three DJs – Sound Remedy, 3LAU and Martin For my first Solis, I started with a Stranger Things TCanada. He recently set the stage ablaze at Garrix. These three really caught my attention with opening, and for my second, I started with a Games the Solis Festival that was held in Karachi, where the music they played and produced. I genuinely of Thrones opening because the new season had he created a variety of electronic dance music, just wanted to be like them. just come out. In the latest Solis Festival, I opened ranging from deep house to dance-pop, truly with Money Heist because the third season had proving that Turhan is one talented DJ. What kind of style of music do you spin? just come out and the hype was unreal. However, TJ: So my DJ sets are catered to the type of event it if I am playing in a smaller, more intimate setting, I When did you start DJ-ing and what or who were is. If I am playing at Solis, I am going to be playing a will be playing a very tech house or deep house set. your early passions and influences? loud and energetic set with a lot of g-house, deep Turhan James: I started DJ-ing at the age of 14 in house and a bunch of my own music in there as What genre of music inspires your own? 10th grade when I would primarily just DJ at my well. I always look to open my set with a really TJ: I don’t like to be restrained to the type of 96 music I produce. I actually produce so many di erent types of sub-genres within the electronic dance music (EDM) genre. My production is inspired by whatever emotion I am feeling in the moment. For example, when I produced the song L.A, I was sad I was leaving L.A. and happy because I got to experience whatever I did in the time I spent there. I also have this song that I’ve finished now, but I was sitting on it for two years. Then I have this base house song that I am producing with a friend of mine; his name is Sidd. I also have a bunch of house music that I have been producing that’s inspired by artists like Nora En Pure and DJ Yavo, and a bunch of chill music that is inspired by artists like Petit Biscuit.

When you show up at a nightclub, what elements make it enjoyable and fun to play? TJ: I haven’t played at a night club as yet but if were to play, the elements that would make it fun and enjoyable to play include the crowd’s energy before I get on the stage, the production elements of the set, the lighting, the lasers, and the set up of the venue – all that really makes it fun to play.

How do you feel when you’re DJ-ing? TJ: It’s a surreal feeling that I cannot even put into words. At first I am scared, intimidated, very nervous and anxious because I want to perform constantly message advantage of the fact that people are hear to the best that I can for everybody. I want to have event planners and listen to whatever I want to play, and I’ll actively a good time and the way I am going to have a anyone who’s hosting promote, prior to the event, what kind of a set it’s good time is to see that everybody else is having these sorts of events going to be. For instance, for a small, intimate a good time. You’ll see that I always wear glasses and o er to do shows for free. If you aren’t a name a air such as Salt Arts all the promo included on the stage because I am frightened to look at that can pull people to an event, booking agents the kind of music I would be playing (house set) the crowd. A big challenge for me is to take o my wouldn’t want to book you for an event and pay but for a big festival I have the freedom to play glasses mid-set to interact with the crowd more. you because there’s no value that you bring to whatever I want that I think will resonate with the I don’t know how to say it; I feel so happy and so them so you need to o er them value, which is you people. I curate huge playlists with my favourite energetic – it’s such an unreal high. I have never playing for them for free. songs and at bigger events such as music experienced that kind of feeling anywhere other festivals, I take that as a chance to lay those than on stage. What are your main challenges as a DJ? What favourites for people. is it about DJ-ing compared to producing your What is your philosophy behind DJ-ing? own music that makes it interesting for you? What are some of the most unique tracks TJ: It’s the purist form of peace that one person TJ: The biggest challenge for me being a DJ would you’ve played that have rock the dance floor? can bring towards the world because in my opinion be getting the people in my life that are closet to TJ: Some of the unique songs that I’ve played that music is something that brings so many people me to accept the profession. What makes DJ-ing have absolutely killed it include my own song L.A. with di erent opinions - whether it’s religion, race, interesting to me as apposed to producing music Of course, I wasn’t expecting it but people were or ethnicity - together. It’s such a powerful thing is that it’s more of a in-the-moment kind of a thing singing along and going crazy dancing and then where all these powerful di ering opinions can be because I am playing for people who have come when I opened at the three Asian Solis Festivals brought together for one purpose of listening to the to hear me play unlike producing music, which is with the theme songs from Game of Thrones, same song together. And just being able to hear so a long process where I have to sit in front of my Money Heist, and Stranger Things. many di erent people sing the same song together laptop and make a song for hours on end and then (which is very hard to do because the only time you put it on streaming platforms for people who I You recently played at the Solis Festival in will hear people chanting something together is at don’t get to see. DJ-ing is a lot more interactive. Pakistan leaving the crowd in a trance. How a political rally or at a football game) is so great in was that experience ? the sense that everyone is collectively together. How do you prepare for a set? TJ: Solis was really fun; it’s unreal to think TJ: When I start making my set I first look at what something that big could happen in Karachi, You travel constantly for your gigs, and it’s kind of an event it is. If it’s a small, intimate set, Islamabad and Lahore. It was definitely the quite dierent from playing in your hometown. I’ll be playing something quiet and chilled out as greatest experience I’ve ever had. What do you usually carry with you when you apposed to a thousand people gathering where I’ll travel? play a very di erent kind of set. What’s next for you? TJ: Usually when I am travelling for a gig I take TJ: Next in line is that I want to produce and release a bunch of my USBs, my hard drive, my laptop, One of the particularities of DJ-ing is that all of the music that I have since I now have time to my headphones, and my glasses. Those are my listeners don’t have the option of switching do so, having moved back to Karachi. I also want to necessities. channels or changing the song according to collaborate with a few Pakistani artists beacuase I their own tastes and preferences. How do you, want to get into that market as well. What is a good way to get local gigs? as a DJ, make use of this freedom? INTERVIEW: MEHR KASSIM PHOTOGRAPHER: COURTESY TURHAN JAMES TJ: A good way to get a local gig would be to TJ: I’ll make use of the freedom by taking OK! PAKISTAN • 97 dine DIVINE

CHRISTMAS MUNCH AVARI TOWERS, KARACHI

anta brought exciting events at Avari Towers this Christmas. S Avari Towers began the celebrations of Festive Season with several fun ﬁlled happenings. With a huge Christmas Tree all decked up with Christmas buntings and a fancy show case of Christmas Cakes Avari Towers gave out the real Christmas vibes throughout the December. We all agree that this festive season involves great food and anything can be celebrated with delicious food on table. Asia Live as always crossed the expectations of their guest with a marvelous variety of buet at Christmas Munch. The place was full with happy guests enjoying the good food. There was an ongoing performance by Church taste and variety Munch Choir which just made it feel more authentic. The had to offer. To start the melodies were so good and pleasant to ears. Not in spicy BBQ sauce and the tender, juicy Chicken meal with there was pumpkin soup and roasted only that but they also had a performance by Black Florentine. Christmas Munch also had a sushi/ almond which complimented the weather quite Jacks, the famous band from the 90s who ﬂew from sashimi bar for all the Japanese cuisine lovers well. The salad bar was as always so fresh and Canada for Christmas. They sung all the exciting which was pretty fresh. crunchy. For mains, they had a blend of Desi festive season songs. Christmas Munch ended on a sweet note with and continental dishes. The best were Penne Such great melody and good food made Christmas Cakes and giveaways for ladies which Arabiatta, Seafood Thermidor, Beef Medallion everyone at Asia Live cheerful. People loved the were sponsored by Rimmel London. 98 OK! LITERATI GENIUS AND INK: VIRGINIA WOOLF ON HOW TO READ The gripping book introduction is penned by Francesca Wade while the foreword is by another famous writer Mr Ali Smith. Both hold revering statures in today’s literary era. Language is wine upon the lips” and to The next is of the intelligent George Eliot, the taste this so called “wine” upon one’s lips, woman accused by men of her time for not “is a luxurious art in itself. I truly felt this being beautiful, “a quality… held to be supremely exquisite quote of Virginia Woolf once I desirable in women” (Woolf writes). She describes started sharing her thoughts in the newest book her as “the grave lady in her low chair”. Thus Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read, her characters possessed her supreme intellect where she has been highlighted and acclaimed and lacked the bodily charm. Her content was not only as an established novelist but also as an propelling, mystic, somewhat spiritual and exceptional literature critique. philosophical which made her immortal. The esteemed authoress started writing for the Next come the beautifully stated observations adventures of her pen. No wonder Woolf was Times Literary Supplement (TLS) in 1905. She of John Evelyn’s diary and the famous letters of feted in her time and in ours. Vita Sackville-West said her pockets were content but not her heart Henry James – from how Henry James carved out once praised Woolf by saying “You cast a beam for she wanted acknowledgement and not the across the dingy landscape of the Times Literary anonymous “we” being printed in her reviews and Supplement”. My favourite part was how she wrote essays. At first, the lady used to accept everything about re-reading a novel. It was about peeking into in the form of writing for her work, but as with her the same world again and this time, with a different skills refinement, she started considering unique perception and cognizance in a manner that now it compendiums only, the works of the writing seems a completely new world to witness. She’s mavens before her. Virginia Woolf criticises some obsessed with language and fascinated by the of the finest writing masterpieces of nine writers fictional characters created by others. Little did I who moved the hearts by moving their pen. There know about her as a critic than I do now. She’s a was a far cry between the writings of her father’s dark horse to us all. and hers. While Mr Leslie wrote for the intellects, A book is more than just a story. It reveals who Virginia wanted to write for the bourgeois “busy we are and what we want. An art can truly be people catching trains in the morning or tired celebrated if it remains fresh for the coming people coming home in the evening”. The gripping generations. To the contemporary world, the work book introduction is penned by Francesca Wade from yesterday may sound dull unless it has been while the foreword is by another famous writer Mr meticulously crafted in such a way to enchant Ali Smith. Both hold revering statures in today’s all generations. Every page, every word, and literary era. every cover must serve more than just decorative The most important part of her life started with collectables. One work of art should enthrall and the end of Bruce Richmond’s 30 years career as captivate all generations the same way. the Editor at TLS. Virginia Woolf regarded him as The romantic and juvenile escapades of Fanny the most influencing person for her. It was Bruce Burney’s half sister Maria have been written who made her a prolific critic, an independent masterfully while she extols Thomas Hardy for woman, and a splendid author. She writes, “When being the true king of characterisation. Henry L. called me ‘You’re wanted by the Major Journal!’ James also deserves the same honour of narrating and I ran down to the telephone to take my almost characters and personalities to the avid botanist with creativity and thoughts. weekly orders at Hogarth House! I learnt a lot of with an eloquent writing style of John Evelyn. This was probably the most intellectual book I my craft writing for him: how to compress; how to Virginia Woolf brings out the worst and the best of have ever read, perhaps because it was on my most enliven; and also was made to read with a pen and both these luminaries. adored subject, which is writing. From dissecting notebook, seriously.” She outstandingly glorifies Thomas Hardy and the contours of the crafted poem Aurora Leigh The first review is of Charlotte Brontë, whose work creatively thrashes the Elizabethan plays of the to the vehement last writings of a naval caption is defiant and diversified. Her novel Jane Eyre speaks era by putting them next to Shakespeare’s work before his bonding with death, I found it mentally fluently of Charlotte’s mastery over her characters, and calling it phenomenally radical, which I wholly appealing and richly informative. The book seems the Brontë sister was always diligent and inspired admired. not for everyone, but for those who are aware by the peasant lifestyle, and stirred her favorite The writing in this book would make a contemporary that amidst all this flamboyant work of rhetoric emotions of romance perfectly in it. She penned reader smell the perfumes of the past. I believe the pleasing fictions and biographies, there is so much many rebellious characters who turned out be essays are esoteric and charming. The authoress that meets the eye. beautifully perfect in their culminations. had a strong grip, which is explicit in the luscious REVIEW: SHARGEEL SHEIKH STOCKISTS: LIBERTY BOOKS www.libertybooks.com OK! PAKISTAN • 99

OK! PAKISTAN • 133 TRAVELLER’S TALE KASHMIR THE BAND GOES TO BKK especially the wings – so good.

What was the biggest highlight of your trip? Where did you go? The biggest highlight of our trip was the whole We went to Thailand – Bangkok speciﬁcally. It was trip itself and just being with such amazing great! It was also something our director Umar people throughout. It was something that we Anwar envisioned and we wanted it to be exactly never thought would happen. that.

Favourite shopping destination? What made you go there? It has to be Terminal 21. We knew that it would be fun and a dierent experience shooting a video there. Some sights worth seeing? The whole of Bangkok – you’ll hopefully see some Travel essentials? What did you pack? great sights in our video. Good company and an acoustic guitar. We packed all the essentials, including our wardrobe and all our instruments. Some spots for a night out? Travel tips? We barely got any time to explore the city during Always pack light so you can shop more. What was your favourite meal/restaurant?

the night as we had shoots, which lasted all night. SHUTTERSTOCK BAND, KASHMIR COURTESY PHOTOGRAPHS: MEHR KASSIM; TEXT: We think Usman’s and KFC were really great, OK! PAKISTAN • 101 OK! TRAVEL

MIAMI NICE! FANCY SOME WINTER SUN DURING THE NEW YEAR? THE PARTY TOWN OF MIAMI PROVIDES WARM NIGHTS AND AN EVEN WARMER WELCOME

WHY GO THERE NOW? Miami is sizzling hot. And we’re not just talking about the balmy temperatures that this Florida hotspot enjoys all year round. The city is known for its pulsating nightlife and vibrant party scene and it’s the perfect place for a break. And if you partied a bit too hard, you can just relax on the soft, white sands of South Beach, which is overlooked by Ocean Drive. This famous, palm tree-lined street is known for its confetti-hued Art Deco buildings and al fresco cafes. Add to this the melting pot of dierent nationalities – particularly the large Cuban community – and Miami has a truly unique vibe.

MUST-DO ACTIVITIES? Visit the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, a cutting-edge museum that houses an aquarium and planetarium, where visitors can immerse themselves in interactive shows including Dynamic Earth, where you can ride the swirling ocean currents, dive into a hurricane and fly into churning volcanoes. You can also pet EAST’S ROOFTOP stingrays on the top floor and watch hammerhead BAR, SUGAR 102 can enjoy breathtaking city views while you unwind in the tub. Owned by a Hong Kong company, the hotel has lots of Asian-inspired furnishings – most notably at the rooftop bar Sugar and the Tea Room, an opulent cocktail den. Make sure you dine at the hotel’s signature Quinto La Huella restaurant. Order one of the steaks from the South American- inspired menu that are cooked using a traditional fire method. After a hard day’s sightseeing, OK! liked to relax on a sun lounger by one of the hotel’s two pools. WHERE TO DINE AND BE SEEN? A great place to see and be seen is Sugar, the rooftop bar on the 40th floor of EAST hotel. Leafy, hidden walkways give this Balinese-inspired bar a tropical feel. Search out the Tea Room, only accessible by a discreet door, for a midnight detox drink and some moreish Asian tapas. Another great rooftop bar is the SkyBar at the Shore Club, also famous for its pool parties. If you want to party all night, the huge Blackbird Ordinary in Brickell has DJs, live bands and a pool table. And for a true Miami experience, see one of the many drag acts. OK! saw a mind-blowing contest at Kill Your Idol on Espanola Way. Competition was sti but the winning performer went that extra mile by leaping o the bar and landing in the splits! ok! HOW DO I GET THERE? NORWEGIAN (0330 828 0854; NORWEGIAN. COM/UK) FLIES FROM LONDON GATWICK TO MIAMI ON A NEW BOEING 787 DREAMLINER AIRCRAFT, FROM £275 RETURN IN LOW FARE sharks glide above you from the bottom of the stage that has played host to legends such as ECONOMY AND £940 FOR PREMIUM CLASS. aquarium. Billie Holiday and Count Basie. PRICES INCLUDE ALL TAXES AND CHARGES A visit to Little Havana is an absolute must. Take BUT ARE SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. RATES a guided walk with Miami Culinary Tours and WHERE TO STAY? AT EAST, MIAMI START FROM £230 PER ROOM you’ll stroll along Calle Ocho sampling traditional The contemporary EAST Miami hotel is part of a PER NIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO foods such as empanadas and the famous Cuban new upmarket development in the city’s Brickell BOOK, VISIT EAST-MIAMI.COM. MORE INFO? sandwich. Watch the locals play dominoes in financial district. All the ultra-modern 352 rooms FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON MIAMI AND ITS the park and listen to Latino beats playing in the – including eight suites and 89 one to three-bed BEACHES VISIT MIAMIANDBEACHES.COM street side cafes. When you’re done, relax at Ball residences – feature balconies and floor-to- REPORT: AMY ATKINSON & Chain in front of the outdoor pineapple-shaped ceiling windows. Even in the bathroom, so you EDITED BY OK! TRAVEL EDITOR ANNABEL MACKIE PHOTOGRAPHS: SHUTTERSTOCK

OK! PAKISTAN • 103 OK! HEALTH ARE YOU FEELING SAD? FEELING TIRED AND LOW THIS MONTH? HERE’S OUR GUIDE TO SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER AND HOW YOU CAN COMBAT IT

truggling to get out of bed in the TV’s Dr Hilary Jones explains, ‘It’s caused morning? Then you may be one of by less natural sunlight reaching the back Sthe millions in the UK su ering from of the eyes and a consequent increase in seasonal a ective disorder (SAD), which melatonin, the sleep hormone.’ He adds: a ects individuals in winter when daylight ‘Some people may be more vulnerable to it if hours are shorter. About 15 per cent of the they are prone to hormone fluctuations and population are said to su er significant low moods anyway.’ Dr Hilary gives us his five symptoms but it’s estimated that twice top ways to beat SAD this winter, but warns, as many experience moderate feelings of ‘If you have severe symptoms and have tiredness and persistent low moods otherwise tried everything else talk to your GP about known as ‘winter blues’. Symptoms include cognitive behavioural therapy or medication.’ fatigue, depression, sleep disturbance and a craving for carbohydrate-rich stodgy foods. Celebrities can also su er from SAD. Natalie Get Outside Imbruglia has reportedly struggled with it in Taking some outdoor exercise during daylight the past and Miley Cyrus used a special SAD hours is probably the best way to prevent or lamp when she was working long hours. reduce symptoms of SAD. Doing this during

NATALIE IMBRUGLIA 104 your lunch hour is best and it works because exercise produces the happy hormone serotonin Jet Off To The Sunshine and the daylight itself reduces levels of melatonin Taking a skiing holiday or a beach break during the and helps to regulate sleep patterns at night. winter breaks the monotony of the dark days and Exercise itself is invigorating and has a host of really boosts mood for people who suer with SAD. health benefits, which are both psychological and physical. Go Green If you can’t go away on holiday then just embrace Let There Be Light green spaces and nature as much as possible. Use an artificial light box to replace natural sunlight. This is known as the green prescription. Evidence Diused artificial light of certain wavelengths can suggests it can boost creativity and mood. mimic natural daylight and reduce symptoms. These devices come in the form of sunrise alarm clocks (which gradually wake you with increasing Get Your Vitamin D Vitamin D is known as the sunshine vitamin and is light levels in the morning when you wake with the mainly produced during the summer months from opposite happening at bedtime) and desk light the interaction of sunshine on your skin. About boxes which you can have facing you while you 20 per cent of the population are deficient in this have your breakfast or during your working day. vitamin which can reduce immunity and cause fatigue and muscle cramps. Taking it as a supplement during the winter months is therefore a good idea. Omega3 from oily fish and the amino acid tryptophan from poultry nuts and seeds, as well as vitamin B6 from bananas might also be helpful.

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OK! PAKISTAN • 105 WORLD IN ACTION

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PHOTOGRAPH: GETTY, WENN HOROSCOPE & TAROT IT’S WRITTEN IN THE STARS! CAPRICORN TAURUS VIRGO SAGITTARIUS Dec 22 – Jan 20 Apr 21 – May 21 Aug 24 – Sep 23 Nov 23 – Dec 21 Your highest ideals Changes in your There will be Contact with siblings and hopes are very personal income surprising news or close relatives much in the spotlight. may continue to connected to your could be on the Restlessness to surface but things work that has been agenda for you as change direction in unexpected news seem to magically in the making for your life is setting could be reaching you connected work out for you. Your intuition is very some time. Any ventures will have to in. Your desire for changes is being to changes that could be beneﬁcial much on target; follow your hunches. be negotiated aggressively by you so curtailed by your responsibilities at to you in the long run. Input and Disagreements at your home base your home base. Your restrictions you can get the best deal. A favorable kindness from a friend could be of could create tension that will have to may be self-imposed — readjustment outcome could very well be reached. extreme importance. Avoid taking be cleared up for the sake of harmony. is necessary to avoid feelings of Keep realistic expectations and don’t any trips. Assert yourself in a matter Cooperation will be necessary. instability. get worried. connected to shared resources. AQUARIUS GEMINI LIBRA Jan 21 – Feb 19 May 22 – Jun 21 Sep 24 – Oct 23 Your way of thinking You have to stop Entertainment and thinking one thing could be erratic this social activities could today and another month. Inspirations be on the agenda tomorrow. You for you. Monetary and ideas will appear will have changes expenses should subconsciously. in your way of Responsibilities that don’t belong to thinking connected to your place of be taken into consideration. you could be thrown at you and they employment. Many changes have Misunderstandings with a mate or been occurring that might not be to should be resolved at the workplace. partner could be present; look at your liking. A mature personal friend the situation with an open mind, Your beliefs and philosophical outlook could be reminding you about your as your understanding seems to be could be challenged; look at things personal values. Something is being with a clear mind. hidden from you. impaired right now. PISCES CANCER SCORPIO Feb 20 – Mar 20 Jun 22 – Jul 23 Oct 24 – Nov 22 There will be There will be There will be confusion and surprises with changes at your privacy will be highly reference to your home front but desired in order joined resources loving times with to assimilate and and outside sources your partner will sort out your thoughts. Your shared of income. Quick action from your give you some sense of balance. sources of income will increase home base could be proﬁtable. There Differences of opinion at work could in a very favorable way. A spark may be a lack of understanding from result in bottled up anger in you. Try of creativity could alleviate your your spouse; an explanation could be to resolve the differences. Avoid worries, bringing extra income. Look at situations with an open mind to necessary. Do not let worries override frustration. There may be some alleviate worries. your way of thinking. unexpected news. ARIES LEO Mar 21 – Apr 20 Jul 24 – Aug 23 You might receive Harmony between unexpected news you and your mate will be present concerning a friend in spite of some that you have not SANAM SAEED disagreements FEBRUARY 2, 1985 heard from for a concerning your home. This could long time. Read between the lines be resolved easily via friendly and do not agree to anything that communication. Don’t get you do not like. You could see frustrated. An opportunity for a source of assets could come up. many of your hopes and wishes Advice from someone experienced becoming a reality. CHRISTIANO RONALDO should be considered. FEBRUARY 5, 1985 PHOTOGRAPHS: GETTY PHOTOGRAPHS: 110

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