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Features Cindy Crawford talks selfies, models today and daughter core one for the selfie stick: Cindy Crawford believes AP: You came up in an era where we called models figure out it’s not such a terrible thing. those photos of you by you can help boost self- by their first name and called them supermodels. Then Simage. “It’s empowering for kids to take their own there weren’t as many. What do you think of models AP: What do you think of Kaia going into modeling? image in their own hands in a way,” she said in a recent today? (She recently walked in the Public School runway show interview. “It’s a form of self-expression.” But she cautions Crawford: I was really lucky to be in fashion at the time at New York Fashion Week.) that they can be both good and bad. that I was and it was like such a moment for models. ... I Crawford: I just want her to be a kind person and have “I certainly think a little guidance is good because when think for a while for whatever reason there wasn’t that con- work that she loves. ... My husband and I have both been we’re young we kind of forget that things might come nection to models, but I think this new group of models, really fortunate that we love our jobs and we would want back to haunt us, she said.”I tell my kids, ‘If you have any Gigi (Hadid) and Kendall (Jenner.) Everyone knows them that for our kids too. In terms of modeling if she wants to doubts at all just check with me first.’ Crawford credits self- by their first name and I think so much of that is the power do it, I wouldn’t dissuade her because it’s been great for ies with teaching the masses the secrets to looking good in of social media. ... They can put out who they are and get me. photographs. their personalities out there, individuality out through “Every 14-year-old girl these days is a model in their their social media and I think that’s what fans are loving. AP: How are you when you’re taking family photos own life because so much of their social media and just or pictures with friends? Is it hard to turn off the model their interaction are through selfies. Kids are so much more AP: Recently people started really noticing your 14- part of your brain? sophisticated of like their angle and how they want to por- year-old daughter, Kaia, and commenting on her Crawford: I definitely think having been photographed tray themselves than I ever was.” Crawford’s latest endeavor resemblance to you. What’s that like? by the Irving Penns and the Helmut Newtons of the world, is “Becoming by Cindy Crawford,” it’s a coffee table book Crawford: Since she was little, people have said, ‘She I’m aware of light and angles. You can’t really throw that with 150 photographs and anecdotes from her career as looks just like you’ and she would say, ‘We look nothing away, but I also try not to be annoying. Fashion photogra- she prepares to turn 50 next year. In a recent interview, alike.’ And I think now as she’s getting older ... the resem- phy is art. When you’re just doing snapshots it’s a different Cindy Crawford poses for a portrait on Wednesday, Crawford talked about models today and her lookalike blance is coming out more because, you know, when peo- purpose. — AP Sept 30 in New York. — AP daughter Kaia. ple started seeing images of me they weren’t that much older than the age that she is now. And she’s starting to

Sam Smith’s 007 theme is Music Review first Bond song to top charts

am Smith’s 007 theme has gone Previous Bond films have featured songs straight to No 1 - the first James Bond by Adele, Paul McCartney, Madonna, Ssong to top the UK singles chart. Shirley Bassey and others. None has been a “Writing’s On the Wall” features in spy British chart-topper, although Duran thriller “SPECTRE,” released later this month. Duran’s “A View to a Kill” and McCartney’s The Official Charts Company, which com- “Live and Let Die” were top 10 hits. Adele’s piles the best-seller list, said Friday that the “Skyfall” theme won both a Grammy and an song moved 70,000 copies in sales and Academy Award. — AP streaming in its first week, beating Justin Bieber’s “What Do You Mean” to the top This is a file photo of British singer Sam Smith as he performs on stage during the V spot. It is Smith’s fifth No 1 single in Britain. Festival 2015 at Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex, England. — AP Robin Williams’ widow, kids settle estate fight obin Williams’ widow and his three children from shared with Robin Williams should be excluded from the previous marriages reached a settlement in their items the actor left to his children. Rlegal fight over the late actor’s estate, ending a She also claimed some of her husband’s personal public dispute following the beloved comedian’s suicide items were taken without her permission. Williams’ three last year. Terms of the out-of-court settlement were not children countered that Susan Williams was “adding disclosed. But James Wagstaffe, who is representing insult to a terrible injury” by trying to change the trust Susan Williams, said his client will remain in the San agreement and deprive them of items that their father Francisco Bay Area home she shared with Williams and clearly intended to leave to them. This CD cover image released by Rhythm receive living expenses to maintain the home for the rest Among the items in dispute were watches, memora- Nation/BMG Rights Management shows of her life. bilia, the tuxedo he was married in and photographs tak- “Unbreakable,” the latest released by Janet Wagstaffe said she also will receive a watch Robin en on his 60th birthday, according to court documents Jackson. — AP Williams often wore, a bike bought on their honeymoon, and previous statements by attorney Wagstaffe. and their wedding gifts. Both sides expressed satisfaction The dispute resulted in several court appearances over the settlement, which remains subject to court before a San Francisco judge and mediation. Trustees for approval. Wagstaffe and Meredith Bushnell, who repre- Williams’ estate filed a petition Friday with San Francisco Janet Jackson sents three adult children from previous marriages - County Superior Court stating the parties had reached a Zachary, Zelda and Cody- said they expect the judge’s settlement on Sept. 25 and asking to dismiss Susan approval. Williams’ petition to have the court provide guidance in ‘Unbreakable’ “Susan gets to enforce Robin’s wishes. She gets to stay the dispute. The judge had encouraged both sides to set- in the house as Robin wanted, with the trust being creat- tle out of court. — AP t was in summer that you left me, the fall ed to pay the expenses,” Wagstaffe said. Meredith and winter never felt so cold, and Lord Bushnell, who represents the three children said, “I think In this April 28, 2012, file photo Robin “Iknows words can never express it, life feels they’re just very happy to have this behind them.” Williams, and his wife, Susan Schneider arrive so empty I miss you much,” Janet Jackson sings Susan Williams filed a court petition in December, say- to the 2012 Comedy Awards in New York. — AP about her late brother, Michael Jackson. “Painful ing the contents of the Tiburon, California, home she tears like never before, we can’t laugh together till we cry, but our love ain’t no material thing, Insha’Allah, see you in the next life,” she continues in her signature soft tone. “Broken Hearts Heal” is a perfect example of Jackson’s musical prowess: The Will Smith returns to rap song’s beat is so feel-good, breezy and bouncy that you must dance, but her lyrics are touching, and in this particular song, heart-wrenching as she with Colombian band highlights her relationship, even as kids doing chores, with the King of Pop. You might cry. ill Smith, who long ago moved said that he had gone to a studio with rap And that’s exactly it: Jackson’s album, from music to acting, has briefly giant Kanye West, although Smith stopped “Unbreakable,” is a reminder that dance music is Wreturned to rap in a collaboration short of saying whether the end result more than fast, loud electronic beats pounding to with the Colombian band Bomba Estereo. would be released. — AFP the floor. EDM creators and its admirers, take note. In his first rap recording in a decade, This 17-track set, which has Jackson reuniting with released Friday, Smith offers a short inter- longtime collaborators Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, is jection in a remix of Bomba Estereo’s song full of soulful, electro and addictive tracks that will “Fiesta.” make your head bop or vogue - and make your Smith raps lines in a mishmash of con- brain think. versational Spanish and English that On the downbeat and introspective “Black include: “Hola mamacita / Go get me a Eagle,” Jackson gets political, singing about those beer-a.” Smith has previously voiced admi- who are overlooked and judged. “I’m singing this ration for the Colombian band, which love song to show my support, to the beautiful brings electronic dance beats to music people who have been ignored, with blind eyes rooted in the cumbia tradition. and cold showers attacking them, invisible people The band’s founder Simon Mejia said they won’t let fit in,” she sings. “Because every life Smith’s contribution was “beyond anything matters - we all need to do better.” we have dreamed of.” “When I was told that Will Smith wanted to collaborate on a Jackson isn’t always serious, and “Unbreakable” remix with Bomba, I couldn’t believe it,” he is a balanced adventure: “Dammn Baby,” which said in a statement, hailing the rapper- samples a line from her late ‘90s hit “I Get Lonely,” actor for making an effort in Spanish. has a semi-trap sound that is a winner; Missy “Fiesta” is up for two Latin Grammys next Elliott brings the heat on the fun “BURNITUP!”; and month. “Night” is a house and trance anthem. The album’s Smith was first known as half of the duo first single, “No Sleeep,” is a sexy R&B number and DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince in the on “2 B Loved,” which features a classic Jackson 1980s, when hip-hop was becoming main- hook, she’s a confident independent woman in stream in the United States. Amid wide- love. spread media criticism of rap’s language “You see I’m not the kind of girl you got to and themes, the duo won radio play with babysit, no, no, if you have things to do, I under- clean-cut tunes such as “Parents Just Don’t stand,” she sings, most likely about her beau. And Understand.” while “Unbreakable” has some B-level tracks - Smith went on to star in the TV series including “Take Me Away” and “Gon’ B Alright” - “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and has the album is a reminder that Jackson is one icon emerged as one of Hollywood’s most suc- who hasn’t lost a beat. That’s the way real music cessful actors, with movies such as the goes. — AP “Men in Black” series, “Ali” and “The Pursuit A fashion lover walks her dog colored in pink outside the Grand Palais museum before of Happyness.” Smith’s last album was “Lost Mugler’s Spring-Summer 2016 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented during the and Found,” which came out in 2005 to a Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France. — AP mixed reception. But Smith earlier this year Will Smith