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FILM
LEARN TO HUSTLE TO THE TOP
Unleash your inner bad girl, as fraudster strippers, mob wives and crooked cops are coming to a cinema screen near you...
FOR FANS OF LA
CONFIDENTIAL:
Black And Blue
Rookie of ficer Naomie
Harris sees fellow cops
murdering a dealer –
then they pursue her.
Out 25 October
FOR FANS OF
GOODFELLAS:
The Kitchen
The wives of three NY
gangsters take over
their husbands’ rackets
after they go to prison.
Out 2O September
FOR FANS OF
SHOWGIRLS
Hustlers
Four women who work
at a strip club fleece their
rich clients. Stars Cardi
B and Jennifer Lopez.
Out 13 September
TELEVISION
BE AN
INFLUENCER
Featuring an all-star cast,
Netflix Original The Politician
is set to be autumn’s biggest hit...
WHO’S BEHIND IT? Ryan Murphy,
creator of Pose and American Horror
Story. His latest show, The Politician
(airing 27 September) is the most
anticipated of the year, after Netflix
won a rumoured $3OOm bidding
war against Amazon and Hulu.
THE LINE-UP? Gwyneth Paltrow,
Bette Midler, Jessica Lange
and Tony Award-winner
Ben Platt, among others.
PLOT NOTES: It follows high-school
student Payton Hobart [Ben Platt]
as he runs for school president
- a crucial first step in his plan
to become the actual POTUS.
WHY WE’RE OBSESSED? Set
in Santa Barbara, it’s full of
scandalous characters plotting
each other’s demise while playing
tennis on perfectly manicured lawns.
Watching it feels somewhat akin to
following the 2O16 US elections,
but with added schoolyard bullying
and overprivileged teens.
THE TAKEAWAY? Honesty and
good policies aren’t enough to
guarantee success. The path to the
top can be fraught with plot twists.
PEOPLE
LOVE THY FAMILY
Frommusiciansto models,meetthesiblings
onthevergeof makingit big...
BRIASCOTT
You’llhaveseen hersisterIndira(above)onthe
runwayafterthe 21-year-oldmadeher debutat
Dior’sResort2O19show,andhassincewalked
JacquemusandBalmain.Nowwatchoutforolder
sisterBria,adesignerandcreativeconsultantwho
worksondrunkmag.com, a fashionplatformforwomen
andnon-binarypeopleofcolour.
GRACEJOHNSON
Forthisyear’sMetGala,DakotaJohnson(above
right)ditchedthen-boyfriendColdplay’sChrisMartin,
infavourofa datewithyoungersiblingGrace.Making
herMetdebutina glitteringrainbowGuccigown
beforedonninganotherofthebrand’sdressesforthe
after-parties,alleyesarenowonthe19-year-oldIMG
modelwhoknowshowtohandlea redcarpet.
ZSELA
Witha voicereminiscentofTracyChapman,New
YorksingerZsela(right)is theyoungersisterofCreed
andWestworldactorTessaThompson.Performing
inlooksbygame-changingNewYorkdesigners
TelfarandVaquera,Zselashareshersister’sstyle
credentials,plusanabilitytowowaudienceswith
herperformances.Thisautumn,she’lltourtheUS
supportingCatPower,beforereleasingherdebutEP.
SISTER ACT
These up-and-
coming names
prove talent
can strike twice
Bria and Indira Scott
Grace and Dakota Johnson
Zsela and Tessa Thompson