“I don’t know the scale in [terms of] Hollywood movies,” says Mariana di Girolamo, “but for me, this is a huge movie.” It’s not just her: the movie, “Wild Horse Nine,” which is the Chilean actress’ English-language debut film, has been one of this year’s awards season front-runners since its premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September. Di Girolamo stars alongside Hollywood heavyweights John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi and Parker Posey, and is directed by Oscar winner Martin McDonagh. So, safe to say it’s a huge movie no matter your industry experience. “Wild Horse Nine” follows two CIA agents, played by Malkovich and Rockwell, who are stationed in Santiago ahead of the Chilean coup d’état in 1973. They travel to Easter Island on what is billed as a vacation, where they encounter two young Chilean women, played by di Girolamo and the Argentine actress Ailín Salas. Mariana di Gi...
Emma Watson hit the 2026 LACMA Gala on Saturday night in Los Angeles in a Caroline Zimbalist dress that was a true work of art. The “Little Women” alum‘s gown featured a base fabric of red silk with a hand-poured biomaterial over top to create a textural overlay. The biomaterial was created through a process of heating and mixing a biopolymer-based formulation, with a mixture incorporating vegetable glycerin, a plant-derived plasticizer that creates flexibility and softness to the final material. Emma Watson Rich Stapleton The biomaterial, which Zimbalist regularly works with in her own artwork, was poured directly onto the silk, bonding to the fabric with natural fibers to create a textile with a retained drape on the silk and creating even more dimensionality to the surface. The final look was a fitted, dark bodice with a vibrant red skirt. Watson was...