When “The Rocky Horror Show” director Sam Pinkleton called and asked Stephanie Hsu if she wanted to be his Janet, she had a confession: she was a virgin. “I was like, ‘I’ve actually never seen Rocky Horror,’” says the actress, wearing a T-shirt bearing Pinkleton’s likeness and seated on the mezzanine level of the Roundabout Theater at Studio 54 before a recent matinee performance. “So I watched the movie that night, and fell in love with it, and ever since have been deep diving into the fandom,” Hsu adds. “I’ve gone to the midnight showings, watched the documentary, and now I’m definitely obsessed.” Stephanie Hsu Ryan Williams/WWD The actress stars in the Broadway revival as Janet Weiss, a coquettish woman who, along with her husband Brad, stumbles upon Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s mansion one fateful night. Inside, an eclectic cast of characters and sexua...
Peptides Are Skin Care’s New It-Thing. Here Are 10 Topicals & Supplements You’ll See (Real) Results With
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. Beauty’s biggest buzzword right now? Peptides, peptides, peptides, repped by dermatologists and age-defying A-listers in equal measure. (Celebrities like the Kardashians, “Her Goopness” Gwyneth Paltrow, and Hailey Bieber, who’s also making peptides the essential building blocks for all her Rhode products, are currently injecting these amino acid chains directly into their faces.) Widely referred to as the future of skin care, peptides continue gaining heat in the industry due to their gentle nature — compared to the sometimes burning, redness-inducing retinoids — as well as their ability to boost collagen production, help with elasticity, and cut back on inflammation. Peptides are also present in GLP-1s and athletic recovery powders, but they’re witnessing the most acute popularity surge in the uni...