Gayle King is weighing in on the recent high-profile comments made by Cindy Crawford criticizing an early interview with Oprah Winfrey.
In the first episode of the new AppleTV+ docuseries “The Super Models”, Crawford reflected on her very first appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 1986, when she was 20, and she calls out Winfrey for making her feel like a “chattel,” or like a piece of property.
King, a close friend of Winfrey’s, spoke with Et’s Rachel Smith on Thursday at the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s 2023 Albie Awards in New York City, and she explained that she’d “heard about it” but that she hasn’t yet watched the clip of the interview in question, or the new show.
“I haven’t seen it, and I want to see it, but I’m surprised and a little disappointed,” King shared. “Because I know Cindy’s been on her show many,...
In the first episode of the new AppleTV+ docuseries “The Super Models”, Crawford reflected on her very first appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 1986, when she was 20, and she calls out Winfrey for making her feel like a “chattel,” or like a piece of property.
King, a close friend of Winfrey’s, spoke with Et’s Rachel Smith on Thursday at the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s 2023 Albie Awards in New York City, and she explained that she’d “heard about it” but that she hasn’t yet watched the clip of the interview in question, or the new show.
“I haven’t seen it, and I want to see it, but I’m surprised and a little disappointed,” King shared. “Because I know Cindy’s been on her show many,...
- 9/29/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Cindy Crawford revealed in the Apple TV+ docuseries The Super Models that talk show host Oprah Winfrey treated her like a child during a 1986 interview on Winfrey’s show.
During an appearance alongside Elite Modeling founder John Casablancas, Crawford recounted being referred to like she was chattel or a child when Winfrey asked her to stand up and exclaim that she had a “very good” body.
“I was like the chattel or a child, like be seen and not heard,” Crawford recounted in the docuseries. “When you look at it through today’s eyes when Oprah’s like, ‘Stand up and show me your body,’ like show us why you’re worthy of being here. In the moment I didn’t recognize it. Only when I look back at it and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, that was so not Ok really.’ Especially from Oprah.”
What was the context of the Oprah Winfrey interview?...
During an appearance alongside Elite Modeling founder John Casablancas, Crawford recounted being referred to like she was chattel or a child when Winfrey asked her to stand up and exclaim that she had a “very good” body.
“I was like the chattel or a child, like be seen and not heard,” Crawford recounted in the docuseries. “When you look at it through today’s eyes when Oprah’s like, ‘Stand up and show me your body,’ like show us why you’re worthy of being here. In the moment I didn’t recognize it. Only when I look back at it and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, that was so not Ok really.’ Especially from Oprah.”
What was the context of the Oprah Winfrey interview?...
- 9/27/2023
- by Gina Ragusa
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Runway legend Naomi Campbell is slashing her stilettos into the stigmas Black women face.
In her new Apple TV+ doc, “The Super Models”, the generation-defining supreme supermodel – who has catwalked for brands like Marc Jacobs and Chanel – explains that being labelled as “difficult” throughout her career has been fuelled by racism.
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“It was hard to be an outspoken Black woman and I definitely got the cane for it many times,” she remembered in the third episode of the throwback series.
After leaving Ford’s modelling agency for Elite, Campbell was offered a contract with beauty company Revlon. Upon learning how little it was compared to what she made in a day, she told a meeting full of people that she wouldn’t accept the offer.
She said that decision led to...
In her new Apple TV+ doc, “The Super Models”, the generation-defining supreme supermodel – who has catwalked for brands like Marc Jacobs and Chanel – explains that being labelled as “difficult” throughout her career has been fuelled by racism.
Read More: Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington And Linda Evangelista Reunite On The Runway For London Fashion Week
“It was hard to be an outspoken Black woman and I definitely got the cane for it many times,” she remembered in the third episode of the throwback series.
After leaving Ford’s modelling agency for Elite, Campbell was offered a contract with beauty company Revlon. Upon learning how little it was compared to what she made in a day, she told a meeting full of people that she wouldn’t accept the offer.
She said that decision led to...
- 9/20/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
Cindy Crawford is reflecting on that 1986 Oprah Winfrey interview.
Crawford appeared on Apple TV+’s “The Super Models” alongside Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington.
During the docuseries, Crawford called out Winfrey for commenting on her body during the talk show interview nearly 40 years ago, in which she appeared alongside Elite Model Management founder John Casablancas.
During the 1986 chat, Winfrey asked the then-20-year-old to “stand up [for] just a moment,” telling her studio audience, “This is what I call a body.”
Read More: Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington And Linda Evangelista Reunite On The Runway For London Fashion Week
The docuseries featured a clip of the interview, showing Crawford doing what she was told and standing up to show off her figure, Page Six reported.
Crawford, now 57, said, “I was like the chattel or a child, be seen and not heard. When you look at it through today’s eyes,...
Crawford appeared on Apple TV+’s “The Super Models” alongside Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington.
During the docuseries, Crawford called out Winfrey for commenting on her body during the talk show interview nearly 40 years ago, in which she appeared alongside Elite Model Management founder John Casablancas.
During the 1986 chat, Winfrey asked the then-20-year-old to “stand up [for] just a moment,” telling her studio audience, “This is what I call a body.”
Read More: Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington And Linda Evangelista Reunite On The Runway For London Fashion Week
The docuseries featured a clip of the interview, showing Crawford doing what she was told and standing up to show off her figure, Page Six reported.
Crawford, now 57, said, “I was like the chattel or a child, be seen and not heard. When you look at it through today’s eyes,...
- 9/20/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
In Apple TV+’s new docuseries The Super Models, Cindy Crawford is re-evaluating key moments from her career, including one questionable Oprah Winfrey Show moment from 1986 that she now claims was “so not Ok.”
Throughout the episode in question, Crawford sat alongside her then-representative from Elite Modeling Agency, John Casablancas. Winfrey asked the 20-year-old burgeoning model to stand up to give the audience a better look at her figure. “Now this is what I call a body!” exclaimed Winfrey.
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Throughout the episode in question, Crawford sat alongside her then-representative from Elite Modeling Agency, John Casablancas. Winfrey asked the 20-year-old burgeoning model to stand up to give the audience a better look at her figure. “Now this is what I call a body!” exclaimed Winfrey.
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- 9/20/2023
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
“The Come Up,” Freeform’s new series about six Gen Z “disruptors” navigating the ups and downs of coming of age in post-pandemic New York, has set its main cast in Taofeek Abijako, Fernando Casablancas, Ben Hard, Claude Shwartz, Ebon Trower and Sophia Wilson.
Formerly known as “Day to Night,” the original series’ logline is as follows: “‘The Come Up’ is a glimpse into the wildest feelings and vibrant moments that define coming-of-age in a post-pandemic New York. The series follows six young disruptors as they emerge from downtown New York to follow their dreams and pursue love and art on their own terms. The show follows the creative NYC underground, giving viewers an exclusive look into how the next generation of icons define themselves and how culture is created.”
The cast, which was announced during Freeform’s virtual press tour at the TCAs, is made up of Gen Z...
Formerly known as “Day to Night,” the original series’ logline is as follows: “‘The Come Up’ is a glimpse into the wildest feelings and vibrant moments that define coming-of-age in a post-pandemic New York. The series follows six young disruptors as they emerge from downtown New York to follow their dreams and pursue love and art on their own terms. The show follows the creative NYC underground, giving viewers an exclusive look into how the next generation of icons define themselves and how culture is created.”
The cast, which was announced during Freeform’s virtual press tour at the TCAs, is made up of Gen Z...
- 8/2/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
Carré Sutton — who famously starred (as Carré Otis) alongside Mickey Rourke in the racy 1989 film “Wild Orchid” — filed a lawsuit in New York on Thursday where she claimed she was raped by an executive for Elite Model Management when she was 17 years old.
According to the lawsuit, Sutton says she was discovered by a modelling scout in 1985 and subsequently moved to New York City in 1986 at the behest of John Casablancas, the agency’s founder (who died in 2013). After struggling in New York, Sutton says she was sent to Paris by Elite in the hopes that her look “would have strong appeal in Europe.” She was told that she would be living with Gerald Marie, the head of Elite’s European division, who was “interested enough in her career success that she could live in his personal residence.”
But according to Sutton, she was “raped repeatedly by Marie and later...
According to the lawsuit, Sutton says she was discovered by a modelling scout in 1985 and subsequently moved to New York City in 1986 at the behest of John Casablancas, the agency’s founder (who died in 2013). After struggling in New York, Sutton says she was sent to Paris by Elite in the hopes that her look “would have strong appeal in Europe.” She was told that she would be living with Gerald Marie, the head of Elite’s European division, who was “interested enough in her career success that she could live in his personal residence.”
But according to Sutton, she was “raped repeatedly by Marie and later...
- 8/12/2021
- by Daniel Goldblatt
- The Wrap
She learned responsibility young, caring for her mother – then became a stunningly successful model and screen star. The actor talks about ageing on screen, why she eschews drugs, and her pride in her daughters’ acting careers
Andie MacDowell’s career as a successful model, who went on to become a successful actor, almost ended before it began. It was 1979, in the middle of the Studio 54 era, when she moved to New York. She was 21 years old, had just been signed by the Elite model agency and appeared to have the world at her feet. But she soon wanted to go back to her home town. “There was a lot of cocaine around,” she says. “I had a small experience at the very beginning and hated it. I hated it! It was only, like, a month. I really didn’t like the way it felt. It didn’t make me feel...
Andie MacDowell’s career as a successful model, who went on to become a successful actor, almost ended before it began. It was 1979, in the middle of the Studio 54 era, when she moved to New York. She was 21 years old, had just been signed by the Elite model agency and appeared to have the world at her feet. But she soon wanted to go back to her home town. “There was a lot of cocaine around,” she says. “I had a small experience at the very beginning and hated it. I hated it! It was only, like, a month. I really didn’t like the way it felt. It didn’t make me feel...
- 9/16/2019
- by Martha Hayes
- The Guardian - Film News
Wahlburgers producer 44 Blue Productions, Red Arrow Studios company, is teaming with Wilhelmina Models to produce multiple scripted and unscripted projects about the world’s largest modeling and talent management agency.
44 Blue has acquired scripted and unscripted rights to the story of Wilhelmina Models, founded in 1967 by Dutch supermodel model Wilhelmina Cooper, which marked its 50 anniversary last fall. The story of the groundbreaking agency’s rise is one of several stories that the two companies are co-developing, including an access-driven documentary following the agency and the high-stakes business decisions and strategy leading up to Fashion Week.
44 Blue says the projects will tell the story of the agency and its iconic CEO Wilhelmina Cooper, the first business woman featured on the cover of Fortune Magazine in 1979 at a time when less than 5% of businesses were owned by women. (See photo above of Cooper, left, with model June Sanderson). Originally on the...
44 Blue has acquired scripted and unscripted rights to the story of Wilhelmina Models, founded in 1967 by Dutch supermodel model Wilhelmina Cooper, which marked its 50 anniversary last fall. The story of the groundbreaking agency’s rise is one of several stories that the two companies are co-developing, including an access-driven documentary following the agency and the high-stakes business decisions and strategy leading up to Fashion Week.
44 Blue says the projects will tell the story of the agency and its iconic CEO Wilhelmina Cooper, the first business woman featured on the cover of Fortune Magazine in 1979 at a time when less than 5% of businesses were owned by women. (See photo above of Cooper, left, with model June Sanderson). Originally on the...
- 4/5/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
When you're Lakeith Stanfield and you happen to play a guy like Darius, the pothead-philosopher of FX's Atlanta – and not just play him, but turn a hit show's comic-relief role into the sort of weirdly relatable oddball that becomes an instant fan-favorite – it's natural that complete strangers would want to get you high. At the club, in a mall, walking down the street – doesn't matter. "The funny thing is, they assume I smoke," the 25-year-old actor says of the show's fans. "And you know, I don't. But yeah, I get a lot of offers.
- 8/4/2017
- Rollingstone.com
John Casablancas, the modeling agent who helped launch the careers of Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer, has died. He was 70. The founder of Elite Model Management died of cancer in Rio de Janeiro, The New York Times reports. The pioneering agent is largely credited with bringing about the age of the supermodel through Elite, founded in Paris in 1972. Photos: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2013 He steered the careers of women such as Heidi Klum, Gisele Bundchen and Andie MacDowell, turning models into recognizable celebrities in their own rights. His successes were also rocked by scandals. He
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- 7/21/2013
- by THR staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Leslie Bibb, star of ABC's suburban satire "Gcb," has Oprah Winfrey to thank for her first big break. In 1990, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" had a nationwide modeling contest. Bibb's mother sent in pictures of her 16-year-old daughter. She was chosen as the winner by Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Iman, and John Casablancas. Before the contest, while Bibb was growing up in Virginia, it never occurred to her to pursue a career in the arts. "It just didn't seem very realistic to me," she says. "I thought I would go to Uva, then law school, and then go into politics." When she went to New York that summer, after her junior year of high school, to pursue modeling work as a new client of the Elite Agency, the people and the industry there amazed her. She went back to Virginia for her senior year, spending about a week a month...
- 3/8/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Jessica Gardner)
- backstage.com
Greetings New Music Mix Readers. You may have noticed I took a brief hiatus from my bi-weekly roundups. Well this past month I participated in a show on MTV that will be airing this summer. Check back on AfterElton.com once it airs as I’ll be recapping my experience and filling you all in on the inside gossip.
On February 28th, I had the chance to catch Lady Gaga and Scissor Sisters in Chicago at the United Center on Gaga’s second North American leg of her Monster Ball Tour. I must say that if you have the chance to go see her perform, take it. She is undoubtedly one of the best entertainers of our time.
While this was my second time catching a Lady Gaga performance it was my first Scissor Sisters one. In the last year I’ve become an ever-increasing fan of the sexiness that...
On February 28th, I had the chance to catch Lady Gaga and Scissor Sisters in Chicago at the United Center on Gaga’s second North American leg of her Monster Ball Tour. I must say that if you have the chance to go see her perform, take it. She is undoubtedly one of the best entertainers of our time.
While this was my second time catching a Lady Gaga performance it was my first Scissor Sisters one. In the last year I’ve become an ever-increasing fan of the sexiness that...
- 3/15/2011
- by Davis Mallory
- The Backlot
Supermodel Stephanie Seymour is getting divorced from her polo-playing husband Peter Brant after 16 years of marriage and three children -- but they are still living under the same roof in the marital mansion in Greenwich, Conn.
"It's Ok. I'm sleeping in the maid's quarters," Seymour told a friend. "I'm doing the best I can to keep things amicable. I want to be the bigger person. But it's tough. He's playing very dirty with me."
Seymour -- a top model since she was 16 and dating Elite Models boss John Casablancas -- was a Victoria's...
"It's Ok. I'm sleeping in the maid's quarters," Seymour told a friend. "I'm doing the best I can to keep things amicable. I want to be the bigger person. But it's tough. He's playing very dirty with me."
Seymour -- a top model since she was 16 and dating Elite Models boss John Casablancas -- was a Victoria's...
- 5/7/2009
- NYPost.com
Campbell Fires Back At Former Model Boss
Supermodel Naomi Campbell has taken aim at her former boss, blaming him for her reputation as an awkward diva.
The Brit insists she'll never forgive Elite chief John Casablancas for the comments he made about his one-time top model when she left his agency - because they've stuck with her.
Firing off about the father of The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas in the new issue of America's Giant magazine, Campbell says, "He had to attack me because I decided to leave. Models can leave agencies. I was not under a written contract.
"I was shocked to see how he acted. He started that first rumour (that I was tough to work with)."
But Campbell insists she has had the last laugh - because she's still working with the world's top photographers: "The people that love me, love me and that's what matters to me."...
The Brit insists she'll never forgive Elite chief John Casablancas for the comments he made about his one-time top model when she left his agency - because they've stuck with her.
Firing off about the father of The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas in the new issue of America's Giant magazine, Campbell says, "He had to attack me because I decided to leave. Models can leave agencies. I was not under a written contract.
"I was shocked to see how he acted. He started that first rumour (that I was tough to work with)."
But Campbell insists she has had the last laugh - because she's still working with the world's top photographers: "The people that love me, love me and that's what matters to me."...
- 4/9/2009
- WENN
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