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Mind. Body. Soul.

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EAT LIKE THE STAR YOU ARE By Debbie Abbott

SHE CALLS THE SHOTS Women in Film and Television.

12 OH MY GOFF, IT’S ANGIE GOFF By Laura G. Clark 13 YOU LOVED “THE WEDDING PLANNER.” MEET MEGA

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PRODUCER DEBORAH DEL PRETE By Laura G. Clark

14 GOD, GIRLS AND GUNS. NINA MAY’S “DAILY BREAD”

HAS ALL THREE By Maddison Hicks

15 WHO’S THAT GIRL? By Katie Yeager

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Fashion. Cocktails. Culture.

19 GET YOUR CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD

GLAM ON By Sandra Packwood

25 DANCES WITH WOLFE

By Caitlin Scott

28 AND THE AWARD FOR BEST OSCAR PARTY GOES TO…YOU!

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29 JUST THE TICKET: VIRGINIA’S BEST FILM FESTIVALS

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34 ON HER MIND

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Editor’s Letter - SHE! makes it happen The first person I called when I found out we’d scored an interview with mega motion picture producer Deborah Del Prete (see page 13) was SHE! fashion director Sandra Packwood. I was over the moon with excitement but also a bit unsure how to proceed with this gem of an opportunity.

“Are you kidding?” she responded. “We create an entire issue around it, tie it to the Academy Awards and encourage women to throw Oscar parties and get glammed up like movie stars. It’ll be the perfect anti-depressant for the winter blues!”

Duh. Why didn’t I think of that?

There are plenty of things I don’t think of, that I don’t even have to think of, because Sandra does. From the first issue of SHE! to the one in your hands, Sandra has styled, directed and written almost every fashion feature. She comes up with the theme, finds the location, selects the models, pulls the clothes and accessories, and coordinates the hair, makeup and photography. The day of the shoot, Sandra’s a perpetual motion machine, pinning, buttoning, belting, and sometimes even modeling.

Clearly, she makes it happen.

She can make it happen for you, too. Sandra’s skills as a personal stylist are unparalleled. Pay her a visit at her upscale consignment shop, Do You Déjàvu at 43 Main Street, Warrenton and see for yourself. And if you’d like to model for SHE!, drop her a note and some photos at Sandra@DoYouDejaVu.com.

And now without further ado, I am proud to present the winter 2018 issue of SHE! I hope you enjoy it.

Cheers!

Susan

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SUSAN MCCORKINDALE EDITOR Susan McCorkindale is a mom, autism and mental health advocate, and the editor of SHE! She is also the author of two books, Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl and 500 Acres and No Place to Hide, More Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl. In her spare time she enjoys hanging out with her sons, painting her new place (and sometimes actually getting paint on the walls), and reading. smccorkindale@ fauquier.com CINDY GOFF ART DIRECTOR Cindy Goff is an award winning graphic designer and the owner of Dreamspeed Photography in Warrenton.

She specializes in business and conceptual portraits. She graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and has a M.F.A. in creative writing from George Mason University. cgoff@ dreamspeedpress.com 540-878-1383 DEBBIE ABBOTT With 30 years in the health/ fitness/yoga/ nutrition world, Abbott’s mission is to guide women into making healthy choices that last a lifetime.

Downtime is moving outside time: hiking, paddle boarding, gardening, and walking with people or dogs. An avid sightseer, Abbott’s goal is to visit every park, river, lake and reservoir in Virginia. www.rocksolidnutritionandwellness.com AMY BAKALOV Amy Bakalov is an international wedding and portrait photographer based in Northern Virginia.

Whether she’s telling your Photography by Amy love story by Nicole capturing your wedding day or telling your continued love story by capturing your newest addition, her passion and commitment are shown in the work 6

she creates. When not behind her lens, she’s at her children’s sporting events or watching movies with her better half, Dennis. photographybyamynicole.com LAURA CLARK Laura Gresham Clark has lived in Middleburg for 15 years. In 2002, she and her husband founded Wylie Wagg, a healthy pet food and supply company with five locations in VA and DC. They sold the company to a California-based chain in late 2016. lauragclark@gmail.com DEANNA D’ATTILIO DeAnna D’Attilio is a Business Development Manager at Acorn Financial Services in Reston, VA. With a Master’s Degree in Viticulture, DeAnna is constantly on the hunt for the best wine Virginia has to offer. She is also a self-proclaimed foodie, lipstick hoarder and dog enthusiast.

Ddattilio@gmail.com TERRI LYNN ERWIN Terri Lynn Erwin is the mother of two boys and spends much of her time at the soccer pitch.

She has been published in both journalistic and academic publications. A former teacher of literature, compostion and theatre arts, when not watching soccer she can be found practicing yoga, running at a turtle’s pace, or with her nose in a book enjoying a glass of wine.

MEREDITH HANCOCK Meredith Hancock is a creative, versatile award winning Art Director and designer with more than 18 years of experience. Her work has been published and seen nationally and internationally and ranges from magazine design, book layout and cover design, identity packages, advertising campaigns, social media, website design and children’s book illustration. mhancockgraphics@gmail.com

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Maddison Hicks (aka Maddi Mae) is a creative multipotentialite living in Warrenton. During the week, she teaches guitar/ voice/songwriting lessons at Drum & Strum and music classes at Belle Meade School. On the weekends, she performs indie folk rock music at local venues. In addition to her passion for music, Maddi loves creative beauty and fashion, visual art, feminism, and dogs. maddimaemusic.com

Caitlin Scott is a Northern Virginia-based freelance writer who strives to capture her audience’s attention with clear, witty, bite-sized ideas. Her clients include local print publications and a marketing agency that serves clients across a wide range of industries. Whether you need blogs, a press release, web content, or an article about your small business, Caitlin can help find your voice and articulate your message to the right audience. caitlin@greattscott.com

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SANDRA PACKWOOD Sandra Packwood is the founder and owner of DeJaVu Apparel, LLC. Trained in Europe as a Millner, Packwood has worked with such fashion icons as Escada, Lagerfeld, Chloe, and Jil Sander. A personal styling powerhouse in her own right, Packwood has a keen eye for both high fashion and street styling, and is committed to empowering women to help them express their inner beauty every day. doyoudejavu.com ERIKA POSTELLE Erika Postelle has been in the hair industry for over 15 years.

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SHE TIME | Mind. Body. Soul.

Movie stars need to eat right and exercise every day. Their lives depend on it.

Guess what? So does yours.

By Debbie Abbott

Movie stars are lucky, their passion for acting drives a strong motivation to eat clean and exercise.

Sadly for many of us, we’ve let food and alcohol become our passion. 70% of us are overweight, and more than 30% of us are obese. Our poor kids are on the same path, with experts projecting no slow down in the rising numbers.

What to do when you’ve developed habits and patterns that keep your body in a state you don’t like?

DITCH THE DIET MENTALITY Dieters always have “good days” or “bad days.” I know that for two reasons; one, I was a dieter for decades, and two, I work in the fitness and nutrition industry. This is what I hear all the time: “I was so bad on vacation/last week/ last weekend/ 10

yesterday. Now I’m dieting and working out every day!”

What an awful way to live.

It’s defeatist. It makes us crazy.

And it doesn’t work.

Dieters are all about calorie in vs. calorie out, yet our bodies don’t function this way. Our bodies are chemistry sets, not math equations, and women’s bodies actually want to hold on to fat. Why? Fat makes hormones, it comprises 60% of our brain, makes glands, organs, and bones, and even helps build our immune system.

Our bodies are smart. It’s our dieting mentality that’s stupid.

EMBRACE THE EAT REAL FOOD MENTALITY If it comes dried and hardened in a bag or a package, don’t eat it. If it comes from a fast food restaurant, don’t eat it. If it’s made with flour, sugar, and crappy fats, contains preservatives,

food dyes, and chemicals you can’t pronounce? Don’t eat it!

1) Give up grains and sugar Grab your stomach, can you pinch anything? You could lose that if you ditch simple carbs – think bread, pasta, crackers, and dessert. You’ll also lose or reduce headaches, skin issues, diabetes, bloat, foggy thinking, bad sleep, and inflammation.

2) Learn to cook True, cooking is time consuming and takes skill. So schedule the time and develop the skill.

Practice making real whole food a normal part of your life and stop making excuses – lots of busy people cook. While you’re at it, teach your kids to cook, too.

3) Clear out the crap Junk in the cabinets calls out with a very loud voice that’s

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hard to ignore, so toss it. Throw the processed junk foods in the trash and restock your fridge and pantry with real whole food. What should be on your shopping list? Lean meats, healthy fats, a ton of vegetables, fruit, some nuts and seeds, and good dairy.

4) Believe in something different than dieting To make real, lasting change, you need to fill your head with new approaches and facts from experts in the field. Check out cardiologist William Davis and his Wheat Belly site and books, and neurologist David Perlmutter’s Grain Brain site and books.

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SHE CALLS THE SHOTS Women in Film and Television.

Inside...

Angie Goff, broadcast journalist for NBC4 Washington, D.C. and the Today Show Deborah Del Prete, mega-successful producer of The Wedding Planner Nina May, Virginia-based producer of the new series Daily Bread AND the answer to the question Who’s That Girl?

“The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered they could give orders better from there.”

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Angie Goff –

a breath of fresh air pilot program for “externships” that Mason immediately put “Sometimes our most whim- into use. sical, spontaneous, and dramat- After graduating, she acceptic decisions turn out to be our ed a full-time offer to be the perbest ones. If you think too much, sonal assistant to an ET host. you’ll think yourself out of it.”

At the same time, she worked as These are the words of Angie on-air talent for a cable access Goff, the region’s beloved news channel. From there, she went anchor for NBC4 Washington, to Iowa and South Carolina, colD.C. who also makes regular ap- lecting accolades for her style. pearances on The Today Show.

Returning to this area, howAmong the secrets to her sucever, was important to Angie, cess: “being authentic, having whose parents and sisters live zero regrets, never saying never, in Virginia. When the call came and remembering that we are to become a traffic reporter for constant students.”

WUSA, she knew it would “al Having spent much of her low me to learn something new childhood in Seoul while her and get closer to where I wantfather served in the U.S. Army, ed to be.” Predictably, her time Angie arrived at Herndon High in that spot was short lived. In School as a junior knowing 2011, she was once again revirtually no one. So what did porting the news – this time in a she do? Ran for class president, coveted position with NBC4. of course – and won. Later, at Part of her success has been George Mason, she realized that an uncanny talent for recognizshe felt passionate about telling how to leverage emerging ing stories and completed five technology. She was one of the internships. One of those posifirst reporters to do live updates tions, with Entertainment Toon Twitter. night (ET), helped pave the way “Trying to convince peofor her future. Initially, howevple that Twitter was a viable er, George Mason had no way platform for the news in 2008 of giving her credit because the wasn’t easy,” she admits. opportunity was in Los Angeles. She also started a tremenHer response was to devise a dously popular blog called

By Laura Clark

“Social media is the story behind the story. It’s everyday life. It used to be that you were invited into viewers’ living rooms for a few minutes each broadcast, but now it’s a 24-hour invitation.

Engagement is the key.”

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“Oh My Goff,” which is still entertaining readers today. As she puts it, “Social media is the story behind the story. It’s everyday life. It used to be that you were invited into viewers’ living rooms for a few minutes each broadcast, but now it’s a 24-hour invitation. Engagement is the key.”

Understanding the power of social media has been critical for Angie, who genuinely connects with her followers daily.

Her fans relate to her because she shares her life so honestly.

It’s easy to forget that this woman who makes her schedule look effortless wakes up at 2 a.m. on weekdays, has a weekend show as well, and still manages to be a devoted wife and mother who asks her children every night what they’re thankful for (she says, smiling, that “the answer usually involves chocolate”).

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military families make. She loves covering military issues, defense, international affairs, and veterans.

Through it all, Angie has managed to remain remarkably humble. She explains that she is most fulfilled when someone says she has “changed their life, motivated them, touched them – that’s the biggest compliment.

That’s the goal.” Yet she plays down what she has accomplished, saying that she “doesn’t wake up feeling successful, feeling like I’m going to kill this day!” She sees humor in the thought of her own celebrity.

In fact, she readily admits that she “doesn’t find herself interesting.” Her fans would most definitely disagree.

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SHE CALLS THE SHOTS | Women in Film and Television.

SHE! goes to Hollywood with motion picture producer

Deborah Del Prete

By Laura Clark

Some years ago, an endlessly energetic girl grew up in a family that included a father who was a film editor in New York City and a grandmother who made beaded gowns for Mae West. She read prodigiously, went to plays, watched television, devoured movies, and gravitated towards all methods of storytelling. Then one day, she saw 2001: A Space Odyssey, and was fascinated. The movie became what she refers to as her “seminal film,” spurring her to delve deeply into what goes on behind the scenes of moviemaking. Not too many years later, Deborah Del Prete would go on to produce Ender’s Game, Green Street Hooligans, and the mega-successful The Wedding Planner.

SHE! was fortunate enough to have a few moments of Deborah’s time, and we jumped at the chance to share her remarkable story of making it to the top.

Navigating the nuances of Hollywood is hard for anyone. It’s exceptionally difficult, however, for women. Deborah admits that the odds against success are great because women simply don’t get the “leg-ups” that men do. Rather than shrink from the considerable challenges, however, she persevered. “Never having to sleep a lot On the set of Locating Silver Lake with Finn Wittrock and Josh Peck. gave me a huge natural advantage,” she adds without irony.

To fully understand her accomplishments, one must know that for her to find time for outside interests. But she enjoys traveling film production is complex and demanding. For starters, lead pro- and occasionally takes advantage of times when she can add a day ducers find the money to fund projects, a daunting task. But they or two for herself after a shoot on location. also discover stories If all of this seems exhausting, Deborah doesn’t see it that way. worth telling; “The one thing I know for sure is that right now, this minute, manage everyone somewhere on this planet, probably someone I’ll never know, is on set from caterers watching a film I made and it’s making them feel less alone. That’s to A-list stars; are what keeps me going. That’s everything for me.” efficiency experts; Catch Deborah’s most recent film, The Submarine Kid, on work under shockingly Netflix. And be on the lookout for her upcoming movies, Locating tight deadlines; and Silver Lake and Pay Up. take responsibility for an entire film from concept to execution.

“The one thing I know for sure is that right now, this The buck starts and minute, somewhere on this planet, probably somestops with them. one I’ll never know, is watching a film I made and Although movies are it’s making them feel less alone. That’s what keeps art, Deborah is quick me going. That’s everything for me.” to point out that “They’re a group project, not a painting.”

To succeed as a lead producer, one has to be a talented manager who understands the requirements of every job in the group. Additionally, Deborah cautions that sometimes keeping the atmosphere copacetic on set can require putting on a therapist hat. What’s more, every film is its own start-up business.

When one wraps, the entire process starts from square one with the next.

How does Deborah view the future of her industry? Discussing the exponential changes to distribution now that so many platforms are available, she optimistically points to greater access, more opportunities for niche films, and democratization of creativity. She does lament the tendency for “retreads” (think big-budget sequels) to rule the day and points to the lure of pre-marketing as the culprit.

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God, girls, and guns Meet writer and producer Nina May

By Maddison Hicks Nina May’s sales-pitch for her ‘faith-based, post-apocalyptic drama’ resonated dissonantly with me during our first meeting last year. My initial discomfort at what felt like an appeal to the conservative man’s gaze temporarily subsided as Nina continued on to discuss her desire to nurture female talent in a safe environment through her projects with Renaissance Women Productions; and while that catchy little slogan echoed strangely in my chest, this new acquaintance tried to find ways to welcome me into her world.

Because SHE! editor Susan McCorkindale introduced me as a writer and musician, Nina May began formulating ideas for incorporating me into her production.

Months passed, but that slogan kept flipping around in my head like a fish out of water. “If you like God, girls, and guns...” The

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phrase conjured this image of a woman in skin-tight jeans and a low-cut shirt, a pair of sky-high heels, an all-American bleach job, a Bible resting against a hip conveniently pushed out to one side to exaggerate her curves, and a glossy black assault rifle contrasting against her tanned

“If you like God, girls, and guns, you’ll love Daily Bread.” skin - all in front of a rippling American flag. Thus when I began researching the Daily Bread series, I was hopeful for anything that would dismiss this unwelcomed stereotyped woman of my preconception.

The seven female leads of Daily Bread do wear skin-tight pants, pose in high heels, and carry weapons in most of the promotional images, but in stills from the film, the women are in combat boots with their hair pulled back, ready to get to work rebuilding civilization.

The narrating character is a blonde white woman, but the gorgeous ensemble cast boasts women of color playing primary characters with developed back-stories. The trailer does prominently feature the Lord’s Prayer, but not in an obvious commercial exploit of religion;

it feels more like an anchoring meditation of gratitude in a tumultuous drama.

As I watched Daily Bread’s On Set series on YouTube, I found myself shifting away from skepticism and toward optimism. In the videos, Skip Lipman interviews Nina May in her home (which doubles as the set for the series) along with several members of the cast.

May comes across as a woman of depth, creativity, strength, and contemplation, a queen of sorts reigning over her enormous home and 130+ acre farm in Northern Virginia.

The series explores some pretty heavy topics. The primary theme is the concept of ‘surviving or thriving.’ In the natural world, animals exist to survive. In the civilized world, humans have developed beyond pursuing mere survival; we thrive through the processes of creation and education, social interaction and communal organization. May laments that the modern addiction to screens and devices seems to have stolen these joys from life.

In Daily Bread, May plays a scarily plausible game of ‘whatif’ by pulling the plug on all that technology. A solar flare renders inoperable electricity and all of its dependent devices. “It’s like God flipping a light switch,” says May. Suddenly all the technology our society depends

upon is gone. Would we use the crisis as a fresh start and rebuild a better civilization?

Or would we devolve into an animalistic survival mode?

The women of Daily Bread face this scenario in two factions: the ‘foodies’ and the ‘gunnies.’

The foodies prioritize sustenance, not just of the body, but of the mind, heart, and soul; these women want to salvage the remnants of civilized humanity through comforts. The gunnies prioritize protection and survival; without survival, what is the point of sustenance and civilized comforts?

May’s thought-provoking series explores what it takes to thrive, not just survive in a world gone dark. Watch it at www.DailyBreadSeries.com and www.RWPVideo.org.

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Who's That Girl?

Introducing talented tween filmmaker Celia Cooley, winner of the British Council’s Shakespeare Lives Short Film Competition

By Katie Yeager Meet Celia Cooley who, at the ripe old age of 12, won the Shakespeare Shorts film competition. I don’t know about you, but I quake at the thought of Shakespeare.

What are they saying? What does that mean? Eek! Not Celia.

“There are two things I really like about Shakespeare’s writing,” Celia told me. “First, I like the language he uses and how you can read his writing like a poem. And second, I like his comedies. He’s a serious writer, but he can make fun of himself. For example, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, he makes fun of Romeo and Juliet by using a play inside of a play. That’s part of what inspired me to make my film, Oh Romeo.”

Celia took some time to talk

with me about “Oh Romeo,” filmmaking, blogging, and the whirlwind trip to London she won.

Katie: At the time you won the competition you were 12. That’s young to be a Shakespeare fan.

How’d that happen?

Celia: When I was seven and part of a performing arts group in Winchester, we did a parody of Macbeth. Three years later I played Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at a Shakespeare summer camp. I thought the play was going to be hard to understand and the dialogue hard to memorize, but I surprised myself and I realized that even though Shakespeare’s plays are challenging, they still can be fun.

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Continued from Page 15 Katie: Tell me about the Shakespeare Shorts competition.

Celia: It’s an online contest open to filmmakers of any age, from any part of the world.

Entrants are invited to create short films that are inspired by, or reinterpret, Shakespeare’s works.

Katie: And you were inspired

by Romeo and Juliet.

Celia: Yes! I entered my short film, Oh Romeo, which starred my cat, Firepaw, as Romeo, and my dad as the cameraman.

Katie: Were you blogging about filmmaking prior to winning?

Celia: No. When we got the email saying I’d won, it included a list of questions and requests, one of which was that we document our experience in London.

I chose a blog so people could follow our adventures and because we’d always have it as a reminder of all the wonderful things we did on our trip.

Katie: So, tell me about the grand prize.

Celia: It was an amazing, all expenses paid trip to London that included a screening of my film at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, filmmaking equipment, and the chance to meet incredible people like director Simon Hunter and the executive producer of Downton Abbey, Gareth Neame. At the end of our meeting he gave me a book signed by the entire cast of Downton Abbey, including Dame Maggie Smith, who is a personal favorite of mine, and said, “I better not see this on eBay.” I assured him he never would!

Katie: Describe the filmmaking workshop you attended.

Celia: On the second and third days of my trip, I attended a filmmaking workshop with director Simon Hunter. The workshop covered every aspect of making a feature film on a low budget – from how to work

with available locations, to using a minimum of equipment and crew. It was great.

Katie: It must have been pretty cool having your film screened at the ICA. Celia: It was! We went with Cortina Butler and Thomas Kell of the British Council, and Sir Ciaran Devane, who’s the director (pretty cool meeting a “sir”).

Not only was my film screened, but I was awarded a plaque from actress, writer, and director Nat Luurtsema, and I got to give an acceptance speech!

After the ceremony, there was a party and I got to talk to Nat some more. She was inspiring, had a lot of funny stories, and talked about the challenges of being a woman in the entertainment business.

Katie: How has winning the contest inspired you?

Celia: It’s inspired me to keep acting and making movies of my own. I’d like to do documen-

taries, and have an idea for one I’m working on now.

Katie: Where can SHE! readers see “Oh Romeo”?

Celia: On my blog at WhereforeArtThouCelia.wordpress. com.

Contributor Katie Yeager is a senior at Highland School.

Celia with director Simon Hunter.

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Dances with Wolfe: The Woman Behind the Manassas Ballet Theatre

By Caitlin Scott Photos Courtesy Manassas Ballet Theatre A woman of discipline, passion, and drive, Manassas Ballet Theatre director Amy Wolfe is always working to raise the bar for a steadily growing, increasingly delighted audience. A dancer herself, Amy has performed as a soloist with a long list of ballet companies, including the Dallas Metropolitan Ballet, Ballet Midland, Irving Ballet, and Richardson Ballet.

Her credentials aside, Amy’s passion for dance led to the genesis of the largest professional ballet company in Northern Virginia. The Manassas Ballet Theatre includes an affiliated school, a live orchestra, a costume mistress, and 29 full-time dancers, nine of them male.

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The most notable of these is Colin: Son, Marine, Hero, which will enter its third season next Memorial Day. This full-length ballet was composed, choreographed, and performed in honor of her son, who, spurred by the events of 9/11, joined the Marines right out of high school. Colin was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2006, setting off a ripple effect of pain that touched not only his family and friends, but the young men who fought by his side.

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Contrary to the conclusion most of us would draw, though, the ballet was not created for Amy or even for Colin. After his death, Amy met some of the young men he served with and saw their pain—the pain from the horrors they witnessed, the pain from the guilt they felt for surviving when their friends didn’t.

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Slip into one of the glamorous looks on pages 19 to 24 (and encourage your friends to do so, too), and shake off the winter blues by celebrating Hollywood’s biggest night.

Swanky snacks, signature cocktails, selfies, and making fun of any and all self-indulgent acceptance speeches go a long way to making those endorphins soar.

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Welcome guests by rolling out the red carpet. Make one with any piece of red fabric or pick one up at Party City for under $10. ✔ Don’t forget to… designate a couple of teens to take photos of guests paparazzi-style.

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Popcorn anyone?

Popcorn and movies go hand-inhand. Be sure to offer a variety of savory and sweet flavors like classic butter, kettle corn, cheddar cheese, and bacon-caramel corn. For added authenticity, offer movie theater candy, too. Many guests like to mix their Gummy bears, Twizzlers, and Raisinets right into their popcorn!

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We found some adorable (and free) Oscar printables online including Oscar ballots, bingo and trivia, and Mad Lib-style speeches. Grab a few clipboards, attach a gold dipped pencil or pen, and award your winners with mini Oscar statues. ✔ Don’t forget to… Create a memorable swag bag for guests to take home. Include a mini bottle of champagne, some red and/or sparkle gold nail polish, mini gold candy boxes and of course microwave popcorn.

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Recipe courtesy of The Spruce Ingredients Note: You will need a candy thermometer 6 slices cooked bacon 5 cups popcorn, popped 1/2 cup brown sugar 4 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons light corn syrup 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/3 cup pecans, toasted and chopped Directions • Preheat oven to 250º. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil.

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Just the ticket: Virginia’s best film festivals

By Terri Lynn Erwin Local film festivals allow attendees to view and discuss new films, many of which will go on to win major awards.

Here we’ve rounded up several of Virginia’s best film festivals for those – like us – who are thrilled that Hollywood’s now so close to home.

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Dates of Festival: April 1-14 Tickets: $15 per screening Location: Angelika Film Center, 2911 District Ave., Fairfax For more information and tickets, see http://www.novafilmfest.com/

Richmond International Film Festival

Created by Heather Waters over seven years ago, the Richmond International Film Festival today is one of the largest international film festivals in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Established in 2000 by the makers of LUNA, the “whole nutrition bar for women,” LunaFest is a traveling festival of award-winning short films by, for, and about women. In Virginia, the event is sponsored by Girls on the Run of Fairfax.

Date of Festival: Thursday, March 22 Tickets: $55 VIP, $35 General Admission Location: Angelika Film Center, 2911 District Ave., Fairfax For more information and tickets, see https://www. eventbrite.com/e/lunafest-fairfax-2018-tickets-37212759365

NOVA Fest

Dates of Festival: April 23-29 Tickets: Festival Flex Film includes full VIP access to all film screenings and events - $225 Five general film screenings $40 Individual film screening - $10 in advance/ $12 at the door Location: Virginia’s Bowtie Cinemas, 1331 North Blvd, Richmond, Byrd Theater, 2908 West Cary St., Richmond For more information and tickets, see https://rvafilmfestival. com/

Fernando A Mico, Founder NOVA Fest Now in its fourth year, the Northern Virginia International Film Festival boasts it brings “Hollywood to the East Coast” with the “biggest festival and market of its kind in the United States In addition to screenings, the festival hosts seminars, panels, receptions and parties leading up to an “Oscar-style”

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THE GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO ONLINE DATING

My love life in 10 movies

By Adivah Israel 1. War of the Roses – because without the constant battles of an unhealthy marriage and the subsequent divorce, there would be no opportunity to experience this crazy little thing called dating. Luckily, no one died.

great restraint on your part.

5. Psycho – because no matter how smart or careful you are, there’s always that one guy that slips through your red flag detectors. He is a special kind of crazy that takes you completely by surprise and makes you realize you are not nearly the badass chick you thought you were…and that you really do still need your mommy.

2. Boogie Nights – because before you would give in and try online dating, you took your girlfriends out dancing in every little hole-in-thewall bar you could find.

(This phase is also known as How Stella Got Her Groove Back).

derail that sucker as soon as it hits you.

8. Crazy Stupid Love – because no matter how long you’re single or how many men you’ve dated, when you fall in love you will still completely lose your mind.

As in “Oh my God, I haven’t heard from him in, like, three hours. He ghosted me, I know it. Forget him, he was no good for me anyway.”

Incoming text. “Oh, thank God, because I LOVE him”.

Yep…totally rational.

9. When Harry Met Sally - because ultimately you are going to meet the guy who provokes you into making a crazy scene in public…and what better place to do it then at Katz’s Deli on the lower east side of Manhattan?

3. Clueless – because the last time you were single, you were 18 years old.

You knew nothing about men, dating or the world then. And you know even less now. Dating can’t be that hard, can it? And who would use the Internet to find a guy?

6. Casablanca – because just like Rick and Ilsa will always have Paris, you will always remember that guy who showed you Casablanca for the very first time.

4. 50 First Dates – because online dating is like Golden Corral on steroids; the ultimate all-you-can-eat buffet (no pun intended). And because you haven’t been single your entire adult life until your mid-30s, having only 50 first dates shows

7. Train Wreck – because even though you’ve learned all your lessons, practiced all your self-love, recognized all of your patterns, you are still destined to make your first post-marriage relationship one that seems scarily familiar. And you

10. Prince of Tides – because ultimately, finally, you figure out how to select more fitting dates. The quality of men you

spend time with skyrockets; the psychos ebb and the princes flow. The question now is: do you hang on to the first prince or, since you know what you’re doing, do you head back to #4 and see how things go? (You also consider that if you don’t keep that prince, you may need to refer back to #3 and #5.

Hmmm.)

“I’d marry again if I found a man who had 15 million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he’d be dead within a year.”

Mae West

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