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Watching John Isner, America's top male ranked tennis player, walk towards you, towering at nearly 7 feet tall, evokes feelings of inevitable intimidation. However, the Miami Open runner-up and 2018 champ, is anything but intimidating. I found the man, who is considered one of the best servers ever to play on the ATP World Tour, to be very reassuring and engaging --a reminder to never judge a book by its cover. John Isner on Miami Living Magazine John Isner as the Miami Living Magazine cover star in 2019 (available for purchase). Ranked as high as 10 in the world, John has been enjoying a list of great achievements over the last few years, including winning the Miami Open in 2018, reaching the semis at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, and making it, once again, to the Miami Open finals this year (losing to the great Roger Federer). John holds the record for playing the longest tennis match in history, lasting 11 hours and 5 minutes over three grueling days, and additionally holds the second-highest record of aces in tennis history: over 11,403 aces and still counting! The American legend, who has made the art of “acing” a routine weapon, took time to chat with Miami Living about defending his title, playing in Miami, and more. TENNIS TALK Interview by Markin Abras So, what does it feel like playing in Miami as the defending champ? John Isner: For sure, it feels a little bit different, but ultimately what happened last year is cliché. It's really old news. It's great memories for me but I have to put that behind me. But it is cool to come back as the defending champ. I think if I had won this championship many years ago, it would put a little more pressure on me, but right now, where I am in my career, I’m not feeling any pressure coming to Miami. I’m trying to do my best this year. How about playing as the defending champ of your only 1000 ATP Master Series title? After all, Miami Open is one of your most important career wins so far. JI: It does make a little bit of a difference. I’ve won lots of other titles, but not nearly as big as this one. I’ve had success defending some titles before but I’ve never defended a 1000 ATP title before. Chances are, I won’t defend it. Really, I’m a bit surprised to hear that from the defending champ! JI: Well, I only won one of these in my career. So the odds are I probably won’t win this title. At the same time, I do have such amazing memories from Miami last year, which can’t help me necessarily win the title again. If this is the case, then what made you win the title? JI: Well yeah, I did. I was coming into this tournament not playing well. I sort of labored through the first match. I got through it, and as any player will tell you, winning a tough first match can maybe just take a lot of the pressure off. My second match I played much better than my first. And then from the round of 16 on, I started playing incredibly well. And so, once I won my round of 16 match and got myself in the quarterfinals, at this stage, I knew this could turn out well for me because of how well I was playing and I was in a good spot. Richard Ross for Mizzen+Main You are the top ranked American player. Does this add any additional pressure when you play in America? JI: No, it does not. For what it’s worth, I’ve been in the top American, I think, 6 in the last 7 years and you know, for me, it’s great. I want to be the top American player for as long as I can, but it does not add extra pressure. And how do you respond to critics saying that the American players underperform at the majors? That criticism has been lingering for some time. JI: That criticism is warranted. I don’t know that we’re underperforming, it’s just that we haven’t gotten ourselves in a position to really do great things at majors, so I think the criticism is fine, it comes with the territory. Look, it has been 16 years since an American has won a Grand Slam. In regards to your own game, I noticed a progression towards an “ultra aggressive” style of tennis. Was this approach of play done by chance or a strategic tactic? JI: Definitely not by chance. It’s just realizing my strengths and realizing my weaknesses. And you know, I’m not going to win matches by grinding out 20 ball rallies against these players, because, to be honest, they’re such incredible ball strikers! I know that my opponents want me in a match that involves long ball rallies. My goal is to try to make my opponents really uncomfortable, even if that means I’m feeling a little uncomfortable myself. But the most important thing I can do is to try to put myself in my opponents’ shoes. Making my opponents uncomfortable is key for me to do my best. How about your weaknesses? Can you elaborate on them? JI: For sure, my movement. It is not my strength, but I think with my size, I’ve moved pretty well. I’m also always trying to work on my return game, and I think last week, I did a lot of good things there. I was winning matches pretty easy, which is nice. It takes a lot of stress off me. But there are lots of matches that I’ve won because of the strength of my serve. And there has been some matches, actually, a lot of close matches, that I’ve lost because I wasn’t able to break my opponent’s serve. I do believe it is a matter of just getting myself to improve in some key areas and play the right way. It’s much, much easier said than done, that’s for sure! Last year, during the award ceremony, I recall you thanked a chiropractor, something that I’d never heard before. Most players have a physio and training partner, but a chiropractor? JI: Well, that’s his professional title, that’s what he went to school for. He plays a role of a physio, but also a chiropractor. He does a lot more than just cracking and keeping me aligned. It’s stretching, since I have really long limbs and, of course, massages. Just different types of treatment, depending on what I need. My chiropractor that works with me is always learning and studying, which is great. He applies many new things to me, which is very important. OFF THE COURT I heard that you are very passionate about dogs. Tell me why and about your support? JI: I just love dogs! I donate to American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA, https://www.aspca.org) every single year. Our family has always had dogs. Dogs are cooler than people. Would you say, less complicated than humans [laughs]? JI: In large parts, but I don’t know. I’m not different than anyone else that loves dogs. They’re just so much fun to be around, and I like cats too as well. Yeah, I was wondering about cats, too! JI: Yeah, I do. I just love animals. They play such an important role in our lives nowadays. They do so many incredible things. They bring so much joy to people and they certainly bring joy to me. Do you support anything else, besides ASPCA? I know that your mother had cancer and that she’s a survivor. JI: Yeah, I’ve done a charity event for years that has donated the proceeds to UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Centre in North Carolina (unclineberger.org) in Chapel Hill hospital, where my mom was treated. They have the greatest doctors in the world. She was fortunate to be so close to there when she came down with colon cancer. You know, I think it's very important to give back, of course. The cancer hit so close to home with me and with my family. And those doctors, I’ve said it a bunch, they saved her life. We are indeed lucky to have such great treatment so close to us. Images courtesy of John Isner GET TO KNOW JOHN: Height: 6′ 10″ Top US Male Singles Tennis Player Married to Madison McKinley Singles World Ranking: 10 Singles Career Titles: 14 Singles Career Finalist: 13 Doubles Career Titles: 5 Doubles Career Finalist: 5 Began playing tennis at age 9 Enjoys playing poker, golf, basketball, and fishing Fan of Carolina Panthers and University of Georgia football teams Member of ATP Player Council for 3 terms from 2014-20 NOTABLE RESULTS: Wimbledon: SF (2018) US Open QF (2011, 2018) Australian Open 4R (2010, 2016) French Open 4R (2014, 2016, 2018) World record of 113 aces in Grand Slam singles match Won Atlanta Open Single Title 4 Times Won 3 Hall of Fame Single Titles Won Miami Open in 2018, Runner-Up in 2019 4-Year All-American at Univ. of Georgia Record from 2004-07 Reached NCAA singles final and won doubles & team titles in 2007 Follow John johnisner.com twitter.com/johnisner instagram.com/johnrisner facebook.com/JohnIsner

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Actress Robin Givens has played many roles in her life; retiring wallflower not being among them. She burst onto the scene as the beautiful and brainy Darlene on Head of the Class, a sitcom that aired on ABC from 1986 to 1991. Those same years brought a media explosion as good girl Givens fell in love with, married and then divorced, boxing's former world heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson. The tumultuous pairing was brief and quickly devolved into a he said/she said of accusations about abuse and domestic violence, allegations which Tyson himself later publicly conceded to. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Robin Givens picked up the pieces with a string of film roles including A Rage in Harlem with the late Gregory Hines, Forest Whitaker and Danny Glover; Boomerang opposite Halle Berry and Givens' former flame turned colleague, Eddie Murphy; Blankman opposite Damon Wayans and Head of State with Chris Rock. Steady work came her way, while sealing her reputation as the beautiful but dangerous femme fatale. The line between Givens' public image and her film work continued to blur. During this time period, she became a mom to two boys and retreated from the spotlight, save for the release of her 2007 memoir, Grace Will Lead Me Home, in which she opened up about the issue of domestic violence, which she admits in the book had plagued her family for generations. This was the birth of Robin Givens, women's advocate and outspoken crusader against domestic violence. Her speaking engagements culminated with one of her numerous appearances on the Oprah show in which she outlined her intimate journey with the issue. It is important to note that, according to The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) more than 10 million women and men (at a rate of 20 people per minute) in the U.S. are subjected to domestic violence, making this an issue that does transcend gender (though women are more likely to sustain substantial physical injury at the hands of an intimate partner, at a rate of 1 in 7 women to 1 in 25 men) as well as socio-economic status. In the 2010s, Givens refocused on acting with roles on long running daytime soap The Bold and the Beautiful, YouTube Red series Step Up: High Water (based on the film franchise), the CW's Riverdale and ABC's The Fix. On June 18th, Givens will shine as female lead, Stephanie Carlisle, in OWN's newest drama series, Ambitions. Click below to launch slideshow > Interview by Allison Kugel Throughout our conversation, Robin Givens held nothing back and no question was off the table as she offered thoughtful, sometimes emotionally charged, humorous and reflective insights on her journey through womanhood and Hollywood. Allison Kugel: You took years away from the spotlight to focus on being a mom to your two sons. Now you're back with two television shows, the CW's Riverdale and the new OWN series, Ambitions. I remember speaking with Elisabeth Shue years ago (The Karate Kid, Adventures in Babysitting, The Saint) and she said she went away to just be a mom to her three kids, and when she came back, she felt like the parade passed her by. How did you come back with the thunder? Robin Givens: I don't know Elisabeth and I don't know her story so well, but for me it wasn't only taking a break to raise my kids. It was also a break for myself. It's true that you feel like you are going to maintain your place in line; like everything is going to stop and wait for you. I had to realize that it's a process again. You have to enjoy the process and begin again, and I really fell in love with acting again. When I first started acting, it wasn't really like that. Now I can go in a room and act and do my thing and enjoy the process for what it is. Water seeks its own level. If you're good, you're good, and it all kind of begins again. Allison Kugel: Your new show, Ambitions is premiering June 18th on the OWN Network. It seems like Oprah has always championed your career. Even when the chips were down, she was a champion for your career. You worked with her as an actress, and you were also on the Oprah show quite a bit over the years. Robin Givens: I feel like at one point we were just friends. We did do [the mini-series] The Women of Brewster Place (1989) together, which was a huge role for me. She and I developed a genuine friendship, just as women. I don't think it had anything to do with my career, per se. I do think that there is something to it coming full circle and being here with her now, doing this show on her network. Allison Kugel: Do these vixen roles find you, or do you seek them out? How do you always wind up playing that women? I don't know how else to put it (laughs). Robin Givens: (Laughs) You're right. There was a time when I was having these roles come to me and I remember saying to my agent, "I don't want to do that women. I just did that woman." I ended up turning something down because of it. I'm nothing like these women that I play, which is unusual and interesting for me. I always jokingly say, "I want to grow up and be them." Where I am now in my life, emotionally, it's like, "Okay, you want me to do that? Then I'm going to do it to death," and then wait for the opportunity where I can do something completely different. Allison Kugel: Before I do an interview, I'll ask people if they have any burning questions for the person I'm about to interview, and sometimes I'll take people's questions into consideration. I found out that a lot of men out there think you are that woman. Do you know that? Robin Givens: I think women think that too. I don't think it's only men. Whenever I'm in hair and makeup, they're always like, "My God, you are nothing like that person!" Me, Robin, I have a whole different rhythm. Allison Kugel: Your energy is completely different from your media image. But your name is still synonymous with Mike Tyson, the divorce heard 'round the world and those infamous interviews. Robin Givens: I have a better understanding of it now than I would have if you talked to me about it fifteen years ago, or even ten years ago. As a grown up, I just understand it better. I also didn't give people anything else to talk about for a while, and so my image got stuck there. I ran into Jay-Z at a party years ago, when I was doing Chicago on Broadway, and even he was fixated on it, because it was just so big. Allison Kugel: People love to talk about your past relationships, not just with [Mike]Tyson, but with Brad Pitt and Eddie Murphy. Do you play on that image for a role like your character, Stephanie Carlisle, on Ambitions? Robin Givens: You're making my life sound way more exciting than it is, but no I don't. I know we are in this world where we want things to be tantalizing, but I am a big believer in truths. The one thing I agree with when it comes to our current state of politics is that there has been plenty of fake news. I feel like I was the original fake news. I would be a crazy person if, given what I went through in my past, I didn't believe in the truth. I would never approach working on a character with any sense of that… thing, or that time period that wasn't even true. I lived through a time of absolute bullshit at a very young age. I now have a son who is twenty-five, who I see as a baby. I was younger than that when all that craziness was happening. Certainly, I hope it made me the person that I am, but I don't think I would have been able to say that before. Allison Kugel: And you probably didn’t have the tools at that time to get the facts out there the way you wanted to. Robin Givens: I was speaking with Wendy Williams recently and she said to me, "Thank God social media wasn't going on at that time in your life." And I said, "You know, actually it would have been easier." Now, you can literally get on Twitter and say "Hey, that's not true!" Allison Kugel: I was a bit taken aback when in speaking with some people before our interview, the general consensus was, "She did Mike Tyson dirty years ago." Robin Givens: The only thing I did dirty was that I said, "I don't want to be in a relationship where you tell me you are going to kill me." I didn't take one cent from my ex-husband. I left my panties there; I left my favorite teddy bear there. I left everything I had in that house. The rest is fake news. I said, "I want out of this relationship because I think you are going to do what you said, which is kill me." When I see what happened to Nicole [Brown] Simpson and other women that I talk to, that is a very real thing. I am here, walking, living and breathing. Allison Kugel: And it was thirty years ago people. You've had so much going on since then. You have your two boys, a thriving acting career, your advocacy work for women. I'm proud of you. Robin Givens: Thank you. It is a really interesting conversation to have, because my ex-husband used to say to me, "I'm a hero to the guys. Women love me and guys love me. I'm a star to the stars." It's hard to go up against all of that. I left with my life, and I left so sorry that I put my family in such a horrific situation. The reality is, the guy I lived with was the same guy that bit up [Evander] Holyfield's ear in the ring. That's the guy I was dealing with on a daily basis; the same guy that went to jail for rape (Givens is speaking of Tyson's 1992 rape conviction). I was dealing with that guy the best way I could at twenty-two years old. Allison Kugel: I interviewed Mike, I think about seven years ago, and I liked him during our interview. Of course, it was so many years later. I don't want to take away from his ability to change and grow as a person. But what you experienced is valid and real, and your feelings about it are valid and very real. Your voice also continues to be valuable regarding domestic violence. Robin Givens: I've done a lot of work with women, and it's not only happening with celebrities, obviously. It's the guy at the golf club in Connecticut that everybody loves. It's the mayor of a small town who's sweet and charming in public. I don't want to make this [issue] all about me. With everything that is going on with the #MeToo movement, we're kind of forcing a lot of men to get that certain things are unacceptable. Certain things now, thirty years later, must be unacceptable. We have to do better now. Allison Kugel: You began speaking up about violence against women years before the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements took root. Robin Givens: I didn't plan on speaking on behalf of women, but it really did become a part of my healing. My ex-husband had been on Oprah and he had talked about hitting me in a cavalier way, like, "Oh, yeah I hit her," and everybody [in the audience] laughed. I was somewhere doing a speaking engagement, and someone said to me, "Robin, you can't take this!" I realized it was far bigger than me and I was told I had to do something, if not for me, then for all other women. One of the things I always say is, "My story is your story, and your story is my story." Allison Kugel: That was when you had that sit-down with Oprah to air your grievances about Mike Tyson's appearance on her show… Robin Givens: I sat down with Oprah to discuss her interview with my ex-husband, which was the last thing I wanted to do. She apologized to me. After the show, she came into my dressing room and she said "Robin, as it was happening I knew it was wrong, but I didn't know what to do." I think that sums up a lot. Not to put the weight of the world on Oprah. Certainly, she is an amazing, amazing woman. But if Oprah Winfrey doesn't know what to do in these situations, the discomfort of it, then a lot of us don't know how to respond to that. It's much easier to put people in a box and say, "She must have wanted his money," than to believe that somebody could punch a 105-pound woman. We saw it happen with (ex-NFL player) Ray Rice. Now you can't pretend it away or give an excuse for it. Now we have a responsibility to not let certain things slide. We're better than that and we've come too far. Allison Kugel: What are the biggest misconceptions about you and famous men, in general? Robin Givens: I met Eddie Murphy when I was in my sophomore year at Sarah Lawrence College. He had just gotten Saturday Night Live. He wasn't the "Eddie Murphy" that the world now knows, at that time. He was an actor that was happy to get a job. It was the same thing with Brad Pitt. When I dated Brad, Brad couldn't get a job. I was paying for all our meals and he was a struggling actor. We talked a lot about acting because were in acting class together, and we loved acting together. When we dated, he literally couldn't pay for dinner. At the time, I had already gotten the role on Head of the Class. It was a different dynamic, where I was the big deal to [Brad]. You know what I mean? I lived it all at a young age, thank God, and I get to have a good perspective on reality and how it can be changed. Allison Kugel: There was a pivotal moment in your life, when I believe you were studying at Harvard with the intention to become a doctor, before you decided to pivot and pursue acting. In retrospect, was this the right path? Robin Givens: I was at Harvard Graduate School and I knew I was going to be a doctor, or so I thought at the time. By the time I got to Harvard I was really wanting to pursue acting. If you asked me ten years ago, I would have said I should have become a doctor. As a mom, I just came from visiting my son and saying to him, "Get a law degree! Get a law degree!" My mom was raised in the south at a time when, as a woman, she couldn't go in the front door of a movie theatre. She could buy clothes at Woolworth, but she couldn't try them on, and she couldn't sit at the counter and eat. I think I grew up with the sense of, what she believed, which is that education is a great equalizing factor in America. I have a parent who, literally, just stopped leaving me medical school applications any time she'd come to visit. Up until recently, I knew there was an application to some medical school lurking somewhere in the house (laughs). Allison Kugel: Do you pray? If so, who or what do you pray to? Robin Givens: I have a great relationship with God. For me, that has been a very important relationship. He's the only father I've ever known. I would often sit down with God and say, "I don't want to have to go through this." But it's all gotten me to where I am, both as a person and as a mom with these two kids. I grew up Catholic with a sense of the ritual of Catholicism. Certainly, I have some questions about all of that now, and some misgivings. But it is something I still do [observe]. And I always say that my ex-husband [Mike Tyson] taught me, and gave me, a true relationship with God. Allison Kugel: What do you think you are here on this earth as Robin Givens to learn, and what do you think you are here to teach? Robin Givens: I'm the first of two children and I have a type-A personality. I always say I'm a recovering perfectionist. That's something I've had to learn, and there is a kind of humor in the quest for perfection. It's not very interesting, and you can never really achieve it. That's something that life has taught me. The difficulty that I have gone through has really taught me a sense of compassion. Most people in my life know that I am a compassionate, loving person. I've also had to learn to relax a little bit, because my brain does start overworking. Allison Kugel: And what are you here to teach? Robin Givens: I would say the same thing; sharing a sense of compassion. Life is short and time truly is our greatest commodity. It's the one thing you never get back. I lost a sister, unexpectedly, almost five years ago and I would do anything to have more of those moments. I try to tell my children that there is not that much to get here [on earth]. You want to have enough to spend time with the people you love. You want to have dinner with the people you love. If you feel like going to Paris, you want to go to Paris with people you love. It's all about the moments, and not the car you drive. Happiness and joy lie in simplicity, so try to keep it simple. Allison Kugel: I would agree! Let's dive into your character, Stephanie Carlisle, on Ambitions. Robin Givens: She doesn't use any of the things I just talked about (laughs). What interests me about my job is the challenge to bring a character like Stephanie Carlisle to life. To get the role of Stephanie, I borrowed a dress from The Fix (ABC) for the audition. Once I read the script, I felt I could do this role better than anyone. I just needed to carry that energy into the room with me and believe it. Once I started to dissect her, I knew that I wanted her to be more than what was on the page. I wanted to give her shades and dimensions, a heart, and make her real. She was written as an ice queen, but there is more to her. My interpretation is that she is a woman that has her own set of rules. She also has this sensibility that she is never going to live up to her father, and that’s where her wanting comes from. Allison Kugel: Why should audiences tune in to watch Ambitions? Robin Givens: I could describe it as a guilty pleasure, but someone once said, "There is no guilt in pleasure." It's going to be that kind of fun show where women gather around to watch with some wine and popcorn. Their husbands or boyfriends will walk by and probably join them. I think men will love it as much as women. Photo Credits: Courtesy of OWN/Richard Ducree, Courtesy of OWN/Guy D'Alema, Courtesy of OWN/Peggy Sirota Ambitions premieres on Tuesday, June 18 @ 10/9c on OWN. Follow Robin Givens on Twitter @therocknrobn and Instagram @robingivens. Allison Kugel is a syndicated entertainment columnist, author of the book, Journaling Fame: A memoir of a life unhinged and on the record, and owner of communications firm, Full Scale Media. Follow her on Instagram @theallisonkugel and AllisonKugel.com.

I only recently discovered Maz Jobrani (while watching CBS’ Superior Donuts, which sadly, only aired for two entertaining seasons —2017-2018.) and the breadth of his talent. I did my research, watched his Netflix special, Immigrant and found that, not only is he funny, he is quite accomplished. In entertainment for over twenty years, Maz has done stand-up specials for Comedy Central, Showtime, Netflix...; appeared in TV shows (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Shameless, Last Man Standing) and films (Friday After Next, The Interpreter), is helming his second podcast, and penned the book, I’m Not a Terrorist, But I’ve Played One on TV: Memoirs of a Middle Eastern Funny Man. It’s late November when I meet up with Maz at The New York EDITION hotel. The place is packed to the brim with people imbibing after-work libations. “I’ll hold it like that so you can hear,” Maz offers as he takes my phone, which I’m using to record our interview, and holds it up to his mouth. “Here, you go ahead, ask the questions.” Presently, Maz is on his Peaceful Warrior comedy tour, which he has taken all over the U.S., as well as to Europe, Australia, and the Middle East, where he recently shot a special in Dubai. “The reason I call it the Peaceful Warrior tour is because if you look at the Immigrant special, I talk about my kids, but then I talk about politics, about Trump —that was recorded in early 2017, shortly after he became President, at the Kennedy Center in [Washington,] D.C. Obviously, the people in D.C. tend to be pretty liberal. During the election, people were still letting you do the Trump jokes without getting too agitated, but quickly after the election, some people got offended at Trump jokes and they need to be reminded that in America, we can make fun of our President, whether he’s a Democrat or a Republican,” he says lightheartedly. He recalls a few shows where he offended members of his audience. “Rather than yelling back, I said, ‘That’s fantastic, you can have your own opinion. That’s the beauty of America. We can have opinions!’ So I’m trying to deal with anybody that comes at me aggressively from the audience when they get offended by political jokes, in a very peaceful way. Continue to still make my points... continue to be a warrior, but in a peaceful way.” Maz has always appreciated meaningful comedy. “I actually said, ‘What point is art, if it’s not saying something?’ My first comedy hero was Eddie Murphy, and he wasn’t political, but he was a rockstar when I was a kid. But when I really started getting into it, I started listening a little bit more to what Richard Pryor was doing, George Carlin, and then later, things like The Daily Show. I’ve always liked it if somebody can have something that they’re doing, but also have a political message in it… If I can come up with jokes that have a message or if I can bring up an item, let’s say my audience might not be aware of, then I feel like my jokes are more, I don’t want to say effective, but I prefer those types of jokes.” The Iranian-American (Maz was born in Tehran, Iran and raised in the San Francisco Bay area) comedian is passionate about using his platform to create awareness, but wants to make it clear that he doesn’t represent anyone, but himself. At the time of our interview, an increase in the price of gasoline had caused protests in Iran, which then resulted in their government shutting down the internet across the whole country. Maz shared that he had been using hashtags and doing a lot of social media posts to try and get the American press to talk about the Iran protests more as there wasn’t much coverage. “Iran is a very complicated place, ’cause there’s people that want America to get involved and they want them to overthrow the government, the government of Iran is corrupt. But a lot of Iranians don’t want a war, so it’s a very complicated issue. You gotta kinda tread lightly. Some people message me: ‘You’re not saying enough about this.’ And I’ll say something. ‘You’re saying too much. You’re a comedian, stick to comedy,’” he says, shaking his head. Maz tries to tune out the negativity and not read the comments on social media. “As a person who is a creator, I can’t be too worried about these opinions, unless something happens where it’s an overwhelming response like, ‘You’re doing X, Y, and Z, which is hurting such and such people,’ at which point, I would probably have my people who are close to me saying, ‘Dude, you gotta take that post down.’ Or whatever that is, or ‘You can’t do that joke.’” He finds comfort in knowing that he’s not alone — that people like Howard Stern, David Letterman, and Stephen Colbert experience this too. “I remember one time, David Letterman, when he had the Late Show with David Letterman, he did one joke where he said, ‘Now, they have free WiFi in Central Park, which is great, because that means I can take my laptop out there during lunch and read all my hate mail.’ I was like, Oh my god, how much hate mail must he get or a guy like Stephen Colbert for expressing their opinions? So you can’t let those opinions really alter who you are and what you’re saying, as long as you’re true to your beliefs, you’ll be fine.” In early 2019, Maz gave podcasts another go (his first podcast was called, Minivan Men) and launched Back to School with Maz Jobrani. This time around, Maz chose a theme that allowed for endless topics. “My kids, who are 8 and 11, kept asking me questions that I did not have the answers to, things as simple as: Why is the sky blue? How does rain work? I’m always like, I think I know, but I’m not sure, let me Google it.” Maz then decided that he would much rather bring in the experts —professors, authors, etc…— to answer these questions. “Every episode starts with questions that my kids have asked, for whoever the guest is and then we get into it and try to learn something,” he explains. Former guests include, writer/producer Reza Aslan, basketball player Enes Kanter, and scientist Firouz Naderi. “It’s all over the place, but it’s a lot of fun and you realize there’s a lot of interesting people out there.” People he would like to invite onto his show in the future, include Valerie Jarrett, Frank Figliuzzi, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, and Al Pacino. This month, Maz’s latest film, A Simple Wedding, will be released in select theaters and available on most streaming platforms on Valentine’s Day. The indie film, from the producers of My Big, Fat, Greek Wedding, is about a young, Iranian American woman who goes to great lengths to appease her parents and their need to see her settled down. And he has two projects in development: a TV show based on his life and an animated series. He compares the former to ABC’s critically-acclaimed TV show, Black-ish, except it’s with his family. “I’m Iranian and my wife is Indian...and our kids are confused,” he says with a smile. “It’s that, in a setting of just trying to raise kids and also being in the middle of this divided world that we’re in.” Maz is codeveloping/ co-writing the script with Nastaran Dibai and has Jonathan Goldstein and John Daley — writer/directors of Horrible Bosses, Game Night— producing it. The animated series, which he has teamed up with Courteney Cox on, is about an immigrant family from a fictional immigrant country that comes to America. “They love America, America is skeptical about them. It’s like The Munsters, but with immigrants. These things are a long shot, but at least we’re writing something we’re really happy with, so fingers crossed on that.” I really liked you in Superior Donuts, it’s a shame they cancelled it. “I know! It was a fun show to do. Again, I’m happy to be able to, hopefully, do my own thing and we’ll see. It’s such a long journey and you really don’t know what’s going to be the thing, you just keep going. I tell my kids, the hard part of doing what I do now is being away from the family. So touring, I love being on stage but I don’t like getting away from the family, but I do tell them, whatever you do, you’re going to have problems, issues, there’s going to be difficulties, but the beauty of it is, I really love doing what I do, so I’m not miserable going to my work, which I think, [only] a small percentage of people in the world can actually say. So I’m lucky and I’ll keep going.” What would fans be surprised to find out about you? “That I’m really not that funny in normal, day-to-day life. I love comedy, but I can be pretty serious, even shy at times, especially at parties, when I don’t know people. I’ve reflected upon it. There’s some people that are comedians and they’re larger than life and they get into an environment and they feel they have to put it on. If I’m in an environment where I don’t know people, I’m like, ‘Let me go sit in the corner and look at my phone until somebody I know shows up.’ I’ve actually had people at charity events bid to have me come to their homes for dinner and they’ve paid a lot of money, they’re rich people anyway, but they paid $10,000 for me to show up at dinner. I think they thought I was going to show up and be like, Don Rickles, busting everybody’s balls… I don’t have a lot of street jokes, ’cause there’s a difference between stand-up and street jokes. A lot of times, people see you do stand-up in front of a crowd and you’re on and everything’s great. So they’re like, he’s going to come to our house and be like that... This happened a few times, where I showed up and I think they were underwhelmed. I don’t know if they wanted their money back, but the charity got the money, so take one for the team.” MIAMI LOVE “I’m a big fan of Miami! I was just there this past year to do the Miami Improv, then I did West Palm Beach, which was interesting to be in Trump territory doing stand-up, but it still went fine. I was right there by the beach. The only thing that worried me, I went into the water and these little tiger sharks were swimming by me and I went up to some guy and go, ‘Hey man, there’s a shark in there.’ And he goes, ‘Oh, it’s just tiger sharks.’ I’m like, ‘Really? You sure?’ It’s OK, until they bite you once. I enjoyed Miami... The weather is such that you can’t not be out until 3 in the morning, it’s a very interesting place. This one guy we know, it was after my show, ‘Let’s get on my boat, we’ll go to some happening club!’ So we got on the boat, took us like an hour to go out, and then we showed up at this club and it ended up being the wrong club. It wasn’t what we thought it was going to be, it was an after-hours Russian karaoke club. It was the weirdest. It was another dimension. We went in and we’re like, ‘What the hell is going on here?’ They’re obviously looking at us like, Who are these guys? But yeah, Miami was fun. Miami feels to me— ’cause I’m in L.A.— like a whole other world.” Words by Vanessa Pascale • Photography: Storm Santos • Grooming: Angie Mikaelian • Styling: Lauren Taylor. Keep up with Maz on Twitter and Instagram: @MazJobrani and https://www.mazjobrani.com/.

“I swear, I’m awake!” Autumn Calabrese assures me with a smile. “I apologize for my rude yawning, I’m still adjusting to the time. I got in on Sunday night at 8 pm.” It’s a Wednesday evening in November. The Calabasas, California-based personal trainer/certified health coach and I are chatting as we look over Koi’s dinner menu. The super-fit, blueeyed, brunette is dressed in an olive and black striped turtleneck, skinny jeans, and tan shearling booties. Autumn is here in New York City for the week doing press. “We did a couple of things today: Prevention online, a couple of podcasts, fitness things...” Autumn has trained a list of high-profile celebrities, including, Kendall Jenner, Rachel Zoe, and Tom Bergeron. Last summer, Autumn was one of the personal trainers on E!’s Revenge Body with Khloé Kardashian. “It was really fun. [Autumn’s episode, season 3’s finale, was the most viewed episode of the season.] It was great, because I got to kinda go back to my roots, which is working one-onone with somebody.” (Autumn’s busy schedule doesn’t allow her to train many clients these days.) “I loved the girl I got to train, Terra. She was working through a lot, so it was really nice to get to be a part of that,” says Autumn, who spent 12 weeks training Terra. “I only worked with Khloé [Kardashian] twice, but I love her and she’s so sweet. She really cares about the people that are on the show. You can genuinely tell she doesn’t want to see you fail, but she doesn’t take any crap, which is cool ’cause I’m kinda the same way. I hope the show gets picked up for another season, and I hope I get invited back because I would love to do it again!” she beams. This was Autumn’s first foray into reality television and it has only made her hungry for more. “I was up for Biggest Loser just recently. It came down to me and one other girl. They ended up going with sort of a lesser known, a girl who hasn’t been on TV, but she went on her own weight-loss journey... That would’ve been amazing had that opportunity come through.” You can watch Autumn in action on Beachbody on Demand —simply download the app. Beachbody has released a number of super-popular fitness programs: Tony Horton’s P90X, Shaun T.’s Insanity, and all of Autumn’s life-changing fitness endeavors, including 21- Day Fix, 80-Day Obsession, and Country Heat. “We write them, we develop them with Beachbody —Beachbody is almost like the production company, if you will,” says Autumn, who has been with Beachbody for seven years. As the creator of eight highly-successful fitness programs, Autumn has helped millions of people lose weight and feel great about their bodies. Recently, Autumn remade her six-year-old program, 21- Day Fix. “Five months ago, we refilmed it in real time... for 21 days straight. We filmed all of the workouts, so each week, the workout now progresses just a little bit, so they still hold really true to the original program that was the monster success.” The new 21-Day Fix Real Time features 30-minute workouts, plus a modifier. Autumn describes it as: “Simple fitness, simple nutrition, fast results.” But don’t let the word simple throw you off, you’re going to have to work, and you will get your butt kicked. “Whether you’ve been working out forever or you’ve never worked out a day in your life, you can still follow it. You get to see me struggle through the workout —it doesn’t look picture-perfect.” Autumn’s followers have also found great success with her nutrition program, Ultimate Portion Fix, which launched with the original 21-Day Fix six years ago. Using her color-coded, portion-control containers, Autumn showed people that portion control was essential to weight loss and could be simple. “Here’s these containers, here’s how many times I get to eat out of each one. Here’s the food list so I know what goes in each container… As they were having success with it, we started getting asked for recipes. What happens if I want enchiladas? What are my containers?” Autumn and her brother, Chef Bobby Calabrese, came to the rescue with a cookbook: Autumn Calabrese Presents Fixate: 101 Personal Recipes to Use with the 21-Day Fix Portion-Control Program. “That cookbook sold 100,000 in the first week and sold 600,000 copies to-date,” she says with a smile. A year after the cookbook was released, Autumn and Bobby launched their cooking show, Fixate, on Beachbody On Demand. “My brother is my co-host. He’s a chef, so he creates all the recipes and they basically fit the guidelines of the program. The program has three principles: portion control, balance macronutrients, and significantly reducing or eliminating your highly-processed foods like, your white sugars, your white flour, things with a bunch of additives or preservatives... I don’t really eliminate anything. I talk about the fact that, unless you have a food sensitivity or doctor’s orders, you don’t eliminate food groups. You can still have a cocktail. You can still have dessert,” says Autumn. Her second cookbook, Fixate Volume 2, was released last year and turned into an educational nutrition program available on Beachbody On Demand. “There’s 35 different videos. We take deep dives into everything from: What is portion control? And what balance macronutrients means. There’s several different paths you can follow based on what your goals are.” When Autumn started out (she has been a personal trainer for 16 years), she had about 1,000-ish followers on social media —basically, people who knew her as a Los Angeles trainer— but that all changed with the launch of 21-Day Fix. “When it launched, they sold on the first day what they predicted to sell in the first week. They sold in the first week, what they predicted to sell in the first 3 months, and they were backordered for two months after that! It’s still basically their #1 selling program, even after six years.” With each fitness-focused launch, Autumn’s following grows exponentially. Today, she has 750,000+ followers on Instagram alone. Her popularity can also be attributed to the realness she puts out there. She rarely posts retouched photos and she actually likes that followers see that she too struggles through her workouts. She even admits when she’s not in the mood to workout and talks about how she pushes herself to get it done. And Autumn is in charge of her social media platforms. “I like to keep my hand on the pulse of it. I like to know what’s going on with my fans. I don’t want somebody else speaking for me, that’s important.” When our food arrives, Autumn pulls out her phone to shoot a quick Instagram story. She wants to show her followers what she eats while she’s traveling. Tonight, it’s a sushi roll. She is also indulging in a Fixate cocktail made with vodka, soda water, a splash of elderflower with muddled cucumber and mint. “Super refreshing, almost like spa water with a buzz,” she says as she takes a sip. What do you typically eat during the week? Do you adhere to your program? “Yep, my program is really designed to be a way of life. That’s kinda how it came to be, even with Beachbody, because it’s not really restrictive. So, being that it’s portion control, not overeating, my macronutrients are balanced. It’s 40% healthy carbs, 30% lean protein, and 30% healthy fats. I can do it in my head as a science now… a red container stands for your protein, a green is your vegetables, a purple is your fruits. As I go through the day, I’m tracking colors in my head. For breakfast, I know I had a red, yellow, a green, and a teaspoon… Breakfast, I had turkey sausage, sautéed kale, and little potatoes at the hotel. So, I know where I am at with how much food I have left for the day —that’s basically what I do.” Between bites, Autumn tells me that Miami is one of her favorite places to visit. “It’s so funny. Whenever someone is like, Where is your favorite place to vacation? I say Miami and people always laugh at me — Of all the places?— ’cause I’ve been to the Maldives, the South of France, Monaco. I’m like, ‘Yeah, Miami has everything, like beautiful beaches, great restaurants, nightlife, there’s L.A… I don’t have to worry about being out of the country. It’s not a long travel day. Getting to the Maldives was two full days of flying. I love Miami, it’s literally my favorite.” While in South Florida, Autumn enjoys staying at 1 Hotel South Beach, boating, and allowing friends to take her to their favorite local spots. “I was just there two months ago. I took my son for a week; we were in the Keys for six days and then his dad flew out and got him. One of my other girlfriends flew into town and we went to the J. Lo concert. We just had a whole Girls’ Weekend — super fun.” What is your best piece of fitness advice? “Be consistent, that’s really what it comes down to. It’s not like you should always squat or you should always run, or you should always do burpees. You should always be consistent. You can’t workout for a week and then not workout for three weeks and think you’re going to see results… There’s a million different ways —I have eight fitness programs. That’s the beauty, there isn’t just one way to get in shape, but all of them require consistency for them to work.” What are your favorite meals from your Fixate cookbook? “I love our meatloaf. I love our sloppy joes. My son loves macaroni and cheese with broccoli and chicken. Anything that has cheese, really, he’s thrilled about. I can’t eat eggs, I’m allergic to eggs, so I had my brother create a tofu omelette —love that. We have a Fixate turkey sausage recipe, a lot of times I’ll make that. We don’t do a casing, it’s just ground turkey seasoned to taste like breakfast sausage. You can either sauté it in a pan so it’s like browned turkey crumbs or you can turn it into patties. More often than not I do mine in patties. We have these maple rosemary muffins. I’ll do that on a maple rosemary muffin and then it’s my own breakfast sandwich; it’s so good. We’ve done a lot of one-pot meals. We try to keep the recipes to not take longer than 20-30 minutes total...nobody wants to be in the kitchen hours on end. We have these lemon bars that I absolutely love. We have a series of no-bake pies… We have these shortbread cookies that my brother did, that I love. There’s these, they’re a mix between a cupcake and a muffin, like a chocolate peanut butter quasi-cupcake, quasi-muffin — those are amazing.”” The more you know. “I’m always studying nutrition. I’m always learning more and more. That’s why I do stuff like, Institute for Integrative Nutrition. They have the top doctors teaching, the top specialists teaching, I get to do it from home, I’m learning the cuttingedge stuff, so I like doing that.” With 2020 just around the corner, at the time of our interview, I had to ask Autumn if she had any New Year’s resolutions. The tenacious entrepreneur doesn’t make resolutions, however, she does have an ongoing list of goals she wants to accomplish. Presently, Autumn is developing some new stuff for Beachbody, and just enjoying the creative process. “What do I like? What’s working? What haven’t I seen? What have I seen too much of? What am I tired of seeing? That’s sorta where I’m at. The goal is putting out the best product possible.” She would like to do more in apparel and is working on a skincare line —for people who love to be active and don’t want to worry about clogged pores— with her medically-licensed facialist. Her ultimate goal is a healthy, organic food line based on her recipes and cooking show. “Everything from frozen foods, but healthy, for the busy mom or dad that’s coming home and wants to be able to give their family a healthy meal… There’s no preservatives and there’s no fake stuff in there. I feel like it will happen in the next five years… I would love to do that.” It has always been a dream of Autumn’s to have a fitness program so known that it was mentioned in a song. “That’s how you know your program made it, when they start rapping about it! I even said, ‘I wonder how you get to be Tony Horton.’ And then ten years later, I got to be Tony Horton.” Autumn is living proof that you have to keep dreaming big. Words by Vanessa Pascale. Photos courtesy of Sarah Orbanic Keep up with Autumn on Instagram and Twitter @AutumnCalabrese and https://www.autumncalabrese.com

“The true form of luxury is individuality. La Voiture Noire (The Black Car) is now at the cutting-edge of hyper sports car production. It is a sculptural beauty with unique technology, the ideal grand tourisme,” says Bugatti President Stephan Winkelmann. This is a coupé with the comfort of a luxury limousine and the power of a hyper sports car. Click below to launch slideshow > A pioneering spirit, a passion for perfection, and the desire to continually redefine its limits have been the key characteristics of Bugatti since the brand was established 110 years ago. “Our history is both a privilege and a responsibility – the responsibility for continuing the Bugatti heritage into the future. With La Voiture Noire, we are paying homage to our heritage and bringing speed, technology, luxury, and aesthetics forward to a new era,” says Winkelmann. The new hyper sports car reflects Bugatti’s French heritage and its French identity – elegance through minimalism and refinement through intensification. This is a tailor made creation only comparable with the haute couture of exclusive Paris fashion designers. Bugatti’s La Voiture Noire so far is the world’s most expensive car ever sold — $18.68 million to be exact. Bugatti’s plans to sell only two of the ultra-limited luxury cars each year with an estimated delivery turn around of 2½ years. Click below to launch slideshow > Price: $19M Speed: 0-60 time of under 3 seconds Engine: 8.0L Quad Turbocharged W16 Transmission: 7-Speed Dual-Clutch Horsepower: 1,500 hp Torque: 1,180 lb-ft 0-60: Under 3 Seconds 1/4 Mile: Under 10 Seconds For more info, visit www.bugatti.com By ML Staff. Images courtesy of Bugatti

Wow! Miami International Airport grew by nearly one million passengers over 2018 for another record year, but we can expect much lower numbers because of Corvid-19 in 2020. "Congratulations to MIA for closing out the decade with another record-setting year for passenger and cargo traffic," said Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez. "In addition to MIA growing by nearly one million passengers over 2018, it is now serving 10 million more passengers annually than it did 10 years ago. As MIA turns the page to a new decade and embarks on a new $5 billion, airport-wide capital improvement program, the future is bright for our County's largest economic engine." Contributing to MIA's growth was the addition of five new international passenger routes: Low-cost carrier Norwegian launched first-ever service at MIA on March 31 with daily nonstop service to London Gatwick Airport; Moroccan national carrier Royal Air Maroc launched the first-ever Miami-Casablanca route on April 3, giving MIA its first passenger flights to Africa since the year 2000 and Florida's only nonstop service to the continent; On June 1, LOT Polish Airlines launched the inaugural Warsaw-Miami flight, which creates the only nonstop route between Florida and Eastern Europe and the airport's first-ever service to Poland; Hub carrier American Airlines started four weekly flights to Cordoba, Argentina on June 7; and French airline Corsair launched service at MIA on June 10 with four weekly flights to Paris Orly Airport. More new service is already on the way for 2020. American Airlines announced last year that it will launch: a third daily flight to Lima, Peru on April 7; twice-weekly seasonal service to Jackson, Mississippi and Des Moines, Iowa on June 4; a second daily flight to Santiago, Chile in the winter; and a third daily flight to São Paulo, Brazil, also in the winter. Low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines announced in December that it will establish a 130-employee crew base and launch eight additional routes at MIA in 2020, including first-time international service for the airline from Miami to: San Salvador, El Salvador; Guatemala City, Guatemala; and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The new routes will expand Frontier's network to 22 nonstop destinations from MIA in June – its most ever. Most recently, Delta Air Lines announced on January 17 that this summer it will add 13 new daily nonstop flights from MIA, including new daily service to Orlando, Raleigh-Durham, Salt Lake City and Tampa. With its expanded network, Delta will offer 41 daily non-stop flights between 10 U.S. airports and MIA. "Last year was very successful for MIA in terms of passenger and cargo growth, as well as in the expansion of our route network into new markets," said Lester Sola, MIA Director and CEO. "A number of our airline partners have announced plans for continued air service expansion at MIA in 2020, which has us very excited about the year ahead." The year 2020 has already brought MIA its busiest day ever for total passengers on January 5 with more than 158,000 passengers, and a record day for departing passengers on February 3 with nearly 80,000 travelers, thanks to Super Bowl LIV. Words by MIA. Photo courtesy of PRNewsfoto/Miami International Airport. Photo by Steven Brooke

For Maria Grazia Chiuri, each collection offers an opportunity to study a specific subject and contributes to the evolution of her singular approach. In opening herself up to other ways of thinking, the creative director seeks to grasp the complexity of the relationships between feminism and femininity. Mindful of the fundamental link between fashion and the body, she resculps it, like a manifesto. This committed approach has led to dialogues with writers, researchers and artists, with whom the creative director conceives the set and the spirit of her fashion shows. The female divine, an installation specially designed by Judy Chicago for The Garden of The Musée Rodin, at once serves as a sanctuary, a stage and a monumental artwork. But above all it represents a tribute to, and reappropriation of, an ancestral power that goes beyond the idea of procreation. Maria Grazia highlights the vision of a pioneer, a founder of American feminist art, as the revivor of a triumphant, devine conception of femininity, mistress of her density. HAUTE COUTURE SPRING-SUMMER 2020 Click to view collection >

Candice Patton always knew she wanted to be a part of the entertainment industry. As a child, she watched I Love Lucy every single night; the show was her favorite, and Lucille Ball became her idol. “I fell in love with her and what she was doing,” says Candice. “Her ability to make people laugh —make me laugh— I just knew immediately, at a young age, watching her, that I wanted to do whatever it was she was doing. She was a big creative inspiration for me.” Candice’s father worked in the FBI, and while that piqued her interest, she always went back to acting. “For a while, I did consider the FBI or CIA… because I may get to be a spy and pretend to be other people,” she says. Candice quickly realized that there are less dangerous ways to explore other characters. “Everything that I toyed with outside of acting—which was very little—had to do with being an actor. Acting has always been the thing I’ve had my eye on since a young age.” Acting was Candice’s passion, and she was determined to make it happen. “Not everyone has the luxury of knowing what they want to do when they are young. So, when you do know, you should cherish that and do everything you can with it.” Now 31 years old, Candice portrays Iris West on The CW’s The Flash. The show is currently on its sixth season, with episode ten premiering on February 4th. Over the last six years, Candice has developed her character. “We will see a duality in Iris,” Candice says of what we can expect in the back half of the season. “There is a lot coming for her. She is a big part of the second half villain of season six. She is very much tied into that, so we’re going to see her a lot, her investigative side, her team at The Citizen,” she explains. “You see Grant [Gustin, who portrays Barry Allen/The Flash] develop more. We’re constantly out trying to solve this big mystery—it’s a lot of good stuff for Iris.” The Flash has been incredibly successful worldwide —the type of success that Candice once only dreamed of. “When you shoot a pilot, you always have in the back of your head that this might go nowhere. You don’t want to get too excited,” she says. And though Candice knew the show had potential, she never predicted this level of success. “Every year, when we got into filming season one and season two, the producer kept saying, ‘You can buy a house in Vancouver, you’re going to be here for a while’ —I didn’t believe him. Every year, I thought I would be moving back to L.A. and starting all over again.” Landing the role of Iris was Candice’s second big win. While she was in college at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, she entered a nationwide audition contest and won a role in The Young and the Restless. This was the start of her acting career. She flew to Los Angeles to film a couple of episodes. After filming was finished, she returned to Dallas to complete her degree in theater. As soon as Candice obtained her degree, she returned to L.A. to act. She booked supporting roles on a list of popular television shows, including, Entourage, Heroes, One Tree Hill, Grey’s Anatomy, and CSI: Miami. In 2013, she found a more permanent home on BET’s The Game. Candice was no stranger to the auditioning process when she read for the role of Iris. “I had seen an episode or two of Arrow, and I thought it was a cool reintroduction to comics on TV,” she says. While she’s gone on her fair share of auditions, Candice confesses that it’s normal to still get nervous and feel awkward doing them. “I think, for me, the biggest nerves that I have are surrounded by performing well — doing it as good as I did it in front of my mirror. When you walk into a room, there are all these things that come up —seeing all these actors in the waiting room, more famous actors, and expecting five people in the room and seeing seven. There are a lot of things that can rattle you and throw you off and defocus you from the work that you were doing when you were at home.” Because Candice didn’t immediately receive a callback, she assumed she didn’t get the job. A month later, she was invited back to do another take. This time around, it only took two days for her to hear back —she landed the role. “It’s a weird range of emotions,” says Candice, who quickly relocated to Vancouver to begin shooting the pilot. With filming taking place in Vancouver, Candice often feels isolated from the world, making it easy for her to forget that what she does on set daily has a global reach. “It’s crazy… sometimes I forget that. We shoot the show in this bubble in Vancouver, away from the world, away from our families and our friends. To me, it feels like I’m just going to my job every day, and I forget the impact that it has. It goes out into the world and people view it and consume it and it changes their lives. It’s a part of who they are. It’s important for me to remember that, because I don’t how many jobs I’ll have in my career that will have that sort of impact. I’m really lucky,” says Candice. Candice’s character Iris has impacted and inspired women all over the world. Tough and sassy, Candice is like Iris in some ways. “We both have a lot of fortitude and desire to keep pushing. She is always pushing for a story or a clue. I’m dogged in the same way in my life, in my career about going after things,” she says. “We both say what we need to say in order to get what we need done.” Candice shares that Iris is a little more romantic and optimistic than she is. “Iris believes in Barry. I’m a little more human —sometimes I don’t always see optimism in a situation, but she always does.” Candice has learned a few things from Iris over the years. “I respect her tenacity, her ability to fight for what’s right, no matter what. She is also human, one of the few humans on the show that we see. We never see her not having powers get in the way of helping. That’s a big lesson I’ve learned in my life, that it doesn’t matter how much access or money you have, if you want to help and do good, you should, and you do have the ability to do it.” Iris doesn’t normally have powers, but there is one episode where she does—and it was a whole new experience for Candice. “A lot of more exterior night shoots that I’m not used to,” she chuckles. “It was really fun, one of the funnest times I’ve had on the show because there was so much action and so much to do.” Candice has built her career mostly in television, and is no stranger to the pace of a television show. “Time is money so much on a television show. You have to get it because it’s airing in one month. There is a tighter timeline with television, especially when shooting. As an actor, you don’t spend as much time dissecting a character on set, you have to do all of that at home in your free time… There is something about film, when you are really taking your time and exploring every caveat of the story, you are discussing it with the director, getting into it with the other actors about what this scene means. It’s just a little more hands-on and artistic. You can have those moments on television, but when you are shooting 22 episodes a season, it’s a different machine.” Candice would like to explore film more. “I’m looking forward to doing more slower-pace, film-type work,” she says. “My instinct is to do something different.” Being a part of the superhero world on television has allowed Candice to connect personally with fans at Comic-Con, and connect with fellow actors who find themselves in the same place she’s in. It was a conversation with Caity Lotz from Legends that brought Shethority to life. The two found themselves connecting with fans at Comic-Con, listening to their incredible stories and felt a twominute conversation wasn’t enough. “There is only so much you can say in two minutes at a Comic-Con signing. We wanted to create a platform to encourage them, motivate them, for us to have a dialogue with them, and them have a dialogue with each other.” Shethority is a safe place for women to have conversations, inspire, and connect with each other. When Candice is not filming in Vancouver, she’s back in L.A. “I’m homesick all the time. I just want to be in the sunshine back at home.” At home, Candice likes to live a normal life as much as she can. “I like to hangout in my apartment, hangout with my friends, go to escape rooms, go bowling, just hang out in my house watching movies,” she says. And she doesn’t go anywhere without Zoey, her two-year old Maltipoo. Words by Claudia Paredes • Photo credit: Shane Mccauley • Stylist: Janelle Miller • Hair: Rena Calhoun • Make-up: Adam Burrell Follow Candice on Instagram and Twitter: @CandicePatton and don’t miss the return of The Flash on February 4th at 8 pm. Need to catch up? Stream the latest episodes on The CW for free.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@arshtcenter) announces the election of Aileen Ugalde as Chair of the Adrienne Arsht Center Trust (AACT) Board of Directors. The new slate of officers also includes Richard Milstein, Chair-Elect; Matilde Aguirre, Treasurer; Pierre Apollon, Assistant Treasurer; Hillit Meidar-Alfi, Secretary; and Lucille Zanghi, Assistant Secretary. "Aileen Ugalde is the perfect chair of the Trust and I look forward to working with her," said Adrienne Arsht, founding chairman of the Adrienne Arsht Center Foundation Board. "She has contributed so much to the Arsht Center while on the Trust Board these past few years. Complemented by Chair-Elect Richard Milstein and the other elected officers, Aileen and Johann will take the Center to new heights of excellence." "What an honor it is to be able to lead one of the premier performing arts centers in America, a place that has transformed and enriched our community," said Ugalde. "We can never say thank you enough to the County for its vision and to Adrienne Arsht for her support." A Miami native, Aileen Ugalde is the first Latina to chair the Trust Board and has served on the Board since 2015, most recently chairing the strategic planning committee. Ugalde is vice president and general counsel of the University of Miami. She was appointed to that role in 2006, and previously served as vice president for government affairs, assistant to the president, and as secretary to the Board of Trustees. She served as executive director of the 2004 Presidential Debate Committee, which hosted the first televised U.S. Presidential Debate in South Florida. Ugalde graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a degree in Latin American studies and international relations and earned her law degree with honors from the University of Miami. Photo credits: Lucille Zanghi, Aileen Ugalde, Richard Milstein, Hillit Meidar-Alfi, and Matilde Aguirre. Not pictured-Pierre Apollon. Photo by Eyeworks Production. Courtesy of arshtcenter.org