In theory, practicing yoga lets us tune out the world and tune into ourselves. In reality, however, studios are often full of distractions, from wondering where we can find the great cami top a fellow yogi is wearing to worrying about falling out of Ardha Chandrasana. Longtime yoga teacher Marco Rojas has found an innovative solution to that problem: He asks his students to wear blindfolds during some of his classes at New York City’s Pure Yoga.
As we wandered through the “Beauty CULTure” exhibition, on display through Nov. 27 at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles, we thought about the ban on digital retouching of body images in advertising proposed earlier this summer by the American Medical Association. The exhibit looks at how photography has shaped our ideals of feminine beauty and left women wondering how they measure up or, more to the point, fall short.
The tagline of Yogawoman is “Never underestimate the power of inner peace.” The documentary written and directed by sisters Kate Clere McIntyre and Saraswati Clere and narrated by actor (and longtime Iyengar student) Annette Bening shows all kinds of women — imprisoned teens, domestic abuse survivors and exhausted multitaskers across nine countries — affirming how the practice of yoga has brought that equanimity to them.
Even though Curb Your Enthusiasm has been hilarious this season, we’ve missed Cheryl Hines as Larry David’s long-suffering wife after they split in the premiere episode. That’s why we’re thrilled that she’s back in a new comedy series, playing a very different character: a suburban single mom with a boob job, big hair and a yen for her new neighbor, a single dad (Jeremy Sisto) who has just moved into the area with his teenage daughter (Jane Levy). In Suburgatory, premiering Sept. 28 on ABC, Hines plays the predatory Dallas Royce, a spray-tanned southern belle with a teenager of her own.
In the days leading up to last Sunday’s 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, celebs participated in a unique Hollywood ritual: making the round of gifting suites. While on one level the suites are a cornucopia of conspicuous consumption, they do offer attendees the opportunity to give back via charity partners — and that’s something we can get behind.
We’ve loved watching Kathy Bates in everything from Stephen King chillers (Misery, Dolores Claiborne) to Titanic to her recent turn as Gertrude Stein in Midnight in Paris. We’ll miss her small-screen Jo Bennett character on The Office, but we’re happy to see Bates on TV every week as no-nonsense attorney Harriet “Harry” Korn on Harry’s Law, which has its second season premiere tonight on NBC.
While we can’t always recall where we’ve put our keys, we’re not so sure we’d like the ability to remember every single moment of our lives — the horrible ones as well as the great ones — in perfect detail. A handful of people, including actress Marilu Henner, has this rare ability, called hyperthymesia, or superior autobiographical memory. This TV season, fiction follows fact in the CBS drama Unforgettable, premiering tonight and starring Without a Trace’s Poppy Montgomery. Her character, Carrie Wells, had a breakdown nine years before and quit her police job, but she’s coaxed back to the force after using her unusual gift to help her ex (Dylan Walsh) solve the murder of a neighbor.
Did someone send out a memo to 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards attendees about matching the arrivals carpet? Sure seems so, since so many women, dazzlingly dressed in shades of claret, crimson and tomato, had us happily seeing red.
Only two other women — Angela Lansbury and Ellen DeGeneres — have ever hosted the Emmy Awards solo, so we’re especially excited to see the job go to Jane Lynch this year. Lynch appeared in the hilarious opening skit at last year’s Emmys and later took home the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Now she’s poised to take the reins of the 63rd annual awards telecast, airing Sept. 18 on Fox. “My goal is that nobody will cringe — or at least very few people will cringe,” quips Lynch.
The woman we loved in Bridesmaids and for her impersonations of Donatella Versace and Oprah Winfrey on Saturday Night Live is ready for prime time, even if she’s not completely awake — which is perfect considering that Maya Rudolph’s new NBC sitcom premiering Sept. 14 is called Up All Night. “I’m in a bit of a fog,” confesses Rudolph, attributing that to having recently added a third child to her family — son Jack joined sisters Pearl, 5, and Lucille, nearly 2, on July 3.
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