Glamour USA – January 2017

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Interview
Fans of HBO’s whodunit
The Night Of about Bodhi Rook.
Glamour: Tell us
may recall the exact RA: He’s not a
moment when Naz, war-hardened soldier
the mild- mannered like the others, but he’s
murder suspect, not exactly at peace
adopted a smoldering with the intense rebel
stare and—schwing!— heist situation either.
became last summer’s Glamour: You’re part
most cerebral sex of political rap group
symbol. Let me Swet Shop Boys.
repeat: Actor Riz What’s your mission?
Ahmed made a possible
murderer seem philosophy is to tran-
RA: Our whole
sexy. Here, the Brit, scend the boundaries
who plays bad boy that people hem us
cargo pilot Bodhi into, such as Indian
Rook in Rogue One: or Pakistani or
A Star Wars Story, British or American.
gives us a peek inside The reality is most
his beautiful mind. people are mongrels,
Glamour: You must a mishmash of
know everyone different labels and
is going crazy over identities and experiences.
We’re here
your eyes.
Riz Ahmed: I think to celebrate the mongrels.
And hopefully
real eye contact and
concentration is powerful
in this day and little to make room
stretch culture a
age because everyone for all of us. —Kate
is usually staring at Branch, senior entertainment
their phones.
editor
Can You
Hear Me Now?
Sick of fumbling for your phone
every time it rings? Sgnl, whose
creators raised nearly $1.5 million
in 37 days on Kickstarter, is a
very Bond-esque solution. Just
attach this smart strap ($150–
$200, mysgnl.com) to any
existing watch face and, thanks
to Bluetooth, conduct conversations
through your actual finger.
(The sound turns into vibrations
that travel through your body.)
But does it work? A call made
from my cell to company project
manager Saemi Kim in South
Korea was remarkably clear and
interference-free. (Worry not: I
watched via Skype, and she was
truly hearing through her finger.)
Sgnl doesn’t launch here until
April, which gives you plenty of
time to decide which finger to
use when your ex calls. —Justine
Harman, senior editor
You Reviewed It!
For this month’s Glamour book club, 15 readers dug into The Animators,
Kayla Rae Whitaker’s feisty, funny debut novel about
two filmmakers who are alternately kindred spirits and mortal
enemies. Our crowd of critics recaps: When they meet as art students,
Sharon is “a shy transplant by way of rural Kentucky”
and Mel “a badass lesbian with a drug problem,” but the pair is
bound by their art and “the trauma of childhood.” It feels like “a
mix of Beaches, Girls, and Thelma & Louise.” So, you know, a
“complicated,” “sensual, sexy” raw nerve of a “roller coaster”
through a “tumultuous” friendship. The novel’s best line? “You’re
gonna let the world happen to you, and you’re gonna love it.” One
reader summed it up this way: “If you let this story happen to
you, you’re gonna love it.” —Elisabeth Egan, books editor
AHMED: TOMAS FALMER/KAYTEELLISAGENCY.COM. SGNL: COURTESY OF COMPANY (2). THE ANIMATORS: COURTESY OF THE PUBLISHER. SLIPPERS: COURTESY OF BROTHER VELLIES ($430, SUNROOMAUSTIN.COM)
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