Month: November 2019

Like many preteens glued to their television sets when in 1969 Neil Armstrong took man’s first steps on the moon, Peggy Whitson dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Only later did she realize that Armstrong had taken one giant leap for mankind without saving a seat in the spaceship for womankind.

Becoming an astronaut remained a pipe dream for Whitson, until NASA selected its first class of female astronauts in 1978, physicist Sally Ride and biochemist Shannon Lucid among them. That’s when Whitson, who’d developed a knack for biochemistry in high school, started to see her childhood dream as an attainable goal.

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“Suddenly I could do the thing I already want to do [biochemistry] and also become an astronaut,” she tells InStyle. After earning her doctorate in biochem in 1985 and applying to NASA’s space program for 10 years while working in research, Whiston got the green light and finally slipped on a spacesuit for her first trip to the International Space Station in 2002.

The former Iowa farm girl now holds several records among the interstellar elite: She’s spent more time space-walking than any other female astronaut; she was the first woman to command the International Space Station (and did so twice); and she was the first female, and first non-military person, to become chief of the astronaut office (overseeing crew training and assignments and running operations with mission control). Last year, Whitson, 58, also broke NASA’s record for the most time in space, wracking up a total of 665 cumulative days—meaning she’s spent more time in outer space than any other American, ever.

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Now, while in a post-flight period, the record-breaking astronaut is sharing her space experience with the world, starring in Darren Aronofsky (Mother!)’s new TV venture: One Strange Rock. The 10-part series, which premiered on National Geographic yesterday, tells the story of our planet from the perspective of the boundary-pushing astronauts who’ve left it behind. Whitson sat down with InStyle to talk about what space is really like and how she ignored bad advice, taking her career to astronomical heights. 

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Overcoming obstacles: It’s no secret that female astronauts have been undervalued and altogether dismissed for the better part of history (hello, Hidden Figures). Whitson even remembers renowned professor Dr. James Van Allen (the famous space scientist who discovered the Van Allen radiation belt) once scoffing at her astronaut aspirations. “I met him [a fellow Iowa Wesleyan College alum] as I was graduating from the college. He was building space hardware in his laboratory and when I told him I wanted to become an astronaut, he said, ‘Eh. That astronaut thing is probably a flash in the pan. You don’t want to do that.’ I was like, ‘Really cool space hardware, but I’m going to ignore that advice.’”

As her career’s progressed, Whitson continually ignored barriers to her success, proving her scientific prowess and undeniable value time and time again, just like that first class of female NASA astronauts she remains inspired by. “I actually feel really lucky that this first group broke down a lot of barriers before me,” she says.

The gig’s hardest adjustment: “The new guys,” as Whitson affectionately calls the latest crop of astronaut trainees, struggle not to knock tools all over the spaceship in zero gravity. Meanwhile, Whitson, who returned to Earth’s atmosphere after her third mission in September, has more trouble adjusting to life back on Earth. “Gravity sucks. You feel so heavy, and readjusting is not fun.”

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Day-to-day on earth: When Whitson’s not breaking records in space or adjusting to the natural laws of earthly physics, she enjoys reading and watching science-fiction movies and series. She grew up a Star Trek fan and has since decided to forgive the occasional falsity in other sci-fi works. “Sometimes I’m like, ‘Ugh the orbital mechanics are not working for me.’ But for the most part it’s okay.”

Galactic take-away: “Perspective is the most important thing you gain [from being an astronaut]. And not only do you gain this perspective of our planet and our home, but also you see the thousands and thousands and thousands of stars that make up our galaxy,” Whitson says. “Then you recognize that we’re one galaxy out of billions. And you’re just so in awe of where we are, how small we are, how special this place is.” Trying to relay the actual experience of spending time in space to inspired kids and awe-struck adults during talks she gives is not so easy, but Whitson is up for the challenge before she returns to NASA to support crews in training and in orbit.

Elizabeth Olsen can hardly recognize herself.

The actress and several of her Avengers: Infinity Wars costars are featured on the April cover of Empire magazine, and on Thursday, Olsen shared the image on Instagram — along with a question for her followers.

“Does this look like me?” she asked.

The resounding consensus was that her face on the cover appeared to be photoshopped.

“No Lizzie, you don’t need this terrible photoshop,” one fan commented. Another added, “No, that is insulting to your real, actually sweet face! So unnecessary.”

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A spokesperson for Empire denied making changes to the image, telling TODAY Style, “Empire magazine did not make any alterations to the ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ artwork, supplied to them by Disney and Marvel Studios, that appears on the May 2018 cover.”

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Disney and Marvel Studios did immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Olsen is set to reprise her role as Wanda Maximoff (a.k.a. Scarlet Witch) in Avengers: Infinity Wars, the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Nutritionist Philip Goglia recently spoke with PEOPLE about how he helped Olsen get in shape for the new movie.

“She was focused on body composition,” Dr. Goglia, celebrity nutritionist and founder of G-Plans, said. “Fat is light and fluffy and takes up a lot of room, and muscle is dense and doesn’t take up a lot of room at all. She wanted to be dense, heavy and athletic, and she just really nailed it.”

Olsen, 28, also had a specific look in mind for her body shape.

“This newest Avengers movie she was more about muscularity,” Dr. Goglia said. “More stomach and shoulder shape, a better V-shape in her back and a much tighter waist and shoulder differential.”

 

When actress Ellen Pompeo appeared on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter in January for a story titled “How I Fought to Become TV’s $20 Million Woman,” women at InStyle, and everywhere, applauded. Not only for the dollar amount Pompeo secured—her deal nets her $575,000 per episode of Grey’s Anatomy, now entering its 14th season—but for how honest and disarmingly blunt she was about prioritizing financial stability over the fickle glare of big-screen stardom. In the end, it seems like a philosophy worth sharing.

Laura Brown: Ellen, your salary negotiation, and the way you discussed it so frankly, was totally baller, if I can use a dude term.

Ellen Pompeo: Ha! Listen, I’m so thankful. It’s so hard for me because I’ve been on Grey’s Anatomy forever, and I don’t chase relevancy or trophies. There’s a price to pay for that, you know? A lot of girls would rather have the attention, and then they realize in their 40s that they have no money to feed their kids and they’re fucked. It’s been a healthy path for me. I made the choice to be OK with no awards and no attention and make it about just going to work and punching the clock. Which I think is healthier for the ego later down the line.

LB: I think it’s essentially asking yourself: How do you define success?

EP: Right. The definition of success, I think, is different for everybody. That’s the most important thing to note. But my definition of success is happiness.

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LB: Do you remember the first time you fought for yourself professionally?

EP: I mean, I’ve been fighting since the very beginning. When I started this show, I didn’t know that on a SAG
contract you’re not able to renegotiate until Season 3. So it wasn’t until Season 3 that I found out I was actually being paid less than [co-star] Patrick Dempsey.

LB: Even though it was Grey’s Anatomy and you were Meredith Grey.

EP: Even though it was Grey’s Anatomy. But the truth is, he had done 12 pilots before me, and I hadn’t done any. I had no TV quote. I’d only done movies. So he simply had more TV experience under his belt.

LB: So then, when you found that out, what did you do?

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EP: I said, “Well, I have to be paid the same as him.” I wasn’t trying to get more. I was just trying to get the same.

LB: What was the first reaction?

EP: In all negotiations they don’t immediately give in, and this is also quite a big cast, so they have everybody to deal with, but eventually we got what we wanted. I would say the only time you ever have a good negotiating position is if you’re completely willing to walk away. That’s the only real strength you have. And I never really was there until this last round. I asked for everything on Grey’s because I saw a piece of paper that told me it had generated $3 billion for Disney. That information changed the game for me: knowing my numbers and having information as to what my actual worth was. Over the years lots of characters have come and gone, lots of writers have come and gone. The one thing that’s remained on the show is me, so that’s how I arrived at my confidence.

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LB: When you were given more responsibility on the show, how did you feel?

EP: Shonda [Rhimes, the creator of Grey’s Anatomy] had said to me, “What do you need to stay?” And I said if I could take on more and feel ownership of this show and be a producer, then I’d be inspired to stay. I needed inspiration—we work 10 months out of the year, so I can’t appear on other television shows or anywhere else per my contract. I needed to have more duties other than acting.

LB: Does that ownership make you feel stronger?

EP: One hundred percent. And also from a business standpoint, what I learned on this show … it’s been quite an interesting journey. Like I mentioned in the Hollywood Reporter article, we had a lot of culture problems I was determined to change. The way we run the show now has the actors feeling involved, having a say. It makes everybody invested in a way they never were before. But had I not had those hardships or stepped on all those sharp stones, I would not have learned any of these lessons, so I’m grateful for all of them, honestly.

LB: How important is female friendship and being good to other ladies in all of this?

EP: Oh my god, it’s everything. It’s everything.

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LB: What women have helped you on your way up? Obviously, Shonda is the main one.

EP: Yeah. And Debbie Allen. I met her on the set of Grey’s. She plays Catherine Avery on the show. She came on first as an actress, and then she became an executive producer. Debbie is the one who kept saying, “You are a director. You don’t even realize it. You’re standing around telling everybody what to do. What you’re doing is directing—you might as well sit in the chair.” And I was like, “No, I don’t want to … I want to be home with my kids.” So she’s really the one who inspired me. She has been so generous with me and so uplifting.

LB: What’s a character trait you have that you will never apologize for?

EP: My honesty. I crave honesty when I read interviews. But my honesty has gotten me in trouble. I’ve tried in the past to defend people and come from a good place—but the way my words get edited, my intentions get misunderstood, and then I end up hurting feelings. I forget that my words can be edited to create a catfight.

LB: So how do you deal with that?

EP: I try to address it. Anytime I know something has come out that other people perceive as hurtful, I immediately call that person and apologize. You have to own it when you’re wrong. I’m not perfect, you’re not perfect, and no one can expect us to be. The closest we can get is to be true and respectful to each other.

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Pompeo in Versace jacket, leggings, and pumps. 

LB: Do you have any tips for communicating with people above you in a professional hierarchy?

EP: Yeah, I lead with kissing ass.

LB: Please elaborate.

EP: Well, you always want to start with the positive. Come from a place of gratitude—which is not something I always led with when I was younger. I try to think about what it would be like to be that person and have to hear people complain. And I attempt to never call anyone with only a problem—I’ll also have a solution.

LB: What makes you feel the most empowered at work and in your daily life?

EP: I think what makes me feel the most empowered is when I trust my gut and it pays off.

LB: What are you ambitious for?

EP: I’m ambitious to spend as much time with my kids [Stella Luna, 8; Sienna May, 3; and Eli Christopher, 1] as I can. To find that balance because I do like working. I really enjoy being in the world and accomplishing things. And now my producing career is really where my ambition is.

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LB: What three things would you suggest for someone who wants to really own their shit?

EP: OK, first, I would say to own your shit you have to be 100 percent honest, 100 percent real about your experience, and not be worried about what people think of you, which is hard. It’s hard to get that when you’re younger. There’s something about age that frees you up and you care so much less about what people think. Second, talk the talk and walk the walk. To be fair, if you need your image to get jobs or your next job, you have to be more careful about what you say. I do understand that. Three, stop trying to be perfect. You can’t feel like, “I have to be perfect. I have to dress perfect. I have to look perfect. I have to be on every red carpet.” You can’t do it all, and you have to be OK with your flaws. I’m not down with this fucking perfection, you know? I’m not trying to come off as something I’m not. Owning your shit is owning who you are and not trying to be anybody else.

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For more stories like this, pick up the April issue of InStyle, available on newsstands and for digital download March 16.

I’ve never been someone who wears a lot of jewelry. It’s fun to get dressed up and wear gorgeous pieces for work, but in my real life, I usually just put on a pair of stud earrings.

When my boyfriend [musician Taylor Goldsmith] and I started talking about getting engaged last year, I told him I didn’t want a big ring. I figured we could just pick out some pretty bands together. So you can imagine how surprised I was when he proposed with this beautiful ring in the fall.

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We were in the middle of moving into our new home at the time—the whole thing caught me completely off guard! Even though I thought I didn’t want an engagement ring, as soon as I saw this one, I couldn’t imagine the moment without it.

Taylor went to one of my favorite jewelers, Irene Neuwirth, and picked out every detail that he thought I’d like, from the round, faceted stone to the rose gold band. It is so me. I especially love that the diamond is flat—you can see my skin through it, which makes it even more understated.

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It’s elegant and cool, and you wouldn’t even know it was an engagement ring if I didn’t wear it on my left hand. Because he put so much love and thought into it, I’ve never felt so special. And now it’s a symbol of our life together and all the excitement yet to come.

—As told to Jennifer Ferrise

Moore stars in This Is Us on NBC.

For more stories like this, pick up the April issue of InStyle, available on newsstands and for digital download now.

Mary J. Blige: Grammy winner, multi-platinum singer, and—as of Jan. 23—double Academy Award nominee and Oscar record breaker.

Blige was featured in the period film Mudbound, for which she was nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar, but she also earned another less conventional nomination alongside it. The star is additionally up for an Oscar for best original song with Mudbound‘s “Mighty River,” and according to Essence, this marks the first time that a star has been up for a performance award and an original song award for the same movie in the same year.

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In Mudbound, Blige plays Florence Jackson, a mother of four who deals with racist prejudice during the Jim Crow South. The actress and R&B icon dug deep to get into character.

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“Shedding Mary J. Blige for Florence gave Mary J. Blige some confidence … like a lot of it,” Blige told Essence. “[On set] I could hear people whispering, ‘She’s so beautiful.’ And I was like, ‘Who the hell are they talking about?'”

Blige’s work has given Mudbound two nominations, but the Academy has awarded the film an additional two nods on top of it. Rachel Morrison is nominated for best cinematography, which is another Academy first as Morrison becomes the first female nominee for that category ever.

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Additionally, Mudbound is up for best adapted screenplay.

The Oscars ceremony takes place March 4: Tune in at 8 p.m. ET on ABC to see which movies take home awards.

For the lead roles in his new film, Quentin Tarantino has turned to two familiar faces.

Inglorious Basterds star Brad Pitt and Django Unchained star Leonardo DiCaprio will reunite with the filmmaker for his ninth film, which Sony Pictures announced Wednesday is officially titled Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

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Set in 1969 Los Angeles, the production will feature DiCaprio as Rick Dalton, the former star of a western TV series, and Pitt as his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth. They’re both struggling to survive in a Hollywood they no longer recognize. Although, one person they do recognize is Rick’s next-door neighbor: Sharon Tate.

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“I’ve been working on this script for five years, as well as living in Los Angeles County most of my life, including in 1969, when I was seven years old,” says Tarantino. “I’m very excited to tell this story of an L.A. and a Hollywood that don’t exist anymore. And I couldn’t be happier about the dynamic teaming of DiCaprio & Pitt as Rick & Cliff.”

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood opens in theaters on Aug. 9, 2019.

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Ever since the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal broke, Oprah Winfrey has insisted she wasn’t aware of the disgraced media mogul’s inappropriate and illegal behavior. Now, the former talk show host and A Wrinkle in Time star is revealing what she did know about Weinstein’s actions.

“What I knew was Harvey was a bully. Was I friendly with Harvey? Yes, I was friendly with Harvey. Of course, I didn’t know any of this was going on,” she told Gwyneth Paltrow, one of Weinstein’s accusers, in the first episode of the Goop podcast, out Thursday. While the producer didn’t sexually harass Winfrey, she contends that he used to call her and demand talk show appearances for the stars of his films.

“I think where this movement will eventually lead us to is not accepting any kind of behavior that disparages you as a human being. Why am I willing to put up with an asshole? Not only am I not going to take your sexual harassment, I’m not going to take any of your bullshit, period,” Winfrey said of her hopes for the future of the #MeToo movement.

“Knowing that you’re not alone is a part of the big healing. I remember the first time I realized that I wasn’t the only kid who had been sexually molested. The first time I realized it, I was doing a talk show where somebody was telling their story. I was dumbfounded. I don’t know what to do. That somebody, that is my story. I could cry right now. I was like, that’s happened to someone else? I thought I was the only one. At the first time I heard it, I was in Baltimore and I didn’t have the courage to speak out on television about it,” she told Paltrow on the Goop podcast of her own experience with sexual assault.

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As a former friend of Weinstein’s, Winfrey has been criticized since the allegations first came out as people contended that she knew about the abuse. After her powerful Golden Globes speech, Seal publicly accused Oprah of turning a blind eye. “Oh I forgot, that’s right … you’d heard the rumors but you had no idea he was actually serially assaulting young starry-eyed actresses who in turn had no idea what they were getting into. My bad,” he wrote on Instagram.

In this new interview, Oprah makes her position clear: She did not know what Harvey was doing behind closed doors.

The news week has been dominated by a very pressing question: who bit Beyoncé?!?

In a GQ profile published online on Monday, Tiffany Haddish alleged that an unspecified and drug-addled actress bit (yes, BIT) Queen Bey’s face at a star-studded event last December.

The event in question was an after-party following a Jay-Z concert in Inglewood. Haddish is staying mum on who the culprit is, citing a non-disclosure agreement, but others have taken up the task of figuring it out. 

“NDAs are real, so I’m not saying s— about nothing,” Haddish said. 

The Cut investigated the matter and determined a roster of celebs in attendance: Rihanna, James Franco, French Montana, Queen Latifah, G-Eazy, Diddy, Sara Foster, Jen Meyer, and Sanaa Lathan. Vulture narrowed its pool of suspects to Foster and Lathan, reasoning that the other actresses at the party (Rihanna and Queen Latifah) were friends of Bey’s, and therefore not as likely to bite.

Chrissy Teigen weighed in on the matter as well with a theory of her own:

She later uncovered the truth and tweeted that her initial assumption was wrong.

This is far from the only rumor circulating on the matter. Scroll down below for a detailed presentation and analysis of every possible perp.

Sanaa Lathan

In addition to the previous suspicion that Lathan is the biter, Vulture received an anonymous tip from someone claiming to have heard the story during Haddish’s comedy set in Jacksonville, Florida this past January. “During her standup she gave more hints that might be helpful to figuring this out, such as the actress who bit Beyoncé was an actress who dated French Montana last summer.”

While the veracity of this comment is unknown, Lathan has, in fact, been linked to French Montana.

Addressing bitegate, Lathan denied the allegations with a coy (and somewhat O.J. Simpson-esque) tweet:

Sara Foster

This other prime suspect also denied the rumor, posting an email to her publicist in which she’s asked for comment on the matter. “Flattering that anyone thinks I could get this close to Beyoncé,” she joked.

Taraji P. Henson

The Empire star’s name was briefly thrown into the ring, but Haddish quickly came to her defense.

Queen Latifah

While Vulture initially cleared her of suspicion, when asked for comment, a spokesperson for Latifah told Huffington Post, “No comment.” Wouldn’t it be less suspicious to just say she didn’t do it? Two Queens, one party … Who knows?!

Lena Dunham

Bookies are favoring the Girls creator and star as the culprit, and Twitter users seem to agree.

Although there’s really no proof that Dunham did it (or was even at the party), internet sleuths have drawn attention to a potentially suspicious tweet she wrote just prior to the release of Haddish’s GQ profile.

Even so, Dunham seemed to address the rumor in a tweet Tuesday to clear her name once and for all. 

Jennifer Lawrence

J. Law appears to have been in New York at the time—plus her publicist has already discounted her from the roundup. Still, the actress is being considered among the public on the basis of her Dunham-esque quirk.

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Amy Schumer

While there’s no direct evidence yet, the Trainwreck star does have a history of making strange and counterintuitive gestures in the face (pun intended) of major celebrity …

Gwyneth Paltrow

The Goop goddess is known to be close with the Carter fam, which would make sense since Beyoncé told Haddish that the actress in question is “not like that all the time”—indicating she knows the biter somewhat well. Before Chrissy knew the identity of the biter, she dispelled the Gwyneth rumor. However, once she did find out, she said the perpetrator was someone she “*never* would have guessed.”

Sarah Michelle Gellar

While there are no reports confirming that Gellar was anywhere near this event, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress still came forward with a “confession” of her own.

Reveal yourself at once, Beyoncé biter!

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Any conversation about climate change in recent years usually comes back to one historic deal: the Paris Agreement. The 2016 accord, signed by 195 countries and outlining collaborative measures to combat rising temperatures, was one of the world’s greatest diplomatic success stories—and Shyla Raghav was one of the negotiators who made it happen.

As Conservation International’s climate change lead, Raghav oversees conservation efforts in almost 30 countries, many of them developing countries that have been hit hard by carbon emissions. She’s gearing up to negotiate again at the upcoming Global Climate Action Summit in California this September—and since the U.S. withdrew from the Paris Agreement last year, Raghav’s mission will be to convince private-sector businesses to pick up the government’s slack. “I’d like to see this event be a ground-breaking gathering of companies and investors to make real commitments, which will present a strong and compelling counter narrative to what we’re hearing from the federal government,” Raghav tells InStyle.

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Raghav has also been instrumental in redeveloping CI’s carbon footprint calculator, which anyone can use to figure out how they’re impacting the environment by inputting simple information like their commute to work and what they eat. The tool can determine the exact impact of, say, your wedding or your office holiday party, and help you purchase credits to offset those emissions. (Go on, give it a try.) Here, Raghav gets real about the biggest climate challenges we face—and what it will take from every single person to fight them.

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Witnessing climate change first-hand: “I don’t even think I need to say this, but climate change is real,” Raghav says, in response to recent opposition to the scientifically proven catastrophe. Born in India and having grown up in parts of Nigeria and Saudi Arabia, she’s seen the effects of climate change on developing countries with her own eyes. “Most of my family is settled in Delhi, [India,] now, and when I visited over the holidays just this past year, the smog and pollution was so bad that they had to shut down the airport because the planes didn’t have enough visibility to take off.”

After earning her masters in environmental management from Yale, Raghav flew to the Caribbean island of Dominica—an island that has since been completely wiped out by Hurricane Maria in 2017—to help assess the impacts of climate change on small island nations. Her work in Dominica and personal experiences in other developing nations were ultimately what motivated her to take on climate change.

The governmental blockade: The Trump administration pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement in June 2017 and has questioned global warming’s legitimacy, one of the most obstructive hurdles the country is facing when it comes to climate change, says Raghav. “It was really disappointing because it weakens us diplomatically and from an economic standpoint. Other countries are now investing in the energy of the future, and the United States doesn’t have a seat at the table there.”

But Raghav remains optimistic because concerned American citizens and companies can take matters into their own hands. “Economic forces are speaking for themselves: Renewable jobs are already beginning to vastly outweigh coal jobs, for example, and companies, a number of which represent trillions of dollars in revenue, have already signaled that they’re committed to upholding the [Paris] Agreement.”

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What you can do now: Raghav’s most important message: You can help protect your environment right now, whether by using a carbon calculator, voting on climate change at the ballot box, or, well, simply acknowledging the issue. But, she says, “the toughest part of my job is convincing people to act on climate change when it may not seem like it’s in their immediate financial interest.” The most common excuse she gets for pushback? Taking action is expensive. “People don’t realize that we haven’t done a very good job at fully considering the cost of inaction until disaster strikes,” she says. “Then the cost of inaction looks like hurricane Maria or Irma. I think this is an issue of short term versus long term.”

Putting up a fight: “As a woman who was a really shy kid, I tended to be more conciliatory in my approach to working with other people. But since accepting this job and just knowing the urgency of action on climate change, I’ve realized that we don’t have time to waste,” Raghav says. Her goal right now is to empower people and help them understand that they are at the center of the solution to climate change. “Let’s all be the ones who are solving climate change,” she says. “Let’s be solvers.”

This might be a shock to some, but Mariah Carey doesn’t care about the Grammy Awards.

The five-time Grammy Award winner spoke out about the venerated award show and what changed her perception about the institution that granted her two awards the year her iconic career started.

“In the music business, if you care about the Grammys and submitting your stuff before a certain time frame, you want a single out in the summer,” she said in a new interview with V Magazine published on Wednesday.

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“And then you want to have a record [out] before the Grammys [consideration] deadline, which has changed. Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn,” she said, referencing the iconic line from the film Gone With the Wind.

“I mean, I have five Grammys. That’s cute. There’s people that have been doing this half the time that have twice as many,” Carey continued. “I won’t two Grammys the first year I started, but after that, [the Grammys] are like, ‘We don’t go with the people that are selling a lot of records and are popular; we’re gonna go the opposite way.’”

She added, “So, I got screwed out of certain years. I wasn’t bitter about it. I was just like, okay, well, I guess I’m not standing here barefoot onstage singing and trying to go a certain way. I’m just me.”

The “We Belong Together” singer said that while the music industry is a business, she considers herself an artist.

“I consider myself more of a musician first than a business person, I don’t necessarily think of things that way; it’s music first,” she said.

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In January, Carey appeared at the Golden Globes as her song “The Star” was nominated for original song. The singer had to firmly remind NBC’s Al Roker that it was her first-ever songwriting nomination at the Golden Globes after the Today host asked her if she ever got tired of racking up the accolades.

“I have never been nominated for a Golden Globe as a songwriter,” she said while standing next to friend Sharon Stone. “And many times men forget that women also write songs and I’m really excited about it because of that.”

The songstress was also nominated for best original song in 1999 for “When You Believe,” which she performed with Whitney Houston. The song was written by Stephen Schwartz and Babyface.

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