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September 02, 2020 at 06:20PM Following in the footsteps of the Obamas, who signed a multi-year deal with Netflix after leaving the White House, the Sussexes too have entered into a partnership with the streaming giant. One of their biggest post-royal decisions (the other being their move to California), the exclusive deal that Netflix just signed with Harry and Meghan will essentially serve as an extension of the couple’s existing charitable interests. According to the New York Times, the Sussexes “have founded a yet-to-be-named production company and signed a multiyear deal with Netflix, which will pay them to make documentaries, docu-series, feature films, scripted shows and children’s programming.” “Our lives, both independent of each other and as a couple, have allowed us to understand the power of the human spirit: of courage, resilience, and the need for connection,” Meghan and Harry said in a statement. “Through our work with diverse communities and their environments, to shining a light on people and causes around the world, our focus will be on creating content that informs but also gives hope.” This deal doesn’t mark the first Netflix project for Harry and Meghan. Prince Harry, who has long been an advocate for disabled veterans, collaborated with the platform recently on a documentary about the Paralympic Games titled Rising Phoenix. “As new parents, making inspirational family programming is also important to us,” the couple added. “We are pleased to work with Ted and the team at Netflix whose unprecedented reach will help us share

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September 02, 2020 at 04:59PM Taking the classic “American in Paris” trope and giving it a high fashion spin is Lily Collins’ upcoming Netflix show, Emily in Paris. The 10-episode series doesn’t drop until October 2, but the just-released trailer is giving us plenty to look forward to. Created by Darren Star (who’s already given us women-living-their-best-lives shows like Younger and Sex and the City), the series stars Collins as Emily, an ambitious young marketing executive from Chicago, whose company acquires a French luxury marketing company and transfers her to Paris. Her new life in Paris, according to the show notes, is “filled with intoxicating adventures and surprising challenges as she juggles winning over her work colleagues, making friends, and navigating new romances.” View this post on Instagram Here we go!! Keeping this secret has been so hard but I’m beyond thrilled to finally announce @emilyinparis officially launches October 2, only on @netflix! I hope you guys fall in love with this story, the character and the city just like I did. Can’t. F*cking. Wait. Pardon my French… A post shared by Lily Collins (@lilyjcollins) on Sep 1, 2020 at 8:00am PDT Speaking with Variety last year, Star outlined some of the initial hurdles Emily would face as an American expat in France. She is “not fully embraced by some of the French — she’s an American girl who comes to France and doesn’t speak any French, she has opinions about how to do things, but finds out ‘the American

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September 02, 2020 at 02:41PM Meet Jenn Harper, the founder of Cheekbone Beauty, a made-in-Canada cosmetics line of colourful lipsticks and lip glosses, plus complexion products, focused on low waste and sustainability: think biodegradable packaging and sustainably sourced ingredients. What’s more, 10 per cent of Cheekbone Beauty’s profits are donated to the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, a non-profit organization providing reconciliation-based public education, research and support to promote the safety and wellbeing of First Nations children and their families. Formerly a sales professional, the idea for Cheekbone Beauty – which was established in 2016 and puts Indigenous youth at its centre – came to Jenn in a life-changing dream. Here, the entrepreneur shares, in her own words, her brand’s ethos and how she turned past trauma and struggle into do-good triumph. On the dream that sparked it all: “I was a serious alcoholic for many, many years and got sober in 2014. Then, in January of 2015, I literally had a dream about making lip gloss — and I don’t dream very often. The highlight of that dream was little Indigenous girls with the rosiest little cheeks, and they were laughing and just so happy. So I jumped out of bed that night, grabbed my laptop and typed up what I now know is called a business plan (I did not know that’s what it was called back then). That was the beginning of it. I took 2015 and 2016 to learn as much as I could

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