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“I want to show that we exist in Paris.” Claudia Rivera makes space for Latino designers in French capital
Claudia Rivera, a Peruvian-Parisian creative director and photographer, is known for building worlds in Paris that are colorful and communal, events that feel like a home away from home for the Latino community there. Rivera pulls up to Holy Grounds Coffee & Tea in El Sereno for our interview between L.A. meetings. She is wearing jorts, a subversive basic tank and fresh, jewel-encrusted nails done by @leslydidthem with rings on every finger. Her thick waist-length hair, an emblematic feature of her Peruvian identity, flows freely. Rivera’s projects and photography are also an intersection of her cultures, with details inspired by her family or community, who are often her greatest subjects and audience, infused with the energy and street style of her hometown, Paris.
Rivera organized the first monthlong Latino festival in Paris, Sabor Latino Month, by crowdfunding thousands of euros via other young Latinos in the city who were craving something like this, and eventually getting it sponsored by Adidas Paris. Her annual event, Ñañaykuna, which started in 2021, celebrates the community of Latina women in Paris by highlighting their work with music, dancing and food. One year, Rivera took portraits of all the participants in her signature warm style. Now, Rivera, who just launched her new creative agency Amaru, is working on a pop-up inspired by a mercado you’d find in a Latin American country, bringing a collection of Latino brands from around the world — including L.A.’s Amor Prohibido, Kids of Immigrants and Equihua — to Paris on Sept. 14-15, right before Fashion Week. “As a Franco-Peruvian girl, I grew up without clothes that represented me,” says Rivera. “Clothing is something that can help you represent yourself. It’s part of your personality.” The idea with the event, called Lo Nuestro, is to show the diversity among Latino-owned fashion brands.
“I was always checking the events in Los Angeles and it was my dream to be there and to see [that],” says Rivera. “I think being Latino here is very complicated because of everything. But there is also the privilege that you can live in a country where you exist, where your community is present. That’s what I want to do in my life: I want to create the space that I dreamed for when I was a kid. And I want this for the next generation. I want to show that we exist in Paris. To share our culture with the other communities.”
This is what Image Making means to me: Ever since I was a little, I’ve understood the power and importance of images. My parents were one of the first Peruvians to have papers in France. They came to France in the ’90s. In 2003, my dad went back to Peru for the first time in 10 years after he left for France. My dad went to visit the families of all of our Peruvian friends in France to film their homes, greetings from their families. When he came back, my mom cooked a big meal and everyone came over to our house. In 2005 I went to Peru for the first time — I was 5 years old. I started as a kid to take the camera y empezaba yo tambien a querer filmar. It’s not just the images but the process. To make the images, you also need to connect, to take time. Es un momento de care también. Las imágenes te ayudan a conectar el mundo, conectar tu comunidad, tu familia. I know that my family, to see me always taking pictures of our culture, they started to say, “OK, maybe this is something beautiful.” By taking the photos, I helped them to value their daily life. I feel that los archivos son muy importantes.
What is the common thing or feeling that all of my work shares: El punto común es mostrar América Latina y highlight Latin American cultures. To tell our stories from our point of view.
My approach to personal style looks and feels like: I get very inspired by the culture of my family, but in the details. I started photography doing very colorful photos, with a lot of pink, a lot of orange, yellow, because these are the colors that are very present in traditional skirts in Peru. I include flowers in my work because flowers are present in the culture of my family. Hair is also very important for us.
What does my Paris feel like: I love Paris because it’s a city where there is a lot of diversity. It asks us to mix from all cultures. I feel very rich to have friends from all over the world. Growing up in Paris helped me understand Islam, other religions, other cultures from North African, South Africa, from Bangladesh. I have friends que vienen de todas partes del mundo. Compartimos mucho.
My work reveals about the city: It reveals that the Latino community exists [in Paris]. My projects don’t only interest people of the community — though of course they also like it porque es una expresión que we’ve always wanted to have — but there are also people from other communities that want to understand. And I think that’s a beautiful part of it: todos queremos abrirnos y entender las otras culturas.
Makeup Jade Benaim
Hair Santa Mari Juanna
Nails Alicia Faucher
Special thanks Cecile Armand, Hélène Tchen, Manon Guerby, Santa Mari Juanna Lab
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The Emmys are Sunday night — here's how to watch them
The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards are this Sunday night, returning to a regular schedule after the previous Emmys were delayed due to Hollywood actors and writers strikes. Here’s what you need to know to watch the ceremony.
When are the Emmy Awards this year?
The Emmy Awards will air at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. ET Sunday on ABC, with an official red carpet pre-show on ABC beginning at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT. (Fans hoping to tune in earlier can watch E! beginning at 5 p.m. ET.) The Emmys ceremony will take place at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles, hosted by father-son duo Eugene and Dan Levy, co-creators and stars of Schitt’s Creek.
How do I watch them?
The live broadcast will air on ABC. Viewers without network TV access can watch the awards via streaming subscriptions that include live television, like YouTube TV, Hulu+ Live TV or Fubo. The Emmys will also be available to watch on Hulu, but not until Monday.
What to watch for
The FX series Shogun leads nominations this year on the drama side, with 25 nods. Others in contention for the top drama spot include Slow Horses, 3 Body Problem and The Morning Show, among others.
FX’s The Bear also set a comedy record with 23 nominations, introducing questions about the relevance of Emmy categories. (Despite its comedy accolades from the Television Academy, NPR’s TV critic calls The Bear “the best drama on TV.”) Other titles in contention for outstanding comedy include Abbott Elementary, Hacks, Only Murders in the Building, Reservation Dogs and more.
A number of actors are first-time nominees this year, including Ryan Gosling, who’s nominated for a guest role on Saturday Night Live. Greta Lee also snagged her first nomination for The Morning Show.
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'Wait Wait' for September 14, 2024: With Not My Job guest Jay Pharoah
This week’s show was recorded in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest Jay Pharoah and panelists Adam Burke, Negin Farsad, and Roxanne Roberts. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.
Who’s Bill This Time
Wrestlemania In Pennsylvania; One Giant Step For Billionaires; Apple’s New Smiley Face
Panel Questions
Vlad vs. Mickey
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists tell three stories about an unusual use for Doritos, only one of which is true.
Not My Job: We quiz Jay Pharoah on games without balls
Comedian and host of the new game show, “The Quiz With Balls,” Jay Pharoah, plays our game called “You Can Keep Your Balls.” Three questions about games played without balls.
Panel Questions
GrubHub For Good; A Honey Trap Warning
Limericks
Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Dancing With the Shackles; The Prime Meownister; That Ugli Fruit Is Watching You
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn’t fit anywhere else
Predictions
Our panelists predict, after this week’s spacewalk, what will be the next first in space.
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Shelley Duvall Took One Final Gig to Lift Her Spirits as Health Declined
Shelley Duvall returned to acting for the last time after two decades away as her health rapidly declined … ’cause she knew it would offer her unique solace, TMZ has learned.
As we reported, the trailer for the gory indie flick “The Forest Hills” dropped on Friday … and fans were both psyched and bummed — seeing the iconic actress in one last flick after her July death.
Her longtime partner Dan Gilroy tells TMZ … she stepped in front of the camera again because she wanted to feel like an actress a final time — knowing it would help lift her spirits amid her health battle.
Shelley — who died at the age of 74 a few months ago — had serious reservations about doing another horror film … after all, she starred in the horror classic “The Shining,” discussing the difficult filming process over the years.
Ultimately, she decided to take the chance — and as Dan tells us, “She really rose to the occasion.”
Shelley had limited mobility during filming and used a wheelchair … but, the crew wanted to work with her so desperately, they brought the set to her Texas home and worked her lack of mobility into the character.
Dan tells us he is super grateful she had the experience … and he found it slightly humorous that her final film was horror, when she most loved making family-friendly projects such as “Popeye” and “Faerie Tale Theatre.”
Towards the end, she just wanted to work one more time … and judging by the wild reaction to the trailer for “The Forest Hills,” fans are super stoked she did.
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