Can you handle this threesome??
Taraji P. Henson, Gina Rodriguez, and Emma Roberts all star on their own October covers for Glamour!
It’s so perfect!! TV’s queens totally deserve the spotlight!
Taraji obviously brought her ferocity to the cover shoot, modeling a tangerine cutout gown all while unleashing her signature smolder.
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Meanwhile, Gina takes hers in a silky red blazer, and Emma in a beautifully printed frock!
They’ve blown us away for a trio of stunning covers, but inside the mag, we’re really feeling the love AND the girl power!
Empire‘s starlet opened up about Cookie’s appeal:
“She is everybody’s alter ego. She crosses cultures. [Last year] we went to Paris and screened the pilot for a thousand people. Lee Daniels [the series’ cocreator] brought me onstage. The audience stood up on their feet and clapped. I cried because, for so long in Hollywood, I’ve been told that black women don’t do well overseas, that they can’t open a film overseas. That moment for me was the best moment of my life. That’s better than any trophy, any award, any nomination. You know how they say music can heal the world? I feel that way about art in general.”
Yess! We can only imagine what a beautiful moment that was!
Though when it comes to finding love, Taraji says:
“I’m not twentysomething. I’m not trying to find myself├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥I know exactly who I am and exactly what I want. And I don’t want a fan. I want a man who understands me, who challenges me, who calls me on my sh-t instead of letting me get away with it because I’m supposed to be a star. I want a best friend.”
For Gina, she speaks on how Jane the Virgin is changing the game in television:
“People say this is a Latino show. But this is just a show that happens to have people with ancestors who come from other countries. None of us wants to be defined anymore. We’re human, dude. I feel like I was meant to do something├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥and nothing about me, genetically, is gonna stop me from doing that. Jane feels the same way.”
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And as for what Jane has taught her even beyond the show:
“She’s taught me that you can be many different things at once. Yeah, she doesn’t have sex, but she’s not uncool. She ain’t two pounds, but she’s sexy. And playing a character who realizes she has no control over her future helped me understand my journey. I didn’t get discovered right out of college [Rodriguez studied drama at New York University] the way I thought I was going to. It was like, ‘OK, this dream isn’t looking the way I thought it was going to look.’ I had to learn to let go and have faith. “
That’s definitely something we should all remember!
While Emma doesn’t exactly share the same experience, she also stars on a fierce female-driven show, confessing:
“Ryan [Murphy] makes all of his women smart. My character on Coven was a bitch, but she was articulate and on it. She was fierce. Only Ryan Murphy, in my eyes, can do that for a woman on television. After Coven I thanked him for believing in me, and he just said, ‘Oh, lady, don’t even worry about it.’ He never makes me feel like I owe him anything.”
But even beyond Scream Queens, that same idea seems to sink into her personal life. She divulged:
“To me loyalty is the biggest thing. My best friends are the kind of girls who, if I have something important to do, will come over and help me pick out an outfit while we drink a glass of champagne. My sister is 14, and I’m so protective over her. I tell her that if someone doesn’t make her feel good, she doesn’t need to be friends with them. I have four friends in the world I can call and tell anything, and that’s all I need. In the past year I’ve done a serious clearing of people who didn’t treat me the way a friend should treat you.”
It didn’t come easily though. Emma said:
“It’s hard. I think I’ve cried more about breakups with girlfriends than I ever have about boyfriends. But can I tell you: It’s changed my life. I only have girlfriends now who make me a better person.”
Sounds like we could learn a thing or two from these fierce females!
Slay on!!
[Image via Glamour Magazine.]
