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“Maybe the best costumes are the ones you never notice. When what we do requires our work to completely disappear, we are creating a story—one that our audience is going to love,” says Deborah Nadoolman Landis, costume designer, historian, and curator of the Hollywood Costume exhibit at the Phoenix Art Museum. Landis shared her passion for the exhibit at an intimate media breakfast on Friday, March 21. She described how much work, thought, and effort goes behind each costume and why the costume designer’s role is so crucial to film. AFM became one of the first onlookers to experience the exhibit, and it did not disappoint. The...

As spring wears on and we find ourselves closer to Memorial Day, one of our favorite past times as American’s will come front and center once again; barbeque. Summer is a time of warm weather, bathing suits, and cook-outs. However, with this brings other staples of American life.

Amanda Owen, author of The Power of Receiving has written a new book specifically targeted to women called BORN TO RECEIVE: 7 Powerful Steps Women Can Take Today to Reclaim Their Half of the Universe. The Scottsdale author discusses the balancing act between giving and receiving and how women can use her techniques in their daily lives.

AFM: What inspired BORN TO RECEIVE: 7 Powerful Steps Women Can Take Today to Reclaim Their Half of the Universe?  

AO: After I wrote my first book The Power of...