JOANNA: Cosmopolitan is the biggest female media brand
in the world.
We outsell all the other fashion magazines
rolled up together.
We're the dominant channel on Snapchat,
and we influence millions of young women
all over the world every day.
My name is Joanna Coles.
I am the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine.
I heard you won "Bitch of the Year."
Do you mean editor-of-the-year, darling?
Is that what you mean? -Yeah. Yeah.
JOANNA: Being an editor
at Cosmopolitan is like
having a front-row seat
to the future.
If you buy a new outfit, it's because
Cosmo saw it first in either Paris or Milan.
We got an exclusive, and we put it in the magazine.
-♪ I will be all the rage tonight ♪ -
Tonight ♪
♪ Watch me shimmy into the light ♪ -
All right... ♪
We test and we vet all the new beauty trends
to make sure our readers look amazing.
♪ Watch me take over the spotlight. ♪
Cosmo is a magazine about confidence.
We empower women to ask for a raise...
If you don't demand respect, you're not going to get it.
JOANNA: ...ask for an orgasm.
We cover everything.
MAN: "Here's your homework
-for your Hamptons weekend." -(buzzing) -(laughter)
(camera shutter clicking)
JOANNA: We're trendsetters, we're influencers.
-I'm going to introduce you to Kylie. -Hello.
JOANNA: Can I offer you up for free selfies? -KYLIE: Yes.
Oh. That's better.
WOMAN: Beautiful, Ben.
JOANNA: We cover
beauty, fashion, love, sex.
Anything that's important to women's lives, we cover.
There is no environment as competitive
as the magazine industry in New York.
The pressure is incredible.
It's not always as glamorous
as you might think.
It kind of is.
It kind of is glamorous. (bleep) it.
MAN: Are you ready?
(horns honking)
♪
-Ooh, nice dress, Holly. -Thanks.
Um, do we have the papers? Can I just have a quick
read of the New York Post?
-Thank God. -Do you want the Times?
-No, I've read the Times. -Okay.
-Can I get you anything? -Oh, yes, I must have coffee.
There's a lot going on today.
Cosmopolitan is made up of different departments.
The main ones are fashion, beauty, fitness, features--
which include celebrity content--
relationships, sex
and other important journalistic topics.
(distant phone ringing)
I've been at Cosmo for nearly three years.
I picked the team, and
it's packed with people who are at the top of their game.
We have the best
beauty director in the business, bar none.
Our fashion department is loved
by designers, and celebrities crave to be dressed by them.
We also get the best models in the world for Cosmo.
And then there's Diandra,
whose opinion I want to know about almost everything we do,
because she filters the reader so perfectly.
Okay, what's going on? Why all the laughter?
Well, James was just walking us through
what New York funky-style is.
-Right. -Yeah, what is that?
'Cause I think you're wearing it, right?
-(laughter) -Horrifying.
(gasps) Really?!
(laughter)
I love it.
-I'll go back to black. -JOANNA: All right, what
have we got going on? Can we all get through this quickly?
Uh, ideas, people?
January beauty well.
Oh, that's good. I just looked at you, and you just...
-(laughter) -I like that. -Good. On it.
-Random. -On it.
So we have a story that we want to shoot
called "Tips and Sips," so it is
different manicures that go with different cocktails.
Keep calling it "Lips, Tips and Nips,"
-'cause when the... It's just rhymes. -(laughter)
-"Sips, Tips and Nips." -I have... In my head, it's...
-Nips is always in it for me. -Yeah.
Steven, feel free to use a filter in your mind.
-(laughter) -In your mind.
Okay, what else?
-DIANDRA: I'm working on Fun, Fearless Money right now. -Good.
-We've got the venue. It looks beautiful. -Good.
My name's Diandra Barnwell.
I'm the brand coordinator for Cosmo,
and I do all special projects and events.
JOANNA: Diandra is
the ultimate Cosmo
reader.
She hasn't had a huge amount of experience,
but I see a lot of potential in her.
DIANDRA: Basically my job includes
a little bit of everything.
I started with Joanna
almost four years ago, and
she basically molded me
into the woman I am today, career-wise.
So will you just e-mail me a full list
-of speakers today? -Sure.
-JOANNA: Fantastic. -STEVEN: Diandra's very close
with Joanna, but Diandra's position
is something confusing for me.
I really don't know what she does.
JOANNA: Uh, well, so this is good.
I feel like we've got some good stuff going.
And onwards.
♪
HEATHER: Can I get you anything?
-JOANNA: Where's Holly? -HEATHER: I believe
she's in her office. Would you like me to get her?
Yeah, I need to talk to her about the run of show today.
Okay.
HOLLY: Hi!
Hi, hi. Come in.
-So big day. -Quite a big day.
-Very big day. -I'm a little worried
-about how the staff are going to take it, so... -Okay.
...I want to be mindful of their reactions.
I have a pretty big announcement to make,
and the only two people that know about it
are my assistant Heather and my chief of staff
Holly Whidden. I'm...
a little unsettled to make this announcement,
because I'm not sure how
the staff are going to
react.
Listen, I think that they
will all be a little taken aback.
My observation of what happens
when people are in an office, and
there's change is that people
immediately think, "Oh, my God, I might be fired."
Oh, it's gonna make them
incredibly anxious. They will all have
some ups and downs today in terms of feelings,
and be on a little bit of a roller coaster.
JOANNA: I love my staff at Cosmo.
I feel very responsible for them,
and I'm anxious they will either feel I've
betrayed them, or that
they will feel anxious about
their future at Cosmo.
(loud, rhythmic beeping)
(beeping continues)
-(loud beep) -DIANDRA: Oh, my God.
Guys, I think we have to go down four flights of steps, right?
Or... or we have to go see the fire marshal?
I should know. I'm on the search-and-rescue team.
-Do we go to the other side? -(beep)
-Yes. -Okay.
Diandra, what are we doing?
DIANDRA: I don't know what to do!
Okay, let's go.
Shouldn't you have got these instructions before?
-Me? -Yeah, as the fire marshal?
I'm not the fire marshal. I'm just part of the team.
-Who's the fire marshal? -Is everyone okay?
-I... Okay. -Leah?
-Yes. -I trust Marta, what she says.
-Yeah. -Where's Marta?
-Marta said that... -She said not to leave.
You guys should sit down.
-I wouldn't trust her in a fire. -(laughter)
Let me go ask.
STEVE: My relationship with
Diandra is limited
in terms of work.
We don't really have to interact with each other very much.
She hosts the happy hours in our office, and besides that,
Diandra has somewhat of an isolated role with Joanna.
It was easier for her to get where she is
than a lot of the other editors.
DIANDRA: Let me tell you, if it was a real fire,
I would have left all of y'all.
-All the way to the elevator. -(laughter)
Follow my lead.
(laughter)
♪
Do you have the, um, issue she was in?
Yeah, I have it.
-When are you shooting it? -Monday.
Oh.
LEAH: We have a huge cover
coming up with Ruby Rose.
She came from Australia as a model,
made a huge splash in Orange Is the New Black.
And now she's in a bunch of action films this year.
She's such a bad-ass.
Do we have a concept for the cover?
AYA: For Ruby, I'm not pulling any dresses.
We're pulling, like, cool, edgy, tough
and sexy clothes.
Ruby Rose is poised to be the next big action hero,
so we're so excited to have her on the Cosmo cover.
We really think she's gonna be bigger than Angelina.
I wanted to kind of get your input on
-beauty looks for her, because... -Mm-hmm.
...I want to make sure that we are showing beauty looks
that feel fresh for spring 2017.
I think, overall, she looks really amazing in a bold lip,
and not much else.
My name is Leah Wyar Romito,
and I'm the executive beauty director.
JOANNA: Leah Wyar is imaginative,
she's great with words, she's great with pictures.
JAMES: I think it still might need more, though.
More makeup? No, James.
JOANNA: She's obviously
an editor-in-chief in waiting.
LEAH: One of the most unique parts
about working in a beauty department is
that you really get the best of both worlds.
You get to go to the fashion shows, you get
to see the trends, but then, also,
like a features department, you get to pitch ideas,
write and edit.
It's a huge job.
She loves some of these,
like, lace with a leather pant.
-That would look amazing on her. -Which would be so bad-ass.
I just die over her.
Yeah. Okay, sounds good.
Sounds like we are on the same page.
So jealous.
ADAM: I love this skirt.
I know. I kind of want to wear it.
My name is
Tiffany Reid. I am the senior fashion editor
at Cosmopolitan magazine.
My job involves
me working very closely
with our fashion director Aya Kanai
and our stylists James and Adam
to create photo shoots for
covers, our beauty well stories,
our fashion stories,
and also our shopping pages.
Anything red, edgy. Like,
I really want to try to get that for Ruby.
ADAM: It's a pretty color.
TIFFANY: A big part of my job
is going to
the runway shows and
picking out what trends will be
coming out with the next season.
These are all good.
This might be a little too slutty.
JOANNA: Tiffany is
a very important fashion player.
Tiffany!
-Hi. Tiffany. -Hi. JOANNA: She's always
working her very
high-level connections to reserve the clothes
exclusively for Cosmo.
I don't know how I feel about this.
This feels like it's got a skin rash on it.
(Tiffany laughs)
The fashion closet is where all the magic happens.
I find the best pieces, and then the stylists
take those clothes and bring them on set for shoots.
I need this in my life.
Closet organization is, like, the key
to managing a successful fashion department.
Let me switch the hanger out.
-Oh, yeah. -Thank you.
-(Adam laughs) -ADAM: Tiffany is
full-on Mommie Dearest. It's like,
"No black hangers ever!"
TIFFANY: It may seem like a
minor detail,
but in order to do
my best job,
the little things need to be taken care of.
If you have time, change the hangers, please.
Thank you. So it's not like a...
-I don't like... -Sorry.
♪
-Hello. -STEPHEN: Oh, good. What's up, girls?
-How are you? Diandra Barnwell. -Hi. -I'm Stephen.
-So nice to meet you. -Hi. Nice to meet you.
DIANDRA: Fitness is an important growing market,
and we're really looking to expand its presence
in the magazine, so today we're testing out
two new possible fitness contributors.
What are we doing, Holly, with fitness contributors?
We have two gentlemen that we're looking at, and...
-JOANNA: I feel like we should trial them. -HOLLY: Sure.
-This one's the first one. -HOLLY: Cute.
-DIANDRA: Yum. -We really need to, like,
work out with them to see.
-what it is. -Absolutely.
DIANDRA: We definitely want someone
that can give good tips to our readers,
but at the same time fit into the Cosmo family.
-Are you the best trainer? -Absolutely.
Why would you say that?
Uh, I would say that 'cause I was trained by the best.
I want everyone to grab your mat, lay it out.
Squeeze up... Hold it.
-DIANDRA: Careful, he's not wearing underwear. -(laughter)
Adam, do you usually not wear underwear when you come to work?
-I always wear it, sometimes. -(laughter)
Focus on the work. Come on.
DIANDRA: Stephen. Obviously he's gorgeous.
He looks like a Greek god.
Thank you.
Personality-wise... eh.
-I mean... -What's up, guys?
-DIANDRA: Hi. -TIFFANY: Hi.
-I'm Evan. -Diandra.
-Nice to meet you, Evan. -Diandra, nice to meet you, too.
My name is Evan Betts.
I am a fitness expert
and personal trainer here in New York.
I'm originally from a small town
south of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
I quit everything I was doing
and picked up and left. Kind of took a leap of faith.
To be a contributor for,
you know, the biggest magazine in the world,
is an incredible opportunity.
ADAM: Look at that bright orange tank.
Real men wear neon.
(laughter)
DIANDRA: He probably wears underwear.
-What do you have for us today? -All right, here we go.
That was good.
This is a full body workout.
You'll start to feel it in your shoulders.
-Obviously, you've got to... -DIANDRA: What about the ass?
-You got to bake the cake. -That's what we want...
-TIFFANY: Bake the cake? Yes! -(laughing)
EVAN: Who's baking the cake?
Very nice, touch back.
EVAN: We got five more.
You have curly hair.
-What are you mixed with? -I do have curly hair.
I'm half black, half white.
I'm half black, half Spanish.
-Are you really? -Yep.
I like your curly hair, though.
-Who's Spanish? -My mom.
My dad is black.
That's where I get my curly hair,
and this tan skin tone.
Ooh. Where do you get your color from, Adam?
-What? -(laughter)
We've got to dive-bomb push-ups.
All right, so you're down like this.
-Up on your toes... -Uh-huh.
Kind of like you're doing asana.
All the way down...
bend at the knees.
TIFFANY: Do you think you could do that
with D on your back?
Um, okay. He...
Ready?
(indstinct chatter, laughter)
-Way to go, D. -Okay.
We're gonna catch you if you fall.
Come on, I got you, girl. Don't worry.
D, we just want to see how strong he is.
Make sure you get in there good.
Stop. This is embarrassing.
Cosmo has no guys.
Evan is really hot, and obviously
he's an amazing personal trainer.
More, more, give me more.
Hey, it was great to meet you guys. Thanks for having me.
You know, put in a good word with Cosmo.
-Here's a business card. -Oh, thank you.
-Thank you, thank you. -We'll be in touch.
All right, definitely.
-Pleasure to meet you guys. -(laughter)
-See you guys. -Thank you. -Thank you.
TIFFANY: D, run.
(laughter)
♪
ADAM: Yeah, yeah, that's gorgeous.
Today we're shooting Ruby Rose; she's fabulous.
I kind of want to be her.
I can't even.
Oh, my God. Look who just texted me.
I don't know if it's my place
as a potential coworker
to go out with him.
I think you should go.
Could everybody just go over to the other side, please?
Joanna would like everyone for a quick meeting.
WOMAN: Did you know about this?
What the (bleep)?
-What just happened? -Wow. I'm in such shock.
This keeps getting crazier and crazier.
♪
With... ?
-JAMES: Without. -Or without?
-STEVEN: Leah. No. -JAMES: Without.
JAMES: Oh, my God, I forgot you had a cute body under there.
(gasps) You're so rude.
-STEVEN: Without. -For sure without.
LEAH: But what? It looks, like, profesh.
No. I don't know if an ill-fitting blazer
-is professional for anyone. -(laughing)
-LEAH: You are so rude. -Like...
What if I, like, wore it like this?
Worse.
You're not Zorro.
You don't need a cape. (laughing)
LEAH: I have a great relationship
with Steven and James, they sit right outside my office.
And they are definitely not shy
about their real feelings, whether it's your outfit,
your hair, your makeup.
-Go blazer. -No. I don't think today.
LEAH: The area that they sit in is called Fire Island,
because if you go by you're gonna get burned.
Thank you so much for your fashion advice.
-JAMES: I don't know... -James, I don't know
-what I would do without you. -(laughing)
I am James Worthington DeMolet,
and I am the senior fashion editor at Cosmo.
My focus is styling celebrities for the covers
and the fashion well stories.
-Hi. How's it going? I'm James. -Hi.
-JoJo. Nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you.
I spend a lot of my time traveling to L.A.,
Paris, Milan, all for photo shoots for Cosmo.
I never thought that I would spend my mornings stressed out
about whether Justin Bieber
would take his shirt off or not,
but that's the life of a Cosmo editor.
-JAMES: You look tan. -I am tan.
My skin really holds on to my tan.
I know. I heard you say that to someone the other day,
and I thought: spray tan.
Well, you thought wrong.
♪
DIANDRA: Hello.
-This looks so nice. -Come on in.
Welcome to our L'Oréal Lounge and Reader Night.
Cosmo Reader Nights are one of my favorite parts of my job.
It's something that I get to be very hands-on with,
and it's always very special for us
to get to interact with people
who love the magazine and get their real feedback.
Thank you everyone for coming to Cosmo Reader Night.
These are such special events.
It's an amazing forum for us to meet our readers
and hear what's going on in your lives.
We want to hear all of it.
You all probably know the page in the magazine,
Dates from Hell, which is one of the ones
that I edit and work on.
♪
So as an ice-breaker, let's start.
We can all go around a super quick date from hell.
-D, let's start with you. -Do you want me to start?
-Yeah. -Yes.
It was a blind date,
set up by a family friend.
He said he was a male model,
but he was more Carlton Banks than Tyson Beckford.
We went on a date,
drinks came out, check came.
I went for, like, the courtesy reach.
He didn't pull out his card, so I paid,
and then he wanted to go to church after.
And I'm like, listen, I am one with the Lord,
but not on a Saturday night after I've been drinking.
Our Readers Nights are so great for many reasons,
but especially because we get to hear
from the girls actual stories that happen,
and we get to put them in the magazine.
So we're always happy to get personal anecdotes.
My worst date, I went to a really nice restaurant
with a guy, and he kept running into friends.
We end up going to this place
that was, like, bargain-friendly.
We went on the date, the dinner was great.
And towards the end of the date, he was just kind of like,
(quietly): "Let's get out of here."
-Dine and dash. -I realized he was actually getting up
-and dealing drugs throughout our date. -(gasps)
Oh, my gosh.
Then I drove him home
and he just whipped his (bleep) out.
Like, that was his good-bye.
(laughter)
♪
Thank you.
(gasps) Amazing. Thank you very much.
STEVEN: What shoes are those for?
-These things? -These.
First of all, I don't think those are worth a shoehorn.
They get so wet after my workout.
Ugh. James, that is so gross.
Drenched.
That's why you don't wear leather sneakers.
(laughs)
Hey, it's Steven.
Did she text him?
Yeah. It's-it's Ruby Rose's schedule,
but, um, it's the 19th.
If I were to confirm today, I could make it happen.
Or you still have to hear? Okay.
My name is Steven Brown.
I am the bookings director at Cosmo.
♪
JOANNA: Steven swans around the office taking selfies.
Oh.
STEVEN: I do enjoy a selfie.
I would never purposely post
a bad photo of someone.
But it's my photo; I'm posting it.
I do book the models, but I'm also responsible
for hair, makeup.
I touch almost every page
of the magazine.
I think we worked together once
in, uh, Miami, right?
It might have been the guy that looks like me, I don't know.
-No. It was you. -That was me?
I've booked Kate Upton, Lily Aldridge,
Miranda Kerr, to name a few.
We're trying to-- it's the Emmys
the day before Ruby's cover.
So, like, all of the people we want
-are L.A. celebrity artists. -Right.
We'd have to use a New York local.
But, like, of course I'd want to fly her in.
-I think she's so talented. -Yeah.
-She's spending a lot of time here, though. -A lot.
Because she's doing Alicia Keys no makeup.
(laughs)
♪
-JOANNA: Matthew Hussey. -MATTHEW: Hello.
What are you doing here? Oh, darling.
You look good. How are you?
What time is it? Sit. Sit, sit, sit.
JOANNA: Matthew Hussey is an exceptional dispenser
of advice, letting women into the male brain.
How to text men, how to talk to men,
how to say no to men,
and how to intrigue men.
He is a refreshing
breath of air about relationships.
My first memory of you
is when we were role-playing ridiculous pickup situations.
Let's do it now just for old times.
All right, let's pretend we're in Starbucks.
Okay. You could say to me, all right, I need a quick opinion.
I, um, I can't decide
which muffin to get. You're gonna have to help.
-Oh, that's good. -Now he knows it's playful.
-Right. -So... and he knows you're playful,
-'cause you started off all serious, -Right.
and it was something completely ridiculous.
Right. So it's how to, how to take advantage
of an opportunity that doesn't feel like an opportunity.
Correct. And that's why the excuse
-that I don't have time to meet someone... -Mm-hmm.
-...is utter nonsense. -I think there are two columns.
I think there's one how to chat up someone
-when you're standing in line. -Yep.
And then one how to see the opportunity
-when no one else does, all right. -I love that. Do it.
Will you tell Marina that we've had this conversation?
Of course.
Aya, who are these groovy people?
WOMAN: We're visiting Aya.
Oh, you're visiting Aya, good. Welcome to our world.
-Hi, Joanna Coles. -I'm Samantha.
-Samantha what? -Johnson.
Okay. First rule of Joanna Coles,
women, in particular, no offense,
always say both names.
Women always go, "Hi, I'm Julie."
-You have to go, "Hi, I'm Julie Thompson." -Okay.
Okay? Mean never, ever worry about doing that.
-Am I right? You know I'm right. -Yes.
-WOMAN: That's correct. -JOANNA: Okay, name.
-Zachary Lindsay. -You see? Zachary Lindsay.
Straight there. Okay, show them around.
-Thank you. -HUSSEY: By the way, I love that.
Oh, it's very important. It's my signature.
'Cause you think of yourself as Matthew Hussey.
If you were a girl, you'd think of yourself as Matthew.
-Or, God forbid, Matty. Feel free to use it... -I love that.
-...but quote me. -(chuckles)
-All right, darling, see you soon. -Enjoy.
♪
(indistinct chatter)
(phone chimes)
(chuckles)
-Oh, my God, Nicole, come here. -What?
Just come here.
Look who just texted me.
NICOLE: "Trying not to bother you at work"
-but still texting you. -Right.
This is such a guy text. "Let me know."
-As opposed to what? -Mm-hmm.
What do you want to do?
I think you should go.
(laughs) Um...
All right.
Let's see. What should I say?
DIANDRA: It's super sweet that Evan asked me out to dinner.
We've got a great vibe and chemistry. But I'm in
a tricky situation, because I don't know if it's my place
as a potential coworker to go out with him.
All righty.
Watch me squirm.
-(laughs) -I can't wait. Let me know,
as Evan said.
Thanks.
Beyotch. (chuckles)
-Hi! Mm, it's so good to see you. -Hi. Mwah.
-You look gorgeous. -JOANNA: You would put your
connection with this guy ahead of the magazine?
-Leah, let's go next door. -Okay.
There are definitely some changes happening at Cosmo.
I think we have some real stars,
and I'm trying to figure out
who they are.
♪
AYA: I'll start her off in, like, a heel or a stiletto,
but I want to make sure to have, like, a high-top
or a sneaker option that we can quickly swap out on set.
Obviously, it's Cosmo, and we love a stiletto.
But we don't want her to feel like she can't move.
ADAM: Totally. Yeah.
-Hi. -Hi! -Hi.
Welcome to your Cosmo cover shoot.
-I know, right? -I know. It's pretty crazy.
-It is crazy. So exciting. -This Cosmo cover gets syndicated
around the world,
-so a busy woman like yourself... -Wow.
...is able to knock out at least
20 or 30 covers all in one day.
-Yeah. I can't tell you what a relief that is. -I know.
Um, okay, so we're ready to get dressed in the first look.
Amazing. Which is gonna be...?
Which is gonna be the Louis Vuitton.
-It's a... That's iconic, that. -Yeah.
ADAM: There's no bigger shoot at a magazine than a cover shoot.
A cover shoot is what sells the magazine,
it's what draws the readers in.
And today we're shooting Ruby Rose.
She is the new, sexy, kickass girl.
That is the Cosmo girl.
AYA: Beautiful, Ben.
Beautiful.
BEN: That's it.
-AYA: Oh! -BEN: Nice, nice.
-AYA: It's like she photographs -Nice! That's great!
prettier than she is in person.
Nice.
-Yeah, yeah, that's gorgeous. -ADAM: She's fabulous
and amazing. And did I... did I mention
she's fabulous and amazing? I-I'm having a girl crush.
I can't even.
-I kind of want to be her. -AYA: I know! -(laughing)
-Um, as you are developing as a stylist, -Yeah.
I want to make sure that, you know, in this next year,
we have you working on more and more celebrity shoots,
-so that you can start developing... -Totally.
-that part of your work. You're definitely ready. -Mm-hmm.
-Yeah. -But I really trust you to start
-Mm-hmm. -doing more of the celebrity-oriented jobs.
-I'm excited. I have, like, goose bumps. -Yeah.
We'll have fun. Definitely. Okay.
It's gonna be cool.
I'm definitely
the
Co girl.
The Cosmo girl is the girl
who wants to have it all, do it all.
She's shameless about it. She kind of just wants to live
her best life. That is who I am in a little nutshell.
-♪ -I'm a fashion editor at Cosmo.
So I style fashion, features, and beauty shoots.
This is, like, my going to pick up groceries look.
I also pull the clothes for our shopping pages.
I'm all about stepping out
of your comfort zone.
And if there's any magazine
that's about just stepping outside the box, it's Cosmo.
Her eyes are incredible.
BEN: Beautiful!
Nice!
♪
♪ I say before the world gets serious ♪
♪ And go buy my shirt and tie
♪ I need to access all areas
♪ Work on my chat-up lines, so give me ♪
♪ The girls, give me the girls, give me the beach ♪
♪ And the sunshine
♪ Yeah, I'm on a mission
♪ Trying to get it all out of my system... ♪
-Hi! How are you? -Hi.
-I'm good. How you doing? What's up? -Good.
-Mwah. You look gorgeous. -Mm, it's so good to see you.
-Thank you. You look nice, too. -It's good to see you, too.
-I'm glad you're here. Thanks for coming. -Thanks. Of course.
-Are you kidding? -Can I get this for you?
-Yes. Thank you. -Of course.
DIANDRA: Usually, I would never even consider going on a date
with a potential coworker.
But I'm gonna kind of vibe with it and go with it
and see what happens.
-I'm glad you decided to come out with me. -Me, too.
-Me, too. Take a chance. -(laughing)
-Thank you. -Oh, thank you so much. Oh, fantastic.
-Cheers. -Cheers to you.
-Cheers to you. -(chuckles)
You are from where again?
Ann Arbor and then, um, Grand Rapids.
-Okay. -And you're from...?
-New Mexico. -New Mexico.
-Albuquerque. -Okay.
-And your birthday is when? -September 2.
-Okay. -Virgo.
-Virgo. -Yeah.
Okay. I'm a Capricorn through and through.
Like, type A, very organized, driven.
-Very nice. -What about Virgo?
-We are, like, emotional creatures... -Really?
-but we like to internalize a lot of things. -You internalize?
But the wheels are constantly moving, so...
So what are you thinking?
Uh, I'm just thinking that I'm happy
-I'm here on this date with you. -Me, too.
I was really nervous. I haven't been
-on a date in a long time. I don't date. -You were nervous?
Yeah, I haven't been on, um, a whole lot of dates either.
-I was walking here... -I'm surprised, because you're
a very good-looking guy in New York City.
I don't know. I think it's just kind of like
when I moved here, it was like,
"Career, career, career."
So are you ready now? Is that why?
Yeah, yeah.
♪
-Sorry. That was gross. -(laughs)
-Don't mind me. (chuckles) I'm just a lady. -You got a leaf...
-you got a leaf in your teeth. -(laughs)
♪
Um, so, uh, do you want to go get another drink?
-Let's go have some fun. -(chuckles)
♪
Bringing on a fitness contributor to the staff.
Do we have a clear front leader?
I just responded to Stephen more than what Evan
-was bringing. -What you need to learn to do is
to think about the bigger picture.
Be clear about what your motivation is.
♪
Hi. I have a minute now. Do you guys have a few seconds
-to check in on the fitness contributor ideas? -Sure.
-Yeah. -Awesome. Let's do it.
I'm Holly Whidden,
and I'm the chief of staff at
Cosmopolitan.
I'm fortunate to call Joanna
a boss and also a great friend of mine.
I operate as Joanna's sort of right arm, as her number two,
making decisions for the magazine,
taking meetings that she can't
get to.
Um, so I wanted to regroup quickly on our meeting
with Joanna the other day, in which we discussed bringing on
a fitness contributor to the staff full-time.
Do we have a clear front leader?
I was leading towards Evan.
He seemed to really get it. He wasn't too pushy.
He had a really cute outfit on. I respond to outfits
-and pops of color. -Obviously. -(laughter)
I agree. I think Evan was great. Like, I had...
got a lot of, like, great energy from him.
He's just so normal, so patient.
-And I liked his moves. -Um... -No, I think
it's important to, like, kind of have a sense of humor
-in this position, too. -No, it is. -Yeah. For sure.
-Well, especially with this group. -Yeah.
I mean, Evan was great and everything,
but, Stephen, he has a mission. He really wants
to write for the magazine.
I just responded to that.
I just responded to that more than what Evan was bringing.
TIFFANY: We've already discussed Evan's amazing
and that we all would love to work with him.
So I'm really confused as to why now
she doesn't want to hire him.
So, we need to get an answer to Joanna soon.
What I'd like to do is to be able to give her
a unanimous decision. So...
-I'm set. I think... -You're set. I think D's hesitation
is giving me a moment of pause.
-NICOLE: Okay. -TIFFANY: She's being
super shady.
All right, so let's revisit it and come back to it.
-Okay. -Great. -All right.
You are funny...
What do you want me to say?
♪
Hi, Fineo.
-What's going on? -Nothing much.
-Is Diandra annoying you? -Always. -Every day.
Of course, of course.
-Leah, I was gonna talk to you -Yeah.
about my facial with Sonya Dakar.
Oh! Love. Where do you want to go?
-Let's go next door. -Okay.
How are you anyway? I haven't spoken to you for a bit.
-Tired. (laughs) -All right, how old is your son?
-He just turned two. So we're, like, in it. -Okay. So that...
Oh, my God, you're really... You're in the zone
-for another, I think, 14 years. -Yeah.
-Awesome. -Yeah. Something to look forward to.
It's so tiring. Having children is so tiring.
It's the best thing you'll ever do, but it is so tiring.
You've been able to navigate the whole thing with two kids
and moving up and having this huge job.
The thing I have found to be impossible,
which everybody says you should look for, is balance.
For me, the idea of balance is really hard, because it's just
-very difficult in a job like the job we have. -Totally.
When you're covering the fashion shows,
-there is no balance. -Right.
If your child is sick, there is no balance.
Right. Like, when I'm here--
I mean, not that I don't think of him--
but it's like I think of myself as, like, at work,
not, like, mother mode. And then when I get home,
-it's like it flips the switch. -And it's hard.
LEAH: Joanna is such inspiration
to me as a working mother.
I have a husband. His name is Nick.
And we also have a son.
He's two years old, and his name is Axel.
I think there is a lot of pressure put on working moms,
because you know
that you're sort of split between two worlds.
And Joanna has been able
to figure out how to have two boys
throughout her blossoming career.
I-I feel I have just been on such, like, a growth path.
You were one of the people that blossomed
and was able to lead a team
and think effectively and be organized.
And I think you should have every confidence
in your abilities.
Thank you.
JOANNA: Leah is an incredibly
impressive young woman.
There are definitely some changes happening
at Cosmo. I think we have some real stars,
and I'm trying to figure out
who they are.
DIANDRA: Have a seat.
Why do you really want to work at Cosmo?
I really have to separate my personal feelings
from my professional work.
-Can you believe that announcement? -Crazy.
I don't think anyone knew.
-I... -I'm gonna, like...
I'm gonna start to cry in a second.
♪
-Hi. How are you? -Hi.
Head right in.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
I'm the hungriest person alive. Ugh.
-Make me the second-hungriest. -Hi, Adam. -How are you?
Hi, boo boo.
TIFFANY: What's up?
Nothing, I'm just out of it.
-My boyfriend's sick at the moment, so... -Oh.
-no sex, no nothing. -(laughs)
What about you, Tiffany?
-Girl, nothing. -So this table's,
like, in a dry climate, basically.
Roll in the tumbleweeds.
Don't you feel like Tiff would be a dominatrix
-in the bedroom? -She would be the toughest dominatrix
-Steven ever had. -No!
-What's your dominatrix name? -Ginger Black.
-Ooh! -Ooh! (laughs)
You know what would be the bomb--
if you, like, interviewed or, like, went to, like,
a real dominatrix and, like, wrote a story for the magazine.
I would be into it.
So, wait--
why did you vote no for Evan?
I was like, why the hell did she vote no...
-I... -when we all know he's the best option?
I was like, "Oh, yeah, Steve." I just felt that...
and I still feel like
it might be better. And... I grant that it's, like,
-totally self... -Might be better for you.
Oh, Lord.
♪
HOLLY: Hey.
-Hey. -Um, J.C. wants to catch up with you.
She's in the conference room.
-Okay, awesome. Thanks, Holls. -Thanks.
-Hi, D. -You wanted to see me?
Those are crazy brows today.
-We are really rocking the brows. Right. -We are, we are.
Okay, those look like two birds in mid-flight.
-Do they really? -Yeah, they look as if
they're about to set off for--
what is it called--
-the southern migration in Florida. -That's-that's
-what it is, yes. -Yeah, they're beautiful things.
-I-I love a strong brow. -Yes, they're magnificent.
Thank you.
Well, Holly said you were being a bit odd about the trainers.
-I just wanted to get your opinion. -Um,
you want someone who's gonna come in and mesh well
with the team. Evan did that.
But I feel like Steve was more of a go-getter,
more professional.
What are the differences in their qualifications?
Well, I feel like they're both qualified.
Evan is qualified as well. I just feel like
the way he was interacting with everyone,
he might be a bit of a distraction.
What do you mean, a bit of a distraction?
He could be more serious.
Well, why are you the only person that thinks that?
Holly said everybody else all liked Evan.
They did, and I liked Evan too. I just...
If I'm being honest with you,
Evan and I did have a little bit of a vibe and, um,
I feel like having Evan in the office
would be a distraction to me, personally.
Ah. So he's not... he wouldn't
be a distraction to anybody else.
You know how seriously I take my job,
and I feel like I don't need to complicate that.
All right, but just putting your own interest in him
-on one side... -Mm-hmm?
...do you think he would be better than Steve?
-I do. -Okay, so actually,
what you've just said to me is that
you would put your connection...
-Right. -...with this guy ahead of the magazine.
What concerns me is that that was your...
motivation, rather than, actually,
he would be the better candidate.
So what you need to learn to do is to
think about the bigger picture, be clear
about what your motivation is.
-I will, I will. -Good.
Some of the younger staff,
it's quite difficult to separate your personal and your
professional life. I hope
that Diandra
is smart enough not to do anything
that would endanger her career at Cosmo.
-Just try and focus on the job. -Okay.
-Good to know. Thanks for the advice. -Okay.
Appreciate it.
♪
DIANDRA: After my conversation with Joanna
I realized that I really
have to separate my personal feelings
from my professional work life, so
I sent a quick text to Evan, letting him know
that we're gonna bring him in for a second interview.
Definitely keeping things super professional.
This is a very important decision. Not only for Joanna,
but for our readers.
Have a seat.
-How's it going? -Pretty good. How are you?
I'm good. Can't complain, can't complain.
Obviously, you met the team, we had a great rapport.
-Okay. -I just have, like, a few questions for you.
Why do you really want to work at Cosmo?
I think Cosmo is, like,
an incredible platform to promote, um, fitness.
You have, like, a young and fun audience. Um, I'm a young
and fun guy, so
I think I'll be able to broaden the spectrum a little bit.
Joanna's trusting us to really, you know,
find the perfect person. You know,
-it reflects on me, so... -Yeah, definitely.
Trust, me, I... I will be a per... complete professional.
You think I should really pick you?
I mean, I'm-I'm in my corner,
-I think so. -(laughs)
-You pick me, I... I won't let you down. -Well...
I think you would be good for the job.
-Yeah? -I have to say.
-All right. -Yeah.
-(chuckles) -I'll give you a chance.
-Yeah? -Mm-hmm.
-All right. -Mm-hmm.
Can we hug on it?
Um... fine.
♪ I know I messed it up
♪ With every other guy
♪ I swear you're different...
Okay.
-I'm really excited. -Good.
-Definitely, definitely. -It'll be fun.
-I'll talk to you soon, all right? -Have a good day.
-Okay. Bye. -All right, bye.
♪ I don't, I don't, I don't get it ♪
♪ 'Cause I don't judge you like that, yeah... ♪
DIANDRA: Evan and I have a vibe, but at this point,
I'm trying my hardest
to keep things super professional.
I don't know if I'm gonna have to build a wall,
live inside a bubble.
My job is my number one priority
and I don't have time to be distracted
by pretty boys.
♪ And you're acting like I been around ♪
♪ With every single guy
♪ You got me running
♪ Other places in my mind
♪ In my mind, yeah
♪ Da da da da da da da
♪ Da da da, yeah
♪ Da da da da da da da
♪ Da da da
♪ Got me running other places
♪ In my mind
♪ In my mind, yeah.
(gong crashes)
Can everybody just go over to the other side please?
♪
(James chuckles)
JAMES: What's happening?
HOLLY: We have something to say.
Joanna's gonna start.
JOANNA: I wanted to thank everybody
because I've worked Cos for four years.
at
The truth is, I can't do one more sex position.
-I have tried all of them. -(laughter)
Sometimes it's like, "Not again!"
(laughter)
I can't think of another way to put this,
so I'm just going to tell everybody very directly.
I'm leaving Cosmo.
LEAH (whispering): Is this a joke?
JOANNA: They've created a new role for me
called Chief Content Officer,
so I'm going to basically
vacate my office this afternoon
and a new editor is going to move in.
LEAH (whispering): What the (bleep) is going on here?
DIANDRA: In this industry, everyone knows
that a new editor in chief means a new staff.
LEAH: When Joanna came to Cosmo, a lot of people were let go,
There were really only, like, four or five of us left.
JAMES: The new editor in chief
really could walk in
and say,
"It's nice to meet you, please leave."
♪
LEAH: Did you know about this?
I'm gonna, like, I'm gonna start to cry in a second.
I'm about, like-- I'm very, like, way too emotional
-about this right now. -Yeah.
Wow.
I'm in such shock.
-(bleep) me. -It doesn't make so much sense.
-This is like... -(sighs)
LEAH: I've been at Cosmo for
almost seven years now.
This announcement is huge.
It really does
start to affect my family.
I've worked at so many magazines, and every time
a new editor in chief comes in,
they're bringing in an entire new staff.
So I really don't know
how it's gonna be this time.
I mean, can you believe that announcement?
Crazy. Um, I don't think anyone knew.
I feel like every day it's like a new kind of, like,
-♪ Bum bum bum. -I know.
-This keeps getting crazier and crazier. -(chuckles)
DIANDRA: Tiff.
(whispering): Like, what the (bleep)?
What just happened?
Was not expecting that.
Listen, like, if I were her, would I take this opportunity?
-100%. -100 million percent.
Without even thinking about it. However... (chuckles)
-I feel a little abandoned, to be honest. -Totally.
To be honest with you.
I just feel like we're all super committed to Joanna, like...
Super committed to Joanna.
I started with her.
For me, Joanna is Cosmo.
So life as I know it has been, sort of, destroyed.
Like, I could cry. No one deserves it more.
Really freaking out.
♪ Never 'cause I'm ghosting
♪ Ghosting, I'm ghosting
♪ Never 'cause I'm ghosting out. ♪
♪
JOANNA: This season on So Cosmo...
-Love! -Yes!
TIFFANY: Baywatch babe.
Ready to go to the clerb?
-Happy Fashion Week. -Oh, my God,
-I'm obsessed. -Welcome.
ADAM: Our favorite runway, the bobsled.
His penis was in her,
and I think she just kind of went...
JOANNA: This is like a cross
between Alice in Wonderland
-and Eyes Wide Shut. -I feel so Cosmo tonight,
-I don't know why. -(laughter)
LEAH: I want to have
a second one.
JAMES: Are you pregnant?
I was thinking girl's trip.
STEVEN: Sounds very romantic.
Who loves a road trip?
Me!
-What did you hear? -That you guys hooked up.
-EVAN: What else are you doing today? -Just, uh, you.
I don't want people to think
that I'm the big office whore.
It's important to take relationships professionally.
HUSSEY: I heard you had a little flirt with Evan.
Weak relationships don't do well in New York.
It never gets easier.
This is my life. This is what I do.
DIANDRA: Was Evan really up there last night?
Maybe we were in the room last night.
I'm gonna get to know all of you
and what you do before heads roll.
(screaming)
LEAH: There was an earthquake
and I'm left in the rubble right now.
We're clearly aware something's going on here.
His computer is gone, too.
STEVEN: Who are those guys?
If I don't come back with the right photos,
my job could be gone.
-You're entitled the most. -You don't know me enough...
That doesn't matter.
TIFFANY: Honestly, I was taken aback by it.
It's a sensitive topic.
Do you feel you have a special responsibility?
There's a lot of change happening
in the publishing business.
And I'm curious to see who is going to embrace change,
and who is going to resist.
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