While well-known for a number of onscreen roles, including Wadsworth in Clue, Curry is most associated with playing the mad, seductive scientist in the 1975 Rocky Horror film.
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Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Aug. 2026
Chocolate may have seductive ingredients like fat and sugar, but the chocolate bar doesn’t change its recipe based on who is eating it.
Speakeasies have always traded in the alluring mix of secrecy and discovery, tucked behind unmarked doors with low lighting and a knowing clientele.
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Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
27 Aug. 2026
Scarface doesn’t just bark orders at his underlings but browbeats the whimpering Ventriloquist, giving him that warped double personality that made older characters like Two-Face so alluring.
The actress went strapless in a corseted leopard print Givenchy dress complete with a giant bow and a sultry thigh-high slit.
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Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
27 Aug. 2026
Art aficionados should consider The Georgian, which boasts its own gallery and hosts late-night jazz concerts and piano jams in its sultry subterranean restaurant, The Georgian Room.
Founded in 1994 by French editorial makeup artist and photographer François Nars, the brand arrived at a time when complexion was matte, blush was softly diffused, lips veered vampy or neutral, and eyes were super smokey.
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Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
28 Aug. 2026
Swap the classic French for plaid, vampy, and/or geometric tips.
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