Tabla de contenidos para May 2017 en Maxim India

GILLES BENSIMON Gilles is one of the world’s best-known celebrity photographers. He has worked with many leading actors, singers and models. His style captures the subject and the environment with a sensual precision. Based in New York, he has become a close collaborator of our U.S. cousins. DARREN CENTOFANTI An Australian based in India, Darren has been a long-time Maxim collaborator and has more than 30 years of professional photography under his belt. His eye-catching, colourful and sexy images have made some of our best-selling covers and some famous campaigns. He also hosts photographic workshops across the world, making friends as he works. NICK SAGLIMBENI Nick is the brain behind SlickforceStudio in downtown LA, and has photographed for more than 100 magazine covers and numerous campaigns. He has received several…

Odds are you’ve been drinking highballs since you’ve been drinking. Gin and tonic? Highball. Vodka soda? Highball. Rum and Coke? You guessed it. By simple definition, it’s a combination of booze and something fizzy—not shaken, not stirred, just poured in—and served in a highball glass with ice. Long ignored by the drinking establishment, highballs have improbably become the darling of cocktail bartenders in one of the most fickle drinking cities on Earth: New York. The reason is that bartenders secretly love to drink them. They’re quick, they’re not too boozy, and they taste good. As a result, a new wave of highballs is turning the basic construct on its head. Blacktail, the new Prohibition-themed, Cuba-inspired spot on Battery Park’s Pier A from Dead Rabbit creators Jack McGarry and Sean Muldoon,…

Nearly every record label or streaming service boasts of top female bosses who take decisions that have continent-transcending impact. ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT REALLY ETCHED ALL that clearly on what are often referred to as the sands of time, it was somewhere around the time when the Seventies were about to give way to the Eighties that rock ’n’ roll stopped being equal opportunity entertainment and became an unabashed boys’ club. Notwithstanding the fact that women like Janis Joplin, Grace Slick, Patti Smith, Stevie Nicks and countless others had arrived at the forefront of mainstream reckoning through sheer force of talent and perseverance, they all seemed to be going the way of the dodo by the time Van Halen declared they were “Hot for Teacher.” The Eighties were mind-numbingly downhill…

“I’M ALL ABOUT WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND MAKING WOMEN FEEL BEAUTIFUL AND STRONG.” “I LIKE PEOPLE WHO CAN MAKE FUN OF THEMSELVES, WHO DON’T TAKE THEMSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY.” SOMEWHERE, IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE, Nina Agdal is the most attractive dentist in Denmark. As a teenager, the athletic blonde briefly considered a career in oral hygiene, eventually jettisoning those plans because of the years and years of study involved. “One of my best friends back home still has two years left to go in the course,” she adds, contemplating the life in scrubs that might have been. Fortunately for the rest of us (and a certain Hollywood superstar boyfriend), instead of examining molars, at 18 Agdal flew to Miami to become a model. “English was my worst subject in school,”…

The stalwarts of the wellness and hospitality industries arrived dressed to the nines at the 10th GeoSpa asiaSpa India Awards—supported by airline partners Lufthansa German Airlines and Swiss Air; fashion partner Reliance Trends; destination partner Amazing Thailand and aroma partner IRIS Home Fragrances. Held at The St. Regis Mumbai in March, the awards celebrated the efforts of those who have put the Indian wellness industry on the world map. Compered by TV host Mini Mathur, the ceremony saw scintillating performances by Aishwarya Radhakrishnan and Akshay Laxman. The dashing K.L. Rahul bagged the Rising Star of the Year award, timeless diva Rekha was honoured with the Perfect Ten award, Jacqueline Fernandez was named the Charismatic Personality of the Year and Ekta Kapoor received the Power Woman of the Year award. Other…

You don’t need to travel to an exotic location to experience adventure, natural beauty, serene sunsets, and that sense of exhilaration that comes when you’ve reached the top of the mountain that overlooks the sea. When your mantra is “Forever on Vacation,” it becomes a state of mind you carry with you everywhere—even when you’re home. When I don’t go to Brazil for the holidays, I create my own vacation in my hometown of Los Angeles. And of course, it usually involves the ocean. Malibu is legendary for its beaches, Santa Monica has mountains, Venice is full of amazing restaurants, and Brentwood has so many delicious dessert spots. Here are some of my favourite places to visit and a few things to do at home (my gift guide!) that make…

Desperate for a haunted room, prison experience or the chance to live out your worst-case horror scenarios? With these properties you can check in anytime you like, but you can never, ever leave… THE CLOWN MOTEL NEVADA, USA Psychologists have long maintained exposure therapy to be one of the most successful ways of getting over a fear or phobia. Got a ’90s Stephen King’s It hangover (and don’t we all)? Check into The Clown Motel, located at the halfway point between Reno and Vegas, and give yourself over to the joys of sleeping in a room decorated floor to ceiling with hundreds of menacing clown figurines, dolls and posters—each sinister character seemingly waiting for you to go to sleep so that they can come alive and put your head…

Turn any desert, trailway, or backwoods into your personal playground with the latest off-road machine from Can-Am. The Maverick X3 Turbo R lets you attack sand dunes with reckless abandon, thanks to a 900-cc, three-cylinder engine featuring a turbocharger and an integrated intercooler, with 154 horsepower to tackle extreme inclines or tear across terrain of dubious quality. Combined with a lightweight chassis, this is enough to power the X3 to 100 kmph in less than five seconds. The Maverick X3 is an SSV, or side-by-side vehicle, providing the performance and mobility of an ATV while enabling multiple riders to join the adventure. It features a suspension system that’s ready for anything, and keeps its steel frame from bottoming out with the help of Fox 2.5 Podium Piggyback shocks that allow…

LAS VEGAS OR “SIN CITY” HAS A REAL reputation... a real reputation of taking sporting matches and elevating them to extravaganzas, even at the highest level of sport. An example of this is a mixed martial arts event, and the UFC rules that domain. It is almost “in charge” of maintaining the standard as it features the best fighters in the world in its competitions. And in the sport of MMA, it is impossible to not know the name Fertitta. This surname is all the more famous because of the brothers—Lorenzo and Frank—who have dedicated themselves to taking their family businesses and making the UFC—which they own—the biggest franchise the world has seen. They also run Fertitta Entertainment, a company that has operations in the tourism industry. In July 2016,…

From natural looking shuffles to powerful accentuated locks, style your hair this season with the Gatsby Moving Rubber hair styling wax. Thanks to its moisturising ingredients, Moving Rubber takes care of your locks and also makes them easy to style while adding a healthy gloss. The series has six variants—Spiky Edge, Wild Shake, Loose Shuffle, Air Rise, Cool Wet and Grunge Mat. The wax contains newly developed “smooth polymer” which ensures your hair is less sticky and styles well.…

pp. 12-16 Images courtesy of Morgan Motors p. 18 Images courtesy of respective publishers p. 20 Brent Hofacker/Shutterstock.com pp. 24-25 Images courtesy of GTG Entertainment, Pearson Television, The Baywatch Company Tower 12 Productions, Tower 18 Production Company pp. 26-27 Janette Pellegrini/Getty Images for BWR-PR; Leon Bennett/Getty Images for Essence; Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Billboard Magazine; Larry Busacca/Getty Images; Ezra Shaw/ Getty Images; Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images; PhotoHouse/ Shutterstock.com pp. 28-32 Images courtesy of respective hotels pp. 34-36 Images courtesy of Y-3, Adidas and Virgin Galactic p. 38 Images courtesy of respective brands p. 39 Images courtesy of Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. pp. 40-41 Oris, oris.ch; Junghans, junghans.de; Zaspero, swisstime.ch; Seiko, seikowatches.com; Carven, chronollection.com; Timecode, timecodewatches.com p. 44 Salvatore Ferragamo, Shop No. 121-122, DLF Emporio Mall, Nelson Mandela Road; Park Avenue at…

How do you want to go? Unplanned. I want death to surprise me too! Any deathbed confessions? I’m not secretive, really. The more the secrets, the more complex life is. Where would you prefer to be, Heaven or Hell? Why? Heaven, I hope. I haven’t been such a nasty fellow on Earth! What’s the first thing you would like to do in the afterlife? Take a long vacation and meet all the wonderful guardian angels who have been watching out for me. Which songs are playing on repeat in your version of Heaven? “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door,” by Bob Dylan. Name one thing you’re glad you’ll never have to do again on Earth. Be nice to phoney people. Who would we catch you jamming with in your afterlife? Michael Jackson!…

1989-1992 ERIKA ELENIAK She played the sexy and shy Shauni McClain, the show’s female lead for the first three seasons. 1989 BRYAN CRANSTON Before he was Breaking Bad or Malcolm’s dad, Cranston was seen in season one as Tom Logan, the captain of a party boat. 1989 DAVID SPADE The funnyman was seen as a young surfer in the first season of the show. Also, likely fire-eater–according to this still. 1989-2000 DAVID HASSELHOFF Mitch Buchannon was the guy who ran the show on and off the beach. The Hoff made a stellar comeback with this series. 1991-99 KELLY PACKARD Packard played the energetic young lifeguard April Giminski. Hers was one of the longest running characters on Baywatch. 1991-92 DANNY TREJO The Machete star has appeared on the show twice and…

THE SECRET TO A GOOD COCKTAIL IS TO NOT SKIMP ON THE LIQUOR, BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT WILL GIVE IT A FULL-BODIED FLAVOUR. WHEN YOU LEARN FROM THE BEST mixologists in the country, you know how to get a party started. Fourteen bartenders were shortlisted from over 200 participants and taught everyone the finer side of cocktail making in the first edition of the North American Whiskey Cocktail Championship. Giving a new twist to old classics, these talented mixologists crafted their special Jack Daniel’s cocktails with some tipple-worthy inspiration. 1 AMAZING GRACE Get these 60 ml Woodford Reserve infused with walnuts and figs 10 ml spice syrup 1 dash of spice bitters 1 dash of lemon bitters Make it In a coupe glass add Woodford, spice syrup, spice bitters, lemon…

NUMBER 1: PRIYANKA CHOPRA AS A BADASS VILLAIN! It won’t be the first time we root for the antagonist. Priyanka’s Victoria Leeds, in this case, is the finest femme fatale we’ve seen in a long time. NUMBER 2: DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK’ JOHNSON Because this guy looks and does good in pretty much any movie he’s in. Who knew The Rock had a funny bone, err... muscle, too? NUMBERS 3, 4, & 5: IF ONLY ALL LIFEGUARDS LOOKED LIKE THIS Screen scorchers Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach and Ilfenesh Hadera definitely make it to the top of the Baywatch Lifeguard Hall of Fame. NUMBER 6: ZAC EFRON BEING A TOTAL DWEEB We’ll get to see this cool dude finally play an uncharacteristically silly fellow on-screen. Side of comic zing included. NUMBER 7:…