Glamour

Ashley Greene, Emma Stone, and Freida Pinto debuted summery floral looks on their individual covers shot by Matthias Vriens-McGrath for Glamour’s May issue, which will be on newsstands April 5. Ashley and Freida showed some skin in bikinis, while Emma went flirty in a flowered sundress by D&G. The three rising starlets have an impressive total of 14 films hitting theaters in 2011, and they each opened up to the magazine about how fame changes relationships, Hollywood’s sometimes harsh beauty standards, and, for Ashley, life after Twilight. Here are some highlights from Freida, Emma, and Ashley’s interviews:

• Ashley on her days as a struggling actress: "I’m a big believer in ‘everything happens for a reason.’ I’m not saying it wasn’t hard. I lived off Lean Cuisine and had no furniture and shared a bedroom with a girl for a year. I ran up my credit card. But every time I thought, I’m going to fail, something happened that kept me here."
• Emma on what she looks for in a guy: "Honestly, I cannot put a finger on it. One guy could do something that I would find deplorable, and [with] another guy I’d find it charming. . . It depends on the person. The one thing that needs to be there is that indefinable spark of sorts. But I’m 22 years old. . . I have no idea what I’m talking about. [Laughs.]"
•  Freida on balancing work and love: "When a doctor is performing an operation, his mind cannot be somewhere else. And it’s the same with actors. You have to commit yourself mind, body and soul to a project in order to do justice to it. And temptations are rife in this industry, which is why I think it’s important to know yourself before you try to deal with a relationship."
• Emma on Hollywood’s pressure to stay skinny: "You’re a human being, you live once and life is wonderful, so eat the damn red velvet cupcake."
• Ashley on moving on from Twilight: “It is difficult because people look at you as that character. I want to play a role of a 24-year-old woman, not 17-year-old girls. So I have picked a couple of films like Butter to show that. And it’s perfectly fine not to do anything for a year if I don’t find the right thing."

Kate Winslet graced the cover of April's Glamour in a tight dress by Hervé Léger, and she donned even more sexy looks in the accompanying spread from photographer Matthias Vriens-McGrath. She was named one of the magazine's 50 Most Glam along with other stars Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry, and Gwyneth Paltrow — check out the full list at their site. Kate didn't join her famous counterparts at this weekend's Oscars, but she was apparently partly responsible for her Mildred Pierce costar, Melissa Leo's, profanity-laced acceptance speech. Kate opened up about her own Academy Award win, motherhood, and more in the issue, which is available on newsstands March 8. She said:

• On plastic surgery: “No, I have never tried any of that stuff. I don’t have parts of my body that I hate or would like to trade for somebody else’s or wish I could surgically adjust into some fantasy version of what they are.”
• On winning an Oscar: “I was the kid who never won the races. I never jumped the highest. I wasn’t on the list of the high-achieving. That wasn’t me, so winning the Oscar was like winning all the prizes in one single night that I never won as a kid. For me, it was an internal-fist-pumping moment of yes.”
• On raising her children: “The challenge is making sure that they’re never treated different just because I sometimes am. I always want them to be regular kids who are grateful and respectful of other human beings. I want them to know that when we fly first-class, that they are lucky. The highest compliment I could ever receive about my kids — and I can say that this does happen frequently — is when the in-flight crew say to me, "Your children are wonderful. They are so well-behaved." Every time I am told that, I could weep.”

Diane Kruger showed her signature style on the cover of March's Glamour — see even more from her shoot over at the magazine's website. She's making the press rounds to chat up her new film Unknown, which features January Jones and Liam Neeson, ahead of its release on Feb. 18. Conversation in her interview transitioned from her work to her personal life, though, with Diane confessing her thoughts on marriage and her love of fashion for both herself and boyfriend Joshua Jackson. She said:

• On what she learned from marrying young: "Without sounding pessimistic, I learned that I don't believe in marriage. I believe in a commitment that you make in your heart. There's no paper that will make you stay."
• On Josh's sense of style: "We go shopping. But he likes it. I definitely wasn't fond of these blue sneakers that he wore all the time for about a year and a half."
• On her biggest fashion splurge: "The biggest fashion purchase I ever made I thought about for six years. I'm not kidding. All my life I wanted to own an Hermès Constance bag, and when I signed with Calvin Klein, I decided this was the time that I could afford it. I truly broke a sweat when I paid for it."

Photos courtesy Ellen Von Unwerth for Glamour