Archive for October, 2011
Jayne of Stop It Right Now has made the ultimate DIY. She’s customized a slew of skateboard decks in her (as well as everyone else’s) favorite Céline prints. WTF. Stop. It. Right. Now. Right? These limited edition babies will be gone in a hot second, so email Jayne now if you want one.
It’s quite a well known fact amongst my closest friends and colleagues that I’m somewhat of a tequila connoisseur. It’s also quite a well circulated myth that all I drink is Jose Cuervo, but I wanted to lay that one to rest right now. After a night out with a few friends, I was introduced to the wonders of Tequila Alquimia, and I’ve been raving about it ever since. Based primarily in southern California, Alquimia has won multiple awards including #1 on GQ’s hot tequila list, and is made from only the finest organic blue agave. I know the concept of organic tequila might seem a little strange to some people, but hey… I try to be as healthy as possible. Hopefully in the future they’ll expand past California, so I can grab a bottle no matter where in the world I grab a drink. You can check more about Alquimia, their assortment of flavors, and other info at www.tequilaalquimia.com.
Continuing the epic big-screen adventures started in Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger, Marvel’s The Avengers is the superhero team up of a lifetime. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as SHIELD, finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.
And… I’d love to show you guys the new picture they have of the Hulk… but they don’t actually have one.
I’m loving this video with music by Ricky Nelson, styling by Diane Boulenger, and incredible skating by Kilian Martin. He will blow your mind at 1:10 with his handstand kick-flip dismount. Kilian is a true athlete with some major style.
I’m completely mesmerized by Janet Echelman‘s massive moving net sculptures. Her colorful projects draw inspiration from ancient craft and modern technology, using machine and hand woven UV-resistant fibers and collaborating with local engineers and architects. Each sculpture physically responds to environmental forces like wind, water, and sunlight which makes them so magical and magnificent. Check out the rest of her work and their locations here.
From TMZ:
A five-minute sex tape showing Tupac receiving oral sex while rapping and dancing has surfaced … and TMZ has seen it. The tape, shot in 1991, begins with a bunch of groupies in a living room during a house party. Tupac walks into the room with his pants down to his ankles, his shirt off … sporting several chains. Tupac — whose head is shaved — pulls one of the women toward him, and she begins performing oral sex. As she does her thing, an unreleased song of Tupac’s is playing in the background, as Tupac is singing along and dancing, wiggling his hips. And it gets even better. As the woman services Tupac, who is holding a cocktail in one hand and a blunt in another, Money B from Digital Underground walks over to him. Tupac puts his cocktail arm around Money B, continues singing and dancing … and the woman never stops. As the tape ends it appears he’s ready to begin sexual intercourse. It’s unclear if there’s another tape. We’ve learned the person in possession of the tape is making plans to release it.
One thing’s for sure … Tupac was a multi-tasker.
Check out some print heavy styles by Tom Hines in the Dossier Journal.
Many different folks have many different opinions about the man Drizzy Drake. Weather you think he was good in his “old” days of ‘Thank Me Later’, you believe he’s at his best yet, or you never liked him at all, one fact reigns true… His new video for ‘Headlines’ just dropped, and the Hip Hop world is eating it up. Check the method below.
The Porsche Panamara is ugly. (There, I said it.) Maybe the guys at Porsche should have taken some notes from designer Julliana Cho, because this electric concept looks like one hell of a car. This 4-seater has suitable comfort for long distance drives with the fam, but maintains the brand’s iconic fluid styling with some added severity and drama in the lines and contours that give it that necessary edge the larger Panamara needed to maintain sporty appeal. Tackling environmental and space issues, the Cho imagines this concept as a community-share vehicle with a private feel. Members of the car-club could access a vehicle at any time from a central “docking” station where a variety of 929s would charge on a cleverly designed rotating parking structure. Personally, I want it all to myself, but interesting concept none the less.
I have to start out by saying I’m NOT bragging, but after some of women I’ve featured on this blog have gotten me onto CNN, and Sports Illustrated, I feel like I have a pretty good eye. And although I’ve featured a gambit of models, with varying looks and styles and experience levels, but its rare to put a model up that’s cut entirely from a different cloth. Sarah Jane is light years ahead of the “I look good half naked with my sexy face on” type of models that scatter the airwaves now a days. This Texas raised beauty spent her growing years in Dallas, and made a move to the bay area some time after high school. To date, her modeling portfolio is quite stunning and seems to be getting bigger by the day. She can personify any style, is commanding of the camera with any photographer she shoots with, and can play any character a shoot could call for. All in all, I’d have to Sarah Jane is one of the most well rounded, versatile, and ‘swagged out’ artists I’ve come across in a while. You can check her out on twitter @SarahJaneSwag, and check out her pictures below.
The new commercial for the video game NBA 2K12 isn’t exactly basketball discourse at its finest, but it’s guaranteed to get people talking. The premise: Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan, the rapper Drake, and fans of the Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks debate which NBA team was the greatest of all time. In case you were wondering, Jordan names the 1996 Bulls as the greatest team ever. That year, the Bulls went 72-10 in the regular season, setting an NBA record for wins, and 15-3 in the postseason, defeating the Seattle SuperSonics in six games to win the title. Jordan averaged 30.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 2.2 steals and shot 49.5% from the field on his way to his fourth ring.
Quote Of The Day: Michael Jordan: “I let my ring do my talking.”
Luxury design company Brikk will launch a series of limited edition luxury iPhone cases, profits from which will benefit those in need around the world. The limited edition collection revolves around the theme of “Altruistic Precision” and is launched with the Trim series of luxury titanium cases for the iPhone 4. The luxury cases are available in gold, platinum, ‘black DLC’ and ‘grey stealth’ finishes and cost from $3,000 to $4,500. They are initially only be available at Roseark shops in Los Angeles but product roll-outs in New York, Tokyo, Paris and London will follow. The company is offering to trade Trim cases purchased before the end of this year for Trim cases designed for the iPhone 5 should the external design for the soon-to-be released phone differ from current iPhone models. Brikk claims that for every Trim case sold one metric ton of rice will be distributed to “those in need through select NGOs.” No further information was given by Brikk in the September 29 statement as to how this rice would be distributed. Index Mundi which compiles country statistics using data from organizations such as the IMF estimates that currently one ton of rice costs $573.75 (€421.12). The most expensive iPhone case, featuring 300 Swarovski crystals and estimated at $40,000, was recently displayed at the ‘Miracle Mile’ shopping mall in Las Vegas.
German automaker Mercedes-Benz has tied up with INCC Group to create its first ever fragrance for men which is expected to be launched in early 2012. The fragrance was launched at the TFWA World Exhibition retail event held in Cannes, France and goes on sale in the first quarter of next year. Mercedes-Benz for men was developed by perfumer Olivier Cresp and will be available in Eau de Toilette and matching grooming products.
“Innovative and unique, it is the first men’s fragrance from Mercedes-Benz and it combines woody notes with floral freshness. The cool top note features Calabrian bergamot, lemon essence and Italian mandarin. The middle note is a warm, spicy mix of bourbon pepper, nutmeg, violet and galbanum resin. The base note provides a spicy finish to the perfume and includes American cedar wood, vetyver grass and patchouli.”
I respect anyone that can get up and admit when they’ve made a mistake, but you keep making the same mistake over and over, you better come back with a damn good apology. That being said I was very interested to hear what T.I. would have to say on his first interview back from the slammer. Check it out below.
“The 360 Project” is an exploration into the crossroads of photography and motion pictures. It is a study of peak dance movements, captured simultaneously by 48 cameras aligned in a circle. There are two components to “The 360 Project”… “Ballet 360” features ballerinas from Canada’s National Ballet School, “Krump 360” features dancers from Northbuck Krump. The two styles of dance represent polemic perspectives in both technique and origin. One is beauty, the other beast. The resulting images resemble a type of digital statue, a frozen, peak moment, embodying the essence of each dance form in 360 degrees.
Director – Ryan Enn Hughes ryanennhughes.com
Cinematographer – Barry Cheong
Location Sound – Barry Cheong
Timelapse Camera – Arash Moallemi
Set Photographer – Melissa Tait
Editor – Ryan Enn Hughes
Sound Mixing – Zelig Sound zeligsound.com
Additional footage provided by Melissa Tait, Matthew Wilcock, and Ryan Enn Hughes.
A self portrait of Stanley Kubrick with his daughter, Jack Nicholson and the crew at the set of The Shining.
For those of you unaware of the term BTS, it stands for Behind The Scenes. Movie magic is one thing for the people enjoying the movies, but for those of us lucky enough to be involved with what goes on in the making of media, being behind the scenes is a one of a kind experience that can sometimes be more entertaining that the final cut. Below is a selection of some of the most awesome Behind-the-scenes shots I’ve seen from some famous movies found. Back when set designs were huge and hand made, when special effects where mechanic and photographic and film stars were risking their lives on the set, being behind the scenes was the only place to be.
on the set of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis — the actress inside the Maria robot taking a breather.
Filming the opening titles on "The Empire Strikes Back".
Rebel Without A Cause — James Dean, Natalie Wood and director Nicholas Ray.
The Street de Sesame
Requiem for a Dream — Jennifer Connelly strapped into a SnorriCam.
The Gate (1987) — Giant special effect set.
The Birds (1961) — Tippi Hedren with Hitchcock.
On the set of Alien.
Ghostbusters
Superman
On the spaceship set of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
King Kong (1933)
The Godfather — fish-line bullet holes.
The Howeling.
Tron (1982) — David Warner and Bruce Boxleitner messin around in costume.
Marathon Man — Hoffman & Olivier.
The French Connection — The Rig set in Gene Hackman's car before one of the best car-chase scenes in movie history.
On the set of Mothra (1961) - special effects director Tsuburaya Eiji
Ashley Logan is an incredible Irish and Hungarian model straight out of New York City. This 5’2 video vixen has been in music video with everyone from G-Unit, Grafh, Kay Slay, Papoose, Junior Reid, Tony Yayo, Juelz Santana, The Dream, Fabolous, Rick Ross, Ludacris, and of course the ever famous FloRida video ‘Low’. You can also see her and her two amazing, round, full, mesmerizing… blue eyes in Riding Big Magazine (Ying Yang Twins Edition), Next Level (the Mary J Blige Edition), the cover of Free Agent Magazine, as well as both Straight Stuntin and Smooth Magazine. She’s a constant reminder of how beautiful women on the East are.
