Month: June 2022

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Sebastien Silvestri, CEO of Dinex Group, the Daniel Boulud Restaurant Group

Sebastien Silvestri is the CEO of Dinex Group, the Daniel Boulud Restaurant Group.  His focus is on defining the next era for the Group’s collection of restaurants and brands, expanding the brand portfolio through strategic acquisitions and new business development, and maintaining the excellence of the existing operations.  He oversees the Group’s company-owned and licensed venues around the world.  He joined Dinex as CEO in August 2019, with over 25 years’ experience in the hospitality industry.

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Tracy Duhs: the Hydration Queen

When it comes to healthy, it doesn’t get any better than Tracy Duhs. This mom of 2 is 40 years old and looks twenty. She is obsessed with Erewhon and has a podcast that is all about hydration. Previously, I interviewed her for the Biohack and we have been good…

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Review: Baz Lurhmann’s Elvis

Over my 23-year journalism career, I have probably written 25 movie reviews and I have to give you a disclaimer…they are definitely not my thing. However, Baz Lurhmann is literally my favorite director so I felt like I had to write this.  The Elvis movie is filled with the excitement…

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Fasting with Trevor: no food or water for 20 days

I was obsessed with fasting and came across @fastingwithtrevor while I did my first 7 day dry fast. Trevor had been doing 20 day dry fasts and would talk about his journey on Instagram. We became friends and he is utterly fascinating. I had to tell his story…and so it begins.

Christopher Gorham Movies and TV Shows

Christopher Gorham circles back to Netflix for which he starred in two season of the original dark comedy series „Insatiable“ for their anticipated legal drama, „The Lincoln Lawyer“ series with Neve Campbell based upon Michael Connnelly’s best-selling novels.

Gorham previously starred as fan-favorite blind CIA operative, Auggie Anderson, in USA’s hit original series “Covert Affairs,” for which he was awarded the Seeing Beyond Vision Loss: Special Achievement Award from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.  His “Covert Affairs” presence extended off camera as well.  He directed episode 313, “Man in the Middle,” as well as the Auggie centered season four episode “Covert Affairs: Sights Unseen” which he also produced.  Additional directorial episodes include 414, “River Euphrates,“ and 512, “Starlings of the Slipstream,” during the final season.

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Paramount & Christopher Bates Officially Launch Limited-Edition Top Gun Capsule Collection

Award-winning Canadian designer Christopher Bates’ highly anticipated Top Gun collection finally took flight with an official launch party at Nightingale, the center of Hollywood nightlife. The star-studded soiree featured an exclusive pop-up shop, private VIP lounge, light bites and libations, and culminated with a fashion show debuting Bates’ looks. In…

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Amber Liu – Please Don’t Stop the Music!

A California native, Amber Liu was discovered at the age of 15 at SM Entertainment’s global auditions in Los Angeles. Following a move to South Korea, she debuted in 2009 as a member of the female group f(x). The record-breaking electro-pop-based K-pop group quickly became one of the industry’s most popular and award-winning. In 2015, Amber’s first solo release, the critically acclaimed album “Beautiful”, debuted at #2 on Billboard’s World Albums chart, with the title track’s music video, released the same day,  garnering more than 1 million YouTube views in its first day of release.

Fabian Arnold, Model & Influencer

Fabian Arnold is 25 years old and  from Cologne, Germany. He grew up in a small town country side right before the city cologne. His hobbies were soccer, handball and hanging around in the forest building tree houses. As he got bullied in school he wanted to change something and started going to the gym in age of 16.  That changed his  life as he got scouted for modelling in age of 18 at a fitness faire in Cologne.

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Tips on Creating a Beautiful Portrait by David Christopher Lee

My little cousin Carissa interviewed me for her podcast. She is also a photographer, a wedding photographer. Recently she transitioned into becoming a wedding photographer coach. We talked about shooting the perfect portrait, how to find the right angles and caught up a lot after the pandemic. Learn more about…

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Dean Lewis Performs at the Fonda Theater

photos by Brandon Faith Dean Lewis went from unknown to world-wide recognition with the release of his 2019 Album A Place We Knew which debuted #18 on the Billboard Top 200 in the USA, as well as a Top 5 Billboard Pop Album. Accredited Gold in the US, the LP produced a number of local and international smashes…
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