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Jennifer Smith was halfway through high school when she visited California with her parents and decided to stay. A decade later, she conceived and launched C Magazine, a must-read publication that highlights the people and places that make California the Golden State. Then came the 2025 wildfires, destroying her Malibu home and those of many friends in her C community. Did that dim the lights on the California Dream? Not for Smith.“After a couple of tears, I was ready to rebuild,” she tells Lyn Winter, host of Rodeo Drive The Podcast, adding, “when you wake up every morning with that ocean outside as your backyard, and you hear the waves crashing, and at night you see the glistening moon over the waves and the sea, it's just so magical that you'll just do anything to keep having it.”Now Smith celebrates 20 years of C Magazine with the publication of a book of stories drawn from past articles: California: Dream State: Stylish Living from Canyon to Coast (Rizzoli, Fall 2025).Winter spoke with Smith about the deep allure and mythology of the West Coast, the evolution of fashion, art and culture over the last two decades, and about making a successful print magazine in the digital age. For Smith, it started with landing her first cover, featuring model Carolyn Murphy, thanks to a chance meeting over at a sushi counter in Malibu.“We just started talking, and I said, ‘I'm launching a magazine about California. Would you ever consider being on the cover?' And she said, ‘of course I would.' And then we had Kirsty Hume as our second cover, because she knew Carolyn did it. And then all of a sudden, I got Cindy Crawford, and then I got Claire Danes, and then it just, from there we kept going and going.”Smith explains that the key to success in publishing today is being more than a magazine. The C-team curates events together with advertising partners, many on Rodeo Drive, like the memorable dinner for 25 at Harry Winston, at which guests on the street of dreams were each presented with a silver domed dessert, recalls Smith.“And inside the silver dome was actually a piece of jewelry for each of the guests. So everyone was just expecting to see some piece of cake, and there was some million dollar bauble, and they all got to wear it. So they were dripping in jewels and eating their dessert, and we had the best time.”As much as she loves the city, Smith feels the call to the wild. The book contains sumptuous photos of lives lived well in the canyons, the coast, mountains and desert. The only challenge was picking from more than 200 issues of the magazine. She and her team looked for timeless stories “that stood out to us and that we would want to celebrate and see again and again.”Stories that made the cut include a feature on Kelly Lynch and Mitch Glaser in their weekend home “that was just so cool with this mountain, rocky, jagged, beautiful;” and the hat maker Nick Fouquet, in his “amazing house in Topanga that is very cool and architectural.”The current issue of C Magazine, compiled just after the recent fires, was designed as a love letter to California. ”I'm forever, endlessly in love with it,” she concludes.Season 5 of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.Season 5 Credits:Executive Producer and Host: Lyn WinterOn behalf of the Rodeo Drive Committee: Kay Monica RoseScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Isabelle Alfonso@rodeodrive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Looks like the Murphy-Lawrence family just got a little bigger! According to The Humor Mill, Eric Murphy (Eddie's son) and Jasmine Lawrence (Martin's daughter) — who got engaged in November 2024 — have now tied the knot! Sources say they went for a Justice of the Peace ceremony surrounded by close family and friends. No word yet on a big Hollywood wedding, but hey, Martin was already grumbling about footing that bill — so maybe this was the perfect solution. Congrats to the newlyweds! Speaking of funny men, if you haven't caught Roy Wood Jr. on his CNN show Have I Got News for You, it's a must-watch. It airs Saturdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT, and it is sharp, witty, and oh-so-relevant. Now he's set to host the 2025 Peabody Awards on June 1 at the Beverly Wilshire. The Peabodys honor storytelling that matters — and I'm proud to say I'm a past recipient myself for my doc Mississippi Summer. And as we wrap up Women's History Month, Lifetime's Single Black Female franchise is back with its grand finale! The March 22nd premiere reunited fan favorites Raven Goodwin, Amber Riley, and K. Michelle for one last showdown — with Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams joining as Detective Ebony Williams and Kennedy Chanel as Joy, Simone's daughter. You're gonna want snacks for this one — it's intense! For behind-the-scenes moments, red carpet exclusives and more, follow me on social media @TanyaHollywood and @aurnonline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rodeo Drive has gone wild. Visitors to the luxury street have fallen in love with eight colorful, life-size sculptures of animals – Wild Kong, Standing Bear, Panda and Crocodile – designed by the French artist Richard Orlinski, and part of this summer's “Rodeo Drive Celebrates Fashion”.But sculptures are only part of Orlinski's multifaceted output. He was the artist of record at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, he mixes up art with music and stand up comedy, and he has partnerships with international brands including Lancome, Hublot, Puma, and Disney. Now he has written a book – Pourquoi J'ai Cassé les Codes, or “Why I Broke The Codes” – about his life of going against the grain.He stopped off recently in Beverly Hills, and talked with Lyn Winter, host of Rodeo Drive - The Podcast, about his unconventional approach to art and life, starting with why he chose to celebrate wild animals in his sculpture.Animals, he says, have much to teach humans, as they “obey a virtuous circle,” and kill only for food, while humans kill for nothing. He spoke about his personal experience with a violent father, which also laid the ground for his future self: “I realized very early that I have nobody to trust, so I was very alone. And when you like that, you're angry, and you want to succeed.”He says that his fighting spirit helped him deal with initial rejection from the Parisian art world, and develop his mass appeal with a sense of freedom to do his own thing. “I'm not like a niche artist,” he says. “I'm popular, but popular in a good way. I create an emotion, even a bad emotion, but it is emotion.”Orlinski explains his admiration for Andy Warhol, why he opened his own chain of Orlinski galleries, and how he treats art more like fashion - with seasons, and a branded experience that is meant to be fun for people of all ages. The future of art display, he says, is big spaces, where visitors can eat, spend time, and enjoy a multisensory experience. “The competition is always the same. So you have to create, invent something new, and I think the artist and the galleries and the people in this industry need to create something like that.”He also talks about his book, Pourquoi J'ai Cassé les Codes, which has been a hit with the French public. It's a self-help guide of sorts, delivering life lessons from his own experiences. “Many people are very thankful about this book, because it helps them to change, to listen to the little voice inside, to follow their dreams.”While seven of Orlinski's wild creatures will leave Rodeo Drive, one work will remain permanently on view. Which one might that be, asked Winter.“I think it's the Kong with a big heart, and written on the heart is ‘Rodeo Drive', responds Orlinski. “It fits with the place, and it was made for it. This is the only piece that was really made for it.”Season 5 of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.Season 5 Credits:Executive Producer and Host: Lyn WinterOn behalf of the Rodeo Drive Committee: Kay Monica RoseScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Isabelle AlfonsoListen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.Visit the website: https://rodeodrive-bh.com/podcast/Join us on Instagram @rodeodrive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For over 100 years Women's Wear Daily has been the bible for the fashion industry, and its archives include numerous hidden contributions of Black designers and models. Now that history has been gathered in a stunning new book, BLACK IN FASHION, by Tonya Blazio-Licorish and Tara Donaldson, showcasing the indelible influence of Black culture on a global scale.On Episode 5 of Rodeo Drive-The Podcast, host Lyn Winter spoke with the authors about the book and the revelations they found in the WWD archives. “Fashion has a flawed public history because it hasn't included all the voices,” says Blazio-Licorish, also a visual culture historian and editor with PMC Media Archives. “We were always there, and not just there in marginal roles, but in important roles, in roles that were shaping fashion,” adds Donaldson, most recently WWD's executive editor and Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Fairchild Media. Dating back as early as the Harlem Renaissance, the Black community was making its mark on clothing and style, from Black dolls for young Black children, early fashion shows, business associations, and fashionable scenes like at The Cotton Club. The authors single out early “influencers” such as Josephine Baker, who even had a hosiery color named in her honor, the dancer Katherine Dunham, who was all the rage in 1940s France, and then the Black models, including Pat Cleveland and Bethann Hardison, who shook up global fashion at the famed 1973 Battle of Versailles.The late André Leon Talley recalled this momentous event in conversation with the authors before his passing. “You could almost just reach out and touch the energy they gave in the air. It was like quiet thunder, and because everyone saw that and felt that at the battle, French designers – Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent – they started wanting black models.”Black fashion has been intertwined with politics – and BLACK IN FASHION explores how clothing reflected the moment:“During civil rights, that time was really about respectability politics,” explains Donaldson. “It was coming in your Sunday best, to assert dignity. It was a kind of a polite request for human rights. By the time you get to the 70s, the mood changes, the look changes…then the Black Panther movement, it's more powerful, it's more assertive…You have the leather jackets, you have the turtlenecks, you have the berets. And then we see that evolve even into the 2020s. And there's the branded T-shirts, Black Lives Matter.”Finally, the story is still unfolding. Black designers are still not getting the high level industry jobs they deserve, argue Blazio-Licorish and Donaldson, and are even ambivalent about being labeled as Black.So Blazio-Licorish says they finished on a question: “We purposefully left the conversation open to, who's next, who's now, and what do they have to say about where fashion is going to go?”Season 5 of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.Season 5 Credits:Executive Producer and Host: Lyn WinterOn behalf of the Rodeo Drive Committee: Kay Monica RoseScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Isabelle Alfonso.Listen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.Join us on Instagram @rodeodrive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Watchmaking may date back two centuries but in the hands of Maximilian Büsser, it has been revived as a contemporary art form. Büsser is the founder of MB&F, or Max Büsser and Friends, which he describes as a “horological concept laboratory.” Now MB&F has opened a gallery on Two Rodeo Drive, filled with his collective's kinetic art and mechanical art devices, like World Sky by Breakfast Studio with whirring discs that spin between functions: camera, mirror, and weather report; and the MB&F's Architect HM11, inspired by an organic Charles Haertling house in Colorado, and comprising multiple “rooms.” “We deconstruct traditional, beautiful, high end watchmaking and reconstruct it into sculpture, which gives time,” Büsser tells Lyn Winter, on the latest episode of Rodeo Drive - The Podcast. Büsser shares his journey from being a directionless teen in Switzerland to reaching the top of the watch business at Jaeger-LeCoultre and Harry Winston, and then realizing he needed to “find his true north.” “I started imagining this fairy tale, I was going to have my own little company, where I would create only what I believed in. I didn't want any investors. I didn't want anybody telling me about growth and profits and all that stuff. It was all about, we're going to create some incredible watchmaking, even though we know there are no clients out there for it.”Now MB&F has built a strong clientele willing to pay top dollar for the company's unusual timepieces. But it was not always easy. Büsser reflects on the financial ups and downs, life lessons learned along the way, and the things he wished he had told his father. Finally, he revels in the joy of crafting mechanical instruments with a group of “friends” who share his obsession with “balance wheels,” “perpetual calendars” and other analog components of horology.Winter closes by asking if there is a future for such an old world craft, and Büsser talks about the appeal of his company's products to young people.“MB&F is all about, ‘Live your dreams'. Do whatever you believe in. It is possible. Look at us. It seemed totally impossible, but we managed. And so it resonates strongly with a younger client base, and I love it.”Season 5 of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.Season 5 Credits:Executive Producer and Host: Lyn WinterOn behalf of the Rodeo Drive Committee: Kay Monica RoseScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Isabelle Alfonso.Listen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.Visit the website: https://rodeodrive-bh.com/podcast/Watch moments from the series on YouTubeJoin us on Instagram @rodeodrive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Since the beginning of time, humans have sought the secret to eternal youth and beauty. One company that believes it has gotten closer to cracking the code is La Maison Valmont, the luxury Swiss skincare brand that will open a boutique on Rodeo Drive on July 15.La Maison Valmont, founded in 1985, will offer Rodeo Drive clientele its trademark five collections – hydration, luminosity, vitality, V-lift and V-firm – designed for young and more mature complexions. But it plans to elevate the experience with a custom treatment, called – naturally – the Red Carpet of Valmont, as well as a new line of perfumes, and additional experiences such as changing exhibitions of art. “When you enter the world of Valmont, which is more than a skincare brand today, it's a style of life where you really enjoy the five senses. And we call it a world of emotion,” Sophie and Didier Guillon told host Lyn Winter, on the latest episode of Rodeo Drive - The Podcast. La Maison Valmont is esteemed for its discreet, five-star service, and products including $1000 dollar jars of Creme Merveilleuse made with the DNA of gold sturgeon. Their treatments and potions are based on “cellular science,” explains Sophie Vann Guillon, CEO and chief scientist at the brand. This is a form of skincare developed in Switzerland in which the “natural reactions and functions of the cells and skin” are rejuvenated by living cells that are “biocompatible” with one's skin. The company has been shaped by the passions of both its owners. Didier Guillon, raised in a family of art collectors, has founded an art foundation at the Palazzo Bonvicini in Venice, Italy. The foundation organizes residencies at its properties around the world that “welcome artists or customers who really want to discover what we are proposing on the art scene. We want to be different. We want to offer something unique, I would say out of the box.” He is also curating art for sale at the new salon on Rodeo Drive; an exhibition by Venice, Los Angeles based artist Andy Moses is on the docket as the first exhibition. Finally, their new location has stirred some flights of fancy, like the fragrances they are creating from plants cultivated in Vann Guillon's alpine garden. Didier Guillon says a famous movie inspired him to develop, “a fantastic fragrance called Scarface. It was my fragrance based on violets.” Vann Guillon takes her cues from LA's coastal splendor and surfing culture.“Sea bliss! It's a fresh scent with ozonic appeal while reminding us of the waves of the ocean. It's fresh, and it's a little bit flowery. So it really fits the Californians.”Season 5 of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.Season 5 Credits:Executive Producer and Host: Lyn WinterOn behalf of the Rodeo Drive Committee: Kay Monica RoseScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Isabelle Alfonso.Listen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.Visit the website: https://rodeodrive-bh.com/podcast/Watch moments from the series on YouTubeJoin us on Instagram @rodeodrive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the heat of summer rises on Rodeo Drive, how better to stay cool and chic than in the most versatile, enduring and fluid garment of all time –– the Caftan! So says the man with more than thirty of them, Cameron Silver, author of the new book Caftans: From Classical to Camp.Silver talks with Rodeo Drive - The Podcast host Lyn Winter about the history, design and appeal of the caftan, which he says is the most universal and ancient garment in the world. “It is this wonderful garment of comfort that's size inclusive, that's gender fluid, that can be modest or sexy. It can be voluminous or follow the lines of the body, it can be luxurious, or very accessible.”He points out that the caftan, essentially a square of fabric with holes for the head and arms, kept plain or highly ornamental, has been worn by Jesus, Moses, Muhammad and Buddha. “It is this cultural garment of incredible reverence in Morocco,” says Silver; it was worn with high camp by the singer Demis Roussos and extraordinary grace by Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly and numerous other celebrities. It has been styled by the likes of Fortuny, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Marc Bohan for Dior, Karl Lagerfeld, Emilio Pucci, Rudi Gernreich, and Oscar de la Renta. Silver, who conducted the interview wearing a lightweight, hooded, 100% cotton caftan designed by Trina Turk, has taken his book on the road from Texas to Mykonos. He notes that wherever he goes he finds an enthusiastic “caftan caucus” of people wearing and talking about caftans, which he says is the quintessential Athleisure garment, counterintuitively more glamorous than body hugging clothes.It's not “just a sack,” says Silver. “The reality is that when you wear it, you have to really move your body; you become a Martha Graham dancer, even if you have two left feet like me.” SIlver, who was previously Fashion Director for H by Halston for QVC, adds that “Halston famously did his first runway shows featuring caftans and in the late 60s and 70s they became even more popular.” Right now, he says there is a caftan renaissance, with variants appearing at all the runway shows. “It may have taken a Western and European fashion several decades to really understand that it's a good idea to have a caftan in your collection.”Even though Silver wears his caftans in all seasons, he says this floaty garment, that can be worn from day into evening, is especially appealing in the summer. “It is the garment of the people. Regardless of your size or your gender, or your means or your location, there is a caftan waiting out there for you.”Season 5 of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.Season 5 Credits:Executive Producer and Host: Lyn WinterOn behalf of the Rodeo Drive Committee: Kay Monica RoseScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Isabelle AlfonsoVisit the website:https://rodeodrive-bh.com/podcast/Join us on Instagram:@rodeodrive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thanks to Executive Pastry Chef Riccardo Meniccuci and his team, Beverly Wilshire is a sweet destination, especially during Oscars Week. This year’s amenities included a film projector made of Valrhona Manjari, a luxury chocolate, in addition to a thoughtfully designed and braided croissant representing the team of talented people required to create a film. And… The post Executive Pastry Chef Riccardo Menicucci: A Taste of Luxury, History and Hospitality at Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons Hotel appeared first on Kitchen Chat.

Kitchen Chat Host and Founder Margaret McSweeney is joind by Executive Pastry Chef Riccardo Menicucci for "A Taste of Luxury, History and Hospitality at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel". The Beverly Wilshire is a sweet destination, especially during Oscars Week. This year's amenities included a film projector made of Valrhona Manjari, a luxury chocolate, in addition to a thoughtfully designed and braided croissant representing the team of talented people required to create a film. And of course it was topped with gold! Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons Hotel, has a long history within the entertainment industry. This luxury hotel opened in Beverly Hills in January of 1928. The Beatles even held their first press conference in the Champagne Room. Here are Chef Meniccui's three top tips for the home pastry chef: When you make pastry cream, you don't need to boil your milk. It's very important. Otherwise you cook the proteins of your milk and it tastes different. Always mix your dry ingredients with a whisk so you don't have chunks of flour in your mix. Don't ever feel afraid to leave your comfort zone. There is no losing or winning, only trying. Beverly Wilshire is one of my favorite hotels in the Los Angeles area to stay and to host events. This historic place provides a taste of luxury at every turn, and their staff is professional and always willing to accommodate and personalize your experience. The BLVD staff even printed customized keepsake menus just hours before a pre-Taste Awards party that I hosed to honor my friend, Lisa-Renee Ramirez, Emmy-Award winning executive producer, director and creator for Allen Media Group. Thank you, Beverly Wilshire and Chef Menicucci for this Kitchen Chat along with the photos you provided. Thank you, foodie friends! What are some of your favorite destinations? Savor the day! Be sure and visit https//www.KitchenChat.info and subscribe to the Kitchen Chat audio podcast on Apple.com, https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/kitchen-chat-margaret-mcsweeney/id447185040

In this episode, Glenda Benevides and I talk about her life experiences being a performing artist that started when she was a teenager. She had the support of her parents to do whatever she was passionate to do, and SHE DID! Until she found herself in an uncomfortable place where she felt she was no longer important enough and didn't belong…    Glenda Benevides was born in Oakland Ca and has been singing professionally since the age of 16, having toured from Japan to the EU, the UK and through Canada. Her career has included singing and performing for the South African Film Festival in Canne, France, The Brava theater for a women's fundraiser gala in San Francisco, the Popkomm Music conference in Berlin, a Beverly Wilshire, Los Angeles solo performance for best-selling author Harv Ecker and many more. Glenda is also a producer for herself and others and has been the creative director and producer for many private events where she donates a percentage from her music sales to One Tree Planted. She started her own record company Good Witch Records in 2004, along with Mirror Speaks the Truth productions for music in film and tv. She wrote and developed a tv script called Never Give Up and started Global Badass Goddess online Magazine and podcast in 2018, which features woman from around the world sharing stories of inspiration and empowerment. She now has the Glenda Benevides Music podcast to share stories from extraordinary artists in their trials and triumphs. Glenda is the author of Courage, Find Your Fire and Ignite Action in Your Life along with Own The Goddess Within e-book and workshop and has worked and sung with Toto, Jeffrey Osborne, Pink Martini and Broadway artist of "Aida" fame, Damian Perkins, and Steve Smith of Dirty Vegas, just to name a few.    I am your host, Marci Nettles. I have had a lifetime of opportunities where I had the choice to Breakdown or Breakthrough. It is my hope this Podcast may become your light in the darkness, as you listen to the stories of people I consider “heroes.” Each one had a point where they too had to choose to either Breakdown or Breakthrough! Working from home, with my husband/business partner, helping people around the world find new levels of success in their health and wellness, is part of what makes me tick! If you are open to opportunity, let's connect!    Thank you for listening!   Please connect with Glenda:  GlendaMusic.com Facebook: facebook.com/glendabenevides Instagram: instagram.com/glendabenevidesmusic/   Find Marci at marcinettles.com Don't forget to claim your FREEBIE from Glenda by going to Marcinettles.com/freebies While you are there, make sure to subscribe to receive the YBWN Podcast Newsletter, ‘Making Mondays,' that will give insight to each episode and give you a heads up on what is coming next!  

O cenário é o do filme "Uma Linda Mulher". Em uma das suítes do famoso hotel Beverly Wilshire com vista para a Rodeo Drive, Martha Medeiros montou um ateliê improvisado. Agora a mistura é de rendas, cristais e livros, já que a estilista está em Los Angeles para lançar a obra que narra sua trajetória inspiradora. "Do Sertão a Hollywood", escrito pela jornalista Eliane Trindade, ganhou versão em inglês ("From the Hinterland to Hollywood") e conta desde as raízes de Martha, em Maceió, quando fazia roupas para bonecas até o estrelato com vestidos nos tapetes vermelhos mais famosos do mundo, com peças que adornam diversas celebridades. Cleide Klock, correspondente da RFI em Los AngelesUma dessas estrelas escreveu o prefácio da obra, a colombiana Sofia Vergara. A atriz, uma das mais bem pagas da TV americana, conhecida mundialmente por "Modern Family" e que acaba de estrear "Griselda" (Netflix), encontrou Martha nas redes sociais, e em 2015, encomendou seu vestido de casamento com o ator Joe Manganiello.No momento da entrevista à RFI, na suíte transformada em ateliê, Martha Medeiros finalizava peças que entregaria pessoalmente no dia seguinte à Sofia Vergara, junto com um exemplar do livro.Além de Sofia, Beyoncé, Jessica Alba, Patricia Arquette e diversas outras celebridades são clientes da alagoana, que já teve suas peças em filmes Hollywoodianos como "Um Príncipe em Nova York" e séries como "The Crown". A estilista também assinou o enxoval do papa Francisco, quando ele passou pelo Brasil, em 2013."Do Sertão a Hollywood"As pesquisas para o livro começaram em 2019. O trabalho de campo levou Eliane Trindade aos locais de onde vem a obra-prima para os vestidos de alta-costura."Uma das coisas que me atraiu para o projeto foi o fato de que as rendas eram também a geração de lucro para as rendeiras. Eu trabalho nessa área de empreendedorismo social na Folha de São Paulo, então isso me conectou com o trabalho da Martha. Além do glamour, do talento dela, tinha esse lado do sertão. Acho que uma das coisas mais importantes que a gente fez para o livro foi conhecer aquela realidade, mergulhar e ver como a renda foi resgatada das feiras, de um tecido que já foi nobre, deixou de ser e voltou para alta-costura", conta a jornalista.O livro é um convite para uma viagem onde a simplicidade se encontra com o luxo, e a força da tradição se reinventa em cada criação. Não é apenas o trabalho de Martha que está descrito na obra e chega a Hollywood, mas o de centenas de mulheres do sertão que entrelaçam os fios para que a estilista os transformem em verdadeiras obras de arte, em vestidos que levam um ano para serem feitos e podem custar US$ 25 mil (cerca de R$ 125 mil).No projeto social há 400 mulheres, sendo uma parte com dedicação ainda maior à renda. "Cada vez mais a gente está aumentando esse outro grupo voltado para peças ainda mais especiais e peças de laboratório onde a gente está usando a cor e outras coisas que a gente não usava. Esse é o propósito, além de resgatar coisas antigas, procurar o que nunca foi feito com a renda feita à mão no Brasil", relata Martha.Da barraca da feira à alta-costuraMartha Medeiros mostra com orgulho as mulheres que representa aqui em Hollywood: rendeiras como a Dona Lalinha, que a estilista faz questão de mostrar uma foto. Ela compra as rendas de antigas artesãs, que antes faziam peças como toalhas e porta copos e as coloca em artigos cheios de glamour. A alagoana teve barraca por mais de 10 anos na feira de artesanatos em Maceió, na praia de Pajuçara, e depois que ganhou o mundo nunca deixou de voltar para transformar as vidas de quem ficou por lá. Agora mostra que a beleza pode brotar nos lugares mais áridos."Eu fui ver o percurso, para ver como ela chegou e descobriu isso. Ela percorria quilômetros e ia nos lugares mais inacessíveis atrás de rendeiras. Ela descobria que tinha uma rendeira num município tal, não tinha nem endereço, nem nome completo, ia bater na porta das pessoas e comprava o estoque daquela família de anos. Aquilo mudava a vida daquelas pessoas, ela conseguiu dar escala e agregou valor para um produto que estava subestimado", conta. A estilista continua seu relato: "Às vezes eu vou com uma pessoa do lado e a pessoa fala assim: 'você vai comprar isso, eu não acredito, isso está amarelo, esverdeado, preto, isso faz 25 anos que está ali e ainda está rasgado.' Eu falo, vou comprar e eu sei que eu tenho o dom de Deus de pegar aquilo ali e transformar numa coisa linda. Então eu compro sem medo, sem pena, sabendo o que eu estou fazendo e essa energia é maravilhosa".Das freiras francesas ao tapete vermelhoNo século 19, com a ida ao Brasil de freiras francesas, a renda renascença chegou ao nordeste do País e o ofício foi ensinado às mulheres humildes do sertão. A técnica acabou sendo responsável pela inserção delas no mercado de trabalho e representa, muitas vezes, a única fonte de renda para muitas famílias.É com essa força da tradição entrelaçada que Martha transforma vidas. Com seu dom e informações de moda, a simplicidade se torna sofisticação, o ordinário, extraordinário, o invisível, visível. Assim, a arte do sertão conquistou Hollywood."Foi um trabalho de muitos anos, fazendo aos pouquinhos e vendo resultado e voltando e dizendo para elas: 'Olha que bacana a gente já consegue ter esse resultado'. A gente acredita muito nisso, que o futuro tem um coração antigo, que essa é a verdadeira joia, o verdadeiro luxo que as marcas de luxo estão desesperadas. Procuramos as rendeiras mais antigas e resgatamos várias técnicas que não existem mais, você olha a própria renda Renascença no Brasil ela não tem mais isso. O que eu quero é isso cada vez mais, trazer essa informação de moda que a gente tem para essa arte e mostrar ao mundo o verdadeiro luxo brasileiro", conclui a estilista.

O cenário é o do filme "Uma Linda Mulher". Em uma das suítes do famoso hotel Beverly Wilshire com vista para a Rodeo Drive, Martha Medeiros montou um ateliê improvisado. Agora a mistura é de rendas, cristais e livros, já que a estilista está em Los Angeles para lançar a obra que narra sua trajetória inspiradora. "Do Sertão a Hollywood", escrito pela jornalista Eliane Trindade, ganhou versão em inglês ("From the Hinterland to Hollywood") e conta desde as raízes de Martha, em Maceió, quando fazia roupas para bonecas até o estrelato com vestidos nos tapetes vermelhos mais famosos do mundo, com peças que adornam diversas celebridades. Cleide Klock, correspondente da RFI em Los AngelesUma dessas estrelas escreveu o prefácio da obra, a colombiana Sofia Vergara. A atriz, uma das mais bem pagas da TV americana, conhecida mundialmente por "Modern Family" e que acaba de estrear "Griselda" (Netflix), encontrou Martha nas redes sociais, e em 2015, encomendou seu vestido de casamento com o ator Joe Manganiello.No momento da entrevista à RFI, na suíte transformada em ateliê, Martha Medeiros finalizava peças que entregaria pessoalmente no dia seguinte à Sofia Vergara, junto com um exemplar do livro.Além de Sofia, Beyoncé, Jessica Alba, Patricia Arquette e diversas outras celebridades são clientes da alagoana, que já teve suas peças em filmes Hollywoodianos como "Um Príncipe em Nova York" e séries como "The Crown". A estilista também assinou o enxoval do papa Francisco, quando ele passou pelo Brasil, em 2013."Do Sertão a Hollywood"As pesquisas para o livro começaram em 2019. O trabalho de campo levou Eliane Trindade aos locais de onde vem a obra-prima para os vestidos de alta-costura."Uma das coisas que me atraiu para o projeto foi o fato de que as rendas eram também a geração de lucro para as rendeiras. Eu trabalho nessa área de empreendedorismo social na Folha de São Paulo, então isso me conectou com o trabalho da Martha. Além do glamour, do talento dela, tinha esse lado do sertão. Acho que uma das coisas mais importantes que a gente fez para o livro foi conhecer aquela realidade, mergulhar e ver como a renda foi resgatada das feiras, de um tecido que já foi nobre, deixou de ser e voltou para alta-costura", conta a jornalista.O livro é um convite para uma viagem onde a simplicidade se encontra com o luxo, e a força da tradição se reinventa em cada criação. Não é apenas o trabalho de Martha que está descrito na obra e chega a Hollywood, mas o de centenas de mulheres do sertão que entrelaçam os fios para que a estilista os transformem em verdadeiras obras de arte, em vestidos que levam um ano para serem feitos e podem custar US$ 25 mil (cerca de R$ 125 mil).No projeto social há 400 mulheres, sendo uma parte com dedicação ainda maior à renda. "Cada vez mais a gente está aumentando esse outro grupo voltado para peças ainda mais especiais e peças de laboratório onde a gente está usando a cor e outras coisas que a gente não usava. Esse é o propósito, além de resgatar coisas antigas, procurar o que nunca foi feito com a renda feita à mão no Brasil", relata Martha.Da barraca da feira à alta-costuraMartha Medeiros mostra com orgulho as mulheres que representa aqui em Hollywood: rendeiras como a Dona Lalinha, que a estilista faz questão de mostrar uma foto. Ela compra as rendas de antigas artesãs, que antes faziam peças como toalhas e porta copos e as coloca em artigos cheios de glamour. A alagoana teve barraca por mais de 10 anos na feira de artesanatos em Maceió, na praia de Pajuçara, e depois que ganhou o mundo nunca deixou de voltar para transformar as vidas de quem ficou por lá. Agora mostra que a beleza pode brotar nos lugares mais áridos."Eu fui ver o percurso, para ver como ela chegou e descobriu isso. Ela percorria quilômetros e ia nos lugares mais inacessíveis atrás de rendeiras. Ela descobria que tinha uma rendeira num município tal, não tinha nem endereço, nem nome completo, ia bater na porta das pessoas e comprava o estoque daquela família de anos. Aquilo mudava a vida daquelas pessoas, ela conseguiu dar escala e agregou valor para um produto que estava subestimado", conta. A estilista continua seu relato: "Às vezes eu vou com uma pessoa do lado e a pessoa fala assim: 'você vai comprar isso, eu não acredito, isso está amarelo, esverdeado, preto, isso faz 25 anos que está ali e ainda está rasgado.' Eu falo, vou comprar e eu sei que eu tenho o dom de Deus de pegar aquilo ali e transformar numa coisa linda. Então eu compro sem medo, sem pena, sabendo o que eu estou fazendo e essa energia é maravilhosa".Das freiras francesas ao tapete vermelhoNo século 19, com a ida ao Brasil de freiras francesas, a renda renascença chegou ao nordeste do País e o ofício foi ensinado às mulheres humildes do sertão. A técnica acabou sendo responsável pela inserção delas no mercado de trabalho e representa, muitas vezes, a única fonte de renda para muitas famílias.É com essa força da tradição entrelaçada que Martha transforma vidas. Com seu dom e informações de moda, a simplicidade se torna sofisticação, o ordinário, extraordinário, o invisível, visível. Assim, a arte do sertão conquistou Hollywood."Foi um trabalho de muitos anos, fazendo aos pouquinhos e vendo resultado e voltando e dizendo para elas: 'Olha que bacana a gente já consegue ter esse resultado'. A gente acredita muito nisso, que o futuro tem um coração antigo, que essa é a verdadeira joia, o verdadeiro luxo que as marcas de luxo estão desesperadas. Procuramos as rendeiras mais antigas e resgatamos várias técnicas que não existem mais, você olha a própria renda Renascença no Brasil ela não tem mais isso. O que eu quero é isso cada vez mais, trazer essa informação de moda que a gente tem para essa arte e mostrar ao mundo o verdadeiro luxo brasileiro", conclui a estilista.

Teatime with Miss LizFebruary 15th, 7 pm ESTEVENING TEAJOIN US FOR THE LIVE SHOW WHERE YOU CAN BRING YOUR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AND SUPPORT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOGETHER. WITH A QUICK SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MISS LIZS YOUTUBE CHANNEL BELOW:https://youtube.com/@misslizsteatimes?si=5eu0--BgowGVVHKqMEET MY GUEST:Glenda BenevidesLive Performance and Philanthropy - Music that makes a differenceGlenda Benevides is an award-winning, Recording Academy voting member,GRAMMY® considered a singer-songwriter who weaves stories that touch the soul. Imagine the soul-singing love child of Heart, Janis Joplin, and Bessie Smith and that is Glenda. A powerfully resonant voice, emanating with blues and soul, demanding attention, calling to action anduplifting the very fabric of love shared amongst us all...Like a wild tent revival preacher, Glenda's sermon is empowerment, enlightenment and building bridges of understanding all wrapped in powerful self-expression that moves you from the head to the feet!Glenda Benevides was born in Oakland Ca and has been singing professionally since 16. Deeply influenced by classic vocalist Sarah Vaughan Rachelle Ferrell to Staple Singers, her soul's expression and intention are of the heart. Glenda has toured from Japan to the EU to the UK on through Canada leaving no stone unturned to light a fire on the dance floor.Glenda's career has included singing and performing for the South African Film Festival in Cannes France, The Brava theatre for a women's fundraiser gala in San Francisco, the Popkomm Music conference in Berlin, a Beverly Wilshire, Los Angeles solo performance for best-selling author Harv Ecker (Millionaire Mind seminars) and a guest appearance at the Crown Plaza in Santiago, Chile to a Presidential fundraiser for Dennis Kucinich at the Kuumbwas Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, CA and 2017 a rally for Alabama Dem Senator Doug Jones.Glenda has also produced many of her live performances, a web series, and music videos and has been the creative director and producer for many private events such as an exclusive fundraising gala for The Shakespeare Society of America, Foundation for Climate Restoration and donates a percentage from her music sales to One Tree Planted.Glenda also started her own record company Good Witch Records in 2004, along with Mirror Speaks The Truth productions for music in film and T. Glenda, wrote and developed a TV script called Never Give Up. She started Global Badass Goddess online Magazine and podcast in 2018, featuring women from around the world sharing stories of inspiration and empowerment. She now has a Glenda Benevides Music podcast to share stories from extraordinary artists in their trials and triumphs.Glenda is an author of Courage, Find Your Fire and Ignite Action in Your Life along with Own The Goddess Within e-book and workshop.Glenda has worked and sung with artists Toto, Jeffrey Osborne, Pink Martini and Broadway artists of "Aida" fame, Damian Perkins, and Steve Smith of Dirty Vegas, to name a few.Awards include AOF Action on Film International LA Film Festival X 2014 award winner for Best Score, Original Composition Change - Orphans in the Storm.YOUTUBE: youtube.com/c/glendabenevidesW: glendabenevides.comIG: glendabenevidesmusicLINKED IN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glendabenevides/BUY MUSIC: https://glendabenevides.bandcamp.comSPOTIFY STREAM: https://open.spotify.com/artist/ 7iEMzMaMTNsw7uw1Ivq59S#teatimewithmissliz#misslizteatime#makingadifferencetogether#GrammyArtist#songwriter#musician#philanthropy#singersongwriter#awardwinning#womanempowerment#magazine#filmfestival#authorlife#creativeart#producer#director#musicvideos#podcastshow#joinus#livestreaming#LikeFollowShare

The holiday season is in full swing and boutique windows are glittering on Rodeo Drive. So who better to talk to right now than the famed window dresser, Simon Doonan!When he was creative director at Barney's, Doonan never missed an opportunity for maximal effect with storefront displays that transformed fashion retail into spectacle. Now he is a writer and eminence on all things style-related – and he has released a new book about design at full volume.Maximalism: Bold, Bedazzled, Gold, and Tasseled Interiors, features lavish spaces around the world: from opulent Old World interiors to a Bel Air bedroom with no surface untouched, by Kelly Wearstler, the candy colored Trixie Motel in Palm Springs by Dani Dazey, and Doonan's own bedazzling New York apartment, designed by his husband Jonathan Adler.Guest host Frances Anderton talks with Doonan on the season-closer of Rodeo Drive - The Podcast about why you can never layer on too much, and how Maximalism is right at home in Los Angeles, dating “from Busby Berkeley to Tiny Naylor's coffee shop,” and on to today's spectacular concerts by Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Harry Styles. “We live in such a visual world that minimal decor doesn't mean anything online or on your phone or on TikTok” says Doonan. “Everything has to be maximal, and LA is at the center of the culture in so many ways.”Doonan recalls an encounter with the larger-than-life Tony Duquette at his home Dawnridge, in Beverly Hills. Duquette, a prolific designer whose resume includes creating costumes and sets for Fred Astaire musicals, and making jewelry for Tom Ford in his eighties, filled his home and garden with antiques, chinoiserie, sunburst sculptures, gold-leafing, tapestries and cleverly upcycled trash. It was, says Doonan, an “unhinged visual extravaganza.”Doonan peppers the conversation with amusing insights. When asked if maximalism, or “maxi,” can ever become too messy, he says he will never judge, having fond memories of a childhood vacation at the blue collar Butlins holiday camp in the UK, which was “drenched in the fabulosity of maximalism.” He adds, “If somebody is happy, and their apartment looks like a good reflection of them, you do you, boo.” As for the ultra-rich who prefer battleship gray T-shirts over lavish displays of affluence, “one of the most hilarious things is when somebody becomes so wealthy that the only way they can find pleasure is to build a concrete bunker on a Swedish Island, and go and hide in it,” says Doonan.Finally, to those who believe minimalism is the path to happiness, he concludes: “I just think maximalism is more life affirming and maximalism doesn't need minimalism…Minimalism relies on maximalism to have something to denounce, whereas maximalism is much too big to fail.”Season 4 of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.Season 4 Credits:Executive Producer and Host: Lyn WinterOn behalf of the Rodeo Drive Committee: Kathy GohariScriptwriter, Editorial Advisor and Guest Host: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Isabelle AlfonsoVisit the website: https://rodeodrive-bh.com/podcast/Join us on Instagram @rodeodrive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Glenda Benevides is an award-winning, Recording Academy voting member, GRAMMY® considered a singer-songwriter who weaves stories that touch the soul. Imagine the soul-singing love child of Heart, Janis Joplin, and Bessie Smith and that is Glenda. A powerfully resonant voice, emanating with blues and soul, demanding attention, calling to action, and uplifting the very fabric of love shared amongst us all... Like a wild tent revival preacher, Glenda's sermon is empowerment, enlightenment, and building bridges of understanding all wrapped in powerful self-expression that moves you from the head to the feet! Glenda Benevides was born in Oakland Ca and has been singing professionally since 16. Deeply influenced by classic vocalist Sarah Vaughan to Rachelle Ferrell to Staple Singers, her soul's expression and intention are of the heart. Glenda has toured from Japan to the EU to the UK on through Canada leaving no stone unturned to light a fire on the dance floor. Glenda's career has included singing and performing for the South African Film Festival in Cannes France, The Brava theater for a women's fundraiser gala in San Francisco, the Popkomm Music conference in Berlin, a Beverly Wilshire, Los Angeles solo performance for best-selling author Harv Ecker (Millionaire Mind seminars), and a guest appearance at the Crown Plaza in Santiago, Chile to a Presidential fundraiser for Dennis Kucinich at the Kuumbwas Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, CA, and in 2017 a rally for Alabama Dem Senator Doug Jones. Glenda has also produced many of her live performances, a web series, music videos, and has been the creative director and producer for many private events such as an exclusive fundraising gala for The Shakespeare Society of America, and the Foundation for Climate Restoration and donates a percentage from her music sales to One Tree Planted. Glenda also started her own record company Good Witch Records in 2004, along with Mirror Speaks The Truth productions for music in film and TV. Glenda wrote and developed a TV script called Never Give Up. She started Global Badass Goddess online Magazine and podcast in 2018, which features women from around the world sharing stories of inspiration and empowerment. She now has Glenda Benevides Music podcast to share stories from extraordinary artists in their trials and triumphs. Glenda is the author of Courage, Find Your Fire, and Ignite Action in Your Life along with Own The Goddess Within e-book and workshop. Glenda has worked and sung with artists Toto, Jeffrey Osborne, Pink Martini and Broadway artist of "Aida" fame, Damian Perkins, and Steve Smith of Dirty Vegas, just to name a few. Awards include: AOF Action on Film International LA Film Festival X 2014 award winner for Best Score, Original Composition Change - Orphans in the Storm. YOUTUBE: youtube.com/c/glendabenevides W: glendabenevides.com IG: glendabenevidesmusic LINKED IN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glendabenevides/ BUY MUSIC: https://glendabenevides.bandcamp.com SPOTIFY STREAM: https://open.spotify.com/artist/ 7iEMzMaMTNsw7uw1Ivq59S Learn more about your host, Kim Lengling at www.kimlenglingauthor.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letfearbouncepodcast/message

Episode 12 RHONY Reunion Part 2In this episode, tensions arise among the group as Jessel confronts Erin and Sai about their involvement in her marriage issues. Andy mediates the discussion and suggests that the problem stemmed from Jessel's complaints about lingerie, which made Sai feel uncomfortable. Jenna appreciates Jessel sticking up for her, as she never had sisters. Jessel later reflects on her behavior and apologizes, and Erin and Sai also apologize. Brynn supports Jessel, which angers Sai, but they eventually reconcile. Sai opens up about her difficult upbringing and her mother's struggles with addiction, leading to a touching moment of empathy from the group. Erin and Brynn's relationship is questioned, and tensions flare when Ubah accuses Erin of gaslighting. Tears are shed, but in the end, Erin and Ubah reconcile. The group clarifies their feelings about Ubah's presence on the show, and while they may have had reservations initially, they appreciate her accomplishments.RHOBH S13 E2In this episode, Dorit meets with Erika in a park and discusses her difficult year due to PK's business trips, as well as a traumatic incident at Christmas. She had money stolen while shopping, which triggered her PTSD from a home invasion. Sutton, along with her property manager Avi, plans a 40th birthday weekend for Crystal and seeks help from a matchmaker to improve her dating life. Kyle picks up Dorit in her new car, and they suspect something's going on between Kyle and Mo. They arrive at the Beverly Wilshire, where Dorit discovers a surprise from PK for their anniversary. Kyle celebrates her daughter Portia's 15th birthday, but a conversation about tattoos with Mo's mom causes tension when Mo's tattoo is revealed. Kyle later regrets bringing it up.RHOSLC S4 E8In this episode, Heather and Monica bond over their shared experiences of feeling abandoned by their parents. Heather recounts an emotional moment from a Greek Easter when her mother didn't help with her kids, while Monica shares how her mother left her when she was 12 and her father had left when she was just 4, resulting in her abandonment issues. Later, Heather, Whitney, Meredith, and Monica enjoy a day of cross country skiing and a tailgate. Monica reveals that her mother took away the car she bought for her, leading to a strained relationship. Whitney meets Mary at a restaurant and tries to reconcile, but their interaction escalates into an argument, with Mary leaving in anger. Meanwhile, Monica meets with Linda and discusses their complex relationship, acknowledging the need for therapy to address their issues.

Carolyn Bessette Kennedy was the beautiful fashion PR who married the most eligible bachelor in America, John Kennedy Jr. The couple, and Carolyn's sister Lauren, tragically lost their lives when a plane flown by Kennedy crashed into the ocean in 1999.But Bessette Kennedy had an outsize influence on style and fashion in the 1990s that endures today, and her legacy has been celebrated in a new book, CBK: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy: A Life in Fashion, by the British author and fashion creative director Sunita Kumar Nair, with a foreword by Gabriela Hearst, and preface by Edward Enninful, OBE.On Episode 5 of Season 4 of Rodeo Drive - The Podcast, Kumar Nair talks with Lyn Winter about her carefully curated and sumptuously illustrated book, which tracks Bessette Kennedy's fairytale rise, starting with a job at a Calvin Klein store in a mall where she was, ”plucked by a corporate executive at Calvin Klein, and offered the golden ticket – come to New York.”From there the willowy blonde with a knack for an ultra-chic and minimal “thrown together look,” became a fashion muse herself, in an era when American fashion traded padded shoulders and power suits for the understated elegance and comfort of Klein, Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren.Kumar Nair shares anecdotes about the celebrities – Kate Moss, Jennifer Aniston, Sharon Stone – and the great names in fashion and design who worked with Bessette Kennedy, and were inspired by her. She says the photographer Mario Sorrenti “remembers a time when they were sitting on the floor, talking about what the goals were for the advertising,” and corporate would want to know, “what does Carolyn think?”She also talks about Bessette Kennedy's powerful sense of self, wearing what pleased her despite societal expectations. When she married into American royalty, she might have taken to “wearing perhaps Dior or Yves Saint Laurent,” as well as the jewelry she inherited from her late mother-in-law Jackie Kennedy, also a fashion icon. “But instead she chose to wear Yohji Yamamoto and Ann Demeulemeester, and I think the only piece of jewelry (of Jackie Kennedy's) that she would wear often was Jackie's Cartier Tank.”Finally, Kumar Nair explains how Bessette Kennedy's allure endures today, in part because of how she approached life and clothes, with discretion and simplicity. “I think there is just this demand for her because there's a dignity in the way that she lived and I think it's inspiring for people who didn't grow up with her to pick up a book and discover her and her world.”Season 4 of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.Season 4 Credits:Executive Producer and Host: Lyn WinterOn behalf of the Rodeo Drive Committee: Kathy GohariScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Isabelle AlfonsoListen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.Visit the website: https://rodeodrive-bh.com/podcast/Join us on Instagram @rodeodrive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After over 20 years of making sweets in celebrated kitchens all over the world, Chef Adam Thomas launched his own brand, Thomas Craft Confections, in Brenham, TX. Adam began his professional journey working at a San Diego bakery at age 18 with Alsatian master baker Pascal Zindel, and it was there that he realized that confectionary arts was his calling. During a successful apprenticeship at the prestigious Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel, Adam connected with long-time mentor, Jean-Francois “Jeff” Lehuede. While still working at the Ritz-Carlton, Adam took on a second role at the St Regis Monarch Beach Resort to learn from pastry chef Stéphan Tréand, MOF. After taking the role of Head Pastry Chef at the Ritz-Carlton Marina Del Rey, Adam was sent to help open other Ritz-Carlton hotels in Abaco Island, Bahamas, and Denver, Colorado. From there, Adam was sent to Enniskerry Ireland to assist with another opening at the Ritz Carlton Powerscourt. Then it was chocolate competitions in Cologne, Germany, and Madrid, Spain and learning chocolate science in T'Hain l'Hermitage, France and Schwyz, Switzerland. Adam went on to Executive Pastry Chef residencies at Capella Singapore, The Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills, and at the longest running 5-star resort in the country, The Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs. It was in Colorado Adam was able to sink his teeth into the baking and pastry program and make it one of the very best in the country. Adam now owns and operates Thomas Craft Confections in Brenham, Texas.  In this episode we discuss:  How Adam got hooked on pastry His apprenticeship under Pascal Zindel His illustrious, global career with the Ritz-Carlton Why he was drawn to chocolate work The experience of chocolate competitions in Europe Working in Singapore and appreciating desserts with less sugar and fat Engaging with peers on the ‘Untempered' podcast Adam's kitchen tips and advice for neophyte pastry cooks  And much more! Episode Sponsored by Guittard Chocolate Company We know the level of expertise required to succeed in pastry.  At Guittard, our family has been perfecting our craft for five generations.  We source premium cacao beans from all over the world to offer a variety of flavor profiles and meet any application need. Now these chocolates are available in an easy to use 3 kilo bag.  At Guittard, we focus on the chocolate details so you can focus on your craft.  Visit www.Guittard.com to learn more.

Laura and Lisa Gaché met through a common client/friend in LA, where Lisa is the queen of helping media stars and execs mind their manners. Laura and Lisa hit it off like PB and dark chocolate and dropped so many juicy tips on influence through good manners. In this unfiltered conversation you'll get the exact etiquette insights that NO ONE tells you (except maybe your mom

You're no doubt familiar with haute couture, but how about haute parfumerie? That's what you find at Henry Jacques, the jewel box of a perfume boutique on Two Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.The ultra exclusive French perfumery was founded in the 1970s by Henry Jacques and his wife Yvette, creating bespoke fragrances for private clients. When it was on the brink of closure, their daughter Anne-Lise Cremona stepped in, and has led the company in opening exquisite retail boutiques around the world.On Episode 4 of Rodeo Drive–The Podcast, Season 4, Cremona, now global CEO, talks to Lyn Winter about bringing perfume into the 21st century, while preserving the brand's storied history and tradition, Henry Jacques takes cues from French haute couture, explains Cremona, which hues to tradition while creating a bridge to innovation. “We produce everything in house. We do a lot of things by hand, and we keep using a certain know-how that doesn't exist commonly today.” Meanwhile, the company has opened a state of the art laboratory with more than 1200 components of perfume, and produced cutting edge delivery systems for perfume like the titanium Clic-Clac for solid scents.She talks about collaborations, with her uncle, Richard Mille, and Rafael Nadal and his wife Maria, and with the maison's designer Christophe Tollemer on the branding of the company and the luxurious, wood-paneled, apartment-style interiors that offer visitors a sense of mystery and discovery. “It's perhaps also the future of retail to open a door and enter a completely new world, where you are transported by a universe,” Cremona says.Cremona also talks about why the company no longer has the traditional, singular “nose,” and offers thoughts on outmoded gender distinctions in perfume. One evening in Italy, she recounts, her son wore La Nuit, a flowery perfume made of white flowers and orange blossom. “Everybody was crazy in love with the spirit, the perfume he wore. And who could imagine that this perfume would suit a young boy?”Finally, Cremona shares her personal wardrobe of scents, the joy of keeping the business in the family, and the endless delight of working with Henry Jacques perfumes, that in addition to being “haute” are also labeled “vivante.” “I like things to be living. And perfume helps you to feel alive. And that's why it's haute parfumerie vivante. We're here, we exist. It's possible.”The Henry Jacques boutique is located on Two Rodeo Drive at 204 N Rodeo Drive.Season 4 of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.Season 4 Credits:Executive Producer and Host: Lyn WinterOn behalf of the Rodeo Drive Committee: Kathy GohariScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Isabelle Alfonso.Listen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.Visit the website: https://rodeodrive-bh.com/podcast/Watch moments from the series on YouTubeJoin us on Instagram @rodeodrive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest on this week's episode is a wealth of knowledge on all facets of the hotel and hospitality industry. He's a leader who knows how to turn a hotel into something that is truly a destination. Joining the show this week is General Manager at the upcoming Regent Santa Monica Beach, Younes Atallah!Younes sits down with Dan Ryan to discuss his time in the industry, and the role of the General Manager. Younes shares his management strategies, the importance of exceptional programming, and why collaboration is a crucial skill for any member of your team.Takeaways:  Hospitality is an inherent concept of treating others with warmth and care, extending from our homes to the hotel industry. It comes from the heart and is about treating people as you would treat them in your house.  Continuous improvement is essential in any talent, whether it's sports, music, or acting.In the hospitality industry, teamwork and constant challenge are essential for improving the skills and talents of staff. Relationships and being a skilled generalist are crucial in the dynamic world of hotel management. The ability to manage teams, juggle priorities, and reintroduce brands requires constant dedication and expertise. Providing exceptional programming is crucial for hotels to exceed guest expectations and create memorable experiences. Comfortable accommodations are expected by guests, but it's the added features and activities that truly make a hotel stand out. Regularly engaging with people and observing their behavior by walking around is a valuable management practice. It offers opportunities to understand their desires and motivations, leading to impactful insights and positive outcomes. The pandemic has made it increasingly difficult to find good people and talent, especially in industries like hospitality. Management teams should look to foster internal talent, and help employees grow in ways that excites them. Growing up in a family that owned a travel agency, Younes experienced hospitality from an early age. The experience led to a deep connection with the hotel industry and a career pathway shaped by a memorable vacation. Quote of the Show:“There's very, very few, if any, positions in a hotel where individual contributors actually exist.” - Younes AtallahLinks: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yatallah/  Website: https://regentsantamonicabeach.com/  Shout Outs: 00:52 - California Hotel and Lodging Association: https://calodging.com/  01:25 - Beverly Wilshire: https://www.fourseasons.com/beverlywilshire/  01:57 - Regent Shanghai: https://www.ihg.com/regent/hotels/us/en/shanghai/shasd/hoteldetail  02:02 - IHG: https://www.ihgplc.com/en  11:40 - Six Senses: https://www.sixsenses.com/en  11:44 - Intercontinental: https://www.ihgplc.com/en/our-brands/intercontinental  11:46 - Kimpton Hotels: https://www.ihg.com/kimptonhotels/hotels/us/en/reservation  11:48 - Vignette Hotels: https://www.ihg.com/vignettecollection/hotels/us/en/reservation  12:53 - Carlton Cannes: https://carltoncannes.com/en/  13:00 - Cannes Film Festival: https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/ 38:06 - Regent Hong Kong: https://hongkong.regenthotels.com/  38:12 - Regent Phu Quoc: https://phuquoc.regenthotels.com/  43:22 - Minnesota Vikings: https://www.vikings.com/  43:45 - Four Seasons DC: https://www.fourseasons.com/washington/  43:51 - Mark Bromley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcbromley/  43:57 - Stan Bromley 44:32 - Four Seasons San Francisco: https://www.fourseasons.com/sanfrancisco/  Ways to Tune In:  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0A2XOJvb6mGqEPYJ5bilPX Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/defining-hospitality-podcast/id1573596386 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGVmaW5pbmdob3NwaXRhbGl0eS5saXZlL2ZlZWQueG1s Amazon Music: ​​https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8c904932-90fa-41c3-813e-1cb8f3c42419

Richard Mille pioneered a new era of watchmaking with the 2001 launch of the RM 001 Tourbillon, which set a standard for today's billionaires' handshake. The Swiss company is also a close family business, with sons Alex and Guillaume involved, and brand direction now helmed by Mille's daughter Amanda.Amanda Mille sat down with Rodeo Drive - The Podcast to talk about maintaining the image of the world's most advanced and most expensive watches, through creative partnerships with ambassadors including Michelle Yeoh, Charles Leclerc, Nelly Korda, and Rafael Nadal, who form the company's extended “family.”Mille tells host Lyn Winter about a journey into her father's business that began with a move to the Middle East and is full of unexpected moments, like a phone call from Jeremy Strong, Kendall Roy in Succession, about wearing a Richard Mille watch as an expression of his character. He said “we need something a bit more classical in a way, but with a push of modernity,” recalls Mille. She chose to give the detail-obsessed actor an RM 67-01. It was perfect. “Platinum, of course, added the kind of powerness behind Succession and all the stories happening to his character.”She also shares the deep creative relationships with the athletes that sport, literally, Richard Mille watches, helping perfect the product while performing at their best. “When you have someone like Yuliya Levchenko doing high jumping, you need to be sure that the watch doesn't move on the wrist and is still comfortable…Our partners are the only ones that are able to give us the feedback that even a machine will never tell you.”The Mille company is deeply connected with motor-racing, and sponsors Formula One and Le Mans. Amanda Mille shares her love of motorsport and driving, and promises to bring the 100% female, Rallye Des Princesses Richard Mille to California. Finally, she talks about the exclusivity of the company's watches that involve many years of research and development at the end of which come very few new pieces. The wait can be long and tantalizing for people who order one. “We are not laughing at the fact that people are frustrated at not being able to get the watch. We know how difficult it is. But we also know how difficult these watches are to be made,” says Mille.The Richard Mille Beverly Hills boutique is located on Two Rodeo Drive at 222 N. Rodeo Drive.Season four of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.Season Four Credits:Executive Producer and Host: Lyn WinterOn behalf of the Rodeo Drive Committee: Kathy GohariScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Isabelle Alfonso.Listen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.Visit the website: https://rodeodrive-bh.com/podcast/Watch moments from the series on YouTubeJoin us on Instagram @rodeodrive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When the art collector and curator Jim Hedges was growing up in the South, New York was a “bright shining star” to which Interview Magazine was his “gateway drug.” “You know, as a 12 year old little boy in Chattanooga, Tennessee, dreaming about the big city and Studio 54 and the New York City art world…Warhol and his cult of personality, his cult of celebrity, the landscape that he was a part of, were all very, very enticing to me,” Hedges tells host Lyn Winter on Episode 2 of the latest season of Rodeo Drive - The Podcast.Now Hedges is the owner of one of the largest collections of Andy Warhol photographs in the world, and he is the new Curator of the Arts for the Beverly Hills Hotel and the Hotel Bel-Air, where his show Jean Pigozzi - The Photographs: Beverly Hills to Cap d'Antibes, is currently on display until May 31, 2023.Hedges reflects on how a career in investment banking turned into pursuit of another hot commodity: art, especially Warhol's photography: “For Warhol, it was really the source material for 99% of all the artwork that he ever made. In other words, he would take a picture of Marilyn Monroe… and use that as source material to make the painting… And then I found that this work was actually rather undervalued… and I started to think of it as an investment and ultimately a business.”From Warhol he turned his attention to Jean Pigozzi, another photographer with, “incredible access to celebrity and the movers and shakers. And they both documented these worlds in a very compelling and sort of singular voice.”Now some of Pigozzi's seductive images, taken in hotspots from Beverly Hills to Cap D'Antibes, are on display, some for the first time, at the Beverly Hills Hotel: a nighttime shot of Muhammad Ali framed perfectly in the window of a limousine; Yves Saint Laurent and his muse Loulou de La Falaise in Paris; Mick Jagger with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the South of France.Not only are the images stunningly glamorous, but so is the classic Hollywood hotel setting, says Hedges. “The experience of going to a white cube kind of art gallery that is austere and unwelcoming is not as great as sitting in the lobby of the Beverly Hills Hotel and looking at Johnny Pigozzi's photos or walking through the gardens of the Hotel Bel-Air…That's a better way to experience art.”Season Four of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of The Hayman Family, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.Season Four Credits:Executive Producer and Host: Lyn WinterOn behalf of the Rodeo Drive Committee: Kathy GohariScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Isabelle AlfonsoListen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.Visit the website:https://rodeodrive-bh.com/podcast/Watch moments from the series on YouTube Join us on Instagram:@rodeodrive #onlyonrodeodrive #rodeodrivethepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At age 14, a country boy left an abusive home to take a job peeling potatoes in a nearby restaurant. Two decades later he was a legendary chef, restaurateur, and caterer to the stars in Hollywood.Wolfgang Puck shares his extraordinary journey on Rodeo Drive: The Podcast, Season Four, in a conversation with Lyn Winter.Born in a rural village in Austria, Puck set off on his own after middle school and worked his way to the top of fine dining in Provence, Paris and Monte Carlo before arriving in Los Angeles, where he transformed Ma Maison and then launched the game-changing Spago in West Hollywood and then Beverly Hills, followed by Chinois On Main, and now CUT by Wolfgang Puck Restaurant and Lounge at the Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel.Along the way, he invented the open kitchen, introduced Asian fusion, elevated farm-to-table produce and became the caterer for the Oscars. Now his empire spans more than 27 restaurants around the globe, cookware, wine and coffee lines, best selling cookbooks and a documentary film. He has a star on Hollywood Boulevard, a character based on him in an animated TV show, and is studying at Harvard.Puck talks about the twists and turns on his path to success, including the challenges of seating the stars in the most popular restaurant in town. He recalls feeding Lionel Ritchie and Jimmy Connors on the staircase, creating smoked salmon pizza for Joan Collins, and sealing the deal to cater the Academy Awards.“I said, ‘I don't tell you how to make the movie, you don't tell me what to cook,' and that was it. And they said, okay, and they were happy because they didn't have to choose. Before they used to get into fights; one wanted chicken, one wanted fish, one wanted steak, and so forth.”He recollects the violence in his life, first from a terrible stepfather and then in the kitchens of his early days. “It used to be totally, totally crazy in the kitchens, you know. And for what? … But normally, if they mess up something, I just show them how to do it the right way, right. It's easier than yelling at them.”And he expresses the joy of foraging for fresh vegetables, dating back to his childhood with his beloved mother, also a cook. “If you ask me, ‘what do you prefer, going shopping at Neiman Marcus or to the farmers market'? There is no doubt that we'll go to the farmers market. So for me, our cooking is all about the ingredients. If we get the best ingredients and then we don't mess them up we're going to have good food.”Finally, Puck talks about bringing in the next generation and his son Byron, even though he has no plans to stop working himself, “I get excited about everything…to me, continuing doing what you love to do and when you're passionate about it, that's what life is all about.”Season Four of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of The Hayman Family, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.Season Four Credits:Executive Producer and Host: Lyn WinterOn behalf of the Rodeo Drive Committee: Kathy GohariScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Isabelle Alfonso.Listen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.Visit the website:https://www.rodeodrive-bh.com/podcast/Join us on Instagram:@rodeodrive #onlyonrodeodrive #rodeodrivethepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

His Eminence Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche   His Eminence Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche was born in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains. He was recognized as a holy child and began training as a lama from the age of four. Rinpoche attended the Buddhist university in Sarnath, India, and later received teachings, empowerments, and transmissions from many of the greatest Tibetan Buddhist masters of his time, including H.H. Taklung Shabdrung Rinpoche, H.H. Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, H.H. Penor Rinpoche, H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and his root teacher Sangye Dorje Chatral Rinpoche. Rinpoche is a lineage holder of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, with transmissions in the Longchen Nyingthig, Pema Sangthig, and Düdjom Tersar traditions. ​ In Kathmandu, Nepal, His Eminence established Shyalpa Monastery and Nunnery, Mipham Institute, and the Himalayan Children's Fund. In 2009, Rinpoche founded Wencheng Gongzhu International Foundation in Hong Kong (and later branches in Taiwan and Malaysia) to support his compassionate activities in Asia. In April 2018, the construction of the Mahasiddha Sanctuary for Universal Peace commenced. His Eminence Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche invites everyone to participate and support this most worthy project. In this way, everyone will have the opportunity to share in the meritorious karma. Bundeep Singh Rangar, CEO of Fineqia, is a recognized London-based tech-oriented entrepreneur, philanthropist and investor. He is the founder and Group CEO of PremFina, a UK financial inclusion firm that enables affordable purchase of insurance premiums. It's been financially backed by Canada's Thomson family of the Thomson Reuters namesake company, Silicon Valley billionaire investor Tim Draper, Japanese e-commerce leader Rakuten as well as financial institutions. Mr Rangar is also the CEO at Fineqia in Canada, which is growing an investment business in digital asset and metaverse related companies. He is a regular commentator  in publications such as Bloomberg News, Forbes, The Telegraph and The Times.He's an active investor in a variety of blockchain businesses, including IDEO CoLab, the investment subsidiary of global design company IDEO and Wave Financial, a top five manager of digital assets worldwide. Earlier, Mr Rangar setup IXL Holdings that arranged for more than $1 billion in equity and debt financings for firms in the UK, Europe, India and Canada. Mr Rangar is also a founder of IndusView, a London-based consultancy that has advised the Boards of BT, Bloomberg, Hays, Experian, Sage, Saxo Bank, Skype, Tata Consultancy Services and Volkswagen on innovation and growth strategies. He currently sits on the advisory board of the National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association in Canada. James Bowater, in partnership with London's renowned business newspaper City A.M., founded Crypto AM which launched nearly five years ago in June 2018. The plan was to help showcase new frontier technologies like AI, blockchain, crypto, DeFi, distributed ledger technology and tokenization to the traditional finance readership of City A.M. and turned out to be a first for a mainstream publisher to feature these on a regular basis.James has travelled the world meeting the industry at large and has built a global following and community as well as a large number of events, including the highly regarded inaugural Crypto AM Award. Outside of Crypto AM as the Crypto Insider, James is the Founder of Jade Vault & Jade City, the Global Ambassador for World Mobile, Senior Strategic advisor to MELD, an investor & advisor to Acta Finance, an advisor to Coinweb, an advisor to CUDOS, an investor & advisor to Cornucopias, an advisor to DEGA.org, Senior Strategic Advisor to eTukTuk.io, an advisor to Fineqia, an advisor to Q9 Capital, an advisor to Rainfall.one, an advisor to SEKAI and an investor & advisor to Sheesha Finance. The Universal Peace Gala will be held May 13, 2023 at 6pm PST at the Beverly Wilshire. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crypto-hipster-podcast/support

His Eminence Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche   His Eminence Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche was born in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains. He was recognized as a holy child and began training as a lama from the age of four. Rinpoche attended the Buddhist university in Sarnath, India, and later received teachings, empowerments, and transmissions from many of the greatest Tibetan Buddhist masters of his time, including H.H. Taklung Shabdrung Rinpoche, H.H. Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, H.H. Penor Rinpoche, H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and his root teacher Sangye Dorje Chatral Rinpoche. Rinpoche is a lineage holder of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, with transmissions in the Longchen Nyingthig, Pema Sangthig, and Düdjom Tersar traditions. ​ In Kathmandu, Nepal, His Eminence established Shyalpa Monastery and Nunnery, Mipham Institute, and the Himalayan Children's Fund. In 2009, Rinpoche founded Wencheng Gongzhu International Foundation in Hong Kong (and later branches in Taiwan and Malaysia) to support his compassionate activities in Asia. In April 2018, the construction of the Mahasiddha Sanctuary for Universal Peace commenced. His Eminence Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche invites everyone to participate and support this most worthy project. In this way, everyone will have the opportunity to share in the meritorious karma. Bundeep Singh Rangar, CEO of Fineqia, is a recognized London-based tech-oriented entrepreneur, philanthropist and investor. He is the founder and Group CEO of PremFina, a UK financial inclusion firm that enables affordable purchase of insurance premiums. It's been financially backed by Canada's Thomson family of the Thomson Reuters namesake company, Silicon Valley billionaire investor Tim Draper, Japanese e-commerce leader Rakuten as well as financial institutions. Mr Rangar is also the CEO at Fineqia in Canada, which is growing an investment business in digital asset and metaverse related companies. He is a regular commentator  in publications such as Bloomberg News, Forbes, The Telegraph and The Times.He's an active investor in a variety of blockchain businesses, including IDEO CoLab, the investment subsidiary of global design company IDEO and Wave Financial, a top five manager of digital assets worldwide. Earlier, Mr Rangar setup IXL Holdings that arranged for more than $1 billion in equity and debt financings for firms in the UK, Europe, India and Canada. Mr Rangar is also a founder of IndusView, a London-based consultancy that has advised the Boards of BT, Bloomberg, Hays, Experian, Sage, Saxo Bank, Skype, Tata Consultancy Services and Volkswagen on innovation and growth strategies. He currently sits on the advisory board of the National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association in Canada. James Bowater, in partnership with London's renowned business newspaper City A.M., founded Crypto AM which launched nearly five years ago in June 2018. The plan was to help showcase new frontier technologies like AI, blockchain, crypto, DeFi, distributed ledger technology and tokenization to the traditional finance readership of City A.M. and turned out to be a first for a mainstream publisher to feature these on a regular basis.James has travelled the world meeting the industry at large and has built a global following and community as well as a large number of events, including the highly regarded inaugural Crypto AM Award. Outside of Crypto AM as the Crypto Insider, James is the Founder of Jade Vault & Jade City, the Global Ambassador for World Mobile, Senior Strategic advisor to MELD, an investor & advisor to Acta Finance, an advisor to Coinweb, an advisor to CUDOS, an investor & advisor to Cornucopias, an advisor to DEGA.org, Senior Strategic Advisor to eTukTuk.io, an advisor to Fineqia, an advisor to Q9 Capital, an advisor to Rainfall.one, an advisor to SEKAI and an investor & advisor to Sheesha Finance. The Universal Peace Gala will be held May 13, 2023 at 6pm PST at the Beverly Wilshire. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crypto-hipster-podcast/support

Rodeo Drive brings out the glamor in people – and their pooches – as leading fashion houses develop lines for pets and the luxury thoroughfare offers the red carpet treatment to canines and their pet parents. One of the dogs who might be seen strutting his stuff on Rodeo Drive is Sebastian The Standard, the show-stopping white Standard Poodle who is a fixture on Instagram and has starred in movies including Beyonce's “Black is King”. “The poodle has always been, for me, my dream dog,” says Allysa Payne, his pet parent and momager. “I think Sebastian looks like Beverly Hills to me.” Payne talks to host Pari Ehsan about her line of luxury shoes and handbags, keeping Sebastian camera-ready and why leading fashion houses are so eager to reach the pet market. “More and more couples are deciding to have pets instead of children. And so of course, they spoil them like children, buying them high quality, pet fashion,” says Payne.The best place to show the latest and greatest looks is on Rodeo Drive, which will offer photo opportunities for visitors and their pets this summer. Field correspondent Jason E.C. Wright learns more about the BOLD Summer Red Carpet Experience from Rodeo Drive Committee President Kathy Gohari. “We are having multiple, experiential photo moments, where you will be on the red carpet and you will be able to have your picture captured and to take something back home to show people that you were the star on Rodeo Drive for the day.” The red carpet opportunity will take place every afternoon from July 25 to August 21. It goes hand in hand with The Dreamer experience at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, offering hotel guests the opportunity to live life for a day like the stars. Ehsan got a taste of that experience when she had her hair styled by the famed Léa Journo at her salon inside the Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel. Journo shares her amazing life story which began in Paris, France, where she was one of ten children and started cutting hair at age fourteen. On being invited to Los Angeles, she became one of the most sought after stylists in Hollywood, counting Kris Jenner, Britney Spears, Jane Fonda and Jennifer Aniston among her stellar client list. Journo says the secret to her success is finding the beauty in all women. “I always say every woman is beautiful. You just need to look at her very well, find her the right color and find her the right hair. Then she's the queen.”Season Three of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of the City of Beverly Hills, The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau, and MCM.Listen to Rodeo Drive – The Podcast and subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.Watch moments from the series here and on YouTube.Check back in regularly for what's next in the series.Season Three Credits:Executive Producer: Lyn WinterHost: Pari EhsanField Correspondent: Jason E.C. WrightScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Grace Fuh See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fashion used to be separated into womenswear and menswear. Today, it is much more gender fluid. “It's really about a movement of pleasing yourself and being self aware and not you know, hindering who your true self is,” says Vanity Fair Fashion Director Nicole Chapoteau, “And I think clothing is like one of the first ways you can express that.” Chapoteau joins host Pari Ehsan for a conversation about her approach to the editorial pages of the magazine, and about dressing and expressing identity – in daily life and on a celebrity photoshoot.“It is all about personality with a touch of glam and glitz,” explains Chapoteau, adding that people often believe the actor or musician they see performing is that character in real life. At Vanity Fair, the manual for Hollywood and fashion, “you learn about who they are themselves and not the roles they portray.”Field correspondent Jason E.C. Wright picks up the theme of gender fluidity in fashion on a tour of Two Rodeo Drive with Rodeo Drive Committee President Kathy Gohari. They window-shop at Versace, Shinobi, Porsche Design and Westime.At Shinobi, for example, says Wright, “their whole concept was, ‘what would James Bond wear on his weekend off'? And what would any of the Bond girls wear from his closet? So the footwear that they source and manufacture in Japan, there's a size available for them as well as a blouson or two to borrow from the boys.”Whether the vitrine is displaying watches, jewelry, pants suits or bags, fashion has broken away from boundaries, and is available, say Gohari and Wright, to “she or he or they.”Season Three of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of the City of Beverly Hills, The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau, and MCM.Listen to Rodeo Drive – The Podcast and subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.Watch moments from the series here and on YouTube.Check back in regularly for what's next in the series.Season Three Credits:Executive Producer: Lyn WinterHost: Pari EhsanField Correspondent: Jason E.C. WrightScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Grace Fuh See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Rodeo Drive Concours d'Elegance, which takes place annually on Father's Day, shows that fashion and fine cars are inseparable. And racing drivers like Lindsay Brewer agree.“I race and I enjoy that,” Brewer tells host Pari Ehsan on Rodeo Drive–The Podcast. “But I also can have the full face of makeup and do my hair and look glamorous, because that's what I like to do, too, it doesn't have to be one or the other.” Brewer, who is racing in Indy Pro 2000 and has a social media following of more than three million, opens up to Ehsan about how to beat the boys on the track, and be a serious driver while maintaining a glamorous brand that is essential for building sponsorship. She also previews her new line of unisex, 80s skiwear-inspired clothing. Meanwhile, Rodeo Drive-The Podcast Field Correspondent Jason E.C. Wright goes deep underground to meet Scot Prescott, owner and founder of Auto Vault Storage, a storage and restoration service for some of the finest cars in the world, which in true Bond style, is buried three stories underneath Rodeo Drive. Prescott tours him round his padded garage filled with rare, fast and exotic cars under covers and recounts his journey from New Hampshire, where he was a kid with a dream. “I used to dream about coming to California. And once I graduated from high school, I drove out here. I arrived here with $70. And I started washing cars. I bought some equipment. I wanted to become the king of car washing.”“Every car has a story,” he adds, like the 1934 Rolls-Royce stored there by a woman whose family has owned the car for generations. “The family assigns people to take care of the car, because this car is a family member. And she has been assigned to take care of this car. She lives in California, so the car lives here.”The Rodeo Drive Concours d'Elegance was founded in 1993 by the Beverly Hills businessman and Chairman of the Rodeo Drive Concours d'Elegance Bruce Meyer and friends who wanted to raise funds to restore an iconic Beverly Hills fire truck, so they created a Father's Day car show on Rodeo Drive. Almost three decades later, it has become an institution, but had to put the brakes on during the pandemic. When the Concours returns, Meyer promises it will be ”without a doubt our best show ever,” featuring “an extraordinary display of Rolls-Royces, supercars, antique cars” along with the famed Fire Truck, which will lead the parade.Season Three of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of the City of Beverly Hills, The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau, and MCM.Listen to Rodeo Drive – The Podcast and subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.Watch moments from the series here and on YouTube.Check back in regularly for what's next in the series.Season Three Credits:Executive Producer: Lyn WinterHost: Pari EhsanField Correspondent: Jason E.C. WrightScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Grace Fuh See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Art and fashion are being redefined by new, creative voices who transcend the old high and low art boundaries. “Visual artists were thought to be less serious if they collaborated with fashion brands or if they appeared in fashion magazines, and now you have folks operating in a real post-medium condition,” says the writer, editor and curator Antwaun Sargent, on Episode 5 of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast. “It's really encouraging to see Carrie Mae Weems, for example, just shoot the latest Prada campaign.”Sargent is the author and curator of The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion, the acclaimed publication and touring exhibition that is on view at Cleveland Museum of Art through mid-September 2022. He is also a director at Gagosian, a global network of art galleries, and he is currently working on an exhibition developed with the late Virgil Abloh, former artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear collection. Abloh's fluidity was influential on the boundaryless creativity today, says Sargent. “One day, one hour, he's designing a dress, the next hour he's designing a sculpture, the next he's making music.”Sargent talks with host Pari Ehsan about the Abloh show, about the dissolving of boundaries between art and fashion today, and about diversity and inclusion and how to do it authentically. “It's less for me about some stale notion of inclusivity or diversity, and more about allowing folks to fully express themselves in this space that they should have always had a claim to,” he says.This fluidity between disciplines – art, fashion, food, publishing – is also visible on Rodeo Drive, where luxury brands and fashion houses that once mainly sold clothing now offer curated exhibition and retail spaces and even restaurants. Field Correspondent Jason E.C. Wright checks out stores including Saint Laurent and its current Rive Droite installation conceived by the house's Creative Director Anthony Vaccarello and exclusive to its Paris and Rodeo Drive boutiques.Rive Droite features surfboards and furniture made in collaboration with Hervet Manufacturier, along with lighters and playing cards, branded headphones, footwear and bags, vinyl, art and design magazines and books. This really expands on how “the art collector is intersecting in the fashion world and those from the fashion side are collecting objects,” says Wright, adding, “it's a beautiful way of seeing this evolution of the stores being more than just a retail space and a point of experience for the world.”Season Three of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of the City of Beverly Hills, The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau, and MCM.Listen to Rodeo Drive – The Podcast and subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.Watch moments from the series here and on YouTube.Check back in regularly for what's next in the series.Season Three Credits:Executive Producer: Lyn WinterHost: Pari EhsanField Correspondent: Jason E.C. WrightScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Grace Fuh See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a world dominated by fast fashion, Brunello Cucinelli keeps it slow, creating hand-crafted, ultra-luxury womenswear and menswear that elevates the well-being of those who wear his garments and those who make them.“Beauty is not only in how you dress, but how you behave…making sure that the community benefits from the presence of all of us,” says his daughter Carolina Cucinelli, co-president and co-creative director of the company. She talks with host Pari Ehsan on Episode 4 of Rodeo Drive: The Podcast about the Italian brand and continuing its humanistic philosophy of fashion and social responsibility.Ms. Cucinelli describes a childhood in Solomeo, the small hamlet that is home to her family and the company headquarters in Umbria, Italy. There she grew up with the artisans who create the one of a kind, exquisitely tailored, heirloom pieces in cashmere, shearling leather and soft cottons. She explains how Brunello Cucinelli invests in the community, through arts, culture and a School of Contemporary Arts and Crafts for a new generation of tailors. This is the definition of sustainability, she says. “I think the younger generation want to buy less, but buy better.”Field Correspondent Jason E.C. Wright visits the Brunello Cucinelli boutique on Two Rodeo Drive, taking listeners on an audio tour through the highly-curated retail experience. He describes the calming colors and textures of the interiors and and furnishings; the silky mens' jackets and blazers; and the women's Opera collection, featuring cardigans and suits threaded, he says, “with sequins that reflect the light in such a way that you don't notice them immediately. And then it looks like a million cameras have flashed.”Finally, Carolina Cucinelli explains the company's attraction to Los Angeles and why they chose two of its architectural landmarks – the Stahl House and the Bradbury Building – for a recent photoshoot. “For us (it) is that perfect union of Solomeo and L.A., because it's a majestic place with a beautiful history.”Season Three of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of the City of Beverly Hills, The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau, and MCM.Listen to Rodeo Drive – The Podcast and subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.Watch moments from the series here and on YouTube.Check back in regularly for what's next in the series.Season Three Credits:Executive Producer: Lyn WinterHost: Pari EhsanField Correspondent: Jason E.C. WrightScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Grace Fuh See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Before Rodeo Drive, there was the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, a magnet for luminaries of film and entertainment since it opened in the roaring twenties. Now the grand dame of luxury hospitality is getting a makeover and that includes a new offering for guests, The Dreamer.On Episode 3 of Rodeo Drive: The Podcast host Pari Ehsan gets a taste of the experience, when she takes up residence in a newly-remodeled 11th floor suite and meets the longtime celebrity photographer Art Streiber.“Treat celebrities like real people, and treat real people like celebrities,” says Streiber, who will turn his camera on hotel guests who purchase The Dreamer, which gives them the ultimate Hollywood access: to be the subject of their own private celebrity photo shoot, a chance to shop with stylist Nicole Pollard Bayme, have their hair coiffed by Léa Journo and meet and eat with top chef Wolfgang Puck.Ehsan and Streiber discuss the enduring appeal of composed, still photography. “The portrait I take of you today is not about today. It is documentary, for 20, 30 years from now,” says Streiber. They also reflect on the art of staging sitters against the architectural backdrop of the hotel, styled after old Europe and now being given a refresh.Field Correspondent Jason E.C. Wright talks with the hotel's current Regional Vice President and General Manager Peter Humig, who is overseeing the renovation, designed by London-based David Collins Studio, with a new palette of soft grays and hints of Art Deco. Humig tells Wright they wanted to hold onto Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel's glamor, history and excellent service, without being too opulent. “Modern luxury is not how it used to be in the 80s and 90s. Now it's the subtle elegance,” says Humig.Season Three of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of the City of Beverly Hills, The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau, and MCM.Listen to Rodeo Drive – The Podcast and subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.Watch moments from the series here and on YouTube.Check back in regularly for what's next in the series.Season Three Credits:Executive Producer: Lyn WinterHost: Pari EhsanField Correspondent: Jason E.C. WrightScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Grace Fuh See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The German luxury fashion house MCM got its start during the hedonistic 1970s in Munich, Germany. Now it enters a new era under the leadership of global creative officer Dirk Schönberger. He has revamped the logo, created partnerships with breakthrough artists and is taking the brand into a new realm, the metaverse.“We're creating virtual worlds instead of big sets for campaign shoots, and creating partnerships with online platforms where you can dress your avatar in our clothes. And this is only the beginning,” he tells host Pari Ehsan, on Episode 2 of Season 3 of Rodeo Drive: The Podcast. “What is really important is to use the metaverse as a space of co-creation,” he adds, saying that today brands need to bring their customers into the design process.Field Correspondent Jason E.C. Wright visits the MCM flagship store with Kathy Gohari, president of the Rodeo Drive Committee, and together they analyze the updated Stark backpack and München tote as well as the ubiquitous MCM logo, visible on all clothing and accessories, now in both the original Visetos logo and the new Cubic Monogram version created by Schönberger. It appears on fabrics in bold color or subtle shades.“You're able to turn the brightness meter up and down,” says Wright, who grew up with MCM as part of the hip hop generation. “This is not a revolution. It's an evolution,” says Gohari.Music is core to MCM's identity and Ehsan talks with Schönberger about his collaborations with young artists, including Billie Eilish, Missy Elliott and now iann dior. The goal, says Schönberger, is authentic connection with the artists and an attitude and point of view that feels right. “I want disruption. I don't want a conservative point of view. I don't just want to buy a name and connect it to the brand.”Season Three of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of the City of Beverly Hills, The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau, and MCM.Listen to Rodeo Drive – The Podcast and subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.Watch moments from the series on YouTube.Check back in regularly for what's next in the series.Season Three Credits:Executive Producer: Lyn WinterHost: Pari EhsanField Correspondent: Jason E.C. WrightScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Grace Fuh See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You're late.  You're stunning.  You're forgiven!  Bonnie and Diane are heading to Hollywood to check in at the Beverly Wilshire, do a little shopping on Rodeo Drive (baby), and replace some divots at David's polo match.  This RomCom Classic was a ton of fun to rewatch and discuss with our good friend Diane.  So cop a squat and join us.  

When Frieze Week in Beverly Hills was unveiled next to the Beverly Hilton, collectors and dealers turned out in high style for the VIP opening, confirming what many already knew: art, fashion and entertainment converge in Beverly Hills.“Beverly Hills is where the art world meets,” says Jeffrey Deitch, art dealer and curator, referencing the collectors and cognoscenti who mingle in the city's galleries and restaurants.On this episode of Rodeo Drive: The Podcast, host Pari Ehsan and field correspondent Jason E.C. Wright explore how art and fashion intersect in the city of Beverly Hills and on Rodeo Drive itself, from public artworks on the street like Robert Graham's sculpture Torso to creative collaborations between couture houses and artists.Ehsan sits down with Deitch to discuss what makes the city a magnet for art enthusiasts, and what makes for successful art and fashion collaborations. “We've seen some artist-fashion collaborations that are dead on arrival. But then we've seen others that are just fantastic and inspiring. So some people saw me and my team at the opening of Frieze…all wearing a Kenny Scharf–Dior Men's collaboration..that's a very good example of an excellent collaboration.”Wright takes in the scene on Rodeo Drive with Kathy Gohari, President of Rodeo Drive Committee. “I see tourists coming early in the morning before the stores are even open and they're hugging the Torso and taking pictures.…They're not just coming to look at the buildings and the beautiful restaurants and the clothes, but it's the whole environment.”Season Three of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of the City of Beverly Hills, The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau, and MCM.Listen to Rodeo Drive – The Podcast below and subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.Watch moments from the series here and on YouTube.Check back in regularly for what's next in the series.Season Three Credits:Executive Producer: Lyn WinterHost: Pari EhsanField Correspondent: Jason E.C. WrightScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Grace Fuh See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What's it like to live in Beverly Hills? Julie Wagner, CEO of The Beverly Hills Conference and Visitors Bureau gives us the inside scoop -- not just the stars' homes and Rodeo Drive, but  the arts, green space, and surprises of this glam Southern California destination.We start with what makes Beverly Hills, so magical, including a discussion of its history and geography.We talk of celebs, their homes, films set in BH, and the whole starry scene, and continue on to what not to miss.The Annenberg Performing Arts Center and the many venues for visual arts and public arts are an important part of the scene.The classic Beverly Hills Hotel, with its Polo Lounge; and the Beverly Wilshire, setting for the movie, "Pretty Woman," are only a few of the luxury lodgings.And then there are the eateries -- not just famous ones like Spago, with its stunning new outdoor area, but fun ones the cupcake ATM at Sprinkles.Of course we talk boutique shopping, and we even get to the less expensive options. Green spaces and parks are open to all, and we learn there are more trees than people in BH. Julie ends with her special memory, going way back to when she was a little girl in magical Beverly Hills._____As CEO, Julie Wagner leads the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau (BHCVB) . For a complete list of activities in Beverly Hills, visit lovebeverlyhills.com. _____Podcast host Lea Lane blogs at forbes.com, has traveled to over 100 countries, written nine books, including Places I Remember, and contributed to guidebooks. She's @lealane on Twitter; PlacesIRememberLeaLane on Insta; on  Facebook, it's Places I Remember with Lea Lane. Website: placesirememberlealane.com.  Please follow, rate and review this weekly travel podcast!

As cities all over the world open up, Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive are welcoming back visitors as part of a Summer ‘21 travel phenomenon. 90210, the legendary zip code and “the street of dreams” are beloved both by residents and by those that jet in for a vacation. In this episode, hear from those in the know on how Beverly Hills maintains its captivating allure, and the backstory on its signature high style.Host Bronwyn Cosgrave talks to Julie Wagner, CEO of the Beverly Hills Conference and Visitors Bureau, about the local finds and hidden gems like GEARYS Beverly Hills, the 500 cheeses at the Cheese Store of Beverly Hills, Arturo's, the shoe fixer par excellence, and custom libations like the Pretty Woman cocktail served at the Beverly Wilshire. Saudi-born, LA-based singer-songwriter Tamtam, who graced the June cover of Vogue Arabia, explains why Beverly Hills is so meaningful to her it even inspires her songs. Luning Wang, columnist for Financial Times China, adds that travelers are drawn to “the association with Hollywood and all the celebrities and the secret VIP services brands can offer.” Cosgrave also explores the moving backstory to the luxury houses and hotels of Hollywood's Golden Era. She talks with Royal Kennedy Rodgers and Kathy Vance, producers and directors of the PBS documentary “Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story,” about the celebrated African American “architect to the stars”, who created Beverly Hills style at a time when he was not welcome in white neighborhoods. Kathy Gohari, President of the Rodeo Drive Committee, explains why Rodeo Drive is an international destination that still feels like a village, where people are proud of the City's history and heritage.If you'd like to have your own Pretty Woman moment by replicating the Beverly Wilshire's Feeling Pretty cocktail at home. Here's how. Enjoy! Podcast webpage: rodeodrive-bh.com/podcast@rodeodriveCONTACTLyn Winter, Executive Producer, Lyn Winter, Inc., 213 446 0788, rodeodrive@lynwinter.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we talk to Tony Cobb, son of Lee J. Cobb. Yes, the twice Oscar nominated for Best Supporting Actor Lee J. Cobb aka Johnny Friendly from On The Waterfront and the originator of the role of Willy Loman on Broadway in Death of a Salesman among a huge cannon of acting work. We talk about Tony’s memories of his dad as just being a dad – a car enthusiast, a man who loved fixing anything around the house, a man who loved cigars. But we also talk about The Blacklist and his role as a “friendly witness” which almost killed him and institutionalized his then-wife. (Fun Fact: who nursed him back to health? None other than Frank Sinatra.) While an imposing figure on screen and off, we get a rare glimpse into the man who learned how to be a dad, a man who vaporized ping pong balls with a lighter, fashioned his own switch to turn off commercials from television set and loved music so much It brought him to tears. It’s what pushed Tony to become a world class pianist who played luxury cruises for a decade and standards at The Polo Lounge, The Beverly Wilshire and the Bel Air Hotel for his entire career. So sit back, relax and listen to the LEE J. COBB (do impression) on Rarified Heir

Jackie and Jennie Saia check into the Beverly Wilshire looking rough, but come out looking FABULOUS!Must-know:- All of Vivian's dating moves are Jennie tested and approved- THREE. THOUSAND. DOLLARS.- If Julia Roberts could get her hair into a short wig, anything is possible.Follow us on Twitter @JackieWatches.This episode produced by Sean Flynn (@wxgeek).Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/jackiewatchesstuff)

Jack Benny is one of the great American comedians. His work spans the 20th century, from vaudeville to radio and movies to TV. In vaudeville, he delivered the snappy comebacks and one liners with intelligence and wit, but it was only with the continuing development of his personal trait comedy that he really became the Jack Benny we all know so well. "Who else could play for four decades the part of a vain, miserly, argumentative skinflint, and emerge a national treasure?The secret of his success was deceptively simple: he was a man of great heart." That's John Dunning's assessment from "On the Air, The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio," which gives a great history of the man and his show. "Where would I be today without my writers, without Rochester, Dennis Day, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, and Don Wilson?" Benny asked in Newsweek in 1947.

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Floyd Mayweather's father tells TMZ Sports he's "pretty sure" his son is down for the rematch with Manny Pacquiao ... and he's warning PacMan that TBE will "kick his ass" again!!!"I'm pretty sure that they gonna fight," Floyd Sr. told us on the way into the Beverly Wilshire hotel ... "If Pacquiao says he wants to fight, I'm pretty sure they're gonna fight again."Floyd Sr. would know ... he's pretty tight with his son. In fact, Floyd Jr. gave a heartfelt speech at his father's Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame induction earlier this month.

Floyd Mayweather's father tells TMZ Sports he's "pretty sure" his son is down for the rematch with Manny Pacquiao ... and he's warning PacMan that TBE will "kick his ass" again!!!"I'm pretty sure that they gonna fight," Floyd Sr. told us on the way into the Beverly Wilshire hotel ... "If Pacquiao says he wants to fight, I'm pretty sure they're gonna fight again."Floyd Sr. would know ... he's pretty tight with his son. In fact, Floyd Jr. gave a heartfelt speech at his father's Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame induction earlier this month.

Alicia Witt (Justified, Cybill, musician) chats with Chris at SIR studios while singing songs! They talk about her time as a pianist at the Beverly Wilshire, their mutual love of Barry Manilow and how people interpret song lyrics. They also talk about her new album Revisionary History!

Today we focus on reinventing hospitality luxury with the Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons Hotel, and the Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel. ... We’re discussing about what it is customers are looking for at the luxury level and how these properties are changing their personalities to meet the call of the new consumer. ... Interview with Meredith MacFarlane, Hotel Manager and Marco Zanolari, Director of Food and Beverage at the Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons Hotel. ... Interview with Donna Bond, Director of Marketing; Shannon Gilbert, Director of Sales; and Andres Jimenez, Executive Chef from the Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel.

By all accounts, the Guild’s inaugural Screenwriters’ Gala held to honor its own was an unbridled success with attendance levels reaching just over 300.Click To PlayWGA, WEST First Annual Screenwriters’ Dinner - May 23, 2007By all accounts, the Guild’s inaugural Screenwriters’ Gala held to honor its own was an unbridled success with attendance levels reaching just over 300. Cocktails, dinner, and more cocktails poured forth from the Beverly Wilshire ballroom in late May, as screenwriters for the first time had an opportunity to meet and greet colleagues, and some distinguished Guild members known only by reputation. If mid-week’s full house, with the changing media platforms and with many turning an eye to upcoming negotiations, was any measure— staying informed and connected seems to be the option of choice for many.The Guild’s Organizing committee spear-headed by the legendary Warren Beatty, was rounded out by Jessica Bendinger (Bring It On), James L. Brooks (As Good As It Gets), Leslie Dixon (Hairspray), Lawrence Kasdan (Body Heat), Aline B. McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada), Nancy Meyers (Something’s Gotta Give), Alvin Sargent (Spider Man 2), and Robert Towne (Chinatown). WGAW President Patric M. Verrone hosted and noted that while the evening’s intent was indeed to bring together some of the brightest screenwriters around the globe, it was also the Guild’s aim to introduce members to those working behind the scenes whose focus remains helping writers navigate the ever-changing landscape, as well as understanding the big industry picture. Writer John Gatins kicked off the evening with a toast, raising his glass to “All of you who inspire me daily.”On a more serious note, Verrone pointed out that technology is changing the industry at an amazing pace, and though it will always be a collaborative art form, the need to remain “active, engaged, and aware” was pivotal to long-term success. Michael Tolkin addressed the crowd from an institutional as well as familial perspective (scribe’s father is the revered Mel Tolkin) as he illuminated the Guild’s highlights and lowlights that have brought all to present day and what he considers,” Our last best chance to collectively stand for what we are due— specifically with regard to residuals and technology.” In the end, Tolkin summed up what seemed like at least part of the solution by quoting his father: “A show of strength is a good idea.”Screenwriters Ed Solomon and Phil Alden Robinson stood together to underscore the power and importance of the written word, yet reiterated that an organized effort that remained unified with the “courage of our convictions” is the best way to manage the current crossroads facing all artists. A collaborative effort that remained optimistic and utilized the strength of sister unions was also touched upon as the notion of hybrid creation is a hurdle all artists face, and one which will only continue to grow with the digital age.The Guild’s Executive Director David Young closed out the evening as he conveyed the significance of the upcoming negotiations hinged on the simple fact that all involved needed to understand that “writers are an essential cost of doing business.” Whatever the conflicts and evolving gray areas, “If we stand united, stick to our principles, and learn from the past, we will succeed.”