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Duke Dumont – The Chant

DUKE DUMONT RETURNS WITH NEW RELEASE “THE CHANT”

THE 8th ADDITION TO THE ‘FOR CLUB PLAY ONLY’ SERIES

Follows Globally Celebrated “Red Light Green Light”

Marks 10 Years Since UK #1 Single “Need U (100%)”

Biggest U.S. Headline Show Announced – Red Rocks (LIVE)* – On October 27th

Buy Tickets Here

Celebrated artist Duke Dumont returns with new track “The Chant” out now via Astralwerks. Listen HERE.

The latest in Duke’s reputable ‘For Club Play Only’ underground series, “The Chant” is an artistic statement. An ode to British rave, the new track presents a meticulously crafted palette of arpeggiated vocal sequencing, euphoric trance synths and a textured rhythm section. A warehouse anthem, “The Chant” solidifies Duke’s status as one of the most versatile record producers of our generation.

Speaking on the new track, Duke said “Music is made to be experienced in places. A jointy pop song in your car, listening to the radio on the way to work. Hearing sped up versions of a classic song on your phone scrolling through social media. ‘The Chant’ is there to be played in a muddy field. Conjuring euphoria. Dedicated to all the ravers dancing in muddy fields. Living in the moment and nothing else.”

Although his first release of the year, Duke has steadily and not-so-quietly been building a formidable live show. Since his infamous Coachella 2022 set in which his awe-inspiring visuals coupled with a reconstruction of his music was unveiled, Duke has doubled down on what it means to offer an experience to the listener, truly emphasizing the live experience. Duke’s taken his live show across the globe, with notable shows in Australia, including Splendour In The Grass and America, including The Shrine (LA), The Mirage (NY), and Coachella.

2023 will see Duke continue his ongoing run of shows stateside, with his biggest US LIVE* headline set to date at Colorado’s iconic Red Rocks on October 27th. Tickets on sale now.

“The Chant” arrives a decade on from Need U (100%) feat. A*M*E, which soared straight to number 1 in the UK. It became the first UK house track to do so in over a decade, reaching Platinum certification, and opening a gap in the British music consciousness for dance music to prosper on a grand scale.

Beyond the charts, the underground explorations of his ‘For Club Play Only’ shine a light on his multifaceted acclaim and what makes Duke such an exciting proposition. Success to him is not defined by chart positions, nor does he make music with that in mind. His approach to putting the art first has still resulted in him being one of the world’s most successful electronic artists and somewhat of a commercially successful behemoth, with over 5M monthly Spotify listeners.

The release of “The Chant” is an example of an artist with over two decades of experience whose artistic integrity stays uncompromised.

2023 Tour Dates:

Friday May 12 – Las Vegas, NV – Zouk

Friday May 19 – Las Vegas, NV – Electric Daisy Carnival

Friday May 26 – São Paulo, Brazil – Só Track Boa

Saturday May 27 – Camboriu, Brazil – Green Valley

Friday June 2 – Atlanta, GA – Domaine

Friday June 16 – Montreal, CA – New City Gas

Saturday June 17 – Washington, DC – Echostage

Thursday June 29 – Las Vegas, NV – Zouk

Saturday July 22 – Las Vegas, NV – Zouk

Friday Aug 25 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Mirage

Friday Sept – Chicago, IL – North Coast Music Festival (LIVE)

Friday Oct 27 – Denver, CO – Red Rocks (LIVE)

Purchase tickets to Duke Dumont live show here.

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French Riviera Film Festival

French Riviera Film Festival Announces 2023 Finalist Shorts and Unveils Official Festival Trailer

Festival to Feature Two Days of Screenings on May 19 and 20 at Eden Hotel & Spa in Cannes, Online Screenings on Sparq, Sixth Annual Global Entertainment Showcase and VIP Receptions

Scheduled from May 19-20, 2023, the fifth annual French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF), celebrating short film and short-form content from around the globe, is pleased to unveil the finalist shorts of the 2023 competition, the announcement was made today by festival co-founders Gotham Chandna and Nicole Goesseringer Muj.

Official 2023 FRFF Festival Trailer: https://youtu.be/AtK-7Y0zYMI

First launched in 2019, FRFF recognizes and celebrates short-form content created for film, television, web and all digital platforms. Scheduled during the time period of the Festival de Cannes, FRFF invites filmmakers from around the globe to participate in the two-day event that includes screenings, Global Entertainment Showcase (to be announced shortly), VIP receptions, and closing gala awards ceremony.

“We’re pleased that our festival is celebrating its fifth year milestone,” comments Nicole Muj. “FRFF is becoming an established global festival, in celebration of the short film genre. We’re delighted to be in Cannes again this year.”

The festival will feature the works of filmmakers from more than 20 countries. The full list of finalist and honorable mention films in the award categories of Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Sci-Fi/Horror, Animation, Experimental, Lifestyle/Fashion, Music Video, Micro Short, and Activism is listed on the festival’s official website: Finalists 2023 – French Riviera Film Festival

The festival will kick-off with a special out-of-competition screening of the Oscar-nominated short Ivalu (Denmark/Greenland), by director Anders Walter, and producers Rebecca Pruzan and Kim Magnusson. Magnusson also received the FRFF Industry Excellence Award in 2022, in recognition of his stellar work in the global film industry.

At the official awards ceremony, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Audience, and Industry Excellence Awards will also be presented. Attendees and participants include filmmakers, industry executives, celebrities, media and influencers.

Free to attend festival screenings will be held live over two days from 10 am to 3 pm at the Eden Hotel & Spa (133 rue d’Antibes), with special ‘by invitation only’ receptions and awards events after each day’s screenings at the Bel-Air Fine Art Gallery and Eden Hotel.

“For those who cannot make it to Cannes, we will also have our festival finalist and special mention films streamed online on SPARQ,” adds co-founder Gotham Chandna. “The festival’s virtual component allows for a much wider audience to enjoy the amazing work by our talented filmmakers.”

Event partners include Eden Hotel and Spa, Beverly Hills Hotel, Bel-Air Fine Art, Chateau de Berne, The Good Gin, Cardinal du Four, VOGA Prosecco, Indie Entertainment Media, SPARQ, and filmfestivals.com. Gift bag partners include Anais Life, Bionova, Crep Protect, Singletree Lane, and Velvet Eyewear.

Festival passes are now available for both online and in-person screenings and special events on the SPARQ platform at https://frff.sparqfest.live

(*online screenings run from May 19 – June 30, 2023.)

FRFF’s Advisory Board includes Michael Benoraya, founder, International Film Trust; Bruno Chatelin, COO, filmfestivals.com (also on festival jury), Emmy Award-winning actor Vincent De Paul; Larry Namer, president/CEO, Metan Global Entertainment Group, Ana B. Remos, vice president, editorial director & founder, azureazure.com (also on festival jury), Dr. Laura Wilhelm, founder/principal, LauraWil Intercultural (also on festival jury), and Daphna Edwards Ziman, president, Cinémoi USA. Jury members include Rehna Azim, awards editor, Movie Marker; Lena Basse, journalist, Hollywood Foreign Press Association; Claude Brickell, filmmaker, screenwriter and educator; Anna Marie de la Fuente; James Prestige, publisher, Close-Up Culture; entertainment attorney Tshombe Sampson; Eileen Tasca, managing director, Alien Films & Task Films; and Sue Vicory, founder, Heartland Films and womendocumentaryfilmmakers.com.

Cloud 21 PR International and Kultura PR International have produced numerous industry special events, including the annual “Global Entertainment Showcase” in partnership with ROSKINO during the Cannes Film Festival and Marché du Film, the annual “Production Without Borders” event during AFM, the annual Indie Entertainment Showcase in Park City, Utah, and “A Salute to Akira Kurosawa” with China’s Jinke Entertainment in Cannes in 2017, plus many others. Most recently, they produced the very successful virtual “3rd Annual Global Entertainment Showcase” held during the online Marché du Film. The companies have co-produced events and worked with top entertainment and technology brands, including Cinando, Creative Coalition, Davines North America, E! Entertainment Television, ECU Film Festival, Eurocinema, Euromed, FlixSnip, Maverick Entertainment, Metan Global Entertainment Group, Oculus, Sony Interactive, Vesilind, 8K Miles Media Group, FanVestor, plus many others.Photos/Videos Courtesy of FRFF.

Poster: Official Artwork by Cindy Shaoul

Dom Pérignon × CIA

Dom Pérignon announces that it is joining forces with The Culinary Institute of America (CIA), the world’s premier culinary college, to support the first-ever Master’s in Culinary Arts degree program. The Dom Pérignon Scholarship Fund will fully support tuition for 20 students in the unique program, which integrates two years of unprecedented experiential learning at world-class restaurants and features residencies at the CIA’s New York campus and the Champagne House in France.
The program is designed to prepare the next generation of leading restauranteurs for ownership and success. In addition to its scholarship support, a grant from Dom Pérignon helped underwrite the development of the program by the CIA.

The Champagne House recognizes its role and responsibility in supporting the future of gastronomy. As Cellar Master Vincent Chaperon notes:

“Dom Pérignon’s creative ambition is a perpetual quest for harmony as a source of emotion – a quest that is shared by great chefs in our mutual ambition to create memorable meals and pairings. Because of that connection, the culinary arts and fine wine have always been intimately linked, and at Dom Pérignon we recognize a responsibility to the future of gastronomy. Our vision is to nurture a profound appreciation for the art of living in the next generation. The Dom Pérignon Scholarship Fund, made possible through the Culinary Institute of America, is the first step in bringing that vision to life.”

This first-of-its-kind program will feature content in areas including professional excellence in cooking, culinary history, agriculture, responsible product sourcing, and sustainability; the relationship between wine and food. And entrepreneurship and business leadership.

“Since our founding in 1946, The Culinary Institute of America has played an integral part in elevating the chef profession, educating more than 50,000 students who have gone on to lead every facet of food, beverage and hospitality,” says CIA President Dr. Tim Ryan. “We are excited now to announce the launch of the first of its kind graduate-level program to further underscore the mastery, craftsmanship, and business acumen of the culinary arts. It is truly a special time for the CIA and the profession. And we are grateful to Dom Pérignon for their support of this groundbreaking program.”

To kick off the program and further support its mission, world-renowned chefs, including Thomas Keller, Kyle Connaughton, Niki Nakayama, Val Cantú, and CIA alumna Daisy Ryan participated in an exclusive fireside conversation alongside Cellar Master Vincent Chaperon and CIA President and Certified Master Chef, Dr. Tim Ryan, discussing their personal career experiences, trials and triumphs, and the importance—and future—of culinary education.

As Chef Kyle Connaughton notes, “It’s been incredibly rewarding to work with this group to create a program for young chefs to become the next generation of thoughtful leaders for our profession. Looking back, the challenges in going from chef to chef-owner can be incredibly difficult, and we’ve set out to better prepare our future chefs with the knowledge and experience to move forward in their careers successfully.”

Chef Thomas Keller shares, “I am incredibly proud to have worked with this group to realize the goal of launching a Master’s of Culinary Arts at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA). This effort and the work to bring this forward lie in the hard work and dedication of CIA President Dr. Tim Ryan, a community of chefs, and Dom Pérignon.

I am equally excited to host the first CIA Master of Culinary Arts cohort at The French Laundry. Our restaurant has always been a place for training, education, and mentoring and, over the past two decades, has helped launch many chef, restaurateur, and hospitality careers. The opportunity to finally add the CIA curriculum to ours will bring forth a quantum leap in education and better prepare the next generation to continue to elevate the standards of our profession and secure the future of restaurants. I am grateful to Dom Pérignon for their support of this incredible program, which has helped make it a reality.

I want to recognize the chef community for their continuous efforts and dedication to their craft and for nurturing those who walk through our doors every day. Restaurants have always been the heart of our communities, and we thank the CIA and those who helped teach generations of chefs. The next generation of chefs have the opportunity to receive a higher level of education to advance our profession even further.”

Candidates will be able to apply online at CIA Master’s in Culinary Arts starting May 2, 2023.

Photo: Joe Schildhorn/BFA.com

Anuel – Seven Nominations

Anuel received seven nominations for the 2023 Premios Tu Musica Urbano awards.

One of the most prominent and successful Latin urban music artists, Anuel, has been nominated for 7 Premios Tu Musica Urbano 2023 awards. On Thursday, June 15, the fourth annual awards event will air live on Telemundo PR and via Telemundo Internacional and YouTube in more than 150 Spanish-speaking countries. The legendary Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot will host the event.

In 32 different categories, fans of reggaeton, trap, and its hybrids with pop, tropical, and regional Mexican music are honored at the annual Premios Tu Musica Urbano.

Top Male Artist, Top Trap Artist, Top Dembow Song (“Delincuente”) featuring Tokischa and Ñengo Flow, Top Trap Song (“Diamantes En Mis Dientes”) featuring Foreign Teck, Album of the Year (“LLNM2”), and Video of the Year (“La Llevo al Cielo”) featuring Chencho Corleone, Chris Jedi, and ñengo Flow are all categories in which Anuel has been nominated.

The singer-songwriter is now touring the United States (“Legends Never Die Tour“). The interpreter of “Mas Rica Que Ayer” will be visiting cities such as Houston, Hidalgo, Los Angeles, and more in the coming days, anticipating sold-out shows similar to the ones he recently performed in Orlando, Miami, and Fort Myers.

Anuel has proven himself to be one of the world’s top urban performers, as well as a pioneer in the Spanish music industry.

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT – HARVEST

LISTEN TO THEIR RENDITION OF THE NEIL YOUNG CLASSIC HERE

FOLKOCRACY ARRIVES VIA BMG ON FRIDAY, JUNE 2

PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW HERE

2x GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright shares “Harvest (feat. Andrew Bird & Chris Stills),” available now at all DSPs and streaming services. This interpretation of a Neil Young classic heralds Wainwright’s eagerly awaited new album, Folkocracy, a star-studded collection of folk music reinventions arriving Friday, June 2 via BMG in a range of formats including digital download, CD, and vinyl. Pre-orders are available now HERE.

“The music of Neil Young has been part of my entire life. What has always drawn me to him are his lyrics. I think that lyrics are often underrated in today’s music. But then of course with Neil Young you also get these absolutely iconic melodies and the sound quality of his albums is simply amazing. He is the full package.

To record Harvest was a pure joy. I had never sung with Andrew or recorded with him playing the violin and he is so inherently musical that it feels so natural to sing such a sophisticated song with him. And it was amazing to include my old friend Chris Stills on this track who probably was fed Neil Young’s voice with his mother’s milk. Chris has one of the most beautiful voices I have heard and his harmonizing is absolutely delicious.”

– Rufus Wainwright

LISTEN TO “HARVEST (FEAT. ANDREW BIRD & CHRIS STILLS)”

PRE-ORDER FOLKOCRACY

Folkocracy sees Wainwright joined by a spectacular lineup of friends, family members, and other special guest artists including Brandi Carlile, John Legend, David Byrne, Sheryl Crow, Nicole Scherzinger, Chaka Khan, Andrew Bird, ANOHNI, Susanna Hoffs, Van Dyke Parks, Madison Cunningham, and many more. Produced by longtime collaborator Mitchell Froom (Paul McCartney, Crowded House), the album includes the haunting first single, “Down in the Willow Garden (feat. Brandi Carlile),” hailed by The Boot as “goosebump-worthy…Wainwright and Carlile seamlessly blend their voices while telling the haunting story of a brutal murder from the perpetrator’s perspective,” the timeless track is accompanied by an official music video streaming now at YouTube HERE. The second single, “Heading Home (feat. John Legend)” is a joyous rendition of the Peggy Seeger folk standard. Its accompanying music video is streaming on YouTube HERE.

Wainwright – joined by a six-piece band and special guests including Chaka Khan, Van Dyke Parks, Susanna Hoffs, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Richard Parks, and Madison Cunningham – will celebrate Folkocracy with a one-night-only Release Day concert event set for Los Angeles, CA’s Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday, June 2. In addition, a wide range of international live dates is set through the summer, with diverse dates around the globe through late July. Highlights include headline shows, top-billed festival appearances at Winnipeg, MB’s Winnipeg Folk Festival (July 7), Mariposa, ON’s Mariposa Folk Festival (July 9), and Cambridge, UK’s Cambridge Folk Festival (July 29), as well as “Wainwright Does Weill,” a once-in-a-lifetime five-night residency at New York’s legendary Café Carlyle set for May 16-20 that will see Wainwright performing the songs of composer Kurt Weill accompanied by his longtime pianist Jacob Mann.

In addition, this August will see Wainwright embark on a worldwide Folkocracy Tour while also marking both the 25th anniversary of his landmark debut album, 1998’s Rufus Wainwright, and the 20th anniversary of 2003’s award-winning Want One (and its 2004 companion, Want Two) with a series of orchestral shows featuring lush symphonic arrangements by Sally Herbert (Woodkid, Florence + the Machine) and Max Moston (Antony and the Johnsons). A full slate of North American, EU, and UK dates will be announced soon. For complete details and remaining ticket availability, please visit rufuswainwright.com/tour.

Folkocracy – which follows Wainwright’s most recent studio album, 2020’s GRAMMY® and Juno Award-nominated Unfollow The Rules – sees the critically acclaimed artist celebrating his upcoming 50th birthday by revisiting his roots, of childhood summers spent at folk festivals and watching his famous family on stage. Wainwright is joined on his journey into the past by an all-star cast of special guests that includes Brandi Carlile, John Legend, Chaka Khan, Nicole Scherzinger, Van Dyke Parks, and Madison Cunningham, to name only a few. The 15 songs featured on Folkocracy include folk standards from around the world along with a unique reframing of Franz Schubert’s “Nacht und Träume” as well as a spellbinding rerecording of his own “Going To A Town,” featuring his longtime friend ANOHNI. Highlights include the sensual “High On A Rocky Ledge (feat. David Byrne),” a gorgeous, expertly harmonized take on The Mamas & The Papas’ “Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)” featuring Sheryl Crow, Susannah Hoffs, and Chris Stills, and the album-closing “Wild Mountain Thyme,” a song Wainwright grew up singing with his sisters, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, both of whom join him on the new rendition along with aunt Anna McGarrigle, cousin Lily Lanken, and close family friend Chaim Tannenbaum, the latter playing Rufus’s late mother Kate McGarrigle’s iconic banjo.

“The older I get, the more I appreciate how valuable my folk knowledge is, to have had it ingrained in me as a child,” Wainwright says. “I’m from a bona fide folkocracy who mixed extensively with other folkocracies such as the Seegers and the Thompsons. I spun off into opera and pop. Now I’m back where it all began.”

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT TOUR 2023

MAY

3 – Boston, MA – City Winery Boston (Early Show) *

3 – Boston, MA – City Winery Boston (Late Show) *

4 – Northampton, MA – BOMBYX Center For Arts & Equity *

6 – Provincetown, MA – Provincetown Town Hall *

16 – New York, NY – Café Carlyle ^

17 – New York, NY – Café Carlyle ^

18 – New York, NY – Café Carlyle ^

19 – New York, NY – Café Carlyle ^

20 – New York, NY – Café Carlyle ^

JUNE

2 – Los Angeles, CA – Walt Disney Concert Hall **

3 – Monterey, CA – Golden State Theatre **

4 – Napa, CA – Blue Note Napa Summer Sessions **

21 – Cleveland Heights, OH – Cain Park **

23 – Philadelphia, PA – Kimmel Cultural Campus **

24 – Vienna, VA – Out & About Festival **

25 – Red Bank, NJ – Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre at the Count Basie Center **

27 – Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse **

29 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo Performing Arts Center **

30 – Portsmouth, NH – The Music Hall **

JULY

1 – Bar Harbor, ME – Criterion Theater **

7 – Winnipeg, MB – Winnipeg Folk Festival **

9 – Mariposa, ON – Mariposa Folk Festival **

13 – Montauk, NY – Montauk Point Lighthouse †

16 – Beacon, NY – Towne Crier Café **

22 – Dublin, Ireland – National Concert Hall **

24 – Barcelona, Spain – Teatre Grec **

25 – Madrid, Spain – Teatro Real **

27 – Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain – Festival Pedra Viva **

29 – Cambridge, UK – Cambridge Folk Festival 2023 **

AUGUST

11 – Chicago, IL – Ravinia Festival ***

SEPTEMBER

5 – London, UK – Royal Albert Hall ***

19 – Nashville, TN – Schermerhorn Symphony Center ***

* Solo Performance

† 50 Isn’t the End: A 50th Birthday Concert with Rufus Wainwright & Friends

^ “Wainwright Does Weill”

** Folkocracy Tour w/Six-Piece Backing Band

*** Want Symphonic Series

Folkocracy Tracklist

Alone (Feat. Madison Cunningham)
Heading for Home (Feat. John Legend)
Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon) (Feat. Susanna Hoffs, Chris Stills & Sheryl Crow)
Down in the Willow Garden (Feat. Brandi Carlile)
Shenandoah
Nacht und Träume
Harvest (Feat. Andrew Bird & Chris Stills)
Going to a Town (Feat. ANOHNI)
High on a Rocky Ledge (Feat. David Byrne)
Kaulana Na Pua (Feat. Nicole Scherzinger)
Hush Little Baby (Feat. Martha Wainwright & Lucy Wainwright Roche)
Black Gold (Feat. Van Dyke Parks)
Cotton Eyed Joe (Feat. Chaka Khan)
Arthur McBridge
Wild Mountain Thyme (Feat. Anna McGarrigle, Chaim Tannenbaum, Lily Lanken, Lucy Wainwright Roche, & Martha Wainwright)

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Photo: Miranda Penn Turin

Manuel Turizo – Five Nominations

Manuel Turizo, one of the most prominent artists in Latin music, has garnered five nominations in the fourth edition of Premios Tu Música Urbano. These awards recognize the most popular artists in the genres of reggaeton, trap, fusions, pop urbano, and regional Mexican, with a total of 32 categories.

Turizo has been nominated for Top Male Artist, Top Social Artist, and Song of the Year for “La Bachata.” Additionally, his collaboration with Piso 21 on “Los Cachos” has been nominated in the Song of the Year Duo or Group category, while the artist has also been selected for the Top Pop Urbano Artist category.

It has been a year of success for Turizo, who’s single “La Bachata” reached the impressive milestone of 1 billion streams on the Spotify music platform. Moreover, the singer is currently on his “Tour 2000” across Latin America, while “El Merengue” and “La Bachata” continue to dominate the Tropical Airplay chart on Billboard.

The ceremony for the Premios Tu Música Urbano 2023 will be broadcast live through Telemundo PR and in more than 150 Spanish-speaking countries via Telemundo Internacional and YouTube on Thursday, June 15th, from the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot. The awards aim to recognize the favorite artists of the global audience in the aforementioned Latin genres.

Rolls-Royce Dawn

Heading into the Sunset

After concluding delivery of Dawn commissions to the United States concluded in 2022, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars today signals the end of a glorious era as it ceases production Rolls-Royce Dawn, the iconic drop head. In this retrospective, the marque reflects on the best-selling drophead in the brand’s history as it takes its own unique place in the pantheon of great Rolls-Royce motor cars.

CONTEMPORARY GLAMOUR AND ROMANCE

Following the success of Phantom VII, and its stablemates Phantom Coupé and Phantom Drophead Coupé, an increasingly youthful, universally self-confident and sociable client base was drawn to the Rolls-Royce brand. These new super-luxury consumers required a motor car that, like the first transformative models of Rolls-Royce’s Goodwood era, captured the glamour and romance of super-luxury motoring; but did so in a fashion completely in tune with their contemporary tastes and lifestyles.

EXQUISITE ELEGANCE PAIRED WITH LUXURIOUS COMFORT

‘La dolce vita’ was a life filled with passion, adventure and romance. It was sensuous and sensual, a celebration of decadence, indulgence and pleasure in all its forms. It was this spirit that Rolls-Royce wanted to capture in its new drophead, expressed through timeless form language, contemporary craft and an effortless yet potent dynamic character.

The boldness of that vision was reflected in Dawn’s design. Its pure, simple form was inspired by fifties and sixties fashion, which evoked glamour by removing superfluous lines and textures, focussing instead on how it amplified the form of the wearer. Similarly, Dawn’s supple, flowing coachwork wraps around its occupants akin to raising a collar on an overcoat, affording those inside a cossetting, private and chic cabin experience.

In creating Dawn, 80% of the panels were entirely unique, including a ‘wake channel’ on the bonnet emanating from the Spirit of Ecstasy, evoking the sensation of quietly gathering energy while provisioning drivers with a permanent vanishing point – a design feature that endures on Rolls-Royce motor cars today.

However, in one vital respect, Dawn broke with a long-established automotive design convention. Almost without exception, convertibles are designed in a 2+2 configuration, with full-size seating for the driver and one passenger in the front, plus two smaller seats for occasional passengers or children in the rear. The lack of rear-seat space, and particularly legroom, reduces the car’s comfort and practicality – a shortcoming Rolls-Royce refused to accept. Dawn was therefore a full four-seater with comfortable, individual seating for all occupants.

A MODEL TESTING PROGRAMME

In quintessential Rolls-Royce style, engineers spent months optimizing the convertible experience with an exhaustive testing program – neither eliminating airflow completely nor permitting disruptive levels into the cabin. To achieve this, the test subject was a modified mannequin provisioned with a wig of long, flowing hair. It was chauffeured for hundreds of hours, while a bank of sensors and cameras faithfully recorded how the hair was displaced by the moving air. The resulting data enabled engineers to make Dawn the world leader in aerodynamic comfort with the roof open.

Indeed, during a product experience later in Dawn’s life, an American journalist passed through an area as it was struck by an earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale, followed by a 2.7 aftershock; such was the smoothness of the ride, he learned of this only when he read about it in the press the following morning. [1]

BLACK BADGE DAWN

In 2017, Rolls-Royce added Black Badge Dawn to its model family. Like the Ghost and Wraith that preceded it, Dawn’s alter ego derived its character from a series of engineering and design treatments. An entirely new exhaust system added a bass baritone quality to the engine note. While appealing to the rebel spirit that attracts so many to this noire expression of the brand, Black Badge Dawn created its own singular place in the Rolls-Royce Pantheon – one characterized by the romance and seduction of the city at night.

A LASTING LEGACY

Beyond its desirability, Dawn brought the spirit of ‘la dolce vita’ to Rolls-Royce’s contemporary brand promise through an exquisite marriage of seductive design, contemporary materials, and a social, open-air driving experience. In doing so, Dawn has ensured its legacy by compelling an entirely new generation to the marque.

[1] https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/18327/the-2018-rolls-royce-dawn-review-driving-a-416100-convertible-through-an-earthquake

Oakley Muzm

Oakley, as the leading sport-performance brand, is announcing the return of the limited-edition MUZM Racing Jacket.

Twenty-five years after it originally launched, the newest interpretation of the brand’s first dual-lens performance eyewear is making a comeback. Designed to fit the face like a jacket does on the body, the Racing Jacket represents the newest exhibition in Oakley’s MUZM series, an ongoing experimentation in reinterpreting iconic, archival products by elevating them into a true form of art.

The campaign is led by Team Oakley downhill mountain bike frontman, Amaury Pierron and the eyewear is available in a strikingly stripey Red Tiger colorway with Prizm Black Lenses.

Grace and Golf

Grace and Golf was written by Thomas Buckley, who won an international golf tournament in Turkey in 2016. Thomas’s cousin Phil, who is the family historian, encouraged writing the story of his victory in 2018. At first, Thomas had no interest in writing a story about himself but eventually realized that God wanted them to write the story as it was about overcoming adversity through God’s grace, redemption, and living with purpose.

Thomas had a challenging childhood due to an alcoholic father and turned to drugs and alcohol as a means of coping at age 12. Although Thomas excelled at sports, including golf, substance abuse took over his life, leading him to stop playing sports altogether.

A month before his 19th birthday, Thomas’s parents sent him to a treatment center for help. Although Thomas experienced some setbacks early on, he has been able to maintain sobriety for over 42 years.

The book details specific moments of grace in Thomas’s life that allowed his victory in the Turkish Airlines World Amateur Golf Championship Open to come to fruition.

One specific moment of grace covered in the book is when Thomas got divorced after nearly 18 years of not drinking. He explains how he almost returned to drinking one perilous night after his divorce but instead went to get help at a local church. That night he met a man and that meeting changed the entire trajectory of Thomas’ life culminating in a private audience with St. Pope John Paul II in the Vatican in Rome.

The book also features several golf stories that highlight famous courses from around the world that Thomas has been blessed to play as well as the relationships Thomas has been blessed to make due to living his life for others.

The book comes to a close with a chapter where Thomas reveals the top 10 lessons he has learned in his life.

While the book may resonate the most with golfers, it will speak to anyone who is looking for ways to cope with the various difficulties and challenges of life. Thomas hopes the reader will enjoy his spiritual journey around some of the most magnificent golf courses in the world.

Michelle Goni, MD

My father immigrated from Spain to the United States of America in his late forties. He was a Renaissance-type man: multilingual, culturally astute, well-versed in world history and Spanish literature, a self-taught pianist, educator, and poet. Being fifty-two years older than me, our age gap, generational differences, and communication issues led to many misunderstandings. He had a difficult time assimilating to American culture, and I was a prime teen in the eighties. I adopted the role of pleaser to win his rare praises, but it was never enough. Compliments were few. As the patriarch, he led sternly and expected nothing less than perfection.

Writing was an escape from my rigid, sometimes stoic, home. Poetry was the genre I gravitated to perhaps because it was unstructured, evoked emotions, and incorporated rhythm. I told my father that I wanted to be a writer “when I grew up” but he responded that the idea was nonsense and that my only two options were to become a doctor or lawyer. It was after this conversation that I stopped sharing my poetry with him. For my father, doing well academically equated to success, and this took precedence over anything else. I defined my performances; in school, piano, tennis, and/or learning a third language, the result was synonymous with what I was going to be. This was the start of years of perfectionism, limiting beliefs, searching for belonging, and lacking self-love. Despite these obstacles, the love and respect I had for my father was immeasurable, as was the pain I felt when he passed away during my junior year of college.

One of the main inspirational leaders who helped me transform my thought processes is clinical researcher, professor, and author Dr. Brené Brown. She states that “courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.” I made a conscious choice to be seen, and in my forties, I started writing again. This eventually led to a retrograde analysis of my life, and this book was born. Roses and Thorns is a memoir-esque compilation of life stories written in prose poetry format that gives all of us permission to fear, fail, and feel pain. But it also embraces growth, evolution, and being multi-hyphenate. If I had waited for the messy to disappear from my life, I would have never enjoyed the beautiful.

Roses and Thorns is meant to inspire the reader to spark internal dialogue through the use of emotionally provoking poetry. Most of the poems in my book are personal stories. Some are raw and painful, like the thorns on a rose. I have known grief, failure, impossible self-imposted expectations, and emotional abuse. I also share beautiful moments of self-awareness, hope, appreciation, and evolution like the sprouting, colorful petals on a rose.

Life is beautiful, and life is messy. In a universe whose laws of energy constantly shift toward balance, it should be accepted that both can coexist. Normalizing vulnerability and sharing our stories, emotions, and thoughts is the spark to loving our lives and finding relatable connections.

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