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JMA × Hudson River Park

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This autumn, serial tech entrepreneur and Vietnamese media mogul Jessica Minh Anh along with Hudson River Park are collaborating on a momentous event, raising carbon neutrality awareness within NYC.

Beforehand, Anh–a Petronas scholar, hosted the world’s first oceanic catwalk in the Mediterranean.

Now, she’s producing the much anticipated J Autumn Fashion Show on Pier 34. This imaginative and immersive experience is the latest presentation in her Fashion x Sustainability series.

Previous engagements include: being atop of the Hoover Dam in Nevada; at the Gemasolar power plant in Spain; on board a low-emission cruise ship in Italy and JFK Airport hanger, a promotional installation for DHL Express (Watch Video).

With the World Trade Center as the backdrop, J Autumn Fashion Show will exhibit avant pieces to a progressive audience of purveyors within various sectors: media, innovation and environmental.

Official Campaign Video HERE.

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CONCEPTS × Reebok

Reebok and Boston-based sneaker-streetwear boutique Concepts confirmed the release of their collaborative Question Mid paying homage to Allen Iverson’s ’96 draft class, his first signature shoe, and the opening of Concepts’ first store that same year. The Concepts x Reebok Question Mid ($170, GZ6151) is available October 21 exclusively from Concepts before its wider global release on October 22 from Reebok.com and select fashion retailers.

With Iverson taking the lead, the ’96 draft class proved to be one of the league’s best of all time, stacked with top-tier talent, many of whom would go on to become hoop legends in their own right. That same year, Concepts would open its doors for the first time, bringing together within a unique retail experience the worlds of street, skate, and fashion.

“Having partnered with Reebok in the past, it’s a full circle moment, but also the biggest to date in our storied history,” commented Concepts founder and CEO, Tarek Hassan. “The significance of the Question model goes beyond design. Both Iverson and Reebok took a chance on one another, and Concepts has never taken the easy route.”

The Concepts x Reebok Question Mid leverages a bold, multi-color execution to honor the decorated class of ’96 and the start of culture-shaping story arches for both Concepts and Iverson.

Shipping within special packaging that tributes a favorite Concepts’ vintage ad, key design elements making up the shoe include an OG red toe box, a mixed materials (leather, synthetic, textile) upper, a custom “Have You Seen Him” sock liner, asymmetrical “9” (left) and “6” (right) graphics on the heel, Concepts x Reebok logo lockup at the Achilles, and an OG ice-rubber outsole shielding an asymmetrical interlocking Concepts logo.

“While the design dives deep into Iverson as a rookie and his outstanding draft class, the hidden – or not so hidden – meaning is that it’s unapologetically loud, a nod to AI’s style,” continued Hassan. “We couldn’t collaborate on Question without inserting some aspect of how impactful he was off the court. We favored the risk taker, so it’s not for the faint of heart.”

Product imagery alongside campaign content (stills and video) featuring A.I. and captured

The CONCEPTS x Reebok Question Mid ($170, GZ6151) is available in unisex sizing beginning October 21 exclusively from CONCEPTS before its wider global release on October 22 from Reebok.com and select fashion retailers.

Photo: Gary Land

DOJA CAT MOST #1s

THIS DECADE!!!!

Global superstar Doja Cat hits new milestones with her smash-hit single “Vegas” from the ELVIS Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. “Vegas” hit #1 at Pop Radio, making it the first solo soundtrack song to reach #1 since RCA’s “Can’t Stop The Feeling” from the Trolls Original Motion Picture Soundtrack in 2016. Additionally, “Vegas” also lands at #10 this week on Billboard Hot 100 chart, making this her sixth single in the top 10. To date, Doja Cat now has the most #1’s at Pop Radio this decade and the most top 10s among women on the Billboard Hot 100 this decade.

Out via House of Iona/RCA Records, the soundtrack debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Soundtrack chart and reached top 30 on the Billboard’s 200 chart at #26 – click here to listen. The soundtrack was released day and date (June 24^th) with Baz Luhrmann’s critically acclaimed blockbuster film ELVIS,starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, that also landed at #1 in the box office in its first weekend in theaters. The success of the film and soundtrack gave a lift to Elvis’ discography, bumping Elvis: 30 #1 Hits album to #1 on Billboard’s Catalog Albums chart. Most recently, the ELVIS soundtrack was nominated for “Favorite Soundtrack” at the2022 American Music Awards.

Spanning over 30 years, visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann’sELVIS explores Presley (Austin Butler) the artist and the man—through love, loss, his unprecedented rise to fame and the complex dynamic with manager Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks)—set against the backdrop of America’s evolving cultural landscape and the timeless music he gave the world. The soundtrack features Elvis’s extraordinary body of work spanning the 1950s, `60s and `70s, while also celebrating his diverse musical influences and enduring impact on popular artists today.

Buy/Stream ELVIS Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Watch Vegas

About Doja Cat:

Grammy award winning Global Superstar Doja Cat made her first upload to Soundcloud in 2013 at just 16-years-old.Having grown up in and around the LA area, she developed a knack for music by studying piano and dance as a kid and listening to the likes of Busta Rhymes, Erykah Badu, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and more. Soon, she went from obsessing over Catwoman (the Halle Berry version) to crate digging on YouTube. The budding talent taught herself Logic and how to compose on a midi controller. Signed to Kemosabe/RCA in 2014, she released her Purrr! EP and followed that with her debut album Amala in spring 2018, but it was her August 2018 release of “Mooo!” which catapulted her into the mainstream and was met with critical acclaim.

Doja Cat released her sophomore album Hot Pink in November 2019 to mass critical acclaim, the album was a platinum success with over 19.3 billion streams worldwide. Hot Pink features “Juicy” which hit #1 at Rhythm radio, “Say So” her GRAMMY nominated #1 smash record and “Streets”, the viral sensation that soundtracked the ‘Silhouette Challenge,’ one of the biggest TikTok trends to date. The success of “Say So” which hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has been RIAA certified 4x platinum and streamed over 7.8 billion times catapulted Doja into global superstardom. She has taken home the Best New Artist Award at the MTV Video Music Awards, the MTV Europe Music Awards, the American Music Awards, the iHeart Radio Awards and the People’s Choice Awards.

Doja’s creativity and showmanship as a performer have been praised time and time again, she has delivered unique and show stopping performances on nearly all the major Award Show stages including the GRAMMY Awards, the AMAs, the Billboard Awards, the iHeart Radio Awards and the MTV VMAs and EMAs. Her last tour sold out in 10 minutes and she has played numerous festivals including Rap Caviar Live Miami, Posty Fest, Day n Vegas and Rolling Loud LA.

Doja Cat’s GRAMMY winning album Planet Her came out in June 2021 and dominated the charts, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart and #2 on the Billboard Top 200 and Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, marking Doja Cat’s career best and highest debut to date with 109K in total activity in the US alone. Spanning a range of genres Planet Her also generated the highest first day Spotify streams for an album by a female rapper, was the top Pop album upon release based on consumption according to MRC data, and marks both the biggest debut for female rapper and the top female R&B debut of 2021. GRAMMY winning “Kiss Me More” ft. SZA, the lead single off Planet Her is certified platinum by the RIAA and hit #1 at Top 40 and Rhythm radio with over 3.9 billion streams worldwide. In October 2021, Doja Cat became the first rapper to have 3 songs in the Top 10 at Top 40 radio. In May 2022, Doja Cat landed #1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart for the first time. Amongst others, Doja has received 5 AMAs, 3 MTV VMAs, 3 BMI Awards, 2 MTV EMAs, 1 Billboard Music Award, 1 GRAMMY Award and 1 NAACP Image Award along with garnering a total of 11 GRAMMY award nominations.

About ELVIS:

ELVIS is an epic, big-screen spectacle from Warner Bros. Pictures and visionary, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Baz Luhrmann that explores the life and music of Elvis Presley, starring Austin Butler and Oscar winner Tom Hanks. The thoroughly cinematic drama also stars award-winning theatre actress Helen Thomson (“Top of the Lake: China Girl,” “Rake”) plays Elvis’s mother, Gladys, Richard Roxburgh (“Moulin Rouge!” “Breath,” “Hacksaw Ridge”) portrays Elvis’s father, Vernon, and DeJonge (“The Visit,” “Stray Dolls”) plays Priscilla. Luke Bracey (“Hacksaw Ridge,” “Point Break”) plays Jerry Schilling, Natasha Bassett (“Hail, Caesar!”) plays Dixie Locke, David Wenham (“The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy, “Lion,” “300”) plays Hank Snow, Kelvin Harrison Jr. (“The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “The High Note”) plays B.B. King, Xavier Samuel (“Adore,” “Love & Friendship,” “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”) plays Scotty Moore, and Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog”) plays Jimmie Rodgers Snow. Also in the cast, Dacre Montgomery (“Stranger Things,” “The Broken Heart Gallery”) plays TV director Steve Binder, alongside Australian actors Leon Ford (“Gallipoli,” “The Pacific”) as Tom Diskin, Kate Mulvany (“The Great Gatsby,” “Hunters”) as Marion Keisker, Gareth Davies (“Peter Rabbit,” “Hunters”) as Bones Howe, Charles Grounds (“Crazy Rich Asians,” “Camp”) as Billy Smith, Josh McConville (“Fantasy Island”) as Sam Phillips, and Adam Dunn (“Home and Away”) as Bill Black. To play additional iconic musical artists in the film, Luhrmann cast singer/songwriter Yola as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, model Alton Mason as Little Richard, Austin, Texas native Gary Clark Jr. as Arthur Crudup, and artist Shonka Dukureh as Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton.

Oscar nominee Luhrmann (“The Great Gatsby,” “Moulin Rouge!”) directed from a screenplay by Baz Luhrmann & Sam Bromell and Baz Luhrmann & Craig Pearce and Jeremy Doner, story by Baz Luhrmann and Jeremy Doner. The film’s producers are Luhrmann, Oscar winner Catherine Martin (“The Great Gatsby,” “Moulin Rouge!”), Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss. Toby Emmerich, Courtenay Valenti and Kevin McCormick executive produced. The director’s behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography Mandy Walker (“Mulan,” “Australia”), Oscar-winning production designer and costume designer Catherine Martin (“The Great Gatsby,” “Moulin Rouge!”), production designer Karen Murphy (“A Star Is Born”), editors Matt Villa (“The Great Gatsby,” “Australia”) and Jonathan Redmond (“The Great Gatsby”), Oscar-nominated visual effects supervisor Thomas Wood (“Mad Max: Fury Road”), music supervisor Anton Monsted (“Australia,” “Moulin Rouge!”) and composer Elliott Wheeler (“The Get Down”).

A Warner Bros. Pictures Presentation, A Bazmark Production, A Jackal Group Production, A Baz Luhrmann Film, ELVIS is distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.

SHOTGUN WEDDING!

Prime Video is bringing in the new year with a brand new action-packed film, SHOTGUN WEDDING! Comprised of star-studded roster, including Jennifer Lopez, Lenny Kravitz, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Coolidge amongst many others. We would love to discuss a potential cover or feature regarding the film, which releases January 27, 2023 on Prime Video.

The highly anticipated comedy with a hint of romance, Shotgun Wedding plots on the story of Darcy (Jennifer Lopez) and Tom (Josh Duhamel) who gather their lovable but very opinionated families for the ultimate destination wedding. Just as the couple begin to get cold feet, suddenly everyone’s lives are in danger when the entire party is taken hostage. “’Til Death Do Us Part” takes on a whole new meaning in this hilarious, adrenaline-fueled adventure as Darcy and Tom must save their loved ones—if they don’t kill each other first.

Please let us know if you have any questions or interests. Thank you!

TRAILER VIDEO HERE.

Directed by Jason Moore

Written by Mark Hammer

Produced by Todd Lieberman, p.g.a., David Hoberman, p.g.a., Alexander Young, p.g.a., Jennifer Lopez, p.g.a., Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, p.g.a., and Benny Medina

Starring Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Coolidge, Sônia Braga, Cheech Marin, Selena Tan, D’Arcy Carden, Callie Hernandez, Desmin Borges, Steve Coulter, Alberto Isaac, and Lenny Kravitz

Matthew Mishory’s Who Are the Marcuses?

Feature Documentary About Unlikely Philanthropists Whose $500 Million Gift Seeks Peace and Climate Action Through Water Makes World Premiere at Newport Beach Film Festival

www.whoarethemarcuses.com

Who Are the Marcuses?, Matthew Mishory’s feature documentary about a mysterious couple whose more than half a billion-dollar gift to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev both tells the story of a nice Jewish couple—and savvy investors—from Long Island, and re-imagines conflict resolution in the Middle East and peace through water, will make its world premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival next month.

The film will have its world premiere Tuesday, October 18th at THE LOT #3, 999 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660 at 7:30 PM. The film will play an encore screening Wednesday, October 19h at the same cinema at the same time. Ticketing options available here.

Matthew Mishory (Fioretta; Artur Schnabel; No Place of Exile) directed the film. Producers are Rubber Ring’s and Stone Canyon’s Bradford Schlei (Swingers, Spun) and Alvaro Fernandez of Monolithic Films along with executive producers Rob Levine, Marc Bennett (The Tattooed Torah, Shared Legacies) and Rhino Films’ Stephen Nemeth (Dogtown and the Z Boys, Climate Refugees, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas). Who are the Marcuses? features Warren Buffett; Israeli President Isaac Herzog; historian Daniel Gordis; best-selling philosopher Micah Goodman; E. Randol Schoenberg; author and activist Seth M. Siegel, and many others. The film was shot on location in Israel; Austin, Texas; Omaha, Nebraska; and other locales throughout 2021.

“Our film has a message—about climate change, water technology, and philanthropy—that can change our world,” Mishory says. “But films are also about storytelling, and this one tells a story so unbelievable and inspiring, it can only be true. We can’t wait to share it.”

He adds, “I’m so grateful we’ll be making our world premiere at Newport Beach, a festival with a long track record of dedication to conservation and the environment. It’s an honor to bring our story of water technology, climate action, and philanthropy to the NBFF audience. This is the film the world needs now.”

The film’s trailer is both a revealing and hopeful look at the film but protects its most surprising secrets. See it here.

Who Are the Marcuses? pieces together the lives of Holocaust refugees Lottie and Howard Marcus, an unassuming couple from Great Neck, New York, who retired to a modest two-bedroom apartment in San Diego, California. Howard, formerly a dentist, died in 2014 at age 104. Lottie died less than two years later at age 99. Shortly thereafter, it was revealed the Marcuses had given over half a billion dollars to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev—the largest single charitable donation to the State of Israel since its founding in 1948.

Who were these virtually unknown philanthropists who had never publicly revealed their wealth or intentions? How did they accumulate millions by getting in on the early days of the greatest financial services empire ever built? What compelled them and their daughter, Ellen, to give it all away? And why were the Marcuses so captivated by the issue of water scarcity and a little-known but innovative university in the Israeli desert?

Professor Daniel Chamovitz, president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, says, “By investing their nest egg, this generous family has enabled [first Israeli Prime Minister] David Ben-Gurion’s vision for the future of Israel, which he declared will ‘emerge from the Negev.’”

Who Are the Marcuses? is Matthew Mishory’s sixth imaginative exploration of notable lives of the 20th century. It follows films about artist/filmmaker Derek Jarman, actor James Dean, musician Artur Schnabel, and purged Ukrainian composer Alexander Mosolov. The sixth breaks the mold: He’s recently finished shooting Fioretta in Central Europe and Italy. That film is about the obsessive, multi-decade quest of Randol Schoenberg—genealogist, Jewish activist and grandson of the composer—to find the centuries-old gravestone of his oldest known ancestor, a woman who died in the 1500’s in the Jewish ghetto of Venice.

Who Are the Marcuses? was photographed by Mishory’s longtime collaborator Michael Marius Pessah (Joshua Tree, 1951; Smiley Face Killers), was co-written by Golan Friedman, and features an original score by legendary Israeli guitarist/singer David Broza. Mishory is delivering Who Are the Marcuses? in Dolby Vision HDR for theatrical and streaming release. Graef Allen of Dolby is producing the DolbyVision DCP.

“This film is the blueprint for existing and future technological solutions to climate crises that set the stage for lasting peace in the Middle East and beyond,” adds Schlei.

“The Marcuses were humble visionaries who saw the importance of water research not only as vital to Israel’s self-sufficiency but as a strategy to achieve peace through shared natural resources,” says Doug Seserman, chief executive officer of Americans for Ben-Gurion University. “Their transformative generosity will be felt for generations to come.”

Rubber Ring Films is a production company and creative agency based in Santa Monica, CA, making documentary, brand, and narrative content. Who Are the Marcuses? is their first release of a slate of six projects in active production or post.

Stone Canyon Entertainment is a development, production, and financing company based in Santa Monica, CA, whose most recent feature was The Trust, starring Elijah Wood.

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) was inspired by the vision of Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, who believed that the future of Israel lay in the Negev region, a desert area comprising more than 60 percent of the country. With some 20,000 students and campuses in Beer-Sheva, Sede Boqer and Eilat, BGU is an oasis of innovation, leading research in cyber security, desert studies, climate change, medicine, Israeli studies, and more.

Americans For Ben-Gurion University engages a community of Americans who are committed to improving the world by supporting a world-class academic institution that not only nurtures the Negev, but also shares its expertise locally and globally. David Ben-Gurion envisioned that Israel’s future would be forged in the Negev. The cutting-edge research carried out at Ben-Gurion University drives that vision by sustaining a desert Silicon Valley, with the “Stanford of the Negev” at its center. The Americans for Ben-Gurion University movement supports a 21st century unifying vision for Israel by rallying around BGU’s remarkable work and role as an apolitical beacon of light in the Negev desert.

WHO ARE THE MARCUSES? Feature Documentary

Running Time: 99 Minutes; Audio: Stereo; Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Shooting format 4k and Super 8

Link to press materials and photos here.

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Ten Tips to Level Up Your Social Media Game

Everyone’s on social media these days, but that doesn’t mean everyone knows how to use it. If you use social media as an outlet for your personal brand or business, or to connect with other people with shared interests, it’s crucial to learn how to level up your social media game.

Anyone can use these tips to make their profiles more popular and engaging. Reflect on your content and why you’re on social media to get started with making your online presence more successful.

1. Create a Cohesive Voice

Imagine making a friend in real life. One day, they’re passionate about discussing rock climbing techniques and the latest deals on supplies. The next day, they only want to think about how to become a five-star chef. The whiplash between personal interests would make you feel disconnected from them because you wouldn’t have a solid foundation for your friendship.

Online brands and personal accounts can have the same problem. You must create a cohesive voice to help your followers feel like they know you or your business. Specific word choices and post formatting can make that possible.

2. Pick Branding Elements

Your personal or business brand needs aesthetically pleasing elements to link your profiles. Clashing colors in a background picture or confusing images on an Instagram account are warning flags to potential followers – they’ll assume you don’t know how to operate your account.

Level up your social media game by researching aesthetic branding elements like correlating color schemes, your preferred font, and limited filters for photos. When everything looks cohesive, your followers will trust and enjoy your content more easily.

3. Recognize and Block Digital Bullies

Successful people on social media spend much of their time on their profiles. That means reading through comments to see if your followers enjoy your content and filtering through messages they might send.

Negative responses can affect your mental health and even hurt your followers. No one wants to follow a brand or influencer if hateful trolls dominate their comment sections. Bullies may also stalk hashtags and harass people sharing content, even if they don’t work with a brand or influencer.

Set virtual boundaries by recognizing and blocking digital bullies. Recent research found that it was easier to identify these bullies by matching timestamps and word choices between comments to pinpoint accounts created by a single user. You can also block anyone who’s sending hate specific to your account’s purposes or beliefs.

4. Set a Posting Schedule

Most people have experienced a common social media problem. You might find an account you love, follow it, and realize it only posts a few times a month. Maybe it posts as little as a few times per year.

No one wants to follow essentially inactive accounts. Set a posting schedule to update your feed at least two or three times per day to maintain an interactive following.

5. Post at Popular Times

Consider which social media platforms you prefer. People use them differently at various points throughout the day, which research backs up. Facebook users prefer searching their feeds in the afternoon during most weekdays but only in the evenings on Thursdays. Learning the specific times for preferred platforms will help you connect with your followers while they’re online.

It’s also in your best interest to monitor your account’s unique engagement stats to learn when your followers are most receptive to your content. Depending on their age, schedules, and the purpose of your content, they may demonstrate slightly different habits than what research predicts.

6. Focus on Core Themes

If you follow an account to learn about fitness tips, you expect to see daily content about exercising or recovery strategies. If the brand posts about a dozen other topics unrelated to fitness, you might unfollow the account because you don’t know what to expect on any given day.

Pick two or three themes to tie your content together. You’ll set a purpose for your account by narrowing down what your posts will cover. You could even divide your schedule by theme, like posting about dog content on weekdays and dog health tips on the weekends. It depends on how you want your posts to help people and when your followers are most active.

7. Compose Evergreen Posts

Shareable content is the best type of content. You’ll get more interactions with it past the original posting date because there isn’t a one-time event or subject limiting its shareability.

Consider making evergreen content that people can use throughout the year to level up your social media game. You’ll create more actionable posts that make people want to follow your accounts and share each post with their own followers.

8. Repost Your Popular Content

Social media experts learn to balance how often they post new and old content. You don’t want to post more of your old content than fresh posts because you’ll bore your audience. However, you’ll gain new followers who may benefit from topics you’ve already covered in the past.

Remember to post older topics every so often to catch your new followers up to speed. They may learn something new while the same posts remind your older followers of tips you’ve suggested in the past. As long as there’s always more new content than recycled information, you’ll find your stride in a healthy balance.

9. Write a Descriptive Bio

Making a good first impression is always essential. Although people may find your profile through one of your viral posts, they’ll likely decide to follow you after reading your profile bio.

Reflect on your current bio to see if it needs refreshing. You could use it to list a fun fact about you, the goals of your profile or business, and any links to a personal website or online shop that your followers may be interested in. Social media users will quickly understand whether they should follow you or not based on what’s interesting about your bio.

10. Remember Personal Content, Too

Unless you’re running an online business where your name and face aren’t involved in the branding, it’s good to share personal content every once in a while. You could align a personal post with your brand’s niche topics or use your account to share something from a separate personal account.

People love learning more about influencers or the geniuses behind their favorite brands. Updating followers about a new product you’re excited about developing, an industry revelation, or a personal success story will establish a personal connection that encourages followers to stick around for more content.

Ten Ways to Make Your Smart Home More Secure

A smart home can be such a massive help for a busy family. They automate several processes in daily life so you don’t have to take the extra time to do them yourself. A smart home assistant can keep notes for your next grocery order, and a smart outlet can help you save energy and turn your lights on and off with a single command in your phone. IoT devices can revolutionize the way you live.

As useful as smart home devices are, they can also have vulnerabilities that leave your private life open for cyberattacks. Luckily, you can take a few steps to ensure your home network stays as protected as possible.

1. Go Through a Checklist

Before you buy a smart home device, create a checklist to see if you really need it. The fewer connected devices you have in your home, the lower your chance of someone trying to hack into them.

Make sure your checklist includes all of the device’s features. Will it simplify your life to a massive extent or would you just be getting this device to avoid doing something small? If the device meets all your expectations, you should get it. However, if it has more functions that you would turn off rather than use, then don’t get the device.

2. Protect Your Router

One of the easiest ways to keep your devices safe is to ensure you protect your router to the best of your ability. Use the highest level of encryption – typically WPA2 or WPA3. Change the router’s default name and password, which might be too easy for people to figure out. You may want to create a unique password that doesn’t have any identifying information, such as the name of someone in your household, so it’ll be more challenging for people to guess.

You’ll know your router functions on a higher security level once you take it out of its default settings.

3. Rely on a Firewall

A firewall can protect your devices from any cyberattacks or harmful software. It acts as an actual wall that keeps any hazards away from your personal network and the devices connected to it.

Firewalls can analyze just about everything from the get-go, so they’re a worthwhile safety measure you must look into if you have a smart home. While it may not always be necessary, installing a firewall can bring you peace of mind and help you know that you’re using your devices safely.

4. Have an Expert Help

When you’re a newbie at security, there’s no shame in asking a professional to help you. You can take security training classes online, which will help you know why having secure smart home devices is so important.

Once you know more about security, you’ll likely see the gaps in your own setup. If you don’t, ask a professional to evaluate and audit your network. The professional will be able to identify any security gaps you can take steps to close.

5. Use Strong Passwords

Strong passwords only work well if they’re unique, so don’t use the same strong password for multiple devices. How often you choose to change your password is up to you. However, many organizations require individuals to change their passwords every few months to maximize their security measures.

Strong passwords, with a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols, are harder for cybercriminals to guess and will leave your devices better protected.

6. Turn on Two-Factor Authentication

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) and two-factor authentication (2FA) are the same. They require more action on your part before you’re able to access permissions for a device. Two-factor and multi-factor authentication work so well because they prompt a user to interact with another device or account to get permission to access the first one.

If someone is trying to hack into your account, you’ll have a better chance of stopping them in their tracks if you have this feature enabled.

7. Opt for a Separate Guest Network

You should utilize a guest network and a personal network even if you don’t expect to have guests all the time. The IoT devices can use the guest network rather than the main network. When you split up the devices on different Wi-Fi networks, it will be harder for cybercriminals to target just one network.

8. Check Monthly Usage

You should routinely check how your devices are being used and at what times. When you check once a month, you’ll be able to notice any unusual activity and determine whether one of your devices has been hacked.

You should also know which devices are connected to your Wi-Fi router. Any connections or activity you don’t recognize should result in a password change or information update. Be sure to look out for any data breaches in the companies that you purchased your smart home technology from, too.

9. Update Your Devices

You should always ensure your devices are running the latest iteration of their firmware and software. Software updates address any security issues that might leave holes in your security. They aren’t just for looks – these updates can seriously change how a device handles a potential hack or threat.

Keep your devices updated and turn on automatic updates if possible. You’ll have a better time fighting away any digital threats that might hurt your household.

10. Have a Backup Plan

When all else fails, you need to have a backup plan in case someone hacks into your devices. You need to have a specific set of steps written down somewhere.

First, you should figure out how to get the other person off your device or Wi-Fi network. You might be able to boot them out by updating your passwords or by forcibly doing something within your device’s settings. Then, make sure to change all your information on that smart device. For added security, you can also update your passwords on your other devices.

You’ll need to know just how much they accessed. Did you have any sensitive information readily available through that device? Could they have been listening or watching through any microphones or cameras? Knowing just how much information they could have absorbed can help you understand what to do next.

If you’re worried about the device getting hacked again, you can get rid of it and opt for a different device or handle the associated tasks manually from now on. It never hurts to be prepared for the worst.

Eight Steps to Improving Diversity and Inclusion in Your Company

Do you still consider “diversity” or “inclusion” to be buzzwords? In that case, it’s time to recognize the importance of embracing these values for your business and the consequences of failing to do so. It runs far beyond getting in trouble with the law. Fully 82% of consumers surveyed in a recent Harris Poll indicated that they prefer to buy from companies that mirror what matters to them – and they’re willing to pay more for the privilege.

Furthermore, research suggests that the most diverse teams produce more in terms of profit. They also create a less hostile, more accepting work environment, which is critical in today’s world of labor shortages and supply chain issues. The best staff members want to clock in where they feel appreciated and welcomed, and teams that fail to adapt could see star talent depart for kinder shores.

What can you do if you haven’t yet addressed ways to ensure people from all walks of life, including various ethnic backgrounds, sexual and gender orientations, and ability levels, find your team welcoming and inviting? Here are eight steps to improving diversity and inclusion in your company.

1. Include It in Your Growth Plan

Please schedule a time to complete this important task if you haven’t yet created a corporate growth plan. What is it? This document sets out your goals and targets, listing the specific strategies you plan to use to achieve them. Best of all, it starts by considering the current state of your business, evaluating your strengths and weaknesses and your opportunities for improvement.

For example, some firms prefer to take time and care with each new hire instead of outsourcing particular tasks to remote call centers or partnering with independent contractors who may not keep the team’s mission foremost in their minds. They could be worrying about how to pay their bills or juggle this client with multiple others, resulting in falling short of fully embracing the corporate mission.

Of course, this approach might not work for every business. Some creative enterprises, for example, might do better with independent freelancers who work alternative schedules and need customized environments to do their best. That’s why the growth plan is so vital – you evaluate your business’s unique needs and decide how to best meet your diversity and inclusion goals in conjunction with them.

2. Regularly Solicit Input and Feedback From Staff

Social media abounds with tales of people complaining about their workplaces. With all the bellyaching, it can seem like no one is ever satisfied. However, a shift in perspective could help business owners recognize the obvious: Staff members concerned about their paychecks aren’t likely to raise concerns in the office unless they feel secure enough in their position that giving feedback won’t lead to a pink slip. Many organizations lack such a supportive atmosphere.

How can you coax reluctant employees to give honest and genuine feedback on how you could improve diversity and inclusion in your company? One method is to send out regular and anonymous surveys using an online site such as SurveyMonkey to protect identities. Include open-ended questions with plenty of room to write meaningful comments along with true-or-false and multiple-choice queries.

3. Offer Flextime and Telecommuting Arrangements

Each human being is only one person. You might have felt this crunch as a business owner if you ever had to attend two of your children’s events on the same day out-of-town clients come in for a face-to-face meeting. You can only do so much and be in one place at a time.

Flextime and telecommuting arrangements allow staff members the same flexibility you have to take off for a few hours in the afternoon to attend a recital, returning to work in the evening after the children have gone to bed. However, these programs are inclusive to more than the parents on your roster.

Such arrangements are often invaluable to workers with disabilities. Many need to attend multiple specialist appointments and most doctors don’t offer evening or Saturday hours. Many specialists may only have one or two days of availability per week, and a flexible schedule enables staff members to attend appointments while making up work later or doing it in advance. Telecommuting benefits those who can’t drive but otherwise have no problem handling their workload.

4. Be Transparent About Salaries and Progression

Here’s the pesky thing about U.S. employment law: At-will employment laws often conflict with protective measures on the books. For example, according to the National Labor Relations Act, it’s legal for workers to discuss their wages with each other. However, states with at-will employment laws allow either employer or employee to terminate their relationship at any time for any reason – meaning many still fear that speaking up will cost them their job.

However, you can circumvent controversy by creating a clear salary progression path. There are several methods to do so:

Years of service: This method is the simplest. For each subsequent year of employment, workers receive a specified percentage raise.
Years of experience: This method evaluates how many total years of experience each staff member brings to their role.
Educational attainment: Some companies pay higher compensation packages to those who complete advanced degrees.
Merit-based: Workers who perform tasks at certain speeds, amass a required number of clients, or hit other milestones earn a raise.

Many businesses use a mixed approach. For example, many school districts base their salary schedule on a combination of total years of experience and educational attainment levels. Whatever you choose, broadcast your schedule in your employee handbook, discuss it during orientation and ongoing training, and refer to it when performing annual evaluations.

5. Provide a Meaningful Benefits Package

The U.S. lags behind the rest of the world regarding health care coverage and other employee benefits that folks in Europe and much of Asia take for granted. For example, many countries mandate a specified number of paid and parental leave days. Overseas employers have fewer expenses regarding benefits packages because health coverage is paid for through tax revenue instead of corporations.

However, you must follow the rules of the country where you conduct commerce. That means you don’t have to extend a single day of vacation time, sick leave, maternity leave, or paternity leave. While the Affordable Care Act mandates that companies with 50 or more employees offer health coverage to at least 95% of their full-time staff or face a penalty, it gives them considerable leeway in picking plans.

However, please note that adequate benefits packages are among the best ways to retain top talent. A parent of a child with a health condition will jump ship, even with a competitive salary, if they can get better coverage elsewhere.

Furthermore, a lack of adequate downtime in the form of paid leave destroys productivity and encourages behaviors like “quiet quitting.” Multiple studies confirm that people work better when given a break – but they must realistically be able to afford to take one.

6. Create a Supportive Mentorship Program

Mentorship programs can go far in promoting diversity and inclusion. They introduce new staff members to the rest of the team when they may otherwise flounder when trying to fit into your organization. Many people feel more secure talking to a colleague than an HR representative.

Your mentorship program can be as structured or loose as you like:

Highly structured: In this arrangement, you assign each new staff member to an experienced colleague upon completing their intake paperwork.
Medium structured: Such arrangements provide new staff members with a list of qualified colleagues to serve as mentors, letting them choose within a specified time, such as the end of their first two weeks.
Loosely structured: This arrangement requires the least participation from the employer. New staff members may choose any mentor they like at any time.

7. Conduct Routine Diversity and Inclusion Training

Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, companies must conduct diversity training that addresses sex bias. Many go beyond this by including all aspects of diversity and inclusion in their training. Why not follow suit?

Such training can help smooth interoffice relationships and prevent a few toxic individuals from creating a hostile work environment. All staff should know the penalties for discriminatory behavior – it deserves a prominent spot in your employee handbook.

8. Hold Team Leaders Accountable

All the diversity training in the world isn’t worth much if your team leaders don’t embrace it. They should enforce the rules equally across the board, immediately taking action to stop discriminatory behavior.

Include the responsibilities of team leaders when it comes to diversity and inclusion in your employee handbook. Implement an anonymous reporting system that any employee can use to share instances of discrimination so you can hold leaders accountable for enforcing the rules.

IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING

After Successful Festival Play and Stellar Reviews, Toby Amies’ Long-Awaited New Documentary “In the Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson at 50” Celebrates with Special Global Streamed Screening 22 October

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Watch the trailer here

“’In the Court of the Crimson King’ is really about as good as rock documentaries get…”

– Chris Willman, Variety

“Very entertaining, very accessible and very funny…It is about the burden of dreams and the misery of making art.” – Mark Kermode

“…fascinating and deeply funny…” – Daniel Dylan Wray, The Quietus

“…one of the finest rock documentaries ever made.” – Kyle Smith, National Review

“One of the complaints people have about King Crimson’s music is that it’s cerebral, rather than emotional, in nature. Despite that argument, In the Court of the Crimson King exposes the music’s heart.” – Joe Gross, The Austin Chronicle

“A grown-up film about working players living, dying, laughing, playing…” – Robert Fripp

London, UK (October 6, 2022)—Discipline Global Music Ltd (DGM) is delighted to announce the public launch of the highly anticipated documentary “In the Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson at 50,” directed by Toby Amies (“The Man Whose Mind Exploded”). King Crimson have always pioneered an uncompromisingly independent route, and this documentary, four years in the making, has followed the same path. In a carefully choreographed global event, the movie will be available on Saturday 22 October, with a special streamed screening in London, including a live introduction by Robert Fripp and Q&A with the director and band members. The exclusive event debuts live worldwide 22 October on the nugs.net platform and will be available through Video On-Demand for a 24-hour period thereafter, to allow for fans in different time zones around the world to watch.

Cinema screenings will be held worldwide from 19 October onwards in select cities. Please visit itcotck.com/screenings for details on upcoming screenings in your area. A Blu-ray/DVD release and larger box set will follow, with never-before-seen live performances of the band, outrageous outtakes, and hours of unreleased additional footage. NOTE: Any cinemas or fans wishing to screen the film or organize a screening should contact the film via itcotck.com.

“In the Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson at 50” explores the “acute suffering” and transcendent glory experienced by current and former members of King Crimson, allowing the audience an intimate and sometimes uncomfortable insight into the musicians’ experience as they confront life and death head-on in the world’s most demanding rock band. It is not only a film about a group that has been creatively active for more than 50 years, it is also a film about music, why it matters, and the painful sacrifices artists have to make to create work that changes people’s lives—but with jokes.

In keeping with King Crimson’s independent, ethical, and iconoclastic approach to the music and entertainment business, they have sidestepped traditional broadcast platforms in order to bring the film directly to their fans, without further delay or compromise.

WORLDWIDE DIGITAL STREAMED EVENT BEGINS

22 OCTOBER 8:00PM BST/3:00PM EDT/12:00PM PDT

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To pre-order the live screening or to access the digital event for a limited time, visit nugs.net/kingcrimson

About King Crimson

King Crimson was formed in the Fulham Palace Café on 13 January 13 1969, and the album In the Court of the Crimson King was released on 10 October 1969. Over the past 53 years, the band has constantly re-invented itself. Having reformed in 2014, the most recent line-up featured Robert Fripp (guitar), Mel Collins (saxophones & flute), Tony Levin (bass, stick, backing vocals), Jakko Jakszyk (guitar & vocals), Bill Rieflin (keyboards), Gavin Harrison (drums), Pat Mastelotto (drums), and Jeremy Stacey (drums & keyboards).

About Discipline Global Mobile Ltd (DGM)

Discipline Global Mobile is a music company founded by Robert Fripp and David Singleton, with the aim to be a model of ethical business in an industry “founded on exploitation, oiled by deceit, riven with theft and fueled by greed.” The company aims to operate in the marketplace while being free of its values. Contrary to common industry practice, DGM’s artists retain the copyrights and the moral rights to their works. The oft-quoted copyright notice on DGM products reads: “Discipline accepts no reason for artists to assign the copyright interests in their work to either record company or management by virtue of a ‘common practice’ which was always questionable, often improper, and is now indefensible.”

About Director Toby Amies

Toby Amies is interested in exploring extraordinary points of view. His first feature documentary, “The Man Whose Mind Exploded,” had a national cinema run in the UK and was acquired by Netflix in the US and Film 4 in the UK. Before becoming a full-time filmmaker, he worked for MTV as a VJ and producer, as well as writing and fronting documentaries and shows for BBC, Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, and SkyArts. Thanks to his work as a portrait photographer, Toby has developed a first-person documentary style that records his relationships with his subjects, allowing the audience to share in an unusual degree of intimacy with the people in front of the camera.

About nugs.net

Founded in 1997 as a fan site for downloading live music, nugs.net has evolved into the leading live music platform for the largest touring artists in the world, distributing recordings of thousands of live concerts through livestreams, downloads, CDs, and Video On-Demand. The platform is the only streaming service dedicated to live music, delivering exclusive live content to millions of fans daily. A free trial is available at nugs.net.

IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING

Genre: Documentary Feature

Running Time: 86 minutes

Rating: NR

Language: English

Director/Producer/Cinematographer: Toby Amies

Executive Producers: David Singleton, Kat Mansoor

Producer: Nicholas Jones

Editor: Ollie Huddleston

Music: King Crimson

Featuring: Mel Collins, Robert Fripp, Jakko Jakszyk, Tony Levin,

Pat Mastelotto, Bill Bruford, Adrian Belew, Bill Rieflin, Jeremy Stacey

Advance screeners available on request. Press resources available here.

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Quest for Craft

Craftsmanship takes skill, ultimate craftsmanship requires heart. A family-owned business with 130-years of experience perfecting the craft of whisky-making, The Balvenie Single Malt Scotch Whisky is rooted in a spirit of innovation and deep curiosity to expose the intangible elements that make something exceptional. As part of their continued partnership and shared mission to uncover the beautiful convergence of craft and creativity, The Balvenie and 6-Time GRAMMY Award Winning musician, Academy Award-winning filmmaker, producer, DJ, director, culinary entrepreneur and New York Times best-selling author Questlove have returned with a second season of their award-winning digital series, Quest for Craft.

Quest for Craft explores the obsessive, never-ending journey to craft the extraordinary through conversations with compelling cultural creators that pour their hearts into their own craft. Now in its second season, the series continues to peel back the curtain through new perspectives, unveiling the uniquely human attributes and deep intrinsic values that elevate something from great to exceptional. With insight from some of the world’s most creative minds, the series uncovers the nuances integral to the creative process through their own pursuit of craft across music, dance, writing, comedy and the whisky-making process.

“The Balvenie is anchored in heart, and that’s exactly what drives this project, our guests and myself, personally. There’s no substitute for that kind of passion needed to drive the continual pursuit of the extraordinary,” said Questlove. “Coming back for season two of Quest for Craft, we dig in deeper and hone in on the elements that have inherent value and major impact on the creative process. From conversations with four of the greatest minds of our generation, who I’ve known and admired for years, I’ve been able to gain a completely new perspective on who they are as creators and apply their learnings to refine my own creative approach.”

In its second season, again filmed in the iconic Electric Lady Studios in New York City, Quest for Craft takes the viewer on an even deeper dive into the world of craftsmanship by analyzing creativity through the lens of chemistry, place, perfection and expression with guests:

Chapter 5, Craft and Expression with Music Producer and Star-Studded Collaborator Mark Ronson – Questlove and Mark Ronson delve into the unique magic of cohesion with creative collaborators, and advice for creators to leave their own distinctive mark.
Chapter 6, Craft and Perfection with History-Making Professional Ballet Dancer Misty Copeland – Questlove and American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Misty Copeland consider whether practice really does make perfect, her unconventional path to professional dance and how self-expression and defying expectations can allow you to attain your own ideal.
Chapter 7, Craft and Place with Author and New York City Guru Fran Lebowitz – Questlove and Fran Lebowitz explore the impact your environment can have on your craft, and the two go on a journey through New York… without even leaving Electric Lady Studios.
Chapter 8, Craft and Chemistry with Comedian and Master of Ensemble Kenan Thompson – Questlove and Kenan Thompson discuss his 20 years on SNL, “30 Rock University” and the remarkable experience of working as part of an ensemble.

“Craft and creativity are inextricably linked, and are at the core of our distillery’s past, present and future. As a family-owned company dating back to 1892, The Balvenie leads with a legacy of long-term innovation and a steadfast commitment to excellence made possible by our Five Rare Crafts, comprised of unmatched ingredients, processes and people,” said Greg Levine, Vice President, Marketing, Single Malt Scotch Whiskies USA. “In its second year, Quest for Craft builds on the tenants of craftsmanship explored in season one, and unveils even more truths behind modern creativity and inspiration. With deep knowledge of music, entertainment, culinary and literary fields, and having literally written the book on the subject of creativity with Creative Quest, we’re reminded how perfectly positioned Questlove is to help us unpack the uniquely human elements that elevate the great to the exceptional.”

In 2021, The Balvenie embarked on a new creative journey with the arrival of Quest for Craft: Season One, a disquisitive digital series hosted by Questlove. Over the four episodes featured in its inaugural season, The Balvenie and Questlove embark on thought provoking conversations around the creative processes, inspirations and aspirations of legendary GRAMMY Award-winning music producer Jimmy Jam, SNL comedian Michael Che, punk-rock icon Patti Smith, and prolific author Malcolm Gladwell. The series won the 2021 Shorty Award in the Industry: Wine, Beer & Spirits category and 2021 Brand Film Award in the Consumer Goods category.

Quest for Craft is the hallmark collaboration of a multi-year partnership between The Balvenie and Questlove and an extension of The Balvenie’s global campaign The Makers Project, in which the brand brings to life not just the skill but the heart of makers around the world via content series, exhibits, auctions and experiential events. The partnership began in late 2020 and intends to unpack the uniquely human elements that impact modern creativity.

For more information on the partnership between The Balvenie and Questlove, and to watch the full Quest for Craft series, subscribe to The Balvenie YouTube channel or visit us.thebalvenie.com/the-makers and @balvenieus.

About The Balvenie Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Nestled in the picturesque surroundings of Dufftown, Speyside, The Balvenie distillery has been handcrafting whisky for more than 125 years, notably the most handcrafted of single malts. Nowhere else can you find a distillery that grows its own barley, malts in its own traditional floor maltings, and still employs a team of coopers to tend to the casks alongside a coppersmith to maintain the stills.

With a team committed to ultimate craftsmanship, their dedicated characters pour their soul and obsession into every single bottle. This demonstrates that, whilst it takes skill to make something great, it takes true heart to make it extraordinary. And of course, Malt Master, David C. Stewart MBE presides over the all-important maturation process.

Founded in 1892 by William Grant, The Balvenie Single Malt Scotch Whisky is produced by William Grant & Sons Ltd, an award-winning independent family-owned distiller and today run by his direct descendants. Each expression has a very individual taste, rich, luxuriously smooth and underpinned by the distinctively honeyed character of The Balvenie. For further information, visit www.thebalvenie.com.

About William Grant & Sons

William Grant & Sons Holdings Ltd. is an independent family-owned distiller headquartered in the United Kingdom and founded by William Grant in 1887. Today, the global premium spirits company is run by the fifth generation of his family and distills some of the world’s leading brands of Scotch whisky, including Glenfiddich®, The Balvenie® range of handcrafted single malts and the world’s third-largest blended Scotch, Grant’s®, as well as other iconic spirits brands such as Hendrick’s® Gin, Sailor Jerry® Spiced Rum, Tullamore D.E.W.® Irish Whiskey, Monkey Shoulder® Blended Malt Scotch Whisky, and Drambuie® Scotch Liqueur.

Founded in 1964, William Grant & Sons USA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of William Grant & Sons, Ltd. and features one of the fastest-growing spirits portfolios in the US with brands including Glenfiddich, The Balvenie, Hendrick’s Gin, Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum, Tullamore D.E.W. Irish Whiskey, Drambuie, Milagro Tequila, Fistful of Bourbon, Grant’s, Hudson Whiskey, Gibson’s Finest, Monkey Shoulder, Clan MacGregor, Reyka Vodka, Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur, Flor de Caña Rum, The Knot, and Raynal French Brandy. For more information on the company and its brands, please visit www.williamgrantusa.com.

About Questlove

Academy Award-winning filmmaker, drummer, DJ, producer, director, culinary entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling author, and member of The Roots – Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, is the unmistakable heartbeat of Philadelphia’s most influential hip-hop group. He is the Musical Director for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where his beloved Roots crew serves as house band. Beyond that, this 6-time GRAMMY Award winning musician’s indisputable reputation has landed him musical directing positions with everyone from D’Angelo to Jay-Z.

In 2021, Questlove made his directorial debut with the Academy Award winning feature documentary Summer of Soul, which explores the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. The film premiered on the opening night of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, where it was awarded the “Grand Jury Prize” and “Audience Award for Best U.S. Documentary.” Questlove was also recently honored with the Sundance Institute’s 2021 Vanguard Award for his work on the film. The movie broke the record for the highest selling documentary to come out of Sundance when it was acquired by Searchlight/Hulu and it has since gone on to win “Best Feature Documentary” at the 2022 Academy Awards, “Best Documentary” at the 2022 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) and “Best Music Film” at the 2022 Grammy Awards, as well as a Peabody Award. The film was additionally named “Best Documentary” by The National Board of Review, “Documentary of the Year” by the London Critic’s Circle Awards, “Best Music Documentary” by the International Documentary Association and notably received six Critic’s Choice Documentary Awards in the categories of “Best Documentary Feature,” “Best Director,” “Best First Documentary Feature,” “Best Editing,” “Best Archival Documentary” and “Best Music Documentary.” Questlove also was named “Best Director” by the International Documentary Association and received a nomination for “Best Director” by the Directors Guild of America for his work on the film. In addition, Summer of Soul was named the “Best Movie of 2021” by The New York Times and was named one of the best of the year by The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, TIME Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone, Forbes, The Guardian, The Wrap and People Magazine. President Barack Obama also named Summer of Soul one of his “Favorite Movies of 2021.” The Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released via Legacy Recordings on January 28, 2022.

Outside of Summer of Soul, Questlove partnered together with Black Thought of The Roots to Executive Produced the acclaimed documentary series, Hip-Hop: The Songs That Shook America on AMC under their production company, Two One Five Entertainment. Together, in 2020, the pair announced a first-look deal with Universal Television to develop scripted and non-scripted programming. In 2022, Two One Five Entertainment is set to executive produce Sam Pollard’s The League, a documentary centered on the tumultuous journey of Negro league baseball and also produce an upcoming documentary on the legendary Sly Stone, as well as various projects with partners such as Disney Jr. This year the company will executive produce Descendant, a feature documentary on the historic discovery of The Clotilda, the last known slave ship to arrive in America illegally transporting enslaved Africans. The documentary, which made its world premiere at Sundance in 2022, was acquired by Netflix. Higher Ground, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company, will present the film, alongside Netflix.

In addition to his film and TV work, Questlove continues to cement himself as one of the most sought-after DJs in pop-culture with a resume that includes gigs for The Academy Awards, The White House, Cartier, and hotels and nightclubs around the world. After streaming nearly 300 virtual DJ sets during the pandemic in 2020, he used this momentum to launch his own Twitch show called GO DJ, which champions sets from renowned international peers.

Questlove has written multiple books including the New York Times bestsellers Mo’ Meta Blues and Creative Quest, the GRAMMY nominated audio book Creative Quest, Soul Train: The Music, Dance and Style of a Generation, the James Beard nominated somethingtofoodabout, Mixtape Potluck and the newly best seller Music Is History.

Adding to his multitude of multi-hyphenates, Questlove served as the Executive Music Producer and Composer on the A&E Miniseries Roots. He also scored Chris Rock’s film, Top Five and co-produced the GRAMMY Award winning Original Broadway Cast Recording of Hamilton. Questlove also hosts his own acclaimed podcast Questlove Supreme on iHeart. In 2020 Questlove co-starred in Disney Pixar’s Academy Award-winning animated feature Soul, which landed him an NAACP Image Award nomination for “Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance.” Most recently in 2022, Questlove was named one of “The 100 Most Influential People of 2022” by TIME.

Quest for Craft is executive produced by Questlove, The Balvenie, Alexis Rosenzweig, and Two One Five Entertainment.