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April 25, 2018
Bernard J. Tyson on Re-Connecting the Mind to the Body at SXSW 2018 [Video]
At the 2018 SXSW Featured Session, Re-Connecting the Mind to the Body, Chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, Bernard J. Tyson, speaks on the connection between physical and mental health, and how we can advance mental health initiatives in the future.
At the beginning of the Featured Session, Tyson polls the audience with a few questions about mental health which indicate the majority are affected by related issues. These answers serve as the framework for the conversation exploring mental health in our society.
Delving into the deep research being done on suicides, Tyson states that one of the most striking findings has been that “over 50% of the individuals who commit suicide actually show no signs whatsoever to loved ones, to family members, in the health system, before they commit suicide.”
Critical of the models that we have used to treat these issues in the past, Tyson suggests that they are inadequate to advance healthcare further, and suggests that improvement will only occur once we reform our health systems in the United States, and internationally.
“For whatever reason, we decided to detach the head from the body…So when something went wrong with the brain, we built a whole separate healthcare system over there – separate records, separate resources, separate ways of thinking about it. We’re gonna start a revolution around mental health and mental wellness, we’re gonna transform our organization, and we’re gonna reconnect the head with the body.”
Watch the video above for the full 2018 SXSW Featured Session Re-Connecting the Mind to the Body, where Chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson discusses a revolution in the treatment of mental health in our society.
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April 25, 2018
SXSWfm 2018 Showcasing Artist Interview: Yoke Lore
SXSWfm had the opportunity to interview Adrian Galvin, previously known as a member of Walk The Moon, as he joined SXSW 2018 to showcase his solo project, Yoke Lore. They sat down on the roof of the Austin Convention Center to talk about his time in Walk The Moon, being in a dance company, and what’s next to come for his new EP. Read an excerpt of the interview below, and listen to it in full on our Mixcloud.
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Yoke Lore Interview Highlights
Welcome to SXSW 2018!
Yoke Lore: Thank you so much. It’s great to be here!
How many times have you played at SX?
YL: This is my second year.
Why was important for you to come back?
YL: SX is a place that I really get to connect with people that I don’t usually get to connect with. I have a label in Germany, a label in Australia, and people working my music in the UK, and radio people in New Zealand, and I just know them as names on an email. It’s nice to have eye contact with them, and one – to express my gratitude to them, and another – to make the connection stronger so we can do more… So it’s good to connect with them. And I’m always on tour, and a lot of my friends are in bands that are also on tour, so it’s nice to see homies that I don’t usually get to see often.
You were in a band called Walk The Moon. What was your relationship with that?
YL: I met Nick Petricca in an acapella group my freshman year of college, and he was a senior. We began Walk The Moon, and I dropped out of college to tour and write with them, and that was a ton of fun. Then, at some point, it was getting very, very serious and there were other people involved and lots of money involved, and the music got a little bit away from what I really wanted to do, but that was right for Walk The Moon. It was the path that Walk The Moon was on, and who am I to stand in the way of that. So I was like, I would rather go back to college, finish my scholarship, and then start something myself.
When did you start this [solo] project?
YL: Roughly two years ago.
And how did you get that name, Yoke Lore?
YL: I very much believe that value in life kind of occurs when things come together. The value of a life can be measured in its relationships. And I know it’s true because it’s true everywhere. You can measure the integrity of this beam by how well it’s connected to the fucking screws that are hooked into the other beam. It’s not about how strong the metal is, it’s how strong the connection is, and that’s true in everything and everywhere. So I want to tell stories about how things are connected. A yoke is something that holds oxen together as they tail the fields. Or it can be the yoke of an empire, holding peoples and makes them one. But whatever it is, it’s a vice of sorts. And lore is obviously stories in a verbal tradition, and I’m trying to verbalize some stories about my connections.
You just released a new song. Tell me about that – what does that song mean?
YL: The song is called “Fake You,” and it’s pretty much about those moments when you have to contend with the fact that your perceptions about the world might not actually be how the world works. In those moments, it can be really, really jarring. it’s kind of the story of my experience with that idea, and that sensation that happens pretty often if you are an aware person. You often come up to the idea like, oh shit this isn’t what I thought I was. Or oh shit, this person is not who I thought they were. Or oh shit, I’m not as good as I thought I was at this, or anything like that. Those moments can be jarring but it’s important to know that your perceptions aren’t reality, and to have that in the back of your mind when you do things.
What’s next for you? Is this [single] kind of a teaser that you’re about to release more things – an EP, and album?
YL: An EP is going to come out this summer called Absolutes. “Fake You” is the first one. All of these songs are about conflicts of absolutism that come up, where things that were seemingly pure are not pure… Fake You is the first, and I’m going to release a video for Fake You next month, and then another song and a video. I’m going to stagger back and forth.
Tune in to hear the full interview with Yoke Lore below. Keep checking our Mixcloud page in the coming weeks as more interviews with 2018 SXSW Showcasing Artists are released. You can listen to SXSWfm 24/7 via our online player.
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2018 Showcasing Artist, Yoke Lore – Photo by Shelby Magness
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April 25, 2018
A SIGMA Factory Tour – cinema5D Exclusive
<b>During my latest visit to Japan I was lucky enough to be the first journalist who was allowed to independently film at SIGMA’s Art and cinema zoom</b> …
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April 24, 2018
The Last O.G. Episodic World Premiere Q&A with Tracy Morgan at SXSW 2018 [Video]
The Last O.G., an American comedy television series created by Jordan Peele and John Carcieri, premiered at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival in the Episodic screening section. Following the screening, Variety’s Ramin Setoodeh moderated an extended Q&A with Jorma Taccone, Tracy Morgan, and Tiffany Haddish.
In The Last O.G., Tracy Morgan plays an ex-con released after a 15-year prison stint, who is shocked to see just how much the world has changed including his old Brooklyn neighborhood. The neighborhood has undergone gentrification, and his ex-girlfriend, played by Tiffany Haddish, is married to a white man whom she’s been raising the twin sons he never knew existed. With no money and no connection to his kids, he falls back on what he learned in prison while adjusting to society. Jorma Taccone directed the pilot episode.
“The show that we are doing has levels to it,” said Taccone at the SXSW premiere. “Comedy is going in a lot of different directions, now especially; it’s not just comedy, there’s drama, there’s some heartfelt stuff. I really hope that people want to see Tracy [Morgan] in this new kind of mode because there are just different things he’s trying to bring to his performance.”
Watch coverage from the red carpet and Q&A moderated by Variety’s Ramin Setoodeh with Jorma Taccone, Tracy Morgan, and Tiffany Haddish. The Last O.G. airs on TBS on Tuesdays at 9:30pm/8:30c.
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April 24, 2018
Creation and Connection: A Conversation with Keith Urban at SXSW 2018 [Video]
“It’s mystical and magical that you can create a song out of nowhere.” – Keith Urban
In this 2018 SXSW Featured Session, Creation and Connection: A Conversation with Keith Urban, Vice President of The GRAMMY Museum Scott Goldman facilitates a conversation with Australian country music star, Keith Urban, about the songwriting process, interesting moments in his career, and experiences from his childhood that informed his musical development.
Early in the conversation, when Urban is asked about early influences, rather than mention the usual suspects of rock and country history, he calls out the local gigging musicians that inspired him during the formative years of his music career, and speaks highly of the musicianship of this type of relatively “unknown” artist that can be found in every music hub. This moment in the conversation highlights Urban’s love of music as a live performance medium and informs his artistic process. Later in the dialogue, Urban speaks to this when he talks about how he was able to overcome the stuffy environment of the recording studio. Toward the end of the Featured Session, the conversation is opened up to include an extended Q&A with members of the audience about a broad range of topics.
“What I like about playing live is the ability to bring everyone together in agreement.”
Watch the video above for the full 2018 SXSW Featured Session Creation and Connection: A Conversation with Keith Urban, where country music star Keith Urban discusses his creative process and experiences the developmental stage of his career. Learn from a diverse group of thought leaders at SXSW – browse more 2018 Keynotes, Featured Sessions, Red Carpets, and Q&A’s on our YouTube Channel.
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Keith Urban and Scott Goldman – Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for SXSW
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April 24, 2018
Register Now for me Convention 2018 in Stockholm from September 4-6
In 2017, SXSW in collaboration with Mercedes-Benz held the inaugural me Convention in Frankfurt – a three-day cross-cultural event uniting technology, design, and creative industries for a critical dialogue about the future. This year, me Convention moves the conversation to Sweden’s vibrant capital, Stockholm, from September 4-6, 2018 to showcase pioneers from all industries and reveal some of tomorrow’s most innovative technologies.
The unique and open platform of me Convention creates an intimate space for dynamic talks with top-tier speakers, inspiring keynotes, workshops, mentor meetings, and more. Join us to explore the 2018 themes — New Society, New Leadership, New Economies, New Creativity, and New Bionomics — plus an outstanding evening program including concerts, art exhibitions, Startup Cities Pitches, parties, and film screenings.
2017 speakers included astronaut Buzz Aldrin, artist A$AP Rocky, Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook), cyborg Neil Harbisson, Auma Obama (Sauti Kuu Foundation), monk Gelong Thubten, John Cohn (IBM), Amber Valletta (Master & Muse), and many more. As you get ready for Stockholm, experience all of the 2017 talks as well as the Mystery Talks series presented by me Convention during SXSW 2018. Stay tuned for 2018 me Convention programming announcements and updates throughout the season.
Register to join today’s makers and thought leaders for me Convention 2018. Badges are available now at Early Bird rates until June 22 at €329 ($402 USD). Students currently enrolled in college or university can follow this link to secure a special student discount.
SXSW is pleased to join Mercedes-Benz once again to host me Convention as an evolution of its mission to help creative people achieve their goals. Set your sights on Stockholm and secure your spot to #createthenew! Follow @meconvention on Instagram and Twitter, and sign up for me Convention newsletter.
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April 23, 2018
This Is Us Cast Panel with Executive Producer Dan Fogelman at SXSW 2018 [Video]
“There is hope and optimism there…that there is a happy ending potentially for the show and for the world.” – Dan Fogelman
In the critically-acclaimed NBC drama, This Is Us, everyone has a family and every family has a story. The series chronicles the Pearson family across three decades: from Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Mandy Moore) as young parents in the 1980s to their 37-year-old kids Kevin (Justin Hartley), Kate (Chrissy Metz), and Randall (Sterling K. Brown) searching for love and fulfillment in the present day. In the This Is Us Cast Panel, creator and executive producer Dan Fogelman as well as cast members Ventimiglia, Moore, and Hartley take an inside look at the Emmy Award-winning drama.
“One of the greatest things about the experience we all have on this show is the conversation that gets started because of these very simple, attainable stories.” – Milo Ventimiglia
During the session moderated by Glamour‘s Jessica Radloff, she asked the panelists a series of questions related to fan encounters, in addition to sharing a funny story about her mother, who happens to be a huge This Is Us fan, and got the lucky opportunity to meet Hartley and Brown. Prior to the Featured Session, fans joined the cast and producers at the world premiere screening of the This Is Us season 2 finale episode as part of the SXSW Film Festival.
Before going to the audience for questions, Radloff posed on last question asking, “What have you guys learned on this journey and what has this show done for you as a person?” Fogelman thoughtfully responds with, “For me, I am one of those people who cannot get off CNN right now and watch everything that is going on in this country, just generally and globally how divided everybody is. I am constantly just going, what on earth is going on right now? How are we all collectively here regardless of what side of the line we sit on? And I look at the show, not just that it exists…the popularity of the show and the fact that people across all spectrums of life are attaching to this show that is open-hearted and optimistic, romantic, and inclusive; it gives me hope a little bit,” said Fogelman.
Watch the video above for the full This Is Us Featured Session. Browse more 2018 Keynotes, Featured Sessions, Red Carpets, and Q&A’s on our YouTube Channel.
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April 23, 2018
Editorial Design: Centro Cultural Jardín Japonés
Editorial Design: Centro Cultural Jardín Japonés
Let’s kick it off with a beautiful branding & editorial design by Angello Torres who is a graphic designer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ver Para Oír / Jardín Japonés translated to See To Hear / Japanese Garden and I simply love this project. The mixture of the culture, colours and you just gotta love that font Avant Garde who has been my go-to font for years. Check it out, this project is beautifully shown in execution and presentation.
Seeing To hear is a festival carried out within the cultural framework offered by the Japanese Garden, in which the senses of sight and hearing merge crossing each other generating new forms of perception, carried out from different sound activities and visuals. “hear colors, perceive sounds and observe silence”
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April 22, 2018
‘A Quiet Place’ Again Rules the Box Office and ‘Super Troopers 2’ Makes an Impressive Return
This weekend, it took just $22 million to be #1 at the box office. In its third weekend, “A Quiet Place” led a closely matched group in the top four spots, bringing in about 16 percent more business than the same time last year. And this was supposed to be a calm before the storm that is next weekend’s “Avengers: Age of Infinity.” No one wants to position a top film ahead of that juggernaut.
Instead, we saw three wider releases take a chance at reaching targeted audiences. “I Feel Pretty” with Amy Schumer did the best of the three with a little over $16 million, with “Super Troopers 2” close behind. “Traffik” lagged behind with under $4 million in close to 1,000 theaters.
“A Quiet Place”
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Of note for these individual titles:
“A Quiet Place” returned to #1. More significantly, and nearly unheard of for a wide-release horror film, it fell only 33 percent its third weekend. John Krasinski’s $17 million-budgeted film is already at $132 million; suddenly, $200 million seems possible. It’s grossed more than $20 million more than “Get Out” last year at this point in its run.
Jordan Peele’s phenomenal film opened to about two thirds as much, then held better (down 15 and 26 percent its second and third weekends). “A Quiet Place” should best the $176 million domestic gross for “Get Out.” With stronger foreign interest, a worldwide total of over $300 million is likely.
“Rampage”
“Rampage” proved the opening appeal of superstar Dwayne Johnson. Its second-weekend, 41 percent fall is the best for any of his films in the last six years, except for the holiday-boosted “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.” That’s good news for the big-budget title (just over $100 million), which is doing much better overseas. Led by China, and with Japan, Germany, and France still to open, it could end up somewhere between $450 million-$500 million, about 20 percent of that domestic. Johnson’s involvement boosted this above other recent high-end action films; even without a spectacular opening, it shows what the human element of a proven star can do to enhance an otherwise by-the-numbers release.
“I Feel Pretty” gets credit for grossing more than predictions, which were closer to $10 million. After “Blockers,” this is the second R-rated, female-centered comedy in recent weeks. The more-expensive “Pretty” ($32 million) will need a strong hold to get into profit. That’s possible, based on its appeal to women and as “Avengers”counterprogramming; it could end up with a strong multiple and earn more than $50 million, but it will need foreign results. “Game Night” opened close to the same gross and is nearing $70 million, four times opening weekend.
“Super Troopers 2”
“Super Troopers 2” is a sequel to the 2000 cult success from the Broken Lizard comedy troupe. The first film opened wide to $9.8 million adjusted, ultimately reaching $29 million; this bested that number at $14.7 million, thanks to longtime male fans. (Ticket sales were 75 percent ages 25-49, and 64 percent male). On-the-ground, multi-city marketing by Broken Lizard also helped the film double initial expectations. At a $13 million budget, this looks like a winning bet for Fox Searchlight and its second (after “Isle of Dogs” also gets there) over-$30 million performer this year. That’s great timing for a unit primed to survive in the new Disney environment post-merger.
“Traffik” with Omar Epps and Paula Patton as a vacationing couple fighting off bikers made $3.875 million on a $4 million production budget. Still, it was the sole opener to rise Saturday from Friday and Lionsgate can make sure this has a post-theatrical afterlife.
“Ready Player One”
Other decent holds were seen by “Ready Player One,” “Blockers,” and of course “Black Panther.” The first two fell about 35 percent, while “Panther” in its 10th weekend dropped only 20 percent.
Spielberg’s pricey video-world film is up to $126 million, with $150 domestic possible — more than three times its opening. It did more than 75 percent of its business outside North America, and should end up a very good $600 million or so worldwide. “Panther” will be affected by the new Marvel film, but still looks on track to reach $700 million domestic (it’s now $681 million). The next question: Will “Avengers: Age of Infinity” be its equal?
The Top Ten
1. A Quiet Place (Paramount) Week 3; Last weekend #2
$22,000,000 (-33%) in 3,808 theaters (+219); PTA (per theater average): $5,777; Cumulative: $132,359,000
2. Rampage (Warner Bros.) Week 2; Last weekend #1
$21,000,000 (-41%) in 4,115 theaters (+14); PTA: $5,103; Cumulative: $66,600,000
3. I Feel Pretty (STX) NEW – Cinemascore: B+; Metacritic: 47; Est. budget: $32 million
$16,220,000 in 3,440 theaters; PTA: $4,715; Cumulative: $16,220,000
4. Super Troopers 2 (20th Century Fox) NEW – Cinemascore: B+; Metacritic: 41; Est. budget: $13 million
$14,700,000 in 2,038 theaters; PTA: $7,213; Cumulative: $14,700,000
5. Truth or Dare (Universal) Week 2; Last weekend #3
$7,910,000 (-58%) in 3,068 theaters (+39); PTA: $2,578; Cumulative: $30,287,000
6. Ready Player One (Warner Bros.) Week 4; Last weekend #4
$7,500,000 (-35%) in 3,028 theaters (-453); PTA: $2,338; Cumulative: $126,181,000
7. Blockers (Universal) Week 3; Last weekend #5
$6,985,000 (-35%) in 3,134 theaters (-284); PTA: $2,229; Cumulative: $48,254,000
8. Black Panther (Disney) Week 10; Last weekend #6
$4,642,000 (-20%) in 1,930 theaters (-250); PTA: $2,405; Cumulative: $681,084,000
9. Traffik (Lionsgate) NEW – Cinemascore: NA; Metacritic: 39; Est. budget: $4 million
$3,875,000 in 1,046 theaters; PTA: $3,705; Cumulative: $3,875,000
10. Isle of Dogs (Fox Searchlight) Week 5; Last weekend #7
$3,400,000 (-38%) in 1,947 theaters (+8); PTA: $1,746; Cumulative: $24,360,000
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April 22, 2018
Dwayne Johnson Won’t Take You to Prom, but He Will Rent Out an Entire Theater So You Can See ‘Rampage’ — Watch
A high-school student asked Dwayne Johnson to prom, and you’ll never guess what happened next: He said no! It’s okay, though, because the only reason he politely declined was because he’ll be filming “Jungle Cruise” when the end-of-year dance takes place. In lieu of wearing a tux and getting one Katie Kelzenberg a corsage, The Rock was kind enough to rent out an entire theater so that she and her friends could see “Rampage” — and he announced it over the school’s intercom system. Watch below.
Kelzenberg invited Johnson to prom via a clever tweet, which prompted an Instagram response from the eight-time WWE Champion. “I was so impressed by this young lady’s charm and confidence to even ask me (ladies always get shy in front of me) that I had to do something special,” he writes. “I decided to rent out an entire theater (capacity 232 seats) in her town so Katie and her closest 232 friends and family can enjoy a special screening of RAMPAGE.”
“I also taped a special morning message surprising Katie and her high school that will play across the school’s intercom system… literally…RIGHT NOW, Katie should be turning red hearing me surprise her in front of her entire school,” Johnson continues. It’s true:
@TheRock PROM?! pic.twitter.com/VyHhrpVQYe
— katie k (@katiekelzenberg) April 15, 2018
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