Hosted by 2 Chainz, Amazon Music Live, After Thursday Night Football on Prime Video beginning October 27.

 By Laura Medina

Hosted by 2 Chainz, Thursday night’s hottest music event streams live after Thursday Night Football on Prime Video beginning October 27, and includes a lineup of today’s most iconic artists performing their latest releases

Amazon Music Live features showstopping live performances after one of the biggest games of the week from superstars Lil Baby, Megan Thee Stallion, and Kane Brown—with more artists to be announced throughout the season

Amazon Music announced Amazon Music Live, a not-to-be-missed new weekly livestreamed concert series featuring the biggest artists performing their latest hits live, hosted by Grammy-winning hip-hop icon 2 Chainz. Airing on Prime Video following Thursday Night Football, music and sports fans will come together for Thursday night’s new destination for the hottest new releases to come to life. Watch a sneak peek of Amazon Music Live here.

Streamed live from Los Angeles, Amazon Music Live premieres October 27 with musical guest Lil Baby, who will perform cuts off his recently released album, It’s Only Me, as well as fan-favorites and chart-topping hits. On November 3, three-time Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion will grace the Amazon Music Live stage, and on November 10, country music superstar Kane Brown will treat fans to songs from his new album Different Man and more. Even more epic performances will be announced in the weeks to come.

"Whether you’re a sports fan waiting for the first football game of the week, or a music fan staying up late to hear the latest drop from your favorite artist, Thursday is the biggest night for entertainment," said Kirdis Postelle, global head of artist marketing of Amazon Music. "With Amazon Music Live, we’ve created a new, can’t-miss series for fans to experience the most exciting new music together. For artists, this show represents a massive new stage to share their music with fans after Thursday Night Football—the biggest game of the week, airing live on Prime Video."

In addition to hosting Amazon Music Live, 2 Chainz will interview each night’s performing artist during Thursday Night Football shoulder programming, providing fans with unprecedented access to their favorite artists. Each concert will be available for fans to stream live around the world on Prime Video and will also be available to stream on-demand for a limited time.

"Every Thursday night, I’m bringing the biggest and the brightest stars in music to the Amazon Music Live stage in Los Angeles," said 2 Chainz. "We have the people that are influencing the culture and have carved their own unique path in music, like Lil Baby, Megan Thee Stallion, and Kane Brown. Amazon Music Live is the only place to be for the official Thursday turn up!"

 

Bicycle Playing Cards purchased Bored Ape #1227 NFT then Expanded Into Clothing & Accessories Line, at Fred Segal.

 By Laura Medina

Bicycle Playing Cards, a heritage Cartamundi brand that's brought people together in play for over 130 years, purchased Bored Ape #1227 in early June of this year. The Bicycle Bored Ape Deck of Cards Featuring the Brand’s Newest NFT Will Be Available Next Year.

 

As its latest step into web3, Bicycle selected an ape donning holographic eyeglasses and a joker card in his helmet. "We see communities like the Bored Ape Yacht Club as the heart and soul of web3. Bicycle is all about playfully connecting, and web3 opens up new ways for us to interact and co-create with communities," says Tricia Bouras, CEO & President US Playing Card Company / EVP Retail & Industry North America Cartamundi Group.

 

Bored Ape #1227 will also be featured on a classic Bicycle card deck launching next year. The deck will feature the brand's new NFT in a fun, playful royal Ape-themed deck. The inaugural card deck will continue the journey within the Bored Ape Yacht Club community. More details will be revealed in the coming weeks.

 

This latest step into web3, the purchase of Bored Ape #1227, follows the launch of Bicycle's Genesis Collection, which featured traditional cards transformed 1,000 years into the future. The Unique Genesis collection is sold out, but consumers still have an opportunity to get the Main Genesis Collection with a physical collectable deck that is being released to NFT holders this coming month. 

 

This week, the brand is celebrating its new NFT purchase with an activation at Artcade, the first experiential NFT gallery, curated boutique and streaming studio located in Fred Segal on the famed Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California. Bicycle ape-branded merchandise and collectible items are featured alongside iconic Genesis Collection-merchandise at the event, which is available until the end of year or until limited supply lasts.

 

"Artcade combines culture and technology to create innovative IRL and Metaverse experiences," said Doug Scott, Chief Creative Officer & Co-Founder of Subnation, a venture studio and owner of Artcade, "Bicycle Playing Cards exemplify both the type of brand we want to feature and the IP creators we want to collaborate with. The product is another example of how NFT holders are monetizing their IP and attracting new collectors, influencers and consumers to the community."

Magician and illusionist, Roby Sobieski, entertain the crowd with, of course, card tricks.

 

LA's Vegan Fashion Week and Ukrainian Fashion Week Shared an Unprecedented Message of Compassion in Los Angeles

 By Laura Medina

Los Angeles, California was bursting at the seams. Vegan Fashion Week put Los Angeles on the fashion connoisseurs’ radars as the ethical fashion capital. Last week, fashion professionals, celebrities and influencers could experience the celebrated movement with international vegan fashion brands and clean, cruelty-free beauty. This year, Vegan Fashion Week proposed three days of events and a unique show in partnership with Ukrainian Fashion Week hosted at California Market Center. A show placed under the sign of compassion, and an unprecedented support sent to the Ukrainian fashion designers.

Recalling the sad episode that Ukraine is going through the morning of the show. "Today is a hard day for Ukrainians," explained Aleksandra Kakurina, head of designer department for Ukrainian Fashion Week, who woke up under the bombs. "But we are resisting, our designers now share part of their time between making clothes for the army and their own collection. With Vegan Fashion Week, it is an opportunity for them to resist, to continue to show their work." 

This year, Vegan Fashion Week’s founder and creative director, Emmanuelle Rienda, presented a 'golden hour' sustainable fashion show under a natural light well illuminating the models in the Atrium – amongst other sustainability efforts, no artificial lights were added to the production to reduce the event's carbon footprint. 

As a prelude to the show, actress Mychal-Bella Rayne, recent Golden Globe winner for her role in "Underground Railroad", read a poem titled “Imagine”, written for the occasion by Caroline Powell, a dedication to peace, imagination and compassion, before the arrival of singer vōx, whose mysterious voice and spellbinding choreography captured the audience's attention. 

The Korean vegan brand, Vegan Tiger, founded by designer Yang Yoo-na, was the first to take to the stage and showcased its new silhouettes, before Ukrainian Fashion Week lined up the creations of 11 Ukrainian designers including Chereshnivska, Dzhus, House Martin, Gorohova, Ochis, Oversized, Roussin, Sheezen, Palingenisy, Devohome, and Reviclo. Some brands which are not all labeled vegan, but all cruelty-free and sustainable. Fashion Show Partners for this edition included Dr. Martens, KVD Beauty, makeup brushes by Artis, and MOB Beauty.

Post-show, a star-studded event unfolded on the Rooftop Terrace with gorgeous DTLA views, cocktails and vegan treats from Miyoko's and Ladurée. Celebrities gathered to show their support including Metallica’s Robert Trujillo, Corey Feldman, Taryn Manning, Naomi Grossman, Wendie Malick, Debbie Levin, Deaken Bluman, Danielle Macdonald, Stephanie Corneliussen, Milana Vayntrub, Radhi Devlukia-Shetty, Tara Reid and more.

The City of Los Angeles presented Vegan Fashion Week with a Certificate of Recognition celebrating the movement for spreading the message of compassion as a pillar of world peace and highlighting the connections between humans, biodiversity, and our impact on the planet. 

Though not one of the major four, Vegan Fashion Week has been the launchpad for vegan fashion and a hotspot for messages that matter. As one of the most influential international fashion weeks, VFW has become a beacon of hope for an ethical and sustainable lifestyle, emerging and established designers, and is creating industry-wide change. It has also made a name for itself by pioneering collaborations between plant-based textiles, brands and industry leaders in its quest to end the use of animal-derived materials in the fashion industry. 

In addition to the fashion shows, Vegan Fashion Week presented a series of panel discussions and produced Vegan World: a sustainable fashion & beauty showroom featuring vegan brands including Nous Étudions, Sylven New York, Shoes 53045, Bohema, Fan All Flames, Sentient, Natalia Fedner, Wildling Shoes, Willa Phoenix, SoloVegan.

Kelly Clarkson Show, A Fresh & Fun Take on the Talk Show Format with a Little, Mini Concert Best Saved at the End, Kellyoke.

 By Laura Medina

A person must be a Very Important Person, VIP, if one gets invited first thing in the morning, at the last minute, for a very selective audience participation, for Kelly Clarkson Show, Kelly's rising talk show.

It takes a fellow celebrity to interview a celebrity, to dig down deep to get those little nuggets of wisdom.

During this scribe's time as an audience member, Kelly was interviewing Angela Bassett while playing a game of what irks them.  What irks Kelly is a common celebrity problem, people wanting an autograph in the restroom or bathroom.  Despite irking her, Kelly still takes a lot of autograph selfies in the restroom with fans.  Note to her fans or any fans, please give your favorite celebrity a break in the restroom, wait then politely ask for a selfie.

There's a reason being a Kelly Clarkson Show audience member is so selective.  It only holds no more than 30 audience members on average and the set is small.

Kelly does do "science experiments" stunts.  A secret, since the set is small and her celebrity guests are busy, they do clear out the set to make room for the science stunts and for safety reasons, of course.

On the day of this scribe's audience time, she did a science experience stunt where she quipped, this chemistry teacher ought to make his student his talent manager, for suggesting he be on TikTok.

Since Kelly is very much a singer, she saves the best for last.  A treat, she covers other artists' hits and classics.  During this scribe's taping, she covered Rihanna's "Umbrella." 

So, this is how it's like being a Kelly Clarkson Show audience member.

Where & When Chefs & Urbanwear Designers Share the Love by Hugging It All Together at The Hundreds' Family Style Food Festival, Third Years Going.

 By Laura Medina

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@osteriamozza x @carrotsbyanwarcarrots for Family Style Food Festival 2022! 👨🏾‍🌾👩🏻‍🍳🥕

Here's Chef Nancy Silverton modeling her collaboration with 

Carrots By Anwar Carrots, a limited edition collaboration collection just for @familystylefest.

https://www.familystylefest.com/

The chef-beloved urban/streetwear brand, The Hundreds, https://thehundreds.com/ know who they are, knows who loves them back and knows what their fans need, want, and love.

https://luxurist.blogspot.com/2018/10/millennial-gen-z-mens-hair-skincare.html This scribe first met them when they launched a limited edition men's grooming kit for their customers, which tends to be chefs and The Hundreds love their food as much as they love their streetwear and sneakers, which in return, chef love wearing them, on and off the clock.

A year later, The Hundreds launch their https://www.familystylefest.com/ Family Style Food Festival, a cross-cultural food festival where the world’s top culinary talent gather for one afternoon to collaborate with prominent streetwear brands and artists on one-of-a-kind dishes and limited merchandise.

The Hundreds' food festival is where and when fashion designers and chefs show off their love for each other by pairing meals with their favorite fashion designers then in return, fashion designers created limited edition clothes for their favorite chefs.

Chef Nancy Silverton, always one of the best dressed chefs, has a foodie fan in Anwar Carrots,

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/fashion/anwar-carrots-streetwear.html, the streetwear designer of Carrots by Anwar Carrots. So, he especially designed a streetwear capsule with her in mind.  In return, her restaurant, Osteria Mozza joins The Hundreds' Family Style Food Festival and Anwar sells his limited edition Osteria Mozza x Carrots at the Family Style Food Festival Gift Shop by Doordash.

There's no way about it. The Hundreds' Family Style Food Festival is a Millennial and Gen-Z affair where hundreds (yes, pun intended) lining are pre-ordering the chef-streetwear collections on Doordash app so when they bee line directly to the sold-out Gift Shop where all the clothes are, the limited edition collectible merchandise will be a quick and ready pick-up.

Chef Evan Funke is such a well-respected chef, that Tommy Hilfilger designed a line of t-shirts just for him.

Since these in the know fans know that these chef-inspired clothes are limited edition, they sold out fast.  These limited edition chef-inspired designer street/urbanwear is one heck of souvenirs that will be worn then framed for future generation.

Once guests get their collectible merchandise first and foremost, of course they know it's a food festival by the best chef that the City of Angels can offer.

The Hundreds are so profitable during normal times, that they held the third year of their food festival in CBS Studios, next door to The Grove/Farmer's Market.

Folks collected, gathered, sampled, snacked, lunched, dined, and bought ready-made dinners and the finest left-overs from LA's best restaurants.

A festival is also a great place to debut and launch new food dishes.  Jolibee launched their McCharlie, their vegan take on the Big Mac and their Mango Hand Pies at The Hundreds' Family Food Festival.

How foodie is The Hundreds?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN1ZmyVQ_MM Ben Hundreds of The Hundreds, hosts his own travel/foodie show on Tastemade, "Big Appetite hosted by Ben Hundreds," According to Ben Hundreds, “Two of my favorite things in the world are food and art, and being able to showcase them together through this new platform is a dream come true.” In some ways, that sentiment is what drives new cultural trends. While much can be said about food and flavor, the inspiration for the culinary experience can come from outside the kitchen.

His Family Style Food Festival is a physical manifestation of his Tastemade tv show, where fashion and food show their love together.

Millennial Men & Gen-Z Men Skateboarders with Pushing 4 Pink Raised Funds at Guess Originals' Breastival, Kicking Off Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

 By Laura Medina

Thanks to Baby Boomers and Gen-Xers, they erased the shame of Breast Cancer Awareness and Health into a normal part of life, that is striking even younger Millennials and Gen-Yers, and men.

The tickets were free on the October First Breastival, again kicking off what has essentially become Women's Health Month.

GUESS Originals, a division of GUESS?, Inc. and spearheaded by Brand Partnerships Director, Nicolai Marciano, presented this full-day pop-up festival along with the Pushing for Pink founders, Gary Rodgers and Mathew Matthews.

Rodgers and Matthews founded their non-profit in 2015 as an attempt to nurture the growth of breast cancer awareness and philanthropy among young adults while creating a community to celebrate loved ones who have won, lost, or are currently battling breast cancer.

To prove the Breast Cancer and Breast Health has been normalized, skateboard magazine sponsored the Breastival with a Breast Cancer Pink skate park.

Millennial and Gen-Z men proudly bought then wear their breast cancer pink Guess Originals' Carpenter Jeans with their matching Breast Cancer Pink t-shirts.

Vans sneakers and skateboards proudly jumped on board the breast cancer bandwagon with limited-edition Vans sneakers and skateboards to raise funds meal delivery for breast cancer patients and breast cancer health researchers.

The festival was fully kit out with mechanical bull riding, basketball matches, and day-long and all-night long hip hop concerts.

These men "man up" for breast cancer.

For Gen-X & Millennials, it's Menopositivy, not Menopause. Menopositivy Tour at Ulta.

 By Laura Medina

                        https://www.eventbrite.com/e/menopositivity-tour-tickets-387012714447

EXPERT SPEAKER LINE UP:

10/1 - Santa Monica, CA :

• Emily Morse - Host of Sex With Emily + Doctor of Human Sexuality
• Kym Douglas - Beauty expert on Ellen, Author + ProAging Leader
• Sally Mueller - CEO + Co-Founder of Womaness
• Michelle Jacobs - COO + Co-Founder of Womaness

10/15 - Dallas, TX:

• Dominique Sachse - Best-Selling Author, Journalist + Beauty YouTuber
• Dr. Lyndsey Harper - Board Certified OBGYN & Founder of Rosy
• Kim Schlag - Personal trainer & Nutrition Coach for Women 40+
• Sally Mueller - CEO + Co-Founder of Womaness
• Michelle Jacobs - COO + Co-Founder of Womaness

10/22 - Northbrook, IL

• Dr. Somi Javaid - Board Certified OBGYN + Founder of HerMD Health
• Dr. Shelby Harris - Behavioral Sleep Doctor + Bestselling Author
• Sally Mueller - CEO + Co-Founder of Womaness
• Michelle Jacobs - COO + Co-Founder of Womaness

We Gen-Xers have always take charge.  They normalized menstruation that coming of age Gen-Z men now accept it as a part of life and part of a relationship.

Now, that Gen-Xers are marching into mid-life. They're not putting themselves out to pasture that previous generations passively did, by society.

With people living to be hundred, menopause is not the end of life; and one should not be defined by reproductive and nor by reproduction.

The wonderful of menopause is that sexual intercourse is now part of overall health and wellness.

The out and proud Womaness brand is making overall health and sexual wellness to tackle and adjust to menopause.  Making the freedom of menopause into "Menopositivy," where you're not chained to menstruaction and the fret of birth control but the freedom of fully explore while taking care of overall health.

Womaness is a modern menopause brand on a mission to take the “pause” out of menopause and spark the power of menopositivity: a radiant, dynamic outlook that embraces who we are today.

Womaness is changing the way we think about the change, empowering the 50M women entering or in menopause in the US.

It's timely that Womaness kicked off its tour on the first day of Breast Cancer Month, October.

Menopause has long been that period in a woman’s life that goes untalked about and often ignored by society in general. Sally Mueller had over 35 years of experience working for companies like Target and in areas focused on skincare, fashion, and beauty products. When she reached menopause she realized she wasn’t aware of many of the naturally occurring changes women go through hot flashes, dry skin, and sleepless nights - worse yet - there was no line of health and wellness care for her age bracket.

“I had spent lots of years identifying unmet needs in the business market. At the time I knew I was in menopause but didn’t know that all my symptoms I was experiencing were dead on and very common symptoms to menopause until I spoke with my doctor at the Mayo Clinic. She gave me a product on Amazon. There was simply nothing out there for the doctor to choose from.”

She had spent years personally crafting the vision of some of the world's most compelling brands like VERSED skincare, and knew key products were being disrupted.

“At that time so many legacy brands were being disrupted like with natural deodorant or Nair over razors. I felt a calling to disrupt health and wellness and create a category for menopause where there was none,” said Sally.

On a trip to NYC she got her friend Michelle Jacobs onboard as a co-founder. The two got to talking and realized this was an area ripe for opportunity.

“We knew so many women in their 40-50s with so much wisdom, talent, and creativity, and there is nothing for women my age in wellness.”

So the duo decided to create Womaness, a health and wellness product line in a menopause category. They did their own research, curation, and pulling from leading experts in the field. To do this they relied on focus groups to help them shape their brand and develop products to really address women’s major symptoms.

“At any given time there are 50 million women in the US going through menopause. The average length of time each person experiences menopause is 10 years. After that you are a changed person. It’s a time of transition. Women need to find a community and product line that speaks to them during this time period.”

‍There are many different symptoms of menopause and these vary person to person, but Womaness took a stab at attempting to alleviate some of the symptoms associated with some of the top most common Menopause symptoms.

1. Skin changes due to loss of estrogen including much drier skin
2. Hot flashes
3. Night sweats
4. Vaginal dryness
5. Hair changes that include shifts in texture and for some hair loss
6. Sleep disruption
7. Incontinence
8. Diminished Libido

In addition to creating a line of 13 products to help deal with some of the symptoms associated with menopause, Womaness is also seeking to educate and create a community. Leading doctors and specialists in women’s health such as Dr. Ekta Kapoor and Laura Meihofer have used their insights and provide tips and expert opinions to the Womaness community, a private group on Facebook so women can ask questions, get advice, and help support each other. This community covers topics such as menopause, premature menopause, fitness, hormone replacement therapy, and how to advocate for your own health. The goal is just to help women become more informed.

Now with 13 products and a recent launch in March 2020, Womaness is ready to take control of the menopause category and make it a staple. They are dedicated to assuring that these products are affordable with prices ranging from $8.99-$39.99. They are available both online and in select Target stores.

“We wanted to make sure that menopause products were able to help every woman.”

To that point, Sally highlights three products that she thinks most women can appreciate.

1. Let’s Neck - A neck roller that is great for hydrating this often forgotten and ignored skin that dries out in menopause.
2. Me.No.Pause - A hero supplement with all natural ingredients that have been clinically tried and tested help with hot flashes, night sweats, calming, and focus.
3. Daily V Soothe - A vaginal moisturizer that hydrates and can be used everyday or before being intimate.

Want to learn more about menopause and get your questions answered on the health and wellness products that are most useful to address your symptoms?

Join the women from Womaness as they discuss the most common symptoms of menopause, questions you 

The average woman spends 1/3 of her life in menopause. What are the most common symptoms of perimenopause and menopause and what can you do to be better prepared and live an unstoppable life?" Learn more about this evitable transition called menopause from the founders of Womaness, a high-performance collection of modern menopause products created by women for women that offer solutions from head to toe (and everything in between). 

During Womaness's first tour stop at Ulta's Santa Monica, first thing in the morning, Emily Morse - Host of Sex With Emily + Doctor of Human Sexuality, openly and honestly, showed to use Womaness' vibrator in two ways, with the cover and the cover slipped off.

"Our mission at Womaness is to change the conversation around menopause and the women experiencing it, and Ulta Beauty is the perfect partner and place to reach those women," says Sally Mueller, Co-founder, Womaness. Michelle Jacobs, Co-founder, Womaness, continues, "Menopause is unfortunately the great unknown, and women need all the support they can get in this age and stage of life. We've teamed up with a few of the most knowledgeable professionals we know in the menopause space to do our part with The Menopositivity Tour."

"As the leading beauty retailer and destination for wellness essentials, we're thrilled to partner with Womaness to educate, inspire and bring awareness to this pivotal time in women's lives," says Penny Coy, vice president of merchandising at Ulta Beauty. "Now more than ever, women should feel empowered to celebrate every stage of healthy aging, and through The Menopositivity Tour, we're helping provide a space to do just that."

Being reproductive doesn't mean being alive.  More than anything, it's stress being chained to being reproductive when it comes to reproduction rights and sexual freedom, in regards to sexual health and well-being.  Womaness' "Menopositivy" means sexual freedom for sexual health and well-being for overal health wellness.  Menopause isn't death.  It's freedom to explore.

• Kym Douglas - Beauty expert on Ellen, Author + ProAging Leader, was a hard-core crime reporter from Detroit who became an entertainment and lifestyle once married then moved to LA.  She wasn't fulfilled reporting to promote upcoming movies and tv series.  However, she was intrigued then enlightened when celebrities give her quick, insider beauty tips that anyone can use.  That's how she became Ellen's beauty expert.

Catch these "sex as beauty, sex as wellness" Womaness panel experts in Dallas on October 15th then in Chicage on October 22nd at Ulta.

Menopositivy is the freedom to continue, not the end.