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INFLUENCERS is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment. The film attempts to understand the essence of influence, what makes a person influential without taking a statistical or metric approach.
Written and Directed by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson, the film is a Polaroid snapshot of New York influential creatives (advertising, design, fashion and entertainment) who are shaping today’s pop culture.

“Influencers” belongs to the new generation of short films, webdocs, which combine the documentary style and the online experience.

29 WAYS TO STAY CREATIVE from TO-FU on Vimeo.

Jonas Bevacqua, co-founder and creative director of the Irvine-based clothing company LRG, was found dead in his home on Bern Drive in Laguna Beach on Monday morning, the Orange County Coroner’s Office confirmed. He was 34.

Investigation into a shootout in the streets of Miami Beach early Monday morning has begun, which ended in the death of one alleged gunman, but which also left three officers and four bystanders wounded — the latter possibly hit by stray police bullets. The incident comes as a grim conclusion to Miami’s tenth annual Urban Beach Week, a massively popular Memorial Day Weekend event that attracts racially coded criticism and police scrutiny in equal measure. More on this story here

After 5 straight years of attending, I’m never going back to Miami for Memorial Day weekend again.

Playboy has pieced together, and finally released, one amazing list of Air Jordans. In detail, Nice Kicks Founder and Publisher Matt Halfhill worked closely with Playboy on this extensive Top 23 Air Jordans List. Stare at any of the photos long enough and you’ll find the OG greats and sought after retros that comprise this group. Where did you favorite sneaker land?

Peep the list here

“We’ve lost something of our soul here in this country…something that separates us from other parts, other countries where we say everybody has their day in court no matter how bad of a person, no matter what piece of scum they are, they have a right to a trial…after World War II, we just didn’t go in and put a bullet to the head of all the top Nazis. We put them on trial.”

I’ve been too busy to comment on the death of Bin Laden, but I certainly dont share the same celebratory sentiment of most Americans. I think my views are more on par with Mr. Moore’s and despite the worlds disdain for his existence he should have been brought to trial especially considering no hard evidence linking him to 9/11 has surfaced yet.

This was great.