[As a vocalist] Your instrument is you. It's not just your throat, it's you. If you're burnt out, if you're depressed, if you're feeling weary and lost and paranoid, you're a mess. | | A father, a missing daughter, and a digital manhunt. John Cho stars in the unique thriller "Searching." (Sony Pictures) | | | | | "[As a vocalist] Your instrument is you. It's not just your throat, it's you. If you're burnt out, if you're depressed, if you're feeling weary and lost and paranoid, you're a mess." | | | | | rantnrave:// Wasn't going to publish today due to the Jewish holiday and a severe food coma by the amazing spread my sister JODY made last night. She deserves a standing ovation. So, please do. My favorite part of ROSH HASHANAH is going back to the table after I lay down after the first time I went to the table... My firstborn niece, LILY and I went to our Sunday brunch at SOHO HOUSE in WEST HOLLYWOOD yesterday. Sadly, I thought I was going to be the cool uncle that taught her stuff. She often laps me. She's 12. But the SERENA WILLIAMS chaos over the weekend led to a good discussion about rules and gender. "Sometimes we do get treated differently, like when the teacher calls on the boys instead of the girls." The kid gets it. As you know, a series of violations called by a male chair umpire against the tennis superstar opens up a fierce discussion about the rules of the game, gender, and power. The debates are real and the takes divided. My friend LAUREN ZALAZNICK and I take a look at "Unsports(wo)manlike Behavior? Serena Williams: "The Rules," Race, Gender and Debate"... Breaking News: ELON MUSK 's weed dealer resigns. But yes, Elon is a genius and has had a massive impact. But who among us would disagree that the person that invented the RABBIT WINE TOOLKIT is also a genius and has touched more lives?... Some media companies and the industry has had trouble, not in small part, due to the fact executives stay around in the top jobs too long and the boards are f***ing clueless about strategy. And the average CEO seems to have a term of eternity. Makes me think of something I said at an AWESOMENESSTV town hall when "interviewed" by founder and former CEO, BRIAN ROBBINS... The rules are simple really. Don't murder, steal, sexually harass, back racists, or dip your chicken fingers in soda ... This is also AMERICA... I asked PREET BHARARA about the AG investigating the anonymous Op-Ed... The centuries-old definition of male masculinity doesn't really buoy males talking about mental health. I recently discussed this with my new pal, LIZ PLANK. And she highlights a new ad campaign that may help the discussion turn a corner... MAC MILLER was a fearless explorer of rap's musical and psychological depths and a beloved champion of the hip-hop underground. He reinvented himself repeatedly on his seven-year journey from the party rap of "Blue Slide Park" to the dark introspection of "Swimming," but he couldn't outrun his demons. MUSICREDEF's MATTY KARAS takes a look in "Mac Miller Never Stopped Swimming Toward the Deep End." The REDEF SET includes a heartfelt message from Mac's friend and collaborator JOHN MAYER... Happy Birthday to MATHEW INGRAM and SORAYA DARABI. Belated to HOSAIN RAHMAN, DANA SETTLE, ABIGAIL KLEM, JEREMIAH ZINN, and TOBY GUNDERSON. | | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator | | | | | The New York Times | Sergei Skripal and Vladimir Putin, Soviet men of the same age, were raised to wage war against the West. After the Soviet Union collapsed, one rose. And one fell. | | | | BuzzFeed News | In July, residents of a rural Indian town saw rumors of child kidnappers on WhatsApp. Then they beat five strangers to death. | | | | WNYC | Ron Delsener may be the most successful concert promoter of all time. He's made millions & hangs with the greatest names in music. With Alec, the consummate wheeler-dealer dishes freely. | | | | Harvard Business School | For decades, goal setting has been promoted as a halcyon pill for improving employee motivation and performance in organizations. Advocates of goal setting argue that for goals to be successful, they should be specific and challenging, and countless studies find that specific, challenging goals motivate performance far better than "do your best" exhortations. | | | | Rolling Stone | People got emotional over Nike's new ad featuring Colin Kaepernick — and weren't afraid to tell a young black man at the company's call center just how they felt | | | | Medium | People in middle age are flocking in record numbers to intense workouts and challenging races. What are they chasing? | | | | recode | America's favorite sport has lots of problems, yes. But it's not going away anytime soon, Leibovich predicts. | | | | Bloomberg | Rich Greenfield, media and technology analyst at BTIG, examines the next step for CBS Corp. as Les Moonves leaves the company after harassment allegations. He speaks on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas." | | | | Real Life | Amazon's mission is to make customer identity more primary than citizenship. | | | | Monday Note | Your readers most likely to subscribe also produce significant advertising revenue. Targeting digital subscription offers to the right people at the right time is important for maximizing total digital revenue. | | | | Longreads | Sometimes it takes a touch of darkness to create something alluring. | | | | TED Talks | In 2012, Colorado legalized cannabis and added to what has fast become a multibillion-dollar global industry for all things weed-related: from vape pens to brownies and beyond. But to say that we've legalized marijuana is subtly misleading -- what we've really done is commercialized THC, says educator Ben Cort, and that's led to products that are unnaturally potent. | | | | The New York Times | The streaming service neutralized Comedy Central and HBO by relying on taste clusters rather than traditional demographics. But there have been major missteps, too. | | | | Skift | For three consecutive winters beginning in 2010, executives at Budapest's airport watched daily to see if their largest tenant, the Hungarian national What is the value of owning an airline to a government besides national pride? And does it make sense to prop up airlines as more countries open their skies to new entrants and foreign airlines? | | | | CBS News | The horses of an Argentine polo club may look normal, but the way they came into existence is anything but conventional | | | | The Guardian | Why are so many YouTubers finding themselves stressed, lonely and exhausted? | | | | Forbes | Stoking the future of cinema, ILMxLAB -- Lucasfilms's immersive entertainment laboratory -- is a crucible of cutting-edge tech forging experiences as relevant to retail audiences as film fans. From LiveCGX and responsive AI to virtually archiving venues, here are the overlaps that matter most. | | | | The Washington Post | Children can be insecure, self-centered and mean with their words. This does not guarantee a life of "unkindness and selfishness." | | | | Nature | Zombie satellites, rocket shards and collision debris are creating major traffic risks in orbits around the planet. Researchers are working to reduce the threats posed by more than 20,000 objects in space. | | | | Salon | Hitchcock's eerie masterpiece beguiles and puzzles viewers -- perhaps because it all takes place in Scotty's mind. | | | | The Atlantic | The entrepreneur's reaction to recent media coverage illustrates a common--and dangerous--misconception of reporting practices. | | | | | | YouTube | | | | | | | | Steve Perry's voice is like butter... | | | | | | © Copyright 2018, The REDEF Group | | |
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