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2 Nov

Talking Screens, November 3-9, 2023: Beguiled by Sofia Coppola’s

“Priscilla”Talking Screens, A Week In Chicago Film, November 3-9, 2023Latest reviews include “Priscilla,” “Divinity,” “Quiz Lady,” “The Persian Version” and “Fingernails.” Repertory & Revival highlights include “Cooley High,” “Strange Days,” 1923 silent “The Vibrant Shawl,” David Lynch’s dazzling dud “Dune,” “Dazed And Confused,” a Chicago Filmmakers anniversary salute to the pioneering film festival Blacklight, and Wakefield Poole’s “Take One.”The twenty-ninth Black Harvest Film Festival takes over the Siskel Film Center November 3-16. “Revolutionary Visions” is the 2023 theme; the whole calendar is here. (Our interview with Black Harvest festival coordinator-curator Nick Leffel and curator Jada-Amina is here.)The Children’s International Film Festival marks its fortieth yr at FACETS, featuring recent animation, live-action and documentary movies for audiences ages two to eighteen...
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29 Jun

MYAVANA’s HairAI™ First-Ever Artificial Intelligence Powered, Hair Strand Evaluation

MYAVANA celebrates 11 years in business, declares 4 latest celebrity brand ambassadors, releases a docu-series, and prepares to take hair science to ESSENCEFest. ATLANTA, June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ahead of National Black Hair Independence Day on July third, a day coined by brand partner Unilever, Atlanta-based, black-owned, female-founded & operated, beauty tech company, MYAVANA celebrates 11 years of research & development as a Pioneer in HairAI™ (Artificial Intelligence Hair Strand Evaluation) technology and a pacesetter in Scientific Intelligence Hair Strand Evaluation. The wonder tech company is disrupting the multi-billion dollar, textured hair care market through data, science & technology coupled with the corporate's prescriptive, personalized data driven product recommendations and is transforming hair care solutions for consumers and provides an...
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14 Jun

EXCLUSIVE: LVMH Partners with Epic Games on 3D Technology

PARIS – LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton is teaming up with Fortnite creator Epic Games to create latest immersive customer experiences, and add latest tools to its design pipeline with 3D tech. The Louis Vuitton and Dior parent company will utilize Epic’s suite of tools, including its real-time 3D creation tool Unreal Engine, in addition to its 3D modelling tech Reality Capture. It should also utilize Epic’s Twinmotion and MetaHuman technology to create virtual fitting rooms and fashion shows, 360-view product carousels, AR experiences, and digital twins for physical items. The partnership will allow the corporate to create latest experiences for its customers in virtual worlds. Considered one of the primary will likely be on display on the LVMH-sponsored VivaTech trade event. Visitors...
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11 Jun

EXCLUSIVE: Blk Dnm Acquired by Blockchain Technology Company ChromaWay

Blk Dnm is entering a recent stage of its relaunch with an acquisition. The Swedish American fashion label, which relaunched in February as a luxury label, has been acquired by blockchain technology company ChromaWay. Terms of the deal, which involves full ownership, weren't disclosed.  That is ChromaWay’s first acquisition in the style industry. The corporate, which was founded in 2014, develops and works with blockchain technology platforms. “We share that we have the desire to make something that is totally recent in the marketplace,” said Henrik Hjelte, chief executive officer and cofounder of ChromaWay. “I feel that fashion is an industry where you'll be able to invent quite lots so we desired to check out this idea to breach the digital world and...
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