Consumer Product Events 11th Anniversary Brunch & Presentations at Rock Sugar Restaurant in LA

Recap of Consumer Product Events 11th Anniversary Brunch & Presentations at Rock Sugar

By Karen Ostlund

#ökocat #TusolWellness #WakeUpWine #CiremSkincare #DiamondVeneer #IlluminationsCandles #SweetBellaRose

#Scosche #CatalystCase

February 26, 2020 Consumer Product Events celebrated its 11th anniversary brunch at Rock Sugar restaurant in Century City, by serving up a roomful of new eco-friendly products and presentations for Los Angeles-based press and influencers.

Wake Up Wine decanter

Among this year's 2020 brands included: 

WakeUpWine.com - From the creator of the blockbuster Nutribullet, Wake Up Wine® is a portable, rechargeable, dual-patent-pending device with Wavelength Aging and S-Velocity Technologies to age wines and spirits 7-12 years in just 5 minutes.

The reason to decant is to raise the oxygen level of a wine. 

Many young wines can be tight or closed on the nose or palate. 

As the wine is slowly poured from the bottle into the decanter, it takes-in oxygen, which helps open up the aromas and flavors. Highly tannic and full-bodied wines benefit most from this – wines such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet blends, Syrah, and Syrah blends. 

TUSOL is the functional probiotics collection of smoothies that was developed to focus on the five causes of premature aging – inflammation, oxidation, gut dysfunction, low energy, and cognitive decline.

TUSOLWellness.com is a plant-protein as a superfood smoothie mix in packets, to support full-body health at the cellular level. 

All functional smoothies have names as CALM with anti-inflammatory turmeric and ginger, BALANCE with matcha and adaptogenic ashwagandha, REJUVENATE with antioxidant maqui and baobab, ILLUMINATE brain boost with banana and chaga,  as well as ENERGIZE,  featuring cacao and lion's mane mushroom. 

ökocat (translated eco-cat in German) - The Healthy Pet® brand for the next generation of natural cat litter, that is made of 100% reclaimed wood. All ökocat litter is made in the U.S. from biodegradable natural fiber, dust free without harmful chemicals, fragrance, dyes or GMOs. Healthy-pet.com

ökocat’s Clumping Wood Litter comes as: Featherweight, Long Hair, Super Soft and Original. The Non-Clumping Wood Litter comes as Cracked Pine and Dust Free Paper. 

DiamondVeneer.com introduced a diamond veneer coating process, an eco-friendly process without using radiation or harsh chemicals. It’s a vaporization process under high heat and pressure which turns a 50 dollar cubic zircon ring into a flawless "G" diamond-grade looking stone. It’s done with help of a veneer, a layer of carbon diamond, that increases the sparkle, refraction and durability of a cubic zircon stone, to nearly the quality of appearance of a real diamond - and becomes travel jewelry.

Illuminations.shop introduced two new scents for Spring 2020, THAI MARKET (green tea, lemongrass and spicy herbal notes) and OCEAN (sea-salt, musk and sandalwood notes) in their scented candles line, which are made with 100% natural coconut and apricot wax blend, highly concentrated fine fragrances and natural oils. The frosted glass vessel holds 10 ounces of wax, which burn-time is 60-70 hours. Made in the USA.

SweetBellaRose.com launched a vintage HairCandy™ collection made from repurposed recycled materials, made into an exclusive collection of pony scarves, HairTwists™, non-pinching headbands and hair-claws made from recycled wood-pulp.

Scosche has been on the cutting-edge of bringing the most innovative consumer tech accessories to market by exploring new ways to innovate smartphone mounts, charging systems and heart rate monitors.

BaseLynx by Scosche.com is a new modular charging system, to help organize and quickly charge all devices at once, including: smartphones, Apple® Watches, Apple AirPods®, tablets and portable gaming systems. The modules are connected to each other on the BaseLynx system, which is powered by just one power cable.

CatalystCase.com featured their new iPhone 11 waterproof cases and the line for AirPods Pro, to show how to protect your AirPods Pro from rain, snow or dust. The Catalyst Waterproof Case for AirPods Pro is 3.3ft (1m) waterproof and will protect your investment against drops up to 4.0ft (1.2m).

CIREM.com is an U.S.-born ultra-luxury skincare brand developed by a pharmacy, that launched the line, to compete with the European legends. 

Cirem’s Jardin De Fleurs Flawlessy Floral Rose & Lavender Eye Cream is a hydrating, rich eye cream of 3 key floral extracts that help to reveal lifted, hydrated and more radiant looking eyes. Chamomile and Rose Flower Extracts work to soothe and moisturize the skin, as Lavender calms. Additionally, Tripeptide 5 helps to slow visible signs of aging by helping to protect against collagen degradation. 

Cirem’s HCR 3-In-1 Serum combines three dynamic ingredients to get smoother, fresher, younger-looking skin: Hyaluronic Acid plumps and softens while improving the elasticity. Antioxidant-rich Vitamin C reduces the appearance of imperfections, and Retinol revitalizes and renews to both improve and prevent the look of fine lines and wrinkles.

TV PRODUCERS, SID & MARTY KROFFT RECEIVED STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME

TV PRODUCERS, SID & MARTY KROFFT
RECEIVED STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME 
TO CELEBRATE 50th YEARS
Photos by Karen Ostlund

                                                                      

Feb.13 2020, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, President/CEO Rana Ghadban along with guest speakers David Arquette, Beverly D'Angelo, Greg Garcia and three Brady Bunch cast members, Maureen McCormick, Chris Knight and Susan Olsen were on hand to dedicate the 2,687th Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in the category of Television.

Over 150 fans cheered in front of the Funko Store on Hollywood Blvd to celebrate the careers of SID & MARTY KROFFT with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Stars.

The star is located at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Funko Store which was unveiled on Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 11:30 A.M. PST and live-streamed exclusively on www.walkoffame.com

Sid & Marty Krofft (www.sidandmartykrofft.com) are icons to generations who enjoyed shows like Donny & Marie, Pryors Place, The Brady Bunch Hour, Barbra Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters and D.C. Follies.

 Their characters became family members to children around the globe who were glued to their televisions for H.R Pufnstuff, Land of the Lost, Sigmund & The Sea Monsters, Lidsville, Lost Saucer, Electra Woman & Dyna Girl or Mutt & Stuff.

“Many of us have grown up with the popular shows of Sid & Marty Krofft. The brothers have made memories for many kids of all ages and will continue to do so for years to come,” said Ana Martinez, Producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. We are proud to add these memory makers to our Walk of Fame family.”

Sid and Marty Krofft with cast of Brady Bunch

Their roster of show stars included David Arquette, Richard Pryor, Will Ferrell, Jim Neighbors, Ruth Buzzi, Timothy Bottoms, Deidre Hall, Cesar Millan, Chuck McCann, Bob Denver, Jack Wild, Anson Williams, Martha Raye, Johnny Whitaker, Rip Taylor, Butch Patrick, Barbara Mandrell, Florence Henderson, Charles Nelson Reilly, Billie Hayes, Margaret Hamilton, Donny and Marie Osmond, not to mention just about every politician who feared and hoped that the Kroffts would imortalize them in puppet form on hit D.C. Follies or the Krofft Kwickies, featuring a cast of life-size puppets ranging from 'Richard Nixon' to 'Arnold Schwarzenegger', with outrageous political and current events satire. D.C. Follies ran for two seasons, prematurely ending with a writer's strike.

Many of the most colorful and fondly remembered children's series of the 1970s and 1980s sprang from the imaginations of Sid and Marty Krofft. Their groundbreaking, live-action fantasy shows were mainstays of the Saturday morning airwaves, which had previously been the exclusive domain of cartoons. Still today, DVD box sets of  Krofft creations of H.R. Pufnstuf, Lidsville, and Land of the Lost are brisk sellers.

They opened their World of Sid & Marty Krofft amusement park in downtown Atlanta in 1976, where CNN is now headquartered. 

They were creative directors for Six Flags and produced live shows in parks across America before they embarked on their television career.  By the time Sid was a teenager he had become a show business veteran, able to strike out on his own and join the Ringling Brothers Circus sideshow. He was billed as “the world's youngest puppeteer”. In 1977 he moved on and soon started touring the world, performing opening for the likes of Judy Garland and Liberace.

Sid wanted to be more than just an opening act, he wanted big, fantastic puppet shows.

Marty Krofft had been working puppets off and on with Sid for years, and in the meantime gained experience in the business world. Their vision was to take puppets out of realm of strictly children's entertainment and build a slightly risqué adult-oriented puppet show called “Les Poupees De Paris”, loosely based on the cabarets of Paris.  It was a success! The show traveled throughout the United States - from the Seattle World's Fair, to New York Worlds Fair playing to millions people across the country.

Hanna Barbara approached the Kroffts to help create the “Banana Splits” for Hanna Barbara and NBC. The same year, in 1969, the Kroffts were approached by NBC to create their own Saturday Morning Children's Series. 

They picked HR Pufnstuf, the fans' favorite character from their live shows. Its success spawned a feature film produced with Universal Pictures as a partner and distributor.

Sid and Marty Krofft with the Star Walk Of Fame in front of Funko store

The Krofft’s also produced a series of live shows entitled “Comedy Kings” for the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. 

In 2018, Sid & Marty received the Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

   

As Sid & Marty celebrated their "Golden Anniversary", along with H.R. Pufnstuf, they are still going strong with three series and five pilots in the past three years.

The three TV series include the 2-time Emmy nominated Nickelodeon television series Mutt & Stuff, a remake of Electra Woman & Dyna Girl, which aired on Fullscreen from Legendary, and a remake of Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, which is currently streaming on Amazon with David Arquette starring as Captain Barnabas.

Durkin’s EcoLuxe Brunch at The Beverly Hilton To Celebrate Oscars 2020

Gilles Marini and wife Carole 

By Karen Ostlund
Debbie Durkin's 13th Annual EcoLuxe Lounge, returned to The Beverly Hilton Hotel, February 7th in celebration of the Oscars 2020, with new eco-friendly products & presentations.

 Guests enjoyed the Hilton’s Prosecco Brunch by MichelleSparkling.com with sounds from DJG from the UK (Inspirationalsoulfulhouse.com).
 

Michelle Brut at Durkin's Ecoluxe Lounge

   

The Zen Roller for body and face

This eco-friendly luxury lounge, was in support of artists4change.org which teamed up with some of their most exciting sponsors to date, creating a high-end, relaxing and five-star retreat experience at Hilton’s Stardust Ballroom.

                                     

BioVer-X from K Lab Skincare, is the result of 10 years of scientific studies at the University of New Mexico, based on the structure Resveratrol molecule found in the skin of grapes and in red wine. Patent-Pending BioVer-X Serum is anti-inflammatory  and reduces the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines. 

Skincare products gifted and showcased were a new luxury skincare serum from K-Lab Luxury Skincare Collection (kkskinproducts.com), Natures Ultra CBD muscle rub (naturesultra.com) and salt body and face rollers from TheZenRoller.com - to be heated up in microwave.

Fashion-wear were provided by Spanish eyewear Mo’ Eyewear in Spring colors (moeyewear.com) and 100% organic bamboo pillowcases and sleep masks from Ettitude.com.
                                              

Utah’s premier sign designer Shane Keil of Venus Signs Co. added a 5-star event sign of low-energy laser lights which last up to 10 years, and its letters can be reshaped.(venussigns.com).

TV Chef Bryan Woolley (chefbryanwoolley.com) from the TV show “Cooking with Chef Bryan” on KUTV Channel 2 and KMYU gifted private dinners to talents.

 DripHydration.com hydrated stars with on-site IV therapy treatments of B12 and Vitamin C.

True Blood's Carolyn Hennessy

                                                   
                                                 

Spanish eyewear Mo’ Eyewear

               

Ettitude bamboo sleep mask

                                                         

Kendra on Top star Kendra Wilkinson

                                                           

CBD Muscle Rub from Nature's Ultra takes the hot-and-cold sensation of menthol and gives it a boost  of all-natural Young Living essentials (naturesultra.com).

Myself (Karen) inside Cannabis floral designer Leslie Monroy (Facebook.com/leslie.monroy.1612)  CBD floral installation for all guests to take photos with.
Tote bags were made by InkedWear.com. Lima-concierge.com provided transportation to the event.

Recap Of LA ArtShow 2020 Opening Night & Upcoming Weekend Schedule

Edit by Karen Ostlund

February 5, 2020, fashion, and the art world stars gathered at the Los Angeles Convention Center for the Opening Night Party of the 25th annual LA Art Show, kicking off the largest year of art and cultural programming in our city’s history. 

A portion of proceeds from ticket sales went to benefit the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, who got help from
Golden Globe nominated actress Sofia Vergara to host the evening.

Among celebrity guests were Charlize Theron, Emma Roberts, Cameron Monaghan, Jared Harris, Joe Manganiello, Sir Brodie, Brandon Boyd, KaDee Strickland, Andrew Howard, Lauren Sivan, Brittney Palmer, Josh Pence, Rebecca Metz, Meredith Salenger, Elizabeth Chambers, Jason Behr, Tig Notaro, Stephanie Allynne, Manolo Vergara and Ava Cantrell.

LA ArtShow 2020 at LA Convention Center

The opening gala attendees got a preview of this year’s programming, which features over 130 galleries, museums and cultural institutions from 23 countries. Highlights included Walker Fine Art’s MC Escher Experience, featuring his complete series of his iconic self portraits, which have never been exhibited together before. Walker Fine Arts possesses the world’s largest collection of Escher’s work, and many of the pieces included in the LA Art Show have never been shown in California. 

The showcase also features an interactive photo-booth where patrons can insert themselves into Escher’s iconic sphere self portrait. 

Charlize Theron with Kazu, who is nominated for an Oscar for his special effects makeup in “Bombshell,” 

Kazu Hiro’s ICONOCLASTS exhibition, featuring photo realistic, larger than life sculptures of the heads of Abraham Lincoln, Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, and Jimi Hendrix drew admirers before they even entered the art fair. 

Kazu is nominated for an Oscar for his special effects makeup in “Bombshell,” starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie and John Lithgow.

LA Art Show also launched the FASHION section this year, featuring a retrospective of Sue Wong and her legendary gowns, which gowns have been worn on the red carpet for the Academy Awards and Golden Globes

The programming in this year’s DIVERSEartLA drew a crowd with the spectacle of the floor-to-ceiling MOLAA Pride Flag created by artists Leo Chiachio and Daniel Giannone.  Viktor Freso’s “The Birth of the Niemand,” featured 16 larger than life baby statues that patrons could walk amongst and pose for photos with. 

The Japanese American National Museum booth drew patrons in with Taiji Terasaki’s “TRANSCENDIENTS: Heroes at Borders” exhibition, an immersive meditation on the atrocities of the Japanese-American concentration camps during World War II, and a celebration of the heroes who fight for equality and democracy for other marginalized communities to this day. 

 The new European Pavilion featured section of programming, with over a dozen galleries from Spain, Italy, the UK in celebration of the influence that European art has had on the world. 

Cirque du Soleil’s Volta in front of Lobykin stainless statue

Cirque du Soleil’s Volta performed by "There Could Be a Monster Inside You"  by Spain’s PSJM Collective (part of this year’s DIVERSEartLA programming),

The live artist shows were performed by sculpture-artist Ichitaka Kamiji, presented by Zeal House, and live ink painting by Japanese calligrapher Sogen Chiba, presented by Gallery Kitai. 

Renown muralist Robert Vargas completed a new mural honoring the late Kobe Bryant. 

Weekend schedule: Saturday Feb.8 and Sunday Feb.9 of panel discussions at the Dialogs LA booth and appearances:

 https://www.laartshow.com/daily-programming/

https://www.laartshow.com/dialogs-la-lecture-series/

Frieze Los Angeles: Artists & Events Feb.14 - 16 2020, at Paramount Studios

#FriezeArtFair #FriezeLA  #FriezeWeek

Story edit by Karen Ostlund

Frieze pre-events starts, Feb.11-16 in Los Angeles: https://frieze.com/fairs/frieze-los-angeles/events

Frieze Projects returns to Paramount Pictures Studios’ backlot set with a series of immersive art installations, site-specific works, performances and videos, co-curated by Rita Gonzalez (Terri and Michael Smooke Curator and Department Head of Contemporary Art, LACMA) and Pilar Tompkins Rivas (Director, Vincent Price Art Museum). 

Frieze Projects is an anchor program of Frieze Los Angeles that takes place February 14 – 16, 2020 at Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood.The fair was launched in 2019, with support by global lead partner Deutsche Bank.

Frieze Los Angeles will bring together more than 70 galleries from around the world this year. 

 Frieze Projects takes place across Frieze art fairs in New York, London, Masters and Los Angeles and offer a curated program of ambitious and experimental artwork beyond the gallery booths. 

The LA edition 2020 of the much-celebrated program features new commissions and landmark of works exploring themes of representation, identity and myth.

Artists presenting new works include: Will Boone, Tania Candiani, Sayre Gomez, Channing Hansen, Vincent Ramos, Gabriella Sanchez, Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Tavares Strachan, Mungo Thomson and Mario García Torres. 

Other featured artists include: Patrisse Cullors, Jonathas De Andrade, Jibade-Khalil Huffman, Barbara Kasten and 

Naama Tsabar.

Co-curators Gonzalez and Tompkins Rivas said: ‘For the second edition of Frieze Projects we wanted to globalize 

the selection of artists, while thinking in particular about Los Angeles’ relationship to the Americas. 

Many of the works draw on the political context within which we are operating today'. 

Latinx and Latin American art and histories are put into focus with projects by Tania Candiani and Gabriella Sanchez, while works by Gary Simmons and Lorna Simpson touch on themes of visibility, identity and self-fashioning in 

relation to the African American experience. An idea was to bring in artists, such as Vincent Ramos and 

Channing Hansen to work within the archive and legacy of Paramount Pictures Studios.

The complete 2020 Frieze Projects program will include: 

Barbara Kasten (b. 1936, USA, lives and works in Chicago, USA)
Presented by Hannah Hoffman and Bortolami

Kasten gives a new life to Intervention, a sculptural installation that evokes the backdrops of pictorial and filmic production while echoing the Bauhaus and Constructivism.

Naama Tsabar (b. 1982, Israel, lives and works in New York, USA)

Presented by Shulamit Nazarian

A performative installation with related photographs that co-opts and upends the guitar solo through a conjoining and doubling. Using two guitars grafted together, Tsabar and a partner turn the performative gesture into an act based on intimacy and cooperation.

Will Boone (b. 1983, USA, lives and works in Los Angeles, USA)

Presented by Karma and David Kordansky

A series of bronze sculptures reconfiguring metal die-cast toys to create new narratives and associations, while evoking a sense of nostalgia.

More artists: 

Tania Candiani (b. 1974, Mexico, lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico)

Presented by Instituto de Visión. A performative installation exploring the history of California during WWII and the forced labor of women in concentration camps at Manzanar. 

Patrisse Cullors (b. 1987, USA, lives and works in Los Angeles, USA)

Presented by LTD Los Angeles. A collective performance which uses dance as a restorative act to reclaim time, space and emotional energy.

Jonathas de Andrade (b. 1982, Brazil, lives and works in Recife, Brazil)

Presented by Vermelho

A video work taking an intimate look inside people’s wallets and their contents, providing a broad portrayal of people living in Brazil and South America across gender, race and class.

Sayre Gomez (b. 1982, USA, lives and works in Los Angeles, USA)
Presented by François GhebalyA new sculpture of a palm tree cell phone tower, shining light on the ways in which Hollywood’s stagecraft has spread to urban planning.

Channing Hansen (b. 1972, USA, lives and works in Los Angeles, USA)
Presented by Marc Selwyn Fine Art
A site-specific installation with a durational performance drawing inspiration from Star Trek episodes.

Jibade-Khalil Huffman (b. 1981, USA, lives and works Philadelphia, USA)
Presented by Anat Ebgi
Huffman’s first outdoor sculpture appropriates elements of cinematic visual culture and pays homage to Grace Jones in A View to a Kill.

Vincent Ramos (b. 1973, USA, lives and works in Venice, USA)
A site-specific installation investigating both the absence and presence of the Mexican and Mexican-American / Chicano experience within Hollywood film production, specifically through the movies produced by the fair’s host, Paramount Pictures.

Gabriella Sanchez (b. 1988, USA, lives and works in Los Angeles, USA)
Presented by Charlie James Gallery
Playing with language and imagery, Sanchez’s banner and other pieces engaging with the signage, reference Chicanx and barrio culture, machismo and the interspace between American and Latin culture.

Gary Simmons (b. 1964, USA, lives and works in Los Angeles, USA)

Presented by Regen Projects

A restaging of the artist’s historic work Backdrop Project first shown at Metro Pictures, New York in 1993. By taking Polaroids of passers-by and offering a copy to his subjects, Simmons explored the power of self-fashioning and authorship.

Lorna Simpson (b. 1960, USA, lives and works in New York, USA)

Presented by Hauser & Wirth

Simpson collaborates with a group of African American ballet dancers on a two-channel video, addressing issues of gender, identity, memory and representation.

Tavares Strachan (b. 1979, The Bahamas, lives and works in New York, USA)

Presented by AF Projects

A neon sculpture exposing the power of Hollywood’s constructed narratives in our contemporary life, while resonating with timely political issues.

Mungo Thomson (b. 1969, USA, lives and works in Los Angeles, USA)

Presented by Frank Elbaz

New bronze sculptures patterned on Amazon boxes underline the contrast between monumentality and ephemerality.

Mario García Torres (b. 1975, Mexico, lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico)

Presented by Galleria Franco Noero

A video weaving together the 1981 accident in which Mohammad Ali talked a suicidal jumper off the ledge of a building in LA with the 1983 hit "Jump" by Van Halen.

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