#Benzaria

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"L'Allégorie de la Vue" de Jan Brueghel et Paul Rubens (circa 1617) présentée à la conférence sur “Les Cabinets de Curiosité ou l'Art de Collectionner Gemmes et Objets Précieux” par Caroline Benzaria - Historienne de l'Art et Professeur - et Paul Paradis - Historien de l'Art et Professeur - de L’École des Arts Joailliers, novembre 2023.

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Clare from Lauren Minnerath on Vimeo.

At a high school talent show, 17-year-old Clare tries to confront her teacher over a private matter, leading to unexpected consequences.

Written and Directed by Lauren Minnerath

Sophie Rossman as Clare Lucas Van Engen as Wyatt Lizzy Plimpton as Mrs. Larsson Maddie Dyer as Anica Daniel Taveras as Calvin Noël Masal as Lindsay

Produced by Karine Benzaria, Julia Kennelly, Carlos Valdivia Executive Producer: Gyason Copeland, Timothy Mendonça Associate Producers: Alexander Hagani, Odalis Lopez Consulting Producer: Sean Weiner

Cinematographer: Zach Stoltzfus Production Designer: Heather Yancey Assistant Director: Dina Graham Casting Director: Mia Cusumano First Assistant Camera: Aron Romanoff Second Assistant Camera: Eliot Grigo Gaffer: Stephen Szmed Key Grip: Dan Wolff Lighting Intern: Zach Cooper Sound Mixer: Andrew Pearl Script Supervisor: Miguel Valarino Salazar Still Photographer: Michael Beckert Production Assistants: Conor Florance, Tessa Muchura

Editor: Lauren Minnerath Sound Designer: Arjun Sheth Colorist: Sofie Friis Borup Title Design: Susan Kineke

Made in partnership with the Jacob Burns Creative Culture Fellowship and Dream City Production

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ARC Review: How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole

5 stars.

I LOVED this book so much. It's definitely one of my favorite Alyssa Cole novels, which are always fantastic. As always the story was layered and thoughtful and dealt with some serious stuff, while still being a completely swoony romance novel. Makeda Hicks tries so hard to be useful and nice that she ends up pushing people away by giving too much It's lovely to see her learn to give only what she can and needs to, and learn to take things for herself too. Beznaria Chetchevaliere is a chaos agent extraordinaire and watching her in action is both hilarious and awe-inspiring. Her creative solutions to problems may be wacky, but they *work*. I loved the moment when Makeda realizes that Benzaria's entire family are chaos agents and I dearly hope we get more of the Chetchevalieres in future books. And the cargo ship crew - they were awesome as well. I'm definitely hoping for more of them in the next book. The fake-marriage and only-one-bed tropes were used so well here, and I absolutely loved the twist at the end -- caught me totally off guard. Just excellently played. I'm recommending this book to everyone who loves Alyssa Cole's works and everyone who loves romance but hasn't read any of hers yet. Seriously, what are you waiting for? This is an excellent book to start with. It ties into the previous royal romances, but you don't have to have read them to understand this one. *Thanks to NetGalley and Avon for providing an e-arc for review.

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Best of Wmag.com: 17 from ‘17

Friday was my last day at W magazine. Today, I join Town & Country as its new Style Features Director. The last day was not at all as I had planned it. Instead of being in the office, I was in Pittsburgh, where my flight to New York from L.A. had been rerouted a day earlier because of the bomb cyclone. By the time I landed and got to One World Trade, it was already mid afternoon, and I didn’t have time to appreciate that it had been nearly two and a half years since I joined the magazine. In a way, it’s a perfectly fitting ending—working on the internet doesn’t leave a whole lot of time for reflection. You move fast, for long periods of time, make snap decisions, some that you regret in hindsight, others that proved prescient, and you do this ad nauseam, somehow ideally calibrating the magazine’s values with the internet’s appetites, hoping that along the way you publish good stories that will make people pause and enjoy a good piece of writing or a beautiful image. As I look back on my tenure there, it’s remarkable that in such a short period of time we grew the site’s modest audience to its size today, and that we did it, for the most part, with pride. That’s a testament to a great and tireless team of writers, editors, social media and visual wizards—some of whom I recruited from as far away as Miami!—who were dream colleagues—collaborative, funny and smart as hell. Picking my favorite pieces from the last year was not easy, but it was a reminder that all the hard work paid off.

What it Feels Like for a Woman, and James Comey—By Nell Scovell

The Women of the Women's March—Words by Katherine Cusumano, Video produced by Karine Benzaria, images by Driely S, Victoria Stevens, Hannah Sider, and Tyra Mitchell. 

Paris Hilton Invented Everything You’re Doing in 2017, and She Knows It—Words by Emilia Petrarca, images by Mayan Toledano, styling by Caroline Grosso, visuals by Biel Parklee, video by Kelly Bales. 

How the Whitney's Riskiest, Most Political Survey in Decades Came Together—By Fan Zhong

The 14 Types of Street Style Stars You Meet in Paris—By Mike Albo, short by Aaaron Christian. 

Plus, Chameleons of Frieze New York—By Mike Albo, short by Aaaron Christian. 

Why is Fashion So Obsessed with Space?—Words and illustrations by Marisa Acocella. 

Plus, What Happens at Ralph Lauren's Polo Bar After Dark?—Words and illustrations by Marisa Acocella. 

Glenn O'Brien Could Do Everything Except Live Forever—By Linda Yablonsky

Plus, insightful remembrances of Jim Walrod (by Diego Hadis) and Liz Smith (by Michael Musto.

How Eckhaus Latta Finally Got Mainstream Fashion’s Attention—By Stephanie Eckardt

Inside the Surreal Scene at Donald J. Trump's Inauguration—By Dan Duray, images by Benedict Evans.

Plus, Kyle Munzenrieder on Ivanka Trump; Brooke Marine on Rosie O’Donnell; and Stephanie Eckardt on New Yorkers Against Trump, with images by Matt Bernstein. 

Queen Elizabeth Plots Some Twists For the Next Season of the Royal Family, TV's Longest-Running Soap Opera—By Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

Things Vetements is Over—By Kyle Munzenrieder

Life Ball 2017: A First-Hand Account of the World's Most Explosively Decadent, Supermodel and Drag Queen-Packed Charity Gala—By Isaac Oliver

Plus, the best RuPaul’s Drag Race recaps in the biz, by Kyle Munzenrieder. 

Meredith Hagner, Search Party's Favorite Narcissistic Millennial, Explains How to Be a Successful Social Media Stalker—By Brooke Marine, video by Rebecca Scolnick and Karine Benzaria

Troian Bellisario On Life After “Pretty Little Liars”—By Lauren McCarthy

Why Renata is the Real Star of Big Little Lies, According to Renata—By R. Eric Thomas

Plus, Marisa Meltzer on Celeste, Miriam Bale on Jane, Maud Deitch on Bonnie, Allyson Shiffman on Madeline, and Brooke Marine on the year in TV. (We really, really loved BLL.) 

Don't Look Like Vladimir Putin—By Horacio Silva

What I Learned About Love From My 80-Year-Old Dad—By Bob Morris, illustration by Jonny Ruzzo

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Marcy Learns Something New from Dream City on Vimeo.

A widow (Rachel Dratch) goes to a dominatrix class.

Winner: Special Jury Mention for Comedy - Aspen Shortsfest, Best Live Action Short - Lower East Side Film Festival, Best of the Month - Short of the Week

Official Selection: Palm Springs Shortfest, New Orleans Film Festival, Indie Memphis Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival

Starring Rachel Dratch & Henry Ayres-Brown Written and Directed by Julia Kennelly

Produced by Julia Kennelly, Karine Benzaria, Will Mayo, Chandler Raub, Erica Rose, Bits Sola, and Tyler Ben-Amotz Executive Producer: Christina D. King Casting by Andrew Femenella

Director of Photography: Daisy Zhou Edited by Will Mayo Production Design by Christina O'Neil Composer Zach Rosenberg

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Winner: Special Jury Mention for Comedy - Aspen Shortsfest 2020 Starring Rachel Dratch & Henry Ayres-Brown Written and Directed by Julia Kennelly Produced by Julia Kennelly, Karine Benzaria, Will Mayo, Chandler Raub, Erica Rose, Bits Sola, and Tyler Ben-Amotz Executive Producer: Christina D. King Casting by Andrew Femenella Director of Photography: Daisy Zhou Edited by Will Mayo Production Design by Christina O'Neil Composer Zach Rosenberg

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Winner: Special Jury Mention for Comedy - Aspen Shortsfest 2020 Starring Rachel Dratch & Henry Ayres-Brown Written and Directed by Julia Kennelly Produced by Julia Kennelly, Karine Benzaria, Will Mayo, Chandler Raub, Erica Rose, Bits Sola, and Tyler Ben-Amotz Executive Producer: Christina D. King Casting by Andrew Femenella Director of Photography: Daisy Zhou Edited by Will Mayo Production Design by Christina O'Neil Composer Zach Rosenberg

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Winner: Special Jury Mention for Comedy - Aspen Shortsfest 2020 Starring Rachel Dratch & Henry Ayres-Brown Written and Directed by Julia Kennelly Produced by Julia Kennelly, Karine Benzaria, Will Mayo, Chandler Raub, Erica Rose, Bits Sola, and Tyler Ben-Amotz Executive Producer: Christina D. King Casting by Andrew Femenella Director of Photography: Daisy Zhou Edited by Will Mayo Production Design by Christina O'Neil Composer Zach Rosenberg

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THE GREAT UNKNOWN_CAMPAIGN_FINAL from Desirée Matthews on Vimeo.

Join an extraordinary team of women, led by Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis, as we venture into THE GREAT UNKNOWN. A film about the sacred bond between women, this project brings the ancient, yet untold story of miscarriage into the light. Whether you’ve been transformed by this profound loss or know someone who has, you know that this is something rarely spoken of. In a time that decidedly needs the voices of women, we hope you will champion us as we bring our story into the world.

A love letter to family traditions, ritual, the feminine divine and New York City, "the great unknown" offers a deep questioning of, and eventual surrender to, the vast mysteries of life. When a young woman experiences a miscarriage, she arrives at her grandmother's door seeking a witness to her profound grief. Inspired by untold stories and ancient myth, "the great unknown" ponders how life can be breathtakingly beautiful and terribly devastating all at once. These seeming contradictions of experience and emotion tangle and intertwine to reveal two women, bonded by blood, struggling in their own journeys and witnessing each other in their fullness.

Visit:

www.thegreatunknownfilm.com

"From the Heart Productions, Inc. is honored to provide fiscal sponsorship for the film the great unknown. We carefully select the films we sponsor, and believe that this project will make a positive contribution to society and to the field of filmmaking."

Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss

1 in 4 women will experience a miscarriage in their lifetime. Awareness, education and empathy are vital to remove the taboo and stigma associated with pregnancy loss. With this project we hope to tell an honest account of what so many women (and men) bravely endure, to invite you into the experience so that it may be embraced as a part of the natural cycle of life.

Gender Parity in Film

"Only 7% of directors, 13% of writers, and 20% of producers are female. With such a dearth of female representation in front of and behind the camera, it’s a struggle to champion female stories and voices. The Institute’s research proves that female involvement in the creative process is imperative for creating greater gender balance before production even begins. There is a causal relationship between positive female portrayals and female content creators involved in production. In fact, when even one woman writer works on a film, there is a 10.4% difference in screen time for female characters. Sadly, men outnumber women in key production roles by nearly 5 to 1."

- Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

The great unknown will be made by a cast and crew composed entirely of women.

[detournementsmineurs]

Broche "Hirondelle" (XIXe siècle) présentée à la conférence “La Faune en Haute Joaillerie : Inspiration et Création” par Caroline Benzaria - Historienne d'Art et Journaliste - et Inezita Gay-Eckel - Historienne de l'Art et Professeur - de L’École des Arts Joailliers, mars 2023.

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Marcy Learns Something New from Dream City on Vimeo.

A widow (Rachel Dratch) goes to a dominatrix class.

Winner: Special Jury Mention for Comedy - Aspen Shortsfest 2020

Starring Rachel Dratch & Henry Ayres-Brown Written and Directed by Julia Kennelly

Produced by Julia Kennelly, Karine Benzaria, Will Mayo, Chandler Raub, Erica Rose, Bits Sola, and Tyler Ben-Amotz Executive Producer: Christina D. King Casting by Andrew Femenella

Director of Photography: Daisy Zhou Edited by Will Mayo Production Design by Christina O'Neil Composer Zach Rosenberg

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Winner: Special Jury Mention for Comedy - Aspen Shortsfest 2020 Starring Rachel Dratch & Henry Ayres-Brown Written and Directed by Julia Kennelly Produced by Julia Kennelly, Karine Benzaria, Will Mayo, Chandler Raub, Erica Rose, Bits Sola, and Tyler Ben-Amotz Executive Producer: Christina D. King Casting by Andrew Femenella Director of Photography: Daisy Zhou Edited by Will Mayo Production Design by Christina O'Neil Composer Zach Rosenberg

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Nike "Vogue" from Public Record on Vimeo.

Written & Directed by Daisy Zhou Starring Leiomy Maldonado VO by Princess Mami Precious Style: Hawa Arsaala Makeup: Tiffany TheArtist Camera Op: Bill Saxelby Producer: Julia Kennelly Line Producer: Karine Benzaria Executive Producer: Jeremy Yaches

Edit: Jeremiah Zagar & Hugo Faraco Color: Sofie Borup @ Company 3 Sound Design & Mix: Pete Crimmi @ SoundLounge Music: The Album Leaf

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Bowl, Islamic Art

Medium: Earthenware; glazed

Gift of M. Dawod Benzaria, 1917 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/446877

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Nike "Vogue" from Public Record on Vimeo.

Written & Directed by Daisy Zhou Starring Leiomy Maldonado VO by Princess Mami Precious Style: Hawa Arsaala Makeup: Tiffany TheArtist Camera Op: Bill Saxelby Producer: Julia Kennelly Line Producer: Karine Benzaria Executive Producer: Jeremy Yaches

Edit: Jeremiah Zagar & Hugo Faraco Color: Sofie Borup @ Company 3 Sound Design & Mix: Pete Crimmi @ SoundLounge Music: The Album Leaf