#tom truax

[shipwreckedcomedy]

It's time again for Scriptwrecked!

This month we will be reading a feature film called Nothing to Say by our talented friend Taylor Brogan. Come on out and see us this Sunday evening in Los Angeles, or snag a digital ticket, to be released early next week!

Thanks to @booigi-boi for this beautiful art!

[ulkaralakbarova]

For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: John Gustafson: Jack Lemmon Max Goldman: Walter Matthau Ariel Truax: Ann-Margret Grandpa Gustafson: Burgess Meredith Melanie: Daryl Hannah Jacob Goldman: Kevin Pollak Chuck: Ossie Davis Snyder: Buck Henry Mike: Christopher McDonald Moving Man: John Carroll Lynch Weatherman: Steve Cochran Pharmacist: Joe Howard Nurse: Isabell O’Connor Fisherman: Charles Brin Fisherman: Oliver Osterberg Film Crew: Director: Donald Petrie Original Music Composer: Alan Silvestri Producer: Richard C. Berman Editor: Bonnie Koehler Director of Photography: Johnny E. Jensen Art Direction: Mark Haack Special Effects Coordinator: Peter Albiez Chief Lighting Technician: Patrick Marshall Key Costumer: Trina Mrnak Location Manager: Cat Thompson Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Rick Hart Foley: Ellen Heuer Dialogue Editor: Vic Radulich Special Effects Supervisor: Greg C. Jensen Musician: Tom Boyd Associate Producer: Kathy Sarreal Casting: Sharon Howard-Field Second Assistant Director: Molly Muir Leadman: Chris Gibbin Boom Operator: Mark Steinbeck Dialogue Editor: Mike Szakmeister Stunts: Bill McIntosh First Assistant Camera: Jimmy E. Jensen Costume Supervisor: Keith G. Lewis Music Editor: Andrew Silver Production Accountant: Kim Bodner Administration: Peter L. Mullin Costume Design: Lisa Jensen Dialogue Editor: Christopher Assells ADR Editor: Linda Folk Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Kim Waugh Stunts: Spiro Razatos Title Designer: Wayne Fitzgerald First Assistant Director: Douglas E. Wise Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom E. Dahl Second Unit: Rosalie Seifert Orchestrator: William Ross Administration: Gregory J. Niska Set Decoration: Clay A. Griffith Makeup Artist: Linda Melazzo First Assistant Director: Randy Suhr Foley: Kevin Bartnof ADR Supervisor: Jessica Gallavan Foley Editor: Eric Gotthelf Sound Recordist: David Behle Best Boy Electrician: Hugh Langtry Assistant Editor: Trudy Yee Construction Foreman: Blaine Marcou Special Effects: Shelly Hawkos Administration: Tom Sann Hairstylist: Linda Rizzuto Key Makeup Artist: Rick Sharp Assistant Property Master: Jerry Swift Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Robert J. Litt Stunt Coordinator: Ernie F. Orsatti Chief Lighting Technician: Pat Blymyer Scoring Mixer: Dennis S. Sands Production Accountant: Susan Montgomery Executive Producer: Dan Kolsrud Property Master: Jim Zemansky Stunts: Ray Lykins First Assistant Camera: Christopher M. Fisher Unit Publicist: Michael Singer Associate Producer: Darlene K. Chan Researcher: Aryn Chapman Sound Effects Editor: Randy Kelley Supervising Sound Effects Editor: Mark P. Stoeckinger Still Photographer: Ron Phillips Construction Coordinator: Douglas Dick Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Wayne Heitman Foley Editor: Patrick N. Sellers First Assistant Editor: Adam C. Frank Color Timer: Dale E. Grahn Supervising Music Editor: Kenneth Karman Dialogue Editor: Chris Hogan Camera Operator: Dick Colean Assistant Costume Designer: Elizabeth Shelton Location Manager: Dave Halls ADR & Dubbing: Thomas J. O’Connell Key Grip: Richard Moran Key Costumer: Hala Bahmet Administration: Lisa D. Menke Hairstylist: Linda De Andrea Assistant Art Director: Jack E. Pelissier Jr. Assistant Sound Editor: Cybele O’Brien Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Elliot Tyson Assistant Sound Editor: Victor Ray Ennis Production Sound Mixer: Russell C. Fager Rigging Gaffer: Tim Marshall Negative Cutter: Donah Bassett Script Supervisor: Susan Bierbaum ADR & Dubbing: Rick Canelli Special Effects: Keane Bonath Associate Editor: Steve Schoenberg Production Design: David Chapman Producer: John Davis Writer: Mark Steven Johnson Movie Reviews: John Chard: Do me a favour. Put your lip over your head… and swallow. Grumpy Old Men is directed by Donald Petrie and written by Mark Steven Johnson. It stars Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margret, Kevin Polla...

[dstrachan]

'VIEWS FROM THE EDGE' - w/c 21st November 2022

Dream Wife ‘Leech’

Thomas Truax with Budgie ‘Everything’s Going To Be Alright’

Afrika Bambaata feat. Gary Numan & MC Chatterbox ‘Metal’

Alice Cooper ‘Wind-Up Toy’

Roxy Music ‘A Song For Europe’

That Was The Week That Was ‘Well I Must Admit, Sir’

Pretenders ‘Cuban Slide’

Femme ‘Gold’

George Harrison ‘Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)’

Garbage feat. Tricky ‘Milk (Wicked Mix)’

Objectz feat. Jesse Rae ‘Loch Lomond’

Glider ‘In The Name Of Rock & Roll’

Glider ‘The Best Way’

Glider ‘Getaway’

Joanne Shaw Taylor ‘Just Not Getting Over You’

Joanne Shaw Taylor ‘Fadeaway’

Joanne Shaw Taylor ‘New Love’

Mavis Staples ‘Wonderful Saviour’

Albertina Walker  & The Caravans 'Sail Away (One Bright Morning)’

Tom O’Driscoll ‘Sadder Than Sad’

Sad Cafe ‘Hungry Eyes’

Paul McCartney ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’

Lonestar ‘Amazed’

Blues ‘N’ Trouble ‘Gotta Keep Control Of Myself’

Edgar Broughton Band ‘Love In The Rain’

David Bowie ‘Ziggy Stardust (live)’

David Bowie ‘Soul Love (live)’

[frontproofmedia]

Canelo Álvarez And Caleb Plant Set For Historic Undisputed Super Middleweight World Championship Event Live On Showtime PPV Saturday, November 6

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Published: September 20, 2021

Pound-For-Pound King Álvarez and Undefeated Champion Plant Square Off Live at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in a Premier Boxing Champions Event

LAS VEGAS (September 20, 2021) – Boxing’s consensus No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, Mexican superstar, and unified WBA/WBC/WBO Super Middleweight World Champion Canelo Álvarez will face undefeated IBF Super Middleweight World Champion Caleb “Sweethands” Plant in a historic showdown on Saturday, November 6, live on SHOWTIME PPV at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in a Premier Boxing Champions event. Canelo, a four-division world champion, will look to capture undisputed status for the first time in his Hall of Fame-caliber career as he returns to SHOWTIME where he made his pay-per-view main event debut in September 2013. The unbeaten and supremely talented Plant attempts to earn a career-defining victory and keep his perfect record intact as he makes his fourth world title defense. The winner of the November 6 bout will stamp his name in the history books as the first undisputed 168-pound world champion of the four-belt era. “This is the most highly anticipated fight of the year and rightfully so,’’ said Tom Brown, President of TGB Promotions. “Canelo Álvarez has proven to be one of the best boxers in the sport today and he is seeking to become the first-ever undisputed super middleweight champion. And Caleb Plant, who is a skilled technician in the ring and extremely confident in his abilities, wants to make history and not become a footnote. Both men will bring fire and determination into the ring and the eyes of the sports world will be focused on the action at MGM Grand on the evening of November 6.’’ “We are very happy to have been able to reach an agreement for this fight as we look to make history in becoming the first undisputed champion of Mexico or Latin America and just the sixth man in the history of boxing,” said Canelo’s manager Eddy Reynoso. “We are going to train very hard, focus on growing the sport of boxing and plan to lift up the name of Mexico.” “In one of our most prolific years to date, SHOWTIME has delivered 17 live boxing events in 2021 so far with several more to come. None more significant, however, than November 6,” said Stephen Espinoza, President, SHOWTIME Sports. “We are proud to welcome Canelo Álvarez back to SHOWTIME, now as the consensus No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world and the sport’s biggest draw. We also welcome undefeated world champion Caleb Plant to the network as both men chase a historic, undisputed world title in the most anticipated fight of the year.” Tickets for the live event are on sale now and can be purchased at AXS.com. The event is promoted by Canelo Promotions and TGB Promotions and sponsored by Hennessy and Value. Having already captured world titles at 154, 160, 168, and 175-pounds, Canelo (56-1-2, 38 KOs) has amassed a Hall of Fame resume at just 31-years-old. The fighting pride of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Canelo began his quest for the undisputed super middleweight championship in December 2020 by defeating then-unbeaten Callum Smith to capture the WBA and WBC titles. Most recently, Canelo added the WBO belt via a stoppage victory over previously undefeated Billy Joe Saunders in May. November 6 will be Canelo’s first attempt at an undisputed title. Under the guidance of Reynoso, his renowned coach, Canelo has faced and triumphed over a long list of elite fighters since turning pro at just 15-years-old in 2005. Shane Mosley, Gennadiy Golovkin, Erislandy Lara, Miguel Cotto, and Sergey Kovalev are among them. Canelo’s lone professional defeat came against undefeated legend Floyd Mayweather in September 2013. "At the end of the day, this is what I want to do with my career, make history,” said Canelo. “These things, like becoming the first to be the unified champion at 168 pounds, is making history. To potentially be one of the few who holds this prestigious honor in any weight class makes me very happy. For my country, this would be a huge accomplishment. I want to be remembered as one of the greatest in the history of the sport." The 28-year-old Plant (21-0, 12 KOs) captured his world title and burst onto the 168-pound scene by defeating Jose Uzcategui in January 2019. Plant was the underdog coming into the Uzcategui fight. He quickly set the tone scoring two early knockdowns on his way to a clear unanimous decision victory. It was an emotional night for Plant, who had dedicated his championship win to the memory of his late daughter, Alia, who passed away in 2015. A native of Ashland City, Tennessee, Plant now lives and trains in Las Vegas, guided by his trainer Justin Gamber, along with his father and co-trainer Richie Plant. Caleb has successfully defended his title three times, dominating Mike Lee to earn a third-round stoppage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in July 2019. He then earned a TKO victory over Vincent Feigenbutz in a homecoming bout in Nashville in 2020. Most recently, Plant bested former super middleweight world champion, Caleb Truax, winning a unanimous decision in their January clash. “On November 6, the world will witness boxing’s first ever crowned undisputed super middleweight champion,” said Plant. “When my hand is raised in victory, the world will know then, that I’m the new face of boxing. Everyone should order the PPV now and get their popcorn ready because I’m about to put on a performance that will go down in history as one of the best ever. This man is in trouble.”

[ao3feed-twfemslash]

Who Wants To Be A Celebrity?

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2KvUSEZ

by EuphoricBounty

All information is in the first chapter! take a look :)

Words: 412, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV), The Haunting of Hill House (TV 2018), The Haunting of Bly Manor (TV), The Vampire Diaries (TV), Sex Education (TV), Orphan Black (TV), Pitch Perfect (Movies), The Walking Dead (TV), Breaking Bad, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Trinkets (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M

Characters: Dani Clayton, Jamie (The Haunting of Bly Manor), Damon Salvatore, Theodora (The Haunting of Hill House), Stiles Stilinski, Eric Effiong, Cosima Niehaus, Beca Mitchell, Michonne (Walking Dead), Jesse Pinkman, Peter Parker, Moe Truax

Relationships: Dani Clayton/Jamie

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2KvUSEZ

[hotfps]

A surreal comedy about an office worker who has resigned himself to spending every waking hour tortured by the negative voice in head, until a concerned coworker decides to take action. SXSW 2020 Film Festival Official Selection Written and Directed by: Graham Parkes Staring: Lewis Pullman & Mat Wright With: Trian Long-Smith, Jacquie Barnbrook, Benmio McCrea, Arthur Keng, Tom Truax, Jeff Lewis Produced By: Brendan Garrett Cinematography By: Chris Ripley Production Design By: James Whelan Music By: Alex Belcher Featuring: "Walk Away" by Buzzy Lee Casting By: Dylan Jury Costumes By: Kimberly Sheree Mason Edited By: Kati Skelton & Graham Parkes Sound Design By: Jack Sobo Executive Producer: Adam Joseph Associate Producer: Minnie Schedeen

[whileiamdying]

A surreal comedy about an office worker who has resigned himself to spending every waking hour tortured by the negative voice in head, until a concerned coworker decides to take action. SXSW 2020 Film Festival Official Selection Written and Directed by: Graham Parkes Staring: Lewis Pullman & Mat Wright With: Trian Long-Smith, Jacquie Barnbrook, Benmio McCrea, Arthur Keng, Tom Truax, Jeff Lewis Produced By: Brendan Garrett Cinematography By: Chris Ripley Production Design By: James Whelan Music By: Alex Belcher Featuring: "Walk Away" by Buzzy Lee Casting By: Dylan Jury Costumes By: Kimberly Sheree Mason Edited By: Kati Skelton & Graham Parkes Sound Design By: Jack Sobo Executive Producer: Adam Joseph Associate Producer: Minnie Schedeen

[artwalktv]

A surreal comedy about an office worker who has resigned himself to spending every waking hour tortured by the negative voice in head, until a concerned coworker decides to take action. SXSW 2020 Film Festival Official Selection Written and Directed by: Graham Parkes Staring: Lewis Pullman & Mat Wright With: Trian Long-Smith, Jacquie Barnbrook, Benmio McCrea, Arthur Keng, Tom Truax, Jeff Lewis Produced By: Brendan Garrett Cinematography By: Chris Ripley Production Design By: James Whelan Music By: Alex Belcher Featuring: "Walk Away" by Buzzy Lee Casting By: Dylan Jury Costumes By: Kimberly Sheree Mason Edited By: Kati Skelton & Graham Parkes Sound Design By: Jack Sobo Executive Producer: Adam Joseph Associate Producer: Minnie Schedeen

[shipwreckedcomedy]

Catch a digital ticket to Scriptwrecked 3 - Nothing to Say - while you can!

NOTHING TO SAY by Taylor Brogan

When old friends Bridget and Nick reconnect in Los Angeles, they try to make sense of all the ways their relationship has (and has not) changed. 

FEATURING Ryan W. Garcia Sinead Persaud Daniel Rashid Tom Truax Olivia Scott Welch Mary Kate Wiles and Aaron Zelman

[moviesandmania]

The Blood Hunter - USA, 2019

The Blood Hunter – USA, 2019

‘Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family.’

The Blood Hunter is a 2019 American horror feature film co-written and co-directed by Trevor Styles and Chas Llewellyn. The movie stars Tom Paxinos, Timothy Patrick Quill, Amy Truax and Dan Hicks.

Plot:

John Deckard (Tom Paxinos) is a broken man. He has nothing going for him; he has lost his brother, wife, job and now a group of bloodthirsty…

[monabitmore]

The Voice In Your Head from Graham Parkes on Vimeo.

A surreal comedy about an office worker who has resigned himself to spending every waking hour tortured by the negative voice in head, until a concerned coworker decides to take action.

SXSW 2020 Film Festival Official Selection

Written and Directed by: Graham Parkes

Staring: Lewis Pullman & Mat Wright

With: Trian Long-Smith, Jacquie Barnbrook, Benmio McCrea, Arthur Keng, Tom Truax, Jeff Lewis

Produced By: Brendan Garrett

Cinematography By: Chris Ripley

Production Design By: James Whelan

Music By: Alex Belcher

Featuring: "Walk Away" by Buzzy Lee

Casting By: Dylan Jury

Costumes By: Kimberly Sheree Mason

Edited By: Kati Skelton & Graham Parkes

Sound Design By: Jack Sobo

Executive Producer: Adam Joseph

Associate Producer: Minnie Schedeen

[ozkamal]

A surreal comedy about an office worker who has resigned himself to spending every waking hour tortured by the negative voice in head, until a concerned coworker decides to take action. SXSW 2020 Film Festival Official Selection Written and Directed by: Graham Parkes Staring: Lewis Pullman & Mat Wright With: Trian Long-Smith, Jacquie Barnbrook, Benmio McCrea, Arthur Keng, Tom Truax, Jeff Lewis Produced By: Brendan Garrett Cinematography By: Chris Ripley Production Design By: James Whelan Music By: Alex Belcher Featuring: "Walk Away" by Buzzy Lee Casting By: Dylan Jury Costumes By: Kimberly Sheree Mason Edited By: Kati Skelton & Graham Parkes Sound Design By: Jack Sobo Executive Producer: Adam Joseph Associate Producer: Minnie Schedeen

[jhonfalco]

A surreal comedy about an office worker who has resigned himself to spending every waking hour tortured by the negative voice in head, until a concerned coworker decides to take action. SXSW 2020 Film Festival Official Selection Written and Directed by: Graham Parkes Staring: Lewis Pullman & Mat Wright With: Trian Long-Smith, Jacquie Barnbrook, Benmio McCrea, Arthur Keng, Tom Truax, Jeff Lewis Produced By: Brendan Garrett Cinematography By: Chris Ripley Production Design By: James Whelan Music By: Alex Belcher Featuring: "Walk Away" by Buzzy Lee Casting By: Dylan Jury Costumes By: Kimberly Sheree Mason Edited By: Kati Skelton & Graham Parkes Sound Design By: Jack Sobo Executive Producer: Adam Joseph Associate Producer: Minnie Schedeen

[gabrieltoney]

A surreal comedy about an office worker who has resigned himself to spending every waking hour tortured by the negative voice in head, until a concerned coworker decides to take action. SXSW 2020 Film Festival Official Selection Written and Directed by: Graham Parkes Staring: Lewis Pullman & Mat Wright With: Trian Long-Smith, Jacquie Barnbrook, Benmio McCrea, Arthur Keng, Tom Truax, Jeff Lewis Produced By: Brendan Garrett Cinematography By: Chris Ripley Production Design By: James Whelan Music By: Alex Belcher Featuring: "Walk Away" by Buzzy Lee Casting By: Dylan Jury Costumes By: Kimberly Sheree Mason Edited By: Kati Skelton & Graham Parkes Sound Design By: Jack Sobo Executive Producer: Adam Joseph Associate Producer: Minnie Schedeen

[amoessaw]

Almost 30 - Episode 4 "Almost Healthy"

Ricky starts dating a personal trainer but refuses to work out or eat healthy. Dream, Justin and Amber stage an intervention for Ricky's bacon addiction. Dream teaches Justin and Ricky how to shop healthy while Justin schools Ricky about the proper way to work out.

 Created by Matthew A. Cherry

 Directed By Matthew A. Cherry

Written by Ricky "Rickonia" Smith

Produced by R. Vaughn Gill & Monica A. Young

 Starring: Michael Moss as Justin, Ricky Smith as Ricky, Sherial McKinney as Dream, Chauntae Pink as Amber

 Co-Starring: Kiya Roberts as Shani, Katherine Wilkes as Shadow. Marcia Wright as Heather, Richie Quinto as Teddy, Tristen J. Winger as Fred, Sallieu Sesay as Darren, Kenny Ware as Tony, Taylor Reed as Ben, Xavi Israel as William, David Truax as Tom, Nelson Estevez as Ty, Vanessa Mesia as Judy, Cheray O'Neil as Oriana, & Brian Epps as Crying Man.

 Additonal Yogi's: Chavonne LeNoir. Hayley Brown, Rashondra Angelle, Norman Jean

 Boyz N The Spoof Cast: Winn Gaspard, Jerome Caldwell, JJ Artis

 Additional Writers: Matthew A. Cherry, Michael Moss, Ricky Smith

 Executive Producers - R. Vaughn Gill, Monica A. Young, Michael Moss, Matthew A. Cherry

 Casting Director - Natasha Ward

Casting Associate - Leigh Jonte

Director of Photography -  Jayson Vaughn

Edited by - Matthew A. Cherry

Original Theme Song & Music - Tremaine Williams

 Opening Song - All Cows Eat Grass "We All Win"

https://soundcloud.com/all-cows-eat-g...

 First AD - Winn Gaspard

Second AD - Jerome Caldwell

 Sound Mixer - Ernest J. Saunders, Ron Hairston

Colorist: Jayson Vaughn

Post Production Sound Mixer: Matthew A. Cherry

 Opening Title Sequence: Leon Kelsick

 1st AC: Tiff Tyler

2nd AC: Lauryn Gill

3rd AC - Alex Gill

DIT - Jonathan Gill

 Production Assistants: Tremayne Woodard, Rashandra Jones

 Locations - Fox Hills Park, Rueben Ingold Park, Ralph's, Whole Foods

 Special Thanks - Jeff Cohran, Kimberline Bolton, Black Girl Nerds, Alana Haddock, Erin Scranton, Tone Walters, Kim Townes

[theconservativebrief]

Elon Musk personifies the modern cult-of-personality CEO style. His social media posts are unfiltered, he gets into public scuffles with his critics, and he has a loyal band of followers that defend his every move, often attacking Musk’s detractors. But Musk has nothing on Brandon Truaxe, the founder and CEO — though he likes to say his official title is “worker” — of Deciem, one of the buzziest skin care companies on the planet right now.

The unconventional beauty brand founder’s exploits have been followed rabidly by those both interested in incredibly affordable skin care and those who just love messy gossip. As Deciem’s sub-brand The Ordinary gains popularity for its $9 acids, its founder gains notoriety for his incendiary and even offensive Instagram presence. He’s used the platform to insult fans, cancel partnerships, and even posted a photo of an impoverished-looking New Yorker in front of one of the brand’s stores.

In a video on Deciem’s Instagram on Monday, Truaxe said: “This is the final post of Deciem. … We will shut down all operations until further notice, which will be about two months. Please take me seriously.” The location of the video was tagged as the White House. He went on to say, “Almost everyone at Deciem has been involved in major criminal activity, which includes financial crimes.”

The largely incoherent message was paired with a long, rambling caption in which he called out many in the company’s inner circle, then went on to name hotels, restaurants, other cosmetic companies, “so many porn ‘studios,’” Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Tom Ford, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, Richard Branson, Tim Cooke, and Leonard Lauder, the patriarch of the Estée Lauder company.

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Without filters. A revolution is coming. Every one of you who has been laughing aT me will with certainty face criminal prosecution. Estée Lauder Companies Inc. has been the biggest stock promotion. Richard Duntas, Bernard Ass (LVMH), Marica “Tracy” (Bliss, Remedè, Soaper Due Per Shoe), Hyatt (Grand Hyatt, Andaz, er al), Marriott (St. Regis, W, Marriot, et al), So many porn “studios”, nearly all @deciem employees, most of “Hollywood”, Gill Sinclair, India Knight, Caroline Hirons, India Knight, RBC, BMO, Boots, KKR, most of the Lauder family, Estée Lauder Companies Inc., Karim Kanji, Antonio Tadrisi, DF Mc, LVMH, Dia Fooley, Michael Davidson, Hanif, Zark Fatah, Inditex (Zara, Massimo Dutti, etc), H&M, $100 monkey, Too Faced (founders too), TSG, Alshaya, Amanresorts, Erwin Zecha, Oliver Zecha, Steven R Riddle, the Coc and Corcky managers, PRIDE organizers, IT Cosmetics, Nicola L ReadingTons, all of Dishoom, All of Delaunay, David Yurman, Tom Ford, Tim Cooke. McKesson, Rexall, Jamin Asaria, David Jackson, York Heritage and others — sentencing doesn’t begin with any point but sentences like this one do. Ben Affleck, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Michael Less, Stephen Spellberg e.T., AON are also included with certainty. ARGO stood for “Ali Roshan GO”. You idiots. Father, please please be safe if you can for the next few hours. I love you all. -Brandon (RIYADH, please be EXTREMELY CAREFUL in the next few hours). Aurora (TSX) : you are finished. Michael Basler, Gordon Wilde, David Trinder, Eric Jacobs, Allan Gerlings, Dalton Pharma SS, Michael OH CON ELLE, Charm IS T A 007, Robert Jones, Cascade, Prince Al Walid, The White Company, Obagi (brand and doctor), Freedom Health, ESHO-isT, Alexandru Serban and baggage, Apotex: Goodbye also. Peace is coming. . It’s clear now. @esteelaudercompanies @richardbranson @realdonaldtrump @gowlingwlg_ca @zuck @musicianjessecook, et. al.

A post shared by THE ABNORMAL BEAUTY COMPANY (@deciem) on Oct 8, 2018 at 5:41am PDT

This post has been covered and analyzed everywhere from Allure to Buzzfeed, but it’s par for the course for Truaxe, who has given fans reasons to worry about his emotional state before. He posts on the brand’s official Instagram page himself — the rest of the social media team consists of one employee who responds to product usage questions — and has a history of posting confusing and sometimes concerning messages.

Truaxe has not hesitated to attack commenters who question him on the brand’s page. This behavior has led fans and critics to question his mental health and the health of the company, as well as speculate that the social media theatrics are actually just savvy marketing. But what is really going on?

Before we get into the events of this week, here’s a primer: Truaxe founded Deciem in 2013 and launched 10 sub-brands simultaneously — including hair care, supplements, and a men’s grooming line — which is pretty much unheard of in the beauty industry. His company, based in Toronto, also makes its own products, instead of contracting outside manufacturers, which is how most beauty brands work. Deciem employs about 800 people and has more than two dozen stores worldwide. Tagline: “The Abnormal Beauty Company.”

Truaxe is a computer programmer by trade, but he co-founded a high-end line of skincare called Euoko in 2008. One product cost $700, according to an article published in W magazine at the time. He then exited that brand and founded Indeed Labs, another Canadian beauty company. He left that under “angry” conditions and with a non-compete agreement, according to an interview in 2016 with Cosmetics Business. “A combination of passion for bringing credibility to the functional beauty business and the revenge overly due to Indeed Labs led to the formation of Deciem,” he told the publication.

Deciem really took off after the company launched skin care brand the Ordinary in 2016. The line features exceptionally affordable skin care featuring well-studied ingredients that have been used in skin care for decades, like vitamin C, retinol, hyaluronic acid, and others. Most are in simple dropper bottles, and the formulas aren’t fancy; they often smell weird or have gritty textures. But the line took off because the price is cheaper than anything on the market, including products you can find at a drugstore.

A simple glycolic face acid costs less than $9; an equivalent at Sephora or Ulta can cost upward of $20. The Ordinary launched at a time when people were getting interested in and purchasing skin care in a way we haven’t seen in years. The Ordinary’s accessibility contributed to a democratization of sorts. Really effective skin care had previously been in the purview of those who could afford pricey products.

According to Truaxe, the brand has done about $300 million in sales. Beauty conglomerate Estée Lauder has a 28 percent minority share in the company, an association that has given the indie brand credibility but invited scrutiny. Truaxe has always been described as quirky in early interviews, but things started to get weirder at the beginning of 2018 when he started posting very personal and even bizarre messages on the brand’s official Instagram account.

In January, Truaxe officially announced he was taking over the brand’s Instagram page. His first order of business was to pick a fight with another indie brand, Drunk Elephant, by suggesting its marula oil was too expensive. He apologized. After that came a series of pictures of garbage and increasingly more personal posts. He also appeared to be communicating with his team via Instagram. Redditors then discovered Glassdoor reviews suggesting that the company was not a great place to work.

In February, Truaxe took to Instagram to broadcast that the company would no longer be producing Esho, a brand of lip products made in collaboration with a UK plastic surgeon, Dr. Tijion Esho. Truaxe unceremoniously announced this on Instagram, allegedly without alerting Esho himself that it would be happening. (Esho is tagged in this week’s Instagram post as well.) It led to an almost year-long legal battle between the two.

Esho told Vox that he secured trademark and other rights to the Esho brand, as well as payment he was owed, with the help of Deciem’s Nicola Kilner.

Kilner is an important part of the brand story. She joined Deciem early from UK drugstore brand Boots and had been integral to its growth; at one point her title was “co-CEO.” She was largely seen as the calm and moderating force in the company. But Truaxe fired her in February after a confusing string of events that culminated in Truaxe questioning her loyalty to him.

An experienced CFO, Stephen Kaplan, who had only been there about six months, quit around the same time in protest. Kilner was given two years of severance pay. She gave an interview to Elle magazine a few months after her firing, in which she seemed reluctant to say anything negative about Truaxe or Deciem. “Talking to Kilner is a bit like talking to someone rescued from a cult against her will,” wrote Carrie Battan in the article. This summer, Kilner was rehired at the company. (She has not responded to Vox’s request for comment.)

Following the ESHO posts, a Racked investigation, prompted in part by the negative Glassdoor reviews, revealed allegations by several employees of verbal abuse and other misconduct by Truaxe and others in management positions. It was generally acknowledged, including by those working at the company, that the leadership was disorganized, with people changing roles and job titles frequently.

But the brand was growing, opening a rash of new stores (including the one in which the indigent person camped out in front or prompting Truaxe to say, “This person is disrespectful to the beauty of the library; he is disrespectful to the beauty of Fifth Avenue”). During this period, the brand got picked up by Sephora and even got a shout out from Kim Kardashian, who was apparently a fan.

Since these flare ups, Truaxe has been likened to Donald Trump by fans. He picked a fight with Cosmetics Business when it reported on these comparisons. He’s angrily lashed out at fans on social media who have questioned his methods, expressed concern about his increasingly incoherent posts, or called him out for his sometimes brash communication style. He would often highlight retorts to them in Instagram Stories on the brand’s official page, which occasionally led to fans attacking those critics on social media.

“Anyone who insults me, I’ll insult back. Look, if someone drops a bomb on my house I will at least knock and maybe pee on theirs,” he told me in the summer in a previously unpublished conversation, when I asked him about angering his followers by insulting them.

Some of these events seem to have affected his relationship with retailers. Sephora carried The Ordinary for a short time online, then it disappeared. Truaxe had suggested that Ulta was going to carry the line, but that has not materialized. Victoria Health, a UK based site (and one of the first to carry The Ordinary) dropped it recently and started stocking a competitor brand, Garden of Wisdom; Truaxe took to Deciem’s Instagram to post unflattering photos of the site’s founder. He publicly announced, via a shared email on the platform, that he would no longer be supplying product to indie beauty e-commerce site Beautylish. (German retailer Douglas recently started stocking Deciem, and the company has over a dozen freestanding stores in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Europe, and South Korea.)

Truaxe has also publicly called out his minority investor, Estée Lauder, a large and powerful company that has always controlled its image very tightly. He’s published emails from Leonard Lauder and other Lauder executives, airing dirty laundry like the fact that the company supposedly wouldn’t allow an artisan who tiles its stores to post her work on social media. (The woman’s family ultimately was upset at Truaxe for that post.) The company is mentioned in this week’s Instagram post as well. In a statement to Vox, a representative for the company wrote: “The Estée Lauder Companies is a minority investor in Deciem, and, as such, we do not control the company’s operations, social media or personnel decisions.”

(There’s so much more. You can read more of my old reporting here, and Elle also has a helpful timeline of events.)

Now we are back to the “financial crimes” Truaxe mentioned this week on Instagram. In the video, he announced that the company would close down. For a while, Deciem’s homepage was a black screen with a small green pi symbol in the center. Individual brand pages, such as for The Ordinary, could still be accessed. As of publication time, the site is up and running.

According to an email leaked to Cosmopolitan UK, Truaxe ordered all the London stores except one to be closed until February 2019, accompanied by a warning that those not following instructions would be “terminated tomorrow.” No one answered phones at any of the London stores, the Miami store, or the Seoul store. (Truaxe and multiple others in the company did not respond to a request for comment.)

At the Amsterdam store, an apologetic woman who spoke English answered and said her boss told her to close the branch for two weeks, “but I don’t know why.” The Nolita store in New York City was open, but others in the city did not answer the phone. Communication obtained by a source close to Deciem suggested that there was confusion behind the scenes and that more of the New York City locations would eventually be opened. The Toronto stores were closed yesterday, per social media reports, but it was Canadian Thanksgiving. The Canadian stores did not answer their phones today.

All over social media and in the Deciem Facebook chat room, customers have reported placing online orders successfully.

This is not the first time Truaxe has alluded to financial wrongdoings at the company. He’s posted increasingly disturbing videos, including one now-deleted post from a hotel in the UK in which he asked for his followers to call the police because he was worried for his safety. He once sent an email to all his employees stating he was “done” with Deciem.

During the summer, I spoke to Truaxe both on the phone and in person in previously unpublished interviews about some of these incidents, especially the insinuations that there were financial “crimes” at the company. He was vague, saying “authorities” were involved. He also suggested that he was served a lawsuit by his former Euoko partner and current Deciem minority stakeholder Pasquale Cusano, who did not respond to calls and emails. Truaxe sounded lucid during the in-person conversation, though he tends to speak quickly and occasionally rambles.

“I found things I don’t like in my company,” Truaxe said at the time. He would not offer more details when pressed. “Unless things are cleaned up, I won’t stay.”

Truaxe’s suggestion on Instagram this week that the company may shut down led to a bit of panic among customers and fans, as it has done on multiple other occasions when his behavior on Instagram has seemed erratic. The CBC, which ran a report on the company in July, spoke to a marketing expert who suggested that it might be a purposeful tactic to get customers to buy products in bulk. If it was premeditated, it’s working, if social media is any indication — though some are calling it a stunt:

this whole Deciem thing must be a next level PR activation stunt. ppl will go mad for the products and sell out the entire stock

— (@thelonelyldnr) October 9, 2018

Truaxe truly seems to run his company by the seat of his pants, and doesn’t really seem to be concerned about who he angers or worries along the way. A blog post about Truaxe’s drama as a CEO on Strategy + Business in July noted, “Chaos is not a business strategy.” But it seems to be working fine for Deciem so far. The company has opened two new factories and several new stores, as well as launched a variety of new products over the last six months. But shutting down stores, which he sporadically seems to have done this week, will cost the company revenue and also possibly cost employees their pay.

The parallels between Brandon Truaxe and Elon Musk are there. Musk’s problematic tweets have opened him up to federal probes and caused him to step down as chairman of Tesla. But the sheer force of his personality and perceived genius are allowing him to stay on as CEO. So far, Deciem is telling a similar story.

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