Credits for This Episode
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Created by: Natasha Allegri
Written by: Natasha Allegri
Directed by: Larry Leichliter
Storyboard by: Natasha Allegri
Sheet Timing: Larry Leichliter
Character Designer: Natasha Allegri
Prop/EFX Designers: Zachary Sterling
Char/prop/EFX Clean Up: Jojo Baptista
Background Design: Alex Dilts
Background Painter: Amanda Thomas, Emily Partridge
Color Stylist: Efrain Farias
Executive Producer: Fred Seibert
Producer: Kevin Kolde, Eric Homan
Co Producer: Natasha Allegri
Production Manager: Sylvia Edwards
Production Coordinators: Stephen Worth, Dana Jo Granger
Production Assistant: Ross Kolde, Diane Kolde
Casting Director: Meredith Layne, CSA
Editor: Andy Tauke, Dave Woody
Cast
Bee: Allyn Rachel
Deckard, Police Officer: Kent Osborne
Temp. Agent, Ladybug: Tom Kenny
Wallace: Frank Gibson
Assign Bot, Double Mouth: Marina Sirtis
Voice Director: Kent Osborne
Dialogue Recording: Salami Studios Post Production
Dialogue Mixer: Mark Mercado
Assistant Dialogue Mixer: Jonathan Abelardo
Post Production: Salami Studios Post Production
Sound Design and Editorial: Robert McIntyre
Sound Effects Editor: Jessey Drake
Foley Mixer: Roberto Dominguez Alegria
Foley Artist: Cynthia Merrill
Dialogue Conform: Mark Mercado
Re-recording Mixer: Thomas J. Maydeck C.A.S.
Score By: Will Wiesenfeld
Animation Checking: Wendy Jacobsmeyer
Track Reading: Slightly-off Track Inc.
Animation Services: Dongwoo A&E Co., Ltd
Animation Director: Ki-ho Hwang
Layout Artists: Jae-ryong Shim
Model Checker: Hee-jin Choi
Assistant Animation Supervisors: Jung-sil Kang
Key Animation: Jung-seok Seo, Jong-min Kim, Jae-won Baec, In-seol Hwang, Hyun-seok Seo, Hak-soo Bok, Young-rim Lee
Final Checker: Eun-hee Jung
Background Director: Yoon-ho Lee
Color Stylist: Mi-ok Jeon
Composition: Kang-ok Kim, Joo-hee Yang, Soo-jung Yang, Eun-joo Choi, Mi-kyung Lee
Production Staff: Young-wun Park, Sua Park, Shinwan Kim
VIVID would not be able to do what they do if it wasn’t for the amazing staff that they have behind them. every member of their team is essential in the girls image and existence as idols and they just wouldn’t be VIVID without them.
- - KIM NAYEON: MANAGER
fc. son ye-jin ♡
after moving to ANGELICO the girls got a new manager and left HYOJIN who was their manager whilst they were under CUBE. although HYOJIN and the girls used to have a good relationship it started to fall apart and the girls did not want to continue on with her. their new manager NAYEON has been in the industry for years with VIVID being her 3rd group. NAYEON cares for the girls very much and makes sure to put their mental and physical health first whilst still guiding them to success. in their short time together they have developed a really sweet relationship.
- - ALIA BENSON : HAIR AND MAKEUP
fc. kennie jd ♡
ALIA moved to korea after high school to study beauty and skin care. she joined CUBE mid 2018 just before the girls release LAST LOVE and the girls have never trusted anyone else to do their makeup since. ALIA specializes in makeup but through beauty school she has created a lot of connections and now comes along with a team that cover all aspects of beauty including hair. their relationship with ALIA is different to other staff members as she’s actively their friend and goes out with them, she’s especially close with DAYNA as they grew up together and were childhood best friends . this along with her beauty crew is why she was at the top of their list of people that they needed to come with them as they moved companies. of course she agreed and is still with them today.
- - KANG YONGHO : BODYGUARD
fc. lee hoseok (wonho) ♡
YONGHO has been with the girls since late 2019 after it became clear that VIVID were in need of actual security and not just their managers. the girls were mobbed at the airport way too often and it became a big concern for fans. since YONGHO joined the girls seem a lot more at ease when traveling. YONGHO makes the girls comfort his first priority and they always feel safe around him. he is very muscular and loves the gym, he even sometimes works as the girls personal trainer. despite his muscles and intimidating aura the girls have said many times that he’s honestly a softie and is like a protective older brother to them. which is why it was a no brainer that he would move with them and continue his job under ANGELICO.
- - PARK SOOKYUN & AHN HYEJIN : STYLISTS
fc. ahn elly (l.e)& jung ho-yeon ♡
the girls first met SOOKYUN when they were still under cube. she joined CUBE late 2017 after studying fashion in hong kong. she used to be a stylist for many of cubes artists but as of 2020 she officially is the girls personal stylist and once the girls moved to angelico she followed them. HYEJIN became the girls stylist when they moved to angelico. having been a model previously she has a lot of insight in the fashion world and keeps the girls on trend every comeback. whenever the girls are given outfits HYEJIN and SOOKYUN take careful note of their input and caters to them and their personal style specifically. they always highlight each member whilst still creating a sense of cohesion. SOOKYUN has a hugely successful fashion blog which feature various artists she has styled but her looks for VIVID are featured the most. HYEJIN is close in age with the girls and she gets along with all of them really well. she has formed a really tight friendship with them -especially SISI and YURI-that extends beyond work.
- - JAEHYUK “JAY” KIM : CHOREOGRAPHER & DANCER
fc. christian yu ♡
JAY is a well known choreographer from 1 million dance studios and only started working with the girl at the start of 2020 with PSYCHO and has been working with them ever since , he even moved to ANGELICO with them. their previous choreographer KENNIE ended up cutting ties with CUBE by mid 2020 and LEO and SISI have been working with just JAY ever since. you can see JAY in a lot of VIVID’s performances as a dancer and his tattoos make him easy to spot. whenever the girls have a comeback “VIVID backup dancer” trends without fail as his visuals catch a lot of people’s attention and his social media presence is constantly growing. JAY spends a lot of time with LEO and SISI and this the trio are very close. the girls choreograph their dances and work with him to perfect them so they end up spending a lot of time together. the trio has great creative chemistry and have formed a strong bond that allows them to work well together. the girls sometimes post dance covers with him as well !
Director: Jaren Neo (@gh8stchild)
Photography: Cheryl Faith H (@faithcheryl)
Stylist: Charlotte Yeo (@thatxbadass)
Logistics: Kenny Ho
Models: Eugene Tan (@eeugenetan), Shu Zhen (@shutzee)
Vocalist Katerina Brown explores her recently minted identity as a Russian immigrant to the United States with the October 18 release of Mirror, her remarkable debut album, on Mellowtone Music. Accompanied by a band of San Francisco Bay Area musicians that includes her husband, bassist Gary Brown(who also produced the album), pianist��Adam Shulman, and drummers Akira Tana and Timothy Angulo along with a number of special guests, Brown offers interpretations of three classic Russian songs (first in her native language, then in English translations) as well as five favorites from the American repertoire.
The tunes on Mirror not only span nations, but also styles. They range from delicate ballads to lilting bossa nova to brash, bluesy swingers. "It's a jazz CD, but it has different styles," says Brown. "I want to show people that I'm still searching. Standards helped me find myself but that's not what defines me. ... I want to explore more."
The stylistic range itself is one of the album's star attractions, opening with a fragile take on the romantic Russian song "The Gate" (featuring violinist Mads Tolling), followed by a saucy treatment of the Gershwins' standard "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (a duet with singer Kenny Washington) and a tremendously swaggering "Moanin'" on which Brown sings Jon Hendricks's vocalese lyrics (with organist Brian Ho, trumpeter Miles Olmos, and saxophonist Robert Roth augmenting the core band). Elsewhere, the Brazilian guitarist Ricardo Peixoto and percussionists Celso Alberti and Airto Moreira lend subtle bossa nova flavors to "Like a Lover" and "I Feel You."
At the same time, however, the three Russian songs, strategically positioned as the opening, closing, and central pieces ("The Gate," "The Mirror," and "It's Snowing," respectively), have undeniable significance for this document of Brown's artistic arrival. "When I came here, I thought, 'To be a Russian jazz singer singing all American songs, that's a bit strange," she says. "I need to bring something from my culture so that American audiences can listen and get familiar with them."
This cultural cross-pollination includes the arrangements as well as the songs themselves. Both Shulman and St. Petersburg pianist Dina Sineglazova provided charts for Mirror, even collaborating in the case of one tune. It further evidences Brown's determination to be as unconstrained by geography as she is by style.
Katerina Brown was born July 16, 1982 in a small town outside St. Petersburg, in what was then the Soviet Union. She was drawn to music as an infant and devoured the few jazz albums in her father's collection (especially those by Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington). She studied classical vocals as a teenager, but performed by night in local jazz and blues clubs before moving to St. Petersburg at 19 and forming her own blues band at 21.
Soon afterward, Brown joined the Old Fashioned Blues Project, which took her from the local scene to a national one, touring all around Russia and into Ukraine for the next six years. In 2010, however, she quit the band to matriculate at the Saint-Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts, where she formally studied music theory and on her own dug deeper into jazz vocals. Soon she was performing as featured vocalist for a big band sponsored by Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In 2013, Brown met her future husband Gary Brown when the American bassist was touring Russia with pianist Rebeca Mauleón. They struck up an acquaintance that ultimately led to the singer applying for a visa to study jazz in the United States. She first spent time in New York City before moving to the Bay Area in 2015 and establishing herself within its thriving jazz scene. She has worked as the featured vocalist with SFJAZZ's Monday Night Big Band and is a frequent performer at the region's top jazz venues. She also teaches the vocal technique developed by the Complete Vocal Institute in Denmark, which is based on the anatomy and physiology of the human body.
Katerina Brown will be performing a CD release concert at the Sound Room in Oakland on Saturday 11/2 with a quintet composed of saxophonist Gary Meek, guitarist Ricardo Peixoto, pianist Dan Zemelman, bassist Gary Brown, and drummer Jason Lewis.
6 Affordable Ways To Wear This Season’s Biggest Designer Trends
Style and fashion are two very different things. To paraphrase an Oscar de la Renta quote, fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable, but style, well, style is something altogether apart. It’s about dressing for you. It’s about sticking to what you like and what suits you. Which
Style and fashion are two very different things. To paraphrase an Oscar de la Renta quote, fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable, but style, well, style is something altogether apart. It’s about dressing for you. It’s about sticking to what you like and what suits you.
Which is cool, but when’s the last time you saw a street style photographer trip over themselves trying to snap a bloke in an Oxford shirt and slate grey chinos? Yeah, thought so…
Style might be timeless, but unless you’re Steve McQueen, clinging to the enduring basics isn’t going to earn you your own “f*ckyeah” Tumblr anytime soon. Why? Because that’s what fashion is for. After all, if you’re not nailing tricky up-to-the-minute trends, how else can you prove that, when it comes to matters of menswear, you’re not a laggard, but a leader?
The catch is the cash. Catwalk-watching is a pursuit that can quickly burn holes in your pockets. Buy into one too many designer trends and your Armani could put you in arrears. So, to keep both your wardrobe and your wallet on point, we’ve pulled together a cut-price guide to copping six of the latest fashion trends. You’re welcome.
Roll Necks
The current trend for roll necks – aka Steve Jobs’ style legacy – has turned a relatively obscure knit once beloved of Bond villains and suave burglars into the jaw-skimming height of sophistication.
But how should you weave this trend – a current favourite from Milan to Paris – into your wardrobe when you’re not exactly, umm, rolling in it? “Stick with premium fabrications such as merino, cashmere and blends thereof,” says Kenny Ho, stylist and fashion director of Article magazine. “Brands such as Reiss, COS, Uniqlo and Marks & Spencer carry a wealth of high-grade options that let you channel that air of luxury for less.”
If you’re on a budget, go for chunkier knits, which should hold their shape and be less likely to unravel or bobble than more intricate patterns. Ho’s best tip? “Steer towards neutral colours such as navy, camel and light grey, which – even in less than top-tier fabrications – carry an air of luxury about them.” In other words, fake it until you make it.
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Shearling
Menswear’s current soft spot for shearling jackets dates back to 2015, when stateside label Coach unveiled a variety of fresh takes on the time-honoured aviator silhouette. Since then, designers have spawned a fleet of similar styles that, while unquestionably luxurious, are often – from an ethical standpoint at least – questionably produced. Plus, price tags in the thousands make it clear the sheep aren’t the only ones getting fleeced.
The fix? Channel the shearling trend with a collar, rather than a full look. “Try to avoid collars and/or linings made entirely from man-made fabrics,” says Sam Middleton, CEO and founder of men’s style concierge service The Chapar. “Blends are okay, but for guaranteed warmth and a pleasing handfeel, the higher the natural fabric content, the better.”
Faux shearling will also be kinder on both the livestock and your bottom line. Made from acrylic and often thicker than the real thing, a sign of good quality artificial shearling is that it feels as soft as the stuff that costs four figures. If in doubt, deploy Middleton’s litmus test: “If, when you run your hand over the fabric of the collar, the hairs on the back of your hand stand on end, then take it as a sign to keep looking.”
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Silk Shirts
Not just a modish way to pay tribute to the late, great Hugh Hefner, silk shirts are also cropping up in collections from opinion-leading names such as Prada and Louis Vuitton. The trouble is, you’d have to be heir to a Playboy Mansion to afford them. An Alexander McQueen silk shirt is currently going for £995 at Mr Porter. And that’s not including the bills from the dry-cleaners.
While you can find modestly priced silk shirts – albeit probably not cut from the best cloth – the most important thing to remember outside of fabric is fit and colour, says Topman buying director Rachel Morgans. “Go for a one-colour style in classic black, navy or cream, or a seasonal shade that’s still suited to the fabric, such as plum or dusty pink,” she says.
If you want to channel the resurgent seventies trend, boldly go for an intricate pattern but keep your colours muted and everything else pared back. Fit-wise, Morgans recommends something that’s loose and drapes nicely – err too snug and even the best silk shirt comes off a bit “bargain bin”.
If you want to go man-made, viscose is the material you’re looking for, and a silk-viscose blend should still have that subtle shimmer. Whatever your material, there are two things signs of quality to look for: it should be smooth and soft to the touch, not coarse, and it should reflect natural light well, without looking like a disco ball. The seventies are back, but let’s have some restraint.
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Slogan T-Shirts
It’s never been more stylish to make your threads talk. Thanks to Vetements, Gosha Rubchinskiy and a handful of similarly subversive brands, wearing your heart on your, er, chest is now de rigeur. But short of screen-printing a batch of Fruit of the Loom’s finest basics – and getting slapped with an IP lawsuit in the process – how can you tap the inherent cool of iconic slogan T-shirts without having to totally empty your coffers?
“You need to use your best judgement,” says the Chapar’s Middleton. “Obviously certain slogans are linked intrinsically to specific brands – Vetements’ ‘May The Bridges I Burn Light The Way’, for example – but just because you don’t want to/can’t shell out for them needn’t mean you resort to some of the dire options at the lower end of the spectrum – ‘Orgasm Donor’, anyone?”
Instead, Middleton recommends sticking to something that’s of personal significance or, failing that, a slightly more ambiguous slogan that’s intriguing, rather than outright offensive.
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Quilted Outerwear
While not exactly a novel idea for the colder months, quilting – that sometimes two-, usually three-layered material you might find lining a jacket – has in recent seasons moved beyond its traditional role of backstage warmth-retainer to star of the show. AW17 collections from Craig Green, Dries Van Noten and Ermenegildo Zegna all featured jackets or proper winter coats that shone the spotlight on quilting.
Now, if it’s purely aesthetics you’re interested in, you can check this high-end trend off your list – and save – by scouring the high street instead; M&S, River Island and Uniqlo all carry solid options. But, if you want quilting that looks the part and keeps you warm, then your best bet is to plump for something premium that promises value based on cost-per-wear.
“Now is the time to invest, because I don’t see this trend disappearing anytime soon,” says Morgans. “[A good-quality quilted jacket] will look good, keep you warm and can be easily styled with most of what’s hanging in your wardrobe.” To make sure it’s something you’ll wear and wear, pick a colour that goes well with the rest of your wardrobe. For most of us, that means grey, navy or black, but don’t discount something bolder in red or yellow hues, either.
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Gucci-inspired Embroidery
Three years ago, colorful embroidery was something only your nan got stoked about. Now, thanks in no small part to Alessandro Michele’s maximalist turn at Gucci, men the world over clamour for clothes more decorated than Christmas trees. Trouble is, unless you’re Liberace, many of these jackets aren’t exactly what you might call “all-occasion fare”. Which makes it difficult to justify spending several months’ rent to buy one.
“You can tap this look for a lot less by visiting haberdashery shops,” says Kenny Ho. “You’ll find great quality embroidered and decorative patches and trimmings that you can use to easily customise clothing you already own, or add to a piece bought from a high-street or vintage store.” For an extra touch of refinement, have your local tailor embroider a shirt or jacket with your initials for luxury monogramming sans the mountain of debt.
Embroidered patterns can also be found on the high street, particularly in shirts and souvenir jackets, but also in tees and sweatshirts with simple embroidered motifs (you don’t have to go full, Gosling-approved scorpion). Look out for frayed or loose stitching, which is the surest sign that the garment won’t last as long as the trend itself.
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