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Sony Presents The Contested

By Leah Taylor on

We’re big champions of local culture, but alas, there are only so many of us. That’s why we love The Contested, a cool project from our friends at Sony, who asked local musicians around the country to come up with a brand-new tune that repped their city. … Read More

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Sony Presents The Harmonic: 5 Up & Coming DJs

By Leah Taylor on

We dedicate ourselves daily to discovering the best cultural gems in our area, but alas, there are only so many of us. That’s why we dug The Harmonic, a cool project from our friends at Sony. They tapped over a dozen DJs around the country, hooked them up with X Headphones, and tasked them with creating a mix that perfectly repped their area codes, from the 212 to the 713. … Read More

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Sony’s Top 10 Amateur Action Flicks

By Leah Taylor on

We’re dedicated to discovering the best cultural gems around the world, but alas, there are only so many of us. That’s why we love The Moving, a cool project from our friends at Sony that put their Action Cam in the hands of local influencers around the country so they could share their unique views of their local treasures in action. … Read More

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Sony Presents The Unedited: Unique Perspectives

By Leah Taylor on

We dedicate ourselves daily to discovering the best cultural gems in our area, but alas, there are only so many of us. That’s why we love The Unedited, a cool project from our friends at Sony that put NEX-5R cameras in the hands of local artists around the country so they could share their unique views of their local treasures. … Read More

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Our Heart’s in San Francisco

By Leah Taylor on

We’ve always made it our mission to keep you up to date on what’s happening with the important culture makers you know and love. Today we’re thrilled to unveil the new and improved local version of Flavorwire — with help from our launch partner, Sony. Here, we’ll turn our critical lens on the… Read More

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Welcome to La La Land

By Leah Taylor on

We’ve always made it our mission to keep you up to date on what’s happening with the important culture makers you know and love. Today we’re thrilled to unveil the new and improved local version of Flavorwire — with help from our launch partner, Sony. Here, we’ll turn our critical lens on the… Read More

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Artist to Know: Max Kauffman

By Leah Taylor on

Oakland, California artist Max Kauffman is, as the critics are so fond of saying, “one to watch.” Having been exhibited internationally from Italy to Canada and landed features in Juxtapoz, Beautiful Decay, and more, Kauffman was top of mind for us and our partners at Sony, as we sought to commission an artist to create a custom print to give away to our readers in the Bay Area.  … Read More

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News

The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. The first official image of Daniel Day Lewis in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln — a biopic which will focus on the last four months of the President’s life — has arrived online, and we think the resemblance is pretty uncanny. The film hits theaters in November, which hopefully means that we’ll be seeing… Read More

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Television

Dan Harmon on Getting Fired From ‘Community’

By Emily Temple on

As you may have heard, Sony Pictures has replaced Community creator Dan Harmon as showrunner, hiring David Guarascio and Moses Port to take the show’s helm for its fourth season. Harmon’s place in Community‘s future had been uncertain since the show was renewed last week — his public feud with Chevy… Read More

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Television

Sony Kills Alleged ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ Copycat TV Series

By Judy Berman on

A tough 20-something female hacker joins forces with a police detective to bring down criminals. If this quick description of CBS pilot Quean sounds familiar to you, then you’re not alone — Sony Pictures, which owns the rights to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, wasn’t thrilled to hear that The L Word creator… Read More

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