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I'm your host, zen Zam's upnext. In our Discover your Potential
segment, brought to you by bodyAligne. We're joined by our regular contributor
and podcaster Dan Gilman, joined bythe very talented gee Stanley Filush. He's
a Haitian board artist and painter.He immigrated to Connecticut when he was just
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three and turned to art assist calling. He struck out on his own path,
first attending an arts college and thenYale. He's now based right here
in New York City and has attractedinternational attention and garnered a strong following.
He's collected by everyone from George Clooney, Uma Thurman, and Tommy Hillfigure to
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Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, andBarkley Investments. That's just to name a
few. They joined me today tochat about art, inspiration and the powerful
messages he communicates through his work andlove of New York City. Welcoming now
to the show are my awesome friends. Welcome superstars. Oh wow, thank
you all. Intro Wow, thanksfor having me guys. Yeah, okay.
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Now, as the middle child ofthree boys, coming from a family
of sports enthusiasts, your passion clearlylaid elsewhere, and while still remaining close
to your Haitian roots, you werethe only son to go gainst your culture's
tradition of the entire family living togetherby going out on your own path.
Can you share a little bit aboutyour background and what led you to pursue
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a career in art. Yeah,Well, to get to that question,
you need to understand how I grewup, right. You know, I
came over where I was a kid. I didn't speak the language. I
was this weird, awkward kid ina new country. And when you have
Haitian, when you have Caribbean parents, especially Haitian parents, you know,
I was supposed to be a doctor, a lawyer, an account in some
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type of government job of a pensionlike you know, I'm not supposed to
be talking to you right now.I'm supposed to be in front of a
computer right now, touching numbers.But no, I chose to pursue art
because it was It's all those thingsthat I chose me, you know.
So, being this weird aqua kid, I come to the US, I'm
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weird at awkward, I don't speakthe language, and I just found my
place in the world through art,you know. And when I told my
parents that I wanted to go artschool, my mom said no, I
scrubbled out twat, so they'll haveto you are way too smart. We're
not paying for that. Is Iwould go to university or go to art
school. And I looked at them, I gave them a big hug and
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big kiss after I graduate high schooland I just took off like while I
was seventeen years old and never lookedback. Fascinating. I know Dan has
some questions for you, who's veryeager to jump in here. Well,
I was just on that note.Who were your biggest influences growing up and
how did they shape your approach toart? My biggest influence is growing up.
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Really, I'm gonna have to saymy parents. You know, we
didn't grow up with art. Wedidn't have our hang on the walls.
And the way I'm talking about theway they influenced me a little bit is
not it's for them not paying mefor go to art school. You know.
So when it said listen, we'renot paying for you to go art
school, that put in roots forme and the determination for me to stay
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focused and to say, you knowwhat, I understand why you chose not
to do this, So therefore I'mgoing to prove you guys raw. So
I just kept I just moved,you know, I was just so focused,
So dedicate it and com mine onthe price. I can see that
being a great motivator to prove yourparents wrong. We've all been there.
But influences and inspiration are key pointsfor artists like yourself. In fact,
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in the twenty seventeen US Survey ofPublic Participation in the Arts, sixty one
percent of participants who created visual artworksreported doing so because they felt quote unquote
creative or creatively inspired. And asyou know better than anyone else, artists
can find inspiration to create in allaspects of life, whether that's nature,
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personal experiences, or even learning newtechniques in that chosen medium. How do
you choose the themes for your artworksand what messages do you aim to convey
through them? So that's a reallygood question, as you know, as
an ours, I work in Siri. You know, every every two years,
I started a new series. Youknow, two years ago, I
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had a series called New York IStill Love You, And that was based
on the pandemic. You know,after after things starts opening up in the
city, everyone kept everyone was fleeingthe city. Everyone kept saying New York
is dead. New York is dead. So I started a series where I
was like, no, New Yorkis not dead. Let me show you
guys why and let me remind youguys why New York isn't dead. So
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I did a group of like everyday New York subjects that you know,
remind people about New York City.Now I'm doing a new series called Give
Us Our Flowers. You know.That series is really dear to my heart
because last year I lost a reallydear friend of mine who just wasn't a
friend. He was also on mycollectors and also my lawyer and negotiated all
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my contracts and everything like that.And this particular situation really really hit home
and really hit me hard because likeI said, he wasn't just a dear
friend, but a mentor. Yeah, just just it was just it's just
talking about It's still it's still justa little shocking to you know, because
two days before he passed away,he was in he was in my studio
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where signed contracts and everything and uh. And then three days later I find
out that he passed away. AndI dealt with grief before, but this
really hit hard. This really hithard. So I go through the funeral
and I see tons of people thereand everyone kept saying the same thing.
I wish I had told him howgreat of a lawyer he was. I
was a great colleague. He's agood friend. He was a great dad,
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but no one got that chance totell though that, you know.
So uh and again, judicial therapyjust wasn't working for me at the time,
so I just I was just mystudio. I just kept drawing his
portrait over and over, and thenone day I just put a little flowers,
and when I looked at it,I was like, wow, I
think I have something here. AsI started holding new series called Give Us
Our Flowers, and Give Us OurFlowers is about honoring us flowers still alive.
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Too often we only honor people whenthey're gone, you know, but
I wanted to honor us still alive. That's beautiful. You just touched me.
Well, thank you. The portraitsare beautiful, their portraits of everyday
people and also to you know,and I chose painting black and brown people
because too often the media only lookedat us at either criminals or entertainers.
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We're more than that, you know. We're doctors, we're lawyers, we're
educators, you know. And sothat's why I chose to paint everyday people
that look like me, because goingto museums, you don't see us hanging
on these walls. Now, itwasn't. The life of an artist is
certainly not always an easy one.You just painted that reality for yourself in
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terms of transitioning from a family thatdid not believe in your vision to finding
family and mentorship and a friend thatyou recently lost. And artists and creatives
are so frequently misunderstood by the publicand those around them and their very own
family. In fact, I heardthat when you first saw your parents you
you know, got into an artschool. Separate of the fact that you
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told them you wanted to sue this, they told you that they loved you,
but you're just too smart to wasteyour time on bring to waste your
brain on painting. In fact,it's your painting that has earned you the
income to this date that it hasright, So how wrong were they?
But you stayed true to yourself andcontinued on full steam ahead and knew that
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this is what you wanted to do, and throughout your career, if you
could look back, what has beenthe most challenging aspect of discovering your potential
and how have you addressed it?Well, let's you know, first of
all, you know they choosing notto support me financially in your world and
not helping me pay for school wasthe best thing that ever happened to this
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day. You know, my dadapologized, he said, you know,
I have all my boys. Iwrote you the hardest, but I just
want to say, sorr As,I know that, don't don't apologize,
because that was the best decision youever made. You know. It just
made me so focused and everything likethat, you know. And also,
to let's be honest, I wouldn'trecommend being artists to my worst enemies,
you know what I mean. It'sjust one of those things where it's hard
work, it's sacrifice. But atthe end of the day, you have
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to look at it. You haveto look at yourself in the mirror and
ask yourself, what are you willingto sacrifice, you know, because it's
a lot of sacrifice, you know. And I chose to make these types
of sacrifices. And I just keptsaying focused, kept my own the prize,
and you know, twenty years later, yeah, I have this amazing
I have this amazing career and everythinglike that. But I chose to you
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know, I chose to make thesesacrifices. I chose to invest in myself.
That's the most important thing too,but also too. You know,
I'm a dreamer, you know,I dream big, you know, and
I just never stopped dreaming. Youknow, I think, I think living
in New York City it's one ofthose places where dreams do come true,
you know. And what I wouldlove to tell, like up and coming
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artists, if a kid from Haitiwho came here with nothing, you know,
didn't speak the language, moved toNew York City could do it.
Anyone can do it. You know, you just got you just got a
dream big. And I think toooften to me, people stop dreaming big.
You've been You've been active in supportingother artists and in the community,
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and especially during challenging times. Canyou tell us more about your initiative to
buy art from struggling artists during thepandemic. So I have a philosophy that
I've always lived by. You know, I love art, and you know
urage of my cell painting. Ibuy painting. You know. Some people
buy lottery, tickets, some peoplebuy cars, some people buy you know,
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watches. I buy art, youknow. So when the pandemic happened,
you know, I just got offwith a big, sold out show
in New York City, and Iwas super excited and I was going to
do something nice for myself. ButI was wanted to buy this really nice
watch. But you know, Inoticed that more and more my friends were
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calling me. People are getting nervousand listen, I'm a New Yorker by
heart, you know, I was. You know, I've been here for
September eleventh. I've been here forthe blackout, I've been here for the
hurricanes. I've been here for likeevery natural disaster we had, but the
pandemic was something different because they affectedso many people and also was affecting my
colleagues and my friends. So whenwhen these phone calls were getting when these
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phone call why I was getting thesephone calls from my friends all about you
know, they lost their jobs andthey're you know, their painting and shows
were getting cancer. The art fearswere getting cancer. That's when I realized,
you know, now it's not timeto go and buy some fancy watch.
Let me go and help out myfriends. So I basically went on
Instagram and say, hey, youknow, my name is Guy standing Flow
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my arts in New York City.New York's been really good to me and
I'm looking to buy as much heartworkas possible. Yeah, I ain't the
funny thing about that all that Ididn't expect it to go viral whatsoever.
And my budget was only like twentythousand dollars, right, So fast forward
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars later, over four hundred pieces of our you
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know, I collect this. Ihave this massive collection called the Fellowcial Collection,
and to this day I still keepbuying art. You know, I
have, you know behind me,see my walls. I live in a
museum. I have two storage unitfilled with art, and every six or
seven months, I just costly rotatemy collection. That's fascinating. Look at
you. I'm so inspired by yourstory. You are truly so passionate about
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what you do that everything around youinvolves art from every aspect of your of
your existence, and that's what makesyou such an expert and so good at
your craft. But now we're almostout of time. We have about a
minute left. But my final questionfor you is what advice would you give
to young artists somebody just starting out. I know that you said you wouldn't
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wish this career on your worst tenof me, but for those looking to
make a positive impact through their art. What advice do you have? Just
be patient, be patient, yourtime will come. You know what ding
people need to understand. As artists, we are always a hell the curve
we are, I think, asa creative we're always three or four steps
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ahead of people, you know,and it takes a while for people to
catch up with us, you know. So as a young artist, I
would just say, be patent,be patient, and your time will come.
Yeah, it just takes a whilefor people to catch up to us.
That's great advice, Dan, Doyou have any closing questions. I'm
just so excited and so enthrilled thatyou came here today, So thank you
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so much. That is literally speechless, sat this one out and just listened
on the spot. It was lovingyou. He answered a couple of my
questions earlier. Guys, you knowyou guys are ever in LA or in
New York, please stop buy andcheck out my shows that have up and
coming and everything like as well too. So oh absolutely we're going to be
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your cheerleaders. Thank you so muchfor coming on. I truly appreciate your
time, thank you for having me, and yeah, you know, I
just remember never stop dreaming big dreamBig, Baby, Dream Big all the
way up. That was our DiscoverYour Potential segment sponsored by body Align.
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exizomes are redefining skincare, how carbondioxide therapy can promote hair rejuvenation, its
latest applications and use cases. Welcomingdown to the show is the incredible doctor
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Doris Day. Welcome to the show, Stunner. Ah, thank you,
thanks for having me. Thanks tothat beautiful introduction. I appreciate it.
So excited to have you on.All right, well, let's dive right
in. This is exactly what youlove talking about. You have your very
own show that focuses exactly on this. Congratulations on being named the number three
top cosmetic dermatologist in the US byNewsweek. That is a major accolade.
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How does this recognition reflect your commitmentsto your patients and the field of dermatology.
Well, it's always an honor tobe recognized. I kind of wish
all of those things would go awaybecause I think there's so many great doctors
out there, and I love beinga doctor. I think it's an honor,
a privilege. I come from afamily of doctors, and I think
it's really lifelong learning and I hopethat that reflects my commitment to it.
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But I would do it the sameeven without them saying so. You do
such a good job at it,and you have created such a nice roadmap
to balance all of your knowledge andcombine it with all these incredible, you
know, combo therapies that you oftenresort to. Now, let's chat xisomes
in skincare. Could you explain whatexosomes are and how they're redefining the skincare
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industry. Yeah. In a simpleword, exisomes are delivery messengers. So
an exosome is something that's an extracellularvesicle. It's something made by a cell.
So a cell has information it wantsto communicate to other cells, so
it packages that information into a vesicle, sends it out of the cell,
and then it goes along and getsdelivered to where it wants. Once it
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delivers that message, it's gone.So think of it as aling a letter
in an envelope. The exosome isthe envelope. It's the content of the
letter that makes that information powerful orpotentially dangerous. So an exosome in and
of itself isn't good or bad.It's just a delivery mechanism. It's what
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the payload of that vesicle is,so it could be cancer information, things
that are harmful. And that's whythe FDA has a lot of questions about
exosomes and limits its use. Soa lot of work that's being done with
exosomes has to be done super carefully. Both in what they're actually calling exosomes
and how they're using them, andthe FDA definitely doesn't want us to do
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certain things with them. I'm soglad you brought it up, because that's
what's the worst part. Right.Exosomes can also contain, to your point,
things we don't want, such aslook such as the stem cell donor's
DNA and the lack of safety dataand fd approval are what make exosome in
serums and creams such a contentions trend. For example, a twenty twenty two
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study published in the journal stem CellsInternationals suggested that exosomes taken from cancer cells
can fuel tumor growth, which iswhy which is why screening their health of
donors is incredibly important. So thankyou for bringing that up. Now let's
move on to carbon dioxide therapy forvolva vaginal rejuvenation. You've spoken in the
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past regarding the importance of sexual wellnessfor women. How it's you to lift
playing a role in addressing these issues. I give a lot of advice to
my female patients. I think thatwomen having regular orgasms is really important for
our health and wellbeing, and it'sso underrated. I have some women who
are either widows or divorce or they'rea little bit older. When I talk
to them about vibrators, they allgiggle. And then sometimes when they go
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and they actually listen, they comeback and you can see they look more
radiant. It's incredible. But theesergen depletion that happens over time can cause
dryness, change in the tissue thatcan lead to pain during sex, lack
of desire for sex, thinning ofthat skin that can even cause some spotting.
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So what I've found with the carboxyvaginal treatments is that you do a
series of these treatments, and whatit's doing is it's affecting the circulation,
the microcirculation of that area. Itimproves things like urinary incontinence, It improves
stress incontinence in many patients. Ithelps with sexual pleasure, even enhancing the
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pleasure that women have and the desirefor them to have sex because it's not
painful anymore. So all those thingsgo beyond that and they can affect relationships
and just how comfortable you are inthe world. I haven't seen anything that
does no harm, that's non invasive, that has this level of enhancement for
such a sensitive area that so manywomen are taught to just forget about,
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and I sort of want to reawakenthat because I think think that it is
part of life, and it ispart of longevity, and it's be the
important for women. There's no ageat which having a sense of confidence about
sex and pleasure should end. It'sit should be at death's door, like
when you're ready to just hang itat Thank you for saying that. You
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just made a lot of women feelextremely comfortable for thinking the same thing,
because I'm right there behind you inthose in that sentiment. Now moving on
to more proprietary uses of carboxy therapy, so carbon dioxide therapy for hair rejuvenation
also known as carboxy therapy. Wh'strending right now. It's the medical procedure
that involves the therapeutic use of carbondioxide gas for various germatological and cosmetic purposes.
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Now, I understand that cootwo Liftis currently investigating the benefits of hair
rejuvenation. What would your thoughts beon how this could help considering it increases
blood supply to the area applied,Dan, you nailed it. That's exactly
what it is. When we lookat what works to help grow here,
even looking at things like monoxidal,which people are taking by mouth, and
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I'm very cautious about that. I'mnot a big stan of it. I
know it's seriously trending right now,but that can cause fluid around the heart,
it can cause for a ful edema, which is swelling of the legs.
It's not specific to the scalp.It can grow here on the body.
And yet people are taking this becausehair is very tightly bound to our
self esteem and having thick, flowinghair is an immediate nope to somebody else
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that this person is fertile and they'reuseful, even though in reality it's not
that. But it's instinctual. Soit's hardwired into our DNA to see hair
as a very important accessory. Sobut all these treatments that we're doing for
hair essentially just improve blood flow andoxygen supply to the hair follicles. So
adding something like carboxy therapy makes perfectsense. Again, no down time,
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not burning the skin, it's notpainful, and it has a lasting benefit
beyond just when it's on the scout. So in my office, I do
a lot of laser treatments. Iuse pet topical peptide so that I've tweeted
that can help grow hair and stimulatethe follicle, and I think in combination
it works well. But if youcan now add this extra step that's cost
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effective, accessible, long lasting,and safe, it's an orator for me
because I'm going to supplement and notjust for people who have and the genetic
or the genetic patterns of hair loss, but I want it for people who
have scarring hair loss. There's ahuge issue of women as a approach menopause
where they get fibrosis and scarring alongthe frontal hairline that pushes the hairline back
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and wants the follow fole is scarred, it doesn't grow back. But what
I've seen is if I could stopthat or get the hair around it to
wake up and grow because it's stunnednot lost, then we can grow hair.
So I want to be super aggressiveabout this, especially when I have
something that is safe and no downtime. This is fascinating and I love what
this means for the future of COtwo lift. And you're right, the
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science is the science. Adequate oxygenationis essential for cellular metabolism and the health
of hair follicles, and carbon dioxideenhances blood circulation when applied to the scalp,
therefore improving blood flow, and thatensures that hair follicles receive that adequate
supply of oxygen and nutrients, promotinga healthier environment for hair growth. I'm
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like your perfect student. It alljust clicked and made sense to me.
Down look loet legitimately because I lovethis product. For me, I've been
using it on my skin. Ihave metal in my face from a chip
and fall accident over a Conetison wirecover in twenty twelve. I don't do
any kind of injections there because Idon't know who's going to be handling me.
So this non invasive treatment that Idiscovered in SO two lift and the
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vaginal I love both these products,and just recently I had X plant surgery
and I've been using it on myopen wounds on I had an actual lift
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listen. It stimulates the production ofcollagen of bouting that provides structure to the
skin and hair. Increased collagen contributesto the overall strength and vitality of the
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hair. It all kind of fits, you know, fits the bigger pattern.
I'm getting really excited about this.Yeah, two minutes left. Now
let's talk about the latest applications anduse cases of carboxy therapy outside of that,
So, carboxy therapy seems to havediverse applications. We touched a little
bit on the hair, but howhas carboxy therapy evolved over the years and
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what combo therapies involving COEO twolift areyou most excited about. That's exactly where
I was going. The two thingsthat they're studying with it, Well,
there's many things, but one ofthe things I'm really excited about because it's
such a common condition is diabetic ulcers. So people with diabetes have issues with
circulation and when they get an alsoin their lower leg, those can get
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infected, can be very slow toheal, and they're finding that they have
really incredibly accelerated wound healing in thesepatients even with just a few applications.
And the second that's super exciting forhair, for skin, for face,
for wound healing is using it asan assisted drug delivery. So whatever you
put underneath that carboxy is now goingto penetrate better and more evenly, which
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could be good or bad. Right, you have to know what you're putting
underneath it, because you're going todrive that in more and hold it in
place. So if I'm trying togrow here and I use an ingredient like
topical monoxidal or peptides, I knowI'm going to reach the follicles better.
That's going to help that. Withwound healing, if you use other wound
healing agents and you put the carboxyon top, it's great for that.
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I combine it sometimes after doing inofficetreatments as an add on to help give
them an extra glow. And oneof my favorite ways to use it is
for brides who are getting married orsomeone who has a major event, because
they come in there's no downtime.I know they're not going to react to
it, but they're going to lookglowy and dewy and just radian for their
big day. So there's so manydifferent uses that go from something as simple
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as wanting to look better for anevent to something as profound as growing hair,
improve the express and continence, healingthe wound better, helping somebody get
back to their activities, of dailyliving in a more timely manner and to
have that benefit of better health andlongevity. I love it. I just
got inspired. I think we're gonnahoin neurocosmetics for Coeo to lift, because
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neurocosmetics is going to explore the mindbody connection. And wearing a face mask
or massaging on moisturizer has always feltrelaxing, but skincare is going to try
to take that calming effect to ahigher soothing level. And the upper layers
of the skin contains sensory receptors calledwrkle cells that we're going to see more
treatments focused on the brain skin connectionand looking into how simple sensory stimulation can
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improve overall well being. And voila, and you category has emerged neural kindetic
and so I just my last bookis called Rebooting the Biome, and it's
about the microbes in the skin,the skin microbiome, and there is a
gut brain skin connection, so Ithink it goes in lots of different directions,
and that neural connection is so right. Now I'm inspired by this.
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All you are inspiring. This isfun. That connection is so powerful and
so important. That's why with thevagual component of it where people don't want
to talk about it out loud,being able to do it in my lap
coat as a doctor in the office, giving the women the power to understand
that, yes, how I feel, what I want to do in my
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life matters. Caring about your hair, having a full head of hair matters.
Wanted to have beautiful, healthy,radiant skin. That does matter.
It's not frivolous, it's not vain. We are out of time. Thank
you so much for coming on.We found to talk for hours. You
are incredible and so so easy andyou explain things in such a great way.
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Of course, you're a leader inyour field. Thank you. Thanks
for having me. That was ourgoing deep segment brought to you by you
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Sam's up. In just a fewwe have the Scandals segment, brought to
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you by your Home TV and KathyIreland worldwide. Today we're featuring Imran Ansari
of Idalla Bertuna Cammons, otherwise knownas ABK Law right here in the heart
of New York City. He's alsoa regular contributor and legal analyst on Law
and Crime and Court TV. Todaywe're chatting about Alec Baldwin and Sophia Virgara
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and the lawsuits that surround them.Now, Alec Baldwin facing an involuntary manslaughter
charged for the shooting death of arrestcinematographer Heilena Hutchins, and Sofia Virgia is
being sued as Grizalta. Blanco's familyseeks to halt the Grizalda series that Netflix
just started promoting, but clearly thatdid not stop them. Now back to
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Alec. In a tragic turn ofevents, Alec ba a grand jury has
indicted him, and if convicted,he could be looking at up to eighteen
months in prison. Now that's notmuch, one would say, but in
terms of career, that's literally careersuicide. And that's another conversation. Now,
the special prosecutors leading the case arguedprobable cause based on additional facts from
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their extensive investigation, pointing to Baldwin'spotential criminal culpability in the incident that claimed
Hyleena's life and also injured the directorJoel Suza. Now, this fatal incident
occurred on the set of the filmat the Bonanza Creek Ranch when a prop
gun Alec Baldwin held discharged unexpectedly.Now, despite his repeated claims and I
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mean repeated claims of not pulling thetrigger. The legal aftermath has been really
complex. Lawsuits were filed, criminalcharges were initially made and then later dropped
for him, and various allegations surfacedand then resurfaced. So much to talk
about. Welcoming now to the showis my expert at hand, Imran,
I'm sorry, welcome to the show, Superstar, Thanks for having me.
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Okay, can you explain the legalbasis for Alec being charged with involuntary manslaughter
in this case? Sure? So, this prosecution has had a it's ups
and downs. You know, prosecutorsbrought this case originally had an indictment in
hand and they ended up an indictment. There's also been a change of prosecutors
due to some conflicts of interest.But now they come forward then with another
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indictment reached by a grand jewelry,with these counts of involuntary manslaughter. And
to answer your question, they arebased on allegations that that gun was in
Alec Baldwin's hand, the trigger waspulled and the gun went off. And
of course there's that tragedy with HelenaHutchins and she has been essentially killed due
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to that gun. So they're connectingthe dots here, connecting the dots from
the shooting to Alec Baldwin, howare they doing that? Well, they
had this gun tested by expert forensicanalysis and ballistics analysis and they came to
the conclusion that that the trigger waspulled. Now, Alec Baldwin has long
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stated that he did not pull thetriggers in but now they have this test
in hand which shows that there hadto be at least two pounds exerted on
that trigger of pressure in order forthat gun to go off. And that's
what they presented to this grand juryagain, and the grand jury did indict
Alec Baldwin for involuntary manslaughter. Ofcourse, Alec Baldwin appearing in court and
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entering a plea of not guilty.But how significant is the grand jury indictment
in this case and what potential legalconsequences does he face if convicted. We
know that it's not like he's setout to murder her, but to your
point, he did pull the trigger. So what does this all mean for
him? Like you said, itcould be career suicide in terms of a
conviction or a plea of guilty inthis case, that could have ramations.
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Of course for Alec Baldwin. Inthe movie industry. But what does it
mean legally? What does he faceif he is convicted while upwards of eighteen
months in prisons? And you know, listen, any a day in prison,
a night in prison is a longtime. Prison is not a pleasant
place to be, especially if youare a Hollywood star who is used to
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million dollar mansions in the Hamptons orout west in la or what have you,
or New York penthouses. It's notgoing to be a pleasant place.
Ain't looking good for it, ain'tlooking good for Alec. And also the
film's assistant director, David Halls,and I think this is significant, who
handed Baldwin the gun reached a pleadeal for negligent use of a deadly weapon
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resulting in a suspended sentence and sixmonths of probation. So that is already
setting precedents. And then you know, among them the film's armor. And
this is the craziest part. HannahGutierras read she faced charges of involuntary manslaughter,
end of evidence tampering. She pleadednot guilty, with her trial schedule
for this month. But eventually thewhat is mind boggling to me is that
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this film resumed in Montana and concludedproduction. They went on to you know,
button up the film. But thelegal saga that's unfolding and the film
industries, the way that the filmindustry is grappling with the repercussions of a
tragic onset incident has really left sucha lasting impact. And my question to
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you is, given Baldwin's claims ofnot pulling the trigger, how might his
defense team approached the case? AndI mean, what challenges are they going
to really encounter, because I mean, how do you get cleared of this?
Yes? Zen, so, ofcourse these are all allegations, right,
and there's a presumption of innocence,and a defendant is innocent until proven
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guilty by the prosecution. It's goingto be the prosecution's burden to prove Alec
Baldwin's guilt, and they're going todo that with the evident and set hand.
You asked about the defense. Now, the defense does have a potential
to do away with this case.And let me tell you why. The
gun that was tested, the gunthat was used by Alec Baldwin on set
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what went off, of course unintentionallyand led to this tragedy, was tested
again in order to present evidence tothe grand jury and get this indictment.
Why is that problematic? This gunwas damaged, and I believe it was
damaged while it was in evidence collectionby the FBI, and they had to
reconstruct certain parts of this gun inorder to test it and get the evidence
(40:38):
which allowed for this indictment. Thedefense team here is going to attack that
testing. It's not the original gunin its complete form. They had to
add parts and recreate certain aspects ordynamics or mechanisms in that gun, and
that's going to allow the defense tosay, listen, you got this indictment
by saying Alec Baldwin had to exertat least two pounds of pressure on that
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trigger. Alec Baldwin's defense is thatI didn't pull the trigger, and you're
relying on test results from a gunthat's not in its original form. Who's
to say that the parts that wereput in there were somehow flawed or created
a different sort of mechanism than theoriginal gun. So that's going to be
one ability for the defense to attackthis case. But what's interesting is then
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we talked about Alec Baldwin going onto complete the film Rust in honor of
Helena Hutchins. But one order fromthe judge when he came before the judge
on this indictment entered a plead notguilty, was that he could not do
this behind the scenes of rust Peacethat he was planning on doing. The
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judge actually instructed him that he isnot to do that. So you're seeing
the ramifications from the courtroom and thelegal aspect into the actual production and onset.
Wow, this is so complicated,but this was such fabulous insight.
I love having you on. Hedefinitely should hire you as his lawyer because
that's what you do and that's whyyou do it best. Now let's move
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on to Sofia Vergara. We haveabout six minutes left. So Sofia Virghara.
She's being sued as Griselda Blanco's familywas seeking to halt the Netflix show.
Now they didn't succeed because it's outon Netflix, all six episodes.
But when you look at the legalaction from the family of Griselda Blanco,
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the infamous Colombian drug lord right overthe mini series for those of you that
are not familiar, titled Griselda,the family representing Blanco's estate filed a lawsuit
against Sofia Virghera and Netflix, allegingunauthorized use of their family's image and likeness.
Now, IMRN, what legal groundsdo Griselda Blanco's family have for suing
(42:52):
Sofia Rivergara and Netflix, not justone but both over this mini series.
Well if they are able to establishedright and it's mainly the sun which is
his name is Michael Cordlione Blanco,who is alleging that he was meeting with
Netflix people. He had copious amountsof notes information, uh, in order
(43:13):
to document his mother's life, documentsome of the things that occurred. And
he is alleging that that material,those stories, that content made its way
into this Netflix production. Uh.And that's why Uh he's saying that Netflix
should be liable to him, uh, in order to you know, providing
(43:34):
compensation. He said he wasn't compensated. He said the material uh and and
certain aspects that he knew and noone else did. So he's saying there's
no other source for this information buthimself. He should have been given some
credit basically to put it in themost simplest terms, but he didn't get
that. Uh, and that's whyhe's going to court. Now he's saying
that, you know, this informationwas misappropriated, It wasn't given the proper
(43:58):
credit, he wasn't compensated for it. And you've got to think that Michael
Cordleon Blanco may have had his ownaspirations to get his mother's story to the
screen, and that's why he wasmeeting with producers, directors, etc.
And now he's saying he wasn't giventhat opportunity. He wasn't given that sort
of maybe creative control he wanted,or just control over that information, and
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that's why he's suing. Of course, Netflix and the individuals behind this production,
including Sophia Brighera, are likely goingto say, no, that's not
the case. There's going to publicknowledge. They're going to argue that ninety
percent of the mini series was basedon public knowledge. I watched it,
and yes, I do agree,this happens all the time in Hollywood.
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The son, now the only survivingson, is claiming that he provided interviews
specifically for a potential production of hisfamily's story. And I guess he may
have provided interviews to directly to Netflixat some point, can tell. And
now he's accusing Netflix of incorporating likeyou said these specific materials into the show
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without proper compensation. And I thinkthat any judge would look at that.
And misuse of likeness is a realthing in Hollywood. So the lawsuit,
the lawsuit was seeking to block therelease of the series, which got released
January twenty fifth, and the Blancochildren urgently pursuing a court injunction. Now,
in cases involving unauthorized use of likeness, how do courts typically assess claims
(45:30):
and determined compensation. They're going totake a step back, right, and
they're going to look at the backgroundbehind the contact between the individual who was
saying that likeness was used or theirmaterials misappropriated into a production or a film,
TV show, what have you,without proper compensation or without permission.
And they're going to look at theinteractions between the parties that led up to
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this. Was there a writing,a contract of some sorts that was in
play. Was there an agreement inat least in principle that seems to have
been disregarded, And they're gonna lookat things like that. I know that
the defense, uh for Netflix andthe production are sort of making this into
a copyright case. Uh And andif it's a copyright case. That brings
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it to a whole other level.It's gonna be looking at federal copyright law.
And I think this action, Ibelieve this action was brought in state
court in Florida. Now the lawyersfor Netflix are looking to bring it to
federal court, saying it's a copyrightcase. There's gonna be a lot of
moving parts here, but it's gonnabe up to the plaintiff, right,
Michael Corleion Blanco and the family,to really prove that there was this information,
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that they were the exclusive holders ofthis information. It wasn't public knowledge,
right, because if it's a publicfigure, then you have less control
over the likeness, the story,the content. And if a court determines
that Blanco, because all the Blancois a public figure, her story was
out there, then it's going tobe more difficult for my co Corleone Blanco
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in the family to prove their casethat it was an exclusive realm of knowledge
information that was misappropriated by Netflix withoutcompensation or permission. So I think that's
how the case is going to playout here, and really that interaction,
which is going to be gleaned mostlikely through discovery if Netflix isn't successful on
a motion to dismiss or things likethat are really going to be telling to
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see if there was an intent tocompensate the Blanco family, an intent to
include them in the production, andthat they were looking for that and that
Netflix disregarded that. That's going tobe the real key question. Of course,
other sort of specifics under the law, but that one, when you
boil it down to the most simpleaspects as that's going to be the issue.
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Thank you so much for coming on, Imran. It's always so insightful
having you. Thanks for having usin. That was our scandal segment brought
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Now, as the middle child ofthree boys, coming from a family
of sports enthusiasts, your passion clearlylaid elsewhere, and while still remaining close
to your Haitian roots, you werethe only son to go gainst your culture's
tradition of the entire family living togetherby going out on your own path.
Can you share a little bit aboutyour background and what led you to pursue
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a career in art. Yeah,Well, to get to that question,
you need to understand how I grewup, right. You know, I
came over where I was a kid. I didn't speak the language. I
was this weird, awkward kid ina new country. And when you have
Haitian, when you have Caribbean parents, especially Haitian parents, you know,
I was supposed to be a doctor, a lawyer, an account in some
(05:31):
type of government job of a pensionlike you know, I'm not supposed to
be talking to you right now.I'm supposed to be in front of a
computer right now, touching numbers.But no, I chose to pursue art
because it was It's all those thingsthat I chose me, you know.
So, being this weird aqua kid, I come to the US, I'm
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weird at awkward, I don't speakthe language, and I just found my
place in the world through art,you know. And when I told my
parents that I wanted to go artschool, my mom said no, I
scrubbled out twat, so they'll haveto you are way too smart. We're
not paying for that. Is Iwould go to university or go to art
school. And I looked at them, I gave them a big hug and
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big kiss after I graduate high schooland I just took off like while I
was seventeen years old and never lookedback. Fascinating. I know Dan has
some questions for you, who's veryeager to jump in here. Well,
I was just on that note.Who were your biggest influences growing up and
how did they shape your approach toart? My biggest influence is growing up.
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Really, I'm gonna have to saymy parents. You know, we
didn't grow up with art. Wedidn't have our hang on the walls.
And the way I'm talking about theway they influenced me a little bit is
not it's for them not paying mefor go to art school. You know.
So when it said listen, we'renot paying for you to go art
school, that put in roots forme and the determination for me to stay
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focused and to say, you knowwhat, I understand why you chose not
to do this, So therefore I'mgoing to prove you guys raw. So
I just kept I just moved,you know, I was just so focused,
So dedicate it and com mine onthe price. I can see that
being a great motivator to prove yourparents wrong. We've all been there.
But influences and inspiration are key pointsfor artists like yourself. In fact,
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in the twenty seventeen US Survey ofPublic Participation in the Arts, sixty one
percent of participants who created visual artworksreported doing so because they felt quote unquote
creative or creatively inspired. And asyou know better than anyone else, artists
can find inspiration to create in allaspects of life, whether that's nature,
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personal experiences, or even learning newtechniques in that chosen medium. How do
you choose the themes for your artworksand what messages do you aim to convey
through them? So that's a reallygood question, as you know, as
an ours, I work in Siri. You know, every every two years,
I started a new series. Youknow, two years ago, I
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had a series called New York IStill Love You, And that was based
on the pandemic. You know,after after things starts opening up in the
city, everyone kept everyone was fleeingthe city. Everyone kept saying New York
is dead. New York is dead. So I started a series where I
was like, no, New Yorkis not dead. Let me show you
guys why and let me remind youguys why New York isn't dead. So
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I did a group of like everyday New York subjects that you know,
remind people about New York City.Now I'm doing a new series called Give
Us Our Flowers. You know.That series is really dear to my heart
because last year I lost a reallydear friend of mine who just wasn't a
friend. He was also on mycollectors and also my lawyer and negotiated all
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my contracts and everything like that.And this particular situation really really hit home
and really hit me hard because likeI said, he wasn't just a dear
friend, but a mentor. Yeah, just just it was just it's just
talking about It's still it's still justa little shocking to you know, because
two days before he passed away,he was in he was in my studio
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where signed contracts and everything and uh. And then three days later I find
out that he passed away. AndI dealt with grief before, but this
really hit hard. This really hithard. So I go through the funeral
and I see tons of people thereand everyone kept saying the same thing.
I wish I had told him howgreat of a lawyer he was. I
was a great colleague. He's agood friend. He was a great dad,
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but no one got that chance totell though that, you know.
So uh and again, judicial therapyjust wasn't working for me at the time,
so I just I was just mystudio. I just kept drawing his
portrait over and over, and thenone day I just put a little flowers,
and when I looked at it,I was like, wow, I
think I have something here. AsI started holding new series called Give Us
Our Flowers, and Give Us OurFlowers is about honoring us flowers still alive.
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Too often we only honor people whenthey're gone, you know, but
I wanted to honor us still alive. That's beautiful. You just touched me.
Well, thank you. The portraitsare beautiful, their portraits of everyday
people and also to you know,and I chose painting black and brown people
because too often the media only lookedat us at either criminals or entertainers.
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We're more than that, you know. We're doctors, we're lawyers, we're
educators, you know. And sothat's why I chose to paint everyday people
that look like me, because goingto museums, you don't see us hanging
on these walls. Now, itwasn't. The life of an artist is
certainly not always an easy one.You just painted that reality for yourself in
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terms of transitioning from a family thatdid not believe in your vision to finding
family and mentorship and a friend thatyou recently lost. And artists and creatives
are so frequently misunderstood by the publicand those around them and their very own
family. In fact, I heardthat when you first saw your parents you
you know, got into an artschool. Separate of the fact that you
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told them you wanted to sue this, they told you that they loved you,
but you're just too smart to wasteyour time on bring to waste your
brain on painting. In fact,it's your painting that has earned you the
income to this date that it hasright, So how wrong were they?
But you stayed true to yourself andcontinued on full steam ahead and knew that
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this is what you wanted to do, and throughout your career, if you
could look back, what has beenthe most challenging aspect of discovering your potential
and how have you addressed it?Well, let's you know, first of
all, you know they choosing notto support me financially in your world and
not helping me pay for school wasthe best thing that ever happened to this
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day. You know, my dadapologized, he said, you know,
I have all my boys. Iwrote you the hardest, but I just
want to say, sorr As,I know that, don't don't apologize,
because that was the best decision youever made. You know. It just
made me so focused and everything likethat, you know. And also,
to let's be honest, I wouldn'trecommend being artists to my worst enemies,
you know what I mean. It'sjust one of those things where it's hard
work, it's sacrifice. But atthe end of the day, you have
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to look at it. You haveto look at yourself in the mirror and
ask yourself, what are you willingto sacrifice, you know, because it's
a lot of sacrifice, you know. And I chose to make these types
of sacrifices. And I just keptsaying focused, kept my own the prize,
and you know, twenty years later, yeah, I have this amazing
I have this amazing career and everythinglike that. But I chose to you
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know, I chose to make thesesacrifices. I chose to invest in myself.
That's the most important thing too,but also too. You know,
I'm a dreamer, you know,I dream big, you know, and
I just never stopped dreaming. Youknow, I think, I think living
in New York City it's one ofthose places where dreams do come true,
you know. And what I wouldlove to tell, like up and coming
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artists, if a kid from Haitiwho came here with nothing, you know,
didn't speak the language, moved toNew York City could do it.
Anyone can do it. You know, you just got you just got a
dream big. And I think toooften to me, people stop dreaming big.
You've been You've been active in supportingother artists and in the community,
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and especially during challenging times. Canyou tell us more about your initiative to
buy art from struggling artists during thepandemic. So I have a philosophy that
I've always lived by. You know, I love art, and you know
urage of my cell painting. Ibuy painting. You know. Some people
buy lottery, tickets, some peoplebuy cars, some people buy you know,
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watches. I buy art, youknow. So when the pandemic happened,
you know, I just got offwith a big, sold out show
in New York City, and Iwas super excited and I was going to
do something nice for myself. ButI was wanted to buy this really nice
watch. But you know, Inoticed that more and more my friends were
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calling me. People are getting nervousand listen, I'm a New Yorker by
heart, you know, I was. You know, I've been here for
September eleventh. I've been here forthe blackout, I've been here for the
hurricanes. I've been here for likeevery natural disaster we had, but the
pandemic was something different because they affectedso many people and also was affecting my
colleagues and my friends. So whenwhen these phone calls were getting when these
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phone call why I was getting thesephone calls from my friends all about you
know, they lost their jobs andthey're you know, their painting and shows
were getting cancer. The art fearswere getting cancer. That's when I realized,
you know, now it's not timeto go and buy some fancy watch.
Let me go and help out myfriends. So I basically went on
Instagram and say, hey, youknow, my name is Guy standing Flow
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my arts in New York City.New York's been really good to me and
I'm looking to buy as much heartworkas possible. Yeah, I ain't the
funny thing about that all that Ididn't expect it to go viral whatsoever.
And my budget was only like twentythousand dollars, right, So fast forward
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars later, over four hundred pieces of our you
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know, I collect this. Ihave this massive collection called the Fellowcial Collection,
and to this day I still keepbuying art. You know, I
have, you know behind me,see my walls. I live in a
museum. I have two storage unitfilled with art, and every six or
seven months, I just costly rotatemy collection. That's fascinating. Look at
you. I'm so inspired by yourstory. You are truly so passionate about
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what you do that everything around youinvolves art from every aspect of your of
your existence, and that's what makesyou such an expert and so good at
your craft. But now we're almostout of time. We have about a
minute left. But my final questionfor you is what advice would you give
to young artists somebody just starting out. I know that you said you wouldn't
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wish this career on your worst tenof me, but for those looking to
make a positive impact through their art. What advice do you have? Just
be patient, be patient, yourtime will come. You know what ding
people need to understand. As artists, we are always a hell the curve
we are, I think, asa creative we're always three or four steps
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ahead of people, you know,and it takes a while for people to
catch up with us, you know. So as a young artist, I
would just say, be patent,be patient, and your time will come.
Yeah, it just takes a whilefor people to catch up to us.
That's great advice, Dan, Doyou have any closing questions. I'm
just so excited and so enthrilled thatyou came here today, So thank you
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so much. That is literally speechless, sat this one out and just listened
on the spot. It was lovingyou. He answered a couple of my
questions earlier. Guys, you knowyou guys are ever in LA or in
New York, please stop buy andcheck out my shows that have up and
coming and everything like as well too. So oh absolutely we're going to be
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your cheerleaders. Thank you so muchfor coming on. I truly appreciate your
time, thank you for having me, and yeah, you know, I
just remember never stop dreaming big dreamBig, Baby, Dream Big all the
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Sam's up next in our Going Deepsegment, brought to you by Co two
Lift, We're featuring doctor Doris Day. She's a trend setting leading dermatologists right
here in New York City. Shespecializes in laser, cosmetic and surgical dermatology
and is a clinical associate Professor ofDermatology at langone Medical Center. She was
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most recently named by Newsweek as thetop number three cosmetic dermatologist in the US.
She is author of four books andhost of her award winning dermatology show
on Doctor Radio on Sirius XM thisyear. Skincare doesn't solely focus on addressing
the signs of aging. It's goingto try to make cells behave younger,
(19:33):
and exosomes are at the heart ofit all. They're a kind of regenerative
ingredient and are in fact a stemcell secretion, but they're also a buzzword
on their own. Exosome injections arethe next generation of inoffice treatments for making
skin act younger. They're extracted fromliving cells, namely stem cells, and
their components, which are peptides,amino acids, and lipids, are supposed
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to signal skin cells to communicate,regenerate and repair. Here to break it
all down for us is the GoodDoctor, Doctor Doris Day, chatting how
exizomes are redefining skincare, how carbondioxide therapy can promote hair rejuvenation, its
latest applications and use cases. Welcomingdown to the show is the incredible doctor
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Doris Day. Welcome to the show, Stunner. Ah, thank you,
thanks for having me. Thanks tothat beautiful introduction. I appreciate it.
So excited to have you on.All right, well, let's dive right
in. This is exactly what youlove talking about. You have your very
own show that focuses exactly on this. Congratulations on being named the number three
top cosmetic dermatologist in the US byNewsweek. That is a major accolade.
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How does this recognition reflect your commitmentsto your patients and the field of dermatology.
Well, it's always an honor tobe recognized. I kind of wish
all of those things would go awaybecause I think there's so many great doctors
out there, and I love beinga doctor. I think it's an honor,
a privilege. I come from afamily of doctors, and I think
it's really lifelong learning and I hopethat that reflects my commitment to it.
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But I would do it the sameeven without them saying so. You do
such a good job at it,and you have created such a nice roadmap
to balance all of your knowledge andcombine it with all these incredible, you
know, combo therapies that you oftenresort to. Now, let's chat xisomes
in skincare. Could you explain whatexosomes are and how they're redefining the skincare
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industry. Yeah. In a simpleword, exisomes are delivery messengers. So
an exosome is something that's an extracellularvesicle. It's something made by a cell.
So a cell has information it wantsto communicate to other cells, so
it packages that information into a vesicle, sends it out of the cell,
and then it goes along and getsdelivered to where it wants. Once it
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delivers that message, it's gone.So think of it as aling a letter
in an envelope. The exosome isthe envelope. It's the content of the
letter that makes that information powerful orpotentially dangerous. So an exosome in and
of itself isn't good or bad.It's just a delivery mechanism. It's what
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the payload of that vesicle is,so it could be cancer information, things
that are harmful. And that's whythe FDA has a lot of questions about
exosomes and limits its use. Soa lot of work that's being done with
exosomes has to be done super carefully. Both in what they're actually calling exosomes
and how they're using them, andthe FDA definitely doesn't want us to do
(22:41):
certain things with them. I'm soglad you brought it up, because that's
what's the worst part. Right.Exosomes can also contain, to your point,
things we don't want, such aslook such as the stem cell donor's
DNA and the lack of safety dataand fd approval are what make exosome in
serums and creams such a contentions trend. For example, a twenty twenty two
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study published in the journal stem CellsInternationals suggested that exosomes taken from cancer cells
can fuel tumor growth, which iswhy which is why screening their health of
donors is incredibly important. So thankyou for bringing that up. Now let's
move on to carbon dioxide therapy forvolva vaginal rejuvenation. You've spoken in the
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past regarding the importance of sexual wellnessfor women. How it's you to lift
playing a role in addressing these issues. I give a lot of advice to
my female patients. I think thatwomen having regular orgasms is really important for
our health and wellbeing, and it'sso underrated. I have some women who
are either widows or divorce or they'rea little bit older. When I talk
to them about vibrators, they allgiggle. And then sometimes when they go
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and they actually listen, they comeback and you can see they look more
radiant. It's incredible. But theesergen depletion that happens over time can cause
dryness, change in the tissue thatcan lead to pain during sex, lack
of desire for sex, thinning ofthat skin that can even cause some spotting.
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So what I've found with the carboxyvaginal treatments is that you do a
series of these treatments, and whatit's doing is it's affecting the circulation,
the microcirculation of that area. Itimproves things like urinary incontinence, It improves
stress incontinence in many patients. Ithelps with sexual pleasure, even enhancing the
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pleasure that women have and the desirefor them to have sex because it's not
painful anymore. So all those thingsgo beyond that and they can affect relationships
and just how comfortable you are inthe world. I haven't seen anything that
does no harm, that's non invasive, that has this level of enhancement for
such a sensitive area that so manywomen are taught to just forget about,
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and I sort of want to reawakenthat because I think think that it is
part of life, and it ispart of longevity, and it's be the
important for women. There's no ageat which having a sense of confidence about
sex and pleasure should end. It'sit should be at death's door, like
when you're ready to just hang itat Thank you for saying that. You
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just made a lot of women feelextremely comfortable for thinking the same thing,
because I'm right there behind you inthose in that sentiment. Now moving on
to more proprietary uses of carboxy therapy, so carbon dioxide therapy for hair rejuvenation
also known as carboxy therapy. Wh'strending right now. It's the medical procedure
that involves the therapeutic use of carbondioxide gas for various germatological and cosmetic purposes.
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Now, I understand that cootwo Liftis currently investigating the benefits of hair
rejuvenation. What would your thoughts beon how this could help considering it increases
blood supply to the area applied,Dan, you nailed it. That's exactly
what it is. When we lookat what works to help grow here,
even looking at things like monoxidal,which people are taking by mouth, and
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I'm very cautious about that. I'mnot a big stan of it. I
know it's seriously trending right now,but that can cause fluid around the heart,
it can cause for a ful edema, which is swelling of the legs.
It's not specific to the scalp.It can grow here on the body.
And yet people are taking this becausehair is very tightly bound to our
self esteem and having thick, flowinghair is an immediate nope to somebody else
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that this person is fertile and they'reuseful, even though in reality it's not
that. But it's instinctual. Soit's hardwired into our DNA to see hair
as a very important accessory. Sobut all these treatments that we're doing for
hair essentially just improve blood flow andoxygen supply to the hair follicles. So
adding something like carboxy therapy makes perfectsense. Again, no down time,
(26:56):
not burning the skin, it's notpainful, and it has a lasting benefit
beyond just when it's on the scout. So in my office, I do
a lot of laser treatments. Iuse pet topical peptide so that I've tweeted
that can help grow hair and stimulatethe follicle, and I think in combination
it works well. But if youcan now add this extra step that's cost
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effective, accessible, long lasting,and safe, it's an orator for me
because I'm going to supplement and notjust for people who have and the genetic
or the genetic patterns of hair loss, but I want it for people who
have scarring hair loss. There's ahuge issue of women as a approach menopause
where they get fibrosis and scarring alongthe frontal hairline that pushes the hairline back
(27:41):
and wants the follow fole is scarred, it doesn't grow back. But what
I've seen is if I could stopthat or get the hair around it to
wake up and grow because it's stunnednot lost, then we can grow hair.
So I want to be super aggressiveabout this, especially when I have
something that is safe and no downtime. This is fascinating and I love what
this means for the future of COtwo lift. And you're right, the
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science is the science. Adequate oxygenationis essential for cellular metabolism and the health
of hair follicles, and carbon dioxideenhances blood circulation when applied to the scalp,
therefore improving blood flow, and thatensures that hair follicles receive that adequate
supply of oxygen and nutrients, promotinga healthier environment for hair growth. I'm
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like your perfect student. It alljust clicked and made sense to me.
Down look loet legitimately because I lovethis product. For me, I've been
using it on my skin. Ihave metal in my face from a chip
and fall accident over a Conetison wirecover in twenty twelve. I don't do
any kind of injections there because Idon't know who's going to be handling me.
So this non invasive treatment that Idiscovered in SO two lift and the
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vaginal I love both these products,and just recently I had X plant surgery
and I've been using it on myopen wounds on I had an actual lift
done by doctor rankin a total explant, and it's fantastic. I mean,
listen. It stimulates the production ofcollagen of bouting that provides structure to the
skin and hair. Increased collagen contributesto the overall strength and vitality of the
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hair. It all kind of fits, you know, fits the bigger pattern.
I'm getting really excited about this.Yeah, two minutes left. Now
let's talk about the latest applications anduse cases of carboxy therapy outside of that,
So, carboxy therapy seems to havediverse applications. We touched a little
bit on the hair, but howhas carboxy therapy evolved over the years and
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what combo therapies involving COEO twolift areyou most excited about. That's exactly where
I was going. The two thingsthat they're studying with it, Well,
there's many things, but one ofthe things I'm really excited about because it's
such a common condition is diabetic ulcers. So people with diabetes have issues with
circulation and when they get an alsoin their lower leg, those can get
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infected, can be very slow toheal, and they're finding that they have
really incredibly accelerated wound healing in thesepatients even with just a few applications.
And the second that's super exciting forhair, for skin, for face,
for wound healing is using it asan assisted drug delivery. So whatever you
put underneath that carboxy is now goingto penetrate better and more evenly, which
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could be good or bad. Right, you have to know what you're putting
underneath it, because you're going todrive that in more and hold it in
place. So if I'm trying togrow here and I use an ingredient like
topical monoxidal or peptides, I knowI'm going to reach the follicles better.
That's going to help that. Withwound healing, if you use other wound
healing agents and you put the carboxyon top, it's great for that.
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I combine it sometimes after doing inofficetreatments as an add on to help give
them an extra glow. And oneof my favorite ways to use it is
for brides who are getting married orsomeone who has a major event, because
they come in there's no downtime.I know they're not going to react to
it, but they're going to lookglowy and dewy and just radian for their
big day. So there's so manydifferent uses that go from something as simple
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as wanting to look better for anevent to something as profound as growing hair,
improve the express and continence, healingthe wound better, helping somebody get
back to their activities, of dailyliving in a more timely manner and to
have that benefit of better health andlongevity. I love it. I just
got inspired. I think we're gonnahoin neurocosmetics for Coeo to lift, because
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neurocosmetics is going to explore the mindbody connection. And wearing a face mask
or massaging on moisturizer has always feltrelaxing, but skincare is going to try
to take that calming effect to ahigher soothing level. And the upper layers
of the skin contains sensory receptors calledwrkle cells that we're going to see more
treatments focused on the brain skin connectionand looking into how simple sensory stimulation can
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improve overall well being. And voila, and you category has emerged neural kindetic
and so I just my last bookis called Rebooting the Biome, and it's
about the microbes in the skin,the skin microbiome, and there is a
gut brain skin connection, so Ithink it goes in lots of different directions,
and that neural connection is so right. Now I'm inspired by this.
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All you are inspiring. This isfun. That connection is so powerful and
so important. That's why with thevagual component of it where people don't want
to talk about it out loud,being able to do it in my lap
coat as a doctor in the office, giving the women the power to understand
that, yes, how I feel, what I want to do in my
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life matters. Caring about your hair, having a full head of hair matters.
Wanted to have beautiful, healthy,radiant skin. That does matter.
It's not frivolous, it's not vain. We are out of time. Thank
you so much for coming on.We found to talk for hours. You
are incredible and so so easy andyou explain things in such a great way.
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Of course, you're a leader inyour field. Thank you. Thanks
for having me. That was ourgoing deep segment brought to you by you
and to lift. That was theincredible Doris Day you get Head directly to
her website at Doris DAYMD dot comor check her out on the ground at
doctor Doris Day. You're listening toa Moment of Zen right here on seven
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Sam's up. In just a fewwe have the Scandals segment, brought to
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you by your Home TV and KathyIreland worldwide. Today we're featuring Imran Ansari
of Idalla Bertuna Cammons, otherwise knownas ABK Law right here in the heart
of New York City. He's alsoa regular contributor and legal analyst on Law
and Crime and Court TV. Todaywe're chatting about Alec Baldwin and Sophia Virgara
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and the lawsuits that surround them.Now, Alec Baldwin facing an involuntary manslaughter
charged for the shooting death of arrestcinematographer Heilena Hutchins, and Sofia Virgia is
being sued as Grizalta. Blanco's familyseeks to halt the Grizalda series that Netflix
just started promoting, but clearly thatdid not stop them. Now back to
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Alec. In a tragic turn ofevents, Alec ba a grand jury has
indicted him, and if convicted,he could be looking at up to eighteen
months in prison. Now that's notmuch, one would say, but in
terms of career, that's literally careersuicide. And that's another conversation. Now,
the special prosecutors leading the case arguedprobable cause based on additional facts from
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their extensive investigation, pointing to Baldwin'spotential criminal culpability in the incident that claimed
Hyleena's life and also injured the directorJoel Suza. Now, this fatal incident
occurred on the set of the filmat the Bonanza Creek Ranch when a prop
gun Alec Baldwin held discharged unexpectedly.Now, despite his repeated claims and I
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mean repeated claims of not pulling thetrigger. The legal aftermath has been really
complex. Lawsuits were filed, criminalcharges were initially made and then later dropped
for him, and various allegations surfacedand then resurfaced. So much to talk
about. Welcoming now to the showis my expert at hand, Imran,
I'm sorry, welcome to the show, Superstar, Thanks for having me.
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Okay, can you explain the legalbasis for Alec being charged with involuntary manslaughter
in this case? Sure? So, this prosecution has had a it's ups
and downs. You know, prosecutorsbrought this case originally had an indictment in
hand and they ended up an indictment. There's also been a change of prosecutors
due to some conflicts of interest.But now they come forward then with another
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indictment reached by a grand jewelry,with these counts of involuntary manslaughter. And
to answer your question, they arebased on allegations that that gun was in
Alec Baldwin's hand, the trigger waspulled and the gun went off. And
of course there's that tragedy with HelenaHutchins and she has been essentially killed due
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to that gun. So they're connectingthe dots here, connecting the dots from
the shooting to Alec Baldwin, howare they doing that? Well, they
had this gun tested by expert forensicanalysis and ballistics analysis and they came to
the conclusion that that the trigger waspulled. Now, Alec Baldwin has long
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stated that he did not pull thetriggers in but now they have this test
in hand which shows that there hadto be at least two pounds exerted on
that trigger of pressure in order forthat gun to go off. And that's
what they presented to this grand juryagain, and the grand jury did indict
Alec Baldwin for involuntary manslaughter. Ofcourse, Alec Baldwin appearing in court and
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entering a plea of not guilty.But how significant is the grand jury indictment
in this case and what potential legalconsequences does he face if convicted. We
know that it's not like he's setout to murder her, but to your
point, he did pull the trigger. So what does this all mean for
him? Like you said, itcould be career suicide in terms of a
conviction or a plea of guilty inthis case, that could have ramations.
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Of course for Alec Baldwin. Inthe movie industry. But what does it
mean legally? What does he faceif he is convicted while upwards of eighteen
months in prisons? And you know, listen, any a day in prison,
a night in prison is a longtime. Prison is not a pleasant
place to be, especially if youare a Hollywood star who is used to
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million dollar mansions in the Hamptons orout west in la or what have you,
or New York penthouses. It's notgoing to be a pleasant place.
Ain't looking good for it, ain'tlooking good for Alec. And also the
film's assistant director, David Halls,and I think this is significant, who
handed Baldwin the gun reached a pleadeal for negligent use of a deadly weapon
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resulting in a suspended sentence and sixmonths of probation. So that is already
setting precedents. And then you know, among them the film's armor. And
this is the craziest part. HannahGutierras read she faced charges of involuntary manslaughter,
end of evidence tampering. She pleadednot guilty, with her trial schedule
for this month. But eventually thewhat is mind boggling to me is that
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this film resumed in Montana and concludedproduction. They went on to you know,
button up the film. But thelegal saga that's unfolding and the film
industries, the way that the filmindustry is grappling with the repercussions of a
tragic onset incident has really left sucha lasting impact. And my question to
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you is, given Baldwin's claims ofnot pulling the trigger, how might his
defense team approached the case? AndI mean, what challenges are they going
to really encounter, because I mean, how do you get cleared of this?
Yes? Zen, so, ofcourse these are all allegations, right,
and there's a presumption of innocence,and a defendant is innocent until proven
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guilty by the prosecution. It's goingto be the prosecution's burden to prove Alec
Baldwin's guilt, and they're going todo that with the evident and set hand.
You asked about the defense. Now, the defense does have a potential
to do away with this case.And let me tell you why. The
gun that was tested, the gunthat was used by Alec Baldwin on set
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what went off, of course unintentionallyand led to this tragedy, was tested
again in order to present evidence tothe grand jury and get this indictment.
Why is that problematic? This gunwas damaged, and I believe it was
damaged while it was in evidence collectionby the FBI, and they had to
reconstruct certain parts of this gun inorder to test it and get the evidence
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which allowed for this indictment. Thedefense team here is going to attack that
testing. It's not the original gunin its complete form. They had to
add parts and recreate certain aspects ordynamics or mechanisms in that gun, and
that's going to allow the defense tosay, listen, you got this indictment
by saying Alec Baldwin had to exertat least two pounds of pressure on that
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trigger. Alec Baldwin's defense is thatI didn't pull the trigger, and you're
relying on test results from a gunthat's not in its original form. Who's
to say that the parts that wereput in there were somehow flawed or created
a different sort of mechanism than theoriginal gun. So that's going to be
one ability for the defense to attackthis case. But what's interesting is then
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we talked about Alec Baldwin going onto complete the film Rust in honor of
Helena Hutchins. But one order fromthe judge when he came before the judge
on this indictment entered a plead notguilty, was that he could not do
this behind the scenes of rust Peacethat he was planning on doing. The
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judge actually instructed him that he isnot to do that. So you're seeing
the ramifications from the courtroom and thelegal aspect into the actual production and onset.
Wow, this is so complicated,but this was such fabulous insight.
I love having you on. Hedefinitely should hire you as his lawyer because
that's what you do and that's whyyou do it best. Now let's move
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on to Sofia Vergara. We haveabout six minutes left. So Sofia Virghara.
She's being sued as Griselda Blanco's familywas seeking to halt the Netflix show.
Now they didn't succeed because it's outon Netflix, all six episodes.
But when you look at the legalaction from the family of Griselda Blanco,
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the infamous Colombian drug lord right overthe mini series for those of you that
are not familiar, titled Griselda,the family representing Blanco's estate filed a lawsuit
against Sofia Virghera and Netflix, allegingunauthorized use of their family's image and likeness.
Now, IMRN, what legal groundsdo Griselda Blanco's family have for suing
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Sofia Rivergara and Netflix, not justone but both over this mini series.
Well if they are able to establishedright and it's mainly the sun which is
his name is Michael Cordlione Blanco,who is alleging that he was meeting with
Netflix people. He had copious amountsof notes information, uh, in order
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to document his mother's life, documentsome of the things that occurred. And
he is alleging that that material,those stories, that content made its way
into this Netflix production. Uh.And that's why Uh he's saying that Netflix
should be liable to him, uh, in order to you know, providing
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compensation. He said he wasn't compensated. He said the material uh and and
certain aspects that he knew and noone else did. So he's saying there's
no other source for this information buthimself. He should have been given some
credit basically to put it in themost simplest terms, but he didn't get
that. Uh, and that's whyhe's going to court. Now he's saying
that, you know, this informationwas misappropriated, It wasn't given the proper
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credit, he wasn't compensated for it. And you've got to think that Michael
Cordleon Blanco may have had his ownaspirations to get his mother's story to the
screen, and that's why he wasmeeting with producers, directors, etc.
And now he's saying he wasn't giventhat opportunity. He wasn't given that sort
of maybe creative control he wanted,or just control over that information, and
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that's why he's suing. Of course, Netflix and the individuals behind this production,
including Sophia Brighera, are likely goingto say, no, that's not
the case. There's going to publicknowledge. They're going to argue that ninety
percent of the mini series was basedon public knowledge. I watched it,
and yes, I do agree,this happens all the time in Hollywood.
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The son, now the only survivingson, is claiming that he provided interviews
specifically for a potential production of hisfamily's story. And I guess he may
have provided interviews to directly to Netflixat some point, can tell. And
now he's accusing Netflix of incorporating likeyou said these specific materials into the show
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without proper compensation. And I thinkthat any judge would look at that.
And misuse of likeness is a realthing in Hollywood. So the lawsuit,
the lawsuit was seeking to block therelease of the series, which got released
January twenty fifth, and the Blancochildren urgently pursuing a court injunction. Now,
in cases involving unauthorized use of likeness, how do courts typically assess claims
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and determined compensation. They're going totake a step back, right, and
they're going to look at the backgroundbehind the contact between the individual who was
saying that likeness was used or theirmaterials misappropriated into a production or a film,
TV show, what have you,without proper compensation or without permission.
And they're going to look at theinteractions between the parties that led up to
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this. Was there a writing,a contract of some sorts that was in
play. Was there an agreement inat least in principle that seems to have
been disregarded, And they're gonna lookat things like that. I know that
the defense, uh for Netflix andthe production are sort of making this into
a copyright case. Uh And andif it's a copyright case. That brings
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it to a whole other level.It's gonna be looking at federal copyright law.
And I think this action, Ibelieve this action was brought in state
court in Florida. Now the lawyersfor Netflix are looking to bring it to
federal court, saying it's a copyrightcase. There's gonna be a lot of
moving parts here, but it's gonnabe up to the plaintiff, right,
Michael Corleion Blanco and the family,to really prove that there was this information,
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that they were the exclusive holders ofthis information. It wasn't public knowledge,
right, because if it's a publicfigure, then you have less control
over the likeness, the story,the content. And if a court determines
that Blanco, because all the Blancois a public figure, her story was
out there, then it's going tobe more difficult for my co Corleone Blanco
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in the family to prove their casethat it was an exclusive realm of knowledge
information that was misappropriated by Netflix withoutcompensation or permission. So I think that's
how the case is going to playout here, and really that interaction,
which is going to be gleaned mostlikely through discovery if Netflix isn't successful on
a motion to dismiss or things likethat are really going to be telling to
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see if there was an intent tocompensate the Blanco family, an intent to
include them in the production, andthat they were looking for that and that
Netflix disregarded that. That's going tobe the real key question. Of course,
other sort of specifics under the law, but that one, when you
boil it down to the most simpleaspects as that's going to be the issue.
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