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[ FROM THE ] EDITOR Look no further than Levi Harrell in Rock Star on page 56. Levi and I crossed paths during a work trip to the Cayman Islands this past February.

He became a friend immediately and, the more I learned about who he is and what he does, he became an inspiration that I had to write about and share his story with you. His first-hand account of his near death in China is nothing short of riveting.

John Beauprez is a Denver native and World Series of Poker Champion who is all about risk and reward with his work. All In on page 42 takes you inside the mind and the life of one of the more rare and interesting occupations on the planet – a professional poker player.

Remembering the skateboarding glory of the mid-1980’s as it overtook my afternoons in Southern California

RISK. Each one of us brushes up against something risky every single day.

These days it feels like so much is at stake. Our jobs. Our health.

Our finances. The well-being of our family and friends.

Case in point – I broke my elbow back in May after skateboarding in an empty swimming pool at a skate park. I’m 47-yearsold. What was I doing, besides reliving my youth when I was quite comfortable on a Mike McGill Powell-Peralta deck with Independent trucks and Rat Bone wheels?

We’ve never met Samantha Barbash, however the former New York City strip club hostess took all sorts of risks on her way to drugging clients and stealing money from their credit cards. In The Hustle on page 52, you’ll be blown away by the life she lived and the chances she took for the good life.

Meanwhile, Cale Makar is a rising hockey star with the Colorado Avalanche. In 96 Hours on page 48, Makar walks us through a mind blowing four-day period of highs and lows on the way to NHL history and an unthinkable way to break into his professional career.

It’s been a pleasure and a privilege to be able to put this Fall/Winter book of Sir and Sport together.

Who am I, Tony Hawk? No. But it all went down on the Tony Hawk board that I still keep in my car trunk, and it’s the one, in honor of risk, that’s gracing this issue’s cover.

As always, your support and interest in a project I risked launching four years ago is not lost on me.

For the record, there were a few weeks of sheer bliss carving up some concrete waves prior to donating a chip of elbow bone to the cause.

Happy holidays and a phenomenal 2020 to you and your loved ones – the loved ones you risk it all for.

Without much thought about it until after the fact, this issue spotlights individuals whose lives are inundated with a lot more risk than your average bear.

Cheers!

I have found that interviewing different walks of life continues to be nothing short of fascinating in the way that these subjects live their lives so differently, in some respects, than I do.

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Jordan Norwood knows all about risk. The former NFL player and Super Bowl Champion risked both his body and mind as a modernday gladiator in America’s favorite sport. In Rare Jordan on page 38, we examine Norwood’s life after football and the progress he’s making in trying to help the future of the league with their pain management with the aid of CBD.

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A Refreshing Approach to Real Estate IN A BROKER-RICH LANDSCAPE, INDUSTRY VETERAN ANN KERR STANDS OUT FROM THE CROWD

the type of staying power that can only be achieved through In a market rich with realtors, Ann Kerr stands out from honesty, integrity and unrelenting authenticity. the pack. And while her sales record speaks for itself, (Ann is recognized as one of Denver’s top producers and has What’s more, when you hire Ann, you get Ann. “I answer been named to the Who’s Who of Luxury Real Estate) she’s phone calls and emails directly. It’s extremely important to anything but a salesperson, believing instead in the power of me that I take responsibility for knowing every detail of relationships. “I’m not very good at ‘selling’ per se – my view every transaction,” she attests. A notion that may seem on brokerage is that my role is to help my client make simple, but in a thriving market such as Denver’s, the best buying or selling decision relying on my one that is far too often not the case. “There are expertise, which may or may not result in a sale so many ‘experts’ in the media providing in the short term,” the long time Cherry Hills I’M IN IT FOR THE misleading information which cannot be Village resident reveals. “I’m in it for the LONG HAUL AND AS A universally applied across the board to long haul and as a friend and neighbor to FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR TO every home sale,” she explains. “A broker many of my clients, I value these personal MANY OF MY CLIENTS, who has experience in your area and has relationships.” Indeed, her more than I VALUE THESE been selling real estate through many twenty-year tenure in the industry reflects PERSONAL

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Ann most definitely walks the walk, enlisting a wide variety of tools and programs for both IMPORTANT TO ME THAT I buyers and sellers. “No two clients and no TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR two homes are alike. I like to approach each KNOWING EVERY DETAIL listing from a fresh perspective, engaging my It’s this type of honesty and expertise OF EVERY TRANSACTION. wide network of contacts and a wide variety of that has made Ann not only a real estate strategies – whether it’s a wine tasting event leader, but a community leader as well. at a new listing or an article in a local publication In fact, she has served on countless boards – to sell a home.” This creativity, coupled with tried-andand committees including the Cherry Hills Village true knowledge and a stellar reputation, serves her clients Planning and Zoning Commission, The John Lynch extremely well.

Foundation, University of Oklahoma Alumni Association, Swim Across America, the Cherry Hills Village Elementary School “To be successful in any kind of real estate market, you must Accountability Committee, the Colorado Lacrosse Foundation, start with the needs of your clients, always be committed to those US Lacrosse and the University of Denver Lacrosse, PIVOT, needs and utilize your experience to the maximum,” she finishes. and the Denver Ballet Guild. market cycles can give the best advice on selling your home to the right buyer for the right price.”

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POLE POSITION With as chilly as it is at the North Pole, it stands to reason that cold, hard cash is the only way to get you a trip of a lifetime in that region. In April 2020, the Scandanavian travel company Luxury Action will be offering the bucket list opportunity to spend the night in an igloo beneath the stars at Earth’s northernmost point.

The price tag? About $105,000. Inaccessible for most of the year, guests will reach the pop-up igloo hotel following a two-hour helicopter ride and will be greeted by ten heated igloos, each of which includes an en-suite bathroom. There’s also the high probability that you’ll be privy to a spectacular light show during the stay, as aurora borealis is still highly active in April. “The North Pole has been one of the most exclusive travel destinations in the world for years, but no nice and comfortable accommodation facilities exist there,” Luxury Action founder, Janne Honkanen, told CNN. “I wanted to create a more comfortable way to experience the North Pole as it is, by bringing cozy facilities to extreme conditions.” Guests will be accompanied by a camp manager, arctic wilderness guide, chef services and security. In addition, the price also includes a two-night stay on Svalbard, an archipelago between Norway and the North Pole, and flights and logistics between the island group and the hotel. North Pole “training” is also available, for an additional charge, at Octola, an exclusive lodge and wilderness retreat owned by the company in Finnish Lapland. ›› MORE AT LUXURYACTION.COM

M E AT H E A D S “We swing knives and blades inches from each other, and we never hit anyone.

It’s a coordinated dance. It’s beautiful. It’s just the way we work.”

The Broadmoor has a secret.

The world-renowned Forbes Five-Star and AAA Five Diamond resort in Colorado Springs employs a special team of skilled artists who are indispensable to the day-to-day operations of the property, particularly indispensable to anyone who is hungry.

Justin Wilson is the Broadmoor Butcher Shop manager and, along with his team of five, he is responsible the $2 million of meat and fish product that come through his door every year. In his words, “They are huge numbers overseen by a small, intricate group of people who make it all happen.”

Making it all happen means meat and fish preparation for every restaurant the resort has. It means cutting, skinning, deboning, grinding, pounding, punching and linking whether it’s hamburger, sausage, pork, prime rib, chicken, veal, steak, seafood…you name it. Wilson and his crew deal with it before anyone else during their 10-to-12-hour work days, located a few hundred feet below the legendary Penrose Room in the building’s basement.

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Some form of a butcher shop or butchery service has always been a part of The Broadmoor, which is now over 100 years old. When Wilson showed up to the Springs in August of 2015 from a small town just south of Charlotte, North Carolina, his intent was to apply for a meat cutter position because, “That’s what I knew,” he says matter-of-factly. “They wanted me to run the shop, but I told them, ‘If you want to hire me as a meat cutter and then train me up then I’d be open to doing that.”

So, that’s what The Broadmoor did. In fact, they created a new title and new program around Wilson that allowed for a renewed look at how things currently worked, what could be more user friendly, as well as leading to some new hires that have proved vital, including, according to Wilson, “a burnt out cook who desperately needed a change in scenery and a former driver who wanted to do something else as well.”

They do upwards of over 750,000 banquet covers alone each year. Those numbers are unheard of. It requires the team to be on time with endless orders and deadlines, while consistently lifting 100 pound boxes of meat or fish and being acutely adept with a range of tools like band saws, paddle mixers, grinders, hand saws, cleavers as well as each member possessing their own fully stacked knife kit.

Wilson, whose mentors were fourth and fifth generation butchers from Sicily back in his native North Carolina, sums it up nicely, “We have to learn to work smart. Work safe. Know your equipment and who’s around you or else you’ll be in trouble really quick.”

One never knew the danger involved in the prep for the perfect bacon cheeseburger. Leave it to The Broadmoor to get it right, and the boys in the butcher shop who make it look easy. ›› MORE AT AT BROADMOOR.COM

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DIERKS BENTLEY IS DENVER BOUND Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row is coming to downtown Denver with construction beginning in 2020, bringing a country infusion of live music to a restaurant and bar concept that has four existing locations in Arizona and Nashville, Tennessee.

The menu will consist of traditional sports bar fare like salads, burgers, and sandwiches along with pricier entrees like fish and chips and steak frites. Fittingly, for a bar branded after a country music star, there is also several Southern dishes, including chicken and waffles, and catfish and grits. The news is yet another indication to a changing downtown landscape in the Ballpark neighborhood around Coors Field. The Whiskey Row project will involve the construction of a new two story structure on the parking lot just to the east of the restaurant. The streetscape around the restaurant will also be enhanced. ›› MORE AT DIERKSWHISKEYROW.COM

FORD V FERRARI CAR HITS AUCTION The Mecum Auctions event coming this January to Kissimmee, Florida, stands to be quite the Hollywood affair with the announcement that one of the light blue Ford GT40 “hero” cars for close up shots in Ford v. Ferrari will be up for auction. Built by Superformance, a replica car company that specializes in vintage model automobiles, the iconic racing machine that Christian Bale’s character Ken Miles races in the 1966 24 Hours of LeMans will join the Ford Mustang from Bullitt, and will go to the highest bidder. The right-hand-drive coupe includes period-correct Smiths gauges, and is powered by a modern 511 cubic-inch V8 built by Roush that puts out around 600 hp. Superformance sells GT40 “kits” without drivetrains starting at $130,000, while a finished car like this one would run in the $250,000-$300,000 range if purchased new. ›› MORE AT BARRETT-JACKSON.COM

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FIT BITS EVICTING THE EXCUSES AND GETTING BACK INTO SHAPE PROFILE: Age: 47 Current Condition: 15-20 pounds overweight Responsibilities: Business owner. Husband. Father.

Background: Former workout enthusiast. Three-to-five times a week.

Vices: Tacos, Doughnuts, Club Sandwiches, Steak Fries, Leftover Halloween Candy, Mac and Cheese Goals: Return to healthier eating and motivate to exercise on average of three times a week

Does this scenario seem familiar? Are you faced with the struggle of consistently getting your workouts in and eating right, despite the challenges that come with everyday life as well as the occasional lack of motivation?

We’re in a rut, and armed with a million excuses as to why we’re not ready to crawl out of it quite yet. So, we reached out to the healthiest gentleman we know, Chad Pinther of CrossFit Colfax in Denver, to help reinvigorate our aspirations for a heralded return to the living.

THERE’S NO JEDI-MIND TRICK. IT’S A CHOICE. the body processes those differently, burns them differently, takes more time to process them and they pull down your carb intake, your sugars and your processed carbs like flour and bread.

Boost your healthy fats with whole, unprocessed natural foods that will make you feel fuller and will then having you eating less.

Among Pinther’s pearls of wisdom: I tell my CrossFit classes all the time that working out is something that you get to do. It’s not something you have to do.

Many days I don’t want to do it, but I tell myself, ‘You just have to take the first step.’ You just go in there and show up.

Ask yourself what motivates you to be healthier? It could be that you want more strength, a better body, you want to look good for an upcoming event like a wedding or just getting back to where you once were. Or it can be more personal like living a longer lifespan to be there for your children, spouse, friends and family.

There’s no Jedi-mind trick. It’s a choice.

Don’t start off with something too big or else you’ll get lost in the process.

Make sure it’s doable to begin with or you’ll get discouraged.

Vary your workouts to avoid boredom.

Have a community to support you whether it’s a workout partner or being part of a larger group.

The 70/30 Rule is 70% focused on a healthy diet and 30% on your workout regimen.

You can have an incredible workout, but if you eat a poor meal afterwards then you recuperate all the calories that you burned earlier.

Calories aren’t all the same. Calories from sugar don’t operate the same in the body as calories from fat or protein.

Foods to help you include chicken thighs instead of chicken breasts, avocado oil, nuts and seeds. These are high fat items that you can consume that will keep you fuller longer and feeling fuller longer because

›› CONNECT WITH CHAD PINTHER AND CROSSFIT COLFAX AT CFCOLFAX.COM

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he New York Post anointed Le Bilboquet “the snobbiest restaurant” in New York City back in 2013.

Think about that.

That’s a heavyweight title belt of a reputation.

The only issue with it all, according to co-owner Rick Wahlstedt, is that the moniker was more of superlative than of substance.

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“The story from The New York Post was a bit of a mislabel because a lot of patrons have come to know Philippe (co-owner Phillipe Delgrange) very well over the years, dating back to the original location that could only seat 38 guests,” Wahlstedt begins. “The venue became very popular and extremely difficult to get a table due to the size. As a result, a lot of people had to be turned away and then it became known as the hardest table to get in town. Unfortunately, that reputation followed when it grew into a larger restaurant, but that’s not what Le Bilboquet is about. We’re not snobby and we always go the extra mile to make our guests feel at home.”

New York City is a far cry from Denver, Wahlstedt and Delgrange’s latest touchdown, amidst the curated streets and boomtown neighborhood of Cherry Creek North.

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WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND IN COOKING? My mother cooked so I was drawn to it at an early age. I was born and raised in central France and, at the age of 15, I went to a culinary school for three years.

From there, I worked in the kitchens of Le Clave Restaurant and Le Radio, both recipients of one Michelin star. I was chosen by the owner of Le Radio to move to London to work at Les Saveurs Restaurant under the guidance of Chef Joël Antunes. I went to work in Paris with Chef Alain Passard as Chef de Partie at Passard Restaurant Arpege, a recipient of three Michelin stars.

After several years in Paris, I moved to Atlanta where I reunited with former mentor Joël Antunes at The Dining Room at The Ritz-Carlton Buckhead and when Chef Antunes opened his namesake restaurant JOËL in 2001, I joined him once again and was soon promoted to Chef and then Executive Chef Since then, I have served as executive chef at the Four Season Hotel Bora Bora and assisted Celebrity Chef Antoine Westermann in launching acclaimed restaurant Le Coq Rico in New York. Before coming to Le Bilboquet Denver, I worked at Le Bilboquet Atlanta for the past three years.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE DISHES AT LE BILBOQUET? I really enjoy the apple tart. I also like the fish dishes that we’ve created like the smoked salmon, tuna tartare, crab meat and avocado salad, crispy octopus, seared tuna and seared Colorado striped bass. So, fish and dessert!

THE GOAL IS FOR YOU TO COME BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN.” IS THERE ONE MENU ITEM THAT EVERYONE MUST TRY? The beet salad with goat cheese is incredible and the Cajun chicken is the best you’ll ever try.

IN THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE RESTAURANT HAS BEEN OPEN, WHAT HAVE YOU NOTICED ABOUT THE DENVER PATRONS? What has struck me about our Denver patrons is how well they dress. They look very good. They also know how to eat! They appreciate good food and good wine and you can’t fake that. That kind of taste doesn’t happen everywhere. Also, the restaurant has been busy later into the evening, which tells me people in Denver and Cherry Creek are enjoying their time at Le Bilboquet.

WHAT IS THE GOAL WITH EVERY GUEST AT LE BILBOQUET? I want to see people laughing, enjoying good conversation and sharing memories with friends and family at Le Bilboquet. The goal is for you to come back again and again.

WHAT IS THE CRAZIEST OR FUNNIEST MOMENT YOU’VE EXPERIENCED THUS FAR IN THE KITCHEN, OR WITH A GUEST? I was in the front of the restaurant and a car stopped, rolled the window down and someone said, “You’re not from here. Where are you from?” I told them that I was from France and I worked at Le Bilboquet and that began a very nice conversation in the middle of the street. These people ended up making a dinner reservation for later that evening! People are nice here Denver. They like to stop and talk.

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BOOKS VIVIEN’S RAIN – MIKE KNOX “I woke up to my wife, Nicole, screaming my name in anguish. As I opened my eyes, she rushed into the room. Our twenty-three-month-old daughter Vivien was limp in her arms, foaming at the mouth.”

With these chilling words, Mike Knox begins Vivien’s Rain, the true story of his own harrowing journey into the dark and confusing world of epilepsy and childhood disease.

Vivien’s Rain is one family’s tale of a daughter’s early battle with epilepsy. In confronting the realities of Vivien’s health, Mike and Nicole Knox confront their own inner demons as well—his as an adopted child, hers as a biracial woman with significant hearing loss since an early age. Where some couples buckle, Mike and Nicole work together to shore themselves against the unknowable challenge of ill health. In the face of Vivien’s needs, they persevere and prevail.

“As we would learn, with each seizure it was as if a sudden squall had developed and rained down on her, leaving her in a helpless, hopeless fog. I started to think of the seizures as Vivien’s rain. She was like a little girl alone in a boat in a storm, far out to sea. And there was nothing I could do about it. At one point, in response to my question, Vivien described her seizures. ‘It feels like when you drink a cherry Slurpee too fast, Daddy. It’s raining in my head.”

The Outsider A Stephen King adaptation turned into a 10-episode thriller on HBO starring Jason Bateman? You bet your ass we’re on board. We’re super fans of Bateman’s work in the Netflix success of Ozark, so bring on more drama and suspense with this leading man. The Outsider, premiering January 12th, centers around Bateman as a Terry Maitland, a beloved family man and little league coach who is accused of an unspeakable crime against a young boy. Detective Ralph Anderson (Ben Mendelsohn) finds his prints all over the murder scene. But, in addition to Maitland’s insistence that he’s innocent, the police start finding striking inconsistencies surrounding the crime that just aren’t adding up. Did Terry really commit such a heinous act?

Or is someone - or something - else responsible?

No Time To Die Daniel Craig’s last go-around as James Bond has him ranking high as one of the great 007s. In the latest installment that hits theaters on April 8th, Bond has left active service, but his peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.

Available at Amazon 25 YEARS OF SLAM – THE COVERS SLAM Magazine has always been the authority on the NBA. Fans and aficionados will undoubtedly want this unrivaled book for their collection. The SLAM Cover Mag consists of every single SLAM cover that’s ever been featured, from MJ, Penny, Kobe and Iverson, to Shaq, KG, LeBron and Zion, including each “Jordans” Sneaker issue and every Special Issue. It’s 296 pages of NBA history with all the stories behind players and the covers, destined for your coffee table and only available online at Shop.slamonline.com.

Top Gun: Maverick Top Gun was such a big deal in 1986. There was something for everyone – action, romance, music, some comedy, and a gorgeous 1958 Porsche Speedster driven by a beauty herself in Kelly McGillis. This time around, 34 years later, Tom Cruise is back in the role that made him a star when Maverick is called back into action to fight a different type of enemy: drones. We’re of the opinion that Cruise doesn’t waste time on bad films (save for The Mummy), so our expectations mirror those of Tom’s when it hits the theaters on June 26th, just in time to heat up summer.

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COLORADO LEGALIZES SPORTS GAMBLING It’s now legal in Colorado to take the Patriots giving 12, the under on Lakers/Pacers or a three-team parlay for $100 to win $600. Specifically, sports gambling will be a go in the Centennial State in May of 2020 after voters passed a ballot measure making Colorado the 19th state to legalize sports gambling, with the new tax revenue slated for water conservation projects. The measure allows the parent companies of Colorado’s 33 casinos in Black Hawk, Central City and Cripple Creek to offer onsite and online betting on professional, collegiate, motor and Olympic sports. Legal sports betting has grown since New Jersey won a U.S. Supreme Court case in 2018 allowing all 50 states to offer it. Colorado joins five other states that passed legal wagering in 2019, including Illinois, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Tennessee. The Colorado proposal calls for a 10% flat tax on net sports betting proceeds, which is estimated to total about $11 million in the next financial year that starts July 1st.

PENSKE BUYS INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY Roger Penske just purchased an unbelievable portion of American history in a stunning deal that includes the acquisition of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, its hallowed grounds, “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” the IndyCar Series and all of its properties. By early next year, Penske Entertainment Corp. will take over all those entities owned by the Hulman family for 74 years in one of the biggest transactions in the history of motorsports. The sprawling, 110-yearold speedway and its famed, 2 ½-mile oval track is one of the most famous venues in sports. Penske, who is also a giant in the NASCAR stock car series, said he has no management changes planned at this time. The deal should close in January. Penske said because both Penske Corp. and Hulman & Company are private companies, they are not legally required to disclose the transaction price.

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UNDER ARMOUR UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION Federal authorities are investigating Under Armour Inc.’s accounting practices in a probe examining whether the sportswear maker shifted sales from quarter to quarter to appear healthier, according to people familiar with the matter. Justice Department prosecutors are conducting a criminal inquiry into the matter in coordination with civil investigators at the Securities and Exchange Commission, another person said. Under Armour said it is cooperating with the Justice Department and SEC investigations. “The company began responding in July 2017 to requests for documents and information relating primarily to its accounting practices and related disclosures,” Under Armour said after The Wall Street Journal published this article. “The company firmly believes that its accounting practices and disclosures were appropriate.” The company, which reported flat sales in its third-quarter results, has been restructuring its operations and struggling with weak sales in the past two years. Until then, it had been among the fastest-growing apparel makers, riding 26 straight quarters of at least 20% year-over-year revenue growth.

BIG CHANGES AT COORS Molson Coors Brewing Co. is laying off 500 workers worldwide and restructuring its operations as it faces declining beer sales. The company expects to save $150 million by closing offices in downtown Denver and elsewhere and simplifying its structure. All 300 Denver employees are impacted by the move by either being forced to relocate to Chicago or by having their position eliminated. Its four business units -- U.S., Canada, Europe and International -- will be consolidated into North America and Europe, with other regions reporting to those two.

Chicago will be its North American headquarters.

Molson Coors will use the $150 million it is saving to improve its digital marketing capabilities and introduce new products more quickly such as the canned wine and hard coffee it unveiled this year.

They’re also working on reducing the time it takes to bring new products to market from 18 months to as little as four months in the U.S., while also continuing its previously announced plan to modernize its breweries and make them more flexible to meet consumer demand. With nothing changing in terms of jobs at the Golden plant, Colorado will continue to have more Molson Coors employees than any other state.

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QANTAS TESTS NEW YORK TO SYDNEY FLIGHT Qantas Airways is testing non-stop 20-hour ghost flights from New York and London to Sydney to see how the human body copes with long-duration flights, with plans to launch a commercial service as soon as 2020. The Australian airline announced that it will begin running a trial of the marathon voyages with Boeing Co. Dreamliners and a skeleton crew of just 40. The staff—and a handful of passengers—will undergo a series of medical checks before embarking on the long-haul flight and the airline will monitor how the individuals fare living in the air for what is essentially a full day. “The things we learn on these flights will be invaluable,” CEO Alan Joyce said on a press call, according to Bloomberg. The flights will become the world’s longest direct route, snatching the title from Singapore Airlines which previously operated a flight from Newark to Singapore that took 18 hours and 45 minutes. Joyce describes the service as aviation’s final frontier and plans to kick off commercial flights within the next few years.

MICHAEL JORDAN’S TEQUILA Do you think Michael Jordan knows anything about premium tequila? The greatest basketball player to ever walk the earth fancies himself on the finer things in life – cars, cigars, golf, mansions, clothes. So, we trust him with his instincts and putting his money in on Cincoro.

The name Cincoro comes from the Spanish words for “five” and “gold”— cinco and oro — for the five founding partners and their “gold standard” tequila – the partners being Jordan, the president and controlling owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, Jeanie Buss; the co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, Wes Edens; and the lead owners of the Boston Celtics, Emilia Fazzalari and Wyc Grousbeck. The partners don’t have a distillery in Jalisco, Mexico, but they hand-picked the 100-percent Weber Blue agave from private farms in the highlands and lowlands to be made into four different tequilas, ranging in price from $70 to $1,600 a bottle. Forbes reports that the tequila (except the blanco) is aged in ex-American whiskey barrels for what Cincoro claims is longer than other premium tequilas like George Clooney’s Casamigos.

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YANKEES/WHITE SOX AT FIELD OF DREAMS When Kevin Costner’s character was told, “If you build it, they will come,” no one expected “they” to be the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox. However, that’s who’s coming to Dyersville, Iowa, on August 13, 2020, to play a game on the Field of Dreams. A temporary, 8,000-seat ballpark will be built at the site where the 1989 movie was filmed to accommodate the first major league game played in Iowa. Construction on the ballpark began back in August, one year before the game will be played. The ballpark will include a pathway through the cornfield for fans and aspects of the White Sox’s former Comiskey Park. The right-field wall will be broken up by windows to show the cornstalks beyond the wall. The Academy Award-nominated film features Kevin Costner’s Ray Kinsella interacting with a number of players from the 1919 White Sox who were banned from baseball for intentionally losing in the World Series.

WORLD’S FIRST 360 DEGREE INFINITY POOL The designs for the 600,000-liter pool and 55-story building, named Infinity London, have been unveiled by Compass Pools. The designers claim the concept is a world-first, describing the structure as “the only building in the world to incorporate a 360-degree infinity pool.”

The pool will be made from cast acrylic and will feature transparent sides and floors, so visitors below will be able to see swimmers splashing around above them. To keep views pristine, there are no stairs on the outside of the pool or the building -- instead, a spiral staircase that rotates and rises through the water provides access for swimmers. The pool will also be fitted with a built-in anemometer to monitor wind speed, and will be linked to a computer-controlled building management system that will regulate the pool’s temperature and ensure water doesn’t spill onto the streets below. The water will be heated using waste energy from the building’s air conditioning system. The designers also plan for a five-star hotel to sit underneath the pool in the top stories of the skyscraper. Construction of the pool could begin in 2020 if partners and contractors are confirmed.

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MAN VERSUS MACHINE With two large bags of cocaine in the car, Miles Davis needed to get off the highway.

And his Lamborghini Miura was just the car to blitz across three lanes at a 90-degree angle on the West Side Highway to the 125th Street exit.

Until it wasn’t much of a car for anything.

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Let’s just say that the world renowned jazz trumpeter hit the wrong note during this misguided solo.

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It was 1972 in New York City and this traumatic assault on such a pristine piece of machinery nearly killed Davis. Director and car collector James Glickenhaus just happened to be driving along the same stretch of road and jumped out to help.

What ensued has become legend.

Having first told his account of this unbelievable tale on the P4/5 Competizione Facebook page back in June of 2012, Glickenhaus explained that the Lamborghini came apart “like Brazilian plywood in the rain.” He came upon Davis, who was bleeding badly, had broken both legs and the bones were sticking through his leather pants.

Miles looked at James and asked if his car was ok. Glickenhaus told him the car was destroyed and proceeded to rip up a shirt found on the car floor and told Davis to hold the cloth over the bleeding with pressure, as it was getting bad but not arterial.

One of the two bags of cocaine had broken open and coated the inside of the Miura. Glickenhaus grabbed the bags, ran to a nearby sewer and threw them away. Miles might have been more in shock over the loss of his drugs than from the car accident. He screamed, “What the **** you doing????” while Glikenhaus used rain water to wipe up the residue in the car.

When the police came on the scene, they asked Glickenhaus who he was. James told them that he had been cut off by Davis during the accident. The cops then told him to leave.

Years later, Glickenhaus was directing the 1988 movie Shakedown with Peter Weller. Weller was a Miles Davis fan and Glickenhaus told him the story. One night Weller went to see Davis perform and went backstage where Miles recognized him and greeted him. Peter told him the story and asked if it was true.

Miles responded, “I always wondered who that white mother ****er was. You thank him for me and tell him to come by anytime.”

All in all, it was a downright shameful way to treat royalty like a Lamborghini Miura.

THE LAMBORGHINI CAME APART ‘LIKE BRAZILIAN PLYWOOD IN THE RAIN.’

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Having met the love of her life in college on the sunny west coast, Rochelle married her Denverbred beau and made her home in Cherry Hills Village. Since then, she has raised her two beautiful children in the picturesque enclave and has been a f ixture of the community’s thriving real estate scene for more then twenty years. As such, Rochelle is deeply in tune with the Cherry Hills and Cherry Creek markets and knows what it is like to not only be a broker, but also a resident.

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HE SACRIFICED HIS BODY IN THE NFL. NOW THIS SUPER BOWL CHAMPION IS ON A QUEST TO HELP A LEAGUE FULL OF PLAYERS IN PAIN. It was the worst game of his 8-year NFL career.

Returning punts that late November day for the Denver Broncos was nothing short of a nightmare for Jordan Norwood.

Specifically, it was the ball that bounced off his facemask and was recovered by the Kansas City Chiefs in a game the Broncos ultimately lost 30-27 in overtime. To add insult to injury, Norwood’s teammate Aqib Talib lost his cool and shoved Norwood in front of a sold-out stadium and the CBS television cameras. Later, the Denver crowd would sarcastically cheer Norwood’s fair catch on an ensuing punt return.

What Talib, Norwood’s 51 other teammates, his coaches, the 76,000 in attendance and a national television audience might not have known was that Jordan wasn’t feeling right, stemming from an earlier play that left the undrafted free agent out of Penn State in somewhat of an altered state.

“On one of the earlier punts, I caught it, got hit pretty hard and I got up wobbly, so I went to get checked out for a concussion,” he explains in his signature quiet and calming voice.

There is an unmistakable air of composure and intellect about Jordan that immediately engages a reception of genuineness and truth to what he’s saying. In fact, there’s ownership in how he performed that day back in 2016, and even some shock that he kept his job afterwards.

“I thought my time in Denver was up,” he says with a laugh. “Fortunately for me, the Bronco organization is one of integrity and they allowed me to keep my job and trusted me back there returning punts again.”

But let’s not gloss over the strong probability that Norwood went back into the game with a concussion prior to botching that punt return. “The only thing that I was thinking about, both as a competitor and someone who’s played football since I was eight, is getting back onto the field. Are concussions subjective as far as, ‘Am I good to go?

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Am I good enough to watch a football fly through the air, drop from 80 feet and catch it?” I just remember talking my way back into the game, which maybe I shouldn’t have done because I was definitely dinged up.”

Norwood makes a valid point. Only a selected few know the situation he’s faced, particularly that of a punt returner, and the heightened focus and fearlessness you must possess to catch the ball amid a wave of defenders looking to bury you.

Present day sees Norwood retired and living in Denver with wife Aleah and his two children, Franni and Isaiah. He’s also lives with two sore shoulders and two sore knees, unwanted souvenirs from his time in the NFL. He has a Super Bowl ring from the Broncos’ title in 2015 as well as a Super Bowl record 61-yard punt return to his credit. However, his current playbook revolves around managing his pain and trying to help others do the same with his line of CBD oil and cream products through his burgeoning company, Slab Mule.

What initially began as an investment into the CBD space ended up organically growing into a retail brand with the help of partner Jacob Tupper and Z3 Sciences, who provide the outlets and products that Jordan is familiar with and already stands behind.

Jordan is no stranger to CBD and its healing powers, dating back to 2014 when he tore his ACL and was introduced to it by his chiropractor. This new discovery introduced him to the safest and purest relief possible, while allowing him to avoid the likes of overthe-counter pain medicines and doctor-prescribed pills.

Norwood’s next chapter is a simple one: improve the quality of his life and do the things that other people might take for granted.

“A few weeks ago, I was squatting down in a catcher’s stance to speak to my daughter’s class for two minutes. That was something I couldn’t do a few years ago. It wasn’t in my repertoire,” he explains.

up close. He was taking about 20 hits a game. However he was managing pain and getting himself on the field every Sunday, I want to know. It’s very powerful to see personal testimonials from athletes now in the CBD game.”

What needs to happen next, in a perfect scenario, is for the NFL to readjust its stance on CBD and allow for some clarification and serious education on its capabilities. CBD is actually legal in the NFL. It’s the THC, which in a lot of cases accompanies CBD, that is not permitted.

Jordan isn’t alone.

“That’s where I think the gray area is,” Norwood begins. “Slab Mule products have zero THC, so there’s no risk in it showing up. I took a drug test after using the oil and the cream just to make sure, but I think players are still leery that THC could still be in CBD products.”

As part of an exclusive fraternity of the walking wounded from the violent game of football, other former players who are advocating and invested in CBD include Hall of Famer Joe Montana, Eugene Monroe, Tiki Barber, Ricky Williams, Marvin Washington, and Calvin Johnson.

Norwood contends that what needs to be conveyed to the league and its players as clearly and concisely as possible is the cultural shift away from the cannabis stigma that marijuana and THC are unhealthy and that, in reality, CBD can greatly improve one’s quality of life.

Most recently, future Hall of Famer and former New England Patriot Rob Gronkowski has also partnered up with a company in the rapidly growing industry.

So how does this breakthrough occur?

“I’ve taken some hits, but Rob Gronkowski?” Norwood says in amazement while shaking his head. “I’ve seen the hits he’s taken

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The Collective Bargaining Agreement is up for renewal and negotiation after the 2020 season, serving as the next best opportunity to consider CBD as a more permanent fixture in the sport.

“There’s no question in my mind that it’ll be a part of the next CBA,” Norwood reveals. “It should be an updated necessity and protocol for the league in allowing looser restrictions on the use of marijuana, hemp and CBD. I’m interested to see what comes of it.”

Slab Mule and its MAJIC ointment (Muscle And Joint Inflammation Cream) is in a few NFL locker rooms around the country. Jordan has sent MAJIC to players that he has personal relationships with and follows up with them for feedback and collecting as much data as possible.

“You walk into a training room before practice or a game and you have tons of jars and bottles of lotions and muscle rubs, packs of Tylenol and Ibuprofen, and you stand at the station and take your pick – Biofreeze on hamstrings, 800 milligrams of Ibuprofen, and that’s your routine every single day. There should be CBD and other holistic options available as well.”

CBD is proven for pain management and anxiety, while also aiding in sleep and restlessness. And this is where the hurdle of education comes into play once again. It’s crucial that consumers know how CBD brands differ and why.

“Why does Slab Mule cost more or less than another product?”

Norwood asks. “Our MAJIC ointment has 2,000 milligrams of CBD in a four ounce jar versus other brands that only have 500

milligrams. From my personal testing and the testing of other professional athletes in basketball, baseball and football, 2,000 ml is where we feel it needs to be. The potency needs to be there for users to reap the benefits. With that comes a higher price point, which is pretty linear with the market, but the lay person who’s not knowledgeable in the market will see both products as CBD and wonder why one costs $50 and the other costs $150. That’s the education piece that’s needed.”

Slab Mule’s next rollout will be a CBD and CBN (cannabinol) or a CBD and Melatonin blend in a pill or gummie that will help aid with sleep.

Speaking of sleep, Norwood is going to need it. In addition to Slab Mule, which commands the majority of his time on a daily basis, he and Aleah also have a portrait photography business, they’re residential real estate investors, and he’s in the process of creating a television show or full length feature called Leo and Helen, which follows the adventures of mixed-race twins who go back in time to save the Seven Wonders of the World.

Whether it’s a record-setting play in a Super Bowl or promoting a new health and wellness option to a sport that desperately needs it, Jordan Norwood is all about making things happen in the NFL. And this next return looks like it’s going all the way to the house.

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INS IDE THE MI ND O F A W ORL D SE RI E S OF POKE R C HA M P IO N WO RD S BY K E VI N M A R R

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e was staring at pot of $45,000. Until he wasn’t.

Most of us don’t know the painstaking agony of losing a poker hand like that and watching the guy across the table take home that kind of bank.

Then again, John Beauprez isn’t “most of us.” The Denver, Colorado native has been playing professional poker for nearly a decade, and he’s got the stories and the lessons learned to prove it.

He’s lost $45,000 on one hand before. He’s also won $60,000 on one hand. And since we’re sharing intimate details of his poker highs and lows, let’s not forget the $325,000 payout and a World Series of Poker Championship bracelet when he was the king of the cards in Vegas back in 2013.

He’s come a long way since first finding a seat at a nightly game at the University of Colorado at Boulder. And his motivation at that point was simply to earn some more beer money for the week.

“I didn’t even know you could play professionally as a college student or as a ‘kid,” Beauprez admits with a laugh. “I thought it was just the guys you see on ESPN.” After a baseball injury ended his college career at the University of Northern Colorado, a transfer down the road to Boulder found John face-to-face with a dorm full of wealthy kids from out of state who were losing anywhere from $200 to $500 a night. Competitive by nature and without baseball, he started to take this newly discovered interest extremely seriously.

POKER IS A HARD WAY TO MAKE AN EASY LIVING.”

He played online and managed to find even more inspiration and motivation in succeeding through someone else. “My current business partner, Chance Kornuth, was at CU with me at the time and he was absolutely crushing it playing poker, bringing in around $20,000 a month.”

So, the epiphany of John Beauprez had begun.

After graduation and a breakup with his girlfriend, Beauprez was looking for as much freedom as possible. Poker would be that vehicle. He dove head first into whatever it took to be a profitable and consistent winner.

And then he moved to Vegas.

His new home in Sin City would serve as an incomparable training ground, requiring a new schedule and sleep itinerary not for the faint of heart.

“I’d wake up somewhere between noon and 2 p.m. and immediately start playing online,” he begins. “It’s nighttime at that hour in Europe, so I’d play until 8 or 9 p.m. Then I’d hit the gym, shower, and head over to the casinos at around midnight where you’ve got drunk tourists, more recreational players and people who are tired, losing and not thinking at a high level. I’d play there until about 5 in the morning.”

Then Beauprez cites the legendary poker player Doyle Brunson, when he says, “Poker is a hard way to make an easy living.”

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The grind of playing poker for a living is as real as pocket aces.

“There are a lot of ups and downs,” he explains matterof-factly. “There is a lot of self-doubt, bad luck, and being able to play when you’re on a big downsize financially is challenging. When you’re playing for a living, you have to play. You can’t take time off because this is your job.”

It’s also Beauprez’s job to know himself and to know his competition. A poker game is one big psychological exhibition of personalities, tendencies and strategies and, to hear John describe it, poker is a microcosm of life. “It’s extremely cutthroat. The cards don’t have any favoritism. It teaches you to focus on the hand that you’re dealt and it doesn’t allow you to manufacture luck from the ether. It’s an even playing field. There’s a lot of diversity in poker too,” he continues. “You see women, men, old, young, foreigners, Americans, black, white, Asian. It’s the big equalizer where everyone comes together to play. It’s an awesome melting pot of people and I really enjoy that element to it.”

It’s this very melting pot whom John is looking to take money from, and that can only happen if he’s paying attention. So, don’t be fooled by the headphones he’s wearing. Although he’s listening to everything from business books, biographies, relaxing music and white noise (“Live poker is very boring,” he admits), he’s watching for tells and noticing changes with his opponents’ timing, posture, facial expressions and bet sizes.

It’s at this moment while sitting across from him in a suburban Denver coffee shop booth that Beauprez quotes another famous poker player, Dan Harrington, pointing out, “If you’re looking for the right answer in poker, it’s almost always right there. You just have to know what to look for.”

He goes on to explain that more recreational players have the more honest tells and that at the high stakes tables, you can’t trust all the tells you’re picking up because it’s very possible that the players are good enough to give off reverse information to throw you off your trail. A mistake beginner players make is that they try to put their opponent on one hand like, “I knew you had Jack/Queen or Ace/King or pocket 10s.” However more advanced players put their opponent on a range of hands. “Getting comfortable with being wrong at least some percentage of the time is an important aspect of being a profitable poker player.”

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IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT ANSWER IN POKER, IT’S ALMOST ALWAYS RIGHT THERE. YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR.” With poker having the potential to be excessively slow, boring and uneventful through long lapses, one form of entertainment that proves to be quite informative are the countless reactions of Beauprez’s opponents.

“You get to see how people act in a variety of different circumstances. When someone gets extremely unlucky to lose a significant amount of money, you get to see how they treat the dealer and the other people around them. Do they get frustrated? Do they talk terribly about themselves? Do they start to play poorly as a result of that? Do they start to bemoan their luck? How do they view and treat money? When they’re winning, do they play differently and how do they treat other people?”

Then there are John Beauprez’s brushes with celebrity.

One is bound to cross paths with the rich and famous and, for John, it’s been playing alongside the likes of NBA future Hall of Famers Dwyane Wade and Russell Westbrook, rapper Nelly, and former baseball star and current broadcaster and husband to Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez.

Despite what some might think, none of these guys where there to sign autographs or speak candidly about their careers. Beauprez’s simple assessment is, “Everyone is very competitive. It’s ego. I don’t care how rich you are, it’s just not fun to lose.”

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One would surmise that John took some money off of A-Rod, Nelly, D-Wade and Westbrook. You don’t just step off the court or out of a music video and go “Rain Man” on everyone. Beauprez, however, wasn’t disclosing how much he took from whom.

He is, however, open and forthcoming about the obstacles he faced in becoming the player he is today. “Four years ago, the biggest pot I ever played was $10,000. That’s a lot for a hand, but when pots would get big, I’d get flustered and couldn’t think straight. I would make a mistake when stakes were at their highest or in high pressure moments. Then I started playing in a game here in Denver. It was such a good opportunity for me because there were massive pots being played, where practically every one was a $10,000 hand. In fact, there were $20,000 and $30,000 hands all the time.”

Remember the $45,000 pot that Beauprez saw go to someone else? That was at this Denver game. And it ended up being a turning point in his career.

“I lost the hand, but I remember thinking, ‘Wow. I lost this big pot, but I’m OK and I’m still playing pretty well and I didn’t die and it wasn’t scary.’ Over time, you build your tolerance. One of the unnatural things for people in poker is to be able to objectively look at their decisions as good or bad regardless of the outcome, because it happens all the time.”

Something else that happens a lot is the overall public perception of who and what a professional poker player is or isn’t. And it drives John Beauprez crazy. “Putting poker players in the same bucket with other gamblers,” he says while shaking his head in disbelief. “I don’t gamble. Poker isn’t roulette or other table games. With poker, although there’s certainly luck, there’s a significant amount of skill. It’s a different class than blackjack and a completely different league of skill. And yet when people hear that you’re a professional poker player, they roll their eyes. I think poker players get insulted this way.”

WITH POKER, ALTHOUGH THERE’S CERTAINLY LUCK, THERE’S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SKILL.” Perhaps Hollywood hasn’t helped much with an accurate portrayal of Beauprez’s world. Films like The Sting, Rounders and Casino Royale, to name a few, are excellent examples of projects that Beauprez notes are not particularly accurate. “The hand matchups and the actual strategy is generally pretty bad. Those hands are very unlikely to ever happen, but they’re made for the movies.”

In addition to playing, John has also gotten into coaching. He’s three years into his business called Chip Leader Coaching, which he describes as an incubator for poker players. CLC signs players into long term contracts where they are billed for a percentage of their winnings, rather than being charged an upfront fee. It’s a mentorship program where Beauprez’s team teaches its students all facets of the game, providing leads, strategy and coaching them at tournaments. They have also made video courses available for every kind of poker player for a one-time purchase if they aren’t interested in signing a contract.

There’s a chip on John Beauprez’s shoulder. But it’s not a poker chip.

It stems from growing up in a political family. His father, Bob, was a two-term congressman, Chairman of the Republican Party and he ran for Governor of Colorado in 2006 and 2014. Because of this, most people assumed that John grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth and had everything given to him. He really resented that. If that wasn’t enough to form judgements of entitlement, his father-in-law is former Colorado Governor Bill Owens.

Integrity and poker playing might make strange bedfellows, however John is one of those unicorns who is well versed in both. He loves the fact that there are no shortcuts or unfair advantages in his life’s calling. “You have the cards and you have the chips and that’s it. I like that even playing field.”

And he’s got the World Series of Poker championship bracelet to prove it.

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our days that you’d normally see scripted in Hollywood were a real-life fairytale that took Colorado Avalanche Cale Makar from the unknown to the unthinkable

His first NHL shot made history, but when the goal light went on, his memory turned off.

This was the tail end of an unfathomable 96 hours for Colorado Avalanche rookie Cale Makar, so perhaps it’s understandable that he’s a little fuzzy on what happened after his shot went 5-hole through the Flames’ goaltender Mike Smith.

It was Game 3 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Avs and Calgary at the Pepsi Center in Denver, and Makar had just played his last college game for the University of Massachusetts two days earlier. The defenseman was still in the thick of a four-day thrill ride

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that put the 21-year old under a glaring spotlight, replete with a barrage of highs, lows and a ridiculous amount of traveling.

It was a blur, including a 55-pound trophy that was sent home in a cargo box; heartbreak in Buffalo, New York; a suddenly brimming bank account; a race against time to Toronto; a last-minute flight to Denver and a storybook dream-come-true that all began on the rinks in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Here are four days on the ultimate roller coaster that concluded with Cale Makar forgetting the best part.

APRIL 12TH, 2019 THE HOBEY BAKER AWARD

The day before his UMass Minutemen played in the championship game in Buffalo, New York, Makar was one of three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award, which is given to college hockey’s best player. Makar would end up taking home the hardware and becoming the 38th recipient of the prestigious award.

“I definitely didn’t know I was going to win,” he begins. “It was a lot to handle because it was the Frozen Four and the day before the game. My team was going to come and I just told them, ‘You guys just rest. We’ve got a big game tomorrow.’ It was a cool experience being able to just touch that award and to even be recognized with it. I’m not too much of an individual award kind-of-guy. It’s about the championships and the team. You don’t work all year to get that individual award. You work for that championship.”

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Makar and his teammates found themselves on the losing end of a 3-0 final to the University of Minnesota-Duluth in the Frozen Four final. The loss marked the end of Makar’s college career. “That was a tough loss. It was such a fun experience with that group of guys and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. You never expect to lose like that and you don’t want to lose like that. Going from an individual high with the Hobey Baker Award to such a low to end the season and having to say ‘good-bye’ to everybody was pretty tough for me.”

Makar had already endured an emotional 48 hours and, yet, he wasn’t anywhere close to getting any downtime.

DAY three APRIL 14TH, 2019 SIGNS A 3-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE COLORADO AVALANCHE

Cale explains that signing his contract with the Avalanche the following day while still in Buffalo was not scheduled.

“After the game, I talked to my advisers and I was fortunate to do it at the hotel with all of my teammates around me. That was a pretty special moment. Nothing was planned and I didn’t want to talk about it much until everything was done. I didn’t want to create attention. In my mind, I felt I was ready to make that jump and I was hoping it would be the same for them. We both had mutual interest and we were able to make it work.”

To make it all work and join his new Avalanche teammates in Denver for Game 3 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Calgary Flames, Makar had to get moving. His parents, Laura and Gary, were in Buffalo for the game and drove him to the Canadian border to get Cale a visa. It was a quick trip over to Canada and then back to Buffalo where Makar had a departing flight. But there was a problem in the form of a three-hour delay, which meant he would miss his connector to Denver. So, he called the Avalanche and a flight was set up out of Toronto. Now it was back in the car with his parents for the drive from Buffalo to Toronto. “That was a little bit of a gong show,” Makar admitted. Cale was able to make his flight out of Toronto, arrive in Denver the night before the game and get some rest.

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APRIL 15TH, 2019 1ST ROUND PLAYOFF GAME 3 CALGARY FLAMES VS. COLORADO AVALANCHE

Now a defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche, Makar joins his teammates for the morning skate. At 10am on game day, he meets with his new coach, Jared Bednar, because it wasn’t yet known if they were going to need him or not for Game 3. That’s when Bednar said, “I think I’m going to put you in tonight.”

“My main goal coming into it was not to focus on any outside factors and just worry about playing my game. I think I did that relatively well by coming in and learning the system and going out there and doing my best. I had no expectations whether I was going to play two minutes or 15 minutes. It was fun to be thrown right into things and have that rare experience.”

So how nervous was Makar during all of this?

“I wasn’t too nervous,” he says. “I credit everybody on the team. When I got into that room before morning skate, every single player came up to me and introduced themselves in the first five or ten minutes. It’s relieving to know when you’re on a team that has so many guys that accept you. It’s a very high character group that gave me a lot of confidence going into the game.”

Makar’s mindset to was to stay in the moment and go through the game as it comes. He realizes that it’s the same game of hockey, just at a different level, so he wanted to stay even keel throughout the whole thing.

And then with 16:02 into the 1st period, Cale Makar would make history.

“We got the puck on the half wall and somebody (Alexander Kerfoot) passed to Nathan (MacKinnon) in the middle. He basically drove out and dropped the puck. Somehow, I was able to muff one into the 5-hole. It was the luckiest goal, but it was nice to get it out of the way.”

In “getting it out of the way,” Cale Makar became the first defenseman in the sport’s extensive and prestigious history to score a playoff goal in his NHL debut.

And he remembers most of it.

“I can definitely visualize in my head everything that happened, but when the puck went in, it’s all blacked out. I have no idea what went on after that. That was a surreal moment for me and my parents too – they were in the stands.”

As a Calgary native who grew up loving the Flames, his goal that helped secure a 6-2 win was all the more special.

Other than all of that, it was a pretty ho-hum 96 hours.

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client, the Wall Street broker, dropped $115,000 in one night.

biggest institutions in the US, and an owner of a global hotel chain.

The Fortune 500 CEO spent $70,000 in one evening at the strip club, and another $100,000 on an all-expenses-paid trip to Aruba.

If all of this sounds somewhat familiar, it’s because Barbash’s story inspired the Jennifer Lopez film, Hustlers, about a group of exotic dancers who seek revenge on their clients — with Lopez playing the role allegedly inspired by Barbash. Hustlers was released to favorable reviews, although Barbash contends that J.Lo and the movie producer never secured the rights to her life story and is considering a lawsuit.

Then there was the guy who funded an $80,000 shopping spree to Christian Louboutin, and the other client who paid $140,000 on purses at Louis Vuitton.

The common denominator in all of this is the recipient, Samantha Barbash, the former New York City strip club hostess who’s currently on probation after pleading guilty to conspiracy, assault and grand larceny.

What happened?

Barbash was the mastermind behind a ring of savvy strip club workers who hustled wealthy men out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by allegedly drugging them with MDMA and ketamine, taking them to gentlemen’s clubs and charging thousands of dollars on their credit cards for liquor, lap dances and tips.

Now what’s going to happen is her new tell-all book called Underscore, detailing her work with clients including rappers, movie stars, Fortune 500 CEOs, a billionaire heading one of the

In anticipation of her book, Barbash provided an exclusive excerpt released to Page Six, revealing, “My clients were mostly VIP clients at Scores and Hustler. My job was to provide the fun parts, such as the girls and setting the vibe. I would arrange for the hottest girls to come to parties. These girls made top dollar and had to have perfect bodies with beautiful faces to match. Then came the ‘fluffers.’

These were the lower tier of girls who would do the ‘dirty work.’

Sometimes their tasks would include an array of sexual activity. These parties always came with huge payouts for me and the girls.”

She continues, “There was one night at Hustler where a well-known R&B singer who had a volatile reputation was partying all night in a private room. He wanted to continue the party in his hotel room, so he requested the host to invite all of us to come over. He said he would pay each girl an extra $8,000. When we arrived at his five-star hotel suite, his security promptly took all of our phones and made us sign nondisclosure forms. They wanted to make sure that none of the wild partying, which included a lot of drugs, would be leaked to the media. He was so paranoid that there was no sex involved. Even the fluffers did not need to do anything. All he wanted to do was dance with the girls and do mounds of cocaine with all the naked bodies surrounding him. After an hour and a half, he started acting beyond strange, and kept looking out the windows and under the doors constantly from the paranoia of all the drugs he ingested. Once he saw that I was leaving, he said, ‘Please don’t go. I’m sorry.

I’m f - - ked up. I like your company.’ He handed me a huge tip and his personal phone number and we’ve been friends ever since.”

“The reason why Wall Street guys party so hard is because they’re not happy with their jobs.”

Barbash then detailed another strip club night with a Wall Street client from Pennsylvania. “[He] and I left around 5 a.m., after he spent about $115,000. This wasn’t a big deal because it was considered a small amount of money. The usual top girls I worked with came along. Ariana, Hana and I got into a luxury SUV supplied by the club and went to Christian Louboutin on Horatio Street. I called ahead and asked them to open the store for me around 6 a.m. The manager said he would open the store, but we would have to spend a minimum of $30,000.

I told him, ‘Easy, no problem!’ and that we would most likely spend close to $80,000. We spent almost exactly [that] amount in less than an hour. We all got an insane amount of shoes and purses! It was every girl’s dream.”

“The Pennsylvania client didn’t care about the money and loved the way we shopped so much that he said, ‘Let’s do it again tomorrow!’

The next day we picked him up from the Wall Street power player restaurant, Smith and Wollensky, and went straight to the high-end jewelry store Tourneau, where he bought two Rolex Presidential watches for me.”

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According to New York Magazine, Barbash told the reporter that she had accrued the phone numbers of many clients over the years, who provided her with multiple revenue streams.

She’d send them a sexy text and a photograph and see if they were up for a night out. She would target “mostly Wall Street guys who want to have fun and get drunk and party with girls.”

Barbash explains. “You make money, but you’re not happy, so you go out and splurge on strip clubs and drinking and drugs, then the money depletes and you have to make it again. The dancers are the same way. You make money, but then you’re depressed, so you end up shopping or going on vacation, and the money depletes, so you go back.”

“The reason why Wall Street guys party so hard is because they’re not happy with their jobs,”

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e fell nearly 30 feet, and he made it even more interesting by clipping a tree on the way down before becoming one with the ground. And then things got really rough.

Levi Harrell was suddenly in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Liming, China, to be exact. Out in the middle of South Asia nowhere with a serious head wound and a bunch of ribs that ran the spectrum of cracked, dislocated and bruised.

The f reelance adventurer, journalist and photographer was on assignment over 7,700 miles away f rom his Boulder, Colorado residence, and if he didn’t f ind legitimate medical assistance soon, the story of Harrell’s rock climbing fall and any tragic results could end up being someone else’s news assignment.

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The 27-year-old Missouri native could author volumes on the injuries and brushes with death that he’s endured during a relatively short lifespan.

However, this China mishap featured a perfect storm situation where resolve was going to be a story for the ages, if there was an open window or a doggie door that resolve could crawl through.

The clock was ticking.

To hear Levi tell it, he blacked out and, when he came to, he’s witnessing his climbing party in rescue mode. Thankfully a lot of these professional climbers are also f irst-aid certif ied. They got him stable and were able to cover and wrap up a profusely bleeding head before planning next steps.

They were two miles f rom the nearest road, and that road was f ive hours f rom the closest town. To make matters worse, Levi needed an hour before moving until he was stable enough to carry his own weight.

They get to the road with his climbing partner and translator and a van drives them three-and-a-half hours to the closest town with a hospital.

Then it got real. And real scary. Levi Harrell gives his f irst person account f rom here…

“The hospital wasn’t something you’d see in the U.S. It was dark and dirty and very full. At this point, my shock is starting to wear off and I’m feeling a lot of pain.

I go see the doctor and the translator explains what’s happened. The doctor looks at my head and decides I need an MRI to see if I’ve got a brain bleed before stitching my head up. We pay the $150 American before receiving any treatment and then they take me to a back room with my

translator to get stitches. There’s a metal table and one little wooden stool.

Then my translator and doctor start to argue.

My translator looks at me and tells me that the doctor won’t allow him to be in the room while he’s working on me. So now we’ve broken down every form of communication that we had.

The doctor pushes my head down onto the table by my neck and pins my head down. I can feel the nurses in the room scraping the back of my head with a straight razor, clearing the area that the doctor is getting ready to work on. Then the doctor takes a local shot of an antibiotic into my head and starts stitching away.

I was in sheer panic, realizing I’m in a foreign country.

What happens if I pass out? There’s no one else here.

It was complete panic at that point because I didn’t get an anesthetic. I could feel all these stitches being passed through my head. He passes the f irst stitch through and it’s a very thick thread. I instantly think, ‘Oh. This is it. I’m passing out. There’s no way I’m staying awake through this. It’s too painful.’ And then I start to realize where I’m at and the consequences to passing out and that this is probably the only American that this man has ever worked on. I’m not going to be the only person who passes out on this table and so I stay awake through it.

He passes about eight stitches through my head, which I found out later were done in silk because they didn’t have any normal sutures like they’d have in the U.S. and that is why they were so thick.

So, he sits me back upright and my brain is so swollen at this point f rom the trauma that I can’t talk. I throw up instantly and they just pick me up and push me out into the hallway. So now I have to try and f ind my

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climbing partner and translator in this massive hallway.

I can barely walk and am stumbling around the corridor throwing up, trying to speak but can’t. Eventually two nurses grab me under each arm and drag me to where my translator is. It’s about 30 minutes until I regain my ability to speak f rom the swelling in my brain. When I can talk, I tell my translator that he wasn’t allowed to ever leave me again. It was the most terrifying thing I have ever been through.

We eventually go into a separate building to get my MRI scan and wait about two-and-a-half hours until I get the “all clear” – no brain bleed.

Then I’ve got to f igure out how I’m going to sleep the next few nights because I can’t lay my head back due to the amount of blood that’s still coming out of and how much seepage there is. That was a rough couple of nights and, at this point, I still didn’t know about my ribs being cracked or dislocated. That wasn’t discovered until a week later when I arrived back in the U.S. and saw a doctor.”

So why is Levi Harrell risking life and limb for this? Why is he walking around like a zombie through the morbid hallways of a creepy hospital straight out of a Stephen King novel?

When you see his work, you’ll understand.

It’s Levi Harrell’s addiction. You’ll see why a dozen or so magazines f rom around the world enlist his services to capture the unknown and the untamed through his lifechanging photography. The art. The uncompromised beauty. The window he opens to a world of raw wonder and astonishing nature. They are the places and the occurrences that you might not know existed.

“I really like covering stuff that’s new and f resh and a place where a lot of people aren’t going. Places and things that are really out there. There is so much rock out there that has yet to be discovered. That’s the stuff that I get really excited about covering.”

IT WAS THE MOST TERRIFYING THING I HAVE EVER BEEN THROUGH.

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It all started with backpacking and traveling the world, fueling his curiosity and turning it into his life’s work. Harrell found himself in New Zealand, home of some of the best mountaineers in the world, and it is where he would call home for two-and-a-half of the most important years of his life. “I had lots of mentors who took me in and showed me enough to keep me f rom getting killed when I’d be on these peaks,” Harrell says with great gratitude. “I soaked it all in with my camera in tow. I was constantly improving my rock climbing skills whether it was sport climbing, traditional climbing or bouldering.

Anything I could learn and get my hands on, I was just on f ire for.”

Training with the best in the world translated to press assignments across the globe, including the likes of the Southern Alps, Central America, Hawaii, the Caribbean, the Polynesian Islands, Cayman Brac, the Czech Republic and mountain regions across the United States. Future projects in 2020 include a trip back to New Zealand; Bali, Indonesia; and return to the nightmare that was China.

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MY MANTRA IS, ‘ART IS PAIN.’ I’M NOT HERE TO BE SECOND-BEST, SO I’M WILLING TO PUT MY BODY THROUGH SOME EXTREME SITUATIONS TO GET THE SHOT THAT I THINK IS A ONCEIN-A-LIFETIME.

China? Again? The same location?

After some mental training on his near fatal accident, Harrell is ready.

“I was a nervous wreck the f irst couple of times I went out after recovering f rom Liming. You don’t trust anything. I worked through it and reminded myself that this was something that I loved deeply and it was worth it to me to get through it. Climbing is what I identify with.

With home base in Colorado, he’s afforded the luxury of four seasons of activity to train whether it’s ice climbing and mountaineering in the winter or hiking, running, rock climbing and more mountaineering in the summer. He is always practicing his photography because practice makes perfect. All of his f ree time is training physically or mentally because, according to him, “You have to pursue your dreams with unrelenting force. This has to be your life because there’s too much work and it’s too competitive of a market to not be fully invested and passionate about it.”

Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones character once said, “It’s not the years, honey. It’s the mileage.”

Then you have Levi here, who’s admitted that he’s probably the most “unlucky lucky man” that there is. He loves what he does and he would never do anything else, but his body is a hell of lot older than age 27.

He’s had a f ractured T7 vertebrae, two crushed discs, a blood clot in his left eye, cysts in both knees, a dislocated elbow, multiple cracked ribs, countless stitches, head injuries, several broken bones, and that horror show of a hospital visit in China.

“My mantra is, ‘Art is Pain.’ If it was easy then everyone would be doing it. I’m not here to be second-best, so I’m willing to put my body through some extreme situations to get the shot that I think is a once-in-alifetime.”

His full given name is Levi Jack Harrell. But we’re not buying ‘Jack.’ Not after all this. Because f rom everything we’ve seen and heard, “Danger” is his middle name.

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Who: Lamborghini What: Huracan EVO Spyder When: 2020 How: Starting at $287,400

The automotive industry is a lot like the movie industry - why risk investing in a brand-new product when you can revive a storied marque? First, Toyota revived the FJ and Supra. Then Chevrolet recreated the Camaro, and the Dodge Challenger and Charger have both been runaway successes since their return. So, why wouldn’t the folks at the blue oval, who reignited the passion of the Ford GT, take a shot with another classic – the Ford Bronco?

The Italians never disappoint when it comes to design and horsepower in a supercar. Lamborghini keeps the theme going no matter the product. Their vehicles are rare, high priced and usually manifest themselves into multiple variants. This time the entry level bull, the Huracan, receives the full treatment from Sant’Agata with all-wheel drive and the roof missing. This is the Huracan EVO Spyder. As long as Lamborghini finds unique model variations, the market will gladly oblige to consume them. This EVO Spyder falls right into the wheelhouse of any driver who wants power, performance, wind blown hair and a public town square yell of “LOOK AT ME!”

In 2020, the Ford Bronco returns to the U.S. where it was a mainstay of the SUV market. From its classic 70’s box-on-frame design to its rugged stance, it comes back on a Ranger platform where auto aficionados have seen limitless, speculative renderings across the internet for years. Ford knows they must pay off the public’s desire with an off-road capable SUV. From the short overhangs and overall design in the camouflaged prototypes, they may just appease those desires.

From what’s been rumored, the all-new Bronco will get a version of Ford’s 2.3-liter EcoBoost inline-four found in its Ranger brother. The Ranger’s powertrain employs a 10-speed automatic, which puts out 270 horsepower and 310 lb-ft of torque. I would venture to assume the base Bronco will match that output. But, as the future of industry looks to alternative-fuel powertrains, Ford will most likely look to put an all-electric version into the Bronco lineup in quick fashion. And if sales hit the mark early, I wouldn’t be surprised if Ford’s performance team pursues a Raptor-like variant for the hardcore offroader.

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If you want to impress, this might do it with a 5.2-liter V10, naturally aspirated engine. The rear-mounted engine puts out 630 horsepower and 442 pound-feet of torque found in the Huracan Performante. If that sounds massively exciting – I agree. Lamborghini even put rear-wheel steering and torque vectoring to assist in making the most of the power and handling.

Supercar expert Peter Vinnicombe has explained, “Exotics should be about theater. They should be unreasonable, brash and emotional. With the Huracan Evo Spyder, Lamborghini delivers on this in spades.”

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Aston Martin will be revealing their SUV, the new DBX, this fall with their standard engine partner, Mercedes-Benz. This time they selected the Mercedes-AMG-sourced 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8, and an even larger power plant will be available with Aston Martin’s own 5.2-liter V12 which will be equipped with a pair of turbos. The images across the internet are distinctly Aston Martin in fascia and design language, allowing it to easily fill a spot in their product offering.

This all-new SUV is being built at Aston Martin Lagonda’s St. Athan facility. The folks at Aston Martin have called it, “a state-of-the-art luxury manufacturing plant that will ultimately become the ‘Home of Electrification’ when the marque’s fully-EV models enter production.”

Connecting the dots, an all-EV DBX cannot be far from appearing in the lineup.

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As expected, the true beauty of a Ferrari is the stallion under the hood.”

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As with most Ferrari launches, the interest is high and the excitement for the next V8 is at fever pitch.

The F8 Tributo’s largest departure from the 488 GTB comes in the form of its interior. The Tributo’s interior is a complete redesign from the 488, with a new driver-focused dashboard. Lest Ferrari forget about the passenger, an all-new seven-inch touchscreen faces the passenger.

As expected, the true beauty of a Ferrari is the stallion under the hood. The F8’s 3.9-liter twin-turbo V8 as is found in the outgoing 488. Yet, this version will produce 710 horsepower topping out at 211 mph; the same as the limitedly produced 488 Pista. Ferrari says the V8 will generate 0-60 times under 3.0 seconds and an eye popping 0-124mph in 7.8 seconds.

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MORGAN ADAMS CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE More than 1,500 guests mingled and enjoyed cocktails, delicious food and desserts on the tarmac of TAC Air at Centennial Airport for the 17th Annual Morgan Adams Concours d’Elegance. This extraordinary hangar party with a live and silent auction benefits The Morgan Adams Foundation, an organization dedicated to funding research for kids and young adults battling cancer. Guests strolled the tarmac under a show stopping sunset to get up close and personal with historically significant airplanes, one-of-a-kind cars, and vintage motorcycles from some of the most elite private collections in the country.

1. Guests pose in front of the step and repeat banner 2. Anna West and Kim Kaskiewicz of Ferrari of Denver 3. Even the tiniest supporters had a wonderful time 4. Event emcees Gary Shaprio and Corey Rose 5. Guests enjoying the sun and sights the event had to offer 6. Megan MacGregor and Ryan Chapman of Ferrari of Denver 7. Stranahan’s Whiskey was a proud (and popular) event sponsor 8. Guests took in the unique vintage aircraft and automobiles as they mingled with friends 9. KJ Paseka, Kerri Moden Paseka, Heather Sterlin Biglow, Lana Rupprecht

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A stellar crowd descended on Centennial Airport’s Signature Flight and Modern Aviation Hangars for the 10th Annual (and final) Flight to Luxury event. The sell-out soirée, produced by Denver-based Cuvée, benefited PIVOT, the newly launched foundation that addressed the needs of the “whole child” in Colorado.

Founding Trustees Larry Mueller, George Solich and John Elway took to the stage, along with PIVOT CEO Mimi Roberson. The evening began with a decadent cocktail hour featuring the city’s finest restaurants and the world’s most esteemed spirits, followed by a live auction and stunning fashion show. Both Sir and Sport and Cherry Creek Magazine served as media sponsors and Cherry Creek Magazine styled the fashion show with looks from Perch, Andrisen Morton and Vail’s Grey Salt Men’s Supply Co.

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wenty years ago, Hollywood got beaten down in a damp, dimly lit parking lot by a left jab and a right uppercut called Fight Club.

Centered around an insomniac office worker (Edward Norton) and a devil-may-care soap maker (Brad Pitt) who form an underground fight club that evolves into something much more, the film was a raw blend of unbridled human expression dripping with layers of societal symbolism, the pageantry of bare knuckle brawling and the unabashed questioning of authority. Pitt’s unforgettable role as Tyler Durden, shaped through an extraordinary training regimen and diet, channeled a god-like vision reminiscent of Brando, Newman and McQueen.

We all know that the first rule of Fight Club is that you do not talk about Fight Club and that the second rule of Fight Club is that you do not talk about Fight Club. Here are some elements about Fight Club that most people don’t know…

Author Chuck Palahniuk first came up with the idea for the novel after being beaten up on a camping trip when he complained to some nearby campers about the noise of their radio. When he returned to work, he was fascinated to find that nobody would mention or acknowledge his injuries, instead saying such commonplace things as “How was your weekend?” Palahniuk concluded that the reason people reacted this way was because if they asked him what had happened, a degree of personal interaction would be necessary, and his workmates simply didn’t care enough to connect with him on a personal level. It was his fascination with this societal ‘blocking’ which became the foundation for the novel.

To prepare for their roles, Edward Norton and Brad Pitt took basic lessons in boxing, taekwondo and grappling, and also studied hours of UFC programming. Prior to principal photography, Pitt also visited a dentist to have the cap on his chipped tooth removed.

In an infamous incident, the Friday that the film was released theatrically in the United States, Rosie O’Donnell appeared on her TV show and revealed that she had seen the film earlier in the week, and had been unable to sleep ever since. She then proceeded to give away the plot twist ending of the film and urged all of her viewers to avoid the movie at all costs. Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and David Fincher discuss this incident on their DVD commentary track, with Pitt calling ‘O’Donnell’s actions “unforgivable.”

In the scene where Tyler is giving an inspirational speech to the Fight Club members, he says “We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires and movie gods and rock stars.” Right as he says “rock star,” he looks specifically at Angel Face. Jared Leto formed the band Thirty Seconds to Mars in 1998.

Courtney Love and Winona Ryder were both initially considered for the role of Marla Singer, but in the end, it came down to Helena Bonham Carter and Reese Witherspoon. Director David Fincher wanted BonhamCarter, but the studio wanted a bigger name and chose to go with Witherspoon. In the end however, the decision was taken out of their hands when Witherspoon turned down the role as being “too dark”, and Bonham-Carter was cast.

Brad Pitt was paid $17.5 million for his part in the film.

Edward Norton was paid $2.5 million.

“WE’VE ALL BEEN RAISED ON TELEVISION TO BELIEVE THAT ONE DAY WE’D ALL BE MILLIONAIRES AND MOVIE GODS AND ROCK STARS.” -TYLER DURDEN

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