Check out Gary Oldman in Republica Eyewear's Sucre frames from the forthcoming Cliff Dorfman movie Criminal Empire for Dummy's that's set to start filming in New Orleans this month.
For more info visit: www.variety.com

Blackpoint seen rockin' a pair of our Republica's SOA frames. Special thanks to Michelle Ten over at missfitstyles.com for styling it and Ariel and Charlie at Bridgez Mag for showcasing it!

MTV is casting "Get Yourself Tested" Campaign to raise awareness and help prevent TEENS & YOUNG ADULTS from getting STD's. Research shows that 1 in every 2 sexually active young person gets an STD by age 25. Help end the STD epidemic!

CASTING: young adults and couples 18+ who look under 25 who can communicate their thoughts, feelings and/or experiences about STD testing and talking to partners and friends about testing. Email your name, phone number, thoughts/experiences, and answers to questions below to gytcasting@mtv.com.

• Do you think it’s important to get tested for STDs? Why?

• Ever been tested for or been asked by a partner to get tested for STDs? HIV? Yes? No? Maybe? When/how often?

• Ever asked someone to get tested? Why? How did s/he respond?

• Have you ever had an STD? Did you tell your partner? What did you say? What did s/he say?

• Why do people who think they are "in love" often stop protecting themselves against STD's?

• Why are a lot of young people willing to be sexually active but not so willing to discuss STD testing before engaging in sexual activities?

• FOR COUPLES: If one of you has a chronic STD (like herpes or HIV), how does the other avoid getting it?

Email them by February 25th at gytcasting@mtv.com if you are interested.

***Information will be kept confidential but if you are CAST you will be speaking on-camera.

Join the Washington Heights/Inwood community for some FREE, fun, and healthy kid-friendly activities! Bike lessons, exercises, dancing, yoga, cooking demonstrations, tasty snacks, exciting raffles for parents and kids, and so much more! Special raffle to those who RSVP and attend! Connect to resources and
join the campaign.

What: Vive tu Vida/Live your Life Carnival!

When: Saturday, March 6th 2010 12pm-3pm

Where: Highbridge Recreation Center

2301 Amsterdam Avenue (173rd Street)
New York, NY 10033-7348
The event is INDOORS.

email: chalk@nyp.org
phone: 212-305-2771

Who should come? Families with school-aged kids. Also: businesses, artists, community organizations, and elected officials who offer, or would like to offer, services that support healthy living by joining the campaign.

The year was 1983. Al Pacino had moviegoers riveted as Tony Montana in "Scarface. And Michael Jackson had the music charts on lock down with "Billie Jean" and" Beat It." 

Meanwhile, out west,  a small technology company out of California by the name of Apple was developing "The Bashful," a tablet like computer to go along with its "Lisa" and "Apple III+" computer.

Now, why is this important you ask? Fast forward  27 years. In a few days, Apple with its $212 a share price will be announcing its 2010 version of the tablet computer that may or may not look something like this:

Now, this post is not about the 2010 version as much as it's about 1983 version. A) its way more interesting and B) It always fascinates us how far ahead of the curve Steve Jobs has always been. With monster hits like the iPod, iPhone, iTunes and Apps store, will this device prove to be another homerun for Apple and bring salvation to the print industry (newspapers and magazines) like iTunes and the iPod did for the music business? Or will it be yet another "Bashful?"

Only time will tell...in the meantime, here's the main reason for this post - 1983 flicks of "The Bashful" for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!!!

[via: www.designmind.frogdesign.com + www.macrumors.com ]

Here are a pair of República Eyewear's SOA sunglasses getting five minutes of fame on the debut episode of season seven on FX's Nip/Tuck. Thanks to Julian McMahon aka Dr. Christian Troy for wearing them so well!!!

Check out this preview we just came across in the current issue of Vanity Fair Italia for Dolce & Gabbana's Spring '10 campaign featuring Madonna. We love that photographer Steven Klein went retro by taking inspiration from the Italian Neorealism era of cinema. Here are some of the flicks:



And for the fanatico's, here are the coordinates to down-loadable wallpaper of the ad campaign for you screen: www.campaign.dolcegabbana.com

We're baaack! It’s been a hot minute since our last post hence we feel that this is a very apropos time for us to get back on the scene, like a microphone fiend - just in time to give away one of vetch’s hottest new products - their wi-fi based internet radio (a $149.00 value for a limited time only).

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In order to enter, go to www.facebook.com/rumba.vtech, become a fan and write on their wall, (under the "Just Fans" section) your favorite/most memorable Holiday moment of all time and don’t forget to mention the República Update in your post. These two components are necessary to win.    

The ninth person to post their moment on the wall and mention the República Update wins the radio.    

As there can only be one winner, boo-hoo, yeah-yeah, we know…here’s a little friends and family love that will save you 15% on the radio when you purchase it on the vetch site and it includes free shipping when you use the code: amigos2010 or…if your want to cop the sexy wireless phone below, the 10% off code for it is: rumba10.

For more information please visit: www.vtechphones.com/navidades

From your friends at the República Update family, we wish you and yours a warm and wonderful Holiday Season!

For the writer in you...here are some entertainment industry diversity and fellowship program opportunities that recently came through our in-box. Take advantage and spread the wealth!
Cosby Writing Fellowship | www.cosbyprogram.com

Established by Drs. Bill and Camille Cosby in 1993, at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. The fifteen-week intensive workshop was designed with a two-fold purpose: To assist writers in the completion of a film or television script and to deepen the participant’s appreciation for and comprehension of African American history and culture.

Disney Writing Fellowship | www.abctalentdevelopment.com

Begun in 1990 in partnership with the Writers Guild of America, west, this has become one of the industry's best known and most respected writing fellowships. Fellows receive a weekly salary for a one-year period (currently amounting to $50,000/year plus benefits). The program is an intensive, hands-on experience that involves workshops, seminars and mentorships with creative executives from ABC, ABC Television Studio, Disney Channel, ABC Family, Lifetime and Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group.

Fox Diversity Program | www.fox.com

The Fox Entertainment Group again invite submission of original television pilot scripts in the multi-camera comedy, single-camera comedy, animated and drama formats. Writers selected this year will be invited to attend a six week session at Writer's Boot Camp with subsequent consultations with WBC mentors during which their scripts will be rewritten and improved. The goal is to achieve scripts at a level of professional execution that may be submitted to Fox programming executives.

CBS Television Program | www.cbscorporation.com

This program links aspiring writers with mentors from the ranks of CBS Network and CBS Paramount Studio executives. Also, writers are mentored by producer mentors from series airing on CBS. Additionally, there are weekly sessions with successful writers, producers and show runners examining in very specific and practical terms many aspects of the experience of being a television writer in Hollywood.

The Nickelodeon Writers' Program | www.nickwriting.com

Developed to broaden Nickelodeon's outreach efforts, the Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship is designed to attract, develop and staff writers with diverse backgrounds and experiences on Nickelodeon Network productions. Operating in a three-phased structure, the Fellowship provides a salaried position for up to one year and offers hands-on experience writing spec scripts and pitching story ideas in both live action and animation television.

Warner Brothers Comedy and Drama Writing Program | www2.warnerbros.com

For over 30 years, Warner Bros. TV has committed to fostering new talent and providing opportunity for aspiring television writers. The Writers Workshop is the premier writing program for new writers looking to start and further their writing career. The Workshop teaches every aspect of spec script writing and features exposure to Warner Bros. TV's top television writers and executives, all with the goal of staffing graduates on a Warner Bros. TV show.

NBC Diversity Initiative for Writers | www.nbcunicareers.com

NBC is proud of the existing diversity of the writers who pen its Primetime Series. In order to further encourage diversity among our writers, NBC provides funding for a minority staff writer position for all scripted NBC Primetime Series. These positions are filled with writers selected and hired by the show runner/producers of each show, with the guidance of the network and studio(s). Scripts are accepted year-round for screening, however, positions are generally filled during the March - June staffing season.

 The Writers Guild of America | www.wga.org

The WGAW's Diversity department works with producers, studio and network executives, and writers to increase employment opportunities and to develop access/talent development programs and also hosts events, panels, and seminars to promote a more positive image of historically underemployed writers, to increase the industry's awareness of the unique obstacles often faced by these writers, and to encourage positive change in hiring practices.

Here's Luda rockin' our Sucre frames on the set of a video shoot for Raheem Devaughn.