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Car and Driver
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Car and Driver
These LA-Based Artists Re-Created the Graffiti-Covered 1955 Cadillac Hearse from 'The Warriors'
The cult favorite movie The Warriors was notable in part for the 1955 Cadillac hearse driven by a gang called the Rogues. At Dave Shuten's Los Angeles hot-rod shop, graffiti artist Risk and Shuten gave a Cadillac hearse a fresh paint treatment in front of a live audience. It's not the movie car—they found a similar '55 Cadillac with the Meteor-built hearse body for sale at a museum—but the graffiti is a faithful reproduction. When The Warriors came out in 1979, moviegoers complained it incited violence, glorified gangs, and encouraged vandalism. In the parking lot outside of Dave Shuten's Los Angeles hot rod shop in 2025, only the last complaint would be valid. On a warm Monday evening, Shuten and famed graffiti artist Kelly Graval, better known as Risk, proceeded to tag up a 1955 Cadillac while the movie played on a projector screen to a rapt party of cinema fans. Does it still count as vandalism if the spray cans aimed at Andy Bollas' Caddy hearse were by request of the owner? "I've wanted this car since I was, like, seven," Bollas told me while we watched Risk and Shuten spray red over a quarter-window. "I'm 50 now, so I've waited a long time for this." Elana Scherr | Car and Driver The Warriors is a cult classic, one of those low-budget films that failed to be a commercial success but left an outsize mark on the culture. It's been referenced in The Simpsons, has a video game variant and a board game, and it has inspired countless references to the villain's creepy clinking beer bottles and well-delivered line, "Warriors, come out to plaaaay." Directed by Walter Hill (who also directed one of my personal favorite car films, The Driver, and perhaps more famously, 48 Hours), The Warriors is set in a gritty futuristic New York—which at the time of its release in 1979 was perhaps not that much more grubby than the real city. It begins with a gang conclave that results in the death of the main gang's leader. Wrongly accused, the titular Warriors must run a gauntlet across New York to get safely to their territory. Elana Scherr | Car and Driver It's a chaotic and often nonsensical film, but the costumes are fantastic, the city looks incredible, and one of the rival gangs—the Rogues—drives a menacing primer-black Cadillac hearse covered in early-style spray-can graffiti. It was this car that caught a young Andy B's imagination so much that when he saw a similar '55 Cadillac with the Meteor-built hearse body for sale at a museum in central California, he stalked the listing until it came down in price and then lowballed the seller. "I offered him half," he says. "I was like, 'It's in a million pieces. You're never gonna do anything with it. It takes up so much space. It's huge.'" All of these negatives were also true once Bollas owned the car. Our mutual friend Shuten was kind enough to store the body, while Bollas kept the trim and interior parts in a van in his back yard. Things might have continued that way for a long time, but Shuten hired a new assistant at his shop and wanted to give him a project to work on before setting him loose on the rare car restorations that Shuten heads up for Galpin Motorsports' Beau Boeckmann. It's not that the Cadillac was a sacrificial lamb, but its rat-rod styling in the movie made it a good car to test the skills of a new hire without risking damage to an irreplaceable Roth custom or chopped Mercury. "Andy brought down this Sprinter van with all the shit that had been sitting in it for two years, and we just dumped it all over the parking lot, dug through it, and just started throwing parts at it." Elana Scherr | Car and Driver Once it started looking like a car, it seemed like they might as well paint it, and once they planned to paint it, why not make a movie-night party out of it? It was Shuten's idea to invite Risk to help out. Both are artists who cross over between outsider and gallery, and they'd worked together on other projects, including a Polestar painted with galaxies that turned heads at the Los Angeles auto show in 2021. "We'd worked together in the past on some stuff. He's a fantastic artist. I think he's probably the most famous graffiti artist right now. And he's a good friend, so I shot him a picture and said, 'Hey, are you down to help me wreck this hearse?'" Risk was so down. It helped that he's a fan of the movie too. "Huge fan," he said when I asked him. "I dressed as characters from the different gangs on Halloween when I was a kid. Most memorably, some friends and I dressed like the Baseball Furies." The Baseball Furies were not main players in the film but inarguably had the coolest look, so much so that musician Jesse Hughes showed up to the party on roller skates, bat in hand. Elana Scherr | Car and Driver Shuten jokingly referred to the paint job as wrecking the hearse, but it took a surprising amount of planning to re-create the swirling chaos of the movie car. "All the trim had to go back on because we had to paint it in reverse of what I normally would do," said Shuten. "We had to assemble a car, tape it off shitty, paint it black, untape it, and then spray all the graffiti after it was assembled. Windows in, trim on like somebody tagged a real finished car." All of that was done before the guests arrived, but there was still the process of figuring out what the graffiti on the car said. The party goers were a mix of custom car folks, artists, and musicians, so everyone was on board with the idea and eager to help. Elana Scherr | Car and Driver A whole group of us pored over printed stills from the movie, arguing over whether a fender said "Love" or "Louie," "66" or "GG." Deciphering the blurry scrawls in the still images proved a bit of a Rorschach test, with one person seeing a stylized name and another swearing it was a dick drawing. (It was me. I thought it was a dick, and I still do.) Because the car belonged to the bad guys, many of the tags were rude, but some were coded references to the actors, or just gibberish that looked good on film. After all, it was just a prop. The tags weren't even done by period artists, but by the art department on set, themselves trying to copy an emerging graffiti style. "It was unexpectedly a challenge," said Risk. "I've spent my whole life developing hand style and can control, but with this project we had to throw all that out the window and travel back to the '70s when it was just in its infant stages. It's hard going in reverse!" Elana Scherr | Car and Driver Shuten laughed when he told me that Risk's wife came up during the painting and asked why he was doing "such a shit job." The guys were having fun, but they still took it seriously. "Risk showed up with a book of '70s graffiti style so he could see how the tags were in the day," said Shuten. "It was really fun to watch him do shit really shitty on purpose, knowing how really great he is." Elana Scherr | Car and Driver From the audience's viewpoint, both Shuten and Risk looked confident and practiced as they circled the big car, adding flourishes and the occasional artistic license to a particularly abstruse layering. "Once the ice was broken with the first spray," Shuten said, "Everyone's like, all right, it's on." The movie played on the screen, and everyone clinked bottles when the Rogues came into view. As for what Bollas is going to do with the Cadillac now, well, it's only a few months till Halloween, and then it's "Warriors, come out to plaaaay." Elana Scherr Senior Editor, Features Like a sleeper agent activated late in the game, Elana Scherr didn't know her calling at a young age. Like many girls, she planned to be a vet-astronaut-artist, and came closest to that last one by attending UCLA art school. She painted images of cars, but did not own one. Elana reluctantly got a driver's license at age 21 and discovered that she not only loved cars and wanted to drive them, but that other people loved cars and wanted to read about them, which meant somebody had to write about them. Since receiving activation codes, Elana has written for numerous car magazines and websites, covering classics, car culture, technology, motorsports, and new-car reviews. In 2020, she received a Best Feature award from the Motor Press Guild for the C/D story "A Drive through Classic Americana in a Polestar 2." In 2023, her Car and Driver feature story "In Washington, D.C.'s Secret Carpool Cabal, It's a Daily Slug Fest" was awarded 1st place in the 16th Annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards by the Los Angeles Press Club. Read full bio
The Star
3 days ago
- General
- The Star
Idle buildings, active threats
PETALING JAYA: Abandoned housing projects across Malaysia are raising alarm over health, safety and environmental risks, as experts urge stronger policies and community action to prevent urban decay. Despite government efforts to revive stalled developments, public health specialists and urban planners say more needs to be done to secure and repurpose idle sites, which are increasingly becoming structural hazards and hotspots for crime and pollution. Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia senior lecturer Ar Nasrudin Sharkawi has called for basic safeguards, such as fencing, warning signage and surveillance, to deter trespassing and prevent accidents on abandoned buildings. Proper drainage, vegetation control and rubbish removal are also essential to minimise pest infestations. Where feasible, he suggested temporarily repurposing abandoned sites into community gardens, markets or public spaces. 'Active use and proper lighting can deter criminal activity,' he said when contacted. Authorities, he added, must assess each site's condition and potential. 'Demolition should be considered only when a structure is beyond repair. If restoration is viable and meets housing needs, it should be supported by a willing developer.' To prevent future project failures, he urged stronger enforcement measures – such as legal action against errant developers, blacklisting repeat offenders, and setting legal deadlines to declare a project abandoned. Nasrudin called for mandatory Environmental Risk Assessments for stalled projects near sensitive areas, covering runoff control, pest management and waste disposal – even during suspension. He also urged local authorities to enable public reporting of safety or environmental concerns via mobile apps or online portals, noting that awareness remains low despite existing platforms. Local councils, he said, should establish resident monitoring groups, modelled on Rukun Tetangga, and offer grants or training for clean-up initiatives. Publishing maps of abandoned sites would further promote transparency and civic oversight. Public health expert Datuk Dr Zainal Ariffin Omar echoed these concerns, warning that dilapidated structures pose serious physical, biological, and chemical hazards. 'These buildings can harbour disease vectors, pests and even dangerous animals. Structural decay also increases the risk of exposure to harmful substances like mould, asbestos, lead and solvents,' he said. Dr Zainal urged authorities to step up monitoring through regular inspections, the demolition of unsafe buildings and stricter enforcement that requires owners to carry out proper maintenance. In the first two months of this year, the Task Force for Sick and Abandoned Private Housing Projects monitored 230 delayed, 347 sick, and 116 abandoned housing projects nationwide, representing a gross development value of RM107.04bil. Meanwhile, Piarapakaran Subramaniam, president of the Association of Water and Energy Research Malaysia, warned that prolonged exposure to the elements accelerates structural decay and increases the risk of chemical leaching from building materials. 'Abandoned sites inevitably deteriorate. Different materials react in different ways, but where metals are exposed, the leaching can be severe, especially near environmentally sensitive areas.' He also flagged illegal dumping and other unregulated activities at these sites, noting that some individuals burn wires and components to extract valuable metals. 'The fumes are toxic and pose serious risks to air quality. If hazardous waste is left exposed to rain, chemicals may leach into groundwater or surface water,' he cautioned. Despite these risks, Piarapakaran said structurally sound buildings could be salvaged and repurposed. 'In other countries, disused buildings have been successfully transformed into vertical farms. Similar initiatives could be introduced here to enhance local food production and support national food security.' He suggested that the Housing and Local Government Ministry work with the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry to pilot such projects, especially in areas near urban centres where viability is stronger. Employing sustainable, off-grid methods, he added, would further improve environmental and economic outcomes.
Scotsman
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
TRNSMT Sunday review: 'some big surprises'
Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... TRNSMT Sunday, Glasgow Green ★★★★ The final day of this year's TRNSMT festival was headlined by two dependable, long-standing indie groups in Snow Patrol on the main stage and Shed Seven in the King Tut's Arena, but elsewhere both of these larger stages offered welcome near-parity between female and male artists. The festival has seen criticism in recent years for its male-heavy line-ups, yet seven of the 16 artists across Sunday's bill were female, and they provided the biggest surprises. Like the mononymous Jade, for example, aka Jade Thirlwall, sometime of Little Mix and now an extremely characterful solo artist. Dressed in a green, pleated tartan dress, with fierce silver eye make-up, she was able to enjoy the huge response to her old band's hit Shout Out to My Ex, while also revelling in the freedom of her debut solo hit Angel of My Dreams, a plaintive ballad which morphed into a strident, positive rave banger. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Jade performing at TRNSMT | PA If Jade's set was pure, in-your-face pop, Gracie Abrams' was the same, but at a different pace. The daughter of film director JJ Abrams, her music and demeanour sit alongside those of Taylor Swift. Her style at her 'last show in Europe for a very long time' was all personal connection, making eye contact and waving to members of the crowd, and unveiling deep emotions in her lyrics, from the clubby country of opener Risk to the euphorically-received big hit That's So True. Meanwhile over at the Tut's stage, East Lothian's Brooke Coombe played emotive, affirmative indie-rock songs with a Texas (the band, not the state) flavour and a voice with the bluesy, Caledonian rawness of Lulu, while Shed Seven – amid a nostalgic set which included a cover of the Smiths' There is a Light That Never Goes Out – welcomed 'Queen of Manchester" Rowetta Idah for their recent song together In Ecstasy and the band's old hit Disco Down. Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol performed on Sunday | PA
Cision Canada
11-07-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
AuditBoard Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Governance, Risk, and Compliance Software
LOS ANGELES, /CNW/ -- AuditBoard, the leading AI-powered global platform for connected risk transforming audit, risk, and compliance, today announced it has been recognized as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Governance, Risk, and Compliance Software 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc # US53615325, June 2025). We believe this recognition highlights the tangible business value AuditBoard customers realize by leveraging the company's AI-powered connected risk platform to manage risk across their organizations. "We are honored to be named a Leader in the 2025 IDC MarketScape for GRC Software," said Happy Wang, Chief Technology Officer at AuditBoard. "We are continuously seeking customer feedback to inform our product roadmap to better empower our customers to inform risk decision-making, enhance resiliency, and enable revenue growth for their organizations." According to the report, "Specific strengths include streamlined and automated risk management programs across the entire risk life cycle, the leveraging of AI-equipped workflows for effective risk management, and automated and agile exception management workflows." "AuditBoard has been consistently addressing market needs by extending its platform beyond its traditional audit management capabilities," said Philip D. Harris, CISSP, CCSK, Research Director, Governance, Risk and Compliance Services, IDC. "The company's staff expertise comes directly from the industry practitioner pool of audit and cybersecurity professionals and subject matter experts, allowing the company to stand apart from other competitors. Additionally, the AuditBoard platform brings simplicity to GRC management across the enterprise, enabling customers to begin gaining immediate value from the platform once it is deployed." AuditBoard has consistently been recognized for its industry-leading platform and rapid growth, and recently extended its international presence to Germany. The company now serves over 50% of the Fortune 500, was named to the Deloitte Fast 500 list for the sixth consecutive year, and was acquired in mid-2024 by London-based Hg for over $3B in one of 2024's biggest VC-backed PE transactions. In addition to also being recognized as a Major Player in both the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Sustainability Management Platforms 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc # US52995125, May 2025) and the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide ESG Reporting and Compliance Management Applications 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc # US52995025, May 2025), AuditBoard's connected risk platform was named a G2's Best Software Products for two consecutive years, received a Cybersecurity Breakthrough Award as the Overall Best Risk Management Solution in 2024, and was named the top Platform as a Service by the 2024 Stratus Awards. To learn more about AuditBoard's connected risk platform, read the excerpt here. About IDC MarketScape IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier's position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers. About AuditBoard AuditBoard's mission is to be the category-defining global platform for connected risk, elevating our customers through innovation. More than 50% of the Fortune 500 trust AuditBoard to transform their audit, risk, and compliance management. AuditBoard is top-rated by customers on G2, Capterra, and Gartner Peer Insights, and was recently ranked for the sixth year in a row as one of the fastest-growing technology companies in North America by Deloitte.
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Vanta Named a Leader in 2025 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Governance, Risk, and Compliance Software
SAN FRANCISCO, July 09, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vanta, the leading AI-powered trust management platform, today announced it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Governance, Risk, and Compliance Software 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc # US53615325, June 2025). According to the IDC MarketScape, "Vanta's comprehensive solutions enable businesses to manage their security and compliance needs efficiently, fostering trust and transparency across their operations. The company's commitment to automating and simplifying security and compliance has made it a trusted partner for organizations worldwide." Vanta's Trust Management Platform automates and continuously monitors all aspects of a company's GRC program, including compliance, internal risk, third-party risk and customer trust. Vanta enables security teams to centralize workflows, reduce manual effort and deliver measurable business impact. An IDC White Paper, sponsored by Vanta, found that Vanta helped customers achieve a 526% return on investment over three years, with an average payback period of around three months.*1 "Vanta's platform is purpose-built to reduce the manual burden on compliance and security teams through automation and intelligent workflows," said Phil Harris, Research Director, Governance, Risk and Compliance at IDC. "Their rapid customer payback period and continued expansion into enterprise-ready offerings position them as a compelling choice for organizations looking to elevate their trust programs." Vanta also delivers measurable impact in its AI-powered security and compliance offerings. Since launching Vanta AI in 2023, the company has expanded its capabilities to help teams work more efficiently and reduce risk. In June 2025, Vanta introduced the Vanta AI Agent to autonomously handle some of the most time-consuming and error-prone GRC workflows, including policy management and evidence evaluation for audit preparation. Earlier this year, Vanta released its AI Security Assessment to guide customers on the responsible use of AI and became one of the first companies to achieve ISO 42001 certification, reinforcing its commitment to building trust in AI systems. By automating over 35 frameworks in addition to trust center management, questionnaire automation and vendor risk management, Vanta is helping businesses meet complex compliance requirements while improving efficiency, reducing operational overhead and strengthening collaboration across teams and stakeholders. The IDC MarketScape noted, "The Vanta platform has numerous strengths, but primarily, the Vanta platform offers immediate time to value and reduced need to continuously add staff to the GRC program." The IDC White Paper also found that with Vanta, customers experience 129% more productive compliance teams, with 142% more framework and attestation-related audits prepared per year.*2 IDC's MarketScape recognition of Vanta is the latest honor for the company, which includes the Forbes Cloud 100 and Fast Company's Most Innovative Company lists, highlighting its critical focus on compliance in the age of AI. Vanta was also named to Inc. Magazine's Best Workplaces for 2025 and featured on Forbes' 2025 list of Best Startup Employers—underscoring its continued impact across innovation, growth and culture. To read the full IDC MarketScape excerpt and learn more about Vanta's trust management platform, visit About IDC MarketScape IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor's position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors. About Vanta Vanta is the leading trust management platform that helps simplify and centralize security for organizations of all sizes. Over 11,000 companies including Atlassian, Duolingo, Icelandair, Ramp and Synthesia rely on Vanta to build, maintain and demonstrate their trust—all in a way that's real-time and transparent. Founded in 2018, Vanta has customers in 58 countries with offices in Dublin, London, New York, San Francisco and Sydney. For more information, visit ____________________ 1DC White Paper, The Business Value of Vanta (doc #US52656824), January 2025. Sponsored by Vanta.2DC White Paper, The Business Value of Vanta (doc #US52656824), January 2025. Sponsored by Vanta. View source version on Contacts Press Contact press@ Sign in to access your portfolio
