Anton Brisinger

1 week ago | esquireme.com | Anton Brisinger

I remember seeing Liam Neeson’s Taken with my dad back in 2008. As we left the theatre and got into the car, you would be forgiven for thinking that he’d just had his first religious experience. Don’t get me wrong, Taken is awesome, but through my guileless, 14-year-old eyes the film was just that: entertaining and awesome. For him, who has five kids, it represented something else.

1 week ago | esquireme.com | Anton Brisinger

Rapper, musician, producer, actor, fashion icon, Will.I.Am has been dominating the airwaves ever since the Black Eyed Peas first exploded onto the scene well over twenty years ago. After 35 million records sold, and 120 million singles, you’d be pressed to find a single nightclub in the entire world that doesn’t erupt like a choreographed karaoke set when one of his hits come on.

2 weeks ago | esquireme.com | Anton Brisinger

Lodged away in a boxing gym close to Lambeth station in London, Chris Eubank Jr. is stretching. Despite the camera crew, the noise from other ferocious boxers smashing the pads, and the deliberate high heat making everyone sweat profusely, Chris is not here, at least not mentally. His eyes don’t flinch from the flashes, he is distracted by no sounds; like a samurai preparing for war, he is calm and collected. He is just a few weeks removed from the biggest, most historical event of the year.

2 weeks ago | esquireme.com | Anton Brisinger

When I think back on the early to mid ’00s radio hits, I think of Fergie, 50 Cent, MGMT, and, naturally, The Darkness. In a zeitgeist dominated by pop and R&B, Paris Hilton saying “That’s hot” and Motorola sidekicks, The Darkness exploded onto the scene in 2003 like a resurrected love child of every great ’70s rock band coupled with the comedic theatrics of Spinal Tap.

3 weeks ago | esquireme.com | Anton Brisinger

Few images are as etched into my psyche as that of Mr Bean unsuccessfully shooting a bow and arrow at his baby pram as it ascends toward the heavens due to the helium balloons tied around it. I asked my mother for help to rewind the VHS tape (boy, that feels ancient) before hastily shoving it back into the machine to watch it all over again.