Recent Press:

LA TIMES Cover, Print Edition ( PDF)- "Fest Train Rollin'" (Kestrin en route to perform at Coachella)

METROMIX (PDF)-- "The RVIP Lounge: Organizer Kestrin Pantera may be one of our favorite humans ever"

LA TIMES Article (PDF)--"The RVIP Lounge: The Funnest (and Wierdest) Way to Get Around SXSW"

XLR8R Magazine (PDF)--"SXSW Interactive: Nerds Gone Wild"

Paper Magazine (PDF)-- "The 100 Most Interesting Faces in Los Angeles"

STREETPEEPER.COM--(PDF)- "Right now on the Streets of Los Angeles: Kestrin @ LA Film Festival"

LAIST.COM--(PDF)-- "Hop on RVIP Lounge at LAFF This Weekend"

Laughing Squid (PDF)--"RVIP Lounge & Karaoke Cabaret at SXSW Interactive 2008"

Yahoo News/E! Online (PDF) --"Beck Down with "The O.C."- Guero Album Release

Virgin Magazine (PDF)-- "Vigorous Benefit Rocks LA..." "...another unforgettable moment"

Coachella.com--Adam Freeland at Coachella

Indieexpress.com--"Stars and Suns" and "Expired" reviews

Cinevegas.com--"Stars and Suns" featured interview

New York Magazine --"Expired" review

PlanetGreen.com--Home of "Alter Eco"

Indie Music 101 (PDF)-- Cary Brothers Tour

RVIP LOUNGE BLOG

12/07- KP2 Productions Rentals launches. His Orchestra's first show. Begin regularly posting on KESTRIN'S BLOG

11/07-Writer's Strike, His Orchestra Recording, KP2 gets a Winnie Award

10/07- Shoot "Sub-Urban Dating", His Orchestra Recording

9/07- Bordeaux & Tribute Fashion Shoots

8/07- Play 15,000 seat Amphitheatre at Jones Beach, New York, with The Fray

8/07- Shoot a series of T-Mobile Commercials, with director Matt Aselton

6/07- Shoot independent films "Stars and Sun", "2+2", and "Test Shot Starfish". Star in the play, "The Man of Infinite Sadness". Model for Bordeaux and Tribute fashion shoots. Acoustic recording session at Sony Connect

5/07- Cary Brothers/Brandi Carlile tour. Read the REVIEW!

4/07- "Expired" accepted to Cannes Film Festival, begin the Cary Brothers/Brandi Carlile tour

3/07- Perform at south by southwest with Ian Moore, solo, and see Cary Brothers rawk, among others. Photo published in Venice magazine.

2/07- Publish "Genghis Kahn". This month: "Shugar Shank" DVD release party, photo published in Paper mag's "most interesting faces in LA" issue.

1/07- "Expired" premieres at SUNDANCE! Commercial work! Marathoners!

12/06- Commercial work. More Marathoners stuff... (this is taking a long time.)

11/06- Shoot "..and you Will Know Us By the Trail of the Dead" video (Interscope), directed by Cat Solen, of prestigous Partizan Films. Shoot "Marathoners" pick-ups.

10/06-Shoot hilarious SuperCuts commercial, directed by Matt Aselton. Pre-produce "Marathoners" pick-ups. Form "KP2 Productions, LLC", Kestrin's independent production company.

9/06- "Marathoners" short in post-production, photograph with Dana Patrick, meetings for "Marathoners" feature

8/06- Kestrin directs first small commercial spot, for "the m-80 microlight laser"

7/06- "Marathoners" short Principal Photography

5/06-"Marathoners" heads to the Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco to film.

4/06- "The Betrothed", is extended through 4/31, in response to rave reviews. Trigger Pictures, L.L.C. gets 2 new projects.

3/06- Films in first national commercial, by HAPPY, of Smuggler

3/06-The LA Times and Backstage West love "The Betrothed". Kestrin is described as "magnificently radiant".

3/06-K films with Academy Award winner Samantha Morton in "Expired" & joins the Screen Actors Guild

2-3/06- Trigger Pictures, L.L.C. is licensed. First project, "Marathoners", is cast. We've begun the hilarious rehearsal process.

1/06- Films 3 Doors Down video (Universal Records), New York trip. Begin the shows "The Betrothed" and "Lonesome Town"

12/05- MTV Article about the new Strokes video, "Juicebox", by Michael Palmieri.

10/05- Presides as Reverend Pantera at Sheridyn and Brody's wedding. Films in a Strokes video.

9-11/05-pre-filming-&-post production of Kestrin's film, "Embrace Insanity"

7/05- Kestrin, aka "Susan" comes to life in the feature film "Intellectual Property".

6/05-In China. Sees Tienanmen Square, Mao's dead body, the Great Wall of China, practices Mandarin, films "Embrace Insanity", & learns on the set of "D.O.A."

5/05-film "Shugar Shank"

Beck's "Black Tambourine" video, with Kestrin dancing nominated for a 2005 MVPA award.

Articles

-Virgin Records reviews her performance at a benefit concert.

-E!Online, and Yahoo News mentions (for her dancing with Beck)