Adele was recently named UK’s richest young musician on the Sunday Times’ annual rich list with an estimated net worth north of $30 million dollars. And she did it on her own terms. Last year, I wrote: Adele, arguably one of the most popular entertainers in the industry right now, has a clear idea about where she… Continue Reading
For the last few weeks, Rick Ross, has been the subject of a growing controversy surrounding lyrics he used in the remix to Rocko’s U.O.E.N.O. that seemingly describes date rape. The lyrics in question are: “Put Molly all in her champagne/she ain’t even know it I took her home and I enjoyed that/she ain’t even… Continue Reading
On Monday, Chris Brown stopped by the TODAY show to debut his new single ‘Fine China’ and promote his upcoming album. However, instead of talking about the new music, Matt Lauer took the obvious route and brought up “the incident,” and surprisingly for the first time Chris Brown seemed genuinely ready to open up about what happened… Continue Reading
1. H&M Taps Beyonce to Heat Up Its Summer Advertising Campaign It’s still wintry in Sweden, but that country’s most famous retailer, H&M, tapped Beyoncé to heat up its summer advertising push. The recording artist is to appear in television commercials, print ads and billboards – and she also had a hand in designing looks… Continue Reading
1. Rachel Zoe on Babies, Beauty and Branding Rachel Zoe’s newest business inspired by her experience as a celebrity fashion stylist is a hair salon chain called DreamDry, which she hopes to roll out nationally by the year’s end. “I really set out to be a good stylist, and since that time 15 years ago, I’ve… Continue Reading
Last week, the first issue of T, the New York Times Style Magazine under new EIC Deborah Needleman was released. Almost immediately, readers noticed that the content and ads in the magazine were almost completely devoid of people of color, prompting Margaret Sullivan, NYT’s Public Editor to come forward with the promise that future issues of the magazine… Continue Reading
Today, MAC announced that they’ve entered into a “creative partnership” with Rihanna to create a line of color cosmetic collections which will be called: RiRi [Hearts] MAC. Here’s what we know so far: There will be four separate collections that will be released throughout the year. The first product that will be released is RiRi Woo,… Continue Reading
Last year, American Express launched it’s Card Sync program which allowed card members to access deals from select merchants across several social media platforms, including Twitter and Foursquare. Today, they’ve decided to take their social commerce game to the next level with the launch of a program that lets members purchase items on Twitter, by tweeting… Continue Reading
Alicia Keys officially launched her Pinterest page last week after months of anonymously curating and pinning over 600 inspiration images. The majority of her 21 boards are dedicated to songs from her latest album, Girl on Fire, providing a visual representation of each song’s lyrics. Keys told Mashable: “I’ll admit — I’m a bit of… Continue Reading
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Updated 2/27/13: Today, Diddy and Mark Wahlberg officially announced the launch of AquaHydrate in the United States. I reported on this back in January when I started seeing Diddy tweet about the water. I knew that those seemingly innocent tweets were a strategic way to start plugging his new investment. And, it looks like I… Continue Reading