Sunday, October 31, 2010
Sir Elton John: 'I will never write another pop single'
The man frequently hailed the greatest song-writer of his generation, with hits such as Rocket Man, Your Song and Candle in the Wind, said he can no longer compete with younger stars like Lady Gaga.
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
The Playboy and His Power Games
The Prokhorov Effect
“Pretend you are putting a gun against my back,” said the Russian billionaire. We were standing in a small training room on the third floor of his house outside Moscow. Suddenly he pivoted, and any ideas I had of sprinting off with his wallet went poof. His loaded foot was poised to crush my knee. You had to wonder, Did he really need the full security detail that followed his chauffeured Mercedes around Moscow in a Land Rover?
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FRIDA GIANNINI & JAMES FRANCO AT THE ‘127 HOURS’ PREMIER IN LONDON
Tonight Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini and the face of Gucci by Gucci
Pour Homme fragrance, actor James Franco attended the European premier
of '127 Hours' a film by Danny Boyle at the closing night gala at the 54th BFI
London Film Festival at the Odeon, Leicester square.
127 Hours is a true story of a mountain climber Aron Rolston's remarkable
adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps
him in an isolated canyon in Utah. The film is almost focused on James
character however also stars Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara and Clemence Poesy
and is directed by Oscar winning Director Danny Boyle.
Gucci Cruise Collection 2011
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Leaked Photo: Is This the Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone?
Engadget has photos of what it says is a prototype Sony Ericsson slide-out phone with PlayStation-PSP–style gaming controls. The phone has a multitouch trackpad (it’s hard to slide analog sticks beneath a screen) and purportedly will appear sometime next year running Android 3.0, aka Gingerbread.
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Shyne Writes A letter apologizing To L.A. Reid
A great leader has the unique ability to admit when he’s wrong. Without this ability you suffer the fate of Napoleon and end up dead on your way to Russia.
I was wrong about my assessment of Chairman Reid. After I stopped being all Carl Thomas emotional and things like that, I thought about the facts. Fact is L.A Reid was there when I was locked, a few feet away from death row and the Black Panthers. L.A. was on the visit floor on Rikers Island looking at me through them blinding bars, showing me he believed in that gang boy revolutionary music I make. A bond forged at the nadir of suffering [that’s] unbreakable. That’s why I chose L.A. Reid over all the other distributors. We already went through it. I’ll never forget what L.A. did for me behind that b-wall. Caged like an animal, stripped of all my rights; he gave me freedom— freedom to follow my vision. Freedom to make my momma smile after so many tears and sleepless nights weeping for her baby boy like Rachel the matriarch weeps for the Israelites.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
T.I. Loses Remy Martin Sponsership
AXE Body Spray terminated their relationship with T.I. earlier in October, and Remy Martin will now do the same.
The cognac company would be severing ties with Tip, after they were initially one of the first corporations to do business with the rapper following his 2009 prison stint. T.I. was named as Remy Martin’s Global Creative Consultant in June, and the split was announced via the following written statement:
“Sometimes the ‘road to redemption’ is a difficult path. Regrettably, we will not be able to continue collaborating with T.I. at this time. We wish T.I. well and hope he will devote his time and energy to staying the course.”
In addition to losing his sponsorships with AXE and Remy Martin, T.I. said being required to serve 11 more months in prison for violating his parole will change some things for his upcoming album.
“Well it ain’t King Uncaged no more; we had to change the title to No Mercy,” T.I. announced during an interview with Hot 107.9’s Ricky Smiley. “Believe it or not, I’m not that busy right now. I’ve got about one thing I’ve got to do. We’re just getting more videos in the can and preparing for this project to be out…awaiting and wrapping things up so we’re ready to deliver it to the world.”
No Mercy is scheduled for a December 7 release.
“Sometimes the ‘road to redemption’ is a difficult path. Regrettably, we will not be able to continue collaborating with T.I. at this time. We wish T.I. well and hope he will devote his time and energy to staying the course.”
In addition to losing his sponsorships with AXE and Remy Martin, T.I. said being required to serve 11 more months in prison for violating his parole will change some things for his upcoming album.
“Well it ain’t King Uncaged no more; we had to change the title to No Mercy,” T.I. announced during an interview with Hot 107.9’s Ricky Smiley. “Believe it or not, I’m not that busy right now. I’ve got about one thing I’ve got to do. We’re just getting more videos in the can and preparing for this project to be out…awaiting and wrapping things up so we’re ready to deliver it to the world.”
No Mercy is scheduled for a December 7 release.
Monday, October 25, 2010
LVMH Buys A Big Chunk-$2 Billion- Of Hermes
My WWD idol, European editor Miles Socha, reports that LVMH has taken a 14.2% stake in Hermes International. The stake is worth about 2 billion dollars.
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Billionaire Divorce — $100K a Month in Child Support for ONE child
Ex-MGM owner Kirk Kerkorian is used to writing big checks, so it may only come with a wince that he has to pay $100,000 a month in child support — for one kid!
Kerkorian — who had one of the nastiest and richest divorces ever from ex-wife Lisa Kerkorian — has been fighting Lisa’s bid to drastically increase support for their 12-year-old daughter.
So who woulda thunk? Kirk and Lisa settled … and TMZ has obtained a copy of the agreement, in which Kirk agreed to double the current monthly support, which had previously been set at $50,000.
Child support king Michael Trope managed to squeeze out an additional $10,250,000 in retroactive child support for his client, dating back to 2002.
As part of the deal, Lisa agreed to drop a civil suit she filed against Kirk — which could have been worth tens of millions of dollars.
And here’s the most incredible part — Kirk may not even be the biological daddy.
Just Asking: Decoding Jay-Z
With music, clothing, advertising and other ventures already under his belt, rapper Jay-Z is about to release his first book.
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Toyota recalls 1.53 million Lexus, Avalon, Highlander models
Just when it seemed Toyota was putting its quality problems behind it, the world's largest automaker has announced another massive recall action: 1.53 million Lexus, Avalon, Highlander and other models for brake fluid and fuel pump problems.
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Penthouse Founder Bob Guccione Dies
The flamboyant founder of Penthouse magazine, who once ranked among the richest men in America before a string of bad investments and something called Internet porn decimated his fortune, died Wednesday at a hospital in Plano, Texas. He was 79 and had been battling lung cancer.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Rihanna Splits with Manager, Signs to Roc Nation
Rihanna is throwing up the Roc. The pop superstar has parted ways with her longtime manager and has signed a management deal with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation.
“[I'm] so excited to take this next step in my career,” Rihanna told The Associated Press in a statement. She had previously been managed by Marc Jordan of Rebel One Entertainment, who was with her from the start of her career.
Plans are underway to launch a new company called Rihanna Entertainment that will “merge all of her businesses, including music, film, fragrance fashion, and book ventures.”
Jay-Z signed Rihanna to Def Jam in 2005 and collaborated with her on his 2009 hit “Run This Town.” She will release her fifth album Loud on November 16.
Michael Jordan’s comments don’t faze Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant is pursuing his sixth NBA championship, a benchmark that would match Michael Jordan’s career total and immediately launch a debate about how the Los Angeles Lakers star measures up to the league’s greatest player ever.
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Monday, October 18, 2010
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
Kim Kardashian turns 30 in Las Vegas with Khloe, Kourtney and friends
Kim Kardashian said goodbye to 29 on Friday night in Sin City, surrounded by her mom, sisters and closest pals.
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Friday, October 15, 2010
Rap Mogul Busted For Living The "High" Life: Feds
Kareem “Biggs” Burke, co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records, which launched the career of superstar rapper Jay-Z, was among 43 people arrested today in a massive drug sweep spanning from New York to South Florida, authorities said.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
iPad to Hit 4,200 New Retail Stores in October
Verizon and AT&T announced today that they will each carry the Apple iPad in their national retail stores October 28, just in time for the holiday shopping season.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Chile rejoices as 13th miner is transported to safety
"I never doubted. I always knew God would rescue us," Mario Sepulveda, the second miner to be rescued, said in a television interview.
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Shyne Says "L.A. Reid Doesn't Care About Hip Hop"
“I’m definitely trying to get with Cash Money but the Def Jam thing is a question mark right now,” Shyne told SOHH. “I’ve been fixing to get up out of there for a while now because [Island Def Jam CEO] L.A. Reid don’t care about hip-hop. The people up there, they don’t know what they’re doing. When you don’t have a strong leader, where you gonna go? … They don’t care about hip-hop music. You give them a hip-hop record with an R&B singer, you “might” have a chance. They don’t care. You got The Roots, Ghostface, Nas, probably the best hip-hop roster you could imagine and they do nothing. L.A. Reid doesn’t want nothing to do with rappers — it’s nothing personal, I don’t have nothing personal with dude but he makes it known he doesn’t care about hip-hop.
‘m not signed to Def Jam anyway, I just need to find another distributor. I might just have Cash Money do everything. Who knows?
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Birdman on the Morning After Show Expressing Looking To Purchase The Miami Dolphins
The NFL, which must approve Birdman, has no idea what Birdman was talking about.
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Gisele Bundchen @ The Beach with Benjamin!
A bikini-clad Gisele Bundchen hits the beach with her adorable son, Benjamin, on Sunday (October 10) in Miami, Fla.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Joaquin Dean Is Relaunching Ruff Ryders With Unusual Business Plan
Inspired by his deep musical roots, Dean and his brother, Darrin, founded Ruff Ryders Entertaiment in 1988. From its Yonkers, N.Y. headquarters, the record label went on to launch the careers of DMX, Swizz Beatz, Eve, Jadakiss, Styles P and others, reaching its height in the late 1990s. Dean says the company raked in roughly $200 million in revenues over a ten-year period. In the meantime his nephew, the aforementioned Swizz Beatz, has become one of hip-hop’s most successful producers (and recently tied the knot with singer Alicia Keys).
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Friday, October 8, 2010
Roberto Alomar Exposes wife To Aids
ust imagine if you got married only to discover later that your husband, who you have unprotected sex with, is HIV positive and lied to you about it. That’s exactly what happened with Maria Del Pilar Rivera Alomar. She married former baseball great (Mets and Orioles) Roberto Alomar, and even defended him against ex-girlfriend, Ilya Dall, who accused him of having unprotected sex with her while having full-blown AIDS, allegedly.
According to the NY Post:
“Prior to the marriage” in 2009, the suit says, Alomar assured the chesty chica “he had been tested for sexually transmitted diseases and the tests were negative.”
“Prior to the marriage” in 2009, the suit says, Alomar assured the chesty chica “he had been tested for sexually transmitted diseases and the tests were negative.”
At some point after their wedding, Maria discovered that wasn’t true, the filing says. She “learned from conclusive proof” that he was HIV-positive, the court papers say.
The discovery caused her to “suffer extreme emotional distress, fear and mental anguish,” the filing says.
Fortunately she has not contracted the virus yet, but only time will tell. Should Roberto Alomar go to jail? Alomar is on record denying his contraction of the STD despite the strong speculation which has haunted him since his days in the majors. Last year Alomar definitively told the New York Post he did not have AIDS and would not have gotten married if he did.
Roberto Alomar is widely known for spitting on Umpire John Hirschbeck in 1996 and getting suspended for 5 games. The two since reconciled after he apologized several times publicly.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Nas Tells L.A. Ried "Put My Sh*t Out"
“From: Nas
To: LA Reid, Steve Bartels, Steve Gawley, Michael Seltzer, Joseph Borrino, Chris Hicks
Subject: PUT MY SHIT OUT!
To: LA Reid, Steve Bartels, Steve Gawley, Michael Seltzer, Joseph Borrino, Chris Hicks
Subject: PUT MY SHIT OUT!
Peace to all,
With all do respect to you all, Nas is NOBODY’s slave. This is not the 1800′s, respect me and I will respect you.
I won’t even tap dance around in an email, I will get right into it. People connect to the Artist @ the end of the day, they don’t connect with the executives. Honestly, nobody even cares what label puts out a great record, they care about who recorded it. Yet time and time again its the executives who always stand in the way of a creative artist’s dream and aspirations. You don’t help draw the truth from my deepest and most inner soul, you don’t even do a great job @ selling it. The #1 problem with DEF JAM is pretty simple and obvious, the executives think they are the stars. You aren’t…. not even close. As a matter of fact, you wish you were, but it didn’t work out so you took a desk job. To the consumer, I COME FIRST. Stop trying to deprive them! I have a fan base that dies for my music and a RAP label that doesn’t understand RAP. Pretty fucked up situation”
Hennessey Already Planning HPE700 Camaro Convertible
Whatever Chevy does, Hennessey Performance seems to believe it can do better. Or at least with more power. And so, just as the Camaro hardtop was quickly followed by HPE’s shockingly fast, LS9-powered HPE700 Camaro, the soon-to-be-released Camaro Convertible will be followed just as quickly by—you guessed it—a HPE Camaro convertible.
The Kardashians' New Neighbors On Spring Street Offer Up Some Advice
The Kardashians call LA home, they’ve “taken” Miami, and now Kim and Kourtney have settled in NYC, where they will open the newest location of their boutique, Dash, at 119 Spring St. (and film a reality show about it, naturally). Maybe the NYC branch will even sell Scott Disick’s forthcoming Ralph Lauren/Tom Ford-inspired line. We’re crossing our fingers that they at least carry over the $10 bottled water with the Kardashian sisters on the label that they sold at the Miami boutique.
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