Kim Kardashian Covers Hong Kong’s ‘Prestige’ Magazine!
Ahh… so this is the photoshoot the spiked dress was for.
Looking good Kim!
Ahh… so this is the photoshoot the spiked dress was for.
Looking good Kim!
Black Crowes lead singer Chris Robinson who is also actress Kate Hudson’s ex-husband has some choice things to say about pop star Taylor Swift in a recent interview with Nylon Guys magazine. He says:
“I find it embarrassing that adults are like, ‘Taylor Swift is very talented.’ She’s not. She might be cute, but she’s horrible. They have stylists who dress them, they make records with producers who play a chord into the computer and it all comes out the same…When you have computers doing it all for you…there’s no individuality. Singing isn’t always about being on key; it’s about emotionality.”
OUCH!
A very pregnant Celine Dion graces the cover of Canadian magazine 7 Jours with her husband René Angélil and son René-Charles. No make-up for this cover shoot huh Celine???
Oh… we did report that she was having twins! LOL!
Check out this new interview with marketing genius Steve Stoute where he talks about some of his latest endeavors and how the culture of America is changing for TIME magazine.
On Mary J. Blige:
Stoute’s ability to engage consumers with his clients’ messages was on full display when Mary J. Blige debuted her new perfume, My Life, on the Home Shopping Network July 31 to record-breaking sales. The fragrance sold 60,000 units in six hours. According to the network, it also drove 20% of new customers to HSN. While the numbers were remarkable, so was the fact that buyers hadn’t even had a chance to sample the fragrance. Rather, Stoute had gotten Blige to create a series of online video vignettes so customers could connect with her. He calls the perfume “Mary’s life encapsulated in a product.” The marketing came down to the power of storytelling, says Stoute. “I put Mary on air and let her speak her story, her life, her journey and showed footage of her being part of the process of making the fragrance. It was a grand slam.”
On The Tanning Of America:
what he calls “the tanning of America.” The growing African-American, Hispanic and Asian-American populations together command an estimated $2 trillion in buying power. And they have become hugely influential trendsetters. Demographers know this, but Stoute sees the shift as a massive cultural transformation that most companies are missing.
According to Stoute, this seismic shift has ushered in an era of shared cultural tastes and attitudes. The tanning concept, he says, is built around not the physical reality of different racial makeups but rather what he calls “a shared mental complexion.” To make a brand relevant, companies need to understand that multicultural advertising is no longer a niche strategy: multicultural is what America looks like. “One of the things that made me realize right away that Steve was an innovative thinker was when I heard him talking about the tanning of America,” says Pamela El, marketing vice president of State Farm. “He said that advertisers and marketers need to follow the lay of the land, and the face of America is changing.” Stoute took LeBron James to State Farm, managing to make King James both relevant and funny in ads for insurance.
Read more HERE.
Issue on newsstands this coming Monday… BO$$!
Swizz Beatz has his own unique cover (pictured above) for YRB magazine’s Art Issue – which focuses on sculpting. Swizzy is real heavy in the fine art game right now!
Check out an excerpt from the article where Beyonce talks about what motivates her in the September 2010 issue of SELF magazine.
“Sisterhood means everything to me. All the charities I’m involved with are special, but I find any organization that focuses on women and children really motivating. GEMS and the young ladies the nonprofit helps are very close to my heart. And what I took away from the clients at Phoenix House changed my life. These were real people who touched me so much that I had to go beyond making a donation. They’re gaining skills at the Cosmetology Center, which will help them earn a living and find their way out of substance abuse—it’s a testament to the possibility of second chances.”
The actor opens up in the August 2010 issue of UPSCALE magazine.
On being a sex symbol:
“Black men have never been sexy. We’re ‘sportsmen.’ We’re ‘intimidating.’ We’re not ‘good fathers.’ So we need that. I think we should celebrate that. But am I a sex symbol? I don’t know. Not everybody likes one thing.”
On who he’s dating:
“I’m sure people are curious, but do they really care? No. Jesus Christ, does it make a difference in their lives? No, not at all. …I don’t hide my girlfriend in a box or anything like that. I keep a very real existence in my real life. I go shopping for food myself. I have kids. I love my children and I love my kids. But they are not part of that world.”
Jennifer Hudson is still celebrating her new figure on the September Fashion issue of Michigan magazine….
In the September issue of GQ magazine… LeBron James opens up about his former Cleveland Cavaliers coach Dan Gilbert – saying he never thought that Gilbert cared for him. We’ll be picking this issue up.
Looks like Rolling Stone went over the top for their new True Blood issue cover featuring the stars of the hit show naked and covered in blood. Can you dig it???
Check out model Liya Kebede’s new look in this issue of Vogue Italia. Liya was also one of the featured models for Vogue Italia’s “All Black” issue back in 2008.
Catch Katie Holmes if you can…. on the Fall Fashion issue of New York magazine. Here are a few excerpts from the interview:
Is it complicated balancing your schedule with Tom’s?
We have quite a schedule, you know? We don’t say, “When I’m working, you don’t work,” or anything like that. Last year he was shooting Knight and Day and I was shooting The Romantics, and we’d just fly to see each other after we wrapped. And we homeschool Suri—she has a teacher who is with her every day. We like the one-on-one education. I’m happy that my daughter is strong-willed and determined. You really have to go with what the child is wanting.
Would you and Tom ever work together?
Well, we do collaborate on everything at home. But I mean, he’s Tom Cruise! His body of work is incredible. Every movie he’s done has done really well. I look back, and everything’s a classic. I definitely come home and say to him, “So, imagine a scene … how would you play it?” And he’s helpful and sweet and gracious. He’s quite an incredible human being.
Do you read the various speculations about your marriage?
It’s there, it’s one of those things. My big concern is what does he have going, what do I have going, what are we going to do this weekend. It must seem weird, I guess, having so many people watching. It is weird. I get it. But you just, you know, smile and nod.
Pharrell Williams featured in the September Issue of VOGUE magazine… We see you Marc Jacobs!
Jessica Simpson tells Lucky magazine that she is finally happy with her weight. Here is an excerpt from the article:
Jessica Simpson has undergone a noteworthy personal style evolution, inspired, she says, by coming to terms with some serious body issues over the course of the last year. She stopped fighting her hourglass silhouette, for instance, after realizing that “we all obsess over looking like the perfect Barbie type, and that’s not always what’s beautiful. It’s about making peace with yourself.”
Ciara talks about her favorite style icon, guilty pleasure and the worst part of being famous in the latest issue of PAPER magazine. Check out the excerpts below.
Do you have a style icon?
Honestly, I used to always try to create one. I don’t think I really have one. But someone’s fashion that I’ve loved over the years is Jennifer Lopez. I think she’s been very consistent and has done such a great job when it comes to fashion. But I get inspired by the everyday girl that’s fly. When I see a fly girl, I think, “That’s hot.” I’m inspired by that.
What are some of your guilty pleasures?
I do love searching the Internet. I like looking at fun videos on YouTube, surfing some of the sites. Even when I do go on the gossip sites, I’m not really into reading comments unless the headline is good stuff then sometimes I’ll look. But I like looking at the photos, and just like looking at media in general. You know what I was watching last night? I love Forensic Files. I love that they show how they solve murder mysteries.
What’s the best and worst part of being famous?
The best part is being able to travel everywhere, being able to reach and touch millions of people — that’s really cool. Cool gifts are cool. The worst part? It would have to be maybe just like… at this point, I don’t know. I had a worst part a while ago sacrificing time with family. But at this point in my career, it’s all good.
Scarlett Johansson gives a mean side profile on the latest issue of Serbian Grazia magazine.
Ne-Yo and Ciara are featured in a fashion spread in the latest issue of EBONY magazine….
Check out this interesting excerpt from the article:
Zac Efron is not cool, and this pronouncement is neither an insult nor a revelation to him. His lack of cool has nothing to do with the fact that, as a preadolescent, he lived for community theater or that he tried to get away with wearing a fedora to school at 15. Cool is effortlessness. Efron is all effort. Whether you’re the type who watches High School Musical and starts feeling so tingly that you think you’ve finally gotten your period, or the kind for whom watching it makes you fantasize about living in a European country where euthanasia is legal, you can’t view a choreographed number like HSM 1’s “Get’cha Head in the Game”—in which Efron and his Wildcats teammates sing while manipulating synchronized bouncing basketballs—and not immediately understand the level of commitment the project would demand of a 17-year-old.
Lady Gaga graces the 30th anniversary issue of i-D magazine… shes definitely racking up on the magazine covers this season.
This weeks issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine investigates why the plug seems to have been pulled on the third installment of the Bond movie starring Daniel Craig. Wonder what happened here???