Mos Def was being sought by police on an arrest warrant stemming from a scuffle with a photographer at a fashion trade show last August, authorities and the alleged victim said Thursday.
“I had no idea who the man was,” said Volker Corell, 60, a Los Angeles-based photographer who said the 35-year-old rapper and actor, whose [...]
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Peter Pilotto won’t show his spring 2009 collection until tomorrow, but he’s already getting great buzz since Rihanna wore one of his creations to the Video Music Awards.
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It appears the days of Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash shaking bottles of Cristal in music videos are long gone!
Since the mogul has severed ties with ex-business partner Jay-Z in 2004 he has had a rough time keeping his head above water to say the least.
Earlier this year Dash was slapped [...]
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At first glance, having a celebrity photographed toting or wearing the merchandise from a luxury goods company would seem to be a marketer’s dream come true. Instead, the purveyors of high-end clothes, booze and bling are increasingly calling in the lawyers on celebs who feature their goods or trademarks without permission.
Last week, high-end designer Louis [...]
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Rap superstar Nelly will likely be the first hip-hop star to get paid for letting their underwear show.
The St. Louis-bred artist, whose real name is Cornell Haynes Jr., will be the new spokesmodel for Sean Jean Underwear, the intimates line by fellow hip-hop star Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Nelly is Sean Jean’s first underwear model, [...]
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Halle Berry gave Barack Obama some valuable advertising space Tuesday, sporting his mug on her T-shirt while shopping at the Century City mall.
It’s the second time she’s pledged her politics on the fashion front. And she’s not the only one—several stars are supporting Obama stylewise. Though just how long until someone slaps his name across [...]
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The New York businessman known in the hip-hop world as “Jacob the Jeweler” was sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for lying to investigators looking into a multistate drug ring.
Jacob Arabov, 43, pleaded guilty in October to falsifying records and giving false statements as part of a deal with federal [...]
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FRANCE has farewelled fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent at a funeral attended by supermodels, film stars and President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Office workers and residents in nearby buildings leaned out their windows as police held crowds back near the Paris church of Saint Roch, where the ceremony was held.
Actress Catherine Deneuve, whose aura of refined elegance was [...]
Big colorful butterflies hanging from the ceiling. Pink, purple and green trees. A model dressed as a fairy, on a swing.
Jennifer Lopez said her new young contemporary line was “fantasy — classic inspiration but with a new, kind of funky spin,” so she turned the setting of her JustSweet show Tuesday night at New York [...]
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Sources tell paper she was tired of his diva mentality.Tyra Banks has decided she’s had enough of her manager, Benny Medina. The model mogul has announced that his company, Handprint Entertainment, will no longer oversee her career.
In a joint statement released Wednesday, Medina said, “Tyra Banks is a highly regarded artist, entrepreneur and producer, [...]
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Hip-hop star Jay-Z’s talent for extending beyond rap to the executive worlds of music, fashion and other businesses has earned him the top spot on Forbes magazine’s “Hip-Hop Cash Kings” list.
Forbes on Thursday said Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, raked in $34 million in 2006, the year he released a comeback album “Kingdom [...]
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A few months ago, media reports were swirling that Dame Dash was on the brink of financial disaster. According to the reports, the hip hop mogul’s fortune was being depleted by his lavish spending and a series of failed business ventures (including his wife’s fashion line).
But despite losing millions, Dame still had enough money to [...]
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