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For the first time, the Democratic National Committee will invest in an advertising campaign dedicated entirely to LGBTQ publications in large metropolitan areas and several key battleground states. The DNC will roll out the ad campaign, worth at least $100,000, on Friday morning in 16 publications across eight states, and it is estimated to reach more than 1 million voters in the first week. The DNC is rolling out an ad campaign on Friday in 16 LGBTQ publications across eight states. The DNC worked on the ads with Rivendell, the oldest LGBTQ marketing and media company in the country. Magni said LGBTQ voters have historically been taken for granted by the Democratic Party because the majority of them vote Democratic, often because Republicans have supported anti-LGBTQ policies and voters feel like they don’t have another option.

Persons: ” Jaime Harrison, ” Harrison, Harris, Walz, Trump, Pattie Gonia, —, Kamala Harris ’, “ Kamala, Bob Witeck, Howard Dean, Witeck, “, Dean, ”, ” Witeck, Gabriele Magni, Magni, ” Magni, they’re Organizations: Democratic National, Washington Blade, Metro, D.C, Las Vegas, Georgia, Dallas Voice, Philadelphia Gay, Magazine, SWERV, Atlanta’s, Philadelphia Gay News, DNC, Iwillvote.com, Human Rights, Trump, NFL, “, Witeck Communications, Vermont Gov, Democrat, Republican, Loyola Marymount University, Research Initiative, Gallup, Democratic Party, Democratic, Republican Party Locations: Washington, South Florida, Qnotes, Charlotte , North Carolina, Iowa, New Orleans, ION Arizona, Pennsylvania, Vermont, U.S, Los Angeles

☆ Nicholas Galitzine says he feels like a ‘cut of beef at a meat market’
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

In an interview with GQ magazine published Wednesday, Galitzine responded to a question about how playing a character who is considered good-looking made him feel. He replied: “I think the most important thing to me is that I’m taken seriously as a performer. FlixPix/AlamyShe said the auditions saw actors choose a song they would play to get Hathaway’s character to dance. She said of his choice: “I heard [the lead singer of Alabama Shakes] Brittany’s voice and I just started smiling. And he [Galitzine] saw me smile, so he relaxed, and we just started dancing.”Galitzine said of the same audition that their connection was “unlike anything [he] had ever experienced.”“We were flying.

Persons: Nicholas Galitzine, ”, Anne Hathaway, Galitzine, “, I’m, it’s, ” Anne Hathaway, Daniel Boczarski, Mary, George ”, Julianne Moore, Hathaway, Hayes Campbell, Harry Styles, Styles, George . FlixPix, ” Galitzine Organizations: CNN, GQ, V Magazine Locations: British, Coachella, Alabama

☆ Anne Hathaway says she had to make out with 10 guys in a day for 'gross' chemistry auditions. She pretended to be excited so she wasn't labeled 'difficult.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Anne Hathaway told V Magazine that in the 2000s, she had to kiss 10 men in one day for a chemistry audition. Hathaway said she thought it was "gross" but didn't want to be seen as "difficult" by complaining. AdvertisementAnne Hathaway said she had to make out with 10 guys in one day for a chemistry audition for a movie in the 2000s. Hathaway told V that the making-out element is being phased out of chemistry auditions now. Galitzine told People in March at the SXSW festival that he was initially anxious about the dance audition, but the experience was "transformative."

Persons: Anne Hathaway, Hathaway, —, Ella Enchanted, Jane, Chris Pine, Kirsten Dunst, Katherine Heigl, Nicholas Galitzine, Hayes Campbell, Alisha Wetherill, Nobody, Michael Showalter, Galitzine Organizations: V Magazine, Service, Walt Disney Pictures, Hollywood, Alabama, SXSW

☆ Anne Hathaway details ‘gross’ chemistry tests she did in the 2000s
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway has said that she had to kiss a series of actors during the audition process in the 2000s to “test for chemistry” on camera. Speaking to V Magazine in an interview published Monday, Hathaway said: “Back in the 2000s — and this did happen to me — it was considered normal to ask an actor to make out with other actors to test for chemistry. Aren’t you excited to make out with all of them?’“And I thought, ‘Is there something wrong with me?’ because I wasn’t excited. “It wasn’t a power play, no one was trying to be awful or hurt me. Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine attend "The Idea Of You" World Premiere during SXSW at The Paramount Theater on March 16, 2024 in Austin, Texas.

Persons: CNN — Oscar, Anne Hathaway, Hathaway, “, ‘, ” Hathaway, Oscar, ”, Solène, Nicholas Galitzine, Daniel Boczarski, Hayes, ” Galitzine, Mary, George ”, Julianne Moore, Nobody, Michael Showalter Organizations: CNN, Magazine, Coachella, SXSW, Paramount Theater, Alabama Locations: Austin , Texas, British, Alabama

☆ Opinion: What it means to be born Black in Germany
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Opinion Josephine Apraku | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

It is hard to group Black Germans — sometimes also referred to as Afro-Germans — under one umbrella; there is no one description that encompasses the diversity of Black people here. The same year I was born, a seminal work about Black Germans, “Showing Our Colors: Afro-German Women Speak Out,” was published. I think that these are precisely the times when Black community, Black alliances and Black spaces are so important. In 2020, the Black Student Union at the University of Bremen renamed February “Black Our Story Month,” and has been holding Black History Month events every year since, creating visibility for the complexity of Black experiences. The Black community in Germany celebrated its first Black History Month in 1990.

Persons: Josephine Apraku, I’m, I’ve, ” Josephine Apraku Dahahm Choi It’s, there’s, ” Josephine Apraku, ”, Christian Mang, Audre Lorde, Lorde, Roma, Sinti, — that’s, Steffi Loos, Schwarzer, George Floyd, Black, — Organizations: African Studies, CNN, Berlin CNN, Black, Africa, Free University of Berlin, CDU, Christian Democratic Union, Black Student Union, University of Bremen, ISD, of Black People, White Locations: Berlin, Germany, Black, East Germany, Angola, Ethiopia, Mozambique, German, Ghana, Europe, Territories, Namibia, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Cameroon, Togo, ” Josephine Apraku Germany, France, Belgium, Great Britain, United States, Tiergarten, Black Germans, Deutschland

☆ Meet Luar, the designer clothing brand that got Beyoncé to attend New York Fashion Week
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewOn Tuesday night, spectators packed into a Bushwick warehouse in Brooklyn, New York, to attend a New York Fashion Week show. A model walks the Luar runway during New York Fashion Week. AdvertisementA model walks the Luar runway during New York Fashion Week. Rihanna has worn Luar dresses, Dua Lipa has carried its famous Ana bag, and, of course, Beyoncé attended the latest Luar runway show. AdvertisementBeyoncé attends the Luar runway show during New York Fashion Week.

Persons: —, Raul Lopez, Nina Westervelt, Luar, Raul, that's, Lopez, he's, Victor Virgile, Ana, Beyoncé, Michael Loccisano Organizations: Service, New, New York City, Business, Hollywood, York, GCV Magazine, W Magazine, FIT, Washington Post, East Coast, British Vogue, New York, Ana tote Locations: Bushwick, Brooklyn , New York, Texas, New York, Brooklyn, Dominican, Dominican Republic, Williamsburg, Domino, Dua Lipa, New

☆ Nikki Haley isn't on board with GOP attacks against Taylor Swift: 'I can't believe that that's overtaken our national politics'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewAs GOP pundits and leaders continue to obsess over and form conspiracies about pop star Taylor Swift, presidential hopeful and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said she "can't believe that that's overtaken our national politics." A month before the 2020 presidential election, Swift formally endorsed Biden in an edition of V Magazine. Advertisement"I will proudly vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in this year's presidential election. But to Haley, Trump's only remaining primary competition, the national conversation right now about Swift is over the top. But I can't believe that has overtaken our national politics."

Persons: —, Taylor Swift, Nikki Haley, that's, Jake Tapper, Swift, I'm, who's, She's, Joe Biden's, Biden, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Vivek Ramaswamy, she's, Travis Kelce, Rolling, Trump, Haley, Trump's Organizations: Service, CNN, Business, The New York Times, V, Kansas City Chiefs, Swift Locations: America

The budding love story featuring music superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce took an unexpected turn into the world of political conspiracy theories this week after the team advanced to the Super Bowl. Pop culture and politics have long been entwined. “Pop culture people identify with this stuff, they pay attention to it. It’s attention and identity,” Joel Penney, an associate professor at Montclair State University whose research includes the intersection of politics and pop culture, said. “That question of, does this stuff work in pop culture?

Persons: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Swift, Joe Biden, Vivek Ramaswamy, Laura Loomer, Alison Steinberg, Kelce, ” Joel Penney, Donald Trump's, Penney, Biden, “ Young, ”, Henry Jenkins, they’re, Phil Bredesen, Jim Cooper, Marsha Blackburn, Blackburn, Kamala Harris, ” Kelce, Bill Clinton, Johnny Cash, Mary Tyler Moore, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, ” Penney Organizations: Kansas City Chiefs, Super, Chiefs, Republican, America News Network, Montclair State University, University of Southern, Tennessee’s Democratic, Democratic House, U.S . Rep, V, Centers for Disease Control, Pfizer, MTV, White Locations: Las Vegas, U.S, University of Southern California, America, Arkansas

☆ How fashion influencer Tezza turned photo filters into an app with $32 million in projected yearly revenue and a newly launched print magazine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

With an Instagram audience of 1.2 million followers, a popular photo-editing app, and now a magazine, Tessa Barton — better known by her moniker Tezza — is building a media empire. The Tezza app, similar to photo-editing tools like Adobe's Lightroom or VSCO, announced this week that it had surpassed 20 million downloads and has about 2.5 million monthly active users. Turning social media followers into app usersGrowing an audience on social media helped the two cofounders build and grow the app. Barton's latest world-building play took place during New York Fashion Week in September, where the influencer launched a new magazine: Tezza Magazine. Its content pulls from brands Barton has collaborated with or admires, as well as art created by Tezza app users.

Persons: Tessa Barton —, Barton, Cole Herrmann, Tezza, Puss Puss, Sydney Bradley Organizations: New York, Tezza, V Magazine Locations: New York, New

☆ How a 27-year-old raised over $1 million to build a platform for African designers: 'We know our problems better than anybody else'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

For Amira Rasool, fashion is a lifelong passion. "I was always the person that laid out my first day of school outfit, like, two weeks before school," she says. That same year, she also traveled to South Africa, discovering local clothing brands she'd never heard of in the States. Many brands didn't have the technology, infrastructure to ship internationally or access to U.S. retailers to get their apparel outside of African borders. 'My mom would just ship the products from her place'After that initial visit to South Africa, Rasool sought out ways to return to the country to found her company.

☆ Racism in soccer world to be probed in ‘Patrick Vieira — Off the Bench’ documentary
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Federation Studios, the outfit behind the international Emmy award-nominated documentary “Nadia,” is set to co-produce “Patrick Vieira — Off the Bench,” a social-impact documentary shedding light on racism in the world of soccer and beyond. Federation Studios, whose documentary unit is headed by veteran journalist Myriam Weil, is partnering up with SlugNews, an award-winning production outfit, to develop and produce “Patrick Vieira — Off the Bench.” The documentary feature will soon start shooting in the U.K. and France. A well-respected figure within the sports landscape who went from player to coach for one of the world’s most prestigious soccer teams, Vieira says he has witnessed and experienced structural racism. “In 2022, Black players continue to be insulted on the field and on social media,” says Vieira. Weil says Vieira has been wanting to make a social impact documentary for a long time to spark a discussion and hopefully change the status quo a world scale.

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