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☆ Adidas launches investigation into misconduct allegations against Kanye West
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Adidas has launched an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior against Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, the German athletic brand announced Thursday. Adidas, which was one of several companies to cut ties with Ye after the artist made a string of anti-Semitic comments, said it launched the probe after reviewing an anonymous letter making allegations against him. "It is currently not clear whether the accusations made in an anonymous letter are true," Adidas said in a statement. In its statement, Adidas also noted its decision last month to cut ties with Ye after his anti-Semitic remarks. “Adidas does not tolerate hate speech and offensive behavior and therefore has terminated the adidas Yeezy partnership," it said.

☆ A former Yeezy employee said working for Kanye West was like being in a cult and she's had therapy since leaving the company
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A former Yeezy employee said the culture at the company was "cult-like," per Rolling Stone. She told the publication she'd been trying "cult deprogramming" techniques since leaving Yeezy. More than a dozen former Adidas and Yeezy employees spoke to the publication about their experiences at Yeezy. The former Yeezy employee told the publication she had been looking for West's approval "and that's why we would work so much." The Adidas spokesperson told Insider: "Adidas does not tolerate hate speech and offensive behavior and therefore has terminated the Adidas Yeezy partnership.

☆ Kanye West says Adidas sued him for $275 million and froze all his bank accounts in a video announcing his 2024 presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In one clip, he claimed Adidas sued him for $275 million and froze all his bank accounts. The rapper-turned-businessman shared the video on Twitter at 6:30 p.m. PST on Thanksgiving, captioned only with his campaign hashtag "YE24." In the Thanksgiving video, footage of commentators and newsreaders talking about Ye's antisemitic comments is intercut with shots of the rapper sitting pensively in an empty Yeezy office in Los Angeles. Ye posted eight more times on Thanksgiving, including another video where he talked about meeting Donald Trump. Ye is currently promoting his 2024 presidential campaign, but is yet to file the paperwork to become a candidate.

☆ Kanye West says Donald Trump screamed at him during dinner at Mar-a-Lago, telling Ye he will lose in 2024 if he runs for president
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Kanye West said former President Donald Trump screamed at him during dinner at Mar-a-Lago. The rapper said Trump told him Ye would lose in 2024 if he ran for president. Ye talked about meeting Trump in Florida in a Thursday video dubbed "Mar-a-Lago debrief." "I'm like whoa hold on, hold on, hold on. The rapper said Trump was "perturbed" by Ye asking the former president to be his running mate in 2024.

☆ Adidas launches investigation into Ye conduct claims
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Kanye West at an event announcing a partnership with Adidas on June 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California. Adidas said it is investigating accusations made by staff relating to the conduct of the musician Ye during his partnership with the German sportswear brand and the response of senior company figures. The company said in a statement late Thursday: "It is currently not clear whether the accusations made in an anonymous letter are true. It follows a Rolling Stone article published Tuesday with anonymous allegations that Ye showed pornographic and sexualized material to Yeezy staff during meetings and made sexualized remarks to female staff. A representative for Ye was not immediately available for comment when contacted by CNBC.

☆ Former Yeezy employee says Kanye West would scream and throw books across the room, making them fear for their wellbeing
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A former Yeezy worker said Kanye West would scream and throw books across a room, per Rolling Stone. The ex-staffer worked for the fashion brand on West's remote ranch in Wyoming, Rolling Stone reported. He asked around 90 employees to commute from LA or Portland, per Rolling Stone. "I feared for my well-being," the former staffer told Rolling Stone. The spokesperson said: "Adidas does not tolerate hate speech and offensive behavior and therefore has terminated the Adidas Yeezy partnership.

☆ Jennifer Lopez returns to social media to announce ‘This Is Me…Now’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Jennifer Lopez has used the 20th anniversary of the release of her “This Is Me…Then” to announce an update. The original album, “This Is Me…Then,” was released on November 25, 2002. In a video posted on her verified social media, Lopez is shown morphing from the artist she was then to who she is today. It featured her hit single “Jenny From the Block,” as well as a special song about Affleck, “Dear Ben.”“This Is Me…Now” includes a track titled, “Dear Ben pt. “Yes, I’ve lived with tremendous sadness, like anybody else, many, many times in my life, and pain.

☆ Farfetch is the latest online retailer to stop selling Yeezy products
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Online fashion retailer Farfetch is no longer selling Yeezy products. Last month the upmarket site still listed more than 200 Yeezy products on its site. The platform was still selling Yeezy items last month and had more than 200 Yeezy sneakers, boots, and slides on offer. Foot Locker stopped selling Yeezy shoes at its stores last month and said it would not support "any future Yeezy product drops." It was not clear if Farfetch had pulled Yeezy products from its site over West's antisemitic remarks and controversial behavior.

☆ Adidas launches probe into misconduct allegations against Kanye West
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Akriti Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 24 (Reuters) - Adidas AG (ADSGn.DE) on Thursday said it has launched an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior by Kanye West, after the German sporting goods maker last month ended its partnership with the rapper and fashion designer. Adidas said it initiated the probe after receiving an anonymous letter making several allegations against the musician, who now goes by Ye. Rolling Stone cited interviews with more than two dozen former Yeezy and Adidas staff. "It is currently not clear whether the accusations made in an anonymous letter are true," an Adidas spokesperson said in a statement to Reuters. "However, we take these allegations very seriously and have taken the decision to launch an independent investigation of the matter immediately to address the allegations."

CNN Business —Adidas will begin an investigation into allegations of misconduct against Kanye West, with whom the company had a partnership that it ended in October. In a statement released Thursday, Adidas said “it is currently not clear whether the accusations made in an anonymous letter are true. “I think Adidas felt like cause everyone was ganging up on me that they had the right to just take my designs,” West told a small crowd. In the video, West did not apologize for his antisemitic remarks but seemed to try to distance himself from any “hate group.”“I have no association to any hate group,” West said as he closed his remarks in prayer. In 2016, Adidas expanded its relationship with the rapper, calling it “the most significant partnership ever created between a non-athlete and an athletic brand.”West doesn’t currently have an attorney or publicist representing him in this matter.

☆ Kanye West made a Yeezy designer sit on the floor during an hours-long meeting and told her she didn't 'deserve to sit at the table,' report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kanye West once made a designer sit on the floor for an hours-long meeting, per Rolling Stone. The ex-staffer cited by the publication said the incident started with a disagreement between West and the young designer. "You don't deserve to sit at the table," the former employee recalled West saying before making the designer sit on the floor for the rest of the meeting, which they said lasted hours. A spokesperson for Adidas said: "Adidas does not tolerate hate speech and offensive behavior and therefore has terminated the Adidas Yeezy partnership. "Having said this, we will not discuss private conversations, details or events that lead to our decision to terminate the Adidas Yeezy partnership and decline to comment on any related speculation."

☆ Adidas is investigating whether it ignored inappropriate behavior by Kanye West during their Yeezy partnership
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Adidas is investigating whether it ignored alleged misconduct by Kanye West. Rolling Stone reported this week that Yeezy staff were shown explicit material by the rapper. Adidas told Insider in a statement on Thursday that it was "not clear" if the accusations against the rapper, also known as Ye, were true. It added: "Adidas does not tolerate hate speech and offensive behavior and therefore has terminated the adidas Yeezy partnership. Adidas terminated its Yeezy partnership with West last month and said it would take a $247 million hit to its profits as a result.

☆ Kanye West showed Yeezy staff an explicit video of Kim Kardashian and played his own sex tapes for them: Rolling Stone
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Cheryl Teh | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

West also showed Yeezy's creative team an explicit video of Kardashian, per Rolling Stone's sources. At this meeting, West screened an explicit video of Kardashian, according to Rolling Stone's interview with a person who says they saw the video. The staff member told Rolling Stone that West whipped out his phone and said: "My wife just sent me this." Rolling Stone also reported on other incidents where West played pornography — not involving Kardashian — in front of Yeezy collaborators. A Yeezy collaborator told Rolling Stone West showed him an explicit video of porn star Francesca Le engaged in a sexual act with another woman.

☆ A Yeezy employee said Kanye West frequently compared shoes to sex: 'Something that you were so into that you would wanna have an intimate relationship'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Yeezy employee said Kanye West frequently compared shoes to sex, according to Rolling Stone. The employee said West made comments about a shoe that he could ejaculate into. On Tuesday, former employees sent a letter to Adidas to address "the toxic and chaotic environment." Rolling Stone spoke with more than two dozen former staff members for Yeezy and Adidas. West began his nine-year relationship with Adidas in 2013, helping to create a string of products including the NMD, Ultra Boost, and West's Yeezy.

☆ Trump is reportedly furious that top Republicans are trying to persuade him not to campaign in the Georgia Senate runoff: report
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump furious Republicans are trying to dissuade him from campaigning in Georgia runoff, per Rolling Stone. Trump's status in the GOP has taken a big hit after the midterm elections. Republican Herschel Walker faces Democrat Raphael Warnock in the Senate runoff in December. Trump endorsed hundreds of candidates in the midterm elections, in a bid to cement his hold over the Republican Party before announcing his 2024 bid. Trump's relentless promotion of election fraud conspiracy theories in 2020 was blamed by some for the Republican Party's two Georgia Senate runoff defeats last year.

☆ Some of Taylor Swift's biggest fans are also lawyers. After Ticketmaster's botched handling of her Eras Tour, they're mobilizing to take the ticketing giant down.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Nicole Tabak | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Ticketmaster badly botched its sale of Taylor Swift tour tickets last week. Facing endless questions and concerns over the chaos that ensued during presales for Swift's upcoming Eras Tour, fans gathered on social media not just to commiserate, but to take action. How Ticketmaster's chaotic handling of the Eras Tour presale may lead to its undoingSwift fans shared screenshots of the long queues for tickets. "And I know that sounds stupid to people who don't love Taylor Swift the way that a lot of us do. The momentum may be thanks to her Eras Tour, but this is about holding a monopoly accountable.

☆ Fact Check- Britney Spears says nerve damage dates back to 2019
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Following an Instagram post from Britney Spears saying she has “nerve damage” on the right side of her body, social media users claimed, without evidence, that her condition was related to COVID-19 vaccines. Spears says in the same post that her condition traces back to 2019, however, prior to the pandemic. Comments on posts regarding Spears’ nerve condition include, “Must be the vaccine, it’s the common denominator” and “It’s the experimental jab” (here). Spears announced she had been vaccinated against COVID-19 in a video posted on Twitter on April 8, 2021 (here). According to her own account, Britney Spears’ nerve damage on the right side of her body traces back to 2019, predating the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent vaccines.

Christopher Gregory/Getty ImagesDonald McGahn, Trump campaign counsel: I was at the top. Trump's 2016 campaign aides said they paid about 50 people, including part-time actors, to appear as supporters for his 2016 campaign announcement. Corey Lewandowski, Trump campaign managerCorey Lewandowski: I called my wife just as we were getting onto the plane. Stuff that would be from Mars on any other campaign was perfectly normal for the Trump campaign. Mark J. Terrill/AP photo Show less Trump at the Republican National Convention while Cruz speaks on July 20, 2016.

☆ David Dobrik's L.A. pizza restaurant opening draws massive weekend crowds despite influencer’s controversial past
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Morgan Sung | Morgan Sung Is A Trends Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

YouTuber David Dobrik’s restaurant, Doughbrik’s, would open its doors at 1 p.m. Saturday. The family knew its early arrival would guarantee them a prime spot in line, a slice of pizza and most important: a Dobrik sighting. The lull in content follows a string of controversies entangling Dobrik since he filed for the Doughbrik’s trademark in 2020. Dozens of people flocked around the entrance to the restaurant on Saturday, where Dobrik was posing for photos with fans who braved the line. The restaurant, he wrote, "sold out of pizza" its opening day.

☆ Cameron Crowe Had a Front-Row Seat for 1970s Rock
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Alan Paul | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Cameron Crowe was one of rock’s top journalists before he had a driver’s license, a 16-year-old traveling the country with groups like the Allman Brothers Band and writing cover stories for Rolling Stone magazine. Yet the prodigy grew up in a San Diego house where listening to rock and roll was forbidden. Mr. Crowe’s mother Alice felt so strongly about the music’s lack of redeeming value that she wrote a letter to NBC complaining about Simon and Garfunkel performing “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” on “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.”How did she handle her son’s immersion in a world she had tried so hard to keep him away from? “I think she got a big kick out of it,” Mr. Crowe says. “She was a teacher, and she felt that she taught me well enough to write from my heart.

☆ Kanye West told staff he was inspired by 'skinheads and Nazis' while planning the Yeezy fashion show where he wore a 'White Lives Matter' shirt, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rolling Stone reports that Kanye West said he was inspired by "skinheads and Nazis." It was described as a "casual remark," per Rolling Stone's report. Insider has not been able to independently verify the claims made in Rolling Stone's article. Rolling Stone's report now adds that some of the 90 employees commuted there by a weekly private plane from California. Adidas did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider on the contents of Rolling Stone's report.

☆ Yeezy staffers commuted nearly 900 miles by private jet from California to Wyoming after Kanye West demanded Adidas open a facility there, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Yeezy staff commuted by private jet from California to Wyoming to work close to Kanye West's ranch. West demanded Adidas open a facility in Wyoming, only for it to shut after just six months. Bloomberg previously reported that Kanye West demanded Adidas set up the new facility near his Cody, Wyoming ranch, which then closed its doors within 6 months. Around 90 Yeezy staffers in total worked in the state, Rolling Stone reported. Two Yeezy staffers told Rolling Stone that West initially planned to open a Yeezy HQ in Chicago in 2018, with workers expected to make the move immediately.

☆ Bono’s new book is more than a rock star memoir. It’s also a powerful tribute to America
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Born Paul David Hewson in Dublin, Ireland, Bono is a global rock star, an activist and an entrepreneur who is currently touring the US to promote his memoir. Bono’s book, though, is more than a rock star’s memoir. A belief in America as an idea, not a religionAs any casual fan of U2 knows, U2 has long had a close relationship with the US. Martin Luther King Jr., with their song, “Pride (In The Name of Love).”In “Surrender,” Bono pays tribute to America itself. “The search for common ground starts with a search for higher ground,” Bono writes in the memoir.

☆ January 6 police officer Michael Fanone backs Fetterman in new video, says Oz 'filled his campaign ranks with election deniers'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former DC police officer Michael Fanone is backing Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman for Senate. Fanone accused Republican candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz of filling his campaign with "election deniers." Former Washington Metropolitan Police Department Officer Michael Fanone says that makes him unfit for office. "Oz has filled his campaign ranks with election deniers and even participants in the January 6th attack on our Capitol," Michael Fanone said in a video released Monday by the campaign of Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. As reported by Rolling Stone, an Oz campaign coordinator, Lee Snover, admitted that on January 6 she went as far as "the Capitol steps."

Language allowed me to make some meaning of the situation and take control of my own mental health narratives. “I’m gonna be honest, I didn’t wanna go to the mental health hospital,” she says in the documentary. She wants to be transparent about her mental health condition in order to inspire others and help them feel less alone. Moments like this highlight how risky it still is for a celebrity to be candid about mental health. For a celebrity who once had the most followed Instagram account, the performance of an identity versus the reality of it is crucial to understanding Gomez’s mental health advocacy.

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