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Numbers don’t lie (Madonna is one of the bestselling pop stars of all time), but they don’t often tell the whole story. Without question, I view Madonna as someone who pushed the boundaries of overtly and unabashedly sexual performances in popular culture. But Black artists often get excised from predominating narratives about U.S. popular culture. But Black artists often get excised from predominating narratives about U.S. popular culture. The risks were much higher for the Black women and the Black and Latinx queer people across genders who chose to be sexually provocative entertainers.

☆ Designer Thebe Magugu brings South African fashion to global stage
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] South African Luxury fashion designer, Thebe Magugu, who has showcased his designs in Paris and London, poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters, at his studio in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 13, 2022. REUTERS/Taurai Maduna/File PhotoJOHANNESBURG, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Celebrated South African fashion designer Thebe Magugu hopes his success will inspire other young people on the continent. Magugu recently launched a new collection with global sportswear brand Adidas. His clothes have been worn by celebrities such as Rihanna and Miley Cyrus, and in 2019 he won the prestigious LVMH Prize for young designers. Reporting by Sisipho Skweyiya and Taurai Maduna Writing by Nellie Peyton Editing by Frances KerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Madonna says Cardi and Kim K can thank her
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Three decades after the release of her “Erotica” album and her lurid coffee table book “Sex,” Madonna reflected on the changing standards on how women are allowed to talk about sex in an Instagram story. On her Instagram story, Madonna wrote that she “also wrote about my sexual fantasies and shared my point of view about sexuality in an ironic way.”She received immediate backlash for the publication. “I was called a whore, a witch a heretic and the devil.”Despite the controversy, the book sold millions of copies, reaching No. Madonna, 64, linked her experiences to younger musicians and public figures who are able to be more open about their sexuality in public. Kim Kardashian can grace the cover of any magazine with her naked ass and Miley Cyrus can come in like a wrecking ball,” she wrote.

☆ Foo Fighters set to honor Taylor Hawkins in second tribute show
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Chloe Melas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The late Foo Fighters’ drummer Taylor Hawkins will be honored in an all-star tribute concert in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. The event will mark the second show to honor Hawkins, the first was held at London’s Wembley Stadium earlier this month. Hawkins died in March in Bogotá, Colombia at age 50, just hours before the Foo Fighters were set to take the stage at a musical festival. Hawkins’ 16-year-old son, Shane joined his late father’s band on drums for a stirring performance of “My Hero” at the show in London. Taylor Hawkins joined Foo Fighters in 1997, first appearing with the band on the tour supporting their sophomore album, “The Colour and the Shape.”The concert will stream on Paramount+.

☆ Analysis: 'The Handmaid's Tale' gets a new season
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Analysis Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Gone are the days when you had to wait week by week for a hit show's new episodes. Three things to watch'The Handmaid's Tale" Season 5Yvonne Strahovski as Serena Joy Waterford is shown in a scene from the fifth season of "The Handmaid's Tale." 'Atlanta' Season 4Donald Glover as Earnest "Earn" Marks in a scene from season four of "Atlanta." If you watched the show's third season earlier this year, you either loved it or hated it. Death Cab for Cutie "talked about past relationships, failed relationships, our parents' relationships, and relationships that have lasted forever."

☆ RadioShack's marketing boss says the company has boosted sales since it started posting memes and tweeting at celebrities
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-06 | by ( Rosie Bradbury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ábel Czupor told Input Magazone that web sales have jumped since his tweets started going viral. According to Czupor, the company's Twitter account got 100 million impressions in three days. Chief marketing officer Ábel Czupor told Input that sales have boomed since the company's Twitter account began "shitposting" – internet lingo for posting satirical content to get attention. Companies have increasingly taken nontraditional or provocative approaches to posting on social media in recent years to build their branding. In 2019, a provocative post on the Twitter account of Netflix: "What's something you can say during sex but also when you manage a brand Twitter account?"

☆ He was my high school journalism teacher. Then I investigated his relationships with teenage girls.
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-16 | by ( Matt Drange | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

It was a hot July day and the classroom at Rosemead High School should have been empty. (Christopher Vu for Insider) Show less Rosemead High School sits just east of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley. Burgess as an upperclassman at Rosemead High School with the former teacher Hugh Zegers, center, and classmates. The author interviewing Rod Marinelli, a Rosemead High School alum who was then coaching the Detroit Lions, for the Rosemead student newspaper, the Panther's Tale. The author and a classmate, Amy Julia Harris, beside their journalism teacher Burgess at graduation night in June 2007.

Persons: Eric Burgess, Burgess, Brian Bristol, Christopher Vu, Alex Rai, Brian Day, —, Edward Zuniga, I'd, Dwain Crum, Harold Greenberg, Rai, Paul Arevalo, Arevalo, Diane Bladen, Rosemead, Bladen, Eric, weren't, Hugh Zegers, Rebecca Zisser, who'd, Miley Cyrus, Miley Cyrus Eric Burgess, Rod Marinelli, groomers, Daniel Pollack, Pollack, Matt Drange, Mia Nakao, Nakao, Lois Heilemann, Heilemann, Mia Nakao's, …, Larry Callaham, Catherine, fondling, She'd, they'd, Catherine grappled, Terri Amborn, Amborn, Sarah, she'd, Burgess's, didn't, Burgess texted Sarah, couldn't, Burgess wouldn't, I'm, Uber, Felipe Ibarra, I've, he'd, Sarah doesn't, She's, Amy Julia Harris, Harris Organizations: Rosemead, Bristol, Rosemead High, Facebook, School, Detroit Lions, High School, Rosemead High School, High, Cal State LA, Tower Records, Monte Union High School District, Starbucks Locations: Bristol, Burgess, Rosemead, Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley, California, McDonald's, Detroit, chameleons, Bladen, mdrange

☆ How TikTok is changing the music industry and the way we discover new, popular songs
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-10 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

In July, it rolled out a dedicated music-streaming service called TikTok Music in five countries. Read about why TikTok music marketers are turning to general-interest accounts to promote songsCreating TikTok music challenges to spark user-generated videosAnd some marketers are opening the door for social-media users who wouldn't traditionally be considered influencers to get paid to promote music. Read more about TikTok's private listening sessionsA dedicated TikTok Music streaming app is bornIn July, TikTok stepped deeper into the music business by launching its own dedicated music-streaming app, TikTok Music, in Brazil, Indonesia, Australia, Mexico, and Singapore. Insider tested TikTok Music in Singapore, where it launched in a closed beta, to learn more about how it works. Like TikTok, TikTok Music includes a "For You" feed of recommended content and a variety of social features that set it apart from incumbents like Spotify and Apple Music.

Persons: TikTok, Here's, they've, influencers, TikTok influencers, Read, Jonny Kaps, Halsey, Charli XCX, Taylor Upsahl, Upsahl, Steve Jennings, Kristen Bender, Lyor Cohen, Ted Suh, Elissa Ayadi, Sydney Bradley, Getty, Jesse Callahan, It's, Zach Friedman, Dan Asip, Pearpop, Cole Mason, There's, Johnny Cloherty, Andy McGrath, Tarek Al, Hamdouni, Tiagz, John Arano, Tiago Garcia, you'd, Nima Nasseri, Ole Obermann, Rita Franca, NurPhoto, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rudensky, Cyrus, Hailey Bieber, Guillermo Legaria, Khalid, Demi Lovato, Marshmellow, ByteDance, Tatiana Cirisano, Jeffrey Ramsay, Steve Blatter Organizations: Getty, TikTok, MRC Data, Universal Music Group, YouTube, GQ, Snap Inc, Agency, 10K, Records, Sony Music, RCA Records, Warner Music, Getty Images, Movistar Arena, Spotify, Apple, MIDiA Research, MTV, SiriusXM's TikTok Locations: Tempe , Arizona, TikTok, Bogota, Colombia, Brazil, Indonesia, Australia, Mexico, Singapore, India, Denver , Colorado

☆ Taylor Swift va deveni prima femeie recompensată cu trofeul Global Icon. Elton John, David Bowie şi Robbie Williams
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-10 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Vedeta pop americană Taylor Swift va deveni marţi prima femeie recompensată cu trofeul pentru întreaga carieră - Global Icon - la gala Brit Awards. Taylor Swift va fi totodată şi prima artistă din afara Marii Britanii, recompensată cu acest premiu, pe care Brit Awards îl descrie drept cea mai importantă distincţie a sa. Doar alţi trei artişti au primit anterior trofeul Global Icon – Elton John, David Bowie şi Robbie Williams. Acesta a fost al treilea ei album de top în doar 259 de zile, după lansarea-surpriză a două albume în carantină, „Folklore” (2020) şi „Evermore” (2020). Potrivit companiei specializate Official Charts Company, Taylor Swift este artista cu cele mai bune vânzări de până în prezent în acest an în Marea Britanie, notează BBC.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Elton John, David Bowie, Robbie Williams, Swift, Jack, Coldplay . Swift, Ea, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Organizations: Brit Awards, BBC, Billboard, Official Charts Company Locations: Britanii, Londra, Jack Whitehall

Într-o luare de cuvânt ce a avut loc în cadrul unui panel desfăşurat online în legătură cu acest eveniment, vedeta pop Miley Cyrus a declarat că pandemia îi loveşte cel mai dur pe cei săraci şi marginalizaţi. Ea le-a solicitat donatorilor să aloce fonduri pentru teste, tratamente şi vaccinuri, pentru a se asigura că acestea sunt concepute în moduri prin care să aibă acces la ele oricine, de oriunde ar fi. Prezentat de actorul Dwayne „The Rock” Johnson, concertul desfăşurat în spaţiul virtual va include vedete precum Miley Cyrus, Chloe x Halle, Christine and the Queens, Coldplay sau Shakira, printre alţii. De asemenea, la spectacol vor participa şi actorii Charlize Theron şi Hugh Jackman, precum şi fostul mare fotbalist englez David Beckham. „Avem nevoie ca liderii globali să aloce miliardele de dolari de care este nevoie pentru a dezvolta teste, tratamente şi vaccinuri echitabile", a declarat Hugh Evans, preşedintele executiv al organizaţiei Global Citizen (Cetăţean Global).

Persons: îşi, Miley Cyrus, Dwayne, Johnson, Christine, Coldplay, Charlize Theron, Hugh Jackman, englez David Beckham ., Hugh Evans, Ursula Von Der Leyen, UE, Reuters Locations: Halle, Christine and the Queens, englez, Statele Unite ale Americii, China

☆ (foto) Trendul Punk Edit permite să vezi cum ar arăta vedetele tatuate în stil punk
▼ + stars: | 2015-08-27 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Ami James a încercat să explice pe blogul său că conceptul punk nu poate fi aplica multor reprezentanți ai generației de acum, care crede că câteva tatuaje, tuneluri și un tricou Ramones nu schimbă nimic din atitudinea lor. Ei gândesc că tatuajele, comportamentul provocator și lookul „badass” le aduce o alură punk și, astfel, în opinia lor sunt cool. Tatuajele lor nu pot șterge faptul că nu sunt decât un produs al sistemului și, astfel, nici pe departe punk”, scrie Ami. Astfel, Ami James consideră că trendul Punk Edit nu este nici pe departe ceva ce-și merită numele. „Acum câțiva ani buni noi obișnuiam să desenăm pe imaginile din reviste ale celebrităților, adăugându-le mustăți și pete pe dinți”, își amintește Ami.

Persons: Ami James, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Ami, Ami . Locations: SUA

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