From Canadian talent on the come up to international superstars Gorgeous looks from the Canadian designer Kaela Kay (Photo: Courtesy Kaela Kay) Black-owned beauty businesses have been on a well-applauded rise in recent years. But when it comes to diversity in fashion, Black-led labels, especially in the luxury market, still feel like a rarity—save a few exceptions.
Month: June 2020
A social media campaign encouraging shutdown New York City theaters to open their lobbies – and restrooms – to protesters is gaining traction among Manhattan’s Off Broadway venues and spaces in Brooklyn: The Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, A.R.T./New York, IRT Theater and Irondale Center are among the first to put out the virtual welcome mats.
Former President Barack Obama addressed the nation Wednesday, offering solace to a country wrenched by turmoil over the killing of George Floyd and the systemic racial injustice that his death has nakedly exposed. Voicing support for the families who have lost loved ones to police brutality and the protesters who have shown up across the
Oxfam GB is expected to cut more than 200 jobs in a bid to make savings of about £16m a year. The charity, which employs slightly more than 2,000 people in the UK, said it had begun talking to staff about the planned changes, which would help it to fulfil its strategy over the next
Women and girls across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are facing a terrifying mix of, increased domestic violence, increased care burden, lower access to income and jobs, and potential social unrest as a result of the coronavirus outbreaks finds a new CARE International and UN Women joint report. The LAC region has the highest
Cans of Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup are seen in a supermarket in New York. Richard Levine | Corbis News | Getty Images Campbell Soup raised its full-year profit and sales forecast on Wednesday after beating expectations for third-quarter results as consumers stocked up on soup, pasta sauces and salsa while they stayed at home during
Detroit rapper Teejayx6 has released a protest song titled “BLACK LIVES MATTER.” The track is produced by TM88 and pays tribute to George Floyd, whose death by Minneapolis police last week has given rise to protests against police brutality nationwide. Listen to “BLACK LIVES MATTER” below. Teejayx6 joins many artists who have released protest songs
Pakorn Polachai / EyeEm Don’t feel comfortable getting on a plane given Covid-19? If you’re thinking of canceling an upcoming flight you paid for, you might have resigned yourself to losing your money or perhaps, best-case scenario, getting an airline credit for some or all of the fare. That’s because air carriers in the U.S.
The state of the world today, is unignorable. With protests against police brutality sparking beyond America and into Europe, alongside climbing death tolls due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic – creator of popularized Netflix series titled ‘Black Mirror’, expressed his concern for our world’s overwhelming issues and his understanding of the sensitivity of each matter,
Warner Bros. announced that Just Mercy, Michael B. Jordan‘s 2019 drama that highlights systemic racism in American policing and legal systems, will streaming for free on digital platforms in June. The film follows the real life story of Bryan Stevenson (Jordan), the defense attorney who fought to get the wrongfully convicted Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx)
Zoominfo Source: zoominfo ZoomInfo is aiming to price its initial public offering $1 ahead of its already-buoyed price range, two sources familiar with the matter told CNBC. The company had already raised its IPO price range Tuesday morning, but now could target as high as $21 a share and rake in nearly $1 billion. ZoomInfo,
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They’ve been tear gassed, beaten with nightsticks, and thrown into jail by police while documenting the daily protests demanding justice for the murder of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis officer pinned him to the ground and pressed a knee into his neck. Still, photojournalists continue to risk their lives in the name of
Courtesy of BossLogic, here we have John David Washington’s Tenet character (who still hasn’t been named yet) pointing his gun at an unseen party, only this time, he’s also channeling the same kind of power that Doctor Strange uses when the Time Stone is around his neck. Well, was, considering that Strange no longer has
Lili Reinhart came out as bisexual on June 3! The actress shared the latter in a note on Instagram expressing her participation in a LGBTQ+ for Black Lives Matter protest. Lili Reinhart is bisexual and proud, she revealed on Wednesday in a note posed to her Instagram Stories. “Although I’ve never announced it publicly before,
Dawn Austwick is to step down as chief executive of the National Lottery Community Fund at the end of the year. Austwick, who joined the grant-maker in October 2013 from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, said it was time for her to “seek out new adventures and a different lifestyle”. She said she had made the
Say hello to the new owner of Tiger King Zoo: Carole Baskin. According to Fox 25, a judge has ordered Jeff Lowe — the current owner of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park following the imprisonment of Joe Exotic, the primary star of Netflix’s docuseries Tiger King — to vacate the premises within 120 days
In just a few days, bail funds across the country have received tens of millions of dollars in donations after the killing of George Floyd, a black man, while in police custody in Minneapolis. The influx of donations is so large in such a short period of time that some funds, including the Minnesota Freedom Fund and the Brooklyn Bail
The watch world loves commemorating a good birthday, and for 2020, Panerai celebrates ’70 Years Of Luminor’ with a new Luminor Marina collection. The maison known for its diving watches, first supplied timing instruments to elite Italian special forces in the 1930s, has every reason to celebrate. The occasion is not only just the commemoration
It wouldn’t be a DC’s Legends of Tomorrow finale with a bit of time jumping, chaos, and … a Shake Weight? It was up to the Legends to restore free will in the world on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 14 after Lachesis used Gideon to gain power and exert her control. The
Luxury is about so much more than the stuff that we can buy. It is about our health, quality of life, and being around for our loved ones. Taking care of our health is paramount to enjoying life itself and particularly, as we age, finding ways to live a healthier and longer life becomes even
Actitivision Blizzard isn’t exactly a paragon of morality in the games industry, and critics are now calling out the company’s support for Black Lives Matter protests as hypocritical after the company took a central antagonistic role in the Blitzchung controversy during last year’s similar Hong Kong protests. It’s always raises eyebrows when international conglomerates known
Nandi Bushell, a 10-year-old girl British-Zulu girl, has taken to social media sharing her take on Rage Against the Machine‘s Guerrilla Radio in support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. The high-energy, multi-instrumental cover comes amid worldwide protests triggered by the death of George Floyd — a Black man, who died in Minneapolis, Minn., after a former police
A group of 15 major voluntary sector organisations has called for the creation of a “data collective” that will enable charities and other sector bodies to more effectively share information about the effects of the Covid-19 outbreak. The National Council for Voluntary Organisations, the think tank NPC, the British Red Cross and Citizens Advice are
A worker examines a sewage recycling pool in the coal liquefaction factory of CHN Energy in Ordos, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 11, 2019. Xinhua | via Getty Images BEIJING — China has a lot more to worry about at home than its foreign policy. Some energy-related companies in the country have found themselves caught
What started as an idea from the marketing director of Atlantic Records and artist campaign manager of Platoon has become a wide spread stand in solidarity tomorrow, Tuesday June 2nd by the majority of the music industry. Every major record label and even Spotify are pledging to disconnect from work, social media and general music
Lamborghini Miura P400 Photos: Stephan Bauer for Auxietre & Schmidt Sharing its name with fighting bulls from Seville and giving Ferrari a run for its money, the Lamborghini Miura P400 is in the words of Ferruccio Lamborghini, “for the keenest sporting driver who wants the ultimate in looks and performance.” Indeed, though Ferruccio Lamborghini started
Breaking News “My son had to ask me, ‘Why didn’t he get off of him?'” Former Dallas Cowboys stud Marcus Spears broke down live on television talking about a white police officer’s role in George Floyd‘s death … and the scene was VERY emotional. .@mspears96 gets emotional when discussing the death of George Floyd and
Health officials are warning that mass gatherings across the country could further spread the coronavirus, just as much of the economy is beginning to restart. Protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in Minneapolis, continued for a seventh night with overnight clashes between law enforcement and demonstrators. The World Health Organization,
EXCLUSIVE: Some international box office markets that are up and running — even if not at full steam — saw increases this weekend while others faced drops given good weather in some spots and an overall lack of new product. However, Disney floated Kristen Stewart-starrer Underwater into Korea for the first time with a No.