MENTON, France — As most of Europe moves into the solemn weeks before Easter, the party is just getting started on the French Rivera. The Mediterranean town of Menton showcased its lush citrus and celebrated the upcoming Olympics in Paris during its Carnival parade on Sunday. Sculptures of athletes assembled from lemons and oranges decorated … Read more
Here’s Michael Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson all set to portray the King of Pop on the set of the upcoming MJ biopic — and we gotta say, he’s the spitting image of his late uncle. Jaafar was in full hair, makeup and costume Thursday on location in the Encino area of Los Angeles, where cameras … Read more
SoftBank’s Vision Fund, the brainchild of the company’s founder Masayoshi Son, has faced a number of headwinds including a slump in technology stocks as a result of rising interest rates, a tough China market and geopolitics. Kentaro Takahash | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of SoftBank Group rose as much as 15.29% Friday morning, a … Read more
The logo of semiconductor design firm Arm on a chip. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Exactly two years ago, Nvidia’s attempt to purchase chip designer Arm from SoftBank came to an end due to “significant regulatory challenges.” Masayoshi Son, SoftBank’s billionaire founder, has never been so lucky. That agreement would have involved selling … Read more
Among movie fans, it’s commonplace to hear someone call a slickly designed, artist-forward movie poster a “Mondo poster.” That’s because the company Mondo was long at the forefront of the pop culture art wave. Last year, though, that wave crashed when Mondo’s new owner, Funko, gutted much of the company’s talent. Now, that’s about to … Read more
After a seven-album run as a pop hitmaker, Rihanna sought to change her formula like never before. Breaking a four-year silence – her longest yet – Anti was, as she told Vogue, the result of her search for music to “match my growth.” Going platinum in less than 24 hours, it saw the Barbadian pop … Read more
Phil and Rita from Groundhog Day are just two of Dakota Randall’s portrait subjects.Image: Dakota Randall/Hero Complex Sometimes you just want a portrait of your favorite characters from TV and movies on your wall. And when that happens, artist Dakota Randall is there. In conjunction with the Hero Complex Gallery, Randall has been creating beautiful, … Read more
Dua Lipa has said that she thinks people don’t want pop stars to “be political” or to “be smart”. The pop singer is preparing to release her third album later this year, and in a new interview, she has opened up about what she feels the expectations are for people who do what she does. … Read more
The Taylor Swift class being offered at Harvard next semester is officially titled “English 183ts. Taylor Swift and Her World.” It’s not the first time a Taylor Swift class is available at an institution of higher learning. Stanford, NYU and the University of Texas at Austin are just some of the universities offering similar courses. But when … Read more
Taylor Swift is being blamed for the downturn of Travis Kelce’s form, despite the Kansas City Chiefs beating the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday evening. The tight end had a poor showing despite the victory and the pop star is copping heat from the fans. In the first half, the Kanas City star had one target, … Read more