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TOM FORD MARRIED PARTNER OF 27 YEARS (PHOTOS)

In LGBT on April 8, 2014 at 9:50 am

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While at an Apple store in London last night designer and director Tom Ford revealed to an audience that he married his partner of 27 years. Richard Buckley.

Via The Telegraph:

“We are now married, which is nice,” he said, proudly showing the audience his wedding ring. “I know that was just made legal in the UK which is great, but we were married in the States.”

Ford also discussed the recent Jay-Z track bearing his name:

“If you’re in the business of a brand it’s one of the best things that could happen to you,” he said, adding that hearing 60,000 people scream his name at a Jay-Z concert “freaks me out.”

Ford and his parter covers the May issue of Out.

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JAY Z, BIGGIE COVERED NY MAG YESTERYEAR ISSUE (PHOTOS)

In Lifestyle on March 25, 2014 at 11:02 am

 JAY Z, BIGGIE COVERED NY MAG YESTERYEAR ISSUE (PHOTOS)

New York Magazine posted images of its annual Yesteryear issue and Jay Z and Biggie made two of the seven covers. Hova was photographed at the age of 29 in 1997. Really feel the colors of that cover. The Biggie cover isn’t that interesting.

 JAY Z, BIGGIE COVERED NY MAG YESTERYEAR ISSUE (PHOTOS)

Louis Reed, Billie Holiday and others can be seen on the other covers which hits newsstands this week.

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THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY OF 2013 (LIST)

In Lifestyle, News, TECH on December 31, 2013 at 1:02 pm

2013 was a banner year for scandals, outrage, triumph and discoveries. Below are a few which caught our attention.

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JAY Z RELEASES STATEMENT ABOUT BARNEYS COLLABO & RACIAL PROFILING (DETAILS)

In Lifestyle, News on October 26, 2013 at 7:41 pm

 JAY Z RELEASES STATEMENT ABOUT BARNEYS COLLABO & RACIAL PROFILING (DETAILS)

Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for Jay Z to end his collaboration with Barneys after two African-Americans came forward with lawsuits accusing Barneys and the NYPD of racial profiling this week.
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VICTOR CRUZ & PEPSI WANNA KNOW IF YOU’RE FAN ENOUGH (DETAILS)

In Lifestyle on September 26, 2013 at 3:57 pm

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Pepsi has tapped NY Giant wide receiver Victor Cruz and over a dozen NFL players to create playlists on iTunes Radio for its #FanEnough campaign. On Cruz’ playlist are J Cole, Jay Z, Drake and other artists.
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JAY Z TO CHANGE CLOTHES AT BARNEYS (DETAILS)

In Lifestyle, News on July 24, 2013 at 11:50 am

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Super capitalists Jay Z knows a thing or two about clothes.Remember his game changing sneaker deal with Reebok, the S.Carters? His Rocawear brand? His singlehandly deading throwback jerseys? His failed attempts at patenting a color (Jay Z Blue) and wack try at selling Occupy All Streets tee in 2011? Most recently he declared publicly adoration of “Tom Ford”. Now the mogul wants to add Barney’s to his portfolio.
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PRIVACY GROUP WANTS TO SUE JAY-Z & SAMSUNG OVER WACK MAGNA CARTA HOLY GRAIL APP (DETAILS)

In News on July 16, 2013 at 5:40 pm

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A privacy group wants to sue Jay-Z amd Samsung because their recent Magna Carta Holy Grail app, they claim, invaded downlader’s privacy. “Samsung failed to disclose material information about the privacy practices of the app,” Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said in a call for investigation filed with the Federal Trade Commission this week.
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SURPRISE! TOM FORD LOVES JAY-Z’S TOM FORD (DETAILS)

In Lifestyle on July 11, 2013 at 11:02 am

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Since its Jay-Z week in America its only fitting that every publication on earth cover his 12th album Magna Carta Holy Grail.  Its a mediocre album at best but people seemed taken in by it. One such person is designer Tom Ford who is named checked on a song on the album called… “Tom Ford”.
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THE 3 BEST LINES FROM WAPO’S MAGNA CARTA HOLY GRAIL REVIEW (LIST)

In Lifestyle on July 9, 2013 at 12:54 pm

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A day after he took to twitter to engage fans, The Washington Post published a scathing rewiew of Jay-Z’s latest album Magna Carta Holy Grail . Much of the review summed up our feelings about the album which fell flat in our ears and irked our souls. Here are the three best take downs of the stale as day old soda album.
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DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE OF MAGNA CARTA HOLY GRAIL (PHOTOS)

In Lifestyle on July 5, 2013 at 12:12 pm

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If you are a Samsung Galaxy S3 or Note2 owner its likely you’ve heard Jay-Z’s newest album Magna Carta Holy Grail. MCHG was certified platinum by the RIAA a few days ago after the recording industry body changed the rules as to how sales of an album are measured.

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JAY-Z & SAMSUNG BORROW A PAGE FROM BJORK (DETAILS)

In Lifestyle, TECH on June 17, 2013 at 12:16 pm

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If Jay-Z’s announcement with Samsung last night during Game 5 of the NBA Finals looked familiar its because it does. Two or three years ago Icelandic singer Bjork announced that her album Biophilia’s songs would be released as apps via the iPad. Whereas those songs incorporated lessons on science for school children, Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail, his forthcoming album,offers a different type of education. On marketing.
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JAY-Z ISN’T A TIME TRAVELER, IS HE?

In Lifestyle on May 9, 2013 at 5:02 pm

 JAY Z ISNT A TIME TRAVELER, IS HE?

Jay-Z is a lot of things but a time traveler? Looks that way if we are to believe the photograph above. Shot in Harlem in 1933, the young man captured looks like Jigga way before the Brooklyn MC decided to change clothes.
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