Jay Z Adds His 1st Ever Men’s Cologne To Barneys Collection Amid Controversy
No official word on if Jay Z gathered all the facts on the recent allegations of racial discrimination placed on Macy’s and Barneys yet, but it seems as if his working relationship with them is intact.
According to Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) Jay Z will add his first ever cologne to his upcoming Barneys collection.
The cologne, called Gold went through 3,200 possible names and according to Donald J. Loftus, president of Parlux Ltd., the name was chosen when Jay Z grabbed the cologne and said “This is the sh**; it’s gold.”
The fragrance will be promoted through a few outlets and intriguingly will feature a Macys window display of Jay Z transforming into a gold chain. The fragrance will be available on November 20th at Barneys NY and then released nationwide afterwards at prices between $39 and $79.
According to a lawsuit filed by Turkish immigrant Ayla Gursoy, Macy’s security guards had an arrest quota of five per week and had a “race code system” to “facilitate its targeting of Middle Eastern, African-American/black and other nonwhite shoppers.”
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Brian McKnight performs in Jamaica
R&B singer Brian McKnight promises a soulful performance on November 2nd at the National Indoor Sports Centre in St Andrew, Jamaica.
The American artiste is headliner for the LIME-sponsored event. Lovers' rock singer Romain Virgo and dub poets NoMaddz are also on the show.
"I am very spontaneous during my performances and Jamaica continues to be one of my favourite places, so I will be pouring out my heart through songs," McKnight told Splash.
McKnight became famous during the 1990s when the singer-songwriter returned to soul music. Some of his more popular songs are One Last Cry, Still, The Only One For Me and Anytime.
Emcee for the event is ZJ Sparks of Zip & RTC FM.
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Lady Gaga's performance on X Factor draws complaints
Around 200 people contacted the broadcasting watchdog about her outfit of shells and flesh-coloured underwear.
"We will assess all the complaints received on this issue before deciding whether to investigate," said a spokesman.
Another 60 viewers have complained directly to ITV about the singer's appearance, before the 9pm watershed.
An ITV spokeswoman said: "We do not believe Lady Gaga's performance was inappropriate for the family audience of the X Factor Results show, which has an established tradition of featuring performances from the biggest music stars.
"Lady Gaga is well known for her highly individual performance style."
In 2010, The X Factor final featured Christina Aguilera in a routine which was described as being "at the very margin of acceptability" by Ofcom.
A report said the "sexualised" pre-watershed scenes led to 2,868 complaints to the media regulator after Aguilera wore a short black dress while her female dancers wore suspenders, bra tops, fishnet stockings and basques.
Sunday night's results show saw girl group Miss Dynamix become the latest act eliminated from the competition after the judges voted to keep 17-year-old Hannah Barrett in the competition.
Chris Brown checks into rehab
Chris Brown has checked into a rehab facility in Malibu, Los Angeles.
A representative for the singer announced that Brown, 24, decided to go to a clinic to "gain focus and insight into his past and recent behaviour".
It comes a day after he was released from jail following his arrest after a man accused him of punching him in Washington DC.
The singer is on five years' probation for attacking his ex-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 before the Grammy Music Awards.
The representative's statement added that rehab would help the singer "continue the pursuit of his life and his career from a healthier vantage point".
Brown's attorney, Mark Geragos, said the singer checked in at an unspecified facility to be treated for anger issues on Tuesday.
"He just decided he wanted to take some time off and do some introspection," he said.
The lawyer added that Brown's decision to enter rehab was not an acknowledgement of wrongdoing in the Washington case.
On Tuesday night the Grammy Award-winning singer tweeted: "In order to go where u have never gone u have to be willing to go where u never been!!!!"
The singer and his bodyguard were arrested early on Sunday morning after getting into a row at The W Hotel in Washington.
According to court documents, the man told police he'd tried to push his way into a picture Brown was taking with a woman and her friend.
Parker Adams, 20, from Maryland, claimed he was punched by both Brown and his bodyguard Chris Hollosy before Brown boarded his tour bus.
The star is due back in court on 25 November.
Brown was initially charged with felony assault, which was reduced to a misdemeanour on Monday.
He was then released from jail.
Brown was cleared of hit-and-run charges in August after the judge ruled the singer and a woman, whose Mercedes he hit with his Range Rover, had reached an agreement over the case.
The singer faces up to four years in prison should a judge decide to revoke his probation again.
Probation officials would need to investigate the new arrest for it to become an issue in California, which could happen before Brown's next probation progress hearing on 20 November.
Katy Perry tops US album chart in worst week since 90s
Katy Perry has topped the US album chart in its worst week for sales since the early 1990s.
Prism, the singer's fourth studio album, went to number one in the Billboard 200 chart on Wednesday despite overall sales for the week being the lowest since 1991.
The album sold 286,000 copies in its first week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.
It is the biggest sales week by a female artist this year.
But the opening week sales of Prism did not come close to the year's biggest debuts, led by Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience, which opened with 968,000 copies in March.
New albums from Jay Z, Kanye West and Daft Punk also opened with bigger sales earlier this year.
Overall album sales for the week ending 27 October fell to a record low of 4.5 million units, the lowest album total since Nielsen SoundScan started analysing American chart music sales in 1991.
Album sales have generally been lower this year compared with last year, partly because of listeners finding new digital platforms to consume music and often for free.
Katy Perry's album came ahead of Miley Cyrus' Bangerz, which sold 270,000 copies in its first week earlier this month.
Other new albums this week in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart include X Factor USA girl group Fifth Harmony at number six with their Better Together EP, hip hop DJ Khaled at seven with Suffering from Success and rockers AFI with Burials at number nine.
GTBA Starts this weekend with 2 big games
Vice President of the GTBA, Corvin Ariza told our sports desk that the GTBA season will start this weekend at the Palm Grove basketball court in Grand Turk.
PABA champions the GT STALLIONS will take on the Grand Turk champions the Good Street STINGERS.
Ariza told us that while there was a brief delay, this is best way to start the new season, he said that the games will commence this Friday November the 1st at 8pm with the HIGH SCHOOL team taking on the OLD BOYS followed by the big champion teams Stallions & Stingers.
Starting for the Stingers will be: Lakensi Missick, Jonathan Gardiner, Ocharo Harvey, Shearad Garland & Terell Garland
RTC Sports spoke with Brother Will Manager of the Stallions, Ira Taylor, Markison lightbourne, Damian Seymour, Tino Williams, Ray Harris
Paba High School league in week 3
Its Week 3 of the PABA HIGH SCHOOL league being played at the Gus Lightbourne Sports Complex in Providenciales.
In the two games played Clement Howell lost to Edward Gartland Youth center 54-45. Randy Rigby of the EGYC had a sizzling performance with 29 points, 9 rebounds, 8 steals and Ello Joseph contributed 13 points and 4 rebounds.
Shannon Hall of Clement Howell scored 13 pts and grabbed 8 rebounds while Benjie Audgie had 13 points & 8 Rebounds.
In Game 2, Maranatha defeated Wesley Methodist in a closely contested game 42-37.
Dwayne Hamilton of Maranatha scored 20 points and grabbed 5 Rebounds supported by W. Gardiner with 12 points & 4 Rebounds.
Justin Missick led the way for Wesley Methodist with 24 points and 11 rebounds.
Games will continue next Wednesday at 3pm.
Samsung gets into Football in Jamaica
Global leader in technology Samsung Electronics Company Ltd is making a grand attempt toward getting into local football and significantly at the youth level in Jamaica.
The company will begin its initiative with the staging of a youth football tournament involving children aged eight to 12 years old from both the primary and preparatory school levels islandwide to contest the Samsung Cup.
Two of Jamaica's greatest sporting personalities, sprinting superstar Usain Bolt and former Jamaica international and Bolton Wanderers standout Ricardo 'Bibi' Gardner, will partner with the Samsung Cup initiative.
Bolt, who is also sponsored by Samsung, will lend his support through his Usain Bolt Foundation, which will provide all the footballs that will be used in the tournament, while Gardner is the official ambassador for the Samsung Cup tournament.
Patricia Laufer, sales manager of Samsung Electronics Latin America, made the announcement at a press launch at Devon House, Hope Road, in Kingston.
Roger Federer moves onto the the ATP World Tour
Roger Federer qualified for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals thanks to a convincing victory over Kevin Anderson in the second round of the Paris Masters.
The Swiss, 32, needed to progress in Paris to book his place in London next week and did so with a 6-4 6-4 win.
It ensures the world number seven will participate at the season-ending event for the 12th consecutive year.
"It's been a tough year so this is a bit of a highlight," said Federer.
The 17-time Grand Slam champion has won just one tournament this season - the Gerry Weber Open in Halle - but has done enough to equal Ivan Lendl's record for successive appearances at the season finale.
Eight places are available for the Race to ATP Finals, but following Wimbledon champion and world number three Andy Murray's withdrawal with a back injury the list was extended to ninth place.
Sixers takes out the Heats 114-110
Michael Carter-Williams had Allen Iverson cheering from his suite and left LeBron James impressed.
Not a bad start for MCW.
It was an even better one for the Sixers.
Carter-Williams had a debut to remember, using 22 points, 12 assists, and nine steals to lead the Philadelphia 76ers past the Miami Heat 114-110 on Wednesday night.
The rookie out of Syracuse nearly upstaged Iverson on a night Philly feted his spectacular career.
"You see what he can bring on a big stage," 76ers rookie coach Brett Brown said.
MCW was the MVP of the fourth quarter, picking up two more steals, harassing James in the lane, and sealing the win from the free-throw line.