As Sean Combs faces a growing list of sexual-abuse lawsuits and steps aside from his chairman role at Revolt, fallout is mounting in another corner of his empire, with more than a dozen companies distancing themselves from his recently launched e-commerce platform Empower Global.
A total of 18 brands have confirmed to Rolling Stone that they have severed ties with the online marketplace for Black-owned businesses after R&b singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and three other women accused the producer turned entrepreneur of sexual assault and physical violence.
“This decision was...
A total of 18 brands have confirmed to Rolling Stone that they have severed ties with the online marketplace for Black-owned businesses after R&b singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and three other women accused the producer turned entrepreneur of sexual assault and physical violence.
“This decision was...
- 12/10/2023
- by Cheyenne Roundtree and Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Sydney, May 26 (Ians) The Australian Olympic Committee (Aoc) on Wednesday announced its 12-strong women's basketball team for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
The Opals team is filled with World Cup and Olympic medallists and international experience with Rebecca Allen, Liz Cambage, Ezi Magbegor, Leilani Mitchell, Alanna Smith and Stephanie Talbot, all currently playing in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in the USA.
Dual Olympian Jenna O'Hea, who will captain the side, said she felt a "huge sense of relief" about the announcement.
"It's been a difficult 24 months with the delay of the Games and I'm proud of each and every Opals squad member for their strength and resilience throughout this process. The 12 of us are ready to come together and compete for that elusive Olympic gold medal," Jenna said.
The Opals' Olympic record includes three silver and two bronze medals from Atlanta 1996 to London 2012 along with silver at the 2018 World Cup in Spain.
The Opals team is filled with World Cup and Olympic medallists and international experience with Rebecca Allen, Liz Cambage, Ezi Magbegor, Leilani Mitchell, Alanna Smith and Stephanie Talbot, all currently playing in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in the USA.
Dual Olympian Jenna O'Hea, who will captain the side, said she felt a "huge sense of relief" about the announcement.
"It's been a difficult 24 months with the delay of the Games and I'm proud of each and every Opals squad member for their strength and resilience throughout this process. The 12 of us are ready to come together and compete for that elusive Olympic gold medal," Jenna said.
The Opals' Olympic record includes three silver and two bronze medals from Atlanta 1996 to London 2012 along with silver at the 2018 World Cup in Spain.
- 5/26/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
There are 13 frontline major record label groups operating in the United States, including Nashville outposts. One of those labels, Sony’s Epic Records, is run by a woman – Sylvia Rhone. One of them, Warner’s Atlantic Records, is co-run by a woman – Julie Greenwald. All of the rest, literally all of the rest, are run by men. (“Frontline” in this respect refers to the core brand of any corporate major label group, rather than imprints or sub-labels.)
The biggest record company on the planet, Universal Music Group, currently has no...
The biggest record company on the planet, Universal Music Group, currently has no...
- 4/15/2019
- by Tim Ingham
- Rollingstone.com
Ben O’Toole (Photo credit: John Russo).
Ben O’Toole is playing the protagonist in Bloody Hell, a dark, comedic thriller which the producers hope to turn into a three-film franchise.
Directed by Alister Grierson and scripted by Robert Benjamin, the film is now shooting on the Gold Coast, supported by Screen Queensland and the Gold Coast City Council.
O’Toole, whose credits include the Roache-Turner brothers’ Nekrotronic, Nicolai Fuglsig’s 12 Strong and Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit, plays Rex Coen, an American with a mysterious past who lives in Boise, Idaho.
He decides to escape from his own personal hell by fleeing to Helsinki, where life just gets worse. Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer and newcomers Meg Fraser and David Hill play members of a Finnish family.
The premise for O’Toole’s character was imagining what would happen to Bruce Willis as Die Hard’s John...
Ben O’Toole is playing the protagonist in Bloody Hell, a dark, comedic thriller which the producers hope to turn into a three-film franchise.
Directed by Alister Grierson and scripted by Robert Benjamin, the film is now shooting on the Gold Coast, supported by Screen Queensland and the Gold Coast City Council.
O’Toole, whose credits include the Roache-Turner brothers’ Nekrotronic, Nicolai Fuglsig’s 12 Strong and Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit, plays Rex Coen, an American with a mysterious past who lives in Boise, Idaho.
He decides to escape from his own personal hell by fleeing to Helsinki, where life just gets worse. Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer and newcomers Meg Fraser and David Hill play members of a Finnish family.
The premise for O’Toole’s character was imagining what would happen to Bruce Willis as Die Hard’s John...
- 4/15/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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