A rendering of The 78 development and Jeff Bezos (Credit: Curbed Chicago and Getty Images) Chicago’s bid to land Amazon’s second headquarters included a promise of at least $2.3 billion in incentives and special service permits for work at HQ2 and at company employees’ homes. Documents obtained by Crain’s showed an offer of a variety […]
Blog: Just Try Not To Laugh As You Watch Tiffany Pollard’s Fenty Beauty Video
"Ya’ll know that bad bitch, who’s bad enough to show up uninvited? Yeah, that’s me." That’s just one of the many gems that Tiffany Pollard – aka New York, aka the "original HBIC" (as she introduces herself) – left us with in her makeup tutorial for Fenty Beauty. In the video she tests Fenty products […]
Blog: Rhiannon Giddens, friends team for exploration of slavery, ‘Songs of Our Native Daughters’ due Feb. 22
Recent MacArthur Foundation Fellowship recipient Rhiannon Giddens has teamed with three other artists for an ambitious exploration into slavery’s effect on women in a 13-song album “Songs of Our Native Daughters” due Feb. 22. The project, to be released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings’ African… Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times
Blog: Former assistant Greg Burns rejoins the USC football staff as secondary coach
USC football fans who are hoping for success reminiscent of the Pete Carroll era will likely be pleased with Clay Helton’s latest addition to his staff. Helton announced Monday that Greg Burns, who coached the USC secondary during the Trojans’ national championship seasons of 2003 and 2004, will… Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times
Blog: Rhiannon Giddens, friends team for exploration of slavery, ‘Songs of Our Native Daughters’ due Feb. 22
Recent MacArthur Foundation Fellowship recipient Rhiannon Giddens has teamed with three other artists for an ambitious exploration into slavery’s effect on women in a 13-song album “Songs of Our Native Daughters” due Feb. 22. The project, to be released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings’ African… Source: L.A. Times – Entertainment News
Blog: GOP lawmaker pitches plan to kill California’s new DMV voter registration system
For more than a decade, developers have tried to build new housing on the site of an all-but-empty mall in Cupertino, a city in the heart of Silicon Valley and home to Apple headquarters. A well-organized group of neighbors, upset about traffic, building heights and the potential loss of the community’s suburban lifestyle, turned away […]