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The BeatStylist recently had the pleasure of chatting with singer/songwriter/composer/musician Leila Adu, whose fourth album Ode to the Unknown Factory Worker is out now. The album is available online through Cargo Records UK and Goodfellas Italy and will be in stores in the UK, USA, Japan, Germany and France in January 2011. ♫ Listen...
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Incredibly, it’s been a year since the greatest entertainer of all time left this Earth & those of us that are die-hard fans are still reeling from the loss. It was selfish of us to want to keep him here, to be poked at, prodded, and ridiculed by the same public that raised him...
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Family Guy is one of my favorite things to watch on TV and the hour special called “Brian and Stewie” is brilliant! The episode is hiliarious and – as a bonus to those of us that see the world through fashion goggles – it references Thom Browne Fall 2009. Wouldn’t Stewie look great in...
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It’s spring! And like Bambi, and all other creatures living with their hearts wipe open, I am utterly twitterpated. My new love: The Temper Trap. They are a rock band, but like all of my favorite bands, I’m reluctant to slide them into a simple genre. The BBC called them “Sun-bleached surf-pop from down...
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The amount of hype surrounding Lady Gaga’s new video for her single “Telephone” has been enormous. So much so that it was bound to let me down… That’s not to say that it’s wasn’t an interesting short film (I guess), but Gaga has created such a presence in fashion that I and many others...
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Women’s Wear Daily is reporting that Madonna is forging a deal to start hawking womenswear, lingerie, and accessories branded with the popstar’s notorious moniker(s). Frankly, the Cult finds this to be about two decades tardy, as ’91/’92ish may have been the peak of Madonna’s fashion relevance. Granted, there’s a definite 90s revival brewing –...
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Rihanna appeared on Oprah this week wearing a Viktor & Rolf dress from the Spring 2010 collection. She performed a heartfelt cover of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song”. Buy this song and support Haitian relief efforts via Rihanna is among a handful of fashion-forward celebs that have given the cutting edge line a try. See...
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Lady Gaga cover’s 944 magazine’s January 2010 Vanguard issue. “There’s no one like me, and their never was,” she says in a state republished by 944. But before you start crying about Madonna or Bowie or Grace Jones, keep listening… “I know my greatness as an individual,” she continues. “I want every woman to...
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Lily Allen was photographed by Alan Gelati for Russian Vogue January 2010. Though her music has never gotten me very excited, I’m impress with Lily in this editorial. She’s showing some depth here and it makes me want to revisit her work (which is the point, I guess). These have much more dimension than...
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Music – 3 stars. The song is fun and does make you want to dance, but I don’t hear a classic – especially not by Janet Jackson standards. Fashion – 5. Janet and her dancers put Todd Lynn’s Spring 2010 collection to perfect use. Few other collections combine the sharp-edged futuristic feel with that...
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