The Icon Super Model Iman Abdulmajid for InStyle US - March 2019
Iman is covering the March edition of InStyle titled: What Will Iman Do Next?
The supermodel, makeup mogul, activist, grandmother, and widow reflects on her 40-plus-year career and talks about her plans for the future.
“I suggested it,” she says over a glass of pinot grigio, sitting in the lobby of the Mercer hotel in New York City shortly after the photo shoot where the accompanying image of one super-soaked supermodel was created. Iman had been asked to wear a Supreme T-shirt as a simple homage to her stature as an unrivaled deity of the modeling world, a trailblazing cosmetics entrepreneur, and a long-standing advocate for women.
Too basic for Iman. She had other ideas. “I’m 63 — why would I have a Supreme T-shirt?” she says. “It’s just a boring T-shirt. It’s too young and too hip. So I said, jokingly, ‘Why don’t we get it wet?’ And as I said it, everybody said, ‘Yeah!’ I was like, ‘Fuck, now I have to deliver.’ ”
She delivered. “Well, you know, I try,” Iman deadpanned.
With a career that has spanned four decades, Iman is such a reliably adaptable and yet physically unaltered fixture of popular culture that most people wouldn’t know she actually retired from the runways in 1989. She hasn’t so much as attended a fashion show since, though she continues to outpace even some of her youngest peers both in relevancy and in ad pages, most recently appearing in campaigns for Valentino and Balmain. Fans on Instagram are obsessed with unearthing glamorous photos of Iman from the heyday of ’80s fashion, when she appeared in Thierry Mugler shows and attended galas with Calvin Klein. Especially popular are images that show the inimitable pairing of two icons of style, Iman and her late husband, David Bowie, who reportedly once said, “You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is.”
An even more crucial reminder of her continuing legacy is that as the founder and chief executive of Iman Cosmetics, she created a collection of makeup and foundation with an extensive array of shades specifically designed for women of color decades ahead of the current beauty-industry movement toward inclusivity. And yet in person, she remains as humble, charming, and, of course, strikingly beautiful as she must have appeared to the photographer Peter Beard when he met her as a student in Nairobi in 1975.
“She’s not just a model on the outside but also on the inside,” says her friend Donna Karan, who first worked with Iman when Karan, still in her 20s, became the head designer of Anne Klein and Iman had just arrived in New York. Their connection was instant and has lasted through the years, their careers, their marriages, their children, their respective loves and losses. When Karan introduced the Stephan Weiss Apple Awards last year to commemorate the memory of her late husband (Weiss died in 2001), one of the first honorees was Iman.
“From the deep, deep essence inside her, she cares,” Karan says.
Now both women are widows and grandmothers, a detail Iman brings up as she explains that one of her latest passions happens to be needlepoint. Who would have imagined Iman as a crafter, wearing reading glasses no less? “My PR guy said, ‘I don’t want you ever doing that on airplanes or in public,’ ” she says, recognizing this sort of hobby might be considered off-brand for a supermodel. “I’m just an average girl, but I’ve always understood the importance of creating a mystique so that people don’t know too much about me.”
#RHOA: Phaedra Parks Reacts to NeNe Leakes Wanting Her Back on the Housewives!
Life is peachy for Phaedra Parks, even without a peach in hand. “Oh my gosh, I’ve got love in my life,” the former Real Housewives of Atlanta star gushes in a interview with ET. “I’ve got great new projects. I’ve got vaginal wipes and a whole vaginal cleansing line, so I’m doing God's work.”
Well, speaking of things Phaedra can be a part of, her former RHOA co-star, NeNe Leakes, has been dropping Phaedra’s name in nearly every interview she’s done as of late, saying she’d love to see Phaedra back on the Bravo show. Adding fuel to the speculation fire that Phaedra could be ripe for a return was her appearance at Andy Cohen’s Housewives-only baby shower in January. The lawyer-turned-mortician was the only former cast member in attendance.
“Well, you know, what’s not to want about me?” Phaedra asks ET, with a laugh. “It’s nice to be wanted, but you know, I love my peace. It will always be a great part of my life, and I will never say never, but I’m in a happy space.”
The mom of two exited the series at the end of season nine, after a tense she said/she said/she said battle between Phaedra, Kandi Burruss and Porsha Williams. At that time, it seemed that Phaedra’s relationship with the women was irreparably fractured, but according to her, time has seemingly healed the wounds, at least with Porsha.
“I don’t watch the show, but a lot of the girls are still very connected to me,” she says. “So, I hang out with NeNe, I obviously talk to Porsha quite a bit. She’s having a baby. She’s having a huge shower in a few weeks, so I’ll be in attendance.”
“Porsha’s wanted to be a mom for a long time,” she adds. “I’m very excited for her and I know she loves children, she loves kids, so I think she will be excellent.”
#Empire: Jussie Smollett's phone records rejected by police as new surveillance videos emerge
The investigation into the attack on Jussie Smollett continues. A spokesperson for the Chicago Police Department told ET on Tuesday that detectives rejected the cell phone records the Empire star submitted via PDF one day earlier because they were heavily redacted.
According to police, a PDF is subject to manipulation, but they are not saying they have any evidence that Smollett manipulated his phone records -- detectives have now asked Smollett to submit his actual phone bill or a download of his entire phone. Police also told ET that detectives had recently obtained surveillance video from stores in the area where the attack happened to see if anyone bought rope around the time the incident occurred.
As the investigation continues, Smollett is still cooperating with detectives, and authorities are continuing to treat the actor as the victim of a hate crime, the spokesperson added.
A source previously told ET that Smollett was walking around Chicago in the early morning hours of Jan. 29, when two men started yelling racial and homophobic slurs at him, before repeatedly hitting him. The men then poured a substance on him -- believed to be bleach, according to the source -- and one of the attackers put a rope around his neck.
The Chicago Police Department claims they previously asked Smollett for his phone in an effort to corroborate certain details from his accounting of the incident, which includes him being on the phone with his talent manager, Brandon Z. Moore, when the attack occurred.
Smollett released a statement on Feb. 1 addressing the attack. The following day, he appeared on stage at his West Hollywood show at The Troubadour, telling fans that he was going to "stand strong."
#NewMusicVideo from Normani & 6LACK 'Waves'
Normani took her time in releasing the music video for "Waves," her brooding collaboration with 6LACK , but the just-released clip feels worth the wait.
In the four-minute video, the former Fifth Harmony bandmate brings viewers into the atmospheric space of the mid-tempo track, which hears her rich vocals sing a tale of twisted romance alongside the Atlanta rapper. In front of an intergalactic galaxy, the two offer up a psychedelic take on a lonely planet as they venture frame by frame into the space-age abyss. "You come in waves, waves, waves/ Every hour, every day, day, day/ You come in waves, yeah," she cues as a rush of echoes fill the track during the hook.
After teasing the release of the video in recent days, Normani took to Twitter to share a few words about the spacey project. "Proud to finally share this with you guys. There was SO much love and hard work poured into this video," she wrote, adding, "Hope you like it."
WATCH HERE
Normani's journey to solo stardom has been a slow and steady one, but "Love Lies," her 2018 collab with Khalid, recently hit a new milestone with 45 weeks atop the Pop Songs airplay chart. Meanwhile, in her recent Billboard cover story , the 22-year-old got candid about her responsibility as a black woman in mainstream music. "There's so much that I have to get off my chest," she told the magazine. "And there’s a responsibility I have as a black woman -- one of the very few to have the power to kill it. Even in the mainstream, there's not many of us. Especially chocolate girls. Like, being African-American is one thing, but girls [with] my complexion, it's unheard of. It's me, and SZA . Who else?"
#HipHopNews: 21 Savage has been Released From an Immigration Detention Center!
21 Savage is a free man once again. After spending ... in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following his arrest on Feb. 3, the rapper was released on bond on Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 12), according to TMZ. The rapper's lawyers gave a statement to the celebrity news website following his release.
"21 Savage asked us to send a special message to his fans and supporters -- he says that while he wasn't present at the Grammy Awards, he was there in spirit and is grateful for the support from around the world and is more than ever, ready to be with his loved ones and continue making music that brings people together," Alex Spiro, Charles H. Kuck and Dina LaPolt said in the joint statement. "He will not forget this ordeal or any of the other fathers, sons, family members, and faceless people, he was locked up with or that remain unjustly incarcerated across the country. And he asks for your hearts and minds to be with them."
Savage was arrested following a traffic stop in Atlanta on Feb. 3, and taken into custody when officials found that the rapper is actually a citizen of the United Kingdom and, according to them, residing in the U.S. unlawfully.
ICE spokesman Bryan Cox said at the time, “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested unlawfully present United Kingdom national Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph AKA ‘21 Savage’ during a targeted operation with federal and local law enforcement partners early Sunday in metro Atlanta. Mr. Abraham-Joseph was taken into ICE custody as he is unlawfully present in the U.S. and also a convicted felon.”
Initially, authorities claimed that Savage came to the U.S. legally in July 2005 with a non-immigrant visa, but when his visa expired in July 2006, he failed to leave the country. His legal team later debunked that story.
Mexican kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman found GUILTY of running drug cartel, guaranteed life in prison
'El Chapo' found guilty on all counts, receives mandatory life sentence. Mexico's most notorious drug kingpin, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being found guilty on all 10 counts Tuesday at the conclusion of a three-month trial that detailed grisly killings, a bizarre escape and drugs hidden in jalapeno cans.
The jury of 12 people announced their decision at a federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York on the sixth day of deliberations, affirming Guzman was the leader of the Sinaloa cartel and conspired to commit murder.
Guzman, 61, entered the courtroom wearing a charcoal suit just before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. He stared at the jurors and remained emotionless as the judge read the verdict.
Before the jury was discharged, Guzman briefly looked at his beauty queen wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, and blew her a kiss before being removed from the room. Aispuro also appeared to not react to the jury's verdict, according to Fox News producers.
“I am pleased that the Department has brought Joaquin Guzman Loera (El Chapo) to justice by securing a conviction against this drug kingpin, who was a principal leader of the Sinaloa Cartel,” Acting Attorney General Whitaker said in a statement. “As was clear to the jury, Guzman Loera’s massive, multi-billion dollar criminal enterprise was responsible for flooding the streets of the United States with hundreds of tons of cocaine, as well as enormous quantities of other dangerous drugs such as heroin and methamphetamine."
Guzman's defense team released a statement saying they were "obviously disappointed" with the verdict.
"We are obviously disappointed with the jury's verdict int he trial of Joaquin Guzman Loera but are respectful of the process and the jury's decision," the statement read, adding that they will "review all of Joaquin's options, including appeal."
El Chapo, known as one of the most notorious drug traffickers in modern history, was extradited to the U.S. in 2017 after Mexican authorities captured him a year prior during raids in Los Mochis, Sinaloa. He was free at that point after a dramatic escape in which he tunneled out of a Mexican prison.
Guzman, who has been held in solitary confinement for the last two years, pleaded not guilty to the slew of charges that included engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise and international distribution of cocaine, thus beginning his long-waited criminal trial in November.
During the trial, 56 witnesses testified to the Sinaloa cartel leader’s willingness to use violence against enemies of a cartel that prosecutors say smuggled at least 200 tons of cocaine into the U.S. for more than two decades. The jurors combed through an avalanche of evidence that included text messages and phone calls allegedly showing Guzman making drug deals as the cartel leader.
At least 14 of the witnesses who testified were once close associates with the drug lord and some also held a lengthy criminal history and were drug distributors themselves.
Of the witnesses, one of the trials most memorable tales came from Guzman’s mistress, Lucero Guadalupe Sanchez Lopez. She testified she was in bed in a safe house with an on-the-run Guzman in 2014 when Mexican marines started breaking down the door. She said Guzman led her to a trap door beneath a bathtub that opened up to a tunnel that allowed them to escape.
"He was naked. He took off running. He left us behind,” she said in court.
One Sinaloa insider described Mexican workers getting contact highs while packing cocaine into thousands of jalapeno cans — shipments that totaled 25 to 30 tons of cocaine worth $500 million each year.
The drug lord managed to evade authorities and broke out of Mexican prisons twice. Guzman escaped from jail in 2001 by hiding in a laundry bin and managed to evade authorities by stowing away in one of his mountainside hideaways.
He was recaptured in 2014 but escaped a year later through a mile-long lighted tunnel. The second escape humiliated Mexican authorities who vowed the drug lord would never escape their grips again.
Guzman was captured again nearly six months later, with then-Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announcing the news: “Mission accomplished: We have him.”
During his final brief taste of freedom, Guzman met with actors and producers to plan a movie about his life — eventually leading authorities to his hiding place. The drug lord met with Sean Penn and Mexican actress Kate del Castillo.
Penn's infamous interview with Guzman was published in Rolling Stone in 2015. In the article, the drug lord was quoted boasting about how he supplied "more heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana than anybody else in the world. I have a fleet of submarines, airplanes, trucks and boats."
Jack Riley, 60, a now-retired DEA agent, told the New York Post that Penn put lives at risk when he met the drug kingpin in 2015. Riley said he came close to arresting El Chapo but was interrupted by Penn and Castillo's visit, the New York Post reported.
“Oh, my God! If I could get my hands on Sean Penn!” Riley, a former top agent with the DEA, told the Post. “The people he put at risk because of that stunt. He should be in jail.”
Police Visit Chris Brown’s House For Welfare Check After Singer Revealed Address To Offset: Report
Chris Brown's beef with Offset got blown way out of proportion when the singer continued to asked the Migos rapper to pull up to his crib in California and fight him. According to TMZ's report published today (Feb. 12), their beef worried one of Brown's 50 million followers so much that he or she called the police.
After Offset said his piece about the drama last week (Feb. 7), Brown responded by posting their DM conversation on Instagram along with the address to his home. The celebrity gossip site reports that LAPD paid a visit to the singer the following night. Law enforcement sources state that the officers spoke to Brown's security, who reassured them that the singer was fine and no confrontations with Offset actually occurred.
Their social media feud began when Brown posted a meme about 21 Savage, who's currently in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Offset didn't think Brown's post was funny, and he let him know how he felt about it in Brown's comments when he called him a lame and pointed out that he didn't think the 21 memes were funny. Naturally, Breezy was quick to clap back.
"@offsetyrn FUCK YOU LIL BOY," Brown responded in Offset's comment section. "BETTER WORRY ABOUT WHAT U GOT GOING AND FOCUS ON 'YOU.' ALL THIS CAP ON IG IS WHAT'S LAME. YO ENERGY WONT LIKE THAT WHEN I CAME TO DRAKE SHOW IN LA. IF YOU DON'T GET YO A HIP A HOP A HIBBET A HIBBET TO THE HIP HOP AND YA DON'T STOP THE ROCKIN FACEASS OUT OF MY COMMENTS. SENSITIVE ASS NIGGA. CALL ME PERSONALLY. U WANT SOME CLOUT WHEN ALL U GOTTA DO IS PULl UP No camera no flexing and all at!!!!! IF YOU A REAL MAN FIGHT ME. Oh and another thing, SUCK MY DICK!!!!"
In the now-deleted DM conversation, Offset called Brown the police and accused the singer of trying to set him up. Since the Atlanta native didn't pull up, cops advised Brown's team to delete the post, which he did.
Check out the their DM conversation below.
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Eddie Murphy's 'Coming to America' sequel set for 2020 release
Get ready because Eddie Murphy is coming to America, again! Paramount confirmed Monday that the actor will star in a sequel to "Coming to America," set to hit theaters next year.
Craig Brewer will direct and Kenya Barris is executive producing.
Little has been revealed about the new plot. In the original, Murphy played an African prince [Akeem] who comes to Queens, New York to avoid an arranged marriage. The film also starred James Earl Jones, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley and John Amos.
According to Deadline, "Akeem learns about a long-lost son, and must return to America to meet the unlikely heir to the throne of Zamunda."
Murphy has a lot to celebrate these days, with the recent birth of his 10th child. The 57-year-old actor and his fiancée, Paige Butcher, 39, welcomed a son named Max Charles Murphy, last year.
The as-yet untitled "Coming to America" sequel is scheduled to hit theaters on August 7, 2020.
Katy Perry Issues Apology Over Offensive Shoes and the Shoe has been pulled from the website!
Katy Perry and her fashion line, Katy Perry Collections, have confirmed that shoe designs criticized for resembling blackface were immediately removed from retailers’ websites, TMZ reported Tuesday.
“I was saddened when it was brought to my attention that it was being compared to painful images reminiscent of blackface,” Perry and Global Brands Group, her brand manager in launching Katy Perry Collections, said in a joint statement, according to TMZ.
Perry and Global Brands Group said the shoes — the Rue Face Slip On Loafers and the Ora Face Block Heel Sandal — were released in nine different colors and “envisioned as a nod to modern art and surrealism.”
The leather on the “face” of the loafers and heeled sandals was embellished with identical 3-D eyes, a gold triangle “nose” and bright red lips. The shoes that come in black were the ones that were problematic, in that some thought they resembled classic blackface makeup, according to TMZ. According to the brand’s About Us page, the collection is “designed 100 percent” by Perry.
Miley Cyrus To Appear On 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 11 Premiere
If you remember her 2015 MTV Video Music Awards performance, you already know that Miley Cyrus loves drag queens, so it's not too surprising that the pop titan will appear on the upcoming premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 11 on February 28.
As per a new announcement, which surfaced on Tuesday (February 12), Cyrus will serve as the guest judge on the upcoming VH1 reality competition. "Are you freaking out? Because I'm freaking out!" Cyrus said in a teaser for the upcoming episode, which will see the star go undercover in the workroom to spy on the new cast of queens. As for their first challenge, the 14 contestants will need to creature signature looks from materials belonging to former Drag Race cast members. Among the new queens include A'keria Chanel Daveport, Ariel Versace, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Honey Davenport, Kahana Montrese, Mercedes Iman Diamond, Nina West, Plastique Tiara, Ra’jah O’Hara, Scarlet Envy, Shuga Cain, Silky Nutmeg Ganache, Soju, Yvie Oddly, and the big return of Vanessa Vanjie Mateo.
"Just when I think to myself – 'shedonealreadydonehadherses' – a new crop of killer queens sashay their way into my heart and leave me gagging for more," executive producer and three-time Emmy Award-winning host RuPaul said in a statement about the upcoming season. "Dare I say, this might be the most sickening season of all time."
In addition to the Cyrus reveal, VH1 announced that the show is moving to a new night: Thursdays. Make sure you tune into the premiere on February 28 at 9/8 PM on VH1!
#BOSS Ciara Launches Her Own Record Label
Russell Wilson reportedly gifted his wife with her original masters to kickstart her new label.
Ciara is launching her own company and music label. The singer announced her plans to start Beauty Marks Entertainment (BME) at the 2019 MAKERS Women's Conference on Feb. 8.
According to Ciara's post on Instagram, BME is "where music intersects with Film, Fashion, Technology & Philanthropy." In other words, the company will function as both an indie record label as well as provide an outlet for Ciara to live out her other passions in the realms of fashion, tech, and philanthropy work.
"This journey has been amazing & I’ve had the time of my life releasing my music under my own label imprint. #LevelUp," she wrote on social media. To kickstart her new project, Russell Wilson reportedly gifted Cici with her original masters from her past and present record labels, Karen Civil reports. The "Level Up" singer also confirmed that she owns the rights to her own musical catalogue during the MAKERS conference.
"The idea of ownership is really important to me and that’s what this phase is about. It’s truly about, let’s really build things to where it can last for a really long time and I can really reap the full benefits of my labor," she stated. "I’ve been in systems and the way the deals are typically structured for us artists, we don’t really get to reap the full financial benefits of our labor. I love what I do. I wake up every day excited to do what I do, even during the toughest times. But at the same time, it’s like, let’s make economic sense of it all as well."
Of the her goals for the label, Ciara told Billboard that she hopes to eventually sign artists one day. "My ultimate goal is to perfect my journey first, and then at some point in time down the line, it would be fun to actually have other artists come along and the idea would be to empower them," she noted. "The idea of ownership is really important to me and that's what this phase is about."
Kim Kardashian Sued for $100 Million for Allegedly Breaching Kimoji Deal
Kim Kardashian West launched her popular Kimojis with the help of an app developer, who says she left him high and dry and screwed him out of serious cash ... as in 9 figures! David Liebensohn claims he and his business partners created an app called CensorOut that caught the attention of Kim, and they eventually agreed to team up on Kimojis ... the animated emojis and GIFs of the Kardashian clan.
According to docs ... Kim agreed to cut Liebensohn and his partners in for 60 percent, and they agreed on a deal in 2014. He claims Kim insisted she would file the trademark paperwork for "Kimoji" to cover the cost and make things simple ... but they were in it together.
That's when it gets weird. In his lawsuit, Liebensohn says in August 2014 -- right around when Kim filed for the trademark -- she informed him one of his partners had shared some of her personal information ... so she was backing out of their deal.
Liebensohn claims Kim and co. lawyered up and tried to pressure him into dropping the case, but he refused. He also says Kim already knew about the alleged sharing of her personal info before they struck a deal ... and simply used it as an excuse to cancel it.
He's suing Kim for at least $100 mil for breach of contract, fraud and for the profits he believes he's lost by being left out of the Kimoji biz.
Kanye West And Adidas Announce The Yeezy Boost 700 Salt
Kanye West and Adidas have announced the upcoming release of the Yeezy Boost 700 Salt today (Feb. 12).
The 700 Salt will feature a full-length drop in boost midsole, an upper composed of suede overlays and premium leather with mesh underlays and heel details. The shoe has a black gum sole along with a reflective heel and of course, the brand's iconic three tripes.
This news comes just two days after the 15th anniversary of Kanye's The College Dropout, a debut album that immediately catapulted him to superstar status. The G.O.O.D. Music founder celebrated the anniversary over the weekend during his weekly Sunday Sessions series. A full orchestra and choir accompanied Ye to perform "Jesus Walks," as people like Consequence, producer 88 Keys and vocalist Tony Williams, all artists who had an influential role in the making of the classic album, were in attendance.
The Yeezy Boost 700 Salt will be made available worldwide on Feb. 23, 2019. It will also carry a $300 price tag. You can cop them in select stores or on adidas' website HERE.
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