Billboard reports that Tiffany & Co. dropped its new campaign starring Beyonce’ on September 2. The exquisite luxury brand posted on social media, “Lose yourself in love. The result of a close collaboration and a shared vision between @Beyonce and Tiffany & Co., our new campaign celebrates that true love is only as strong as the love one has for themselves.” In the campaign, The Break My Soul songstress rocks jewelry from the Tiffany T, Tiffany HardWear, Tiffany Lock and the Tiffany Knot collections, which includes a custom Tiffany HardWear necklace that was created exclusively for the campaign and took over 40 hours to manufacture. “I am honored to continue the partnership with Tiffany & Co. and to explore even deeper how beautiful our connections are, where we truly celebrate the relationship and importance of love that we have for ourselves as individuals,” said Beyonce’ in a press release………
On Tuesday, September 20, Robert Kool Bell, co-founder of Kool & the Gang, will be celebrating good times at Swahili Village restaurant in Newark, NJ, where he will be signing bottles of his Le Kool champagne from 6 pm to 10 pm ET. One of New Jersey’s newest and most popular restaurants and night spots, Swahili Village Newark is located at 2 Center Street, within the city’s One Theater Square. Kool will be signing bottles at the restaurant, which carries all three brands of his spirits (Le Kool Cuvee Grand Cru 2015, Le Kool Rose, Le Kool Blanc De Blancs)……..
Luminaries are converging on Broadway to see Michael R. Jackson’s ‘A Strange Loop,’ the hit show which recently won Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards. Zendaya, Michelle Obama, Steven Spielberg, Whoopi Goldberg, Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Holliday, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jesse Williams, Queen Latifah, Questlove, Anna Wintour, Cynthia Erivo, Lena Waithe, Julianne Moore, Trevor Noah, Cynthia Nixon, Bernadette Peters and Gayle King are among the celebrities who came out for the show that is breaking new ground for Black and LGBTQ+ representation on Broadway. Jennifer Hudson recently became an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award-winning artist) when the show won Best Musical at the 2022 Tony Awards. She serves as a producer along with celebrities and notables Billy Porter, Don Cheadle and Brigid Coulter Cheadle, Mindy Kaling, RuPaul Charles, Alan Cumming, Paul Oakley Stovall, Meena Harris, Debra Martin Chase and Ilana Glazer…….
Randis Music recently released contemporary jazz flutist Ragan Whiteside’s new album, Thrill Ride. Her success on multiple radio charts has gone exceedingly well. Her current single has peaked at No. 1 on five radio charts including Billboard’s Smooth Jazz chart, Mediabase, the Smooth Jazz Network, Radiowave, and the Groove Jazz Music chart. Thrill Ride is her second Billboard No. 1 single. It is available on all digital download and streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes Store, Tidal Deezer, YouTube, Pandora and more. In a humorous way, Ragan says it was a thrill ride getting this album across the finish line. “There were a lot of firsts. first – time collaborations, first – time adding an alto flute, first-time bribing my kids to stay quiet while we recorded.”……….