Her videos are…memorable.
The dance scenes from Ne-yo’s ‘Closer’. Katy Perry’s 1940’s garb in ‘Thinking of You’. And of course, Beyonce’s opening scene catwalk in ‘Diva’.
Ne-yo – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NhJ1IZZDBQ
Beyonce – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuDE9vRZvg0
Our friends at Sicka than Average have definitely come through for the men we love, but are seriously handicapped when it comes to shopping.
Just send him this link with the promise that anything on this list will get him the naughty librarian outfit.
http://www.sickathanaverage.com/sta/2009/02/valentines-day-gift-guide.html
The Brooklynite and former Refugee Camp All-Star is home from a 7 year bid. How many guys can do 7 years and still sound so smooth?
(courtesy of the Guardian)
“Hey Mom, I’m going to skip grad school so I can write speeches for the first black president in history…”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/20/barack-obama-inauguration-us-speech
Here is the latest from the band that allowed hip hop/punk rock geeks to come out of the closet.
http://videos.onsmash.com/v/B2yUmQfMK7vMTihq
The director of The Secret Life of Bees also delivered a classic with Love and Basketball…
(courtesy of Forbes.com)
The highest-ranking women in the history of Greece’s government and former mayor of Athens held on to her post after a cabinet reshuffle last September. Recent highlights: Greece’s ratification of the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty; her support of France’s Mediterranean Union plan, focusing on Mideast peace; and leading a conference on women entrepreneurs. But efforts toward conciliation with Turkey (over Cyprus) and Macedonia have proved elusive. — Tatiana Serafin
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/11/biz_powerwomen08_Dora-Bakoyannis_QR52.html
(courtesy of OZOlife.com)
People have their “Aha!” moments. Dutch designer Marieke Staps had hers when she fantasized about her lights running on “free and environmentally-friendly energy forever and ever.” The light upstairs went on and born was the mighty soil lamp…
http://ozolife.com/daily/design/getting_dirty/
(courtesy of Forbes.com)
Responsible for all aspects of the studio’s business, including marketing, distribution and home entertainment. Studio’s Spider-Man franchise brought in $2.5 billion worldwide. Known for talent relationships with Judd Apatow, Adam Sandler and Will Smith; green-lighted Apatow’s Superbad after other studios passed. Previously worked at Twentieth Century Fox and Turner Pictures. — Helen Coster
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/11/biz_powerwomen08_Amy-Pascal_FNQR.html
(courtesy of Forbes.com)
Made history in 2006 when she became the country’s first female evening-news anchor, but the program is stuck in third place. In April, CBS defended Couric amid rumors that she would leave the post before her contract expires in 2011. Began her career at ABC News in Washington, D.C.; was also a CNN political reporter and a Pentagon reporter for NBC. Co-anchored the Today show for 15 years. Involved in fight against colon cancer. — Helen Coster
Former New Yorker staffer Daphne Beal’s work has appeared everywhere from Vogue to McSweeney’s to the New York Times to The Believer. On the eve of the book tour for her just-released first novel, In the Land of No Right Angles, she chatted with us about motherhood, consumerism, and biking around Manhattan without a seat.
Read the interview at
http://www.ozolife.com/people/arts/
(courtesy of Forbes Magazine)
Argentina’s first popularly elected woman president has had a rough start, with approval ratings falling to 20% due to unpopular taxes. In July, her own party forced her to revoke tax hikes on grain exports after four months of protests. Despite the setback, “Queen Cristina” will continue to fight an economic meltdown. A lawyer, senator and, most recently, first lady to previous president Nestor Kirchner, she is sometimes compared to the infamous Evita Peron. — Tatiana Serafin
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/11/biz_powerwomen08_Cristina-Fernandez_MFXX.html
Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (U.S.A.)
The head of the embattled FDIC has been trying to reassure an edgy American public that the country’s financial institutions are sound—even as six banks have now failed this year. Bair’s domain is the last stop for capital-starved banks (and their insured customers) before going under. But the July demise of IndyMac, the largest bankruptcy of a financial institution in the last two decades, has rattled nerves. As banks continue to fail, Bair must continue to show the fortitude that has helped her lead an institution that is suddenly an actor in this global drama. — Heidi Brown
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/11/biz_powerwomen08_Sheila-C-Bair_0R5X.html
First he made tractors. Then he made luxury sports cars. You have to start somewhere.
She had a baby about six months ago then is awarded Sexiest Woman Alive in 2008. Good genes or good trainer?
http://www.esquire.com/women/women-we-love/halle-berry-sexiest-woman-alive-2008
Don’t forget the cover page…
If only we could be so eloquent…
Chairman, chief executive, MTV Networks
U.S.
A 25-year veteran of MTV Networks, McGrath oversees the company’s flagship network as well as CMT, Comedy Central, MTV2, Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Spike TV, TV Land, and VH1. MTV Networks holds about a quarter of the market share in cable ads, and brings in nearly three quarters of Viacom’s $10 billion in annual sales. During McGrath’s tenure, parent company Viacom bought the online entertainment site, Atom Entertainment, the gaming and social networking service, Xfire Inc, the online teen-author community, Quizilla.com, and the videogame development company, Harmonix Music Systems. McGrath’s current challenge is to guide MTV as it attempts to translate its television success to the Internet, where the company’s web sites are losing users to rivals like MySpace and YouTube. In February, McGrath announced plans to dismiss 250 staffers, saying that the money saved would be used in the company’s “television and digital future, and to keep winning in this revolutionary environment.”—Helen Coster
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/11/biz-07women_Judy-McGrath_6J9A.html
Amy Galper, a NYC based shiatsu practitioner founded Buddha Nose, Ltd. in the spring of 2004 to encourage her mostly female clientele to be still and breathe. Buddha Nose is a line of organic body care products that inspire beauty through wellness.*
Stick
Organic beauty products
I own an organic beauty company and make certified organic beauty products that encourage people to take better care of themselves and the planet.
Tough Love
My man…
A little bottle of jasmine oil…
No comment
No comment
I prefer carob over chocolate especially when they’re covering roasted almonds…
No alcohol – wheatgrass keeps me motivated…
Estee Lauder
Don’t listen to anybody and trust your instincts…
Love…
(courtesy of Forbes magazine)
Chairman, managing director, Global Investment House
Kuwait
Although Al-Ghunaim, 47, founded Global Investment House in 1998, she turned down the top post in deference to an older male banker. Reason: Being a woman, Al-Ghunaim could not socialize after work with other businessmen in private homes, as is the custom in Kuwait, a time where deals are often clinched. This past March, she finally garnered the title of chairman. “History and experience have proven to me that if you get the deals, people will come to you,” she says. Under her leadership, the investment bank has grown to manage more than $7 billion in assets. Recently, it got permission to operate in Qatar, and next wants to establish a presence in Saudi Arabia. Al-Ghunaim is in the process of raising a $1.5 billion buyout fund co-sponsored by Bear Stearns and JP Morgan Cazenove, which will then shop it to European pension funds and hedge funds in the U.S. Al-Ghunaim thinks there are plenty of opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa, especially after the recent correction in regional stock markets. She sits on more than a half dozen boards, and chairs the Kuwaiti chapter of Young Arab Leaders, a pan-Arab organization, which promotes education and entrepreneurship.—Zina Moukheiber
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/11/biz-07women_Maha-Al-Ghunaim_9EMO.html
(courtesy of Forbes magazine)
Gandhi, the Italian-born leader of India’s most powerful political party, the Indian National Congress Party, has come far since entering politics in the 1990s. Lawmakers recently elected Gandhi’s choice for president, Pratibha Patil, in a historic vote seen as a step forward for India’s women and girls who endure daily discrimination. The vote, however, saw angry allegations leveled against Patil, over purported corruption and criminal activity in her family. Though the position is largely ceremonial, Patil is now India’s first female president, and her victory is a sign that the role of women in the country’s often male-dominated political scene may improve. “This is a special moment for women across the country,” Gandhi said. “It shows India is committed to women.” Gandhi is widely revered by her fellow countrymen, especially among India’s poor as well as its vast agricultural population. Gandhi is continuously concerned that India’s rapid economic growth is leaving the poor behind, and that her country is not doing enough to help its farmers. She has opposed a government plan to introduce special economic zones to encourage foreign investment in the country. Recently Gandhi stood up to politically powerful opponents in blocking their attempt to nullify an anti-corruption law meant to curb corruption among the country’s massive bureaucracy.—Heidi Brown
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/11/biz-07women_Sonia-Gandhi_W5BY.html
(courtesy of Forbes magazine)
Chief international correspondent, CNN
U.S.
We’ve been down with Stephanie for awhile. She just got her first package from Little Hill and talked about it on her blog:
It’s not many people that can say they know me, from back when I was new to the game. At the bottom of the hill working my way up. My friend B.J de Guzman knows what I’m talking about. We met back when he was up at Azzure, now Mr. Guzman is currently rocking with one of the illest female lingerie line, Little Hill. I’m such a huge fan of the line!! It’s not the typical same crap that you see in every store, and it’s definitely not for your typical girl either…
Read the rest at http://stephanieortiz.blogspot.com
(courtesy of Forbes magazine)
Nobel Peace Laureate
Myanmar
Still under house arrest since her party won democratic elections in 1990, Aung San Suu Kyi, 60, continues to attract world attention. Because of her plight, her country has seen a dramatic drop-off in international investment and tourism, which world leaders hope will pressure its ruling junta into installing a democracy, though that doesn’t appear likely anytime soon. The leader of Myanmar’s pro-democracy National League for Democracy was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. The ruling junta has no plans to release her in the foreseeable future. —A.M.
(courtesy of Forbes magazine)
Co-chair, Disney Media Networks; President, Disney-ABC Television Group
Helping fuel ABC’s comeback with Lost and Desperate Housewives, Sweeney, 47, is a master at turnarounds. After arriving at Disney in 1996, she saved a withering Disney Channel by bringing in scores of subscribers. Sweeney also presided over the launches of two new channels, Toon Disney and SOAPnet, and had successful careers at Nickelodeon and FX, where she oversaw the largest basic-cable launch in history. Something to look forward to in 2006: ABC’s broadcast of the highest-rated and largest revenue-generating television event, the NFL Super Bowl.—S.H.
(courtesy of Forbes magazine)
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Mexico’s richest woman is no longer its most eligible. Last year she married Antonio Garza, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, in a star-studded ceremony in Valle de Bravo, Mexico. This January she cashed out almost half of her stake in fellow billionaire Emilio Azcarraga Jean’s Grupo Televisa, amid reports that she was unhappy with the media company’s management. She also has a stake in Grupo Modelo, Mexico’s largest brewer, which her grandfather, a Spanish immigrant, founded in 1922.
(courtesy of Forbes Magazine)
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