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The beauty mogul sadly passed away this weekend.
Evelyn died at her Manhattan home on Saturday.
The Estee Lauder senior corporate vice president and founder of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation has been an inspiration to women worldwide.
In her time working at Estee Lauder, founded by her mother-in-law, Evelyn has helped to develop countless lines in skincare, make-up and fragrance, receiving the Fragrance Foundation Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.
As well as her good business sense, Evelyn is remembered for her warmth, generosity and unrelenting work as a philanthropist.
She was “an American icon”, Tommy Hilfiger has said of his former colleague.
In 1992 she founded the pink ribbon breast cancer campaign alongside friend and fashion editor Alexandra Penney, dishing out the bows at Lauder counters with self-examination charts.
Later the same year she also launched the Estee Lauder Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign to raise funds, and the following year the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Nearly 20 years on the ribbon has become a ubiquitous symbol of breast cancer awareness and over 65 million have been distributed. Funds raised have helped to open the Evelyn H Lauder Breast Centre in New York.
The people who really need to read this article probably won’t because they’re too busy yapping on their cell phones. Maybe those who do read it can make a copy and somehow slip it to someone they know who has a cell phone addiction. Maybe businesses can post it in plain view for customers to see.
Cell phone junkies are becoming a menace to society because they are so into their own cellular world, that they are oblivious and insensitive to their surroundings (like a typical junkie). For instance, while at the bank the other day, three guys entered the doors just seconds apart from one another, and each was cussing loudly on their cell phones and saying things that were inappropriate for a public place. They did not seem to have a clue as to how their actions were affecting those around them, nor did they seem to care. It was like they had a license to say whatever they wanted on their own private cell phones – but in a public place?
Then there was the lady – in a crowded Subway restaurant during lunch hour – who was so busy talking on the phone with her “girl”, that she thought she’d ordered one thing, and when the server had wrapped and announced “one six inch turkey”, the lady (still talking on the phone) exclaimed, “I wanted ham not turkey!” The server insisted she said turkey, and she began to argue with him. Maybe she would have been more attentive to what she was getting had she not been so rudely annoying everyone with her loud conversation on her cell phone. Equally annoying was a similar situation in a Post Office line with a lady speaking a foreign language!
I’m sure we’ve all experienced the left turn lane when the arrow turns green, and the person at the head of the line is engrossed in a cell phone conversation, not realizing the arrow is green until those behind start laying on the horn. Where perhaps five cars could have made the turn, only three do before the arrow turns red again. What a waste of time and fuel! And we wonder why there is so much frustration and disdain in our society today. Things like this don’t help at all.
For those who think it’s cool and okay to have indiscrete cell phone conversations in public places, please consider this old English proverb: “He who says what he likes, shall hear what he does not like.” Respect yourself if you want others to respect you.
I have used the 800-POLLUTE number to report air pollution; maybe there’s a way we can do the same for noise pollution. Maybe business owners could be empowered to refuse service to anyone who disturbs the peace with their disruptive cell phone conversations.
Thank you Larry Buford
The divorce case between Tina and Matthew Knowles has been put off. Last year, Matthew was hit with a paternity suit by a longtime girlfriend. At first he denied it, but the kid turned out to be his. Tina, devastated by the news and tired of playing the fool, filed for divorce, got a facelift, lost some weight and started a clothing line. Well, I guess that was enough to get Matthew’s attention because he realized he didn’t want his marriage to end. They are trying to work it out with the girlfriend and baby.
Supermodel Iman graces the new issue of Harper’s Bazaar.
Iman also recently premiered her new Bravo series, “The Fashion Show: Ultimate Collection,”.
You may know Iman as the one-name wonder who tamed David Bowie or the Somalian-born model with other-worldly good looks, but you’ll get to see another side of the striking beauty.
Alongside designer Isaac Mizrahi and Harper’s Bazaar Features Director Laura Brown, Iman will host the cut-throat competition, challenging 12 talented designers to produce a live fashion show each week.
Essence magazine is on the hunt for a new editor-in-chief. Angela Burt-Murray has left the magazine after five years. She has relocated to Atlanta to be with her family. What was behind Burt-Murray’s decision to leave the magazine? Could it have been her own decisions over the summer? She was heavily criticized when she hired a white woman to hold the position of fashion director. Sheryl Tucker, who served as the editor-at-large for Time magazine, will fill the position as interim editor-in-chief of Essence. The new issue of Essence magazine features the cast of Tyler Perry’s movie For Colored Girls.
Are the rumors true? Is Beyonce pregnant? If so, she’s due in April. This would her first baby with hubby Rapper Jay-Z. Beyonce is also set to unveil her second fragrance, Heat Rush, next February. Baby fever is definitely in the air! Last week, Alicia Keys gave birth to a baby boy with hubby Swizz Beatz. Their son’s name is Egypt Daoud Dean.
Beyonce’s mom Tina Knowles is coming out with a line of plus size designs for Walmart. The 30-piece collection will come in sizes 2-20. Mrs. Knowles has been at her best lately. She is no longer with hubby Matthew Knowles after his paternity scandal. Mrs. Knowles is looking better than ever, and many wonder did she get a facelift or get Botox.
You go gurl!
When Hugh Hefner’s name is mentioned the very first thing that comes to mind for most people is Playboy (the magazine and the bunnies). That white bunny logo placed against an all black background has provoked the social consciousness of America since the 1950s.
To some, Hugh Hefner has made this country a better place by dragging our sexual consciousness in to the future kicking and screaming, yet to others he is little more than a charlatan.
To some he’s thought of as the prehistoric forerunner to the P. Diddy school of overindulgence and bling. He’s been accused of being a pornographer, the king of all chauvinist pigs and even the reason for the marginalization of morality in this country.
But, like most people, there are other sides of the story. Playboy and the player lifestyle that Hugh Hefner was supposedly living were simply for show. The man was far, far deeper than that.
Sure, he loved and still loves the ladies (lots and lots of ‘em, we might add, thanks to Viagra), but he doesn’t get half the credit he deserves, and gets most of the darts for what he does not.
“There are probably a lot of people today enjoying freedoms who have no idea Hugh Hefner was the pioneer who got all the arrows. He fought for it on every level, everybody, and if you think it’s just about sex, then you’re looking through the keyhole, and you’re not seeing the whole picture” — Bill Maher, comedian/talk show host
81-year-old Hugh Hefner is also a man with many causes, one of which was his support of the civil rights movement and, surprisingly, the women’s rights movement as well. He was even an early proponent for the legalization of marijuana. Academy Award winning director Bridgette Berman tried to capture all of his many sides and the 2 hour running time of “Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel” are barely enough to contain his larger than life persona. Berman was kind enough to forward us a copy and, we have to say, it’s very interesting, no, fascinating stuff to say the least.
For those that are too young to remember, and for those that may have forgotten, Hugh Hefner was against all of the social norms of the day. He was not only against the prudish sexual nature of the day, but he was against racism and for the women’s suffrage movement. All of this while being targeted by the Catholic church, the religious right and the FBI. An incredible man to say the least. “Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel” also features commentary from some of his harshest critics and that makes the film that much more interesting. How many biographers will add the naysayers commentary?
Brilliant as far as we’re concerned!
“Playboy magazine and that whole mind set, that whole philosophy, that whole attitude of no restraint whatsoever, moral, spiritually any other way, has contributed more than any other single ingredient, to the breaking of the moral compass,” says Christian activist and singer Pat Boone.
“There was no situation as to whether Hef would allow it,” said Berman of including dissenting views in the documentary. “He truly believes in freedom of speech, first amendment. With that comes yay and nay. You can see that it’s a labor of love and a lot of work went in to it. It was important for me that this not be a Valentine to Mr. Hefner. Even though I am a friend of his, the friend retreated to the back and I became a filmmaker, first and foremost.”
The film is honest and includes many of Hugh Hefner’s staunchest enemies, but it includes some surprising friends as well.
“Many people in the festival screenings have said they came under protest,” said Berman. “They didn’t really want to see a film about Hugh Hefner and were kind of dragged there. They said they were astonished about the things that they learned; his activism in civil rights, his friendship with Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Jesse Jackson. Jim Brown and he have had a long, outstanding friendship.”
Some may have also forgotten that Martin Luther King Jr’s last article was published in Playboy and was edited by Coretta Scott King. History bears witness to, and the film reminds of, the fact that Hugh Hefner has gone to great lengths to do what he saw was right. In the 1960s the Playboy Clubs in Miami and New Orleans would not allow African American patrons in, so Hefner used his money to buy the clubs back at a considerable loss so black patrons could be allowed in. In the late 1960s his late night variety show “Playboy After Dark” featured mixed race musical acts and audience members when America was still soaked in bigotry and hate. Also, Hugh Hefner was instrumental in pushing jazz to the mainstream with his Playboy Jazz Festival. Because of Hefner, a lot of black people got to feed their families and that’s not even the half of it.
Courage to stand up for what you believe to be right
“YOU CAN DO THIS”
Courage to believe in change
When there is a lot to blame
“YOU CAN DO THIS”
Courage to hold on when all is gone
“YOU CAN DO THIS”
Courage to believe by faith not sight
That everything no matter what will turn out all right
“YOU CAN DO THIS”
by Lennis; excerpt from the book “Are YOU Ready?”
Jada Pinkett Smith returns for a third season of Hawthorne, the show airs on TNT. Marc Anthony, who joined the show last year, has been named the show’s musical producer. The new season kicks off June 14th and will include a wedding. Along with smith and Anthony, the cast also includes Lauren Velez, Derek Luke and Michael Vartan.
Congrats to Rapper/Actor Bow Wow. He just became a dad with a former girlfriend.
Robert Redford is going ahead with plans to do a movie based on the life of Baseball Great Jackie Robinson. Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier. Redford would play Branch Rickey the man who made it happen. There is no word yet on who will play Robinson
Jennifer Hudson is ready to tell all about her weight loss. The book comes out next January, and she talks about her 80 pound weight loss. She says she grew up in an environment where healthy eating was not a priority. In her book, Hudson will be sharing tips for losing and maintaining weight and how exercise can be fun. Hudson has also signed on for the new Three Stooges movie.
Faith Evans may be divorcing her husband Todd Russaw, but he is going to remain her manager. The couple has had a rocky relationship, but Faith Evans feels he is the best person to guide her career. Evans is currently working on a reality TV project.
Is Fantasia pregnant by her married boyfriend Antwuan Cook? Sources say Fantasia is due in December, and she has been hiding her stomach. Last year, Fantasia was caught up in a scandal with Cook. His wife took them to court blaming Fantasia for the breakup of the marriage. Cook abandoned his wife and two kids when he started his affair with Fantasia. The drama proved to be too much for Fantasia, who overdosed on pills and had to be admitted to the hospital.
The First Lady is coming to Nickelodeon. First Lady Michelle Obama will be on the TV show iCarly. She’s teaming up with the cable network to promote her Joining Forces initiative which seeks to increase awareness and support for military forces.
There will be no Jennifer Lopez sex tape. Lopez’s first husband, Ojani Noa, has been trying to make money off of her since their 1998 divorce. He had a tape of him and Lopez from their honeymoon. There was no sex on the tape, just some nudity and spanking. Noa sold the tape to his girlfriend for a dollar. The girlfriend proceeded to sell the tape to a distributor, but a judge has blocked the release of the tape.
The NBC network has won the rights for the Olympic Games through 2020. In a fierce bidding war with ESPN and FOX, NBC won the rights for the 2012 games in London, the 2014 winter games in Russia, the 2016 summer games in Rio de Janeiro and the 2020 games with the host city to be announced.
Lauryn Hill is pregnant with baby number six, but who is the father? Hill has five children by Rohan Marley. Everyone assumed Marley was the daddy of baby number six, but recently Marley put Hill on blast. He said she may be pregnant, but he is not the father.
Is it over for Evelyn Lozada and Chad Ochocinco Johnson? I always thought this relationship was fake. Lozada is riding high with Basketball Wives, but Ochocinco’s career is on the decline. Lozada is looking for steady money, and she realizes that Ochocinco is looking for ways to stay relevant, make money and take care of his kids. Lozada wants another child, but does Ochocinco have enough money for more children? The relationship has been strained for a while. Lozada wants to go in another direction so she can make some money and continue her reality TV career.