Archive for the ‘Russell Simmons’ Category

1319647688 96 Kanye West: Occupy Wall Street Participant! 1319647688 72 Kanye West: Occupy Wall Street Participant! +5

So, Kanye and Russell Simmons, two of the greediest, money loving capitalists around, go to a rally where people are protesting against people like them. That’s too funny!

1319420273 34 Russell Simmonss Art Foundation Marks 15 Years With a Portfolio From Kalup Linzy, Sanford Biggers, and OthersNEW YORK— Feeling a lack of resources in the art world for emerging artists of color, brothers Russell (the hip-hop mogul), Danny (an artist), and Joseph "Reverend Run" (of Run-DMC) Simmons  founded Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation in 1996. the foundation and its Chelsea space, Rush Arts Gallery, helped launch the careers of artists like Kalup Linzy, Kehinde Wiley, and Barron Claiborne, and his since expanded to help all emerging artists. it celebrates its 15th anniversary this year with a series of events and a limited-edition portfolio that went on sale at Artspace.com Tuesday.

"we wanted to commemorate the great work," Danny Simmons told ARTINFO. "A lot of people can't afford to buy original work but would love to have these artists in their collections. it helps support the gallery and it also helps support the artist."

I’ve been live-blogging OWS since October 1. For yesterday’s blog, click on my name at top. all times ET. E-mail: epic1934@aol.com. my new books vs. the death penalty and on Atomic Cover-up.

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1319252885 94 Drummers At Occupy Wall Street Demand $8,000 At General Assembly (Occupy Wall Street on Facebook)

1319120854 31 The Steve Jobs Legacy: Never Ever Ever Ever Give Up! by Russell Simmons

Steve Jobs was a prophet of that uniquely American genius, the Creative Entrepreneur – something no one can copy, no one can outsource, no banker can hire – a visionary who created a movement that changed generations through painstaking tenacity – even after he was fired in 1985 from the company he founded for thinking too far forward.  

 Big Hollywood  » Blog Archive   » Shockingly Hypocritical Russell Simmons Refuses to Raise His Own Taxes

All these millionaire celebrities running around begging to have their taxes raised are nothing more than hypocritical posers. how many pursue write-offs every year? how many donate the amount of money they say they want to pay in taxes to the Treasury — which is a very, very easy thing  to do.

Oct 15, 2011

1318907249 78 Susan Sarandon and Other Celebrity Millionaires Show Support for Occupy Wall Street   National Ledger

1318747650 30 Kanye West, Maroon 5 to Perform At Victorias Secret Show

Kanye West is going from #OccupyWallStreet to the runway.

The rapper-producer, who visited the New York protests briefly with Russell Simmons on Monday, will perform at the “2011 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” on Nov. 29. Maroon 5 will also perform at the annual event, which will air on CBS at 10 p.m. Eastern/9 Central.

1318555670 54 Morning Meme: Happy National Coming Out Day, Meet Wonder Woman's Dad, and Rugby Hunk David Pocock For Marriage Equality

First things first: happy National Coming Out Day! how will you commemorate the day?

As was mentioned in today’s TVoT, Lee Daniels isteaming with Temple Grandin writer W.Merritt Johnson to develop a drama series witha transgender lead about NYC ball culture. THis will be for Showtime. I used to know a few folks involvedin the ball culture, but I still know very little about the scene. Will look forward to learning more via this series. This is a bold movefor Showtime.

Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez will be bringing his major league celebrity to prepaid card company Unirush LLC after agreeing to design a new card for the underbanked.