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TRAILER: NEW MODELLING TALENT SHOW ‘THE FACE’ FEATURING NAOMI CAMPBELL
The Face premieres February 12th on the Oxygen Network.
UK NEWS: CADBURY’S APOLOGISES TO NAOMI CAMPBELL OVER ‘RACIST’ AD
Don’t mess with South London girl Naomi! She will drag you and your whole crew through the courts.
Confectionery giant Cadbury has apologised to Naomi Campbell after the supermodel claimed an advert comparing her to one of its chocolate bars was racist.
The advert for Cadbury’s Bliss range of Dairy Milk chocolate bars used the strapline “Move over Naomi, there’s a new diva in town”.
Campbell said she was “shocked” by the ad, intended as a tongue-in-cheek play on Campbell’s reputation for diva-style tantrums and behaviour.
“It’s upsetting to be described as chocolate, not just for me but for all black women and black people,” she said. “I do not find any humour in this. It is insulting and hurtful.”
Campaigning group Operation Black vote called the ad an “insult” to black women, while the supermodel’s mother Valerie said she was “deeply upset by this racist advert”.
“This is the 21st century, not the 1950s,” she added. “Shame on Cadbury.”
The ad was one of 15 developed by Fallon, the agency behind Cadbury’s famous drumming gorilla TV campaign.
Cadbury, now part of the Kraft empire, pulled the ads and initially issued a statement saying it was “never our intention to cause offence” and it had positioned the campaign as a “light-hearted take on the social pretensions of Cadbury Dairy Milk Bliss”. Continue Reading….
Yet another major ad campaign FAIL!
Hahaha.
NAOMI CAMPBELL COVERS BRITISH GQ
THE FASHION INDUSTRY IS STILL RACIST, SAYS NAOMI CAMPBELL
Via This Is London
Super model Naomi Campbell accused the fashion industry of racism today as she urged designers to use more black models.
The 40-year-old from Streatham said the industry had taken a step backwards, as she collected a special honour at the British Fashion Awards.
She told the Evening Standard: “We’re all aware that we need to introduce more women [of colour]. Continue Reading…..
It’s good she’s speaking out but tell us something we don’t already know Naomi.
Did everybody think (including Naomi) that the situation would suddenly change after Vogue Italia decided in 2008 to do black models a favour and dedicated an entire issue (the one off ‘Black Issue’) to them?
PICS: NAOMI CAMPBELL AT THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
Naomi Campbell attended the Venice Film Festival yesterday with her billionaire boyfriend Vladimir Doronin. She looks good but I still continue to weep for her scalp.
Click HERE to view more pics.
NAOMI CAMPBELL TESTIFIES AT WAR CRIMES TRIAL
After months of running and ‘hiding’ Naomi Campbell has finally testified at alleged war criminal Charles Taylor’s trial…
Via BBC News
Model Naomi Campbell has testified that she was given some “dirty-looking stones” after a 1997 dinner attended by ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor.
Speaking at Mr Taylor’s war crimes trial in The Hague, she said late that night, two unidentified men appeared at her room and gave her the stones.
However, she had no proof that the stones were diamonds or came from Mr Taylor, as a fellow guest suggested. Continue Reading….
Why does Naomi’s face look so swollen?
Anyway Naomi claims to have donated the stones to Jeremy Ratcliffe of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, but they deny receiving the stones.
WAR CRIMES TRIAL TO SUBPOENA NAOMI CAMPBELL
Via BBC News
British supermodel Naomi Campbell is to be forced to give evidence in the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.
The UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone ordered a subpoena to be served and said law enforcement agencies should be asked to ensure she appeared.
Prosecutors say Ms Campbell was given a “blood diamond” by Mr Taylor in 1997 at Nelson Mandela’s house in South Africa.
Mr Taylor is accused of using such diamonds to fuel a war in Sierra Leone.
Ms Campbell had previously refused to provide testimony in the case. Continue Reading….
You receive a diamond in the middle of the night (a present) , innocently share this news with Mia Farrow the following morning back in 1997, and it all comes back to haunt you in good old 2010.
That Mia Farrow has a big mouth. The woman wouldn’t last five minutes in prison.
Anyway, what are your thoughts on this whole situation?
WIGS AND WEAVES WILL DESTROY A HAIRLINE
Naomi Campbell was recently photographed during a fashion shoot in New York and I am annoyed with her. She should know better by now!
Look at what happens to your hairline when you insist on wearing wigs and weaves all the time….
Naomi give your scalp the chance to BREATHE!
[Thanks Yinka]
TALENTHOUSE – (CREATIVE COLLABORATIONS)
Naomi Campbell
TalentHouse launched on the 27th October 2009 and is a platform for creative collaboration, providing artists opportunities for recognition and compensation.
Talenthouse currently focuses on film, fashion, music, art and photography. Many global brands and acclaimed industry icons are involved with Talenthouse by hosting Creative Invites.
Creative Invites are where an artist or brand invites the TalentHouse community to collaborate on a professional piece of work.
Beats by Dr. Dre, Naomi Campbell, Nokia and Adidas are among the Creative Invites with the aim to discover new talent, design new products and create original content. They are other major artists and brands who have embraced the Talenthouse vision to enable emerging artists from all disciplines around the world to secure recognition and compensation.
Here is some more information on Naomi Campbell’s and Dr Dre’s Creative Invites:Naomi Campbell, the internationally renowned supermodel, has created two “Creative Invites” exclusive to the Talenthouse community. The first challenge is to find the next international fashion photographer. The second challenge Naomi Campbell has set is to discover the next international fashion model, female or male. The two winners from both categories will have the opportunity to work with a major fashion magazine.
Dr Dre,the legendary music producer, has teamed up with Talenthouse to find the next promotional video for his successful Beats by Dr Dre headphones. This invite is open to all aspiring video/film makers interested in creating an artistic, hip and edgy 30-60 second video clip that reflects the Beats by Dre overall mission that “sound matters.”If you are interested in being a part of this project then log onto www.talenthouse.com to participate in the Creative Invites.
You can also set up your own creative invite on Talent House if you’re looking for a creative collaboration yourself. e.g. if you’re looking for a graphic designer to make a new logo for your blog.
PICS OF THE DAY: NAOMI CAMPBELL AND TYSON BECKFORD VISIT LAGOS ISLAND MATERNITY HOSPITAL
Naomi Campbell and Tyson Beckford visited the Lagos Island Maternity Hospital, during the 3rd Thisday Africa Rising Festival in Lagos, Nigeria.
Mother puts bible above her baby’s head.
Tyson with hospital guard
Celebrities cannot visit Africa’s hospitals, schools, and shanty towns without inviting the media to tag a long with them…….
Naomi and Tyson’s press and publicity…….
“We are going to be visiting a maternity hospital today in Lagos, so make sure you get some good shots of Naomi and Tyson holding the babies and smiling with the mothers and hospital staff. Gather as many natives as you can for a decent photo opp. Its important that we show Naomi and Tyson mingling with these poor underprivileged Africans, and that they care”.
(Perhaps I’m becoming too cynical in my old age LOL!)
