Alicia Keys

ALICIA KEYS LOSES HER “JOB” AT BLACKBERRY

January 2, 2014

Singer Alicia Keys has lost her job at Blackberry. The struggling smart phone giant announced in January 2013 that they had appointed the singing superstar as the company’s new ‘Global Creative Director’ and hoped that her appointment to the post would help “inspire the future” of the company. Well as expected it didn’t! Keys will depart her role as ‘global creative director’ as of January 30th, CTV News reports. The decision to appoint Alicia as ‘global creative director’ still baffles me. Did they really believe that she […]

BLACKBERRY SET TO CUT 4,500 JOBS / WILL’GLOBAL CREATIVE DIRECTOR’ ALICIA KEYS LOSE HER JOB TOO?

September 21, 2013

It was announced yesterday that Canadian smart phone giant Blackberry has made the decision to make 4,500 members of its staff redundant. Via The Huffington Post Canada BlackBerry says job cuts will help it halve its operating costs by June 1, 2014. It expects to post a loss of US$950 million to $995 million when it reports its second-quarter earnings next Friday. There were reports earlier this week that the struggling cellphone company was ready to slash 40 per cent of its workforce […]

DESPERATE TIMES: BLACKBERRY APPOINTS ALICIA KEYS AS IT’S NEW GLOBAL CREATIVE DIRECTOR

January 30, 2013

Struggling smart phone giant Blackberry announced earlier today that they have appointed singing superstar Alicia Keys as their new ‘Global Creative Director’. Blackberry hopes that her appointment to the post will help “inspire the future” of the company. *confused face* Via CNET Keys said she previously was a BlackBerry power user, but she left the platform after noticing sexier phones at the gym. For a while she had two phones, but Keys has now moved back to just a BlackBerry. Continue Reading…. *confused face* 1) […]

ALICIA KEYS ‘KEEP A CHILD ALIVE’ BLACK BALL (LONDON)

June 16, 2011

On Wednesday night (15 June) Alicia Keys’ prestigious Keep A Child Alive Black Ball took place at London’s The Roundhouse. Jay Sean, Claire Forlani, Jesse Metcalfe and Wretch 32 were just a few of the celebrity attendees who came out to support the annual fundraiser in aid of raising awareness and money for victims of HIV/AIDS in Africa and India. With musical direction from Mark Ronson, the audience was treated to performances from Alicia Keys herself, Beth Ditto, Kyle Falconer, Tinie Tempah, […]

CELEBRITIES RECORD THEIR “LAST TWEETS AND TESTAMENTS” TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR WORLD AIDS DAY

December 1, 2010

Today Hollywood “died digitally” for World AIDS Day, as part of Alicia Keys’ Keep a Child Alive AIDS Awareness Campaign. Celebrities who have Twitter accounts have  ”sacrificed yes that’s right “SACRIFICED” tweeting until $1 million is raised to buy their digital lives back (they believe their fans will miss their presence on Twitter that much), and millionairess Alicia Keys believes that spending thousands of dollars  on this campaign will help HIV/AIDS sufferers living in Africa and India. Anyway before they abandoned their Twitter accounts […]

VIDEO: HOLLYWOOD DIES DIGITALLY TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR WORLD AIDS DAY

November 30, 2010

Several days ago I posted news on the dubious campaign set up by singer Alicia Keys to help raise awareness for World AIDS Day. Click HERE to read if you missed it. Punchbowl Blog reports that tomorrow (1 December) Hollywood will die digitally to raise awareness for World AIDS Day. A-list celebrities who have Twitter accounts will “sacrifice” yes that’s right “SACRIFICE” tweeting until $1 million is raised to buy their digital lives back. I bet they spent thousands of dollars on this off-key campaign. They should have donated the money to an AIDS charity […]

ALICIA KEYS GUSHES ABOUT MOTHERHOOD AND HER BABY BOY IN NEW BLOG POST

October 27, 2010

Songstress Alicia Keys reached out to her fans yesterday and posted a message on her official website about her baby boy Egypt. Via Alicia Keys Every moment is beautiful; delicious even! Every moment I’m learning and living in a way I never have before. Being present in a way I never have before. Existing in moments I never have before. Never have I felt so calm, so purposeful in taking the time to truly observe the world around me, to live in it fully and […]

PICS: ALICIA KEYS AND SWIZZ BEATS GET MARRIED

August 2, 2010

Singer Alicia Keys married producer Swizz Beats over the weekend in France. Check out pictures below… Source Swizz obviously didn’t take the day seriously.  If he did he wouldn’t have dressed like that. And apparently he’s managing Alicia’s career now after she fired her longtime manager, who had been managing her career for over 10 years. Anyway congratulations to them both but mark my words it will all end in tears.