French luxury fashion group Hermes, famed for its exclusive handbags and scarves, said Friday it had created a $12,900 basketball to grace its renovated Los Angeles store.
The blue calf leather ball is hand-stitched and embossed with the house’s trademark H sign along with the inscription Beverly Hills.
The Hermes store on Rodeo Drive opened in 1997. The company recently bought the building and the new store is spread over 10,226 square feet.
“Former teenage drug dealer White Boy Rick became one of the most famous informants in history when he began meeting in secret with Detroit police to sell info about other criminals when he was just 15. He would go on to become entrenched in corrupt politics. Here, Rick discusses his story, and how his relationship with the police ended when he was convicted of drug trafficking at age 17.”
He doesn’t count Facebook or the iPad among his inventions, but that doesn’t stop Medtech CEO Bertin Nahum from being considered the 4th most revolutionary entrepreneur in the world.
source: Bloomberg
Supercar combines jet fighter looks with a 552kW V12 capable of rocketing it from 0-100km/h in 2.8 seconds.
starting at $4.5 million
Hollywood continues to waste big budgets on blockbuster movies that flop at the box office.
check out this brand new trailer from the upcoming Ron Howard-produced documentary on the debut year of the Mi.I.A. The film will officially debut at the Toronto Film Festival on September 7th and on SHOWTIME Networks this October 11.
A multi-agency law enforcement operation across the South Pacific has resulted in the seizure of approximately 750 kgs of cocaine in Vanuatu. This operation has prevented in excess of 750,000 individual deals, worth about $370 million, from reaching Australian streets.
Watch the official visual for “Holy Grail” by JAY Z featuring Justin Timberlake. Directed by Anthony Mandler. JAY Z’s new album “Magna Carta… Holy Grail” is available now on iTunes. #HolyGrail http://smarturl.it/JayZMCHGex
Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe sets the record straight on the contracted catch weight of 152 pounds for the impending marquee matchup. Ellerbe takes it a step further and reveals how Team Mayweather’s thus far unbeatable strategy begins in the boardroom, long before the pound-for-pound champ even hits the gym.
11-year-old, Carson Huey is on pace to become a modern day Doogie Howzer, as he is among the new class of undergrads at Texas Christian University. While most kids his age are starting the 5th grade, Carson is taking calculus, physics, history and religion as a full time student. Carson is a Quantam Physics major. Keep up the good work.
On this day in 1963, 50 years ago, Dr. King delivered a speech that would be apart of American History forever. 50 years ago the US Government/FBI also had plan to kill Dr. King.
This is a letter sent to MLK anonymously by the FBI. It attempted to get King to kill himself before he could receive the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. Accompanying the letter was a cassette that “contained allegedly incriminating audio recordings of King with women in various hotel rooms”
#5. Earl Sweatshirt – Doris – 49,000 (49,000)
#6. Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines – 46,000 (337,000)
#9. A$AP Ferg – Trap Lord – 32,000 (32,000)
#10. Jay Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail – 30,000 (912,000)
#14. K. Michelle – Rebellious Soul – 23,000 (94,000)
#20. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 19,000 (1,000,000)
#36. J. Cole – Born Sinner – 9,000 (579,000)
#44. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city – 8,000 (1,000,000)
#49. Kanye West – Yeezus – 7,000 (517,000)
#56. Tech N9ne – Something Else – 7,000 (92,000)
#87. Eminem – Eminem Show – 4,000 (10,000,000)
* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.
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