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...The launch of singer Billie Eilish’s perfume in the UK last week might come as a surprise to those who believed celebrity fragrances to be dead....
...Using red hibiscus to soften hair and amino acids to strengthen, with amla — an Indian gooseberry antioxidant packed with vitamin C to nourish hair — this oil hydrates my hair in a ritualistic way....
...“I would prefer not to be called A, B, C, D at any time but if I am, I’m not going to respond the way I might on a bus or on a street.”...
...many celebrities have been in Mackie’s orbit at the peak of their powers — from Elton John waddling around the stage as a couture-quality Donald Duck to Diana Ross wearing his Oscar-nominated dresses as Billie...
...I loved the live jazz supper club scene, which stretches from JoJo Restaurant and Bar, one of the vestiges of the U Street Corridor where Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday once played, to the Blues Alley...
...This is Billie Jean King of America, the new queen of tennis....
...She recently sent to Manchin a private message literally on a silver platter — one given to her by her good friend, the late West Virginia senator Robert C Byrd, a hero of Manchin’s....
...Before we leave the theme, Burberry’s down on either Billie Eilish’s Brits outfit or some Morgan Stanley caution....
...Arte E Moda di Cristea Florin & C, +390565-763 694....
...It was festive and fun, and Batiste continued with tributes to the pioneers W.C. Handy and James Reese Europe....
...Europe was a composer and arranger but Moran likens his music to the legacy of great improvisers such as Art Tatum and Billie Holiday, who gave other people’s songs a new character....
...Listed alongside these high-profile investors on NBH’s shareholder register was a less recognisable name: “Barfield Nominees Limited A/C CSC01”....
...and trade / Claude Barfield...
...There was also a prison here (where, among others, Emma Goldman, Mae West, Billie Holiday and Dutch Schultz were incarcerated). Between 1921 and 1973 this place was known as Welfare Island....
...Their voices gelled beautifully and worked best when circling around each other before harmonising, as on “20 Years”, “From This Valley” and “C’est La Mort”....
...“Zoellick and the other enthusiasts took advantage of the need to show unity of purpose,” says Claude Barfield, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington....
...Federer’s self-deprecating wit was the only part of him that was up to the occasion: “Oui, c’est moi,” he told the disbelieving Parisian public during the award ceremony....
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