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    The 2Inspire Network Ladies Day Event Celebrates “The Strength of Women”

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    The Founder of the 2Inspire Network, Hazel Chawapiwa is proud to announce the return of the 2inspire Ladies Day which will take place on June 28that The Novotel Greenwich, a stone’s throw away from the famous Cutty Sark. Much like the Cutty Sark, many of the women in business who will be showcasing at the 2inspire Ladies Day have overcome adversity to become even stronger and more successful.

    “Brick to Brick We Stand Firm Together Building Walls to Inspire Others” (Zara-Shola Odeniyi @cocoacabin).  These powerful words are central to this year’s theme of 2inspire Ladies Day which is “The strength of a Woman”. It is an event which is set to bring hundreds of women together from across London.

    The event will be a free entry event which will include a children’s fashion show hosted by Isossy Children, free NHS Health Checks, a business clinic hosted by Lorna Stewart and a variety of workshops. Workshop topics will cover health, personal development, branding, sensuality and more.  Workshop facilitators on the day include Yvonne Thompson CBE, Noreen Makosewe, Valley Fontaine, Gail Reynolds and Lillian Ogbogoh.

    The event will house up to 40 exhibitors, whose products range from fashion to beauty to artwork, making the event an ultimate one-stop shop for ladies seeking inspiration, shopping, pampering and entertainment all under one roof.  Not only does the event offer a platform that promotes and celebrates the creative talent of women in business, it also provides an arena that empowers and supports visitors in creating a crystal clear vision for both the personal and professional aspects of their lives.
    The 2inspire Academy, Young, Gifted and Talented (YGT) musical showcase will also host an entertainment segment as part of the Ladies Day event. This showcase has been integrated into the Ladies Day program to kick start fundraising for the YGT project, which aims to produce a compilation album featuring  the Young, Gifted and Talented performers.
     
    “Empowering individuals and helping them to realise their potential is something that I am passionate about. I believe that women should work together and support each other on their journeys. This belief is the foundation of the network, an organisation that provides social media platforms, events and training that help to empower, promote and inspire women. The strength and uniqueness of a woman can be compared to no other and I salute every woman out there.” says Founder Hazel Chawapiwa.  

    Billboard Music Award 2014 Full List Of Winners

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    The 2014 edition of the Billboard Music Award took place on Sunday, May 18 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. With 7 awards, Justin Timberlake was the biggest winner at this year’s Billboard Music Awards. See the full list of winners below.

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    Top Artist
    Justin Timberlake
    Top New Artist
    Lorde

    Top Male Artist
    Justin Timberlake

    Top Female Artist
    Katy Perry

    Top Duo/Group
    Imagine Dragons

    Top Billboard 200 Artist
    Justin Timberlake

    Top Hot 100 Artist
    Imagine Dragons

    Top Digital Songs Artist
    Katy Perry

    Top Radio Songs Artist
    Justin Timberlake

    Top Touring Artist
    Bon Jovi

    Top Social Artist
    Justin Bieber

    Top Streaming Artist
    Miley Cyrus

    Top R&B Artist
    Justin Timberlake

    Top Rap Artist
    Eminem

    Top Country Artist
    Luke Bryan

    Top Rock Artist
    Imagine Dragons

    Top Latin Artist
    Marc Anthony

    Top Dance/Electronic Artist
    Daft Punk

    Top Christian Artist
    Chris Tomlin 

    Top Billboard 200 Album
    Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience

    Top R&B Album
    Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience

    Top Rap Album
    Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2

    Top Country Album
    Luke Bryan, Crash My Party

    Top Rock Album
    Imagine Dragons, Night Visions

    Top Latin Album

    Marc Anthony, 3.0

    Top Dance/Electronic Album
    Daft Punk, Random Access Memories

    Top Christian Album
    Alan Jackson, Precious Memories: Volume II
    SONG AWARDS

    Top Hot 100 Song
    Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell, Blurred Lines

    Top Digital Song
    Robin Thicke, Featuring T.I. & Pharrell Blurred Lines

    Top Radio Song
    Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell, Blurred Lines

    Top Streaming Song (Audio)
    Imagine Dragons, Radioactive

    Top Streaming Song (Video)
    Miley Cyrus, Wrecking Ball

    Top R&B Song
    Robin Thicke Feat. T.I. & Pharrell, Blurred Lines

    Top Rap Song
    Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton, Can’t Hold Us

    Top Country Song
    Florida Georgia Line Featuring Nelly, Cruise

    Top Rock Song
    Lorde, Royals

    Top Latin Song
    Marc Anthony, Vivir Mi Vida

    Top Dance/Electronic Song
    Avicii, Wake Me Up!

    Top Christian Song

    Matthew West, Hello, My Name Is

    Solange Attack On Jay Z: “Jay Z, Beyonce & Solange Release Statement”

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    Super music couple, Beyonce and Jay Z are known to not respond to gossip or speculations in the media. But this time, the couple has decided to issue a press release to share some light on Solange’s attack on Jay Z and how the family has moved on since then. Below is an excerpt of the statement that the power couple released to the Associated Press.

    “As a result of the public release of the elevator security footage from Monday, May 5th, there has been a great deal of speculation about what triggered the unfortunate incident. But the most important thing is that our family has worked through it.

    Jay and Solange each assume their share of responsibility for what has occurred. They both acknowledge their role in this private matter that has played out in the public. They both have apologized to each other and we have moved forward as a united family.

    The reports of Solange being intoxicated or displaying erratic behavior throughout that evening are simply false. At the end of the day families have problems and we’re no different. We love each other and

    Solange Attack On Jay Z: Is It All Rachel’s Fault?

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    Whilst the main reason for Solange’s vicious attack on her brother in law Jay Z still goes unknown, it is now clear to state that the actions of designer Rachel Roy were just one of those reasons.

    Designer Rachel Roy aged 40 is the ex-wife to Jay-Z ex-business partner, Damon Dash. It is fair to say that Rachel and Jay-Z are no strangers to one another – so it’s understandable that the two would be engaging in polite conversation throughout the night. However, Solange felt as if the two were having one polite conversation too many and warned Rachel about doing so,” anyone who gets close to Jay has to be warned and deal with me as a sister”. Throughout the course of the Star-Studded New York event, Rachel appeared to be hovering around Jay-Z and this did not sit right with the Knowles’. The New York Daily News was informed by an insider that “Rachel is a little too close to Jay Z, Solange doesn’t like it, and Beyonce doesn’t like it.” The insider also added, “Rachel is combative and a tough girl, she didn’t back down”.

    It is clear that Rachel did not take Solange’s warning serious. This is evident to the argument that the two had that was broken up by 44-year-old Rapper Jay-Z and Beyonce, 32. Following that argument, Jay Z told Solange that she was “out of line for mouthing off to Roy”. Now, if you ask me this was just fuel to fire Solange’s already erupting volcano of emotions.

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    Shortly after, both Jay-Z, wife Beyonce and sister Solange decided to leave the party. Now, I am sure we have all seen the footage, but what we did not see or rather what we did not hear is Jay-Z stating that he wanted to continue partying alone and that he was going to be doing so at Rihanna’s after party. Just as if that alone was not enough, it was to Solange’s knowledge that Rachel would also be attending Rihanna’s after party.

    And that was it, Solange had finally had enough and exploded. Whilst many may say her actions were wrong and unforgivable – Damon Dash openly stuck up for Solange’s actions and he did so via Instagram. The former rapper posted up a picture of Solange and his teenage daughter, captioned: “I forgot about this …. I am actually impressed with her independent spirit, she seems like a fighter”. However, he was not the only one who had something to say, Rachel added to the furore via twitter by promoting her clothing line and writing “The Beach is Better”. Now, if you are a Jay-Z fan – you would know that was the title of one of many of Jay Z’s tracks in 2007.

    It has already been stated that Beyonce left in the same car as her sister Solange. Mmmmm, I wonder if Jay-Z did attend Rihanna’s after-party, after all, was Rachel there too?

    Stay Tuned.

    By Sanchez Nelson

    TREND ALERT: Fringe Bandeau Bikini

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    Rihanna was spotted wearing this fringe bandeau bikini. A week later, Hayden Panettiere was seen wearing a purple colour of the same bikini while on the beach in Miami on May 12 2013.

     

     

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    Kelly Rowland Stuns At American Ballet Theatre Gala!

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    The American Ballet Theatre Spring Gala 2014 took place in New York on Monday night, the 12th of May. The 33-year-old singer and member of former girl group – Destiny’s Child was spotted wearing a yellow Lanvin Woven Draped Dress and coordinating heels as she attended the event. This is her first public appearance since she secretly married her long-term boyfriend – Tim Witherspoon in a low-key wedding on Friday, May 9th in Costa Rica. According to Us Weekly, Kelly Rowland only invited a handful of guests that included Beyonce and her sister Solange Knowles, as well as Michelle Williams.

    “It was a quick, simple ceremony — only around 30 people,” a source told Us Magazine about the wedding. Rowland’s publicist did not respond to the media outlet’s requests for comment regarding the ceremony. Tim Witherspoon is Kelly’s manager – while on the Queen Latifah Show in December last year, Kelly revealed that she and Tim were engaged.”He put a ring on it!” she said excitedly, as well as revealing that Witherspoon proposed via Skype while the X Factor USA judge was in Bulgaria. At the time Kelly said: “It’s been a while. We’ve kept it very, very low – for years, to be completely honest.”

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    Kelly Rowland Stuns At American Ballet Theatre Gala!

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    VIDEO: Jay Z ATTACKED by Beyonce’s Sister Solange

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    TMZ has released a video in which Beyonce Knowles sister, Solange is seen attacking her brother-in-law Jay Z. The incident took place inside the MET Ball Elevator at last weekend’s MET event.

    See the video below.

    #GuineaWorm: A US President And Local Heroes On The Brink Of Beating One Of The world’s Worst Diseases

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    • Guinea Worm is expected to be only the second disease eradicated globally, after smallpox. As of January 2014, only 148 cases of Guinea worm remain

    • The Carter Centre, African governments and local health workers have been working over the past decades to reduce the numbers suffering from Guinea Worm from 3.5 million
    •First globally-broadcast film to explore this neglected disease in-depth, by Emmy-winning South African filmmaker.

    Screened on Al Jazeera English on 8 May 2014, Lifelines: How To Slay A Dragon profiles the steady elimination of Guinea worm in South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, where almost all of the last 148 cases are found.

    Guinea worm is expected to become the second human disease ever eradicated, with Nigeria and Ghana already free of the parasite. Smallpox was eradicated in 1979, so this would be the first eradication in 35 years, although polio is also close.

    A US President and local heroes on the brink of beating one of the world¹s worst diseases Guinea WormThrough The Carter Center, former US president Jimmy Carter has been working to eradicate Guinea worm since 1986.

    “This was a terrible vacuum in the health care for literally millions of people,” says Carter. “We decided that we would take it on as a project not knowing the extent of it, not knowing where it was, and not knowing at that time how to address the problem.”

    The Carter Centre discovered 3.5 million cases occurring every year among some of the world’s most remote people, in Pakistan, India and Yemen, but especially across Sub-Saharan Africa.

    A victim may ingest Guinea worm larvae through drinking unsafe water. Once inside, a fertilized female worm can grow up to a metre and will seek to burst through skin to release larvae back into the water source, causing intense pain for the victim.

    Over three decades, Guinea worm was eliminated village by village, country by country, until South Sudan is now the final frontier. But in one of the poorest regions in the world, plagued by civil war, lacking basic infrastructure, and with a population on the move, challenges remain.

    “To stand out in the world as the only country with almost all the cases you have in the world, it is a burden,” says Makoy Samuel Yibi from South Sudan’s Ministry of Health. “It is a huge responsibility.”

    “This [South Sudan] is where it’s going to end,” says parasitologist Dr. Mark Siddall from The American Museum of Natural History in New York. “These are the people who are going to solve this problem once and for all, just like the Nigerians solved it in Nigeria and the Ghanaians solved it in Ghana. To see how we have a community of people coming together to interrupt the parasite lifecycle and solve it without vaccines, without drugs, it’s just fascinating and really uplifting, to see humanity be able to accomplish this across such a huge geography and cultural diversity.”

    “I’m 89 years old now,” says Carter. “I’m still in good health. We know every person on earth who now has Guinea worm, so I think I can see now the hope that we’ll be rid of Guinea worm during my lifetime.”

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    More Outfits: Burberry Prorsum Spring 2014 Collection

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    Here are more photos from the Burberry Prorsum Spring 2014 ready to wear collection that was presented at London Fashion Week. Laces, monochromes, sheer fabrics are some of the common elements in these pieces. The styles range from dresses to skirts and blouses and oversized jackets.

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    More Outfits: Burberry Prorsum Spring 2014 Collection

    What do you think of the outfits In this Burberry Prorsum Spring 2014 collection? This is the second post on these attire. To see all the outfits for this collection, click on this link to see more outfits from the collection.

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    MET Gala 2014 Red Carpet: Lupita Nyong’o, Beyonce, Rihanna, Kim Kardashian And Others

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    Fashion’s most glamorous night, the annual Met Gala, hosted by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour took place at the Metropolitan Museum Of Art.

    Celebrities including Oscar winning actress of “12 Years A Slave”, Lupita N’yongo, singers Beyonce and Rihanna, as well as Kim Kardashian are some of the ladies flaunting their very best on the MET red carpet.

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