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Kelly Rowland Gathers Security At Cannes Film Festival
One thing to know about former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland is that she is not the one—or the two, three, four or five. In fact, you might as well just stop counting. On Tuesday, the Mea Culpa actor—who let it be known in February that she won’t be hosting any network’s little TV show […]
Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Led Megan Thee Stallion to Sign with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz During a panel at Cannes, called “If You’re Not First, You’re Last,” rapper Megan Thee Stallion shared the insider secret that convinced her to sign with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. “I thought I was coming to meet the leader and it was just going to be Roc Nation staff like showing me around,” she recalled, per Page Six. “And then Jay-Z walks in the room, and I’m like, ‘I didn’t know Jay-Z was coming to my meeting!’” Related Stories The “Savage” rapper continued, “But he comes in the room and he has like six platters of Hot Cheetos and he’s like, ‘I heard you like Hot Cheetos!’ And I was sold.” The relationship with MTS and Flamin’ Hot Cheetos wouldn’t stop at that meeting. The Grammy Award-winning rapper would go on to appear in a...
Midem to Return in 2023 After City of Cannes Purchases Brand
The municipality of Cannes has officially purchased the Midem brand from RX France, according to a release from the office of Cannes mayor David Lisnard. The city of Cannes will now host a “new” Midem, slated to take place at the beginning of 2023 at Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The event will focus on technological innovations and feature concerts throughout the city for residents and visitors. Making Midem an official Cannes event dovetails with the city’s strategy of developing an entire chain of “audiovisual creation” in Cannes. “Organized since 1967 in Cannes, the International Market for Records and Music Publishing [MIDEM] was the largest annual global event devoted to the music scene,” said Lisnard in a statement. “In order to rediscover this emblematic event on the Cannes ...
