DAMN!!!!!!! The project will exceed 100,000 square feet and will come up to include a 5,000-square-foot master bedroom, a 30-car garage, a 45-seat cinema, a 8,500-square-foot night club and a Monaco-style casino. The “jelly fish room” with tanks on three walls and a light-changing ceiling will add up to the extraordinary features of Niami’s mansion which is set to be the largest and the most luxurious in the U.S. Loaded with almost every amenity available in the world, it has been planned to be home to four swimming pools, including a 180-foot infinity pool, and about 20,000 square feet of grass which is most likely be synthetic. Expected to take at least 20 more months to completed, the 4-acre hilltop property will offer 360-degree panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean, Beverly Hills, downtown Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. Described as “very similar to a palace” by Paul McClean, the mansion’s architect, the house is also designed help to preserve water as California suffers from a record drought.
Technical menswear label NEMEN follows on from their collaborative project with fellow sartorial technicians ACRONYM by lifting the curtain on their Spring/Summer 2015 mainline. Transporting Italy’s traditions of craftsmanship and expert eye for fabrics into the 21st century, the label presents a series of menswear pieces imbued with unique dyes and finishes. Of particular note are the parkas which come with colossally oversized hoods and pockets, presented in some decidedly off-trend royal blue hues.
Much was made on the web today (May 29) of the possibility that Beyonce may have her catalog pulled from Tidal, the streaming service her husband (that’s Jay Z) launched in March at a press conference where she appeared on stage. Media outlets attached to the assertion — originating from a feature published by Bloomberg Businessweek on Thursday (May 28) — that Tidal had failed to re-up its streaming license with Sony Music, the umbrella major that houses Beyonce’s catalog. If the service doesn’t secure that license, then Beyonce and thousands of other artists will have to come down. “Jay Z is a friend and business associate for many years,” Sony Music Entertainment CEO Doug Morris said in a statement to Billboard. “I have always admired his business acumen, his entrepreneurship and his passion for music. All of our content, including Beyonce, is available through the Tidal service, and we have announced no plans to remove our catalog from Tidal. Like all of our other partners, we are rooting for Jay and Tidal to succeed.” A source familiar with the situation tells Billboard that Sony Music’s negotiations with Tidal are still underway, but the statement from Morris seems to indicate that there’s little chance of those talks ending with Beyonce being removed from the service. As well, users are still able to access Sony’s catalog on the service. Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group both confirmed that they had re-licensed their catalogs to Tidal. Tidal did not respond to a request for comment.
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