British singer Estelle graces the cover of this week’s Sunday Telegraph Magazine - Stella. She talks about her career to date, and recaps on her year.
“American Boy” - the track that ‘turned her into a transatlantic star’ is at number 8 in the Observer Music Monthly’s tracks of 2008.
Dope, dope, dope photographs…
Ebony magazine names President-elect Barack Obama “Person of the Year” in its January issue, available December 9.
In his first interview following the election, Obama says, “We won because the American people mobilized for change. It really was people at a grassroots level who carried our campaign financially, who carried it organizationally, and we don’t want that to dissipate.”
The designated collector’s edition (complete with the first-ever gold Ebony logo) also includes a look at how “Barack’s Chicago” helped shape the man and a look at “First Lady Style: Michelle Obama’s Eclectic Taste”.
The January 2009 issue of Essence, which hits newsstands December 12, features President-elect Barack Obama and First Lady-elect Michelle Obama on dual covers in a 56-page tribute featuring the images, thoughts, dreams and perspectives of the campaign and historic victory from today’s foremost writers and photographers.
An extensive timeline which follows Barack from a young child to the present is included, and the first couple’s daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, are also profiled, as they will be the youngest residents of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in nearly 40 years.
Beyonce works the December/January 2009 cover issue of Giant magazine, due to hit stands Tuesday. Inside, she compares herself to husband Jay-Z when it comes to being on stage:
Jay is so cool. He can just stand on stage completely still, and the audience will go nuts,” says Beyonce Knowles. “Me? I have to work it! I’m shaking it and throwing it and rolling around on the floor.”
Below are images from Beyonce’s sexy photo spread and cover of Germany’s December GQ magazine:
President-elect Barack Obama answers questions from the press after introducing his economic team during a news conference at the Hilton Hotel Monday in Chicago, Illinois.
Obama aides on Sunday called on the new congress, which convenes January 6, to pass legislation consistent with Obama’s economic plans.
GQ named President-elect Barack Obama one of its “Men of the Year” and called him “Game Changer of the Year” in the December issue, which went to print just before the election.
The issue includes an article written by Sen. Ted Kennedy. Check out a snippet below:
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith cover the December issue of Essence magazine. The issue includes a six page fashion spread with the couple, as well as an interview on how they maintained their 11-year marriage in Hollywood.
