Sean Combs
Summary
Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969), currently known by his stage name Diddy, is an American record producer, rapper, actor, and men's fashion designer. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award.He was originally known as Puff Daddy and then as P. Diddy (Puff and Puffy being often used as a nickname, but never as recording names). In August 2005, he changed his stage name to "Diddy". He continues to use the name P. Diddy in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, the latter after a legal battle with another artist, Richard "Diddy" Dearlove.
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Macy's, Diddy Hawk $223 Digital Sweater
Macy's and hip-hop/fashion mogul Sean John Combs—aka Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy, and so on—last week introduced a sweater with an unusual feature: video. The sweater alone goes for $98 but with the digital add-on runs $223.
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The Chris Gethard Show blends public access and alt comedy
Last Tuesday, Americans had no shortage of options for live coverage of the 2012 Presidential election, offline and online. But only one featured a live band, a Presidential candidate campaigning for write-in votes, pizza delivery, people in animal costumes and a host going increasingly insane over the course of 12 hours.
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The Hard Sell: Lancôme
Sick of "dictates and conventions"? So is Hollywood legend Julia Roberts! Gliding through a soiree of black-clad Parisian socialites, she dazzles in white. So pure, so lit-up, her expression conveys panic: "Why am I so disproportionately blinding? Where are the ladies' loos?" Fellow guests appear to be mere puppets with strings that shine like diamonds.
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Ad of the Day: Macy's
Macy's has assembled a cast of … sure, let's call them celebrities, including Donald Trump, Sean Combs, Martha Stewart, Justin Bieber and others (I like Carlos Santana, to be fair) as part of JWT's cute, '50s-style campaign about how working at the Herald Square store in New York City is just like working with a bunch of celebs.
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Chris Lighty, Manager of Hip-Hop Stars, Dies at 44
Mr. Lighty, whose clients included 50 Cent, LL Cool J, Missy Elliott and Diddy, helped establish the genre as a major commercial force.
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Chris Lighty, Manager of Hip-Hop Stars, Dies at 44
Mr. Lighty, whose clients included 50 Cent, LL Cool J, Missy Elliott and Diddy, helped establish the genre as a major commercial force.
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Hip-hop innovator Chris Lighty found dead
Chris Lighty, a well-known manager in the hip-hop music world, died Thursday at age 40. Mr. Lighty, a former Crain's 40 under 40 winner, was found in his Bronx apartment. The cause was suicide, according to media reports.
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Comcast pays $800,000 to U.S. for hiding stand-alone broadband
The Federal Communications Commission has settled with Comcast over charges that the cable company made it hard for consumers to find stand-alone broadband packages that don’t cost an arm and leg. As part of the settlement Comcast paid the U. S. Treasury $800,000 and the FCC extended the length of time Comcast had to provide such a service.
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Trevor Nelson: my Saturday job
When me and my mates were about 15, everyone desperately wanted a Saturday job. And not just any old job, but a really good one. The daddy of them all was probably Marks & Spencer, because we'd heard they treated their staff really well. So it was that, or a really smart shoe shop.
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As BET wins back ads, it faces new competition
Viacom's BET has been the only real juggernaut in African-American TV programming in more than 30 years, but the network is about to get its first real taste of competition. Among its challenges are cable networks from Magic Johnson and Sean "Diddy" Combs backed by Comcast, a doubling of the content slate at TV One and the launch of several local networks targeting minorities.
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