Filed under: art/design/architecture, awards/ceremonies/lists, celebrity/showbiz, fashion/style, pop culture, pr | Tags: Lance Armstrong, Nike, STAGES
Lance Armstrong and Nike unite to launch STAGES, a global art show to raise funds and awareness for the fight against cancer.
Paris, (July 16, 2009) – To heighten global awareness of the cancer burden, Lance has teamed up with Nike to present “STAGES,” an art show that benefits The Lance Armstrong Foundation.
Engaging the creative community in the fight against cancer, “STAGES” exhibits over twenty original works of art in response to the devastating disease with a distinct focus on the subject of survivorship. The show features some of the world’s most accomplished and promising international artists, including Ed Ruscha, Cai-Guo Qiang, Richard Prince, Catherine Opie, KAWS, Eric White, José Parlá, Christopher Wool, Tom Sachs, Dzine, and Rosson Crow.
The show unites the worlds of art, philanthropy and sport in a unique celebration of human potential inspired by Lance and dedicated to the fight against cancer. “It will project hope, strength and commitment to millions and carry the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Campaign all over the world. I am humbled by the effort and energy given by so many to bring STAGES to life.“ said Lance Armstrong.
Nike continues to be a long time supporter of both Lance Armstrong and the Lance Armstrong Foundation, creating the yellow wristband in 2004, which gave global visibility to the foundation. To date there are over 70 million bands that have been worn by supporters throughout the world.
“We’re taking the LIVESTRONG message, which is already in the global lexicon, and giving it a different type of energy and voice. At the same time we’re combining the fight against cancer with sports and art to create a larger community that is aware and engaged in the fight against cancer,” said Mark Parker, CEO & President, Nike Inc.
The show opens to the public on Friday, July 17th following a preview today for invited guests at the world renowned Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris. It will also travel to the United States this fall. All work is available for purchase with proceeds directly benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
Contributing Artists:
Cai Guo-Qiang, Rosson Crow, Jules De Balincourt, Dzine, Shepard Fairey, Andreas Gursky, KAWS, Geoff McFetridge,Yoshitomo Nara, Catherine Opie, José Parlá, Raymond Pettibon, Lari Pittman, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Tom Sachs, Kenny Scharf, Eric White, Christopher Wool, Aaron Young
(source: hypebeast.com)
Filed under: awards/ceremonies/lists, entertainment, environment, fashion/style, film/tv, good/bad/ugly, pr, press/media, rant/review | Tags: BBC, Cadbury, Google, Marketing, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Reputation Institute, Smith & Nephew
A recent survey by the Reputation Institute has revealed that the determining factors behind the most reputable companies, as perceived by the British public were transparency and ethics.
Marks and Spencer, Smith & Nephew, Cadbury and Morrisons are ranked as the most reputable companies according to the survey of more than 5,000 consumers. It revealed that next to delivering strong products and services, consumers wanted companies to act transparently and ethically, and to prove that they care about society.
These results highlight how the worlds banks and most recently, the MPs expenses scandal has affected peoples level of trust as they opt for good honest brands and companies to consume in these times of distrust and economic downturn but do the results really reflect the nations views?!
A number of comments on the Marketing magazine website post question on survey’s validity. The opinions question this and in theory, every other survey or poll flagging how for example, 5,000 subjects does not necessarily represent the 60 plus million other British resident’s thoughts and beliefs.
Aware that reality of surveying the entire British public is unachievable, this is not the only flaw, the spread on scores… there are 9 companies with a score of roughly 69 and the ranking is based on a second decimal place and if you take normal boundaries for confidence, intervals on the actual scores for a “survey” this whole premise of ranking at this micro score level is nonsense from a professional research perspective.
Additionally the companies featured in this do not appear to be the ones Joe Public would immediately recognise, as it is a consumer survey surely the likes of Google and the BBC would be mentioned?! Whilst mediahustler is a rather media-savvy individual, it still took a few moments to clock some of the companies so how would everyday folk be able to give a knowledgeable and therefore recordable opinion?!
It unfortunately brings into question the transparency of these results, guess we can’t believe everything we are told – news flash?! No, just a rant….
Full list below:
Top 50 companies with the best overall reputations | ||
Rank | Company | Global Pulse Score |
1 | Marks & Spencer | 78.23 |
2 | Smith & Nephew | 77.58 |
3 | Cadbury | 77.58 |
4 | William Morrison Supermarkets | 77.16 |
5 | Rolls-Royce | 77.09 |
6 | Tate & Lyle | 76.84 |
7 | Sainsbury | 76.43 |
8 | Intercontinental Hotels | 76.16 |
9 | Thomas Cook | 75.99 |
10 | Inmarsat | 75.31 |
11 | PZ Cussons | 74.66 |
12 | SAB Miller | 74.25 |
13 | Next | 73.77 |
14 | Travis Perkins | 73.75 |
15 | BHP Billiton | 73.69 |
16 | Unilever | 73.6 |
17 | Dairy Crest | 73.57 |
18 | GlaxoSmithKline | 73.16 |
19 | Associated British Foods | 72.81 |
20 | The Game Group | 72.69 |
21 | WHSmith | 72.43 |
22 | Tesco | 72.29 |
23 | AstraZeneca | 71.39 |
24 | Diageo | 71.33 |
25 | WPP Group | 71.29 |
26 | Wood Group | 71.14 |
27 | GKN | 71.04 |
28 | Weir Group | 71.02 |
29 | Wolseley | 70.72 |
30 | Babcock International Group | 70.67 |
31 | Rentokil Initial | 70.38 |
32 | Debenhams | 70.31 |
33 | Elsevier | 70.09 |
34 | Home Retail Group | 70.04 |
35 | Go-Ahead Group | 70.03 |
36 | Reckitt Benckiser | 69.95 |
37 | Xstrata | 69.61 |
38 | Johnson Matthey | 69.49 |
39 | Sage | 69.47 |
40 | Jardine Lloyd Thompson | 69.45 |
41 | Vodafone | 69.45 |
42 | Taylor Nelson Sofres | 69.38 |
43 | Nationwide Building Society | 69.35 |
44 | Yell Group | 69.2 |
45 | British Airways | 68.98 |
46 | Inchcape | 68.78 |
47 | BAE Systems | 68.66 |
48 | Pearson | 68.55 |
49 | Tomkins | 68.46 |
50 | Avis Europe | 68.41 |
Filed under: awards/ceremonies/lists, celebrity/showbiz, entertainment, film/tv, new talent, news, pop culture | Tags: 2 Grand, Aiden Davis, Amanda Holden, Britain’s Got Talent, DIVERSITY, Flawless, Her Majesty the Queen, Hollie Steele, ITV, Julian Smith, Piers Morgan, Royal Variety Performance, Shaheen Jafargholi, Shaun Smith, Simon Cowell, Sky News, Stavros Flatley, Susan Boyle, William Hill
So, after a dramatic, traumatic and overall enjoyable…matic contest, Britain’s Got Talent 2009 has come to an end…
After a week of performances, the shortlist came down to Aiden Davis, Hollie Steele, 2 Grand, Julian Smith, Stavros Flatley, Shaheen Jafargholi, Shaun Smith, Flawless, Susan Boyle and Diversity. The top three finalists were dance act DIVERSITY, singer Susan Boyle and saxophonist Julian Smith.
In a shock victory, street dancers DIVERSITY won the reality TV contest beating Scottish singer Susan Boyle. The result, will see the dance-troupe win the prize of £100,000 and perform at the Royal Variety Performance this year in front of Her Majesty the Queen.
Sky News reported that, bookmakers are said to have made a fortune because of the unexpected result.
“We are in shock and have made a six figure sum in what has been the biggest surprise in reality TV history. Susan was a certainty,” said William Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.
William Hill estimate that over £3m was bet on the show in the final hour and managed to avoid a potential multi-million pound loss with their victory, as Susan Boyle had attracted the lion’s share of the bets to win.
See below for the winning performance:
Filed under: awards/ceremonies/lists, celebrity/showbiz, fashion/style, gossip/fodder, hot | Tags: Dior, Ebel, Forbes, Gisele Bundchen, Heidi Klum, Ipanema Shoes, Kate Moss, NFL, Tom Brady, True Religion Jeans, Versace
Forbes.com announced yesterday that the incredibly hot Gisele Bundchen is officially the highest paid model in the world.
Raking in more than £15million in the past year this marks the third year Gisele Bundchen has been top of the list of highest-paid models and at only 28 years old, the girl has done well. Despite this success though, it appears even the most beautiful and most paid model in the world is also subject to the current climate as the list reports she is £6mill down on the year before due to the economic crisis.
With campaigns for Versace, Dior, True Religion Jeans, and Ebel watches. Not to mention, her own line of shoes and flip-flops, called Ipanema Shoes it easy to see how she keeps the money flowing in her direction. Recently married to NFL Patriots player Tom Brady (one lucky, lucky, lucky man), it’s been rumoured Gisele is pregnant, however the couple are denying it.
German model Heidi Klum came in second earning £10million and British star Kate Moss was placed third with £5.8million, which was up by £620,000 upon last year. The top 5 highest-earning models didn’t change from last year.
To see the full run-down, click here.
Filed under: awards/ceremonies/lists, celebrity/showbiz, comedy/fun, entertainment, film/tv, music, pop culture, Uncategorized/miscellaneous | Tags: Amir Blumenfeld, Andy Samberg, Awkward Rap, Brohemian Rhapsody, College Humor, Hardly Working, Jake & Amir, Michael Cera, Paul Rudd, Prank War, Street Fighter: The Later Years, Streeter Seidell, The Yankee Prankee, VH1 40 Greatest Pranks: Part 2, Webby Awards 2009, YouTube, YouTube Video Awards
The online comedy sketch series CollegeHumor has been entertaining the masses for over ten years now, it is apparent that there is no sign of the jokes drying up anytime soon too.
Like the name suggests the New York based CH team creates original sketch comedy, film and television parodies, animation, and music videos focused at targeting a student demographic but the appeal can go far beyond this age group.
Offering videos, multiple times a week on their website collegehumor.com and via YouTube, their successes include the 2009 Webby Award nominated Awkward Rap for Best Comedy: Individual Short or Episode and the mediahustler favourite Street Fighter: The Later Years series which was nominated by YouTube’s Video Awards in the category of “Series”
Amongst other funny shorts, the stand-alone viral comedy shorts Hardly Working and Jake & Amir are a must as well as the music video parody Brohemian Rhapsody below.
CH Originals’ Prank War series, which documents the escalating practical jokes between two members of the CollegeHumor staff (Streeter Seidell and Amir Blumenfeld) are another highlight and has gained national notoriety after one of the two employees staged a public marriage proposal to the other’s girlfriend on his behalf. The incident was known as “The Yankee Prankee.” That video was later shown on VH1’s 40 greatest pranks part 2 and can be seen below:
Past guests on the show include Paul Rudd, Andy Samberg, and Michael Cera and with an ever-growing fan base you would be a fool to miss out – get involved, it would be rude not to!
Filed under: awards/ceremonies/lists, entertainment, fashion/style, film/tv, music, new media/technology, news, pr | Tags: Twitter
The top 100 most mentioned brands on Twitter have been revealed; Revolution teamed up with i-level’s social media agency Jam to reveal the most mentioned brands on Twitter and how they are aiming to capitalise on the buzz.
Interestingly, some on the brands discussed have more mentions than followers.
Full breakdown below:
Brand | Mentions | Followers | ||
1 | Starbucks | 3.37m | 120,868 | @Starbucks |
2 | 1.01m | 307,342 | ||
3 | BBC | 703,000 | 15.777 | @bbcnews |
4 | Apple | 512,110 | None | |
5 | AIG | 455,000 | None | |
6 | Amazon | 245,760 | 1007 | @amazon |
7 | Microsoft | 221,000 | None | |
8 | Guardian | 211,000 | 14,913 | @guardiannews |
9 | Dell | 185,000 | 287,575 | |
10 | Coca-Cola | 135,600 | None | |
11 | Ford | 130,000 | 2,256 | @ford |
12 | Sony PlayStation | 117,550 | 20,651 | @SonyPlayStation |
13 | eBay | 107,000 | 1329 | @ebayUK |
14 | Sony | 107,000 | None | |
15 | Disney | 106,000 | 7,354 | @wdwnews |
16 | Yahoo! | 94,500 | 9,541 | @yahoo |
17 | Sky | 74,370 | 10,248 | @SkyNews |
18 | IKEA | 72,300 | None | |
19 | IBM | 70,400 | 1,180 | @ibmevents |
20 | Nokia | 68,100 | None | |
21 | Ford Scott Monty | 62,600 | 16,562 | @scottmonty |
22 | Guinness | 59,700 | None | |
23 | HP | 56,720 | 1,682 | @hpnews |
24 | ComCast | 50,400 | 14,688 | @comcastcares |
25 | Skittles | 48,600 | None | |
26 | Canon | 48,200 | 605 | @canon |
27 | McDonald’s | 45,340 | 234 | @MONOPOLYatMcD |
28 | Channel 4 | 39,300 | 6,932 | @channel4news |
29 | Lego | 39,100 | None | |
30 | Pepsi | 37,400 | 757 | @pepsi |
31 | Samsung | 35,800 | 582 | @samsungmobileus |
32 | Intel | 35,700 | 464 | @intel |
33 | Tesco | 35,500 | None | |
34 | Nike | 32,800 | 1,167 | @nikeplus |
35 | Honda | 31,400 | 2,693 | @Alicia_at_Honda |
36 | BMW | 30,600 | 1,265 | @BMWSauberF1Team |
37 | T-Mobile | 29,900 | 1,443 | @TMobile_USA |
38 | BT | 27,540 | None | |
39 | FedEx | 27,100 | 1,108 | @mattceni |
40 | O2 | 25,900 | 2,371 | @O2UKOfficial |
41 | Vodafone | 25,400 | 802 | @Vodafone_News |
42 | Bosch | 25,300 | None | |
43 | RyanAir | 25,200 | None | |
44 | Toyota | 22,600 | 2,321 | @toyotanewsroom |
45 | VW | 22,190 | None | |
46 | Mercedes | 21,600 | 1,506 | @TheFifthDriver |
47 | Subway | 21,200 | None | |
48 | Cadbury | 19,900 | None | |
49 | Audi | 18,600 | None | |
50 | Burger King | 18,500 | 2,496 | @thebklounge |
51 | Marmite | 15,600 | lovehatemarmite | |
52 | Chanel | 14,700 | None | |
53 | Citi | 12,600 | None | |
54 | EasyJet | 11,800 | @easyjetservice | |
55 | H&M | 11,500 | 2,701 | @handm |
56 | Porsche | 10,600 | None | |
57 | Zara | 10,000 | None | |
58 | Gucci | 9,990 | 436 | @gucciofficial |
59 | Nissan | 9,740 | @NissanSports | |
60 | UPS | 8,960 | 5,381 | @trackthis |
61 | Motorola | 8,320 | 346 | @motodev |
62 | Avon | 8,132 | None | |
63 | Marks & Spencer | 7,900 | None | |
64 | Heinz | 7,500 | None | |
65 | Royal Bank of Scotland | 6,945 | None | |
66 | Asda | 6,650 | 147 | @asda |
67 | Accenture | 5,970 | 2,126 | @Accenture |
68 | HSBC | 5,760 | None | |
69 | Lexus | 5,690 | None | |
70 | British Airways | 5,670 | 1,202 | @British_Airways |
71 | Siemens | 5,640 | None | |
72 | Gillette | 5,250 | None | |
73 | Barclays | 4,840 | None | |
74 | Sainsbury’s | 4,300 | None | |
75 | Budweiser | 3,980 | None | |
76 | Louis Vuitton | 3,950 | None | |
77 | Lovefilm | 3,720 | 1,503 | @lovefilm_uk |
78 | Smirnoff | 3,380 | 514 | @Smirnoff_EXP |
79 | Banco Santander | 3,330 | None | |
80 | UBS | 3,330 | None | |
81 | Shell | 3,100 | @shelldotcom | |
82 | Colgate | 2,870 | None | |
83 | L’Oreal | 2,813 | None | |
84 | Citroen | 2,810 | None | |
85 | Rolex | 2,630 | None | |
86 | Cartier | 2,100 | None | |
87 | Knorr | 2,030 | None | |
88 | PG Tips | 1,400 | None | |
89 | Oxo | 829 | None | |
90 | Birdseye | 748 | None | |
91 | Levi’s | 700 | None | |
92 | Specsavers | 665 | None | |
93 | Duracell | 621 | None | |
94 | BP | 600 | None | |
95 | Schweppes | 570 | None | |
96 | Habitat | 500 | None | |
97 | Direct Line | 500 | None | |
98 | Andrex | 474 | @Andrexpuppy | |
99 | Vauxhal | 470 | @vauxhallnewsuk | |
100 | Dulux | 208 | None |