Taylor Swift has been named Apple Music’s Artist of the Year for 2023. Across the charts, streams, and concert stadiums filled with screaming, bracelet-wearing super fans, Swift undeniably reached a new realm of superstardom this year.
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Fans of Council Skies – the latest album from Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – can now buy the record in NFT format, via the platform Serenade.
A class action lawsuit in the United States has been filed accusing a string of celebrities including Jimmy Fallon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna, and Justin Bieber of peddling Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs without making it clear that they had investments in Yuga Labs, the company behind the digital assets.
Global cryptocurrency exchange Bitget has entered into a partnership with Lionel Andrés Messi, the iconic Argentinian footballer and winner of seven Ballon d'Or Awards.
Cherry Bullet will join the Gemie platform to connect with their fan community, Lullet, in the metaverse. The K-pop group will leverage Gemie’s team and platform to build a closer connection with fans through interactive metaverse experiences and digital assets.
Rare images of Marilyn Monroe are to be sold as digital NFT collectibles for the very first time. Titled "Innovation of Influence', they are a curated digital collection paying homage to one of the most photographed women in history: Norma Jeane.
Method Man and Snoop Dogg are set to release a remix of the original Method Man song entitled New Old School Remix f. Snoop Dogg, alongside original artwork from the Tical Universe as digital hip hop collectibles exclusively on TuneGO.
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Snoop Dogg has unveiled his newest wine with 19 Crimes, Snoop Cali Gold (SRP: $17.99), the franchise's first sparkling wine that coincides with the world's first rapping wine label!
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Eminem and Snoop Dogg brought their NFT avatars to life on national television for the first time on Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards 2022 (VMA).
Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay is bringing the Hells Kitchen TV program to the Metaverse via decentralized gaming platform The Sandbox (SAND).
CreatorDAO, a decentralized community that invests in creators by providing capital, technology, and operational support, has raised $20M in a seed funding round led by a16z crypto and Initialized Capital.
Johnny Depp has donated nearly $800,000 to three hospitals and a charity through his NFT art sale.
Snoop Dogg and Eminem have released a music video featuring animated versions of their avatars from the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC).
Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo will create a series of NFT collections after signing a partnership with Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volumes.
Elton John has partnered with Jadu and Sweet to auction a Rocket Man NFT hoverboard that will let Metaverse avatars fly in style, with all sales benefiting the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
PicVerse, a community of creative individuals seeking to break into the NFT space, has launched its first NFT collection, InuDoge, partly a representation of celebrities from real-world and fictional characters.
Artist Saint Von and his team have created a combination of real-world experience and an online NFT project with the first-ever NFT series art on vodka bottles with Trust Me Vodka.
KISS is making its debut in the crypto space, giving lash enthusiasts the chance to win a piece of brand history.
After a U.S. court awarded $15 million in defamation damages to Johnny Depp at the conclusion of the Amber Heard-Johnny Depp trial, the massively popular actor saw a massive spike in sales of a collection of NFTs of his artwork.
Meta Fokin Blinders is all set to be launched as 3D art with distinctive details. The project has garnered much hyped popularity due to its classy and sublime 3D digital art.
VIP luxury party host Amber Lounge is launching exclusive NFT-based VIP memberships. The ‘Amber X’ NFTs represent an exclusive club with only 1,888 invite-only memberships available for purchase
eBay has launched a series of NFTs through a strategic partnership with OneOf, where eBay hopes to combine its global reach and and OneOf's eco-conscious Web3 technology to bring a seamless experience that allows enthusiasts to buy and sell high passion and high value items with confidence.
Supermodel Bella Hadid has released her first NFT collection, CY-B3LLA, featuring 10 sets of 1,111 NFTs that has been in the process for a few months (for a total of 11,111).
Celebrity Cruises is riding the wave of the future of art with its first foray into NFTs. In partnership with artist Rubem Robierb, Celebrity has launched the Peacemakers Sunset NFT collection, complementing Robierb’s powerful Peacemakers sculpture featured on its brand new ship, Celebrity Beyond.
Apple is to begin live-streaming concerts via Apple Music, and is kicking off the series of concerts, with Harry Styles' One Night Only in New York” concert at UBS Arena at Belmont Park, New York this Friday.
On May 26, actor and musician Corey Feldman will release his first Picture For Profile (PFP) NFT powered by Cosmic Wire and Subtractive.
ELON Musk has said his deal to buy Twitter is “temporarily on hold” over details around the number of spam and fake accounts present on the site.
Music royalties-based NFT ecosystem, Band Royalty, has made history by creating the world's first multi-track music NFT. Music industry mogul Rob Schwartz curated the limited-edition series of multi-track NFT drops.
Madonna has teamed up with digital artist Mike Winkelmann AKA Beeple, to create three digitally rendered videos featuring the singer, which will be auctioned off Wednesday, with all proceeds going to charity.
The board of Twitter has agreed to a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover offer from Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Twitter has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk
In the lead-up to International Dance Day, Apple Fitness+ brings a new Dance Collection, a limited-edition award, and a special Artist Spotlight featuring hit songs and moves from BTS videos.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made a formal offer to purchase Twitter outright for $43 billion. Musk has filed an updated 13D with the SEC, offering $54.20 per share for 100 percent control of the social media platform.
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Sylvester Stallone has created and curated SLYGuys, a limited-edition series of 9,997 NFTs. Stallone is partnering with OpenSea to auction 25 ultra-rare, one-of-one NFTs.
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Snoop Dogg has collaborated with Wiz Khalifa to create music NFTs inspired by Bored Ape. The album, titled “Ape Drops 03: An 8th,” comprises eight tracks.
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The MilkyWay Pirates NFT collection made its debut on national television as the first ever NFT band to perform on TV when they made their debut on the Ellen DeGeneres Show today
Vodafone has partnered with 19-year-old tennis sensation Emma Raducanu as its grassroots tennis ambassador. Emma will work with the brand to inspire the next generation of players and help grow grassroots tennis in the UK.
On the 22nd of February 2022, experts from the world of network security will come together at Connectivity - the Network Security Summit, to celebrate the hidden heroes of InfoSec.
Apple Fitness+, the first fitness service built entirely around Apple Watch, is introducing Collections and Time to Run on January 10.
Olivia Rodrigo, H.E.R and The Weeknd have all won awards at the third Apple Music Awards.
Kevin Bacon return to UK screens tonight in the latest EE brand campaign, which will include spots during Married At First Sight Australia on Friday 8th October and F1 Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday 10th.
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ITV and EE have signed a new product placement partnership, with plans unveiled for ‘EEs latest store opening on one of the most famous streets in the UK, Coronation Street.
Vodafone and Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton have teamed up to showcase the potential of 5G with the world’s first 5G piano duet. For the one-off performance, two pianos in different locations in London were connected, allowing Lewis to show off his piano playing skills live with UK musician and producers, Jay Keys.
Fancy snapping a selfie with boyband BTS? BTS are now available for a virtual selfie only at Samsung KX, London’s hub of innovation. The AR/XR area is equipped with The Sero as a preview screen and the Galaxy S20+ BTS Edition as the shooting device.
Twitter is experiencing a widespread security breach, resulting in a number of high profile accounts encouraging their followers to send Bitcoin to an unknown account.
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Vodafone has launched ‘Business Unusual’, a weekly podcast series aimed at the start-up and scale-up business community. The podcast will be presented by Strictly Come Dancing presenter and radio personality Claudia Winkleman.
Samsung today revealed the Galaxy S20+ 5G BTS Edition, Galaxy S20+ BTS Edition and Galaxy Buds+ BTS Edition, giving an exclusive opportunity for fans of pop band BTS worldwide to connect more closely than ever with their favourite band.
The Golden Globes 2020 are over and apparently some actors won awards while others didn't. To be honest, I've forgotten about the boring bits (who won what), the highlight of the night, the most memorable and enjoyable part of the night was host Ricky Gervais.
A group of hackers have discovered, and used, an Instagram bug this week to scrape the phone numbers and email addresses of six million Instagram accounts. They are now selling that information online.
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EE is launching an exclusive offer that includes six months of Apple Music membership for new and upgrading EE pay monthly customers.
Bing is releasing its annual search trends revealing that 2015 was a year shaped by impactful people, events and moments.
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Yesterday we reported how Taylor Swift had written an open letter to Apple, unhappy that artists would not be getting paid during the free three month trial.
Taylor Swift has pulled her album 1989 from Apple's new streaming music service and blasted the company.
Will.i.am has partnered with fashion house Gucci to create a luxury smartband, which was announced exclusively in Vogue today and simultaneously show off at the Baselworld watch show.
Apple has launched an investigation into how nude photographs of over a hundred celebrities were leaked online late last week, after claims a hack on their iCloud accounts was to blame.
The Michael J Fox Foundation is attempting to use wearable sensors to monitor the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. The Michael...
Unprecedented, multi-functional app system is free for celebrity, indie, and amateur artists, and pays to give fans unique access. Launching...
Three UK recruited comedian Rufus Hound to write a letter for unhappy Vodafone customers wanting find an alternative network after Vodafone's latest price hike.
Will.I.am revealed his own smartwatch during an appearance on Friday’s hilarious chat show  Alan Carr: Chatty Man. “I started the...
Sarah Jessica Parker answers 73 questions, by an interviewer from Vogue, revealing everything from her distaste for parsley, love of Greece, and bias of globes that glow.
It is with regret that we report that a man who was stabbed in the neck with a bottle at a central London nightclub at a BBM Party has died. Phillip Sherriff, 37, a married father-of-two, died in hospital on Sunday following the attack..
A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being stabbed in the neck at an event attended by singer Jessie J. Police were called to the event hosted by Rim at Bankside Vaults nightclub in Southwark, Central London, shortly after midnight.
