Skyfall Teaser Trailer Bond is back for the 23rd time, with 007 Daniel Craig returning to take out his latest villain, Javier Bardem. In theaters November 9, 2012. Continue reading →

Timbaland: Serious about his business. Three years ago Timbaland exhorted his audience to practice temperance with the song “Ease Off the Liquor.” Now, he’s changing his tune. The Virginia-based superproducer is planning to launch his own line of liqueur. Currently slated for a July debut, the spirit will be called Le Sutra. “I make sexy music, and this is a sexy liqueur,” Timbaland told me on a recent telephone conversation. “It’s like the perfect match.” Timbaland says Le Sutra will be in the same vein as Nuvo, the ubiquitous Diageo-backed drink shilled by the likes of T-Pain, Jeremih, Wale, Pusha T and Lloyd Banks. No formal announcement has been made, but images of Timbaland’s ad campaign for the liqueur have already started to trickle out ... Continue reading →

It's that Forbes musik. Back in 2007, Jay-Z, Diddy and 50 Cent gave us “I Get Money (The Forbes 1-2-3 Billion Dollar Remix).” The song, which is the only official collaboration between the three hip-hop heavyweights, was recorded in celebration of the triumvirate’s position atop the inaugural Forbes Hip-Hop Cash Kings list. The song ushered in a wave of lyrical mentions. In 2009, Akon added “Forbes Cash King.” The following year, Bruno Mars and Travie McCoy released “Billionaire,” with its catchy chorus voicing a desire to be “on the cover of Forbes magazine.” According to RapGenius.com, the name “Forbes” has shown up in 31 different songs since the Billion Dollar Remix made its debut. The latest lyrical shout-out comes from up-and-coming rapper Tauheed “2 Chainz” ... Continue reading →

Justin Bieber on the cover of Forbes. Swaggy. One hundred feet above the palm tree-lined streets of Beverly Hills, Justin Bieber is in the midst of a very complicated imaginary business meeting. He’s sitting behind a glass table in the penthouse presidential suite at the Beverly Hilton, pretending to have a serious conversation with manager Scooter Braun. While a photographer snaps away, a tailor tweaks Bieber’s navy Prada suit and a hairdresser fusses with his famous coif. A half-dozen handlers buzz about the room, flanked by the photographer’s assistants; three hotel attendants and two camera crews orbit the scene, trailed by the tailor’s six-year-old son. “This is what happens in our meetings all the time,” says Braun. “All the time,” adds Bieber, rolling his eyes. ... Continue reading →