Keys Lights The Fire For New CD by Thom Forbes

"People get ready/There's a train a coming," Alicia Keys sang a few years ago in a haunting cover of the gospel-inspired, Curtis Mayfield classic. Now she's 31, the mother of a young boy named Egypt, married to music producer Swizz Beatz (a.k.a. Kaseem Dean), executive producer of a forthcoming feature film and a collaborator on a new line of Reebok sneakers. And who else would attempt a cover of the "Gummi Bears" theme song on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," no less pull it off? ...Read the whole story

  • retail Stores Get 'Huge Win' In Long Black Weekend by Sarah Mahoney

    The bigger news, for consumers and retailers alike, is a brand new kind of marketing convergence, whereby Thanksgiving Day doorbusters ate Black Friday, and constant online specials devoured Cyber Monday. ...Read the whole story

  • Discover's Diners Club Partners With 'Life of Pi' by Tanya Irwin

    Discover Financial Services' Diners Club International is launching its first global entertainment partnership with Twentieth Century Fox. The two brands have teamed for the movie release of "Life of Pi," a story of survival that chronicles the shipwrecked journey of a boy and a Bengal tiger. ...Read the whole story

  • pets Beneful Launches Playful Online Videos by Tanya Irwin

    An online video series for Beneful aims to bring the joy of play to everyone and remind them how play can transform the everyday. The three original videos, with the theme "Random Acts of Play," were created by Leo Burnett/Arc Worldwide and launched earlier this month on YouTube. ...Read the whole story

  • apparel Born In The Racing Pit, Luna-C Moves Outward by Karl Greenberg

    Luna-C Clothing, which now backs BGB Motorsports for the Grand-Am Rolex GX series in Daytona and other major Grand-Am races, went on sale this year and is now in a range of high-end stores nationwide, and perhaps an iconic major chain soon. ...Read the whole story

insight Priorities Beyond Pay by Ted Leonhardt

All creatives are anxious about measuring up to their own expectations and those of others. Creative managers are just as sensitive to these expectations. With ... ...More

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