Dua Lipa, Issa, Prince William, and Gwynnie Are at Your Service
More boldfaced names are doing the hustle.
Gwyneth Paltrow is canoodling with Airbnb—i.e., renting out the guesthouse of her Montecito property on the platform—as part of their joint mission to “make the world a little less lonely.” So “get ready to be Gooped,” I guess? / (The Cut)
If you somehow got Issa Rae’s green-hued Shipt commercials confused with her think pink Barbie movie promotional tour, it’s not your fault. She stays booked and busy, this time partnering with same-day delivery platform Shipt—make sure to pop that letter p—to promote its new $4.99/month membership program “offering college students nationwide the convenience of same-day delivery with college budgets in mind.” / (PRNewswire)
You know who else is making pink and green work for them this month? Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., a 108-year-old service organization founded by college-educated black women, made history by launching FMO, the country’s first black-owned, women-led credit union. / (The Root)
I’d be super sus if Prince William, a member of one of the most YOLO dynasties in the history of the world, popped up at a food truck window to serve me a burger designed to help “repair and regenerate the planet.” Bon Appétit magazine wants celebs including Prince William, David Letterman, and Lana del Ray to "stop LARPing as service workers” and honestly, same. / (Marie Claire, Bon Appétit)
The Root’s Black Thought is getting autobiographical? Let me put The Upcycled Self on hold at the Free Library of Philadelphia because my to be read list and checking account are not here for exploring his “creative and emotional origins” the way I very much am. / (Hypebeast)
Rapper-actor (Ractor? Is this anything?) Romeo Miller is using his black famous connections to further his new tech venture, Trion and Shango. The partnership with former Tesla engineer Richard Patterson has allegedly secured $10 billion (!!!) in funding to pursue its mission of building an “automotive and tech powerhouse that is committed to a green future.” / (Instagram, Black Enterprise)
I heard the phrase Major League Pickleball (MPL) and glitched out for a few seconds, Mitch McConnell-style. But I’m back and now you too have to know that Drake and Michael B. Jordan have invested in MPL’s Brooklyn Aces, joining the team’s surprisingly long list of investors including the real MVP, Kevin Durant. / (Robb Report)
“As soon as she walked through the space she fell in love with it.” She is Angelina Jolie and the space is a former carriage house in Noho that was also happens to be the last place Jean-Michel Basquiat lived and worked. Because of course. after leasing it, it’s been reborn as Atelier Jolie, “a new venture she describes as a “global family” of underrepresented tailors who will use only upcycled material.” I am…interested. / (Atelier Jolie on Instagram, Curbed)
I just…. *steeples fingers* Crayola is pivoting from crayons, markers, glue and such to “multigenre content for kids and families.” Watch your back, Mattel. / (The Hollywood Reporter)
Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady has become a minority owner of Birmingham City, following in the “Wrexham? I hardly knew ‘em” footsteps of actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. “With the deal, the former NFL star becomes chairman of a new advisory board at St. Andrew’s and, according to Knighthood co-founder Tom Wagner, will “have a direct impact on the club,” which will benefit from his knowledge.” / (The Hollywood Reporter)
Glossy British-Albanian singer-songwriter Dua Lipa has “a global editorial platform” based around things I love and yet I feel numb. “Launched in February 2022, it encompasses a website, weekly newsletter, the podcast Dua Lipa: At Your Service and the Service95 Book Club.” / (Service95)