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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lancôme Celebrates 25 Glossy Years of Its Iconic Juicy Tube with 2000s Icons: Watch the Nostalgic Ads
Lancôme is celebrating a special anniversary of its iconic Juicy Tube Lip Gloss Juicy Kissing Web, the brand's largest campaign this year, spotlights the nostalgic gloss on some of the 2000s' most memorable stars The high-shine product is available in seven shades and clearYes, juicy, kissable lips with megawatt shine are always in style, but can anything beat the high-shine gloss of Lancôme's Juicy Tube Lip Gloss? In 2000, the beauty giant debuted its selection of perfectly shimmery lip products, which to this day deliver a blinding glow, a (literally) yummy formula and hydration that lasts up to four hours. This year, the makeup bag essential is celebrating 25 years of glossy success in the beauty bizz, and to celebrate, Lancôme gathered some truly iconic stars (and OG Juicy Tube users) to transport us back to the early aughts with the Juicy Kissing Web campaign. Y2K royalty and queen of the gloss Paris Hilton stumbles upon a lost Juicy Tube in her commercial and ends up reverting back to her Simple Life days — "except I look hotter," she says while wearing velour, rhinestones and the perfect swipe of gloss like "it's 2002 again." Gossip Girl fans are taken on a "stroll down memory lane" with Ed Westwick — or shall we say Chuck Bass. "Let's face it, the Upper East side is built on three things: scandals, secrets and this status symbol," he croons while taking a whiff of Marshmallow Electro that brings him to a "certain limo" (if you know, you know). Fellow heartthrob Chad Michael Murray reminisces over the same sweet scent from those kissing scenes in A Cinderella Story. "I'm pretty sure we had piles and piles and piles on set. In between takes, rain's coming down, makeup gone, hair total disaster but this stuck. Sticky, glossy, tasty." These days, he's still getting a taste of his favorite gloss — but on his wife Sarah Roemer. "Our first kiss, never forget." Hilary Duff's ad features a surprise guest star that's not Murray but is instead her mini-me Lizzie McGuire (the cartoon version at least). Together the two get nostalgic over their love for the gloss. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! Also starring in the campaign are Kelly Rowland and Rachel Bilson, who remembers winning a Teen Choice Award for best chemistry when she was in her Juicy Tube era. Today, Juicy Tube is available in eight shimmery shades ranging from nude to hot pink and berry, but it also comes in a versatile clear that's perfect for layering. Each one retails for $25 on and Read the original article on People
Miami Herald
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
GableStage's ‘Fat Ham' is part of a juicy regional collaboration
Maybe the seemingly long haul on I-95 made treacherous by traffic congestion creates the Miami-Dade County and Broward County division among its residents. While there are plenty of reasons someone from one county or the other will say they don't venture north or south, arts groups are well aware there's a definite line in the sand. So, when three professional theater companies, two from Broward and one from Miami-Dade, came together to collaborate on the production of James Ijames' Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Fat Ham,' it was, in no uncertain terms, heralded as a historic partnership. Then there was a fourth cog in the wheel, the Fort Lauderdale-based Warten Foundation that wanted to support the newly formed theater trinity of Wilton Manors' Island City Stage, Pompano Beach's Brévo Theatre, and Coral Gables' GableStage, with a $250,000 grant to help fund the South Florida premiere of 'Fat Ham.' 'Fat Ham' opened at Island City Stage on Friday, April 3 and ran through Sunday, May 4. Now it moves to GableStage, opening Friday, May 16 and running through Sunday, June 15. A modern interpretation of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' set at a Southern Black family's backyard barbecue, the playwright, originally from North Carolina, creates parallel's between the classic play as Juicy, a 20-year-old gay Black man living in the South is visited by the ghost of his father asking him to avenge his death. Pap, Juicy's father, says his brother had him killed so that he could marry his widow and take over the family business. Bari Newport, producing artistic director of GableStage, had plans to produce 'Fat Ham.' She says she obtained the rights to stage the show but hadn't moved forward in putting it on GableStage's season calendar. 'I was sitting on the rights,' she says. 'It's an incredible piece of writing and it isn't a Pulitzer Prize winner for nothin.' But I wanted to partner with the right director.' Newport received a call from the licensing agent at Concord Theatricals, explaining that another theater company 'about 30 miles away' wanted to present 'Fat Ham.' 'They didn't think that would be a problem because, quote, we didn't share an audience. And I said, 'Well, I think it is a problem,' and I asked who the company was.' When the agent said Island City Stage, Newport's wheels started turning. What if the two companies did it together somehow? 'Why say no to their production when I could just say yes to our production?' She says that the Warten Foundation, which had a relationship with Island City Stage, was 'tickled' by this experiment and that some of the foundation members had been to plays at GableStage. Island City's founding artistic director Andy Rogow then mentioned that he had been in conversations with Brévo Theatre, a young Black theater company based in Pompano Beach, founded by Florida A&M grads Zaylin Yates and TM Pride. The company had worked with Island City on Tarell Alvin McCraney's 'The Brothers Size.' Pride was the perfect fit to direct the production, which would keep the same cast for both companies. (There is one replacement in the GableStage production because of a scheduling conflict with the first actress who played Tedra. At GableStage, Tedra will be played by Dina Lewis). 'Zaylin says it best when he talks about the play,' says Pride. 'The fact that Ijames was able to write a play that can fit three completely different visions – Island City Stage who focuses on LBGTQ issues, GableStage where one part of their mission is the idea of tackling today's issues, and then Brévo, where we put the focus on Black voices and young artists, so it was the perfect play for us to come to the table with.' Newport's idea to hold on to the play until she could fit the pieces together with the right director who understood the play's voice and perspective was on point. Pride agrees about knowing the narrative intrinsically. 'The beautiful thing about being able to direct 'Fat Ham' is having that experience. I know what Juicy is going through. I know this story. I know this family. And bringing the actors together who share that with me. They've said to me, 'We get to be ourselves. We don't even have to do all this deep, intense character development.' And all within a framework that is traditionally white America, or European theater.' Pride says he believes audiences will relate to the family dynamics present in the play. 'What we've done with the collaboration, too, is really about building community and establishing relationships and helping people to see how we're more alike than different.' Other cast members in the GableStage production, all South Florida actors, are Toddra Brunson, Henry Cadet, Melvin Huffnagle, Cassidy Joseph, Denzel McCausland, and Mikhael Mendoza. There were slight adjustments that had to be made to have the play move from Island City Stage to GableStage. 'None of us have ever done it before in terms of creating a show for two different spaces, and two very different spaces, at that.' Moving 'Fat Ham' south didn't require many changes. GableStage's stage is a bit wider so it allowed for the set to expand a bit. Island City Stage's intimate venue has 65 seats while GableStage has more than double the amount at 135, but also not a large theater. 'We've made some subtle changes with costuming. Also, we've done a more elaborate light design at GableStage.' Both artistic directors, who often direct their shows, were integral in shaping the productions, too. 'Fat Ham' is an extremely smart script and that's who our audience is. They are a sophisticated group of theater lovers who want to go away talking about the piece that they just experienced and they want to see it excellently executed,' says Newport. For the Warten Foundation, the regional production of 'Fat Ham' checked all the boxes for its funding mission. ' . . . The collaboration, the diversity, all of it,' says Clifford J. Cideko, chairman of the Fort-Lauderdale based philanthropy group founded by the late Frederick Warten. 'I said, 'We have to do this.' We are focused on diversity and bringing people together. If there is someone on the fence about certain issues, or someone who isn't aware, even if one person sees this show and it changes their perspective, that we use the power of live theater to get people talking, then (our contribution) has been a success.' If you go: WHAT: 'Fat Ham' by James Ijames, a coproduction of Island City Stage, Brévo Theatre, and GableStage WHERE: GableStage in the Biltmore Hotel, 1200 Anastasia Ave., Coral Gables WHEN: Opens with a preview on Friday, May 16 with public opening on Saturday, May 17. 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 2 p.m. Wednesday and Sunday. Through Sunday, June 15. The show closes with a 'Fat Ham' barbecue following the performance. COST: $55 and $65 includes $10 service fee (discounts for students, teachers, artists, military and groups). INFORMATION: 305-445-1119 or is a nonprofit media source for the arts featuring fresh and original stories by writers dedicated to theater, dance, visual arts, film, music and more. Don't miss a story at
Glasgow Times
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Amanda Holden seen enjoying salad at Glasgow's Juicy
Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden was pictured enjoying a salad at Juicy, the vibrant smoothie and salad bar beloved by health-conscious locals, influencers, and visiting celebs alike. READ MORE: Inside the cocktail festival bringing £5 drinks to Glasgow# Photos of her visit were shared on Juicy's official Instagram account, with the caption: 'Amanda Holden... Drop the mic. "@noholdenback gets Juicy.' The wellness spot followed the images by posting a video of the star, captioned: "That girl." With locations on Byres Road and in Braehead Shopping Centre, Juicy describes itself as 'more than the average coffee shop or juice bar.' The brand prides itself on delivering wellness with a stylish twist. Holden's visit adds to Juicy's growing reputation as a hotspot for celebrities seeking a fresh and nutritious fix while in the city.
Forbes
18-04-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Inside Stiiizy, The World's Best-Selling Weed Brand
Inside a warehouse in Downtown Los Angeles, next to a strip club, James Kim, the CEO and cofounder of the California-based cannabis brand Stiiizy opens the door to one of his grow rooms, revealing 972 pot plants, thriving three-foot-tall beauties two weeks from harvest. 'This room is all money,' says Kim, who is 37 and has tattoos covering his arms, including a portrait of Ben Franklin and a rose made from a $100 bill. Ethan Pines For Forbes These days, Stiiizy is bringing in plenty of Benjamins. The company—which was founded in 2017 and grows cannabis, manufacturers vapes, pre-rolls, gummies and flower—has nearly 50 branded dispensaries across California and generates more than $800 million a year in revenue. Stiiizy, which is also California's biggest cannabis retailer, is the best-selling weed brand in the country, according to sales data firm Headset. A vertically integrated powerhouse that now operates in seven states, one out of every eight cannabis products sold in the United States is a Stiiizy product. The company, which Forbes estimates to be valued at $1.5 billion, is privately held, secretive and mysterious—out of four original co-founders, only Kim would agree to speak, and he would not confirm the names of his partners. Founded in the gray market days before California legalized recreational marijuana, Stiiizy has also been dogged by lawsuits, rumors of illicit activity (all of which the company denies) and scandals, but none of that has changed the fact that in the $32 billion regulated cannabis industry, Stiiizy is the brand to beat. Illustration by Kelly Thompson for Forbes 'We're the number-one brand in the nation,' says Kim. 'I always tell people, if we're number one in the nation, we're number one in the world.' A floor below the grow room, Kim walks through his production facility where dozens of employees in blue hairnets and facemasks brush mini blunts with a brown liquid and roll them into a half-pound of kief and put them into trays. In another room, a woman uses a machine to fill 100 Stiiizy vape pens at a time—by the end of the day, workers here will make nearly 100,000 of them. Every month, Stiiizy grows 15,000 pounds of weed and produces about $70 million worth (retail sales) of cannabis products in California, not including how much it produces in Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Missouri, Illinois, and New York, where Stiiizy launched in February and rose to be among the top 10 best-selling brands within a month. Kim walks out of his warehouse and jumps in the back of his black Cadillac Escalade and his driver takes him a few minutes down the road to Stiiizy's DTLA headquarters. 'We always had dreams of the brand getting big,' says Kim, while Notorious BIG's 'Juicy' plays over the car speakers. 'But we didn't know it would be this big.' Kim, who sports an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak chronograph on his wrist, grew up humbly in Cerritos, California. He shared a bed with his older sister so his parents, both immigrants from South Korea, could rent out the other bedroom to help make ends meet. His parents sold women's clothing at the local Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet and starting at six years old, young James was in charge of setting up the tent, manning the cash register and helping his mom set prices for clothes. (His mom taught him her strategy, which was to price each item at double her cost.) 'They put me to work,' he says. 'That swap meet was my life.' It didn't keep him out of trouble, however. By the time he was 14, Kim was regularly ditching school to skateboard and smoke weed, and eventually, he began selling it. He soon got pinched with a dime bag and was put on probation. At 17, he was arrested for armed robbery. (The charge was later dropped for lack of evidence and his friend, who had actually committed the crime, took the wrap, but not before Kim spent a week in juvenile detention.) He dropped out of high school junior year to work construction, and then at a warehouse. One day, his mom found a pound of marijuana in his room and demanded he come home. She held the weed over the toilet, threatening to flush the whole thing. But Kim convinced her to give it back, saying he owed his source $2,000 for the stash, and could make a few thousand more for himself. 'That's how I was able to provide my own lunch money or movie money or shoe money,' says Kim. 'It wasn't a scheme to be this high school kingpin.' With a goal to graduate high school and become a mechanic, Kim began attending a continuation school for troublemakers and kids at risk of dropping out. In 2006, after a graduation party, he came home late at night and turned on the TV. An Army commercial came on. The next morning, he found himself at a recruiting center and eight weeks later, he was at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, a member of the 101st Airborne division. Within six months, he was holding an M-4 assault rifle in Baghdad, fighting Saddam Hussein's troops in close combat. Before his tour was over, his best friend was blown up during a week-long fire fight. 'It was like being in a bad dream that you didn't want to be in,' says Kim, now in his rented penthouse with sweeping views of Downtown LA. 'But it kept going for 13 months.' In 2014, four years after Kim returned home, he started a nicotine vape shop to cash in on the vape craze sweeping the nation. After a year, he closed the store to launch Kilo, a nicotine vape juice brand, with his high school buddy Jonathan Lee. They hit paydirt—Kilo had $6 million in revenue the first year, $12 million the second and $20 million the third. A marketer at heart, Kim grew Kilo's customer base around the world, selling his products in the United States as well as Greece and Russia. In 2016, another high school friend Sam Cho, who was working in the medical marijuana space, told him that they should start a weed brand and get ready for California's recreational market, which was set to launch in 2018. Kim mapped out the brand and came up with the name Stiiizy, blending the skate slang 'steeze' and 'easy.' He sank his life savings, a couple million dollars, and, along with his nicotine partner Lee, Cho and Tony Huang, who also seeded the company, and Stiiizy was born as a vape brand. After buying 500 vaporizers from China and THC oil from a California extractor, Stiiizy started selling in the unlicensed days right before California opened its recreational market. Within a year, Stiiizy built a cultivation site, expanded into flower, edibles and pre-rolls, and by August 2019, Stiiizy opened its first store. 'What made Stiiizy different was that they had an established brand even before legalization,' says Daniel Yi, the company's former chief communications officer. 'They had the advantage of huge momentum, and seemingly endless cash reserves.' Earlier that year, Stiiizy merged with North Star, a northern California-based operator with grows, manufacturing and dispensaries, which was run by a real estate entrepreneur Brian Mitchell. The new company, dubbed the Shryne Group, suddenly had a huge footprint. The company was on a tear, with sales ballooning as the team opened new stores around the state. This year, Stiiizy has a goal to open one new store a month. 'We are on the road to 100 stores,' says Kim. But with success, came legal troubles and rumors of black-market operations. Stiiizy vapes began showing up in New York's unlicensed market—at bodegas and smoke shops—and were even spotted south of the border in Mexico City. Cannabis investors and executives who have worked in California's industry for over a decade say the rumors of Stiiizy diverting products into the illicit market are so pervasive that it has become an 'open secret.' 'They are not the best rule followers in the world,' says one California-based cannabis company executive who asked to remain anonymous. Tak Sato, Stiiizy's president, strongly denies the allegations and says that the company '100%' does not operate illegally, adding that when Stiiizy products are found in unlicensed stores or on the black market that they are either counterfeits or smuggled from California by people who buy them in licensed dispensaries. 'The risk simply would not make any sense,' says Sato. 'If we were actually found to have been doing something like that, it's just over.' But even insiders have claimed Stiiizy breaks the law. Jon Avidor, who was CEO of the brand in 2021, filed a lawsuit against the company in September 2023, claiming it had improperly fired him from the board and took shares away he rightfully owned and alleged rampant illegal activity. Stiiizy denied these claims and Avidor voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit before the parties settled. Then in December 2023, The Los Angeles Times published an investigation that connected cofounder Tony Huang to multiple properties he owned around California that leased spaces to unlicensed dispensaries. Huang denied the allegations but Los Angeles City Attorney fined Huang and other owners of a property tied to illicit marijuana sales $450,000. In early April, New York cannabis regulators conducted a surprise audit on a Long Island-based cannabis manufacturer that makes products for a range of companies after receiving a tip that Stiiizy and other brands were sourcing cannabis from the black market or grown out of state. Sato says Stiiizy had been gearing up for the February expansion to New York's licensed market since October 2024 and its New York partner produced much more than it needed, but that it was not breaking any laws. A spokesperson from New York State's Office of Cannabis Management says that the information collected during the inspection 'is currently under review' and will release its findings when the regulatory process is complete. Kim brushes the allegations off as all part of the 'dog-eat-dog' world of legal weed, where margins are thin, regulations are tough, taxes are punitive and competitors spread false rumors. 'It's like the movie Mean Girls,' says Kim. 'They're saying I'm the biggest slut in school. Well, I'm not. And I'm tired of it.' All of the notoriety has not hurt Stiiizy's sales. In fact, its outlaw reputation seems to have had the opposite effect. As a legacy brand, the added street cred has burnished the company's position as the industry's leader. Stiiizy is for stoners, not soccer moms and the so-called 'canna-curious'—for Stiiizy enthusiasts, the company is one of the real ones. While many weed brands have been developed in boardrooms, or by former corporate consultants, and look like something sold at Whole Foods, Stiiizy came of age in the unregulated weed world of Downtown LA, giving the company just the right amount of outlaw attitude. 'I think a lot of people are threatened by us because they don't understand how we are doing it,' says Kim. 'I don't even know how we're doing it, but I think I just know the consumer. That's the missing piece from the corporate guys—they don't know the consumer.' With nearly $400 million in sales in California alone last year, Stiiizy controls about 7% of the Golden State's $5 billion legal cannabis industry. 'They are an insane brand, the consumer passion for them is just mind-blowing,' says Kyle Sherman, the CEO and founder of cannabis dispensary software company Flowhub. 'They have executed better than any other brand in the industry.' Back at his penthouse, Kim sits at a long dining room table. He says when they started Stiiizy, the goal was to build a company that would last a decade, with the hope that it would be around even longer. Now, Stiiizy wants to be the 'Nike of weed,' he says, a company known as the go-to brand for all things cannabis. 'My goal now is that Stiiizy will become a lifetime brand,' says Kim. 'This is my legacy.'
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Yahoo
Tourist's 'unreal' find buried on beach after getting stranded in remote Aussie town
A tourist travelling around Australia in a van has captured the heart-stopping moment a split-second mistake left him stranded in a remote town — and the 'unreal' beach discovery that finally set him free. Coleman Geiger, an American who has been living in Sydney for the past two years, began his epic trek from Cairns to Perth last month before heading over to Bali. While the first 10 days were plagued by heavy rain, the 28-year-old model and graphic designer was relieved to see sunshine when he reached Broome. After spending a couple of days sightseeing, Coleman told Yahoo News Australia he decided to go for a quick swim on his last morning before heading on to Exmouth — completely unaware the last-minute decision would almost cost him $1,300 and potentially ruin the rest of his holiday. The traveller parked his Juicy Coaster campervan in the car park at Cable Beach and walked down to the water. Before dunking his body into the ocean, he placed his bag on top of a nearby rock and propped his phone on a tripod. 'I was only going there just to get the one stupid clip of me running into the water. It came back to bite me,' he said. 'I had a tote bag, I think I probably had a towel in there and stuff, but I wasn't thinking anything of it, and set my keys on top [of it]. After just 15 minutes, Coleman noticed the tide was rising rapidly. 'The tide was really low and I don't know why but I just assumed the tide would stay at that level. But then it started to get really big when I was in the ocean, and that's when the keys fell into the water,' the 28-year-old told Yahoo. However, it wasn't until he had almost returned to the van with his soaking wet bag on his shoulder, that he realised his remote start key, and the AirPods attached to the ring, were missing. 'I went back to where I was, and they weren't there. The tide was too high at that point so I gave up looking after about 30 minutes,' he said. At this point, he believed the error could quickly be remedied by ordering a replacement key, but reality set in when a local locksmith and Juicy support worker informed him that could take 'at least a week'. The traveller said he was quoted about $500 to tow the car from the beach back into town, another $500 for a new key, $150 to 'break into the van' and at least another $100 on scooters so he could pick up some food — leaving him with a potentially hefty $1,300 bill. 'Then it was all starting to compile. I have no way to even get into this vehicle. My whole life is in the vehicle,' Geiger said, adding he had parked near signs warning against illegal camping. 'All the anxiety kind of set in.' Left with just the shorts, hat and shoes he was wearing at the time, the tourist began to panic, concerned he'd have to not only give up on his road trip, but also miss his flight to Indonesia. A local hostel was able to place him in their emergency room for the day, where he spent the next six hours on the phone to numerous people — including his mum — trying to find a quicker resolution. 🚐 Campers warned over $110,000 fine ahead of Easter weekend 🐦 Aussie camper's brave act after spotting massive emu in need 🌊 Tourist's lucky escape from 'world's most venomous animal' Determined not to give up, Coleman decided to head back to Cable Beach as the tide retreated later that afternoon, but knew the odds of him finding his keys were 'so, so slim'. He had been trying to use his phone to locate his attached AirPods, but they were not registering. Luckily he was able to remember which rock he had set his belongings on and walked in that direction. 'I looked around for like five minutes and I thought 'okay, there's no way I'm going to find this but I'll just look',' he told Yahoo. 'I went back to the rock, and maybe 15 to 20 metres away I see this little thing sticking out.' Miraculously, the Juicy tag attached to his keys was ever so slightly poking out of the sand. The 28-year-old could barely contain his excitement as he bolted over to the spot and pulled the piece of square plastic out of the sand, revealing his lost belongings. Footage shows an incredible gleeful and relieved Coleman jumping in joy after making the one-in-a-million discovery. After opening up the remote start key and cleaning off all the sand, much to his surprise, the van's engine started. Not only that, but his AirPods appeared to also still be working well. Exhausted from the entire ordeal, the American took himself off for a beer before continuing his journey south the next morning. A video detailing the tourist's rollercoaster of emotions has since gone viral, with thousands of viewers from around the world sharing in his luck and relief. 'Buy a lotto ticket,' one person urged. 'I've never been happier for a stranger on the internet,' another laughed. Do you have a story tip? Email: newsroomau@ You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube.
