Chief executives face tough decisions over how to respond to Britain"s vote to leave the European Union.
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UPDATE:ASOS have responded after fans of the brand expressed concern on social media that the online store"s website and app had been taken offline due tothe plummeting value of the British pound after the UK voted to leave the European Union yesterday.
"Yes, the site is down. This is because of a power outage at a third party data centre that hosts our servers," the brand said in a statement to Fairfax Media.
"This has impacted other businesses hosted by the centre. Our tech team are working hard to restore services which involves replacing damaged hardware. That"s why it"s taking longer to get back online. We are keeping our customers informed on social media."
British online retailer ASOS has not traded since the results of the British EU referendum were announced
As previously reported:
British online retailer ASOSis down, in what some are speculatingis a reaction to the plummeting value of the pound after Friday"s Brexit decision.
The online fashion and accessories store"s website and mobile app havebeen closed since Friday morning.
"Erm, "scuse us, we need a little time out," an error message on the website reads.
"The site isn"t currently available but we"re doing everything we can to get it back up soon!"
According to the store"s social media channels, the website is unavailable due to a tech issue.
Fans of the online storehave expressed frustration at the long downtime.
"Asos site is down... Are they leaving us too?" asked one (presumably European) Twitter user.
Some potential shoppers have wondered if the website has crashed because of international customers trying to take advantage of the pound"s falling value by buying British goods.
Others speculated the store wastaking the time to increase the pound value of their prices so as to not lose international revenue.
ASOS has not made any further statement clarifying the reason for the downtime, and has given no indication as to when its online store will return to trading.
Johnny Manziel, Once Top NFL Prospect Turned Party Boy
Associated Press , WFAA11:52 AM. CDT June 22, 2016
DALLAS - Police in Dallas say troubled quarterback Johnny Manziel reported a hit-and-run accident earlier this week. The publicist for the former Texas A&M star says he wasn"t seriously injured.Senior Cpl. DeMarquis Black told The Associated Press the accident happened Monday night, and Manziel had a witness from his vehicle and an impartial witness. Manziel attorney Bob Hinton said police told him the vehicle was damaged on the driver"s side.Manziel"s publicist, Denise Michaels, said the former Cleveland player told her he hit his head but didn"t have a concussion or other injury.
Johnny Manziel"s mugshot. Credit: Highland Park DPS
The 2012 Heisman Trophy winner is facing a misdemeanor assault charge in a domestic violence case involving former girlfriend Colleen Crowley. A status hearing is scheduled for Friday, but Manziel isn"t required to appear.
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Kanye West Will Debut "Famous" Visuals at The Forum
By Andrea Park
@scandreapark
06/16/2016 AT 12:00 PM EDT
Kim Kardashian West is finally putting in her two cents about her famously outspoken husband"s on-again feud with Taylor Swift.
In her new cover interview with GQ for their July issue, Kardashian West revealed that Swift approved the verse mentioning her ("I feel like me and Taylor might still have s*x / Why? I made that b***h famous") on Kanye West"s latest album The Life of Pablo over the phone and that there"s even video proof of the call.
"She totally approved that," Kardashian West, 35, said. "She totally knew that that was coming out. She wanted to all of a sudden act like she didn"t. I swear, my husband gets so much s--- for things [when] he really was doing proper protocol and even called to get it approved."
She continued: "What rapper would call a girl that he was rapping a line about to get approval?"
The reality star shared that "so many respected people in the music business" heard the phone conversation and that West always keeps cameras rolling while he is recording an album, in case he decides to make a documentary.
Kim Kardashian (left) and Taylor Swift
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"I don"t know why she just, you know, flipped all of a sudden," Kardashian West said. "It was funny because [on the call with Kanye] she said, "When I get on the Grammy red carpet, all the media is going to think that I"m so against this, and I"ll just laugh and say, "The joke"s on you, guys. I was in on it the whole time." And I"m like, wait, but [in] your Grammy speech, you completely dissed my husband just to play the victim again."
While accepting the Grammy Award for album of the year in February, Swift seemingly addressed West"s verse, saying, "There are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame."
Kardashian West said that although her husband and Swift have not been in touch since the latest bout of drama, West did receive an attorney"s letter from Swift"s team asking for the video footage to be destroyed. When asked for comment on the matter, a spokesperson for Swift sent GQ the following statement.
"Taylor does not hold anything against Kim Kardashian as she recognizes the pressure Kim must be under and that she is only repeating what she has been told by Kanye West. However, that does not change the fact that much of what Kim is saying is incorrect. Kanye West and Taylor only spoke once on the phone while she was on vacation with her family in January of 2016 and they have never spoken since. Taylor has never denied that conversation took place. It was on that phone call that Kanye West also asked her to release the song on her Twitter account, which she declined to do."
The statement continues, "Kanye West never told Taylor he was going to use the term "that b----" in referencing her. A song cannot be approved if it was never heard. Kanye West never played the song for Taylor Swift. Taylor heard it for the first time when everyone else did and was humiliated. Kim Kardashian"s claim that Taylor and her team were aware of being recorded is not true, and Taylor cannot understand why Kanye West, and now Kim Kardashian, will not just leave her alone."
In the interview, Kardashian West also revealed just how in sync she and her doting husband are. When asked what she does that drives him crazy, the star has to call West and go back and forth before finally coming up with a single annoying habit: Occasionally, Kardashian West forgets to forward the rapper emails from designers offering her sketches of potential ensembles, so he has to remind her to do so several times before she finally does.
Other than that, however, West seems perfectly infatuated with his wife of two years, always ensuring she receives the praise she deserves.
Case in point: "Even though I"m an a*s girl, Kanye always says my b***s don"t get as much credit as they deserve," Kardashian West said.
"Modern Family" Star Ariel Winter on Breast Reduction, Legal Battle with Mother
Ariel Winter, who"s best known for her role as the book smart little sister onModern Family, just can"t catch a break.
To her senior prom, she wore a black and white lace strapless dress. To her graduation, she wore a light pink bandage dress under her graduation gown. Most recently, to her graduation party over the weekend, she wore a light pink dress with a cutout in the middle. And after she posted a picture of herself in each of these outfits on Instagram, she was body shamed.
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Ariel Winter is 18 years old and users frequently comment on her pictures, saying, "What a s**t am I right?" and "Put your t**s away... your dad"s gotta see them." On her , they wrote things like, "You seriously wore that in front of family?"
What this says about us as a society is that we are still borderline obsessed with policing curvy women"s bodies, and immediately deeming them inappropriate. To see this in action, compare the reaction to Winter"s attire to, say, Kylie Jenner.
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Kylie Jenner and Ariel Winter are the same age, wearing nearly the same kind of dress, with approximately the same amount of skin showing, and yet people are far more interested in shaming Winter and her body than Jenner.
A selection of comments from Winter"s graduation party picture:
"I"d tie my daughter down if she wore any thing like that."
"s*x sells."
"Girl you need to cover up. Respect your body!"
A selection of comments on Jenner"s snapchat video, which was reposted on Instagram:
"You look great Kylie, love the outfit."
"She slayed this outfit though."
"I WANT HER OUTFIT."
AsMTV Newshas already written, the two are nearly style twins, wearing similar, curve-hugging silhouettes. And yet, commenters are quick to shame Winter"s favoritism toward more revealing dresses, while they praise Jenner. And that very well may be because of Winter"s proportions, because, really, the only physical difference between the two are their busts.
For Winter, the criticism even transcends the most modest of outfits, with Instagram commenters writing things like "Panties or shorts?" and "Not those hooker shorts again" on a picture of the actress wearing a turtleneck and shorts.
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Despite still being a teenager, Winter"s already had a tough go in the spotlight, facing criticism for how she dressesand her body since it started to change. When she was just 17, she decided toundergobreast reduction surgery. Although she repeatedly claimed that the decision was entirely her own, she did explain how the media specifically had made her uncomfortable before she reduced her bust size to a 32D.
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"It made me feel really uncomfortable, because as women in the industry, we are totally oversexualized and treated like objects," she told People. "Every article that has to do with me on a red carpet had to do with "Ariel Winter"s Crazy Cleavage!" or "Ariel Winter Shows Huge b***s at an Event!" That"s all people would recognize me by not, "Oh, she does great work on Modern Family.""
She also noted that the bullying she faced on social media didn"t help.
"We live in a day and age where everything you do is ridiculed," she told Glamour. "The internet bullies are awful. I could post a photo where I feel good, and 500 people will comment about how fat I am and that I am disgusting."
But even after her breast reduction, Winter is facing a nearly constant onslaught of online abuse, and it all revolves around her body.In fact, in many senses, her speaking out has only egged on the trolls to go in for her harder, starting online wars with her fans, who ardently defend her in the comments section, only to sometimes receive vitriol directed at them.
"Graduating from w***e school?" one commenter wrote on a picture of Winter graduating from high school, to which fans slammed back: "What"s your investment in how she chooses to dress?" and "Don"t listen to what anybody says. You look beautiful."
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Back in November, she even tried to take a stand against her online bullies, who were telling her that she was "asking for it" after she posted a picture of herself in a swimsuit. Winter was just 17 at the time.
"Who knew that an innocent photo with my nieces would turn into this?" she wrote. "The height of a girl"s skirt or whatever she is wearing for that matter, does not imply what she is asking for. It sickens me to think at 17 years old, a photo of myself with my nieces is suggesting that I"m "asking for it.""
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But now, still in 2016, it seems like the internet isn"t comfortable with a woman like Winter. For a naturally curvy woman in Hollywood like Winter who doesn"t want to step out every day in a burlap sack or a gigantic, long sleeve muumuu, there"s simply no winning.
And Winter seems to known this. On her Instagram, despite the hateful comments, she"s insisted on wearing whatever she wants, whether that be a strapless gown that shows her scars or a crop top paired with a pair of short shorts. However, that doesn"t mean she doesn"t care. Given the numerous statements that she"s made about body shaming as well as slutshaming it"s clear that she does, but is actually actively fighting her haters and society"s expectations of her by dressing how she d**n well pleases.
What else could be more satisfying?
Read more:Ariel Winter Hits Back at Instagram Trolls With Powerful Note About How Women Are Judged In One Instagram Post, Ariel Winter Just Called Out the Sexism of School Dress CodesAriel Winter Is Not Ashamed of Her Breast Reduction Scars But Thanks for Your Concern
Wiz Khalifa Reveals Truth Behind Kanye West Finger In the Butt Tweet - VIDEO by Adam Fleischer 16h ago
The Wiz Khalifa and Kanye West Twitter spat that happened back in January appeared to be over, but apparently there are still some hard feelings.
It started when Ye took exception with Wiz taking exception with his album title, Waves (which, of course, he later changed), and only snowballed from there: There was the lighthearted cool pants comment and, on the other end, Kanye telling Wiz, I own your kid.
Many felt he crossed the line with comments like the last one, and it seemed Kanye realized as much, too, because he called up Wiz just days later and apologized. And things were all good.
Except, not really.
When asked about the issue on Power 105.1 on Friday, the Pittsburgh native suggested that hes come to feel like the apology was a bit empty. I wouldnt necessarily say its squashed, though, he said, because, when you see him talk about it, it doesnt add up to what he said to me on the phone.
Welp, it feels fair to assume the Kanye West x Wiz Khalifa collab is, still, not on the way.
Steven Tyler - I don"t want to miss a thing (Acoustic)
During a live call-in interview on "The Howard Stern Show" on SiriusXM satellite radio earlier today (Tuesday, June 21), AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler revealed that the band will embark on a farewell tour in 2017. Tyler, who will release his first-ever solo album, "We"re All Somebody From Somewhere", on July 15, said: "I love this band. I really do. I want to squash every thought that anybody might have about "the band"s over."
"We"re doing a farewell tour but it"s only because it"s time. We"ve never done that."Asked to confirm the band is planning a final run, Tyler said: "I think so. Next year." On the subject of whether guitarist Joe Perry understands that, the singer said: "Mmm-hmm."But he added that the tour will last "probably forever," and refers to THE WHO having staged several farewells, saying: "I know. Can you believe that? How about KISS? They did 19 farewell tours."While on hiatus, the members of AEROSMITH have been keeping busy with solo projects Perry recently hit the road with his star-studded side project HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES, featuring Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, former GUNS N" ROSES drummer Matt Sorum, and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS bassist Robert DeLeo. AEROSMITH guitarist Brad Whitford has joined forces once again with Derek St. Holmes for a 19-date spring and summer run.Perry in April spoke frankly about the state of AEROSMITH, admitting to Rolling Stone: "A farewell tour is something we"ve talked about doing for years, let"s say roughly in the last five years. It"s just something the band"s talked about at various times."Perry also talked about the band gravitating towards working on their own in 2016. He said: "It"s very rare you get this much time, considering the way we"ve always been on the road or been in the studio doing whatever, so it"s been a good time to do some of these other projects. Steven has been off working really hard on his solo thing. I know it"s something he"s always wanted to do. He puts so much into AEROSMITH, he"s never really given himself the time to do this, so it"s worked out really well for him. I don"t really hear from him much but I wouldn"t expect that I would considering he"s working on a record and doing gigs and the whole thing. But when things start gearing up, we start rehearsing for the South American tour, I"m sure we"ll start forming a plan for the next year or two or whatever."Perry said that although AEROSMITH splitting isn"t something he"s looking forward to, he feels that the band is nearing the end. "It"s getting to be about that time, but I"m really looking forward to the VAMPIRES thing," he said. "And I know Brad"s doing stuff with Derek and they"re buddies from way back. Everybody"s got stuff that they"re doing, so it"s kind of up the middle. It"s inevitable that once we get back together I"ll be ready to play "Dream On" again."The guitarist told The Pulse Of Radio that ultimately, the thrill of what AEROSMITH accomplished musically trumps all the problems that the band has endured due to drugs, women, management and ego issues. "It"s really the five of us, y"know, as a band," he said. "And it"s still exciting to walk out onstage with these guys. And that, I think, is the glue that keeps us coming back. Sometimes I ask that question myself, y"know, "Why am I still doin" it?" Well, when I walk out onstage in Moscow and everybody out there is singing words to songs that we wrote in the basement, or, y"know, in some studio somewhere. It"s nothin" short of a miracle, y"know? And so we kind of have a lot of respect for that."
