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Eight distinguished achievers, including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Spike Lee to receive Johns Hopkins honorary degrees

Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, United States has announced a list of eight distinguished achievers who will receive honorary degrees this year. The honorary degree will be conferred at the university wide commencement ceremony on May 18 at Royal Farms Arena. The list includes award-winning novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who earned a prestigious creative writing master's from the university,  filmmaker Spike Lee, Nobel Prize winner Richard Axel and Ellen M Heller, Maryland’s first woman to become an administrative Circuit Court judge. (more…)

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Rachel Roy releases a statement: “There is no truth to the rumour”

Designer Rachel Roy released a statement to People on Tuesday refuting reports that she is Jay Z's side chick or "Becky with the good hair". Below is the statement: "I want to put the speculation and rumors to rest. My Instagram post was meant to be fun and lighthearted, it was misunderstood as something other than that," she said. "There is no validity to the idea that the song references me personally. There is no truth to the rumors. "Consequently, online haters have targeted me and my daughters in a hurtful and scary manner, including physical threats. As a mother –

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Fashion Alert! Could Raf Simons Be Calvin Klein’s Next Creative Director?

Restructuring at Calvin Klein has led to the departure of Francisco Costa and Italo Zucchelli as the label’s womenswear and menswear creative directors, respectively. According to Calvin Klein CEO Steve Shiffman, their exit is part of a new global strategy to “unify all Calvin Klein brands under one creative vision,” essentially making their place at the top redundant. (more…)