Guccio Gucci founded Gucci in 1921. By the 1950s, Italian aristocrats, European royalty, and Hollywood stars were flocking to Italy to buy Gucci’s luxurious leather designs. The Gucci family, customers believed, traced…
There is an old saying that goes, “They who are wise when they are young will be fools when they become old.” Lorde certainly had the world figured out when she was…
Kanye West is a complex character. One of the most perplexing elements of his personality is rarely talked about. His femininity. The soft masculinity of Kanye West The what is confusing, the…
Forget cryptocurrency and NFTs. Classic song catalogs are becoming blue-chip investments. A fact Paul McCartney has known this since 1970 Classic songs are big business In May Variety reported the Red Hot…
The Gucci Kangaroo is a popular Australian urban legend. It is collected in author Amanda Bishop‘s 1988 folklore compilation of the same name. The story, Bishop notes, has appeared in several variations.…
I have a confession to make. While there are many serious journalistic questions I seek to answer as Editor of The Glitter and Gold, I am also interested in the less-than-rational ones…
With After Hours and his Superbowl halftime show, The Weeknd has edged further and further to the center of modern culture. With a television series in the works, he moves closer still.…
Billie Eilish released ‘Bad Guy‘ in 2019. Consider the eight singles we have received since then. Ballads? Most of them. Sad? All of them. The key takeaway here is this. It’s been…
With the arrival of ‘Drivers License‘ in January, Olivia Rodrigo became an overnight success. Just as her star had begun to shine, fans were presented with an all too familiar narrative. The former…
Truman Capote wrote of Marilyn Monroe as a person defined by presence, luminosity, and flickering intelligence. To Capote, she was something more than her chequered career in acting. The frozen poetry of…