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Jay Z Reveals Plans for Tidal, a Streaming Music Service

On Monday, Jay Z, the rap star and entertainment mogul, announced his plans for Tidal, a subscription streaming service he recently bought for $56 million. Facing competition from Spotify, Google and other companies that will soon include Apple, Tidal will be fashioned as a home for high-fidelity audio and exclusive content.

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Versace Launches E-Commerce Site

Versace is moving into new digital shopping digs, finally giving guys stateside the chance to get in touch with their inner Italian rocker playboy. The e-commerce site has a host of Donatella's designs for men up for grabs, from flashier runway pieces to more everyday slick suiting, mixed media topcoats, and iconic moto jackets. Designed aesthetically in line with the brand's brick and mortar shops, specifically Versace's recently opened NYC SoHo boutique, the site features a mosaic of black and white imagery overlaid with saturated colors that walks the line between classic and cutting edge — just like the Italian house.

Shop now at us.versace.com

Frida Gustavsson backstage at Jean Paul Gaultier, Spring 2013

Inspiration and make-up boards for Jean Paul Gaultier, S/S 2013 PFW

Madonna Has Some Outrageous Demands on Her Tour Rider

When you've been one of the biggest pop stars on the planet for more than three decades, chances are you'll have a crazy tour rider. From a laundry list of personnel to culinary standards and even furniture requirements, Madonna's got it covered.

According to In Touch magazine, the 53-year-old pop star travels with an entourage of almost 200, including 30 body guards, a certified yoga instructor, personal chef, and an on-site dry-cleaner.

That's just the beginning of it. Madonna reportedly demands all furniture be removed from the green room and replaced with custom furniture she ships in beforehand. She also requires all backstage cuisine be up to vegan standards. Additionally, she requests rare pink and white roses with each stem cut to six inches. Oh, and let's not forget the 20 international phone lines she needs in her dressing room.

Madonna and Arianne Phillips Talk Recreating Wallis Simpson’s Wardrobe for W.E. VIDEO

W.E., Madonna’s directorial debut about the life of Wallis Simpson, got quite a bit of hype in anticipation of its release–and not just because the pop star was directing (ok, that was most of it). But the beautiful period costumes, overseen by Madonna’s longtime stylist and collaborator Arianne Phillips, got their fare share of buzz, too. Even critics couldn’t deny the film’s aesthetic beauty–even if they panned the film overall.

W.E. is set to debut on Blu-Ray and DVD tomorrow, May 1, and we’ve been treated to an exclusive behind the scenes video in which Madonna and Phillips reveal more details about the film’s costume design process.

Madonna's 'Girl Gone Wild' Too Raunchy for YouTube VIDEO

The video-sharing site has restricted Madonna's latest music video "Girl Gone Wild," with all its high-heeled manitard action, to viewers 18 years and older after informing the singer's team (as the Post put it) that "they must edit out shots of bare bottoms, a man rubbing his crotch and an implied masturbation scene where a man gyrates before a mirror." While Madonna's rep compared this to early nineties MTV censorship of "Justify My Love" (which is freely viewable on YouTube despite exposed nipples, bondage gear, and a simulated sex scene), a more sedate version of the video is reportedly in the works.

Madonna - Give Me All Your Luvin' (Feat. M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj) VIDEO