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Planet Funk

After a stop at Planet Funk, teen shoppers come out on the cutting edge of LA’s urban street style. The store offers laid-back clothing with graffiti-esque designs and edgy details. Girls can nurture their inner starlet with skinny leg jeans by Citizens of Humanity, a fitted Ed Hardy tunic and a quirky tote by Harajuku Lovers. Meanwhile, guys can cop some of the newest looks by Motor City Legends, Faith Connexion and Howe. The store also stocks cool accessories — from fedoras to skinny belts — to put the finishing touches on new looks.

Planet Funk
7571 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
323.655.2990
www.planetfunk.com

Gorillaz partner with Microsoft for the launch of Internet Explorer 9

Gorillaz

Gorillaz partner with Microsoft for the launch of Internet Explorer 9. Today Microsoft has announced a partnership with Gorillaz, the world’s best-selling animated band, to celebrate the Beta launch of its Windows Internet Explorer 9 browser. The new browser will offer a visually richer web experience and marks a new era for how we experience the World Wide Web. Internet Explorer 9 Beta is designed to use the power of a computer’s hardware to radically improve people’s online experiences such as shopping, browsing, surfing, gaming, watching TV or streaming music. At the same time, Internet Explorer 9 Beta reads special web design code enabling it to increase the speed, look and performance of websites by making colours, images and texture richer and deeper. With a pioneering reputation for both online creativity and music, Gorillaz have partnered with Microsoft to develop an online experience for fans that showcases the potential of the Web when viewed through Internet Explorer 9 Beta-. Click Once fans have downloaded Internet Explorer 9 Beta from Beauty of the web they can enjoy richer graphics, top quality sound and high definition Gorillaz video. The Gorillaz’ design team, Zombie Flesh Eaters, has taken advantage of HTML5 and the new features Internet Explorer 9 Beta provides, to create a new web experience for Gorillaz fans as showcased in Murdoc Niccals’ Club Room and across Gorillaz.com. Microsoft is also featuring this web content on its specially designed microsite and The Bluee A video of Murdoc experiencing the wizardry of Internet Explorer 9 Beta is available to view at clubroom Microsoft will officially launch Internet Explorer 9 once the testing of the Beta version has been completed to reach Internet Explorer’s quality bar; however the Beta is available with all of its brand new features so people can experience it now. Internet Explorer 9 Beta requires Windows 7 or Windows Vista operating systems. To experience a demonstration of the features of Internet Explorer 9 Beta, even if you don’t have Windows 7 or Vista operating systems. Speaking to our source Damon Albarn said of the event “I’m here to support my organisation and all the people that make this happen its a big step forward we’re all excited about the future potential”.

E! co-founder launches celebrity website

E! co-founder launches celebrity website. Watch videos and view red carpet photos from all your favorite celebrities at film premieres and Hollywood events. Read articles about the latest fashion and beauty trends, and get the celebrity look. The co-founder of E! is launching a celebrity-focused online network complete with several programs in the hope of establishing a new brand in the entertainment programing space. Alan Mruvka created E! (then called Movietime) 23 years ago with Larry Namer. Last week, he returned to his roots with the launch of the Look, a new site at thelooktv.com, which aims to blend fashion and celebrity programing with an e-commerce sales site. “When I was pitching E!, I used to say that TV is like a newspaper; there’s headlines and sports, but there was no (entertainment) section,” Mruvka said. “Now TV is like a magazine stand, with golf and food and everything else — it’s narrowcasting. Well, the thickest magazines are fashion magazines; that’s where the money is. The Look is as if you were to take InStyle magazine and make a network out of it.” Mruvka has been working on the Look for three years and is launching with about $10 million in self-raised investment capital. The Look isn’t aiming for linear cable network distribution — at least not yet. “I don’t believe it’s still about launching a network and getting it on TV any way you can,” he said. “The convergence of the Internet and TV is closer than ever, and I want to be on the edge of that.” Mruvka describes the Look as best resembling a hybrid of E! and its spinoff channel, the Style Network. “Our goal is to be the place to go to see what your favorite star is wearing and then buy it right then and there,” Mruvka said.