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Famed director and screenwriter Wes Craven passed away. Craven died at his home after a long bout with brain cancer. He was 76-years-old.

Jay-Z and Beyonce are rumored to be performing at the Royal Wedding this week. While it’s not yet clear if the King and Queen of hip-hop will put on for the royal couple, what is clear is that only royalty is good enough for royalty. Just in case Jay-Z and Beyonce don’t perform for Prince […]

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(Karim Ramons and Russell Simmons). Publishing ideas used to be complicated but once the mimeograph came around in 1876, anyone with a bicep, an idea and some funds could publish whatever they wanted. Fast forward to the 21st Century and the same can be said about digital devices and publishing platforms like Twitter and Lulu, the […]

Last night the Academy honored the best of the best in Hollywood. But the real fun got started after the award show. The 2011 Vanity Fair Oscar Party, hosted by Graydon Carter at the Sunset Tower Hotel was where all the festivities took place.  PHOTOS: GlobalGrind’s Best Dressed @ The 2011 Spirit Awards Selena Gomez and […]

GlobalGrind chopped it up with the legendary Julius Erving last night. Mr. Erving, better known as Dr.J, was in Los Angeles for the NBA All Star Game Weekend and is being honored by Hennessy with the Hennessy Privelege Award. PHOTOS: Hennessy Black Toasts DJ D-Niice The award, presented by Russell Simmons, was for Erving’s many […]

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What follows is the first of a series of excerpts from my new book Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All, which will be released on January 4th. To read excerpt 6, click here. [pagebreak] EXCERPT 7: GIVE YOUR GIFT I’m always amazed by how many people fail to see the connection between giving […]

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What follows is the first of a series of excerpts from my new book Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All, which will be released on January 4th. To read excerpt 5, click here. [pagebreak] EXCERPT 6: Be Reborn Everyday When I was a young man I did some pretty foul shit. I didn’t mug old […]

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What follows is the first of a series of excerpts from my new book Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All, which will be released on January 4th. To read excerpt 4, click here. [pagebreak]   EXCEPRT 5: The Business Yogi ……For a year or two, selling that fake coke seemed like the perfect […]

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What follows is the first of a series of excerpts from my new book Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All, which will be released on January 4th. To read excerpt 2, click here. [pagebreak] EXCERPT 3: Succeeding Through Stillness Most people sleepwalk through their lives. They fall in and out of love, hold […]

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What follows is the first of a series of excerpts from my new book Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All, which will be released on January 4th. To read excerpt 1, click here. [pagebreak] EXCERPT 2: Don’t Chase The Money Even though I’m going to keep encouraging you to look past the money, […]

  Meat is Murder by Elaine Carter       In this past weeks episode of Running Russell Simmons his Executive Assistant, Simone Reyes who is an animal activist, joined a PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals) protest. She packaged herself in blood to represent how animal flesh is displayed in trays in […]

T.I. made an appearance on last night’s episode of Running Russell Simmons and gave us a tip on the albums that he cannot live without. Initially, T.I. dropped by to speak to Russell about violence in the community.  As their meeting was about to proceed (Piper) Akilah walked in to ask a quick question for […]