Jay-Z installs Magna Carta album cover art in Salisbury Cathedral

Jay-Z has displayed artwork for his new album Magna Carta Holy Grail in Salisbury Cathedral.

Rapper Jay-Z has placed artwork for his forthcoming album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, next to the 1215 Magna Carta in Salisbury Cathedral.

The record, which is released on Saturday, was announced in a TV advert in mid-June. The artwork, which depicts two statues and the rapper's name struck out in black, now sits next to one of the four copies of the historic document.

The installation was announced on Jay-Z's own website, Life+Times, where you can see more photos, and will be on show in the Cathedral throughout July.

Dean of Salisbury the Very Revd June Osborne told the Salisbury Journal that she was "delighted" Jay-Z had chosen the Cathedral to display his artwork.

She added: "Jay Z is creating a huge awareness of this historic document and its modern significance to a huge audience ... We hope to welcome many of his fans here this summer to see the artwork".

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Magna Carta holy grail will be released early to one million users of a Samsung phone app on Thursday, before going on general release on Saturday.

 

Ashlee Simpson dating Evan Ross? Singer spotted holding hands with Diana Ross' son

The 28-year-old pop star was seen around town with Ross in Hollywood this week. According to sources, the two have known each other 'for a really long time.'

Singer Ashlee Simpson and Evan Ross hold hands as they leave the Sunset Marquis Hotel. The two were seen later leaving Teddy's at the Roosevelt Hotel around 1:30 on Tuesday morning after partying with friends.

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Stop in the name of love. Are Ashlee Simpson and Evan Ross a new item?
The 24-year-old son of Motown music legend Diana Ross was spotted out and about with the 28-year-old pop star in Hollywood on Monday night.
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The duo hung out at the Sunset Marquis Hotel and was seen leaving hand-in-hand before stopping at Teddy's at the Roosevelt Hotel and staying at the nightclub until about 1:30 am.
Simpson looked ultra-glamorous in a chic floral high waisted pant suit with her long blond locks flowing, while Ross was rocking a floor-length overcoat with pants and white T-shirt
The two even grabbed lunch together Tuesday in West Hollywood after they were spotted leaving a mutual friend's home that morning, according to an US Weekly report.

Simpson in Hollywood Monday evening with Diana Ross' son. Are the two dating?

"Evan and Ashlee have been friends for a really long time, probably 10 years," a source told Us of Simpson and Ross.
"They know each other from the club scene and have tons of mutual friends."
Simpson is in fact single right now as her last love interest was "Boardwalk Empire" actor Vincent Piazza. The two dated for a year and half before splitting last November.
Before Piazza, Simpson was married to Pete Wentz. The couple went their separate ways in 2011 after three years of marriage and share a 4-year-old son, Bronx.
Aside from the singer's love life, she recently became an aunt again as her big sis, Jessica Simpson, welcomed her second child into the world on Sunday, a baby boy named Ace Knute Johnson.

GinaMarie Zimmerman of 'Big Brother' Fired From Day Job After Using 'N-Word'

After Paula Deen, another TV personality gets into trouble for using the "n-word." This time, it was "Big Brother" season fifteen HouseGuest, GinaMarie Zimmerman, who got fired from her day job as pageant coordinator for East Coast USA Pageant Inc. after her employer witnessed her using racial slurs on the show.

After watching her use the "n-word" during a live feed on CBS.com, East Coast USA Pageant Inc. was "left in disbelief and shock" as the reality TV show contestant showed "acts of hate and racism" and decided to cut their ties with her despite Zimmerman being a longtime employee of the company since five years ago. Although "Big Brother" does not condone the HouseGuests' prejudices, among them were racial and homophobic slurs, the show does not censor the contestants.

In a statement, East Coast USA Pageant said they were in fact "thankful that this show let us see GinaMarie for who she truly is" having "never known this side of GinaMarie or have ever witnessed such acts of racism in the past." They added, "In a business where we are surrounded by beauty every day we are saddened to see something so ugly come from someone we put on a very high pedestal."

Zimmerman is actually not the only "Big Brother" HouseGuest this season to lose her day job after using hateful language on the show. Aaryn Gries was dropped by her modeling agency, Zephyr Talent, after she told her an Asian contestant to "shut up and go make some rice" and called another gay contestant "queer."