Each July, the idyllic Cycladic islet of Mykonos goes to war. The victors claim sprawling, ultra-luxurious party palaces, built for sipping retsina with the world’s rich and famous. The less-privileged check in to double-bed hotel rooms.
A 33-square-mile speck in the Aegean Sea, Mykonos has one of the densest inventories of luxury private villas anywhere in Greece. In the summer, its population swells from about 15,000 to over 200,000 well-heeled sun-seekers each week. In the last two years, Demi Moore, Elon Musk, Bella Thorne, Nicole Scherzinger, Tommy Hilfiger and A-list stylist Warren Alfie Baker have all visited, but it’s the multitude of semi-anonymous European billionaires, Middle Eastern royals and American status-seekers who really keep the island’s villa economy afloat.
Big names and big money are, of course, nothing new to the island. Long before Lindsay Lohan opened her ill-fated Beach House and billionaires packed out exclusive nightspots like Scorpios,...
A 33-square-mile speck in the Aegean Sea, Mykonos has one of the densest inventories of luxury private villas anywhere in Greece. In the summer, its population swells from about 15,000 to over 200,000 well-heeled sun-seekers each week. In the last two years, Demi Moore, Elon Musk, Bella Thorne, Nicole Scherzinger, Tommy Hilfiger and A-list stylist Warren Alfie Baker have all visited, but it’s the multitude of semi-anonymous European billionaires, Middle Eastern royals and American status-seekers who really keep the island’s villa economy afloat.
Big names and big money are, of course, nothing new to the island. Long before Lindsay Lohan opened her ill-fated Beach House and billionaires packed out exclusive nightspots like Scorpios,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Christopher Cameron
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
One half of P.M. Dawn ... singer Attrell Cordes, who was best known as Prince Be ... has died. Cordes passed away Friday at his NJ home from kidney disease. He was 46. Pm Dawn, which also included Cordes' brother, Jarrett, were huge in the early '90s. They're best known for their #1 hit "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss." It appears Cordes was also living with diabetes. A post on the group's Facebook page read, "Prince Be Rest In Peace forever more,...
- 6/17/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Attrell Cordes, known to fans of the critically acclaimed R&B group Pm Dawn as "Prince Be," has died. He was 46. Cordes died Friday of renal kidney disease at a hospital in his home state of New Jersey, his rep confirms to People. He is survived by his wife Mary and three children: Christian, Mia and Brandon. One of the most influential voices of the '90s, Prince Be started Pm Dawn with his brother Jarett in 1988. Their chart topping hit "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and their single "I'd Die Without You...
- 6/17/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
Attrell Cordes, known to fans of the critically acclaimed R&B group Pm Dawn as "Prince Be," has died. He was 46. Cordes died Friday of renal kidney disease at a hospital in his home state of New Jersey, his rep confirms to People. He is survived by his wife Mary and three children: Christian, Mia and Brandon. One of the most influential voices of the '90s, Prince Be started Pm Dawn with his brother Jarett in 1988. Their chart topping hit "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and their single "I'd Die Without You...
- 6/17/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
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