A human rights group is investigating claims that Chinese workers as young as 16 are working in squalid conditions to manufacture merchandise for the K-Dash by Kardashian label, the Kris Jenner Kollection and ShoeDazzle, according to a Star Magazine investigation.
That's right -- when we want tip-top investigative reporting, we all know to turn to Star Magazine. Radar Online ran a similar story.
The institute for Global Labour and Human Rights told TMZ that it's investigating claims the Kardashians' products are produced in factories reeking of stench from sewage, with temperatures north of 100 degrees. An official from the organization tells TMZ, conditions in the area are "horrific."
Which, perhaps not so coincidentally, is the word most sane people use in describing the Kardashians television show.
There are also claims the employees work up to 84 hours a week, earning $1 an hour. Just for fun, the Kardashians rake in something like $65 million a year before they start returning wedding gifts.
Kris Jenner told TMZ the factories in question manufacture products that are unrelated to Kardashian lines. Jenner adds,
"As far as I know the factories that are used to manufacture the Kardashian clothing and shoes have nothing terrible going on at all and the factories are very well policed and meet factory standards." Kris says she has not visited the factories in China.
Of course, neither has the guy investigating them.
Charles Kernaghan -- the head of the Institute moncler women old 065 style red for Global Labor and Human Rights -- told TMZ he hasn't actually been to the factory in question. He says, because he's been investigating factories in China for years, he feels comfortable assuming the place is a sweat shop.
This might be a good time for someone to break out a chalkboard and explain to Mr. Kernaghan what happens when one assumes.
STEVE JOBS IS STILL GREAT: Steve Jobs has won a Grammy. Which makes sense, since he revolutionized the music industry by managing to shrink everyone's record collection into something that will fit in their pocket, among other achievements.
The Recording Academy announced Wednesday the CEO and cofounder of Apple, who died Oct. 5 at age 56 of pancreatic cancer, is being posthumously honored with one of the organization's Special Merit Awards.
Jobs' specific Grammy falls under the Trustees Award category, which honor nonperformance contributions to recoded music.
There's also the Lifetime Achievement Award category, which includes such recipients as Glen Campbell, Allman Brothers Band, George Jones and Diana Ross.
A special ceremony will be held on Feb. 11, 2012, for all of this year's honorees, one day before the main Grammy Awards telecast from Los Angeles airing on CBS.
CAMERON DOUGLAS GETS MORE TIME: A judge called the imprisoned son of actor Michael Douglas reckless and irresponsible and upped his prison sentence Wednesday from five years to 9½ years for repeated drug offenses.
Wow. That'll wake a guy up.
U.S. District Judge Richard Berman in Manhattan cited Cameron Douglas' "history of reckless behavior" as he imposed a new punishment that was more than double what prosecutors were seeking. Douglas entered a guilty plea to drug charges that arose from his efforts to smuggle drugs into prison. Apparently the judge didn't like that.
Berman added 4½ years to the five-year term he gave Douglas last year for his guilty plea in connection with his sales of methamphetamine in July 2009 from a high-end Manhattan hotel.
The judge said he had never had a case before in which a defendant "has so recklessly, wantonly, flagrantly and criminally acted in such a destructive and manipulative fashion as Cameron Douglas has."
Don't beat around the bush, judge. What are you really trying to say moncler jackets for men?
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