Hotness in The News Monday September 25

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Today’s top news, fashion and entertainment headlines. Here are the 7 news stories after 7 to know today and make small talk, better.

HEADLINER–Sept. 25

Take A Knee. President Trump, at a rally in Alabama Friday said this, “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out, he’s fired. He’s fired'” talking about players that took a knee following Colin Kapernick who was protesting brutality against African Americans. The following day, after Golden State Warrior Stephen Curry said he would not be attending the White House in a piece that Fox and Friends reported on the president took to twitter to say “Stephen Curry is hesitating,therefore invitation is withdrawn!” which set off a flurry of debates, defense statements, kneelings and hand locking Sunday. Roger Goddell, NFLPA, NFL owners all released statements supporting player’s rights to peaceful protests. Sunday the athletes either all kneeled or locked arms with the Pittsburh Steelers opting to stay in the locker room during the national anthem except for Allejandro Villanueva. Politics in sports is more prevalent than ever though some are questioning why the President has decided to pick an issue with this when the healthcare reform bill and other policy issue loom…Read more

MORE NEWS

• In Chicago news: After one season, it looks like its adios for Dwayne Wade with the Chicago Bulls. Espn reports that the veteran basketball player has reached a buyout agreement and he’s agreed to leave about $8 million of his $23.8 million salary on the table; Cleveland, OKC and Miami might be interested in signing him. Chicago will host an international tennis tournament in 2018. The second edition of the Laver Cup will be held at the United Center September 2018.

• Jared Kushner, White House Senior Adviser and Trump son-in-law, allegedly used a private email account in addition to official WH email address to communicate with other government officials and/or conduct White House related business, his lawyer confirmed. No word yet on if these correspondences have any ties to the Russia meddling investigation.

• Over The Weekend: A masked gunman, Emanuel Kidega Samson, stormed into a church in Antioch Tennessee killing one person and wounding eight people; he will be charged with one count of murder. | Is 20-year-old Kylie Jenner preganant? News about a possible pregnancy with boyfriend dropped Friday with some reports speculating she is 4 months along. The youngest Jenner has yet to confirm or deny the news as she threw a bday bash for BFF Jordyn Woods over the weekend. | President Trump is adding Venezuela, North Korea to his travel ban. | John McCain talked with 60 Minutes about his cancer diagnosis, healthcare vote and Trump. The same episode premiered Oprah Winfrey’s first piece as special contributing correspondent. | German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth term though her conservative CDU/CSU bloc alliance, saw its worst result in almost 70 years.

ENTERTAINMENT

• Jeremy Meeks’ relationship with Topshop heiress Chloe Green is heating up. In a series of Instagram posts, both shared their deep affection for each other with Green calling Meeks her #1 and Meeks writing “When you find the one….You know.” Meeks, known as hot felon bae, was married at the time his relationship with Green went public.

• The Kardshian family sat down with executive producer Ryan Seacrest for a 90-minute 10th anniversary special. Khloe talks about her reaction when she found out about Lamar Odom, whom they initially thought had died. Kim talks about her pregnancy and when she fell in love with Kanye West. Kylie talked about Caitlyn’s transition being one of the hardest things to deal with on camera and more.

FASHION

• Over the weekend, the fashion flock left London for Milan. Donatella Versace honoring her late brother Gianni, brought back the OG supers to close out the show. Fendi, Prada, Bottega Veneta, Vionnet, Salvatore Ferragamo, MSGM closed out the weekend long Spring/Summer ’18 presentations. It’s now off to Paris. In other fashion related news, Unilever is buying beauty brand Carver Korea for $2.71 billion. It’s the fastest-growing skincare business in South Korea, through sales of its A.H.C brand. The inaugural Green Carpet Fashion Awards was held Saturday in Milan.

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