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HEADLINE – Monday Feb 19
Changes in Background Checks for Guns? According to White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah, President Trump is open to changing background checks for guns, law. In the statement, which said that Trump spoke with Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican(TX), on Friday about a bill he introduced with Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat(CT), that aims to strengthen how state and federal governments report offenses that could prohibit people from buying a gun. This after tweets from Trump came off as victim blaming and also blaming the FBI for not acting on tips received. Trump also took to twitter to blast Oprah calling her insecure for her 60 Minutes interview because the “questions were biased and slanted” What we also want to know is, is there trouble in the elder Trump’s marriage b/c Melania went against protocol again when she went via motorcade to Andrews air force base instead of taking Marine One with the president….Read more
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• A Texas Roadhouse restaurant outside of San Antonio was the scene of the crime where a masked shooter opened fire on a group of people injuring one child and three adults. Miles away, an Uber Eats driver shot his customer, 30-year-old man, multiple times in Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood and now the driver is on the run.
• In Chicago news: Let’s do better Chicago. Hockey is a sport known for its lack of diversity and on Saturday, four Chicago fans were ejected after racially taunting a player from the rival team. Devante Smith-Pelly, a black man, who plays for the Washington Capital was serving a five-minute penalty in the third period when the fans began chanting basketball. A 34-year-old man, Uber passenger was shot and pronounced dead at Jackson Park Hospital Sunday morning; this is a developing story That was fast, days after announcing former columnist for the Sun-Times and DNAinfo Chicago Mark Konkol to a newly named position, he is now out following a race baiting Chicago Reader cover. Slain CPD commander Paul Bauer was laid to rest over the weekend.
• Over The Weekend: A shooting inside a church in Russia’s Dagestan region left 5 people dead and ISIS is claiming responsibility. The 2018 Daytona 500 winner is Austin Dillon. This was also Danica Patrick’s last NASCAR race; she got a good luck kiss from new BF Aaron Rodgers before the race. The NBA All star weekend culminated with the matchup between Team Stephen and Team Lebron(they don’t do East and West anymore). Team Lebron got the victory 148-146 and Lebron James was named game MVP. Earlier that week, a Fox News host told James and Kevin Durant to “shut up and dribble.” Fergie’s sexy National Anthem rendition got this comment from Charles Barkley “Damn right it was sexy, I need a cigarette after that one.” Many were confused about her singing but it wasn’t that bad, was it? Finally, a plane had to make an emergency landing after a passenger on board a Transavia Airlines flight from Dubai to Amsterdam Schiphol, who would not stop farting
ENTERTAINMENT
• Across the pond and ahead of the academy Awards next month, The BAFTA’s (British Academy Film, Television Awards) took place Sunday. Many of the actresses that walked the red carpet were dressed in black aligned with the #TimesUP movement though the Duchess of Cambridge came in deep green with a black sash. Three Billboards took home 5 awards including best film, Best actress for Frances McDormand. Gary Oldman edged out Sam Rockwell for best actor. The Shape of Water took three trophies, including best director for Guillermo Del Toro. Alison Janney won best supporting actress for I, Tonya.
• Black Panther was simply WHOA! The The Disney-Marvel movie, which centers around the first black superhero, was already breaking records before its opening night Thursday and it’s weekend box office haul was as impressive as the film itself. Black Panther, which features a predominantly black cast was helmed by an African American director, Ryan Cooler who is only 31 years old. According to comScore, global ticket sales by Monday will total an estimated $387 million. According to the NYTimes, analysts had expected “Black Panther” to arrive to about $165 million in North American ticket sales; they must have underestimated the buying power of a large black audience that went to see the movie, multiple times.
FASHION
• Last week fashion e-commerce platform Farfetch announced its partnership with Burberry and now another heritage luxury fashion brand is linking up with Farfetch. Though not joining the full fledge e-commerce train quite yet, Chanel is joining forces with Farfetch for an “exclusive global multiyear innovation partnership” to make stores attractive to connected Millennials in the future. The Arab Fashion Council has partnered with British Fashion Council as Riyadh gets ready to host the first Arab Fashion Week. London Fashion Week highlights thus far: Christopher Bailey took a bow ffor his final runway show for Burberry with a star studded front row watching on. Erdem’s fashion presentation today at London’s National Portrait Gallery means it will be closed to the public which has elicited some grousing. Gucci’s F/W ’18 fashion invite is a ticking box.
“Remember that there is only one important time and it is Now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. ”― Leo Tolstoy
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Zendaya in Fatima Danielsson
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