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HEADLINER
Tesla’s Model 3. Elon Musk, debuted the $35,000 Model 3, at the company’s Hawthorne Design Studio yesterday, receiving 133,000 pre-orders according to reports. The Model 3, expected to begin production in late 2017, will be able to go from 0 to 60 mph in less than six seconds in its most affordable configuration and is fitted with Tesla’s “autopilot” features. There’s a Tesla showroom in Chicago at 1053 W. Grand in the event you have your $1,000 deposit ready.
MORE NEWS
• A Virginia state trooper, Chad P. Dermyer, who was fatally shot multiple times yesterday at a Richmond Greyhound bus terminal has died. The gunman, who was shot dead by two other troopers was 34-year-old James Brown III of Aurora, Illinois.
• President Obama is coming to town next week and will give a speech at the University of Chicago law school on the Supreme Court vacancy dispute.
• The Chicago Teacher’s strike means public schools not currently on spring break will be closed and nearly 400,000 students have to find other options today.
ENTERTAINMENT
• Suddenly out of nowhere, the cover for Elle US was released, then Beyoncé put it on the gram, but what really sparked the Beyhive yesterday was the launch of IvyPark, Beyonce’s athleisure line, a 50-50 joint venture between her and Topshop’s Sir Philip Green. The collection is aimed at women who love to sweat — whether they’re running, lifting, yoga stretching or kickboxing — and who equate physical strength and well-being with happiness. In a video for the line Beyoncé talks about the park that helped shape her and asks viewers “Where’s your park?”
FASHION
•This apparently is not an April fools joke, Heidi Slimane is exiting Saint Laurent after not being able to reach an agreement on a new employment pact at Saint Laurent, a Kering brand. His successor is rumored to be Belgian designer Anthony Vaccarello, 33.
• Dame Zaha Hadid, ground breaking architect, passed away yesterday in a Florida area hospital of a heart attack while she was being treated for bronchitis.
“I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.” ― Richard Pryor
Guess the whole online dating thing works, for some
Anbang left the Starwood party so soon
This emoji market is lucrative, she just made $4 mil in two days
LOOK OF THE DAY
Kerry Washington in Dolce & Gabbana
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