PRES OBAMA TOWNHALL
In Virgina yesterday, President Obama held a townhall moderated by Anderson Cooper and televised on CNN to talk about gun control and Chicago’s violence was part of the conversation. The president faced off with critics of his executive order which included call for background checks with Taya Kyle, widow of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle noting that tightening gun laws would not work. An Op-Ed on gun control also appeared in yesterday’s New York Times.
SNIPPETS
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s penchant for skipping out of town back to New York after campaign stomps may cost him come time for the primaries. It seems compared to his other running mates, he does not schlep it in seedy hotel/motels but rather uses his fleet of PJs or helicopter back to Manhattan to be able to “run his businesses”…Activist shareholders are kicking off 2016, first Starboard Value LP with Yahoo & Macy’s, now New York-based firm Corvex Management wants to push Time Warner Inc to sell itself or spin off HBO according to reports. 2015 the year of mega M&As, 2016 the year of the activist investors…Shire Pharmaceuticals may announce on Monday that it will buy Baxalta, the Bannockburn, based biopharmaceutical company that was spun from Baxter, for roughly $32.5 billion cash-and-stock and will value Baxalta at around $48/share…Sexual relations between lobbyists and state lawmakers or staff will have to be itemized as gifts under a new Missouri bill.
ENTERTAINMENT
The British Academy of Film and Arts aka BAFTAs announced their 2016 BAFTA award nominees with Carol and Bridge of Spies leading the way with nine nominations each….Beyonce made an appearance with Channing Tatum on last night’s Lip Sync Battle episode as he performed her hit “Run The World” he performed against his wife Jenna Dewan Tatum who had a guest appearance from Paula Abdul.
FASHION
A win for Celine as the brand won legal copyright protection, the Trade Dress protection, for one of its Luggage Tote design. It was EVERYWHERE circa 2014/early ’15. The characteristics of the bag that now come under legal protection are “a three-dimensional configuration of a rectangular bag with extendable accordion-style sides, extruding parallel S wave designs on bag front, and rear, shield-shaped handle bracers designs on front and rear of bag. As placed on the front of the bag, the zipper represents the mouth of a face design in which the handle supports appear to be the eyes and the S wave designs represent the facial outline.” so counterfeiters beware…W Magazine held their pre-Golden Globes party in LA last night with guests including Chanel Iman, Alicia Vikander, Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett and more…L’Oréal Paris’s newest ambassador is Susan Sarandon.
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