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“It’s a waste of energy to think about what somebody else is doing and how they doing it. I’ma just do what I do.” ― DMX
MALI
This is breaking news but here’s what’s being reported so far. The Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali, was attacked by gunmen shouting Islamic slogans and they initially took 170 hostages. At least three hostages have been killed, about 80 people have been released, reportedly those that could recite the shahada, though an eyewitness accounted that the attackers spoke english. Malian special security forces have entered the Radisson Blu to begin a counter-assault. Mali, a former French colony, serves as a logistics hub for French forces helping in a fight against Islamist insurgents. Crew from Turkish Airlines and Air France staying in the hotel have been accounted for though Air France has cancelled flights from and to Bamako for Friday.
LAQUAN MCDONALD
Yesterday, Cook County Associate Judge Franklin Valderrama ruled that the video showing the shooting of Laquan McDonald can be released by November 25. You see 17-year-old Laquan who as high on PCP was holding a knife but was shot 16 times by Officer Jason Van Dyke reportedly because he lunged at the officer but the video proves otherwise. The city of Chicago has since settled with his family for $5million but journalist Brandon Smith had to file a suit to have it released. The next few days will be tense.
SNIPPETS
Can you feel the heat?! That’s what Wall Street’s asking Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer as activist investor (in Yahoo) Starboard Value wants it to end the plan to spin off Yahoo’s $20 billion stake in Alibaba Group Holding…Remember the “Epic” New Year’s Eve celebration announcement that was made this summer for Chicago Rising that will be held along the Chicago River and hyped to rival New York City’s Times Square ball drop? The band Chicago and American Authors have been announced as headliners, so yeah #itsnotlit…Shares of Square jumped 45% on first day of trading even though it opened at $9/per share well below the projected $11-$13…An agreement Thursday that Princeton University will look into removing the name of former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson from buildings and school programs ended a 32-hour sit-in outside Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber’s office. Wilson supported racial segregation…Today New Zealanders begin voting on five potential new flags they prefer and a second vote in 2016 will ask whether they want to replace the existing flag.
ENTERTAINMENT
Last night’s Lip Sync Battle pitted co-stars of the upcoming film The Night Before Anthony Mackie singing MC Hammer’s “Too Legit to Quit” against Joseph Gordon Leavitt signing Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation”…Melissa McCarthy premiered the first look of her new film set in Chicago, The Boss ,on The Jimmy Kimmel Show last night; she plays Michell Darnell “the wealthiest woman in America” before being sent to jail for insider trading and having to make a comeback, at 2:43 mins it still packs the funny…Listing it at more than $20 million, Kanye West is reportedly selling the Bel-Air mansion he bought with his wife in 2013 for $9 million…Matthew McConaughey and Adele will be on SNL this weekend.
FASHION
WWD and Variety’s inaugural Stylemakers luncheon honoring seven innovators in the worlds of fashion, style and beauty including Scandal ostume designer Lyn Paolo, makeup artist Lisa Eldridge, Stylist Elizabeth Stewart with attendees including Katie Holmes, Zac Posen, Kerry Washington, Viola Davis
LOOK OF THE DAY
• Queen Rania of Jordan and Queen Letizia of Spain
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