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HEADLINER
Baton Rouge. Sunday morning began with news of a deadly shooting that took the lives of three Baton Rouge police officers and several wounded by a lone gunman. This is the second case of targeted police shoootings in the past month, following Dallas. Montrell Jackson, Matthew Gerald, and Brad Garafola all lost their lives. The identity of the shooter, whom police believe acted alone, was also revealed. President Obama took on the role of consoler in chief once again. In the words of the youths, dis tew much…Read more
MORE NEWS
• GOP convention begins today. Presidential nominee Donald Trump over the weekend officially announced his VP pick Mike Pence (and that logo) then Pence celebrated the announcement at Chili’s Times Square with his family. Here’s a video compilation of puppies and babies because we all need a venti serving of adorable laughs to get through this week
• Over the weekend: Friday saw a deadly coup attempt in Turkey that failed. |Denver Broncos signed OLB Von Miller to $114.5 million for six years with a record $70 million guarantee. | New Prime Minister Teresa May will meet with Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande, days after the Nice attack.
ENTERTAINMENT
• Kim Kardashian and Kanye West vs Taylor Swift round 3. If you’re feeling like the whirly Mr. Krab meme not to worry here’s the backstory: Kanye released a song “famous” from Life of Pablo name checking Taylor Swift with reference to the B word. Taylor said, uh huh Kanye I didn’t know you were planning all that. Kanye said, fam I gave you notice, then Taylor took a swipe at Kanye during the Grammys. Fast forward a few months, Kim K West opened up about it to GQ in her naked spread and then yesterday she took it into overdrive by snap chatting a recorded video of Kanye’s call with Taylor, setting social media ablaze. It all feels very high school mean girls.
FASHION
• Creatures of the Wind are among the 11 designers who will be part of the Swarovski Collective 2017. The 12 month program offering financial aid, will work with designers to incorporate Swarovski’s Austrian crystals within their upcoming fall and spring 2017 collections. The 11 designers will showcase their spring 2017 collections during the upcoming fashion weeks, which begin in September.
• Antonio Banderas will play Gianni Versace in upcoming film, directed by Bille August, about the late designer’s life. Versace was gunned down in Miami by serial killer Andrew Cunanan who also killed Chicago developer Lee Miglin.
“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.” ― Søren Kierkegaard
Close but no cigar for Phil Mickelson in the fight for the Claret Jug and $1.5 million prize
Watch Stephen Colbert dressed as Hunger Games
Chance the Rapper popped in a quick performance at Pitchfork
LOOK OF THE DAY
Alessandra Ambrosio
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