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HEADLINER
There’s currently a one person hostage/standoff situation taking place in Northern California after a man driving a white pickup truck shot two officers. He was initially pulled over in Fremont, California and after fleeing police, the man has barricaded himself in a home and cops are negotiating for him to come out after tear gassing the residence. Read more
MORE NEWS
• Brazil and Barcelona soccer sensation Neymar has teamed up with Michael Jordan’s Nike Jordan brand for a new football boot with the “Jumpman” logo on it making him the first footballer (soccer player) to have the Jordan brand logo. The collaboration was celebrated with a private party in NYC last night attended by Victor Cruz, Kelly Rowland, Chanel Iman and Spike Lee.
• Oakbrook headquartered McDonald’s is re-considering moving their HQ to the city specifically the HARPO studios campus in the Fulton Market/West Loop area according to reports from Crains. This comes a year after backing out of another downtown area deal.
• Yesterday morning, a murder-suicide took place on the UCLA campus in one of the university’s engineering buildings. The suspect described as young white male wearing a black a hoodie that covered his face, was reprotedly unhappy with his grades and took his own life after gunning down mechanical engineering professor William S. Klug.
ENTERTAINMENT
• The Hollywood Reporter gathered “seven of TV’s top comedic forces” for a roundtable to talk about “their comedic inspirations, their lowest points as performers, the compulsion to weave more powerful themes — including instances of police brutality or the allegations against onetime legend Bill Cosby — into their comedy” and what they spent their first real paycheck on.
FASHION
• Olivier Rousteing’s Football Nouveau collaboration with NikeLab was celebrated yesterday in Paris amidst the pouring rain under a white dome set up in the gardens of the Cité Universitaire.
• For Michael Kors’ spring/summer 2017 presentation that will take place June 7, the brand is clamping down on social media to create anticipation for shoppers when the merch hits the stores. 5 images from the collection will be released on the day of the show for editors to use in reviews while the rest of the images will be under a strict embargo until the collection drops in stores in October.
“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” ― Nikola Tesla
The 2016 NBA Finals between Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavs kicks off tonight
Calvin Harris broke up with Taylor Swift which may or may not mean new music from TSwift
Uber raised $3.5 billion from Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia’s main investment fund
New Rules Will Radically Reshape Payday Loan Market
Forty dead cubs found in freezer at a Thai Buddhist temple
LOOK OF THE DAY
Kelly Rowland @ Grand Opening Of “Cadillac House”
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