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HEADLINER
Hamilton in Chicago. The Broadway sensation with record breaking 16 Tony awards nominations, will start its Chicago run Sept. 27. Group tickets and subscriber tickets have already sold out and now individual ticket sale date has been announced. It will go on sale June 21, there are 3 ways to purchase, premium tickets are $600, a digital lottery will sell $10 each show night. They are announcing the Chicago cast soon which means Lin-Manuel Miranda and the NY cast will not be part of the Chicago run. Read more
MORE NEWS
• DEA Agents arrested six people at a sprawling Massachusetts mansion after allegedly finding marijuana oil laboratory. 63-year-old Bradley Heath along with his son, 22-year-old Bradley Heath and daughter Linley Heath, 28; Lindsey Holston, 20, from Westford and Prachi Joglekar, 22, from Groton were also arrested.
• Islamist militant group attacks. In Somalia the al Shabaab Islamist militant group rammed a suicide car bomb in front of a military base of Ethiopian soldiers, killing 60 soldiers with the loss of 16 of its own militants. In Baghdad, Islamic State attacked in in two separate bombings killing at least 24 people. Islamic State asserted responsibility for both bombings, saying it had targeted Shiite Muslim fighters. Two Palestinians opened fire Wednesday night at a popular food and shopping complex near the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, killing four Israelis.
• The Cavs got paybak on the Warriors last night as they played game three in Cleveland winning 120-90; the series is now 2-1. Due to Kevin Love sitting out game 3, 15-year veteran Richard Jefferson got a lot of play time, somewhat akin to Andre Iguadola’s run in the playoffs last year.
ENTERTAINMENT
• The Broad museum in Los Angeles hosted preview of the upcoming Cindy Sherman exhibit. Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, China Chow, Michael Chow, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lisa Edelstein, were all in attendance.
FASHION
• Is former Dior creative director Raf Simons replacing Francisco Costa at Calvin Klein? Though the label namesake Klein who sold the brand to PVH Corp in 2002 did not mention a specific name, he did say the new Calvin Klein creative director is known within the industry though contractually cannot be announced.
“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” ― Molière
Maria Sharapova has been given 2 year ban for her meldonium drug use
Man allegedly cheats on wife with her friend, wife gets revenge, man gets cut down there
LOOK OF THE DAY
Erin Andrews & JJ Watt hosting CMT Awards last night
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