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SNIPPETS
• President Obama announced Chicagoan Merrick Brian Garland as his nominee for Supreme Court Justice to replace the late Antonin Scalia, during a press conference yesterday. The Republican-led Senate’s leaders have vowed not to hold confirmation hearings on any Obama nominee and Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reiterated yesterday the Senate will not consider the nomination by the president. #petty
•22 people were killed at a mosque in north-eastern Nigeria Wednesday when two female suicide bombers set off explosives.
• With the summer 2016 Olympics games in Rio a few months away, all eyes are on Brazil but beneath the glitz is the grime. The country’s former Pres Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva a target for prosecutors in the grand scale corruption investigation, was just named a cabinet minister by his mentee President Dilma Rousseff. Rousseff, who is not a fan favorite among residents right now, with lawmakers pursuing impeachment proceedings against her may quite possibly be part of the bribery and corruption scheme that’s weakend the national oil company. The country is also facing its worst economic crisis in decades.
•Three finalists for the superintendent position of Chicago’s police department will be nominated by the nine-member Chicago Police Board today. The names of the finalists and information about them will be made public at the meeting, which is scheduled for 10 a.m. CST.
• Could JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc split? shareholders are set to vote whether their banks should consider breaking into smaller pieces according to report from Reuters. The question was placed in a proxy statement filed by Citigroup on Wednesday for its annual meeting next month and one slated for the upcoming ballot for JPMorgan’s annual meeting.
ENTERTAINMENT
• James Corden rounded up Demi Lovato, Colin Farrell and Wanda Sykes to host his show and play hide-and-go-seek in a strangers home, #NataliesHouse. It was in celebration of his one year as host of The Late Late Show.
FASHION
• The annual CFDA Fashion Awards taking place June 6, will honor designer Donna Karan with the Founder’s Award; The Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award will be given to Norma Kamali. Imran Amed of The Business of Fashion will receive the Media Award and the International Award this year will go to Alessandro Michele, creative director of Gucci. The nominees for the 2016 CFDA awards were also announced and that included: Womenswear Designer of the Year, Menswear Designer of the Year, Accessory Designer of the Year and the Swarovski award.
• Linda Wells, the former founder of Condé Nast’s Allure, is moving over to Hearst where she will create a 12- to 16-page beauty report that will run inside September subscriber copies of Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire and Town & Country.
“Although wisdom is built on life experiences, the mere accumulation of years guarantees nothing.” ― Sonia Sotomayor
SeaWorld is trying to do better
Jill Kelly is writing a tell all, watch out Gen. Petraeus
Frank Sinatra Jr. 72 died of a heart attack yesterday
Chicago may become a no kill pet city
LOOK OF THE DAY
Jennifer Garner on Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
images via: St Patricks day, late show
