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“Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.” ― Andy Warhol
HOTTIE ETHAN
•Last night during the WGN afternoon newscast, a shirtless runner was interviewed and after saying he hates wearing a shirt when it’s wet, ayoooo! he finished with I am single, which sent a whole lot of admirers into overdrive and hundreds of hee-larious comments on Facebook, everyone is ready to #getouthere and start running on the lakefront, lol.
OVER THE WEEKEND
• Joseph Graves a 19-year-old business major at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb who was home for the holidays, was killed when someone opened fire on the back of his car Friday night in the 700-block of West 92nd Street…The Milwaukee Bucks snapped the Golden State Warriors’ unbeaten streak of the season Saturday night in Milwaukee…Alabama’s running back won this year’s heisman trophy joining past honorees including Johnny Manziel, RG III, Marcus Mariota, James Winston, Cam Newton, Troy Smith. Hopefully his future NFL career will not be affected by the heisman jinx…Bears lost to the Washington Redskins 24-21 yesterday at soldier field.
#COP21 DEAL
• Negotiators from 195 countries, all-nighters and long, passionate debates finally came to an agreement to pass the landmark climate accord for nations to work toward capping global temperature increases since pre-industrial times to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit)
SNIPPETS
•Adele is coming to Chicago next year (July 10,11,13), tickets go on sale this Thursday. Just in case that holiday engagement doesn’t actually work out…The Feds have everyone’s panties in a bunch, once again, amid reports of an impending announcement set to come sometime before the end of this month ( on Wednesday), which may involve a rate hike in more than a decade of the target rate range to 0.25% to 0.50% from the current zero to 0.25% just like that…Newell Rubbermaid is buying Jarden Corp,maker of Sunbeam kitchen appliances for $13.22 billion…Closing arguments in the case of William Porter one of the officers on trial in the Freddie Gray case, will be heard by jurors today and deliberations will begin after that.
ENTERTAINMENT
• Eva Longoria shared on instagram her engagment to boyfriendJose Antonio Baston who is the President of Television and Contents at Televisa, the largest mass media company in Latin America…Skinnygirl founder Bethenny Frankel is going up against Real Housewives of New York co-star Sonja Morgan who is launching her own brand of alcohol, tipsy girl. Frankel reportedly has filed trademark paperwork to own the name Tipsygirl…Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, David O. Russell, Robert De Niro and cast attended the premiere of their new movie, Joy, at the Ziegfeld Theatre in NYC last night; Megan Ellison (Oracle’s Larry’s daughter) who’s had a string of movie successes so far, is one of the movie’s producers. The movie is based on Joy Mangano, the inventor of the Miracle Mop.
FASHION
• Shoe brand Kurt Geiger has been reportedly been acquired for $372 million by Cinven, a European private equity firm. This will be the brands their owner in four years…Before the 2016 Olympics lands in Rio, Louis Vuitton will host their cruise show in Rio de Janeiro in May.
LOOK OF THE DAY
• Natalie Dormer @ Joy premiere
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