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I have to say no all the time. No is the most powerful word in our business. You’ve got to protect yourself. To leave home, it’s got to be worth leaving. It’s got to be worth it.”-Brad Pitt
CHICAGO NEWS
• The smash and grabs in the gold coast area continue as another high end retailer on the 800 block of North Rush Street(The Park Hyatt hotel building) was hit Saturday afternoon. Several high-end watches, reportedly worth $250,000 were stolen. [DNA INFO]
NATIONAL NEWS
• Arkansas real estate agent Beverly Carter went to a suspicious showing Thursday and never returned and now a suspect is wanted in connection with her disappearance. An arrest warrant has been issued for Aaron Michael Lewis. He was in police presence for an unrelated issue but managed to get away. “Carter’s SUV was found in the driveway of the home she was showing, her purse still inside. One thing was missing: her cellphone.” Carter’s husband received several text messages from his wife’s phone after midnight the night she disappeared which made him realize she was in trouble. [ABC NEWS]
WORLD NEWS
• Hong Kong protests for democracy has been raging on for day, but China has managed to censor images or details surrounding it to its citizens. “The government’s restriction on related information is definitely the main reason why ordinary people in China have not shown strong interests in the situation in Hong Kong right now.” [LA TIMES]
• High levels of toxic gases has forced the suspension of the search and rescue mission atop Mount Ontake at Nagano to be called off. So far, the death toll has risen to 36. This is the first fatal eruption in modern times on Mt. Ontake, which is located 125 miles west of Tokyo. “The volcano rained down rocks and hot ash without warning onto hikers.” [NBC NEWS]
SPORTS
• When a win is on the horizon but with .14 seconds left to play, your opponent connects with the wide receiver, then 2 drives later scores touchdown must suck, but that’s what happened to the Pittsburg Steelers Sunday losing to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27-24. Plus more pro football highlights. [ESPN]
BUSINESS
• Could Yahoo and AOL be in merger talks? Activist investor Starboard on Friday pressured Yahoo to merge with AOL reports reuters. “A pairing could help the companies compete in their core advertising business. But even combined, they would remain but a shadow of the Internet powerhouses they once were, analysts and advertising experts said. Google Inc is expected to command more than a third of the world’s $140 billion digital advertising spending this year, with No. 2 Facebook Inc grabbing about 8 percent. AOL’s share is less than 1 percent and Yahoo’s is 2.5 percent, both down from 2013.” [REUTERS]
CELEBRITIES
• Chelsea Clinton delivered a baby girl named Charlotte; Amal Alamuddin, married actor George Clooney in Venice over the weekend. She wore Oscar De La Renta, he wore Giorgio Armani, Anna Wintour-EIC of Vogue magazine was one of the many guests in attendance sparking speculation that VOGUE secured exclusive rights to the wedding photos but that actually the rights goes to People Magazine.
Brad Pitt is on the cover of the new GQ magazine talking about [E!ONLINE]
FASHION
• Fashion month is almost coming to an end with a weekend that saw showing from Givency, Celine, Commes de Garcons. The other major fashion houses on deck to show before Wednesday Oct. 1 include Miu Miu, Chanel, Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Iris Van Herpen and Alexander McQueen, Giambattista Valli, Valentino.
• Could John Galliano be headed back into a big time fashion job? The former Dior Creative Director who was all but banned from the fashion world following an arrest for an anti-semitic rant may be making a comeback with Maison Martin Margiela. It is being reported that the current creative director to Russian perfumery chain L’Etoile, may be designing a couture line for the fashion house. [VOGUE UK]
LOOK OF THE DAY
• AMAL ALAMUDDIN & GEORGE CLOONEY
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