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““That which you mistake for madness is but an overacuteness of the senses.” ― Edgar Allan Poe
CHICAGO NEWS
• Ariel Investments President Mellody Hobson made the top 10 (#9) of Vanity Fair’s 2015 International Best-Dressed List which included U.K. First Lady Samantha Cameron at #1, American Ballet Theatre Principal dancer Misty Copeland #3, Monaco royalty Charlotte Casiraghi #7. The tp 10 for men included Stavros Niarchos III, Iké Udé, Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Jonathan Tisch, Prince Harry and Russell Wilson. [VANITY FAIR]
NATIONAL NEWS
• Yesterday, Vincente Montano was shot to death by SWAT team after he pepper sprayed inside the Carmike Hickory 8 Theater in Antioch and cut one man with an hatchet. Montano was institutionalized at least three times. the second attack on a movie theater in three weeks. [ABC NEWS]
• Tonight’s GOP debate in Cleveland will place a massive spotlight on candidate Donald Trump amongst the other 9. [REUTERS]
WORLD NEWS
• Ceremonies to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing in Hiroshima that killed 140,000 took place this morning at peace park in Japan as citizens worry about Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s bill that could send Japanese troops into conflict for the first time since World War II. U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and representatives from more than 100 countries, including Britain, France and Russia, attended the ceremony. [REUTERS]
• London Underground staff walked out on Wednesday evening and will not return until Friday morning,
SPORTS
• Patrick Kane aka The Kaner is being investigated by Hamburg (N.Y.) police but they are keeping a tight lip on why. Speaking of investigations, as the deflategate saga goes on, details from Tom Brady’s emails were revealed in court documents during Deflategate trial and we know that getting his hands on a white $8,500 winter pool cover was a must, he likes Tom Ford’s polos with the rugby fabric and black high-top sneakers. 1,408 pages of Brady’s e-mails from his Patriots account, from last September-March, were made public. [BOSTON GLOBE]
BUSINESS
• Late yesterday, it was announced that activist investor Bill Ackman, founder/CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management LP, now own 7.5% stake valued at about $5.6 billion, of Mondelez International Inc. makers of Ritz crackers, Oreo cookies and Cadbury chocolates headquartered in Deerfield (IL). An activist investor is an individual or group that purchases large numbers of a public company’s shares to obtain seats on the company’s board with the goal of effecting a major change in the company. [WSJ]
ENTERTAINMENT
• Pictures of Ben Affleck’s alleged tryst with their now fired 28-year-old nanny has emerged and it shows them meeting for an alleged late night rendezvous at his LA home last month. Elsewhere in Hollywood, Mariah Carey received her Hollywood Walk Of Fame when Lee Daniels, creator of the hit show Empire revealed ‘She’s coming to Empire.’ [DAILY MAIL]
FASHION
• Brad Goreski has been named creative director and on-air personality for the brand at QVC, for C. Wonder by Xcel Brands Inc which acquired the C. Wonder brand for $12.5 million from Burch Acquisition LLC. in July. Price points for the spring 2016 line at QVC for apparel, accessories, footwear and jewelry are expected to range between $29 and $34 for knit tops and $248 for leather handbags. [WWD]
LOOK OF THE DAY
• Stylist Law Roach (Chicago) & Zendaya. They are releasing a new shoe line soon
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