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CHICAGO
Have you been charged a $.50 fee for using your credit card in a taxi recently? well it’s illegal and the city’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection sent out a notice to the cab industry this month informing drivers that “credit card payment transaction fees or technology fees may not be charged to passengers” but Chicago alderman Anthony Beale wants the surcharge on top of newly enforced new 15% fare hike, oh this will not make people use Uber or Lyft AT ALL?…Marilyn Hartman dubbed the “serial stowaway” has been arrested AGAIN at a bus shelter by O’Hare this after she was ordered to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet…The MacArthur Foundation has awarded 14 Chicago arts non profits including Hyde Park Art Center, Young Chicago Authors, the 2016 MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institution.
SNIPPETS
• Pope Francis ended his Mexico tour with Mass as he prayed atop a platform that overlooked the Rio Grande close to Mexico’s border with the United States praying for the migrants who have died during their journeys to America and later said a “humanitarian crisis” was prompting people worldwide to leave for other lands…
• Uber Technologies, in an effort to compete in China is burning through more than a billion dollars a year and they are not profitable yet due to competition from rival Didi Kuaidi. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick told Canadian technology platform Betakit “We have a fierce competitor that’s unprofitable in every city they exist in, but they’re buying up market share. I wish the world wasn’t that way”…
• Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center had its computer systems taken hostage due to a malware cyber attack and in order to to regain control, the hackers ransom request of 40 Bitcoins, equivalent to approximately $17,000 was paid.
ENTERTAINMENT
Mob Wives star Angela Raiola aka Big Ang has passed; she died this morning after her battle with stage 4 brain and lung cancer; Earlier this week, Raiola was a guest on the “Dr. Oz” show…James Goldstein, wealthy art collector/photographer/super rich guy, has donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art his historic home, featured in “The Big Lebowski,” and some of its more valuable contents worth $40 million designed by architect John Lautner…Channing Dungey was just named head of ABC entertainment, becoming the first African-American woman to run a broadcast network after Paul Lee stepped down…The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon is in LA this week and last night Jay Leno made an apperance along with Jennifer Lopez(also in an ew skit) and Zayn Malik performed…Adele, after her sound issue marred Grammys performance, admitted on the Ellen show “I cried pretty much all day yesterday. Next time I have any sound issues I am gonna stop. I’ll be like, sorry that’s not working for me. If we have time to do it again, let’s do it. Otherwise, bye!”
FASHION
The trailer for the upcoming “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie” has been released…As part of its plan to save $400 million a year, Yahoo will begin phasing out Yahoo Food, Yahoo Health, Yahoo Parenting, Yahoo Makers, Yahoo Travel, Yahoo Autos and Yahoo Real Estate but focus on the most successful areas, which are News, Sports, Finance and Lifestyle; Yahoo Food was overseen by Kerry Diamond, former Coach PR and co-founder of CherryBombe magazine…Uniqlo’s 30-piece collaboration collection with Liberty London will be available in stores next month.
“Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.” ― Maya Angelou.
LOOK OF THE DAY
Fenty by Rihanna for Puma
