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“Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
CHICAGO NEWS
• The Chicago Blackhawks won the 2015 Stanley Cup making this their third cup in 6 years. The team partied at West Loop club The Mid. Seriously its all Blackhawks talk in Chicago for the rest of the week, maybe month. D.Y.N.A.S.T.Y [CHICAGO TRIBUNE]
NATIONAL NEWS
• What is turning out to be great material for a Criminal Minds episode turned movie, the 2 convicts are still on the run (10 DAYS). It was recently revealed that Joyce Mitchell,who helped them escape and planned to be their getaway driver and charged with the felony of promoting prison contraband in the first-degree and criminal facilitation in the fourth degree had sex with BOTH Richard Matt and David Sweat. [NY DAILY NEWS]
WORLD NEWS
• The former President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi, who was previously sentenced to 20 years in prison along with some members of his Muslim Brotherhood, has now been sentenced to life in prison by an Egyptian court. [WASHINGTON POST]
SPORTS
• With a score of 2-0 in Game 6 the Chicago Blackhawks became to 2015 Stanley Cup champions 
wining the cup at home for the first time in 77 years the 3rd cup in 6 years. The Conn Smythe Trophy was given to Duncan Keith, named MVP of the game with captain Jonathan Toews given the honor of being the first to hoist the cup. Chicago Blackhawks fans celebrated into the night and the parade is planned for Thursday. The cup arrived, with police escort, late to United Center due to detours from the torrential downpour in Chicago earlier in the day that caused tornado sirens to go off.
BUSINESS
• A former NFL Player Casey Crawford turned founder of mortgage company, Movement Mortgage, is expected to originate almost $8 billion in U.S. home loans this year filling the void left by banks, especially for first-time homebuyers and minority borrowers. Nonbank lenders gaining ground as companies including Wells Fargo & Co. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their home-loan divisions. [BLOOMBERG]
ENTERTAINMENT
• Actress Kate Mara was honored in L.A at the Chateau Marmont by Max Mara and presented with th Women In Film Max Mara Face Of The Future award given for outstanding acting achievement and to women who embody style, as part of Women In Film’s Crystal + Lucy Awards. [DAILY MAIL]
• Tina Knowles graces the cover of Ebony Magazine’s Sexy Forever July issue in a red dress and gold crown and she talks about everything from her famous daughters, her new marriage to a 68-year old actor Richard Lawson, and her thriving sex life at 61. Because yes, who doesn’t like to hear their parents talk about their thriving sex life 😣. The magazine also named Kierna Mayo as the new Editor In Chief, and Kyra Kyles as new Vice President, Head of Digital. [EBONY]
FASHION
• Actor Michael Shannon who briefly grew up in Chicago along with Scoot McNairy and Tye Sheridan will appear in Prada’s men’s fall 2015 advertising campaign, shot by Craig McDean. There is also an accompanying video on the Milanese brand’s website. #AdvCampaign #FW15 [WWD]
• Yesterday Gap announced it will close 175 stores and eliminate 250 positions at its San Francisco headquarters. After cutbacks over the next few years, the chain in North America will include about 500 regular-price stores and 300 outlets. It seems part of their problem is they didn’t keep up with its target customers — the millennials — who have a dramatically different fashion sense from the khakis an t-shirt wearing generation before them.
LOOK OF THE DAY
• Michael B. Jordan @ The Max Mara 2015 Women In Film Face Of The Future
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