♦ Dearborn bridge to close Tuesday through Monday for Chicago Riverwalk work. All vehicles including CTA buses will be detoured west on Wacker Drive, north on La Salle Street and east on Illinois Street to Dearborn. Northbound bicycles on Dearborn will detour east on Lake Street, north on State Street, west on Kinzie Street, then back to Dearborn. Southbound bikes will detour west on Kinzie Street, south on Clark Street, then return to Dearborn via Lake Street.
♦ Nearly 170 victims of child sex trafficking, many of whom had never been reported missing, were rescued in the last week as part of an annual nationwide crackdown.
♦ 14 seasons later American Idol is still a thing. FOX announced that Ryan Seacrest and the judges of American Idol-Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr.- will return for Season 14 (XIV).
“Jennifer, Keith, Harry and Ryan are the very best in the business at what they do, and I’m thrilled that they are returning to AMERICAN IDOL for another season. Each brings unique qualities and expertise to the team, but they all share the same passion for helping undiscovered singers achieve the American dream,” said David Hill, Senior Executive Vice President, 21st Century Fox. And there’s that.
♦ Get me bodied! Venus Williams is among the athletes baring it all for ESPN’s body issue on newsstands July 11. Venus Williams also talks “about her ongoing battle with Sjogren’s syndrome, an autoimmune disorder that, according to the Sjogren’s Syndrome Foundation, causes white blood cells to attack a person’s moisture-producing glands.”
♦ It’s gonna take more than that now Robin. Robin Thicke’s new album titled PAULA’s first single hints at the crooners desperate plea for his estranged wife, Paula Patton, to take him back. Girl, bye!
♦ Easier said when you live the good life no? Chelsea Clinton
♦ The Ebola virus epidemic in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia is “out of control,”-What Debbie Downer said on her date with Tom Hardy. No but seriously it is. CNN reports “there have been 567 cases and 350 deaths since the epidemic began in March, according to the latest World Health Organization figures.”
♦ STAR SIGHTINGS:
Amy Poehler and Paull Rudd at the NYC screening of “They Came Together”
Logo TV’s Trailblazers award was attended by the likes of Demi Lovato, Laverne Cox & Daniel Radcliffe
Justin Theroux and Jennifer Aniston made a red carpet appearance.
images via: hollywood reporter, daily mail, espy
