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“Forever is composed of nows.” ― Emily Dickinson
BEARS
After a somewhat sluggish start against the San Diego Chargers during Monday Night football and trailing 16-7 into the fourth quarter, Jay Cutler led the Bears to rally from behind and beat the Chargers 22-19. One of the most exceptional play of the game was when Zach Miller caught the 25 yard throw from Cutler with one hand, a la Odell Beckham jr and rookie running back Jeremy Langford scored on the 2 point conversion. Phillip Rivers was sacked by Lamarr Houston which helped ward off a late game comeback by the Chargers.
GLAMOUR WOTY AWARDS
The annual Women Of The Year awards took place last night in Carnegie Hall, NYC. Victoria Beckham was given the Fashion Force award by her son Brooklyn, Misty Copeland was presented by Lupita Nyong’o, Caitlyn Jenner was presented the Transgender Champion by actress Judith Light; Reese Witherspoon was awarded The Hollywood Hero. Thoranos founder Elizabeth Holmes given the Entrepreneur Award; Team USA Women’s National Soccer Team, Cecile Richards and Peacemakers: Alana Simmons, 26, Nadine Collier, 47, Bethane Middleton-Brown, 45, Felicia Sanders, 58, and Polly Sheppard, 71, were recognized for seeking peaceful solutions following the massacre at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina were also recognized.
MODIGLIANI
Pronounced MOH-DEE-GLEE-AH-NEE a piece of art created in 1917 to 1918 by Amedeo Modigliani is the most buzzed about painting from the recent Christie’s auction because it’s the second-highest price ever for a work of art at auction at $152 million. Who bought the painting? A former taxi driver turned Chinese billionaire art collector, talk about started from the bottom! Liu Yiqian, the buyer of the Amedeo Modigliani painting “Nu Couché,” (Reclining Nude) of a nude woman that sold for $170.4 million(inclusive of 12% commission) at Christie’s with bidding starting at $75 million, plans to exhibit it in their private museum for its fifth anniversary. Nu Couché became the 10th work of art to reach the elite nine-figure club for works sold at auction. Picasso’s “Les femmes d’Alger” (Women of Algiers) which sold for $179 million at Christie’s in May. [NY TIMES]
SNIPPETS
Former Atlanta Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson age 29 has died from what is being reported as catastrophic organ failure which may be due to cocaine overdose but an official cause of death is yet to be released…The World Anti-DOping Angency report that was released yesterday was YUUGE! It uncovered systemic corruption and state sponsored doping program in Track and Field by the Russians but Putin’s spokesman said there is downplaying it stating there is no evidence to support the claims.. Yesterday before the Board of Curators met, University of Missouri President Tom Wolfe a former Tech executive, resigned and a few hours later the University Systems Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin also decided to step down at the end of the year and he will assume a different role in research. …Nobel laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi told BBC yesterday, following her party’s strong early results winning 78 out of 88 seats for the lower house of parliament, that though she can’t be President she will become the next leader of Burma. You see around the time she was placed on house arrest the Junta wrote into their constitution that any Burmese with foreign children is excluded from the presidency, presumably to keep her from the top post…ABN Amro Group is looking to raise up to 4.3 billion euros with the Dutch government selling a 23 percent stake at between 16 euros and 20 euros/share, in what is the biggest IPO of a European bank in more than eight years… A suspected security breach means 200,000 Comcast customers will have to reset their login information. Someone was trying to sell 590,000 comcast user emails for $1,000…
ENTERTAINMENT
Yesterday the Dick Wolf Produced Chicago themed shows: Chicago Fire, Chicago PD and soon to come Chicago Med held a combo #NBCCHicagoDay yesterday at Linespace Film Studios and a red carpet afterparty at STK with stars including Taylor Kinney, in attendance to the McLyte DJed event…Country singer Joey Feek, who was first diagnosed with cervical cancer in June 2014 three months after the birth of daughter Indiana, has decided to stop her cancer treatment and started hospice care at home…Celebrity chef Cat Cora and wife Jennifer announced that they are getting a divorce after 17 years together.
FASHION
J.Crew is tapping into the Star Wars fanfare and releasing a line of t-shirts for $45 emblazoned with “Chewie, we’re home,”…Style.com has named Yasmin Sewell as its new …Nick Knight, fashion photographer and and publisher of SHOWstudio.com who has collaborated with fashion designers Alexander McQueen, John Galliano and Yohji Yamamoto, will be given the Isabella Blow Award For Fashion Creator at the British Fashion Awards later this month…Tag Heuer, a division of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, launched the first Swiss made smart watch developed in conjunction with Intel Corp. and Google the $1,500 Tag Heuer Connected watch on Monday.
LOOK OF THE DAY
Lupita Nyong’o at 2015 Glamour Women of the Year Awards
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