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My father was a paparazzo himself. My father was a medical illustrator, a Black Panther, a Christian marriage counselor. -Kanye West
CHICAGO NEWS
• The rally for the Jackie Robinson West little league winner will begin with a rally at 9 a.m. at Jackie Robinson Park on South Morgan Street (10540 South Morgan Park Street). The parade will begin at 10 a.m ending at Millenium Park .
NATIONAL NEWS
• Burning Man is back on despite torrential rain that closed the location the day festival was to begin.
•In a case of mistaken identity, producer Charles Belk was detained for 6 hours by Beverly Hills police. Officers reported that he “matched the clothing and physical characteristics” of a suspected bank robber. On his facebook page he wrote: “I get that the Beverly Hills Police Department didn’t know that I was a well educated American citizen that had received a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California, an MBA from Indiana University … and an executive leadership certificate from Harvard Business School,” Belk said. “Hey, I was ‘tall,’ ‘bald,’ a ‘male’ and ‘black,’ so I fit the description.” [LA TIMES]
WORLD NEWS
• “Why does it feel like somebody’s watching meeee?” That’s what IMF(International Monetary Fund) chief Christine Lagarde is singing after being placed on official investigation for negligence in a French corruption probe. “She and her former chief of staff face questions about their role in a 400 million-euro ($531 million) payment to a businessman. Under French law, the official investigation is equivalent to preliminary charges, meaning there is reason to suspect an infraction.” [USATODAY]
SPORTS
• When one of your fans is the greatest player of all time, winning is a must. Roger Federer can count Michael Jordan as a fan. The basketball great attended the US Open to cheer on the #3 ranked Federer who defeated Marinko Matosevic.
Chicago’s own Taylor Townsend was defeated by Serena Williams. [NY TIMES]
BUSINESS
• Shareholders before country, that’s the $$ code, or at least in the eyes of “The Oracle of Omaha” Warren Buffet and his involvement in the Burger King deal is being reported at $3billion. The deal for Burger King to buy Tim Hortons is “worth almost $12 billion.” In a statement he said “Tim Hortons earns more money than Burger King does…I just don’t know how the Canadians would feel about Tim Hortons moving to Florida. The main thing here is to make the Canadians happy.” Oh Warren! [REUTERS]
CELEBRITIES
• Chelsea Handler’s final show on E! aired last night and lots of her famous celeb friends and exes came to send her off in Handler style. Opening with a shower scene with Ellen Degeneres.
Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Bullock and Mary McCormack the held an intervention and brought out 50cent. Gerard Butler, Miley Cyrus, Gwen Stefani, Melissa McCarthy, Sophia Vergara, Ana Faris sang a spoof of Michael Jackson‘s “We Are the World.” [CHELSEA LATELY]
FASHION
• How about we talk this out? That’s the plan between Balenciaga and their former Creative Director Nicolas Ghesquière (nee-coh-la guess-k-yair), who is now creative director at Louis Vuitton. The fashion houses’ lawsuit against Ghesquière for €7 million due to “damaging” comments it claims the designer made in an interview. has moved from the court to mediation. “the president of the Tribunal de Grande Instance suggested that the parties instead try to resolve the dispute between themselves – and both have agreed.” [VOGUE UK]
LOOK OF THE DAY
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