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“To be a great leader, you firstly have to like people. If you don’t like people, at the end of the day they will figure this out and you can’t lead them too well.” ― Leonard Lauder (Chairman of The Estée Lauder Companies)
Kelly Gisendaner became the first Georgia inmate to be executed in 70 years…Six people are reported dead in an explosion in the Chinese city of Liuzhou and dozens injured (story developing)…Forbes released the 100 richest Americans and 14 people from Illinois made the list, they must have just missed us…
RUSSIA
• President Putin been given the ok by Russia’s parliament to launch airstrikes in Syria near the city of Homs. Kremlin’s chief of staff Sergey Ivanov noted that it was to use armed forces and it was only to use the air force though a presidential aide offered conflicting information that Russia will “supply all necessary armaments to Syria.” The number of Russians joining ISIS is also growing. [NY TIMES]
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
• President of the organization, Cecil Richards, appeared at a five hour House committee hearing yesterday to challenge its eligibility for federal funds by congressional Republicans, which gets about $500 million in federal funds. After a series of videos surfaced about the selling of aborted fetal tissue by anti-abortion activist, the spotlight has been on Planned parenthood but abortions are only 3% of services it offers women which also includes cancer screenings, STD testing, family planning and more. [REUTERS]
DERRICK ROSE
A days after Bulls’ media day, he suffered a left orbital fracture during the first day of practice and is scheduled for surgery today. In other D-Rose news in response to a recently filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles by a Jane Doe alleging that Rose and two other men drugged and gang raped her, Rose stated the accuser consented to group sex. The woman in her suit stated that she had a romantic relationship with Rose for two years before it ended in 2013 because she “would not have sex with his friend or other couples.” [BOSTON HERALD]
ENTERTAINMENT
Lady Gaga has been named Billboard’s Woman of the Year…Brian Austin Green is seeking spousal support from Megan Fox in their divorce proceedings…The case of O Brother Where Art Thou reunited for the 15 year anniversary at the New York Film Festival last night…First Lady Michelle Obama along with Charlize Theron were part of #GlamourForEdu at the Apollo theater yesterday a partnership between the magazine and the White House Let Girls Learn initiative on the power of educating more than 62 million girls around the world who are not in school.
FASHION
• Ralph Lauren announced yesterday that he will be stepping down as CEO of the company he founded and has already named a successor. Stefan Larsson who was recently global President of Old Navy the major performing company under The Gap, Inc, will head Ralph Lauren Corp. [VOGUE UK]
LOOK OF THE DAY
• Amal Clooney
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