Grab your umbrellas before heading out Chicago, it’s going to be a wet and slightly chilly day with high of 45˚
♦Weekend One of Coachella and thanks to instagram, FOMO was at an all time high. Jay-Z and Puff Daddy made a surprise showing with Nas, Beyonce jumped on stage to dance with her sister, Pharell had cast of appearances from Gwen Stefani to Nelly, Puff Daddy, Busta Rhymes.
♦ The MTV Movie awards are still a thing and some pop culture celebs that didn’t hang in Palm Springs all attended and/or won awards including Jared Lato, Josh Hutcherson. Divergent’s Shailene Woodley’s new film “The Fault in Our Stars” debuted it trailer as did the new X-Men
The infamous best kiss category went to Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Will Poulter from “We are The Miller’s.”
♦ West Loop in Chicago is the test site for new pay for parking meter by phone reports DNA Info
SPORTS: Cubs lost to St. Louis Cardinals 4-6; WhiteSox beat Cleveland Indians 4-3; NY Knicks beat the Bulls 100-89
♦ The tragic shooting that occurred at the Jewish Center over the weekend was carried out by a former KKK leader.
♦Ahead of today (Monday’s) Pulitzer Prize nomination, potential contenders are reporters who revealed the massive U.S. government surveillance effort. Revelations about the spy programs were first published in June in The Guardian and The Washington Post, which last week received a George Polk Award for national security reporting, the Wall Street Journal reports.
♦Not everyone should be allowed on social media. Case in point a 14 year old @QueenDemtriax_who threat tweeted @AmericanAirlines. Thing is American Airlnes reads and responds to all tweets within 2 minutes. Once they saw that, their response to the girl was: “Sarah, we take these threats very seriously. Your IP address and details will be forwarded to security and the FBI.”
Sarah’s reaction that followed, well her inner 14yr old truly came out “I’m so sorry I’m scared now.” adding, “I was joking and it was my friend not me, take her IP address not mine.”
♦ She should be re-arrested for that mugshot!
A woman has been charged after police discovered seven dead babies in cardboard boxes in a Utah garage. Megan Huntsman, 39, is accused of killing her babies after giving birth to the children between 1996 and 2006.
♦ From Entertainment to basketball. The former President of Turner Entertainment will be named the new CEO of NBA Atlanta Hawks.
♦ Dozens of people have been killed in two blasts that rocked a crowded bus station on the outskirts of #Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. Bloomberg reports
images via: youtube, washington post
