♦ The Knight Foundation awarded artist Theaster Gates $3.5 million. The grant will support the creation of the Place Project in a second-floor office space above a cafe Gates has planned at 305 E. Garfield Blvd and will also serve as an incubator for residents to come together with artists, designers and urban planners to work on revitalization projects through art.
♦ They are feeling the heat at the iconic Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Usually every table at this power spot is filled to capacity with industry movers and shakers like Steven Spielberg, Ari Emanuel and Jeffrey Katzenberg, but since the boycott due to the the Sultan of Brunei’s call to to institute Sharia law in his country, which calls for the stoning to death of gays and adulterers.
♦ $3.2 Billion thats how much a deal with Apple is looking to buy and gain control of the Beats headphones, for which the company is well known. Iovine and Dr. Dre started Beats in 2008.
♦ Womp womp womp! Highly touted NFL draft contender Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel was picked #22 by the Cleveland Browns. At some moment there was high anticipation that he could go to Jerry Jones’ Dallas Cowboys.
Jerry Jones sliding into Johnny Manziel’s DMs like… pic.twitter.com/GbcdR5rmvi
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) May 9, 2014
The #1 overall draft pick was University of South Carolina’s Jadeveon Clowney who went to the Houston Texans. The real test now is how these players perform in the actual NFL training camp. Twitter had some laughs at the expense of Manziel with meme’s like this popping up.
♦ A Florida woman who didn’t like her neighbors had their mobile home demolished.
♦Thousands of protesters marched through the Thai capital on Friday to show that the prime minister’s ouster by a court ruling is not enough, and warned they will retaliate if their demands for the government’s complete removal are not met.
