Chicago News And Op-eds

Hey y’all! Some interesting news coming out of Chi-town includes:

Willis Tower, once known as the Sears Tower, is up for sale! Yep, Chicago’s once apparent tallest building is being sold reportedly for a whopping 1.5 billion dollars! There’s still no word on who the buyers with the big pockets are, but reports are circulating that the investors are from outside of Chicago.

And if that ain’t a blip, y’all, Oprah Winfrey is closing the doors to her beloved Harpo Studios and leaving more than 200 folks jobless. Since shutting down The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2011, Oprah had been using the building as a production studio. Well,that too has passed and Oprah is relocating to sunny California for all of her company’s production needs. See, people, you can’t trust employers of any caliber. Just sayin’

Anyhow, change is good, but being unemployed sucks!

Chicago Mayor and once bff to the President of the United States, Barack Obama, Rham Emanuel ran into a snag this time around for his re-election. There’s going to be a mayoral runoff against, Hispanic contemporary, Chuy Garcia. Still voters need to consider what Mr. Garcia will bring to the table for the good and too trusting people of such obvious politician rhetoric… if elected…

Enough of the Debbie Downer news, people. Y’all need to go here to listen a radio interview of my colleague and I talk about our latest collaboration on relationships, dating and mating from our new book Essence of Romance; A Relationship Guide for Singles and Couples:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/dub-wyze-talk/2015/03/03/dub-wyze-talk-with-eve-cogdell-and-clara-freeman

Hate to leave ya, but such is life…

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Bonus Addition: Celebrity News And Views

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I’m going to clear my  g-mogul schedule of old news today people in order to make room for an exciting roundup of Fall “Ts”. So if you’ve read it somewhere before, or, heard it on the daytime talk? Whatever! Listen up y’all I won’t be doing this ‘old news” column anytime soon! Anyhoo, did you know that:

Meeka won’t be returning to Basketball Wives Miami? That Shaunie doesn’t really know the women of Basketball Wives LA and doesn’t really want to? That she doesn’t encourage the women behavious on the show? (Yea, right!)  How about this? Shaunie  is a cougar… admits to dating a 20 something young man- get it? Young … Ok, people, don’t hate! Rosie O’Donnell and Oprah recently unvieled Rosie’s name at Harpo Studios with a “formerly home of Oprah Winfrey Show” underneath?!  Why’d it have to say that, Oprah? Can’t you just allow Rosie to shine without the reminder? Just sayin’  

Charlie Sheen will be getting millions from his Two And A Half Men lawsuit! Charlie, you are “winning!” Ron Attest was the first to get kicked off DWTS (good) his behavior was buffonish!. Chaz Bono got rhythm! Okay, George Clooney’s ex, Elizabetta just cannot dance and nobody knows her body of work- ok, George does. Did Brad Pitt really say what he meant when he gave the impression that Jennifer Aniston was dull? Come on, people, doesn’t Jen appear a tad bit uninteresting? And don’t men need stimulation? Moving on-

Rosanne Barr was recently on Wendy Williams, along with Levi Johnston. I’m not going to say much about these two because, there’s sooo much I wanna say and very little space on this post to do it! Rosanne is nuts! I love her ambiance and yes, she admits to smoking medicinal pot. She also wants to run for president! See why she needs her personal space here? Levi Johnston: one of the most hated D list celebrities on the planet. Why? Could it be because he’s not paying child support at the moment? Could it be because he dares to tell the truth about the Palins? Could it be because he posed naked in Playgirl and the “girls” were disappointed!? Just sayin’ 

Patty Duke on Windy City Live admits to being bipolar. Rosanne Barr admits to being bipolar. Why don’t we all admit to being bipolar and get on with our lives. How bout that? Dang, I got so much old news to share.  Anyhoo. R.I.P Troy Davis. Sometimes justice can be so unjust:(

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