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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Feb 5, 2014
February 5, 2014
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Designer Update:
MICHAEL KORS is now a billionaire. New York Magazine's The Cut says his entrance fee into the Billionaires Club occurred yesterday, after shares of his company hit $90.39 yesterday, the designer and celebrity judge on "Project Runway" owns a two percent stake in his company. (Bartha)
Equal time:
Embattled NJ GOP Gov. CHRIS CHRISTIE is apparently not being slowed down by the current lane closure and storm relief funding controversies. Reuters reports that Christie plans to embark on a national tour that will give him a chance to raise money for fellow Republicans, woo conservatives and show party leaders that he is not politically toxic.
He'll spend the next month crisscrossing the nation as chairman of the Republican Governors Association (RGA), and attend fundraisers for Republican candidates, party strategy sessions and other meetings in Illinois, Texas, New York, Maryland, Georgia and Washington, D.C. (Pacelli)Bottom feeding:
Warning: note sexual content.
JOAN COLLINS isn't going to bed at 7:30 in a flannel nightie just because she's 80. The sassy actress revealed on a British show called "Loose Women" that the key to her successful relationship with 48-year-old PERCY GIBSON is "sex, sex, sex!" The May-December duo have been married almost 12 years, met while working on a play in San Francisco and she has a simple response when asked about their significant age difference: "If he dies, he dies." (Lee)Want to own a piece of Hollywood history? The opportunity is yours as the bed and breakfast where "Groundhog Day" was filmed has hit the market. RadarOnline.com reports the property in Woodstock, Illinois, features eight bathrooms, eight bedrooms, a gourmet kitchen, wrap-around porch and over 58-hundred square-feet of living area for just $985-thousand dollars. (Lee)
The MIDDLETON family sure is creative. Princess KATE's parents are party planners, her sister PIPPA works for the family biz as well and now Star magazine reports that her brother JAMES has created Boomf, a personalized marshmallow company! You can now order marshmallows with your Instagram photos printed on them! Crazy! (Myers)
Grace notes:
U2 raised more than $3-million dollars for the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, thanks to all the free downloads of the band's new song, "Invisible." As soon as the commercial aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday, more than 1-million folks got the track for no cost, thanks to Bank Of America. The financial big wigs gave $1-dollar to the Global Fund for every free download snagged in 36 hours. iTunes still has "Invisible" available, but it will now cost you $1.29 to get it. However, all of the proceeds will go to fight AIDS. (Marino)
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