<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5dbc2c842f364a2d2064aa97-2222/chicken sandwich-48.jpg" border="0" alt="Popeyes vs chick fil a chicken sandwiches" data-mce-source="Irene Jiang / Business Insider" /><p class="source"><span>Irene Jiang / Business Insider</span></p><p class="caption">The chicken sandwich wars are back.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Happy Friday! Welcome to another week of The Drive-Thru, where I break down the biggest stories in shopping, fast food, and more. You can sign up to become a Drive-Thru subscriber <a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/4np/drivethru" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> to get a rundown on what is happening in <keyword id="6354851" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="retail">retail</keyword> in your inbox every Friday. </p><p>Is everyone ready for Popeyes' chicken sandwich to come back on Sunday? If not, keep reading...</p><h2>The chicken sandwich wars are heating back up. </h2><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5dbc2cc4e0ee7e2f577c4fa4-2222/wendys vs chick fil a chicken biscuit-8.jpg" border="0" alt="Wendy's vs. Chick fil A Chicken Biscuit 8" data-mce-source="Irene Jiang / Business Insider" /><p class="source"><span>Irene Jiang / Business Insider</span></p><p class="caption">The chicken sandwich wars' next front will be breakfast.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>I got internal documents that indicate <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-breakfast-chicken-option-coming-2019-10">McDonald's is planning to launch chicken</a> during breakfast in January 2020. McDonald's already has options like the Chicken McGriddle and McChicken Biscuit at about half of its locations. A national launch will take chicken at breakfast to a whole new level, just as KeyBanc analysts <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/mcdonalds-expected-to-jump-into-the-chicken-sandwich-war-next-year-keybanc-2019-10-23">declare</a> that "breakfast and chicken are the new battlegrounds."</p><p>In a battlefront that is heating up even sooner, Popeyes is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/popeyes-workers-ready-chicken-sandwich-return-2019-10">bringing back its chicken sandwich on Sunday.</a> Popeyes is already <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/popeyes-chicken-sandwich-returns-chick-fil-a-battle-2019-10">throwing jabs at Chick-fil-A,</a> considered by many to be the current king of chicken sandwiches. Even if Twitter doesn't care as much about chicken sandwiches this time around, restaurant chains are still very, very invested in winning. </p><p>For those keeping track at home, here's how the rivals match up: </p><ul><li><strong>Chick-fil-A.</strong> The chain that started it all. As the self-proclaimed inventor of the chicken sandwich, its growth from a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-chick-fil-a-took-over-america-2019-8">regional Southern brand to the third-largest chain in the US</a> helped convince other companies they needed to get in on the chicken-sandwich-and-biscuit game. It's also closed on Sundays.</li><li><strong>Popeyes.</strong> Chicken sandwich game changer, with a launch that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/popeyes-chicken-sandwich-sales-boost-even-when-off-menu-2019-10">exceeded everyone's wildest expectations.</a> The sandwich really is as good as people say it is, which means that even as the press dies down, sales should still be impressive. Fortunately for Chick-fil-A, it's not typically open for breakfast.</li><li><strong>Wendy's.</strong> As a national chain known for its chicken sandwich, Wendy's is typically seen as one of the brands <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fil-a-american-growth-threatens-wendys-burger-king-2019-8">most threatened by Chick-fil-A's expansion.</a> It is launching its breakfast menu in January with a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wendys-and-chick-fil-a-breakfast-chicken-biscuit-comparison-2019-10">chicken biscuit that takes clear aim at Chick-fil-A.</a> </li><li><strong>McDonald's.</strong> Its chicken sandwich <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-chicken-sales-hit-in-chicken-sandwich-wars-2019-10">simply can't compete with the top players.</a> Franchisees are begging the company to come up with a better sandwich, but early attempts have been disappointing. The potential for a national breakfast campaign with a trendy new item should worry Wendy's and Chick-fil-A.</li></ul><p><em><strong>Read more about <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-breakfast-chicken-option-coming-2019-10">McDonald's chicken at breakfast here</a> and the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/popeyes-workers-ready-chicken-sandwich-return-2019-10">Popeyes chicken sandwich here.</a> Email chicken gossip to me at ktaylor@businessinsider.com. </strong></em></p><h2>Kroger has a 'new brand' coming next week.</h2><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5db981b8dee0193e56578c82-2400/ap19178519640103.jpg" border="0" alt="Kroger" data-mce-source="AP" /><p class="source"><span>AP</span></p><p class="caption">Changes are afoot at Kroger.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>When we last checked in with Kroger, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kroger-workers-respond-to-management-layoffs-firings-2019-10">restructuring was worrying workers.</a></p><p>On Monday, Kroger sent around an internal memo promising a brand overhaul and that "all will be revealed" on November 6. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kroger-memo-reveals-new-brand-2019-10">Hayley got her hands on the memo,</a> which says that "old approaches aren't working." The grocery chain <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kroger-reverses-visa-credit-card-ban-2019-10">also reversed its ban on Visa credit cards this week.</a></p><p>In a research note citing Business Insider's report on the memo, Jefferies analyst Christopher Mandeville <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kroger-memo-reveals-new-brand-2019-10">said</a> a rebranding could signify that Kroger management is prepared make drastic changes. </p><p>"Ultimately, this could prove to be a wise move; however, until we receive greater detail, there are far too many unknowns to get encouraged by management's willingness to make drastic, and potentially necessary, change," Mandeville wrote.</p><p><em><strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kroger-memo-reveals-new-brand-2019-10">Read Hayley's story for what we know so far about the brand overhaul</a>. </strong></em></p><h2>Wegmans mania hits Brooklyn. </h2><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5db83a37dee0193063303253-2000/img1297.jpeg" border="0" alt="Wegmans opening happy customer" data-mce-source="Shoshy Ciment/Business Insider" /><p class="source"><span>Shoshy Ciment/Business Insider</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Wegmans opened in Brooklyn and people were <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wegmans-brooklyn-store-opening-day-record-sales-2019-10">extremely excited.</a> Shoshy was on the scene to talk with some of the 25,000 customers who visited on opening day, including people who <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wegmans-brooklyn-ny-store-opening-fans-2019-10">lined up in the middle of the night in pouring rain</a> to be the first ones in the door. </p><p>"Some people go to the Super Bowl, some people go to Tour de France," Susan Myers, who made the first purchase at the store on Sunday morning, told Shoshy. "I come to the Wegmans opening."</p><p><em><strong>Get a look <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wegmans-brooklyn-store-opening-day-record-sales-2019-10">inside Wegmans' opening here.</a> And, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wegmans-brooklyn-ny-store-opening-fans-2019-10">meet the super fans - including a man in a shirt that combined a black metal band album cover with Wegmans - here.</a></strong></em></p><h2>The American Dream is alive ... but it's pretty empty. </h2><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5dbc31362f364a32aa483ff2-2222/img1062.jpeg" border="0" alt="American Dream water park" data-mce-source="Shoshy Ciment/Business Insider" /><p class="source"><span>Shoshy Ciment/Business Insider</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Shoshy also <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-get-to-american-dream-mall-bus-train-ferry-2019-10">headed to New Jersey</a> to check out the opening of the American Dream megamall, a story more than 20 years in the making. The mall was originally envisioned in 1996 and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/when-does-american-dream-mall-open-timeline-2019-10">was initially supposed to be called Xanadu. </a></p><p>Last Friday, the American Dream finally opened its doors. While tickets to the theme park were supposedly sold out, the three-million-square-foot center was eerily empty and subdued.</p><p>To be fair, only the the Nickelodeon Universe theme park and an ice-skating rink are open now, with stores set to open in 2020. But, the subdued opening - especially when compared to the celebratory mood at the jam-packed Wegmans - raises questions about whether the American Dream can thrive as the retail apocalypse continues. </p><p><em><strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/american-dream-megamall-opening-day-nickelodeon-universe-photos-2019-10">Check out Shoshy's tour of the megamall here.</a></strong></em></p><h2>Taste test of the week: Which bubble-tea chain reigns supreme? </h2><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5dbc31ebe0ee7e35502f79b4-2223/bubble tea-46.jpg" border="0" alt="Tiger sugar bubble tea" data-mce-source="Irene Jiang / Business Insider" /><p class="source"><span>Irene Jiang / Business Insider</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>As bubble-tea chains take over New York City and the rest of the US, Irene set out to figure out which chains reign supreme. The winners were two Taiwanese chains: Instagram-famous Tiger Sugar and the more old-school Gong Cha.</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-bubble-tea-compared-tiger-sugar-gong-cha-2019-10">Irene's take:</a> "The drink that stood out to me the most was Tiger Sugar's. Its boba were absolutely perfect in every way, and the brown sugar milk was delightfully rich. However, if you don't agree that Tiger Sugar is bubble tea ... With delicate flavors and textures, Gong Cha's milk tea is inviting and drinkable. Everything tastes fresh and flavorful, and a little something extra." </p><p><em><strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-bubble-tea-compared-tiger-sugar-gong-cha-2019-10">Read the play-by-play of how seven chains matched up here. </a></strong></em></p><h2>Everything else: </h2><ul><li>ABG's bid to buy Barneys' assets was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/barneys-will-sell-to-authentic-brands-group-2019-10">approved</a> on Thursday. Read the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/leaked-memo-barneys-ceo-bankruptcy-survival-chances-2019-10">leaked memo from CEO Daniella Vitale about the deal here.</a></li><li>MillerCoors <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/millercoors-restructuring-job-cuts-name-change-2019-10">basically doesn't exist anymore,</a> as the brand gets folded into Molson Coors, which is also dropping "Brewing" from its name to win over spiked-seltzer-loving millennials.</li><li>White Claw rival Truly changed its recipes, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/truly-seltzer-changes-recipe-challenge-white-claw-review-2019-10">the drinks are actually good now</a>. </li><li>I <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mars-ceo-grant-reid-on-companys-transformation-2019-10">talked with Grant Reid, the CEO of Mars.</a> </li><li>Whole Foods workers are concerned about the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/whole-foods-ceo-john-mackey-memo-on-employee-survey-2019-10">pace of change at the Amazon-owned grocery chain.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/closed-toys-r-us-store-haunted-house-retail-apocalypse-2019-10">In a very on-the-nose retail apocalypse moment,</a> a Toys R Us was transformed into a haunted house.</li><li>Beyond Meat's CEO is telling investors that the company will be <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/beyond-meats-ceo-amazon-tesla-of-meat-2019-10">the Tesla or Amazon of the meat industry.</a></li><li>GrubHub lost <em>more than a third</em> of its market value<a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/grubhub-stock-price-plummets-after-weak-q3-earnings-report-2019-10-1028640102"> after dismal earnings</a>. </li><li>Jersey Mike's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jersey-mikes-apologizes-backlash-gun-control-activists-2019-10">thought</a> the right response to a discussion of gun control was to tweet: "If the laws were up to us, we'd make it so everyone had to eat Jersey Mike's Subs on Sunday."</li><li>Costco employees' badge colors <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/costco-employees-badge-color-meanings-silver-gold-2019-10">have hidden meanings!</a> </li><li>Jeff Bezos is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-swimming-trunks-make-top-10-hottest-menswear-items-2019-10">a fashion icon and trendsetter now.</a></li><li>Kanye West's song about Chick-fil-A convinced me to write a very long piece about <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kanye-west-kim-kardashian-use-chick-fil-a-mcdonalds-2019-10">Kimye's relationship to fame and fast food,</a> including a deep cut from my 2015 interview with then-Carl's Jr. CEO Andy Puzder. </li></ul><p><strong><em>Thanks for reading - <a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/4np/drivethru">sign up to become a subscriber here for more of The Drive-Thru in your inbox!</a></em></strong></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mars-ceo-automation-means-massive-obligations-to-workers-2019-11">The CEO of a $35 billion company says that automation brings 'massive opportunities' and 'massive obligations'</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/I3kGkeWj-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

The Drive-Thru: New battlefronts in the fast-food chicken wars, Kroger's rebrand, and Wegmans mania hits New York

<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><span><span data-post-image="" class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/54a2fbd669bedd49330e8372-1017-763/kimye%20home.jpg" border="0" alt="kimye home new property"><span class="source"><span>Google Maps and REUTERS/Carlo Allegri</span></span></img></span><p></p></span></span>Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are reportedly buying the home next door to their new $20 million mansion, <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2890143/Kim-Kardashian-Kanye-West-finally-leaving-Kris-Jenner-s-mansion-settle-home-street.html">according to The Daily Mail</a>.</span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2890143/Kim-Kardashian-Kanye-West-finally-leaving-Kris-Jenner-s-mansion-settle-home-street.html"><br /></a></p>
<p class="p2">An outdated ranch-style home with 1.49 acres of land went on sale for $2.92 million right next door to Kim and Kanye's French country-style home in Hidden Hills.&#xa0;</p>
<p class="p2">It was bought on December 15th by a company called Safari View LLC for $2.92 million and the deed was then transferred to the Noel Roberts Trust. <a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2014/12/29/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-buy-next-door-neighbors-home.php">Curbed linked the Noel Roberts Trust</a> to the Bel Air mansion that Kim and Kanye are currently selling, as well as Kanye's old Hollywood Hills home.&#xa0;<a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2014/12/29/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-buy-next-door-neighbors-home.php"><br /></a></p>
<p class="p2">The pair are most likely looking to extend their property and gain more privacy for themselves and their daughter North. They will probably demolish the current home and do some serious landscaping, bringing their total property acreage to 5.</p>
<p class="p2">The Wests <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/kimye-buys-20-million-mansion-in-los-angeles-2014-8">already own the $20 million mansion next door</a> with 15,600 square feet. The estate was <a href="http://www.zillow.com/blog/report-kim-kanye-hidden-hills-157275/%20">once owned by Lisa Marie Presley</a>, but her original mansion was razed in 2010 by the then-owner who built the current eight-bedroom spread on the property.<a href="http://www.zillow.com/blog/report-kim-kanye-hidden-hills-157275/"><br /></a></p>
<p class="p2">In addition to all their new real estate, Kimye - who were still living in Kim's mother Kris Jenner's home until recently - will enjoy two spas, a vineyard, two swimming pools, and more on their new property.<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">&#xa0;</span></p>
<p class="p3">"I am so ready to be out of my mom's house, you have no idea," Kim told <a href="http://www.people.com/article/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-buy-20-million-house"><span class="s1">People magazine</span></a>. "We wanted to be away and have more privacy ... but it will be nice to still be close."&#xa0;</p>

HOUSE OF THE DAY: Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Are Reportedly Expanding Their $20 Million LA Property

<p>Comedian Amy Schumer was feeling frisky Tuesday night as she walked the red carpet during the star-studded&#xa0;<span>Time 100 gala in New York City.</span></p><p>Schumer had the unfortunate luck of hitting the press line at the same time as Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, and stepped aside as the king and queen of the carpet posed for photographers.&#xa0;</p><p>Not content to merely watch the flashbulb spectacle, Schumer jokingly threw herself down on the red carpet in front of Kimye.&#xa0;</p><div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Thanks <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TIME100?src=hash">#TIME100</a> <a href="http://t.co/bdAjImc5J5">pic.twitter.com/bdAjImc5J5</a></p>- Amy Schumer  (@amyschumer) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/590731249444069377">April 22, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Kanye West &amp; Kim Kardashian are NOT amused: <a href="http://t.co/78sZ2gV5T9">http://t.co/78sZ2gV5T9</a> <a href="http://t.co/HSg2Lc21LQ">pic.twitter.com/HSg2Lc21LQ</a></p>- ELLE Magazine (US)  (@ELLEmagazine) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/590859724532408320">April 22, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div><p class="embed-spacer">&#xa0;<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&#xa0;</span></p><div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Amy Schumer is my hero <a href="http://t.co/mZ06V2PSaK">pic.twitter.com/mZ06V2PSaK</a></p>- Mia Aquino  (@SocialMia) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/590876641766834176">April 22, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div><p class="embed-spacer">While the couple didn't seem too amused by the incident, they quickly laughed it off and kept walking as Schumer made a big dramatic stink about it.</p><p class="embed-spacer"></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5537a95069bedda95f8fddb5/amy%20schumer%20time%20100%20kim%20kardashian%20gif.gif" border="0" alt="Amy Schumer Time 100 Kim Kardashian GIF"><p class="source"><span>Time.com</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><br><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Schumer later&#xa0;</span><a href="http://time.com/3830669/time-100-gala-amy-schumer-kim-kanye/" target="_blank">told Time</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&#xa0;about the stunt:&#xa0;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"I saw them and said to my publicist, 'Can I pretend to fall?' and she said, 'I can't stop you.'"&#xa0;</span><p>After the incident, Schumer stuck around the red carpet in time to heckle Bradley Cooper, yelling the Time magazine cover star's name <span>-</span>&#xa0;"Bradley! Bradley!"&#xa0;<span>-</span> like a starstruck teenage fan.</p><p>Cooper eventually embraced Schumer and the two posed for photos together.</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5537ab6369bedd2b698fddb2-1200-600/bradley-cooper-amy-schumer.jpg" border="0" alt="Bradley Cooper Amy Schumer"><p class="source"><span>Brendan McDermid/Reuters</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">After the photo op, Schumer joked to the press line, "We're engaged!"</span><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Amy Schumer, Bradley Cooper, Kim Kardashian, and Kanye West were all named one of Time's <a href="http://time.com/time100-2014/" target="_blank">"100 Most Influential People."</a></span></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/kanye-west-jumped-lake-armenia-concert-2015-4">Here's the video of Kanye West jumping in a lake during his concert in Armenia</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="82eGhpdDov8bKM8pdZdC5oXll2fLlyAj" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', '82eGhpdDov8bKM8pdZdC5oXll2fLlyAj',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div></br>

Amy Schumer caused quite a stir on last night's Time 100 gala red carpet

<p><div class="image-container float_right" style="width:480px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/51e6f10b6bb3f7846500001d-1200-924/kanye-west-kim-kardashian-7.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="kanye west kim kardashian" width="480" style="float: right;" /><p class="source">Reuters/Lucas Jackson</p></div></div><keyword id="6357837" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kim-Kardashian">Kim Kardashian</keyword> is counting her lucky stars — the North one in particular.</p>
<p>The new mom <a href="https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/357537920313344000" target="_blank">opened up</a> about motherhood for the first time today in a new <a href="http://kimkardashian.celebuzz.com/2013/07/17/thank-you-3/" target="_blank">post on her website</a>.</p>
<p>She thanks her fans for their support and says she's grateful for the time alone with "<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/kimye-baby-north-west-called-nori-2013-6" target="_blank">Nori</a>."</p>
<p>The post:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Hey guys,</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">These past couple of weeks have been filled with the most exciting experiences of my life. I’m enjoying this time to fully embrace motherhood and spend time at home with my family. I’ve been reading all of your messages and want to thank you all for your sweet thoughts and best wishes. It truly means everything to me. I am so blessed to have the support of my family and fans in this beautiful moment. Xo</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">With love,</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Kim</p>
<p>Pictures of the Kimye baby remain to be seen, although fakes surfaced (after <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/kim-kardashian-fake-baby-photos-2013-6" target="_blank">Kardashian circulated them</a> among friends).</p>

Kim Kardashian Breaks Her Silence After Giving Birth

<p><div class="image-container float_right" style="width:452px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/50ec97c26bb3f77b63000002-908-602/kimye1.jpg?maxX=452&amp;maxY=300" border="0" alt="Kim Kardashian Kanye West House " width="452" height="300" /></div><p class="source">Zillow</p></div><keyword id="6357837" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kim-Kardashian">Kim Kardashian</keyword> and <keyword id="39150" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kanye-West">Kanye West</keyword> want a little extra room once <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/watch-how-kanye-broke-the-news-about-kim-kardashians-pregnancy-2013-1" target="_blank">baby makes three</a>.</p>
<p><span>Make that <em>a lot</em> of extra room.</span></p>
<p>The couple, who have been dating for nine months and are expecting their first child in July, have <a href="http://www.zillow.com/blog/2013-01-08/report-kanye-west-and-kim-kardashian-buy-in-bel-air/" target="_blank">just purchased a <span>9,000-square-foot </span>Italian-style villa</a> in Bel Air.</p>
<p>But despite already boasting a gym, movie theater, hair and makeup salon, bowling alley, basketball court and indoor and outdoor pools, <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/08/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-baby-crib-buy-house-mansion-11-million/" target="_blank">TMZ is reporting the couple want to gut it</a> "and are designing a 14,000-square-foot dream home in its place."</p>
<p>Originally listed for $11.4 million in April 2011, the home received a price cut and <a href="http://www.zillow.com/blog/2013-01-08/report-kanye-west-and-kim-kardashian-buy-in-bel-air/" target="_blank">Zillow</a> reports the home was most recently listed for sale at $10.75 million.</p>
<p>Although the residence is super private, Kimye can now count Jennifer Aniston, Chris Paul, and Joe Francis among their neighbors.</p>
<p><em>Images courtesy of <a href="http://www.zillow.com/blog/2013-01-08/report-kanye-west-and-kim-kardashian-buy-in-bel-air/" target="_blank">Zillow</a>.</em><br /><br /></p>

Inside Kim And Kanye's New $11 Million Bel Air Baby Nest

<p><table class="image-container float_right" width="200"><tr><td><div class="image"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/watch-how-kanye-broke-the-news-about-kim-kardashians-pregnancy-2013-1"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/50ec5d0fecad042e04000010-413-309/coach-poshtots-baby-furniture.png" border="0" alt="Coach, PoshTots, baby furniture" /></a></div><p class="source"><a href="http://www.poshtots.com/bedding/posh/ultimate-posh/fantasy-coach/15/3031/1360/927/poshproductdetail.aspx">Courtesy of PoshTots</a></p></td></tr></table>Kim and Kanye made headlines last week with their baby news, and it seems that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/celebrity-babies-of-2013-2012-12">everywhere you look another celebrity is expecting</a>.</p>
<p>Some retailers are manufacturing baby swag that both celebs and non-celebs alike are investing in.</p>
<p>Perhaps the best example is <a href="http://www.poshtots.com/">PoshTots</a>, which is known for its <keyword id="6363239" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="luxury">luxury</keyword> kids furniture, diaper bags, clothing, and even art and decor. We're talking cribs that cost upwards of $5,000 or even $15,000, and playhouses that put your old pillow fort to shame.</p>
<p>The company was <a href="http://www.poshtots.com/about/about_poshtots.aspx">founded in 2000 by Andrea Edmunds</a>, whose lavish furnishings have adorned the children's bedrooms of clients such as Julia Roberts, Donald and Vanessa Trump, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, and Heidi Klum and Seal, <a href="http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/henricos-poshtots-stars-in-reality-show/Content?oid=1621049">according to Style Weekly</a>.</p>
<p>Edmunds gave us a peek at some of the pieces PoshTots has to offer. Whether it's a boy or girl, it would all look great in baby Kimye's nursery.</p>

11 Extravagant Pieces Of Baby Furniture Fit For Kim And Kanye's Nursery

<p><div class="image-container float_right" style="width:480px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5203fa8beab8eaaa0800000e-1153-865/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-12.png?maxX=480" border="0" alt="Kim Kardashian Kanye West" width="480" /><p class="source">Victor Decolongon/Getty</p><p class="caption">President <keyword id="16284" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Obama">Obama</keyword> says access to celebrities like <keyword id="39150" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kanye-West">Kanye West</keyword> and <keyword id="6357837" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kim-Kardashian">Kim Kardashian</keyword> is warping young Americans' ideas of success.</p></div></div>President Obama isn't the biggest Kanye West fan.</p>
<p>In fact, he's even called the rapper a "jacka--" on <a href="http://www.gossipcop.com/obama-kanye-west-jackass-quotes-jay-z-atlantic/" target="_blank">two separate occasions</a>.</p>
<p>So it shouldn't come as a surprise that Obama used Kanye and his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian, as examples of a warped American dream.</p>
<p>In a <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon-announces-the-kindle-singles-interview-with-president-barack-obama-2013-07-31?reflink=MW_news_stmp" target="_hplink">recent interview with David Blum for Kindle Singles</a>, Blum asks the president about the American dream, saying, "Part of the American dream -- even if you're poor, or lower-middle class -- involves yearning for tangible things you can't afford. Were there things, when you were growing up, that you yearned for that you couldn't afford?"</p>
<p>Obama responded that the American dream used to be simpler: an education, a steady job, a home, and family. "There was not that window into the lifestyles of the rich and famous."</p>
<p>The president recalled a simpler time when "kids weren't monitoring every day what Kim Kardashian was wearing, or where Kanye West was going on vacation, and thinking that somehow that was the mark of success."</p>
<p>Obama continued to argue that <span>with more access to celebrities and fame, a “change in culture” has occurred, distorting how many young Americans view success.</span></p>
<p>Way to go, Kimye.</p>

Obama Slams Kanye West And Kim Kardashian For Complicating The American Dream

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5783d3ac4321f1d01a8b72de-2000/chipotle%20chorizo-6.jpg" alt="Chipotle Chorizo 6" data-mce-source="Hollis Johnson"><p class="source"><span>Hollis Johnson</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div>A rap song features&#xa0;some of the&#xa0;best press Chipotle has had in recent memory. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In May, Schoolboy Q released a new song called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ_DHRI-Xp0">'THat Part.'</a>&#xa0;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, the most iconic line of the song comes, not from Schoolboy Q, but Kanye West: </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Beggars can't be chooser, b----, this ain't Chipotle," raps West.&#xa0;</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following Chipotle's E. coli scandal, the company has struggled to regain trust and turn around customer perception of the chain. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chipotle's same-store sales dropped nearly 30% in the first quarter of the year, after an E. coli outbreak in late 2015 sickened more than 50 people in 14 states. Revenue dropped 23.4%, to $834.5 million.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chipotles-stock-down-after-reports-of-another-food-poisoning-2016-7"><span style="font-weight: 400;">single tweet</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> last week about a rumored food poisoning related to Chipotle lead to the burrito chain's stock falling as much as 3.5% in just a few hours. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this climate, positive social media responses to&#xa0;Chipotle matter more than ever - and West is helping the chain get just that. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A search of Chipotle on Twitter results in seemingly endless&#xa0;tweets referencing 'THat Part':</span></p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Beggars can't be choosers, bish this ain't chipotle!!</p>- Kyra Santoro  (@kyrasantoro) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/752291700983279616">July 11, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Beggars can't be choosers, bi**h this ain't Chipotle<br>Ni**a with an attitude, I feel like O'Shea<br>Walking, living legend, man I feel like Kobe</br></br></p>- Yonii  (@ProYoni) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/752524881451941888">July 11, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Beggars can't be choosers bitch this ain't chipotle</p>- Deanna Saccente  (@deannasacc) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/752546812712607745">July 11, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>beggars can't be choosers bitch this ain't chipotle ??????????????????</p>- granola granny  (@VERSACE_TEARS) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/752508085386768384">July 11, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A quick scan of the search "Chipotle" on Twitter on Monday revealed that about one in 10 Chipotle references were, in fact, related to the song. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The lyric isn't exactly on brand for the chain, or it would mention something about&#xa0;fresh ingredients, but a lyric emphasizing Chipotle's customizability is a positive for the chain in a sea of negativity. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Perhaps the positive social media push from the song is all part of a master plan from West.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/56c4c38c6e97c629008b7bfe-2400/gettyimages-509642156.jpg" alt="Kanye West" data-mce-source="Getty"><p class="source"><span>Getty</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The rapper has been a dedicated&#xa0;Chipotle customer since</span><a href="http://www.gq.com/story/big-sean-chipotle-interview"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at least 2007,</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> when he introduced fellow hip hop artist and Chipotle loyalist Big Sean to the chain. &#xa0;</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">West is a fan of&#xa0;quick-service restaurants beyond Chipotle. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Says she want diamonds, I took her to Ruby Tuesdays, If we up in Fridays, I still have it my way," he rapped in his 2005 track, Gone, </span><a href="http://genius.com/9143494"><span style="font-weight: 400;">notes Genius</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Further, West has interest in fast food from a business perspective. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2008, West bought the rights to open 10 Fatburger locations in Chicago. When he married Kim Kardashian in 2014, he </span><a href="https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/232437"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reportedly bought her 10 Burger King franchises</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> located throughout Europe - though no locations were ultimately opened in the Kardashian-West name. &#xa0;</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Vogue cover and 10 Burger Kings for a wedding present. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kimye?src=hash">#kimye</a>  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/likeaking?src=hash">#likeaking</a> <a href="http://t.co/R7VHsz4PGe">pic.twitter.com/R7VHsz4PGe</a></p>- Burger King  (@BurgerKing) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/447087960153145345">March 21, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One thing is clear: West is a fan of chain restaurants, specifically Chipotle, and the fast-casual chain is equally a fan of the rapper. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In June, the company tweeted out this reference to Kanye West's 2007 hit, Can't Tell Me Nothing: </span></p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Guaaaaac guac guac guac. Wait 'til I get my money right.</p>- Chipotle  (@ChipotleTweets) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/744001689280188416">June 18, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chipotle-chorizo-review-new-menu-item-burrito-bowl-2016-7">We tried Chipotle's newest menu item, which will be available nationwide later this year</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="ppZWdpNDE6abCZBT-PpS4m8Lsk7yx6Ex" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'ppZWdpNDE6abCZBT-PpS4m8Lsk7yx6Ex',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

Kanye West is inadvertently helping to deflect Chipotle's E. coli scandal

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5762fa88dd0895ac7a8b4c3c-1265/people-kim%20kardashian_mill.jpg" alt="Kim Kardashian and Kanye West" data-mce-source="AP" data-mce-caption="This May 4, 2015, file photo shows Kim Kardashian, left, and Kanye West arriving at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York."><p class="source"><span>AP</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div>Kim Kardashian&#xa0;recently called Kanye West her <a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/kim-kardashian-gushes-about-her-5-star-sex-life-kanye-west-1564959" target="_blank">"soul mate."</a><p><strong>Roll your eyes all you want, but it seems the couple are actually a pretty good match.</strong></p><p>"All my friends and my sisters say, 'You guys are so perfect for each other. There's no one that would want to sit in your closet for hours with you and try on clothes," Kardashian <a href="http://www.gq.com/story/kim-kardashian-west-gq-cover-story?mbid=synd_bizinsider" target="_blank">told GQ</a> in a new cover story.</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5762fa88dd0895ac7a8b4c3d-2400/kim%20kardashian%20kanye.jpg" alt="Kim Kardashian Kanye West" data-mce-source="Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images"><p class="source"><span>Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><strong>Kim really doesn't do anything that gets on Kanye's nerves.</strong><p>When GQ's Caity Weaver asked Kardashian what she does that annoys West, the 35-year-old reality star was at a loss, so she called her husband to find out the answer.</p><p>"'Hey babe," Kardashian said once West picked up the phone. "I'm doing an interview, and I just want to know what I do to drive you crazy. Because I can't think of anything that I could possibly do that drives you crazy."</p><p>West, too, was stumped. After a long pause, he finally came up with something. "<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Sometimes a designer will e-mail Kim a sketch of an ensemble and Kanye will request to see it; on occasion Kim forgets to forward the e-mail, so Kanye must ask again and again. According to Kim and Kanye, this is the only thing Kim does that drives Kanye crazy," Weaver wrote.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The interviewer also&#xa0;mused: "Kanye might be the artistic genius in the family, but Kim is the CEO."</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5762fa88dd0895ac7a8b4c3e-2400/kimye.jpg" alt="Kim Kardashian Kanye West" data-mce-source="Jason Merritt/Getty Images"><p class="source"><span>Jason Merritt/Getty Images</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div></span><strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The dynamic seems to work for the duo.</span></strong></p><p>&#xa0;<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">On West's recent 39th birthday, Kardashian Instagrammed a photo of the pair with the caption: "</span>Happy birthday to my best friend! I usually would be scared for us getting older but as each year passes I'm just happy we have more time on this earth together! I love you so much and hope this year brings you so much happiness."</p><p><div>    <iframe src="//instagram.com/p/BGZ4G59OS-n/embed/" width="800" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true">    </iframe></div></p><p><strong>Even Kardashian's family&#xa0;seem to approve of the union.</strong></p><p><strong>In honor of the couple's anniversary, sister <a href="http://www.reveal.co.uk/showbiz-celeb-gossip/news/a649271/khloe-kardashian-tells-kim-kanye-you-are-soul-mates.html" target="_blank">Khloe posted</a> on Instagram:</strong>&#xa0;"I've never seen either one of you filled with such ease and peace as I have since when you became husband and wife! That's when you know you have found your soul mate. When you are still in love in a chaotic world. Happy anniversary Kimye."</p><p><strong>For West's birthday in June, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BGZR9htm-Fa/?hl=en" target="_blank">mom Kris posted</a>:</strong> "Happy birthday to my son, North and Saint's daddy and Kim's soul mate, #KanyeWest. To say you are special is an understatement… you are one of a kind!!!! You inspire, you lead, you're the most incredible father and a wonderful friend. We are so blessed to have you in our lives!!!"</p><p><strong>Sister <a href="http://www.eonline.com/shows/kardashians/news/771200/kanye-west-gets-lots-of-birthday-love-from-kim-kardashian-and-family">Kendall wrote on her app</a>&#xa0;for the rapper's birthday:</strong> "<span>You constantly inspire me to just be me because you are always so true to yourself. You and Kim are ultimate couple goals! You're the best husband my sister could have. We love you!"&#xa0;</span></p><p><div>    <iframe src="//instagram.com/p/3E0J_QhRij/embed/" width="800" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true">    </iframe></div></p><p><strong>Kardashian and West got married in a lavish ceremony in Italy&#xa0;in May 2014.</strong></p><p><div>    <iframe src="//instagram.com/p/ogSSO6uS9C/embed/" width="800" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true">    </iframe></div></p><p><strong>And most importantly for the famous couple&#xa0;<span>-</span>&#xa0;who have two children together&#xa0;<span>-</span>&#xa0;they aren't&#xa0;afraid of a little social media PDA.</strong></p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Kim, I'm so happy to be married to the girl of my dreams… I love you and Nori so much!!! I would find you in any lifetime.</p>- KANYE WEST  (@kanyewest) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/603025521161539584">May 26, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Awwww baby I love you so much!!!!!! I would find you too! Anywhere!!!!! <a href="https://t.co/viN0ucrwEN">https://t.co/viN0ucrwEN</a></p>- Kim Kardashian West  (@KimKardashian) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/603034890297167873">May 26, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jurassic-world-is-barely-recognizeable-without-special-effects-2016-5">The dinosaurs of 'Jurassic World' are barely recognizeable without special effects</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="A0ZW9sMzE6xcghq1ZXD8j2fpQymy1LrL" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'A0ZW9sMzE6xcghq1ZXD8j2fpQymy1LrL',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

Why Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have the 'perfect' relationship dynamic

<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><table class="image-container float_right" width="200"><tr><td><div class="image"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/51093485ecad042365000009-296-372/screen shot 2013-01-30 at 9.55.23 am.png" border="0" alt="Jeremy London Mug shot" /></div><p class="source">Scottsdale Police</p></td></tr></table></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"Dazed &amp; Confused" actor </span><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">Jason London</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> was punched in an Arizona bar fight, arrested, put in the back of a cop car where he proceeded to allegedly poop his pants and </span><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/29/jason-london-arrested-crapped-assault-mug-shot/" target="_blank">say the craziest things ever</a> (<span>"Your breath smells like diarrhea")</span><span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">, and then </span><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/29/jason-london-arrested-crapped-assault-mug-shot/" target="_blank">took the world's greatest mug shot</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">Warner Bros. has given the go ahead to an </span><a href="http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/warner-bros-gives-green-light-to-movie-version-of-hbo-series-entourage/" target="_blank">"Entourage" movie</a><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">. </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">The film will be directed by series creator </span><strong style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">Doug Ellin</strong><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">, who wrote the screenplay and who exec produced the series with </span><strong style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">Mark Wahlberg</strong><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">. All of the original <keyword id="71946" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="HBO">HBO</keyword> cast are in talks to reprise their roles.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">Warner Bros., also the studio behind "The Hobbit," has </span><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/warner-bros-injunction-age-hobbits-416744" target="_blank">won another victory against a small studio that attempted to release a film</a><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;"> called "Age of the Hobbits."</span></li>
<li><strong style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">Ke$ha</strong><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;"> will debut </span><a href="http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/kesha-documentary-series-mtv.html" target="_blank">a new documentary series on MTV</a><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;"> called "My Crazy Beautiful Life" </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">— </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">the same title as her book.</span></li>
<li><strong style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TV_OFFICE_ROSEANNE_BARR?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2013-01-30-07-53-38" target="_blank">Roseanne Barr</a> </strong><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">will appear on one of the final episodes of "The Office."</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">The </span><strong style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">Kimye</strong><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;"> babay </span><a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/383186/pregnant-kim-kardashian-says-baby-won-t-be-on-tv-jimmy-kimmel-throws-mini-baby-shower" target="_blank">will not appear on reality TV</a><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">. Let's see how long that lasts ...</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">After ten years of marriage, actress</span><strong style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;"> Ashley Judd</strong><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;"> and her </span><a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20669270,00.html" target="_blank">race car driver husband <strong>Dario Franchitti</strong> are splitting.</a><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;"> Judd released a statement, saying: </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">"We have mutually decided to end our marriage. We'll always be family and continue to cherish our relationship based on the special love, integrity, and respect we have always enjoyed."</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">"Sin City 2" has cast "300: Rise of an Empire" </span><a href="http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/sin-city-2-eva-green-angelina-jolie.html" target="_blank">actress<strong> Eva Green</strong> in the lead role</a><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">, not original starrer </span><strong style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">Angelina Jolie</strong><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">.</span></li>
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Jason London's Mug Shot Is As 'Dazed & Confused' As What He Told Cops - Here's Today's Buzz

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5548e48aecad04264a3bf242-758-568/katie-grand-anna-wintour-rivalry.png" border="0" alt="katie grand anna wintour rivalry"><p class="source"><span>Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Katie Grand and Anna Wintour are rarely spotted at the same events.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div>Contrary to what <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-on-instagram-at-the-met-gala-2015-2015-5?op=1">Instagram would have you believe</a>, not every fashion insider was present at the Met Gala last night.<p>Anna Wintour might be the most recognizable magazine editor in America, but Katie Grand, Marc Jacobs' go-to stylist and <a href="http://thelovemagazine.co.uk/">the editor of "LOVE" magazine</a>, is just as important to fashion insiders.</p><p>Grand will never attend the Met Gala, though, and has never been photographed with Anna Wintour.&#xa0;</p><p>She did, however, take last night as an opportunity to throw major shade at Wintour's event on Instagram:</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2TBZgcN5xm/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p>The photo is reposted from <a href="https://instagram.com/p/2S2haOLk48/?taken-by=henryholland">another Instagram account</a>&#xa0;and shows a meme currently circulating the internet, poking fun at <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/met-ball-2015-best-and-worst-dressed-2015-5?op=1">Sarah Jessica Parker and Rihanna's outsize fashion choices</a> from last night's event.</p><p>The caption is nonchalant: "#METgala Regram @henryholland" with a balloon emoji.&#xa0;</p><p>As far as fashion editors go, Grand is the Keith Richards to Wintour's Paul McCartney. She's known for highlighting grittier and more artistic style in "LOVE" magazine, while "Vogue" is more traditional and luxury-focused. If you're a fan of feminine florals, for example, "Vogue" will be your best bet, as seen below.</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/1yOmxNP6-L/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">When "LOVE" hosts events, like </span><a href="http://www.tatler.com/bystander/events/2014/december/love-magazine-and-balmains-christmas-party#!/15801/image/1">last year's Christmas party thrown with edgy design house Balmain</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">, intricate and complicated black-tie getups are left at the door in favor of sexy, rock-and-roll party gear. And&#xa0;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"LOVE" editorials are not nearly as over-the-top as those "Vogue" features.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Also, Grand includes a Kardashian-Jenner or two in almost every issue, where Wintour is a bit more reluctant to saturate "Vogue" with reality TV stars, Kimye cover notwithstanding.</span></p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/02vQQPkb7r/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Wintour and Grand do not have a public feud, per se, but the paltry results when you Google Grand and Wintour keywords together speak for themselves:</span></p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5548ded369bedd0f76f3a0b4-604-142/screen%20shot%202015-05-05%20at%2011.16.10%20am.png" border="0" alt="katie grand anna wintour met gala"><p class="source"><span>Google</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>&#xa0;</p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5548dee86bb3f7131df667da-354-30/screen%20shot%202015-05-05%20at%2011.12.26%20am.png" border="0" alt="katie grand anna wintour rivalry"><p class="source"><span>Google</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5548defe6da811b054347b3a-355-34/screen%20shot%202015-05-05%20at%2011.09.28%20am.png" border="0" alt="katie grand anna wintour rivalry"><p class="source"><span>Google</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>When she was a girl, Grand long hoped she'd become a "Vogue" editor, but as she climbed the ranks of the British fashion industry from within and made friends with Stella McCartney and Giles Deacon, she adjusted her focus. <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/jul/06/women.fashion2">From a profile of Grand from the "Guardian"</a>:</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">"She has abandoned her initial ambition to become editor of Vogue, because 'I realised a couple of years ago that, much as I love Vogue and W, the kind of magazines that are closest to my heart are the style magazines, like The Face, i-D, Interview. I find Interview magazine really inspiring - not that I'm comparing myself to Andy Warhol! - and I suppose I want to build POP into something equally iconic, with covers people remember.'"</p><p>Now, she presides over one of the fashion industry's must-read titles and enjoys a close friendship with Marc Jacobs, serving as his stylist on almost every occasion.</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/1Pyx6xkb8t/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer">Grand is not the only person to seemingly take issue with the night's over-the-top garb. Plenty of people on Twitter <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/met-gala-chinese-theme-2015-5">complained that the clothes worn at the Chinese-themed event were culturally insensitive</a>. 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Anna Wintour's biggest rival just blasted her on Instagram

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5d853eb82e22af76a355a9e7-2400/gettyimages-1141835097.jpg" border="0" alt="Kim Kardashian Kanye West" data-mce-source="Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Kim Kardashian and Kanye West arrive for the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2019, in New York." /><p class="source"><span>Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Kim Kardashian and Kanye West arrive for the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2019, in New York.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/kanye-west">Kanye West's</a> Chick-fil-A-inspired song <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kanye-west-new-song-chick-fil-a-closed-on-sunday-2019-10">"Closed on Sunday"</a> is just the latest in his and Kim Kardashian West's long relationship with fast-food chains like McDonald's and In-N-Out. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/kim-kardashian-west">Kim Kardashian West</a> used partnerships with fast-food chains like McDonald's and Carl's Jr. to become a household name, with Carl's Jr.'s then-CEO saying that Kris Jenner begged him to put Kim in an ad.</li><li>Kanye has long been obsessed with fast food from a branding perspective, once tweeting, "McDonald's is my favorite brand." </li><li>Today, Kim charges brands up to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-kim-kardashian-charges-for-instagram-endorsement-deals-2019-5">$500,000 for a single Instagram post.</a> But, she continues to highlight her love for fast food on social media and in paparazzi photos. </li><li>Fast food is one of the few connections that Kanye has with the average American in 2019, as the millionaire rapper faces controversy after controversy. </li><li><a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/4np/drivethru">Sign up for Business Insider's retail newsletter, The Drive-Thru, to get more stories like this in your inbox. </a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul><p>I have listened to the fourth track on Kanye West's new album, "Jesus Is King," at least a dozen times since it was released on Friday. </p><p>"Closed on Sunday," West raps, "You my Chick-fil-A." </p><p>The song continues with its semi-dreary, semi-desperate rhythm, rising and falling, then ending abruptly when West yelps - there is no other word but "yelp" - "Chick-fil-A!" </p><p>As someone who reports on fast food, I pay close attention to chains like Chick-fil-A and McDonald's. Over the years, I have come to realize that Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West do, too. Understanding fast food is key to understanding the Kardashian Wests - and how they're making millions of dollars a year. </p><h2>Kim Kardashian is a longtime fast-food fanatic</h2><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5db33fb6dee0197e1208d2e8-2400/gettyimages-82082937.jpg" border="0" alt="kim kardashian mcdonald's" data-mce-source="Photo by Chris Polk/FilmMagic/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian and Lauren Conrad during McDonald's Big Mac 40th Birthday Party at Project Beach House in Malibu, CA on July 27, 2008." /><p class="source"><span>Photo by Chris Polk/FilmMagic/Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, and Lauren Conrad during McDonald's Big Mac 40th Birthday Party at Project Beach House in Malibu, CA on July 27, 2008.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Kim Kardashian's ties to McDonald's span more than a decade. Back in 2008, she and Khloe attended McDonald's "Big Mac 40th Birthday Party at Project Beach House." It is an event I have thought about at least once a month since I discovered it while looking for McDonald's photos on Getty Images back in 2013. </p><p>At the time, Kim was far from the international celebrity she is today. Kim and her mother/manager Kris Jenner used fast-food partnerships to turn Kim - who was largely known <a href="https://pagesix.com/2017/03/27/the-kim-kardashian-sex-tape-an-oral-history/">for her</a> leaked sex tape and for being Paris Hilton's <a href="https://pagesix.com/2019/08/19/kim-kardashian-admits-paris-hilton-gave-me-a-career/">reality show sidekick</a> - into a household name.</p><p><a href="https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/246487">Back in 2015,</a> the then-CEO of CKE Restaurants, Andy Puzder, told me that Jenner called him to try and score Kim a coveted spot in a Carl's Jr. commercial, hoping to launch her daughter into mainstream fame. </p><p>"The Sports Illustrated swimsuit models that we use in our ads, like Hannah Ferguson and Samantha Hoopes … tell me that the girls actually talk about 'How can we get on a Carl's Jr. ad?'" <a href="https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/246487">Puzder said.</a> "Kim Kardashian, her mother Kris called me, and said, 'Can we get Kim in an ad?'"</p><p>Puzder, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/labor-secretary-pick-andy-puzder-to-drop-out-2017-2">whom President Donald Trump would later nominate as labor secretary,</a> said that starring in a Carl's Jr. ad was seen as a massive career boost for young models or actresses. Fast-food brands have greater reach than almost any other industry, with customers developing strong connections with and opinions about the brands.</p><p>The McDonald's arches are the most <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazing-facts-mcdonalds-2010-12">recognizable symbol in the world.</a> Kris and Kim were gunning for the Kardashians to be the most recognizable family in the world. As their social media follower counts grew and Kardashian coverage ballooned, fast-food name drops on social media and in interviews <a href="https://kuwtkffc.tumblr.com/">continued</a> - a symbiotic relationship where both Kardashians and fast-food giants benefited from the press. </p><h2>Kanye West has his own fast-food obsession</h2><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5db34353dee01905bf35a857-2400/56792304.jpg" border="0" alt="Kanye West" data-mce-source="Kevin Winter / Getty" /><p class="source"><span>Kevin Winter / Getty</span></p><p class="caption">Kanye West.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>It should come as little surprise that Kanye West, a man obsessed with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPh9nNMkW48">how he brands himself,</a> had his own appreciation of fast food before ever meeting his future wife. </p><p>Kanye has songs that name-check chains - "Says she want diamonds, I took her to Ruby Tuesdays, If we up in Fridays, I still have it my way." Others talk about working in restaurants - "This week he moppin' floors, next week it's the fries." In 2008, West bought the rights to <a href="https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/232437">open 10 Fatburger locations in Chicago</a>.</p><p>His 2014 marriage into the Kardashian family brought a new level of scrutiny, even as he <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/04/08/kanye-west-used-avoid-keeping-up-with-kardashians-cameras-now-hes-front-center/">attempted to avoid</a> appearances in "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." Kanye <a href="https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/232437">reportedly bought Kim the rights to open 10 Burger King franchises</a> located throughout Europe as a wedding present, though no locations were ultimately opened in the Kardashian West name.</p><p>The name drops continued. "Beggars can't be chooser, b----, this ain't Chipotle," Kanye rapped in 2016. He penned a poem in 2016 called "The McDonald's Man" in a magazine written to accompany Frank Ocean's sophomore album,"Blonde." </p><p>Kanye portrays fast food as both a symbol and as sustenance. In 2016, the rapper tweeted: "McDonalds is my favorite brand." In 2018, he tweeted: "McDonald's is my favorite restaurant."</p><h2>The division between high-brow and low-brow is dead</h2><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5665eb1fc28144bc018b81d7-1990/kanyekim.jpg" border="0" alt="kanye kim" data-mce-source="Getty Images" /><p class="source"><span>Getty Images</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Around the time they were getting together, Kimye was a brand comparable to many fast-food giants. Many people described "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" as a "guilty pleasure." Kanye was still recovering from becoming public enemy No. 1 after the Taylor Swift incident. Both Kanye and Kim were wildly popular, even if they weren't always respected. </p><p>But, Kim and Kanye didn't just want the fast-food kind of fame, the fame of being something most people like, but feel ashamed about liking. They wanted fine-dining, New York Times' Food section-reviewed, high-brow approval. They wanted to be Vogue cover stars - and, despite plenty of backlash, <a href="https://www.complex.com/style/2014/03/defense-kanye-kims-vogue-cover">they got it. </a></p><p>Pink Polo Kanye and trashy-chic Kim needed to disappear. So, they put out fashion lines, attended the Met Gala, and <a href="https://www.thecut.com/2013/06/apple-founder-steve-wozniak-has-met-north-west.html">schmoozed with tech executives.</a> Anna Wintour <a href="https://www.thecut.com/2013/06/anna-wintour-gave-kimye-her-baby-name-blessing.html">reportedly signed off</a> on their decision to name their first born North West. Kim is going to be a lawyer! Both of them have met with the president! </p><p>Like celebrities desperate to appear relateable by <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/03/vf-oscar-party-tequila-and-donuts">scarfing down In-N-Out after the Oscars,</a> Kim and Kanye continue to keep their public love of fast food alive. </p><p>Kim's fast-food consumption feels both deeply performative and - because of her decade-long dedication to the game - surprisingly genuine. <a href="https://kuwtkffc.tumblr.com/">Chains like McDonald's and In-N-Out somewhat frequently</a> turn up in Kim's interviews, Instagram posts, and Snapchat. <a href="https://people.com/style/kim-kardashian-makeup-free-mcdonalds-run-sweats/">Paparazzi shots of her leaving McDonald's</a> with a $1 ice cream cone are viewed by millions, providing Kim with a press cycle about how low-key and relatable she is and the fast-food chain with significant free <keyword id="35666" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="advertising">advertising</keyword>. </p><h2>Kim Kardashian's approval is worth millions of dollars</h2><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5b2066e41ae66222008b4d30-1816/ap18128313670982.jpg" border="0" alt="kim kardashian" data-mce-source="Invision/Charles Sykes via Associated Press" data-mce-caption="Kim Kardashian attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibition on Monday, May 7, 2018, in New York." /><p class="source"><span>Invision/Charles Sykes via Associated Press</span></p><p class="caption">Kim Kardashian attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibition on Monday, May 7, 2018, in New York.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>It's clear the chains appreciate the love Kim gives. Back in 2016, McDonald's sent Kim a Givenchy wallet<a href="https://www.bustle.com/articles/174364-mcdonalds-gave-kim-kardashian-a-givenchy-wallet-so-can-we-get-in-on-the-love"> filled with gift cards to the fast-food chain.</a> After all, Kim typically charges <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-kim-kardashian-charges-for-instagram-endorsement-deals-2019-5">$300,000 to $500,000 for a single Instagram post.</a></p><p>"Because a significant portion of my business involves the licensing of my name, trademarks, and images, I work very hard to ensure that my brand means something to my fans and to the public, who view the use of my name as the stamp of approval by me," she said in a 2019 lawsuit. </p><p>Kim wouldn't be spotted with a brand if there wasn't something in it for her. Today, Kim's reputation is more precious than anything money can buy. </p><p>Again and again, Kim Kardashian gives fast food the stamp of approval. Fast food helped make her a household name. Now, it keeps her semi-relatable as she travels the world and racks in millions of dollars a year. </p><h2>Why Kanye is drawn to Chick-fil-A</h2><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5db35372dee0191dee213fb8-1131/b74039758f574bcd9c40546a69596eac.jpg" border="0" alt="FILE - This April 20, 2019 file photo shows Kanye West performing at the Coachella Music &amp; Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. West has unveiled his " data-mce-source="Associated Press" data-mce-caption="FILE - This April 20, 2019 file photo shows Kanye West performing at the Coachella Music &amp; Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. West has unveiled his " /><p class="source"><span>Associated Press</span></p><p class="caption">Kanye West.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Kim's approach to fame has been to try to have it all, aiming to dominate the high-brow and the low-brow until there is no divide between the two. Kanye's has been darker.</p><p>The rapper has publicly discussed his mental health issues, and he faced backlash for his controversial statements and support for Trump. </p><p>In that way, it makes sense that Kanye's newest fast-food obsession would be Chick-fil-A. In an industry where most chains aim for widespread acceptance, Chick-fil-A remains polarizing. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fil-a-uk-backlash-highlights-reputations-risk-to-growth-2019-10">Its first location in the UK sparked massive backlash</a> due to its anti-LGBTQ reputation. But, it is also incredibly beloved - teens and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fil-a-in-n-out-best-food-fast-food-2019-10">basically everyone else in America</a> consider it their favorite chain. </p><p>In "Closed on Sunday," Kanye advises against the sins of modern fame, pushing a religious message. But, even at his most pious, Kanye doesn't only turn to God. He turns to a fast-food brand.</p><p>Chick-fil-A is a symbol for Kanye. If McDonald's was Old Kanye - a classic American brand - the New Kanye brand is more similar to how Kanye and other Chick-fil-A supporters interpret Chick-fil-A's identity: controversial but driven by conviction.</p><p>"Closed on Sunday, you my Chick-fil-A," Kanye raps. "You're my number one, with the lemonade. Raise our sons, train them in the faith. Through temptations, make sure they're wide awake." </p><p>Kim has been cashing in on fast food as a sponsored-content icon since before the rise of the influencer. Kanye, on the other hand, attempts to use brands to connect with people.</p><p>As Kanye continues to lead a life that's increasingly divergent from the average American, Chick-fil-A represents a common touchstone that everyone has a take on. We may not be <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kanye-west-net-worth-yeezy-spending-real-estate-photos">making $150 million a year</a>, living in $60 million mansions and hosting invitation-only spiritual gatherings.</p><p>But, the feeling of craving a chicken sandwich, then realizing it is Sunday and Chick-fil-A is closed - that is something people can still relate to.</p><p class="tagline">This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Business Insider.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/under-armour-kevin-plank-and-patrik-frisk-on-under-armours-future-2019-10">We talked to Kevin Plank right before he stepped down as CEO of Under Armour, and he hinted at why the company may be ready for the change</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/wvmGfMbG-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

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<li><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><strong><keyword id="16437" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Charlie-Sheen">Charlie Sheen</keyword></strong> </strong><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2013/03/03/charlie-sheen-lindsay-lohan-mentor/" target="_blank">wants to be <strong>Lindsay Lohan</strong>'s mentor, telling TMZ</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">: "I have a kinship with [Lohan], who clearly needs a mentor — whether she wants one or not. She can continue to hang out with her dress shredding club buddies or turn to me for some advice from a guy who’s been down the road as well as every other side trail on the journey. If she listens, she’ll win. If she doesn’t, that’s on her." Sheen previously </span><a href="http://www.gossipcop.com/charlie-sheen-lindsay-lohan-taxes-check-100000-tax-irs-bill/" target="_blank">gifted Lohan $100,000</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">, and was later surprised he </span><a href="http://www.gossipcop.com/charlie-sheen-lindsay-lohan-thank-you-tax-money-loan-entertainment-tonight-video-interview/" target="_blank">hadn’t received a “thank you.”</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> Meanwhile, Lohan just </span><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2013/03/04/charlie-sheen-lindsay-lohan-mentor/" target="_blank">wants Sheen to back off and stop talking to TMZ</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">.</span></li>
<li><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">Heidi Klum</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> has just been </span><a href="http://www.gossipcop.com/heidi-klum-americas-got-talent-judge-agt-2013/" target="_blank">named the latest judge on "America's Got Talent."</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Klum joins </span><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">Howie Mandel</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">, </span><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">Howard Stern</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">, and </span><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">Mel B</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">, who </span><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">recently signed on</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> after </span><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">Sharon Osbourne quit the show</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> at the end of last season.</span></li>
<li><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">Steven Spielberg</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> is </span><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielberg-developing-stanley-kubricks-425771" target="_blank">adapting a screenplay for a miniseries about the life of <strong>Napoleon</strong></a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">, originally written by </span><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">Stanley Kubrick</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> in 1961 but ultimately abandoned in the '70s </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">because of budget and production challenges</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">. Spielberg and Kubrick were collaborators on 2001's <em>AI: Artificial Intelligence</em>, conceived by Kubrick in the 1970s and later written and directed by Spielberg.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">China </span><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-launches-screenwriting-competition-us-425793" target="_blank">launches a screenwriting competition for U.S. writers</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">. </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The Chinese government on Monday announced an international scriptwriting contest targeting American writers, for which finalists will be flown to China to discuss having their stories set there made into films.</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/ever_the_joan_we_love_3IqjLzyt0lZlChA2v2cHuO" target="_blank"><strong>Joan Rivers</strong> on <strong>Jennifer Lawrence</strong></a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">: </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">“Having </span><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">Jack Nicholson</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> hit on you, getting a Jewish agent and getting your own drug dealer. She’s arrived.”</span></li>
<li><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">Mary-Kate Olsen</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> -- wearing a gold band on her ring finger -- and </span><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">Olivier Sarkozy </strong><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2287685/Mary-Kate-Olsen-Olivier-Sarkozy-pack-PDA-basketball-game-continues-wears-gold-band-left-finger.html" target="_blank">pack on the PDA</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> during Sunday's </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">New York Knicks basketball game at Madison Square Garden.</span></li>
<li><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">Kimye</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span><a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/393831/pregnant-kim-kardashian-kanye-west-go-monochromatic-for-givenchy-show-in-paris" target="_blank">wear matching black and white suits in Paris</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">.</span></li>
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Charlie Sheen Wants To Be Lindsay Lohan's Mentor 'Whether She Needs One Or Not' - Here's Today's Buzz

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55bfd78bdd0895b6778b45cb-889-667/teens-texting-22.jpg" alt="teens texting" data-mce-source="Shutterstock"><p class="source"><span>Shutterstock</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>If you see someone on Twitter or Tumblr discussing&#xa0;"shipping," don't assume they're talking about mailing a package. The term has taken on new life thanks to people, predominantly teens, using the word to discuss ideal relationships between fictional characters, celebrities, and even their own friends.</p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Once I start shipping a tv couple or real life partnership/friendship/relationship that it,I'll ship them forever! ?? mine are all perfect!</p>- Nicole  (@NicoleKarenM) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/386085056600870912">October 4, 2013</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>Shipping&#xa0;originated in the world of fandoms, which are groups of hardcore fans of movies, books, and television shows. According to the ridiculousy comprehensive&#xa0;<a href="http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/moonbeam/terms.html#R">fandom slang guides</a>&#xa0;of the internet, the word derives from "relationshipper," typically&#xa0;shortened to just "shipper." Relationshippers are people who care deeply about the romantic relationships between their favorite characters - and sometimes, celebrities or even the people in their own lives.</p><p>So instead of saying, "Romeo and Juliet are a perfect couple," a Shakespeare-loving shipper would say, "I ship Romeo and Juliet."</p><p class="embed-spacer">"To say, 'I ship that couple,' is a short way for someone to say that they believe in a couple, that they're rooting for them to succeed," Michael, my&#xa0;friend's 15-year-old brother who is a high school sophomore from&#xa0;New Jersey, told Tech Insider. "The term has evolved in teenage slang to become a widespread part of our vocabulary."</p><p class="embed-spacer">A quick Twitter search for the phrase "I ship them" will show you just how widespread the term has become, with thousands of people all over the world tweeting about their favorite couples.</p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I ship them so much ??<a href="https://twitter.com/JoeyGraceffa">@JoeyGraceffa</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MisterPreda">@MisterPreda</a> <a href="http://t.co/xvRsb03jRc">pic.twitter.com/xvRsb03jRc</a></p>- Becky  (@oIzanski_Seb) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/628205597855510528">August 3, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p class="embed-spacer"><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I'm starting to ship them more than my parents honestly <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PaperTowns?src=hash">#PaperTowns</a> <a href="http://t.co/4753TMxHhS">pic.twitter.com/4753TMxHhS</a></p>- Leigh Anne  (@harrysdizzle) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/624987012630601730">July 25, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p class="embed-spacer">"Kids often use the word when talking about [characters from] TV shows and movies, but it's also become a slang term for describing any two people that you want to get together," Michael explained.</p><p>In a sense, some people were shipping&#xa0;over 100 years ago, according to <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/shipping">Know Your Meme</a>. They just weren't calling it that.&#xa0;In 1913, the book "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Old-Friends-New-Fancies-Imaginary/dp/0965429911">Old Friends, New Fancies</a>" featured characters from Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" re-imagined in new relationships.</p><p>Today, ships have gone digital. Since the mid-aughts, shipping has become common in the world of online fan fiction, where people create stories based on beloved characters from TV shows, movies, and books. A <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shipping">definition for shipping</a>&#xa0;was added to Urban Dictionary in 2005.</p><p>Here's the definition.</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55bf85c6dd089502048b45d0-777-636/screen%20shot%202015-08-03%20at%2011.12.43%20am.png" alt="shipping urban dictionary" data-mce-source="Urban Dictionary"><p class="source"><span>Urban Dictionary</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>If you were a fan of the Harry Potter series, for example, "you could say, 'I ship Hermione Granger and Harry Potter,'" Michael explained.</p><p>In case you're not a Potter fan, Harry and Hermione don't wind up together at the end of the series. Shippers of the pair believe that the two wizards <em>should</em> have ended up together. There's even an <a href="http://fuckyeahharryhermione.tumblr.com/post/1415982437/reasons-we-ship-harryhermione">entire Tumblr community</a> devoted listing reasons why Harry and Hermione are meant for each other.</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55bfd78cdd0895b6778b45cc-1154-536/screen%20shot%202015-08-03%20at%2011.17.31%20am.png" alt="harry hermione ship" data-mce-source="Tumblr" data-link="http://fuckyeahharryhermione.tumblr.com/post/1415982437/reasons-we-ship-harryhermione"><p class="source"><span><a href="http://fuckyeahharryhermione.tumblr.com/post/1415982437/reasons-we-ship-harryhermione">Tumblr</a></span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>"Ships are all about your imagina<keyword id="72550" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="TI">ti</keyword>on, so they could be impossible or completely realistic," Gabby, a childhood friend and high school senior from Massachusetts, told TI.</p><p>For example, celebrity couple Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West are one of the hottest "real-life ships" around right now, she says.</p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I really ship them <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kimye?src=hash">#kimye</a> <a href="http://t.co/fIVPh0MZIZ">pic.twitter.com/fIVPh0MZIZ</a></p>- The Fandom  (@xTheFandom) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/456328951779315712">April 16, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>As for an "impossible ship," Gabby says one of the most popular at her school is "Larry Stylinson," a fictional coupling of One Direction band members Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles.&#xa0;</p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StoryOfMyLifeIn4Words?src=hash">#StoryOfMyLifeIn4Words</a> I SHIP LARRY STYLINSON &lt;3 <a href="http://t.co/OdRsZIbkfZ">pic.twitter.com/OdRsZIbkfZ</a></p>- U cant drag me down!  (@Lindunqa) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/627952560029179904">August 2, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p class="embed-spacer">Shipping isn't limited to fictional characters and celebrities. Teenagers are also starting to use the verb to talk about each other.</p><p class="embed-spacer">"Fans will still ship&#xa0;more than other teens, but lately I've seen it [shipping] leaking more into normal teenage conversation," Michael&#xa0;told TI.</p><p class="embed-spacer">For Gabby and her classmates, saying "I ship you two" is the teenage equivalent of&#xa0;saying two people would make a great&#xa0;couple.&#xa0;</p><p class="embed-spacer">"My friend used to have a huge crush on a this boy," explained Gabby. 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