PUMA has partnered with legendary DJ and sneaker icon Bobbito Garcia.  The New Yorker is truly a living legend, which is no surprise that PUMA linked up with him to release this Bobbito Garcia x Puma Pack collaboration.  The dual release encompasses both the PUMA suede mid and the PUMA  Clyde low.  The suede mid-top version highlight Kool Bob Love’s Where’d You Get Those?, Bobbito’s  book on NYC’s sneakers while the Clyde lows have “Guard Up” to add a more personal touch.  Check out the new sneakers below!

PUMA | Bobbito Garcia Twitter  | Koolboblove.com

An all female cast for the remake of the original movie Ocean’s Eleven…could it be?   Some of the leading ladies who were casted for the film include, Cate Blanchett, Rihanna, Sandra Bullock, Helena Bonha Carter, Mindy Kaling, Anne Hathaway and Nora Lum (known as Awkwafina).  You might notice that there are only seven confirmed leading ladies, as the eighth one has not yet been secured.  Perhaps that eighth spot might be for Julia Roberts? Let’s have some fun and speculate who could and should be the eighth wonder of this movie!

 

The View has found a new co-host!  Sara Haines will join the ABC daytime talk show for its 20th season alongside, Whoopie Goldberg, Joy Behar, Candance Cameron Bure, Paula Faris and Raven-Symone.

Ahead of the season 20 kick-off, The View plans on airing an hour long prime-time special, The View: 20 Years in the Making, celebrating two decades of the show on Tuesday, August 23rd at 10pm EST.

The View will return on Tuesday, September 6th on ABC!

The View

After months of planning, hundreds of headlines and years of training for the world’s top athletes, the Rio 2016 Olympics are finally here!  The opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janerieo kicked off on NBC on Friday, August 5th.  This was the first time since 1990 that the opening ceremony was held in a venue other than a athletics stadium holding around 78,000 spectators in the stands.  If you missed the opening ceremony, check out the link below.  Also check out the Olympics schedule below to make sure you don’t miss your favorite sports teams or athletes who are competing!

Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony | Olympics 

Entertainment News 

Suicide Squad Hit a record $135M at the box office this weekend

Grey’s Anatomy star Catherina Scorsone announced her pregnancy on Friday with husband Rob Giles

Gisele Bündchen took her final runway walk during the Olympics opening ceremony on Friday

Ricci Martin, musician and son of Dean Martin, passed away this weekend at the age of 62

 

Late Night Guests 

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (on hiatus and will return 8/15)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (on hiatus and will return 8/15)

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (on hiatus and will return 8/15)

The Late Late Show with James Corden (on hiatus and will return 8/15)

Late Night with Seth Meyers (on hiatus and will return 8/15)

Jimmy Kimmel Live (on hiatus and will return 8/15)

Conan (on hiatus and will return 8/15)

 

TV Premieres

8/9: Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Los Angeles Rams, HBO – 10pm EST

8/10: Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry, E! – 8pm EST

8/11: Triumph’s Summer Election Special 2016 (Special), Hulu

8/12: The Get Down, Netflix

 

Upcoming Events

8/26: Belgian Grand Prix, Belgium

8/28: Burning Man, Black Rock Desert, NV

 

Sports News 

Baseball

Alex Rodriguez called a press conference Sunday morning to announce his retirement and that he will be joining the Yankees as an advisor

NY Yankees 1^st baseman, Mark Teixeira, will retire after this season

Yankees traded outfielder Carlos Beltran to the Texas Rangers for pitching prospects

Ichiro Suzuki hit a triple on Sunday, making him the 30^th player to reach 3,000 hits

 

Basketball

OKC Thunder guard, Russel Westbrook, resigned with the team for a three year, $85.7M contract

The 20017 All-Star game will be played in New Orleans after being taken out of Charlotte, NC due to their anti-homosexual law

 

Olympics

The IOC banned 118 Russian athletes from Rio after investigations found instances of doping cover ups

The 2016 Olympic games kicked off last week, here is a (link) to the current scores

Hope Solo made her 200^th international appearance, assisting Team USA in their win over France 1-0 in soccer

19-year-old Ginny Thrasher secured Team USA’s first gold medal this weekend in Olympic Shooting

Michael Phelps took home gold last night during the men’s 400 Freestyle Relay

Katie Ledecky beat her own world record in the 400 Freestyle last night, winning her first gold at Rio

 

Soccer

The International Champions Cup is currently going on. Check the standings here: (link)

 

Tennis

Rafael Nadal confirmed that he will participate in the Olympics, despite a wrist injury

 

Golf

Nike announced that they will no longer make nor sell golf equipment

Brands have largely leaned on Snapchat influences to run under the radar campaigns to help to promote products in the form of sponsored posts.  These posts are viewed by hundreds of millions of views at any given time.  Now these Snapchat influences and celebrities, who leverage Snapchat as a social media platform, are beginning to mark branded content with disclaimers to adhere to the FDC guidelines.

With Snapchat’s short lived posts and lack of rules, this can make it particularly tricky for advertisers to understand paid content.  However the FTC guidelines for paid content requires that all paid social endorsements, regardless of the platform, be labeled as honest and not misleading to their viewers.

Read more about the endorsement clarification on Snapchat here!