‘My family couldn’t visit me’: ‘Hot Felon’ opens up about how viral fame turned his jail life upside down |

Meeks’ mugshot shot him to viral celebrity (Stockton Police Department via Getty Images) Jeremy Meeks became one of the internet’s most unlikely celebrities in 2014 when a police mugshot, showing his piercing blue eyes and chiseled cheekbones, spread rapidly across social media, earning him nicknames such as “Hot Felon” and “Prison Bae”. That attention would…

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5 things to know before the market opens Friday

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. If you’re as fascinated by the retail sector as I am, you’ll want to read this exclusive from CNBC’s Melissa Repko. I don’t want to spoil it, so just I’ll say that Target isn’t over its boycott woes. Stock futures…

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