1/24/2025: JFK Files to be Released

PLUS: Statue Saga; Oscar Nominations; and Another Nickname for Meg

Today is Friday, January 24, 2025.

It is the 24th day of the year.

341 days remain.

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WHAT’S ON TAP

NOTABLE & NOTEWORTHY: An Australian cruise line responds to bizarrely offensive costumes worn by its staff and AMANDA KNOX has her final court battle.

A UK teen is sentenced for stabbing spree at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. More in SHOWBIZ.

HELLMANS takes it back to the 80s and DON LEMON stands behind MATT LAUER. Details in CASTING CALL.

A new secret nickname for MEGHAN MARKLE surfaces. Details in ROYALS.

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President DONALD TRUMP signed an Executive Order to formally declassify government files connected to the deaths of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King.

“I have now determined that the continued redaction and withholding of information from records pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is not consistent with the public interest and the release of these records is long overdue,” Trump says in the verbiage of the official order.

The order gives the Director of National Intelligence and Attorney General 15 days to present Trump with a plan to fully and completely release records of JFK’s assassination. There’s a similar 45-day plan-and-review period for the documents in the RFK and MLK files.

“Everything will be revealed,” Trump said during an Oval Office signing ceremony. He directed his aide to give the pen he used to sign the Order to RFK Jr, the nephew of JFK and son of Bobby Kennedy, who is also the nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services. [via The White House]

A study of adults in the United Kingdom suggests people with ADHD live shorter lives than those without.

For women, that amounts to between six-and-a-half and 11 fewer years of life expectancy; for men, it’s between four-and-a-half and nine years fewer.

The researchers note that it’s not the disorder itself that trims off the lifespan but unhealthy coping mechanisms for those who are not treated. [via University College London]

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DON LEMON is standing by his pal, fellow ousted news anchor, MATT LAUER.

The former CNN consultant thinks Lauer, who was booted from “Today” after several women accused him of sexual harassment, will make a comeback, but this time in the podcast world.

“I think that if he could come back digital, he can set his own course. But I only got to know Matt after, you know, the whole situation,” Lemon said during an appearance on the “Hollywood Raw” podcast. “I think the public loves him. The public misses him.”

It’s been seven years since Lauer left the “Today” show in the thick of the #MeToo reckoning. [via NY Post]

IDEA?: Maybe the two will collaborate on a podcast. It could be called the “Lemon & Lauer Hour.”

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The ten films nominated for Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards include “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Emilia Pérez,” “I’m Still Here,” “Nickel Boys,” “The Substance,” and “Wicked.”

KARLA SOFIA GASCON’s nomination for “Emilia Pérez” marks the first time a trans woman has been nominated in the Best Actress category. Co-star ZOE SALDAÑA earned a nod for best supporting actress in the flick, but SELENA GOMEZ was snubbed entirely.

KIERAN CULKIN and JEREMY STRONG, who competed for Emmys in the Best Acting category for their parts on “Succession,” are both nominated, but for different projects this time. Culkin stars in “A Real Pain” and Strong in “The Apprentice.”

With his second Best Actor nod, TIMOTHEE CHALAMET is the Oscars’ youngest two-time nominee in the category since JAMES DEAN.

Overall, “Emilia Pérez” picked up 13 total nominations and “Wicked” and “The Brutalist” earned 10 each.

The Academy Awards will air March 2 on ABC and Hulu. [via Morning Martini]

ALSO IN THE CULKIN FAMILY: Actor MACAULAY CULKIN recently offloaded the Manhattan loft he bought as a teenager.

The more than 4,800-square-foot pad sold off-market for around $7.75 million.

Culkin, now 44, purchased the place in 1999 for $1.75 million. [via NY Post]

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Netflix has renewed “Love Is Blind” through Season 10.

Season 8, set to debut on February 14, will feature a new group of singles from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

VANESSA and NICK LACHEY will return as hosts. [via THR]

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UP NEXT: AMANDA KNOX’s final court battle; ADAM SCOTT’s (fake) drug problem; SEAN COMBS files a lawsuit of his own; big changes at CNN; and “Scouting for Boys” hits shelves for the first time in England, the precursor to the Boy Scouts of America, on this date in history.