Today is Monday, January 6, 2025.
It is the 6th day of the year.
359 days remain.
WHAT’S ON TAP
Some backdoor dealing seals up the House Speaker race and a cartoonist revolts. Details in HIT LIST.
JOE ALWYN has moved on and a couple of celebrity legal woes in SHOWBIZ.
A prop joint prank and HEIDI KLUM returns to “Project Runway.” Details in CASTING CALL.
MEGHAN MARKLE hits a social media milestone. Details in ROYALS.
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Sister INAH CANABARRO has been certified as the world’s oldest person, at 116 years, 210 days.
Canabarro, from Brazil, also holds the title as the oldest nun in the world. For most of her life she’s worked as a teacher.
Guinness World Records believes Canabarro is the last living person born in 1908 and only one of three people born during the first decade of the twentieth century. [via GWR]
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A political cartoonist for the Washington Post has resigned after she says the paper scrapped her latest work for criticizing its owner, JEFF BEZOS, and incoming president DONALD TRUMP. The unpublished drawing by Ann Telnaes depicts Bezos, alongside tech CEOs MARK ZUCKERBERG from Meta and SAM ALTMAN from OpenAI, kneeling with bags full of cash in front of Trump on a pedestal.
Telnaes independently published a rough version of her work and called the Post’s decision a “game changer” and “dangerous.”
For its part, a rep for the Post says they scrapped the cartoon because the subject of Bezos’ relationship with Trump had already been covered. [via CNN]
SPEAKING OF SAM ALTMAN: The tech whiz posted on Sunday that he believes his company will develop Artificial General Intelligence technology this year, a huge milestone for A.I. tech, in which the program would be able to “think” and “learn” for itself. [via Sam Altman]
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JOE ALWYN has moved on from his six-year relationship with TAYLOR SWIFT and thinks everyone else should do the same.
“That’s something for other people to do. We’re talking about something that’s a while ago now in my life,” he told The Guardian when asked about the past romance. “So that’s for other people. That’s what I feel.”
Swift and Alwyn split in April 2023, around the same time she kicked off the “Eras Tour.” [via The Guardian]
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Rapper 2 LOW accidentally fired his gun during an appearance on the latest episode of “One on One with Mike D” podcast.
While discussing his past life choices and rooting around in the pocket of his jeans, a loud bang brings the conversation to a halt.
“Who shot Who? Somebody got shot?” MIKE D asks, while a voice off camera asks, “You good Low?”
Thankfully no one was hit. WATCH > [via Daily Mail]
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After an 8 year hiatus, HEIDI KLUM is making her return to host “Project Runway.”
Klum helmed the debut season of the show alongside co-host TIM GUNN in 2004. She stayed on for 16 years.
Season 21 of the fashion design competition show will premiere sometime this year, with 10 weekly episodes on Freeform, Disney+, and Hulu. [via Billboard]
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A documentary centered on MELANIA TRUMP will hit theaters and streaming services later this year.
Amazon MGM Studios describes the not-yet-titled film as “an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at the First Lady.”
Trump serves as an executive producer on the project. [via The Wrap]
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UP NEXT: Golden Globes winners, the Friday battle for the House Speakership, the most cancelled celebs in 2024, and an iconic TV house hits the market.
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