Today is Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
It is the 70th day of the year.
295 days remain.
WHAT’S ON TAP
NOTABLE & NOTEWORTHY: Hackers take on X.
An update on the MENENDEZ BROTHERS’ resentencing and ODELL BECKHAM JR. gets name dropped. More in SHOWBIZ.
MICHELLE OBAMA is launching a podcast and a “Real Housewife” quits. Details in CASTING CALL.
Senior Royals gather for Commonwealth Day festivities. Details in ROYALS.
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A massive, coordinated cyberattack knocked much of X offline Monday morning. ELON MUSK said, “this was done with a lot of resources. Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved.”
Later, during a TV interview, Musk said his team was tracing IP addresses originating in Ukraine – though there’s technology to make the source of the attack appear like it’s originating from anywhere.
A hacker group called Dark Storm Team took credit for the attack. The group is fiercely anti-Jewish and has previously targeted Israel’s technology infrastructure.
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TARIFF TALK: Energy coming into the US from Ontario, the Canadian province, will face a 25% tariff as of Monday. The protectionist measure will affect an estimated 1.5 MILLION American customers in Minnesota, New York, and Michigan.
Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, said during a news conference, “Believe me when I say I do not want to do this. I feel terrible for the American people who didn’t start this trade war. It’s one person who is responsible, it’s President Trump.”
The latest salvo in the ongoing trade war follows the election of a new leader of Canada’s Liberal Party, Mark Carney, who will take office in the coming days. [via AP]
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GENE SIMMONS is offering one lucky fan the opportunity to be a “personal assistant and band roadie” for a day.
The KISS singer, who is set to hit the road with THE GENE SIMMONS BAND next month, shared several “Experiences” for fans on his website, including “The Ultimate Gene Simmons Experience” of hanging with the band. That particular “Experience” costs $12,945.
Over the next two months, Simmons will be performing 19 shows across the U.S., and offering the “Experiences” at each show. [via People]
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Moments In Time is selling the lyrics and audio capsule of unreleased music from the late TUPAC SHAKUR.
The tracks were written in 1990 and 1991 for a group called Jesse and the Kidz. The music was never released, however, due to the untimely death of one of the band members.
Now, the collection is selling for $250,000.
Should the buyer want to publicly release the tracks, they will have to get in contact with Tupac’s estate, which controls such matters. [via TMZ]
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“Real Housewives of Orange County” star TAMRA JUDGE has quit the show…again.
She announced her exit on Instagram, while in the middle of a cast trip.
When a fan asked if the post meant she was leaving the show, Judge replied “Yes!!!”
She first left the show in 2020, though at the time claimed she was fired. She’d return for Season 17 in 2022. [via Page Six]
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UP NEXT: Bad news for the MENENDEZ BROTHERS, MICHELLE OBAMA’s new project, a busy day in The Swamp, and the Soviets get a new premier.
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