Today is Wednesday, March 26, 2025.
It is the 85th day of the year.
280 days remain.
WHAT’S ON TAP
NOTABLE & NOTEWORTHY: Some new relief for small business owners.
SEAN COMBS lands a small legal victory and JENNIFER ANISTON is still single. More in SHOWBIZ.
A Palestinian director of an Oscar-winning film has been kidnapped. Details in CASTING CALL.
MEGHAN SUSSEX unveils her latest influencing grift in ROYALS.
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In 2021, the Corporate Transparency Act became law, and with it a new rule that required anyone in the country who created a company, large or small, to report basic information to the federal government about its “beneficial owners.” It was designed to limit the use of shell companies for hiding illicit financial activities and carried hefty fines for non-compliance. In application, the threat of $591-a-day fines, $10,000 in criminal penalties, and two years in prison deterred small business creation.
NOW: The Treasury Department has issued a rule blocking its implementation and exempting American citizens and corporations from filing these reports.
WORTH NOTING: Corporate business formation has been, and continues to be, largely administered at the state level. [via CNBC]
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POPEWATCH: Despite the generally optimistic messages coming from The Vatican during POPE FRANCIS’ weekslong hospital stay, doctors did consider stopping the Pontiff’s treatment in order to allow him to die in peace.
At the end of February, one medical episode left Francis’ medical team with the fateful decision to continue treatment against the respiratory infection even at risk to other organs. The Pope had delegated any life-or-death decisions to his personal nurse, who ordered the team to proceed with treatments.
MEANWHILE: KING CHARLES and QUEEN CAMILLA have postponed a planned visit to meet with the Pope as he continues to recover at Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican. [via AP]
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After causing all sorts of chaos on X, YE has reportedly fled the U.S. to “decompress.”
Insiders report that the 47-year-old flew from L.A. to Tokyo last week, where he “instantly calmed down” upon landing.
Ye feels “completely disconnected and calm” in Tokyo, whereas L.A. tends to be a “trigger” for him.
His wife, BIANCA CENSORI, did not travel with him. [via The Mirror]
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FOLLOW UP: Insiders claim that there is nothing romantic going on between actors JENNIFER ANISTON and PEDRO PASCAL.
“They respect each other as artists but it's strictly platonic and they’re not dating,” the source explained.
Rumors of a relationship started after the two were spotted leaving a three-hour-long dinner date at a West Hollywood restaurant.
Neither Aniston nor Pascal have addressed the rumor. [via Page Six]
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Documentary filmmaker JEREMIAH CROWELL is set to host a new podcast focused on the hunt for the anthrax killer from the early 2000s.
“Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer” will tell the inside story of the hunt for the anthrax killer and the aftermath of the deadly bioterror attack that gripped the country in the early 2000s through declassified materials and firsthand accounts.
The eight-part series debuts April 2. [via Deadline]
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UP NEXT: JOE EXOTIC’s pick to play him on screen, BEN AFFLECK opens up about his divorce, a new measure to reign in government spending, and an American novelist makes his mark on this date in history.
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