Today is Friday, April 4, 2025.
It is the 94th day of the year.
271 days remain.
WHAT’S ON TAP
NOTABLE & NOTEWORTHY: As markets respond to Wednesday’s tariff shakeup, businesses plot their paths forward.
JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME faces sex trafficking charges and TEDDI MELLENCAMP deals with a health setback. More in SHOWBIZ.
KELLY CLARKSON is ready to move on and ALEC BALDWIN locks down his next role. Details in CASTING CALL.
An investigation into the latest charity scandal surrounding PRINCE HARRY in ROYALS.
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TARIFF TALK: In the wake of Wednesday’s major announcement, automaker STELLANTIS has announced it is temporarily shuttering plants in Mexico and Canada. The move will trigger the layoffs of 900 American workers at supporting plants that provide materials in the United States.
BUT WAIT: Construction equipment manufacturer JCB announced it will double its factory in Texas to one million square feet and employ up to 1,500 workers. [via Insider Media]
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UPDATE: Just a few weeks into its renewed search for the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, exploration group OCEAN INFINITY has suspended its effort.
Officials in Malaysia blame seasonal conditions for the pause. “Right now, it’s not the season,” says Transport Minister Anthony Locke.
Parts of MH370’s wreckage have washed up on beaches around the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia in recent years, but no fuselage has been found since the flight disappeared in 2014. Ocean Infinity’s search is purely speculative; if they do find the crash site, they’ll earn a significant monetary reward. Officials expect the hunt to resume this fall. [via CBS News]
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Actor JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME faces sex trafficking charges in Romania for allegedly engaging in sexual relations with five women who were being trafficked.
According to the criminal complaint, the women were being pimped out by a group from Cannes, led by Morel Bolea. He allegedly sent the five women to Van Damme as a “gift.”
The findings came about as part of a larger investigation into human trafficking and the trafficking of minors that started in 2020.
As for following through on charges, that will be up to the French government. [via TMZ]
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Days after giving fans a positive update about her cancer journey, TEDDI MELLENCAMP experienced a devastating setback.
In an Instagram post, the reality star shared that doctors found four more small tumors on her brain and the cancer has spread to her lungs.
Mellencamp already had four tumors removed from her brain in February. [via @teddimellencamp]
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ALEC BALDWIN’s next project is an indie film titled “The Cutting Room Floor.”
The story centers on an aspiring film editor who receives the opportunity of a lifetime, but sees her world begin to spiral out of control when the film starts to mirror her own life, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.
No word on casting details, other than Baldwin will star alongside MICHAEL BOATMAN and KAREN ALLEN. [via Deadline]
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UP NEXT: Why LADY GAGA’s fans are revolting, KELLY CLARKSON’s career plans, astonishing border security statistics in The Swamp, and the establishment of NATO on this date in history.
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