Today is Monday, June 2, 2025.
It is the 153rd day of the year.
212 days remain.
WHAT’S ON TAP
NOTABLE & NOTEWORTHY: An historic divide between home buyers and sellers.
TODD CHRISLEY has zero remorse and SHAKIRA feels devastated. Find out more in SHOWBIZ.
DIDDY’s prison costume hits the auction block and ARIANA GRANDE joins the latest installment of a comedy franchise. Details in CASTING CALL.
KING CHARLES is making some personnel changes at Sandringham. Details in ROYALS.
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ELON MUSK says he’s not a habitual user of drugs like ketamine, following a lengthy exposé in the New York Times that alleged the eccentric billionaire spent much of his time on the campaign trail last year hopped up on goofballs.
On Friday, the Times cited unnamed sources alleging Musk’s use of ketamine caused him bladder problems, and that he traveled with ecstasy and ‘shrooms.
Now, Musk has explicitly denied the claims, saying in a post on X, "To be clear, I am NOT taking drugs! The New York Times was lying their ass off,” adding, "I tried 'prescription' ketamine a few years ago and said so on X, so this not even news. It helps for getting out of dark mental holes, but haven't taken it since then."
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The CEO of the company that makes Tasers is the highest-paid corporate executive in the country, according to the Wall Street Journal’s annual list.
RICK SMITH of Axon Enterprises took home a compensation of cash and equity worth $164 MILLION in 2024 alone. Smith says a combination of options and the company’s surging stock price last year triggered the windfall.
The head of General Electric took home nearly $89 MILLION and the chief of investment firm Blackstone pocketed just over $84 MILLION. APPLE’s TIM COOK earned $74.6 MILLION last year.
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Real estate data firm REDFIN reports that there have never been more active home sellers than buyers across the country.
With an estimated 1.9 MILLION sellers and 1.5 MILLION buyers, the 33.7% difference marks the biggest gap since such measurements began in 2013. Just a year ago, the difference was under 7%.
Despite the disparity, Redfin estimates that home prices will only dip about 1% by the end of the year.
A closer look shows that the market is roughest for people selling condos, where there are 83% more sellers than buyers, compared to a 28% gap for single-family homes. [via Redfin]
WORTH NOTING: It’s likely the investors who looked to cash in on pandemic-era remote work are now trying to offload their projects, too.
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A truck traveling through northern Washington state on Friday overturned in an accident – releasing the 250 MILLION bees it was transporting.
Fortunately, most of the insects stayed put near the truck, but an estimated 14 MILLION buzzed to greener pastures. At least 24 volunteer beekeepers arrived to help the bees “re-hive” and find their queen by resetting the hive boxes in the truck and restoring them for use.
Still no word what caused the truck to roll over. [via Washington Emergency Management]
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A British Airways flight attendant was found dancing naked in the plane’s bathroom after allegedly going on a mid-flight drug-fueled bender.
The unidentified crew member was nowhere to be found on the flight from San Francisco to London, prompting a full-flight search, during which he was discovered in the lavatory.
Dressing him some First Class pajamas, he was then strapped down for the remainder of the 10-hour flight. Upon arrival in London, he was taken away by waiting police officers.
“The plane was cruising at 37,000 ft over the Atlantic, but this bloke seemed to be higher than anyone else,” one worker said of the incident. [via The Sun]
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