Tuesday 5/9/23
Celebrate:
Hurray for Buttons Day
Lost Sock Memorial Day
National Butterscotch Brownie Day
National Moscato Day
National Teacher Day
Tear the Tags Off the Mattress Day
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Britney Spears' tell-all memoir is on hold due to legal concerns regarding claims that "she had affairs with two Hollywood stars," according to The Sun. "Britney is brutally honest in the book — there are a lot of nervous A-listers," a source told the outlet, adding that "strongly worded legal letters have been sent to the publishers by people who know Britney and who fear what she has written."
The book, which is being published by Simon & Schuster, is reportedly now expected at the end of 2023 after previously targeting a February debut. Last year, the pop star said writing her memoir has been "healing and therapeutic," but it has also been "hard bringing up past events in my life," and Page Six promised it will be a "bombshell" book. According to The Sun's source, there are "relationships and people she had encounters with who she managed to keep under the radar."
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Ladies and gentlemen … Monday. The Weeknd revealed to W magazine his next album is "probably my last hurrah as The Weeknd," indicating he plans to retire his stage name. "This is something that I have to do," the singer, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, explained. "As The Weeknd, I've said everything I can say."
This comes ahead of the premiere of the controversial HBO show The Idol, in which Tesfaye stars opposite Lily-Rose Depp. With the premiere in sight, he told W that he's "getting ready to close the Weeknd chapter," and while he will "still make music, maybe as Abel, maybe as The Weeknd," he aims to "kill The Weeknd," adding, "I'm definitely trying to shed that skin and be reborn." In other words, using his famous moniker is no longer working for The Weeknd.
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It certainly looks like Taylor Swift has a new lover. After The Sun claimed last week that Swift was dating The 1975 frontman Matty Healy and they were "ready to go public with their romance in Nashville," he did, in fact, attend several of her Nashville concerts and even performed with Phoebe Bridgers.
The Daily Mail then published (extremely blurry) photos of Swift and Healy reportedly arriving at her condo at 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, while Entertainment Tonight reported they have been spending time together after Jack Antonoff reconnected them.
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Weekend Box-Office
1. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” $114 million.
2. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” $18.6 million.
3. “Evil Dead Rise,” $5.7 million.
4. “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” $3.4 million.
5. “Love Again,” $2.4 million.
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Sunday night saw the no-host MTV Movie & TV Awards.
The writer's strike gave us a very different show, no host, no audience, no theater, no presenters. Just an announcer naming the nominees, then the winner. Some winners gave pre-taped video acceptance speeches, some didn't.
The show was "only" two hours, and it was STILL padded with "greatest hits"-type bits from past shows, as well as new trailers and clips from upcoming movies and TV shows.
Best Movie: "Scream 6"
Best Show: "The Last of Us"
Best Performance in a Movie: Tom Cruise in "Top Gun: Maverick"
Best Performance in a Show: Jenna Ortega on "Wednesday"
Best Hero: Pedro Pascal on "The Last of Us"
Best Villain: Elizabeth Olsen in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness"
Best Kiss: Madison Bailey and Rudy Pankow on "Outer Banks"
Best Comedic Performance: Adam Sandler in "Murder Mystery 2"
Breakthrough Performance: Joseph Quinn on "Stranger Things" (Eddie Munson)
Best Fight: Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers) vs. Ghostface in "Scream 6"
Most Frightened Performance: Jennifer Coolidge on "The White Lotus"
Best Duo: Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey on "The Last of Us"
Best Kick-Ass Cast: "Stranger Things"
Best Song: "Carolina" by Taylor Swift from "Where the Crawdads Sing"
Best Docu-Reality Series: "The Kardashians"
Best Competition Series: "RuPaul’s Drag Race: All-Stars"
Best Host: Drew Barrymore on "The Drew Barrymore Show"
Best Reality Onscreen Team: Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney, Scheana Shay, and LaLa Kent on "Vanderpump Rules"
Best Music Documentary: "Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me"
https://www.mtv.com/
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Someone's pet emu escaped from his enclosure near Minneapolis on Thursday after he thought he found his soulmate.
But sadly, it wasn't meant to be . . . mainly because the other emu he saw was actually a frisbee golf goal. One of those basket things with chains hanging down.
The emu's name is Erasmo. His owner said he'd been pacing back and forth by his property fence for a few days.
It turned out he thought a neighbor's frisbee golf goal was another emu. So he scaled the fence hoping to go mate with it. But obviously, it didn't work out.
The good news is Erasmo quickly moved on. Cops found him in a neighbor's yard eating apples. He's back home now.
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Rhinos don't have any natural predators, but they kill each other more than any other mammal. About 50% of males and 30% of females die from combat injuries.
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