Apr 13, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; UFC announcer Joe Rogan during UFC 300 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Mark J. Rebilas/USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con
Joe Rogan has named his worst guest in 16 years of podcasting. Dr Zahi Hawass, an Egyptian archaeologist, Egyptologist, and former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, appeared on Rogan’s podcast on May 13 in a two hour episode. When Rogan questioned Dr Hawass on the mysteries of ancient Egypt, he repeatedly replied the answer was “in my book.” “That might have been the worst podcast I have ever done, but maybe a good one too,” Rogan said. “Just to see this closed-minded fellow that’s been in charge of Gatekeeping all the knowledge about Egypt.” In March, Italian researchers revealed satellite images that appeared to show massive vertical shafts 2,000 feet under the Pyramids of Giza. When asked by Rogan about the new discovery, Dr Hawass said it was “bull---t.” He added he did not understand the satellite imagery, stating “I’m not a scientist.” When Rogan asked why he dismissed the findings, Dr Hawass responded “Because I investigated it, and I found it’s wrong,” without elaborating. Fans agreed with Rogan, with one You Tube commenter noted “This was the toughest podcast I’ve ever made it through. To everyone that was able to finish it, you deserve a pat on the back.”
FILE PHOTO: American Rapper Sean "P Diddy" Combs performs during the MTV "Staying Alive" concert in Cape Town, November 23, 2002. The concert forms part of the build up to World Aids Day on December 1, and is aimed at targeting a global television audience of up to two billion people./File Photo STR New/Reuters
The Sean “Diddy” Combs trial continues to uncover more of the rapper’s habits, including the bizarre ingredient he preferred on his cheeseburgers. Combs’ former assistant George Kaplan already told the court the rapper travelled with “Advil and ketamine” in his toiletry bag, and jurors on Thursday were treated to a second mention of the rapper’s love of applesauce in a week. Kaplan was listing items staff put on Combs’ “Black AMEX card” that stretched from baby oil to villas when defense attorney Marc Agnifilo asked Kaplan if applesauce was also a regular purchase. “Mr. Combs loves applesauce and eats it on the side or on top of a lot of things,” Kaplan stated. When Agnifilo queried if that included cheeseburgers, Kaplan clarified “cheeseburgers being one of them.” On Tuesday, another ex assistant, David James, said he would pack American ketchup for when Combs was in the UK, rather than consumer British tomato sauce. Applesauce was also a travel staple. “Were you aware he put applesauce on his cheeseburgers?” Agnifilo asked James. “I was not aware, but I knew he liked applesauce,” James said. One juror made a gagging gesture when hearing about Combs’ unexpected burger ingredient.
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Prince William and Prince Harry’s late uncle Lord Fellowes has left the majority of his million dollar fortune behind to his wife, court documents revealed Thursday. Princess Diana’s brother-in-law, Robert Fellowes, reportedly bestowed most of his £1.5 million fortune (around $2 million) to his wife, Baroness Fellowes, Hello! magazine reports. The publication notes that it’s “understood” neither Harry nor William were left anything in Fellowes’ will which was made in June 2012. He also left donations to several institutions including St. Mary’s Church and Tapping House Hospice. Fellowes, who married Prince Diana’s sister in 1978, began working for the late Queen Elizabeth a year prior as an assistant private secretary. He was later promoted to deputy private secretary in 1986 and to private secretary in 1990. Fellowes died in July 2024 at the age of 82. Harry and William both attended their uncle’s memorial service in August last year, though it was reported at the time that they avoided each other.
British professional boxer Georgia O’Connor has died at 25. She had just married her longtime boyfriend Adriano Cardinali on May 9, describing it as “the day I married the love of my life,” on Instagram. Her promoters Boxxer confirmed her passing in a statement to The Guardian Thursday, sharing: “We are heartbroken by the passing of Georgia O’Connor. A true warrior inside and outside the ring, the boxing community has lost a talented, courageous and determined young woman far too soon.” The athlete announced that she had been diagnosed with cancer on Instagram earlier this year, adding that she had been enduring weeks of pain her doctors were ignoring. “For 17 weeks since the start of October, I’ve been in constant pain ... I said from the start I felt it was cancer. I KNEW the risks. I have colitis and PSC, two diseases that dramatically increase the chances of getting it. I KNOW how high my risk is and they do too ... But not one doctor f------ listened to me,” O’Connor wrote in January alongside a photo of her in a hospital. A month later, she revealed that she had also suffered a miscarriage. O’Connor had been on a winning streak since turning pro in 2021.
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MAGA Actor Says Many Hollywood Friends Secretly Voted Trump
“Lots” of industry players quietly voted for Donald Trump but are too “afraid” to say so publicly, Zachary Levi told Variety in a new interview. Levi endorsed Trump in the 2024 election after his preferred candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped out. He called the move “career suicide” at the time because “Hollywood is a very, very liberal town.” Levi told the site Thursday that he’s far from the only recognizable celebrity that voted for Trump. “I know it to be true because I’ve gotten messages from lots of people who I won’t name but who were very grateful to me for taking the stand that I took,” he said. “And also they would tell me, ‘I want to do that, but I’m so afraid.’” The actor previously pushed back on Bill Maher’s assumption that he was “canceled” for endorsing Trump, telling the host, “I have yet to see what the ultimate effects of all that are gonna be.” Levi also gave Variety a response to Snow White star Rachel Zegler‘s social media wish that Trump supporters “never know peace,” saying, “I am one of those people, obviously.” He added, “Should I hate her because she’s downstream of all of these voices that are telling her that [Trump is] Hitler and the people who vote for him are Nazis? She’s a really talented girl, and I do think that she wants the best for the world deep down.”
James Corden is returning to Broadway for the first time in over a decade this summer. The former talk show host will be starring in a revival of Art alongside Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale. Written by Yasmina Reza, the play follows three close friends who get into an argument about art after one of them buys an expensive, completely white painting. It’s slated to run for a 17-week limited engagement at Broadway’s Music Box starting Aug. 28 with Scott Ellis directing. It’s expected to end its run Dec. 21. Art marks Corden’s first return to Broadway since he starred in One Man, Two Guvnors in 2012 and won the Tony Award for best leading actor in a play. Although he’s widely recognized for playing Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother, Harris is also a storied thespian, having won a Tony for his work in the 2014 revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Meanwhile, Cannavale has appeared in several Broadway productions including The Lifespan of a Fact. Art originally ran on Broadway in 1998 and starred Alan Alda, Victor Garber and Alfred Molina in a Tony Award-winning performance.
Jamie Foxx reveals that one conspiracy theory about his near-fatal stroke made him "flip." Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Jamie Foxx revealed that he began reading conspiracy theories about his life-threatening stroke as he was still in the hospital, with one in particular making the 57-year-old “flip.” The Oscar-winner toldThe Hollywood Reporter‘s Stand-Up Comedy Roundtable Thursday that he snuck his phone into the hospital because he “couldn’t get [his] mind around the fact” that he had a stroke, and wanted to see what the outside world was saying. “‘Puffy tried to kill me.’ No, Puffy didn’t try to kill me,” he recalled reading. “When they said I was a clone, that made me flip. I’m sitting in the hospital bed, like, ‘These b---h-a-- motherf---ers are trying to clone me.’” He said that the hospital “Men in Black-ed”him with medication, causing him to start hallucinating and speaking nonsense. Foxx’s psychiatrists ultimately decided to lower his medicine dosage. A bewildered Roy Wood Jr. said: “Wait, you read your conspiracy theory and you said, ‘Yes’?!” Foxx replied that he “was on another planet.” In his 2024 Netflix special, Foxx revealed that he suffered a brain bleed that led to a stroke which almost took his life in April 2023. At the time, doctors said that if he didn’t undergo surgery, he would die.
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U.K. to Roll Out Chemical Castration for Prison Inmates
Shabana Mahmood announced the roll out Thursday. Ben Whitley/Ben Whitley/PA Wire
The United Kingdom is expected to roll out voluntary chemical castration in some prisons to reduce the risk of repeat sexual offenses and alleviate some facilities from overcrowding. The process, which utilizes medication to suppress sex drive, will be used in 20 prisons across two regions, U.K. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced Thursday. “I am exploring whether mandating the approach is possible,” Mahmood said. “Of course, it is vital that this approach is taken alongside psychological interventions that target other causes of offending, like asserting power and control.” ABC News reports that the process will likely be useful for rapists who are “driven by power and control rather than sexual preoccupation.” The justice secretary added that research has shown a considerable effective rate for the procedure, with it leading to a 60% reduction in reoffending. Chemical castration has also been employed in Germany and Denmark on voluntary terms, and is mandatory in Poland for some offenders.
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James Carville: No Reason For Democrats to Make Nice With ‘Crazy’ Elon Musk
Democratic political strategist James Carville returned to The Daily Beast Podcast this week to discuss, among other topics, the possibility of Elon Musk returning to the Democratic Party. After all, anything is possible in today’s political climate, right?! Not so much, said Carville. On Thursday’s episode, host Joanna Coles asked if Democrats should even attempt to “woo” Musk back onto their side, or if he’s simply “too damaged” a prospect. “What does he bring?” Carville replied. “Look at the damage he’s done to the federal government. Why do we want him?” Coles noted that Musk has been “embraced and suckered in by the Republicans,” with Carville conceding that “he used to be smart, but “then he went crazy.” Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci earlier proposed the idea of Musk’s defection from the MAGAverse on Tuesday’s episode of the podcast, asking why the Democratic party ever let him stray in the first place. He went on to claim that the Democrats are “so self-righteous” and “quick to cancel everybody.”
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A replica of a Soviet-era statue of Josef Stalin has been unveiled in a Moscow metro station as part of an attempt by the Kremlin to reappraise the dictator’s legacy. The life-sized sculpture, titled “Gratitude of the People to the Leader-Commander” and dedicated to the Red Army’s victory in World War II, is a replica of an original work that according to the Moscow metro was “lost” during a renovation of Taganskaya metro station in 1966. It depicts Stalin surrounded by a crowd of citizens looking on at him adoringly. Former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denounced Stalin for his brutality and campaign of mass murder upon coming to power in 1956 and oversaw a “de-Stalinization” campaign that involved removing images and monuments of the dictator from public places. Although some monuments of him have resurfaced in recent years, his legacy remains a painful one for many Russians. When asked if he admired the former leader in 2017, Vladimir Putin responded “of course,” but added, “This does not mean that we should forget all the horrors of Stalinism, connected with concentration camps and the extermination of millions of our compatriots.”