CHEAT SHEET

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GONE TOO SOON

Emmy-Winning Looney Tunes Voice Actor Dies ‘Suddenly’ at 46

The actor portrayed some of America’s most lasting characters.

Eric Bauza, the Emmy-winning voice actor who brought Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck to life in the modern era, has died at 46. Bauza died Sunday at his home, with Los Angeles County Medical Examiner records listing hypertensive cardiovascular disease as the cause of death. His family announced the news in a statement posted to his Instagram account, describing his passing as sudden and paying tribute to his work. “Eric Bauza, Emmy Award-winning voice actor and the modern voice of iconic Looney Tunes characters Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, along with dozens of other beloved cartoon characters, has passed away suddenly,” the family said, adding that further details would be shared later. Bauza amassed more than 400 credits over his career, appearing in projects including Space Jam: A New Legacy, Rick and Morty, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. At the time of his death, he was preparing to voice Daffy Duck in Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical and the Shogun King in The Dragon Masters. He also portrayed Foghorn Leghorn, Porky Pig, Tweety, Elmer Fudd, and Road Runner.

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02

GRIM

Disneyland Entrance Closed After Disturbing Discovery

It comes less than two weeks after a bomb scare at the same resort.

A man has died outside the Disneyland resort in California. Police said the 65-year-old’s body was discovered on a sidewalk near the resort’s entrance in Anaheim on Sunday, adding that he was homeless and was known to local authorities. The park’s entrance was temporarily shut while officers waited for the coroner to arrive. Anaheim Police Sgt. Eric Anderson has since said the man’s death seemed to be the result of natural causes, with no suspicions of foul play. It comes less than two weeks after two suspicious bags prompted a bomb scare at the same resort. Security alerted the Anaheim Police Department to the abandoned luggage on Oct. 12. Officers later said they believed the bags, one of which contained marbles and another which contained sharp instruments, had been made to look suspicious and were deliberately left behind to spark panic at the resort. Police said they were investigating the bomb scare at the time but have not yet identified a suspect or announced an arrest.

03

TERRIBLE LOSS

Emmy-Nominated Star Dies After Alzheimer’s Battle at 96

The Emmy-nominated actress and singer was known for her regular appearances on “The George Gobel Show.”

Peggy King, an Emmy-nominated actress and singer known for her regular appearances on “The George Gobel Show,” has died after an Alzheimer’s battle at 96, her publicist Alan Eicher announced on Sunday. In 1952, King signed a talent contract with MGM and made her entrance into the industry with a cameo in Vincente Minnelli’s The Bad and the Beautiful, for which she also provided the soundtrack. She became best known as “Pretty Perky Peggy King” on the humorist George Gobel’s comedy-variety show, appearing regularly as a co-star and musical performer. This would lead to an Emmy nomination in 1955 for Best Female Singer. King also appeared in shows including American Bandstand, The Steve Allen Show, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as a performer. She was one of the first celebrities to be granted a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. King was born Feb. 16, 1930, to Floyd Henry King and Margaret Finan in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. She is survived by her daughter, Suzy Rudofker, and her son-in-law, Dwain Goforth.

04

RIGHT MATCH

Hannity Ties the Knot With His Fox News Sweetheart

Fox News royalty Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt were married over the weekend.

Fox News royalty Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt were married over the weekend at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach. The Sean Hannity Show host, 64, divorced his previous wife in 2019 after 26 years of marriage, and began dating 50-year-old Earhardt, a co-host of Fox & Friends, the following year, according to Vanity Fair reports. Donald and Melania Trump attended the pre-wedding celebration at near Mar-a-Lago. “I’ve had a personal relationship with President Trump for over 30 years. When Ainsley and I began planning this celebration, it was important to us that he could be part of this special time in our lives. We chose to host a party at Mar-a-Lago and paid fair market value for the venue,” Hannity said. The affair was a gathering of some of the most prominent right-wing pundits and politicians in the country, including Laura Ingraham, Karoline Leavitt, Eric Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Ron DeSantis. The president was not able to attend the wedding ceremony.

05

SCENE OF THE CRIME

Oscar Winner’s Movie Set Terrorized by Knife-Wielding Intruder

The incident unfolded on the set of “Miami Vice ’85.”

A knife-wielding intruder sparked chaos on the set of Michael B. Jordan’s latest movie Friday night, allegedly threatening a crew member with a butcher’s knife. Police were called after Alex Perez, 23, allegedly began scaring crew working on the Brooklyn film set as he ran across the production site, TMZ reports. In a video captured at the scene, a crew member could be seen trying to remove Perez from the set before he pulled what appeared to be a large knife from beneath his sweater. Police arrested him quickly after arriving around 11:17 p.m. While cuffed, Perez was heard calling a member of the production crew the N-word while he was escorted away. “The individual was taken into custody without incident, and the knife was recovered,” the NYPD told NBC News. No injuries were reported, and it’s not known if Jordan, who won a Best Actor Oscar for his dual role in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, or his co-star, Oscar nominee Austin Butler, were on set at the time. Perez has been charged with menacing with a weapon in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.

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06

INFERNO

Adolf Hitler’s Lair Goes Up in Flames

Local authorities said the former Nazi guesthouse is likely unsalvageable.

A fire ravaged the remote Bavarian retreat favored by Germany’s World War II dictator Adolf Hitler. The Daily Mail reports that around 200 firefighters were dispatched to the Eagle’s Nest on Friday evening, and found it “completely ablaze.” Police told the outlet no one was injured and a “suspicious person was taken into temporary custody.” Firefighters worked overnight as the blaze continued into the early hours on Saturday. Built in 1938, the Eagle’s Nest was used as a guest house by Hitler and high-ranking Nazi officials. The historic building is now a tourist attraction, owned by the state of Bavaria and operated by a charitable trust. According to The New York Times, Bavarian police said the ravaged structure is unlikely to be salvageable. The Eagle’s Nest’s website currently says it is closed until further notice.

07

MID-AIR SCARE

American Airlines Passenger Sparks Chaos With Weird Comment

The drama unfolded just after the flight took off.

A bizarre mid-flight confrontation forced a commercial jet to turn back after an aggressive traveler made a disturbing comment to the crew. The drama unfolded aboard American Airlines Flight 339, which had just departed Miami for Georgetown, Guyana. Minutes into the Boeing 737 Max’s climb, a male passenger suddenly charged down the aisle toward the rear flight attendants and said, “I will take care of you when we land in Guyana.” The pilot radioed Air Traffic Control, warning that the passenger spoke in a “[very] threatening manner while we were climbing out” and noted that staff were “pretty shaken up.” The six-year-old aircraft immediately aborted its route and returned to Miami International Airport, where local law enforcement met the plane on the tarmac. Following an initial investigation, deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office concluded that the spat was merely a “verbal dispute” and confirmed that “no assault was committed.” The traveler was rebooked on a later flight. Meanwhile, remaining passengers finally took off just over four hours later around 11 p.m., touching down in South America at 3 a.m. local time. American Airlines apologized for the disruption, attributing the U-turn to a “situation with a customer that required attention.”

08

GONE TOO SOON

Tributes Pour in for Reality TV Star Dead at 34

The late star married her husband just seven months ago.

Anika Rashaun, who starred in The Real World and The Challenge and was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer a year ago, has died a few months after getting married. Her friend Tiara Ramos posted a tribute, saying the late MTV star was persuasive, “fiercely loyal,” and “always so unapologetically herself.” The tribute was posted on Oct. 22, which would have been Rashaun’s 35th birthday. She died on Oct. 1. Rashaun married her husband, Kyle Walker-Rehn, just seven months ago. She made her name on two reality TV shows, The Challenge and The Real World. Rashaun also worked as a dating coach and sold an ebook on modern fairy tales, according to her Instagram. Rashaun and her husband, Kyle, tied the knot in San Marcos, California on Valentine’s Day. “The day was literally a dream filled with the best moments,” Rashaun wrote on Instagram two weeks after the wedding, with photos from the nuptials. “Kyle and I couldn’t imagine a more perfect day!”

09

HOLY SHIP

Mom Makes Jaw-Dropping Find at Beach She’s Visited for Years

The next day, the waters were murky again.

A mom and son spending time together on the beach have made a startling, century-old find. Hannah Damon, director of outreach at Camp Amnicon Adventures and Retreats in Wisconsin, was at the camp’s beach on Lake Superior when they found the remains of the steam-powered tugboat A.H. Pitz. “We started seeing beams and cables, and this massive pipe, and it was like, ‘wait a minute, this is a shipwreck, this is a shipwreck,’” she told Fox News Digital. The 70-foot-long vessel was built in 1923 and abandoned 28 years later in 1951. She knew it was there, but had never caught a glimpse of it before. “I ran back to shore, and I got my camera, and I was like, ‘OK, you are not allowed to splash me. This is a really exciting discovery.’” Her footage shows the wreck through the water—a rare treat in typically murky waters due to the clay plain the southern shore of Lake Superior sits on. “I was actually just down back at the beach yesterday, and again, the water was calm, but it was murky again,” she said.

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‘SO MUCH MORE’

Baseball Star Who Sealed World Series Title Dies at 63

He made history in 1990.

World Series-winning catcher Todd Benzinger has died. He was 63. The Cincinnati native’s cause of death has not been released. The Cincinnati Reds’ first baseman caught the final out of their 1990 World Series sweep. The Boston Red Sox drafted Benzinger out of high school in 1987, but he returned to Cincinnati after two seasons. “The Cincinnati Reds are saddened by the passing of former first baseman and 1990 World Series champion Todd Benzinger,” the Reds said in a statement on X. “Todd will be remembered with great affection and gratitude for his place in one of the most memorable chapters in Reds history. Our deepest condolences go out to his family, friends, former teammates and all who knew and loved him.” Benzinger was traded to the Kansas City Royals in 1991 and, four years later, in 1995, hung up his mitt after stints with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants. Reds Hall of Fame and Museum director Rick Walls said: “Todd will forever be remembered by Reds fans for catching the final out of the 1990 World Series, but those of us who had the privilege of knowing him will remember so much more.”