Justin Timberlake officially announced his wife, actress Jessica Biel, gave birth to their second child in 2020. Timberlake said in an interview that aired on Monday’s edition of The Ellen DeGeneres Show that their infant son’s name is Phineas.
“He’s awesome and he’s so cute,” Timberlake said of his baby boy after DeGeneres asked him for details. “Nobody is sleeping, but we are thrilled.” The couple had not publicly announced they were expecting or had welcomed a child before this confirmation, nor did Timberlake say exactly when Phineas was born.
Timberlake, 39, and Biel, 38, have been married since 2012. They are also the parents of a 5-year-old son named Silas.
Twitter temporarily suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Sunday, Greene is the Republican U.S. Congresswoman from Georgia who has expressed racist views and support for QAnon conspiracy theories online. The 46-year-old political newcomer was elected to represent Georgia’s 14th District in November. Greene’s account was suspended “without explanation,” she said in a statement, while also condemning big tech companies for “silencing” conservative views.
Shortly before noon on Sunday, Greene posted a clip from an interview with a local news outlet in which she condemned Georgia election officials and expressed support for debunked theories claiming that voting machines, absentee ballots and other issues led to widespread fraud in the state during the presidential election. Twitter responded to the tweet with a message that called the election fraud claim “disputed,” and saying it posed “a risk of violence.”
A statement from Greene’s team on Sunday included screenshots from Twitter which appeared to show the company informing the congresswoman she had violated its rules and would be prohibited from interacting with content on the site for 12 hours. Greene urged Congress to “act to protect free speech” in her statement.
Sen. Lindsey Graham asked Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer to support a vote to dismiss the article of impeachment brought by the House against President Donald Trump on Sunday. Graham wrote that holding an impeachment trial for Trump after he has left office would be “as unwise as it is unconstitutional” while the Senate awaits the House’s article of impeachment charging Trump with inciting an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Graham’s letter comes after Trump became the second president to be impeached twice after the House voted 232-197 in favor of approving the article of impeachment, including support from 10 Republicans. In his letter, Graham cited that the Constitution includes two remedies for impeachment: removal and disqualification. He stated it was not in the framer’s intention to allow a former president to be disqualified from running via impeachment after leaving office.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has said there is “no chance that a fair or serious” impeachment trial could conclude before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on Wednesday, as he declined to reconvene the Senate to begin the process, despite Schumer calling for an emergency session.
Selena Gomez made a surprise announcement last week on her Instagram that she was releasing brand new single, “De Una Vez”, which translates to “At Once.”
The single marks Selena’s return to Latin music after she appeared in DJ Snake’s track, “Taki Taki”, which also featured Ozuna and Cardi B. She also released a Spanish version of her hit single “A Year Without Rain” called “Un Año Sin Lluvia” back in 2010 and a duet version of Selena Quintanilla’s hit song, “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom”, in 2012.
There’s no official word if Selena will release a a full Spanish album as of press time. Take a look at the video for “De Una Vez” – here.
Pop artists Jennifer Lopez and Lady Gaga will perform at the 59th Inaugural Ceremonies on Wednesday, January 20th, when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be sworn in as President and Vice President of the United States.
Actor Tom Hanks will host a 90-minute primetime TV specialcelebrating Biden’s inauguration, Gaga will sing the national anthem and Lopez will give a musical performance on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, where the ceremony will be taking place. Additional performers include Justin Timberlake, Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato and more.
President-elect Joe Biden introduced a $1.9 trillion spending package Thursday, aiming to speed distribution of the coronavirus vaccines and provide economic relief caused by the pandemic. The package proposal includes investing $20 billion in a national vaccination program, $1,400 stimulus checks and expanding unemployment insurance supplements to $400 per week.
Biden noted that this was the first of a two-part plan to in the road to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden said that he would introduce a recovery plan next month during his address to a joint session of Congress. Biden’s proposed relief package comes several weeks after Congress passed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package in December. Biden’s COVID-19 relief plan will build off the bipartisan relief legislation passed in December.
Biden is suggesting $1,400 stimulus checks in addition to the $600 direct payments passed in December, and his relief package also lays out his vaccine distribution plan. “The vaccine rollout in the United States has been a dismal failure thus far,” he said, adding that he “will have to move heaven and earth to get more people vaccinated.” Biden’s goal is to provide 100 million vaccinations during the first 100 days of his administration starting Jan. 20. But the pace has been slower than that so far, with 22 million doses distributed and 6.7 million administered by Friday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Demi Lovato will open up about her 2018 heroin overdose for the first time in her brand-new YouTube Originals docuseries Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil.
The pop star will provide honest testimonies about what led to her near-fatal overdose, as well as her musical journey over the last three years. Initial production for the Dancing With the Devil docuseries began during her Tell Me You Love Me World Tour in 2018.
Lovato said in a press statement, “It’s been two years since I came face-to-face with the darkest point in my life, and now I’m ready to share my story with the world. For the first time, you’ll be able to see my chronicle of struggle and ongoing healing from my point of view. I’m grateful that I was able to take this journey to face my past head-on and finally share it with the world.”
The first two episodes of the four-part docuseries will premiere for free March 23 on Lovato’s YouTube channel. The next episodes will be released weekly on the following two Tuesdays.
Citing the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday the city will cut ties with the Trump Organization and will ending its contracts to operate several public venues. The Trump Organization had agreements with the city to operate the Central Park Carousel, Wollman and Lasker skating rinks and Ferry Point Golf Course. De Blasio blamed Trump for provoking the U.S. Capitol attack by radical Trump supporters on Jan. 6, and said the violence made it impossible for the city to continue its relationship with the organization.
De Blasio said the city has started the process to end those ties, per their contracts. The Carousel’s termination will be effective 25 days after the city’s termination notice is delivered, and the agreement for the Wollman and Lasker rinks ends after 30 days.
The Trump Organization responded by threatening legal action if the city proceeds, with a spokesman for the company stating: “Yet another example of Mayor de Blasio’s blatant disregard for the facts. The city of New York has no legal right to end our contracts and if they elect to proceed, they will owe The Trump Organization over $30 million dollars. This is nothing more than political discrimination, an attempt to infringe on the First Amendment and we plan to fight vigorously.”
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump on charges he incited an “insurrection” at the U.S. Capitol a week ago. The chamber voted 232-197 in favor of impeachment, making Trump the first U.S. president in history to be impeached twice.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said as she signed the article of impeachment, “Today, in a bipartisan way the House demonstrated that no one is above the law, not even the president of the United States. That Donald Trump is a clear and present danger to our country and that once again we honor our oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, so help us God. And now, I sadly and with a heart broken over what this means to our country, of a president who would incite insurrection, will sign the engrossment of the article of impeachment.”
Trump released a video statement from the Oval Office hours after the impeachment, but declined to address the vote. He condemned the violence at the Capitol last week and decried what he described as the “unprecedented assault on free speech” after his suspensions on Twitter and other social media platforms.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell declined to convene an emergency session to open an impeachment trial in the upper chamber, saying in a statement following the impeachment that there was “no chance that a fair or serious” impeachment trial could conclude before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated next week.
Ariana Grande revealed on Wednesday (January 13) that she will drop a remix of “34+35″ from her latest studio album, and there will be two special guests joining her.
In a quick teaser posted to her Instagram, Ari poses next to two mystery figures with a “?” as her fans rushed to guess names. Several names are now trending on Twitter, including Doja Cat and Nicki Minaj. Another big guess is Chloe x Halle. Stay tuned!
