We know that Lizzo likes to toot her horn, but yesterday she tooted someone else’s. The Library of Congress lent her President James Madison’s crystal flute, which was sent to him in 1813, to play at her concert yesterday.
The singer only played a few notes, and each one was prettier than the one before. Why did the flute aficionado play more than that? Lizzo explained on social media, “Replying to @history the flute was so hard to play— I could only get a few notes out! But no one had ever heard it before, so I made it a memory of a lifetime ❤️”
Before her big show, she rehearsed with the musical instrument at the Library of Congress and enjoyed every note.
Thankfully, she didn’t do a Kim Kardashian and ruin the historical item.
Back to Lizzo; hopefully, she will inspire other little girls to play the flute. Just not my niece because I already have a headache. Just the little girls I don’t know.
Chris Redd is dating Kenan Thompson’s estranged wife, Christina Evangeline. The thing that makes it so strange is that the two men played brothers on Kenan and worked together on Saturday Night Live.
Therefore, you would think the bro-code would be in effect here. Even though it wasn’t, TMZ says that Thompson is OK with them dating because he has moved on from the relationship that ended in 2019.
Now let’s say Redd married Evangeline; what does that make Kenan to him? Husbands-in-law? Why isn’t there a term for that?
Oh, and if you are like me and was thinking that this is why Redd announced last week that he was leaving SNL. Then we would be wrong. TMZ says he left to pursue other projects. In the words of Jon Lovitz, “Yeah, that’s it. That’s the ticket.”
Jimmy Kimmel has said that he was ready to quit Jimmy Kimmel Live. However, when push came to shove, he signed on the dotted line for 3 more years.
When he was on Howard Stern’s radio yesterday, the late night explained why he decided to stay on. “I was having a hard time with the leaving part of it. I don’t just mean leaving. I mean what you have to go through. The emotional toll that it takes,” he said. “You got 6 months, you got to wrap it up. And it was easier for me to go, ‘hey, I will worry about that in 3 years.'”
So, in 3 years, he will sign another contract because he won’t be ready to say goodbye then either. And then, 3 years after that, it will happen again. It will be a vicious cycle until one of them decides to cut the cord.
Katie Couricsicj has become the face of colon cancer after losing her first husband to the disease. She encouraged people to get screened when they turned 50.
The newswoman took getting screened for pap smears and mammograms seriously. However, she missed her last mammogram. So when she went to see her gynecologist, she reminded her to go get one.
So, she went in on June 20th and got one, plus an ultrasound because she has dense breasts. The next day was her 8th wedding anniversary to her second husband. Instead of celebrating, she got the news from her doctor that she had breast cancer but would be fine.
Couric and her oncologist came up with a plan. “We decided I would have ‘breast conservation’ surgery, aka a lumpectomy. She would make an incision right around my areola. She said she’d try to make sure any scars would be covered by my bathing suit — the furthest thing from my mind,” she said. “Surgery would be followed by radiation and medication — specifically, something called an ‘aromatase inhibitor’ I’d need to take for five years.”
Yesterday was her final round of radiation, and she feels “fine.”
Why did she come forward now? She says, “Well, since I’m the Screen Queen’ of colon cancer, it seemed odd to not use this as another teachable moment that could save someone’s life.” So she will be spending October talking about breast cancer on her website.
Yesterday, Ryan Reynolds asked Hugh Jackman if he would revive Wolverine for Deadpool 3, and the X-Man said yes.
But how is that possible since Wolverine died in Logan? Today, the frenemies explained how. However, I missed their explanation because, for some reason, Wham’s Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go was playing in my head. No matter how many times I replayed the video, the song would play when they were explaining how.
Damn you, George Michael and Andrew Ridgely, for your earworm of a song.
Deadpool 3 is coming out on September 6, 2024. Hopefully, the happy tune will be out of my head by then.
