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Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is firing back at city officials after accidentally filling in a service trench. As we told you, on Tuesday, video of Arnold patching a Los Angeles pothole went viral. The next day, the city released a statement saying the location is not a pothole, but "a service trench that relates to active, permitted work being performed" by SoCal Gas. Officials say the work was expected to finish in May. Arnold fired back yesterday, tweeting "So everyone knows, the pipeline work was finished in January. Apparently, they thought it was a good plan to take six months to cover the trench, so I just did them a favor. And why don't they talk about the second pothole I filled?" SoCal Gas says they anticipate permanent paving to be completed by Monday. Don't mess with the tar-minator.
Drake Bell was reported missing early yesterday, with the police in Daytona Beach issuing a statement that he was considered "missing and endangered." Drake has faced various troubles since his time on Nickelodeon's "Drake & Josh," including completing probation for attempted child endangerment and facing a DUI arrest. Drake has now been found, with the police saying they have been in contact with him and he is "safe." Drake himself finally addressed the drama on Twitter yesterday afternoon, saying "You leave your phone in the car and don't answer for the night and this?"
TIME magazine has just released its latest list of the world's 100 most influential people including world leaders, scientists, and environmental advocates. But on the broader side of things, celebrities like Angela Bassett, Doja Cat, and MrBeast were all chosen for their impact on culture and the world at large. Here are some other names from the list you should recognize;
ARTISTS
Michael B. Jordan
Drew Barrymore
Austin Butler
Aubrey Plaza
Rian Johnson
Salma Hayek Pinault
Zoe Saldaña
Judy Blume
Colin Farrell
Lea Michele
ICONS
Jennifer Coolidge
Pedro Pascal
King Charles
PIONEERS
Doja Cat
Bella Hadid
MrBeast
TITANS
Angela Bassett
Lionel Messi
Beyoncé
"Sister Wives" star Christina Brown is engaged to David Wolley. The two got engaged earlier this month in Utah. Christina was the first of Kody Brown's four wives to leave their polygamous relationship. Christine had been married to Kody for nearly 26 years before they couple split in 2021.
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Jenna Bush Hager has moments where she feels not so confident in a bathing suit, and it all stems back to middle school. She said on "Today," "I had a boyfriend in seventh grade who broke up with me after we went swimming together, after he saw me in a bathing suit." She added, "I feel like even sometimes now when I feel great — I have three kids, three C-sections, I feel really in my body and I think of it as a beautiful thing — I'll walk in a pool and have a moment," OK reports.
Kelli Giddish is set to return as Amanda Rollins in both "Law & Order: SVU" and "Law & Order: Organized Crime," Deadline confirmed Tuesday. She will appear in the Season 24 finale of SVU and the penultimate episode of OC's Season 3. The way things ended, her character married ADA Sonny Carisi Jr (Peter Scanavino), she was on a new career path and had accepted a teaching job at Fordham University, and when she returns, she will surprise her former colleagues with news that she is pregnant.
There are rumors that Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner are dating. TMZ reports Kylie's Range Rover SUV pulled into Timothee's drive… where it sits. To be continued….
"One Tree Hill" star Jana Kramer hasn't had great luck when it comes to dating celebrities. There was that time she talked about embarrassing herself on a date with Chris Evans by having stinky asparagus pee. Now, she's spilling about a horrible blind date with Brody Jenner. She said on her "Whine Down" podcast that she went on a double date with Brody, but they were "just not vibing at all" at dinner. She shared, "[Jenner] said something to me, and I was like, 'That's it. I'm leaving.'" The restaurant had mirrors all over the walls, so what happened next, "I go marching toward the exit sign. Well, little do I know, the exit sign walks me right into the reflection 'cause it's all a f***ing mirror. So I slam, I walk right into the mirror. It was so embarrassing." She said she didn't even turn around to see if anyone at the table saw.
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Taylor Swift made a very generous donation to a Florida food bank on Thursday, just before bringing her tour to the Tampa area, Billboard reports. In an Instagram post on Thursday, Feeding Tampa Bay wrote, "Thank you @taylorswift for being a HERO and supporting Feeding Tampa Bay's mission to end hunger by 2025! Your generosity will place over 125,000 meals on tables!" Tampa Mayor Jane Castor had previously given Taylor the title of honorary mayor a key to the city.
Britney Spears has finished her memoir, and sources say it will be brutal. The book is expected to drop in the fall. Page Six says publishing insiders have described the manuscript as "inspiring" and a "groundbreaking instant best-seller." Simon & Schuster are the publishers, and word is the memoir will be an instant best seller.
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are working together on the upcoming Apple TV+ series "Brother from Another Mother," and apparently, there may be more truth to that title than you can imagine. Matthew said there's a chance he and Woody are actually half-brothers. He explained, "In Greece a few years ago, we're sitting around talking about how close we are and our families, and my mom is there, and she says, 'Woody, I knew your dad," adding, "It was a loaded K-N-E-W." He said, "We went on to unpack what this 'knew' meant and did some math and found out that [Woody's] dad was on furlough at the same time that my mom and dad were in their second divorce. Then there's possible receipts and places out in West Texas where there might have been a gathering, or a meeting, or a 'knew' moment." They're considering DNA tests, but Matthew's a little reluctant out of fear of discovering that his father might not be his biological parent "after 53 years of believing that."
Rainn Wilson, who played Dwight Schrute on "The Office," posted a video of him on a plane, wearing a mask and hat and videoing the person sitting next to him watching "The Office," blissfully unaware the guy on-screen was sitting right next to him. He wrote, "When the person sitting next to you has no idea who you are."
