Sunday, February 24, 2019

The Guessing Game - Updated

What will be on the cover of People this week? My guesses:

Lady Gaga: A broken engagement, and by tonight, she could be a double Oscar winner
Jussie Smollett and/or the Osundairo brothers: Smollett was arrested and charged with making false statements to the police, the brothers "cooperated fully" in the investigation
The Oscars: The winners, the dresses, the screw-ups, the big show is just a few hours away
Khloé K: Did she break up with her boyfriend due to cheating? Probably. Is she the next Bachelorette? Please, Lord, let me be right when I say pigs will fly on Mars before ABC picks a Kardashian to be the Bachelorette
Peter Tork: One of the Monkees, Tork died at age 77
Donald Trump Jr.: His divorce is final
Robert Kraft: The owner of the New England Patriots is arrested for solicitation
R. Kelly: Arrested and charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse
Harry and Meghan: She had a baby shower in New York City, now they're both in Morocco for their last international visit before baby Sussex is born in April

Stories that appear on the new cover will be highlighted in green.

Update on Monday morning. Serena Williams: Hosted Meghan's baby shower then presented at the Oscars.
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper: LG was on the list from the start and she did indeed win an Oscar, but it's her duet with Cooper that's getting all the buzz

Update #2 on Tuesday morning. Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb. Jenna has just been announced as Kathie Lee Gifford's replacement on the 4th hour of the Today show. It was big news just over a year ago when Hoda was announced as the new co-host of the flagship 2-hour Today show, replacing Matt Lauer:

Issue dated January 15, 2018


I'm guessing Hoda won't be doing double duty for long. Once Jenna settles in, she'll probably get a new partner for the 4th hour. Actually, there will probably be several personnel announcements about Today in the next few months, because as I'm thinking about it, the show hasn't named permanent hosts for the 3rd hour yet either, which was previously hosted by Megyn Kelly.

Update #3. I forgot to link to the new cover, with Meghan as the main story. See it here.

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