Sunday, December 8, 2019

The Guessing Game - Updated

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

Kate Bennett and/or Melania: The CNN reporter wrote a controversial book about the First Lady
Emma Stone: Engaged
Johnny Manziel: His wife filed for divorce
Barron Trump: His name was mentioned during impeachment hearings, Republicans went nuts
Barack and Michelle Obama: Bought a house on Martha's Vineyard. When I first saw the headline I wondered if they had purchased Jackie Onassis's famous estate, which Caroline put up for sale recently, but this is a different place. That means you still have a shot at Jackie's house, currently listed for $65 million. Check it out here
Chris Soules: The former Bachelor made a public appearance this week-end, his first since his involvement in a fatal car accident. (Read more here)
Swe Zin Htet: The current Miss Myanmar, she is the first openly gay contestant in the Miss Universe pageant. (Homosexuality is illegal in her home country; read more here.)
Juice WRLD: The rapper died at 21 after having a seizure at Chicago's Midway airport
Sean Hunter and Monica Ruiz: The two actors who play husband and wife in the controversial Peloton commercial
Gabrielle Union: I had her on the list last week and I still think a story is possible
Prince Charles, Camilla, Prince Andrew, Will & Kate, Harry & Meghan: Or some combination thereof. There's been so much news about the royal family over the last few weeks that one more royal cover for 2019 wouldn't surprise me

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

Monday morning update: Zozibini Tunzi, formerly Miss South Africa, now Miss Universe. I watched part of the pageant last night (yes, I admit it,) and she struck me from the beginning as being smart, charismatic and beautiful. She's also got guts, because her snazzy short haircut definitely makes a statement in pageantworld. As the saying goes, if she had a dollar for every time someone told her that she could never win with hair that short, she could probably retire right now:

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Click here to read five things to know about the new Miss Universe, according to eonline.com, and here to read People's article. This is from her Instagram:




Update #2: Rene Auberjonois: The actor died at age 79
Clint Eastwood: His new movie, Richard Jewell, opens Friday
Megan Rapinoe: The soccer star is selected as the SI Sportsperson of the Year

Update #3 on Tuesday morning. Zozi Tunzi was on Good Morning, America today and I say remember that name. She's a star:




Oprah thinks so too: 


On a different topic, there's apparently more to the story of the young rapper who died at Midway airport, and note that Jarad Anthony Higgins is Juice WRLD's real name:

According to the Chicago Tribune, Chicago police were notified that federal agents suspected the plane was carrying “weapons and narcotics” while it was still en route to Midway. TMZ reports that the plane’s pilot was the one to alert authorities that there were guns on board the flight, which is illegal.

After the plane landed around 2 a.m. on Sunday, the 10 passengers on board — including Juice WRLD and his longtime girlfriend, Ally Lotti — were met by agents at the hangar. TMZ reports that at some point between the plane landing and authorities conducting their search, witnesses saw Higgins swallowing several Percocet pills in what they believed was an attempt to hide them.
(From a story at People.com, click here to read more.)

Update #4: Click here to see the new cover, featuring Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani. 

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