Sunday, January 19, 2020

The Guessing Game - Updated/Jessica Simpson

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

Harry and Meghan, and/or the Queen, Prince Charles, Will and Kate, etc.: Harry and Meghan's departure from the royal family continues to be big news. One beneficiary of the story is Prince Andrew, who was seen attending church with the Queen this morning. All the drama about Harry and Meghan has taken the spotlight off of Andrew, which I'm sure he appreciates. Some element of this story will almost certainly be on the cover this week; other than that, just a few more (unlikely) guesses:
Brad Pitt: He appears to be the front-runner for a Best Supporting Oscar
Aaron Hernandez: Two new documentaries about his life and death
Screen Actors Guild Awards: The show is tonight

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

Update on Monday morning: Braniston. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston won SAG awards last night. They greeted each other backstage and the internet lost its collective mind:



Harry and Meghan are still the biggest story in pop culture right now, but "Brad and Jen, The Sequel" is a close second. They are almost certainly not getting back together, so feel free to ignore any stories that insist they are. You know they're coming:


... and in particular, keep in mind that Jennifer is now 50 years old, turning 51 in February. She is not, absolutely not, finally pregnant with Brad's baby. Not even if Star or US magazine says so. Slate.com does a very deep dive into this, read it here.

Oprah Winfrey: She pulled out as Executive Producer of a documentary about Russell Simmons
Tim Tebow: Married
Kennedys: President Kennedy's grandson, Jack Schlossberg, responds to a Mike Pence editorial:


See the entire tweet thread here

In other Kennedy news, a collector is auctioning off a new collection of JFK memorabilia. Read more here

Update #2 on Wednesday morning. Jessica Simpson gets the main cover this week, promoting her new memoir. I had all three of the topline stories on the Guessing Guest list above.

Issue dated February 3, 2020: Jessica Simpson
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Last year at this time: Issue dated February 4, 2019

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