Ozzy Osbourne’s family has revealed that President Trump left a voicemail for Sharon Osbourne after the 76-year-old rock icon died from cardiac arrest in July, the Daily Beast reports.
Said Trump: “Ozzy was amazing, he was an amazing guy. I met him a few times and he was unique in every way and talented. So I just wanted to wish you the best and it’s a tough thing. I know how close you were and whatever I can do. Take care of yourself. Say hello to the family. Thanks. Bye.”
“Cheryl Hines said Democrats have been giving her a hard time ever since her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr. began his rise in politics, though the GOP has always been nice,” The Wrap reports.
Said Hines: “The Republicans have been very kind to me, from the beginning.”
Olivia Rodrigo criticized the Trump administration after one of her songs was featured in a government video promoting deportation efforts, The Guardian reports.
Though George Clooney doesn’t regret his New York Times op-ed urging former president Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential election, he does think it was a “mistake” having Kamala Harris step in as the democratic nominee, the Hollywood Reporter reports.
Said Clooney: “We had a chance. I wanted there to be, as I wrote in the op-ed, a primary. Let’s battle-test this quickly and get it up and going.”
A new Quinnipiac poll shows 48% of Americans approve of the NFL’s decision to have Bad Bunny perform the Super Bowl halftime show in February, while 29% disapprove and 24% did not offer an opinion.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league remains committed to have Bad Bunny perform during the Super Bowl LX halftime show — despite complaints from President Trump, Fox News reports.
Said Goodell: “It’s carefully thought through. I’m not sure we’ve ever selected an artist where we didn’t have some blowback or criticism. It’s pretty hard to do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people that are watching.”
Donald Trump is considering commuting Diddy’s sentence as early as this week, TMZ reports.
The president is reportedly “vacillating” on the decision.
“The president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, has volunteered to perform at a conservative alternative to the Super Bowl halftime show,” the Daily Beast reports.
Actress Cheryl Hines addressed her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “brain worm” as she wrapped up an interview on The View.
Said Hines: “It ate a little bit of his brain and died, so don’t worry.”
“Katy Perry has seemingly confirmed her new romance with former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after they were seen sharing a passionate kiss on board her yacht,” Yahoo reports.
“Turning Point USA, the organization founded by the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, announced on social media that it will be hosting its own Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 8, 2026, to counter the NFL’s choice of Bad Bunny,” The Athletic reports.
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Netflix secretly recorded an interview with Dr. Jane Goodall in March, set to air only after her death which happened last week, The Verge reports.
Said Goodall: “Absolutely there are people I don’t like, and I would like to put them on one of Musk’s spaceships and send them all off to the planet he’s sure he’s going to discover… He’d be the host… Along with Musk would be Trump… And then I would put Putin in there. And I would put President Xi. I’d certainly put Netanyahu in there, and his far-right government.”
She added: “Put them all on that spaceship and send them off.”
“Bad Bunny responded to MAGA critics upset he’ll be the 2026 Super Bowl halftime performer during his Saturday Night Live monologue on Saturday by speaking in Spanish — then telling them they have four months to learn what he just said,” Axios reports.
“Actor and activist Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment first backed by her father Henry Fonda in 1947, to fight against what the group calls a ‘coordinated campaign’ from the Trump administration to curb freedom of expression,” the Washington Post reports.
“The selection of Bad Bunny to headline the Super Bowl halftime show is about more than music,” the AP reports.
“The move signals a cultural spotlight for Latin identity at America’s most-watched television event. It also raises fresh questions about how much space there will be for his trademark symbolism and social commentary — including his past criticism of President Donald Trump — given the NFL’s history of keeping performances tightly managed.”
President Trump applauded West Point Academy’s decision to cancel an award ceremony for actor and veterans advocate Tom Hanks, accusing the celebrity of being “woke,” Politico reports.
“Former Major League Baseball player Mark Teixeira launched his campaign for Texas’ 21st Congressional District on Thursday, becoming one of the first Republicans to declare for the Central Texas district since the incumbent, Rep. Chip Roy, announced he would give up the seat to run for attorney general,” the Texas Tribune reports.
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.
