Darth Vader Kid
A video is going viral of an unknown little boy on a school stage with his classmates to sing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Litte Star.” The boy takes over the microphone to sing Darth Vader’s “Imperial March” from Star Wars.
Ohio Meteorologist
Jamie Simpson, a weatherman in Dayton, Ohio, spoke out against local viewers complaining about the network’s decision to interrupt the latest episode of The Bachelorette with emergency tornado warning coverage.
Extreme Weather
The entire state of Oklahoma is under a state of emergency because of severe weather, and a new round of storms are expected to dump more heavy rain in Arkansas. Yesterday, Kansas City was slammed with a tornado yesterday, and Dayton, Ohio the day before that.
Kit Harrington
The 32-year-old Game of Thrones star has checked himself into a wellness retreat. According to his rep, Harrington is taking some time away from the spotlight to work on “some personal issues.”
Ellen DeGeneres
During an appearance on David Letterman’s Netflix talk show, she talked about being sexually assaulted by her stepfather as a teenager. She encouraged “other girls to not ever let someone do that.”
MacKenzie Bezos
The newly minted billionaire has promised to give at least half of her wealth to charity, just months after finalizing her divorce from the world’s richest man. Her personal fortune is now worth an estimated $36.6 billion. In a letter announcing the move she said, “I have a disproportionate amount of money to share.”
San Francisco
It might become the first city in the country to guarantee all residents access to mental health care. Supervisors plan to introduce a November ballot measure next week that would ask voters to approve building a walk-in mental health and substance abuse treatment center.
