Indiana Twins
A woman named Dawn Gilliam from Carmel, Indiana was pregnant with twins and went into labor seven weeks early on New Year’s Eve. She wound up delivering one of the twins before midnight, and one after. So her daughter’s birthday is December 31, 2019, and her son’s is January 1, 2020.
The Golden Globes
Ricky Gervais returned to host the 77
th
annual awards and had jokes at the expense of everyone in Hollywood, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, and “Cats.”As far as awards go,Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” along with HBO’s “Succession” and “Chernobyl,” and Amazon’s “Fleabag” were the big winners.
The NFL Playoffs
The Titans handed the Patriots a shocking 20-13 upset over the weekend. It’s the Patriots earliest exit from the playoffs in 10 years. Despite the loss, Tom Brady says its “unlikely” he’ll retire in the offseason. Meanwhile, the Texans, Vikings and Seahawks won their matchups as well, advancing them to the Divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman
The couple has pledged $500,000 to fight the devastating wildfires that have been sweeping across Australia. The fires have already left 23 dead, killed nearly half a billion animals and destroyed more than 1,400 homes since October.
Cameron Diaz
The actress has welcomed her first child with her husband, Good Charlotte rocker Benji Madden. The baby girl’s name is Raddix Madden.
Harvey Weinstein
The former Hollywood producer’s criminal trial starts today, more than two years after allegations against him set off an international reckoning. The trial will most likely stretch more than two months.
Justin Bieber
After dropping his latest single “Yummy” on Friday, the singer has now dropped the official music video for his first solo single since 2015. In it, he sports pink hair and indulges in some fine dining by a range of delicious desserts and interesting dinner guests all being entertained by a kid string quartet.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
It brought in $33.7 million over its third weekend domestically, and is closing in on $1 billion worldwide. The film will mark a record seventh $1 billion 2019 release for Disney.
Netflix
The streaming service has released its “most popular” content of 2019, which includes:
“Stranger Things 3”
,
“The Witcher”
,
“Murder Mystery”
,
“6 Underground”
,
“The Incredibles 2”
, and
“The Irishman”
.
A 20-year-old McDonald’s burger
A Utah man just unveiled a burger he purchased two decades ago from the fast food chain, calling it the world’s oldest hamburger, and it still looks like it was fresh off the grill.
