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John Mulaney shares his notes after attending the U.S. Supreme Court hearing on President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. The comedian posted on X a drawing of the courtroom with the caption, “Cheap seats but great show.” Mulaney surprised fans Wednesday by attending the hearing, where justices are weighing the legality of Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs on other nations. Mulaney is most known for releasing comedy specials, voice acting in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and writing for Saturday Night Live for six seasons. But The Hollywood Reporter said that the comedian is working on a TV show based on the Supreme Court, which he is writing with attorney Neal Katyal, who was there on Wednesday representing businesses challenging the tariffs. An American singer says what she believed to be an “engagement” to Malaysia’s former king was in fact a marriage—and she now wants a formal divorce. Brittany Porter, 30, claims she learned months after an April 2024 ceremony in Oman that it was a legally binding Islamic “nikah” marriage contract to Sultan Muhammad V, according to the South China Morning Post. He became the Sultan of Kelantan, a region in Malaysia, in 2010 after his father became ill and became King of Malaysia from 2016 until 2019, when he became the first monarch to abdicate from the throne. Porter says she met the 56-year-old Sultan in New York in January 2024, the outlet reported. But he later cut off contact, prompting her demand for “a proper divorce.” In Malaysia, Porter was referred to as “Che Puan,” a courtesy title for non-royal spouses. Porter, who records under the name Brook Lynn, says the relationship featured luxury travel before issues crept in. She also says she suffered a miscarriage in July 2024. She has since returned to music with two singles and plans for an album in January, according to SCMP. 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Alongside Long, Colman Domingo, 55, will portray Jackson’s father and manager, Joe Jackson, who died in 2018 and had a complicated relationship with his son. “I want to find their humanity, I want to find their heart and their humor,” Domingo told People about portraying the controversial father figure. In September, Paris Jackson, the daughter of the late icon, said she was uncomfortable with some inaccuracies in the film’s script but added that people “are gonna like the f---ing movie.” Dallas Cowboys player Marshawn Kneeland has died at 24, the organization announced Thursday morning. Police dispatch audio revealed that Kneeland was found in a portable toilet with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, TMZ Sports reported. The Frisco Police Department said officers attempted to pull Kneeland over for a traffic violation around 10:39 p.m. but he avoided pursuit, eventually crashing his car on the Dallas Parkway. He fled from the scene on foot, evading officers until they found his body around 1:30 a.m. Kneeland, a defensive end, was only in his second professional season after being selected by the Cowboys during the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft. He scored his first and only career touchdown during Monday night’s game against the Arizona Cardinals after recovering a blocked punt in the Arizona end zone. “It is with extreme sadness that the Dallas Cowboys share that Marshawn Kneeland tragically passed away this morning,” the organization said in a statement. “Marshawn was a beloved teammate and member of our organization. Our thoughts and prayers regarding Marshawn are with his girlfriend Catalina and his family.” If you or a loved one are struggling with suicidal thoughts, please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing or texting 988. Scouted selects products independently. If you purchase something from our posts, we may earn a small commission. 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The jury found that the school’s assistant principal, Ebony Parker, acted with gross negligence for preventing staff from searching a student after she was informed multiple times on the day of the incident that they had a firearm. Zwerner’s civil complaint had sought $40 million in damages, but her attorneys were “very happy with the outcome.” “Those choices that she made to treat Jan. 6, 2023 like any other day, even though a gun should change everything, is why we’re here,” said Zwerner’s attorney, Kevin Biniazan, about Parker during closing arguments. “I thought I was either on my way to heaven or in heaven,” Zwerner recalled about the incident in a testimony during the trial. “But then it all got black and so I then thought I wasn’t going there.” A 24-year-old Ukrainian beauty queen slipped and fell onstage at the Miss Earth 2025 pageant in the Philippines. Mariia Zheliaskova was walking in a glittery lace dress and platform stiletto heels when she apparently tripped on her dress and fell. She quickly stood up, took a few more steps, and twirled, still smiling the whole time, as the audience cheered. Despite the fall, she managed to place second behind winner Natálie Puškinová of the Czech Republic. In a post on Instagram, Zheliaskova said it was the first time Ukraine had placed in the top eight of the Miss Earth contest, and that she was “beyond happy” that she’d been able to represent her home country “with pride and strength.” Her fall was the second tense moment this week in the beauty pageant world after several contestants walked off the stage of a different contest, the Miss Universe pageant, following a heated exchange between an executive and one of the contestants. Dwayne Johnson abruptly shut down any talk about a career in politics when asked to address longstanding rumors that he has been mulling over a future presidential run. “In 2022, both major political parties apparently reached out to gauge your interest in running for president,” Johnson was asked during a Q&A with the Hollywood Reporter. “You obviously did not choose to get involved for 2024. On Young Rock, you run in 2032. Is there any chance that, in real life, you might entertain the possibility of running for president in the future?” Johnson, however, deftly batted the gotcha away, telling the interviewer, “Brother, you’ve asked a lot of great questions. Let’s ask another one.” The Rock previously admitted he’d been approached about a career in politics during an interview with Trevor Noah in 2023, but said he had no interest in running for office. “It was all very surreal because that’s never been my goal,” Johnson told Noah about the incident. “My goal has never been to be in politics. As a matter of fact, there’s a lot about politics that I hate.” A potentially catastrophic airplane crash was avoided by mere seconds thanks to a cool-as-ice air traffic controller, according to reports. Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera said the incident over Los Angeles was averted when the controller was able to alert the pilots to the danger. Flights ITA AZ621 and American AA4 were taking off from runways 24 and 25, respectively, on Friday, Oct. 31. The ITA Airways plane was bound for Rome and cleared to turn left, while the American Airlines Airbus A321 was bound for JFK and cleared to turn right. The Daily Mail reports that the ITA flight, thought to be an Airbus A339, turned left earlier than planned, putting the two planes on a collision course. They were going at more than 200 mph and came within 3000 feet of one another, meaning it would only have been seconds more before they collided. Correspondence between the pilots and air traffic controllers revealed that the ITA jet was instructed to “turn right immediately.” At the same time, the American flight was instructed to maintain its altitude at 1,500 feet. Air traffic control records show the ITA pilot received stern words. “You were supposed to maintain runway alignment,” the controller said. “Is there a reason it turned south?” “The company is completing the assessments required by applicable regulations and internal procedures,” ITA said. “ITA Airways confirms that the safety of its passengers and crews is the Company’s top priority.” Scouted selects products independently. 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The first Gremlins movie, which was written by Columbus and released in 1984, follows Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan), a boy who receives a pet “mogwai” named Gizmo. Mogwai cannot come in contact with water or eat after midnight, lest they go from cuddly cute creatures to vicious imps. Gremlins became a horror-comedy classic, while 1990’s Gremlins 2: The New Batch was also generally well-received. The franchise laid completely dormant for decades until an animated Gremlins series debuted on HBO Max in 2023. Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta makes around 10 percent of its revenue from fake advertisements and blasts 15 billion bogus bulletins into users’ eyeballs per day, leaked documents reveal. Reuters reports internal documents expose Meta acknowledging its pages are laced with scams. That 10 percent equates to around $16 billion, according to a document from December 2024. Every day, users are also reportedly exposed to 15 billion “higher risk” advertisements. Advertisers are only blocked by Meta if its systems can predict with 95 percent certainty that they are fraudulent. Many, however, are detected as being suspicious but remain up. Meta spokesperson Andy Stone told Reuters the documents “present a selective view that distorts Meta’s approach to fraud and scams.” He added that the 10 percent figure was “rough and overly-inclusive.” He added, “The assessment was done to validate our planned integrity investments—including in combating frauds and scams—which we did.” He said that fighting fraud is in the best interest of the company and its users. “We aggressively fight fraud and scams because people on our platforms don’t want this content, legitimate advertisers don’t want it and we don’t want it either. Over the past 18 months, we have reduced user reports of scam ads globally by 58 percent and, so far in 2025, we’ve removed more than 134 million pieces of scam ad content.”
