Lugging around boarding passes and needing to check in for flights will be scrapped as part of the biggest aviation industry shake-up in 50 years, The Times reported. Within the next “two to three years,” passengers will be able to upload their passports on their phones to pass through the airport using only their face for verification. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the UN body responsible for policy, plans to replace the existing rules for airports and airlines with a new “digital travel credential” that will allow passport information stored on devices to be used for travel. “The last upgrade of great scale was the adoption of e-ticketing in the early 2000s,” Valérie Viale, the director of product management at a travel technology company called Amadeus, told the Times. “The industry has now decided it’s time to upgrade to modern systems that are more like what Amazon would use.” Although the new technology might spark some privacy concerns, Amadeus claims that the system it developed wipes passengers’ details within 15 seconds of each contact with a “touchpoint,” like the pre-security gates.

An “unsecured” penguin caused a helicopter to crash in South Africa after it leapt out of a cardboard box onto another passenger’s lap, then jumped onto the controls during take-off. The bird was resting in a box on the passenger’s lap after being picked up for transportation during an aerial survey of Bird Island, aviation authorities report. But as the craft started to take flight, the passenger placed the cardboard box on their lap, securing it with their hands. “Whilst transitioning and about 15m above ground level (AGL), the cardboard box slid off to the right and onto the pilot’s cyclic pitch control lever. As a result, the cyclic pitch control lever advanced to the far-right position,” the report said. The craft then veered sharply to the right, and its rotor blades hit the ground, destroying the helicopter. Nobody was injured in the crash, including the penguin, and the 35-year-old pilot was advised to undergo further training on the correct way to follow safety procedures.

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Saturday Night Live star Bill Hader opened up about the bizarre reason he was once fired—with many fans claiming he did nothing wrong. Joining John Mulaney’s show, Everybody’s Live, the 46-year-old comedian revealed the boisterous story of the time he was fired for spoiling the 1997 movie Titanic when he worked at a movie theater. “Titanic hadn’t come out yet, and a sorority had bought out the movie theater, and they were in the doorway,” the actor explained. After asking them to move out of the way, Hader claimed that the girls had begun to make fun of his looks. “They said I looked like Charles Manson—which I kinda did,“ he continued. Bowtie on and cummerbund fastened, Hader tore up the movie tickets, telling them: “Enjoy the movie. The boat sinks at the end. Leo dies.” Many fans posted on X their support for the star, saying that the girls had what was coming. “I would have done the same thing,” wrote one X user. “Legend,” commented another.

So long, space travel. The White House plans to terminate billions of dollars’ worth of ongoing and future National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) missions, effectively cutting the world-renowned scientific agency in half. President Donald Trump’s most recent budget proposal to Congress proposes major reductions that would cut NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) from $7.3 billion to $3.9 billion, The Washington Post reported Friday. The SMD is responsible for sponsoring research in several fields: earth science, heliophysics, astrophysics, planetary science, and biological and physical sciences. The astrophysics budget would drop from $1.5 billion to $487 million. The planetary science budget would plunge from $2.7 billion to $1.9 billion. No telescope other than the extant Hubble and Webb telescopes will be funded, including the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a groundbreaking instrument in the works that would study distant galaxies and faraway planets. Not all hope is lost, however, as the budget draft is only the first step in the process in which Trump sends Congress a 2026 fiscal year budget request. Congress, which has the “power of the purse,” could still rescue NASA. The Daily Beast has reached out to the Trump administration for comment.

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A bird apparently mistook Fox News reporter Peter Doocy’s “hair for a nest” when it tried to land on his head during a broadcast outside the White House. The network’s White House correspondent screamed and ducked for cover as he was accosted by the pigeon on the lawn Friday morning, during a Fox & Friends segment. “A bird just landed on my head! I did not like that at all!” he shouted as the panel burst out in laughter. “That is probably so dirty,” Doocy added, before appealing to the president to take action. “President Trump, if you are watching upstairs, we gotta do something about these birds. Where is the Park Service? They are always out here in the street and blowing, except when the birds are landing on my head.” Later, Fox News shared the clip on X, writing: “Apparently, a bird confused @pdoocy's hair for a nest this morning... and it’s definitely not something you see every day."

American actress and model Jamie King has opened up about losing custody of her children, calling the whole ordeal “terrifying,” Page Six reported. During an appearance on the Whine Down With Jana Kramer podcast, the reality star shared the “scary” reality after her ex-husband Kyle Newman won full physical custody of their two sons, James, 11, and Leo, 9. “My duty as a mother is to protect my children. And that’s all that matters to me. This is scary,” King said. Kramer has also experienced a tumultuous custody battle with her ex-husband, former NFL tight end Mike Caussin, over their two children. King admitted that she didn’t know how the world worked when she married Newman at a young age. The pair tied the knot in 2007 until splitting in 2023. “I just didn’t know that the world works like this. I didn’t know that legal systems work like this,” she said. “And not to sound like some kind of neophyte, but I thought that, you know, when you choose to love someone, then you love that person. You build a family with them, and, you trust them.” According to a March 11 court filing, the children will live with Newman because King failed to complete a six-month drug and alcohol program, including weekly testing, aftercare, and a 12-step program.

Actress Rebecca Gayheart is coming clean about her rocky marriage with husband Eric Dane, who announced his ALS diagnosis this week. The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum gushed about Grey’s Anatomy’s “McSteamy” only a month after requesting her 2018 divorce filing, saying their marriage “wasn’t a failure” after all. It seems like the two are giving it another try, with Gayheart praising the Grey’s Anatomy and Euphoria actor in a red carpet interview only a day before he told the public about his illness. “We are best of friends. We are really close. We are great coparents,” she said while speaking to E! News at the screening of The Carters: Hurts to Love You. “We really figured out the formula to staying a family and I think our kids are benefiting greatly from it and we are as well.” Gayheart, who shares two teens with Dane, said that “it’s important to not look at a relationship that ends as a failure. It’s just a season.” Dane, 52, announced to People the next day that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, saying he’s “grateful to have my loving family by my side as we navigate this next chapter.”

Jared Hess, director of A Minecraft Movie, has been reveling at fans’ reactions to his movie in theaters. “It’s been so bananas,” the filmmaker told Entertainment Weekly a couple of days after the movie’s considerable box office haul from its opening weekend. The movie sparked the “chicken jockey” trend, which has gained traction on social media. The reference from the Minecraft video game has prompted teen-filled theatre audiences to scream the phrase and break into disruptive applause. In a viral video of one such screening, the crowd’s enthusiasm seems to get rowdy enough to attract police officers, who come in to escort the perpetrators out of the theater. “It’s weird when you’re having too much fun and the cops get called,” Hess told Entertainment Weekly. “It’s funny because I think it’s just literally cheering and throwing popcorn, which is so funny to me that cops are getting called for popcorn.” The director revealed that he’s been watching many of the “funny” videos. “It’s great, especially when people are climbing on their friends’ shoulders and standing up and cheering for those moments. Man, I’m just glad people are making memories with their friends and families.”

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Australian model Lucy Markovic died from complications with a rare brain condition on Thursday at the age of 27, the New York Post reported. The Australia’s Next Top Model runner-up was forced to undergo emergency surgery on April 2 because she had been suffering from a brain arteriovenous malformation. “Dear friends and family, I regret to inform you that Lucy has passed,” her partner Carlos posted in an Instagram statement. “She was at peace. Me, her mother, and my mother were present with her. We ask you to please give us space in these hard times. May Lucy Rest in peace.” Markovic was public about her battle with Arteriovenous malformation (AVM), which affects 1 in 100,000 people, in the weeks leading up to her death, revealing that she was scheduled to undergo brain surgery on March 26 to treat the AVM “in the back of her brain.” The procedure was later moved to April 2. On April 11, her Instagram account posted a tribute to the model. “To our Loved Lucy,” it read. “It is far too early for you to go. Your sunshine, happiness and energy was spread from you everywhere you went.” Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace also shared a tribute. “I am so sorry to hear about Lucy. Rest in peace, beautiful girl,” she wrote.

Meghan Markle made a splash in Midtown Manhattan Thursday night, arriving for a showing of the Broadway revival Gypsy in a four-vehicle motorcade—complete with an NYPD escort. The Duchess of Sussex was spotted earlier that evening dining at the Polo Bar, Ralph Lauren’s upscale restaurant, before heading to the Majestic Theater in Times Square, the New York Post reported. Her 1.5-mile journey drew attention as she traveled in a fleet of black SUVs flanked by an unmarked police car. Markle, 43, entered the theater surrounded by security, according to the Post, and saw Gypsy, which stars six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald. While it’s unclear if the two are close, McDonald publicly praised Markle’s “grace, strength, and purpose” in the face of public scrutiny in a 2023 Vanity Fair interview. Her heightened security comes after Markle, her husband Prince Harry, and mother Doria Ragland were involved in what their spokesperson called a “near catastrophic” paparazzi chase through New York City in 2023. However, law enforcement sources said it was a much less dramatic ordeal but the NYPD later pledged to increase security for future visits. While Markle took in the city, Prince Harry on Thursday made an unannounced trip to Ukraine to visit a rehabilitation clinic for war victims. Earlier in the week, he appeared at the Royal Courts of Justice in London to appeal the decision to revoke his government-funded security.