A former broadcaster who was close friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the decade before Lennon’s 1980 murder said the lithe couple were “obsessed with staying skinny.” Elliot Mintz, who hosted several radio and television programs in Los Angeles and first met Ono when he interviewed her for her 1971 album Fly, told People that the couple had rotating racks of clothes at home organized “according to waist size” like in a boutique. “John kept a journal where each day he would write what his weight was,” Mintz said. “Yoko and John had endless questions about this subject.” He also claimed Lennon once rung him up at 4 a.m. to ask that he find him some weight loss pills. “They thought that everybody in Hollywood was slim and trim and that there were magic diet pills and insisted I get that for them,” said Mintz, 79, who has remained friends with Ono, 91. He added that the refrigerator the couple kept was filled with “unrecognizable” health foods though (perhaps because they were unrecognizable) didn’t specify what they were.

In addition to a sermon, the Lord‘s Prayer and the final commendation, solemn renditions of The Cure‘s “Just Like Heaven,” Alphaville’s “Forever Young” and Tomasco Albinoni’s “Adagio in G Minor” were performed at the ’funeral of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18 year old daughter Hanna in central London Thursday. The two were among seven killed in August when his 180 foot super yacht sank off the coast of Sicily. Lynch’s family invited The Sunday Times newspaper to the funeral, which counted friends, family, politicians and Nobel prize-winning geneticist and president-elect of the Royal Society Paul Nurse among the mourners. A coach bus full of Hannah’s classmates from Latymer Upper School, the private day school she graduated from earlier this year, sat at the front of the ceremony. Lynch’s widow, Angela Bacares, and the couple’s eldest daughter, Esme, 22, brought four of the family’s dog’s including Lynch’s beloved Faucet, a shetland sheepdog who “occasionally unleashing a high-pitched bark that bounced from the arched ceilings“ of St James’s Church, Piccadilly. Nurse, who gave a eulogy, used the opportunity to rail against the “shameful and shameless” 2023 extradition and San Francisco house arrest of Lynch by the US Justice Department on fraud allegations that he was cleared of in a jury trial in June. Lynch died 74 days after he was acquitted. Sir David Davis, a Conservative MP who has called for the overturning of a one-sided U.S.-UK extradition treaty where the Americans can ignore British requests but not vice versa, reportedly nodded in agreement. “How was it possible that he could have been so betrayed by the past government?” Nurse said.

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Donald Trump bragged about his relationship with China, claiming that the nation would not provoke the US should he return to the White House. “I had a very strong relationship with him,” Trump said of Chinese President Xi Jinping. “He was actually a really good, I don’t want to say friend - I don’t want to act foolish, ‘he was my friend’ - but I got along with him great.” The former president’s remarks came while speaking to the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board, during which he pledged to impose tariffs on China if it attempted to blockade Taiwan. “I would say: if you go into Taiwan, I’m sorry to do this, I’m going to tax you at 150 percent to 200 percent,” he said. The former president also claimed that military force to prevent a blockage would not be needed because President Xi respects him and “knows I’m f---ing crazy.” Trump’s comments echo his campaign messaging that, under a new Trump presidency, American adversaries would not provoke or threaten the nation or its interests.

Rosie O’Donnell’s eldest daughter was arrested and charged with child neglect and felony drug charges after law enforcement officers found her infant son in a home with drug paraphernalia, feces, and garbage. Chelsea O’Donnell, 27, faces four felony counts of maintaining a drug trafficking place, child neglect, possession of meth and THC, In Touch reported. Wisconsin prosecutors also charged her with two misdemeanors: disorderly conduct and possession of illegally obtained prescription drugs. According to court documents, Chelsea was first taken into custody on Sept. 10, after calling the police due to an argument with her boyfriend. Upon arriving at her home, police described seeing meth pipes, a meth cooking setup, “rotten food, dirty moldy dishes… dirty diapers, used female hygiene products, unclean underwear with feces and blood stains and used razor blades on the floor.” Officers reportedly found meth and prescription drugs on Chelsea herself. In Chelsea’s 11-month-old’s room, police allegedly found a box filled with hypodermic needles, a digital scale, and a bag with white residue. Just two weeks after being released on bond, officers again arrested Chelsea on Oct. 11, finding needles and a meth pipe in her possession.

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Top Gear and The Grand Tour legend Jeremy Clarkson wrote on Sunday that a sudden case of chest tightness led him to get emergency heart surgery this week. In his weekly Sunday Times column, the TV presenter said he noticed the condition while on vacation along the Indian Ocean, finding it harder to swim or move. “These problems all manifested themselves in one day, which made the rest of my holiday extremely relaxing because all I did was sit in a chair drinking wine and eating cheese,” he wrote. When he went home, he found his chest tightening. That prompted an emergency trip to an Oxford hospital, where doctors installed a stent in his heart to improve blood flow. “The next morning I went home, and here I am, two hours later, writing this and sort of thinking, ‘Crikey, that was close.’”

Kathy Griffin has opened up on her divorce from husband Randy Bick, telling Page Six that she is “heartbroken.” “The divorce is what’s kicking my ass mentally,” she said. “I thought I was going to be with this guy forever. I’m heartbroken, I admit it.” “I just didn’t think I’d be alone at this stage of the game, but hey, that’s on me. And I guess, I obviously have [to take] full responsibility.” The 63-year-old filed for divorce from her 45-year-old husband in Dec. 2023. The pair met in 2011 and were married on New Year’s Eve in 2019 in a ceremony officiated by Lily Tomlin. “I know it’s cliché,” she said. “I wish him the best. I hope he meets somebody else. He just wasn’t the right guy for me. But he’ll be good for somebody else.”

Benjamin Glaze, a 2018 American Idol contestant, has been taken into custody for alleged possession of child pornography. Law enforcement in Tulsa, Oklahoma, announced that the wannabe singer was arrested by the city police department’s Sexual Predator/Digital Evidence Recovery Unit on Friday, following a tip received in April. After his arrest, Glaze was reportedly found with more than 700 images and videos of child sexual abuse material on his smartphone. He has since been released on a $50,000 bond. The Oklahoma resident appeared on season 16 of Idol, where he told judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie at his audition that he’d never kissed a girl. Glaze was 19 years old at the time. Although all three judges voted “no” on Glaze, Perry kissed the young singer, creating one of the show’s viral moments. Perry was later slammed by fans after Glaze was reportedly made uncomfortable by the smooch, but he ultimately said he did not feel sexually harassed by Perry.

ABC weatherman Sam Champion revealed to viewers that he has been battling skin cancer on a Friday Good Morning America segment that delved into his health challenge. After noticing an atypical mark on his face, Champion went to the doctor and was diagnosed with nodular basal cell carcinoma. In early October, he had surgery to remove the cancer. Champion explained during the segment that during outdoor reporting trips earlier in his career, he wouldn’t wear sunscreen and would end up with “blistering sunburns.” “When I’m not bringing you the weather, I love nothing more than being outside, but these days I wouldn’t think about going outside without sunscreen,” he said. Champion said the next step in his journey will be caring for the prominent scar left by the removal. He thanked his viewers for their support and urged them to look after their skin: “I hope that one day no one has to go through surgery to get rid of skin cancer, but, right now, we have to keep our eye on our skin, our hands on our skin, be very vigilant and notice any unusual spots, and if those spots start to change, immediately get care.”

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Ryan Murphy, co-creator of the hit Netflix TV series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, is looking to make bonus episodes of the show if the Menendez brothers are released, according to a Variety interview. After the series of the two became a hit when it was released in September, the case of the Menendez brothers was reinvigorated, with many calling for their release. Lyle and Erik, who were found guilty for the 1989 murder of their parents, are currently serving life sentences without parole. That, however, is now under review by the Los Angeles district attorney due to additional evidence, which could mean a possible resentencing or freedom. Both argued that they were sexually and psychologically abused by their father, and were acting in self defense. Murphy told Variety on Thursday that if the brothers are released, he’d want to make additional episodes. “It’s been discussed, I’ll tell you that much. Everyone has been interested in that,” he said to Variety. “I think everyone wants to see how this story ends because this story is not over.”

San Francisco 49ers rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall is set to make his NFL debut less than two months after he was shot in the chest during an attempted robbery in San Francisco‘s Union Square. After making it through his first week of practice with no setbacks, Pearsall will play as the 49ers face off against the Kansas City Chiefs this Sunday. Head coach Kyle Shanahan said he wasn’t sure how long it would take for Pearsall to be fit for the field, nor were there any expectations from the team. “But Wednesday he looked great,” Shanahan said. “Thursday was even better. And today was even more comfortable. So that made the decision pretty easy.” Pearsall avoided any damage to organs or nerves when he was shot during a struggle with a burglar, who was later arrested, in early September. His return has raised the 49ers’ spirits, Shanahan added. “I think the guys are more real happy for him that he could get back and be a part of it... We’re just pumped to get him back out there with us.”