Did You Hear? … Paul Rudd is the Sexiest Man Alive and Other Stories You May Have Missed

The winner for this year’s season of The Block: Fans vs Faves has finally been announced. After months of renovations, Mitch and Mark managed to win the competition, beating out the four other teams.

After coming fifth in their first season on the show, Mitch and Mark stepped their game up, selling their incredible home for a very chill, $4,044,444.44. Not bad! On top of the profits from the auction, the couple also bagged the $100k prize money. Love that for them!

The season saw five teams go head-to-head with the challenge of transforming a cul-de-sac house in the exxy beachside suburb of Hampton in Melbourne. Of course, it wouldn’t be The Block without some chaos and arguments, and this season well and truly delivered across the board.

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By far the most horrific story of the week, eight people are dead and hundreds more injured following rapper Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival show.

A criminal investigation is currently underway and all parties involved are cooperating.

“This incident is being thoroughly investigated and reviewed,” Texas Mayor Sylvester Turner said in a press conference on Saturday. “It is important for us to ascertain what happened, what took place, and what missteps occurred.”

“Last night was tragic on many different levels, and this is a very, very active investigation,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said in a statement, according to NPR. “And we’ll probably be at it for quite some time to determine what exactly happened.”

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It’s official – Paul Rudd is this year’s People‘s Sexiest Man Alive! On Tuesday, the 52-year-old actor was crowned with the title when People unveiled their cover for their Nov. 22 issue. “I do have an awareness, enough to know that when people hear that I’d be picked for this, they would say, ‘What?’” he told the publication about the honour. “This is not false humility. There are so many people that should get this before me.”

He continued, “I mean I’m going to lean into it hard. I’m going to own this. I’m not going to try to be like ‘Oh, I’m so modest.’ I’m getting business cards made. But all of my friends will destroy me and I expect them to. And that’s why they’re my friends.”

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If you’re like literally everyone else in the world, you’ve binged every ep of Netflix’s colossal smash hit Squid Game by now. You’ve laughed at all the memes. You’re ready to play Red Light, Green Light. You’re thinking about how far you’d make it. Most importantly, you’re simply in dire need of a second season, stat. Us too!

Well, we come bearing good news, because Squid Game season two is officially on. It’s happening!

In an interview with the Associated Press, series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk confirmed that a second season is on the way.

“There will be a second season,” Hwang confirmed.

“So, there’s been so much pressure, so much demand, and so much love for a second season.

“I almost feel like you leave us no choice, but, I will say there will indeed be a second season.”

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The Gossip Girl reboot is officially returning for season one, part two, and it can’t come soon enough, in our opinion!

Like everyone else, we’ve been absolutely obsessed with the new take on the 00s teen hit, and we can’t wait to dive back in.

If you haven’t been tuning in, the new series has introduced us to a new generation of NYC’s most fashionable and iconic private school teens.

Now, Gossip Girl is an IG account (obvs) and the premiere flipped the whole original series on its head when it told us exactly who GG was in the first ep. No Dan Humphreys shenanigans this time!

There are six eps of the first season remaining, and they’ll continue to explore how social media–and NYC–have shifted and evolved since the original series, and the impact it has on teens today.

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