Merge 104.8 | 23 September 2020
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are facing a backlash for speaking out about the upcoming U.S. election despite the British royal family’s strict political neutrality rules.
The Duke of Sussex told voters to ‘reject hate speech, misinformation and online negativity’ while the Duchess called the presidential race the ‘most important election of our lifetime’ as the couple urged Americans to use their right to vote.
Jackie Stallone, the mother of Hollywood actor Sylvester has died aged 98. The larger-than-life character, who was known as an astrologer and wrestling promoter, “died in her sleep as she wished,” said her youngest son, Frank.
And did two Hollywood stars invent the first selfie? It’s possible! A young Paul Rudd and Reese Witherspoon photographed themselves long before the form became popular in 1996. Witherepoon reposted the picture on Instagram with 5he caption“ Wait a second… did #PaulRudd and I take the ‘Selfie’ in 1996?” We suspect that they did!