The Buzz : Everything You Need To Know Today Dec 12th

Merge 104.8  |  12 December 2022

Elton John is the latest celebrity to abandon Twitter since it was taken over by Elon Musk. He didn’t give much information but blamed the platform’s “change in policy” around misinformation. In response to his announcement, Elon Musk said he hoped Elton would be back. Jim Carrey and Whoopi Goldberg are among those who have also quit Twitter.

 

Aaron Taylor-Johnson might not be a name you are familiar with, but he is currently the favourite to take over from Daniel Craig as James Bond. Apparently, he impressed bosses that much at his top-secret screen test and is now tipped to be the favourite to take over the role. Eon Productions are set to reveal who will become 007 in March next year.

 

A pair of 165-year-old Levi jeans salvaged from a ship that sank in the 1800s has just sold at an auction for $114,000. The S.S. Central America ship went down in 1857 after being swept away by a hurricane that hit the Carolinas as it was heading to New York. The Levi Strauss jeans are the oldest known pair of miner’s heavy-duty work jeans.