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FIRST THING with Kevin Manno

Monday August 22nd, 2022

FIRST THING with Kevin Manno

Kevin Manno

News, Society & Culture, Arts, Daily News

5.02.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Get caught up. Quickly. It's your cheat sheet as you start your day. A rundown of all the headlines. Student loan debt, Brittney Griner, Top Gun: Maverick, Britney Spears, Tom Brady & more...

Transcript

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0:00.0

Monday show what? Yes, hello. I like to keep them guessing. Let's do it. It's Monday, August 22nd, 2022

0:06.7

Tyberal of Modern Family, Kristen Wigg, James Corden, and Duolipa are all celebrating birthdays today. Happy birthday!

0:13.9

I

0:16.0

Let's get into it. I always start this show with your top story. This could potentially be a huge week for millions of people worried about

0:23.0

student loans according to the US Education Secretary. We can expect a decision from the Biden administration within the next week or

0:29.9

so. There's currently a pause on federal student loan payments which expires on the 31st. People are wondering if any debt will be forgiven which has been discussed quite a bit. One of the top rumors out of the White House is that President Biden is considering canceling $10,000 per borrower, unless you earn more than $125,000 a year. We will find out soon.

0:48.6

Okay, on to sports a couple headlines. This was a big one over the weekend. According to Dana White, the president of UFC Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski were very close to joining the Las Vegas Raiders. This was before they joined the Buccaneers. Apparently it was so close to happening. The Brady was already house hunting in the Vegas area, but the team's coach John Gruden. He quote blew up the deal. It almost happened though. In other Brady news, he's expected to be back with the Buccaneers today. He's been

1:18.4

absent hasn't been around for a for preseason stuff dealing with personal things and apparently his back for practice this week.

1:26.8

All right, all right, on to some entertainment headlines. We had some weddings over the weekend. The big one was wedding number two for Ben and Jen. They got married like a month ago in Vegas. Another two of them had a second ceremony with friends and family in Georgia.

1:40.7

Ben's buddies Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimmel were both there. Grats again, you guys. The other wedding over the weekend with Sarah Highland and Wells Adams. You might know her from modern family. You might know him from the bachelor world.

1:51.6

They've been together for about five years and after COVID delayed their wedding plans. They finally did it. They got married Saturday. Your Santa Barbara in California.

1:59.8

In baby news, Michael Bublé and his wife welcomed their fourth baby on Friday. Family of six. Congrats guys. In less happy news, hard pivot here. Actor Gary Busy has been charged with multiple counts of sexual contact and harassment following the annual monster. Many a convention last week.

2:18.1

According to reports, three women are accusing him of inappropriate behavior and he was removed from the convention after this happened. The investigation is ongoing.

2:26.8

Will Smith is back on social media. He's been gone since the Chris Rock slap. He posted a video to Facebook of a large spider. Welcome back, Will.

2:35.7

If you remember Kim Kardashian had some jewelry stolen a while back more than $10 million worth. Actually, this happened in Paris back in 2016.

2:45.2

And that story is back in the news because one of the robbers is talking about it. He's blaming her. He's blaming Kim. He said, quote, since she was throwing money away, I was there to collect it. And that was that.

2:55.0

He saw her flaunting a ring on social media and the he took it. He served 22 months for that and was released due to health concerns.

3:02.0

Oh, and lastly here in other Kardashian news, Scott Disick was in a bad car accident over the weekend, but seems to be un-injured. Where are your seat belts? Okay.

3:10.4

To some movie and TV news, a lot of folks were shocked by this. The new movie Dragon Ball Super hero was the number one movie this weekend at the box office. It's anime. That's a big genre. It beat the new Idris album movie Beasts, which was number two. Brad Pitt's bullet train was number three.

3:29.9

And hey, Top Gun Maverick is still standing strong at the box office still doing well. And it officially just passed Avengers Infinity War to become the sixth highest grossing movie ever at the US box office. That's big.

3:42.0

Jesse Eisenberg, great actor. He just signed down to star as a Sasquatch in an upcoming movie. He said, quote, I play a Sasquatch. Full makeup, full body hair, no lines. I grunt, but no lines. I'm so looking forward to this.

3:55.9

We just found out that there may be a national treasure three coming soon. Apparently a script is being finalized and it'll be sent to Nick Cage for his approval soon.

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