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- The White House residential crew will have just five hours tomorrow to get Donald Trump's TVs out of there, deep-clean the place, and get the Bidens' stuff set up.
- 200,000 flags have been placed on the National Mall for this week's inauguration. The flags are meant to represent the crowds unable to attend the ceremony.
- After declining to publish a forthcoming book by friend-of-the-Capitol-insurrectionists Senator Josh Hawley, Simon & Schuster will still be distributing the book outside the U.S. as part of a deal with the conservative publisher Regnery.
- Bronx rapper A Boogie Wit da Hoodie is being sued for over $250,000 for allegedly clogging toilets, cutting up carpets, and inflicting other damage on his former New Jersey rental mansion.
- Harry Brant, the socialite and model who was once deemed "New York City's most beautiful teen" by NY Mag, has died at 24 of a prescription drug overdose.
- The New York Mets have fired general manager Jared Porter for texting an unsolicited photo of his genitals to a reporter back in 2016.
- A Canadian teenager who got lost on a snowmobile ride survived by building himself a lil' ice cave while waiting for the Mounties to come.
- Dapper Dan, the legendary Harlem fashion designer who's now 76, said he does 600 sit-ups every morning.
- Wake up!:
Published Jan 19, 2021
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