Ricky Martin (screen capture via Telemundo)Some news items you might have missed:
• Billboard: Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef were married for six years, but Martin has now disclosed the decision to split had been in consideration since before the pandemic.
Ricky Martin Breaks Silence on Divorce, Says Split Has Been in the Works Since ‘Pre-Pandemic’ https://t.co/IcLhBdnIiG
— billboard (@billboard) August 4, 2023
• New York Times: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-DL) says the 2020 election wasn’t “stolen,” contradicting a central argument of Donald Trump. “All those theories that were put out did not prove to be true.”
• The Advocate: A British gay couple and their young child fleeing a fire while on vacation in Greece were denied shelter in a local house after the homeowner saw they were gay.
A gay couple and their child fled wildfires in Greece only to be rejected from a house for being queer. https://t.co/sQJbBvXMbG
— The Advocate (@TheAdvocateMag) August 4, 2023
• AZ Central: Frederick Francis Goltz, a Trump supporter, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for threatening Arizona election officials and their families. “Someone needs to get these people AND their children,” he wrote on several occasions. “Dead children burn into the memories of people.”
• New Music: In May, Loreen made history as the first woman to win the Eurovision Song Contest for a second time with the song “Tattoo.” The song has surpassed over 210 million streams to date. Spice up your weekend with the new remix by Topic available now.