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AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - A $35 plastic purse is humbling the $100,000 Hermès Birkin — and its owners aren't taking it well
The Jelly Firkin, a $35 plastic handbag shaped like the iconic Hermès Birkin, has gone viral across the U.S., and women who spent six figures on the real thing are watching its cultural cachet dissolve. On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, 40-year-old Natalie Mileo strolled through one of the wealthiest zip codes in America […] The post A $35 plastic purse is humbling the $100,000 Hermès Birkin — and its owners aren't taking it well appeared first on American Almanac .
The Jelly Firkin, a $35 plastic handbag shaped like the iconic Hermès Birkin, has gone viral across the U.S., and women who spent six figures on the real thing are watching its cultural cachet dissolve. On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, 40-year-old Natalie Mileo strolled through one of the wealthiest zip codes in America carrying a gummy, translucent purse made from the same material as a gym-class kickball. She paid $35 for it. She also owns ten real Hermès bags. She is not confused about the difference. She just does not care. The bag is called the Jelly Firkin, and it has become the most unlikely fashion phenomenon of 2026, a cheap plastic knockoff that is not just undercutting the Birkin's price tag but openly mocking the status…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Flea market 'fox head' turns out to be one of two known Tasmanian Tiger specimens on Earth
A British antique collector paid $85,000 for a taxidermied head mislabeled as a fox, then confirmed through X-ray and CT scans that it belonged to a Tasmanian Tiger, an apex predator extinct since 1936. James Cranfield, a 38-year-old natural history relics dealer who specializes in collecting unusual fox heads, was scrolling an auction site when […] The post Flea market 'fox head' turns out to be one of two known Tasmanian Tiger specimens on Earth appeared first on American Almanac .
A British antique collector paid $85,000 for a taxidermied head mislabeled as a fox, then confirmed through X-ray and CT scans that it belonged to a Tasmanian Tiger, an apex predator extinct since 1936. James Cranfield, a 38-year-old natural history relics dealer who specializes in collecting unusual fox heads, was scrolling an auction site when he spotted a listing for a "19th century fox head" consigned to Auctioneum, an auction house in Bristol, England. The image stopped him cold. The proportions were wrong. The teeth were wrong. Cranfield counted eight upper incisors in the photograph, two more than any fox has ever carried. He believed he was looking at the head of a thylacine, commonly known as the Tasmanian Tiger, a carnivorous…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Man with learning disabilities charged with attempted murder after throwing toddler into crocodile enclosure at English zoo
A 30-year-old man was charged with attempted murder and released on bail after allegedly hurling a three-year-old boy into a crocodile pit at a small English zoo, where the owner's wife jumped in to rescue the child before the animals could reach him. The attack happened at Johnsons Zoological Gardens in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, a rural […] The post Man with learning disabilities charged with attempted murder after throwing toddler into crocodile enclosure at English zoo appeared first on American Almanac .
A 30-year-old man was charged with attempted murder and released on bail after allegedly hurling a three-year-old boy into a crocodile pit at a small English zoo, where the owner's wife jumped in to rescue the child before the animals could reach him. The attack happened at Johnsons Zoological Gardens in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, a rural area near Cambridge, England. The suspect, a 30-year-old man from Norfolk with learning disabilities, was on a supervised day trip with a caretaker when he allegedly grabbed the boy, a complete stranger, and threw him into the crocodile enclosure. The caretaker had momentarily looked away when the incident occurred, the New York Post reported . The toddler suffered a broken arm and pelvis in the fall.…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Gary Oldman says James Bond has been cast, names co-star Jack Lowden as his pick for 007
Gary Oldman claims Amazon MGM Studios has already chosen the next James Bond but hasn't announced it yet, and he's backing his Slow Horses co-star Jack Lowden for the role. In an interview with Canada's Global, the veteran British actor said the studio has made its decision on who will play Ian Fleming's secret agent. […] The post Gary Oldman says James Bond has been cast, names co-star Jack Lowden as his pick for 007 appeared first on American Almanac .
Gary Oldman claims Amazon MGM Studios has already chosen the next James Bond but hasn't announced it yet, and he's backing his Slow Horses co-star Jack Lowden for the role. In an interview with Canada's Global, the veteran British actor said the studio has made its decision on who will play Ian Fleming's secret agent. Oldman stopped short of confirming Lowden is the pick, but his phrasing left little room for ambiguity. He noted that Lowden has been rumored for the Bond shortlist, then added that "they have picked him" and that "they have made their choice." Deadline reported Oldman's full comments and noted that Amazon MGM Studios was approached for comment on the claim. Whether the studio responded was not disclosed. Oldman told the…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Ashley St. Clair claims she turned down $40 million NDA to appear in Alex Gibney's Elon Musk documentary
A 28-year-old former conservative influencer who says she gave birth to Elon Musk's child told a Venice Film Festival audience she rejected a $40 million non-disclosure agreement so she could speak publicly about the billionaire. Ashley St. Clair made the claim at a press conference for "Musk," a nearly four-hour documentary directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker […] The post Ashley St. Clair claims she turned down $40 million NDA to appear in Alex Gibney's Elon Musk documentary appeared first on American Almanac .
A 28-year-old former conservative influencer who says she gave birth to Elon Musk's child told a Venice Film Festival audience she rejected a $40 million non-disclosure agreement so she could speak publicly about the billionaire. Ashley St. Clair made the claim at a press conference for "Musk," a nearly four-hour documentary directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney that premiered at the festival on Tuesday. St. Clair, described as Musk's ex, sat alongside Gibney and tech journalist Zoë Schiffer to discuss the film, and her decision to participate in it despite the alleged financial pressure to stay quiet. The documentary arrives as Musk, whose estimated net worth stands at roughly $900 billion across SpaceX, Tesla, the social…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Rob Reiner wins posthumous Emmy for 'The Bear,' 48 years after his last acting trophy
Rob Reiner, the director and actor killed alongside his wife last December, has been awarded a posthumous Emmy for his guest turn on FX's "The Bear", a bittersweet honor that arrived amid his son's ongoing murder trial. The Television Academy gave Reiner the outstanding guest actor in a comedy series award at Emmy Awards Night […] The post Rob Reiner wins posthumous Emmy for 'The Bear,' 48 years after his last acting trophy appeared first on American Almanac .
Rob Reiner, the director and actor killed alongside his wife last December, has been awarded a posthumous Emmy for his guest turn on FX's "The Bear", a bittersweet honor that arrived amid his son's ongoing murder trial. The Television Academy gave Reiner the outstanding guest actor in a comedy series award at Emmy Awards Night 2 on Saturday, making it his first acting Emmy since 1978 and only the second posthumous Emmy for an on-camera performance in more than three decades. Wendi McLendon-Covey accepted the trophy on Reiner's behalf. The audience at the ceremony rose for a standing ovation that Variety reported lasted a full minute. Reiner was 78 when he and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed in December. Their son, Nick…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Ray LaMontagne collapses mid-song at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium during anniversary tour
Grammy-winning singer Ray LaMontagne fell backward on stage at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium while performing a song from his debut album, cutting the concert short and drawing emergency medical treatment for dehydration. LaMontagne, 53, was strumming his guitar and singing "Jolene," a track from his 2004 debut album "Trouble," when he began grunting audibly, grabbed the […] The post Ray LaMontagne collapses mid-song at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium during anniversary tour appeared first on American Almanac .
Grammy-winning singer Ray LaMontagne fell backward on stage at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium while performing a song from his debut album, cutting the concert short and drawing emergency medical treatment for dehydration. LaMontagne, 53, was strumming his guitar and singing "Jolene," a track from his 2004 debut album "Trouble," when he began grunting audibly, grabbed the microphone stand, and collapsed backward on stage during the September 5 show. Crew members rushed to his side. The concert stopped. Local EMS treated LaMontagne on-site for what his team later called "heat related dehydration," USA TODAY reported . The incident came during the second of two Nashville dates on his "Trouble" 20th Anniversary Tour, which launched August 23…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Elaine Chao held Chinese Communist Party-linked appointments while serving in two U.S. Cabinet posts, investigation finds
Former Labor and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao received at least four positions from Chinese Communist Party-affiliated organizations, some overlapping with her years in the U.S. Cabinet, raising serious questions about undisclosed foreign ties. Chinese government officials appointed Chao to multiple advisory and honorary roles within arms of the CCP's United Front Work Department starting in […] The post Elaine Chao held Chinese Communist Party-linked appointments while serving in two U.S. Cabinet posts, investigation finds appeared first on American Almanac .
Former Labor and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao received at least four positions from Chinese Communist Party-affiliated organizations, some overlapping with her years in the U.S. Cabinet, raising serious questions about undisclosed foreign ties. Chinese government officials appointed Chao to multiple advisory and honorary roles within arms of the CCP's United Front Work Department starting in 2008, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported after translating Chinese government and state media records. The positions span both her tenure as Secretary of Labor under George W. Bush and her service as Secretary of Transportation during Donald Trump's first term. Chao's spokesman denied she ever held a foreign government position or…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Sunny Hostin calls for 25th Amendment against Trump, predicts Cabinet will act after midterm losses
"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin returned from summer break Tuesday by floating the 25th Amendment against President Trump, a demand the show's hosts have now recycled at least three times in under a year. Hostin used the ABC daytime program's August 31 episode to press what she called an honest question about removing the sitting […] The post Sunny Hostin calls for 25th Amendment against Trump, predicts Cabinet will act after midterm losses appeared first on American Almanac .
"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin returned from summer break Tuesday by floating the 25th Amendment against President Trump, a demand the show's hosts have now recycled at least three times in under a year. Hostin used the ABC daytime program's August 31 episode to press what she called an honest question about removing the sitting president from office. Her scenario hinged on a Republican wipeout in the 2026 midterms, after which she predicted Trump's own Cabinet would move to replace him with JD Vance. Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin dismissed the idea on the spot, and the Republican National Committee fired back within hours, Fox News Digital reported . The 25th Amendment allows a president's Cabinet to remove him from office if he is…Open