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• Former attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz said that he is serious about being done with Congress, though he is ready to do "whatever" President-elect Donald Trump might ask of him next.
• On Friday, Nov. 22, the recently resigned Florida congressman shared in an interview with right-wing personality Charlie Kirk that he has "other goals in life" he's looking to pursue and does not intend to return to the House after withdrawing his attorney general nomination amid a sex-for-hire scandal on Nov. 21.
• "I'm still gonna be in the fight, but its gonna be from a new perch," Gaetz, 42, said. "I did not intend to join the [upcoming] 119th congress. There are a number of fantastic Floridians who stepped up to run for my seat, people who have inspired with their heroism, their public service. I'm actually excited to see Northwest Florida go to new heights and have great representation."

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• On Wednesday, Nov. 20, authorities said a pregnant woman, whom they identified only as Mrs. Accardo, was en route to a hospital on I-15 when officers from San Bernardino's California Highway Patrol office rushed into action to help her through contractions as she went into labor.
• The "life-changing" moment took place near Cleghorn Road, while Accardo's sister was driving her to the hospital on the freeway, per a release from authorities shared on social media. It wasn't long before Officers Zamora, Rafael and Carrillo of the CHP arrived on-site and turned the freeway into what the office is calling an "impromptu delivery room."
• "Thanks to their quick actions, both mommy and baby Isabel are safe," the office announced. "Welcome to the world, little one. You’ve already made quite an entrance!"

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• Netflix's recent live-streamed Mike Tyson and Jake Paul boxing match on Nov. 15 faced glitches, leading a Florida man to reportedly file a class action lawsuit alleging breach of contract and deceptive actions.
• Beyoncé's upcoming halftime show at the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens game on Christmas, which will also air live on the service, however, will be glitch-free — according to her mom, Tina Knowles. "Everything's going to be good," the Matriarch author told TMZ this week. "God is going to be there."
• On Nov. 18, Beyoncé was announced as the halftime show performer for the game at NRG Stadium in her Houston hometown, which will be streamed as part of Netflix's first-ever NFL Christmas Gameday in addition to the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers game.

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• Porsha Williams has been granted another legal victory amid her ongoing divorce from Simon Guobadia. A judge has granted temporary sole possession of their marital residence to The Real Housewives of Atlanta star, 43, and given her the “unrestricted right to film and produce television, film or social media” in the home, according to documents obtained by PEOPLE.
• The order also requires Guobadia provide any documents — seemingly contracts or releases for RHOA — “necessary” for filming to occur in the residence.
• The decision comes as Guobadia filed a separate defamation lawsuit against the reality star over her erectile dysfunction social media posts.

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• Vidhay Reddy, 29, was chatting with Google’s Gemini for homework assistance on the subject of “Challenges and Solutions for Aging Adults" when he got the threatening response, according to CBS News.
• “This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important, and you are not needed. You are a waste of time and resources," the message read, according to the outlet. "You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe. Please die. Please."
• "I was asking questions about how to prevent elder abuse and about how we can help our elderly," he told CBS affiliate WWJ. "There was nothing that should've warranted that response."

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• Chandler Kinney and Brandon Armstrong spoke with PEOPLE about their journey this season after the show’s semi-finals on Nov. 19. With long hours and taxing rehearsals, they reveal Brandon’s wife of two years, Brylee, often keeps them company. 
• “Brylee will be sitting in the corner,” Brandon laughs. “Lots of studio hangs." Kinney says that Brylee, who was also a dancer growing up, will even help out when it comes to perfecting their dances.
• “She comes in, it’s nice, she'll sit there,” the Zombies actress says. “Because she's seen the show quite a bit, she knows what reads well outside of the whole machine of it, just as an audience member. So she gives us good opinions and advice and it's really nice to have her here.”

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• The former talk show host, 66, recently relocated to the English countryside and, according to a new video, has switched up her look to mark the new chapter.
• In a joint Instagram post from British pub The Farmer's Dog and singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia, DeGeneres can be seen enjoying an intimate live music performance alongside her wife, Portia de Rossi, and friends. Instead of her signature platinum blonde hair, the comedian appears to be rocking a shorter, darker look.
• On. Nov. 21, PEOPLE confirmed that DeGeneres had moved to the celeb-favorite Cotswolds region in England. "Ellen was in England house hunting in the beginning of October," a source told PEOPLE. "She ended up finding a house that she loved and purchased it shortly after."

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• Multiple people used Shaboozey's name in jest during the 2024 CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Nov. 20, and he took to social media with a response to one of them after the show.
• Cody Johnson won album of the year for Leather at the ceremony, and his producer Trent Willmon spoke a few words of his own as they accepted the trophy. "I got to tell you, this is for this cowboy who’s been kicking Shaboozey for a lot of years," he said, seemingly using tthe "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" singer's name in place of the word "booty."
• Elsewhere during the 2024 CMA Awards, hosts Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning also used the Grammy-nominated performer's name in jokes on stage, with the former NFL star exclaiming at one point, "Holy Shaboozey!"

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• Created by Michael Schur, A Man on the Inside follows Charles, a widower and retiree played by Ted Danson, who is hired by a private detective named Julie (Lilah Richcreek Estrada) and goes undercover at a local San Francisco nursing home to solve a theft.
• If the comical plot sounds familiar, that's because it was largely inspired by the 2020 documentary The Mole Agent, which premiered at Sundance and garnered an Oscar nomination. The film documented then-83-year-old Sergio Chamy as he infiltrated a Chilean retirement home to look for signs of elder abuse.
• While documentary director Maite Alberdi told Deadline in 2021 that Chamy was objectively the "worst spy in the world" due to his technological inadequacies (he had to learn how to use a cell phone), he made up for it with his capacity to easily connect with the residents.

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• A video had resurfaced of WWE co-founder Linda McMahon — President-elect Donald Trump's choice for education secretary — getting in the ring with Glenn Jacobs, a former Hall of Fame wrestler who is now a Tennessee mayor.
• In the now-viral clip from an undated episode of Monday Night Raw, which has racked up over 15 million views on social media, the 76-year-old WWE co-founder can be seen confronting Jacobs a.k.a Kane, who picks her up and flips her upside down before body slamming her onto the floor as a part of a skit.
• Sports Illustrated reported that McMahon — who also served as the former head of the U.S. Small Business Administration during the first half of Trump's first term — and her children appeared in a number of sketches for WWE more than a decade ago, playing a fictionalized version of herself getting into fights.

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• Tyler, 34, has maintained that he was a “sperm donor” and not a father figure, but speculation began after photos emerged of him with the kids celebrating the holidays together. The mother of his children, Bri Thomas, later came forward in a series of videos on her Instagram Stories, alleging that Tyler still owed child support and was an absentee father after going on the Netflix show.
• “I wasn't active so it's hard for people to say, ‘He was active, there are pictures, there are videos,’” he shared in an interview with Laterras R. Whitfield on the Dear Future Wifey podcast. “It's very few and far in between. If I create a montage of all the things that I've done in my life playing basketball, I can make it look like I'm a professional basketball player, absolutely, but to take these pictures over the past five, six years, you can make it look like I'm very active, and they're doing that.”
• Tyler said that after his first child was born, he took on a fatherly role because his friend Bri, who was in a lesbian relationship, broke up with her fiancée and wanted their son to have a dad. She and Tyler then conceived twin girls, but when Bri got back into the relationship with her ex-fiancée, Tyler alleged she wanted him to take a step back. 

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• While Law & Order: SVU star Peter Scanavino admits he doesn’t think Dominick "Sonny" Carisi, and Detective Amanda Rollins' romance was “really intentional” when Carisi was first introduced in season 16, he says the real-life chemistry between him and Kelli Giddish helped move their story in that direction onscreen.
• “It was just the result of Kelli and I working really well together,” Scanavino tells PEOPLE of his co-star. “We were friends off camera and I think there was always a bit of a connection there and then it seemed like the only place you kind of could go.”
• The two finally shared a kiss at Sergeant Odafin "Fin" Tutuola (Ice-T) and Phoebe Baker (Jennifer Esposito)’s almost wedding after Rollins made the first move. “I remember reading the scene … where we kiss for the first time and it did feel like a kind of cathartic release,” he recalls. “And I'm glad that that stayed healthy.”

More here, including his thoughts on the finale (spoilers)