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1:01

slash podcast. Hello, hello, let's

1:03

go. It's Monday. March 31st, 2025. Hope

1:05

you had a great weekend. This is

1:07

first thing with Kevin Mano, real quick

1:10

look at all the top headlines. And

1:12

it feels like there's a lot today.

1:14

So let's get to what the show

1:16

starts right now. And

1:19

we always start with the top

1:21

story. Friday morning, I mentioned the

1:23

very fresh news of a 7.7

1:25

magnitude earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand.

1:27

Now, a few days later, we

1:30

have a better understanding of the

1:32

damage and destruction. Unfortunately, the death

1:34

toll kept rising all weekend. As

1:36

of this morning, it's right around

1:38

1,700. authorities estimate that the

1:40

final number could be somewhere over 10,000

1:43

that is honestly hard to fathom. Rescuers

1:45

are working to find people digging through

1:47

the rubble. It's a terrible scene there.

1:49

I know that some outside aid has

1:52

begun arriving, a Chinese team arrived over

1:54

the weekend. It's tough though because a

1:56

lot of the key roads to get

1:59

in have been damaged by the quake.

2:01

will continue to be a top story.

2:03

This is a devastating earthquake. I'm gonna

2:05

link some ways to help up in

2:08

our Instagram stories this morning if you

2:10

feel compelled at first thing pod in

2:12

the Instagram stories. You can find it

2:15

there. All right, okay. On to sports,

2:17

checking in on March Madness, the men's

2:19

turning is down to the final four.

2:21

Florida will play Auburn and Duke will

2:24

play Houston. Both of those games are

2:26

coming up on Saturday and all four

2:28

of those teams. are number one seeds.

2:31

This is the first time this has

2:33

happened since 2008, only the second time

2:35

in NCAA history. It's really wild. As

2:37

for the women, there are two games

2:40

tonight. T-C-U in Texas and Yukon and

2:42

USC. After that, we will know the

2:44

final four. It's getting exciting. In the

2:47

NBA, there was a pretty big brawl

2:49

between the pistons and the Timberwolves last

2:51

night. It was intense. It spilled into

2:53

the stands. Seven players were ultimately ejected.

2:56

Lastly in baseball the big story at

2:58

an opening week has to do with

3:00

the Yankees They kind of invented new

3:03

bats and they work really well these

3:05

torpedo bats as people are calling them

3:07

They were designed by an MIT physicist

3:09

and their game against the Brewers on

3:12

Saturday They hit nine home runs. That's

3:14

a team record people immediately started questioning

3:16

the legality of these bats They seem

3:19

to comply with league rules. The Yankees,

3:21

as an organization, responded to the controversy

3:23

and said, they're just trying to be

3:25

the best they can be. They won

3:28

that game on Saturday, 20 to 9.

3:30

They hit three home runs off the

3:32

first three pitches. It really was insane.

3:35

They've now hit 15 home runs in

3:37

their first three games, so I wouldn't

3:39

be surprised if other teams start using

3:41

these new bats as well. On to

3:44

some entertainment headlines. 90 year old actor

3:46

Richard Chamberlain passed away. He was an

3:48

icon, a big name for many many

3:51

years. He was a doctor killed there,

3:53

show gun, the thorn birds, a bunch

3:55

of stuff. He died Saturday night of

3:57

complications following a stroke. I know I

4:00

said he was 90, he would have

4:02

been 91 today. In legal news, a

4:04

few things here. First, singer Sean Kingston

4:07

and his mother Janice Turner were found

4:09

guilty on all five charges they were

4:11

facing. This was that federal wire fraud

4:13

case. They'd been accused of defrauding businesses

4:16

out of more than a million dollars

4:18

guilty. They'll be sentenced in July. Second

4:20

actress Kim Delaney, probably best known for

4:23

NYPD Blue, was just arrested for felony

4:25

assault. She played a cop on TV

4:27

and now they were all at her

4:29

house. There was a domestic disturbance at

4:32

her home Saturday morning. Her partner was

4:34

arrested as well. Kim was charged with

4:36

misdemeanor domestic violence. Lastly, in other legal

4:39

news, a second member of the impractical

4:41

jokers is now facing accusations. First it

4:43

was Joe Gotto and now it's James

4:46

Murray. He is being accused of sending

4:48

inappropriate texts to a minor. In Health

4:50

News, former Bachelorette Katie Thurston has been

4:52

sharing some unfortunate updates on her cancer.

4:55

She said that her breast cancer has

4:57

now spread to her liver. She said

4:59

it's fairly small, but it does put

5:02

her at stage four. Her new treatment

5:04

plan includes chemo, and that will start

5:06

this Friday. I wish her the best.

5:08

It sounds like she's staying very, very

5:11

positive, which is great. Now this one

5:13

is entertainment slash politics. Comedian Amber Ruffin.

5:15

And then on Saturday, the White House

5:18

Correspondence Association announced that they decided to

5:20

go without a host this year. This

5:22

decision happened to come one day after

5:24

Amber criticized the President's administration on a

5:27

podcast, but it has also been reported

5:29

that this decision was in the works

5:31

prior to the release of that podcast.

5:34

Lastly, in relationship news, people are making

5:36

a big deal out of the fact

5:38

that Sydney Sweeney and Glenn Powell went

5:40

to the same wedding in Texas. People

5:43

thought something was going on between these

5:45

two. When they filmed their movie, anyone

5:47

but you, their whole promotional tour was

5:50

just them being flirty. And now that

5:52

Sydney's wedding has been called off. is

5:54

talking again. They apparently went to the

5:56

wedding separately, not together, but everyone's speculating.

5:59

Moving on to movie and TV news,

6:01

since it is, Monday morning, we'll start

6:03

with a quick update on the weekend

6:06

box office. This one was kind of

6:08

a shock, but the new Jason Statham

6:10

movie, A Working Man, took the top-spotted.

6:12

It brought in around $16 million, which

6:15

was more than Snow White, was able

6:17

to make in its second weekend. So

6:19

a working man, number one. Yes, Snow

6:22

White was number two. And a biblical

6:24

movie called The Chosen. Last Supper Part

6:26

One was third. In other new movie

6:28

news, it's reported that the highly anticipated

6:31

live-action Zelda movie will be in theaters

6:33

in two years, March 26th of 2027.

6:35

It has a date now. Video game

6:38

movies have been huge lately. Sonic, Mario,

6:40

Minecraft is coming up this weekend. And

6:42

now Zelda is on the way. Another

6:44

video game movie in the news. Resident

6:47

Evil. There's a new one in the

6:49

works and it's been reported that Oscar

6:51

winner Mikey Madison has been offered the

6:54

lead role. Nothing official, but that's the

6:56

update. She just hosted S&L by the

6:58

way. She was the host this weekend.

7:00

One thing that got some attention after

7:03

the show was Morgan Wallin walking off

7:05

the stage and leaving as the credits

7:07

roll. During those good nights when everybody

7:10

stands there in waves and hugs, he

7:12

just walked straight off the stage. That

7:14

doesn't typically happen. People are wondering if

7:16

there was some trouble on set. Lastly

7:19

in other TV news the QVC group

7:21

which runs QVC and HSN shopping channels

7:23

is laying off around 900 employees their

7:26

plan is to Consolidate and move more

7:28

into social media and streaming 900 people

7:30

is about 5% of the staff now

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8:27

onto music. The Juno Awards were handed

8:30

out last night. That's like the Canadian

8:32

Grammys. Tate McCray was a big winner.

8:34

She won four awards, including Artist and

8:36

Album of the Year, but she wasn't

8:39

there to accept in person. The band

8:41

Sum41, they were there. They were inducted

8:43

into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame

8:46

last night at the show. And another

8:48

trending moment was Michael Buble stating that

8:50

Canada is not for sale, which is

8:52

a comment on President Trump's desire to

8:55

make them the 51 state. I want

8:57

to mention this, I'm going to post

8:59

this video in our Instagram stories this

9:02

morning. Chet Hanks, the son of Tom

9:04

Hanks, he got his dad to recreate

9:06

scenes from Forrest Gump in a music

9:08

video. Chet is in a band called

9:11

Something Out West, and they just dropped

9:13

a new song in video called You

9:15

Better Run. If you want to see

9:18

it, Tom Hanks and Chet Hanks, recreating

9:20

Forrest Gump, I'll link it in our

9:22

Instagram stories this morning at First Thing

9:24

at First Thing pod. A lot of

9:27

people are talking about Lil'na Zax. He

9:29

apparently, according to him, had an opportunity

9:31

to do a song with Taylor Swift,

9:34

and it just wasn't feeling it, so

9:36

it never happened. He said, quote, we

9:38

were working on something. She offered to

9:40

let me try a verse on something,

9:43

but I couldn't catch a vibe for

9:45

it, so it didn't happen. I'm thankful

9:47

that she even considered me. At her,

9:50

it's to let that one go. Jessica

9:52

Simpson is also in the news after

9:54

it came out that she drinks some

9:56

sort of herbal cocktail, which includes honey

9:59

with snakes sperm to help her sing.

10:01

Her vocal coach told her to drink

10:03

it, and she does. In tour news,

10:06

Mumford and Sons, who released a new

10:08

album on Friday, they just announced a

10:10

summer slash fall to her 32 cities.

10:12

I'll think it started June 5th. I'll

10:15

post the dates, I'll post the dates

10:17

if you want to see him. And

10:19

the sex pistols. They just announced their

10:22

first North American tour in two decades.

10:24

It's been 22 years. And they're coming

10:26

back. They've got Frank Carter doing vocals

10:28

for him now. I'll post those dates

10:31

up there as well. Some additional headlines

10:33

here on this Monday morning. A lot

10:35

of us are waking up with some

10:38

real bad weather this morning. About 80

10:40

million people from the Midwest to the

10:42

South to the East have all been

10:44

in the path. Some real gnarly storms.

10:47

The worst of it was expected yesterday,

10:49

late last night into this morning. So

10:51

far I've seen that one person sadly

10:54

lost their life in Indiana when a

10:56

truck blew over due to high winds.

10:58

Tornadoes were spotted in several states. I

11:00

know that we'll get more information as

11:03

the sun comes up this morning and

11:05

we're able to survey any damage. In

11:07

political news Greenland has been trending all

11:10

weekend, Vice President Jady Vance took a

11:12

trip over there even though it didn't

11:14

sound like he got the warmest welcome.

11:16

President Trump continued talking about his desire

11:19

to annex Greenland and he said that

11:21

doing it by military force is not

11:23

off the table. In social media news,

11:26

X, formerly Twitter, has a new owner,

11:28

and it's Elon Musk. His artificial intelligence

11:30

startup, X, A.I., just acquired X, in

11:32

a $33 billion all-stock deal. So he

11:35

sold it to himself. In grocery store

11:37

news, those fan favorite mini canvas tote

11:39

bags are coming back to Trader Joe's.

11:42

These things sold out immediately the last

11:44

time they were in stores. People were

11:46

selling them for like 500 bucks online.

11:48

And they're coming back. They cost $3.

11:51

They'll be available in pastel shades of

11:53

blue, pink, purple, and green. that they're

11:55

back in stores will vary depending on

11:58

where you are. Lastly here I always

12:00

send the show with some good news

12:02

something positive. This one was sent to

12:04

me by Tatiana. She listens to the

12:07

show and she sent me a really

12:09

great story out of Texas. I'm gonna

12:11

post this up in my Instagram stories

12:14

about basically a middle school in Dallas

12:16

organized a breakfast with dad's event. It

12:18

wanted to encourage strengthening the relationship between

12:20

students and their father figures. I like

12:23

that. The school knew that a number

12:25

of these guys wouldn't be able to

12:27

show up for one reason or another.

12:30

Maybe they couldn't get off work. So

12:32

the school used Facebook to ask the

12:34

community for volunteers to serve as mentors.

12:36

They said they were looking for 50

12:38

men. They ended up getting over 600.

12:40

The school had to move the event

12:42

from the cafeteria to the gymnasium to

12:44

fit everybody. It sounds like a lot

12:46

of these kids do not have a

12:48

positive role model in their life. And

12:51

this was just huge. It was just

12:53

so cool. Again, thanks to Tatiana. I'm

12:55

gonna post this again up in our

12:57

Instagram stories this morning if you want

12:59

to look at it at First Thing pod up

13:01

there and the show is over now. Okay,

13:03

thanks for being here. It's the last day

13:06

of March. Make it a good one.

13:08

That means tomorrow's April Fool's Day. Be

13:10

on the lookout for any shenanigans. All

13:12

right, keep your head on a swibble.

13:14

Let's talk then. I'm back tomorrow with

13:17

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13:19

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