Did The Pope REALLY Meet With Kim Davis? Trevor Noah's Secret YouTube Videos? Is Will Smith Rapping Again? And More!
TGIF! It's time for your daily list of everything big that's happening in the news and pop culture today, better known as the Enstars Rundown...which is kind of the perfect way to close out the working week.
Obviously the big story of the day is still the aftermath of yesterday's mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, but here's what else is going on...
The Vatican Clarifies Pope Francis' Meetings
This is getting interesting. Following claims by Kim Davis' lawyer that the controversial Kentucky County clerk (who became famous for going to jail after refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses) had a private audience with Pope Francis during his recent trip to the United States, the Vatican is expanding on the story-apparently the Pontiff met with Davis in a group and wasn't aware of her story. BUUUUTTT, Pope Francis apparently did have a private meeting with a gay couple. So...
Read This: Ellen Page Opens Up
The New York Times Magazine has a pretty fantastic feature profiling actress Ellen Page, who gained fame while remaining in the closet and only came out as gay last February.
Russia Says It Bombed ISIS
After beginning air strikes in Syria on Thursday, Moscow is claiming that Russian military successful bombed an ISIS command center in the war-torn country. Russian officiala also said that bombers targeted a terrorist training camp. This week marks Russia's overt support for embittered Syrian President Bashar al Assad, who is fighting various rebel groups that include the Islamic extremist group.
Trevor Noah's Hidden YouTube Videos
This week also saw the start of Trevor Noah as the new host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central and it appears the cable channel launched a secretive advertising campaign to build up hype for the South African comedian's new gig...which no one seems to have noticed. Links to the YouTube videos show up in Google ads for certain searches with key phrases and are unlisted, which means they can't be embedded. But we can link to the ones that have been discovered so far: This video appears when you search "Trevor Noah Wiki," this one for "Trevor Noah Girlfriend," this video pops up for "Trevor Noah Autotune," this one for "Trevor Noah ASMR," this one for "Trevor Noah Age," a link for this video comes with the results for "Trevor Noah Gay," and this one for "Trevor Noah Crocs"
Childish Gambino Is Not Making Friends Down Under
Comedian and actor Donald Glover has just pissed off a load of people as his rapper alter ego Childish Gambino, specifically his fans. How? Apparently, he took the stage at one of theshows on his tour and didn't perform for a solid 40 minutes, leaving the audience to enjoy his the act he was sharing the tour with Royalty. It was so bad that audience members booed him and the venue even posted an angry worded apology on its Facebook page.
Listen to This: Will Smith's Return to Rap
Hey, remember how Will Smith was a rapper before he was an actor? Well, after nearly a decade the Fresh Prince is back to spitting rhymes, adding some fresh verse to a remix track by Colombian dance group Bomba Estereo. Give it a listen above.
