Morning Edition:
Just less than a month after marrying his longtime girlfriend, Victoria’s Secret model Camila Alves, Matthew McConaughey announced on Twitter that she is expecting. McConaughey wrote on his Twitter account, “Happy birthday America, more good news, Camila and I are expecting.” This will be the third child for the newlywed couple. They have a son Levi and a daughter, Vida.
Golden Globe winner Claire Danes revealed through her rep that she is expecting her first child with husband Hugh Dancy. The star of Showtime’s Homeland has been married to Dancy since 2009. The couple met while filming the movie Evening in Newport, Rhode Island. A spokesman for Fox 21, Homeland’s production company, says that Danes’ pregnancy is not expected to impact the production of season two. The second season will premiere on Showtime on September 30th.
Evening Edition:
Kelly Clarkson made history yesterday when her hit “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” became the best-selling single by an American Idol singer of all time. “Stronger” has sold 3.51 million singles as of yesterday, beating out Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” by just 1,000 copies. “Stronger” also stayed on top of The Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, making it Clarkson’s longest-running number 1 song. While this battle goes to Clarkson, Underwood is still ahead in total domestic album sales. Underwood has sold over 13 million albums to date, while Clarkson is lacking by about 1.5 million album sales.
The Amazing Spider-Man also made history by setting the Tuesday box office record with $35 million in sales. The film made $7.5 million in Monday midnight earnings alone. This eclipses the $27.9 million made on a Tuesday by Transformers in 2007. Spider-Man stars Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, who are now a real-life couple. Some critics estimate that the movie could earn anywhere between $120 million and $140 million through its first weekend.
