Elon Musk, Grimes welcome baby
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk and his singer girlfriend, Grimes, have welcomed their first child together, a boy who was born late Monday. Being that Musk loves to use Twitter to make important statements, it was no surprise that he tweeted out the announcement of his son’s birth.
“Mom and baby all good,” tweeted Musk, who then responded to requests by tweeting out a photo of himself wearing an Occupy Mars shirt and holding his newborn son.
Musk, who is known for having a sense of humor with his tweets, exhibited that when responding to a request for the baby’s name. Although, this being Elon Musk, there is always the possibility that he was being serious with what might best be called his unique naming convention for his son.
“X AE A-12 Musk,” tweeted the proud father.
The baby is Grimes’ first, and Musk has five teenage sons from an earlier marriage. His first son, Nevada, died in 2002 at 10 weeks old.
Nicolas Cage to star as
Joe Exotic: The Joe Exotic phenomenon keeps growing, with Nicolas Cage to star in a TV miniseries about the colorful wild animal owner made famous by the “Tiger King” docuseries. The TV series is the first for Cage, who has played a range of characters in movies, including “Leaving Las Vegas,” for which he won an Oscar, “Moonstruck” and “National Treasure.” The project will explore how Joe Shreibvogel became Joe Exotic and detail his effort to keep his Oklahoma zoo open “even at the risk of losing his sanity,” the producers said in a statement.
Edward James Olmos, Danny Trejo to aid relief
fund: Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has recruited two Hollywood actors to help raise money for areas of Dona Ana County that were already struggling before the pandemic. Richardson’s philanthropic foundation is partnering with The Las Cruces Sun-News to promote a relief fund. Richardson says he reached out to Edward James Olmos and Danny Trejo to see if they would join in the effort. Olmos and Trejo say they have fond memories of filming in that part of the state. Trejo also runs his own taco restaurants in Los Angeles. He has been helping to hand out food to families and health care workers there.
Hanks calls graduates
‘the chosen’: Tom Hanks says graduates of an Ohio university that named a film center after him are “the chosen ones.” The actor delivered a surprise virtual speech Saturday to Wright State University’s Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures graduates. “You are the chosen ones because of a fate unimagined when you began your Wright State adventures,” he said. “You started in the olden times, in a world back before the great pandemic of 2020. You will talk of those earlier years in your lives in just that way.”
May 6 birthdays: Singer Bob Seger is 75. Comedian Lulu Roman is 74. Actor Alan Dale is 73. Host Tom Bergeron is 65. Actress Julianne Phillips is 60. Actor George Clooney is 59. Actress Adrianne Palicki is 37. Actress Gabourey Sidibe is 37. Comedian Sasheer Zamata is 34. Actress Naomi Scott is 27.