Ben Keenan Just Can't Stop Talking

KFC Released Mashed Potato Poppers You Can Dip in Gravy Cups & I'm Drooling


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Here's everything that happened on March 17, 2025:

  • Conan O’Brien will return to host the Oscars in 2026.

  • Forever 21 may allegedly be shutting its US stores after filing for bankruptcy for the second time in six years; the company’s Chief Financial Officer says the brand has been “unable to find a sustainable path forward given competition from foreign fast-fashion companies”

  • A new NBC poll shows that Trump’s approval rating is at its highest point ever at 47%...but it should be noted that that’s still underwater, since his disapproval is 51%.

  • Orville Peck - the singer who wears the frilled mask and cowboy hat - yeah? Well, he’s going to be going maskless as he joins the cast of “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club” on Broadway as Emcee

  • Harvard University announced that tuition will be free for students from families with annual incomes of $200,000 or less, starting in the 2025-2026 academic year (aka this fall)

  • Model Karlie Kloss and her husband, Joshua Kushner - brother of Jared Kushner, aka brother-in-law of Ivanka Trump - are pregnant with their 3rd baby

  • Miley Cyrus has started teasing a new music era, called Something Beautiful

  • Beyonce has officially announced her show in Vegas at Allegiant Stadium for July 25, accompanied by a press release from Live Nation confirming that the Cowboy Carter tour is 94% sold out, working to squash recent rumors that she was struggling to sell tickets.

  • Kali Uchis has announced her fifth studio album, called “Sincerely”

  • So the NCAA March Madness tournament brackets came out and West Virginia University wasn’t included - now, the Governor of West Virginia announced that he’s taking legal action against the NCAA selection committee over what he calls a WVU “snub”, calling it “a miscarriage of justice and robbery at the highest level”

  • PepsiCo - the big like overarching parent company of Pepsi - has bought the prebiotic pop brand, Poppi

  • KFC has announced that starting today, customers can get their hands on a new item called mashed potato poppers, which is coming to the US for the first time

  • Texas’s Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton just announced his first arrest of an abortion provider in the state, following Texas’s 2022 near-ban on abortion. The midwife who performed the operation could now face life in prison, no less than a $100,000 fine, and the loss of her license.

  • Pod Save America host Jon Lovett announced his engagement to Ari Schwartz, who is the Chief of Staff of the company

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Ben Keenan Just Can't Stop TalkingBy Ben Keenan