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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was not forthcoming with details after he met with Twitter owner Elon Musk in Washington on Thursday. Mr McCarthy told a gaggle of reporters at the Capitol on Thursday afternoon that he has been friends with the embattled technology entrepreneur for years and that Mr Musk had visited to “wish me a happy birthday.” Mr Musk was in the Capitol to meet with both Mr McCarthy and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries about the future of Twitter as the Republican-led House Oversight Committee prepares to hold a hearing into how the company handled a pre-2020 election story about Hunter Biden’s laptop. “Just met with @SpeakerMcCarthy & @RepJeffries to discuss ensuring that this platform is fair to both parties,” Mr Musk tweeted following the conclusion of the meeting. CNN reported on Thursday that the hearing on the company’s handling of the story about Mr Biden’s laptop — a controversial article about which by the New York Post it initially suppressed on the eve of the 2020 election before changing course — may take place on 8 February. Multiple Twitter employees have been invited to testify. Mr McCarthy himself is just weeks into his tenure as Speaker after a gruelling battle to secure the nod from his caucus to replace Nancy Pelosi. Mr McCarthy ultimately won the job on the fifteenth ballot, persuading a number of holdouts from the far right Freedom Caucus to eventually support him. Mr Musk has been dealing with his own challenges since being forced by a court order to buy Twitter late last year. His handling of the company has enraged a number of its high-profile users and reportedly driven advertisers from the site, with Mr Musk making and then backing away from a number of changes to how the site functions and slashing the company’s workforce and office space. Since buying the platform, Mr Musk has been fairly consistent about one thing: his support of the Republican Party. Mr Musk urged his Twitter followers to support Republicans in last year’s midterm elections, though it is not clear if he himself voted. The meeting with Mr McCarthy and Mr Jeffries comes weeks after Mr Musk promised he would step back from the day-to-day operation of the social media site. Read More From self-proclaimed ‘socialist’ to ‘red pill’ anti-lockdown crusader: What are Elon Musk’s politics? Elon Musk stoked a storm of homophobic harassment against a former Twitter executive. Here’s the real story

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Drew Barrymore criticised the Razzies for nominating 12-year-old Firestarter actor Ryan Kiera Armstrong in the Worst Actress category. The parody awards group, which famously recognises films and performances they feel are the worst of the year, issued a public apology to Armstrong and confirmed her removal from the “final ballot” after her nomination drew intense backlash. Barrymore was a child actor herself and even starred in the 1984 iteration of Firestarter when she was nine years old. “I don’t like it,” Barrymore said of the nomination on CBS’s Talk of the Table on Thursday (26 January). “Because she is younger and it is bullying,” she told host Gayle King. “I’m glad to see people didn’t jump on the ‘let’s make fun of her’ wave and instead said, ‘This isn’t right.’” Barrymore spoke further about the controversy on her eponymous talk show, The Drew Barrymore Show. “Well, this makes my blood boil,” she said. “Listen, I get poking fun at ourselves, I mean come on fair game bring it on, but Ryan is 12 years old and Razzie co-founder John Wilson has since apologized and removed her from the category and said they’re implementing a new rule precluding anyone eighteen years or younger.” “... I would just say to them, ‘Please don’t do this to people who are younger. That’s not nice.’ And I really like Ryan... don’t do this again.” In a statement, Razzies founder John Wilson said: “We have never intended to bury anyone’s career. It is why our Redeemer Award was created. We all make mistakes, very much us included.” In an op-ed for The Independent, Jacob Stolworthy wrote that the awards had hit a “tacky new low” with its 2023 nominations list. “With Armstrong’s nomination for Firestarter, organisers need to be told that punching down is not the way to go. Or, failing that, perhaps it’s time to burn the whole idea to the ground,” he wrote. Established in 1980 by film graduates and industry veterans John JB Wilson and Mo Murphy as a “counterbalance to the Oscars”, the 2022 Razzies previously honoured Worst Actor LeBron James for his lead role in Space Jam: A New Legacy and Diana: The Musical’s Jeanna de Waal for Worst Actress. With the removal of Armstrong, this year’s Worst Actress nominees includes Alicia Silverstone (The Requin), Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World Dominion), Diane Keaton (Mack & Rita) and Kaya Scodelario (The King’s Daughter). As per usual, the Razzies are scheduled to be held on 11 March, the night before the 2023 Oscars, which will broadcast live on 12 March on ABC, beginning at 8pm EST. Find the full list of Oscar nominations here. Read More Razzie Awards have hit a tacky new low with 2023 nomination list – it’s time to end them once and for all Razzies introduce age limit after backlash for nominating 12-year-old for ‘worst actress’ Netflix’s 20 biggest critical flops, from Persuasion to Emily in Paris Ryan Gosling performs death-defying stunt on Sydney Harbour bridge Sheriff’s office gives update on search for missing actor Julian Sands - latest Oscar nominee Austin Butler still uses the 2007 IMDb bio written by ‘proud parents’

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