January 6: Roosevelt Thomas, Plant Babe, & Real Friends of Weho


Roosevelt Thomas

A Summerville man celebrated his 106th birthday this Christmas.

Mr. Roosevelt Thomas turned 106 on Christmas Day. Thomas was born on December 25, 1916 in Bishopville, South Carolina.

Roosevelt and his seven siblings grew up on a farm in Lee County. As a young man, he worked for Lee Motor Company.

In 1939, Roosevelt and his wife Magnolia moved to Charleston where he worked as a machinist at the Charleston Naval Shipyard for more than 35 years.

Summerville man celebrates 106th birthday (live5news.com)

 

Plant Babe

 

Real Friends of Weho

On Thursday, MTV announced it is launching on Jan. 20 “The Real Friends of WeHo,” which will follow six gay friends. including celebrity stylist Brad Goreski and singer Todrick Hall, living in Los Angeles’ premiere gayborhood, West Hollywood.

“If you like the wives, don’t miss these new house guys,” a narrator says in the trailer, in what appeared to be a nod to Bravo’s “Real Housewives” franchise. (NBC News and Bravo are both owned by NBCUniversal.)

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