Bezos: National Enquirer Threatened Me With A ‘D*ck Pick’ – The Amazon chief and Washington Post owner says the supermarket tabloid tried to blackmail him with explicit pictures and texts of him and his mistress, Lauren Sanchez. [beast]

Year Before Killing, Saudi Prince Told Aide He Would Use ‘A Bullet’ On Khashoggi – Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia told a top aide in a conversation in 2017 that he would use “a bullet” on Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist killed in October, if Mr. Khashoggi did not return to the kingdom and end his criticism of the Saudi government. [nyt]

Thai Princess To Run For Prime Minister Against Ruling Military Junta – Surprise move pits Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Varnavadi against leader of 2014 coup. [guardian]

Reuters Allowed ‘Hostile Work Environment’ And ‘Culture Of Fear’: Union – Reuters is being roiled by claims that one of its top editors has created a “hostile work environment” and “culture of fear” for her subordinates — and the NewsGuild has blasted management for doing nothing to address the concerns brought to its attention nearly four months ago. [nyp]

One Of South Africa’s Biggest Renewable Energy Projects – A R12 Billion Solar Farm – Is Now Live – French energy and services group, ENGIE says that it has achieved commercial operation of a 100 MW solar plant in the Northern Cape – one of South Africa’s largest renewable energy projects. [btech]

Woody Allen Sues Amazon For $68 Million For Refusing To Release His Films – The company has pulled back from its deal with Allen over renewed accusations that he molested Dylan Farrow. [verge]

France Recalls Italy Ambassador After Worst Verbal Onslaught ‘Since The War’ – French President Emmanuel Macron’s government recalled its ambassador to Rome on Thursday in a move unprecedented since World War Two, saying it was fed up with “repeated, baseless” attacks by Italian political leaders against France. [f24]

Sony In $910M Stock Buyback – The move is a first for the company and will see it purchase a maximum of 30 million of its own stock, representing around 2.4 percent of its outstanding shares. [hollyrep]

Russian Doll’s Greta Lee Breaks Down That Crazy Party, Maxine’s Bold Look – How do you throw a 36th birthday celebration that never ends? Handle lots of raw chicken, wear a crazy costume, and smoke way too many mugwort cigarettes. [vanfair]

Search And Seizure Operation At Cape Town School Gate After Gun Found In Toilet Cistern – Search and seizures operations were implemented at the gate of Excelsior Secondary School after a gun was found in a toilet cistern, the Western Cape Department of Education has confirmed. [n24]

Edgars Is Selling ‘Nelson Mandela’ Leggings For R35 – But They Won’t Be There For Long – Clothing store Edgars is selling limited edition “Nelson Mandela inspired” leggings for R35 a pair. [busins] How better to remember the great man than with a replica of his signature, affordable leggings!

Meghan Markle Says That Prince Harry Is Going To Be The “Best Dad” – A day after a People magazine cover story in which five of her friends spoke out (anonymously) in her defense, Meghan Markle stepped out Thursday night in London for a glam evening date with husband Prince Harry. [vanfair]

Today’s Fraud Fail Video Involves Pizza And Two Stupid Customers – Two presumedly broke women were so keen for a free pizza that they were willing to commit fraud to get it. [here]

Apple Is Compensating The 14-Year-Old Who Discovered Major FaceTime Security Bug – Apple released iOS 12.1.4 today to fix a major security flaw in FaceTime that allowed people to eavesdrop on iPhone users. [verge]

Scooters, Stunts And A Hot Air Balloon: You’ve Never Seen A Skydiving Video Like This – Everyone seems to be skydiving now, so if you want to set yourself apart, you’d better add something different and stylish into the mix. [here]

Oscars: ‘Roma,’ ‘Favourite’ Top Nominations With 10 Apiece – The 91st Annual Academy Awards will air Feb. 24 on ABC. [hollyrep]

Sarah Stern Murder: Suspect Caught On Video Bragging He Killed While Dog Watched – ‘My biggest problem was the dog,’ Liam Atasney says on the secretly recorded video. [beast]

‘He WAS A Pedophile.’ – Michael Jackson’s former maid claims she fished little boy’s underwear from his Jacuzzi, found Vaseline throughout rooms at Neverland and he stashed VHS tapes of sex acts with children in secret library. [dm]

Unlike Most Of US, Autonomous Vehicles In The UK Won’t Require Riders – As soon as this year, self-driving cars in the UK could be truly driverless. That is, except for the remote control driver monitoring the vehicle while it drives in trial runs. But no one has to be in the car, so the future really is here. [mash]

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