UPGRADING a 3G flip-phone on a 10-dollar unlimited plan turns out to be tricky and time-consuming. Fortunately, Monday turned out to be a slow "news" day, so let's get to it. LIZ PHAIR: "Jealousy." It sneers like she does.THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS unveiled the new "2082" at the Bowery Ballroom. THE 80 BEST ALBUMS OF THE 1980s, according to Paste. THE NUMBER ONES revisits perhaps the least organic #1 single of its era, Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers." QUEEN ELIZABETH issued a public statement following a two-and-a-half-hour discussion on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's decision to step down as senior royals. THE OSCAR NOMINATIONS went to these folks. Congrats! The NYT surveys the snubs and surprises. And here's Adam Sandler. Also, Netflix got 22 nominations, but I wonder whether bias in the Academy will wind up hurting films like The Irishman. MORBIUS: Marvel's Spider-Verse vampire has a teaser trailer online. ABBY HUNTSMAN announced she's leaving “The View” to work with her father, Jon Huntsman Jr., during his campaign for governor of Utah. BRITNEY SPEARS is exhibiting her paintings in France. More tomorrow, I think.
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