Loads of iconic issues turned 50 this 12 months. SNL’s fiftieth Season was celebrated on the 2025 TV schedule. Jaw‘s fiftieth anniversary was late final month. Oh, additionally, simply yesterday, The White Stripes frontman, Jack White, hit the large 5-0. And whereas I’m low-key reeling in disbelief on the gifted musician’s age, his reward is equally as jarring. His spouse, Olivia Jean, bought him his first (as in first-ever) cellular phone, and I actually don’t know which piece of data is extra stunning to me.
Whereas fellow birthday twin Tom Hanks actually jumped into his celebrations, White appeared to take his traditional cool, low-key stance when it got here to festivities. The large shock first mobile machine truth, and the precise current had been commemorated by a put up on Instagram. He defined why he lastly okayed the piece of tech to return into his life, and accompanied it with a small assortment of images of him with the reward, all supplied by Jean. Verify the oddly fashionable mini photoshoot beneath:
Together with the large and surprising 2025 film calendar and 2025 TV information moments, The Raconteurs guitarist’s celebrations, as talked about, are an enormous shock to me this 12 months. Rising up within the again half of The White Stripes period, I solely ever noticed the duo because the epitome of younger and funky musicians. Naturally, it’s the place they stayed after that period, so to listen to he may be discovered on the identical web page because the delivery of Saturday Evening Reside and Jaws within the historical past of popular culture makes my head spin just a bit bit.
Frankly, so far as the cellular phone goes, right here and now, I’m shocked and jealous he made it that lengthy with out having one. Whereas the event of the phone has been helpful in some ways, and White cited that in his put up, it could be good to not have one. Nevertheless, as he acknowledged, they are a necessity in some methods since you do want one to do issues like use a QR code or park in a parking zone.
Additionally, this telephone will realistically be useful since Jack White has been touring after releasing his “No Title” album final 12 months.
I really like that even after being within the biz for near 30 years, he’s nonetheless stunning his followers. From a superb physique of musical work to dabbling in motion pictures that includes A-list musicians, even when he wasn’t a lead, he nonetheless has loads of expertise to indicate off. Most just lately, he had a small however notable position in Killers of the Flower Moon (which is accessible to stream with an Apple TV+ subscription).
Now, despite the fact that I’ve no clue what to anticipate from the following spherical of Jack White’s dueling, surprising milestones, I do know they’ll be entertaining, and I am unable to wait.