Most news junkies will remember the summer of 2024 for the dramatic events that unfolded in the run-up to this year’s presidential election. For public notice geeks, however, it will be remembered as the Summer of Celebrity Notices.

Over the last three months, the normally mundane world of public notice intersected with celebrity culture in three big stories that generated a tremendous amount of coverage. The individuals who placed or were party to the ads would have preferred to keep their business secret, but that’s not how newspaper notice rolls.