Monday March 1: Daily Links

MONDAY 3.1


NEWS STORIES

 



Cuomo Sorry His Playful Banter Was Misinterpreted

Governor Cuomo issued a lengthy statement saying he was very sorry that his playful conversational style was misinterpreted. He realizes now that he has been too personal and too insensitive, and says he is truly sorry if it made anyone feel uncomfortable.

Yeah, I was being playful too, said Harvey Weinstein.

Read more at Huffington Post.


2016 Cuomo Playful Conversation About Sausage Is Trending

“I want to see you eat the whole sausage,” Andrew Cuomo says to NewsChannel 9 reporter Beth Cefalu in this 2016 clip that’s come back to haunt him.

This must be more of that playful conversation and funny banter he apologized for over the weekend.

Sometimes a sausage is just a sausage, Cuomo, but sometimes it’s not.

Read more at nypost.


Georgia Teacher Apologizes After Victim Blaming Breonna Taylor

Residents are calling for the firing of a Georgia teacher who told students that Breonna Taylor shouldn’t have been hanging out with bad people. In the video you can hear the kids correcting her on the details. “I’m sorry she was killed,” the teacher said. “But if you hang out with people who are criminals and they shoot at a cop you are likely to get caught in a crossfire. I’m truly sorry, it’s sad, but she put herself in that position by hanging out with somebody she shouldn’t have been with.”

She later apologized for being ignorant about the details of the case.

Remember kids, you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your cops.

Read more at TMZ


Vaccine Stickers Are Old News, It's All About the Selfie Station Now

Covid vaccine sites have been offering “I Got Vaccinated” stickers to encourage people to let their social media followers know that they got vaccinated. But now some sites are ramping things up a notch with step-and-repeat red carpet style selfie stations.

Remember kids, if it’s not on social media it didn’t happen.

Read more at The Verge.


Star Spangled Banner at CPAC Did Not Go Well

You’re going to want to quit. Don’t.

I was kneeling.. but out of pain.



SPORTS



NBA Card Sold for 4.6 million

A 2018-2019 Luka Doncic rookie card just sold in a private sale for $4.6 million dollars.

Guess the economy is doing better?

Read more at barstool sports.


Tiger Woods Reaches Out for the First Time After Crash via Twitter

Just to clear it up, red shirt tribute good but red hat tribute is going to confuse folks.

Read more at nypost.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Don Cheadle’s Wrap it Up Sign During Jason Sudeikis Acceptance Speech Will be the GIF that Keeps on Giving

Get ready to send this too your coworkers when the zoom meeting goes too long tomorrow.


David Fincher Slams a Shot After Losing Golden Globe for Mank

Win or lose, that shot was getting taken.

Read more at pagesix.


Tracy Morgan Says Sal Wins Golden Globe

If you dozed off during the Golden Globes, you missed the hilarious moment went Tracy Morgan read the winning name for the award for best original score.

Soul/Sal, tomato/tomato.

Laugh all you want at Tracy Morgan, he’s laughing all the way to the bank.


Tracy Morgan Said Wrong Name Because of Pizza

Last night at the Golden Globes Tracy Morgan had a major mispronunciation when announcing the winner of the Best Original Score category. The winner was “Soul” but he said “Sal”. Last night he explained, in a tweet, that he had pizza on the brain and was thinking of his pizza guy, Sal.

Maybe he’s pregnant.


Live Nation: Concerts Could Be Back This Summer

Great news for music fans. Live Nation is predicting that concerts could be back as early as mid-summer, even operating at 75 to 100% capacity. There’s also reasons to believe that fans are planning to attend more concerts than usual once tours start back up.

The bad news is that Motley Crew is planning to going back out.

Read more at Spin.


Protesters Demand SNL Address Anti Semetic Joke

A few dozen protesters gathered outside 30 Rockefeller Plaza this weekend. They were angry that SNL and Michael Che did not address complaints that a Weekend Update joke about Israeli Vaccination policies.

Guess they didn’t hear the news. Jeff Ross said it was hilarious. We good?

Read more at nypost.


Armie Hammer Moves Out in the Middle of the Night

According to reports, Armie Hammer moved out of his LA home, but not like other people do, during business hours. Neighbors described trucks and movers descending on the property late at night, working by flashlights.

Hammer left in such a hurry that he had no time to eat, but said would grab a hitchhiker on the way.

Read more at justjared.



TRENDING



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EVERYTHING



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AWWWWWW! Cute Kitty Alert

So adorable to watch this kitten as it tries to drink soda from a straw.

5 minutes later she was snorting coke with a straw.


Homophobic Karen Takes On Gen Z

A Jacksonville Florida convenience store was the venue for a classic Karen showdown when an unmasked older woman starts hurling homophobic slurs at. a group of young people who respond by laughing at her.

Sorry guys, she’s taken.

Read more at toofab.

Jacksonville Woman verbally attacks some teens with homophobic slurs. from r/PublicFreakout



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



Was 1976 the Greatest Best Picture Race Ever?

Michael Douglas talked with Vanity Fair about winning an Oscar for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, beating out Jaws, Nashville, Barry Lyndon, and Dog Day Afternoon, and was an underdog that year. Was this maybe the toughest race in Oscar History.

Oh yeah? If it’s the best year then where are the Marvel movies?

Read more at vanityfair.



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