Monday August 23: Daily Links

MONDAY 8.23


NEWS STORIES

 



People Pissed About Chuck Schumer Dancing in Central Park

The Senate Majority Leader is also the Senator for NY and a big advocate for the Save Our Stages push, so he was out this weekend at the big Central Park Concert. Someone got video footage of what was going on backstage and caught him dancing. Now people are pissed that Schumer was dancing and having fun while the Afghanistan situation has the Middle East in chaos.

Maybe Schumer was only dancing because there was a bigger and smarmier dork dancing with him. #colbert

Or maybe the critics are right. Maybe he was waving his hands in the ay-er. Because he just don’t cay-er.


Man Shot By His Wife's Boyfriend....Who Was Secretly Living in the House

This is the way Tommy Boy plays out when it happens in Alabama.

Read more at Fox10tv.


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SPORTS



Manny Pacquiao Loses by Decision t

Yordenis Ugas spoiled a whole bunch of celebrating when he scored a unanimous judges decision to win the bout against Manny Pacquiao this weekend.

Start the countdown for Pacquiao-Jake Paul like every other used up fighter.

Read more at ESPN.


Woman Slaps Man, Starts Fight Steelers Lions Game

Your chick gets you beat up and you lost the fistfight when you had the high ground.

If only the lions had as much fight in them as this woman does.

Read more at TMZ.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Comedy Central Cancelled The Office Diversity Day

Comedy Central must have been worried about the “Diversity Day” episode of the office because even though they’re running the eps sequentially, someone at Barstool noticed that episode is missing from the lineup.

Okay, yeah it’s offensive. But they keep all the Jim stalking pam episodes?

Read more at barstool.


Pete Davidson Is Single Again

Davidson and Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor have broken up according to all the gossip rags, after 5 months as a celebrity couple.

Wonder in this is because he is looking like he is coo coo for Cuoco puffs. #meetcute #greatadventure

Read more at People


Ranking Jeopardy! Guest Hosts

AV Club put Dr Oz dead last, and ranked Ken Jennings as #1 followed by Aaron Rodgers and Mayim Bialik and then Buzzy Cohen.

Smart does not pull a lot of weight here if a heart surgeon is in last place and Aaron Rodgers came in second.

Read more at AV Club.


Brody Jenner in Club Brawl in Vegas

According to TMZ Brody was celebrating his 38th birthday at club OMNIA in Vegas when a dude rushed him and got him in a headlock.

And then Brody called his mom to come beat the guy up.

Read more at TMZ


Cindy Adams Has a Four Part Doc on Showtime

Cindy is profiled in a new four-part documentary series called “Gossip” starting tonight on Showtime.

A little gossip…a little chat….

Read more at NY Post.


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Wendy Williams Has a Boyfriend

Wendy and weird guy sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G

If he’s not in it for the money something is serious wrong with him…..

Read more at JustJared.


Red Flag Vs Green Flag Movies

A Twitter debate has erupted after one user called The Joker and Fight Club, “red flag” movies, and then asked people to give their “green flag” movies. So – if you like Fight Club – you’re probably an incel according to the Twittersphere.

Read the debate on Twitter.



TRENDING



Tom Cruise Is Trending Because He Ate Two Entrees

Tom Cruise was trending Monday morning after it was reported he ordered the chicken Tikka Masala at an Indian restaurant in Britain, loved it so much, he ordered it again. Hey Tom, we’re gonna have to check to see if this is still a Bang Bang if you had two dinners in a row at the same restaurant.

Read more at India TV News.


Have You Even Heard The Song Of 2021's Summer

According to Billboard, BTS’s Butter has been at the top of the charts all Summer long, just now be overtaken by Justin Bieber and Kid Laroi. Billboard should just announce Summer Girls by LFO is the song of the summer and be done with it.

Read more at Slate.


Never Before Seen Basquiat Painting Revealed For.....A Tiffany's Ad? With Beyonce And Jay Z?

Jay’s got 99 problems but brand tie-in’s with priceless never before seen artwork ain’t one.

See the painting on Twitter.



VIRAL VIRAL



Ace From Stand By Me IS David From Lost Boys

This TikTok theory is better than anything you’ll ever learn in film school.

@confusedbreakfast

Did Ace from #standbyme become David from #thelostboys #fantheory #fyp #confusedbreakfast #80smovie #moviereview #kiefersutherland #foryoupage

♬ original sound – ConfusedBreakfast



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



Buzzfeed Counts Down The Most Perfectly-Executed Film Shots In All Of Cinema

Well, maybe Buzzfeed shouldn’t have the last word in cinema, but they’re entitled to a list even if it does have more animated movies on the list and not a whole lot of 70’s or 90’s movie entries.

Knives Out makes the list, but I guess Stanley Kubrick never made a movie?

Read more at Buzzfeed.


Over Confidence and Lack of Confidence Makes You Shout

Research shows that people who yell when they are arguing are overconfident in the beliefs they are yelling about, but underconfident that the person they’re yelling at is hearing them.

They need research to tell them that you shout because you know you’re right and the other person isn’t listening?

Are you sure it’s not just because we hate the other person?

Read more at WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-do-we-shout-when-we-argue-lack-of-confidence-11629518461



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