Monday April 25 Daily Links

MONDAY 4.25
NEWS STORIES
Macron Wins
France’s president Emmanuel Macron beat his opponent to start a second term, beating Marine Le Pen, and nobody alleged a rigged election.
Take the Macron leave the cannoli.
Off Duty NJ Cops Can Smoke Weed If They Want Too
NJ’s Cannabis law does not make an exception prohibiting police officers from getting high and not everyone is thrilled about that, and Jersey City’s Mayor is threatening to fire any cops caught testing positive for weed..
Relax. Weed is legal.
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SPORTS
Shaq Willing to Coach Lakers for $100 Million
“If the Lakers offer me $25 million a year for four years, I’ll coach the Lakers,” Shaq said on his own podcast. This would be a significant jump over the current highest paid coach across all US Sports. Bill Belichick is believed to be making the most at about $18 million a year.
What would you coach people to be? Seven feet tall?
Lucius Fox Puked All Over the Mound
Washington Nationals Lucius Fox threw out two pitches and them threw out everything in his stomach, all over the field.
This is why HR tells you to just call out if you’re not feeling well.
We've all been in this situation on a Sunday afternoon at some point pic.twitter.com/wVNMbBEkIu
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) April 24, 2022
Security Guard Tackled Timberwolves Protestor
Another Timberwolves game, another protestor interrupted the action, this time rushing the court during the game. But security is on the lookout now after two prior incidents, and body slammed the runner like he was a defensive tackle. The ongoing disruptions are protesting the team owner’s poor treatment of chickens on his side hustle farm.
Can’t this guy just treat his chickens better?
A+ reaction time and tackling form by this security guard as another protestor protests T Wolves owner Glen Taylor for killing millions of chickens. #GrindCity pic.twitter.com/pXAFMAJXQL
— The Memphis Holler (@MemphisHoller) April 24, 2022
Baker Mayfield Gets a Statue in Oklahoma
Oklahoma University just honored their alum with a bigger than life statue.
And he’s getting a pink slip in Cleveland.
BREAKING: Oklahoma has unveiled their statue of Baker Mayfield.
Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/2HNpgda7eq
— PFF Draft (@PFF_College) April 23, 2022
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CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Will Smith Is in India With a Yogi
Slappy Smith was spotted for the first time after the Oscars, when he landed in India to meet with Sadhguru, a Yogi who teaches powerful self transformation.
This is a very rich person’s anger management.
Source Says Bill Murray Was Handsy on Set
Everyone’s trying to figure out what complaint shut down Aziz Ansari’s “Being Mortal” set. An inside source told Page Six that Bill Murray was handsy with the ladies, and very huggy with people.
Sounds like someone wasn’t liking the dailies.
Wachowskis Auctioning Movie Props
The filmmaking siblings are raising money for programs to assist Trans youth and will be auctioning off memorabilia from the Matrix movies as well as Jupiter Ascending, their Netflix series Sense 8 and Cloud Atlas. You can score some set pieces props and other items for anywhere from 40 bucks to $10,000 (so far).
How about their penises?
Liam Neeson Could Have Been James Bond
Neeson told Rich Eisen that after Schindler’s List, he had heard that he was being considered as a possible James Bond. He said he remembered dancing around the house humming 007 music in the mirror, and his wife looked at him and said, Liam, if you do this role, we can’t get married.
It’s always Yoko, isn’t it.
Billie Eilish Face Plant in the Dark at Coachella
The pop star tripped on the “fucking fire thing” during her Coachella set and told the crowd “Ouch! You guys, I just ate ass up here!” She added, “You guys, I seriously ate s***. Seriously. It was pitch black. You see that square?: This f***ing thing? I went de-de-de-de-de and fell onto my face!”
And all the king’s horses and all the king’s men…
Daniel Day Lewis Was Considered for the Role of Nic Cage
The Writers of Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent said the one of the only good alternatives they considered for the role of Nic Cage was Daniel Day Lewis.
Yeah. Calling bullshit on this one.
VIRAL & TRENDING
WTF is Shirt Holding?
TikTokers are shirt holding like crazy. And this Twitter vid showing off a few examples has over a million views too.
This is as close a Gen Z comes to having rough sex.
— Mihsak (@Mihsak_) April 22, 2022
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STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS
PBS Investigates the Blaccent
Even though we are more aware of cultural appropriation issues than ever before, the use of the black accent by white and non-black performers continues. PBS takes a look at why blaccent is more popular than ever, and why its a problem.
But this was Robin Wiliams bread and butter.
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