Monday May 2 Daily Links

MONDAY 5.2


NEWS STORIES

 



An Extreme Meteorologist Captured This Insane Tornado Vid

This makes Twister look like an after school special


Putin Getting A Cancer Operation!?

Rumor is Putin is about to go under the knife due to a cancer diagnosis. Now this news is coming from The Sun so he may have just been getting his horoscope read.

Read more at The Sun.


Jack Dorsey Told Musk To Buy Twitter!?

A new Wall Street Journal story says a “shadow crew” of billionaires got it into Musk’s head to buy Twitter. One of those billionaires? Recently ousted Twitter co-founder/CEO Jack Dorsey. Revenge is a dish best Tweeted cold.

Read more at the WSJ.


MyPillow Man Rebanned By Twitter Three Hours After Rejoining

Mike Lindell got banned from Twitter three hours after rejoining for violating their rules on ban evasion. Mike, Elon’s sale isn’t completely done yet, in three months you can start tweeting about Dominion voting machines again, have patience.

Read more at Business Insider.


Warren Buffet Wouldn't Buy All The Bitcoin In The World For $25

Warren Buffet recently made a buncha comments about Bitcoin, saying he wouldn’t buy all of it for $25 bucks, essentially because it doesn’t do anything – unlike farmland or real estate. But how does he feel about Doge?

Read more at CNBC.



SPORTS



Which NFL Teams Crushed the Draft

According to the NY Post, the give teams that had the best moves in the NFL Draft in order are the Ravens, Jets, Chiefs, Eagles and Steelers. Barstool gave their top marks to the Ravens, the Jets, Eatls, and Seahawks

And now we just need to wait seven months to see if anyone was right.

Read more at NY Post.


The NFL is Adding a Black Friday Game

A fourth Thanksgiving game is coming soon, by next year at the latest, and it will be played on Black Friday. Amazon is expected to have the rights to broadcast the game.

What about my door busters?

Read more at Awful Announcing



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Ellen DeGeneres Taped Her Last Show

After taping the last episode of “Ellen”, Degeneres said “Today we taped the final episode of ‘The Ellen Show’ which airs on May 26th, When we started this show in 2003, the iPhone didn’t exist. Social media didn’t exist. Gay marriage wasn’t legal. We watched the world change, sometimes for the better, sometimes not.”

Would have sworn this happened three years ago.
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Read more at Variety


Coffee Shop Tip Jar Jury PIcks Depp

Dialog Cafe in WeHo put out two tip jars, to see who their customers are siding with in the Johnny Depp Amber Heard Trial. Depp’s tip jar runneth over, while Ambers is looking pretty thin.

Of course this isn’t based on the case, its just that none of them ever heard of Amber.

Read more at TMZ


Everyone Thinks Elisabeth Moss Is Lying

Elisabeth Moss addressed in an interview that she did in fact just have to use the bathroom when Leah Remini accepted an award for her Scientology show. No one believes you, Elisabeth, we don’t care how clear you are.

Read more at Buzzfeed.


The 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Fan Vote is IN

One million fan votes were cast, and the winner of the fan vote is Duran Duran. Those one million votes will collectively count as one vote when the ballot takes place, making the vote virtually meaningless.

This is what a mid life crisis looks like.

Read more at Vulture


American idol Winner Arrested for Spying on His Ex

Laine Hardy is accused of bugging his ex girlfriend’s dorm room, a felony charge. His ex and her roommate found the device, which looked like a phone charger, under a futon. She got suspicious when he seemed to know about things she didn’t share with him.

Dude, what are you hoping to hear?

Read more at AP News.


Adele Announces Her Vegas Residency...Again

The singer has announced she is taking up residence at the Planet Hollywood Hotel in Vegas with a premiere date a few months from now.

Hope she calls this the buyers beware tour.

Read more at TMZ


Single Life Bill Gates Profiled

The Sunday Times profiled the newly single Bill Gates and how he’s been handling life since his divorce. Instead of buying a sports car, he just bought a small country.

Read the highlights on Twitter.


AMC Defends Norman Reedus

Reedus costar in a new Walking Dead spinoff exited the project, and fans turned on Reedus, believing he was to blame for her departure. AMC went to Twitter to defend Reedus, saying that Melissa McBride left the show because she doesn’t want to move to Europe for filming. “Norman Reedus is being unfairly targeted and attacked in social media for a decision he had no part in,” the network wrote.

Norman was almost a dead man walking.

Read more at Super Hero Hype


Jon Snow's Wife Says His Alcoholism is His Problem

Rose Leslie says her husband Kit Harington’s alcohol addiction is ‘his own responsibility. She told Harpers Bazaar, ‘I’ve learnt a lot about addiction and it’s something Kit is forever going to be aware of, but it’s on him whether he chooses to drink again. No amount of nannying is going to be able to stop him from doing what he decides to do… I don’t choose to put that pressure on myself. The responsibility of his behaviour is on him. It’s not on me to guard him from it.’

That’s being supportive.

Read more at Daily Mail


Pete Davidson Addresses Kanye Conflict

This weekend at Netflix is a Joke Fest in Los Angeles, Pete Davidson brought up his conflict with Kanye during his performance. “Am I the only one who secretly hopes Kanye will go full Mrs. Doubtfire?” Davidson said, referring to his crazy over the top attempts to connect with his kids against Kim’s wishes.

The title of his new special is going to be kicking a crazy beehive.

Read more at Variety.



VIRAL & TRENDING



3D Boba Fett Keeps Watch Over Times Square

A new 3D billboard has hit Times Square showing off Boba Fett, flying in from Tatooine with his throne to people watch above the crossroads of the world.

It looks so real that the hard rock served him a Messi burger .


Carrie Underwood and Axl Rose

The duo performed Sweet Child of Mine at Stagecoach 2022.

Proof that our world is not a simulation, it’s a Simpsons Episode.



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



What Country Uses The Most Toilet Paper?

Spoiler alert it’s the US. But that’s mostly because of all the hoarding that happened during the pandemic.

Read more at Digg.


Den of Geek Picks 25 Best Movie Comedies of the Last 15 Years

While its doubtful many people would say that 25 great comedies even existed in the last 15 years, Den of Geek put out a ranking of their favorites, with the top 3 being Hot Fuzz, Knives Out and Bridesmaids.

This is the perfect time to say comedy is dead.

Read more at Den of Geek



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