Monday May 23 Daily Links

Published by Interrobang Staff at May 23, 2022

MONDAY 5.23

NEWS STORIES

People Losing Their Shirts Buying Celebrity NFTs

Floyd Mayweather endorsed Bored Bunny and then the value plummeted, and that’s just one example. One dude invested and now he’s financially crippled.

On the other hand, the celebs made fat cash money.

NY Cultural Institution in Trouble

Theater 80 in St Marks is a cultural landmark, but the owner operator is getting tossed out in August after Covid closures left him in debt. Bilge Ebiri tweeted asking the court not to “destroy almost 60 years of my life’s work, endangering my ability to support my wife in our senior years, so that a predatory company can make an unusually high profit in the face of a worldwide disaster.”

When will people realize there’s value in culture?

Miami’s Mayor Pushed MiamiCoin and Guess What Happened

The city went all in on MiamiCoin, with Mayor Suarez declaring it the future of funding for the city. But in the last 9 months, the currency lost nearly all its value, plummeting by 95%.

At least John Delorean had coke.

Rudy Giuliani Fights With Brainwashed Asshole Heckler

The former mayor called a heckler “a brainwashed a**hole” and “probably as demented” as Biden during the pro-Israel parade. He shouted at another, “I reduced crime, you jackass!”

Could someone make sure the heckler was actually there and not just like Adam Sandler and the penguin?

SPORTS

Deshaun Watson HBO Doc Coming Out

HBO is releasing a documentary about Deshaun Watson featuring his accusers. This is not what the city of Cleveland wanted to hear.

Yankee Accused of Making Racial Comment

We almost had a brawl on Saturday when Yankee Josh Donaldson called White Sox Tim Anderson “Jackie.” “What’s up Jackie?” he said twice during the game. The Sox took the comment to be racial. Donaldson said it was just a joke.

Damn Yankees.

NFL Owners Counting Votes To Oust Snyder

Dan Snyder could be in trouble – multiple anonymous NFL owners have spoken about how tired they are of all the bullshit surrounding him and his team. One owner said they are “counting votes” to see if they have enough to boot him.

Man City Wins Premier League With Insane Comeback that Would Make Ted Lasso Proud

They were down 2 zip, with 14 minutes left in the game. And then in the next give minutes, Manchester City scored not once, not twice, but three times.

Not buying it, this is a WWE finish.

Mike Tyson Says The Guy He Clocked on the Airplane Was Fucking With Him

Iron Mike is still pissed about the incident he had on an airplane recently that ended with him teaching another passenger a lesson with his fist. Tyson said “He was fucking with me, man. I took pictures with this n****.”

We know Mike but you’re supposed to just ring for the flight attendant.

CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT

Pete Davidson Tribute to Lorne Got Cut for Time on His Last Night at SNL

Davidson’s last hip hop parody digital short didn’t make it on air during the season finale of Saturday Night Live even though it was Pete’s last show as a cast member. His only appearance on last night’s show- and the last few weeks- was a weekend update farewell to the show.

The perfect Pete Davidson send off. Cut for time.

Power Ranger Busted

Jason Lawrence Geiger played the Red Power Ranger in the hit 90’s kids tv show, and now he’s been arrested for engaging in a scheme to defraud the government of Covid relief funds.

You sure this wasn’t a mighty morphine power ranger?

Oh Shit Son, A Director Called Viola Davis His Maid's Name

There’s no getting out of this shit move. Early in Davis’ career, an unnamed director called Davis “Louise” which is also his maids name.

Was this director playing for the Yankees?

Halsey Claims her Label Tried to Strong am Her to Fake a Viral Vid

The singer says her label refused to put out her new song, unless she agreed to fake a viral moment on tiktok to help with promotion.

Isn’t this the fake viral moment you all wanted all along?

VIRAL & TRENDING

Another Mickey D's Flip Out, Including 911 and Twerking

Florida woman flips out over wrong order, calls 911 and twerks. “I’m at McDonalds, I’m five months pregnant,” Jones says. “These people don’t know how to run a f—king McDonald’s. I want my money. They tried to cheat me out of my money. I want my money!”

This story should have been titled, when you’re too trashy to be able to handle McDs.

Twitter is Having a Tony Soprano Summer

So this is trending on Twitter- everyone’s explaining what their version is of a Tony Soprano Summer.

Who knew Chris and Vito were so trendy.

https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Tony%20Soprano%20summer%22&src=typed_query&f=live

Kid Misses a Ball thrown to him and Adult Takes It

No one rewards an error kid.

Heartbreaking moment for my @MLB superfan 10 yr old son Jack last night @Phillies. He had been calling to @Cody_Bellinger all game & was thrilled when he finally threw a ball to him in the 9th. He was crushed when the ball went over his glove & an adult @dodgers fan grabbed it. pic.twitter.com/mOyvK81ssb

— Etan Horowitz (@etanowitz) May 21, 2022

Here's An Old James Spader Panel Question Response From Cannes

Seems Robert California was just James Spader.

Watch the video via Digg.

In honor both of Cannes and the 'Crash' discourse, here's the best thing that's ever happened at a press Q&A pic.twitter.com/4Df1LmtejA

— meg shields (@TheWorstNun) May 18, 2022