Tuesday May 31: Daily Links

TUESDAY 5.31


NEWS STORIES

 



Strawberries Causing Hepatitis A Outbreak?

FreshKampo and HEB strawberries purchased between March 5 and April 25 may be connected to an outbreak of Hep A

Oh come on! Why does this have to happen in season?

Read more at CNN


Congresswoman Thinks a Petri Dish is a Peach Tree Dish

Marjorie Taylor Green was complaining about government surveillance, she also got in a jab at people who want you to eat fake meat that grows in a Peach Tree Dish.

“They want to know when you’re eating. They want to know if you’re eating a cheeseburger, which is very bad because Bill Gates wants you to eat his fake meat that grows in a peach tree dish. So you’ll probably get a little zap inside your body that’ll say ‘No, no, don’t eat a real cheeseburger, you need to eat…the fake meat from Bill Gates.”

I’ll pass on the fake meat but that dish sounds delicious.

Read more at mediaite.


6,000 Plus Flights Cancelled Over the Holiday Weekend

Flight cancellations continue to strand travelers or at least make them really really late and if you want to avoid flying, well, prepare to pay a lot for gas.

It would be okay if just one thing sucked but everything sucks.

Read more at Independent


Are Orlando Basquiat Paintings Fake?

25 paintings that are part of the Orlando Museum of Art’s “Heroes & Monsters: Jean-Michel Basquiat” exhibition are being investigated by the FBI’s Art Crime Team. The paintings were said to be recovered from a Los Angeles storage unit in 2012.

If they were real they wouldn’t be in Orlando.

Read more at Orlando Sentinel


Trudeau Announces National Handgun Freeze

The Canadian leader announced, “It will no longer be possible to buy, sell, transfer, or import handguns anywhere in Canada.”

Well don’t we look like douchebags now.

Watch the clip on Twitter.



SPORTS



Tony LaRussa Says Protests Good But Never During the National Anthem

The Chicago White Sox manager slammed Gabe Kapler’s decision not to be on the field for the National Anthem until this country gets its shit together. Although he agreed with Kapler’s anger he said, “where I disagree is that the flag and the anthem are not appropriate places to try to voice your objection,” La Russa said.

So you’re all for non-offensive protest?

Read more at Mediate


Dwayne Johnsons Daughter Announcers Her WWE Name

Simone Johnson, whose dad is The Rock, will be known as Ava Raine.

Why isn’t she Stone? Or Pebbles?

Read more at cagesideseats.


The Media Has Broken Jackson Mahomes

Mahomes said the constant media attention is ruining his life. He posted that the hates media/news, and that he feels broken sad and disrespected.

So you feel exactly like the rest of us. Got it.

Read more at Barstool.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Rich Vos Cancelled in Canada

American comedian Rich Vos walked enough people from a show in Winnipeg to make the news, after he crowd worked some first nation women with crowd work.

Luckily you can’t get cancelled from landscaping.

Read more at CBC


Kim and Pete Share some PDA

Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson shared a smooch on Instagram this weekend, their first PDA since they started dating in the fall.

This is your sisters act not yours. Kourtney’s gonna be pissed.

Read more at Page Six.


Check Out Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein

Netflix released their first pictures from the set of Maestro showing the first look at Coop as the legendary conductor.

We get it dude you want an Oscar.

Read more at Variety.


Harvey Weinstein May Sue Two Prisoners

Harvey Weinstein: My Story is a self published book and was available on Amazon, only Harvey didn’t write it, two other inmates in the same prison with Harvey wrote it.

It’s bad enough you have to worry about being shanked in prison.

Read more at deadline.


Norm Posthumous Special Will Include Remembrances From Famous Comedy Friends

Norm’s 50 minute “special” recorded in his home without an audience will also include an additional 30 minutes of conversation with Dave Chappelle, David Letterman, Adam Sandler, David Spade, Conan O’Brien, and Molly Shannon. Letterman said it wasn’t really standup, without an audience.

Chappell thought there weren’t enough trans jokes.

Read more at CNN


People Raving About Realistic Dinosaurs on Apple TV's Prehistoric Planet

The consensus is, that the new show presents the most scientifically sound and anatomically accurate dinosaurs ever depicted in film.

I would love this but I’m not 5.

Read more at gizmodo.


Popstars Regret Taking Fat Cash From Rich Russians for Private Shows

Some musicians, including a member of Guns and Roses, have expressed some bad feelings about taking money to play for the oligarchs.

Why regret? Bert Kreischer made a career out of hanging out with the Russian mob.

Read more at rollingstone.


Sharna Burgess Says Rumor About Her and Brian Austin Green is BS

Burgess says anyone claiming that she doesn’t live with her boyfriend, Brian Austin Green is just wrong.

You two could live next to me, I wouldn’t know who the hell you were.

Read more at ET Online


Johnny Depp Rocks Out with Jeff Beck

The jury will begin deliberation in the most entertaining trial of the decade, and Depp took some time to get on stage with Jeff Beck in England this Sunday performing covers of John Lennon’s “Isolation,” Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On,” and Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing.”

It’s fun to go from being Johnny Depp to nic cage.

Read more at NY Post



TRENDING & VIRAL



SNL Shares Cut for Time Cigarette Sketch

Why do they always cut the better sketches?


Woman Goes Viral After Lying That Her Cooking Is Actually Popeyes

Nobody minds.

Check the pic on Twitter.



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