Tuesday April 18 Daily Links

TUESDAY 4.18
NEWS STORIES
George Santos Introduces Bill Named for Nicki Minaj
The famously fibbing congressman has introduced a bunch of bills to the House including one aimed at delaying the release of new vaccines named The Minaj Act which is some kind of homage to Nicki Minaj.
How do we know it wasn’t a tribute to Hassan Minhaj?
Jan 6 Protest Organizer Caught Asking Teen Boys For Dick Pics
Ali Alexander is bowing out of public life and apologizing to his followers after he was discovered asking young men for photos and videos of their boy parts. He also admits to corny pickup lines and flirting by flexing his fame. He also posted an apology on Telegram claiming to be battling “same sex attraction.”
Is this what you meant with Make America Great Again?
SPORTS
Jalen Hurts Gets Fat Contract
The Philly QB is now the highest paid player in the entire National Football League. The five year extension is worth $255 million.
Imagine if he had won the Super Bowl?
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Bill Hader Wants To Direct Movies
Now that Barry the series is ending, Bill Hader says he wants to direct movies, and yes a Barry Movie is on his mind .
Dude you’re going to make direct to video movies.
more stories coming soon
Deepak Chopra Talks About LSD
Promoting his new six part series Open Minds, Deepak Chopra talked about the benefits of psychedelics with Deadline.
Remember when meditation was enough?
Frank Ocean Said to Have Worst Set of All Time at Coachella
He may have been one of the biggest draws for the festival this year, but after his performance he’s also one of the biggest disappointments. It’s been over five years since Frank Ocean last performed, and he delivered a crazy set that had everyone wondering WTF? It was described as messy, loose, and weird. “He and his musicians were intentionally obscured by a cadre of people walking in a circle around them, only seen on video projected on custom screens.” His hide and seek performance was only the beginning of the problems.
Everyone knows if you put an ocean in a desert it becomes a Dead Sea.
Frank Ocean performs "Godspeed" at #COACHELLA2023. pic.twitter.com/IhBKUCrHz2
— Variety (@Variety) April 17, 2023
Netflix Fucked Up Live Reunion Show
Millions of viewers missed out on the live stream of the Love is Blind reunion on Sunday night because Netflix couldn’t handle their live shit.
Netflix stay out of live. It’s not your lane.
Fake Drake Song With Fake Weeknd is a Huge Hit
A track called Heart on My Sleeve is all over social media this week and allegedly the song was created without the help of any humans. Its believed to be entirely created by Artificial Intelligence.
Great but I’d like to see you try that with some musicians next time.
AI generated Drake & The Weeknd song.
We are so fucked. pic.twitter.com/Agwd4skLQP
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) April 16, 2023
F Murray Abraham Fired From Movie For Sexual Misconduct
Rolling Stone broke the story that the veteran actor was fired from Apple TV + series Mythic Quest over concerns of sexual misconduct. Tha actor apparently received a warning to stay away from some actresses before ultimately firing him.
I guess now we know what the F stands for..
Kelly and Mark Off To a Divisive Start
The brand new Live show started Monday morning and the internet blasted Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos for their awful fake banter and some fans were upset that Kelly never let Mark talk.
Not seeing the problem here. All banter is fake and all television is banter.
Coen Brother Movie Coming This Fall
Coen directed Drive-Away Dolls, which he also wrote with Margaret Cook. It’s a comedy about two women on a road trip to Tallahassee that goes wrong when they cross paths with inept criminals along the way.
Looks like the corn bros really are separated. But it feels like we’re getting the least talented one
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