Tuesday August 22 Daily Links

TUESDAY 8.22


NEWS STORIES

 



Ted Cruz Falls For Sharks in the Street Meme

For ten years, every time there’s flooding, someone posts a photoshop of sharks swimming in the streets, claiming its happening again. Ted Cruz got caught believing it. He replied Holy Crap to a tweet showing the recycled photo. It was originally viral when it purported to show a shark swimming in Puerto Rican streets during Hurricane Irene in 2011.

Looks like Cruz has finally jumped the shark.

Read more at mediaite.


Ramawamy Brings Back 9/11 Conspiracy

I think it is legitimate to say how many police, how many federal agents, were on the planes that hit the Twin Towers. Maybe the answer is zero. It probably is zero for all I know, right? I have no reason to think it was anything other than zero. But if we’re doing a comprehensive assessment of what happened on 9/11, we have a 9/11 commission, absolutely that should be an answer the public knows the answer to.

More likely it was people with your last name.

Read more at Mediaite


Trump Bail Set at 200k

Trump’s attorneys struck a deal with the District Attorney’s office in Georgia that he will post 200k bond in connection with his upcoming arrest.

Looks like someone’s about to start raising more money.

Read more at NBC News.


Musk Admits His Venture With X May Fail

“The sad truth is that there are no great ‘social networks’ right now,” Musk said. “We may fail, as so many have predicted, but we will try our best to make there be at least one.”

I don’t hear anyone bitching about tiktok and insta

Read more at NY Post.



Spotless Giraffe Born in Tennessee Zoo

A baby giraffe has been born spotless in a Zoo in Tennessee and animal biologists believe it is the only spotless giraffe in the entire world.

A weird birth in Tennessee surprises on one. #inbreeding

Read more at The Guardian.




SPORTS



Flooded Dodgers Stadium Pic is Just an Illusion

It looks like the stadium is surrounded by water, but according to people on the ground, it was just an optical illusion of the sky reflecting on wet pavement.

Somebody call Ted Cruz and let him know everythings ok.

Read more at NY Post.


Belichick Gives Love to Taylor Swift

The Pats coach said he admired her toughness when she powered through a show in the pouring rain in Gillette Stadium. “That was pretty impressive,” the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach said. “She’s tough, man. Just stood out there and played right through it.”

He’s considering signing her as QB.

Read more at Fox News



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Jane Curtain Says SNL Isnt Funny

One of the original Not for Primetime players, Jane Curtain was recently challenged to rewatch an episode from her run on the show. The original cast is widely considered to be the best. But after watching she was surprised to find that she didn’t think most of the show was funny at all.

Were you only watching yourself? That could explain this.

If you think that’s bad wait til you see Third Rock from the Sun.

Read more at huffpost.


ADL Says Bradley Coopers Nose is OK

The anti-defamation league has weighed in on the Bradley Cooper controversy. Many believe his overly exaggerated Prosthetic nose while portraying Leonard Bernstein in Maestro is tantamount to “Jew Face”, and have compared the makeup to wearing blackface in a movie.

“Throughout history, Jews were often portrayed in antisemitic films and propaganda as evil caricatures with large, hooked noses,” the ADL said in a statement to Variety. “This film, which is a biopic on the legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein, is not that.”

Goy Vey.

Wait till you see what they did to his penis.

Read more at Variety.


Hollywood Strike Causing Lots of Unhappiness

Therapists are saying that depression, anxiety and feelings of “powerlessness” and “loss of identity” are on the rise, and are connected to the entertainment industry’s ongoing work stoppage.

The therapists said that the writers have better stories but the actors really connect.

http://some music can be poisonous to the soul“>Read more at THR


Bill Burrs Old Dads Coming

The comedian’s feature film directorial debut is set to premiere on Netflix on October 20th. The film stars Burr, Bobby Cannavale and Bokeem Woodbine as friends who sell their business and have trouble navigating the changing world now that they have more free time.

Looks like somebodys ready to fill LCK’s shoes.

Read more at deadline.


Britney Spears Musical Will Close Sept 3

Once Upon a One More Time, which features songs from Spears’ catalog, will close on Broadway on September 3rd after only 3 months on Broadway.

The Christina Aguilera play, Drrty is still in preview.

Read more at THR



EmRata Reminds Us She Has a Great Ass

In a new Instagram post, Emily Ratajkowski wants to make sure we all remember how great her ass is.

She has a new bikini line called, you’ll never look like this.


Tay Swift Look Alike Gets Blowback

Ashley Leechin is a TikTok star who happens to look a lot like Taylor Swift, and she knows it. She wanted to try a “social experiment” so she did her best wardrobe and cosmetic-alikes and grabbed some “body guards” and hit the scene in LA, pretending to be Swift and causing quite a commotion. When it was posted online, many commenters were really angry, feelling Ashley was exploiting Swift.

It’s called an impression.

Read more at E Online



Demi Lovato and Scooter Braun Done

Rumors that Justin Beiber was dumping Scooter Braun turned out to be false, but Demi Levato’s break from her manager is not a rumor. The two have reportedly parted ways amicably.

She said you’re fired, and he said, thank god.

Read more at THR.



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