Wednesday May 15 Daily Links

WEDNESDAY 5.15


NEWS STORIES

 



When is Steve Bannon Going to Jail?

The DOJ has asked a judge to grant an order directing Bannon to report to prison. Although he was found guilty and given a sentence, the order has not yet been set for him to actually report to prison to serve his sentence.

Someone’s about to get a really chatty inmate.

Read more at mediaite


Teens Hospitalized For Ingesting...Something?

8 high schoolers were sent to the hospital during a field trip to the La Brea tar pits after ingesting an unknown substance, which was later revealed to be edibles.

Thank god we thought they were eating the tar.

Read more at abc



SPORTS



Nevada Court Orders Gruden to Arbitration

A three-judge panel of Nevada’s Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the NFL against former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden, saying that he was subject to arbitration even as a former employee and thus ineligible to sue the league over his 2021 termination.

Read more at ESPN


Tom Brady Shot at Dak Upsets People

Talking about his first game, in the upcoming 2024-5 season, Brady said, “Obviously having the Cowboys on is a huge draw, as America’s team,” Brady said. “That’s gonna get a little hard for me to say that all the time. I understand. They were the competition for a long time but in this new role, I know the Cowboys, how important they are to this network. They’ve got great storylines. Come on, Dak Prescott, let’s see if he can finally come through.” The reaction was shocked, murmurs, so Brady added, “Did that just slip out?”

Don’t bitch at Brady. Dak knows he’s a disappointment.

Read more at awful announcing


Aaron Rodgers Tells Tucker Bout RFK Asking Him About Being VP

“I was interested when Bobby came to me and said, ‘Would you think about being my running mate?’ And I said, ‘Are you serious? I’m a fucking football player.’ But I love this country, and I’d love to be a part of bringing it back to what she used to be.”

This just shows how batshit RFK is.

Read more at mediaite


Tom Brady Says No He Would Not Do Another Roast

“I loved when the jokes were about me. I thought they were so fun,” Brady admitted. “I didn’t like the way that it affected my kids, so it’s the hardest part about like the bittersweet aspect of when you do something that you think is one way and then all of a sudden you realize I wouldn’t do that again because of the way that affected actually the people that I care about the most in the world.”

Everyone knows comics don’t give a shit who they hurt in a roast.

Read more at THR




CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Meryl Streep Emotional Accepting Cannes Award

The Honorary Palme d’Or award was given to Meryl Streep at Cannes this week and she teared up during her acceptance speech.

ACTING!

Read more at variety
https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/meryl-streep-tears-up-cannes-film-festival-honorary-palme-dor-thought-career-was-over-1235999795/


Amy Winehouse Biopic Reviews are In

They’re calling it a “frustrating biopic” with a flattened story.

Frustrating biopic is redundant.

Read more at AP News


Got a TV Show? Make it a Universe

Shows like Justified and For All Mankind are now trying to expand their universes, to create spinoffs and enlargen their products and their characters.

Creating a Universe from every moderately successful project is the new blowing a whistle.

Read more at Variety


Aubrey Plaza Talks About Megalopolis

She said about Francis Ford Coppola, “He’s got such a magical way of directing and inspiring actors. You can feel it when you watch his movies and I felt it when I worked with him. It was everything that I had hoped for. And I think ultimately, he is just a brilliant storyteller, and he has something to say, I think. Every movie that he makes, there is a passion behind it. It feels like there is a reason for it. It’s pure in an artistic sense. Even though he’s obviously commercially successful through the years, it never seems like it’s about that. It’s just that he wants to tell stories and he wants to play with actors. So, it’s my favorite stuff.”

Two names we never thought we’d see together. Aubrey Plaza and Francis Ford Coppola.

Read more at deadline



VIRAL & TRENDING



TRAILER ALERT! OMitB Season 4

We’re going to run out of older stars soon.






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