Friday April 12 Daily Links
FRIDAY 4.12
NEWS STORIES
Nobody is Missing OJ Today
Ron Goldman’s dad, who was a relentless advocate for justice for his son, reacted to the death of the man who murdered his son. He said “no big loss” also adding that there is no such thing as closure.
Meanwhile Caitlyn Jenner, who at one time was OJ’s close friend, has no love for her former friend, tweeting “good riddance.”
This like ebeneezer scrooge died before the ghosts showed up.
Read more at NY Post and Just Jared
NBC Said Absolutely No to OJ on Apprentice
According to Howard Stern, Donald Trump wanted OJ Simpson to be a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice. But NBC told him no fucking way.
And that’s why Charlie Manson ended up winning that season.
Did Jim Brown Try to Get O.J. Simpson to Confess?
ESPN reporter Jeremy Schaap told a story about the time he interviewed Jim Brown back in the day, and the topic of OJ came up. “He sits down and he points at the camera before we’ve even started the interview and he says, ‘Is that thing rolling?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, we’re rolling, Jim.’ And he turns and he looks straight in the camera and he said, ‘O.J., for once in your life, be a man and admit what you did.’ And I just remember saying, ‘Whoa.’ There’s a lot there, right? There’s a lot there to unpack with Jim Brown and that relationship; and I think about what we thought we knew about O.J. Simpson and who he really was and the difference between those things.”
When Jim Brown thinks youre rough on women you’ve gone too far. He’ll throw them out a window but he wont cut their heads off.
Egyptians Thought the Milky Way Was a Goddess
Scholars believe that the Egyption Goddess Nut, pronounced “Newt”, may actually be a depiction of the Milky Way. An astrophysics professor noticed that the summer and winter orientations of the Milky Way aligned with the goddesses body.
What a bunch of idiots.
Woman Found Her Ghosting Husband on Are We Dating the Same Guy
There’s an update to a popular internet mystery. A celebrity chef just up and disappeared from his pregnant wife’s life, with no forwarding address, so she decided to see if she could find him, so she could file for divorce. She trusted in the power of the internet and the internet came through, finding him on a message board called “Are We Dating the Same Guy”.
Its getting so much harder to be douchebag.
SPORTS
Tom Brady Keeping Options Open...Still
Appearing on “DeepCuts with VicBlends,” Brady said about getting back in the game, “I’m not opposed to it,” Brady responded with a smile. “I don’t know if they’re gonna let me, if I become an owner of an NFL team, but I don’t know if — I don’t know, I’m always gonna be in good shape, (I’ll) always be able to throw the ball. So to come in for a little bit, like M.J. coming back? I don’t know if they’d let me, but I wouldn’t be opposed to it.”
His problem is he only wants to play one more game, the Super Bowl.
16 Mill Missing From Shohei Otani or His Interpreter
Shohei Ohtani’s longtime interpreter Ippei Mizuhara was accused of stealing about $5 million from the baseball star, but now, it appears that the amount of money unaccounted for is closer to $16 million.
Theres got to be a lot of bookies shitting bricks right not.
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CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Smurfs Movie Has a Huge Roster of Stars
Nick Offerman, Natasha Lyonne, JP Karliak, Dan Levy, Amy Sedaris, Nick Kroll, James Corden, Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Sandra Oh, Alex Winter, Billie Lourd, Xolo Maridueña with Kurt Russell and John Goodman are all lined up to have voice roles in the Smurfs movie.
This seems like the cast of every cartoon now.
Apprentice Movie Announced at Cannes, Get a Look at the Stars
A photo of Jeremy Strong in character as Ray Cohn with Sebastian Stans as Donald Trump was circulating on the internet after it was announced that the movie The Apprentice would be on the lineup at Cannes.
In the future Jeremy Strong and Timothee Chalamet will be the only two people that Hollywood hires.
Pink Floyd Loves AI
Pink Floyd held a contest for the 50th Anniversary of Dark Side of the Moon. The band invited fans to submit animated music videos for a chance to win money. And then they picked an AI video as the winner.
They’re 80 they dont know the difference.
Kourtney Kardashian Slams Some Breast Milk
Kourt’s feeling a little under the weather, so she slammed a big glass of Breast Milk, saying it’s a great wellness remedy.
She’s just waiting for FDA approval to try to start selling it.
Edgar Wright Remake of The Running Man Has Its Star
Glen Powell is set to star in Edgar Wright’s remake of The Running Man. Steven King’s Running Man, published in 1982 and written under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, was set in 2025, and was made into a movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 80s.
We always thought GP was the new AS.
McDonalds Billboards Stink
McDonalds debuted billboards in the Netherlands that actually smell like french fries. “In everyday settings like elevators, subways, or conference rooms, one often encounters a familiar scent: McDonald’s,” the press release said. “Though unseen, its presence is unmistakable, akin to the brand’s iconic logo or jingle. That is why McDonald’s Netherlands leveraged their iconic smell in their latest campaign.” Turns out their accomplishing this by filling the billboard with fries and a fan.
Come to McDonalds for the Old potatoes.
Taylor Swift turned down $9M For UAE Show
She was offered the money to perform in a private show in the United Arab Emirates, French Montana claims.
Kid Rock took the gig for $600 bucks.
JK Rowling Wont Forgive Her Stars For Supporting Trans
When someone on X asked her how she felt about Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson supporting trans rights, Rowling responded, “Celebs who cosied up to a movement intent on eroding women’s hard-won rights and who used their platforms to cheer on the transitioning of minors can save their apologies for traumatised detransitioners and vulnerable women reliant on single sex spaces.”
Obsess much? And here we thought we you were getting carried away.
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