Friday December 25: Daily Links

FRIDAY 12.25


NEWS STORIES

 




Driverless Delivery Service Nuro Has Been Given the Go

California has said that this new driverless delivery system can start operating and charging for delivery services using tiny Prius Cars soon. The company was given the very first permit for autonomous delivery in the state.

California doesn’t have enough problem with traffic, why not add driverless robot cars!

Read more at gizmodo.


Colorado Governor Pardons Balloon Boy's Parents

Hey remember back in 2009 when the entire country was worried about Balloon Boy? The kid who was supposedly caught in an out of control balloon but it all turned out to be a hoax? The Governor of Colorado remembers and has decided his parents have suffered enough and has pardoned them. That crazy astronaut who drove cross country in diapers should be getting the next pardon.

Read more at nypost.com.


NYC Restaurants Want To Ban Cuomo From Dining at Its Restaurants

The restaurants of NYC have been fucked over by Andrew Cuomo so now they’re saying HE’S banned from dining in in the five boroughs. How’s that feel, Cuomo? No word on if Fredo is banned as well.

Read more at theconeyislandblog.


Dead Fish Turning Up In NYC, NJ

Dead fish have been turning up en masse along shorelines in New York City and parts of New Jersey. Environmental officials say its a combination of heat, lack of rain, low dissolved oxygen and other factors, but claim these events are not unusual. If we’re not careful, we’ll all be sleeping with the fishes.

Read more at gothamist.



SPORTS



Did Taylor Swift Jinx The L.A. Kings?!?

A banner honoring Taylor Swift’s record run at The Staples Center was taken down after fans complained that it’s jinxed the L.A. Kings. Since the Swift banner went up in 2015, the team – which won Stanley Cup championships in 2012 and 2014 – hasn’t won a playoff series since and was the league’s worst team last year. They would’ve been better off putting up a banner of Eddie Mush.

Read more at ew.



ENTERTAINMENT



Billionaire Ron Burkle Buys Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch

Burkle bought the sprawling estate, its 22 buildings including a 12,000 square foot mansion for about 20 mill, which is about what Jackson paid for the property before some pretty big and nutty renovations.

There is no better way to freak people out than tell them that you own Neverland Ranch

You know that Jeffrey Epstein’s Ped Island is for sale.

Read more at tmz.


Did Olivia Wilde Fire Shia LaBeouf!?

‘Don’t Worry Darling’ is ready to start filming and had Shia LaBeouf set to star. Now’s he’s out and hot
dude Harry Styles is in.

Out with the old and in with the whoooooooo!

Read more at yahoo.


Kirk Cameron Hosts Large Caroling Event

Caroling in Covid Hotspot SoCal is not the best idea, and this one was mostly maskless.

Is this really just a shoot for the next Left Behind movie??

Read more at abc7.com.


Megan Markle and Prince Harry Share Family Christmas Photo

Just because you’re no longer Royals doesn’t meant you can’t have a Royal Christmas photo. Plus, this way is better since you don’t need the Queens approval.

Read more at people.com.


More Bad Stuff About Tony Robbins

Well plenty of people like old banana fingers but he never seems to get good press.

Here’s a lady saying she got covid- Scrooged

Make her walk on hot coals.

Read more at theverge.com.


Britney Spears Boyfriend Tests Positive For You Know What

Britney Spears’s boyfriend has tested positive for the coronavirus but he’s let everyone know he has not exposed Britmey. For the love of God no one tell Brit about this. There’s no telling what she will do. Most likely ask, what’s the coronavirus?

Read more at pagesix.com.


Leslie West Passes Away

Leslie West, legendary guitarist of Mountain and considered a hard rock/heavy metal pioneer, died Wednesday after suffering a heart attack. 2020 is going to suck right up until the last second, isn’t it?!?

Read more at rollingstone.com


It’s Official: Sex In The City Reboot Coming To HBO Max

Sex & The City will return as a limited series on HBO Max. According to sources, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis will be back, but Kim Cattrall – who has feuded with Parker since the show ended – will not take part in the reboot. Shouldn’t it be retitled Sexless In COVID City?!?

Read more at nme.com.



GOING VIRAL



nothing here yet

EVERYTHING


TRENDING



Twitter Debate: Is Kourtney Photoshopped in to This Kardashian Family Photo

If she is, would have been nice to pop Kylie in there too!!


You Know You Want the Pizza Hut Triple Decker

This is the white trash White Christmas gift of all time. The only down side is it takes two guys to deliver!

Merry Christmas Chubsie ubsie.

Read more at melmagazine.



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



The Ringer Lists Out The Best Non Christmas Christmas Movies

The Ringer has banged out yet another list – this one for the best non-Christmas Christmas movies. Spoiler alert – they didn’t put Die Hard on the list but we all know they wanted to.

Read more.



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