Monday November 20 Daily Links
MONDAY 11.20
NEWS STORIES
Single Bottle of Whiskey Sells for $2.7 mill
A bottle of Macallan 1926 is now the most expensive bottle of liquor ever sold after it was bought at auction for $2.7 million. It is one of 40 bottles drawn after aging 60 years.
How much for a glass?
Jeweler Retires, Turns Business Over to Employees
Bernie Robbins is retiring and he has no family in the business to leave his chain of jewelry stores to. So he decided to turn over the entire company to his employees. Harvey and Maddy Rovinsky have owned Robbins stores for sixty years. They said they tried to look for a buyer but didn’t feel confident any of the buyers would keep the business going and love the biz.
He’s the Willie Wonka of Diamonds.
Read more at NY Post
https://nypost.com/2023/11/19/business/bernie-robbins-jewelers-owners-retire-give-loyal-employees-control-of-60-year-old-business/
Everybody Flying for Thanksgiving
It’s Turkey Time and the aviation industry is reporting record numbers of passengers flying to their holiday destinations this year. On Sunday after TG, there will be an estimated 2.9 million passengers taking to the skies.
How many of them will freak out, have fights, or need to be taken off the plane?
Rossalyn Carter Dies
The former first lady has died at the age of 97 just days after beginning hospice care.
Jimmy Carter just joined Tinder.
Mormons Sexual Abuse Worse Than Catholic Church?
Leaders in the Mormon Church are being accused of covering up decades of abuse that rivals that of the Catholic Church. To make matters worse, it is alleged that victims are required to forgive their attackers.
They’re also forced to eat Jello.
Biden Turns 81
Biden celebrated his 81st birthday, breaking his own record as the oldest President to ever be in office.
Every day that he’s alive he breaks his own record.
Man Makes Up Islamophobia Story
A 20 year old Ohio man told police that another man directed anti Islamic slurs at him and hit him with his car. He demanded the incident be investigated and it was. Investigators determined it never happened.He lied about being hit by the car, and he lied about the slur, and they determined his injuries were the result of a physical fight with his own brother.
This guy could play for the 76ers.
SPORTS
Jimmy Johnson Joins Ring of Honor
Thirty years after he coached the Dallas Cowboys, Jimmy Johnson is going into the team’s ring of honor.
He will receive a place between Roger Starbauch and a large marlin Jerry Jones caught off his boat.
Hulk Hogans Son Arrested
Nick Hogan was arrested for Driving Under the Influence and jailed this weekend just before 4am in Clearwater Florida. Same place he got in a wreck years ago.
Nobodys talking about the ten years in between that he didn’t get DUI.
Vegas and Sports
This weekends Formula One race in Vegas is just the latest evidence that the culture is shifting in Sin City yet again. Sports is taking center stage in a city once marked as immorality central.
And what happens to the Raiders in Vegas is the same thing that happens to the prostitutes in Vegas.
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Dana Carvey Thanks Fans For Outpouring of Support
Just days after the death of his son, as the result of an overdose, Dana Carvey has announced he will be taking a break from all work and from social media for awhile, but before signing off he wanted to thank all the people who sent messages of love and support for his family.
Finally. Something that actually is special.
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DiCaprio Thanks Sharon Stone 30 Years Late
In 1995 when the studio didn’t want to cast Leo in Sam Raimi’s revisionist Western drama “The Quick and the Dead,” Sharon Stone was so adamant about casting him that she agreed to pay him out of pocket. “I’ve thanked her many times,” he added. “I don’t know if I sent her an actual, physical thank-you gift, but I cannot thank her enough.”
Don’t thank her, pay her back.
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Ridley Scott Insults French Critics
French critics have been rough on Scott’s Napoleon but he don’t give a fuck. “The French don’t even like themselves. The audience that I showed it to in Paris, they loved it.”
They like a lot of things, they just don’t like your movie.
Dolly Made a Rock Album
Her new album Rockstar is loaded up with classic rock collabs, like Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Stevie Nicks, Steven Tyler, Peter Frampton and more.
She’s doing rocks greatest tits…I mean hits.
Scorsese Goes Gen Z for His 81st
His birthday cake sported a TikTok logo and Gen Z catch phrases like “Tea,” “Slept On,” “Throw Shade” and “Ick”.
Does Gen Z like grey icing?
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