Sunday April 14 Daily Links

SUNDAY 4.14


NEWS STORIES

 



HELP Sign on Beach Leads To Rescue

Navy and Coast Guard aviators were able to find and rescue men stuck on a remote Pacific atoll, after the men were stranded for nine days. The three fisherman used palm fronds to spell the word help enabling the coast guard to find them.

And it was only supposed to be a three hour tour.

Read more at apnews.


Woman Asks Trump To Sign Babys Forehead

A woman on an autograph line at a Trump rally shouted to the former President to “Sign my baby’s forehead!” as others in the crowd similarly chanted at him to “Sign the baby!”

Let’s not judge it until we see how the tattoo comes out.

Read more at mediaite.




SPORTS



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CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Civil War Has Impressive Box Office Weekend

The A24 movie nabbed 3 million in previews alone, and then had a weekend box office of 24 to 26 million.

TMark this as the end of A24 not leaning in to block busters.

Read more at deadline.


OJ Simpson Book Sales Skyrocket

Sales for Simpsons’ ‘If I Did It’ Book raced to the top of the criminology books chart this weekend after the Juice died.

They’d sell even more if they just changed the title to “he did do it.”

Read more at TMZ


Dreamboat Patrick Dempsey Promotes Lip Gloss on Tiktok

Fans really enjoyed seeing Sexiest Man Alive Patrick Dempsey promoting his wife’s lip glosses on TikTok this weekend.

Sure…. it’s for his wife.

Read more at pagesix.


Tina Turner Bronze Statue Planned

It’s been almost a year since Tina Turner died and plans are in the works to create a bronze statue of the pop icon. Bill Rawls, Jr. the mayor of Brownsville, Tennessee tells TMZ … the city has decided to fund a six-foot-tall bronze statue that will be placed in the city’s Heritage Park.

Let’s just hope it’s bigger than Alan Iverson’s.

Read more at TMZ


Eleanor Coppola Dead

Francis Ford Coppola’s wife,who also created the ‘Hearts of Darkness’ doc died at the age of 87.

She didn’t get the chance to see her husband’s biggest flop.

Read more at THR


Michael J. Fox Takes Shots at Influencers

“There’s an expression I referred to when they gave me an honorary Academy Award — somebody said to me the day before, they were talking about getting this award and being famous and they said ‘You’re ‘80s famous,’” Fox told People magazine. “I thought, ‘Wow, that’s cool.’ ‘80s famous. Right, we were different. We were tougher. We didn’t have social media, we didn’t have any of that crap. We were just famous. Left to our own resources. And it was an amazing time. “We used to bust our ass, our acting muscles and watch other actors and sit around with other actors and talk about acting and talk about it,” Fox explained. “And now you’ve got people who just go like, ‘Who’s your sweater? What’s your sweater you’re wearing? And what’s that dance step?’ And you’re the most famous person in the world.”

Face it you’d have been nothing without Mallory.

Read more at variety.



Justin Townes Earle Widow Lets Jason Isbell Have It

Isbell wrote the song “When We Were Close” as a “tribute” to fellow songwriter Justin Townes Earle, but his family was rumored to have concerns about the song. Isbell continued to perform the song, but now there’s no room for doubt, because Earle’s widow posted on social media how she feels. “When you make my daughter cry, and you’re heartless and this is your response … I have so much more to say.” And then she said much more, which you can read at the link.

Just take the hit Jason. You can’t hit back at someone’s widow..

Read more at Saving Country Music.



Stop Filming Yourself at the Gym

The Wall Street Journal says too many people are too phone obsessed at the gym causing others to be upset about privacy concerns when they get caught in the background.

If they can’t film themselves at the gym do they even need to be there?

Read more at WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/fitness/stop-filming-yourself-at-the-gym-already-778f9922



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



Teen Boys and Rough Sex with Young Girls

A recent survey has uncovered data that teenage boys are trending towards disturbingly rough sex with girls as young as 12, including choking them.

Where are you creeps getting your data from?

Read more at dailymail.



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