Sunday April 9 Daily Links
SUNDAY 4.9
NEWS STORIES
Ukraine Says Russia is Going to Be Evacuating Citizens
The intel is that Russia is worried that citizens are planning a counteroffensive so they are planning to start evacuating citizens. “The Russian occupiers intensified preparations for the evacuation of the local population in the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson,” the General Staff said in its morning update. In the cities of Melitopol and Skadovsk in the Zaporizhzhia region, it said, the occupation authorities conducted a survey about possible evacuation and checked that residents had Russian identity documents.
“The invaders are spreading information that the forced evacuation of the civilian population will begin at the end of April,” the General Staff update said.
Who had world war 3 on their bingo cards?
UFO Podcasts Are All the Rage
Everyone wants to talk UFOs. Sightings. Debunkings. Following the trail. UFO themed podcasts are popping up faster than any other category right now and people are listening.
Close encounters of a dull kind but at least its better than murderinos.
SPORTS
Jets Meeting WIth OBJ
Odell Beckham Junior has many offers to consider and you can add the Jets to the list of teams considering making him an offer.
Hope they get everybody but Aaron Rodgers.
Caitlyn Jenner Finds Dylan Mulvaneys Nike Deal to Be Offensive
Jenner is upset that Nike is willing to spend bigger bucks on Dylan than seven time Olympic medalist Allyson Felix. She said, “As someone that grew up in awe of what Phil Knight did, it is a shame to see such an iconic American company go so woke!”
“We can be inclusive but not at the expense of the mass majority of people, and have some decency while being inclusive. This is an outrage.”
Well one thing you’re not….is woke.
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
French Director Who Helmed Depp Movie Sued for Assaulting Journalist
Maiwenn, whose Jeanne du Barry stars Depp and will open at Cannes, is being sued for attacking the editor in chief of Mediapart at a restaurant. He alleges she grabbed him by the hair, spit in his face and stormed out.
Johnnys got a great lawyer if you need one.
Jeremy Renner Spends a Day at Six Flags
What? How the….?
Either the reports of his injuries were worse than the truth, or we all need the number for Jeremy Renner’s medical team.
Weinsteins Buddy Accused of 2001 Rape
Fabrizio Lombardo, a one time Miramax executive is accused of luring a 19 year old model to his hotel room and raping her.
Well everyone else was doing it….guess he thought of it as a good Miramax career move.
Timothee Will Do His Own Singing in Dylan Movie
When the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown begins filming this summer, starring Timothee Chalomet, the star will be performing all the songs himself rather than using the original Bob Dylan tracks, or having another singer do the dub. When director James Mangold was asked if TC was doing his own singing, he replied “of course.”
Or his own impression .
Mario Smashes at Box Office
The film is now projected to reach $368 million globally by the end of opening weekend. They set global records as well as multiple records within various countries.
If somebody says movies are back because of this, know that it’s just the opposite.
Martin McDonagh Says Theaters Turn Him Down
Irish writer Martin McDonagh is an Oscar winner but says many theaters have refused his plays. Best known for penning the Banshees of Innershin, he says the theaters don’t care for the language he uses in his scripts. He calls the trend dangerous.
It’s not language, it’s plot dude.
VIRAL & TRENDING
MR Beast is Undergoing Hormone Replacement Therapy
The 26 year old YouTube sensation says “Informed consent HRT saved my and many others’ lives. The hurdles [gender non-conforming] people have to jump through to get life-saving gender-affirming healthcare in a 1st world country is wild to me. Just let people make informed decisions about their own bodies.”
Does he drop the mister?
Mark Ruffallo Disrupts Nerdy Wedding
Klaire Hodgson and Lynz Tanner of Wales said they had a low key nerdy wedding in Central Park planned, when their little set up was spotted by Mark Ruffalo who decided to come check it out .
So you ended up with a high key even nerdier wedding.
Gen Z Fans Think Ryan Gosling is Old
Too old to play Ken in the upcoming Barbie movie anyway, and his wrinkles are taking them out of the fantasy.
They have a point. Ken wasn’t in his forties.
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