Sunday June 21: Daily Links

SUNDAY 6.21


NEWS STORIES

 



Guy Finds A House In NYC For 800,000...With A Huge Catch

The good news? There’s a house in Flushing, NY available for 800,000. The bad news? You’re going to spend about 2 million in repairs. The interior is so bad squatters are passing on it.

Via digg.



Baton Rouge School Member Called Out For Shopping Online During BLM Meeting

Activist Gary Chambers, Jr called out school board member Connie Bernard for shopping online during their weekly meeting. During a heated discussion the previous week on whether or not Robert E. Lee High School should be renamed, Bernard said that those in favor ‘needed to brush up on their history’ before speaking. After Chambers schooled Bernard on Robert E. Lee’s racist history, demanded that she resign immediately, and called her racist, Bernard quickly left the meeting. She did issue an apology for her comments about the Confederate general and denied she was shopping on her laptop. She also reportedly looking to push school board meetings on Zoom with the video turned off.

Read more at tmz.




SPORTS



Looking More Like Covid 19 Has Beaten Sports in 2020

We all talk endless about how sports will look when it comes back but with Phils and Yanks showing up with covid , it may be a wash this year.

Looks like a very Madden Fall

Read more at trust.org.


Eagles Tight End Sucker Punched At A Restaurant

Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert had to spend the night in the hospital after getting sucker punched at a South Dakota restaurant on Friday night. He’s already home and doing ‘fine’ according to a team source. Reportedly, Goedert got hit after saying the offense is clicking much better with Carson Wentz than it did with Nick Foles.

Read more at espn.



ENTERTAINMENT


Almost Famous’ Bringing Band Back Together for 20th Anniversary Podcast

Can you believe it’s been 20 years since Penny Lane stole William Millers heart? Now we have podcasts.

See you on July 8.

Read more at rollingstone.com.


Indiewire Says Philip Seymour Hoffman Best Of Last Ten Years

Philip Seymour Hoffman in ‘The Master’ is the best performance in the last 10 years. No argument here. Of course it may have been the second best performance in that film .

Read more at indiewire.com.


Mamma Mia Producer Hints A Third Film

Mamma Mia producer Judy Craymer hints that she wants to do a third Mamma Mia movie, but because of the pandemic, there’s no real timetable when it will happen. Craymer also said that once it’s good to start shooting again, she’s hoping to use the new ABBA songs that are scheduled to come out later this year. Craymer wouldn’t comment on a report that the title of the film is Mamma Mia – Why Are You Doing This To Us Again.

Read more at ew.com.


GOING VIRAL




Watch Hit and Run Driver Drag Motorcycle

Dude, this is not going to be the best look when you get to court.

You come off a little irresponsible



STUDY SAYS



Study Sez Snacks Make A Fun House

A study found that over half of the responders said the thing that made a house fun when they were a kid was if it had tasty snacks. Doesn’t matter if the parents were off the rails, as long as they had dunkaroos, everything was OK.

Read more at nypost.com.



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