Sunday May 15, Daily Links

SUNDAY 5.15


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CNN Sent Out Welcome Baskets To Laid Off Workers By Mistake

CNN’s streaming service shut down April 21st, but hundreds of laid off staffers accidentally received a gift baskets from the network. The basket included branded gear, pens, headphones, a popcorn maker and an encouraging note saying ‘This is an incredible time to be part of CNN’.

Somewhere Jeff Zucker is laughing his ass off.

Read more at yahoo.


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SPORTS



Phil Mickelson Won't Be in the PGA Championship

He’s the reigning champ, but Phil Mickelson will not be defending his title next week. He didn’t explain his decision to withdraw but it might have something to do with that Saudi Golf league, or maybe his l$40 million dollar gambling loss.

His brand is falling faster than crypto.

Read more at Mediaite


Draymond Rips Big Perc

Draymond Green responded to analyst Kendrick Perkins over recent derogatory comments Perc made .about Green.

Focus on the championship Dray.. An eagle doesn’t get into a fight before it flies.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Married With Children The Animated Series

The whole family from the sitcom Married with Children are all returning to voice roles in a revival animated version of the series. Katey Sagal, Ed O’Neill, Christina Applegate and David Faustino are all in. No word on if Marcy will be back with or without Steve or Jefferson.

Wait, the original series WASN’T a cartoon?

Read more at Deadline


Diddy Wants To Uncancel The Cancelled

P. Diddy says one of the things he hopes to accomplish as host and executive producer of this year’s Billboard Music Awards is to ‘spread love and forgiveness’ and ‘uncanceling the canceled’. The rap mogul added that he insisted that Morgan Wallen and Travis Scott both appear on Sunday’s show.

Can the irrelevant uncancel the cancelled?

Read more at nypost.


Good Times Painting Goes For 15 Million

‘The Sugar Shack’, the 1976 Ernie Barnes painting that was made famous by Marvin Gaye’s album ‘I Want You’ and in the credits of ‘Good Times’, sold for a record-breaking $15.2 million. It was estimated that it would go between $150,000 to $200,000.

This sale was DYN-O-MITE!

Read more at latimes.


2023 Oscar Date Announced

The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences announced the 2023 Oscars will happen on March 12th.

Each presenter will receive a personal bodyguard and protective head gear.

Read more at nypost.


Michael Che on Balancing All His Roles

The NYT profile of Che and his new sketch series concludes that Michael is still trying to crack the code to succeed with finding the identity of his HBO sketch series while balancing his role on SNL and his stand up career.

That’s better than trying to code crack.

Read more at NY Times


Netflix Tells Offended Employees to Work Somewhere Else

A memo to all Netflix employees and prospective applicants discussed the culture of the company, and made it clear that they’re not interested in employees complaining about content.

“Depending on your role, you may need to work on titles you perceive to be harmful, If you’d find it hard to support our content breadth, Netflix may not be the best place for you.”

The perfect memo to offend millennials.

Read more at Mediaite.

Read the full memo here.


Cosby Says He Couldn't Have Assaulted Judy Huth at Playboy Mansion

In court documents, Cosby’s team alleges that Judy Huth, who is accusing him of assaulting her at the Playboy mansion in 1974, was never at the Playboy mansion.

Ok then who did you assault that night old man?

Read more at NY Post.


Netflix Is Thinking About Going Live

This could be the biggest change for Netflix since they stopped sending CDs in the mail. The streaming giant is planning to start broadcasting live- or livestreaming- some programming. Unscripted shows including competitions series and comedy specials will be first on the list for live broadcasts.

Great, I’ll watch it later.

Read more at Deadline


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VIRAL & TRENDING



Dude Explaining Crypto Describe Perfect Ponzi Scheme

So there’s a magic empty box, and it gets filled with money and everyone gets paid, until….

The only way this wouldn’t sound like a Ponzi scheme is if you’ve never heard of Ponzi schemes.


Olsen vs Haim

Elisabeth Olsen straps in to a lie detector, and reveals she’s lying when she says she liked Licorice Pizza and Danielle Haim.

Why would anyone submit to a lie detector test for entertainment?



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



Poll Says Adults Feel Good About 47% of the Time

Muscle aches, anxiety and exhaustion are the biggest culprits that have adults who were polled say they feel really good less than half the time.

I’d kill my dog if it meant I could feel good 47% of the time.

Read more at studyfinds



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