Thursday April 14, Daily Links

THURSDAY 4.14


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Musk Puts In Hostile Takeover Bid For Twitter

Elon Musk has filed a bid to buy Twitter for $43 billion as part of a hostile takeover and take the company private.

He knows he could buy MySpace for a LOT cheaper, right?

Read more at Bloomberg.


U Penn Distances From Law Professor Who Said Racist Shit on Tucker Carlson

The university said “Professor Wax’s views do not reflect our values or practices,” after Amy Wex went on Tucker Carlson’s show. She said Black Americans and “non-Western peoples” have “resentment and shame” against Western people for their “outsized achievements and contributions.” Later she said Indian immigrants shouldn’t complain about the US because they came from shithole countries.

If Trump gets back in she’s going to the Supreme Court.

Read more at mediaite.


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SPORTS



Reggie Jackson Outraged With Kershaw Getting Pulled

Reggie Jackson is not happy that Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw got pulled out of the game yesterday after pitching a perfect seven innings.

He’ll never have this issue with a Yankee pitcher since they’ll never get that far.

Read more at the New York Post.


Braves Catcher Reacts Sarcastically to Being Hit By Slow Pitch

The pitcher should have put one in his armpit at his next at bat.

Read more at Sports Illustrated


Aaron Rodgers Threw a Pick in Charity Game With High School Kids

The Green Bay QB seemed pissed, and appeared to chuck the ball right at the kids legs.

At least he didn’t ask you to sign it.

Read more at Heavy.


Animal Rights Protester Glued Herself To Floor at Timberwolves Game

A woman glued her hand to the floor to protest Glen Taylor, who owns the Minnesota team. She was protesting the treatment of animals on Taylor’s farm.

After Minnesota won, the Wolves decided she’s a good luck charm and asked her to glue down her foot for the next game.

Via digg.




CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Amy Schumer Talks About The Death Threats She Received After The Oscars

Amy Schumer received tons of death threats after her seat filler joke at the Oscars involving Kirsten Dunst she revealed. She got so many, the Secret Service contacted her.

Who knew Dunst fans were as bad as the Swifties?

Read more at Variety.


Michael Bay Sez Sony Thought Bad Boys 2 Would Bomb With Two Black Leads

Michael Bay revealed that Sony almost didn’t back Bad Boys 2 because they thought two black stars wouldn’t sell overseas.

And now Sony won’t back Bad Boys 4 because how can a guy who attacks people on an awards show sell tickets now?

Read more at the New York Post.


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Jessie Smollet Releases Banger Proclaiming His Innocence

Jessie Smollett found time to record a song and post it to Instagram that proclaims he is an innocent man. If only he had done this before the sentencing.

Take a listen via Barstool.


Gene Simmons Blames Fans For Ruining Rock

“I stand by my words, rock is dead. The people that killed it are fans. Fans killed the thing they loved by downloading and file sharing for free. How do you expect somebody who loves the guitar to come into this creative process? You’ve got to invent yourself. And so rock is dead.”” Gene Simmons told “Metal Hammer” in an interview.

I guess the fans stopped making great music?

Read more at louder sound.


Piers Morgan Has a Tantrum About Johnny Depp or Amber Heard

In his NY Post column, Piers Morgan wrote a scathing commentary titled, Memo to Johnny Depp and Amber Heard: Shut Up you deluded, self-obsessed whiny spoiled wastrels.

Piers, you should be saying that sentence while looking in a mirror.

Read more at NY Post.


Howie Mandel Hosting Bullshit for Netflix

A new game show for Netflix will allow contestants to win a million dollars even if they know nothing, as long as they can lie well..

To tell the truth did this decades ago and that’s no bullshit.


Millie Bobby Brown Is 18 and Being Grossly Oversexualized

The “Stranger Things” star said in an appearance on The Guilty Feminist, that since turning 18, she’s been treated differently by the media and the public.

“In my opinion, I believe that shouldn’t change anything. But, it’s gross. It’s true. I think it’s a very good representation of what’s going on in the world and how young girls are sexualized and so I have been dealing with that but I’ve also been dealing with that for forever,” she said.

Sorry. Seriously, sorry.

Read more at mediaite.


Amazon Has a Free Streaming Service Called Freevee

You gotta pay for Prime, but Amazon also had a free service, they were calling IMDB TV. They’re renaming the ad supported streaming platform, Amazon Freevee. TV that’s free with ads?

Why didn’t you just call it the 1970s?

Read more at CNBC


Kim Kardashian Never Saw SNL

Kim K disclosed on a podcast that she had never seen a single episode of SNL before she was asked to host. According to the mogul, she didn’t even know what a monologue looked like.

That’s because the tv was behind her ass.

Read more at NY Post.


Mark Wahlberg Kept a Special Souvenir from Boogie Nights

The actor told Ellen this week that he kept his prosthetic penis from the Boogie Nights movie all these years….

Yeah…..up his ass.


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VIRAL & TRENDING



Couple Goes Viral on TikTok Over Wedding Rules

Twelve million TikTok followers watched for this couple’s set of strict rules for their wedding and over a million commented on it. The bride to be declared that there would be no wedding favors, no jeans, no kids, and the kicker– no plus ones.

Okay…how do you feel about a plus two?

@kroskxx

this was way harder than it looks 🤣🤣 #ImoniCarly #EasyWithAdobeExpress #weddingtiktok #2022bride #brideinspo #altbride #weddingplanning #octoberwedding #bridesoftiktok

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