Thursday January 12: Daily Links

THURSDAY 1.12


NEWS STORIES

 



Amtrak Passengers Stuck on Train for 37 Hours

After a rail fire forced a route change, a south bound Amtrak train got stuck in the woods in the middle of nowhere for hours and hours. They were stuck so long, the crew had to go off duty, and due to regulations, the train couldn’t move, or open the doors to let passengers smoke or walk their dogs.

Who knew Southwest had trains.

Read more at People.


Santos Still Lying, and Republicans are Laughing at Him

The latest Santos lie, is that he was the star of his volleyball team in his ole school days. He told Joseph Cairo “that he was a star on the Baruch volleyball team and that they won the league championship,”

He’s also dating a very hot girl in Niagara Falls Ontario Canada.

Read more at mediaite.


House Republicans Change the Rules So They Can Smoke Cigars at Work

So there’s indoor smoking on the House side of the Capitol now that the Republicans have taken control, a Reuters reporter tweeted.

Glad to see you guys are taking care of yourselves, what about the rest of us standing next to a dumpster smoking?

Read more at Mediaite.


Barstool Goes Dirty Water Diving Hoping to Find Dinosaurs?

A guest on the Joe Rogan show claimed that a ton of valuable tusks were once dumped in the East River, so a barstool reporter suited up and went diving for sunken treasure.

There’s a sucker born every minute.

Read more at mediaite


Kevin McCarthy Says Santos Can Serve

The newly elected speaker of the house says despite calls from some republicans for Santos to step down, Santos can serve until it’s proven that he did something wrong. Santos has been outed as a liar who basically made up everything he said about himself during his campaign.

What do you consider “doing something wrong?” Besides, investigating a republican.

Read more at mediaite.


Ted Cruz Wanted to Poach Jay Leno

Cruz says he was looking for a late night personality that would be a little more right friendly, so he called up Rupert Murdoch and asked him to poach Jay Leno.

Oh come on, he’s already been burned and now you want to cook him?

Read more at mediaite.



SPORTS



Number 3 Released From Hospital

Only 10 days after America feared the worst. Damar Hamlin is out of the hospital and happy to be home.

Hopefully he’s ready to play this weekend.

Read more at TMZ


Stephen A Shaq?

Tuesday night on TNT, Shaq asked for a special intro from his co-host. He wanted to be presented as “A four-time champion, Stephen A. Shaq” mocking Stephen A Smith for a receding hairline.

No reason to take a shot at the man, especially for something you have too.

Read more at mediaite


Five Rookie Coaches Head Into NFL Playoffs

This year, a record number of teams in the NFL playoffs have head coaches in their first year coaching.

And most of them will be fired next year.

Read more at AP


JJ Watt Career Highlight Reel Gets Emotional

The Cardinals surprised J.J. Watt with a reel highlighting his career ahead of his retirement at the end of the season. Watts broke down sobbing.

We all sob when we think about his playoff highlights

Read more at TMZ.


World Shooting Champion Dead of Gunshot Wound

At least he died doing what he loved.

Read more at TMZ.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Jeopardy Spinning Off Elite Game Show

Jeopardy! Masters will be hosted by Ken Jennings, and will feature the six highest ranking current players. Matt Amodio, Sam Buttrey, Andrew He, James Holzhauer, Mattea Roach and Amy Schneider are set for the first season.

The working title is Nerd Jackfast.

Read more at Deadline


Whitney's Estate Disappointed in Jerrod Carmichael

Whitney Houston’s estate was not amused by Carmichael’s joke about the late singer at the Golden Globes. “So, we are here, live, from the hotel that killed Whitney Houston, the Beverly Hilton,” he said. Whitney’s longtime manager and sister-in-law wanted it to be known that the joke was in very poor taste.

He could sue you for saying he had a joke.

Read more at TMZ


The SAG Awards are Moving to Netflix

In 2024, The SAG Awards will stream worldwide on Netflix, LIVE.

Okay so that’s the end of the SAG Awards then?

Read more at THR


Adam Sandler Gets a SAG Nomination

It doesn’t happen often, but Sandler got nominated! His role in Hustle earned him a nomination for best performance by a male actor in leading role.

This is to make up for when he was snubbed for Water Boy.

Read more at AP News


Kumail Nanjiani Wants to Be Bad

Nanjiani says he really wants to play villains but Hollywood is afraid to cast anyone of color as a bad guy.

Clint Eastwood would definitely book you.

Read more at mediaite.



TRENDING & VIRAL



Art Gallery Owner Has to Apologize For Hosing Down a Homeless Woman

There was a lot of outrage after someone caught an art gallery owner firing a hose at a homeless woman. “I feel awful, not just because I want to get out of trouble, or something like that, but because I’d put a tremendous amount of effort into helping this woman on the street.”

The apology ruined any right wing sales you were hoping to gain.

Read more at CBS News



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