Siamak Namazi was released today after being held prisoner in Iran for eight years. ‘I am dying to find out what gadgets now exist – when I was taken hostage, the iPhone 6S had just come out,” he said indicating that he’s dying to get a new iphone.

Wait till he finds out the new price.

Read more at Daily Mail.

A report of a wild bear roaming Disney World caused the entire park to close until the bear could be safely caught and released in a nearby forest.

Sometimes there’s a bear necessity.

Read more at NBC

A giant Mako shark had to be rescued when it became stranded on a beach in Florida and the dramatic rescue attempt was caught on video.

How long before they’re going to be figuring out how to kill it.

Read more at NY Post.

Gaetz is saying his only goal is to help Donald Trump get elected, but insiders are saying he’s 100% planning to run for Governor of Florida.

No difference.

Read more at NBC News.

The military is looking for a missing plane after the pilot ejected. It hasn’t been seen since.

The US military is searching for a missing F-35B in South Carolina after the pilot ejected yesterday and the jet kept flying. If you have seen an F-35 in the woods, please contact the US Marines. pic.twitter.com/rpueqxuP0J

— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) September 18, 2023

Anti-slavery activist, is being accused of sexual misconduct with women he invited to act as his “wife” on undercover overseas missions aimed at rescuing victims of sex trafficking. He allegedly would claim that they had to be intimate in order to fool traffickers.

Seems like we better take a look at the “Sound of Freedom” deleted scenes.

Read more at Vice.

Colorado State Safety Henry Blackburn has been receiving death threats since Saturday’s game over his dirty hit that sent Coloardo WR/CB Travis Hunter to the hospital.

Hey Coach Prime, you want to take it off the hot burner for a few weeks?

Report: Colorado State Safety Henry Blackburn is receiving Death threats over his dirty hit on Coloardo WR/CB Travis Hunter, via @SeanKeeler

Hunter had to go to the hospital after the hit.

Colorado State coach Jay Norvell said Henry Blackburn and his family received death… https://t.co/bR4TWAQZHJ pic.twitter.com/bgM4n1p1AU

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 18, 2023

All the sports are getting confusing, but just look at Football. Two games are running on Monday nights with different kickoff times on different channels- ABC and ESPN are both running games. Sundays you have FOX, CBS and NBC running games. Thursdays are on Amazon, and then there’s ESPN +. Good luck finding your game.

It’s not like we can find the movies either.

Read more at axios.

ESPN said today that Monday Night Football will utilize a version of Phil Collin’s hit song featuring Chris Stapleton, Snoop Dogg and Cindy Blackman Santana. This new music video open will be played before every game.

Okay its a simulation. the whole thing.

https://x.com/espn/status/1703779926262890823?s=20

I won’t be betting this year because I crossed the line of moderation and into addiction which isn’t any fun at all.

“The money wasn’t ever the issue since our financial security has never been threatened, but I was so distracted I wasn’t able to be present with the ones I love and caused a lot of harm. This lack of presence has been so hurtful.”

This would be like if you could push a button on your phone and whisky would come out.

Read more at ESPN

Russell Brand’s publishing deal with Pan Macmillan is now on hold so a planned update to Brand’s last book is limbo while serious sexual assault allegations are being investigated.

Jesus, finally there’s something about Russell Brand we want to know about.

Read more at Variety

“Here I am, closer to the gutter than ever,” says John Waters at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.

A true icon always has a great line ready.

https://x.com/Variety/status/1703851273609511143?s=20

Despite every other show pausing plans to return, Sherri wants to move forward, saying she doesn’t employ WGA writers so she’s not a scab. She thinks we don’t understand the word, but we do and we understand what solidarity means.

This show is even nuttier than when Wendy hosted it.

Read more at variety.

Back on the set of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Kristen Bell warned Brand not to get handsy with her. In an old interview, she referenced this, showing his reputation for misconduct is nothing new. “I made it really clear from the beginning that I would sock him in the balls if he tried anything. So he was intimidated,” she said in 2010

Well you’re the marky mark of women.

Read more at page six.

Reid wrote a multi post thread on Twitter that started like this: The Jann Wenner
interview was astonishing in his level of contempt for Female, Black, & Brown (never even came up) artists, but not at all surprising. He literally states that he should have included a token (imo) Female & Black to blunt the criticism he’s currently getting.

Ok. Write your own book, dude. He’s just a guy with opinions.

Read more at Twitter.

The Jann Wenner @NYT interview was astonishing in his level of contempt for Female, Black, & Brown (never even came up) artists, but not at all surprising. He literally states that he should have included a token (imo) Female & Black to blunt the criticism he’s currently getting.

— Vernon Reid (@vurnt22) September 18, 2023

British director Jim Field Smith is warning that there’s a very powerful actor who is abusive and is being protected. He would only refer to the actor as “Actor X”.

Sounds more like Actor XXX to me.

Read more at metro.uk.

Charging for premium services isn’t enough for Elon Musk. He’s planning on introducing a cheaper basic subscription for anyone who wants to stay on X formerly known as Twitter.

He must be sitting around going- why are they still here? What more do I have to do to ghost town this shit app?

Read more at mediaite.

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