Wednesday April 19 Daily Links

WEDNESDAY 4.19


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Fox News Settled with Dominion

Minutes after the Jury was seated, Fox News broke down and paid the piper. The company admitted that they made false statements and agreed to pay Dominion $785 million dollars. Dominion says they are not done yet, they still have lawsuits pending with Newsmax and OAN, as well as Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and Mike Lindell.

This is really bad news for the pillow guy.

Read more at CNN


Netflix Makes Shocking Decision To Stop Sending DVDs

Hope you’re ready for this, but Netflix’s legacy DVD rental business is ending this week. No longer will you be able to receive and lose those little red envelopes containing a movie that Netflix became famous for before streaming was even a glint in someone’s eye.

Great, I still have Twister.

Read more at NY Times


More Netflix News Subscriptions are Up!

For Q1 of 2023, Netflix added 1.75 million subscribers bringing their total base to about 232.5 million.

Wait till they find out they can’t get DVDs anymore.

Read more at THR


CEO Calmly Tells Employees No Bonus on Zoom...Oh Except for Her Bonus

Andi Owen got over a million in her own bonuses, but she held a leadership zoom telling her workers that they weren’t getting bonuses and instructed them to “leave pity city behind” if they were upset about it.

The worst thing is she titled the zoom good news bad news.

Read more at barstool



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Draymond Green Gets Defensive

The Golden State Warrior star was ejected from a game this week after stomping on a Sac Kings player who was on the ground. “My leg got grabbed,” Green said. “Second time in two nights. Referees just watch it. I gotta land my foot somewhere, and I’m not the most flexible person so it’s not stretching that far.”

Not a single American agrees with you– even people in the Bay Area.

Read more at mediaite

Draymond Green Defends His Actions After Getting Thrown Out of Playoff Game for Stomping On Opponent: ‘I Gotta Land My Foot Somewhere’


NBA Players Vote on Which Teams Have the Best and Worst Fans

The Boston Celtics and the Charlotte Hornets took first and last place among NBA players in an anonymous poll.

Most people think of “worst fans” and they think of a mean fanbase. But Charlotte sits quietly and turns out nobody likes that, not even the visiting team.

Read more at bleacher report.


Matt Rhule Takes Shot at Deion Sanders

Nebraska Coach Matt Rhule was at WWE Smackdown talking with the media about the transfer portal, claiming he’s looking forward to working with the team he already has rather than focus on incoming like other teams. Everyone is calling it an intentional shot at Deion Sanders who is coaching at Colorado.

In other news Deion had no idea who Matt Rhule is.

Read more at brobible.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Biebs Sticks Up for Frank Ocean

Some say Frank Ocean gave the worst music performance in history at Coachella this week. But Justin Bieber is coming to his defense. “I was blown away by Frank Ocean’s Coachella performance,” Justin wrote on Instagram. “His artistry is simply unmatched, his style, his taste, his voice, his attention to detail…I was deeply moved.”
Thai would mean more from someone who doesn’t also do bad shows. Couldn’t Bruce Springsteen have defended Frank?

Read more at buzzfeed.


Aziz Writing Directing and Starring In His Next Movie

The movie is Good Fortune for Lionsgate and will costar Seth Rogen and Keanu Reeves. Everything else is under wraps- even the logline- but its obviously going to be a comedy.

Any word if Bill Murray can get a role?

Read more at variety.


Ali Wong is Bill Haders Girlfriend

Bill Hader has confirmed a relationship with Ali Wong. During an interview when asked what’s next, he said his girlfriend is trying to convince him to take a vacation- something he hasn’t done in 10 years. They had dated last fall after she divorced her husband and he split from Anna Kendrick but had split due to their equally busy schedules.

Can’t wait to hear what she does to you in her next special, Bill.

Read more at toofab.


Charlie Sheen and Chuck Lorre Together Again Like Chocolate and Peanutbutter

Sheen and Lorre will be working together again for the first time since Charlie Sheen was booted off Three and a Half Men. Sheen was just hired to costar in How to Be a Bookie for HBO’s “Max” streaming service.

This literally means here is honor among whores.

Read more at deadline.


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VIRAL & TRENDING



Dude Has Epic Meltdown on Plane and Has No Idea Hes Being a Dick

Can’t imagine what he would say if there were snakes in the plane.

Read more at barstool.

https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3463886/must-watch-an-airplane-passenger-had-an-all-time-meltdown-after-being-stuck-on-a-flight-with-a-baby-that-was-crying-for-45-minutes-straight

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