Wednesday August 30 Daily Links

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Chess Prodigy Settles Anal Beads Lawsuit

Remember the Chess star who was accused of cheating by using anal beads? Well the teen prodigy settled a legal case against him.

Wait till they find out about the French tickler.

Read more at NY Post.


Thats a Whopper of a Lawsuit

A Federal Judge has given the go ahead for a class action lawsuit against Burger King over the size of their whopper. The plaintiffs allege that the BK marketing makes the burger appear 35% larger than it actually is.

Men are going to be in a lot of trouble if you can get sued for that.

Read more at Yahoo


Rudys Drinking

Jack Smith is asking witnesses questions about Rudy Giuliani’s drinking. They’re trying to determine if Rudy was intoxicated at a time when he gave legal advice to Trump and his team.

It would be easier to list the times he’s not drunk.

Read more at Rolling Stone


Pats Have No Backup

Mac Jones and the Patriots have no backup quarterback after the team cut QB Bailey Zappe and third-stringer Malik Cunningham on Tuesday.

Carson Wentz to the white courtesy phone….

Read more at NY Post.



SPORTS



Scott Rogowsky Accuses NFL

The former host of HQ says the NFL ripped off his “NFL Writers Room” series in new promotional videos. “Now does it surprise me that a soulless mega corporation with zero creativity or independent thought would choose to blatantly rip off actually-creative people to make their content?” Rogowsky asked.

If Dane cook doesn’t have to pay up why should the NFL?

Read more at NY Post.


Brett Favre Cant Talk About It

Favre announced he will join Jason Whitlock’s Fearless show on The Blaze every Wednesday for the NFL season. But he won’t be able to discuss Mississippi that welfare case hanging over his head.

Damn, we wanted to hear about how he did it.

Read more at awful announcing.


Jags Coach Cuts His Own Son

Doug Pederson coaches the Jacksonville Jaguars, and he just had to make a painful cut to the roster– his son, Josh Pederson.

Well we know who will be sleeping at the Hampton in tonight.

Read more at SI


Deion Sanders Would Rather Give Up 2 Toes

Prime Time Deion Sanders said he made the decision to cut off two of his toes after he found out that saving them would mean more hospital time and more time away from the field. “Man, forget the toes,” Sanders responded, per Bell. “They were charcoal black. They were dead. You look down there and it’s two black toes. Take ’em. What am I going to do with them?”

Pop quiz Deion. How many toes do you have left?

Read more at Bleacher Report



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Keanu Reeves Saved Speed Script

Joss Whedon said that Keanu Reeves saved the Speed script, and explained how on a recent podcast episode.

Lemme Guess. By bringing in you?

Read more at THR


Late Night Hosts Podcast

All five Late Night Hosts have decided to start podcasting while they’re benched during the writers strike. Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver will roll out Spotify’s “Strike Force Five,” which has at least 12 episodes in the works, with the goal of helping staffers earn a paycheck.

Get used to it, this is your future.

Read more at THR


Killers of the Flower Moon Go to Wide Release

There will be no limited release for the upcoming Scorsese film that clocks in at three and a half hours. It will release nationwide from jump.

This isn’t a movie, its a limited series. Get it to Hulu.

Read more at deadline.


A Look at The Idols Journey to the bottom

Yahoo takes a look at the Idol’s timeline and all that went wrong along the way.

Nobody’s working for The Weeknd.

Read more at Yahoo


Thirteen Turns 20

Yep it’s been 20 years since we first saw Thirteen.

You couldn’t make this movie today if she WAS 20.

Read more at Rolling Stone


Phoenix Too Hot For Fitty

Fifty Cent has postponed his Arizona shows because, he said, its just too damn hot there.

You should embrace this. Your career hasn’t had heat in 15 years.

Read more at TMZ.


Martha Stewart May Regret Cocktail on the Rocks

Stewart is being criticized for an Instagram post showing off a cocktail she enjoyed on a cruise. “We actually captured a small iceberg for our cocktails tonight,” she wrote, showing off a piece of berg cut just to cool the passengers drinks. Critics found the move, and the post about it, to be incredibly out of touch and entitled.

Then she killed a panda to make a coat, and played the violin while the world burned.

Read more at buzzfeed.



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