Wednesday January 31 Daily Links
WEDNESDAY 1.31
NEWS STORIES
Miami Mayor Used His Job to Pad His Side Hustle
Francis Suarez spent months pushing for a small software company to get a city gig and that little company was working a deal with another company paying the mayor 20k. This conflict of interest is the subject of a federal investigation now.
Why does he have a side job? He’s not Mayor of smallville.
Shits Getting Crazy in the Islands
Violence is spiking in the Bahamas, and Jamaica, with a shocking rise in murders. All this has triggered travel warnings to U.S. citizens planning to travel there.
Guess its not better in the Bahamas
Decades Later NYPD Cop Confesses To Mistakes in Jam Master Jay Case
The cop who was first at the scene of the 2002 murder of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay admitted he lost his notes from the killing of a rap superstar that later became an infamous cold case.
We’re due for a break in the Biggie case.
Did Sonar Find Amelia Earharts Plane?
It’s been 87 years since Amelia Earhart’s plane disappeared, and one of the great unsolved mysteries. Now explorers think they have a lead on it.
It was behind a bar in Pasadena.
Syphilis Is the Comeback Kid
The United States is seeing syphilis cases rise higher than a kite. In fact the numbers are about as high as they were in the 50s before we got that shit under control.
So Biden is getting some things done.
Even FOX is Mocking Vivek
Fox hosts Ashley Webster and Brian Kilmeade had a good laugh talking about Ramaswamy’s conspiracy theory that the Super Bowl is fixed so the government can hype Taylor Swift because they believe she is planning to endorse Biden. They rolled their eyes, laughed and called the statement crazy.
Why is Vivek still here? You don’t have to go home dude, but you really can’t stay here.
SPORTS
Chiefs Ravens Game Makes History
The most watched game in AFC Championship history was this weekends Kansas City vs Baltimore game.
So much for the people turning it off because of the two lovebirds.
Missing Jackie Robinson Statue Found All Fucked Up
A Jackie Robinson statue was stolen from a youth baseball park in Wichita Kansas last week. It was found burning in a nearby park, beyond recognition.
Well, that is American League country.
https://x.com/KAKEnews/status/1752391271564329216?s=20
Why is Fox Fucking With the Best Booth in Football
Game Analyst Greg Olsen and Play by Play man Kevin Burkhardt are a good team, but FOX is breaking up the team in 2024 to make room for Tom Brady. Brady will be replacing Olson in the #1 spot, and a lot of people are upset about the move, saying it’s going to ruin a good thing.
Is there room for Belichick?
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Leo on Set of PT Anderson Movie
An Oscar nom-less Leonardo DiCaprio was seen getting back to work on his next project, PT Anderson’s upcoming movie. He’s looking down on his luck, and he’s using a payphone giving a few clues as to what we can expect.
Stay on it iLeo, this is your last chance.
Read more at TMZ
https://www.tmz.com/2024/01/30/leonardo-dicaprio-filming-new-movie-set-paul-thomas-anderson/
Ranking Emma Stone Movies
When your Oscar winning role doesn’t even make the top 3, you know you have an interesting career.
No mention of the Partridge Family Movie?
Feud: Capote vs. the Swans Looks Like a Powerhouse
NPR says the latest episode of FEUD is a can’t miss killer with a powerhouse cast.
That’s really True-man.
Glenn Close Says Superman Could Have Saved Robin Williams
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and in the movie, Glenn Close said, “I always felt that if Chris was still around, Robin would still be alive.”
Could he also have saved you from being so nutty Glenn?
Tom Selleck Needed Matthew Perry to Help With Lines
Selleck says he had some difficulty getting into the Friends rhythm when he was a recurring character, and asked Matthew Perry to run lines with him on set. “Matthew had this speech pattern that I hadn’t been aware of,” Selleck said, so he sought instructions from Perry himself. “Matt told me: ‘It’s a joke, Tom. It’s the way he says it.’ But during that whole show, I kept going up to him asking, ‘Can you say it again?’ and he’d do the line. That was his signature.”
At your age you don’t know how to do lines? Who’s helping you on Blue Bloods you no talent mustache?
SNL 1975 Casting is Complete
The upcoming SNL origin movie has its core cast, and Deadline’s got the photos. The cast is all young, lesser knowns much like the original SNL team, although there are physical resemblances.
And the entire soundtrack will be by The 1975.
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