Wednesday May 22 Daily Links

WEDNESDAY 5.22


NEWS STORIES

 



SE Cupp Political Show Coming Soon

The 30-minute show, which will air on Fox TV stations and in syndication, will focus on seven swing states this cycle. Cupp says these swing states “have crucial stories to tell, and our fantastic team of reporters and producers will bring these local conversations to a national audience in a unique and rigorous manner, from right where it’s happening, on the ground.”

Not my cupp of tea.

Read more at deadline.


Transgender Monk

A Catholic monk who came out as transgender this month, is saying that the church needs “to deal with” trans Catholics. “You’ve got to deal with us, because God has called us into this church. It’s not your church to kick us out of—this is God’s church, and God has called us and engrafted us into it.”

The strange part of this story is that there’s still monks.

Read more at newsweek


Joint DEA LAPD Investigation After Matthew Perry Death

The Los Angeles Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration have launched a joint criminal investigation into how Matthew Perry died, six months after his death.

How ironic that a drug addict died from drugs.

Read more at THR


Pizza Gate? Pizza State!

Connecticut lawmakers are planning to officially declare their state the “Pizza Capital of the U.S.” And New York is pissed off.

Guys we have much bigger problems.

Read more at NY Post.



SPORTS



Mike Greenberg Calls Out Nuggets Coach

Greenberg thinks Michael Malone didn’t handle himself so well at the post game press event, particularly because Malone grumbled that a question was stupid. “It isn’t a stupid ass question at all, quite frankly,” Greenberg said on Monday’s episode of #Greeny. “It is a perfectly reasonable question, and there are a lot of ways you can handle it in that moment — and that wasn’t the classy one. So again, everyone loves Michael Malone. He seems very likable. I’m certainly not going to judge a person by one bad moment; but I thought that was one bad [moment]. You know what? You win with class, you lose with class.”

You’re fucking stupid Mike. You’re the snowflake.

Read more at mediaite


Kobayashi Retires

Competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi has swallowed his last competitive eating victory. “I want to live a healthy and long life, so I’ve decided to quit competitive eating contests.”

Too late.

Read more at TMZ



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



ScarJo Furious Over Soundalike

Scarlet Johannsson was asked to be the voice of ChapGPT. She declined so they went ahead and got someone to do an impression of her voice. And she is pissed.

This is your karma for doing the movie HER.

Read more at huffpost.


Graceland Foreclosure Auction?

Graceland, the historic home of Elvis Presley, is set to be sold off at a foreclosure sale this Thursday according to a legal notice. But Priscilla is calling foul, saying it’s a scam and filing a lawsuit. According to the notice, Lisa Marie took out a 4 mill loan, securing the loan with the house, and then never paying back the loan before her death. They want to collect.

They’re considering turning it into a Chipotle and Memphis could really use one.

Read more at wreg.


Costner Gets Scathing Reviews After Ovation

A 10 minute standing ovation has not changed the fact that critics thinks his movie, Horizon: An America Saga, stinks. Critics say the three hour attempted epic is just a bad tv show.

Its awful and yet still the best movie he ever made.

Read more at THR


Holly Hunter Starring in Star Trek Series

Hunter’s character will serve as the captain and chancellor of Starfleet Academy, presiding over both the faculty and a new class of cadets in the 32nd century.

I’ve never watched a Star Trek but I’m in 100%

Read more at Variety


Shane Gillis Series Renewed

Tires hasn’t even debuted on Netflix yet- the series drops Thursday. But Netflix has already decided to renew the Shane Gillis series for a second season.

Life in the fast Shane.

Read more at variety.



VIRAL & TRENDING



Whats Happening to the Internet

It’s disappearing, says a new study. Of the webpages that existed in 2013, 38 percent are gone. Even newer pages are disappearing: 8 per cent of pages that existed in 2023 are no longer available.

Yeah, we stopped reading.

Read more at Independent



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