Man charged for allegedly threatening woman after not thanking him for holding door open – LINK
Woman abandons French bulldog ‘in a stroller’ at Pittsburgh airport after being told she can’t bring it on plane without a crate – LINK
Texas woman says a snake fell out of the sky and onto her arm – then, a hawk swooped in and attacked – LINK
Kanye West returned to the stage, all thanks to Travis Scott at a massive show in Rome — on the heels of the release of his Utopia album. He surprised the crowd by bringing out Kanye! – LINK
Speaking of stage guests: Steph Curry was welcomed onstage at Paramore’s concert in San Francisco, joining the band to perform their classic “Misery Business.” – LINK
Sinead O’Connor received a proper funeral and burial in her home country, yesterday, in the town of Bray, not far from Dublin, where she resided for the last 15 years – LINK
The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards have been announced: a sample of the nominees:
- Blink-182, Boygenius, Fall Out Boy, Lana Del Rey, Paramore and Thirty Seconds to Mars are up for Best Alternative Video
- Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Maneskin, Metallica and Muse are up for Best Rock Video at the MTV Video Music Awards.
- Taylor Swift leads the nominees for the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards with EIGHT. She’s followed by SZA with SIX.
They’ll be handed out September 12th in Newark, New Jersey. Full list of nominations – LINK
Ciara and Russell Wilson announced her pregnancy on social media with a video showing off her Ciara’s belly in silhouette. She wrote on Instagram, “You look at me like that again, we make another kid … You my heart I’m your rib.” The new arrival will be their third child together. They are parents to a six-year-old daughter and a three-year-old son – LINK
The microphone that Cardi B threw at a fan sold for $99,900 on eBay – LINK
Megan Fox is releasing her first poetry book in November. It’s called “Pretty Boys Are Dangerous”. She wrote it to free herself from the secrets and sins of men and take back her identity – LINK
Olivia Newton-John has supposedly been appearing to family members as a blue orb, the same color as an aquamarine necklace she used to wear. Both her husband and her daughter Chloe Lattanzi have seen it – LINK
ANOTHER FREAKING LIST:
AVClub.com ranked the 40 best COMEDY albums of all time.
Here are the Top 10:
- “Live on the Sunset Strip”, Richard Pryor(1982)
- “Class Clown”, George Carlin(1972)
- “The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart”, Bob Newhart(1960)
- “A Night at the Met”, Robin Williams(1986)
- “Comedian”, Eddie Murphy(1983)
- “Shut Up You [Effing] Baby”, David Cross(2002)
- “No Respect”, Rodney Dangerfield(1980)
- “Let’s Get Small”, Steve Martin(1977)
- “Bigger and Blacker”, Chris Rock(1999)
10. “Comedy Minus One”, Albert Brooks (1973)
Stacy Valentine
Today’s birthday girl has been in fine 158 films, including:
– Anal USA
– Clam Jumpers
– Crack Attack
– The Devil in Miss Jones 6
– Double Dippin
– Double Stuffed Creampuffs
– Executions on Butt Row
– Nasty Nymphos 13
– Sorority Sex Kittens 3
– Womb Raider
– And who can forget her role in 1996’s Hell Hole
Stacy Valentine is 53 years old
The Tampa Bay Rays busted up a tie game in the bottom of the eighth inning with a series of singles. A missed catch a grounder was plenty enough for the Rays to complete their comeback and get a 4-2 victory last night in Tampa. Once again the Cardinals offense failed to really show. They had the lead and Mikolas held it as he could but that’s how it goes and the Cardinals try again against Tampa there at 540pm.
Walt Disney’s ESPN and Penn Entertainment have partnered to launch a sports betting business under the brand ESPN Bet. Penn will pay $1.5 billion in cash to ESPN over an initial 10-year term in exchange for brand and other rights provided by ESPN.
In the St. Louis area, Penn Entertainment owns Hollywood Casino in Maryland Heights, River City Casino in Lemay and Argosy Casino Alton. ESPN Bet will launch this fall in the 16 states where Penn has sports betting licenses, including Illinois. It will replace the Barstool Sportsbook. Missouri has not legalized sports betting. ESPN, Penn Entertainment ink $1.5 billion deal to launch sports betting business – LINK
Lew Williams, who was called up from Triple-A as a fill-in umpire, got the assignment at first base in the opener of a double header between the Nationals and the Phillies. He missed his first call in the second inning when Washington’s Ildemaro Vargas was called out at first on a bad throw by Philadelphia starter Zack Wheeler. Replay showed Bryce Harper’s foot was off the bag and Vargas was ruled safe. In the third, Nick Castellanos was called out at first base on a long throw from third by Vargas. The Phillies challenged and the replay showed Castellanos beat the throw. He was called safe after a review. His time at first almost didn’t last long. Williams again called Castellanos out on starter Trevor Williams’ pickoff attempt. Again, the Phillies challenged; again, replay showed he was safe. Castellanos got his hand on the bag and escaped the tag. Williams went 0-for-3 on challenged calls in the first game. Yikes First base umpire Lew Williams has 3 calls overturned in Nationals-Phillies game – LINK