The New York Times asked classical music critics to evaluate Bradley Cooper’s orchestra conducting as Leonard Bernstein in ‘Maestro‘. They agreed to do it on one condition – that they not have to watch the whole movie.

A judge ordered Rudy Giuliani to “immediately” pay the $148 million defamation settlement he owes to two Georgia election workers. Execs at GoFundMe reminded Giuliani he can’t run 148 million fundraisers at a time.

Apple plans to launch a “mixed reality” headset next year – with technology combining virtual & augmented reality. They’re inviting customers to Apple Stores to try it out and envision a reality where they have thousands of dollars to buy it.

For nearly 40 years, a set of human remains believed to be a victim of Seattle’s Green River Killer was known only as ‘Bones 17’. Advances in DNA technology finally provided investigators with a name: ‘Female Bones 17’.

TSA officers at New York’s LaGuardia Airport found 17 bullets in a clean disposable diaper in the carry-on bag of a male passenger bound for Chicago. He’s being investigated along with a 14-month old accomplice arrested with a concealed handgun.

Today marks the Winter Solstice – the longest night of the year. Or, second-longest next to the night of your kid’s school Christmas Pageant.

Starbucks CEO wants people to stop protesting the Israel/Hamas war at their stores – and get back to being dicks about how their half-caf, triple-vanilla-shot, soy milk, whipped cream, caramel drizzle frappucino order is wrong.

Jennifer Lopez says she still struggles with PTSD from the media attention over her first romance with Ben Affleck over 20 years ago, and embarrassment over being kicked out of a support group for veterans who served in Iraq.

An artificial intelligence death calculator developed at Technical University of Denmark reportedly predicts a person’s death date with uncanny accuracy. Although it keeps crashing from millions of people typing their spouse’s name into it.

A Michigan couple is suing their school district, saying their daughter was allowed to use male pronouns and take a new name without their permission. The district said the girl had merely gotten the lead as Kris Kringle in a school play.

Khloe Kardashian shared a photo of her cheek indentation following a melanoma tumor removal. Her cheek is being filled using cosmetic procedures, and the occasional NBA basketball player.

A Florida Amazon delivery worker was bitten by a venomous snake, but survived. The snake later died after a FedEx delivery worker dropped a 75-pound box labeled ‘FRAGILE’ on it.

Officials cite Taylor Swift’s call-to-action on National Voter Registration Day for over 13,000 new voters registered every 30 minutes. They also cite her influence for a record number of 18-year-old women posting diss tracks on YouTube about their congressmen.

Southern Baptists lost half a million members in the past year – at least 10 of whom say it wasn’t because of sexual molestation or being browbeaten for donations.

Cassidy Hutchinson, former assistant to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, said she was groped by Rudy Giuliani on January 6th, 2021. As evidence, she offered the streaks of black hair dye on the seat of the pants she wore that day.

Leaders of the Navajo Nation may repeal the Native American tribe’s ban on same-sex marriage – saying it wouldn’t be the first time the tribe has benefitted from a big gamble.

Once again, McDonald’s is being sued by a customer who claims they suffered severe burns from scalding hot coffee. McDonald’s announced they’ll no longer allow hot coffee beverage substitutions in Happy Meals.

A family claims Google Maps caused their father to drive off a collapsed bridge in North Carolina, falling to his death. Defending the app, a Google spokesperson said “hey, he’s the one who wanted to avoid toll roads.”

Pauline Newman, a 96-year-old federal court judge, has been barred from hearing cases after concerns were raised about her mental fitness – and about her physical fitness after dislocating her shoulder lifting the gavel.

Sami Sheen – daughter of Charlie Sheen & Denise Richards – said she’s addicted to nicotine, and surgeons are requiring her to quit vaping before performing her desired breast enlargement surgery. Sami doesn’t see why her damaged lungs should keep her from getting a new set.

Joey Graziadei will be ABC’s next ‘The Bachelor‘, after finishing as runner-up on The Bachelorette. ‘Runner-up’ means he got to have sex with The Bachelorette, but didn’t have to be her fiance.

Donald Trump will surrender to Georgia police on Thursday after being charged with felony election fraud and will be released on $200,000 bond. Rudy Giuliani will also surrender around the same time so he can ask Donald Trump for bail money.

A trans woman is suing a New York yoga studio for not allowing her to use the woman’s locker room. Management was responding to complaints from females who didn’t want to see the yogi bare.

Google Photos announced a redesign of its editing tools, providing AI-driven ‘Suggestions’ such as Filter, Crop, or – when it detects boob & dick pics – Enhance.

Following torrential downpours from Hurricane Hilary, the mayor of Palm Springs stated it was impossible to enter or leave the city. City council took up a measure to rename it Palm Island.

Japan will release one million gallons of treated radioactive water into the ocean from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant on August 24th. Starting around August 25th, there will be a nationwide 50% off sale on sushi.

The Philadelphia Phillies are testing a new facial recognition entry system where fans can submit a picture to use their face as a ticket. The team asks that fans don’t get too drunk in the parking lot and punch each other’s tickets.

Bucking the trend of retailers leaving the city due to rampant theft, Ikea opened a new store in downtown San Francisco. It’ll host the first Smash & Grab where it takes looters 15 minutes to exit the building.

The Coast Guard rescued a man stuck for several days on an uninhabited island in the Bahamas after his sailboat broke down. The man was grateful since he”d grown tired of the boat’s Skipper hitting him with his hat.

Armed suspects robbed an ice cream parlor in Philadelphia. They fled with an undisclosed amount of cash stuffed in a waffle cone.

McDonald’s reported strong second-quarter earnings thanks to its Grimace’s Birthday promotion and limited-time Grimace Shake. They’re hoping for similar positive results with the upcoming Hamburglar Granted Parole promotion.

NASA’s new space telescope, scheduled for launch in 2027, could spot up to 400 planets similar in size to Earth – and, in-between, allow NASA incel employees to look through bedroom windows in their neighborhoods.

A raccoon was spotted on a baggage carousel at Philadelphia International Airport. The raccoon appeared confused because he’d checked in on a Frontier flight from Orlando to Newark.

It was revealed that Mitch McConnell has fallen multiple times this year, and may have suffered some cognitive impairment by striking his head after failing to inflate his neck pouch in time.

A lost city believed to have been abandoned over 1,000 years ago was discovered in the Campeche jungle of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula – soon to be the location of Mexico’s newest Starbucks.

The rebranded Twitter, X, reportedly took over the @X handle without notifying or compensating its owner. Since @XX was already taken by a bootlegger and @XXX by a porn star, he was offered @XXXX.

Rudy Giuliani admitted in court that he knew the Georgia results of the 2020 Presidential Election were authentic and lied about it. He still insists black is his natural hair color.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce attempted to give Taylor Swift a bracelet with his phone number on it after her shows at Arrowhead Stadium, but was not allowed to meet her. Lil Nas X asked for the bracelet, but was similarly rejected.

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill settled with an employee of a Miami marina, who he’d punched in the back of the head for refusing to allow him to board a boat. Other passengers were just happy to spot a dolphin before even leaving the dock.

More sex workers are coming forward claiming that they’d met alleged Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann. The local sheriff said he’s taking private meetings with each of them to see if they really know what they’re doing.

A Delta Airlines jet safely landed at Charlotte Airport without its nose gear. “Got your nose gear!”, said a flock of passing geese.

Ghislaine Maxwell is reportedly so disliked at FCI Tallahassee that she’s been dubbed Prison Karen for her constant complaints about the lack of vegan food options and her inability to get black hair dye. It must be bad because she’s the only woman offering massage therapy and not getting any takers.

Madonna postponed her upcoming tour after being hospitalized with a severe bacterial infection. She recovering, and issued a statement “we are living in a bacterial world, and I am a bacterial girl.”

Kevin Costner’s estranged wife is demanding $248,000/month for child support. Costner alleges that some of the money is going to plastic surgery, so his ex amended her demand to Child/Breast/Buttock Support.

Following the change of hosts from Pat Sajak to Ryan Seacrest, hostess Vanna White is negotiating a raise in her reported $3 million annual salary. So far, she hasn’t solved Sony Entertainment’s latest offer of Y__’RE N_T GETT_NG __RE __NEY.

Rudy Giuliani is reportedly cooperating in an investigation of Donald Trump’s attempt to reverse the 2020 election. Giuliani is being held in protective custody by New York City’s newly appointed Rat Czar.

Twitter is reportedly rejoining a group battling online child sex abuse. This, after the group agreed to pay $5/month for Twitter Blue.

The Supreme Court is set to rule on student loan forgiveness programs. It’s not certain how they’ll rule, but Burger King is reportedly flooded with new applications.

The World Health Organization is reportedly planning to announce artificial sweetener aspartame as a possible carcinogen, making it the 237th good reason not to drink Diet Coke.

ESPN announced they’re laying off as many as 20 longtime on-air broadcasters & hosts. It’s expected to save parent company ABC/Disney millions of dollars, and save wear-and-tear on the Mute buttons of viewers everywhere.

Some McDonald’s franchisees are choosing not to promote the Cardi B. & Offset Meal because the hip-hop stars don’t reflect the company’s “family-friendly” values. Their sentiment is echoed by recently-paroled, born-again Christian, Hamburglar.

Drug maker Eli Lilly said they’ll cut the price of insulin. “Sweet! But, not too sweet” said diabetics.

Lori Lightfoot, Mayor of crime-ravaged Chicago, lost her bid for reelection. The top two vote-getters, Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson, will now face off in the city’s first-ever mayoral shootout.

Elsewhere, Bola Tinubu was elected President of Nigeria – but other candidates called the process rigged, including rival Ruda Giulianu.

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon told reporters “I ain’t going to jail” as he faces fraud charges for embezzling donations from the ‘We Build The Wall’ fundraiser, and routing them to his ‘I Build A Beach House’ project.

Justin Bieber cancelled the remaining dates of his Justice World Tour. Refunds will be processed just as soon as they pay Ticketmaster the $50 refund processing fee.

Twitter rolled out a new ‘zero tolerance’ policy on violent speech – resulting in the immediate suspension of hundreds of open-mic comedians who falsely claim to have killed last night in a bar basement.

Nintendo game director Shigeru Miyamoto said the inspiration for games comes from his childhood experiences in nature. For instance, when he was 6, he ate a wild mushroom in the woods and then saw a gorilla kidnap a blond woman in a ballgown.

Conservative CPAC director Matt Schlapp is accused of sexual harassment, fondling a male aide to failed Senate candidate Herschel Walker to C what he was PAC’ing.

China slammed a U.S. Energy Department report claiming the COVID virus came from a government lab in Wuhan – saying if the U.S. had bothered to get their facts straight, they’d know it came from a high school biology class.

Philadelphia Police are investigating a 5-year-old boy who shot himself in the thigh with a handgun. They don’t know how the boy obtained the handgun, and are attempting to interview Santa Claus.

Six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns were made public. Identity thieves trying to get credit cards with his Social Security number were turned down because his credit score was too low.

A hacker discovered a flaw in Google Home smart speakers that allowed others to listen to conversations. But the hacker got bored listening to people ask Google about state capitals and what time it is.

Viral video shows a man firing shots at a Buffalo store looter during the city’s recent blizzard. He would have fired more bullets, but the gun froze.

Nick Cannon welcomed his 12th child, proving his Cannon balls are still firing.

Melania Trump was reportedly worried that she’d be seen in a bathrobe by unannounced visitors to her living quarters of the White House, such as Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell, and Donald Trump.

A Russian soldier got drunk and beat his commanding officer to death while the two rode on a military train on December 23rd. The rest of the soldiers then cancelled the remainder of the Secret Santa gift swap party.

Samuel Bateman, a fundamentalist Mormon leader accused of having over 20 wives, was jailed in Arizona on charges of kidnapping. Bateman requested his release on bail because he has seven wedding anniversaries coming up next month.

Chipotle is testing whether robots can make tortilla chips in stores. They’re waiting for the robots to recover from E.coli contamination.

Cardiologist Dr. Elizabeth Klodas shared her four worst foods for high cholesterol: red meat; processed meat; baked goods; and anything that starts with ‘Mc.’

Tennis champion Maria Sharapova is pregnant. If you think the noise she makes when she hits a backhand is loud, just wait a few months.

NASA scientists discovered ‘micronovas’, the smallest thermonuclear blasts. They also call ‘micronovas’ the brightest ideas shared by the dumbest people who still work at NASA.

Veterinarians warn they’re seeing more cases of domestic animals eating their owner’s cannabis edibles. The pets recover in a couple days, but it’s hard getting the service dogs back to work after lying on the sofa watching the Doctor Who marathon.

Netflix – which lost over 30% of its value after posting a decline in subscribers – is considering launching an ad-supported version. And by “ads” they mean “adding porn”.

A boy in Brazil was born with two penises, and doctors had to remove the larger one because it couldn’t urinate. His parents sued the surgeon because the child was dismembered.

California police are allegedly playing copyrighted Disney music while on duty, so that the company will take down the videos if they’re posted by concerned citizens. No statement has been made from Disney about a supercut of cops shooting unarmed teenagers to ‘Whistle While You Work’.

A Swiss developer is building a 328-foot tall residential tower from timber – the world’s tallest. The condo association has already rejected dozens of applications filed by families of termites.

Thursday is the first day for legal recreational marijuana sales in New Jersey. New Jersey is also the only place you’ll find the exclusive Roy Rogers strain.

Following the Oscars slap incident, Broadway’s Tony Awards instituted a ‘No Violence’ policy, which, in effect, removes the last reason anyone had for wanting to watch the Tony Awards.

The Masked Singer aired the episode revealing Rudy Giuliani as Jack In The Box singing ‘Bad To The Bone’. He, of course, sucked, but stuck around long enough to announce his plan to expose Jenny McCarthy’s voter fraud resulting in Jewel’s win last season.

Walmart announced they’re hiring 50,000 more workers before May, 50 of whom are expected to still be there in June.

Drug overdose deaths reached a new annual record in 2021, caused by a surge in Fentanyl, and man-boosting Testofen in Nugenix Total T.

President Joe Biden demanded a faster reduction in gas prices. While at the gas station he also demanded three packs of wintergreen Life Savers and a bag of Werther’s Originals.

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson is quitting after 13 years. Once a new CEO is confirmed, the Board Of Baristas will announce them by issuing a ceremonial cup with their name misspelled.

For the first time in the show’s history, ‘The Bachelor‘ Clayton Echard ended with every remaining Bachelorette either being dumped or rejecting him. In case you missed it, you can watch the same thing play out in every bar every Friday night.

Several NFL teams remain ‘in the mix’ for Houston Texans QB Deshaun Watson. It’s believed the asking price is multiple first round picks to acquire Watson and his 20+ sexual misconduct lawsuits.

The International Court of Justice ordered Russia to cease its invasion of Ukraine. Moments later, Rudy Giuliani filed an appeal on Russia’s behalf.

A UFC fighter subdued a man who opened fire in a Houston sushi restaurant. If you want to see the surveillance footage, it’ll cost you $60 on pay per view this Saturday.

Marylin Miglin, the “Queen Of Makeovers” from Home Shopping Network, died after a stroke. Memorial contributions can be made in four easy payments.

Kanye West ripped Pete Davidson over Davidson’s joke about wanting to have sex with a baby. Davidson was also ripped by two dozen male open-mic comedians for stealing their premise.

Fox Networks ‘The Masked Singer‘ unveiled Rudy Giuliani as a contestant during a taping last week. No one is allowed to say what character he was, but everyone’s pretty sure his song was a poor choice of The Four Seasons.

The Masked Singer wanted to get Trump’s former Attorney General William Barr, but he decided to sing to the January 6th Committee instead.

A Florida boy ‘magnet fishing’ with his grandfather retrieved two military-grade sniper rifles valued at around $20,000. Then they spent the rest of the day sniper-rifle-fishing.

Ronda Rousey posted photos breastfeeding her baby backstage at WWE’s Royal Rumble wrestling event. The baby tapped out, burped, and demanded a rematch.

Milwaukee meteorologist Rebecca Shuld of CBS58 brought her new baby on-air during a recent weather forecast. The baby mostly behaved, but parts of the east coast were hit with an unexpected storm of vomit.

The U.S. Army will begin discharging enlisted men & women refusing vaccines immediately. “Alright!” said soldiers who thought it would take desertion or selling secrets to get kicked out.

An elite U.S. strike force killed Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, head of terror group ISIS, at a home in Syria. The attack destroyed the entire second floor of the home, which will be featured in next season’s premiere of Syria HGTV ‘Fixer Upper‘.

Actor Channing Tatum said he’s “traumatized” and can’t watch Marvel movies, because Marvel Studios wouldn’t let him direct Marvel hero film ‘Gambit‘ and cancelled it. Marvel said if Tatum wants to make a lousy superhero movie he should join the Justice League.

Shares of Facebook parent company Meta plunged 22% as the company reported declining quarterly user numbers for the first time in Facebook’s history. Even worse, when Facebook asked former users if they plan to return, they replied ‘Interested’.

Rihanna is pregnant, and was seen with baby daddy A$AP Rocky buying a bigger umbrella ella ella eh eh eh.