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- So in Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has an illicit encounter with the actress playing Borat’s teen daughter in a hotel room that involves him putting his hands in his pants. Not nice!
- RIP Quibi, April 2020-October 2020.
- It's only Wednesday, but the Daily News has provided us with the worst take of the week: "Jeffrey Toobin’s history of bad sexual judgment is really about our unease with masturbation."
- Politico reports that the White House is considering "slashing millions of dollars for coronavirus relief, HIV treatment, screenings for newborns and other programs" in Democratic-led cities that Trump has labeled “anarchist jurisdictions.”
- National treasure Mel Brooks appeared in a rare video message encouraging people to vote for Joe Biden.
- Apparently the pandemic may have been good for marriages.
- There are people who feel like the pandemic is stealing one of the best years of their lives, so they're choosing to "opt out" of aging until it is over.
- A former Disney CFO says a couple who he rented his $2.2 million Connecticut mansion to haven't paid rent since they moved in in June, taking “advantage of the no-eviction moratorium."
- You can read an excerpt from The Encyclopedia of New York about how sitcoms mirrored and then shaped people's idea of NYC.
- Frontman Wayne Coyne says The Flaming Lips want to take their space bubble concerts around the country.
- Wow, Finnish researchers have apparently trained dogs to detect COVID-19 with nearly 100% accuracy in seconds.
- And finally, the cutest plant holder:
Published Oct 21, 2020
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