Extra Extra: What Do You Think Brad Pitt And Leonardo DiCaprio Sculpt Together?
July 23, 2019, 5:11 p.m.
Plus: the call is coming from inside the shell, the Trump administration wants to boot millions off of SNAP, another wrench has been thrown in your alien-viewing plans, and more end-of-day links.
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- The Trump administration would like to block 3.1 million people from receiving food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
- Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly spend their boys' nights making pottery and eating sandwiches, aaaaaaand scene.
- Excited for this forthcoming series in which Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy bring to life the story of, to quote the Hollywood Reporter, "an eccentric English artist who was known for his drawings of anthropomorphized large-eyed cats." (Same.)
- Donald Trump is suing to keep the House Ways and Means Committee from reviewing his New York state tax returns.
- Lifetime will follow its Emmy-nominated Surviving R. Kelly series with Surviving Jeffrey Epstein, which will presumably detail the accused child sex trafficker's history of predation.
- Baby birds may be able to warn their nest-mates about looming external threats from inside their eggs.
- The majority of the FBI's domestic terror arrests in 2019 have involved white supremacy, according to the agency's director.
- Hotels and Airbnbs around Area 51 are reportedly all booked up for the weekend of September 20th, so if you were planning to rush the military base in an attempt to "see them aliens," you may want to consider alternate plans.
- Okay, that's it, get home safe everybody:
