Early Addition: CBS Chief Les Moonves Reportedly Destroyed Janet Jackson's Career After Super Bowl
Sept. 7, 2018, 11:05 a.m.
Because Trump doesn't know how to pronounce normal words, check out today's midday links: Warren Zevon appreciation, Les Moonves' vendetta, Elon Musk smokes blunt, empty NYC storefronts, new Kanye music video, and a pug malfunctions.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tabor-roeder/44473034242/in/pool-gothamist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">phil roeder's flickr</a>
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- Donald Trump, who is president, doesn't know how to say the word "anonymous."
- Elon Musk smoked his first blunt live on Joe Rogan's show while Tesla stock tumbled and executives bailed, because he is a totally rad cool guy and definitely not going through a mid-life crisis in public.
- CBS Chief Les Moonves was reportedly "obsessed" with ruining Janet Jackson's career after the 2004 Super Bowl incident.
- Comedians talked to Vulture about the jokes they most regret.
- The Ringer looks back at the masterful career and messy contradictions of one of the all-time great songwriters, Warren Zevon.
- Brett Kavanaugh appears to have perjured himself at least four times during his confirmation hearings so far.
- Look upon the empty storefronts of NYC and stare into the commercial abyss.
- Listen to this very good new song from Amber Mark & DRAM.
- While Trump keeps denying anecdotes from Bob Woodward's book, saying "I don’t talk the way I am quoted," he in fact does talk in the way he is quoted.
- Someone who works for The New Yorker Festival wrote about refusing to write Steve Bannon's bio.
- Kanye West & Lil Pump teamed up for a sex song that... well, let's just say the best thing about it is the Spike Jonze music video.
- And finally, what has happened here:
Pug.exe has failed. 🤷
📹: sake.soju.pagu pic.twitter.com/4VYc7C6hyq— Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) September 7, 2018
