After all of that inclusion and celebration, the Olympics Committee has removed the “Last Supper” drag queen show from the opening ceremony after a global backlash!!
Initially the committee was striking videos for copyright infringements–most of those YouTubers and TikTokkers were reacting to the video both pro and con..
The controversy may have become too overwhelming–overshadowing the games themselves..
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The recreation of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting ‘The Last Supper’ has hurt the religious sentiments of several Christians. Olympics removes its own opening ceremony video that features drag queens from YouTube.
The act of beheading of Queen Marie Antoinette is also being condemned.
Many viewers felt a “viewer discretion” warning was needed for the ceremony.
Along with that, International Olympic Committee apologized for the blunder of introducing South Korean contingent as North Korea during the opening ceremony.
And… on top of that, it is still raining and there was a report of power outages the night after the opening ceremony..
…with people humming the tune of Madonna’s LIKE A PRAYER on the way out.
What a showing!
The Shawn Levy directed, produced and written Deadpool& Wolverine grossed $61.5M on Saturday per Disney for what is definitely a $205M opening weekend..
Global is at $438.3M.
Maybe we really ARE ready for movie theaters again?
MORE INFO on just how big this is..
It’s also the eighth highest opening of all-time, one of nine movies to open north of $200M — six of ’em belonging to Marvel. It’s also the fifth biggest opening ever for a superhero movie. In addition to opening records as we told you for Levy, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds, D&W also notched the biggest July opening of all-time ahead of The Lion King ($191.8M)
Move over BARBENHEIMER.. there is a new duo in the summer of 2024 taking the box office by storm. Potty mouthed foul and filthy.. a new family friendly film for the modern age!
MrBeast YouTube co-host Ava Kris Tyson is quitting the popular channel after allegations surfaced of grooming a minor.
Tyson was recently accused of sending inappropriate messages to a then-13-year-old when she was 20-years-old.
“I would like to apologize for any of my past behavior or comments if it hurt or offended anyone,” Tyson said in a social media statement. “It was not my intent.
…it’s now in the pop culture social media dictionary ..
We live in a fascinating world. Just a few days ago, the “Hauk Tuah girl” became an internet sensation. Imagine spending months or even years building your brand, following all the advice from textbooks, advertising on social media, and paying for ads.
Suddenly, this girl gets interviewed, answers a question about pleasing a man with “Hauk tuah and spit on that thang,” and becomes an overnight sensation.
Her 15 minutes of fame came quickly, but they will pass just as fast. It’s intriguing to consider her future prospects and why she became famous in the first place.
Out of nowhere, she appears in our feeds, becomes a meme, and even inspires songs, all within a short time.
The Hauk Tuah girl has emerged suddenly, but she could disappear just as quickly unless she capitalizes on this moment.
Her best strategy would be to create a brand, start a podcast, or host a relationship show. If she seizes this opportunity, she might extend her time in the spotlight and become a lasting figure in our lives.. If she doesn’t, she will be remembered for a single statement and a brief, peculiar moment that made her the latest internet meme.
The haunting words of Gordon Lightfoot’s IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND may be the best background for this story.. conjuring the imagination of his ghostly song coupled with technology piercing the safety nets of our mind.. and going deep into brains to predict what we will want. What we will buy.. what we will…think?
As this post is written, a LONG day is wrapping up. For some weird reason, this particular Saturday felt like the longest day that ever existed.. Maybe the snowy landscape and bone chilling temperatures.. Who knows.
I think it was hour number 5,000 of the day when I was just bored in the chair looking through stupid TikTok videos, one after the other. After the other.. And so on. People falling. Political content. Old ladies screaming. Ice storms and people slipping. Weird stuff and so on. Everyone’s for you page is different. That’s a peak at mine.
This is where the weirdness started.
In my brain, a voice said “it’s been a long time since you saw TikTok videos about Michael Myers and Halloween”.. No verbal output occurred, here, it was just an internalized passing thought. A blip on the brain wave radar.. It just popped into my brain, and I remembered rationalizing it by saying that ‘Halloween is over and of course I will not be seeing videos like that on the for me page’ for a while..
About a good solid minute later this video now pops up on the for you page:
First of all, great great video. Pure nostalgia and 1980s glory and all that..
But wait.. HALLOWEEN!? Just when moments earlier the idea of a Halloween video was crossing the brain and being dismissed due to the time of the year..
I completely got the chills and gave me a very bizarre feeling.
And it just started more thoughts to roll. Do you have this occur? Does this happen when you talk about things–we all know ads pop up a little bit after we search things or talk about them.. but how often do you actually have something on tech occur after you simply THINK about it?
Is there some algorithm that certain videos trigger people searching for other things? Or perhaps this was just all weird and random coincidence ..
Controversy about TikTok’s (and other social media platforms) algorithms have be been in the news for years. Most of those have revolved around the kids not being alright, teens with angst getting a perverted sense of purpose and meaning after diving too deep into rabbit holes.
Advertising clearly goes hand in hand with things you search and like. TikTok was accused of privacy violations recently. Others have accused social media platforms of monitoring heart rates and eye movements when viewing Apps. Sounds ridiculous, right? Conspiracy silly theory?
When it happens it’s weird.. But it does not feel real.. natural. It has no meaningful or paranormal context.. Instead it has a creepy and artificial feeling. You get an immediate impression that you’re a test subject, a spoke on a wheel. Nothing of it feels right, instead you just want to escape this hellscape that the future may be bringing us.
Person of the year. Huge ticket seller. People dying with heat exhaustion just to see her. A wild 2023 for Tay Tay..
But Pennsylvania went one step further.. the state House in the Keystone State now officially declared it all the Era of Taylor Swift..
And even this vote was divisive and along party lines..
The resolution celebrates how Swift has ‘transcended the role of pop star,‘ and recognizes her achievements in 2023 – including being named TIME’s Person of the Year
Most Republicans voted against the honorary measure, as did a few Democrats, despite it being introduced by eight Pennsylvania progressives..
Rep. Stephanie Borowicz, a Republican, responded by questioning what the guidance, in reality, actually meant, before labeling it an empty gesture by the progressive left.
‘What a joke of the State House Assembly of Pennsylvania,’ Borowicz said of the proposal, which would go on to be barely passed after some back-and-forth.
‘This is the Democratic party though, idolizing Hollywood,’ the lawmaker continued. ‘Giving Taylor Swift an era while our veterans get a day.’
Rep. Russ Diamond, another Republican, was even more pointed with his remarks, reminding the more than 200 lawmakers how Swift broke up with her home state when she moved to Tennessee to pursue her singing career.
In the new Texas law, porn site users must be asked to provide digital identification; government-issued identification; or, public or private transactional data (mortgage, pay stub, etc.) to prove that they are adults and not minors.
The law will also require porn and adult websites to display the following warnings:
“Pornography is potentially biologically addictive, is proven to harm human brain development, desensitizes brain reward circuits, increases conditioned responses, and weakens brain function.”
“Exposure to this content is associated with low self-esteem and body image, eating disorders, impaired brain development, and other emotional and mental illnesses.”
“Pornography increases the demand for prostitution, child exploitation, and child pornography.”
Applicable websites will also have to list the phone number for the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
She had the nerve to say biotin kept her hair and radiation kept her tan. Social media grossness at its grossest..
Madison Russo allegedly used social media to spread awareness about her battle with cancer and to raise almost $40,000 on GoFundMe — but the entire operation was a scam, according to Iowa police, who have charged Russo with theft.
Russo, a 19-year-old TikTok content creator, raised more than $37,303 from 439 donors by falsely claiming she suffered from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Stage 2 pancreatic cancer, and a tumor the “size of a football, that wrapped around her spine,” according to a news release from the Eldridge Police Department.
We fell for it.. we got the click bait.. and we dove straight in.
It appears a new “dress” style debate has emerged online–all from an image that was either taken in 2015 or first appeared then.
This cat:
It’s walking up–or down–stairs..
According to The Minds Journal, the direction in which you see the cat walking says a lot about your personality.
If you think the cat is walking upstairs then supposedly you are optimistic, whereas if you see it walking downstairs then you’re more pessimistic…
And we have no idea why someone decided that was the case..
So what does that make us here at the HORROR REPORT?
The first thing we thought was that the cat was literally walking along a straight flat surface that just had a design that appeared as though they were steps… neither up, nor down.
So we are just plain old realistic… Or surrealistic..?
