Here’s The Things You’ll Want To See, Hear and Know Today.
The Big Picture
The Supreme Court decided yesterday that it’s okay for police to take DNA samples from ANYONE they arrest, for any reason. Just the same way they take fingerprints now. It was a controversial decision. Police already take DNA samples from all convicted criminals, but not every state takes them from people who don’t have prior arrests. A lot of people are saying it’s a violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable search and seizure.
The Miami Heat blew out the Indiana Pacers last night in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals, so they’ll be heading back to the NBA Finals for the third straight year. They won by 23 points, and after about halfway through the first half it was never close.
Showbizzy Newz
The newest “Game of Thrones” episode had people pretty upset. If you’re not following the show, there was a surprise massacre at the end, and some major characters were killed off. People have been going crazy online since it aired. Here’s a funny montage someone posted of fan reactions from people who were seeing it for the first time. (It’s basically people screaming as if they’re seeing it in real life. The last woman just breaks down in sobs. WARNING: the linked video has uncensored profanity.)
Glenn Close was in Washington, D.C. yesterday to promote mental health awareness. And she basically came out and said she REGRETTED doing the movie “Fatal Attraction”, because her character helped to spread stereotypes about the mentally ill. (She said most mentally ill people are NOT violent, contrary to what the movie showed. And most people convicted of violent crimes DON’T have a mental illness.)
CHARICE PEMPENGCO, whom you may know as Sunshine Corazon on “Glee”, has come out of the closet. She says, quote, “Yes, I am a lesbian. But to those who can accept me, thank you very much. We are all equal, whether you are gay or straight.”
Q Country Closeup
TAYLOR SWIFT’S security guards are stopping people from using a path on the grounds of her Rhode Island mansion to get to a public beach. One local Tweeted, “Taylor Swift wants to BUY the only path to the state beach. Um, no!” And another wrote, “Doesn’t Taylor Swift have a tour to be on instead of invading my town and taking away my beach?”
LADY ANTEBELLUM will be going on tour after HILLARY SCOTT has her baby, which is due in July. But CHARLES KELLEY and DAVE HAYWOOD won’t have to put up with a screaming newborn all night . . . because she’s getting her own bus.
Hillary is, quote, “kind of sad” that she won’t be riding with the guys, but she doesn’t see it affecting their tight bond. She says, quote, “It will be a traveling road family. We’re already a family, and this is the first little addition.”
The Backside of the News
Heath Campbell of Holland Township, New Jersey showed up in the news for the first time in 2008, when he tried to get a store to make a cake for his son . . . who he’d named Adolf Hitler. The store said no, and the story made the news. Campbell is the founder of a pro-Nazi organization called Hitler’s Order. Three-year-old Adolf and his two sisters . . . Joyce Lynn Aryan Nation and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie . . . were taken away from Campbell and his wife and put in foster care after the state found evidence of abuse and child neglect. The Campbells say the kids were taken away because of their names. And yesterday morning, at a custody hearing, Campbell showed up in a FULL NAZI UNIFORM. He even has a mustache shaved like Hitler’s. There’s no word yet on whether he’ll get his kids back or not.
Last week, in Colorado, a family put a life-size statue of a MOOSE in their front yard. A few days later, a real moose saw it and FELL IN LOVE with it. Now he keeps coming by to nuzzle and kiss the statue . . . and to MOUNT IT to have sex with it. For what it’s worth, both the moose and the statue are MALE. Here’s a guy who talks about what the moose wants from the statue.
Here’s a link to the story…be warned…there’s some wild Moose-love at the link!
Randoms
A Taco Bell employee posted a picture of himself on Facebook licking a stack of taco shells.
The Rolling Stones played Chicago last night, and they had Taylor Swift come out as a guest vocalist on “As Tears Go By”.
AL PACINO has turned down some HUGE roles . . . like Han Solo in “Star Wars”, John McClane in“Die Hard”, either of the two leads in “Apocalypse Now” and RICHARD GERE’S part in “Pretty Woman”. He jokes, quote, “I’m not a very good judge of what’s good.”
Good news . . . Dunkin’ Donuts is taking their doughnut bacon sandwich nationwide.
Finally, here’s the cutest video you’ll see all day. Let’s call it “Baby Beatle”.
