5. Diddy, because he fell into a hole at the BET Awards.
There were a lot of big winners at the BET Awards last night: Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé (who wasn't there), Rihanna's roll of tape… and there was also one big loser: P. Diddy, who
fell down a hole.
The 45-year-old rapper/impresario was performing during the much-hyped Bad Boy reunion when he forgot about a trapdoor in the stage, out of which Lil' Kim had just risen. He danced right into the gap in a moment of physical comedy worthy of Buster Keaton. TV viewers saw him drop out of frame, then crawl out moments later like an old man who fell in the toilet.
To his credit, Diddy had a good sense of humor about the whole thing. He took to Instagram to say:
"I was getting so loose I fell! LOL, but really though I busted my ass! … IF YOU EVER FALL DOWN, get your ass up and FIGHT!!!!!!! But really though, I crack up every time I see this shit! It's like I fucking disappeared. HAAAAAA!!!! I was scared as fuck but I had to get up! #BADBOY"
4. CNN, because they confused the ISIS flag with one covered in dildos.
That's not what Arabic looks like. It's actually the opposite.
(via YouTube)
After Friday's SCOTUS ruling, there was no shortage of homophobic news reports over the weekend, but this one is just baffling. On Saturday, CNN International reporter Lucy Pawle devoted a whole segment to this flag she saw flying during the Gay Pride Parade in London. She described it as “an attempt to mimic the ISIS flag, the black-white flag with distinctive lettering." She also mentioned in the report that the symbols weren't Arabic.
She was right about that part. They weren't even letters. The flag actually depicted a selection of sex toys: dildos, butt plugs, and more. You know, the kind of stuff ISIS would behead you for using.
The best part is that Pawle apparently called the police to report the flag. I would love to hear a cop explaining to her what anal beads are.
3. Elon Musk, because his rocket blew up.
Elon Musk may want to change the world and everything orbiting it, but he's got his work cut out for him. His dreams for a better future apparently need some tweaking, or else we're all going to die in a ball of fire.
One of Musk's pet projects is SpaceX, his reusable space rocket company. On Sunday, one of SpaceX's unmanned Dragon rockets launched from Cape Canaveral on a supply mission to the International Space Station. Minutes after liftoff, the rocket exploded in midair. Maybe they should work on making their rockets usable, before tackling the whole reusable thing.
The spacecraft was carrying more than 2 tons of supplies, including 1,500 pounds of food and other provisions. The crew still has four months' worth of food on board, but I'm sure it was heartbreaking for them to watch the malomars they asked for going up in smoke. And they were watching, as NASA's Scott Kelly confirmed on Twitter:
Space is hard indeed. And Mars is even harder. If Elon Musk wants to get there, he's got his work cut out for him.
2. Police who went to the wrong address and were attacked by an 88-year-old woman with a knife.
You'll never take me alive! I'm not going back to jail!(stock photo)
Seniors these days are more active than ever before. And sometimes that's a bad thing.
Take Phillis Stankiewicz, for example. The 88-year-old woman from Pittsfield, Massachusetts is still spry at her age, as two unfortunate cops found out on Thursday. The officers came to her door after being informed of a dispute involving someone with a baseball bat. Stankiewicz eventually answered the door, holding a knife that she brandished at the officers' stomachs. She kept yelling at them, "There's no crime here! Get out of my house!"
The officers tried to calm her down and get the knife away from her, at which point she slapped one of them in the face. That's when they arrested her.
After the arrest, the police dispatcher confirmed that the officers had gone to the wrong address. The person with the bat was actually a block north. Still, knife beats bat. I'd say those cops should be commended for the upgrade.
1. Donald Trump, because running for president may get all his TV shows canceled.
"What, me worry?"(Getty)
At this point, Donald Trump is clearly the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. At least, if you ask Donald Trump. Everyone else agrees he's a total joke.
Trump got in trouble recently over extremely racist comments he made about Mexicans in his speech announcing his campaign. Speaking from the podium, the candy-haired dickhead said that America had…
“become a dumping ground for everybody else's problems. When Mexico send its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
That led Spanish-language broadcaster Univision to drop Trump's Miss USA pageant, igniting a feud that's still going on. It also led NBC, Trump's longtime broadcasting partner, to issue a statement distancing itself from him. In a statement, NBC said:
“Donald Trump's opinions do not represent those of NBC, and we do not agree with his positions on a number of issues, including his recent comments on immigration."
However, that's not enough for some critics. A new petition is calling for NBC to cancel all of its properties associated with Trump, including Miss USA, as well as his reality show, The Celebrity Apprentice. That petition has already collected more than 200,000 signatures.
The amazing thing is that this is a real possibility. NBC values its Latino viewers very highly, and there's no way Trump is done saying offensive things. So as it turns out, his ridiculous presidential campaign could wind up being a good thing. It won't make him president, but it might get his stupid face off your TV for good.