Thursday, April 1, 2021

She's So Luckey And Other Thursday Headlines

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Bearding contracts come with guarantees, right? [Newsweek]

The apple didn't rot too far from the tree [Wonkette]

No committees, no cares, am I right, nutty woman from Georgia? [USA Today]


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Most of the pop culture news on April 1, 1981 concerned the 53rd Annual Academy Awards, held the night before. Highlights included Henry Fonda receiving an Honorary Award ... 



Sometimes I doubt Mitch's commitment to making us all miserable [Wonkette]

Nah, he's still an asshole [CNN]


The Empire Strikes Back winning awards like Best Sound, given by Billy Dee Williams and Bernadette Peters ...
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POINTS! to be expected for the Cancellation League players [AV Club]


and Lillian Gish presenting Best Picture, which went to Ordinary People
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I'll get back to the full roster of headlines for future day posts, this was just a means to test the water.

The other big news from 1981 had to do with why the Oscars got moved up a day. More information was emerging about John Hinckley Jr.'s assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, which prompted Jodie Foster to hold a press conference on April 1. None of the letters received mentioned Reagan or violence against anyone, she said. Jodie also said she didn't want to establish any link between the shooting and Taxi Driver. Too late ...

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