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Samuel L Jackson ditches Rangers for Celtic as Hollywood icon flashes famous smile with Gianni Capaldi – Daily Record

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Samuel L Jackson might know what makes a tasty burger – but it seems he can’t decide which of the Glasgow giants to cheer on.

One week on from being pictured holding a Rangers jersey, the Pulp Fiction star has now crossed the divide to don Celtic colours. The Hollywood behemoth is filming his latest project in Scotland right now, a movie titled Damaged. It’s about a serial killer terrorising the nation and also stars Westworld’s Vincent Cassel and Scottish actor Gianni Capaldi.

At the end of last month, Rangers fans were left tickled when Jackson took time out from shooting to pose with this season’s first-team jersey in his trailer. Signed by the Hollywood A-lister himself, the shirt sported the number 23, which currently belongs to Ibrox frontman Scott Wright. But huge Celtic fan and fellow Damaged star Capaldi seemingly wasn’t having that – and got Jackson to switch allegiances.

Ahead of the Scottish Premiership showdown at Celtic Park, Capaldi shared a picture of him and Star Wars actor Jackson both wearing training tracksuits of the Parkhead giants. He wrote: “Unleash the FURY. Cmon @CelticFC. Big love from @OfficialGianni & a Jedi from the set of #Damaged.” One Hoops fan replied to Capaldi: “Gianni, the big man he was running about with their top on. Can’t be having that.”

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Texas Mom Pens Funny Absence Note To Daughter’s Teacher For Taylor Swift Show

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One mom from Austin was celebrated on social media for the creative email she sent her daughter’s teacher to say she’d be missing school for one of Taylor Swift’s upcoming concerts. 

Rather than send a simple email to say her daughter would be absent April 24 after attending one of the Houston dates on Swift’s Eras Tour, Karen Vladeck opted to lean into her inner Swiftie and pen a note laden with references to the singer’s discography.

Vladeck, 38, tells TODAY.com that since it was the first time that her daughter, who is in first grade, would be pulled out of school for something “fun,” instead of for a sick day, she wanted to find a clever way to share the news with her teacher. 

“At first, it was going to be one sentence long and then I got into it and I just kept pulling different titles out,” she says.

The lawyer and legal recruiter shared the clever email she sent to her daughter’s teacher on Twitter, adding the message, “Here’s hoping my daughter’s 1st grade teacher is a Swiftie.”

After the “Anti-Hero” themed-subject line “It’s Me, Hi, I’m the Problem, It’s Me,” Vladeck started the email off strong with another “Midnights” reference, writing, “Dear Reader [Ms. Parks], I’m writing to let you know that Maddie won’t be in school on 4/24 because she is going to the Taylor Swift concert in Houston.”

“I hope missing school doesn’t ruin her otherwise stellar Reputation, but she begged me to go and maybe I Should Have Said No but I didn’t want to be Mean,” Vladeck continued, before fitting in another Swift reference. “So It Goes…”

Vladeck added, “Anyway, I hope this doesn’t leave any Bad Blood between you and Maddie and that things for the rest of the year are not Treacherous.”

“I know I Did Something Bad and I promise this will be The Last Time she has an unexcused absence before the Cruel Summer starts,” she said, before signing her email, “Forever & Always, Karen Vladeck.”

“I sent it without asking my husband, even though I copied him on it,” Vladeck explains to TODAY.com. “When he saw it, he was like, ‘What are you thinking?’ But then the teacher wrote back immediately and she absolutely loved it.”

Vladeck says Ms. Parks, who has two teenage daughters of her own, thought the email was “hilarious.”

On Twitter, she also shared Ms. Parks’ formal reply to the Swift-themed email, which read in all capital letters, “THIS MADE MY ENTIRE DAY.”

“MS PARKS GETS IT,” Vladeck wrote in the tweet.

Vladeck says the response to the email has been overwhelmingly positive and a welcome break from the negativity on social media.

“There’s so much bad news right now, we can spend a couple of minutes just enjoying that someone wrote a funny note to their teacher and it doesn’t have to be that serious,” she explains.

Vladeck, a longtime fan of Swift, is excited to be attending the concert with her daughter. She shares that it will be Maddie’s first concert ever, calling the moment a “big deal.”

“Parents now always talk about those core memories, but I do really hope in 20 years, she’s sitting around with her friends saying, ‘Oh, what was your first concert?’ and she says, ‘My mom took me to The Eras Tour when I was 7,'” Vladeck says.

In addition to getting to create memories with her daughter, Vladeck also celebrates the message Swift has conveyed through the tour. 

“I absolutely love the message of what The Eras Tour represents, which is that you as a woman can be constantly reinventing yourself if you want to,” she says. “I’ve been listening to Taylor Swift since ‘Tim McGraw’ came out and the fact that she’s still here and is still so incredibly relevant — even more so than when she was 18 — that’s just an amazing message for little girls to see.”

Far-Right Author Dragged After Melting Down Over An April Fool’s Prank About Bike Lanes

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Not everyone takes a joke well.

Unfortunately for him, on April 1, right-wing provocateur Jordan Peterson didn’t realize it was April Fool’s Day. He proceeded to put the ‘F’ in “fool” when he erupted at a Western Standard online news tweet.

The psychologist went off on the news company as well as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Twitter.

Sharing the Western Standard tweet, Peterson posted:

“This idiot country is sheathed in ice seven months of the year and the trans Canada highway (an underdeveloped national disgrace) is 5000 miles long.”

“Is there nothing so stupid you won’t do it @JustinTrudeau?”

\u201cThis idiot country is sheathed in ice seven months of the year and the trans Canada highway (an underdeveloped national disgrace) is 5000 miles long. Is there nothing so stupid you won’t do it @JustinTrudeau ?\u201d

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He clearly didn’t read the article.

It explicitly states it was an April Fool’s joke at the end of the article.


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Peterson saw Trudeau was supposedly making plans to convert one lane of the TransCanada highway to a bike lane. To the tune of $100 billion (CA).

But instead of reading the article to the end and enjoying being in on the joke with the rest of Twitter, Peterson immediately chose to rant about Trudeau’s stupidity.

Twitter immediately pointed out the date to the scholar.

\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau Dear Dr. Peterson, In your capacity as psychologist perhaps you can answer a query? Is it healthy for someone to be so rage-filled that they respond to an obvious April Fool’s Day article with sputtering fury? Can you advise? Regards, Jeet Heer\u201d

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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau I\u2019m fairly certain that Trudeau would never be so stupid as to listen to you, so there\u2019s that.\u201d

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— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau Speaking of idiots\u2026\u201d

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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau Hi Dr.\n\nYou ever think about just taking a breath and giving it a rest?\u201d

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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau come on Jordan it’s 4/1\u201d

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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau it\u2019s satire Jordan, I\u2019m surprised you would comment before reading it.\u201d

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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau The $100 billion price tag in the first paragraph should have been your tip-off that it was an April Fool\u2019s joke, if the substance of the article didn\u2019t do it.\u201d

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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau You got done on an April Fools Jordan\u201d

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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau Confirmation Bias so strong in Prof Peterson that he doesn\u2019t recognise an April Fool joke.\u201d

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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau Has anyone else noticed that JP regularly falls for twitter trolls lmao\u201d

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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau Come on now. Read the whole article before commenting on it .\u201d

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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau It\u2019s April 1st. Perhaps dig a bit more into this before jumping off the deep end.\u201d

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Maybe next time Dr. Peterson will complete his research before jumping to conclusions

Aleksandar Mitrovic goes crazy as Fulham have THREE men sent off in 60 seconds vs Man Utd – Mirror Online

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Aleksandar Mitrovic, Willian and manager Marco Silva were all sent off in the space of 60 seconds as Fulham hit the self-destruct button during their dramatic 3-1 defeat to Manchester United.

With Fulham leading 1-0 in the FA Cup quarter-final tie at Old Trafford beyond the hour mark, Willian blocked Jadon Sancho’s goal-bound effort on the line. It was clear upon a replay that the Brazilian had used his arm, resulting in a VAR check.

Silva quickly lost his temper as referee Chris Kavanagh weighed up changing his original decision, and the Fulham boss was shown a red card. Then, as Kavanagh returned to the pitch to award United with a penalty, Willian was duly sent off.

But what made it a truly mad minute was how Mitrovic, the man who’d put Fulham ahead early in the second half, continued his angry protests and barged into the referee. A stone-faced Kavanagh dished out a third red card, and soon enough United scored their penalty through Bruno Fernandes and took the lead thanks to Marcel Sabitzer.

Instead of immediately going back to Fulham’s dressing room, Silva was seen pacing up and down the Old Trafford tunnel area after his dismissal. There were just 265 seconds between Willian’s red card and the home side going 2-1 up.

Legendary ex-United captain Roy Keane – no stranger to a head-loss during his time as a player – said on ITV: “A mad 90 seconds and it’s cost them the game. I’ve no sympathy for Fulham. They won’t get any plaudits from me. They had an opportunity and they blew it.”

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Fellow pundit Karen Carney added: “You can’t touch the referee. It’s complete disrespect. It’s shocking.”

Ian Wright went on to say: “If I’m a Fulham fan, I’d be very disappointed with that simply because I think they had that game in the bag.

“Manchester United hadn’t done too much up to that point. They needed to be a little more disciplined about what they’re doing, the manager especially. You needed the manager to calm down Mitrovic at that moment. I feel sorry for Fulham fans who travelled up.”

Former Red Devils striker Febian Brandy told BBC Sport: “What a mad chain of events. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

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Erik ten Hag’s side deserved to be behind before the chaos ensued, with Mitrovic putting Fulham ahead after being the better team in the first half. United looked lethargic and risked falling at the final hurdle before the Wembley semi-finals, as the visitors took advantage on 50 minutes.

Then the talismanic but temperamental Mitrovic turned from hero to villain, furious with Kavanagh’s decision, despite the handball being clear. Rashford’s clinical spot-kick drew the Red Devils level and a smart finish from Sabitzer completed the rapid turnaround with a deft finish, courtesy of Luke Shaw’s low-driven cross.

In stoppage time, Fernandes netted again to make it 3-1 and sent United to Wembley for the second time this season after winning the Carabao Cup. They’ll face an in-form Brighton team for a semi-final clash which is set to be played on Sunday, April 23.

Ten Hag won’t have been completely pleased with his side’s display, but they march on in search of another trophy. For Silva and Fulham, however, their FA Cup dream ended in disgrace.

It’s now a record 31 FA Cup semi-finals for United. In the other fixture, Manchester City face second-tier Sheffield United.