The numbers most often associated with Adele will likely always be 19 and 21 due to her best-selling albums, and her once-in-a-generation vocal talents. But let’s all focus on 25 today instead, shall we? That’s her age. It’s Adele’s birthday, people! The singer’s 2011 was one of the best years ever for a musician, and her 2012 was also notable for a very different reason. Adele gave birth to a baby boy. She and partner Simon Konecki are basking in romantic and parental bliss, with music taking a back seat for the time being, and for that, we commend her. It’s not like she’s gone from the music scene altogether, either. She added her name to the list of 2013 Oscar winners with her James Bond hit “Skyfall.” We wish her the happiest of birthdays!
Rainn Wilson is not happy. The man who has delighted us with The Office quotes for nine seasons as Dwight K. Schrute has now provided some classic one-liners of a different note. Rainn took to Twitter Friday to go absolutely go off on U.S. Airways after he and six other cast members missed their connecting flight to Scranton, Pa. This happened after it left before the scheduled departure time. One could say that the airline – in honor of Adele’s birthday today – set fire to the Rainn. “So @USAirways just screwed me & half the cast of The Office ,” he wrote. “Conctng flight left BEFORE departure time. Sorry Scranton won’t see u til tom.” And he wasn’t even close to finished. “I’m going to REALLY enjoy trying to convince 3.5 million twinions not to fly @USAirways b/c of their sh-tty service,” the 47-year-old actor went on. “We’re being forced to rent cars and drive to Scranton from Philly. Does the CEO of @USAirways want to join us? I will fondle him angrily.” And still, he wasn’t close to done. “The plane was a 20 seater, missing 7 people who had obviously just landed & it leaves 10 minutes EARLY! @USAirways,” Wilson Tweeted, incredulously. “I’m going to take a dump on a @USAirways plane’s windshield.” “In the shape of the @Delta logo.” For what it’s worth, Rainn did get there by Saturday. He posted a photo on Instagram of a fan’s tattoo of his face on her foot writing, “Only in Scranton.” According to WDBJ-TV, thousands attended the show’s wrap party in the hardscrabble Pennsylvania city that is home to the show’s paper company. Scranton held a parade, street festival and farewell celebration in honor of Rainn and his co-stars, which is so cool that not even US Airways could ruin it.
We can’t crack on Amare tonight… The baller is now is now an Executive Producer and his film focuses on four young athletes with hoop dreams and encouraging youth is on the top of our list! According to The Grio : The “Little Ballers” documentary is reportedly slated for release next year. Stoudemire is intimately familiar with the country’s AAU basketball circuit because he once was a part of it. The Phoenix Suns were so high on Stoudemire’s talent at a young age, they drafted him straight out of high school in 2002. Stoudemire and the Knicks open the 2012-13 NBA season against the Brooklyn Nets on November 1. First a children’s book series and now this. Kudos all around Amare. Images via WENN
Thank the Lawd for Fact Checkers! This fool better check himself next time. According to The Huffington Post : Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan said the unemployment rate has been rising, when in fact it has fallen by 13 percent over the past year. “Joe and I are from similar towns. He’s from Scranton, Pennsylvania. I’m from Janesville, Wisconsin. You know what the unemployment rate in Scranton is today?” Ryan said. “It’s 10 percent. You know what it was the day you guys came in? 8.5 percent. That’s how it’s going all around America.” Vice President Joe Biden challenged him: “You don’t read the statistics. That’s not how it’s going. It’s going down.” The national unemployment rate is in fact going down. It has fallen from 9 percent last September to 7.8 percent this September: its lowest level since President Barack Obama took office, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. SMH…how many more lies will these fools spit before November 6th?!?! Images via WENN
Dunder Mifflin traditionalists can breathe a sigh of relief: Executive producers of The Office are reportedly pushing for a current cast member to take over as Scranton branch manager when Steve Carell retires this spring. Below, Movieline investigates each character’s chance of inheriting that World’s Best Boss mug.
MUSIC BUZZ : Scranton just got 40 times hipper. (This will bring joy to even the staunchest “British Office Only” fans. Mindy Kaling, please write this into the finale, xoxo.) The Best Links: From FuckYeahMashups. via Videogum Read
