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-- Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) July 1, 2015It's not mine; just a loaner. Maybe you can come play at the White House sometime instead? https://t.co/srZKB6plzz
-- President Obama (@POTUS) July 2, 2015
And in other obnoxious band news, a "Creed""fan" has taken it upon themselves to start a petition to change the name of the upcoming Rocky spinoff, starring Michael B. Jordan as the son of original Rocky opponent Apollo Creed. To be fair to Scott Stapp, googling "Creed" now returns primarily results for the film, suggesting that the band may no longer be able to keep its arms wide open. [photo and story via Spin]And []. The new season looks even weirder, if that's possible.
BoJack. Bojack tries to change, but it [].
Hannibal. [via Vulture]WHAT ARE THOSE?
Once you've read our story on Vince Staples, check out his mind-blowing, deeply sincere theory of Ray J's greatness on Hot97. If these two are not in a room together by the end of the summer, the world has failed.
Colonel Sanders rides again in the Colonel's Adventures -- a comic distributed exclusively to the hungry and bloated and sated folks at Comic Con. [via Boing Boing]
Comedy group Flama imagines what would happen if Mexicans celebrated July 4th the same way Americans awfully and obnoxiously "celebrate" Cinco de Mayo. [via TastefullyOffensive]
Animation Domination Hi-Def, the studio that brought you Axe Cop, Golan the Insatiable, and Major Lazer, imagine the possibilities of a full-fledged Shark Wahlberg. He might be a little more neurotic than the real deal, but Shark Wahlberg would definitely make a better lead in the Transformers -- sorry, Sharksformers -- movies.
And an extremely arrogant cat decides to completely interrupt this yoga video. [via BuzzFeed]
