In case you didn’t check Instagram, Wednesday was Earth Day. Besides all the selfies next to vistas and canyons, here’s what you may have missed on your newsfeed.
U.S. apologizes for drone casualties
President Obama apologized for the killing of two al-Qaida hostages in a drone strike. Thursday, Obama confirmed that one American and one Italian hostage were killed in Pakistan this January during U.S. drone-strikes.
“As president and as commander in chief I take full responsibility for all our counterterrorism operations,” Obama said during a press conference. “I profoundly regret what happened. On behalf of the United States government, I offer our deepest apologies to their families.”
Marcus Mariota is a sandwich now?
In a disturbing chain of events, the famed Oregon quarterback posed with a statue of himself made entirely of lunchmeat and sandwich materials. First the Heisman trophy and now a sandwich replica.
FIRST LOOK: Subway makes Marcus Mariota out of sandwich materials pic.twitter.com/68gUtYl9Nh
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) April 22, 2015
Aziz Ansari gets a Netflix show
Got rejected to play a “Bobby Jindal” type on House of Cards, so I’m doing my own Netflix series. Filming in NYC now. http://t.co/u5cf3XlFBy — Aziz Ansari (@azizansari) April 22, 2015
What will Aziz Ansari do after Parks and Recreation? The answer is finally here. The comedian co-created a new 10 episode series for Netflix currently filming in New York.
Amy Schumer talks about Hollywood agism with Julia Louis-Dryfus, Tina Fey and Patricia Arquette.
