News Round-Up: April 27, 2017

Simon Dunn

Some news items you might have missed:

• Olympic hottie Simon Dunn recently had nude pics leaked out to the public. He apologizes for the err in judgement by posting pic of him fully clothed, looking way hot.

• The 2017 Drama Desk Award nomination were announced this morning. Check out the list here.

• Someone chained a cross to a gay street in New York City. And then this happened.

• Oscar winning director Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia) is dead at the age of 73.

• Alabama's disgraced Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court, the homophobic Roy Moore, announces he will run for the U.S. Senate.

• The victim of United Airlines "dragged off the plane" episode - Dr. David Dao - has reportedly settled a potential lawsuit for a seven figure amount.

• White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer appears to blame the Obama administration for former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's failure to admit accepting a $45K payment from Russia: We only approved him because Obama's administration did!

This is new—Spicer seems to be blaming the Obama administration for renewing Flynn’s security clearance. But Trump still hired Flynn as NSA. pic.twitter.com/gK6mPyOhdH

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 27, 2017