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Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal.

Good afternoon, folks. It's Thursday, November 21st, 2024, and I've got all your pop culture

entertainment news in one place. And it's a

wild one. I know I always say that, but so much to get into huge date today, Jesse Smollett's

conviction overturned in the Supreme Court in a surprising decision. Plus, breaking news, Matt Gates

nominated to be the U.S. Attorney General has removed himself from consideration.

This is wild. I'll get into that story. And we've got a banana duct tape to a wall

selling for $6 million. Why? I don't know. And an update on the Staten Island

bakery that Whippy Goldberg called out. They are not going quietly into the night. And also

the Sun magazine Smutrag, doubling down on their Bachelor Maria and Pete Davidson story.

Plus, I've got billionaire beef happening between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, and I am primed

to share that tea. I'll have that for you now, all those

stories and so much more coming up next on The Rush. All right, let's start with the Jesse Smollett

story. This is crazy. In Illinois, Supreme Court overturned the conviction. If you don't remember,

it was like he claimed that there was a hate crime against him,

and he had a noose around his neck when he called the cops.

And then it came out that the guys that perpetuated the hate crime were actually paid by him.

I don't understand how this could be overturned.

He was sentenced to 30 months probation with the first 150 days to

be served in Cook County Jail. He made an emotional and defiant exit as the bailiff took him out of the

court following his conviction. So this Illinois Supreme Court ruling said, today we resolve a question

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