#Nike
o A U.S.
District Court judge granted Nike a temporary restraining order against MSCHF, preventing them from selling and fulfilling any orders on specialty shoes.
o This will block the sales of the new “Satan Shoes” put out by Lil Nas X this week.
o 666 pairs of the shoes were made and they sold out within a minute on Monday.
o They custom designed Nike Air Max 97s and they have one drop of human blood in each pair.
o The sneakers are $1,018 a pair and 665 of them were available online while Lil Nas X is giving away the final pair on Twitter.
o Nike said in court documents that “Decisions about what products to put the ‘swoosh’ on belong to Nike, not to third parties like MSCHF.”
o MSCHF says that Nike was fine with their Jesus shoes that came out over a year ago and the new Satan Shoes “started a conversation” and “is art created for people to observe, speculate on, purchase and own,” adding, “who is Nike to censor one but not the other?”
#OliviaRodrigo
o She released her new song and video called “deja vu” yesterday, her first new song since her record-setting hit “Drivers License.”
o The song is more upbeat and that was by design. She said, “"It was really important to me and to my team that we didn't just put out another ballad after 'Driver's License.' We wanted to show that I am a very versatile songwriter, and I love all different types of music, and I create all different types of music."
o She also announced that she’ll release her as-yet-untitled debut album on May 21st and you can pre-order it now.
o Meanwhile, “Drivers License has become the first song this year to be certified Gold, Platinum and Double-Platinum.
#GodzillaVsKong
o The movie broke had the best opening day box office since March of 2020.
o It is one of the few major blockbusters to release in theaters since the pandemic, and it pulled in $9.6 million from 2,409 theaters.
o The last film to do this was when Pixar’s Onward made $12 million on March 6th of 2020.
o Experts say it’s a promising sign that audiences want and are ready to return to theaters.·
#AprilFoolsDayPranks
o Did you get fooled yesterday?
o Several brands attempted to give you a laugh with their April Fool’s Day pranks on Thursday.
o Outback Steakhouse announced the release of their new Lipsteak collection, which they said would have you looking like a delicious entrée. Colors included “Kiss and Medium Well,” “Medium Meaty-Yum,” and “Prefer Not To Share My Medium Rare.”
o White Castle announced their new line of bath products which include Bath Onions, a Steamy Sheet Mask and a Scrub Patty.
o Bud Lite announced the debut of their new Pizza-flavored Seltzers so you didn’t have to choose pizza or seltzer.
o And just in time for Easter, Green Giant announced their collaboration with Peeps for Limited Edition Cauliflower Flavored Peeps.