Early Addition: A Subway Video With A Skin-Crawling Surprise

June 13, 2019, 11:56 a.m.

Because Keanu Reeves has many skills, check out today's midday links: Jessica Biel's anti-vaxx campaign, 'Vampire's Kiss' piece, subway rat, greatest movie quotes of 21st century, and dog chomps on water.

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  • Uhh, Trump said in an interview that he probably would not alert the FBI if foreign governments offered damaging information against his 2020 rivals during the upcoming presidential race.
  • So Jessica Biel explained her controversial lobbying against California's anti-vaccine bill by saying, "I am not against vaccinations — I support children getting vaccinations and I also support families having the right to make educated medical decisions for their children alongside their physicians." But Jezebel talked to a legislative staffer in the meeting with her yesterday who said she sounded like an anti-vaxxer in person: "She practically admitted to doctor shopping, which SB 276 is trying to prevent. She said she wants safe vaccines and mentioned ‘corporations’ a lot."
  • The Ringer has a great piece on the making of the batshit crazy Nicolas Cage classic Vampire's Kiss.
  • Watch this subway video the whole way through for a tiny surprise.
  • Thrillist has compiled the 100 greatest movie quotes of the 21st century, but weirdly they put the #1 quote at #100.
  • Modern life is transforming the human skeleton in surprising ways.
  • How have Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg been able to rise above the noise of Democratic 2020 candidates? By creating social media moments and dominating cable news.
  • A second woman is claiming Cuba Gooding Jr. groped her at a restaurant in Manhattan a decade ago.
  • An artist apologized over a tone deaf #MeToo art piece that was set to be one of the featured pieces at Art Basel.
  • Netflix has picked up an animated Fast & Furious: Spy Racers series about Dom's cousin Tony.
  • Keanu Reeves has mastered the art of hover hands.
  • And finally, remember when it was beautiful outside and you could chomp on water to your heart's delight: