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Michael Moore Wants You to Boycott Starbucks

Plus, get married at Denny’s for a mere $99, and more news to start your day

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Michael Moore isn’t on board with Howard Schultz’s presidential dreams
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Boycott Starbucks for the good of the nation, urges Michael Moore

Last night on Late Night With Seth Meyers, ever-controversial filmmaker Michael Moore discussed ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s hotly contested presidential hopes. (Moore takes issue with Schultz’s claim of being a “self-made” billionaire, noting that Starbucks uses municipal water supplies to make their coffee.) His advice: “None of us should go to Starbucks until he announces he’s not running.”

And in other news...

• Despite the polar vortex, people in the Northeast remain loyal to their beloved iced coffee. [Lohud]

• Good news for popular Netflix series Chef’s Table: Season 6 features 50 percent female directors and female chefs, according to a tweet by creator David Gelb. [@ThisIsDavidGelb]

• The average American adult will spend $81.30 during the Super Bowl. That’s a lot of wings and beer. [Nation’s Restaurant News]

• Pizza Hut is offering free pizza for a year to the first baby born during the Super Bowl. (But please, don’t name that baby Gronk.) [People]

• A week after China’s first Shake Shack opened in Shanghai, the line is still around the block. [Reuters]

• Denny’s is offering $99 weddings on Valentine’s Day at its Fremont Street location in Vegas; the package includes a champagne toast, but you’ll have to pay extra for that Moons Over My Hammy. [Bustle]

• Finally, here’s Jimmy Fallon roasting Howard Schultz’s presidential dreams (and promising to bring back the infamous Unicorn Frappuccino “all year long”):