Tuesday 1/18/22
Celebrate National Maintenance, Gourmet Coffee, Rid the World of Fad Diet and Gimmicks, Thesaurus, Peking Duck, Printing Ink, and Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne b-day) Day.
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Betty White is being honored as the "Amazing Woman of the Month" by the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore, and all troops across the country are invited to earn a Betty White patch.
To earn the patch, Scouts will first learn about her life and what made Betty so groundbreaking. The program will also allow them to build a pretend TV, create their own game show, advocate for animals, and learn how to get along with others.
The Amazing Woman of the Month program began last October. The other honorees so far have been African American Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, Eleanor Roosevelt, and former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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A new study in Brazil claims the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon does affect our behavior here on Earth.
The pull we get from them is only about a millionth of what we get from the Earth. But they found plants and animals' internal clocks still work even when other factors are removed. Like if it never gets dark, and the temperature doesn't change. So the rhythm of the Moon's gravity might help keep those things in sync too.
So does this prove astrology right? Well, no. We already knew the Moon's gravity affects us. If it didn't, the ocean wouldn't have tides. But there's still no proof it messes with decision-making or causes big mood swings. There's also no evidence the layout of the stars affects us in any way. They're too far away for their gravity to do anything.
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Ralph Emery, who became known as the dean of country music broadcasters over more than a half-century in both radio and television, died Saturday, his family said. He was 88.
Beginning his career at small radio stations and then moving into television as well, Emery was probably best known for his work on the Nashville Network cable channel. From 1983 to 1993, he was host of the channel’s live talk-variety show “Nashville Now,” earning the title “the Johnny Carson of cable television” for his interviewing style. From 2007 to 2015, Emery hosted a weekly program on RFD-TV, a satellite and cable TV channel.
He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/ralph-emery-famed-country-music-broadcaster-dies-88-82288067
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Jon Lind, writer of hits for Earth, Wind & Fire, Madonna, Vanessa Williams and others, passed away Saturday after a two-year battle with cancer, his attorney, Jeremy Rosen, has confirmed. He was 73.
Lind’s songs include “Boogie Wonderland” and “Sun Goddess” by Earth, Wind & Fire, “Save the Best for Last” by Vanessa Williams and “Crazy for You” by Madonna, the latter two of which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. “Save the Best for Last” was named ASCAP’s Song of the Year in 1992 and earned Grammy nomination for Song of the Year and Record of the Year in 1993. He also co-wrote hits for Cher, Deniece Williams, Atlantic Starr, Aaron Neville, the Emotions, Rick Astley, and others.
Lind also was head of A&R for Hollywood Records, where he worked closely with Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato and Jesse McCartney, among others.
https://variety.com/2022/music/news/jon-lind-writer-earth-wind-fire-madonna-dead-dies-1235155539/
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Celebrate Taylor Swift and her boyfriend Joe Alwyn have sparked speculation that an engagement could be imminent after jetting to Cornwall for a three-day break.
The pop star, 32, and her actor beau, 30, have now been dating for four years after first being linked at the beginning of 2017 and could be about to take the next step.
An insider told online news outlet: 'Taylor's a superstar and obviously very wealthy, so she can travel almost anywhere she wants at any time. But to go that far just for a few days clearly meant a lot to them.
'Taylor is keeping her cards close to her chest, but they're certainly very happy and enjoying their time together'
The insider added that the couple have lived together throughout lockdown which has made things all the more serious between them.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10409283/Taylor-Joe-spark-engagement-speculation.html
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“Scream” dethroned “Spider-Man: No Way Home” over the four-day Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, becoming the first film to unseat the superhero phenomenon since it debuted on Dec. 17.
The slasher revival grossed $34 million from 3,664 locations to top the box office.
Spider-Man: No Way Home took in $25million. With $702.9 million in the bank, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has supplanted “Black Panther” to become the fourth highest-grossing domestic release in history. Only “Avatar” ($760 million), “Avengers: Endgame” ($858 million) and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ($936 million) rank higher on the all-time list.
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5. The Kings's Man
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - 101 Dalmatians, Peter Pan, Lady, and the Tramp, and Mulan are the only Disney cartoons where both parents are present and don’t die throughout the movie.
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