Thursday 1/20/22
Celebrate National Camcorder, Get to Know Your Customers, International Day of Acceptance, Buttercrunch, Cheese Lovers, Disc Jockey, Penguin Awareness, Take a Walk Outdoors, and Women's Healthy Weight Day.
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The music industry's biggest night was supposed to take place at the end of January, at the Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles. Then the omicron variant happened.
Now, the big award show is set to take place on April 3, and in a new venue too — the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Representatives from the Recording Academy wouldn't confirm the reasoning behind the location change, but it does look like the Crypto.com Arena's calendar is full in the days leading up to April 3, not to mention both a Clippers and a Lakers game on the day of.
The Grammys are postponed and Sundance is moved online because of omicron surge
The move is not without its ripple effects, though, as it will be bumping the CMT Music Awards, which was scheduled for that same date.
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Silk Sonic have announced a Las Vegas residency for 2022 – you can find all the details below.
The duo – comprising Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak – will perform 13 concerts at the 5,200-capacity Dolby Live theatre between February 25 and April 2.
Mars added: “Its happening! The sexiest party of the year! Them Silk Sonic Boyz are performing Live in Las Vegas!”
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will premiere on Paramount+ on May 5th. The highly-anticipated Star Trek: Discovery spinoff sees Captain Christopher Pike at the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise in the years before Star Trek: The Original Series.
The show will feature fan favorites from Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery: Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One, and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock. The series will follow Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock, and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.
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From The New York Post - If you’re a cold-cut lover, one of the most dividing debates is whether to call your sandwich a “hero” or a “sub” — we’ll leave that unanswered. However, there’s an even meatier topic at hand: Do you put bologna on your face?
Sure, if you’re a cafeteria kid poking holes in your bologna to make a face you may have been silly enough to do. But apparently, that’s not just reserved for the kids anymore.
Oscar Mayer’s new Bologna Hydrogel Sheet Face Mask on Amazon, although containing no meat, is one of the buzzworthy, unexpected things to come out of 2022 — and we’re not even three weeks in.
It will cost you $5.
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A Dubai auction house unveiled a 555.55-carat black diamond, believed to have come straight from outer space. While the rare black diamond is naturally found in Brazil and Central Africa, experts believe the gem was formed by meteorites or its impact in colliding with Earth.
The diamond, dubbed “The Enigma,” will be auctioned off in London, where it's expected to go for at least $6.8 million.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - A single strand of spaghetti is called a "spaghetto." It comes from the word "spago," which means "string" or "twine" in Italian.
Only 6% don't like spaghetti and meatballs, and just 3% say they never eat spaghetti.
Spaghetti is the third most popular Italian food in the US. Garlic Bread is #1 followed by Lasagna. (Mac-N-Cheese is #4 and Ravioli is #5.)
50% of Americans break the noodles in half, compared to 38% that don't. 12% says it varies or they never make it.
By the way, McSpaghetti was a thing about 40 years ago..OR..if you go to the Philippines or one location in Orlando.
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