Wednesday 1/24/24
Celebrate:
Beer Can Appreciation Day
Belly Laugh Day
Library Shelfie Day
Macintosh Computer Day
National "Just Do It" Day
National Compliment Day
National Edy's Pie Patent Day
National Lobster Thermidor Day
National Peanut Butter Day
Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day
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Charles Osgood, the witty CBS News journalist who shepherded “CBS Sunday Morning” for more than two decades, a longer tenure than the show’s original host, Charles Kuralt, died Tuesday at 91.
He spent 45 years at CBS News before retiring in 2016. During his tenure, “Sunday Morning” reached some of its highest ratings levels in three decades, and earned the Daytime Emmy as Outstanding Morning Program on three different occasions.
Gary Graham (left), who starred as the human detective who partners with an extraterrestrial newcomer to solve crimes on the Fox sci-fi television franchise Alien Nation, has died. He was 73.
In the Star Trek universe, Graham played the Ocampan community leader Tanis on Star Trek: Voyager in 1995; recurred as Ambassador Soval, a Vulcan ambassador to Earth, on Star Trek: Enterprise, from 2001-05; and portrayed the first officer Ragnar in Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007) and Star Trek: Renegades from 2015-17.
Frank Farian, the founder of groups Boney M. and Milli Vanilli, has died at the age of 82.
You might know Boney M by their Christmas hit "Mary's Boy Child." Recently, "Rasputin" has had a resurgence on TikTok, Doctor Who, and the Dance Charts.
He was also behind Eruption, Milli Vanilli (much controversy), La Bouche, Le Click, and No Mercy.
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BabyCenter.com looked at names we think of as normal that are becoming much less common.
1. Brooke was just the 471st most popular name for girls last year, down around 200 spots from 2022.
2. Julius, down 189 spots for boys.
3. McKenzie, down 184.
4. Johnny, down 150 spots.
5. Amanda, down 131.
6. Michelle, down 129.
7. Diana, down 108 spots.
8. Bradley, down 104. That's after it dropped 77 spots the year before.
9. Angela, down 94 spots in the rankings.
10. Norah, down 91 ts in 2023.
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Well this could be fun.
Find out your royal name:
1. Lord or Lady
2. Your pet's name
3. The last thing you ate
add "of"
4. The last place you shopped.
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Before we get to the Oscar noms, Nominating Ken for an Oscar and not Barbie underscores the point of the film in the very worst way.
The Oscars nominees were announced yesterday. Time to get watching before the award show March 10th.
'Oppenheimer' leads the noms with a total of 13, followed by 'Poor Things' with 11, 'Killers of the Flower Moon' with 10 and 'Barbie' with eight. They will compete for best picture with 'American Fiction,' 'Anatomy of a Fall,' 'The Holdovers,' 'Maestro,' 'Past Lives' and 'The Zone of Interest.'
Best Directing
Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall)
Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)
Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
Colman Domingo (Rustin)
Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening (Nyad)
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)
Carey Mulligan (Maestro)
Emma Stone (Poor Things)
Best Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki)
Elemental (Peter Sohn and Denise Ream)
Nimona (Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary)
Robot Dreams (Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal)
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The Razzie nominees, for the worst movies of the year, have been announced as well. "The Expendables 4" leads with seven nominations, followed by "The Exorcist: Believer" and "Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey" with five each. Winners will be announced March 9th, the day before the Oscars.
worst screen couple - Any Two Money-Grubbing Investors Who Donated to the $400 Million for Remake Rights to "The Exorcist"
Worst Actor:
Russell Crowe, "The Pope's Exorcist"
Vin Diesel, "Fast X"
Chris Evans, "Ghosted"
Jason Statham, "Meg 2: The Trench"
Jon Voight, "Mercy"
Worst Actress:
Ana de Armas, "Ghosted"
Megan Fox, "Johnny & Clyde"
Salma Hayek, "Magic Mike's Last Dance"
Jennifer Lopez, "The Mother"
Dame Helen Mirren, "Shazam! Fury of the Gods"
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Someone on Reddit asked people to name hygiene mistakes that are WAY too common.
Never cleaning your phone, or your keys. People don't clean their AirPods enough either.
Not cleaning your belly button. If you've got a deep innie, you've really gotta get in there. And we don't clean our feet like we should..just letting the soap wash off on them doesn't cut it.
Never cleaning door handles. They're constantly touched, so there's a lot of bacteria on them. Light switches too.
Flushing with the toilet lid up. It sprays tiny droplets all over your bathroom
Not replacing your toothbrush. You're supposed to do it every three months. One person said they remember by doing it when the seasons change.
Not flossing. People think brushing is enough, and flossing is secondary. But if you had to pick one, flossing might actually be more important.
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - The first cereal that offered kids a prize was Kellogg's Corn Flakes in 1909. People who bought two boxes could send away for a book called "Funny Jungleland Moving Pictures".
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