Tuesday 1/31/23
Celebrate:
Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day
Backwards Day
Brandy Alexander Day
Eat Brussels Sprouts Day
Hell is Freezing Over Day
Hug an Economist Day
Inspire Your Heart with Art Day
National Hot Chocolate Day
National Plan for Vacation Day
Scotch Tape Day
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Cindy Williams, best known for playing the bubbly Shirley Feeney on the beloved sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” has died at 75.
Her work with Penny Marshall on the show made her a household name.
She also starred in the 1973 movie American Graffiti.
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Lisa Loring, the actor best known for her portrayal of Wednesday Addams in the beloved 1960s sitcom “The Addams Family,” has died. She was 64.
Loring was just 6 years old when she was cast in “The Addams Family.” She went on to make appearances in series including “The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.,” “Fantasy Island,” “Barnaby Jones” and “As the World Turns,” as well as movies including “Savage Harbor” and “Blood Frenzy.” Most recently, she appeared in the 2015 horror flick “Doctor Spine.”
Here's Jenna Ortega talking about her Wednesday dance.
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The Superbowl LVII matchup is set. After scoring more than 30 points and holding their opponents to one touchdown in the divisional and NFC championship games, the Philadelphia Eagles head into the big game as favorites against AFC champions Kansas City Chiefs.
I will be rooting for the Eagles, as their head coach Nick Sirianni is an Alumn of my college Mount Union!
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Ring is expanding its domain from front doors to dashboards. It's pitching it as a deterrent against theft and as a tool to record road incidents including a traffic stop. If you like that, they are working on a camera drone coming in 2024.
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Oliver James set a goal to read 100 books in 2023 — an incredible goal for anyone, but especially for someone who, like James, has struggled to read for most of his life.
The 34-year-old personal trainer has become a hit on BookTok, the informal reading community that has flourished on TikTok, where he shares reviews of his latest reads and wisdom from his literacy journey.
Goodreads.com is a good place to keep track of your reading, it's got flaws like missing page counts, especially on comics which mess with your numbers, but great community for ideas.
Another that I am enjoying to give me accurate counts is the Story Graph. Check it out here.https://app.thestorygraph.com/
Oh and my count is to do 150 a year so take that Oliver....(yes i know most of those will be like 32 page comics..but hush.)
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Don't say Mummy anymore. It's Mummified Person to restore the persons humanity.
The National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh and the Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle have decided to avoid using the term “mummy,” preferring “mummified remains” or “mummified person” instead.
“The word ‘mummy’ is not incorrect, but it is dehumanizing, whereas using the term ‘mummified person’ encourages our visitors to think of the individual."
“The word ‘mummy’ now often evokes the image of a supernatural creature or monster."
Wanda Sykes on the Daily Show the other day said they aren't a monster until they get up!!!
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New Term for you - In 2022, the internet uncovered a vast conspiracy: Hollywood was run on an invisible network of family ties — and everybody was in on it!
Every one is someone’s kid, but it was as if everybody were somebody’s kid. Euphoria, the buzziest show on television, was created by the son of a major director and co-starred the daughter of another. Actress Maya Hawke was not only born to two famous parents but looked like them, too. Half of Brooklyn’s indie artists had dads with IMDb pages. Even Succession’s Cousin Greg turned out to be the son of one of the guys who designed the Rolling Stones’ lips logo. Aghast, content creators got to work. An unwieldy phrase — “the child of a celebrity” — was reduced to a catchy buzzword: nepo baby.
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A new Michael Jackson biopic has entered the nepo baby discourse chat. The director of an upcoming movie about the iconic singer has revealed that Michael Jackson's actual nephew has been cast in the lead role. Yes, Jaafar Jackson, son of Michael's brother Jermaine Jackson, is set to play his uncle in Michael, director Antoine Fuqua announced.
Fuqua, who most recently directed Will Smith's first post-Slap movie Emancipation, described the biopic as "the motion picture event that explores the journey of the man who became the King of Pop." Jaafar Jackson is also a singer, but this will be his first major acting role. "Even after conducting a worldwide search, it was clear that he is the only person to take on this role," producer Graham King said. But with a Jackson family member starring and the singer's estate involved, it's probably safe to assume the film will leave certain aspects of his life on the cutting room floor.
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That baby of yours is absurd. Adam Levine has welcomed his third child with his wife, Behati Prinsloo, months after he was accused of cheating on her, People reports. Last September, Instagram model Sumner Stroh alleged she had an affair with Levine while he was married to Prinsloo. "At the time, I was young, I was naive, and quite frankly, I feel exploited," she said, alleging Levine even wanted to name his baby after her.
Levine has denied having an affair but admitted he "crossed the line." He hasn't confirmed the news of his new child, but stay tuned to find out what his second choice for a name was after Sumner.
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Jennifer Aniston and Julia Roberts are set to star in a body swap comedy, Deadline reports.
The project will be directed by Max Barbakow, who previously brought us the Groundhog Day-style comedy Palm Springs starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti. According to the report, Barbakow pitched the film just last week, which presumably involved simply writing "Freaky Friday with Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston" on a whiteboard before a studio executive, with a cigar falling out of his mouth, declared, "Kid, you've got yourself a picture!" The project is set up at Amazon and comes on the heels of Roberts' rom-com Ticket to Paradise being a hit last year.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - To save money during World War One, Woodrow Wilson got rid of the White House groundskeepers and kept a flock of 48 sheep on the lawn to chew the grass. The wool sheared from the sheep was sold at auction to raise money for the Red Cross.
But who cleaned up what the sheep left????
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