Wednesday 12/11/24
Celebrate:
Holiday Food Drive for Needy Animals Day
International Mountain Day
National App Day
National Have a Bagel Day
National Noodle Ring Day
National Stretching Day
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Taylor Swift's Eras Tour finally came to an end Sunday night and made a record $2 BILLION in ticket sales. ($2,077,618,725 to be exact.)
Over 10 million fans attended since it kicked off on March 17th, 2023.
The only other tour to cross the $1 billion mark is Coldplay's Music of the Spheres Tour. Elton John ALMOST hit the mark with his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour, which made $939 million.
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The Golden Globe nominees were announced yesterday, and the big story surrounds a movie you might not have even heard of. It's called "Emilia Pérez", and it got 10 nominations.
That's a record for a movie in the Comedy or Musical category. The previous record was held jointly by "Barbie" and 1972's "Cabaret", with NINE each.
The movie debuted at Cannes in May, then got picked up by Netflix. It's about a drug dealer who hires an attorney to fake his death so he can transition into a woman and live as HER true self.
In addition to being nominated for Best Picture Musical or Comedy, it also earned Supporting Actress nominations for Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez. Selena is also nominated on the TV side for "Only Murders in the Building".
One of the year's biggest surprises is Pamela Anderson, who's nominated for Best Actress in a Drama, for "The Last Showgirl". Her competition includes Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Tilda Swinton, and Kate Winslet.
This is also the second year they're giving an award for achievement at the box office . . . which is another way of saying, "Best movie you've actually seen."
The nominees are "Wicked", "The Wild Robot", "Alien: Romulus", "Deadpool & Wolverine", "Gladiator 2", "Twisters", "Inside Out 2", and "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice".
On the TV side, FX's "The Bear" got the most nods of any show, with FIVE. "Shogun" and "Only Murders" got FOUR each.
The Golden Globes ceremony airs on January 5th on CBS. Nikki Glaser will host.
See the full list of nominations here
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There's a new trend that's gaining popularity on social media: Imagining that you're at an airport. That sounds like something that requires a trigger warning, but it's actually about reducing stress and anxiety.
Traveling through airports can involve a lot of uncontrollable variables . . . so many people slip into a "treat yourself" mode that ignores diets, fitness, and other normal routines. It's anything goes.
The idea is expanding that . . . to cope with everyday annoyances.
So if someone feels overwhelmed or exhausted with regular life, they announce airport rules are in effect . . . and that clears the way for eating pizza for breakfast, having a drink in the middle of the day, caffeine and energy drinks at any time, and comfortable clothes like pajamas are fair game.
In one video, someone explains, "Money means nothing . . . and time of day means nothing."
This "trend" apparently started around Election Day . . . but as we head into the holidays, it could definitely have legs.
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Wearing camo is just a way of life for a large portion of Americans. Granted, most of us are not trying to actually camouflage ourselves anymore . . . but it is a fun and casual look.
So, would it surprise you to know that if you wore camo in certain countries, you could go to JAIL?
The main reasons camo is banned in some countries is because of its association with rebels or terrorist organizations . . . and it may confuse civilians with members of the military.
So, if you're visiting any of these countries, beware: Antigua and Barbuda . . . Bahamas . . . Barbados . . . Dominica . . . Grenada . . . Jamaica . . . Nigeria . . . Oman . . . Saint Lucia . . . Saint Vincent and the Grenadines . . . South Africa . . . Trinidad and Tobago . . . Uganda . . . Zambia . . . and Zimbabwe.
According to "Reader's Digest", if you're doing a cruise in the Caribbean, you should leave everything camo at home. That includes backpacks, sunglasses, handbags, and even shoes with a military look.
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Merriam-Webster announced its word of the year is . . . "polarization." They define it as "division into two sharply distinct opposites."
They chose it based on search volume, and because it was "widely used across the media landscape," especially in articles about the election.
They also revealed the other nine nominees that were up for it this year.
In no particular order, the other finalists were: Totality, because of the eclipse in April . . . demure . . . fortnight, because of Taylor Swift . . . pander . . . resonate . . . weird, because of Tim Walz . . . cognitive . . . democracy . . . and allision. (rhymes with "collision")
An allision is like a "collision." But it's when a boat hits a stationary object. A bunch of people looked it up in May when Baltimore's Key Bridge got destroyed.
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - There are over 7,500 varieties of apples grown worldwide. So if you had "an apple a day," it would take you 20 years to try them all.
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