Saturday 3/1/28
Happy March!!!
Celebrate:
Saturday
Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day
International Open Data Day
International Wheelchair Day
National Dadgum That's Good Day
National Fruit Compote Day
National Horse Protection Day
National Peanut Butter Lover's Day
National Pig Day
National Sunkist Citrus Day
National Wedding Planning Day
Plan a Solo Vacation Day
Refired Not Retired Day
Self-Injury Awareness Day
Share a Smile Day
World Compliment Day
The Start of Ramadan
Sunday
Finisher's Medal Day
International Rescue Cat Day
Namesake Day
National Banana Cream Pie Day
Old Stuff Day
World Teen Mental Wellness Day
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The Academy Awards are Sunday. Conan O'Brien is hosting. It starts at 8 and will run till about Wednesday.
Doja Cat, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, LISA of Blackpink, Queen Latifah and RAYE will be performing.
One of the big questions is - will Demi Moore win an Oscar for The Substance?
The Best Picture nominees competing for the Oscar are
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Perez
I'm Still Here
Nickle Boys
The Substance
Wicked
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Actress Kira Kosarin is trending for a hack that might help you figure out plans this weekend. She was on the Nickelodeon show "The Thundermans", and also "That '90s Show".
She calls it the "50/50 Method" for couples. When she and her husband can't decide if they should go out or stay in, they toss out percentages.
You might say "I'm 60% in, 40% out." Then they might say, "I'm 20% in, 80% out." Whoever has the wider percentage gap cares more, so that's what you do.
They also do it with food options. Like, "Should we get sushi or Italian?"
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We say so long to February this weekend. Here are a few things to look forward to in March .
Daylight Saving Time starts next Sunday, March 9th. You'll lose an hour of sleep that night, but it won't get dark so early anymore. Then March 20th is the first day of spring.
the holidays: The big ones are Ramadan, which starts tonight . . . Lent starts next Wednesday . . . Purim starts the 13th . . . and the 17th is St. Patrick's Day.
It's almost March Madness time. Selection Sunday is March 16th. Then the men get started on the 18th, and the women's tournament starts up the next day.
The new Major League Baseball season also starts in a few weeks. The Cubs and Dodgers play the first series in Japan starting March 18th. Opening Day for everyone else is March 27th.
TV: The Oscars are this Sunday . . . "Grey's Anatomy" and "9-1-1" return the 6th . . . "American Idol" and "The Righteous Gemstones" are back on the 9th . . . John Mulaney's live Netflix talk show premieres the 12th . . .Seth Rogen's new Apple TV series "The Studio" starts the 26th . . . "Bosch: Legacy" is back the 27th . . . and "The Simpsons" returns for its 37th season on March 30th.
In theaters: Robert Pattinson's sci-fi space thriller "Mickey 17" lands next Friday. The Steven Soderbergh spy thriller "Black Bag" comes out the 14th. And Disney's new live-action "Snow White" opens March 21st.
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Katy Perry is going into outer space. Like, for real. She's joining an all-female crew on board one of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space flights.
She'll be joined by Gayle King from "CBS Mornings", Bezos' fiancée Lauren Sanchez, and three other women: An aerospace engineer, a civil rights activist, and a filmmaker.
Lauren reportedly brought the mission together. The launch is tentatively scheduled for this spring.
She says she's, quote, "honored to lead a team of explorers on a mission that will challenge their perspectives of Earth, empower them to share their own stories, and create lasting impact that will inspire generations to come."
Katy posted a picture of the crew and said, quote, "I am honored to be among this diverse group of celestial sisters."
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