Friday 3/8/24
Girls Write Now Day
International Women's Day
Middle Name Pride Day
National Be Nasty Day
National Peanut Cluster Day
National Preschooler's Day
National Proofreading Day
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Weekend at the movies
Kung Fu Panda 4 - Jack Black is back as the voice, along with Viola Davis, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman, Ian McShane, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, David Cross, Awkwafina , Lucy Liu, James Hong, and Ke Huy Quan
Imaginary - Horror film from Blumhouse. Starring Betty Buckley, DeWanda Wise, and Tom Payne
Also catch a few Oscar nominated movies before the awards show Sunday. American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, and Killers of the Flower Moon
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A woman in Arizona named Milan Watt found a RATTLESNAKE in her car . . . and thinks she may have been driving around with it for TWO WEEKS.
She lives in Phoenix and parks her car in a lot of desert areas. So it must have slithered in at some point, but she's not sure when.
She never heard it rattle. She was in the car with her boyfriend when he spotted it on her backseat. It was a diamondback, which are among the most venomous snakes in the U.S.
Luckily, her boyfriend saw it while they were parked. She says if she'd been driving, she definitely would have crashed.
They called 911 but ultimately just opened all the doors, and her boyfriend used a broken tree branch to get it out.
Experts say snakes getting into cars is pretty uncommon. But Milan's not taking any chances. She always checks under her seats before she drives now.
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Three new food options are hitting grocery store shelves.
Cheez-It Flavored Ranch Dressing. Hidden Valley just announced it ahead of National Ranch Day on March 10th.
It hits Walmart and Kroger stores this month. They say it's something fans came up with.
Quote, "When we caught wind of them combining the irresistible flavors of Hidden Valley Ranch with Cheez-It crackers, we were blown away. We couldn't be more thrilled to make this dream collaboration a reality."
Grilled Cheese flavored tomato soup. If dipping a real grilled cheese in your soup is too much, Campbell's is doing a limited-edition run. If you want to try it, check the soup aisle. It might already be there.
Oscar Mayer Meatless Hot Dogs. They're called "NotHotDogs" and made of plant-based meat. So, a little different than veggie dogs. Their parent company Kraft Heinz has a plant-based offshoot now called "TheNotCompany." So they're partnered up for it. They're also selling "NotSausages."
(Hotdogs..now with more floor sweepings!)
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Spring cleaning has arrived. Actually make a difference by following today's list of the Places Around the House You Really Need to Clean This Spring.
Under the sofa. It's filled with coins, gravel, and dirt. If you are a cat owner, you do check under the sofa many times thoughout the year for cat toys.
Inside your dryer lint trap.
Windowsills. Be sure to use a crevice tool.
Your microwave.
Your keyboard.
The K-Cup machine. When's the last time you cleaned it? If your answer is anything but "never," you're a LIAR.
The grout in your shower.
Your Stanley mug.
The jets to your hot tub.
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Late-payment fees for major credit cards won't be nearly as high anymore. Federal regulators just capped them at $8, down from an average of $32. A study found those fees have been costing Americans more than $14 BILLION a year.
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Forbes released their list of the highest paid actors of 2023.
Unlike previous years, endorsements and any non-entertainment investments were not factored in.
1. Adam Sandler: $73 million
2. Margot Robbie: $59 million
3. Tom Cruise: $45 million
4 TIE: Matt Damon and Ryan Gosling: $43 million
6. Jennifer Aniston: $42 million
7. TIE: Leonardo DiCaprio and Jason Statham: $41 million
9. Ben Affleck: $38 million
10. Denzel Washington: $24 million
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"Variety" did a profile on John Williams . . . the Oscar-winning composer responsible for the music of "Jaws", "Star Wars", "Harry Potter", and so much more.
In the article, Harrison Ford reveals how hard it is to escape John's "Indiana Jones" theme song.
Quote, "As I often remind John, his music follows me everywhere I go. Literally. When I had my last colonoscopy, they were playing it on the operating room speakers."
Also in the article, John tells a funny story about scoring the original "Star Wars". Quote, "I mistakenly wrote a love theme for Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker.
"I learned later that they were brother and sister, so it was an incestuous idea to have a love theme for them. But George never told us there was going to be a second film!"
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Lionsgate is taking two of its biggest movie franchises and turning them into TV series. And those franchises are: "John Wick" and "Twilight".
No big surprise since the "John Wick" movies have made more than $1 billion at the box office . . . and "Twilight" has grossed more than $3.4 billion
Not much is known about either, but the "Twilight" series is going to be ANIMATED.
The "John Wick" franchise has already found its way to TV, in the form of the prequel series "The Continental", which aired in three, hour-and-a-half installments on Peacock last year.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Mark Twain and Helen Keller were friends. They met when she was a teenager, and he was already a famous author in his 50s. And he got his rich friends to help pay for her to go to college.
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