Thursday 5/25/23
Celebrate:
Geek Pride Day
International Plastic Free Day
National Brown-Bag-It Day
National Missing Children's Day
National Tap Dance Day
National Wine Day
Towel Day - celebrating author Douglas Adams and his best-known work, the science-fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The day was first held in 2001, two weeks after Adams passed away at the age of 49 from a heart attack. On the day, fans are to carry a towel to show their appreciation for the author and his books.
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Tina Turner, known as the Queen of Rock’n Roll for her blistering performances and powerfully gritty vocals, died today after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland. She was 83.
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New movies this weekend:
About My Father - Robert De Niro, Kim Catrall, and Sebastian Maniscalco.- DeNiro even got tips on being Sebastian's dad from his real dad!
Disney's Live-Action The Little Mermaid - Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy, Daveed Digs, Awkwafina, and more.
The Machine - Action Comedy with Mark Hamill
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BBC Culture polled 177 books experts from 56 countries in order to find the greatest children's books ever.
1 Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak, 1963)
2 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll, 1865)
3 Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren, 1945)
4 The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1943)
5 The Hobbit (JRR Tolkien, 1937)
6 Northern Lights or The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman, 1995)
7 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (CS Lewis, 1950)
8 Winnie-the-Pooh (AA Milne and EH Shepard, 1926)
9 Charlotte's Web (EB White and Garth Williams, 1952)
10 Matilda (Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake, 1988)
See their full list here, also, what was your favorite children’s book?
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230522-the-100-greatest-childrens-books-of-all-time?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
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According to new research from WordTips, Idris Elba’s cockney accent is the world’s favorite accent of any celebrity, despite the widespread perception of the cockney accent as untrustworthy and despite London accents failing to make it to the chart of 20 most popular British accents.
Adele was ranked second by the way.
The most popular U.S. accent is New Orleans, with a 46.4% positivity rating.
The Sheffield accent is the most popular British accent, with a 39.8% positivity rating.
The world’s favorite national accent is Tunisian, with a 52.0% positivity rating.
See the in-depth article here.
https://word.tips/worlds-favorite-accents/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
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Kraft says the top complaint they get is people struggling to open the clear wrapper of the Kraft Singles.
So they're re-designing them to add texture on the flap, so that your fingers can feel where the opening is. They're also making the wrappers thicker and sturdier, so they can be opened without tearing.
The new wrappers will be out later this year . . . along with a new exterior packaging, with a bolder font, and an emphasis on the fact that they're "made with real dairy." That's true . . . but they aren't real cheese.
Kraft has to call the American Singles a "cheese product" or "cheese food" because they're less than 51% cheese, which doesn’t meet the FDA's standard.
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Have you gotten your scolding from Netflix yet? If not, brace yourself, because they started rolling out their crackdown on password-sharing in the U.S. yesterday.
From here on out, anyone using your account better live with you . . . because they're charging another $7.99 for anyone living outside your home to use your account.
Premium subscribers can add up to two non-household members, while standard plan subscribers can only add one.
Primary account holders will have to set a household location on their devices . . . although you'll still be able to use your account when you travel.
And don't bank on customer outrage making all of this go away. Netflix has already started doing it in other countries, and they've seen an increase in paid memberships in some regions, including Canada.
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Katy Perry has been getting some bad press this season for supposedly being the MEAN JUDGE on "American Idol". And now she's considering quitting the show.
The not-always-reliable British tabloids say Katy feels like the producers have thrown her under the bus by EDITING the show to make her seem nastier.
Katy has been on the show for six seasons, and she actually got BOOED earlier this year for critiquing one contestant's outfits. She was also dragged online for slut-shaming a 25-year-old female contestant who had three kids.
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During her show in Atlanta on Monday night, Stevie Nicks thanked Taylor Swift for writing the song "You're on Your Own, Kid" . . . which is on her "Midnights" album.
Stevie said the song helped her mourn the loss of her Fleetwood Mac bandmate Christine McVie.
(Stevie Nicks, Taylor Swift, and Christine McVie)
Quote, "Even on the other side of the world, we didn't have to talk on the phone. And then we'd go back to Fleetwood Mac and we'd walk in and just be like, 'Little sister, how are you.' It was like never a minute had passed . . .
"Never an argument in our entire 47 years. The two of us were on our own, kids. We always were. And now, I'm having to learn to be on my own, kid, by myself. You helped me to do that. Thank you."
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - There's a federal law that bans living people from being featured on any currency. It was a tradition started to avoid the appearance of a monarchy.
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