Wednesday 9/13/23
Celebrate:
Bald is Beautiful Day
Fortune Cookie Day
International Chocolate Day
Kids Take Over The Kitchen Day
National Defy Superstition Day
National Peanut Day
Positive Thinking Day
Programmers' Day
Roald Dahl Day
Snack a Pickle Day
Supernatural Day
Uncle Sam Day
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Taylor Swift was in Heaven as NYSNC reunited at the VMAs last night, but Swifties aren't happy!!!!
No, not about NYSNC or Taylors' reactions, it's because Fall Out Boy performed We Didn't Start the Fire with this lyric verse.
"Black Parade, Michael Phelps, Y2K, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Kanye West and Taylor Swift/Stranger Things, Tiger King, Ever Given, Suez," sung lead vocalist Patrick Stump.
Placing Ye and Swift side by side in the song was a controversial choice because of the ongoing feud between the pair, but even more so to perform it at the VMAs. Ye infamously stormed the VMAs stage in 2009 after Swift had just won the award for Video the Year, to proclaim that Beyoncé should have won instead.
So it's not new, the lyrics are IN THE REGULAR SONG...since March!!!!!! Love how it's new to some.
Anyway, it was a big night for Taylor Swift - She was named Artist of the Year, and "Anti-Hero" won Video of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop, and Best Direction which she did. She also beat out Beyonce for the Show of the Summer.
See all the winners here.
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The famous "Brady Bunch" house is finally off the market and in the possession of a new owner -- who's also well-versed in the TV biz, and who got this puppy for a steal.
Compass real estate agent Danny Brown -- who held this listing on behalf of HGTV, which had been trying to sell this place all throughout the summer -- tells TMZ ... the North Hollywood property just closed escrow, and went for a cool $3.2 million.
Ultimately it went to the right buyer. A collector who will use it for events and fundraisers and be the steward of an iconic piece of pop culture history."
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Apple unveiled its new iPhone 15 yesterday.
77% of Americans in a new survey say having the latest tech is at least somewhat important to them. But 31% of us are NOT early adopters in general.
That's how many said they don't plan on buying the newest version of ANY upcoming product in the near future.
That said, one in four people have taken on DEBT to get the newest tech before.
1. Phones are the top device we're willing to splurge on, followed by a new computer . . . a new smartwatch . . . and a new gaming console. But 41% of us have also regretted spending more than we could afford.
2. 45% would be willing to buy the newest version of their phone, even if their current phone is still working fine.
3. 28% would even prioritize it over other obligations, like bills or RENT.
4. $1,492. For people who've taken on debt to buy tech, that's the average amount they think it's added to their balance.
5. 54% of us are currently using at least one device that's so old, we'd consider it "out of date."
6. iPhone users are the most brand-loyal, and the most likely to buy the newest version of their phone when it comes out. 9% said they might, compared to 4% of Android users.
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Here's a back-to-school tip for you. Instead of having your kid study extra hard to get good grades just write the letter "A" on a piece of paper and make them stare at it for an hour.
A study by the University of Missouri found that students who looked at the letter "A" before a test did better than kids who looked at the letter "F."
On their sample test, the "A" group got an average score of 92.3%, which is an A-minus . . . the "F" group got an average of 78.5%, which is a C-plus.
They also did a second experiment which also had a third group look at the letter "J." Those kids did better than the "F" group but worse than the "A" group.
The researchers think it's because, quote, "exposure to the letter A made the students [subconsciously] approach the task with the aim to succeed . . . while exposure to the letter F made them want to avoid failure."
And other studies have shown people do better when they're trying to succeed than when they're trying not to fail.
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A guy in Boston smashed a world record Saturday by bouncing over 115,000 times on a pogo stick without stopping. The previous record was just over 88,000. It was part of a charity event that raised more than $10,000 for veterans.
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The upcoming "Frasier" revival sees Frasier Crane moving back to Boston. Which has to have fans wondering if he'll wander into his favorite old hang, Cheers.
Well, I have tragic news for you: This show has actually KILLED OFF CHEERS. According to "Entertainment Weekly", quote, "The iconic bar Cheers is no more."
If it makes you feel any better, the characters have a new haunt. It's called Mahoney's, and it's named after John Mahoney, the actor who played Frasier's dad in the original series. He died in 2018.
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MovieWeb.com has chosen the best horror movie from every decade in American film history starting in the 1930s.
Here's the list:
1930s: "Dracula"
1940s: "The Wolf Man"
1950s: "House on Haunted Hill"
1960s: "Psycho"
1970s: "Halloween"
1980s: "The Thing"
1990s: "Scream"
2000s: "American Psycho"
2010s: "The Conjuring"
2020s: "X"
See their reasoning here.
https://movieweb.com/best-horror-movies-every-decade-american/?newsletter_popup=1#1930s-dracula
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - A guy named John Holahan invented Lucky Charms in 1964, when he decided to see how it tasted to put pieces of Brach's Circus Peanuts in his Cheerios.
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