Monday 9/18/23
Celebrate:
Chiropractic Founders Day
First Love Day
Hug a Greeting Card Writer Day
International Equal Pay Day
International Read an eBook Day
National Cheeseburger Day
National Respect Day
Rice Krispies Treat Day
World Bamboo Day
World Water Monitoring Day
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A quiet weekend at the box-office.
The Nun 2 and A Haunting in Venice are in a virtual tie for #1 - $14.7 Million
3. The Equalizer 3 $7.2 Million
4. My Big Fat Greek Wedding $4.7 Million
5. Barbie (ninth straight week in the top 5) $4 Million
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TheRinger.com held a March Madness-style competition to determine the biggest pop culture JERK of all time. And the winner was . . . Shooter McGavin from "Happy Gilmore".
He squeaked past Eric Cartman from "South Park" in the final round, with 54% of the vote.
The competition started off with 64 JERKS, including Draco Malfoy, Gollum, Stifler from "American Pie", Newman from "Seinfeld", Jerry from "Tom & Jerry", Biff from "Back to the Future". . .
Phil Connors from "Groundhog Day", Larry David from "Curb Your Enthusiasm", Squidward from "SpongeBob SquarePants", Veruca Salt from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", and even Jim from "The Office" (I guess if you're Dwight.)
The Final Four came down to Shooter, Cartman, Biff, and Larry David.
It's funny that in a competition of fictional jerks. Larry David almost won playing a guy BASED ON HIMSELF. I have a feeling he'd be proud of that.
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Drew Barrymore, who drew criticism for taping new episodes of her daytime talk show despite the ongoing writers and actors strikes, now says she'll wait until the labor issues are resolved. Hours later CBS' “The Talk” did the same.
“I have listened to everyone, and I am making the decision to pause the show’s premiere until the strike is over,” Barrymore posted on Instagram on Sunday. “I have no words to express my deepest apologies to anyone I have hurt and, of course, to our incredible team who works on the show and has made it what it is today.”
Other daytime shows have resumed. “The View” has returned for its 27th season on ABC, while “Tamron Hall” and “Live With Kelly and Ryan” — neither are governed by writers guild rules — have also been producing fresh episodes. “The Jennifer Hudson Show” is to restart today.
As long as the hosts and guests don’t discuss or promote work covered by television, theatrical or streaming contracts, they’re not technically breaking the strike. That’s because talk shows are covered under a separate contract. It's the same one that covers reality TV, sports, morning news shows, soap operas and game shows.
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One of the great privileges of being a parent is getting to decide how and when to MESS with your child. So someone asked people to name the most ridiculous LIES they were told as a kid.
A lot of classics made the list, like "Gum stays in your stomach for seven years," and "Driving with the dome light on is illegal." Here are some of the weirder ones.
1. The waves at the beach are made by whales.
2. Moths are the ghosts of butterflies.
3. All lizards are named Russell, because they make a "rustling" sound when they're in the bushes.
4. During the first Iraq war, a kid's grandpa told him Saddam Hussein shot down Santa's sleigh. But then it turned out Santa was alive and well!
5. That the term "going commando" means driving with your windows down.
6. Your blood is blue inside your body. It only turns red when exposed to oxygen. (A lot of adults still think that's true, apparently. But it's a myth.)
7. That knowing algebra will come in handy someday. Also, all the math teachers who said, "You won't always have a calculator in your pocket."
8. The reason some men pierce their ears is in case they ever decide to become a pirate.
9. 11 months out of the year, the Easter Bunny lives on Easter Island.
10. Babies eventually lose their "baby arms," and their "adult arms" grow in.
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - Irving Berlin is the only Oscar-winner in history who presented the award to themselves. He won Best Original Song in 1943 for writing "White Christmas" in the movie "Holiday Inn".
He later said that opening the envelope was extremely awkward, so the rules were changed the following year to prevent it from ever happening again.
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