This #MovieStarMonday we visit with Taylor Blackwell (Resident Alien) about her new film project It Happened: The Judy Tenuta Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp93cylB7rI
TODAY'S REASON TO PARTY! (special thanks to ListOfNationalDays.com)
Pinot Noir Day - enough said
SURVEYS, STUDIES & SUCH
A 2022 study of nearly 10,000 kids found that those who spent more time playing video games gained an extra 2.5 IQ points over 2 years, even after factoring in genetics and socio-economic background. TV and social media showed no effect, suggesting gaming may offer small cognitive benefits for children. The IQ increase was based on the kids’ performance on tasks that included reading comprehension, visual-spatial processing, and a task focused on memory, flexible thinking, and self-control.
BIG SCREEN-LITTLE SCREEN
“Weapons” had the upper hand in its box office duel against “Freakier Friday,” though both new releases drew strong openings as the summer tentpole season begins to wind down. Weapons won the weekend with a stellar $41 million opening domestically. “Freakier Friday” opened to an estimated $31 million, pretty good for a comedy these days. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” came third, with a weekend haul of about $17 million.
James Gunn is shutting down rumors about ‘Robin’ appearing in “The Batman Part II.” After fan speculation spread online that the ‘Boy Wonder’ would appear in Matt Reeves’ highly anticipated sequel, Gunn set the record straight, writing: “Guys please stop believing this nonsense. I think 6 of us have read the script. No one (else) knows anything about ‘the Batman 2.’”
Scott Cooper’s biopic “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” starring Jeremy Allen White will premiere as the Spotlight Gala selection of the New York Film Festival on September 28, with the Boss in attendance. It’s set at an early-’80s crossroads in Springsteen’s career when, still negotiating the transformative waves of his rising fame, he crafted the intensely personal acoustic songs that would become his mythic album “Nebraska”, at the same time that he was recording demos for “Born in the U.S.A.”, which would catapult him to global superstardom.
DID YA KNOW!?
Bananas are radioactive. Due to being rich in potassium, every banana is actually slightly radioactive thanks to containing the natural isotope potassium-40. Interestingly, your body contains around 16mg of potassium-40, meaning you’re around 280 times more radioactive than a banana already. Any excess potassium-40 you gain from a banana is excreted out within a few hours.
JOKE OF THE DAY
(FROM
HEIDI)
SCOOP
OF THE DAY
The US Postal Service reported a $3.1 billion loss in the 3rd quarter.
Oreo and Reese’s have teamed up for the sweet collab that fans have been begging for. Despite being owned by different companies — Oreo by Mondelēz and Reese’s by Hershey — they’ve hooked up to launch 2 new treats blending their iconic flavors. The first creation is the Reese’s Oreo Cup: a peanut butter cup wrapped in Oreo’s chocolate and white crème, filled with cookie crumbs. Yum. The second is Oreo’s re-release of a 2014 cookie that used Reese’s peanut butter, in addition to Oreo cookie crumbs in the filling.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"What? Like it's hard?" Legally Blonde, 2003
NEWS TO ME
(FROM HEIDI)
FUN
FACT FOR YOU:
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✓ The asteroid that led to the end of the dinosaurs set 70% of the world’s forests on fire.
✓ Insects shiver when they’re cold.
✓ Fire moves faster uphill.
✓ The word “hipster” goes back to the 1930s, when it was used to refer to someone in the jazz scene.
✓ Some bars and pubs in Germany offer a ‘speibecken’, a sink specifically designed for vomiting.
WEIRD NEWS
For some people, watching others fidget isn’t just annoying—it’s unbearable. This common reaction, affecting about one in 3 people, is known as misokinesia, meaning “hatred of movements.” It’s a visual counterpart to misophonia, where certain repetitive sounds trigger irritation. While misokinesia has only recently started getting scientific attention, it’s surprisingly widespread. Researchers say the discomfort comes not from noise, but from simply seeing someone tap, bounce, or squirm—making everyday moments unexpectedly stressful for those affected.
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Nearly half of parents have told their kids THIS lie. What is it?
Answer: The Wi-Fi isn’t working
HEIDI HAS SOMETHING SPECIAL
(FROM HEIDI)
THE LIST
Technically, anything with mass contains calories – even things that aren’t food. Still, it’s interesting to know just how many calories these things are packing (Caution: Do NOT eat these things at home…or anywhere else, for that matter!
GALLON OF GASOLINE: 31,000 calories (8,190/liter).
COAL: 200,000 calories per ounce.
DIRT: You’d have to eat about 15 pounds of it for just 6 calories.
COTTON BALLS: 4 calories each.
GRASS CLIPPINGS: 1 calorie per ounce.
HUMAN BREAST MILK: 10 calories in one cup.
HUMAN HAIR: 140 calories in the average full head of hair.
STAINLESS STEEL FORK: 15 calories.
A 9mm BULLET: Slightly less than one calorie.
EGGSHELLS: About 2 per egg.
A CRAYON: 50 calories.
YOU: If you’re average, about 125,000.
SANTA’S CHRISTMAS EVE SNACKS: The milk and cookies that Santa Claus eats in millions of homes on December 24 equals about 115 billion calories.
GOOD NEWS
‘Something
Told Me To Follow Him’: Pit Bull Leads Stranger To Save Two Lives
https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news
