Me? I got an unexpected "bonus" when my supervisor texted me Friday and said the company would be closed Monday and Tuesday- giving me three days off (yes, I consider hosting karaoke work), so no complaints.
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny opened Friday, and its weekend box office of $60 million is considered a "disappointment." Let that sink in a minute.
Can you imagine what you'd do with $60 million? Or $6 million? Hell, even $60,000!
Yeah, I get it- the movie (before marketing) cost Disney nearly $300 million to make, so they definitely need some big numbers, but I can't help but think if the studios would cut down on, I don't know, something- the budget would've been a fraction of that number, and "experts" wouldn't be calling the thing a "failure" before it's even got its legs under it.
Here's the thing, though: I don't really care about going to the movies that much anymore, when it's much more comfortable (and a hell of a lot less expensive) to watch movies at home via streaming and on-demand services. No chatty assholes. No fucktards using their cell phones. No crinkling candy wrappers or noisy popcorn crunchers.
I do make exceptions. The last one was Thor: Love and Thunder. We were going to go see Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. III, but it slipped by. I want to see Oppenheimer on the big screen, but that's about the only thing coming out this summer that I feel that way about, Mr. Jones' latest outing included- though I do want to see it.
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Travis Scott and Astroworld Festival organizers are off the hook as far as criminal charges after a Houston grand jury failed to hand down any indictments.
Houston fire chief Samuel Peña said the crowd began surging towards the stage during an unspecified "panic involving people running for safety." Scott is reported to have paused his set "several times" to ask security to assist fans, while members of the fire department were sent into the dense crowd to rescue the injured.
Of course, while dodging criminal liability may be a relief, Scott, promoters Live Nation and ScoreMore are still facing hundreds of civil claims alleging wrongful death, personal injuries, and negligence.
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Variety headline: Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Could Gross $1.4 Billion
Now what I wanna know is when did teenyboppers become such a powerful spending demographic? Or is she considered something beyond teen pop?
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Okay, I'm amazed that this was a thing, but rapper Juvenile was the star of NPR's Tiny Desk Concert last week.
His 30 minute performance featured nine of his hits from the early 2000s (though I'm wondering how many of them were censored due to their lyrical content), including the finale (Back That Azz Up) that saw him joined by a string section. I mean, it's almost worth suffering through the song to hear that.
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TMZ reports that Italy's Minister of Culture has offered to host the "cage match" between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. In the Coliseum. In Rome.
Italians worldwide should be screaming for the guy to be fired.
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Did you know Tron 3 was gonna be a thing? I didn't. And now that I know Jared Leto will star in it, I have less than zero desire to see it.
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Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five's Melle Mel was arrested in Los Angeles last Monday and charged with felony domestic violence, according to Rolling Stone.
The woman filing the complaint against Mel (born Melvin Glover) claims he struck her in the eye after they had drinks at his hotel room in LA.
"I’m just sitting there, chillin,'" she said in a Facebook video. "Next thing you know, this man just goes 'whack' with four rings on his finger and hits me in my eye." She added that the blow "popped" stitches in her previously injured eye.
Glover told the magazine he's known the woman for "nearly two decades" and that they even lived together for a time. He says she an afterparty following the BET Awards last Sunday and agreed that to meet him at his hotel. He claims that she refused to leave when asked and when he attempted to escort her out of his room, she grabbed her eye and asked him to accompany her to the hospital. He declined and suggested she call the police. When the officers arrived, she told them Glover had assaulted her, and he was arrested and taken to Los Angeles County Jail.
Glover was released after posting a $50,000 bond and is expected back in court on July 17th.
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Consequence of Sound has a story headlined How to Get Tickets to Phish's 2023 Tour. I'm pretty sure the first thing I'd need would be a desire to listen to a Grateful Dead ripoff turn three minute songs into half-hour jams. (Can you tell I'm not really a fan?)
But, as the kids say, "you do you."
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Birthdays of note this week include:
July 3: Kurtwood Smith (80); Johnny Lee (77); John Verity of Argent (74); Stephen Pearcy of Rattt (64): Vince Clarke of Erasure (63); Yeardley Smith (59); Connie Neilsen (58); and Elle King (34)
July 4: Eva Marie Saint (99); Jeremy Spencer, formerly of Fleetwood Mac (75); Ralph Johnson of Earth, Wind & Fire (72); John Waite (71); and Kirk Pengilly of INXS (65)
July 5: Robbie Robertson (80); Huey Lewis (73); Mark Cohn (59); Edie Falco (60); Kathryn Erbe (58); Róisín Murphy of Moloko (50); Shane Filan of Westlife (44); Jason Wade of Lifehouse (44); Dave Haywood of Lady A (41); Danay Garcia (39); and Owl City (37)
July 6: “Duke of Earl” Gene Chandler (86); Sylvester Stallone (76); Michael Shrieve of Santana (74); Geoffrey Rush (72); Allyce Beasley (69); Jennifer Saunders (65); Heather Nova (56); Tia & Tamera Mowry (45); Eva Green (43); and Kate Nash (36)
July 7: Doc Severinsen (96); Sir Richard Starkey aka Ringo Starr (83); Shelley Duvall (74); Vonda Shepard (60); Mo Collins (58); Jorja Fox (55); Michelle Kwan (43); Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold (42); and Alesso (32)
July 8: Steve Lawrence (88); Jaimoe of The Allman Brothers (79); Kim Darby (76); Anjelica Huston (72); Kevin Bacon (65); Joan Osborne (61); Billy Crudup (55); Beck (53); Milo Ventimiglia (46); Sophia Bush (41); and Jaden Smith (25)
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Have a safe Fourth, friends.
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