On Today’s Show

This is one way to get the gym all to yourself. A man working at a 24 Hour Fitness gym in Texas said he had to call another location for help when he was locked inside at closing time. Jonathan Santos said he encountered another employee in the locker room of the gym, located in Spring, just before closing and that the worker acknowledged his presence. However, Santos says when he left the locker room a few minutes later he discovered he was locked inside the business. He says he was trapped inside for about 25 minutes before he was able to reach employees at another location who then sent help.

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Canada really wants to be known for having the world’s tallest moose statue. Currently the tallest moose statue in the world stands between Oslo and Trondheim, Norway, and was erected in 2015. But Mayor Fraser Tolmie of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, said his town’s statue, Mac the Moose, held the record for 31 years before Norway took over the record. The Norway statue is less than 12 inches taller than Mac, which has lead city officials to consider ways to make their statue taller in order to reclaim the record. Tolmie says a fundraising campaign is underway to hire an engineer to tack the issue of making Mac taller.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Weekend Box Office

1. Glass — $19 million
2. The Upside — $12.2 million
3. Aquaman — $7.4 million
4. The Kid Who Would Be King— $7.3 million
5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse — $6.2 million

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Ridley Scott is heading back to the Gladiator arena. The director/producer is developing a follow-up to his Oscar-winning film starring Russell Crowe for Paramount Pictures.

The 2000 film killed at the box office with $460 million worldwide while earning 11 Oscar nominations and five wins – including best picture and best actor for Russell Crowe.

There is no news on a time frame for production or release. As to whether Crowe, 54, or Phoenix, 44, would return for the sequel, that would require Hollywood magic on many levels. Both died in the original’s epic final battle in the ring.

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TODAY IS……………….

• “Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day”, observed annually on the last Monday of January to celebrate the padding we all like to pop.

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1986 [33] The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members on board, including Christa McAuliffe who was to be the first teacher in space

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

2004  Shock’n Y’all the eighth studio album by Toby Keith was at #1 on the US Country chart. The album has been certified 4 x Platinum in the US for shipments in excess of 4 million units.

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A Woman Is Holding an Essay Contest . . . and the Prize Is Her $1.7 Million House

There’s a woman named Alla Wagner in Millarville, Alberta, and she’s been trying to sell her house for several months.

It’s in a rural area about 45 minutes outside of Calgary, it’s almost 5,000 square feet, and it’s got three bedrooms, a wine cellar, and amazing scenery.  But no one was biting at the price:  $1.7 million.

So Alla came up with a new strategy.  She’s holding an ESSAY CONTEST . . . and she’s going to give the house to whoever writes the best 350-word essay.

There’s a fee of $18.75 to enter the contest, and Alla won’t give away the house until she’s got 68,000 entries . . . since that comes out to the asking price of the house.

She says she’s already getting thousands of entries every day.

And if you’re wondering what she’s looking for in an essay, quote, “How will moving here change someone’s life?  Why would they enjoy cutting the grass?  Why would they love being here? . . . I want someone to tug on my heart strings.”

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TODAY’S GOOD NEWS

A high school senior in Clearwater, Florida named Olivia Jones caused a crash last month that may have actually SAVED someone’s life.

She was sitting at a red light when she noticed a woman slumped behind the wheel in the car next to her.

At first she thought the woman was just texting, because she was looking straight down.  But then Olivia realized she was having a SEIZURE.  And the woman’s car was drifting into oncoming traffic.

So without hesitating, Olivia pulled out in front of the woman’s car . . . hit the brakes . . . and let her crash into the back of her.

Once they were both stopped, Olivia opened the woman’s door, put it in park, and called 911.  And it may have saved her life.  EMTs got there about two minutes later.

Olivia ended up with a dent in her back bumper, and was a little worried her parents would be angry at her.  But obviously they were cool with it.

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BIRTHDAYS

[83] Alan Alda, actor (“M*A*S*H”)

[38] Elijah Wood, actor (“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”, “The Lord Of the Rings” trilogy)

[21] Ariel Winter, actress (‘Alex Dunphy’ on “Modern Family” since 2009)

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IF YOU COULD ONLY HAVE ONE TYPE OF DESSERT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE? 

A poll of over 1,600 online voters reveals which type of dessert they would eat for the rest of their lives if they could only choose one:

32% ice cream/ frozen yogurt/ sherbert

23% pie/ cheesecake

13% cookies/ brownies

12% cake/ cupcakes

11% chocolate/ fudge

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RANDOM REPORT

1. The title for “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me”was censored in several other countries.  In Finland it was “The Spy Who Bumped Me” . . . Croatia had “The Spy Who Groped Me” . . . and China had “The Spy Who Liked Me a Lot”.

2. Until the 1960s, the most reliable pregnancy test was injecting a woman’s pee into a frog.  If she was pregnant, her hormones would cause a fungus to grow on its back.

3. The word “selfie” was used for the first time on an online message board in Australia in 2002.  A guy posted a photo of his lip after he cut it drinking at a friend’s 21st birthday party.

4. Nazi Germany claimed part of Antarctica in 1939.  There are lots of theories why . . . from setting up a naval base to contacting UFOs.

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STUDY: JUST FIVE MINUTES IN NATURE WILL INCREASE HAPPINESS

Feeling blue? You should consider stepping outside for a few minutes.

In a new study, researchers found that participants who spent just five minutes sitting in nature experienced an increase in positive emotions. They asked participantsto put away all electronic devices and focus on their setting (an outdoor park or a windowless room) while remaining seated for five minutes.

Each person was also asked to scale a range of emotions. The data revealed those sitting outside experienced an increase in emotions before and after the test, while those in the indoor setting did not.

Additionally, those who spent just five minutes outside reported feeling a sense of awe.

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MONDAY JANUARY 28^TH                                          

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

[83] Alan Alda, actor (“M*A*S*H”)

[38] Elijah Wood, actor (“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”, “The Lord Of the Rings” trilogy)

[21] Ariel Winter, actress (‘Alex Dunphy’ on “Modern Family” since 2009)

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1. “Glass” won the box office for the second straight weekend, making another $19 million.  That isn’t a HUGE haul . . . but there wasn’t much competition.

Two new movies, “The Kid Who Would Be King” and “Serenity”, both bombed, earning just $7.3 million and $4.8 million respectively.

2. No winning ticket was sold for the $24.3-million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw.

However, the guaranteed $1-million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Quebec.

The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Wednesday will be approximately $30 million.

No winning ticket was sold for the $17.4 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw.

The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw this Friday 1 will be approximately $26 million.

3. The Oscar Mayer Company is taking applications for its next fleet of Weinermobile “hotdoggers” – aka drivers.  They are accepting resumes through Jan. 31 for an unspecified number of one-year positions beginning in June.  The job listing promises a competitive salary and a “company car guaranteed to turn heads”.

4. Amazon is launching a self-driving delivery robot named Scout.  James Corden says the only ‘scouts’ he wants on his porch are to sell cookies.

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DIERKS BENTLEY IS ‘ALL IN’ WITH NEW TV PROJECT 

Dierks Bentley is a busy man, and he’s always got something new going on in his life and career. Not only is he a singer-songwriter-entertainer, but he’s a bar owner (Whiskey Row) with several locations, a husband, father and so much more. He’s also an Executive Producer of a new Fox TV project that he hopes gets picked up by the network.

In order to commit what little spare time he has, Dierks says he has to be “all in,” and as he tells us, he definitely is for this foray into TV. [

Dierks is reportedly also be at the helm of a reality television show based on his ’90s cover band, Hot Country Knights. You can catch those guys on tour as part of Dierks’ current Burning Man tour.

Garth Brooks’ New Album is Called “Fun” and It’ll Be Out This Spring

In his latest Studio G, GARTH BROOKS announced that his new album is called “Fun”, and it’ll be out this spring.  He chose that title because he’s been having a blast recording it . . . and he took that spirit to the album.

Quote, “It’s just been a fun process to go through, especially being off from touring, where you don’t have to worry about if your voice is going to be able to go in for sessions or not . . . you just get to go in anytime you want.

“We’re going to wrap up [recording] this week.  Maybe one more session, but I think this is going to be it for us as far as cutting stuff.  It should be out probably sometime this spring.”

It’ll include his two latest singles, “All Day Long” and “Stronger Than Me”.  You can pre-order it now on Amazon dot com

TYLER HUBBARD, LUKE COMBS, THOMAS RHETT ARE CMA TRIPLE PLAY AWARDS WINNERS –

Florida Georgia Line‘s Tyler Hubbard, Luke Combs and Thomas Rhett are among the recipients of the 10th annual CMA Triple Play Awards, an honor presented to songwriters who pen three Number One songs within a 12-month period based on the Country Aircheck, Billboard Country Airplay and Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

Obviously FGL has a knack for charting hits, but it’s their songwriting that Tyler and Brian Kelley are truly passionate about. They hope that ultimately their songwriting will be as much a part of their musical legacy as their music, if not more so.

The event takes place on Tuesday, February 19th at Marathon Music Works in Nashville.

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This post was written by Dave Palmer