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March 26, 2019 9:35 amFinally, a useful reason to post a selfie! The “Trashtag Challenge” is a new viral challenge and its goal is to make the world a cleaner place. The idea behind the Trashtag Challenge is to inspire people on Twitter, Instagram, and Reddit to take a walk outside and clean up any litter they stumble upon. People are encouraged to seek out a litter-filled area or overflowing trashcan, clean it up, and then share before and after photos online (usually in the form of a selfie) using the hashtag #trashtag.
The hashtag has been around for years, but the movement has gained traction again recently, thanks to recent reposts explaining the challenge.
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Boxing is being called the best workout of 2019. But not the dingy gyms where you saw Rocky sweating it out. Today’s boxing workouts are taking place in fitness studios, but instead of bikes, the room is filled with bags hanging from the ceiling. Celebrities were among the first to hop the current wave of boxing-as-fitness trend, showing that you don’t have to hit people to get a great workout from boxing. The combination of inviting workout spaces, trainers who aren’t bullies, and circuit-style classes is said to be what is attracting many who otherwise would never consider donning a pair of 14-ounce gloves. Aspiring sluggers spend about half of each session clobbering the bags, and the other half executing strength exercises using body weight, dumbells and light weights. Without the combat, boxing is said to still be a killer workout, improving your strength, flexibility, speed, balance, agility, endurance and coordination. Classes can cost in the neighborhood of $36.
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ENTERTAINMENT
- “Aquaman” (PG-13, Action/Adventure – on DVD/Blu-ray): The human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war.
(Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe)
- “Second Act” (PG-13, Comedy/Romance – on DVD/Blu-ray): A big box store worker reinvents her life and her life-story and shows Madison Avenue what street smarts can do.
(Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens, Leah Remini)
- “Stan & Ollie” (PG, Comedy/Drama): Laurel and Hardy, the world’s most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers. (Steve Coogan, John C. Riley)
Katy Perry was on the Jimmy Kimmel show and says she got together with Orlando Bloom because he swiped a burger from her table during the Golden Globes, and they started flirting.
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TODAY IS……………….
- “Purple Day”, an event begun in 2008 to raise awareness of epilepsy by wearing purple or lavender. The idea is to dispel myths about the condition by getting people talking, and to reassure those with seizures that they are not alone.
- “Spinach Day”, it’s not just Popeye who will be strong to the finish on Spinach Day. Packed with nutrients such as Iron, Vitamin A and Calcium, spinach is known for being a healthy part of a balanced diet.
1990 [29] ‘Under the Sea’ from the Disney movie “The Little Mermaid” is named ‘Best Song’ at the 62nd Academy Awards
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RANDOM REPORT
1. There’s a Starbucks coffee cup in every scene of “Fight Club”.
- Morgan Freeman didn’t appear in a movie until age 34, and didn’t get a big role until he was 52, in “Driving Miss Daisy”.
- Fox was contractually obligated to offer Frank Sinatra the lead role in “Die Hard,” but he turned it down.
- The word “mafia” is never mentioned in the film “The Godfather” because the actual mafia demanded it.
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TODAY’S GOOD NEWS
A 61-year-old guy in New Jersey named Chris Ferry got a text message from someone wishing him a happy birthday, and he didn’t recognize the number. So he texted back, and they said they got his phone number off a BILLBOARD.
It turned out Chris’s two sons secretly bought ad space on a billboard in Atlantic City. And they put a photo of him on it, along with his number and a message that said, “Wish My Dad Happy Birthday . . . Love, Your Sons.”
They didn’t tell him about it, so he didn’t find out until people started calling. And now he’s dealing with HUNDREDS of calls, texts, and voicemails a day.
He says he’s been averaging about one text a minute, and one phone call every two or three minutes. And it’s not just people in Atlantic City. One of his sons has 150,000 followers on social media. So people from all over the WORLD are calling.
His sons weren’t sure if putting his number out there was a good idea. But they wanted to do something special for his birthday, so they decided to “go big or go home.” And yes, Chris sees the humor in it.
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BIRTHDAYS
[85] Alan Arkin, actor (“Argo”, “Little Miss Sunshine”) UP NEXT…”Dumbo”, 2019
[79] James Caan, actor (“The Godfather”, “Elf”, “Misery”)
[75] Diana Ross, Detroit MI, singer
[69] Martin Short, actor
[59] Jennifer Grey, actress (“Dirty Dancing”, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”)
[51] Kenny Chesney, country singer
[46] Larry Page, co-founder & CEO of Google/estimated personal wealth of $55.2 billion
[34] Keira Knightley, actress
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What’s the Dumbest Thing You’ve Heard Someone Say Out Loud in Public?
Someone on Reddit asked people to name the dumbest thing they’ve ever heard someone say in public. And some of the responses are amazing.
- “I don’t need to get vaccinated, my dad’s a chiropractor.”
- “It’s pretty crazy that Black Friday actually falls on a Friday this year.”
- “I’m vegan, but I still eat chicken and turkey.”
- Someone at the DMV overheard employees talking about how slow the internet was. Then one of them told the other person to, quote, “shake out all the wires, because sometimes information gets caught in there.”
- “What animal is a ham?”
- “Earth must be flat. Because if it was round, it would bounce.”
- “Phones don’t run on electricity, they run on batteries.”
- Someone asked a farmer, quote, “How long does it take the meat on a cow to grow back, so you can cut more?”
- Someone on a plane overheard another passenger say, “I think this is the same cloud we went through on our last flight.”
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Are These the Keys to Happiness?
According to a recent survey, money is NOT one of the top ten keys to happiness.
Spending quality time with your family was chosen as the #1 key to happiness. To be fair though, it’s a lot easier to make time when you’ve got plenty of money in the bank. Here are the top ten keys to happiness, according to the study . . .
- Spending quality time with your family.
- Having time to yourself.
- Spending time with friends. So the top three are all about having more free time.
- Being outdoors more.
- Sleeping well.
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Here Are the Weirdest Things Left Behind in Ubers Last Year
Uber just released its annual list of the strangest things people left behind in Ubers last year.
The Top 50 list doesn’t appear to be ranked in any way. So we went through the whole thing and grabbed our favorites.
Some of the weirdest things people left behind last year are . . .A two-month-old Chihuahua . . . a full set of 18-karat gold teeth . . . two packs of Italian sausage and a Thanksgiving ham . . . a set of deer antlers . . . a welding helmet . . . a small handmade cat puppet . . . a baseball signed by Babe Ruth . . .
An Elvis cape . . . a full fish tank with fish and water in it . . . 10 pounds of pulled pork . . . a fish head . . . a tuxedo for a small dog . . . a bag of hair along with a brush shaped like a foot . . . and a shopping cart.
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HERE’S HOW SITTING ALL DAY AFFECTS YOUR BRAIN, NOT JUST YOUR BODY
You already know that you spend too many hours each day sitting, and how bad that can be for your physical health, but it is also bad for your brain.
Beth Shaw, registered nutritional counselor, says, “[Sitting’s] negative impact on blood flow to the head is actually linked to the deterioration of the part of the brain that helps us retain both old memories and new information.”
Another expert says it’s not odd if you find yourself zoning out after hours of sitting, as the lack of movement means you’re “missing out on a potential neurotransmitter boost that comes with varied movement.”
Finally, not moving enough can lead to to simply feeling sluggish– so get moving.
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TUESDAY MARCH 26TH
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
[69] Martin Short, actor
[59] Jennifer Grey, actress (“Dirty Dancing”, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”)
[51] Kenny Chesney, country singer
[46] Larry Page, co-founder & CEO of Google/estimated personal wealth of $55.2 billion
[34] Keira Knightley, actress
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- NHL
TORONTO 7 FLORIDA 5
TAMPA BAY 5 BOSTON 4
DALLLAS 5 WINNIPEG 2
LA 3 CALGARY 0
DETROIT 3 SAN JOSE 2
- The NCAA says someone has a March Madness bracket that’s perfect through the first 48 games. The previous best start . . . on record, at least . . . is 39 games. Overall, the record is correctly picking 54 of the 63 games.
- A school bus driver in South Carolina swerved to avoid hitting two squirrels on Friday morning, and instead crashed into a house. After hitting a tree. Everyone’s okay, including the six students on board. Here’s a witness . . . with an awesome rendition of the crash . . . and a cop who sounds embarrassed.
- The ACMs have announced this year’s New Artist winners. Luke Combsis New Male Artist of the Year, Ashley McBryde is New Female Artist of the Year, and Lanco is the New Duo or Group of the Year.
- Gronk’s retirement, Michael Avenatti’s arrest, and Apple’s new credit card get the attention from the late night guys this time. (From Kimmel, Colbert, and Trevor Noah on Monday, March 25, 2019. Fallon told no jokes, Conan’s off during NCAA tournament.)
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LUKE COMBS, LANCO, ASHLEY McBRYDE EARLY ACM AWARDS WINNERS –
Luke Combs, LANCO and Ashley McBryde are early ACM Awards winners for New Male Artist of the Year, New Group of the Year and New Female Artist of the Year, respectively. All three received a special phone call from Carrie Underwood who broke the good news. These awards mark the first-ever ACM Award wins for Combs, LANCO and McBryde. All three artists are also nominated in the Male Artist of the Year, Group of the Year and Female Artist of the Year categories, respectively.
Underwood and each of the new artist winners will all perform on the show, joining previously announced ACM Awards performers Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Brothers Osborne, Kane Brown, Brandi Carlile, Eric Church, Kelly Clarkson, Dan + Shay, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Reba McEntire, Maren Morris, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton and George Strait along with ACM Dick Clark Artist of the Decade Award honoree Jason Aldean.
The ACM Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7th at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
CHASE RICE WILL GET MARRIED IN THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS
Chase Rice is getting a feel for parenthood by spending lots of time with his three-year-old niece and one-year-old nephew, even letting his niece dress him up like a unicorn princess, which he shared on Instagram. Chase definitely sees fatherhood in his future, but it’s on the backburner for now, as he tells us exclusively:[“I’ve always wanted that. Basically I’m 33 right now. I’ll get married in my 30’s. Let’s just call it that. I got some time. I’m in no rush. I want kids (but) I’m in no rush. For me it’s all about music right now, cause I get to hang out and play with them right now, so for me it’s all about music, what’s next following ‘Eyes On You’ and who knows. I don’t know what it’s gonna look like but it’s gonna be fun.”]
THOMAS RHETT REVEALS OBSESSION WITH ERIC CHURCH – (03/26/2019)
Thomas Rhett’s songs have become part of the soundtracks of millions people’s lives, and he shares that the guy who is a big part of his and his wife’s soundtrack as a couple is Eric Church. Thomas tells us: [“We both were, and still are, obsessed with Eric Church. But I remember when we were, I guess, 16 years old, both of us had ‘Boots’ and ‘Two Pink Lines’ and all those older Eric Church songs. We kind of bonded over Eric Church in a strange way. And still to this day, man Eric is something, that when he makes records we both look forward to those coming out.”]
Thomas’ fans can look forward to his new album, Center Point Road, featuring his current hit single “Look What God Gave Her.” The album will be in stores on May 31st.
FAST FACTS
Thomas will perform at the Tortuga Music Festival in Fort Lauderdale, FL on April 12, 13 and 14.
His headlining Very Hot Summer Tour launches on May 2nd in Saskatoon, SK with special guest Dustin Lynch.
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This post was written by Dave Palmer