On Today’s Show
July 26, 2019 9:30 amDuring the 12th Annual World Naked Bike Ride held in St. Louis, an angry man came out and started shooting the bicyclists with paintballs. No one knows why exactly, but here’s a witness giving her account.
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How much would you pay for a friend?
A new website is offering up a deal for people who are feeling a little lonely — rent a friend for 25-bucks and hour. The website is called rentafriend .com
One friend-for-pay — Nikki Souza of Las Vegas — explains that she acts more like a tour guide, showing people around her city.
The website makes clear that the service is not for dating or escorts — just short-term friend rentals.
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ENTERTAINMENT
- “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (R-Rated, Comedy/Drama): A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood’s Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles. (Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie)
- “Skin” (R-Rated, Drama): A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves. (Jamie Bell, Danielle Macdonald)
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Writer/director Quentin Tarantino’s new movie “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” opens this weekend. It’s his ninth movie and he only plans to make ten total. He was on Kimmel and explained why. He says he wants to start a family and spend time with them.
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TODAY IS……………….
- “Aunts & Uncles Day”, honoring a very special pair of relatives. Among other things, they may be …
✓ Someone you can talk to about things you can’t discuss with parents.
✓ Your backup caretaker when mom & dad went out, or were at work.
✓ Someone who has taken you to fun places and events.
✓ The ones who’ve given you great gifts for special occasions.
✓ Sound counsel and advice.
✓ Someone who always had candy.
- “Collingwood Elvis Festival” through Sunday in Collingwood ON, which includes street dances, an Elvis parade, and swap sessions. It culminates with the ‘Elvis Tribute Artist Competition’.
2018 [01] Facebook has the single worst day of any public company on the stock market – losing 19% or $119 billion in market value
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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE
Lonestar topped the Billboard country singles chart with “My Front Porch Looking In” in 2003.
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RANDOM REPORT
- When the first car radios were introduced in the 1930s, there was a huge battle over whether they were too distracting . . . and several states even considered major fines for people who used them.
- Space Mountain cost $20 million to build at Disneyland in 1977 . . . Disneyland itself cost $17 million to build in 1955. (The new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge area at Disneyland cost an estimated $1 BILLION)
- The first variation of Cheerios was Cinnamon Nut Cheerios in 1976. They didn’t really take off, but Honey Nut Cheerios did when they came out three years later.
- Aaron Burrraised $2 million in 1799 to start a company to provide clean water to New York City. But he used almost all of the money to start a bank instead.
A cholera epidemic broke out because the water in the city was filled with raw sewage . . . but hey, his bank eventually became JP Morgan Chase.
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TODAY’S GOOD NEWS
The whole ‘Storm Area 51’ thing has been in the news lately. Around TWO MILLION people have now signed up to storm it in September and find evidence of an alien cover-up.
It’s not clear how many of those people actually plan to show up. But it also inspired a different kind of rescue mission . . .
An animal shelter in Oklahoma City took advantage of the story by holding their own event.
They posted on Facebook last Friday, and asked people to come adopt a pet to PROTECT them from any Area 51 aliens that escape.
They posted three photos of different dogs in tinfoil hats. Then their hashtag “StormTheShelter” started going viral. And a bunch of pets have been adopted, including at least two dogs in the photos.
Random people online have also been donating to the shelter, just to help out. And they’ve raised over $2,400 so far.
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BIRTHDAYS
[76] (Sir) Mick Jagger
[74] Helen Mirren, actress
[55] Sandra Bullock, actress
[52] Jason Statham, actor
[46] Kate Beckinsale, actress
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ROCK DOG
A woman in Ohio recently found out her golden retriever had eaten over five pounds of rocks from her backyard.
It turns out they’d been barbecuing, and someone had poured the juices from their meal on the rocks.
Luckily, she took the dog to the vet, and he was able to pass the rocks without surgery.
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Would You Rather Take a Bunch of Quick Trips or Fewer Long Ones?
Would you rather take a bunch of short trips that only last a few nights . . . or only take one really long trip?
According to a new survey, 90% of people say they’d rather take a bunch of short trips rather than one long one.
The top three reasons are: They’re less stressful to plan . . . they’re cheaper . . . and it lets people travel more often.
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WHERE CAN A GUY GET A DRINK AROUND HERE?
We all know by now that we should be doing everything possible to reduce our dependence on plastics. And that in the eyes of many, single use water bottles are evil incarnate. That’s where a new app called “Tap” comes in.
It counts on you to bring along your reusable water bottle, and Tap maps out for you and gives walking directions to all the water fountains and restaurants in your area that are willing to refill your bottle. So far, the app lists more than 34,000 refill stations in 30 countries.
Some of the locations are traditional water fountains, while others are restaurants or stores, like Sweetgreen, Lululemon, or Adidas, that either have refill stations or are willing to refill a bottle over the counter as a way to draw in customers. There is a similar app in the UK called “Refill.”
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FRIDAY JULY 26TH
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
[76] (Sir) Mick Jagger
[74] Helen Mirren, actress
[55] Sandra Bullock, actress
[52] Jason Statham, actor
[46] Kate Beckinsale, actress
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- MLB
Seattle 10 Detroit 2
Toronto was off
- • “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (R-Rated, Comedy/Drama): A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood’s Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles. (Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie)
THE AMITYVILLE HORROR
RELEASED ON: July 27th, 1979 (Saturday)
NATIONAL LAMPOON’S
ANIMAL HOUSE
RELEASED ON: July 28th, 1979 (Sunday)
- Former Supermodel Janice Dickinson announced at a press conference yesterday that she reached a settlement with Bill Cosby’s insurance company. She wouldn’t disclose the amount, but described it as an “epic” figure. She claimed Cosby drugged her and raped her in a Lake Tahoe hotel in 1982. She went public with her account in 2014. Here’s what she had to say about her victory yesterday.
- A 19-year-old might’ve saved his 6-year-old neighbors life after a dogl got loose and attacked him. The kid was playing with his friends when the dog attacked. The neighbor heard screams and ran to help. The dog was on top of the kid as the 19-year-old drew it’s attention away. The dog chased him, knocked him down, but he was able to get up and get away. The boy needed staples in his head but is expected to be okay. Here’s the boy’s mom and the hero teen.
- A birthday cake blooper, the drop in teen birth rates, and a college student found a 65-million-year-old dinosaur skull. (From Fallon and Seth on Thursday, July 25, 2019)
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MICHAEL RAY, CARLY PEARCE READY TO DOUBLE DATE WITH FANS – (07/25/2019)
Four country music couples — Michael Ray and Carly Pearce, Chris Lane and Lauren Bushnell, Kane and Katelyn Brown, and Scotty and Gabi McCreery — are giving fans the chance to go on a double date thanks to the dating app Bumble. Together, they have created a new campaign called “Country Couples for a Cause,” where new and existing Bumble members can enter to win the contest. The four winners and their guests will head out on a special double date with one of the country couples, while Bumble commits to
make a $25,000 donation to each of the couple’s charity of choice:
Carly Pearce and Michael Ray: The Ryan Seacrest Foundation
Chris Lane and Lauren Bushnell: JDRF
Kane and Katelyn Brown: Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Scotty and Gabi McCreery: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
JUSTIN MOORE ‘CRAWLS’ BACK INTO HIS COMFORT ZONE WITH NEW ALBUM
Justin Moore‘s last album, Kinda Don’t Care, was an exercise in pushing himself outside of his comfort zone with more progressive sounding songs, but his new album, Late Nights and Longnecks, is the total opposite. [“If I got out of my comfort zone on the last album, which I did, I crawled all the way back into it on this album. And it’s not because I didn’t enjoy doing it, because I did. I just really wanted to make an album that I would consider to be the most traditional one we’ve recorded and that was kind of the goal going in. I think my hardcore fans are gonna absolutely love this album and that was kind of the goal is to create a project that they go, ‘Man I absolutely love this. This sounds like vintage Justin.”]
Justin’s new album, Late Nights and Longnecks, will be released on July 26th.
CMA FEST’ ABC-TV SPECIAL TO FEATURE 31 PERFORMANCES – (07/26/2019)
Next week’s ABC-TV special, CMA Fest, will feature more than 30 performances throughout the three-hour prime time event. Hosted once again by Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini, the show was filmed in early June during the four-day CMA Music Festival in Nashville.
Brothers Osborne and Brooks & Dunn– “Hard Workin’ Man”
Brothers Osborne with Brooks & Dunn and Ashley McBryde – “You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone”
Kane Brown – “Good as You”
Luke Bryan – “Knockin’ Boots”
Luke Combs – “Beer Never Broke My Heart”
Dan + Shay – “All To Myself”
Brantley Gilbert and Lindsay Ell – “What Happens In A Small Town”
Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus and Keith Urban – “Old Town Road”
Midland – “Mr. Lonely”
Maren Morris – “Girl”
Blake Shelton – “God’s Country”
Thomas Rhett – “Look What God Gave Her” and “T-Shirt”
Carrie Underwood – “Southbound”
Carrie Underwood and Joan Jett – Medley of “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” “Bad Reputation,” Crimson and Clover,” “Fresh Start” and “I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll”
Keith Urban – “We Were”
CMA Fest will air on Sunday, Aug. 4th at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
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EUROPE IS SCORCHING HOT
Paris, London and points across Europe are bracing for record temperatures as the second heat wave this summer bakes the continent.
Climate scientists warn this could become the new normal in many parts of the world. But temperate Europe — where air conditioning is rare — isn’t equipped for the temperatures frying the region this week.
One by one, heat records are being broken across Europe. On Thursday, the Paris area could be as hot as 42 C (108 F) as a result of hot, dry air coming from northern Africa that’s trapped between cold stormy systems.
London might see 39 C (102 F). And swaths of Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland could face temperatures exceeding 40 C (104 F).
And this is only the latest of several hot days: Belgium and Germany recorded their all-time high temperatures Wednesday.
Germany’s record of 40.5 degrees (104.9 F) is likely going to be very short-lived, however — the German Weather Service is expecting even higher temperatures Thursday.
Across London and Paris, authorities and charity workers handed out water and sunscreen to homeless people and opened day centres for them to rest and shower.
France is particularly on alert after a 2003 heat wave killed nearly 15,000 people, especially the elderly.
Since summers in Europe are usually mild, few homes have air conditioning. It’s not that common in hospitals, stores or restaurants either.
Electric fans are selling fast around Paris — and traditional folding fans seem to be making a comeback, waved by many on the stuffy subway.
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This post was written by Dave Palmer