A couple in Calgary\u00a0won a shopping spree on Saturday.\u00a0 They had 50 seconds to grab up to $500 in groceries.\u00a0 So they came up with a plan, grabbed a ton of non-perishable stuff, and decided to donate all of it to their local food bank.\u00a0 They ended up with $598 worth of stuff in their cart, but since it was for a good cause, the store let them keep it.<\/p>\n
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______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The 2019 National Senior Games\u00a0are\u00a0going on in New Mexico right now.\u00a0 And a 103-year-old woman named Julia Hawkins just crushed it in the hundred-yard dash with a record-breaking time of 46.07 seconds.\u00a0 They call her “Hurricane” Hawkins.\u00a0 She says she just thought running in the race would be a “neat” thing to do.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n (Tim Allen, Keanu Reeves, Tom Hanks)<\/p>\n Christina Hendricks says all her character, Gabby Gabby, wants is to be loved:\u00a0[“I play Gabby Gabby. She’s a 1950’s doll, who had a dysfunctional voice box, her entire life. So a child never wanted to, play with her, and of course a toy’s entire purpose, is to be loved by a child and to love a child. As creepy as Gabby Gabby is, it’s all very very wonderful to me, because I love antique stores. I always as a child wanted a ventriloquist doll.”]<\/strong> SOUNDCUE\u00a0<\/strong>(:25 OC: . . . a ventriloquist doll.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n This year, summer arrives at 11:54AM EDT. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2003 \u201cHarry Potter & The Order Of the Phoenix\u201d (book 5) is released in bookstores and grosses more in 1 day than the heavily-hyped movie opening of \u201cHulk\u201d, an unprecedented feat in publishing<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n JUNE 21ST<\/sup>, 2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Gretchen Wilson’s debut album,\u00a0Here For The Party, was certified gold and platinum simultaneously<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n RANDOM REPORT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2713 The first day of summer is always between June 20th and June 22nd. It varies due to the Earth\u2019s rotation not exactly reflecting our calendar year.<\/p>\n \u2713 The \u201cdog days of summer\u201d refer to the weeks between July 3 and August 11 and are named after the Dog Star (Sirius)<\/p>\n \u2713 Television used to show only reruns during the summer months. The idea was that everyone was outside enjoying the weather.<\/p>\n \u2713 In the summer heat, the iron in France\u2019s Eiffel Tower expands, making the tower grow more than half a foot TODAY\u2019S GOOD NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n A lot of world records are pointless.\u00a0 Like a guy from Indiana who once broke\u00a046 wooden toilet seats over his head in under a minute.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But this one actually made the world a slightly better place . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A bunch of scuba divers got together near\u00a0Boca Raton, Florida\u00a0on\u00a0Saturday, and attempted to break the record for “largest underwater cleanup.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They cleared trash from the ocean floor.\u00a0 And they all had to be in the water doing it at the same time to qualify.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The previous record of\u00a0614\u00a0divers was set in\u00a0Egypt\u00a0in\u00a02015.\u00a0 And they JUST topped it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Someone from Guinness was there, and the final count was\u00a0633.\u00a0 So they beat it by\u00a019.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We haven’t seen an official total yet for how much trash they cleaned up.\u00a0 But they were right next to a pier, and pulled out about1,600\u00a0pounds of lead fishing weights alone.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong> <\/u><\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [46] Juliette Lewis, actress<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [40] Chris Pratt, actor<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [37] Prince William, Duke of Cambridge<\/p>\n \u00a0__________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n 64% of Us Consider Our Car to Be a “Friend,” and 44% of Us Have Named It<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n I don’t know how this question makes sense unless you’re in a Pixar movie.\u00a0 But a new survey found 64% of Americans consider their car to be a “friend.”<\/p>\n And just like real friendships, we’re willing to make sacrifices for it.\u00a0 Here are eight stats from the survey . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n This year, summer arrives at 11:54AM EDT.<\/p>\n \u27a2 Today, the sun rises farthest left on the horizon, and sets at its rightmost possible spot. Sunlight strikes places in your rooms that get illuminated at no other time.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Five Myths About Summer<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n In honor of today being the first day of summer, we’re busting five of the most common summertime MYTHS . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n FRIDAY JUNE 21ST<\/sup> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [46] Juliette Lewis, actress<\/p>\n [40] Chris Pratt, actor<\/p>\n [37] Prince William, Duke of Cambridge<\/p>\n ——————————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Toronto\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 L.A. Angels\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5<\/p>\n Detroit was off\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Toy Story 4”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>could make up to $200 million this weekend.\u00a0 And if it does, that’ll be a new record for an animated movie.\u00a0 The\u00a0“Child’s Play”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0remake also comes out this weekend, but it’s only expected to make $16 million to $18 million.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n SATURDAY<\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n _________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n LUKE COMBS MAKES MORE HISTORY WITH ‘THE PREQUEL,’ <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Luke Combs\u00a0continues to break records this week following the release of his new EP,\u00a0The Prequel<\/em>. All five tracks from the EP are currently in\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u00a0‘s Top 25, a feat not accomplished by any artist in 60 years since\u00a0Johnny Cash\u00a0in 1959. Luke also holds the top two spots on\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Top Country Albums chart with\u00a0The Prequel\u00a0<\/em>(No. 1) and his debut album,\u00a0This One\u2019s For You<\/em>\u00a0(No. 2).\u00a0The Prequel\u00a0<\/em>also debuted at No. 4 on the all-genre\u00a0Billboard\u00a0<\/em>200 chart.<\/p>\n Adding to a monumental few weeks, Luke was recently invited to be the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry. The honor was quite unexpected, and Luke took several minutes to compose himself after becoming emotional. [“Just talk about not knowing what to say or like what to do. And yeah, they got me real good because my parents were here and I didn\u2019t know it, everybody I work with is here and I didn\u2019t know it, but I was like genuinely floored- like absolutely flabbergasted. Holy cow! I just can\u2019t believe it. I just can\u2019t even put it into words really. It\u2019s unbelievable.”]<\/p>\n The debut single from\u00a0The Prequel<\/em>, \u201cBeer Never Broke My Heart,\u201d debuted at No. 2 on\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Country Streaming Songs chart with 11 million streams\u2014setting the record for the best first week of streaming ever for a country song.<\/p>\n ___________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Canadian country singer MacKenzie Porter is engaged!<\/p>\n The 29-year-old got engaged to former Nashville actor Jake Etheridge on May 30 after more than five years of dating.<\/p>\n Porter shared the happy news on Instagram.<\/p>\n The couple has been dating for over five years, and have starred together in Porter\u2019s music video for \u201cAbout You\u201d and Jake Owen\u2019s music video for \u201cI Was Jack (You Were Diane)\u201d.<\/p>\n ___________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n RASCAL FLATTS ADD CANADIAN LEG TO TOUR – (06\/19\/2019)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Rascal Flatts\u00a0will continue their headlining tour into the fall, adding a string of dates in Canada on what they’re calling their\u00a0Forever Summer Playlist Tour<\/em>. The run of shows kicks off on October 24th in Medicine Hat, AB and wraps up on November 1st in Abbotsford, BC. The trio has invited special guests\u00a0Aaron Goodvin\u00a0and\u00a0Steven Lee Olsen\u00a0to join them on the Canadian run. 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