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2020's Most-Overused Words Include "COVID-19," "Social Distancing," "Pivot," and "Karen" (Story)
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A Guy Got So Drunk He Legally Changed His Name to "Celine Dion" (Story)
20 Movies Now Scheduled for 2021 That Were Supposed to Be Released in 2020 (Story)
A Guy Kicks in a Former Coworker's Door for Not Accepting His Facebook Friend Request (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. If all of the gold in the world was melted down, it would fit into less than three-and-a-half Olympic swimming pools.
2. After "Top Gun" came out, the number of men joining the Navy to become Naval pilots went up 500%.
3. Ventriloquism started as a religious practice. The ancient Greeks called it gastromancy, and they believed the ventriloquist was getting messages from spirits in their stomach and revealing them through a dummy.
4. The original name for Frank Sinatra's song "New York, New York" was "Theme From New York, New York", and it was the theme song for the Martin Scorsese movie "New York New York" in 1977. That version was performed by Liza Minnelli. Sinatra re-recorded his own version in 1979 that became the version everyone knows.
5. The Stanley Cup can hold 23 beers. (That's 23 12-ounce bottles . . . or just over two gallons.)
Celebrity Birthdays
Dafne Keen is 16. Wolverine's kid in "Logan", and the star of HBO's "His Dark Materials".
Kerry Condon is 38. Irish lass who's the voice of F.R.I.D.A.Y., the A.I. for Iron Man's armor after "Avengers: Age of Ultron". She's also Stacey on "Better Call Saul", and Octavia on "Rome".
D'Arcy Carden is 41. Janet on "The Good Place".
Jeannie Mai is 42. "Holey Moley"sideline reporter and "Dancing with the Stars"fan-favorite who was forced to back out of Season 29 for emergency surgery.
Jill Marie Jones is 46. She was Amanda Fisher on "Ash vs. Evil Dead".
Benjamin Darvill is 54. Former Crash Test Dumm(y) who now goes by the stage name Son of Dave.
Deana Carter is 55. Tiny country beauty who goes barefoot in concert.
Julia Ormond is 56. Joanna Beauchamp on "The Witches of East End". She also got to co-star with Brad Pitt in both "Legends of the Fall"AND "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". Just how lucky can one girl be in a lifetime and still NOT be named Angelina Jolie?
Dot-Marie Jones is 57. Transgender Coach Beiste on "Glee". She started out as Shannon, then became Sheldon in the show's sixth and final season.
Dave Foley is 58. "NewsRadio", "Dr. Ken", and "Kids in the Hall".
Graham McTavish is 60. The Saint of Killers on AMC's "Preacher", and badass Dougal MacKenzie on "Outlander".
Michael Stipe is 61. R.E.M. "Shiny Happy People", "Losing My Religion", "Man on the Moon", "Everybody Hurts", and "What's the Frequency, Kenneth".
Matt Frewer is 63. He is Max Headroom. More recently he was Dr. Leekie on "Orphan Black", Anthony on "Timeless", Dulaque on "The Librarians", and Taggart on "Eureka".
Country singer Patty Loveless is 64.
Bernard Sumner is 65. Founder and guitarist in New Order and Joy Division. New Order did "Bizarre Love Triangle" and "Blue Monday", while you might know Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart".
Tina Knowles is 67. Beyoncé's and Solange's mama.
Dyan Cannon is 84. Bombshell. She is Judge Whipper Cone on "Ally McBeal", and the Lakers #1 Fan. She's in the Willie Nelson 1980 classic "Honeysuckle Rose", Warren Beatty's 1978 classic "Heaven Can Wait", and the 1969 swinging classic "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice". Dyan is Alice. Natalie Wood is Carol. Robert Culp is Bob. And Elliot Gould is Ted.
News Stories of the Day
2020's Most-Overused Words Include "COVID-19," "Social Distancing," "Pivot," and "Karen" (Story)
PSA: If You Eat an Icicle, You're Eating Bird Poop (Story)
A Guy Got So Drunk He Legally Changed His Name to "Celine Dion" (Story)
20 Movies Now Scheduled for 2021 That Were Supposed to Be Released in 2020 (Story)
A Guy Kicks in a Former Coworker's Door for Not Accepting His Facebook Friend Request (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. If all of the gold in the world was melted down, it would fit into less than three-and-a-half Olympic swimming pools.
2. After "Top Gun" came out, the number of men joining the Navy to become Naval pilots went up 500%.
3. Ventriloquism started as a religious practice. The ancient Greeks called it gastromancy, and they believed the ventriloquist was getting messages from spirits in their stomach and revealing them through a dummy.
4. The original name for Frank Sinatra's song "New York, New York" was "Theme From New York, New York", and it was the theme song for the Martin Scorsese movie "New York New York" in 1977. That version was performed by Liza Minnelli. Sinatra re-recorded his own version in 1979 that became the version everyone knows.
5. The Stanley Cup can hold 23 beers. (That's 23 12-ounce bottles . . . or just over two gallons.)
Celebrity Birthdays
Dafne Keen is 16. Wolverine's kid in "Logan", and the star of HBO's "His Dark Materials".
Kerry Condon is 38. Irish lass who's the voice of F.R.I.D.A.Y., the A.I. for Iron Man's armor after "Avengers: Age of Ultron". She's also Stacey on "Better Call Saul", and Octavia on "Rome".
D'Arcy Carden is 41. Janet on "The Good Place".
Jeannie Mai is 42. "Holey Moley"sideline reporter and "Dancing with the Stars"fan-favorite who was forced to back out of Season 29 for emergency surgery.
Jill Marie Jones is 46. She was Amanda Fisher on "Ash vs. Evil Dead".
Benjamin Darvill is 54. Former Crash Test Dumm(y) who now goes by the stage name Son of Dave.
Deana Carter is 55. Tiny country beauty who goes barefoot in concert.
Julia Ormond is 56. Joanna Beauchamp on "The Witches of East End". She also got to co-star with Brad Pitt in both "Legends of the Fall"AND "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". Just how lucky can one girl be in a lifetime and still NOT be named Angelina Jolie?
Dot-Marie Jones is 57. Transgender Coach Beiste on "Glee". She started out as Shannon, then became Sheldon in the show's sixth and final season.
Dave Foley is 58. "NewsRadio", "Dr. Ken", and "Kids in the Hall".
Graham McTavish is 60. The Saint of Killers on AMC's "Preacher", and badass Dougal MacKenzie on "Outlander".
Michael Stipe is 61. R.E.M. "Shiny Happy People", "Losing My Religion", "Man on the Moon", "Everybody Hurts", and "What's the Frequency, Kenneth".
Matt Frewer is 63. He is Max Headroom. More recently he was Dr. Leekie on "Orphan Black", Anthony on "Timeless", Dulaque on "The Librarians", and Taggart on "Eureka".
Country singer Patty Loveless is 64.
Bernard Sumner is 65. Founder and guitarist in New Order and Joy Division. New Order did "Bizarre Love Triangle" and "Blue Monday", while you might know Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart".
Tina Knowles is 67. Beyoncé's and Solange's mama.
Dyan Cannon is 84. Bombshell. She is Judge Whipper Cone on "Ally McBeal", and the Lakers #1 Fan. She's in the Willie Nelson 1980 classic "Honeysuckle Rose", Warren Beatty's 1978 classic "Heaven Can Wait", and the 1969 swinging classic "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice". Dyan is Alice. Natalie Wood is Carol. Robert Culp is Bob. And Elliot Gould is Ted.
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