On Today’s Show
An Australian family (a father and two daughters) who asked to remain anonymous, were out with their dog, coincidentally named “Lucky,” when they came across A GOLD NUGGET.
The Father said “I actually walked right past it but my daughter kicked it as she was walking,”. “She then goes, ‘Dad, is this gold?’ I said, ‘I think it might be.’”
He said they weighed the nugget at a nearby supermarket, as they couldn’t find anywhere to properly weight it. The gold nugget weighed 20 ounces, or 1.25 pounds — a value that could be worth upwards of $24,000 USD. “We’ve come on some tough times so it’s really good because we’ve been struggling financially. It couldn’t be better timing really.”
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. was a smoker for YEARS, and like everyone else, he struggled to quit for good. At its peak, he was going through a pack and a half every day. And he KNEW it was bad for him. Now he’s participating in a campaign promoting Nicorette.
It’s unclear if he actually used Nicorette when he was quitting, but he’s passionate about getting others to stop.
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ENTERTAINMENT
“Aladdin” did better than expected, making $90.4 million in its first three days, and extending that to $112.7 million over the four-day Memorial Weekend. That pushed “John Wick 3” to second place.
- “Greta” (R-Rated, Drama): Frances, a naïve young woman in New York City, meets Greta, an eccentric French piano teacher. The two become fast friends – but Greta’s maternal charms begin to dissolve and grow increasingly disturbing as Frances discovers that nothing in Greta’s life is what it seems. (Isabelle Huppert, Chloë Grace Moretz)
- “A Vigilante” (R-Rated, Drama): A once-abused woman devotes herself to ridding victims of their domestic abusers while hunting down the husband she must kill to truly be free. (Olivia Wilde, Morgan Spector)
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TODAY IS……………….
- “Hamburger Day”, a day to celebrate one of the cornerstone foods of Western civilization – the hamburger! While it was invented in Germany, its popularity spread like wildfire throughout the United States and Canada.
2014 [05] Apple pays $3 billion for Beats Electronics, the music company and headphone-maker started by music producer Jimmy Iovine and rap artist Dr. Dre
2006 [13] Barry Bonds hits his 715th career home run, passing Babe Ruth on the MLB all-time list.
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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE
Toby Keith‘s debut single, “Should’ve Been a Cowboy,” topped the charts in 1993
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RANDOM REPORT
- Aviator sunglasses were created by Bausch & Lomb in the 1930s for the U.S. Army Air Corps.
- Paul McCartneywouldn’t let “Weird Al” Yankovic do a parody of “Live and Let Die” called “Chicken Pot Pie” . . . because he didn’t want to promote eating meat.
- Kiribati is the only country in the world that’s in all four hemispheres. It’s made up of islands in the Pacific Ocean that are on both sides of the two lines that divide the world into hemispheres: The International Date Line and the equator.
- Al Pacinodidn’t win an Oscar until his eighth nomination . . . Best Actor for “Scent of a Woman” in 1993. And he hasn’t been nominated since. Not even for his role in Adam Sandler’s “Jack and Jill”.
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BIRTHDAYS
[55] Phil Vassar, country singer-songwriter
[41] Jake Johnson, Evanston IL, TV actor (‘Nick Miller’ on “New Girl” 2011-18)
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HOW DO YOU WASH YOUR DISHES?
An on-going online poll of thousands of people reveals how they wash their dishes at home:
45% by hand
34% I rinse them, then stick them in the dishwasher
20% in the dishwasher
1% I always use disposable plates
People on Twitter are describing their favorite movies in just five words. The best one has to be this synopsis for “Titanic”: Woman will not share door.”
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Seven Foods You Shouldn’t Put in the Freezer
- Cooked pasta. It gets really soggy when it thaws out. So you’re better off making less, so you can leave it in the fridge and eat all the leftovers in a few days.
- Coffee. Taking it in and out of the freezer creates condensation, which affects the taste. It’s okay if it’s unopened. But once you open a can, leave it at room temperature.
- Milk. Freezing and thawing it makes it lumpy. It’s still fine to use in recipes if you thaw it out in the fridge for a day. It’s just not great to drink.
- Eggs. Especially in the shell, because the liquid inside expands. Then they can crack, and cause bacteria to grow.
- Avocados. It ruins the texture. And a good creamy texture is key with avocados. The same thing applies for potatoes. Putting them in the freezer OR the fridge makes them grainier.
- Meat that was frozen, then thawed. By that point, it’s already started to grow bacteria. And freezing it again won’t kill it. So it could make you sick.
- Anything carbonated. The cold will kill some of the carbonation. And the can or bottle could also explode in there and cause a mess. It’s okay to put some beer or soda in there for 20 or 30 minutes, just to get it cold faster. Just don’t let it freeze.
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TUESDAY MAY 28TH
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
[55] Phil Vassar, country singer-songwriter
[41] Jake Johnson, Evanston IL, TV actor (‘Nick Miller’ on “New Girl” 2011-18)
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- NHL
Boston 4 St. Louis 2 (Boston leads 1 – 0…. Game 2 tomorrow night)
MLB
Tampa Bay 8 Toronto 3
Baltimore 5 Detroit 3
Boston Red Sox legend BILL BUCKNER died yesterday, after battling dementia. He was 69. Buckner was a star the ’70s and ’80s . . . but sadly, he’s best-known for a costly error in the 1986 World Series that cost the Sox a game. They ultimately lost the series to the Mets.
Former Green Bay Packers quarterback BART STARR died Saturday. He was 85. Bart led the Packers to five NFL titles in the ’60s, and coached them from 1975 to 1983.
- ADAM LEVINE abruptly announced that he’s quitting “The Voice”, and will NOT be back in the fall, even though NBC previously said he would be. He says it’s just time to move on . . . but there’s talk that Adam was getting frustrated with the show, and NBC didn’t like his attitude.
- Over the weekend, “Jeopardy!” champion James Holzhauer broke the two million dollar mark on Friday, and last night, almost set another single day total, winning for the 28th time. Here’s Final Jeopardy. (From “Jeopardy!” on Monday, May 27, 2019)
- The NFL may allow players to smoke pot, and Walmart invites Bernie Sanders to a meeting. (From “The Tonight Show” on Friday, May 24, 2019. All others took off for the weekend.)
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ERIC CHURCH’S NEW VIDEO FILMED AT ‘THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION’ PRISON –
ERIC CHURCH broke the attendance record at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium on Saturday. There were 56,521 people . . . and Eric. He was the first solo headliner to perform there without an opening act.
He even gave the audience a bonus when he debuted the new video to his song, SOME OF IT
If the prison featured in the video for “Some Of It,” looks familiar it’s because it was the setting of the movie The Shawshank Redemption. It is actually the Ohio State Reformatory located in Mansfield, OH.
Reformatory associate director Dan Smith told Richland Source that Eric’s interest in using the prison stemmed from his fandom of The Shawshank Redemption.
The “Some Of It” vide was released over the weekend. In the clip, Eric is imprisoned for bootlegging music, a follow-up to his video for “Desperate Man.”
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MAREN MORRIS ON THE COVER OF ‘WOMEN’S HEALTH’ MAGAZINE
Maren Morris is on the cover of the June edition of Women’s Health magazine and reveals that she gets her body goals from Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. She’s been working with a trainer for about a year and a half and admitted that she even has a photo of actress Alicia Vikander as Croft as her phone wallpaper
Along with the magazine cover, she posted this on Instagram… “This year, I’ve been a “student of the soul.” Going to therapy, exercising, listening to my partner better, putting my phone down & really enjoying the company of my friends & family”
FAST FACTS
Maren’s trainer, Erin Oprea, works with a number of country stars
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BRETT ELDREDGE IS ‘GETTING MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS WHOLE LIFE OF MUSIC’ –
Brett Eldredge is gearing up for a busy month of tour dates, playing both headlining shows and fairs and festivals. While on the road, Brett has changed the way he spends his hours leading up to showtime. While he used to keep to himself, Brett tells he takes the opportunity to bond with his band and crew. [“We’ll play dodge ball, we’ll play wiffle ball, we’ll go on hikes and then me and the crew, we created like a speakeasy backstage where it’s a fun environment to go tell stories after the show, before the show, and maybe have a drink and I think a lot of time I would get used to just get done with the show and go on the bus and get in bed or just get in my comfort zone, and now I’m trying to expand my comfort zone. I’m getting more comfortable with this whole life of music, and I’ve always loved it but I’m loving it a lot more now.”]
Next up for Brett is the Taste of Country Music Festival in Hunter, NY on June 9th. He’ll share the bill with Little Big Town, Michael Ray, Lindsay Ell, and Adam Doleac.
