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“Joker: Folie a Deux” is claiming the top spot at the box office despite a shaky start. The sequel starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga earned a much lower-than-expected 40-million dollars and earned a “D” CinemaScore, the lowest grade the research firm has ever given a comic book movie. “The Wild Robot” dropped to second with 18-point-seven million dollars, and Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” claimed third place after scaring up more than 10-million dollars.
https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/joker-2-box-office-opening-weekend-1236166378/
McDonald’s is looking to expand its chicken products and boost sales. The fast food chain is debuting its newest product, the chicken Big Mac. The sandwich will stay true to the original Big Mac, but substitute burger patties with two tempura-battered chicken pieces. The limited time Chicken Big Mac will be available for U.S consumers beginning Thursday. The sandwich has been on international McDonald’s menus for some time now.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/franchises/heres-all-the-details-about-mcdonalds-chicken-big-mac/480817
Eminem is going to be a grandfather. The Detroit rap star made the announcement in the video for his new song “Temporary”. The video shows him sitting on a deck when daughter Hailie Jade hands him a blue Detroit Lions jersey, with the number 1 and “Grandpa” on the back. Eminem was seen with his jaw dropped holding her ultrasound picture when she told him the news.
https://people.com/eminem-tears-up-as-he-reveals-daughter-hailie-jade-is-pregnant-in-new-music-video-8722849
The postal service in the UK announced they’re printing a collection of stamps to commemorate the 60th anniversary of The Who. Royal Mail says the stamps will include album covers and well-known photos of the band. Roger Daltrey expressed appreciation for the collection, calling their albums’ artwork “almost as important to the success of the record as the music.” Prices range from one dollar to as much as 152 dollars. The Who stamps go on sale on October 17th.
https://shop.royalmail.com/special-stamp-issues/the-who
Six people face charges including grand larceny and identity theft for allegedly stealing a big check from the Bazooka bubble gum company. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says Kashawn Williams got his hands on a one-point-two million dollar check that had been sent to Bazooka at a former address in Manhattan. Williams allegedly opened a fake business bank account under the name “The Bazooka Companies 1” and used the account to distribute the money to himself and five others. Bazooka was founded in Brooklyn as Topps Chewing Gum in 1938 and is now based in the UK.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/group-created-fake-company-steal-million-bazooka-bubble-gum/5857945/
A pumpkin from Mulino, Oregon, has won the 2024 National Pumpkin Weigh Off in Wheatland, California. Jim Sherwood nicknamed his two-thousand-453 pound pumpkin “Hank the Tank.” This was his 23rd year growing giant pumpkins. First place won him over 22-thousand-dollars. Russ Pugh, of Eugene, Oregon took second place with his pumpkin that weighed two-thousand-301 pounds. He won four-thousand-dollars.
https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/enormous-oregon-grown-pumpkin-wins-national-pumpkin-weigh-off/
