EARTHQUAKE EDITION!!!So since Friday night, there has been non-stop earthquakes pretty much all over the world that average around a 4.0 magnitude. Several have hit 5 and a few just over 5.0. Normally after a decent size quake you feel a few minor moves and that is but this time around, they continue to shake things up and stir stuff around. I have never seen it like this before and the bad part is when you are trying to sleep and it constantly wakes you up. The water main on my street broke due to the initial 5.4 which was centered once city over. A bunch of stuff fell off the shelves but luckily everything worth breaking fell on to a dog bed somewhere or carpeted area. It sure has been a bit crazy to say the least.
Weekly Update:Well this past week was a huge roller-coaster and not just from the earthquake but from a lot of driving around and a lot of walking! So the week started on Monday night for when I went to the Blizzard Entertainment launch party for "Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls" expansion in Los Angeles at an old church and it was pretty amazing. They had never done anything like that before and one would have never guessed. While there though I ran into a couple of folks:
*Grant Imahara - best known from the show "Mythbusters" and an awesome guy.
*Felicia Day - best known from youtube stardom and she was OK.
Then on Tuesday night I traveled to Las Vegas for my annual convention there. It was pretty lackluster this time around and I have to say, people at Coca-Cola are just plain mean. But despite that, I managed to run into:
*Chadwich Boseman - from the film "42" and a really awesome guy.
*Andy Serkis - best known as Gollum from the Lord of the Rings trilogy and a way cool guy!
*Kevin Costner - from "Dancing with Wolves" and a nice guy.
After that, I rushed back home because I had to help with the Monsterpalooza convention at the Burbank Marriott on Friday and Saturday. That was pretty tiring too with the earthquake and no water situation thrown in there but I did manage to fun into a couple more folks:
*Dee Snider - best known from the 80's rock band Twisted Sister and a really cool guy.
*Rutger Hauer - from "Blade Runner" and a pretty funny guy.
At the movies:
HOLY moly, religion takes the boat this week, literally! In at #1 is the epic story of Noah as it earns a nice 44 million this weekend. Above expectations but I did mention it should be plus what they pegged it out and carry its cargo through Easter pretty well. Average drop to #2 is "Divergent" with another 26.5 mil as it falls just shy of the 100 mil cume. It should reach it by Tuesday though. Small drop to #3 is "Muppets Most Wanted" with 11.4 mil as it struggles along. With the varying Spring Break's happening though it should only see smaller than average drops though. At #4 is "Mr. Peabody and Sherman" with another 9.5 mil as it almost hits 100 mil cume ... may take a full week to reach it though. Rounding off the top 5 is "God's Not Dead" with another 9.1 mil and should also carry to Easter but the home market is where this film will go big.
Movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one wide release fell very short, coming in at #7 is Sabotage with only 5.3 mil. This fell WAY below industry expectations by almost 10 mil but it was pretty obvious it would. Not all action films with a former big movie star will be great. I did think it would do a hair better but honestly not by that much. At #12 Lionsgate released a less than 1,000 screen Cesar Chavez which only did 3 mil (less than $5,000 per screen) so this film will probably wrap up soon with those numbers.
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Facts & Tips:
Spiny lobsters migrate in groups of 50 or more, forming a conga line on the ocean floor.
Facts & Tips:Spiny lobsters migrate in groups of 50 or more, forming a conga line on the ocean floor.
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