The Longest DayToday is the anniversary of the invasion of Normandy Beach in Paris. This was one of the biggest, if not the biggest, turning point of World War II against the Germans. A join effort of paratroopers and beach landings in heavy fortified coastal front, the allies broke through and made a war that had been raging nearly 5 years before end about a year later. It is often referred to as The Longest Day because of the fighting that carried through the entire night before and the night of. This was a marvelous triumph but could have been a huge disaster too. Anything could have gone wrong from the weather, reinforced lines or a disarray of confusion. Luckily, it worked.
Weekly Update:It got warm again but then cooled enough that I was able to take a friend and his family over to Blizzard Entertainment. It is always fun to visit Blizzard and my friend with his out of town family, they are all gamers and all had a great time, so they told me. But I think it is true and we were able to surprise their niece who thought we were just going to drive by it and not actually go inside, see stuff and have lunch there as well. So all in all it was a really nice day and got to meet up with my friend at Blizzard and bring new people there who are big fan of all the games they have created and produce.
At the movies:
Big surprise as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows comes in at #1 with 35.3 million for its debut. RIGHT on expectations and unfortunately about half of the first film of this franchise reboot. Still puts this film to potentially break the 100 mil mark before it is done. Big drop to #2 is "X-Men: Apocalypse" with 22.3 mil which is a 66% difference. Word-of-mouth and the opening of Turtles definitely made a dent in this. It has passed the 100 mil mark but will fall very short of 200 mil cume. New at #3 is the romantic-drama Me Before You with 18.3 mil and close to expectations as well. Big drop to #4 is "Alice: Through the Looking Glass" with 10.7 mil and this film will fall very short of the 100 mil mark. Rounding off the top 5 is "The Angry Birds Movie" with another 9.8 mil and pretty much done.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
One this weekend and as expected, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping coming in at #8 with only 4.6 mil. It should end in double digits but with a struggle.
Quote of the week:
"Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do." - Voltaire
Facts & Tips:
If a sheep and a goat mate the offspring is called a geep.
"Hawaii is one of those places that keeps topping itself - just when you think you'll never see a sunset as beautiful, there comes a sunrise that even Gauguin can only imagine. It kind of makes unemployment easier to take." - Tom Selleck as Thomas Sullivan Magnum III in the TV series "Magnum, P.I."
"Hawaii is one of those places that keeps topping itself - just when you think you'll never see a sunset as beautiful, there comes a sunrise that even Gauguin can only imagine. It kind of makes unemployment easier to take." - Tom Selleck as Thomas Sullivan Magnum III in the TV series "Magnum, P.I."
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