We had the traditional semi-annual DST (Daylight Savings Time) occur of springing forward. I always do hate this one because you lose an hour of sleep and, well ... that just sucks. I saw a pretty funny post the other day and why doesn't DST for spring forward occur at like 12 noon on a Friday. That is a valid point, I mean everyone would be on board with that because the weekend will start an hour earlier for everyone and one less hour of working. Just saying and throwing that out there.
Weekly Update:Oh forgot to mention the week of the Oscars I went with my good friend Doug Jones to take him to an Oscar gifting suite. Basically what that is you have a bunch of high-end merchants who want to give the talent some items and they will get a photo of them with it for their own marketing. Not necessarily them endorsing it but more of like "so and so stopped by ..." Doug got a lot of goodies such as something for Google Alexa that is also a light, a couple of trips to a tropical island and another to Portugal, some boxes of amazing chocolate and so-on. This was on the famed Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills and I felt very out of place. Not necessarily because of the high end stores but I would say like 99% of these are really geared towards women. Hermes, Chanel, Dior (I guess that is guys too), Coach, etc ... plus I am not a shopper anyway. But while there got to meet some folks and grab a quick pic:
*Pat Healy - recently from "The Post" and a really nice guy.
By the way it was pouring rain so the streets were almost empty which was kind of interesting.
At the movies:
Wakanda is forever, at least another week as "Black Panther" holds the crown at #1 with another 41.1 million to its name and making its way to 600 mil cume. It surpassed the 1 billion mark for worldwide over the weekend. New at #2 is A Wrinkle in Time with 33.3 mil to open and well below expectations. Word-of-mouth is just fair on this one so wouldn't expect a 100 mil topper. Also new and coming in at #3 is The Strangers: Prey at Night with 10.5 mil and also below expectations, nearly in half! Drop down to #4 is "Red Sparrow" with 8.2 mil and this one will fly away soon. Rounding off the top 5 is "Game Night" with 7.9 mil as it will also fail to reach "Go" again.
New movies that did not make the top 5 this week:
Two new films were a disappointment this weekend ... in at #9 is The Hurricane Heist with 3.2 mil and naturally below expectations but not by a lot. New at #11 is Gringo with only 2.6 mil and as expected ... guess people are tired of the pot-head films or maybe they just forgot to go see it.
Quote of the week:
"Be true to your work, your word, and your friend." - John Boyle O'Reilly
Facts & Tips:
There have been three Olympic games held in countries that no longer exist.
"Not once you took this ship. That made it war. And that's what we do." - Aliana Kalanji as Lt. Tamara Johansen in the TV series "SGU Stargate Universe.
"Not once you took this ship. That made it war. And that's what we do." - Aliana Kalanji as Lt. Tamara Johansen in the TV series "SGU Stargate Universe.
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