The city Christmas tree is up now in Millennium Park. It was selected from nearly 80 entries in the city’s annual hunt for a tree. The tree is 45 years old and is from a front yard in Morton Grove that a family used to decorate, until it just got too big. It’s the 109th annual tree and it will be on display through Jan 8th. Watch the lighting ceremony Nov. 18th at 6pm.
Cher went public with her relationship with a 36-year-old music executive named Alex Edwards, or “AE” and people are talking. They don’t care that she’s dating someone, they care that there is a 40 year age gap between the two. She posted a picture of them on her Instagram, and one fan commented, “It would be naïve not to question a 34-year-old’s motives and intentions. Our girl is smart but they don’t say love is blind for no reason at all.” Cher did not appreciate the sentiment and let everyone know how she really feels- “Haven’t You Got Anything Else 2 Do⁉️ Let Me Explain…I DONT GIVE A✈️FK WHAT ANYONE THINKS.” I guess when you’re 76 you really do care less about what people think.
This morning on Brian, Ali, and Justin, crew member Zach called in to talk about how he won $27k on a game show called Press Your Luck. The crazy thing about this story is that he was set to win over $400k, and tried to win the $1 million dollars. Instead, he hit a whammy- and ended up with $27k. He’s still a winner in our book. What did he do with the money? He helped his wifey buy a car, and got a nice kitchen backsplash; it really tied the room together nicely. Zach still tries to not think about all of the money that he could’ve had, he’s happy with what he’s got.
Here is the episode he was in-
abc.com/shows/press-your-luck/episode-guide/season-04/03-the-polar-bear
We all love Walgreens and go there pretty frequently. The company, based in Illinois (woo woo!), has the slogan, ‘at the corner of happy and healthy.’ And did you notice something about every single Walgreens store? They’re ALL on a corner. Every one is located at the corner of happy and healthy. I was today years old when I learned that.
GOTCHA!!!! This is isn’t true, but it’s a fun harmless prank to play on people.
On Halloween, a man dressed as Pikachu, was driving recklessly around the town of Roachdale, Indiana on a lawn mower. The 19-year-old erratic lawnmower driver was pulling a trailer behind him too, getting the way trick-or-treaters, and causing general concern. Deputies tried to pull over the man, and received a middle finger when he did. Then it was ON. The Pikachu driver tried to ram his vehicle into the police car. They chased him all the way home. He was later apprehended at his house and taken into custody.
“At this time, we believe Pikachu acted alone and no other Pokemon characters were involved in this incident,” Roachdale Police Department said, “However, we are not opposed to catching them all…”
Mattress Mack made a seven figure bet on his hometown team, The Astros, and hedged the bet against his furniture company, Gallery Furniture. Jim McIngvale, known as “Mattress Mack,” cashed in tickets worth $75 million on Astros futures. The furniture chain offered customers that spent over $3000 at the store their money back if the Astro won the World Series. And they did. SO the $75 million won’t be a huge profit for him necessarily, the winnings will “mostly be paid out to customers through our promotion” McIngvale said. Either way, sportsbooks including BetMGM were giving him a ton of money.
“They’ll wire it to me,” McIngvale said, “That’s too much money to carry.”
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This weekend’s Powerball jackpot is the third largest in lottery history, but I believe it was the famous philosopher Christopher Wallace that noted that with “Mo Money” — potentially come “Mo Problems.”
Becoming a billionaire overnight would be sweet — but it’s not without it’s problems. A ton of taxes, family squabbles, and a lot of chances to get scammed or lose it all.
Or worse. How about these horror stories?
USA Today runs down the horror stories for you here. And good luck —- play responsibly, win responsibly.
Ford wants to be your gateway drug into that van life. They just released Thursday their plans for the 2023 Ford Transit Trail that’s ready to be traveled in, customized, and lived in! The vehicle will be available in three cargo van configurations, including medium and high-roof models and a high-roof, extended-length version. The van starts at $65,000, and Ford is certain that they’ll have more demand than supply. Here’s a sneak peek at the van…
Don’t miss out on your chance to become Matt Foley-
Watch a young girl named Abby come across an empty bowl of candy on her neighbor’s doorstep on Halloween. She saw the bowl void of any goodies then did the unthinkable as a young kid, she filled it up with some of her own candy so that other trick-or-treaters wouldn’t be disappointed. The owner of the home, Kristina Kallman had put candy out in a bowl and left to go to a party. She later came back and saw what the little, generous, girl had done on her door camera. She showed her mom to let her know what a good job she had done raising her. Abby’s mom wasn’t shocked at all, she said it was just something that made sense to her daughter.
Meet Miles. He’s only 6 years old and he’s already more talented than a lot of adult producers. He has a natural understanding of music is definitely a child prodigy. Watch him remix “Wonderwall” into his own dance song. The best part is halfway through when he’s still drinking from a sippy cup. He’s still a kid after all, he’s our Wonderwall.
The Chicago White Sox just announced the replacement of Tony La Russa, the Royals bench coach Pedro Grifol. He’ll be the 42nd manager of the club.
White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said, “Pedro is a bilingual, modern baseball thinker who brings two-plus decades of experience in a variety of roles – bench coach, hitting coach, winter ball and minor league manager, director of player development and scout. He is an excellent communicator and an experienced game planner who brings a high energy and detail-oriented approach to leadership. He is committed to building an inclusive and cohesive clubhouse, and we could not be happier to have Pedro leading our club.”
Let’s play ball!
Forbes list of the highest paid dead celebs is out. In the last 12 months, these wonderfully talented souls made a combined total of $1.6 billion!
Here’s the breakdown
J.R.R. Tolkien $500M
Kobe Bryant $400M
David Bowie $250M
Elvis Presley $110M
James Brown $100M
Michael Jackson $75M
Leonard Cohen $55M
Dr. Suess $32M
Jeff Porcaro $25M
Charles Schulz $24M
Juan Gabriel $23M
John Lennon $16M
George Harrison $12M
Chart: Adwait Source: Forbes Created with Datawrapper
This poor girl needs to know if her boyfriend belongs to the streets. It sounds like he’s got a problem. He took the phrase, ‘if you don’t use it, you lose it’ to a whole new level.
My boyfriend watches a lot of porn and is hardly ever in the mood for sex. Does he belong to the streets?
This week’s Jerk did something a lot of us have done- it’s how he handled it that makes him the Jerk, according to his wife at least.
I dropped a dozen eggs on the ground at Meijer and just walked away and pretended it wasn’t me. There was stuff everywhere and I panicked and ran. My wife thinks I’m a jerk on multiple levels but I want your guys opinion. Am I a jerk for this?
Elon Musk is now planning on charging an extra $8 for Twitter’s ‘Blue Service.’ The sought after verified blue check mark is a part of it. It check means that your accountant, or your company’s account has been verified by Twitter as real. Musk said, those with the Blue Service would have priority with replies, mentions and search options and would be able to post longer videos and audios. They would see half as many ads. More than 80% of users said that they would not participate in a recent survey. 10% said that they were willing to pay $5 a month, but not $8. Bestselling author Stephen King tweeted: “If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron.”
A man who identified himself as “Mr. Li” collected his jackpot of about $30 million on October 24th, in the southern region of China called, Guangxi. He dressed up as a yellow cartoon to hide who he really is, and he has zero plans of telling his wife and kid. Why? ‘I did not tell my wife and child for fear that they would be too complacent and would not work or work hard in the future,’ he told the local news. He bought 40 tickets all with the same numbers- 2, 15, 19, 26, 27, 29, and 2. When he realized that he won, he took a train to the capital and stayed in a hotel over the weekend. He didn’t leave because he was scared of losing the tickets. He received his prize money on Monday, paid the tax, then donated a portion to charity. He’s been playing the lottery for over a decade and has stuck with the same several numbers for years now. Does he plan to tell his family in the future? Probably not.
This week’s Karen hates your kid’s costume-
The sequel to the 1983 holiday classic A Christmas Story begins streaming on HBO Max November 17th.
