Checkin’ Out Flicks Top 5 Box Office…#4

Here are the top 5 grossing Films in the US Theaters from Monday to Thursday.

 

  1. Ralph Breaks The Internet
  2. Creed 2
  3. Dr Suess’ The Grinch 2018
  4. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald
  5. Robin Hood (2018)

Source Box office Mojo.

As this feature evolves, look for more details along with other nuggets, tidbits  and other factoids about the top 5 movies in the US Theatres.

Checkin’ Out Flicks Top 5 Box Office…#3

Here are the top 5 grossing Films in the US Theaters from Monday to Thursday.

 

  1. Dr. Suess The Grinch (2018)
  2. Bohemian Rhapsody
  3. Overlord
  4. A Star Is Born
  5. The Girl In The Spider’s Web: A New Dragon Tattoo

Source Box office Mojo.

As this feature evolves, look for more details along with other nuggets, tidbits  and other factoids about the top 5 movies in the US Theatres.

Checkin’ Out Flicks Top 5 Box Office…

Here are the top 5 grossing Films in the US Theaters from Monday to Thursday.

  1. A Star Is Born
  2. Venom
  3. Smallfoot
  4. Night School
  5. The House With A Clock In It’s Wall

Source Box office Mojo.

As this feature evolves, look for more details along with other nuggets, tidbits  and other factoids about the top 5 movies in the US Theatres.

 

Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed as new Supreme Court Justice

Beleaguered Supreme Court nominee Brett Cavanaugh has just been confirmed as the latest Supreme Court Justice.

Following a contentious 50-48 vote in the Senate, and testimony from Christine Blasey Ford claiming Cavanaugh sexually assaulted her while in their teens, this appointment has whipped up a myriad of emontions from both Democrats and Republicans and for many believe a further split among genders.

The fallout has energized both political parties too. Cavanaugh, a second Trump nominee is pleased about the confirmation believing it’s more reflective of the mood of the country and keeping his promise of having a more conservative court.

For many the fight isn’t over, and for others the fight has just begun. Both parties are energizing their constituents and urging them to vote in the upcoming November elections.

We’ll see how this develops.

 

Senator Al Franken-Resigns

Beleaguered State Senator, Al Franken announced his resignation from the US Senate amid allegations of sexual improprieties over the years. More than 8 women have come forward alleging that Senator Franken kissed, touched, or grouped them.

Franken admitted the wrong doing after photos appeared of him acting inappropriately around a sleeping woman at a USO event decades ago.

Taking responsibility for his actions he apologized to the woman in the photograph which was accepted.

However, more allegations have been made by several women recently which prompted some of his colleagues in Congress for him to resign.

 

Garrison Keillor too! Fired from Minnesota Public Radio

Wow you just can’t make this stuff up. Voice actor, Author, Storyteller, Humorist, and Radio personality, Garrison Keillor, best known as the creator of the Minnesota Public Radio show A Prairie Home Companion, which he hosted from 1974 to 2016, has been fired by Minnesota Public Radio for inappropriate behavior.

Here’s what he told the Minnesota Star Tribune in an email:

” I put my hand on a woman’s bare back. I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was opened and my hand went up about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied she had forgiven me and not to think about it. We were friends. We continued to be friendly right up until her lawyer called”.

He even managed to find the joke in all of this:

“Getting fired is a real distinction in Broadcasting and I’ve waited fifty years for the honor. All of my heroes got fired. I only wish it could have been for something more heroic”.

But taking a more serious tone he continued:

“Anyone who ever was around my show can tell you I was the lest physically affectionate person in the building.  Actors hug, musicians hug, people were embracing every Saturday night left and right, and I stood off in the corner like a stone statue”. “If I had a dollar for every woman who asked to take a selfie with me and who slipped an arm around me and let it drift down below the beltline, I’d have at least a hundred dollars”.

“So this is the poetic irony of high order. But I’m just fine. I had a good long run and am grateful for it and everything else”

He retired from the show last year, but still produced programming for syndication for MPR’s parent company, American  Public Media.