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Ever have one of those weekends that you technically don’t have anything to do but feel like you actually have a ton to do? That was me this weekend. While I didn’t have any official plans, it seemed like I just did stuff all weekend, which is almost less relaxing than being flat-out busy. But even though I’m just as tired as when I started the weekend, my weekend was still better than these people’s.
The Rock
It’s rare that The Rock has a misfire, but it would seem like Skyscraper is one of those occasions.
The action star’s new film opened in third place this weekend with $25.5 million, while Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation topped the domestic box office charts with $44 million; Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp came in second with $29.5 million.
Even with the film’s $125 million price tag, execs at Universal aren’t freaking out….yet. The movie opens overseas next week, and they are banking on a big showing. Universal’s head of domestic distribution Jim Orr said, “The domestic results are part of a broader global play. I think we’re going to have a great run. It’s not all about opening weekend.”
Sure it’s not. [via Variety]
A woman in Harrow, London
There are always stories of people calling the police for ridiculous things, but a woman in Harrow, London will probably be pretty embarrassed any time she sees a local police officer in the foreseeable future.
Hearing loud noises on the first floor of her home and thinking a thief had broken in, the unnamed woman called 999 (the U.K.’s version of 911). Turned out, the noisy intruder was decidedly less dangerous:
Officers from #harrowAteam called to an address in #harrow, the occupant could hear noises from downstairs and believed she was being burgled. Turned out the “suspect” was a rogue squirrel 🐿 pic.twitter.com/Y9ozBG8hpX
— Harrow MPS (@MPSHarrow) July 12, 2018
A police spokesman said,“Officers attended on blue lights and established the only suspect was a squirrel who had knocked some items over and caused a bit of a mess.” The spokesman added that the furry perp was “released with no charges.” [via Huffington Post]
T.I.
Back in May, rapper T.I. had a little bit of trouble with a guard in his housing development in Henry County, GA, and now it’s coming back to haunt him since he now faces three misdemeanor charges stemming from the incident. He’s charged with simple assault, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
His attorney Steve Stadow released the following statement:
The misdemeanor charges brought against T.I. are baseless, ill-founded and unjustified. T.I. never threatened or acted in a violent manner towards Euwan James, the security guard. Indeed, we understand the security guard was fired for the way he handled the situation with T.I. We had sincerely hoped that the Henry County Solicitor had better, more important, things to do to serve the Henry County community than prosecute an African American over a verbal dispute during an encounter with a security guard who was asleep at his post and was unwilling to provide his name to T.I., so T.I. could report the guards misconduct to his employer.
Guess it turns out that you can’t do whatever you like.
[via CBS46]
Mike Matheny
The Cardinals shook up their organization heading into their All-Star break when, on Saturday, they fired manager Mike Matheny, hitting coach John Mabry and assistant hitting coach Bill Mueller. The firing comes among on-the-field struggles (the team is seven spots behind the Cubs in the NL Central) and off-the-field issues, including classes between Matheny and the front office. Of course, the team cited no such causes in their official statement:
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) July 15, 2018
You know how should be fired? The Cardinals PR person. That design is so 2005. [via Yahoo Sports]
Build-A-Bear
Everyone says retail is dying, so stores have to come up with slick promotions to stay in the game, right? But it can be almost worse when they backfire – ask Build-A-Bear.
On Thursday, the store held a “pay your age” promotion, with bears starting at $1.00 for those who were a year old, going up to $29.00. Good deal, right? Unfortunately, their stores both in the US, Canada and the UK, were woefully underprepared, leaving lots of frustrated customers with no stuffed animals.
With people lining up outside stores, the chain tweeted an “Urgent Alert” at 10:45 a.m. Eastern time saying that for “safety concerns” all lines were being closed — and people pretty much lost their shit. Staffers were assaulted at a store in Ireland, people brawled in line in Newcastle, England, and customers in New York screamed at staffers when they ran out of bears.
And we wonder what’s wrong with kids these days. [via New York Post] .
Image via Shutterstock
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I saw Skyscraper and *SPOILERS* there’s a scene where The Rock holds up a broken bridge with suspension cables and a guy in back of me said “Yeah get the fuck out of here” and that alone was worth the price of admission.
Considering the Rock’s last big movie, Rampage, got 77% of it’s box office revenue overseas that guy is probably right. China loves the Rock
Who doesn’t though? I mean I won’t actually see any of these movies but that’s neither here nor there.
President The Rock will look great next to VP Undertaker
Jenna isn’t smelling what the Rock is cookin.
Matheny looks like he could still suit up