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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Oct 3, 2019
October 3, 2019
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Maybe you read a book about Pippi Longstocking when you were a kid --the books have been in print since the mid-1940s and have sold over 65 million copies. And now, there's word that there's a couple of "Pippi" movies in the works as well. Look for at least one of them next year as Pippi celebrates her 75th anniversary.
Studiocanal and Heyday --who are putting together the "Paddington" animated TV series in London-- will be doing the Pippi movies as well.Ever get ticked off at the ATM fees you get when you stop to take out some fast cash? Bankrate.com sez it now costs an average of $4.72 for a withdrawl. According to Barclays, back 10 years ago the average was $3. In '99, just above $2. In case you were wondering, the first ATM in the USA was installed at a Chemical Bank branch in Rockville Centre, on Long Island, NY, in 1969, six weeks after the first moon landing.
Not gonna happen: LOU GRAMM has backed outta his planned appearance on FOREIGNER's Double Vision: Then & Now tour because of "severe respiratory infection, dehydration and fatigue." He's been hospitalized since the middle of last week at the Unity Hospital at Park Ridge in Rochester, NY.
A new musical debuted yesterday from LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, who was behind the Broadway show, "Hamilton."
The new show, called "Freestyle Love Supreme" is reportedly an "improvisatory hip-hop musical" in which the cast takes suggestions from the audience, then turns them into "instantaneous riffs and full-length musical numbers."Looking to do a little early holiday shopping --or maybe a unique Halloween costume? Try the website "This Is Why I'm Broke," which has thousands of all sorts of unusual items. A recent check of the first few pages showed a Hidden Door Kit, a Wearable Air Guitar, Realistic Dog Head Masks, a USB Kill Stick, a NERF Sniper Rifle, Snoop Dogg's Cookbook, a 27-Pound Bucket Of Mac & Cheese, The Ultimate Portable Power Bank, The World's Loudest Whistle and lots and lots more. https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/.
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