It is Thursday, April 15th and here is a peek at what is happening today.
Celebrating Birthdays Today:
- Michael Tucci (Diagnosis Murder) is 75
- Emma Thompson is 62
- Former Olympic swimmer Dara Torres is 54
- Danny Pino (Cold Case) is 47
- Luke Evans (The Hobbit, Beauty and the Beast) is 42
- Seth Rogen is 39
- Samira Wiley (Orange Is the New Black) is 34
- Emma Watson (Harry Potter movies) is 31
- Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) is 24
On this Day in History:
- 1865: Abraham Lincoln died after being shot the previous evening by John Wilkes Booth. Andrew Johnson became the 17th President of the United States.
- 1912: After hitting an iceberg the previous day (just 2½ hours earlier) the British passenger liner RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic.
- 1924: Rand McNally published its first road atlas.
- 1955: Ray Kroc opened his first franchise of McDonald’s restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois.
- 1983: Flashdance, starring Jennifer Beals, opened in movie theaters throughout the U.S.
- 2001: After a truck trailer lost a wheel and crashed New South Wales, 24,000 bottles of beer sank into the Tweed River, near the town of Tweed Heads. Suddenly, local residents appeared in full scuba gear and started retrieving the beer until police warned they could be charged with theft.
- 2006: In Salt Lake City, Utah, police officers responding to a report of shots fired from a vehicle pulled up to talk to the suspects only to have them speed away. Well, perhaps speed isn’t the proper term. They goofballs tried to flee but couldn’t get their car above 35 mph. In their haste to get away, they had forgotten to release the parking brake.
- 2010: Volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland lead to the closure of airspace over most of Europe.
- 2013: Two bombs exploded near the finish line at the Boston Marathon, killing 3 people and injuring 264 others.
- 2019: The Paris cathedral Notre Dame caught fire.
Special Events
- Income Tax Pay Day — Extended to May 17
- High Five Day
- Jackie Robinson Day
- That Sucks Day
- World Art Day
- American Sign Language Day
- Anime Day
- Glazed Ham Day
Programming:
![The Roman Baths (thermae) of Bath, England. Credit: Diliff (CC BY-SA 3.0 [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]](https://www.earthdate.org/sites/default/files/inline-images/ED137_001.jpg)
- 5:57 am and 4:57 pm – StarDate: Moon and Aldebaran
- 6:30 am and 12:30 pm – The Sound of Texas with Tumbleweed Smith: Carolyn Ohl of Terlingua
- 8:30 am & 3:30 pm – EarthDate: Hot Springs Eternal
- 9:30 am & 2:30 pm – Science and the Sea: Metabolic Programming
- 10:30 am & 1:30 pm – Sound Beat: Hooray for Captain Spaulding
- 6:15 pm – i14 Sports Report with Dan Hull
Community Calendar:
- 10:00 am – USO Kids “Purple Up! For Military Kids Story-Time”
- 1:30 pm – Killeen Construction Boards of Appeal Meeting
- 2:30 pm – Killeen Senior Citizens Advisory Board Meeting
- 7:00 pm – Iron Gauntlet Brahaus in Killeen: Pub Trivia – Myths and Legends
News Attack!
Some Hostess SnoBalls treats are being recalled due to a packaging issue. [Someone accidentally included a healthy ingredient in one of the batches.]
Some employees say they are ‘nervous’ about leaving their home to return to the office after the pandemic ends. [Nervous their coworkers pajama bottoms will be more in-style than their pajama bottoms.]
CDC research found that when airplane middle seats are left open, virus exposure is reduced by between 23% to 57%. [Yes, please, leave the middle seat open — so I have a place to put my sack of Taco Bell.]
CDC research found that when an airplane middle seat is left open, virus exposure is reduced. [And I’m less likely to need to offer the other guy in my row a Tic Tac.]
The Easter candy in our house is finally gone. [I was doing my part to get rid of it by bringing peanut-butter-and-jelly-bean sandwiches to work.]
A study found that children born to older mothers are healthier and better educated. [And they’re least likely to worry that their mother will show up for the parent-teacher conference in a halter top.]
According to a poll 58 percent of Americans think the U.S. income tax system is unfair. [The other 42 percent work for H&R Block.]
A security camera captured a meteor coming down in Florida. [Was it a meteor, or did someone toss trash out of the space station window again?]
Entertainment News:
NEW FAST & FURIOUS 9 TRAILER RELEASED _ Blockbuster action sequel Fast & Furious 9 was one of the first major releases to be pulled from the calendar as the pandemic swept across the globe, but it’s finally set to hit the big screen on June 21. A new and full trailer was released Wednesday. • VIDEO
… Under normal circumstances, the ninth installment would comfortably sail past a billion dollars at the box office, but there are no guarantees that business will have returned to normal by then. However, it’s still set to pull in a massive amount of money, especially when the lucrative Chinese market is back up and running. The previous Fast & Furious films each earned over $390 million in China alone.
DISNEY REBOOTING ALIEN WITHOUT ELLEN RIPLEY _ When Disney acquired the entire 20th Century Fox library, many fans wondered how the family-friendly film company would handle franchises like Alien, Predator and Die Hard. There’s already an Alien TV series in the works for Hulu with Ridley Scott signed on to co-produce. And a Predator reboot has also been announced.
… A source says Disney is now crafting an all-new Alien story that won’t connect to any of the previous installments in the franchise, which means Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley is out of the picture, despite what an insider claimed a month or so ago.
EXES KRISTIN CAVALLARI AND JAY CUTLER SUED BY CABLE GUY _ Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler — who split in April 2020 after 10 years of marriage — may be reunited by a lawsuit alleging one of their dogs bit a cable guy. Satellite and cable technician Nathan Beam has filed a lawsuit against Cavallari and Cutler over two allegedly unrestrained German Shepherds at their Tennessee home. Beam is suing the couple for $500,000. Beam claims that he completed an installation on the property in June 2020 and was preparing to leave when one German Shepherd — he believes its name is Kona — stood in front of the driver’s side door of his truck. He says he went to pick up something from the ground to distract the animal, and alleges it then bit him on his left thumb and fingernail. The suit says Cavallari’s assistant then came out, gave him a paper towel, and allegedly told him to leave the property. He insists he did nothing to provoke the canine. Neither Cavallari nor Cutler was home at the time.
… Beam believes the celebrity exes should be held responsible for failing to keep their dogs restrained during his visit. He also believes Cavallari is aware that her dogs can be aggressive, having previously referred to one as a “trained killer” on Instagram. He’s suing for damages, claiming he suffered physical injuries and disfigurement, as well as mental anguish and a loss in wages.
COVID-19 CANCELS CORRESPONDENTS’ DINNER _ For the second year in a row, the White House Correspondents’ Association has called off its annual dinner. COVID-19 was given as the reason, as it was last year. Hundreds of journalists and people in the reigning administrations usually attend the dressy event, which includes speeches, the awarding of scholarships, and the honoring of journalists’ work. The association will still announce award recipients for White House coverage.
KRISTEN STEWART REPORTEDLY IN TALKS WITH DISNEY TO PLAY SNOW WHITE _ Remember Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman franchise? The 2012 original was a hit, thanks to the combined star power of Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron. The 2016 prequel, The Huntsman: Winter’s War, failed to recapture its success, leading to the burgeoning fairy tale-verse coming to a premature end. But it’s possible that Stewart could be returning to the role of Snow White all these years later — only with a completely different studio.
… A source says Stewart has been in talks with Disney for an upcoming project and she’s apparently wanting to reclaim the character of Snow White. It’s possible Stewart could be attached to an already-rumor live-action remake of Disney’s classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
KARL URBAN REPORTEDLY IN THE RUNNING FOR WOLVERINE _ Who will be the next Wolverine? That’s one of the biggest questions surrounding the X-Men’s upcoming reboot within the Marvel Studios universe. With Hugh Jackman having sheathed his claws for good, rumors are The Boys actor Karl Urban could be handed the role. As Marvel lovers will know, Urban has already been part of the MCU — he played Hela’s henchman Skurge in Thor: Ragnarok. That was a one-and-done job for the actor, though, so the door is open for him to take on a much bigger role in the franchise.
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