No change at the top of the box office. "Jurassic World Dominion" remains the top movie in the U.S. and Canada. The latest installment in Universal's dinosaur franchise earned nearly 59-million-dollars in its second week of release in North America. Coming in second...."Lightyear" -- which grossed 51-million-dollars. Pixar was hoping for a bigger opening for the "Toy Story" spinoff that had a 200-million-dollar production budget. Rounding out this weekend's Top Five are "Top Gun -- Maverick," "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" and "The Bob's Burgers Movie."
https://deadline.com/2022/06/lightyear-box-office-2-1235047729/
Metallica is offering guitar lessons. The band has partnered with Yousician to offer three guitar-focused courses on riffs, lead, and rhythm. Yousician is known as the "Duolingo of music." The interactive lessons will be taught under the instruction of Metallica frontman James Hetfield and guitarist Kirk Hammett. The A-I technology will also offer players real time feedback while they learn to play.
Today might be a good day to take a hike. Today, June 20th, happens to be National Hike With a Geek Day. It's meant to encourage techies of all kinds to take a break from their keyboards and get out and enjoy Nature.
https://nationaltoday.com/national-hike-with-geek-day/
An auction for a private lunch with philanthropist Warren Buffet is breaking records. The auction is put on by eBay and a San Francisco-based non-profit. The winner: an anonymous bidder paid just over 19-million dollars to have lunch with Buffet along with seven guests at Smith & Wollensky Steakhouse in New York City. This marks the final year of the auction that has been held since 2000. Over the past two-plus decades, the auctions have raised more than 53-million dollars for Glide, an organization that focuses on fighting poverty, hunger and homelessness.
Despite their stormy relationship, Kim Kardashian is still paying tribute to her ex-husband. The reality star posted a Father's Day message in honor of Kanye West that thanked him for being the best dad to their children. She finished the message off by saying "Happy Father's Day Ye." The message included a picture with West and their four children. Kardashian filed for divorce from the rapper/producer in February of 2021.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kim-kardashian-celebrates-kanye-west-fathers-day-202154148.html?
This is the first time she has had a top-ten single in the U.S. And, finally, a song that's nearly 40 years old is climbing the charts. It's by Kate Bush--and called "Running Up That Hill" The 1985 single has hit number-one on the UK charts and is now number-four on the Billboard Hot 100. The track started gaining popularity again thanks to its use on season four of the Netflix series "Stranger Things". Kate Bush says the song is being responded to in so many positive ways and she has never experienced anything like this before.
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