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A new NFL season is just around the corner and Amazon Prime Video is unveiling the music for the brand-new official Thursday Night Football anthem. Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football anthem was created by distinguished composer Pinar Toprak, making her the first woman to compose the original theme music for an NFL media package.
AMC is releasing "Grease" in 135 theaters this weekend in a tribute to the late Olivia Newton-John. Tickets will be five-dollars a showing, with one dollar of every ticket going towards the theater chain's charitable fund AMC Cares. Olivia Newton-John died earlier this month from breast cancer. Local AMC theaters showing "Grease" this weekend are at the Altamonte Mall and Disney Springs.
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/grease-olivia-newton-john-amc-theaters-1235345038/
School is back in session and with it comes renewed fears about another mass shooting. As a way to address the issue, Texas Governor Greg Abbott is calling in Walker, Texas Ranger. 82-year-old Chuck Norris stars in a new ad campaign urging people to use the state's suspicious activity reporting system called iWatch. The Texas iWatch smartphone app and website provides tips to police.
https://www.wbap.com/2022/08/16/chuck-norris-helps-promote-iwatch-reporting-system/
The first trailer is now online for a new movie called "The Greatest Beer Run Ever." Based on a true story, the film follows John "Chickie" Donohue as he attempts to track down his friends fighting in Vietnam in 1967 and give them a beer to show they still have the support of the American people.
The movie stars Zac Efron, Russell Crowe and Bill Murray. "The Greatest Beer Run Ever" debuts in theaters on September 30th.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqxziDlZOIo
The rights to J.R.R. Tolkien's most famous works have a new owner. Swedish gaming company Embracer has bought Middle Earth Enterprises, the holding company that owns Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit." Details of the sale haven't been disclosed, but the properties have an estimated value of two-billion dollars. It had been speculated that Amazon would snatch up Middle Earth Enterprises since it's gearing up to release the TV series "Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power".
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/18/swedish-gaming-giant-buys-lord-of-rings-and-hobbit-rights
Japan is launching a contest to encourage young people to drink more alcohol. The country's National Tax Agency wants people ages 20 to 39 to come up with new ideas to help breathe new life into the sagging alcohol industry. Japan blames falling sales on declining birth rates, an aging population, and the coronavirus pandemic. The Tax Agency hopes the contest will encourage young people to come up with business plans to promote alcoholic beverages "among the younger generation."