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Taylor Swift's album "Midnights" is breaking a vinyl sales record. It's the first to sell more records than CDs since 1987. "Midnights" is also the highest selling vinyl of the 21st century. It's estimated that a total of five-and-a-half million vinyl LPs will be sold by the end of the year, which marks 15 consecutive of sales growth.

https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swifts-midnights-is-the-first-album-to-sell-better-on-vinyl-than-cd-since-the-1980s-3372071

"Avatar: The Way of Water" is now a member of the billion dollar club. The sequel to the highest grossing film of all-time crossed the one-billion-dollar mark at the global box office Tuesday. The milestone comes just 14 days after it released, making it just the sixth film to ever do so. It's the first film to cross the billion dollar mark in its first two weeks since las year's "Spider-Man No Way Home."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2022/12/28/avatar-sequel-tops-1-billion-as-second-highest-grossing-film-of-2022/?sh=6880bf367aa8

As Aerosmith sang in "Armageddon," you don't want to close your eyes, because then you wouldn't be able to use a new app that shows what would happen if an asteroid hit your hometown. The new web app Asteroid Launcher lets users see what would happen from a massive space rock striking anywhere on the planet. Users can pick the size, composition and impact speed to see just how much devastation would be wrought.

https://neal.fun/asteroid-launcher/

Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is setting a Spotify streaming record. The track, originally recorded in 1994, was streamed over 21-million times in a single day -- smashing Adele's record of 19-point-seven-million streams for 2021's "Easy On Me." The news comes as Carey has been accused by her co-writer and producer of telling tall tales about the song's creation by her co-writer and producer.

https://hiphopdx.com/news/mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-breaks-spotify-record

From the "Things Nobody Asked For" department, Bill Cosby says he plans to hit the road next year. In an interview yesterday, the 85-year-old comedian said he plans on touring next year "because there's so much fun to be had in this storytelling that I do." A representative for Cosby confirmed to Variety that a tour is being looked at for the spring or summer.

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/bill-cosby-comedy-tour-2023-1235475192/

A warning for visitors to "The Happiest Place on Earth": Disney Parks officials in California are joining Walt Disney World here in Florida in issuing a "courtesy" warning to guests. This comes as the number of fights has increased. Disney Parks has also seen an increase in brawls, guests mistreating cast members and even arrests since reopening after the pandemic. The website for Disneyland now includes a new "courtesy section".

https://nypost.com/2022/12/29/disney-issues-behavior-warning-to-parkgoers-as-fights-increase/


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