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Dolly Parton's Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee is looking for talent. It's holding auditions for dancers, singers, actors and more. The auditions will be held January 21st and 22nd in Pigeon Forge, and January 28th in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Details are at Dollywood-dot-com.
https://www.dollywood.com/jobs/auditions/
Tokyo wants people to get out of town. Japan's capital city is dealing with overcrowding and, starting in April, families are eligible to receive around 77-hundred dollars per child to move to less-populated areas in order to help revitalize the countryside and boost the falling birthrate. It's not the first time the government has used financial incentives to get people to move out of Tokyo, but this program is the most generous to date. The city currently has a population of around 37-million people.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/business/japan-pay-families-relocate-tokyo-intl-hnk/index.html
Don't cry, but forty-eight-hundred gallons of milk spilled into a pond after a traffic accident near Guttenberg, Iowa. A semi-tractor transporting the milk crashed, then rolled into a pond. The driver was treated at a local hospital. The tanker was removed from the water and towed away. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will examine the pond to determine if the milk caused any issues.
A survey shows that the top New Year's resolution in Florida for 2023 is "seeking therapy." The survey was conducted by Zippia, an online job search agency. "Seeking therapy" is the tops the list in a total of 12 states, also including Arizona, Missouri and New York. That's followed by eight states where the top New Year's resolution is "losing weight".
https://www.zippia.com/advice/states-new-years-resolution/
The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office is asking for help to find someone they describe as a "Johnny Depp duplicate." Authorities say the Depp doppleganger is wanted for stealing several credit cards and using them at multiple stores in Oklahoma City. Officials said the suspect was seen driving a maroon sedan, and anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact the department.
Taylor Swift's cat is reportedly worth a staggering 97-million dollars.The Ultimate Pet Rich List ranks her Scottish Fold kitty "Olivia Benson" as the third richest pet in the world. The feline, named after the Law & Order: SVU character portrayed by Mariska Hargitay, starred alongside Swift in the music video for "Blank Space," has her own merchandise line, as well as made cameos in advertisements, including this one with Swift for AT&T...The richest pet on the list is a German shepherd owned by the Gunther Corporation, while second place goes to "Nala Cat," an influencer with more than four-million followers on Instagram. Behind Swift’s cat are Oprah Winfrey’s dogs - Sadie, Sunny, Lauren, Layla and Luke - who are worth a paltry 30-million dollars collectively.