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There's a popular game that one New Jersey town wants students to stop playing. The game is called "Assassin" that Livingston High School students play each year. For about two weeks, some 200 students run around town, shooting one another with water guns. However, local police say while it's an innocent game, they don't want teens to be confused for criminals with someone getting hurt.
"It Ain't Over" is the title of a new documentary will be released this week about the life of baseball Hall of Famer and New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra. Berra, a long-time New Jersey resident, appeared in a record 14 World Series, winning 10 championships during his 18 years with the Yankees. He also managed the Mets to a World Series appearance in 1973. But he is perhaps best known for his so-called Yogi-isms. Yogi Berra died in 2015 at the age of 90. The documentary, "It Ain't Over," is produced and narrated by Berra's granddaughter, Lindsay Berra, and hits theaters this Friday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGvXOjD6zQ8
A finance company is looking for someone to binge-watch all of the "Fast and the Furious" movies in exchange for one-thousand-dollars. FinanceBuzz recently put out a job listing for a "Fast and Furious claims adjuster." Their sole task would be to comb through all ten movies and take notes on damages caused by every car crash that takes place. Those interested have until May 19th to apply. That's also when the franchise's latest film "Fast X" aka "Fast & Furious 10" comes out.
Hall of Famers Joe Torre and Johnny Bench were among those on hand as the US Navy commissioned the USS Cooperstown. The combat ship is named after the community in New York where the Baseball Hall of Fame is located. There were 70 former Major League Baseball players who served the military during wartime and they were honored Saturday in New York city during the commissioning. They include Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams and Willie Mays. The motto of the USS Cooperstown is "America's Away Team."
Mark Farner, co-founder and former member of Grand Funk says the band is misleading fans by calling its current tour a "50th Anniversary Tour." The tour celebrates the 50th anniversary of Grand Funk's most famous song, "We're an American Band." Farner helped form the band, which made its recording debut as Grand Funk Railroad in 1969, fifty-FOUR years ago. Since then, Grand Funk has gone through numerous personnel changes. Farner left Grand Funk in 1988 and the current lineup has been together since 2000.
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/mark-farner-new-grand-funk-railroad-fraud/
A very popular singer-songwriter surprised fans in three different U.S. cities over the weekend. With the release of his new album, Ed Sheeran set up "The Subtract Pop-Up Experience" in New York, Dallas, and Los Angeles. For the first gig in New York on Friday, Ed jumped on top of a Volvo with his acoustic guitar and played a short set that included one of his latest singles "Boat." Sheeran also played song songs out of an ice cream van in Dallas and on top of a tour bus in Los Angeles. And, last night, Ed Sheered kicked off his Mathematics concert tour in Arlington, Texas.
https://nypost.com/2023/05/05/ed-sheeran-celebrates-trial-victory-with-pop-up-concert-in-soho/