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"Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" is keeping in line with projections for its opening weekend. The fifth film in the "Indiana Jones" franchise has made 71-million-dollars through Monday. It's expected to end up making 82-million-dollars through the Fourth of July. That's right inside the projections of between 80 and 85-million-dollars. Meantime, Dreamworks' "Ruby Gilman, Teenage Kraken" has made just under 13-million-dollars at the worldwide box office.
Lynyrd Skynyrd is getting back on the road this month. The iconic southern rock band revealed plans to continue touring with ZZ Top following the March death of Skynyrd's last original member, Gary Rossington. The Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour launches on July 21st in West Palm Beach, then hits the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa the next day, Saturday, July 22nd.
https://www.guitarworld.com/news/lynyrd-skynyrd-continue-after-gary-rossington
Joey Chestnut is once again the champion of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. He won his 16th championship after the event was delayed for more than two hours due to severe weather. Chestnut chowed down 62 hot dogs in ten minutes. That's 14 hot dogs short of his record of 76 that he set in 2021. On the women's side, Miki Sudo defended her title by eating 39-and-a-half hot dogs. The win gave Sudo her ninth at the Nathan's championships.
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/37959690/joey-chestnut-waits-rain-wins-16th-mustard-belt
Jimmy Buffett is playing live again for the first time since he was hospitalized last May. He made a surprise appearance at a concert in Rhode Island on Sunday that featured members of his Coral Reefer Band, and told his cheering fans that it's "good to see an audience." Buffett had to cancel a concert in May after he was hospitalized for an unspecified medical issue. On Sunday he played for about 45 minutes at a venue whose owner said it was clear Buffett was "itching to get back on the road."
Disney will re-release some of the studio's classic films to theaters to celebrate its 100th anniversary. Eight films will get the re-release treatment, with the first being "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" on July 7th. It will be back in select theaters for two weeks and will then be followed by "Toy Story." The run of re-releases will continue through October with the other films being "Frozen," "Beauty and the Beast," "The Incredibles," "Coco," "The Lion King" and "Moana." Disney will celebrate its 100th anniversary on October 16th. That also happens to be my birthday, but I will only be turning 99.
https://thedirect.com/article/disney-re-release-movies-theaters
The government of Italy reportedly has contacted Mark Zuckerberg about holding a UFC fight against Elon Musk in the place where gladiators fought -- the Colosseum. According to TMZ, sources say Italy's Minister of Culture reached out to Zuckerberg a days ago about staging the Meta CEO's fight against the Tesla, Twitter, and SpaceX chief in Rome's entry in the Seven Wonders of the World. TMZ reports its sources say Zuckerberg and Musk would love to throw down in the Colosseum.https://www.tmz.com/2023/06/29/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-mma-fight-colosseum-rome-italian-government-dana-white-ufc/