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Weird Barbie, the breakout character from the hit movie "Barbie", is getting its own doll. The doll is inspired by Kate McKinnon's character complete with a pink baby doll dress, short spiky blonde hair with pink and blue highlights, squiggly forehead line and a circle around her eye. Mattel says Weird Barbie is designed “to emulate a doll that’s been played with just a little too much.” You can pre-order Weird Barbie by August 18th.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/07/business/mattel-weird-barbie-doll-buy/index.html
A Los Angeles Lakers jersey worn by the legendary Wilt Chamberlain is going up for auction later this month. Chamberlain wore the home gold uniform during Game 5 of the 1972 NBA Finals between the Lakers and New York Knicks. That was the night the Lakers clinched their first championship since moving to Los Angeles in 1959. The seven-foot-one 275-pound center was part of a Lakers team that won 33 consecutive games during the 1971-1972 season -- an NBA record that still stands. The jersey will go up for bids online starting August 28th. It's expected to sell for four-million dollars.
Texas Border Patrol agents in Brownsville said last Thursday that someone tried to sneak seven South American spider monkeys across the border at Fort Brown by hiding them inside a backpack. On Facebook, the agency called spider monkeys "critically endangered animals," and said the owner of the backpack has been arrested for suspected wildlife smuggling. The monkeys have been turned over to U.S. Fish and Wildlife for relocation.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-66420623
Madonna is sharing an update about her postponed Celebration Tour. She took to social media to thank fans and announced that the re-routed tour scheduled would be coming out withing the next few days. Madonna was forced to postpone her tour due to a serious bacterial infection that the came down with in late June. She was admitted in to ICU but has since recovered.
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/08/after-icu-stay-madonna-promises-rescheduled-tour-dates
The site of the only documented exorcism in the U.S. is closing. The St. Alexius Hospital in St. Louis is filing for bankruptcy but has not given a closing date, according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch. The hospital was founded in 1869 and later became the basis for the book "The Exorcist." It was decided in the late 1970s to demolish the wing of the hospital where the exorcism took place.
https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/historic-south-city-hospital-set-to-close/
The experience of a South Florida couple may have you thinking twice the next time you go to the bathroom. Last week, Crystal Collins and her husband found an iguana in their toilet. Her husband was the first to see it, and she sarcastically says his scream was 'very manly.' They were shocked but still retained their sense of humor. Crystal suggested burning down the house to get rid of it, because, in her words, "neither of us do lizards," but they decided to call a friend instead. That friend used a garbage bag to pull the iguana out of the toilet, and that's when they all realized it was still alive. Collins tells CBS News Miami if this happens again, they may have to move.
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/talk-about-invasive-resident-finds-iguana-in-toilet/