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The Hunger Games prequel -- "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" -- topped the box office for the second-straight week with 42-million-dollars. The Ridley Scott historical drama "Napoleon" finished second with 32-point-five-million-dollars. Meanwhile, the animated Disney film "Wish" met its Waterloo, settling for third place with an estimated 31-point-seven-million-dollars during the five-day weekend, around 15-to-20-million-dollars below projections.
For the first time in more than three decades, the world's largest iceberg is on the move. The Antarctic iceberg called A23a covers about15-hundred-square-miles, roughly three times the size of New York City. The huge chunk of ice has been stuck on the floor since 1986, but now it's traveling away from Antartica at about three miles a day. Scientists say they are closely monitoring the iceberg's trajectory.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67507558
Attention, GatorNation...it's time to sign up for Swiftie 101. The University of Florida is announcing a new 13-week course called "Musical Storytelling with Taylor Swift and Other Iconic Female Artists." The course will compare Swift's lyrics with the works of other singer-songwriters including Dolly Parton, Aretha Franklin, and Billie Holiday. Students will write on themes such as old flames, infidelity, aging and double standards. It will be offered through the university's Honors Program starting in the spring.
https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/taylor-swift-course-university-of-florida-2024
A rare bottle of scotch whiskey has sold for a record-breaking price. The 1926 Macallan Adami single-malt whiskey is one of only 40 that were ever bottled and is described as "the most sought-after" whiskey in the world. After an intense bidding war, it sold for two-point-seven million dollars, shattering the previous record for a single-malt bottle.
A famed Hollywood TV producer has died. Marty Krofft and his brother Sid became famous in the 1970s for their iconic Saturday morning kid shows, like "Land of the Lost," "The Bugaloos," and "Lidsville" and "H.R. Pufnstuf." In 2018, the Krofft brothers were presented lifetime achievement awards from the Daytime Emmys. A representative announced on Saturday that Marty Krofft had passed away in his Los Angeles home at age 86.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/marty-krofft-dead-banana-splits-1235678938/
The 91st Hollywood Christmas Parade takes place this evening and I think an appropriate title might be "The Celebrity Ghosts of Christmases Past." This year's hosts include Erik Estrada, Dean Cain and Montel Williams. "Stars" in the parade include the fourth Ghostbuster, Ernie Hudson. And, among the performers at the Hollywood Parade Concert, 70's disco group Village People. The parade gets underway at 6 p.m., which means most of these people will be staying up past their bed time.