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Another milestone for a TV legend: Dick Van Dyke is now the oldest Daytime Emmys winner in history. On Friday night, the 98-year-old actor and comedian won a statue for his guest role on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives." He is now also the oldest Daytime Emmys nominee ever. While accepting the award, Van Dyke said this "tops a lifetime of 80 years in the business."
https://variety.com/2024/tv/awards/dick-van-dyke-daytime-emmys-winner-days-of-our-lives-1236029346/
A country music superstar is keeping busy. Dolly Parton is heading back to Broadway. The Country Music and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer plans to debut "Hello, I'm Dolly" in 2026. The musical will feature some of Parton's most well-known songs along with new ones she has written for the play. Parton will not star in the musical, but said she has lived her whole life to see this show on stage. She previously wrote the score for "9 to 5: The Musical" that ran on the Great White Way in 2009.
It looks like young singles might not using dating apps as much. A recent report from Eventbrite found that young people are preferring in-person to online meet-ups. The platform says fatigue from the endless swiping on dating apps is causing Gen Z and Millennials to turn to more authentic settings, like hobby groups, in their search for a partner. Almost half of the Gen Z participants that were surveyed said connecting with others who have similar interests is one of the biggest challenges with online dating.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/eventbrite-report-reveals-why-singles-192700215.html
A famous San Francisco house is back on the market. It's the one from the 1980s TV show "Full House" and later in the spinoff "Fuller House." Only the exterior was featured since most of the filming was done in a studio. The three-story home in Lower Pacific Heights last sold for four-million dollars in 2016. Now, it's listed at six-and-a-half million. Whoever buys it could also negotiate to have handprints from cast members included.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/06/07/full-house-house-for-sale-san-francisco/74012480007/
A new installment in the "Hunger Games" book series will hit shelves next year. Scholastic announced "Sunrise on the Reaping" by Suzanne Collins will be publish March 18th. The story will take place 24 years before the events of the original "Hunger Games" book. This will be the fifth book in the series and first since the release of "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" in 2020. Over 100-million copies of the series have been published.
https://www.thewrap.com/hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping-release-date-plot-timeline/
Where do you find the world's best restaurant? A ceremony was held in Las Vegas last week to award the world's 50 best restaurants. Coming in at number one was Disfrutar of Barcelona, known for its Mediterranean-style tasting menus. Rounding out the top five were two other restaurants in Spain, one in Paris and one in Lima, Peru. The highest U.S. finisher was Atomix, a Korean restaurant in New York City.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/worlds-50-best-restaurants-for-2024/index.html