12 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia to Mumble Out Loud If No One Will Kiss You at Midnight
Finally, Spy Kids is getting the respect it deserves.
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The Latest Batch of Films Being Added to the National Film Registry
The Library of Congress will soon be home to a bunch of classics, including Dirty Dancing, Beverly Hills Cop, Spy Kids and Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan, which will be the first-ever Star Trek film to make the cut.
Spain’s First Nude Film Fest
Two cinemas in Valencia and Barcelona held all-nude screenings of the Christmas thriller Tú No Eres Yo for the Valencian Naturist Association. The association’s members appeared in the film as naked cult members, and a member told the director, “It would be really cool to see the film naked.”
ACAB Means Elton John
Elton John called marijuana addictive, saying, “When you’re stoned — and I’ve been stoned — you don’t think normally. Legalizing marijuana in America and Canada is one of the greatest mistakes of all time.”
Star of ‘Crocodile Dundee’ Dead at 90-ish
Burt, a saltwater crocodile who starred in the 1986 film alongside Paul Hogan, was “estimated to be over 90 years old” when he recently passed.
‘Fortnite’ Is About to Get Even More Inscrutable
According to a cryptic tweet from Fortnite, it looks like Skibidi Toilet, the wildly popular video series that expertly balances nonsense and hyperviolence and has become the most-viewed piece of art in human history, will soon exist in some form in the Fortnite universe.
The Yakuza Are Getting Into Pokemon
A boss of the powerful Japanese gang was arrested for stealing Pokemon cards. News reports keep saying the Yakuza are “resorting to petty theft,” but these cards are small, innocent and can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars, making them prime tools for money laundering and wealth hoarding.
This One Dude Couldn’t Stop Writing Christmas Bangers
Johnny Marks wrote several all-time classic Christmas songs across three decades, including “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (1949), “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” (1958) and “Holly Jolly Christmas” (1965).
‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ Was Sung by a 13-Year-Old, and She’s Still Singing All These Years Later
That rockin’ voice came out of recording artist Brenda Lee, who was 13 when she recorded the song in 1958. In 2023, Lee released a new recording of the song, and starred in its music video, causing it to shoot up to number one on the Billboard charts.
Noah Kahan Presents: The Stick of the Year
Because of his hit song “Stick Season,” self-described “stick lover, stick aficionado” Noah Kahan was tapped to announce the winner of the international Stick of the Year contest. The winner was a piece of driftwood that looks like some kind of Tolkien-esque elven sword.
The New York Jets Wouldn’t Recruit a Guy Because a Video Game Said He Wasn’t Good Enough
Jets owner Woody Johnson refused to trade for wide receiver Jerry Jeudy because he was freaked out by his low Madden rating.
What’s the Going Rate for Your Enemy’s Demise?
To get ahead of allegations of on-set sexual abuse, it appears that Justin Baldoni and his representatives paid a crisis PR firm $175,000 to wage a smear campaign against Blake Lively. It also happened to be the same PR firm that tried to salvage Johnny Depp’s reputation by trashing Amber Heard’s.
Simone Biles Is Opening a Tex-Mex Restaurant
Biles, who has won four Olympic golds and 23 World Championship golds, will be operating a restaurant called Taste of Gold in the Houston airport.
