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Former POTUS Barack Obama‘s new book A Promised Land, released Nov. 17, bagged the largest first-day sales total for any book ever published by Penguin Random House. The publisher announced this week that Obama’s book sold more than 887,000 units in all formats and editions in the U.S. and Canada on its first day of […]
There’s a new YouTube king and it’s Baby Shark. Variety reports “Baby Shark Dance” has dethroned “Despacito” as the most-viewed YouTube video ever with a total of more than 7.047 billion. The music video for the Daddy Yankee-assisted smash song from Luis Fonsi took the crown in August 2017 and held onto it for over three years. Even […]
The Weeknd continues to obliterate the charts with his smash single “Blinding Lights.” “Blinding Lights” has now spent a record 28 weeks in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100, surpassing the previous high held by Ed Sheeran with “Shape of You.” It’s the latest accomplishment in what has turned into a string of accolades for The […]
CNN reports the small Siberian town of Verkhoyansk had the hottest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic Circle of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday, an alarming discovery for a place that posts an average high of 68 degrees Fahrenheit in the month of June. While the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) understands that Siberia is known for its large swings in month-to-month and yearly temperature, Verkhoyansk’s […]
“Circles,” the earworm of a track off Post Malone‘s third studio album Hollywood’s Bleeding, now holds the record for the most weeks spent in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 with 34. “Circles” becomes the first song to climb over the mysterious barrier of 33 weeks that Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You,” the Cardi B-assisted Maroon […]
In April of 2018, Cardi B dropped her highly-anticipated project Invasion of Privacy, which immediately left its mark on the Billboard 200 as the second-biggest debut of the year at the time. Her dominance on the charts continued into September when Invasion became 2018’s third-biggest selling hip-hop album, trailing only Drake’s Scorpion and Beerbongs & Bentleys by […]
The Safdie Brothers’ intense Adam Sandler-starring thriller Uncut Gems has set a new record for A24. Variety reports that the movie has brought in $18.8 million domestically since it opened on Wednesday, besting Midsommar from earlier in the year to become the distributor’s biggest five-day launch. Following a limited run, Uncut Gems has now brought in a total of $20 million in North America. […]
James Cameron, the director, writer, and producer of Avatar 2, feels confident that his long-awaited, highly-anticipated sequel to the 2009 film has what it takes to steal back the worldwide box office crown taken from him by Avengers: Endgame. “I think it’s a certainty,” Cameron said in an interview with USA Today. “But let’s give Endgame their moment and let’s […]
San Diego native Mark Mendenhall became the envy of no one when he set a new record for eating Chick-fil-A for 114 straight days, according to the New York Post. Mendenhall, who has become known as “Mayor of Chick-fil-A” by employees at his local restaurant, set out to accomplish this bizarre feat after hearing about a […]
22-year-old Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson broke Michael Vick‘s single-season rushing record on Thursday night during a game against the New York Jets. Vick’s record, which was set back in 2006, was for 1,039 yards. Jackson started the game 23 yards shy of that. After the record was broken, a clip of Vick congratulating Jackson was aired on Fox. […]
