Tom Cruise is now Hollywood's highest paid actor making more than $100M for Top Gun: Maverick. Will Smith came in 2nd with $35 MIL for his upcoming film “Emancipation”.

- Well that’s a real slap in the face to all the other hard working actors.

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Disney says that in order to be “more inclusive”… "Fairy Godmothers in Training" will now be called “Fairy Godmother’s Apprentices” instead. “This way cast members who might not identify as female can still dress up as a female Disney character."

- As they say at Disney these days… “If it looks like a Duck, and it walks like a Duck… it’s probably a Guy in a Dress”.

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A new study finds that 4 out of 10 British adults brush their teeth just once a week.

- No wonder the Royal Family waves all the time. Nobody wants to go in close enough for a hug.

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A Giraffe in a National Park in Nairobi, Kenya has given birth to twins… a rarity in the Giraffe community.

- Even more rare… the twins were almost born AT THE SAME TIME… with the doctor saying they were “Neck and Neck” right up until the last minute when one of them pulled ahead.

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul is ordering state agencies to beef up monitoring of sharks following a series of “Jaws”-like attacks off Long Island.

- Why don’t they just send “Social Workers” to talk to the sharks?? I thought that was how “Woke” people like to handle “violent offenders” these days.

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The U.S. House of Representatives agreed to pay $96,000 of taxpayer money to provide its staff access to the meditation app “Calm”… citing the trauma of the January 6th assault on the U.S. Capitol.

- How about they pay for TAXPAYERS to get the app for the trauma of paying $5 bucks for a gallon of gas??

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A new report claims Rapper Lil Uzi Vert has changed his pronouns to "They" and "Them."

- Well good for They!

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Friday!

-Dick