"Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One" took in just $56.2 MILLION this weekend - a box office disappointment because it cost more than $250 MILLION to make.

- Sounds like there’s not gonna be a “Part Two”.

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The big winner again this weekend... "The Sound of Freedom" - the remarkable movie about Child Sex Trafficking in the United States and Around the World - and hat YOU can do about it. I highly recommend it!

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Speaking of movies…

Hollywood has come to a virtual standstill as 160,000 Actors and Actresses have gone on strike. The Screen Actors Guild wants guarantees from studios and film makers that AI and computer generated faces and voices will not be used to replace them.

- Do you think we could compromise and just have Artificial Intelligence replace Alec Baldwin and Joy Behar??

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The star-studded cast of “Oppenheimer” - which opens this weekend got up and WALKED OUT of the film's London premiere at the moment the strike was called in Hollywood.

- The audience supported the protest… spontaneously erupting in massive applause. The director of “Oppenheimer” said he hadn't seen that big an explosion since… well… you get the idea.

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According to a new study by Consumer Affairs, the Best Drivers in the Country are in Green Bay, Wisconsin and the Worst are in Memphis, Tennessee. How does Detroit Rate? We came in 7th... 7th WORST that is, right behind Cleveland, Ohio.

- Hear that Ohio? We're right behind you. Move over. This is the fast lane!!!

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The Republican Prez Candidates - all except for Trump - faced questions from Tucker Carlson in Iowa over the weekend... with many saying former VP Mike Pence killed his own career when he responded to Tucker's question about Pence's support for more tanks for Ukraine while American cities fall apart. Pence replied, "That's not my concern".

- Oops.

- Well it's not like he shot him in the face like Dick Cheney once did or Spelled “Potato” wrong like Dan Quayle…

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The New York Police Department says it used DNA obtained off of pizza crust to link the Long Island Serial Killer suspect to cold cases.

- Meanwhile they're using DNA off a half eaten Chimichanga to link Chris Christie to some XXL sweatpants left at a Mexican Restaurant.

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

-Dick