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An earthquake in northwest Ohio was felt by some in our listening area Sunday evening. The epicenter of the magnitude 2.3 quake was in the Walbridge area, with people is surrounding communities like Milbury and Northwood feeling it. Earthquakes in the area are not that rare. A quake ranked a magnitude 2.5 was reported near Toledo just last month. (Ohio News Network)
While somewhat rare for us (infrequent) there was an earthquake tonight in northern Ohio near Toledo! Here’s some details and a map! ⬇️ @mbruning81 @whiotv pic.twitter.com/usSrue7SpH
— Nicholas Dunn (@NickDunn_WX) April 22, 2024
A Texas man filed a lawsuit against Cinemark USA, accusing the movie theater chain of selling misleading drink sizes to moviegoers. According to the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas last week, Shane Waldrop bought a 20-ounce and a 24-ounce draft beer at the Cinemark Tinseltown in Grapevine, Texas, on Valentine’s Day. The lawsuit alleges that Waldrop didn’t think the 24-ounce container seemed big enough to hold 24 ounces, so he took the cup home to measure it. According to the lawsuit, he discovered that container could only hold 22 ounces. The lawsuit accuses Cinemark of intentionally misleading customers to believe they were getting more for their money.
“Defendant markets and sells 24 oz drinks at a premium price, despite the containers being physically incapable of holding that amount of liquid,” the lawsuit alleges. “Defendant has reaped enormous profits from its false, misleading and deceptive packaging and sale of its 24 oz drinks.”
The lawsuit alleges that the movie theater chain is in violation of Texas’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
As reported by Fox Business, Waldrop’s attorney, Jarrett L. Ellzey, said the lawsuit is an example of “consumers unwittingly overpaying for a supposed benefit they are not receiving.” (FOX 8 WJW)
President Biden celebrated Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in grants now available for residential solar projects that will power nearly a million low-income households. (Reuters)
Taylor Swift’s team will reportedly help Travis Kelce launch a nationwide tour of his Kelce Jam music fest. Kansas City plays host for the second edition Kelce Jam on May 18th. The musical acts include Lil Wayne, Diplo and 2Chainz.
Plans are underway to expand next year. Kelce Jam would stop at eight American cities. Travis Kelce knows nothing about logistics but his girlfriend does. A source said, “Taylor’s people are helping his team build a very solid plan and create the best festivals. She would show up at some of the dates.”
Travis wants to bring the Kelce Jam next year to the NFL cities of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, New Orleans, Indianapolis and Kelce’s hometown of Cleveland. (The Sun)
Taylor Swift dropped her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Society,” last week…and one song apparently calls out Kim Kardashian. In her new track “thanK you aIMee,” Taylor paints Kim as a bully and slams her as a “bronze spray-tanned statue.” If you need more hints that she’s talking about Kim, the letters K, I, and M are the only letters capitalized in the song’s title.
Swifities quickly showed their support for the music superstar. Tons of comments have flooded Kim’s Instagram posts, all saying things like “finally someone stood up to Aimee” or “thanK you aIMee.” If you need a reminder, the two have feuded ever since Kim released a recording of a phone call between Taylor and her then-husband Kanye West.
Kim apparently lost around 100,000 followers on social media after the song came out. That said…she’s got around 363-million Instagram followers, so she may not have even noticed. Source: TMZ
Video has surfaced of Jackass star Bam Margera beating a guy up in a wild street fight, but he says it was self-defense. In the video, which was filmed last week, you see Bam more or less obliterating the guy. But now, he posted a video of himself calling 911.
His manager Mike Quinn says the guy showed up outside a home Bam was staying at in L.A. Quinn says the unnamed man spent hours pacing outside the apartment, cursing and even threatening Bam’s life.
Apparently after Bam called 911, the cops never showed up, and friends persuaded him to try to handle the guy himself. Quinn says the man punched Bam first, and what you see in that street video is self-defense. He adds that neighbors applauded Bam after it was over.
Quinn says that despite what you see on that video, the man wasn’t injured and left of his own accord. (TMZ)
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Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger are under fire for razing an architecturally significant house they purchased last year. According to Robb Report, the couple bought the Zimmerman House in Los Angeles’ Brentwood neighborhood off market for $12.5 million in January 2023. Shortly after, they demolished the midcentury building, designed by esteemed midcentury architect Craig Ellwood, and began construction on a new home for themselves.
The previous owners were Sam Rolfe, the co-creator of classic TV shows The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Have Gun — Will Travel, and his wife Hilda, who continued to live there for 30 years after Sam’s death in 1993. Pratt and Schwarzenegger reportedly were drawn to the property for its proximity to a home owned by Schwarzenegger’s mother, Maria Shriver. A post on the Los Angeles Convervancy’s Instagram account describes the 1950 Zimmerman House as “a noteworthy example of Modernist design from this era,” adding that the house was identified as “potentially historic,” but “no protections are currently afforded.”
Preservationists and architecture enthusiasts angry about the demolition have taken to social media to voice their disapproval. In a thread in the subreddit r/midcenturymodern, commenters call the demolition “incredibly sad” and “more proof that money can’t buy good taste.”
“Unbelievable the notoriously onerous City of LA doesn’t allow anyone to do anything that makes actual sense – Allowed this midcentury modern house to be TORN DOWN,” wrote realtor Julie Chang on X.
“It’s sad to see icons of modernism needlessly destroyed by insensitive McMansion seekers,” wrote designer David Hill.
“Maybe i’m different but i would have a hard time sleeping soundly if i spent $12.5 million on this house only to tear it down,” TV writer Caitie Delaney weighed in. (People.com)
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