Superman Still Flying High, Paying For Food With Mangoes & A New “Dumb” iPhone

July 21st is the 202nd day of the year. There are 163 days remaining until the end of the year

Today is National Junk Food Day, National Get Out of the Doghouse Day, Invite an Alien to Live with You Day and Take a Monkey to Lunch Day

— On this date in 1873,  The first successful train robbery occurs in Adair, Iowa when Jesse James and the James-Younger Gain rob the train

— On this date in 1987, Guns N’ Roses release their first album, Appetite For Destruction. It’s a landmark debut, featuring the hits “Welcome To The Jungle” and “Sweet Child O’ Mine.”

— On this date in 1989, Performing on the Club MTV tour at a stop in Bristol, Connecticut, Milli Vanilli’s tracks go screwy when they try to lip-synch to the song “Girl You Know It’s True.” As the line “girl you know it’s…” repeats over and over, the duo panic and scurry off stage. It is later revealed that they didn’t sing on their album.

— On this date in 1989, Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title

— On this date in 2023, The Barbenheimer phenomenon begins as two major motion pictures, Barbie and Oppenheimer, are released in theaters on the same day

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Here are this past weekend’s box office results.
1. “Superman,” $57.3 million.
2. “Jurassic World Rebirth,” $23.4 million.
3. “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” $13 million. (The film cost $18 million to produce. It earned $11.6 million overseas for a total worldwide weekend take of $24.6 million)
4. “Smurfs,” $11 million. (The film cost $58 million to produce. It earned $25 million overseas for a total worldwide weekend take of $36 million)

Some Miami restaurants are allowing people to pay for food and drinks with mangoes. Bodega Taqueria y Tequila offers a mango cocktail for a single mango while Peel gives a dessert bowl for five pounds of the fruit. Zak the Baker exchanges a loaf of bread for six mangoes. Customers are excited about the unique opportunity to use fruit as currency.

A new “dumb” iPhone has been launched in the UK by Techless. The Sage Phone costs $135 per month. It doesn’t have the Internet, games, or social media apps because it is designed for children and adults looking to reduce screen time and avoid the pitfalls of smartphone addiction.

HBO has confirmed season three of ‘The Last of Us’ will premiere in 2027

‘’Superman’’ will hit Video On Demand (VOD) on August 26th 

Simon Cowell is set to create a new global boy band as part of a Netflix docuseries titled “Simon Cowell: The Next Act.” The series is set to premiere in December and will feature Cowell’s search for the next big sensations.