What’s Trending: Monday, August 9th, 2021
#Olympics
o The 2020 games wrapped up in Tokyo yesterday as the final medal were awarded in the closing ceremony.
o This weekend the USA won more gold medals and ended up winning more medals than any other countries in the Games.
o 626 athletes competed for the USA and they clinched 39 gold, 41 silver and 33 bronze medals for a grand total of 113 medals in 28 different sports.
o USA Women’s Volleyball took the gold this weekend along with USA Women’s Basketball, including Las Vegas Aces A’ja Wilson and Chelsea Gray.
#JulieBowen
o The “Modern Family” star is a real life hero after helping rescue a woman who fainted while hiking at Arches National Park in Utah.
o Minnie John, a resident of New Jersey, was traversing a trail in the park with her husband and son when she began to get lightheaded.
o After telling her family members to go on without her, she sat down to catch her breath and get some rest.
o She ended up fainting and hit her head on a rock.
o When she came to, she realized she was being helped by a woman with a “familiar voice” and that’s when she realized who it was.
#KISS
o The band will be coming to Vegas for their own residency.
o Gene Simmons confirmed the news with me on Friday at the Animazing Gallery at The Grand canal Shoppes to preview his collection of paintings and sketches.
o He said that they will begin the residency starting December 27th and it will spill into February at the Zappos Theater inside Planet Hollywood.
o This residency will be the first since their nine-date run at The Joint at the Hard Rock in 2014.
o Gene Simmons is also a new Las Vegas resident.
#FrenchsMustard
o National Mustard Day was on Saturday and the makers of French’s Mustard just unveiled a hot dog game-changer.
o They are now making mustard-flavored hot dog buns.
o Unfortunately, it’ll be hard to get your hands on them, and they won’t be in grocery stores unless they’re a huge hit.
o They did post a recipe if you want to try to make them yourself.
o Hot dog stands had them around New York, Chicago, and Santa Monica over the weekend.
o They’ll also be available at Yankee Stadium, Camden Yards, and outside Fenway Park next weekend.