A longtime manager at a McDonald's in Canada named Brian Bates just won an award for Outstanding Manager of the Year. And he did an interview where he claimed Grimace is actually supposed to be a giant TASTE BUD. He says McDonald's has never officially said so, but it's what he's always been told over the years. If you look at the taste buds on our tongue under a microscope, they DO look like purple blobs.
LEVAR BURTON didn't get the "Jeopardy!" gig . . . but he is getting his own documentary. It's called "Butterfly in the Sky", and it's about his show "Reading Rainbow".
CARDI B didn't get hammered by Hurricane Ida like some people did . . . especially those in New Orleans and New York City. But she did experience some flooding . . . which she made sure to document on Instagram.
She shared some pictures on her Instagram Story of water pooling up inside her home in the Atlanta area. And in one she said, "Oh my god. It's starting to stink."
When LADY GAGA's dog walker RYAN FISCHER launched his GoFundMe and said he felt abandoned, he apparently wasn't talking about his former boss. He says, "Everyone thought that I was setting a blame on someone, when it was all love. [Gaga and her team are] my friends, and I love them and they're absolutely there for me."
New in theaters: "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings"...
The action-comedy "Red Notice" hits Netflix in November, starring Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, and The Rock.
HALLE BERRY and PATRICK WILSON have to stop the moon from destroying the Earth in "Moonfall".
Check out a trailer for "Alter Ego", that singing competition show where contestants perform as digital avatars.
New rumored cast members for "Dancing with the Stars" include Lori Loughlin's daughter Olivia Jade, NBA star Iman Shumpert, and Brian Austin Green.
There's a fan theory that the "Ted Lasso" character Roy Kent is computer generated. Well, the actor who plays him says, "I am a completely real normal human man who just happens to live in a VFX house and does normal human basic things like rendering and buffering and transferring data."
ELVIS' eyelet jumpsuit and cape from his 1972 Madison Square Garden show is going up for auction tomorrow . . . along with other memorabilia and a private luncheon with PRISCILLA PRESLEY.
September 2nd, 2003 was a bittersweet day for MARK WAHLBERG. It was the day his daughter Ella was born, and the day his sister Debbie passed away. He marked the 18th anniversary of both yesterday.
ABBA has a new album coming out on November 5th called "Voyage", and they released two new singles yesterday. An ABBA concert experience is opening in London next May, with the band as digital avatars of their younger selves.
An 11-year-old Bills fan named JOSHY HUTCHINSON recently beat Hodgkin's lymphoma . . . and he chose to celebrate like the so-called "Bills Mafia", by crashing through a table. Of course, his was made of cardboard.
