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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Mack and Schmitty in the morning on West Michigan's Christmas
station Star one oh five point seven.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Good morning, Hey, good morning. Listen if you I don't
know if you're gonna be able to see it anymore
because it was kind of setting, but I gotta tell
you top ten moon sets ever. Overnight last night. I
was driving in at about five after four, and honestly,
I thought it was like an airport spotlight. It was
so good. It was like a deep orange. I did
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one of those things where I actually like slowed my
car down on one thirty one southbound, which I would
not suggest. There's like three of us on the road
at that hour, and I wanted to get my phone out,
like I never used my phone driving, and I want
to get my phone out to snap a picture. Was
so gorgeous this morning.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
They never turned out how you want them to, though,
you know, when you see a gorgeous moon or a sunset,
I'm always so excited. I'm like, what a keeper, I'm
practically Ansel Adams. And then I take the photo and
it's it's.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
This one was good enough. I think it would man.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Oh, movies, music and all the gossip.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
In one place it's the celebrities goop on Star one
oh five point seven, So this.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Will make all of us parents feel maybe a scochh
bit better. NFL star and now NFL announcer Tom Brady
got very candid about his personal life yesterday, openly admitting
he is not the world's greatest dad to his three kids.
He spoke on a panel at the twenty twenty four
Fortune Global Forum in New York City and was asked
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how he is able to motivate his kids, as he
wanted to make it clear that it might be hard
being the goat to make sure that they're also following
their own dreams.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
All the parents in the room know that being a
parent is probably the hardest job all of us have,
and we screw up a lot. And I've screwed up
a lot as a parent. So I don't want to
seem like I'm some expert in parenting because I'm certainly not.
That I have three amazing kids that I just try
to be there.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
I try to just.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Be dependable and consistent for them, and honestly, whatever our
kids choose, as we know to do whatever they want
to do in life, we got to support and again
I'm saying my parents gave me was when I was
that long shot as a kid who was a backup
quarterback on a freshman team. They never said, man, don't
do that. It's going to be too hard. Let's do
something different, Let's think about another backup plan. They kind
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of said, you know what, go for it. Whatever you
want to be, go for it. And that's probably my
parenting style.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Brady admitted that his seventeen year old son Jack, who
shares with Bridget Monaghan, has recently come to him and said,
you know, I might be small, but I want to
be an NBA player, so that parenting will be coming
in handab you know.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
And while those genes are the greatest football player of
all time come in handy, I'm sure too. And maybe
some connections here are there too.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Ray J says that he has been contacted by multiple
celebrities who are so scared about their affiliation with Diddy
they're headed right to some of the alleged victims, paying
to keep them quiet, and yet another round of very
interesting allegations from people who have been within Diddy's circle. Somewhat.
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Ray J is talking to TMZ, saying people, for some
reason trust him.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
They want to talk to me.
Speaker 5 (03:10):
They want to talk to me about what happened to them.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
They call me, they feel like they can trust me.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
And while he has not dropped names, he says these
are high profile people trying to pretty much cut victims
off at the pass, even before any money demands have
been made. So it almost sounds a little different because
remember I had the story that attorney Tony Buzby said
he has already sent out quite a few demand letters
to various high profile people, giving them the ultimatum of
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paying up or facing a lawsuit. Ray j A seems
to be giving the idea that some of these other
big celebrities are saying, Yep, all right, I'm just gonna
pay so that I can steer clear of this whole
thing because I don't feel like I did anything wrong.
But the court of public opinion is a scary place.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Here's the thing. If people are calling ray j A
to drop all of the information to him, it's gonna
come out like wildfire. If you're already out there telling
one person, guarantee those same people are not just telling him.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
It's interesting, though, he was very uncomfortable when you watch
the entire interview, He's like, I actually don't know if
I should even say this much, so I post it
up for you at West Michigan Star dot com. Finally,
I'm sorry Back to the Future fans. Universal Pictures and
creator Bob Gail says the franchise is done. We know
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the fans have been asking for a new time traveling
chapter for almost thirty five years, but we're good. There
will never be a fourth film, and he says, just
as important, there will never be a reboot or any
kind of spin off. He said that recently he did
dig into the idea of turning Back to the Future
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the musical into a movie, kind of the similar way
Hamilton had been done. But for right now, just leave
it be. I don't think I can be any more clear.
The DeLorean is officially parked for I think.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
I'm okay with that. I think real lovers of that
eighties classic are fine with that. We can leave Doc
Brown in the past.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
You have three movies already. All of your celeb scoop
at West Michigan Star dot com.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
Sometimes because I get a good feeling well and you
need a little extra gas, a little something else to
lift you up. That's what we're here for feeling good
on Star went oh five point seven. It's Mack and
Schmidti and this is just a wild story out of Chicago.
For thirty five years, Vamar hunting he had a favorite
spot in Shytown and it was to give me some
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Sugu Bakery just a block from his home and couldn't
get enough of their lemon bars growing up, getting in
the stopping in there and chatting up with the bakery's
warm and welcoming owner leonor Lindsay. But that connection was
more than just lemon bars, and neither one of them
understood that until just a couple of years ago, when
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Lamar learned he was adopted and he was curious about
his roots, so he submitted genetic testing to search for
his biology family. His results finally matched up with his
birth mother, and the adoption agency contacted her to say,
your biological son would like to contact you. Well, that
is a call that is up to the birth parents.
But it was just seventeen year old Lindsay who made
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a decision to give up a newborn son for adoption
thirty five years ago, not knowing that she was going
to make a call to somebody that she had seen
many times throughout her life. She actually called and when
Lamar saw the bakery pop up on his phone, he said,
I'm thinking I didn't order anything. When he answered, Lindsay
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shared the stunning news that she was Lamar's biological mom
and that they had actually interacted dozens and dozens of
times without either one of them knowing that they were
mother and son. Talking to talking to ABC seven in Chicago,
Lindsay explaining how this was just meant to be.
Speaker 5 (06:56):
It's the most joyful story and time in my life
that at you know, in my senior years that all
of this has come together. When I called him, that
connection was so immediate. I can't even explain it. It
was just like everything in my heart just broke open.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Yeah. Lamar also found out he had a new sister
and an entire extended family. And get this, with her
health problems that she had mentioned right there, Lamar wound
up working at the bakery and is now going to
be taking it over.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
That's just why the great story. So I love this
when science meets whiskey and it's all taking place right
here in Michigan. This is incredible. So let's go back
to the fall two scuba divers descending on the James R.
Bentley shipwreck in link Huron. The goal finding sunken treasure,
but it's not jewels or gold. They were after the
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shipment of rye that was on the ship that sank
in November of eighteen seventy eight. The goal recover the rye,
bring to a scientist at MSU, so the historical grain
could be brought back to life, all with the goal
of distilling it. This is incredible, mammoth distilling. If you've
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ever been to Traverse City, I guarantee you stopped in,
you've also got a place actually here ingraund rapids right, unwealthy,
super delicious, and they've come up with a really cool idea.
So the story actually started three years ago when they
noticed that a small crafter in Traverse City came up
with the idea. They looked at what one MSU library
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had seen and posted with whiskey. He said, weird label.
It says it was made with pure rosen rye grown
on South Manitou Island in Michigan. Super unusual. Even back then,
they wouldn't have given what rye was used, certainly not
a local spot. And they came up with the idea
to hit shipwrecks that would maybe have rye on board,
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like something out of Jurassic Park. Take it to a
scientist at MSU who would pull the DNA from this
rye so Mammoth Distilling could make these drinks. It's unreal
and it's happening so cool. Founder and CEO Chad Munger said,
this goes way more than just shipwreck whiskey for them.
Speaker 6 (09:16):
This is a really interesting piece of our narrative arc
here that we're interested in, and that's recovering Michigan grain
and spirit's history and making the best whiskey and growing
the best grains that we can and kind of reintroducing
rye as a crop that's viable in this state instead
of just a cover crop, but one that people grow
intentionally as a commodity and try to help farmers have
another crop to put in their rotation to help make
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their farms more sustainable.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Is that incredible, He tells Wood TV. He thinks ry
is going to take center stage in the state in
the coming decades. Not only is this super cool shipwreck whiskey,
which is obviously a Michigan staple, but they're doing it
to help farmers. So if you have the chance to
stop into Mammoth Distilling and kind of talk about what
these guys are doing. There's a great group of scientists
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that are now behind this helping them. It's like the coolest.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Thing ever that is incredible spading. You know the way,
do you analogy? Give it an analogy like Jurassic Park.
And in my head, I'm like, man, life finds a
way and I'm here to take a drink of that floor.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Show who finds a Way?
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (10:14):
Put it up at West Michigan, Star.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
Dot com Movies, music and all the gossip in one place.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
It's the Celebrity Scoop on Star one oh five point seven.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Well breaking scoop. Yesterday, the FBI now involved as both
Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce have had their homes burglarized.
Patrick and his lavish estate in Belton, Missouri. This happened
apparently back at midnight on October sixth. Travis's home in Leewood,
Kansas was broken into the following day on the seventh.
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This is especially scary because Taylor was in town. The
police report says the back door was damaged twenty thousand
bucks in cash taken. Nothing clear about what was taken
from Patrick's home, but it is definitely leveled up as
the FBI is now assisting both Cass County Sheriff's Office
and the Leewood Police Department to look into these crimes.
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Then getting involved means that, besides them being famous athletes,
this could mean bigger problems. Sources say the FEDS wouldn't
get involved that this was just a simple burglary. It
indicates the case could involve organized crime crossing state lines.
Patrick and Kelcey not the only victims. The FBI is
also investigating break ins at homes of other residents in
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nearby neighborhoods now, a spokesperson for the FBI branch in
Kansas City, says they would not confirm or deny the
bureau's involvement in these investigations.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
You know, you leave twenty thousand dollars sitting out on
your kitchen counter and the next thing you know, burglars
are breaking into steal.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
It's philly, It's unfair. Michael Strahan finally issuing a statement
firing back at outrage surrounding his stands during the National
Anthem back on Sunday. I had this story. They had
a very special Veterans Day Fox NFL Sunday from Naval
Base San Diego. When the national anthem played, all of
his other co hosts placed their hands over their heart.
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Fans were quick to point out that Michael had his
hands interlocked down at his sides, and they thought, well,
he's trying to do something, protest something. Well, Michael took
to Instagram yesterday saying, they're the case.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
I have nothing to protest.
Speaker 7 (12:22):
I have no statement to be made. The only statement
that should be made, and I want to make if
not love the military, I've always loved the military, and
I will always love the military. I do so many
programs to help veterans and soldiers. I grew up on
a military base with a father who's the major in
the army. My brother, my sister, my cousins, they all
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served in a military I'm a military brat, and so
the fact of somebody saying that, you know, I'm unpatriotic
couldn't be any further from the truth.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
He also apologized because apparently unnamed media outlets kind of
brushed him yesterday outside of his personal family home and
he got into quite a scuffle, exploding at reporters, to
which he later said, not the way I intended to act.
But there's no controversy here. There's nothing but respect for
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the men and women in uniform.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Yeah, I mean a nothing burger that he probably wasn't
even thinking about until all of a sudden it blew
up in his face and he realized he had a
mess out of his hands.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
And finally, Denzel Washington, who already has a legendary acting resume,
is gearing up to join the Marvel Universe. I think
a lot of people are really excited about this. The
Oscar winner has admitted he's not sure how many more
roles he will take, especially as he approaches seventy admits
he's being super selective, but confirmed director Ryan Coogler is
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writing him a part in the third Black Panther movie.
He dropped the news on Today in Australia, saying that
he's also got an untitled Netflix film about the historical
general Hannibal that he's looking forward to, but by far
super excited to be joining Black Panther. No official confirmation
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from the director, obviously, we don't really have any premiere
news on this, but it is going to.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Be sweet Honestly, I love Denzel and just about everything,
and I think it's incredible that his son is also
a phenomenal actor that's in so many movies. Now, it
feels like all of.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
Your celebscoop at West Michigan.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Start off on come on in to you. It's Mack
and Schmidti. And you know you mentioned whether or not
you're weird for this comfort show that you've been watching. Schmidte,
I know you're weird. I don't have to debate that
at all, but you are the expert. I feel like
on shows that are out there streaming, I call you
the stream queen.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
So shows plural, let's start with that. If you don't
know what a comfort show is, it's kind of that
thing that you rewatch, right. A lot of people will
say Friends or Parks in reg or maybe I love Lucy,
that show you can just throw on when things are
getting wild or stressful, you take a break. You don't
have to pay too much attention because you've seen them all.
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This just makes you feel good. Now, generally, I've talked
a lot about this on the show, and if you
follow me on social media, you know this too. Serial
Killer documentaries are my comfort shows my best friend. Well, no,
that's just it. My best friend and I love watching them.
We've seen just about every single one that's come out.
And weirdly enough, my new comfort dramas aliens. Y'all, I
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am in the Alien black Hole. So it has been
such a weird week and a half. But there's two
shows that have actually just dropped. If you've ever seen
Ancient Apocalypse, it is on Netflix. Journalist Graham Hancock travels
the world investigating all of these really kind of strange things.
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They found civilizations and places like the Amazon where ssyiientists
never thought that even ancient peoples would be able to thrive.
They found huge cities built. He does like all of
the Eastern island heads. He goes and looks at Stonehenge.
I'm absolutely fascinated. I've watched two full seasons of Ancient Apocalypse,
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and towards the end of the most current one, he
starts to get into whether or not we've ever been
visited by aliens. Oh my gosh, we're looking at like
wallmarkings and hieroglyphics, all the Geolithic pictures. And then I
moved into a new show that just dropped on Netflix
called investigation Alien and that's George Knapp, who's been a
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journalist for more than thirty years, doing all of this
crazy investigation. It's six episodes, and I'm talking to my
husband last night. I'm like, dude, I'm all in. I
find it. So I don't know what it is. I
think it's just like if things do get so stressful whatever,
because the aliens are coming, and none of this is
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going to matter in a very like.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
That's where this has come for you, Like none of
it matters because the aliens are on their life.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
Like he's got I mean, he's got military people he's
talking to. They're about to do another round of hearings
in Congress about this. I'm like, how weird am I?
Because they went over and I saw my best friend
yesterday afternoon, my serial killer best friend.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Yeah, who loves those. She disappointed that she's not watching
killers and now you're ayes.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
She honestly, she didn't say anything to me. She just
gave me this look like I hope we can still
be friends, but if you don't stop talking to me
about aliens, I'm not sure I'm fully going to trust
this relationship. Oh it's so good.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
All I keep thinking, is that you I want to
know now. I feel like we know just based on
your explanation here, scale of one, uh scale, I want
a percentage here, How certain are you?
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Ninety eight point five?
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Ninety eight point five? Man?
Speaker 2 (17:58):
And don't just ask me. I know Reeves was also
a part of this and fully believed like this is something.
It's such a good show.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
I mean, Schmitty and Neo from the Matrix are certain
aliens exist, guys.
Speaker 8 (18:12):
I don't know what more.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Confidence and it is fascinating.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
I'm telling you, coome onning to Mack and Schmitty and
on Wednesdays. You know what, we own our screw ups
as parents because they happen all the time and we
share them with you each week, Schwetty.
Speaker 4 (18:28):
You know.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
But I look back at my relationship with my daughter,
I can be pretty certain that the last time I
was ever considered cool was definitely before this past Saturday. Okay,
because she's playing basketball this season again, and we were
over at the place where she was playing the game
on Saturday. We got there a little bit early, so
just a couple of her teammates were there, like maybe
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three or four girls total from the team, and their
coach wasn't there yet either. So they're on the court
and you know, just kind of shooting around, and I'm
standing under the basket, just sort of rebounded for people, right,
and one of the balls goes behind a little three
stepper bleacher, and so I just walk over there casually,
and it's behind it. So I lean over top of it,
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and I've been down, and I just hear my daughter
go yeah, I don't even know it's up. I turn
around and I just see her face buried in her
hands and sees bright red, and the other girls are
standing around her laughing. What happened, Smitty?
Speaker 2 (19:27):
You either farted or you split your pants neither.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
My butt was just hanging halfway out of plumber crack.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
Oh yeah, well that's actually the worst.
Speaker 1 (19:35):
Oh yeah, so nice shiny on display top of my
butt on display for a bunch of eleven year old
girls in a gym who cannot stop cackling at me. Schmitty.
I have never understood why old men wear suspenders until now.
I don't think I'm ever gonna be able to go
to a basketball game again without wearing them way up
above my hips.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
It was not my finead or control top leggings, honey,
might be time for ya.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
Movies, music, and all the gossip in one place.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
It's the celebrities Goop on Star one oh five point seven.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
Well it is official. Jim Helpert is your Sexiest Man
Alive aka John Krasinski, nabbing People's twenty twenty four Big Award.
Talking to the magazine, he admits, uh, what, everybody, this
is John Krasinski, and no, this is not a dream.
I have been named People's Sexiest Man Alive.
Speaker 5 (20:33):
What is happening?
Speaker 2 (20:34):
He tells people. When he got the news, it was
just immediate blackout, zero thoughts other than maybe I'm being punked.
It's not how I wake up thinking, is this the
day that I'll be asked to be sexiest Man Alive?
And it was the day you guys decided to do it.
You've really raised the bar for me now. While fans
know him for not just the office, but of course
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tons of movies Jack Ryan Smash Hit on Amazon on Prime,
he's a devoted family man, he says, sacrificing for love
is one of his favorite things to do and his
most important role, preferring to be a husband and dad
who binges Netflix documentaries and relishes in bedtime stories with
his kids as if you couldn't get hotter John. He
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also tells People magazine that when his wife, actress Emily Blunt,
heard the news, she was very, very excited, telling him
she was going to wallpaper their house with his people covered.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
You know, the ladies have been swooning for Jim Helpert
for many, many years now. I only can hope that
when he does his photo shoot for the issue of People,
that it's just him making awkward faces, staring directly at
the camera photos.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
The photos are out and it is not that, but
he seems to have forgotten his shirt and a few
of them ladies. John mulaney is opening up about his
addiction recovery journey, and fans are really praising his marriage
Rich as part of this. The Saturday Night Live alum
is g q's twenty twenty four Man of the Year,
spoke very candidly to the magazine about his whirlwind year
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as a new father of two, as well as his
ongoing recovery from addiction. He says it's actually his wife,
Olivia Munn, who chose to stage a mini intervention of
her own to involve herself more in his recovery journey.
When she was six months pregnant, Molany said she decided
she was going to administer random drug tests to ensure
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that he remained on the road to a successful recovery.
And John admits it's a relief, like to be able
to not even have that be a question in her
or anyone else's mind. He says, not to be funny,
but something about peeing in that cup is like, I'm
walking this walk, She's walking it alongside me, and it
gives me confidence that I am going to be able
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to live a clean life.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Wow. That's I mean, that's that is intense incredible.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Finally, oh, what Martha Stewart does not like to be
touched And if you've ever watched Drew Barrymore's talk show,
she gets real touchy feely. It got a bit awkward
yesterday when Drew asked Martha what makes her feel that
ooey gooey started kind of caressing her arm, grabbing her knee,
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doing anything she could to get Martha to open up.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Makes you soft and gooey, though, what makes me soft
and gooey? Soft and gooey? Yeah, soft and gooey treatments
when you're treated like a lady.
Speaker 3 (23:34):
Nice someone someone comes in and.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
You're the wrong gender.
Speaker 6 (23:38):
I know.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
I mean she at one point physically pushes Drew away,
making it very clear, No'm good on this. It's a
little too close for comfort.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Only Snoop Dogg can touch me. Everybody else back up.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Great video up with your scoop at West Michigan. Startoc
the one.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
It's you, it's my let's do it. Christmas Quiz time
getting you into one delicious event, schmitty.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
It is the seventeenth annual Grand Rapids Wine, Beer and
Food Festival. It officially kicks off next Thursday. It's coming
up fast at Devas. We've got your tickets. I also
a really fun Christmas experience. Our Christmas Quiz today is
going to score you those What is something Santa might
brag about?
Speaker 1 (24:26):
Something Santa might brag about? I mean, he's got a
lot of things to be proud of. He's not bragging
about the weather in his home locations, Middy, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
He'll be brags about his bot. I Felexander would be
very body positive. That bowlful of jello, you get it, buddy,
This is built on Christmas cookies six one six four
five eight, one oh five seven caller seven? What is
something Santa might brag about? And you'll be bragging about
your time at the seventeenth annual Grand Rapids Wine Beer
and Food Festival with Star Win oh five point seven?
Speaker 1 (24:56):
Good morning Star? Who's this? B are you calling from? Today?
Speaker 8 (25:01):
Aida?
Speaker 1 (25:02):
All right, Tim and Ada, let's see if we can
get to these passes for the Grand Rapids International Wine
Beer in Food Festival. You gotta tell me, Tim. When
one hundred adults were asked to name something that Sanna
might brag abouts, what do you think? The top answer
was there the best job ever? Best job ever? I
mean the guy works one day a year. How much
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better can it get?
Speaker 5 (25:25):
Exactly? You know?
Speaker 1 (25:26):
And he's his own boss. I like that too, But
now that's actually the number two most common answer.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
I'm sorry you.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
Hi Star? Who's this?
Speaker 4 (25:38):
Hi?
Speaker 1 (25:38):
Hi Star? Who's this? Hi?
Speaker 9 (25:41):
Jen?
Speaker 1 (25:42):
I just got a great guess from Tim. When one
hundred adults were asked to name something that Santa Claus
might brag about, he said having the best job ever
and working one day a year was actually the second
most common answer, but not the top one. Jens, you
got a chance. What do you think it is.
Speaker 2 (25:58):
I think he's gonnak that he is the best gift giver.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
I mean, who could be better than Santa Clause as
a gift giver? But somehow that's not even on the
list of top answers. Jen, I'm sorry, thank you, thank you,
Hi Star. Who's this is Paul?
Speaker 8 (26:16):
Here?
Speaker 1 (26:16):
Buddy, Hey Paul? But hey, well let's see, Paul if
we can get you these tickets for the Grand Rapids
International Wine, Beer and Food Festival. A couple of good
guesses so far, but not the top answer. When one
hundred adults were asked to name something Santa might brag about.
So far, I heard only working one day a year,
having the awesome job, and also being the greatest of
all gift givers, which was a good guest, but not
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on the list.
Speaker 7 (26:39):
Here, Paul, so what do you think it is?
Speaker 1 (26:42):
His wife? His wife? Yeah, bragging about your wife. That's
just a good husband move. But that's also not on there.
I'm sorry, Paul, I know it, I know it. I'm
with you. I'm with you, Hi Star. Who's this Casey.
I've gotten good guesses, but still not the top answer.
One hundred adults were asked what something Santa might brag
about and I've heard only working one day a year
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having a great job, bragging about missus clause that wasn't
on there, and either was being a great gift giver.
What do you says?
Speaker 2 (27:10):
He's rainier, draysdier, he's got flying reindeer.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Who else besides Santa Claus can make that claim? Exactly exactly?
I can't believe it took us that long to get there.
I mean, the man has flying reindeer for Pete.
Speaker 7 (27:29):
Sick, right, I never think about that when I think
of Santa.
Speaker 9 (27:34):
For some reason, he's gotta.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
Brag it up, all right. Congratulations, you are going to
the Grand Rapids International Wine, Beer and Food Festival.
Speaker 7 (27:43):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
That's so awesome. I've never been.
Speaker 9 (27:45):
I'm so excited.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
Well you should be. It's gonna be a lot of
fun and we are happy to be getting you there
again this year coming up November twenty first through the
twenty third, and we'll have more tickets for you tomorrow.
Your Christmas quiz eight fifteen You're unstarved point seeven. Good
morning to you. It's Mack and Schmidte on West Michigan's
Christmas Station and of course holiday get together is between
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Turkey Day coming up, and of course maybe office Christmas parties,
a lot of potlucks. This is pot luck season. I
would say, schmidty right now, gross, let's see interesting. I
knew that for you. I knew the answer to this
question right off the bat. When it comes to either
family or work potlucks. Do you get kind of competitive
about the dish?
Speaker 2 (28:24):
Ship ring nice I store by mine, I've got. I'm
so sorry, I've got a weird thing. If I've never
seen your kitchen, I don't know if I want to.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
Touch food now. I get that if you get something
in your head, it's really hard to get out of it.
But I think for most people the potluck is a
staple for sure. And I thought about your husband actually,
because I know he's the big cook in the house
and he likes to compete a little bit. He's got
some really good stuff, whether it be his chili or
his hot sauces or his salsas, any of those things
I'm not making. He does do it all. And it
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made me think about whether or not you're competing with
your family members or your co workers. Because one of
my best friends works for a tech company here in
Grand rapids, and they throw this ep at Christmas party.
Everybody is supposed to bring a dish, but the boss,
their owner of this company, gives a five hundred dollars
gift card to the side that he likes the b then.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
I'd be cooking. You bet your balls. So this is one,
or at least i'd fake it.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
So this year his plan because he knows that his
boss's favorite restaurant is Butcher's Union on Michigan and that
he's obsessed with the French fry on Bridge Street. Excuse
me that he's obsessed with the French fries at Butcher's Union, which,
if you've never had, they're the greatest day potatoes of
all time, so so good. So he is dropping two
hundred dollars schmidty on like five pounds of those fries
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and a whole bunch of the Brussels sprouts, the roasted
Brussels sprouts that they do over there. He's like, look, man,
it takes money to make money.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Honest, you drop two, could make five. Give me this
guy's number, your new my new financial planner.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
Sometime I'd get a good feel. Well, let's put a
little sunshine into this day. She made it's feeling good
right now in Startinar five point seven. What's going on?
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Well, you know, all my theater geeks are so excited
about this Wicked officially premiering nationwide next Friday. But it
was director John Chuo that got the most attention at
the Los Angeles premiere because he wasn't there. He actually
started with a video that he had sent in. You
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can hear the audience gasp as he opens in a
hospital room and explains why he had to miss one
of the biggest moments of his life.
Speaker 9 (30:38):
And everybody, it's John Junior, director of the movie. I'm
so sorry I can't be there. November nine, I was
at the hotel across the street ready to come. My
whole family is there, my friends, all our loved ones
are there, and I've waited for three years to have
this moment to share a movie with you. But I've
went to my whole life to have this one.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
Child right now, of course, this little girl that was
when to show up, come on, let's.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Righty skip the premiere because his wife had gone into labor.
And if you miss city said, I've been waiting three
years for this moment of my life. But I've been
waiting my whole life for this moment, so it was
really cute. In the video, he made sure to stand
in a part of the hospital that had both a
green piece of paper and a pink piece of paper
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for Alphaba and Glinda, so both done. Director to very
sweet moment.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
Major Dad points right there. I think you're going to
be able to call on that one for several years
to come. I love it all right, Lions fans, in
case you know, the best record since the nineteen fifties
leading the NFC and oh yeah, being an absolute blast
to watch were not enough reasons to love our Detroit
Lions currently. How about for what they're doing in the community,
always looking to give back and it was really cool.
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A bunch of Lions players and members of the organization
got together to off thousands, thousands of Thanksgiving dinner packages
that are going to be going out to food insecure
people throughout Michigan and especially throughout the Detroit area. They
teamed up actually with our friends at Meyer and Gleaner's
Community Food Bank to make this happen, and some of
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those players just saying, you know, this was their opportunity
to give back to fans who have given them so
much and to do something about food insecurity. Talking to XYZ,
they're in Detroit, Offensive Lineman, Coldby Soresdale and Long Snapper
Hogan Hattan, just talking about how great it was to
be a part of this event.
Speaker 8 (32:35):
I worked up sweat last year and I'm doing that
so again this year. I've been blessed and fortunate enough
to grow up with food always on the table, so
I don't know what it's like to not have that,
and so to come here and give them that, I
think it's huge. Detroit Lions wish everybody and you know,
happy Thanksgiving, and they want everybody to have food on
the table the way it should be.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
The Lions, by the way, packed up five thousand meals,
going to be serving over one hundred and fifty thousand
food insecure people across the metro Detroit area ishmid not
just them.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
My friend Miranda was there as well. I just shared
that to our Facebook at West Michigan Star.
Speaker 1 (33:09):
I love it all right, feeling good. It comes at
you a couple times to day, six forty five and
nine twenty every weekday, and it's all thanks to our
friends for the Grand Rapids International Wineber Food Festival.
Speaker 2 (33:18):
Deventeenth annual with so much going on at Devasplace, kicks
off next Thursday. Grwine Festival dot
Speaker 1 (33:25):
Com, Mackenschmidty in the morning weekday, starting at six am
on Star one oh five point seven
Mack and Schmitty in the morning on West Michigan's Christmas
station Star one oh five point seven.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Good morning, Hey, good morning. Listen if you I don't
know if you're gonna be able to see it anymore
because it was kind of setting, but I gotta tell
you top ten moon sets ever. Overnight last night. I
was driving in at about five after four, and honestly,
I thought it was like an airport spotlight. It was
so good. It was like a deep orange. I did
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one of those things where I actually like slowed my
car down on one thirty one southbound, which I would
not suggest. There's like three of us on the road
at that hour, and I wanted to get my phone out,
like I never used my phone driving, and I want
to get my phone out to snap a picture. Was
so gorgeous this morning.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
They never turned out how you want them to, though,
you know, when you see a gorgeous moon or a sunset,
I'm always so excited. I'm like, what a keeper, I'm
practically Ansel Adams. And then I take the photo and
it's it's.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
This one was good enough. I think it would man.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Oh, movies, music and all the gossip.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
In one place it's the celebrities goop on Star one
oh five point seven, So this.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Will make all of us parents feel maybe a scochh
bit better. NFL star and now NFL announcer Tom Brady
got very candid about his personal life yesterday, openly admitting
he is not the world's greatest dad to his three kids.
He spoke on a panel at the twenty twenty four
Fortune Global Forum in New York City and was asked
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how he is able to motivate his kids, as he
wanted to make it clear that it might be hard
being the goat to make sure that they're also following
their own dreams.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
All the parents in the room know that being a
parent is probably the hardest job all of us have,
and we screw up a lot. And I've screwed up
a lot as a parent. So I don't want to
seem like I'm some expert in parenting because I'm certainly not.
That I have three amazing kids that I just try
to be there.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
I try to just.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Be dependable and consistent for them, and honestly, whatever our
kids choose, as we know to do whatever they want
to do in life, we got to support and again
I'm saying my parents gave me was when I was
that long shot as a kid who was a backup
quarterback on a freshman team. They never said, man, don't
do that. It's going to be too hard. Let's do
something different, Let's think about another backup plan. They kind
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of said, you know what, go for it. Whatever you
want to be, go for it. And that's probably my
parenting style.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Brady admitted that his seventeen year old son Jack, who
shares with Bridget Monaghan, has recently come to him and said,
you know, I might be small, but I want to
be an NBA player, so that parenting will be coming
in handab you know.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
And while those genes are the greatest football player of
all time come in handy, I'm sure too. And maybe
some connections here are there too.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Ray J says that he has been contacted by multiple
celebrities who are so scared about their affiliation with Diddy
they're headed right to some of the alleged victims, paying
to keep them quiet, and yet another round of very
interesting allegations from people who have been within Diddy's circle. Somewhat.
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Ray J is talking to TMZ, saying people, for some
reason trust him.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
They want to talk to me.
Speaker 5 (03:10):
They want to talk to me about what happened to them.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
They call me, they feel like they can trust me.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
And while he has not dropped names, he says these
are high profile people trying to pretty much cut victims
off at the pass, even before any money demands have
been made. So it almost sounds a little different because
remember I had the story that attorney Tony Buzby said
he has already sent out quite a few demand letters
to various high profile people, giving them the ultimatum of
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paying up or facing a lawsuit. Ray j A seems
to be giving the idea that some of these other
big celebrities are saying, Yep, all right, I'm just gonna
pay so that I can steer clear of this whole
thing because I don't feel like I did anything wrong.
But the court of public opinion is a scary place.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Here's the thing. If people are calling ray j A
to drop all of the information to him, it's gonna
come out like wildfire. If you're already out there telling
one person, guarantee those same people are not just telling him.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
It's interesting, though, he was very uncomfortable when you watch
the entire interview, He's like, I actually don't know if
I should even say this much, so I post it
up for you at West Michigan Star dot com. Finally,
I'm sorry Back to the Future fans. Universal Pictures and
creator Bob Gail says the franchise is done. We know
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the fans have been asking for a new time traveling
chapter for almost thirty five years, but we're good. There
will never be a fourth film, and he says, just
as important, there will never be a reboot or any
kind of spin off. He said that recently he did
dig into the idea of turning Back to the Future
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the musical into a movie, kind of the similar way
Hamilton had been done. But for right now, just leave
it be. I don't think I can be any more clear.
The DeLorean is officially parked for I think.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
I'm okay with that. I think real lovers of that
eighties classic are fine with that. We can leave Doc
Brown in the past.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
You have three movies already. All of your celeb scoop
at West Michigan Star dot com.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
Sometimes because I get a good feeling well and you
need a little extra gas, a little something else to
lift you up. That's what we're here for feeling good
on Star went oh five point seven. It's Mack and
Schmidti and this is just a wild story out of Chicago.
For thirty five years, Vamar hunting he had a favorite
spot in Shytown and it was to give me some
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Sugu Bakery just a block from his home and couldn't
get enough of their lemon bars growing up, getting in
the stopping in there and chatting up with the bakery's
warm and welcoming owner leonor Lindsay. But that connection was
more than just lemon bars, and neither one of them
understood that until just a couple of years ago, when
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Lamar learned he was adopted and he was curious about
his roots, so he submitted genetic testing to search for
his biology family. His results finally matched up with his
birth mother, and the adoption agency contacted her to say,
your biological son would like to contact you. Well, that
is a call that is up to the birth parents.
But it was just seventeen year old Lindsay who made
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a decision to give up a newborn son for adoption
thirty five years ago, not knowing that she was going
to make a call to somebody that she had seen
many times throughout her life. She actually called and when
Lamar saw the bakery pop up on his phone, he said,
I'm thinking I didn't order anything. When he answered, Lindsay
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shared the stunning news that she was Lamar's biological mom
and that they had actually interacted dozens and dozens of
times without either one of them knowing that they were
mother and son. Talking to talking to ABC seven in Chicago,
Lindsay explaining how this was just meant to be.
Speaker 5 (06:56):
It's the most joyful story and time in my life
that at you know, in my senior years that all
of this has come together. When I called him, that
connection was so immediate. I can't even explain it. It
was just like everything in my heart just broke open.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Yeah. Lamar also found out he had a new sister
and an entire extended family. And get this, with her
health problems that she had mentioned right there, Lamar wound
up working at the bakery and is now going to
be taking it over.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
That's just why the great story. So I love this
when science meets whiskey and it's all taking place right
here in Michigan. This is incredible. So let's go back
to the fall two scuba divers descending on the James R.
Bentley shipwreck in link Huron. The goal finding sunken treasure,
but it's not jewels or gold. They were after the
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shipment of rye that was on the ship that sank
in November of eighteen seventy eight. The goal recover the rye,
bring to a scientist at MSU, so the historical grain
could be brought back to life, all with the goal
of distilling it. This is incredible, mammoth distilling. If you've
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ever been to Traverse City, I guarantee you stopped in,
you've also got a place actually here ingraund rapids right, unwealthy,
super delicious, and they've come up with a really cool idea.
So the story actually started three years ago when they
noticed that a small crafter in Traverse City came up
with the idea. They looked at what one MSU library
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had seen and posted with whiskey. He said, weird label.
It says it was made with pure rosen rye grown
on South Manitou Island in Michigan. Super unusual. Even back then,
they wouldn't have given what rye was used, certainly not
a local spot. And they came up with the idea
to hit shipwrecks that would maybe have rye on board,
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like something out of Jurassic Park. Take it to a
scientist at MSU who would pull the DNA from this
rye so Mammoth Distilling could make these drinks. It's unreal
and it's happening so cool. Founder and CEO Chad Munger said,
this goes way more than just shipwreck whiskey for them.
Speaker 6 (09:16):
This is a really interesting piece of our narrative arc
here that we're interested in, and that's recovering Michigan grain
and spirit's history and making the best whiskey and growing
the best grains that we can and kind of reintroducing
rye as a crop that's viable in this state instead
of just a cover crop, but one that people grow
intentionally as a commodity and try to help farmers have
another crop to put in their rotation to help make
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their farms more sustainable.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Is that incredible, He tells Wood TV. He thinks ry
is going to take center stage in the state in
the coming decades. Not only is this super cool shipwreck whiskey,
which is obviously a Michigan staple, but they're doing it
to help farmers. So if you have the chance to
stop into Mammoth Distilling and kind of talk about what
these guys are doing. There's a great group of scientists
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that are now behind this helping them. It's like the coolest.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Thing ever that is incredible spading. You know the way,
do you analogy? Give it an analogy like Jurassic Park.
And in my head, I'm like, man, life finds a
way and I'm here to take a drink of that floor.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Show who finds a Way?
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (10:14):
Put it up at West Michigan, Star.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
Dot com Movies, music and all the gossip in one place.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
It's the Celebrity Scoop on Star one oh five point seven.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Well breaking scoop. Yesterday, the FBI now involved as both
Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce have had their homes burglarized.
Patrick and his lavish estate in Belton, Missouri. This happened
apparently back at midnight on October sixth. Travis's home in Leewood,
Kansas was broken into the following day on the seventh.
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This is especially scary because Taylor was in town. The
police report says the back door was damaged twenty thousand
bucks in cash taken. Nothing clear about what was taken
from Patrick's home, but it is definitely leveled up as
the FBI is now assisting both Cass County Sheriff's Office
and the Leewood Police Department to look into these crimes.
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Then getting involved means that, besides them being famous athletes,
this could mean bigger problems. Sources say the FEDS wouldn't
get involved that this was just a simple burglary. It
indicates the case could involve organized crime crossing state lines.
Patrick and Kelcey not the only victims. The FBI is
also investigating break ins at homes of other residents in
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nearby neighborhoods now, a spokesperson for the FBI branch in
Kansas City, says they would not confirm or deny the
bureau's involvement in these investigations.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
You know, you leave twenty thousand dollars sitting out on
your kitchen counter and the next thing you know, burglars
are breaking into steal.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
It's philly, It's unfair. Michael Strahan finally issuing a statement
firing back at outrage surrounding his stands during the National
Anthem back on Sunday. I had this story. They had
a very special Veterans Day Fox NFL Sunday from Naval
Base San Diego. When the national anthem played, all of
his other co hosts placed their hands over their heart.
(12:08):
Fans were quick to point out that Michael had his
hands interlocked down at his sides, and they thought, well,
he's trying to do something, protest something. Well, Michael took
to Instagram yesterday saying, they're the case.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
I have nothing to protest.
Speaker 7 (12:22):
I have no statement to be made. The only statement
that should be made, and I want to make if
not love the military, I've always loved the military, and
I will always love the military. I do so many
programs to help veterans and soldiers. I grew up on
a military base with a father who's the major in
the army. My brother, my sister, my cousins, they all
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served in a military I'm a military brat, and so
the fact of somebody saying that, you know, I'm unpatriotic
couldn't be any further from the truth.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
He also apologized because apparently unnamed media outlets kind of
brushed him yesterday outside of his personal family home and
he got into quite a scuffle, exploding at reporters, to
which he later said, not the way I intended to act.
But there's no controversy here. There's nothing but respect for
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the men and women in uniform.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Yeah, I mean a nothing burger that he probably wasn't
even thinking about until all of a sudden it blew
up in his face and he realized he had a
mess out of his hands.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
And finally, Denzel Washington, who already has a legendary acting resume,
is gearing up to join the Marvel Universe. I think
a lot of people are really excited about this. The
Oscar winner has admitted he's not sure how many more
roles he will take, especially as he approaches seventy admits
he's being super selective, but confirmed director Ryan Coogler is
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writing him a part in the third Black Panther movie.
He dropped the news on Today in Australia, saying that
he's also got an untitled Netflix film about the historical
general Hannibal that he's looking forward to, but by far
super excited to be joining Black Panther. No official confirmation
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from the director, obviously, we don't really have any premiere
news on this, but it is going to.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Be sweet Honestly, I love Denzel and just about everything,
and I think it's incredible that his son is also
a phenomenal actor that's in so many movies. Now, it
feels like all of.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
Your celebscoop at West Michigan.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Start off on come on in to you. It's Mack
and Schmidti. And you know you mentioned whether or not
you're weird for this comfort show that you've been watching. Schmidte,
I know you're weird. I don't have to debate that
at all, but you are the expert. I feel like
on shows that are out there streaming, I call you
the stream queen.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
So shows plural, let's start with that. If you don't
know what a comfort show is, it's kind of that
thing that you rewatch, right. A lot of people will
say Friends or Parks in reg or maybe I love Lucy,
that show you can just throw on when things are
getting wild or stressful, you take a break. You don't
have to pay too much attention because you've seen them all.
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This just makes you feel good. Now, generally, I've talked
a lot about this on the show, and if you
follow me on social media, you know this too. Serial
Killer documentaries are my comfort shows my best friend. Well, no,
that's just it. My best friend and I love watching them.
We've seen just about every single one that's come out.
And weirdly enough, my new comfort dramas aliens. Y'all, I
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am in the Alien black Hole. So it has been
such a weird week and a half. But there's two
shows that have actually just dropped. If you've ever seen
Ancient Apocalypse, it is on Netflix. Journalist Graham Hancock travels
the world investigating all of these really kind of strange things.
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They found civilizations and places like the Amazon where ssyiientists
never thought that even ancient peoples would be able to thrive.
They found huge cities built. He does like all of
the Eastern island heads. He goes and looks at Stonehenge.
I'm absolutely fascinated. I've watched two full seasons of Ancient Apocalypse,
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and towards the end of the most current one, he
starts to get into whether or not we've ever been
visited by aliens. Oh my gosh, we're looking at like
wallmarkings and hieroglyphics, all the Geolithic pictures. And then I
moved into a new show that just dropped on Netflix
called investigation Alien and that's George Knapp, who's been a
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journalist for more than thirty years, doing all of this
crazy investigation. It's six episodes, and I'm talking to my
husband last night. I'm like, dude, I'm all in. I
find it. So I don't know what it is. I
think it's just like if things do get so stressful whatever,
because the aliens are coming, and none of this is
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going to matter in a very like.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
That's where this has come for you, Like none of
it matters because the aliens are on their life.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
Like he's got I mean, he's got military people he's
talking to. They're about to do another round of hearings
in Congress about this. I'm like, how weird am I?
Because they went over and I saw my best friend
yesterday afternoon, my serial killer best friend.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Yeah, who loves those. She disappointed that she's not watching
killers and now you're ayes.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
She honestly, she didn't say anything to me. She just
gave me this look like I hope we can still
be friends, but if you don't stop talking to me
about aliens, I'm not sure I'm fully going to trust
this relationship. Oh it's so good.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
All I keep thinking, is that you I want to
know now. I feel like we know just based on
your explanation here, scale of one, uh scale, I want
a percentage here, How certain are you?
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Ninety eight point five?
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Ninety eight point five? Man?
Speaker 2 (17:58):
And don't just ask me. I know Reeves was also
a part of this and fully believed like this is something.
It's such a good show.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
I mean, Schmitty and Neo from the Matrix are certain
aliens exist, guys.
Speaker 8 (18:12):
I don't know what more.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Confidence and it is fascinating.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
I'm telling you, coome onning to Mack and Schmitty and
on Wednesdays. You know what, we own our screw ups
as parents because they happen all the time and we
share them with you each week, Schwetty.
Speaker 4 (18:28):
You know.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
But I look back at my relationship with my daughter,
I can be pretty certain that the last time I
was ever considered cool was definitely before this past Saturday. Okay,
because she's playing basketball this season again, and we were
over at the place where she was playing the game
on Saturday. We got there a little bit early, so
just a couple of her teammates were there, like maybe
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three or four girls total from the team, and their
coach wasn't there yet either. So they're on the court
and you know, just kind of shooting around, and I'm
standing under the basket, just sort of rebounded for people, right,
and one of the balls goes behind a little three
stepper bleacher, and so I just walk over there casually,
and it's behind it. So I lean over top of it,
(19:11):
and I've been down, and I just hear my daughter
go yeah, I don't even know it's up. I turn
around and I just see her face buried in her
hands and sees bright red, and the other girls are
standing around her laughing. What happened, Smitty?
Speaker 2 (19:27):
You either farted or you split your pants neither.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
My butt was just hanging halfway out of plumber crack.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
Oh yeah, well that's actually the worst.
Speaker 1 (19:35):
Oh yeah, so nice shiny on display top of my
butt on display for a bunch of eleven year old
girls in a gym who cannot stop cackling at me. Schmitty.
I have never understood why old men wear suspenders until now.
I don't think I'm ever gonna be able to go
to a basketball game again without wearing them way up
above my hips.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
It was not my finead or control top leggings, honey,
might be time for ya.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
Movies, music, and all the gossip in one place.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
It's the celebrities Goop on Star one oh five point seven.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
Well it is official. Jim Helpert is your Sexiest Man
Alive aka John Krasinski, nabbing People's twenty twenty four Big Award.
Talking to the magazine, he admits, uh, what, everybody, this
is John Krasinski, and no, this is not a dream.
I have been named People's Sexiest Man Alive.
Speaker 5 (20:33):
What is happening?
Speaker 2 (20:34):
He tells people. When he got the news, it was
just immediate blackout, zero thoughts other than maybe I'm being punked.
It's not how I wake up thinking, is this the
day that I'll be asked to be sexiest Man Alive?
And it was the day you guys decided to do it.
You've really raised the bar for me now. While fans
know him for not just the office, but of course
(20:56):
tons of movies Jack Ryan Smash Hit on Amazon on Prime,
he's a devoted family man, he says, sacrificing for love
is one of his favorite things to do and his
most important role, preferring to be a husband and dad
who binges Netflix documentaries and relishes in bedtime stories with
his kids as if you couldn't get hotter John. He
(21:19):
also tells People magazine that when his wife, actress Emily Blunt,
heard the news, she was very, very excited, telling him
she was going to wallpaper their house with his people covered.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
You know, the ladies have been swooning for Jim Helpert
for many, many years now. I only can hope that
when he does his photo shoot for the issue of People,
that it's just him making awkward faces, staring directly at
the camera photos.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
The photos are out and it is not that, but
he seems to have forgotten his shirt and a few
of them ladies. John mulaney is opening up about his
addiction recovery journey, and fans are really praising his marriage
Rich as part of this. The Saturday Night Live alum
is g q's twenty twenty four Man of the Year,
spoke very candidly to the magazine about his whirlwind year
(22:09):
as a new father of two, as well as his
ongoing recovery from addiction. He says it's actually his wife,
Olivia Munn, who chose to stage a mini intervention of
her own to involve herself more in his recovery journey.
When she was six months pregnant, Molany said she decided
she was going to administer random drug tests to ensure
(22:31):
that he remained on the road to a successful recovery.
And John admits it's a relief, like to be able
to not even have that be a question in her
or anyone else's mind. He says, not to be funny,
but something about peeing in that cup is like, I'm
walking this walk, She's walking it alongside me, and it
gives me confidence that I am going to be able
(22:53):
to live a clean life.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Wow. That's I mean, that's that is intense incredible.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Finally, oh, what Martha Stewart does not like to be
touched And if you've ever watched Drew Barrymore's talk show,
she gets real touchy feely. It got a bit awkward
yesterday when Drew asked Martha what makes her feel that
ooey gooey started kind of caressing her arm, grabbing her knee,
(23:22):
doing anything she could to get Martha to open up.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Makes you soft and gooey, though, what makes me soft
and gooey? Soft and gooey? Yeah, soft and gooey treatments
when you're treated like a lady.
Speaker 3 (23:34):
Nice someone someone comes in and.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
You're the wrong gender.
Speaker 6 (23:38):
I know.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
I mean she at one point physically pushes Drew away,
making it very clear, No'm good on this. It's a
little too close for comfort.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Only Snoop Dogg can touch me. Everybody else back up.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Great video up with your scoop at West Michigan. Startoc
the one.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
It's you, it's my let's do it. Christmas Quiz time
getting you into one delicious event, schmitty.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
It is the seventeenth annual Grand Rapids Wine, Beer and
Food Festival. It officially kicks off next Thursday. It's coming
up fast at Devas. We've got your tickets. I also
a really fun Christmas experience. Our Christmas Quiz today is
going to score you those What is something Santa might
brag about?
Speaker 1 (24:26):
Something Santa might brag about? I mean, he's got a
lot of things to be proud of. He's not bragging
about the weather in his home locations, Middy, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
He'll be brags about his bot. I Felexander would be
very body positive. That bowlful of jello, you get it, buddy,
This is built on Christmas cookies six one six four
five eight, one oh five seven caller seven? What is
something Santa might brag about? And you'll be bragging about
your time at the seventeenth annual Grand Rapids Wine Beer
and Food Festival with Star Win oh five point seven?
Speaker 1 (24:56):
Good morning Star? Who's this? B are you calling from? Today?
Speaker 8 (25:01):
Aida?
Speaker 1 (25:02):
All right, Tim and Ada, let's see if we can
get to these passes for the Grand Rapids International Wine
Beer in Food Festival. You gotta tell me, Tim. When
one hundred adults were asked to name something that Sanna
might brag abouts, what do you think? The top answer
was there the best job ever? Best job ever? I
mean the guy works one day a year. How much
(25:24):
better can it get?
Speaker 5 (25:25):
Exactly? You know?
Speaker 1 (25:26):
And he's his own boss. I like that too, But
now that's actually the number two most common answer.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
I'm sorry you.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
Hi Star? Who's this?
Speaker 4 (25:38):
Hi?
Speaker 1 (25:38):
Hi Star? Who's this? Hi?
Speaker 9 (25:41):
Jen?
Speaker 1 (25:42):
I just got a great guess from Tim. When one
hundred adults were asked to name something that Santa Claus
might brag about, he said having the best job ever
and working one day a year was actually the second
most common answer, but not the top one. Jens, you
got a chance. What do you think it is.
Speaker 2 (25:58):
I think he's gonnak that he is the best gift giver.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
I mean, who could be better than Santa Clause as
a gift giver? But somehow that's not even on the
list of top answers. Jen, I'm sorry, thank you, thank you,
Hi Star. Who's this is Paul?
Speaker 8 (26:16):
Here?
Speaker 1 (26:16):
Buddy, Hey Paul? But hey, well let's see, Paul if
we can get you these tickets for the Grand Rapids
International Wine, Beer and Food Festival. A couple of good
guesses so far, but not the top answer. When one
hundred adults were asked to name something Santa might brag about.
So far, I heard only working one day a year,
having the awesome job, and also being the greatest of
all gift givers, which was a good guest, but not
(26:38):
on the list.
Speaker 7 (26:39):
Here, Paul, so what do you think it is?
Speaker 1 (26:42):
His wife? His wife? Yeah, bragging about your wife. That's
just a good husband move. But that's also not on there.
I'm sorry, Paul, I know it, I know it. I'm
with you. I'm with you, Hi Star. Who's this Casey.
I've gotten good guesses, but still not the top answer.
One hundred adults were asked what something Santa might brag
about and I've heard only working one day a year
(27:03):
having a great job, bragging about missus clause that wasn't
on there, and either was being a great gift giver.
What do you says?
Speaker 2 (27:10):
He's rainier, draysdier, he's got flying reindeer.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Who else besides Santa Claus can make that claim? Exactly exactly?
I can't believe it took us that long to get there.
I mean, the man has flying reindeer for Pete.
Speaker 7 (27:29):
Sick, right, I never think about that when I think
of Santa.
Speaker 9 (27:34):
For some reason, he's gotta.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
Brag it up, all right. Congratulations, you are going to
the Grand Rapids International Wine, Beer and Food Festival.
Speaker 7 (27:43):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
That's so awesome. I've never been.
Speaker 9 (27:45):
I'm so excited.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
Well you should be. It's gonna be a lot of
fun and we are happy to be getting you there
again this year coming up November twenty first through the
twenty third, and we'll have more tickets for you tomorrow.
Your Christmas quiz eight fifteen You're unstarved point seeven. Good
morning to you. It's Mack and Schmidte on West Michigan's
Christmas Station and of course holiday get together is between
(28:06):
Turkey Day coming up, and of course maybe office Christmas parties,
a lot of potlucks. This is pot luck season. I
would say, schmidty right now, gross, let's see interesting. I
knew that for you. I knew the answer to this
question right off the bat. When it comes to either
family or work potlucks. Do you get kind of competitive
about the dish?
Speaker 2 (28:24):
Ship ring nice I store by mine, I've got. I'm
so sorry, I've got a weird thing. If I've never
seen your kitchen, I don't know if I want to.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
Touch food now. I get that if you get something
in your head, it's really hard to get out of it.
But I think for most people the potluck is a
staple for sure. And I thought about your husband actually,
because I know he's the big cook in the house
and he likes to compete a little bit. He's got
some really good stuff, whether it be his chili or
his hot sauces or his salsas, any of those things
I'm not making. He does do it all. And it
(28:55):
made me think about whether or not you're competing with
your family members or your co workers. Because one of
my best friends works for a tech company here in
Grand rapids, and they throw this ep at Christmas party.
Everybody is supposed to bring a dish, but the boss,
their owner of this company, gives a five hundred dollars
gift card to the side that he likes the b then.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
I'd be cooking. You bet your balls. So this is one,
or at least i'd fake it.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
So this year his plan because he knows that his
boss's favorite restaurant is Butcher's Union on Michigan and that
he's obsessed with the French fry on Bridge Street. Excuse
me that he's obsessed with the French fries at Butcher's Union, which,
if you've never had, they're the greatest day potatoes of
all time, so so good. So he is dropping two
hundred dollars schmidty on like five pounds of those fries
(29:42):
and a whole bunch of the Brussels sprouts, the roasted
Brussels sprouts that they do over there. He's like, look, man,
it takes money to make money.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Honest, you drop two, could make five. Give me this
guy's number, your new my new financial planner.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
Sometime I'd get a good feel. Well, let's put a
little sunshine into this day. She made it's feeling good
right now in Startinar five point seven. What's going on?
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Well, you know, all my theater geeks are so excited
about this Wicked officially premiering nationwide next Friday. But it
was director John Chuo that got the most attention at
the Los Angeles premiere because he wasn't there. He actually
started with a video that he had sent in. You
(30:28):
can hear the audience gasp as he opens in a
hospital room and explains why he had to miss one
of the biggest moments of his life.
Speaker 9 (30:38):
And everybody, it's John Junior, director of the movie. I'm
so sorry I can't be there. November nine, I was
at the hotel across the street ready to come. My
whole family is there, my friends, all our loved ones
are there, and I've waited for three years to have
this moment to share a movie with you. But I've
went to my whole life to have this one.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
Child right now, of course, this little girl that was
when to show up, come on, let's.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Righty skip the premiere because his wife had gone into labor.
And if you miss city said, I've been waiting three
years for this moment of my life. But I've been
waiting my whole life for this moment, so it was
really cute. In the video, he made sure to stand
in a part of the hospital that had both a
green piece of paper and a pink piece of paper
(31:29):
for Alphaba and Glinda, so both done. Director to very
sweet moment.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
Major Dad points right there. I think you're going to
be able to call on that one for several years
to come. I love it all right, Lions fans, in
case you know, the best record since the nineteen fifties
leading the NFC and oh yeah, being an absolute blast
to watch were not enough reasons to love our Detroit
Lions currently. How about for what they're doing in the community,
always looking to give back and it was really cool.
(31:55):
A bunch of Lions players and members of the organization
got together to off thousands, thousands of Thanksgiving dinner packages
that are going to be going out to food insecure
people throughout Michigan and especially throughout the Detroit area. They
teamed up actually with our friends at Meyer and Gleaner's
Community Food Bank to make this happen, and some of
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those players just saying, you know, this was their opportunity
to give back to fans who have given them so
much and to do something about food insecurity. Talking to XYZ,
they're in Detroit, Offensive Lineman, Coldby Soresdale and Long Snapper
Hogan Hattan, just talking about how great it was to
be a part of this event.
Speaker 8 (32:35):
I worked up sweat last year and I'm doing that
so again this year. I've been blessed and fortunate enough
to grow up with food always on the table, so
I don't know what it's like to not have that,
and so to come here and give them that, I
think it's huge. Detroit Lions wish everybody and you know,
happy Thanksgiving, and they want everybody to have food on
the table the way it should be.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
The Lions, by the way, packed up five thousand meals,
going to be serving over one hundred and fifty thousand
food insecure people across the metro Detroit area ishmid not
just them.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
My friend Miranda was there as well. I just shared
that to our Facebook at West Michigan Star.
Speaker 1 (33:09):
I love it all right, feeling good. It comes at
you a couple times to day, six forty five and
nine twenty every weekday, and it's all thanks to our
friends for the Grand Rapids International Wineber Food Festival.
Speaker 2 (33:18):
Deventeenth annual with so much going on at Devasplace, kicks
off next Thursday. Grwine Festival dot
Speaker 1 (33:25):
Com, Mackenschmidty in the morning weekday, starting at six am
on Star one oh five point seven
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