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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Wakem It gets my day going and makes me lab
of it.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Mac and Schmidty in the morning on Star one of
five point seven.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Good morning, SCHMITTI, good morning. Welcomitted Thursday weekend eve around here.
Are we allowed to call this a chili morning?
Speaker 4 (00:18):
Now? Oh?
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Absolutely, this is what we can. I mean, I feel
like we have had more mornings that are close to
this temperature than the nice ones we've been experienced.
Speaker 5 (00:26):
We've got to say chili morning. It is slick, it
is windy. The guy getting on the entrance ramp in
front of me this morning went off the road. So guys, yeah,
this is I keep thinking, possibly it has not happened yet,
but possibly a sneakier traffic morning than you're expecting because
we have had wet but like fifty degree mornings and nahdud,
there's some black ice out there. It is definitely a
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lot more treacherous. My car was all over one thirty
one on my wind.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
And you can see in a lot of areas that
little light area of a dusting of snow that came
down for a lot of us last night too, that
often covers up those black ice patches of of the
freezing sponsor You're not wrong, schmid You've got to be
safe about this.
Speaker 5 (01:04):
We're not at freezing yet, correct.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
We are, We are not up to.
Speaker 5 (01:08):
I was at twenty six on my way in.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
You're about the same still mid twenties highs today only
get to be into the mid thirties, and ash Midty
said windy out there too careful. Wind advisory going in
till ten pm tonight is a matter of fact across
West Michigan. However, if you're looking for that warm up,
go to your ten day forecast next week. Next week,
if you like those fifty degree temps, we'll see a.
Speaker 6 (01:29):
Lot of those movies, music, and all the gossip in
one place.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
It's the celebritiescoop on Star one oh five point seven.
Speaker 5 (01:38):
Well, this has to be a tough one because she
is such an animal lover. Gray's Anatomy actress Catherine Heigel
says her efforts to save animals are being sabotaged by
a rogue rescue group that is spreading a whole ton
of misinformation about her foundation. If you weren't aware, Catherine
and her mom, Nancy, run the Jason Heigel Foundation. It's
named after Catherine's late brother and it's forts animal rescue efforts,
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especially saving animals from kill shelters. It's very important work.
She's been doing it for years well. According to a
new lawsuit, Heigel's organization signed a deal to support the
Pity Committee, it's a Santa Monica based dog rescue. The deal,
Catherine's foundation would give TPC five grand a month to
rescue a minimum number of pups of Catherine and Nancy's choosing. Well.
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According to the documents, the Heigels discovered TPC was actually
mismanaging their donations, and when they started asking questions about
where their money was going, things got very sketchy. When
they're year long contract ed, they did not renew. That's
when TPC exect Elisa Dateman apparently jumped on social media
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and started trashing them. I actually saw some of these videos,
Catherine says. Posts would accuse her of putting dogs in
small cages. They even claimed she was responsible for the
deaths of two puppies she had rescued. This did not
sit well with Catherine. The paperwork just filed in court
their suing TPC and deatmon for defamation, claiming those false
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comments have actually really hurt their reputation and have damaged
their ability to continue working in the animal rescue world.
Undisclosed amounts they're looking for on this.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
I mean, it's basically the worst thing you can say
about somebody's trying to help animals is that they're really
hurting animals.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
And when it's a one animal group against another one,
I know it must be very, very hard. Jay Z
is revealing how he found out that the Jane Doe
accusing him of sexual assault lied about his involvement, and
now Jay is saying attorney Tony Busby pushed her to
sue anyway. A PI by the name of Charlotte Henderson
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filed an affid David yesterday, stating she met with this
Jane Doe back in February, and during the meeting, she
claimed Busby pushed me to include Jay in the lawsuit.
This is what she told the PI. Doe says that
she told Busby that she'd been assaulted by Diddy and
wanted to sue one, but Buzzby thought that bringing Jay
Z into it would really increase the value. Henderson says.
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Doe said she told Buzby Jay was at the party
but was not involved, and Busby still said doesn't matter.
We can make that happen. This is pretty serious stuff
because Jay has been fighting these allegations for a few
months now, and this is something in court that he
says is going to prove not only that he had
nothing to do with this and this suit from the
Jane Doe has been dropped, but he is going after
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Buzzby big time. Remember this is the attorney that claims
he has over two hundred ditty victims that he is
going to be representing as well.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
What I hate most about this, actually, Smiddy, is that
obviously I hope it isn't true and that it didn't
happen to this person, but this is going to undercut
the story of what are potentially real victims of crimes
that did he did. And it says this president, this
president of you know, a lawyer pushing a narrative and
lying for financial means, and that's going to hurt all
these other victims.
Speaker 5 (04:56):
All right, this is going to be a big one
for Tim Tebow, the x NFL star is gonna be
a girl dad. The former Denvo Broncos QB and his
wife Demi Lee announced yesterday they are adding a daughter
to the family. We knew that she was pregnant, we
just weren't sure if they'd share the gender reveal with us.
I actually thought this was very cute. They both blindfolded
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each other and then someone handed them little cans of
paint and they painted on a canvas and then opened
their eyes to discover that it was pink.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Yesterday I went to the lake Man.
Speaker 5 (05:38):
So cute, Tibo says he is so excited to be
a girl. Dad Demi Lee writing on Instagram our greatest blessing.
We have been praying for her long before we even
knew her, and she's only a few weeks away from
her two days. That's gonna be really fun for the
That's super cute ol of your celebscoop at West Michigan
Star dot com.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Some down get a good feeling, Yeah, well, the time
to put a little positivity into this Thursday morning MACKA.
Schmitty on starting on five point seven with feeling good
right now? And you know what, it's our claim to
fame here in Grand Rapids. So let's raise a glass
for the fifth year in a row being named USA
Today's Reader's choice Best Beer city in the USA. Schmitty,
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this is awesome. Number one for the fifth straight year.
The top twenty cities determined by a group of experts
based on the presence of beer bars, beer festivals, brew pubs,
and rising breweries. The public then voted for their favorites.
Grand Rapids coming out on tomp and of course home
to more than forty craft brewers. Pretty impressive. Some of
the other cities on the list, Who would you think
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would be number two? Schmidty?
Speaker 5 (06:46):
Well, I know, so that's probably not okay.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Well, I was thinking like Denver, something like that. Denver
not even in the well, they are number ten. But
Saint Louis, Saint Louis, I guess I got to check
out Saint Louis beer scene.
Speaker 5 (06:56):
Well, they've got like the Bourbon trill and stuff like that,
so it wouldn't surprise me, right that they start to
kind of get unto the beer world.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Pretty cool there, But yes, Grand Rapids number one for
the fifth year in a row.
Speaker 5 (07:04):
All right. We had to go back to bat Tuesday
for this one, of course, the big day before the
start of the Lenten season. And for Ed Zipneesky, big
thank you. He's one of my Facebook friends and listeners,
and he actually shared this story. He did a ten
year tradition that makes area businesses so happy. He's part
of Scully's statewide Moving and for ten years he has
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surprised businesses all across West Michigan by handing out punch
ke to dozens of businesses. He goes from the Lake
Shore Inland South anywhere that he can pop into a
business or organization and just say hello. Black seventeen went
along with him.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Yesterday I went to the lake Shore and had a
dozen stops, and today we're all the way from Rockford
to Forest Hills to Countwood to Hudsonville, Standale and downtown
Grand Rapids.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
Hello, it's side for punch Geese. He's just the sweetest,
he said. It's always the best day ever. So Ed,
thanks for putting a smile on my face this morning.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
How many you think he eats himself as he's doing
that drive, Because if it were me and I'm making
all those stops driving all yeah.
Speaker 5 (08:15):
All the packages stay sealed. This This is a guy
that's been doing it for ten years. He's the best
of the best.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
I love it feeling good coming at you a couple
of times a day. We'll ramp you up again, coming
up at nine. It's funny this morning here on Star.
Speaker 6 (08:27):
Movies, Music, and all the gossip in one place.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
It's the Celebritiescoop on Star one oh five point seven.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
Well, new rumors are swirling around the people that Justin
Bieber is surrounding himself with, and his longtime assistant was
actually let go from the team years ago. This is
amid some rumors that Bieber's team is shrinking because of
concerns about his well being. Source is say despite those reports,
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Justin's inner circle isn't getting smaller. His former estate manager, Matteo,
was actually fired by the singer five years ago in
twenty twenty. There's no specific reason for why he was
cut loose, but he also clarified he was never Justin's
personal assistant. His only responsibility was to oversee Justin's la estate.
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Sources to say that any allegations implying Mateo left the
jobs are just grossly untrue. They went their ways. They're
separate ways. That's it. All of these rumors are false.
Both Justin and Haley continue to say that. So there's
your update on it.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
I mean weird that the internet's so slow on a
firing that took place that long ago, and.
Speaker 5 (09:39):
I don't know if you that's public record, maybe it's
very hard to find. Katie Perry is seeking out advice
and support from none other then long time on again,
off again friend Taylor Swift. This has to do with
her upcoming Lifelines tour, which is not selling very well,
and apparently Katie has turned Taylor for help since her
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Air's tour was such a record breaking smash. I'm learning
thousands of tickets remain unsold for her tour dates. She's
got eighty three of these scheduled, and she's looking for
any way to rev up some attention. They say that
she's been asking Taylor about everything from costume design to
lighting so that her Lifeline's tour can be remarkable and historical.
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Katie actually went to one of Taylor's shows last year,
and she was super inspired by what she said. She
knows that she can count on her to give her
positive feedback. She said, Perry is an absolute sponge for
everything that she's been trying to listen and take in.
The two stars have been having some super long chats
about really intricate details of the show as well. Kind
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of makes it sound like Taylor is almost executive directing
this to try and make it a success.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
For Katy Perry. The only problem I see for Katie
is a big, simple one that she can't overcome quickly,
and that's that it's the music that's kind of the problem.
Dy hasn't had a hit in like years.
Speaker 5 (11:01):
A lot of Actually, what I'm hearing is a lot
of fans are just really disappointed in her continued collaboration
with Doctor Luke, and that is really hurting them wanting
to support something like this. Finally, I think this is
such a cool announcement. FIFA is preparing for the twenty
twenty six World Cup and they're following the NFL. They
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are going to put on a halftime show at the
world's biggest sporting event, and they're looking to Coldplay for
some help. The big announcement was made yesterday. Gianni and Fentino,
president of FIFA, announced the partnership at a big press
event in Dallas where they were discussing the twenty twenty
six World Cup, which is going to be in North America.
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So they have hired Coldplay's Chris Martin as well as
the band's manager, Phil Harvey. So think like Jay Z
and rock Nation for the NFL is what Coldplay is
doing for the FIFA World Cup. They think that this
is perfect for the biggest sporting event in the world.
It will be the first ever halftime show at a
FIEFA World Cup, and even though the halftime limit time
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limit is very different from the NFL, they're thinking of
expanding that in order to make sure whatever artists or
artists are chosen will have plenty of time for an
unbelievable performance. We're not sure if Coldplay will be performance
might just be kind of a consultation gig.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
I almost forgot that they did Super Bowl fifty nine
years ago that Coldplay did one of the USA's biggest
sporting dress.
Speaker 5 (12:29):
So good, all right, all of your celebscoop at West
Michigan start off hunt.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Good morning to you. It's Mack and Schmide. And as
you're off to work, you're thinking about jobs that you
just could never ever do over there. HUSHMITTI, Yeah, because.
Speaker 5 (12:40):
I clearly got either a scam text or a seriously
seriously mistaken text message. So these came in shortly after
my shows yesterday, and I don't know the phone number,
which is why I figure it's probably a scam, but
it just says, hi, doctor Smith. First mistake. I'm working
with a facility in Bay City, Michigan that needs a
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physical medicine and rehabilitation for local coverage that starts this
date to this date, we would be very interested in
talking to you. So I ignored the first one because
that happens all the time. Then they sent me another one,
again addressed to doctor Smith. Let me tell y'all something.
Of all of the occupations and passionate work in the world,
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I could never be in the medical field. I could
never The site of blood makes me want to go
be with Jesus. I'm like, I've had a good life.
This I could never any So I think of brain
surgeons all the way to child life specialists. I can't
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you know that I can't even get a blue shot
without holding the nurse's hand. I have to hold her hand.
I am Michi. I will look. I will look at
that name tag and be like, hello, are great. Got
to be honest with you, I'm gonna need you to
hold my hand to give me that blue shot.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
Could you just tell me that there's someplace else and
that this is a beasting or something, because I can't handle.
Speaker 5 (14:08):
It, So doctor Smith will never ever be happening. And
I thought to myself, there have got to be jobs
out there that you just understand, as the beautiful person
you are, you could never any billion years handle.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Let's go ahead and throw it out there retail. And
it's not because I would like the interaction with people.
It's because I don't know how to fold close, and
no matter how many times someone shows me how to
fold the cross, my folding jobs look terrible. It's the
same reason why I could never be a gift wrapper.
Same thing.
Speaker 5 (14:39):
Do you ever worked retail? Oh, I have no word
food service. I do think you.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
Food service for you.
Speaker 5 (14:46):
I've done both, and honestly, I'd still take retail over
a doctor. I just wouldn't want to have lives in
my hand. I'd be so I'd be so nervous, and
I'd get very attached. I'd be like Robber. I realized
that you were here to have a sprained ankle looked
at today, but I just need to know about your
life and should we be best friends? Also, I can't
set your ankle because I have no idea what I'm doing.
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Science and maths was not my forte Oh yeah, I
put this on Facebook and I got some good ones.
Abby could never be a practologist, I wonder same Abby, same.
Brian could never be a mortician.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
Oh you see that would that would creep me out.
I've never actually put a lot of thought into whether
or not I could handle that. But I've really never
I've only been around like a couple of times.
Speaker 5 (15:31):
I would think that. But all of my work with
m k D. I love those guys and I seriously
think like I think they like they have such a wonderful,
teary time. I have to be honest. When I went
and did their open house in Jamestown, like those coffins
were beautiful and very comfortable. I was not late, absolutely,
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I was like, this is a perfect nap spot. Do
you guys have a beautiful facility.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
I will knockt napper shows.
Speaker 5 (16:02):
I wait till you talk to I'MKD. Brian. They could
change your mind. Six one six, four five eight one
oh five seven call us up. What is one job
you could never do? We'd love to hear it.
Speaker 6 (16:15):
Movies, music and all the gossip in one place.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
It's the celebritiescoop on Star one oh five point seven.
Speaker 5 (16:22):
Well, she may have grossed more than two billion dollars
on her historic aristour, but some Swifties got scammed. This
is a breaking scoop story. Queen's district Attorney Melinda Katz
has announced two hackers were arrested and arraigned after allegedly
stealing more than nine hundred digital concert tickets, mostly for
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Taylor Swift, and then selling them at a profit of
more than six hundred thousand dollars over one year. According
to the DA's office, two individuals who were working for
a stub hub third party contractor in Kingston, Jamaica, stole
at URLs and then emailed them to two co conspirators
in Jamaica, who allegedly downloaded the tickets and then resold
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them on stub Hub for a personal profit. The investigation
is still ongoing, as the DA's office says they are
trying to identify other co conspirators and determine the extent
of this operation. Get this, it targeted Adel, It targeted
at Sharon NBA Games and the US Open Tennis Championships.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
I mean, that's insane when you're dealing with all those
digital tickets. We're talking worldwide tours, and you know hundreds
and hundreds of thousands of tickets being sold, Like, here's
opportunities for fraud. It's crazy.
Speaker 5 (17:40):
Do you think six hundred k for just Taylor? And
then you hear that Adele at Sharon NBA and Tennis
was hit. These people must have been making an insane
amount of money. Disgraced Seventh Heaven actor Steven Collins Do
you remember this? His child abuse scandal set to be
the subject of a new Bombshell documentary. Collins is known
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for portraying that lovable dad and pastor Eric Camden on
the hit WB show before his career absolutely imploded back
in twenty fourteen after he admitted to abusing three underage
girls from the seventies to the nineties. This is pretty wild.
It's a new six part investigation discovery documentary series.
Speaker 3 (18:23):
Kelvin Heavan's been the top rated show on the WB.
Speaker 5 (18:26):
Are you a Pedophile? Yeah? It's called Hollywood Demons. Stephen
Collins America's Dad is the premiere episode, but this is
not the only thing They're going to be covering. Hollywood's
biggest scandals. Will also include an episode called child Stars
Gone Violent. We hear a lot from Zachary Tye Bryan.
Episodes include the Dark Side of the Power Rangers, Housewives
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Gone Bad, Stalking the Stars, and The Real Iron Claw.
The first episode, The Stephen Collins Up, will actually premiere
March twenty fourth on ID and then they'll all be.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Streaming on next I mean, this is honestly, that's just
an insane, crazy story that I'd completely forgotten about together
such huge news back in the day. But honestly, some
of the titles of those episodes are pretty fantastic. Power
Power Rangers Gone Wrong, No.
Speaker 5 (19:15):
The Dark Side of Power Rangers, Housewives Gone Have you
ever watched ID? Oh it's very ideas like the criminal
world of lifetime. Okay, yeah, it's really really good. All right,
finally appearents you will be excited for this. Oh that's right.
Blue has teamed up with Lego. The big announcement. Five
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Lego sets, including two Lego do Clo versions, will be
hitting shelves June first, So if you love the Healer family,
you'll see legos like ice Cream Trip with Blue, Blue's
Family House, Memory Game, Playground, Fun with Blue and Chloe,
and a beach family car trip. This is it's so fun.
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Plus they're already available for pre order if you maybe
want to surprise the kids in time for the end
of school.
Speaker 3 (20:06):
I was literally gonna ask you if you already put
all these in like my yark yet.
Speaker 5 (20:11):
If they're sitting there waiting for them to be released, Yes,
we will be getting all of these. That's all of
you are CELEBSCU but West Michigan Star dot.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
Com Mac and Shwitty Ready to Battle. Battle of the
Sex is giving you another shot to get to Monster
Jam this morning.
Speaker 5 (20:24):
Oh this is going to be such an insane show,
absolute adrenaline rush. So if you want the family in,
give us today's number one answer. One hundred men surveyed.
Name the day of the week you get the most
work done.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Oh, it's easily Friday for me. And it's not because
I'm getting more work done. It's because there's way more
work to do. Every Friday, everybody just jam stuff down me.
Speaker 5 (20:44):
I feel like I would probably be Wednesday Thursday. I
work ahead like so well that my Friday. I'm just
like peace.
Speaker 3 (20:51):
Man, I'm so jealous of you sometimes when you work.
Speaker 5 (20:53):
At this sixth six one six four five eight one
oh five seven collars seven. One hundred men surveyed aim
the day of the week you get the most work done,
and we've got your Monster Jam tickets.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
By good morning Star. Who's this.
Speaker 4 (21:10):
Y?
Speaker 6 (21:11):
Ashley and Fenwick?
Speaker 3 (21:13):
Hi, Ashley and Fenwick. Where are we calling from this morning?
Speaker 6 (21:17):
The car on our way to school?
Speaker 3 (21:19):
Gotcha, Fenwick? How bad do you want to go to
Monster Jam? Buddy?
Speaker 2 (21:24):
You gotta be louder.
Speaker 5 (21:26):
I'm brilliant, really excited.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
How old young Fenwick? How old are you? Eight years old?
He's so ready for Monster Jam. So, guys, one hundred
men were asked to name a day of the week
that you get the most work done. And here's the hint, mom,
because I want young Fenwick to win these Monster Jam tickets.
It's not maybe a day that you would expect to
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always be packed with work. What do you think the
top answer.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
Is, guys, we're gonna say Saturday.
Speaker 3 (21:58):
I mean, I can see you might have went that
direction after the hint I gave you. But why did
you choose Saturday over Sunday?
Speaker 6 (22:05):
Because on Sunday nobody wants to do a bunch of work.
Speaker 5 (22:09):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (22:10):
That's one hundred percent right. Even the Lord says that's
the day of rest, right there, Saturdays. The top answer Fenwick,
you are going to Monster Jam, buddy who back, Yes,
congratulations guys, Yes Saturday, followed by Tuesday, Monday, and then Friday,
running out those top answers. Why. I have absolutely no idea,
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but you guys nailed it and are going to Monster Jam.
Congrats perfect, Thank you Mack and Schmidty. In the morning,
let's talk about love specifically. How far is the furthest
you've traveled for it to go see somebody that you
have feelings for? Six one six, eight one five seven
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least not bring this up. I got a buddy who
is leaving tomorrow to fly to France, never been to
Europe in his life, flying to France because he has
been talking to this woman online for about five months.
He calls it his girlfriend, which I think is insane
because they've literally never met in person. He doesn't speak
a lick of French, by the way, she speaks perfect English, thankfully,
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like seemingly almost everyone in Europe. But he spent on
thousands of dollars He's going to France for a week,
meeting up with her in Paris, the city of love
after all, and I just think it's wild. I mean,
no matter what I said, Hey, you're gonna get a
photo next to the Eiffel Tower, and who knows, maybe
you'll meet the love of your life in person for
the very first time. I mean, stranger things have happened,
for sure, But what's the furthest you've gone for love before?
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Lauren from Granville on the line, Where'd you Go? Lauren?
I slew from New York to la Well coasting cash dating.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
This guy who's gave me a really good line about
from which she was seems to me, and he like
flew me across the.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
Country on his time. I mean, somebody else is paying
you can fly me just about anywhere, all right, I'll
pretend I love you for a little bit. Monica listening
to Grand Rapids Monica, Where'd you Go? I traveled all
the way through Vegas to surprise my then boyfriend at
the time for his thirtieth birthday, right.
Speaker 5 (24:13):
I mean it was good. I mean, obviously the relationship
didn't work out, but I wanted to surprise him because
I told at first I couldn't go, and then I
was able to make it work.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
You know what, thirty year old guy doesn't like to
be surprised by his girlfriend while he's in Vegas. Yeah,
that could go wrong in a hurry. I feel like, Kelly,
you went pretty dang far. Where'd you go?
Speaker 5 (24:34):
The furthest I've traveled for love is Scotland?
Speaker 3 (24:37):
Wow?
Speaker 5 (24:38):
Okay, So we met online and then I flew over
there and we met and it was a great time.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
But he and I just realized, like being in person,
that it wasn't gonna work. That's a long trip to
realize that. I mean, must love kilsin Hagis. I guess
if you're going to date somebody in Scotland, what's the
furthest you've traveled for love? We got this going on
Facebook and Instagram at West Michigan Star.
Speaker 4 (25:03):
Sometime.
Speaker 3 (25:04):
Does that get a good feeling? Points Chevin. I always
here to brighten things up in just a little bit.
Feeling good right now? What's happening to Minnie? Wow?
Speaker 5 (25:13):
Steve Carell, the actor famous for shows like The Office,
surprising southern California high school students by sending them to
prom for free. So six high schools across the Altadena
area were hit especially hard in that devastating Eaton fire
and for most of them losing homes. Some of them
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losing family members prom is just maybe not at the
top of the priority list, especially financially.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
Well.
Speaker 5 (25:42):
The other day, they all had a very special school
assembly with Steve Carell himself videoing in to heal with
a little humor.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
Attention, attention, all seniors, this is Steve Carell with a
very special announcement. I work with a wonderful charity based
out of Virginia called Alice's Kids. And Alice's Kids wanted
me to let you know that they will be paying
for all of your prom tickets. And if you have
already paid for your prom tickets, they will reimburse you
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for your prom tickets. It's a pretty good deal. Have fun,
enjoy the prom, and remember this is Steve Carell. Take
it easy, guys.
Speaker 5 (26:18):
It was so cool. Check out the reaction. One hundred
and seventy five thousand dollars for more than eight hundred
students to attend a rite of passage. Really cool stuff.
The video is just so very Steve Carrell. It's up
at West Michigan Star dot com.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
For a second, I thought this was going to be
like a real life Scott Tot.
Speaker 5 (26:43):
Scott's Tots situation gave it that our prom tickets.
Speaker 3 (26:46):
I love that, all right, Smitty. The story's been everywhere
this morning. But what started out is a desperate situation
for one of our Moskeigan animal shelters has just turned
into instead another example of why West Michigan is such
a special place. Big Lake Humane Society found itself without
any water this weekend after discovering major problems with its
(27:07):
aging well system, and it turns out the entire thing
needed to be replaced. Velvet Light is the shelter's manager
over there, and she said she got some help from
Chad Brewer, who's the co owner of Central wells and pumps.
The shelter was able to find some temporary solution for
water that would at least be able to be used
for cleaning purposes. Only he's actually an adopter of two
(27:29):
pets himself from Big Lake. But with no government funding
or national affiliations, the privately funded shelter was looking at
a twelve thousand dollars repair bill, which was so expensive
it almost cost them the opportunity to shut their doors.
Talking about how they get their funding is manager Velvet Light,
who is speaking to thirteen on your size.
Speaker 4 (27:50):
So as a.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
Private shelter without government contracts, running national affiliations.
Speaker 5 (27:54):
All of this, these lights, the water.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
The food, the medical care for the animals is able
to be happened.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
It is able to happen because of our communities only.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
Nations, because of community support and donations. And so for
a desperate plea for help, put it up on social
media on Sunday, and she said they were hoping for
a few people to stop by this is West Michigan,
and instead what happened was the entire twelve thousand dollars
plus was raised in less than sixty hours, donors covering
the full cost of the repair, plus hundreds of gallons
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of water which have been dropped off. And even better,
this has also led to more adoption inquiries as well.
Repairs expected to go down later this month, and in
the meantime they're using all that donated water to make
sure all the pets are hydrated and well taken care of.
But a giant thank you, she said, what could have
been a disaster has just become one of the most
positive things that happened in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 5 (28:49):
Yeah, you puppy Pixel do it.
Speaker 3 (28:50):
That's for sure. Big shout out to Big Lake Humane Society.
I Feeling Good comes at you a couple times a day.
We'll do it again tomorrow six forty five and nine
to twenty each weekday on Star
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Mack and Schmidty in the morning weekdays starting at six
am on Star one oh five point seven
Wakem It gets my day going and makes me lab
of it.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Mac and Schmidty in the morning on Star one of
five point seven.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Good morning, SCHMITTI, good morning. Welcomitted Thursday weekend eve around here.
Are we allowed to call this a chili morning?
Speaker 4 (00:18):
Now? Oh?
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Absolutely, this is what we can. I mean, I feel
like we have had more mornings that are close to
this temperature than the nice ones we've been experienced.
Speaker 5 (00:26):
We've got to say chili morning. It is slick, it
is windy. The guy getting on the entrance ramp in
front of me this morning went off the road. So guys, yeah,
this is I keep thinking, possibly it has not happened yet,
but possibly a sneakier traffic morning than you're expecting because
we have had wet but like fifty degree mornings and nahdud,
there's some black ice out there. It is definitely a
(00:49):
lot more treacherous. My car was all over one thirty
one on my wind.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
And you can see in a lot of areas that
little light area of a dusting of snow that came
down for a lot of us last night too, that
often covers up those black ice patches of of the
freezing sponsor You're not wrong, schmid You've got to be
safe about this.
Speaker 5 (01:04):
We're not at freezing yet, correct.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
We are, We are not up to.
Speaker 5 (01:08):
I was at twenty six on my way in.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
You're about the same still mid twenties highs today only
get to be into the mid thirties, and ash Midty
said windy out there too careful. Wind advisory going in
till ten pm tonight is a matter of fact across
West Michigan. However, if you're looking for that warm up,
go to your ten day forecast next week. Next week,
if you like those fifty degree temps, we'll see a.
Speaker 6 (01:29):
Lot of those movies, music, and all the gossip in
one place.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
It's the celebritiescoop on Star one oh five point seven.
Speaker 5 (01:38):
Well, this has to be a tough one because she
is such an animal lover. Gray's Anatomy actress Catherine Heigel
says her efforts to save animals are being sabotaged by
a rogue rescue group that is spreading a whole ton
of misinformation about her foundation. If you weren't aware, Catherine
and her mom, Nancy, run the Jason Heigel Foundation. It's
named after Catherine's late brother and it's forts animal rescue efforts,
(02:01):
especially saving animals from kill shelters. It's very important work.
She's been doing it for years well. According to a
new lawsuit, Heigel's organization signed a deal to support the
Pity Committee, it's a Santa Monica based dog rescue. The deal,
Catherine's foundation would give TPC five grand a month to
rescue a minimum number of pups of Catherine and Nancy's choosing. Well.
(02:26):
According to the documents, the Heigels discovered TPC was actually
mismanaging their donations, and when they started asking questions about
where their money was going, things got very sketchy. When
they're year long contract ed, they did not renew. That's
when TPC exect Elisa Dateman apparently jumped on social media
(02:46):
and started trashing them. I actually saw some of these videos,
Catherine says. Posts would accuse her of putting dogs in
small cages. They even claimed she was responsible for the
deaths of two puppies she had rescued. This did not
sit well with Catherine. The paperwork just filed in court
their suing TPC and deatmon for defamation, claiming those false
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comments have actually really hurt their reputation and have damaged
their ability to continue working in the animal rescue world.
Undisclosed amounts they're looking for on this.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
I mean, it's basically the worst thing you can say
about somebody's trying to help animals is that they're really
hurting animals.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
And when it's a one animal group against another one,
I know it must be very, very hard. Jay Z
is revealing how he found out that the Jane Doe
accusing him of sexual assault lied about his involvement, and
now Jay is saying attorney Tony Busby pushed her to
sue anyway. A PI by the name of Charlotte Henderson
(03:42):
filed an affid David yesterday, stating she met with this
Jane Doe back in February, and during the meeting, she
claimed Busby pushed me to include Jay in the lawsuit.
This is what she told the PI. Doe says that
she told Busby that she'd been assaulted by Diddy and
wanted to sue one, but Buzzby thought that bringing Jay
Z into it would really increase the value. Henderson says.
(04:07):
Doe said she told Buzby Jay was at the party
but was not involved, and Busby still said doesn't matter.
We can make that happen. This is pretty serious stuff
because Jay has been fighting these allegations for a few
months now, and this is something in court that he
says is going to prove not only that he had
nothing to do with this and this suit from the
Jane Doe has been dropped, but he is going after
(04:27):
Buzzby big time. Remember this is the attorney that claims
he has over two hundred ditty victims that he is
going to be representing as well.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
What I hate most about this, actually, Smiddy, is that
obviously I hope it isn't true and that it didn't
happen to this person, but this is going to undercut
the story of what are potentially real victims of crimes
that did he did. And it says this president, this
president of you know, a lawyer pushing a narrative and
lying for financial means, and that's going to hurt all
these other victims.
Speaker 5 (04:56):
All right, this is going to be a big one
for Tim Tebow, the x NFL star is gonna be
a girl dad. The former Denvo Broncos QB and his
wife Demi Lee announced yesterday they are adding a daughter
to the family. We knew that she was pregnant, we
just weren't sure if they'd share the gender reveal with us.
I actually thought this was very cute. They both blindfolded
(05:19):
each other and then someone handed them little cans of
paint and they painted on a canvas and then opened
their eyes to discover that it was pink.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Yesterday I went to the lake Man.
Speaker 5 (05:38):
So cute, Tibo says he is so excited to be
a girl. Dad Demi Lee writing on Instagram our greatest blessing.
We have been praying for her long before we even
knew her, and she's only a few weeks away from
her two days. That's gonna be really fun for the
That's super cute ol of your celebscoop at West Michigan
Star dot com.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Some down get a good feeling, Yeah, well, the time
to put a little positivity into this Thursday morning MACKA.
Schmitty on starting on five point seven with feeling good
right now? And you know what, it's our claim to
fame here in Grand Rapids. So let's raise a glass
for the fifth year in a row being named USA
Today's Reader's choice Best Beer city in the USA. Schmitty,
(06:23):
this is awesome. Number one for the fifth straight year.
The top twenty cities determined by a group of experts
based on the presence of beer bars, beer festivals, brew pubs,
and rising breweries. The public then voted for their favorites.
Grand Rapids coming out on tomp and of course home
to more than forty craft brewers. Pretty impressive. Some of
the other cities on the list, Who would you think
(06:45):
would be number two? Schmidty?
Speaker 5 (06:46):
Well, I know, so that's probably not okay.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Well, I was thinking like Denver, something like that. Denver
not even in the well, they are number ten. But
Saint Louis, Saint Louis, I guess I got to check
out Saint Louis beer scene.
Speaker 5 (06:56):
Well, they've got like the Bourbon trill and stuff like that,
so it wouldn't surprise me, right that they start to
kind of get unto the beer world.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Pretty cool there, But yes, Grand Rapids number one for
the fifth year in a row.
Speaker 5 (07:04):
All right. We had to go back to bat Tuesday
for this one, of course, the big day before the
start of the Lenten season. And for Ed Zipneesky, big
thank you. He's one of my Facebook friends and listeners,
and he actually shared this story. He did a ten
year tradition that makes area businesses so happy. He's part
of Scully's statewide Moving and for ten years he has
(07:27):
surprised businesses all across West Michigan by handing out punch
ke to dozens of businesses. He goes from the Lake
Shore Inland South anywhere that he can pop into a
business or organization and just say hello. Black seventeen went
along with him.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Yesterday I went to the lake Shore and had a
dozen stops, and today we're all the way from Rockford
to Forest Hills to Countwood to Hudsonville, Standale and downtown
Grand Rapids.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
Hello, it's side for punch Geese. He's just the sweetest,
he said. It's always the best day ever. So Ed,
thanks for putting a smile on my face this morning.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
How many you think he eats himself as he's doing
that drive, Because if it were me and I'm making
all those stops driving all yeah.
Speaker 5 (08:15):
All the packages stay sealed. This This is a guy
that's been doing it for ten years. He's the best
of the best.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
I love it feeling good coming at you a couple
of times a day. We'll ramp you up again, coming
up at nine. It's funny this morning here on Star.
Speaker 6 (08:27):
Movies, Music, and all the gossip in one place.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
It's the Celebritiescoop on Star one oh five point seven.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
Well, new rumors are swirling around the people that Justin
Bieber is surrounding himself with, and his longtime assistant was
actually let go from the team years ago. This is
amid some rumors that Bieber's team is shrinking because of
concerns about his well being. Source is say despite those reports,
(08:55):
Justin's inner circle isn't getting smaller. His former estate manager, Matteo,
was actually fired by the singer five years ago in
twenty twenty. There's no specific reason for why he was
cut loose, but he also clarified he was never Justin's
personal assistant. His only responsibility was to oversee Justin's la estate.
(09:18):
Sources to say that any allegations implying Mateo left the
jobs are just grossly untrue. They went their ways. They're
separate ways. That's it. All of these rumors are false.
Both Justin and Haley continue to say that. So there's
your update on it.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
I mean weird that the internet's so slow on a
firing that took place that long ago, and.
Speaker 5 (09:39):
I don't know if you that's public record, maybe it's
very hard to find. Katie Perry is seeking out advice
and support from none other then long time on again,
off again friend Taylor Swift. This has to do with
her upcoming Lifelines tour, which is not selling very well,
and apparently Katie has turned Taylor for help since her
(10:01):
Air's tour was such a record breaking smash. I'm learning
thousands of tickets remain unsold for her tour dates. She's
got eighty three of these scheduled, and she's looking for
any way to rev up some attention. They say that
she's been asking Taylor about everything from costume design to
lighting so that her Lifeline's tour can be remarkable and historical.
(10:23):
Katie actually went to one of Taylor's shows last year,
and she was super inspired by what she said. She
knows that she can count on her to give her
positive feedback. She said, Perry is an absolute sponge for
everything that she's been trying to listen and take in.
The two stars have been having some super long chats
about really intricate details of the show as well. Kind
(10:44):
of makes it sound like Taylor is almost executive directing
this to try and make it a success.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
For Katy Perry. The only problem I see for Katie
is a big, simple one that she can't overcome quickly,
and that's that it's the music that's kind of the problem.
Dy hasn't had a hit in like years.
Speaker 5 (11:01):
A lot of Actually, what I'm hearing is a lot
of fans are just really disappointed in her continued collaboration
with Doctor Luke, and that is really hurting them wanting
to support something like this. Finally, I think this is
such a cool announcement. FIFA is preparing for the twenty
twenty six World Cup and they're following the NFL. They
(11:22):
are going to put on a halftime show at the
world's biggest sporting event, and they're looking to Coldplay for
some help. The big announcement was made yesterday. Gianni and Fentino,
president of FIFA, announced the partnership at a big press
event in Dallas where they were discussing the twenty twenty
six World Cup, which is going to be in North America.
(11:44):
So they have hired Coldplay's Chris Martin as well as
the band's manager, Phil Harvey. So think like Jay Z
and rock Nation for the NFL is what Coldplay is
doing for the FIFA World Cup. They think that this
is perfect for the biggest sporting event in the world.
It will be the first ever halftime show at a
FIEFA World Cup, and even though the halftime limit time
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limit is very different from the NFL, they're thinking of
expanding that in order to make sure whatever artists or
artists are chosen will have plenty of time for an
unbelievable performance. We're not sure if Coldplay will be performance
might just be kind of a consultation gig.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
I almost forgot that they did Super Bowl fifty nine
years ago that Coldplay did one of the USA's biggest
sporting dress.
Speaker 5 (12:29):
So good, all right, all of your celebscoop at West
Michigan start off hunt.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Good morning to you. It's Mack and Schmide. And as
you're off to work, you're thinking about jobs that you
just could never ever do over there. HUSHMITTI, Yeah, because.
Speaker 5 (12:40):
I clearly got either a scam text or a seriously
seriously mistaken text message. So these came in shortly after
my shows yesterday, and I don't know the phone number,
which is why I figure it's probably a scam, but
it just says, hi, doctor Smith. First mistake. I'm working
with a facility in Bay City, Michigan that needs a
(13:03):
physical medicine and rehabilitation for local coverage that starts this
date to this date, we would be very interested in
talking to you. So I ignored the first one because
that happens all the time. Then they sent me another one,
again addressed to doctor Smith. Let me tell y'all something.
Of all of the occupations and passionate work in the world,
(13:25):
I could never be in the medical field. I could
never The site of blood makes me want to go
be with Jesus. I'm like, I've had a good life.
This I could never any So I think of brain
surgeons all the way to child life specialists. I can't
(13:47):
you know that I can't even get a blue shot
without holding the nurse's hand. I have to hold her hand.
I am Michi. I will look. I will look at
that name tag and be like, hello, are great. Got
to be honest with you, I'm gonna need you to
hold my hand to give me that blue shot.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
Could you just tell me that there's someplace else and
that this is a beasting or something, because I can't handle.
Speaker 5 (14:08):
It, So doctor Smith will never ever be happening. And
I thought to myself, there have got to be jobs
out there that you just understand, as the beautiful person
you are, you could never any billion years handle.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Let's go ahead and throw it out there retail. And
it's not because I would like the interaction with people.
It's because I don't know how to fold close, and
no matter how many times someone shows me how to
fold the cross, my folding jobs look terrible. It's the
same reason why I could never be a gift wrapper.
Same thing.
Speaker 5 (14:39):
Do you ever worked retail? Oh, I have no word
food service. I do think you.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
Food service for you.
Speaker 5 (14:46):
I've done both, and honestly, I'd still take retail over
a doctor. I just wouldn't want to have lives in
my hand. I'd be so I'd be so nervous, and
I'd get very attached. I'd be like Robber. I realized
that you were here to have a sprained ankle looked
at today, but I just need to know about your
life and should we be best friends? Also, I can't
set your ankle because I have no idea what I'm doing.
(15:08):
Science and maths was not my forte Oh yeah, I
put this on Facebook and I got some good ones.
Abby could never be a practologist, I wonder same Abby, same.
Brian could never be a mortician.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
Oh you see that would that would creep me out.
I've never actually put a lot of thought into whether
or not I could handle that. But I've really never
I've only been around like a couple of times.
Speaker 5 (15:31):
I would think that. But all of my work with
m k D. I love those guys and I seriously
think like I think they like they have such a wonderful,
teary time. I have to be honest. When I went
and did their open house in Jamestown, like those coffins
were beautiful and very comfortable. I was not late, absolutely,
(15:54):
I was like, this is a perfect nap spot. Do
you guys have a beautiful facility.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
I will knockt napper shows.
Speaker 5 (16:02):
I wait till you talk to I'MKD. Brian. They could
change your mind. Six one six, four five eight one
oh five seven call us up. What is one job
you could never do? We'd love to hear it.
Speaker 6 (16:15):
Movies, music and all the gossip in one place.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
It's the celebritiescoop on Star one oh five point seven.
Speaker 5 (16:22):
Well, she may have grossed more than two billion dollars
on her historic aristour, but some Swifties got scammed. This
is a breaking scoop story. Queen's district Attorney Melinda Katz
has announced two hackers were arrested and arraigned after allegedly
stealing more than nine hundred digital concert tickets, mostly for
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Taylor Swift, and then selling them at a profit of
more than six hundred thousand dollars over one year. According
to the DA's office, two individuals who were working for
a stub hub third party contractor in Kingston, Jamaica, stole
at URLs and then emailed them to two co conspirators
in Jamaica, who allegedly downloaded the tickets and then resold
(17:07):
them on stub Hub for a personal profit. The investigation
is still ongoing, as the DA's office says they are
trying to identify other co conspirators and determine the extent
of this operation. Get this, it targeted Adel, It targeted
at Sharon NBA Games and the US Open Tennis Championships.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
I mean, that's insane when you're dealing with all those
digital tickets. We're talking worldwide tours, and you know hundreds
and hundreds of thousands of tickets being sold, Like, here's
opportunities for fraud. It's crazy.
Speaker 5 (17:40):
Do you think six hundred k for just Taylor? And
then you hear that Adele at Sharon NBA and Tennis
was hit. These people must have been making an insane
amount of money. Disgraced Seventh Heaven actor Steven Collins Do
you remember this? His child abuse scandal set to be
the subject of a new Bombshell documentary. Collins is known
(18:02):
for portraying that lovable dad and pastor Eric Camden on
the hit WB show before his career absolutely imploded back
in twenty fourteen after he admitted to abusing three underage
girls from the seventies to the nineties. This is pretty wild.
It's a new six part investigation discovery documentary series.
Speaker 3 (18:23):
Kelvin Heavan's been the top rated show on the WB.
Speaker 5 (18:26):
Are you a Pedophile? Yeah? It's called Hollywood Demons. Stephen
Collins America's Dad is the premiere episode, but this is
not the only thing They're going to be covering. Hollywood's
biggest scandals. Will also include an episode called child Stars
Gone Violent. We hear a lot from Zachary Tye Bryan.
Episodes include the Dark Side of the Power Rangers, Housewives
(18:49):
Gone Bad, Stalking the Stars, and The Real Iron Claw.
The first episode, The Stephen Collins Up, will actually premiere
March twenty fourth on ID and then they'll all be.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Streaming on next I mean, this is honestly, that's just
an insane, crazy story that I'd completely forgotten about together
such huge news back in the day. But honestly, some
of the titles of those episodes are pretty fantastic. Power
Power Rangers Gone Wrong, No.
Speaker 5 (19:15):
The Dark Side of Power Rangers, Housewives Gone Have you
ever watched ID? Oh it's very ideas like the criminal
world of lifetime. Okay, yeah, it's really really good. All right,
finally appearents you will be excited for this. Oh that's right.
Blue has teamed up with Lego. The big announcement. Five
(19:38):
Lego sets, including two Lego do Clo versions, will be
hitting shelves June first, So if you love the Healer family,
you'll see legos like ice Cream Trip with Blue, Blue's
Family House, Memory Game, Playground, Fun with Blue and Chloe,
and a beach family car trip. This is it's so fun.
(20:00):
Plus they're already available for pre order if you maybe
want to surprise the kids in time for the end
of school.
Speaker 3 (20:06):
I was literally gonna ask you if you already put
all these in like my yark yet.
Speaker 5 (20:11):
If they're sitting there waiting for them to be released, Yes,
we will be getting all of these. That's all of
you are CELEBSCU but West Michigan Star dot.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
Com Mac and Shwitty Ready to Battle. Battle of the
Sex is giving you another shot to get to Monster
Jam this morning.
Speaker 5 (20:24):
Oh this is going to be such an insane show,
absolute adrenaline rush. So if you want the family in,
give us today's number one answer. One hundred men surveyed.
Name the day of the week you get the most
work done.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Oh, it's easily Friday for me. And it's not because
I'm getting more work done. It's because there's way more
work to do. Every Friday, everybody just jam stuff down me.
Speaker 5 (20:44):
I feel like I would probably be Wednesday Thursday. I
work ahead like so well that my Friday. I'm just
like peace.
Speaker 3 (20:51):
Man, I'm so jealous of you sometimes when you work.
Speaker 5 (20:53):
At this sixth six one six four five eight one
oh five seven collars seven. One hundred men surveyed aim
the day of the week you get the most work done,
and we've got your Monster Jam tickets.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
By good morning Star. Who's this.
Speaker 4 (21:10):
Y?
Speaker 6 (21:11):
Ashley and Fenwick?
Speaker 3 (21:13):
Hi, Ashley and Fenwick. Where are we calling from this morning?
Speaker 6 (21:17):
The car on our way to school?
Speaker 3 (21:19):
Gotcha, Fenwick? How bad do you want to go to
Monster Jam? Buddy?
Speaker 2 (21:24):
You gotta be louder.
Speaker 5 (21:26):
I'm brilliant, really excited.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
How old young Fenwick? How old are you? Eight years old?
He's so ready for Monster Jam. So, guys, one hundred
men were asked to name a day of the week
that you get the most work done. And here's the hint, mom,
because I want young Fenwick to win these Monster Jam tickets.
It's not maybe a day that you would expect to
(21:51):
always be packed with work. What do you think the
top answer.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
Is, guys, we're gonna say Saturday.
Speaker 3 (21:58):
I mean, I can see you might have went that
direction after the hint I gave you. But why did
you choose Saturday over Sunday?
Speaker 6 (22:05):
Because on Sunday nobody wants to do a bunch of work.
Speaker 5 (22:09):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (22:10):
That's one hundred percent right. Even the Lord says that's
the day of rest, right there, Saturdays. The top answer Fenwick,
you are going to Monster Jam, buddy who back, Yes,
congratulations guys, Yes Saturday, followed by Tuesday, Monday, and then Friday,
running out those top answers. Why. I have absolutely no idea,
(22:32):
but you guys nailed it and are going to Monster Jam.
Congrats perfect, Thank you Mack and Schmidty. In the morning,
let's talk about love specifically. How far is the furthest
you've traveled for it to go see somebody that you
have feelings for? Six one six, eight one five seven
(22:53):
least not bring this up. I got a buddy who
is leaving tomorrow to fly to France, never been to
Europe in his life, flying to France because he has
been talking to this woman online for about five months.
He calls it his girlfriend, which I think is insane
because they've literally never met in person. He doesn't speak
a lick of French, by the way, she speaks perfect English, thankfully,
(23:15):
like seemingly almost everyone in Europe. But he spent on
thousands of dollars He's going to France for a week,
meeting up with her in Paris, the city of love
after all, and I just think it's wild. I mean,
no matter what I said, Hey, you're gonna get a
photo next to the Eiffel Tower, and who knows, maybe
you'll meet the love of your life in person for
the very first time. I mean, stranger things have happened,
for sure, But what's the furthest you've gone for love before?
(23:39):
Lauren from Granville on the line, Where'd you Go? Lauren?
I slew from New York to la Well coasting cash dating.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
This guy who's gave me a really good line about
from which she was seems to me, and he like
flew me across the.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
Country on his time. I mean, somebody else is paying
you can fly me just about anywhere, all right, I'll
pretend I love you for a little bit. Monica listening
to Grand Rapids Monica, Where'd you Go? I traveled all
the way through Vegas to surprise my then boyfriend at
the time for his thirtieth birthday, right.
Speaker 5 (24:13):
I mean it was good. I mean, obviously the relationship
didn't work out, but I wanted to surprise him because
I told at first I couldn't go, and then I
was able to make it work.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
You know what, thirty year old guy doesn't like to
be surprised by his girlfriend while he's in Vegas. Yeah,
that could go wrong in a hurry. I feel like, Kelly,
you went pretty dang far. Where'd you go?
Speaker 5 (24:34):
The furthest I've traveled for love is Scotland?
Speaker 3 (24:37):
Wow?
Speaker 5 (24:38):
Okay, So we met online and then I flew over
there and we met and it was a great time.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
But he and I just realized, like being in person,
that it wasn't gonna work. That's a long trip to
realize that. I mean, must love kilsin Hagis. I guess
if you're going to date somebody in Scotland, what's the
furthest you've traveled for love? We got this going on
Facebook and Instagram at West Michigan Star.
Speaker 4 (25:03):
Sometime.
Speaker 3 (25:04):
Does that get a good feeling? Points Chevin. I always
here to brighten things up in just a little bit.
Feeling good right now? What's happening to Minnie? Wow?
Speaker 5 (25:13):
Steve Carell, the actor famous for shows like The Office,
surprising southern California high school students by sending them to
prom for free. So six high schools across the Altadena
area were hit especially hard in that devastating Eaton fire
and for most of them losing homes. Some of them
(25:35):
losing family members prom is just maybe not at the
top of the priority list, especially financially.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
Well.
Speaker 5 (25:42):
The other day, they all had a very special school
assembly with Steve Carell himself videoing in to heal with
a little humor.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
Attention, attention, all seniors, this is Steve Carell with a
very special announcement. I work with a wonderful charity based
out of Virginia called Alice's Kids. And Alice's Kids wanted
me to let you know that they will be paying
for all of your prom tickets. And if you have
already paid for your prom tickets, they will reimburse you
(26:10):
for your prom tickets. It's a pretty good deal. Have fun,
enjoy the prom, and remember this is Steve Carell. Take
it easy, guys.
Speaker 5 (26:18):
It was so cool. Check out the reaction. One hundred
and seventy five thousand dollars for more than eight hundred
students to attend a rite of passage. Really cool stuff.
The video is just so very Steve Carrell. It's up
at West Michigan Star dot com.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
For a second, I thought this was going to be
like a real life Scott Tot.
Speaker 5 (26:43):
Scott's Tots situation gave it that our prom tickets.
Speaker 3 (26:46):
I love that, all right, Smitty. The story's been everywhere
this morning. But what started out is a desperate situation
for one of our Moskeigan animal shelters has just turned
into instead another example of why West Michigan is such
a special place. Big Lake Humane Society found itself without
any water this weekend after discovering major problems with its
(27:07):
aging well system, and it turns out the entire thing
needed to be replaced. Velvet Light is the shelter's manager
over there, and she said she got some help from
Chad Brewer, who's the co owner of Central wells and pumps.
The shelter was able to find some temporary solution for
water that would at least be able to be used
for cleaning purposes. Only he's actually an adopter of two
(27:29):
pets himself from Big Lake. But with no government funding
or national affiliations, the privately funded shelter was looking at
a twelve thousand dollars repair bill, which was so expensive
it almost cost them the opportunity to shut their doors.
Talking about how they get their funding is manager Velvet Light,
who is speaking to thirteen on your size.
Speaker 4 (27:50):
So as a.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
Private shelter without government contracts, running national affiliations.
Speaker 5 (27:54):
All of this, these lights, the water.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
The food, the medical care for the animals is able
to be happened.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
It is able to happen because of our communities only.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
Nations, because of community support and donations. And so for
a desperate plea for help, put it up on social
media on Sunday, and she said they were hoping for
a few people to stop by this is West Michigan,
and instead what happened was the entire twelve thousand dollars
plus was raised in less than sixty hours, donors covering
the full cost of the repair, plus hundreds of gallons
(28:28):
of water which have been dropped off. And even better,
this has also led to more adoption inquiries as well.
Repairs expected to go down later this month, and in
the meantime they're using all that donated water to make
sure all the pets are hydrated and well taken care of.
But a giant thank you, she said, what could have
been a disaster has just become one of the most
positive things that happened in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 5 (28:49):
Yeah, you puppy Pixel do it.
Speaker 3 (28:50):
That's for sure. Big shout out to Big Lake Humane Society.
I Feeling Good comes at you a couple times a day.
We'll do it again tomorrow six forty five and nine
to twenty each weekday on Star
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Mack and Schmidty in the morning weekdays starting at six
am on Star one oh five point seven
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