WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.240 --> 00:00:08.359 You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI Am six forty. It's 2 00:00:08.439 --> 00:00:16.519 time for your morning wake up call. This is your wake up call for 3 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:21.199 Friday, December twenty ninth. I'm Heather Brooker in for Amy King for the 4 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:26.199 last day. Yay, can go back to my normal sleep schedule. Amy 5 00:00:26.280 --> 00:00:32.000 will be back next week and I know you guys will be relieved. I 6 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:35.240 will hopefully not be scaring away too many of her listeners, but you guys, 7 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:39.119 Amy will be back next week. I'm so excited about this coming weekend. 8 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:42.479 It's New Year's Eve. I hope you guys have some fun plans. 9 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:45.280 I know my family and I are going to go out to an early dinner 10 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:49.399 and then come home and read in the New Year at home. And before 11 00:00:49.399 --> 00:00:54.119 I head out for this week and get relegated back to the weekends. I 12 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:57.079 just want to say thank you to everybody who has been listening this week and 13 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:00.359 messaging me. I appreciate that so much. Please make sure you follow me 14 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:06.280 on social media to keep up with my shanigans during the week at the Heatherbrooker 15 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:12.000 on Instagram and Heatherbrooker on Twitter or formerly Twitter now x and Facebook as well, 16 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:15.640 and also come see my comedy show. I have a show coming up 17 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:19.480 January twelfth at the Ice House in Pasadena. I would love to see you 18 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:22.359 there. Message me if you guys want to get some tickets. All right, 19 00:01:22.519 --> 00:01:23.959 let's get into the news. We've got a lot going on today. 20 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:29.480 Here's what's the head on wake up call. Israel is urging people to leave 21 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:33.959 Central Gaza as troops advance their offensive against Tomas. We'll get the latest from 22 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:38.239 Jerusalem. Next week. Award season will ramp up in Hollywood. We're talking 23 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:42.760 to Sam Rubin from KTLA about how this award season will look and feel different 24 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:47.280 due to the ongoing strikes from this past summer. And do you make resolutions 25 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:49.239 or reflections in the new year. We're gonna give you some options for a 26 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:53.239 fresh start in twenty twenty four. Then at six' oh five, it's 27 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:57.680 handle on the news. A rogue waves sent nine people to the hospital in 28 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:01.519 Ventura. It happened just after residents were warned about a large swell pounding the 29 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:06.280 coastline. This week, let's get started with some of the stories coming out 30 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:09.360 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Police and Irvine are looking for two 31 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:13.919 thieves who stole a bunch of items from a Sephora store. The man and 32 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:17.280 woman took more than two thousand dollars worth of items. Last month, investigators 33 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:21.840 shared a photo of the two on social media, along with their getaway car, 34 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:24.080 a white SUV with an item attached to it. They alert about the 35 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:29.360 two thieves came less than a week after the Irvine Police Department posted video of 36 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:32.759 three guys ransacking a sunglass hut. That group of thieves stole more than fifteen 37 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:38.280 thousand dollars worth of sunglasses, Blake Trolley k if I News. A female 38 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:40.919 LAPD officer has sued the city because her husband, who's also a cop, 39 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:46.719 allegedly sent sexual explicit photos and videos of her to her coworkers and other men. 40 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:53.240 The lawsuit accuses the department of sexual harassment, whistleblower retaliation, and failure 41 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:58.159 to take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment and retaliation. The husband, 42 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:05.240 Brady Lamas, is facing misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct by distributing multiple private intimate 43 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:14.479 images without consent. A huge wave has slammed into an observation area and into 44 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:19.319 people and businesses in Ventura County here Point Beach was hit yesterday by what the 45 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:23.199 National Weather Service called tremendous wave energy. A man who shot the video of 46 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:27.599 the wave, Colin Hogue, tells KTLA, he thought it was a tsunami. 47 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:31.120 It was horrific. There was a lot of screening, a lot of 48 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:38.879 yelling, a lot of cussing. I didn't know how far this was going 49 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:43.719 to go. The surge of water sent people running. Nine people were taken 50 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:46.919 to the hospital, Some had broken bones, and at least two were in 51 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:52.599 critical condition. The off campus house wherefore University of Idaho students were stabbed to 52 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:55.800 death, has been demolished. The teardown yesterday happened as one of the families 53 00:03:55.919 --> 00:04:00.879 argued the house held key evidence that could help answer import and questions about the 54 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:04.680 murders. Last November, a PhD student at a nearby university has been charged 55 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:10.240 with the killings. He's pleaded not guilty and is a waiting trial. Main 56 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:15.199 Secretary of State has kicked former President Trump off the twenty twenty four presidential primary 57 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:19.079 ballot. Shnna Bellows says Trump violated the Fourteenth Amendment by engaging in insurrection. 58 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:27.319 I was duty bound to follow me in law to ensure the candidates. All 59 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:30.439 the candidates who appear on the primary ballot are qualified for the office they seek. 60 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:35.199 Bellow's ruling yesterday came a day after Trump's lawyers asked her to disqualify herself 61 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:40.199 over tweets they say showed bias. Let's take a look at your traffic and 62 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:44.360 say good morning to Nick Paliochini. Good morning. How they're going to be 63 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:46.839 a wreck for you? First thing this morning as folks are making the way, 64 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:48.839 you know what boun along the fifty five as you're getting into the city 65 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:51.959 of Orange, right around Chapman Avenue. It's wreck involving an overturned car. 66 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:55.519 Looks like it is middle lanes that are blocked and you're seeing a rough go 67 00:04:55.560 --> 00:04:58.319 for the drive leaving the twenty two as you make a toward Chapman Avenue in 68 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:00.120 the Orange area. Gonna date on this or anything else selling to you down 69 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:04.560 pounds to fifteen yourself on keyword is KFI traffic otherwise really really quiet for your 70 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:06.680 drive. Me as you're making a way in and around the south Line this 71 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:11.519 Friday, final Friday morning of twenty twenty three, as you had westbound along 72 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:15.600 the ninety one a riverside through Corona into and through Orange County only about twenty 73 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:17.839 two to twenty five minutes for your drive out of downtown Riverside and to make 74 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:21.360 me through Anaheim and fulletin to the five. Not saying thing major glory your 75 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:25.240 drive going down on the north downd side of the four O five as you're 76 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:28.160 coming out of Orange County leaving Seal Beach too Long Beach and heading all the 77 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:30.319 way through west to like toward the ten. About twenty five minutes for you 78 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:33.319 there on the southbound side of the four oh five off the five as you 79 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:36.120 make way back toward the ten, about eighteen to twenty minutes as you come 80 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:40.959 through the San Fernando Valley getting into West La kafin the sky helps get to 81 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:44.000 their faster. I'm Nick Polly o'kiney. All right, thank you, Nick. 82 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:46.839 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty 83 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:50.480 four hour newsroom. Detectives say a man has been arrested in connection with the 84 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:55.319 fatal beating of a woman on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance. 85 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:59.000 Investigators say they're trying to figure out why forty year old Jeffrey Davis attacked the 86 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:01.800 woman with a sledgehad in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve. The woman, 87 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:04.839 who was in her mid to late sixties, was collecting recyclables on the 88 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:09.240 campus when she was beaten. Campus police were first on scene and they called 89 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:12.680 in the La County Sheriff's department. Within a few hours, they identified Davis 90 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:15.240 and arrested him just a short distance from the campus. Classes were not in 91 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:19.879 session because of the holidays. The woman died on Christmas Day. Steve Gregory, 92 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:25.560 King of Fineos, Israel's military is asking more people in parts of central 93 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:30.040 Gaza to evacuate as troops advance their offensive against Hamas. ABC's Geordanna Miller joins 94 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:34.759 US Live from Jerusalem with details on Israel's increasing air and ground defensive. Good 95 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:41.519 morning, Good morning. The Israeli Army is expanding its operations in central and 96 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:47.639 southern Gaza, and that means the UN estimates about one hundred thousand Gazans have 97 00:06:47.839 --> 00:06:54.879 moved south to the border area, to the Rafa crossing, and they are 98 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:59.680 you know, this is an area that is already overcrowded. There's already problems 99 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:05.519 there with the distribution of food and other aid. So this is the humanitarian 100 00:07:05.600 --> 00:07:12.680 situation for Gobsens is getting worse really day by day as Israel's operations in the 101 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:16.759 South, which initially was the area considered more safe when this war began, 102 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:23.879 becomes really part of the battlefield. Can we talk a little bit about the 103 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:27.680 logistics or what you might know about the logistics, because when Israel is telling 104 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:31.480 people to evacuate, are they providing a path for them to escape? Do 105 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:36.759 they have somewhere to go and to get there safely? So the Israeli is 106 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:45.600 often set up corridors, safe passageway areas where they say there won't be any 107 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:51.240 bombing or strikes. It's usually for a period of two to four hours a 108 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:59.800 day, and they're also providing these kind of interactive maps that show where the 109 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:07.519 really operations are expected to become fierce. Uh and therefore you know a warning 110 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:11.879 to stay out of certain areas. But it has to be said that you 111 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:18.600 know there's rolling blackouts and gossens, certainly ones who've already been displaced once they 112 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:24.519 don't necesssarily have access to get on the internet and look at this interactive map. 113 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:31.679 Really, you know, information spreads word of mouth where the area you 114 00:08:31.679 --> 00:08:37.559 know, for that particular day where that humanitarian pause is or where that safe 115 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:41.080 passage is. And the problem is that, you know, they may be 116 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:46.480 able to move around with some degree of safety, but they're getting to areas 117 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:54.519 that are still there's still dangerous areas because if Hamas operatives move into that area, 118 00:08:54.559 --> 00:09:00.240 they become they become a target, and that's the problem they're you know, 119 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:05.840 there's one clearly defined stake zone on the southwest of Gaza, an area 120 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:09.759 called Mawazi, but it's really not big enough to accommodate you know, one 121 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:16.840 point eight million gossms. So it's you know, it's a terrifying situation and 122 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:20.519 they can't get out. You know, Egypt's not letting Gossans go into the 123 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:26.360 Sinai Desert even temporarily to seek refuge for a lot of different reasons, one 124 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:31.879 of them being they don't want Hamas to set up any kind of headquarters are 125 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:35.039 based in the Sinai Desert right. Hamas is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. 126 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:43.919 They've also carried out attacks on Egyptian security officers along the Sinai Desert there 127 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:50.080 the border between Egypt and Gaza. So it's you know, it's a no 128 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:56.480 win situation, really for gossens and can you tell us what's the latest from 129 00:09:56.559 --> 00:10:03.120 northern Gaza. So there's still buckets of fighting going on in northern Gaza, 130 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:09.679 in an area called Tufah, which is not yet really under Israeli controlled. 131 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:13.960 But Israel has more or less operational control of northern Gaza and most of the 132 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:20.240 residents there have left, but there's still again there's still you know, civilians 133 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:24.919 who are dying up there in attacks as well as fighters and Israeli soldiers, 134 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:31.840 so it's not completely under control. And that is I mean, that's also 135 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:37.759 by Hamasa's strategy. They're not you know, confronting Israeli soldiers in large groups. 136 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:41.159 They're coming out in small groups of three to five, popping out of 137 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:48.039 tunnel shafts, firing RPGs, grenades, anti tank missiles, and then disappearing 138 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:52.960 underneath the ground. That's part of the reason why, you know, there's 139 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:58.360 there's no easy way to get rid of those tunnel networks, and yet it's 140 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:01.639 critical that you know, Israel to do that if they want to reach their 141 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:07.879 goal of really dismantling Hamas. And it has to be said that even Israeli 142 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:16.200 experts are shocked by the complexity uh and uh and uh. You know, 143 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:22.000 sophistication of these underground tunnels that go you know for miles and miles across the 144 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:28.720 Goza Strip, multi layers with dormitories and bathrooms and areas to eat. Uh. 145 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:31.080 You know, there were pictures a few weeks ago of one of the 146 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:37.840 main Hamas meeting rooms and this tunnel had like marble floors in their meeting room. 147 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:43.600 I mean, it's it is become a city underground, and that is 148 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:46.759 one of the real challenges of this war for Israel. There's no way to 149 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:50.399 really get to that network without being on the ground. With it's on the 150 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:56.240 ground, and it's it's dangerous for everybody. Erdna Miller live in Jerusalem. 151 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:58.960 Thank you so much for talking with us this morning. Thank you. Let's 152 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:01.840 get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour 153 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:07.519 newsroom. The Sacramento Fire Department is changing the way it responds to nine to 154 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:11.200 one one calls. Captain Justin Sylvia says a two person paramedic squad will now 155 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:16.759 handle lower priority medical calls. It keeps that suppression unit ready and available to 156 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:24.600 respond to more critical incidents, including vehicle accidents or fires. Or the higher 157 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:28.480 priority medical calls. Sylvia says until now, a fire engine, ambulance and 158 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:33.799 six firefighters would be dispatched to every single call. He says they get more 159 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:37.039 than one hundred and ten thousand calls a year and the change will make more 160 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:41.960 resources available. The department has been testing the pilot program for about two weeks. 161 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:46.639 It's scheduled to continue through March. A teenager on an ATV has been 162 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:52.799 arrested in Riverside for writing recklessly on city streets. Police say officer spotted the 163 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:56.360 ATV writer Wednesday on Las Aira Avenue near the ninety one Freeway. Photos show 164 00:12:56.399 --> 00:13:01.360 him standing on the seat, doing wheelies and making hands at police. He 165 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:05.879 led officers on a chase, but was arrested when he ran out of gas. 166 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:09.799 A huge wave has slammed into an observation area and into people in businesses 167 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:15.759 in Venturek County. Pierrepont Beach was hit yesterday by what the National Weather Service 168 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:20.320 called tremendous wave energy. A man who shot video of the wave tells KTLA 169 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:22.919 he thought it was a tsunami. It was horrific. There was a lot 170 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:31.879 of screaming, a lot of yelling, a lot of cussing, I didn't 171 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:33.679 know how far this was going to go. The surge of water sent people 172 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:37.200 running. Nine people were taken to the hospital, some had broken bones. 173 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:43.320 Investigators with the Ellie County Sheriff's Apartments say they're trying to figure out why a 174 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:46.320 man beat a woman to death with a sledgehammer on the campus of El Camino 175 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:50.039 College in Torrance. The attack happened at the early morning hours of Christmas Eve. 176 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:52.960 The US Supreme Court is expected to make a final decision early next year 177 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:56.840 on whether Trump can still run for president, and the world's population has grown 178 00:13:56.879 --> 00:14:01.559 by seventy five million people over the past last year, bringing a total to 179 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:05.159 more than eight billion and at six Z five. It's handled on the news. 180 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:09.519 Donald Trump's campaign campaign team says they plan to appeal main decision to remove 181 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:13.240 him from the ballot. They say, we are witnessing an attempted theft of 182 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:16.600 an election. And as you know, the new year is just a few 183 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:22.960 days away. Are you all about resolutions or reflections? ABC's Jim Ryan joins 184 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:24.799 us now, in some ways you can get a fresh start in twenty twenty 185 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:28.480 four. Good morning, Jim, Good morning. Some people are about both 186 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:31.639 Heather about looking back on the old year, looking ahead to the new year, 187 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:35.000 and deciding how to make things better or to make themselves better. Forbes 188 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:39.039 Health does this survey every year. Last year, and maybe it's because we 189 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:43.440 were in the shadow of the pandemic, more people were interested in making mental 190 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:50.039 health improvements in twenty twenty three than in making physical improvements. Well, this 191 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:54.240 year it's different. For twenty twenty four, the same survey shows that forty 192 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:56.440 eight percent of us or forty eight percent of the people in the survey want 193 00:14:56.480 --> 00:15:01.720 to improve their fitness. Improving mental health comes in at thirty six percent. 194 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:05.919 Except for one demographic group, And this was really interesting. Older people, 195 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:11.799 people seventy eight and older are more interested in their mental health than their physical 196 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:16.200 health. So let me ask you this. Every year I sort of have 197 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:20.799 this discussion and debate with some friends about resolutions. Is that sort of an 198 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:26.519 old term that we use for goal setting? Are people just goal setting? 199 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:33.240 Are we making resolutions? Well? I can the two being interchangeable. Maybe 200 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:35.639 in a way. If you sit down you say, be it resolved that 201 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:41.320 I will lose thirty pounds next year? You know you're making a resolution or 202 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:45.279 something like my goal is to lose thirty. I guess they're interchangeable, but 203 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:48.440 I mean there may be subtle differences as well. Then, by the way, 204 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:52.399 being that specific is a sure fireway to fail, right right, You 205 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:56.440 could say just generally, I want to move around more, I want to 206 00:15:56.440 --> 00:16:00.399 get more exercise. Yeah, losing some weight would be nice, but pegging 207 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:03.720 it to a specific number is essentially is going to doom it. And by 208 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:10.320 the way, the same survey shows that the average resolution lasts about four months 209 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:15.879 or so. Percent are you know, are still around after one month, 210 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.200 twenty two or twenty three percent are still around after three or four months. 211 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:22.720 Then you get back down to twelve months. The following December, only one 212 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:26.360 percent of those resolutions are still active. Okay, so what are some of 213 00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:30.720 the top resolutions you're seeing? You mentioned physical goals and mental health goals? 214 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:33.559 Any anybody else inone who has topped drinking? You know, Yeah that's list. 215 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:38.440 Yeah. Improving finances, actually improving your finances is in second place, 216 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:44.840 but not too far above mental health issues. So I think that inflation and 217 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:48.240 you know, the teating you on the brink of a recession all year long 218 00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:49.960 has people looking at their finances and saying you know what, maybe I better 219 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:56.039 start saving some money, losing some weight, saving some money, improving my 220 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:59.159 mental health. But sure those things are down the list. The few people 221 00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:02.519 who are still smoking the country. Twelve percent of them say maybe I better 222 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:06.680 quit this year learning a new skill. Nine percent of us way down at 223 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:10.920 the bottom. Three percent of people in this Forbes Health survey say they want 224 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:15.960 to drink class alcohol, the exact same percentage as those who say they want 225 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:21.599 to perform better at work. Okay, that's not mine. I'm already killing 226 00:17:21.640 --> 00:17:23.319 it over here. Nu'mber skiddy. There you go. All right, So 227 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:26.920 what happens if we get off track with our goals for the new year? 228 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:29.680 How do we get back on track? Don't be too tough on yourself, 229 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:33.319 you know, give yourself a break and reward yourself in small ways for successes. 230 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:37.079 Let's say that you managed to, you know, to walk three miles 231 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:41.960 in a day. Why not buy yourself a pair of ear buds to enjoy 232 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:47.319 on your walk. There's a little reward new shoes. Maybe just give yourself 233 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:48.920 those small rewards. And if you do slip, if you miss a day 234 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:52.799 of that long walk, give yourself a break and say, look, I'll 235 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:56.319 get back on it next year and that's and you know, the day after 236 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:59.880 that. And that's part of this, not setting a specific goal, but 237 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:03.960 setting kind of a general goal to be better in whatever way that might be. 238 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:08.079 All right, So do you want to share your resolutions for the new 239 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:11.720 I haven't made any Well, I feel pretty good. You know, this 240 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:15.759 year was better than last and maybe next year will be better than this one, 241 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:21.480 just by but out of the way that it goes, you know, 242 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:25.480 writing, I get more exercise every week. I'm happier generally. What about 243 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:27.319 you, Well, I want yeah, I know, and I put you 244 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:30.680 on the spot. It's only fair that you can. You put me on 245 00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:33.559 the spot, I would say, you know, I also do. I'm 246 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:36.799 a comedy person. I'm a comedian, so I want to focus more on 247 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:38.920 my writing for my comedy. That's my goal is to do more stand up 248 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:42.920 shows and do more comedy. So yeah, well, that's that's cool. 249 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:48.680 That's also kind of generally on the list, not necessarily writing comedy or performing, 250 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:52.519 but learning a new skill. Nine percent of us want to do that 251 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:56.559 making time for our hobbies. Oh yes, if that's kind of your side 252 00:18:56.640 --> 00:19:00.039 hustle, then more power to you. Yes, absolutely, well, and 253 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:03.079 more power to you as well in twenty twenty four. Thank you so much 254 00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:06.519 for your time this morning. Thanks Heather. All right, let's give back 255 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:08.880 to some of the stories coming out of the CAMFI twenty four hour newsroom. 256 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:12.519 Detectives say a man has been arrested in connection with the fatal beating of a 257 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:17.559 woman on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance. Investigators say they're trying 258 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:21.200 to figure out why forty year old Jeffrey Davis attacked the woman with a sledgehammer 259 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:23.160 in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve. The woman, who was in 260 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:26.519 her mid to late sixties, was collecting recyclables on the campus when she was 261 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:30.559 beaten. Campus police were first on scene, and they called in the La 262 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:33.279 County Sheriff's department. Within a few hours, they identified Davis and arrested him 263 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:37.920 just a short distance from the campus. Classes were not in session because of 264 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:41.359 the holidays. The woman died on Christmas Day. Steve Gregory King of Fine 265 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:45.799 News News is brought to you by American Vision Windows. Migrant crossings at the 266 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:51.400 US Mexico border have reached a record monthly high. The Department of Homeland Security 267 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:55.240 found that during the first twenty seven days of December, more than two hundred 268 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:59.920 and twenty five thousand migrants were taken into custody by US Border Patrol agents. 269 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:06.720 The number does not include legal entries. Illegal entry. Excuse me data also 270 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:11.119 shows more than half of all migrants crossed into the US illegally in Del Rio, 271 00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:15.880 Texas and Tucson, Arizona. Former President Trump has been booted from Main's 272 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:19.640 twenty twenty four presidential primary ballot. ABC's Royal Oaks says the move yesterday comes 273 00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:23.839 after Colorado removed Trump from its ballots last week. If there was any doubt 274 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:29.079 the US Supreme Court would agree to settle the question of whether individual states may 275 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:33.480 bump Trump from the ballot. Based on January sixth events, this Main decision 276 00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:37.839 by the Secretary of State pretty much guarantees the High Court will get involved. 277 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:44.279 Main's Secretary of State Shennabellos says Trump engaged in insurrection after swearing an oath to 278 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:48.079 defend the Constitution. The US Supreme Court is expected to make a final decision 279 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:53.839 early next year on whether Trump can still run for president a federal secretary excuse 280 00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:57.359 me. A federal judge in New York has rejected an attempt by New Jersey 281 00:20:57.400 --> 00:21:03.160 Senator Bob Mendez to delay his corruption trial. His lawyers had asked to move 282 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:07.079 the trial from May to July, saying the case is complicated and they need 283 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:11.680 more time to prepare. The judge yesterday agreed with prosecutors who argues there is 284 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:17.559 no justification for a delay. Mendez and his wife have been charged with accepting 285 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:22.240 bribes in exchange for political favors. When we come back, January marks the 286 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:26.920 state of start of award season in Hollywood, will find out why things will 287 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:30.680 look a little different this year. A federal judge in New York has rejected 288 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:34.279 an attempt by New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez to delay his corruption trial. His 289 00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:37.240 lawyers had asked to move the trial from May to July, saying the case 290 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:41.920 is complicated and they need more time to prepare. Former Congresswoman Katie Hill has 291 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:45.920 settled a revenge born lawsuit against her ex husband. In twenty twenty, the 292 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:52.000 Democrat from Santa Clarita accused Kenneth Heslip and multiple media outlets of publishing nude photos 293 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:56.799 of her without her permission. Ukraine's president says Russia launched about one hundred and 294 00:21:56.839 --> 00:22:02.319 ten missiles overnight in one of the biggest barrages of the year. Then at 295 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:06.400 six oh five, it's Handle on the news despite spending billions of dollars to 296 00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:11.559 help almost a third of the nation's homeless population live here in California. And 297 00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:15.160 if I point fifty, there are a lot of new movies coming out in 298 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:18.599 twenty twenty four. We'll tell you which ones will be the biggest hits and 299 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:22.599 which ones are worth your time and money. This has been an unprecedented year 300 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:26.319 in the entertainment business, from the months long writers and actors strikes to the 301 00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:30.839 struggling streamers. Now Hollywood is about to go full force into award season. 302 00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:33.880 Joining me now to talk about how this unusual year will impact the big award 303 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:38.160 shows and beyond is KTLA Entertainment anchor Sam Rubin. Thanks for joining me, 304 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:41.519 Sam, Hey, Heather, how are you. I'm doing great. Thank 305 00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:44.759 you so much for making time to talk with me. So this upcoming January 306 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:48.799 feels like award season is going to be shot out of a cannon. Everything's 307 00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:52.519 going to be moving so fast, so quickly. What is going to be 308 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:56.240 different about this upcoming award season after this unprecedented year that we've had. Well, 309 00:22:56.319 --> 00:23:00.400 I tell you what, I think we've gone from an incredibly dormant period 310 00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:03.440 six months where nobody was working, nobody was talking to the press, nobody 311 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:07.200 was promoting their projects, and I think January is really going to be catch 312 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:11.279 up time to a large degree. And the other thing is all of the 313 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:17.920 shreosing and campaigning that's required. Particularly if people are happy with and proud of 314 00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:21.559 what they've done, they want to do it and they're looking forward to doing 315 00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:25.240 it. So I think you're going to see very sort of buoyant red carpets, 316 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:30.559 potentially really good acceptance speeches, and something that is increasingly rare. I 317 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:36.960 think you're going to see some nominated projects that people have actually seen and experience. 318 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:41.240 So obviously Barbie with eighteen Critics Choice nominations, Oppenheimer was widely seen. 319 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:45.160 There's still a lot of these sort of award darlings that they are getting a 320 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:51.119 lot of attention but nobody has really seen. So that's the interesting thing. 321 00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:55.119 But I think for the most part, people are happy, you know what, 322 00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:57.720 would be very happy to sort of resume their place on the red carpet, 323 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:03.960 and it should be an interesting awards season, not a jaded one, 324 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:11.319 but I think one with actual excitement amongst the participants and potentially amongst fans. 325 00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.720 You know, haven't seen some of these people in a long time. With 326 00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:18.480 the massive laps in production this year between films and television programs, when will 327 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:25.920 fans start noticing a difference and seeing that there are fewer films and shows to 328 00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:30.799 watch? Why? I think you will see the various lulls will sort of 329 00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:34.240 hit at different times, and you're a TV fan and there are fewer and 330 00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:38.680 far between a network TV span. Effectively, there were no new shows in 331 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:45.119 the fall, so the fall season really will start in February, and you 332 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:48.759 know you'll see after the Super Bowl a new episode of Avid Elementary will premiere, 333 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:53.400 and then there's several new episodes. But the new seasons for broadcast network 334 00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:59.920 shows will be shorter ten episodes thirteen episodes as opposed to twenty. In terms 335 00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:06.279 of movies for twenty twenty four, twenty twenty three was down compared to pre 336 00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:10.119 pandemic levels. I think twenty twenty four will also be that way, and 337 00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:14.559 numerically, I think there'll be fewer films than we've seen it in a while. 338 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:18.039 There's a lot of buzz between Barbie and Oppenheimer going into award season, 339 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:22.599 and I know you've seen every movie. What were your favorites and what do 340 00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:26.119 you think is going to come out on top going into award season. You 341 00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:30.240 know a movie that I think did not get the love that it should have, 342 00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:34.680 and I thought was just tremendously satisfying and may get a little more attention 343 00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:40.400 during the award season. I thought the Ben Affleck movie Air was terrific. 344 00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:44.119 It was a movie that I think either went directly to streaming and that very 345 00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:48.519 little life in the theaters. It was just wonderfully satisfying with a lot of 346 00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:52.319 you know, Matt David is always reliable. Chris Sina was really good, 347 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:57.039 So maybe that'll get a little bit of Academy attention. The Barbie the or 348 00:25:57.119 --> 00:26:03.359 Barbie Heeimer thing that I think is a try is that Barbie was far from 349 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:07.480 terrible, and so I think Margo Robbie has a reputation for quality. But 350 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:11.079 the idea, oh there's a Barbie movie, I think the expectation was, 351 00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:14.279 Keith, this is not necessarily going to be very good. Although with a 352 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:19.000 pedigree like Noah Burbaum and Credit Gerwig on one level, you know, you 353 00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:22.240 would hope would be good. But here's the thing with Barbie is I think 354 00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:29.119 expectations were mid and execution was a plus. So it was much much better 355 00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:33.160 than people anticipated it would be. And that you know, sort of famous 356 00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:38.200 America Ferrera's speech where she talks about the juxtaposition of women and the various expectations 357 00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:44.640 on women. That was a wonderful, wonderful, memorable speech. So Barbie 358 00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:47.599 was was way better than I thought it would be. And I think we'll 359 00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:52.559 win a lot of awards, Appenheimer. I think we'll get an award for 360 00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:56.480 Chris Nolan's direction because he's sort of do and I think the fact that he 361 00:26:56.599 --> 00:27:02.480 has this, you know, extraordinary reputation is well deserved, and this is 362 00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:07.519 sort of a career achievement award. I thought alpen Iimer was gooled but not 363 00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:11.079 great. It is great that you could take a serious subject like that without 364 00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:15.359 a major star. Keilly Murphy was very good, but he's not a huge 365 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:19.039 box office draw and make this long movie that people went in droves to see. 366 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:25.839 I think even included the Batman movies. It's arguably Christopher Millan's not most 367 00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:29.440 widely seem the most prosperable movie. Ever, it was an enormous success. 368 00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:33.039 So those two are obviously and the movies people have seen to have a rooting 369 00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:37.640 interest in. Then there's all these little movies that nobody saw. Past Lives 370 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:40.319 is on many people's list as the best movie of the year. It is 371 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:44.960 excellent. All right, we'll talk to Sam a little bit more in just 372 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:48.799 a minute and find out what he recommends you watch in twenty twenty four. 373 00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:51.839 But for now, let's get back to some of this news stories coming out 374 00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:55.880 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. This Sacramento Fire Department is changing the 375 00:27:55.880 --> 00:28:00.160 way it responds to nine to one one calls. Captain Justin Sylvia says a 376 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:03.920 two person paramedic squad will now handle lower priority medical calls. It keeps that 377 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:11.119 suppression unit ready and available to respond to more critical incidents, including vehicle accidents 378 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:17.359 or fires, or the higher priority medical calls. Sylvia says, until now, 379 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:21.799 a fire engine, ambulance and six firefighters would be dispatched to every single 380 00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:23.960 call. He says they get more than one hundred and ten thousand calls a 381 00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:30.000 year, and the changes will make more resources available. The attack on Israel 382 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:34.359 by Hamas on October seventh has been named the worst global anti Semitic incident by 383 00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:41.279 the Simon Weisenthal Center in LA. The center's Rabbi Abraham Cooper says the first 384 00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:45.119 list was scrapped once the center saw how the attack disrupted the Jewish community. 385 00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:53.359 What happened in October seventh was the worst po grum against the Jewish people since 386 00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:59.839 Nazi Germany was deceited at the end of World War two. Cooper says many 387 00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:03.400 people have moved on from the war in Gaza or only have empathy for the 388 00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:07.039 Jewish people. Apathy for the Jewish people. He says many Jews in LA 389 00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:12.359 have faced more anti Semitism at temple, on campuses and in the community because 390 00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:21.799 of the war. A huge wave has slammed into an observation area and into 391 00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:26.079 people and businesses in Ventura County. Pierpont Beach was hit yesterday by what the 392 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:30.640 National Weather Service called tremendous wave energy. A man who shot video of the 393 00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:34.720 wave, Colin Hogue, tells KTLA he thought it was a tsunami. It 394 00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:40.359 was horrific. There was a lot of screaming, a lot of yelling, 395 00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:47.000 a lot of cussing. I didn't know how far this was going to go. 396 00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:51.880 The surge of water sent people running. Nine people were taken to the 397 00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:55.640 hospital, some had broken bones. At least two were in critical condition. 398 00:29:56.200 --> 00:30:00.480 The Navy says a guided missile destroyer was shot down and has down a drone 399 00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:06.359 and an anti ship ballistic missile fired by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. 400 00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:11.319 The attack yesterday happened two days after US fighter jets and the guided missile destroyer 401 00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:15.000 fought off a dozen drones, three anti ship ballistic missiles, and two land 402 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:19.440 attack cruise missiles. The USS Lagoon shot down the drones that were headed from 403 00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:23.960 areas controlled by Iranian backed Hoofy rebels and Yemen. The same vessel responding to 404 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:29.559 attacks on at least two commercial tankers in the Red Sea, one reporting a 405 00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:33.000 near miss and the other was struck by a drone. ABC's aerial chef says 406 00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:38.680 that fight Tuesday lasted about ten hours. Two French chefs and a cheesemaker have 407 00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:45.839 broken the Guinness World Record by creating a pizza with over one thousand different types 408 00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:48.960 of cheese. I hope Wayne is listening to this because of our discussion the 409 00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:55.880 other day about world Records. Pizza chef Benoi Bruel of Lyon was behind the 410 00:30:55.880 --> 00:31:00.000 culinary creation. After setting a world record in twenty twenty by making a pizza 411 00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:04.960 with over two hundred varieties of cheese. Brull told Guinness World Records his only 412 00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:10.480 dream is to make pizza with the whitest variety of cheeses and a man after 413 00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:15.079 my own heart. I can totally appreciate that a female LPED officer has sued 414 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:18.279 the city because her husband, who's also a cop, allegedly sent sexually explicit 415 00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:25.160 photos and videos of her to co workers and other men. Former President Trump 416 00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:29.160 has been booted from Maine's twenty twenty four presidential primary ballot. To US Supreme 417 00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:32.680 Court is expected to make a final decision early next year on whether Trump can 418 00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:37.079 still run for president. And two French chefs and a cheesemaker have broken a 419 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:41.960 Guinness World record by creating a pizza with over a thousand different types of cheese. 420 00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:45.000 Where just minutes away from handle on the news this morning, a rare 421 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:49.480 discovery in the lapd A stolen maserati was found in a homeless encampment in downtown 422 00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:55.319 LA. We're talking with entertainment anchor Sam Ruben from KTLA about what movies he 423 00:31:55.400 --> 00:32:00.000 recommends we watch in twenty twenty four talking now with Sam Ruben, KTLA entertain 424 00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:02.319 team and anchor Sam. With this upcoming award season, do you think that 425 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:07.799 Barbie and Oppenheimer are going to walk away the big winners or will some of 426 00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:12.200 the other films, the more lesser known films get some love as well. 427 00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:15.480 A cliche phrase that I use every year, but it's true every year, 428 00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:21.599 for the most part, the nomination is the win. I do this for 429 00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:23.960 a living together, you ever entertainment for a long time. This period of 430 00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:30.799 attention that surrounds the Oscar nominations until the Oscars, which are in March, 431 00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:34.119 is you know, sort of a golden time for all of these stars. 432 00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:37.559 And you know, sometimes they have the big follow up. Brendon Fraser, 433 00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.960 I don't think I had a big follow up year, but you know, 434 00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:44.519 we'll hopefully have other stuff coming up. I know he's a presenter of the 435 00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:49.640 Critics' Choice Awards. But you know, this is a celebratory time, and 436 00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:54.319 I think again with this endless, endless strike, people are really happy that 437 00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:59.359 all the stuff, you know, that the show will go on and maybe 438 00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:04.240 it's superficial, as these awards can be. I think you were happy to 439 00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:07.599 see them. With the ongoing strikes, a lot of project release dates got 440 00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:12.200 pushed back, many of them into next year. So what should we have 441 00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:15.920 on our must watch list for twenty twenty four? All right, that's a 442 00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:20.880 very good question. I'll give you a couple that have been pushed that I 443 00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:24.319 don't care about. I don't care about too at all, and I don't 444 00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:30.400 know I don't know anybody whom times I really like Zendayaa. She's in a 445 00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:35.039 tennis movie as well that may have the title of Champions, and that was 446 00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:38.279 pushed because they felt she wasn't around her available to promoted during the strike. 447 00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:43.440 You know that's her real but have it's a really interest your question. I 448 00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:47.559 think it's going to be a fairly solow period until after the Oscars, and 449 00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:52.480 then we'll see. There's a Tom Hanks movie that's about Paul Revere. I 450 00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:57.279 don't know what the title is, but that's supposed to be terrific. Again, 451 00:33:57.319 --> 00:34:00.119 you know, Big Star vehicles. There's a George Cleaning Brad movie coming 452 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:06.160 out in September called Wolves that has gotten some good buzz on that maybe based 453 00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:08.880 on those stars, but it's funny. I think what happens. You know, 454 00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:13.679 people have written articles. Certainly you know what to watch out for in 455 00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:16.280 twenty twenty four, but I think right now we're sort of trying to get 456 00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:21.840 our on the year that has passed handicap a woman season a little bit, 457 00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:25.000 so I can't answer that question as adequately as I should. And then the 458 00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:30.519 other thing, increasingly one, you know, the massive entertainment story to me 459 00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:37.000 or among them, is this phenomenal success of Suits this summer on Netflix. 460 00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:45.920 And so now everybody has decided that what people really like are multiple seasons with 461 00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:50.039 multiple episodes. We're back to binge watching. We're back to binge watching. 462 00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:52.719 And as far as what to watch in the theater, I'm looking forward to 463 00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:59.880 Beatlejuice to Mean Girls, to Inside Out to and Wicked. One thing that 464 00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:01.639 I I think, you know people complain about this all the time, is, 465 00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:07.199 you know, Beatle Juice seems singular to me, So do you really 466 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:08.960 want to Beatle Juice to? I mean, I think just for nostalgia, 467 00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:12.719 I don't. We don't need it, We don't need any of these sequels. 468 00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:19.000 But I'm any insight out. And then mean girls, mean girls who 469 00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:23.719 looks horrible? It does it looks so bad and generally and again these are 470 00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:28.639 other, uh, you know, sort of stereotypes. There's always something that 471 00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:32.920 breaks the rule. But you know, quote unquote, January releases are usually 472 00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:38.239 January burials. There. January is the worst month to release anything. And 473 00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:43.039 so the facts, yeah, it's not a good thing, maybe particularly out 474 00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:46.000 themist Sam Rubin. It is always such a pleasure to talk with you. 475 00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:51.519 You can catch Sam every weekday morning on kt LA. Sam, thank you 476 00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:53.480 so much for taking the time to talk with us. Oh my pleasure. 477 00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:58.760 Other thank you a lot of good movies coming out next year that as you 478 00:35:58.840 --> 00:36:00.559 just heard of, say we're looking for to I always love talking with Sam. 479 00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:04.960 Used to work with him many years ago at KTLA in the entertainment department. 480 00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:07.159 So all right, so we've mentioned several times this is New Year's Eve 481 00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:10.199 weekend. If you don't have any plans yet, I want to mention a 482 00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:14.760 couple of things for you guys, to put on your radar maybe hopefully inspire 483 00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:19.119 you to get out and enjoy the weekend. So over at the Santa Monica 484 00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:23.280 play House, they're doing Drunk Theater, the New Year's Eve edition with some 485 00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:27.960 improvised comedy that sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun. Miracle, 486 00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:31.400 a Christmas theme pop up bar will also be happening in ply of vis 487 00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:36.239 stuff. You can't let go of those Christmas vibes just yet. And then 488 00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:39.239 they're also having New Year's Eve fireworks and glow party and Marina del Rey. 489 00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:44.239 That's going to be a lot of fun. That's happening at Burton Chase Park. 490 00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:49.920 And then Dynasty Typewriter is happening. They're having a New Year's Eve comedy 491 00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:52.960 show and party there with Little Champagne Toast. Check that out. There's a 492 00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:58.280 lot of fun things happening in and around La also, please come see me. 493 00:36:58.360 --> 00:37:00.679 I'm going to just keep talking about it. I get the chance. 494 00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:02.559 January twelfth, at the Ice House in Pasadena. Okay, guys, what 495 00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:07.519 are you doing? Kono Michelle Nick? What do you guys have plans for 496 00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:09.639 New Year's Eve? Are you staying home? Are you going out? This 497 00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:14.480 is a big stay home because I work the next day. Ooh okay, 498 00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:16.000 yeah, you have to be here on New Year's Day. I do. 499 00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:21.920 Ooh okay, so that's okay, But I don't know if I can stay 500 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:23.599 up till twelve and then wake up, I live. I have to leave 501 00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:27.880 my house at by three am to get here by four, so my gosh, 502 00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:30.800 no, no, no, just stay home. I'm thinking about taking 503 00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:35.400 a midday nap and then nap at rally, yeah, and then treat it 504 00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:37.639 like that's the start of my day. Okay, fair enough. Yeah, 505 00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:39.480 I'm gonna do the same thing. I got to work on New Year's Day 506 00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:44.239 two and we generally, my husband and I, I mean, we were 507 00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:47.000 not going anywhere this year because he was still recovering from his car accident. 508 00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:51.800 But we don't generally go out because we consider New Year's Eve kind of like 509 00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:55.239 amateur night. People have idiots. So yeah, but I think I'll do 510 00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:59.719 what Kono does, is like I'll probably take a nap and then wake up 511 00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:04.719 at like eleven, and then just start my day at eleven, celebrate New 512 00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:06.679 Year's and then come to work. And then there you go, come to 513 00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:09.280 work, Nick, what do you have planned? I too, am working 514 00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:15.079 on Monday, so I will probably be doing what everybody else is doing here. 515 00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:19.760 But also, there's so much going on in around southern California on Sunday 516 00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:23.239 night that you can do to enjoy New Year's Eve before midnight, so there's 517 00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:28.880 a lot of nine pm ringing in with the East Coast, so that's probably 518 00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:31.320 what I'll be doing. You can also tune in tonight at eight pm here 519 00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:35.880 on KFI for this weekend with Nick Polliochani during later with Mo Kelly and I 520 00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:38.440 will have all sorts of ideas for you to do this weekend and into New 521 00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:42.639 Year's Day for things around the Southland. I love that. Well, not 522 00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:45.719 to rub it in you guys, but I will be not working on New 523 00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:51.920 Year's Day, hate you, but to be fair because of this week of 524 00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:54.960 getting up so early filling in for Amy. I will probably go to bed 525 00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:59.280 still around like seven or eight because I am gonna be tired. But I 526 00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:01.800 will be here tomorrow worro Now, all right, now we have everyone's work 527 00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:06.400 schedule sorted, Let's talk about a couple of New Year's Eve traditions. This 528 00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:09.280 is so cool. So apparently these are some of the best traditions to celebrate 529 00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:14.280 twenty twenty four. Clean your house before midnight. Who's doing that? No, 530 00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:17.159 who's doing that? Though? No, thank you, No one's doing 531 00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:21.719 that. All right, watch the New Year's Day parade. I will. 532 00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:23.760 Well, what I'm hoping to do is leave early so I could watch the 533 00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:28.039 flyover, ye, and then you know, watch the parade. We usually 534 00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:30.880 my husband, I usually watch it just to make fun of stuff, all 535 00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:32.639 right, And what about write a letter to yourself for next year? I 536 00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:40.599 kind of like that, dear Heather. No, no, no, no, 537 00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:45.920 no no no, no hard paths. Oh here's something that you guys 538 00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:51.119 will do. Watch the sunrise because you will all be here. Ah. 539 00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:54.679 Wait, you have windows in your studio. I don't they do. I 540 00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:58.559 don't know none of it. We could walk right over to those studios. 541 00:39:59.000 --> 00:40:01.719 Yeah. What about eating lentils? Anybody do that? That's the thing my 542 00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:05.639 mom does. Yeah, this feels like a very southern thing to me. 543 00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:08.519 Yeah. I don't know why my mom does it, but she doesn't. 544 00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:15.519 Yeah, some people do the great thing the resolutions we talked about jump seven 545 00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:19.920 waves. No, no, I'm not doing I've never heard h not driving 546 00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:23.800 to the beach. Apparently that's a tradition that they do in Brazil doing. 547 00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:28.559 Not doing that. Well, that beautiful place. Uh huh. Well, 548 00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:30.639 I have to say, you guys, this has been such a pleasure filling 549 00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:35.039 in this week for Amy. This is truly a wonderful team. Kno, 550 00:40:35.239 --> 00:40:37.480 Michelle Nick. You guys have made me all feel so welcome this week and 551 00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:43.440 helped me through my many mistakes as I stumbled my way through this wake up 552 00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:46.800 Call. So grateful for everybody who has listened, everyone who's reached out and 553 00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:51.480 said that they're listening. We appreciate you all so much, and we appreciate 554 00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:54.679 Amy King, who will be back next week. Thank the Baby Jesus. 555 00:40:57.440 --> 00:41:00.400 I hope you all have a wonderful and happy New Year as well. Thanks 556 00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:06.159 so much for listening. 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