Apple is changing their emoji wearing a face mask to make it look like it's smiling, not frowning, under the mask. And a karaoke bar in Canada has basically put up a SHOWER on stage to keep everyone safe when someone's singing.

Your taste in music might be formed because of your parents' height. According to a new study, babies with shorter parents like faster music, and babies with taller parents like slower music. The researchers think it's because shorter parents take faster steps when they're walking around with the baby . . . so the baby likes that faster rhythm.

NFL fans are making fun of the NFC East, which includes the Eagles, the Cowboys, the Giants, and the Washington Football Team. They ALL have losing records, and are a combined 3-12-1.

A guy in England spent $550 on a billboard back in January to try to find a girlfriend . . . and it actually worked. He's now in a relationship with one of the women who contacted him, and he says they're in love.

Mike Z throwin down with Armored Saint singer John Bush tonight at 11pm for "Wired In The Empire" on 96.7 KCAL Rocks. They'll be rockin tunes off of the new Armored Saint album "Punching The Sky" and remembering the late great Dimebag Darrell Abbott and Frankie Banali as well as some Metallica talk. Plus, new tunes from Bad Wolves, Black Stone Cherry and Deftones

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A man sucker-punched RICK MORANIS on a New York City sidewalk last week. He was treated at the hospital and released. Police have the attack on surveillance video, and are offering $2,500 for information.

The police in Manitoba, Canada raided a drug trafficking operation earlier this year . . . and they just revealed that they found a 21-page "how-to" manual. It had info on how to get the drugs, sell them, collect money . . . and avoid getting caught by the police.

Tom Arnold has appeared in countless films, including ‘True Lies’, ‘Nine Months’, ‘McHale's Navy’, ‘Animal Factory’, ‘Cradle 2 the Grave’, ‘Mr. 3000’, ‘Happy Endings’, ‘The Great Buck Howard’, & ‘Madea's Witness Protection’. He appeared on the action crime drama “Sons of Anarchy”, and he hosted The Best Damn Sports Show Period for four years. Tom currently hosts the podcast ‘Two in the Bush’ with his assistant, Sasha Boggs. New episodes drop Mondays on You Tube, as well as Apple, Google, & wherever you get your podcasts. Tom also stars in the new movie “High Holiday” with Jennifer Tilly, Robert Carradine, & Cloris Leachman, coming this fall. And Tom is available to record custom greetings at Cameo.com.

Some big stories in science this week included a study that found tattoos might damage sweat glands. Researchers in Europe pulled DNA from an insect frozen in resin for the first time, just like "Jurassic Park". And if we build a Moon base someday, it might have to be underground. There's too much radiation on the surface.