In today’s newsletter we discuss the film version of Beyonce’s Renaissance tour, FORD’s new F-150 Lightning Flash, putting microphones in space, Mean Girls gets released on TikTok, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s real estate empires, and Travis Kelce’s jersey sales jump 400%.

Business

The Queen Bee is headed back to the theater with her new Renaissance Tour film this December. Not to be outdone by Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour film coming out in October, Beyonce is bringing her documentary of her Renaissance album and tour to the big screen. Beyonce’s tour made around $579 Million, and we’re guessing the movie will pull in another few hundred million easily as demand for the top female artists shows no signs of slowing down.

Beyonce’s Renaissance Tour film will help fill gaps for light December box office

Tech

It’s been a while since the expressions F.O.R.D. (Fix Or Repair Daily) or F.O.R.D. (Found On Road Dead) applied to the historic Ford brand. With their new lineup of F-150 Lightning electric pickups the storied brand is ushering in a new era of EVs that the working man can drive with confidence and know the truck will always get the job done (in style as it was).

What can you expect to shell out for this new Lightning Flash? How about $69,995 plus a $7,500 tax credit in 2023. This is about $20,000 more than a standard Ford F-150, but hey saving the environment isn’t cheap.

The new Ford F-150 Lightning Flash puts tech and battery range on center stage

Space

What’s there to listen to in space? Lots apparently! NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has “sensors that can identify wind gusts and even hear the staccato popping sounds made of laser pulses made by the rover's instruments.” At $2.7 Billion dollars for the NASA's Perseverance rover I would hope it could listen in on the distant planet, but does it come equipped with SiriusXM?

Microphones in space: Why scientists want to listen in on alien worlds

Entertainment

If you were Paramount+ how would you want to celebrate Mean Girls Day (yea, that’s a thing)? How about by breaking up the movie into 23 parts and posting them to TikTok, and in the process screwing over the actors who won’t be receiving residual checks from the movie due to their old contracts. This is all ahead of the Broadway release of Mean Girls the musical in January 2024, where we’re guessing they’ll make a lot more than the original movie that grossed over $216 Million worldwide. That’s so fetch!

On ‘Mean Girls Day,’ the movie is available for free on TikTok

Real Estate

Since the “Are they dating?” rumors are still swirling between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, why not dive in and explore Travis Kelce’s real estate holdings. Obviously, they are nothing compared to Taylor Swift’s, but it’s still real estate porn and you know how much we love Zillowing celebrity homes.

Taylor Swift has an estimated $150 Million dollar collection of real estate that spans the globe. Travis Kelce’s holdings are more modest, and include a 10,000 sqft home in Kansas City that he picked up for just under $1 Million dollars. He also owns a small 1,400 sqft condo in Orlando (so he can be closer to Disney World?)

Travis Kelce’s homes are no match for Taylor Swift

Sports

I promise this is the last story of the day about Taylor Swift, but the woman is an economic powerhouse!

So here’s the deal: Taylor Swift may-or-may-not be dating Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs, and she’s attended a couple of his games further sparking the rumors. For some economically-linked reason sales of Travis Kelce’s Chiefs jerseys and gear have spiked 400%

We’ve already talked about Taylor Swift’s economic impact of the GDP of cities her Eras tour stopped in, now we’re going to need to do a story about her economic impact on the NFL.

Taylor Swift rumors heat up the demand for home and away Chiefs gear

So much news, so little time. Until tomorrow we’re signing out.

— Chris