January 25, 2010
HOLLYWOOD DIRT OVERFLOW
THE LATEST BRAD PITT / ANGELINA JOLIE BREAKUP RUMOR:
BRAD PITT / ANGELINA JOLIE breakup rumors have been a daily thing for YEARS now. And for the most part, they've been easily dismissible. --But a new rumor popped up over the weekend that people are, for some reason, taking more seriously than most. --Which is made even more bizarre by the fact that it comes from Britain's "News of the World" . . . which is one of the most unreliable tabloids on the planet. --But since it's getting so much play, we'd better address it . . . --The story is your typical split rumor, except for this: The "News of the World" claims that Brad and Angelina went to some top divorce attorneys and hashed out an agreement to split their money and custody of the kids. --Sources say they'll divide their estimated $330 million fortune down the middle . . . and they'll share time with their six children, with Angelina having full, physical custody. --Supposedly, the document was signed early this month, and Brad and Angelina should be announcing their split sometime in the near future. (--Here's the rundown on the kids: There's 8-year-old Maddox, 6-year-old Pax and 5-year-old Zahara . . . all of whom are adopted. Brad and Angelina's biological kids are 3-year-old Shiloh and 17-month-old twins Knox and Vivienne.) --Of course, there are anonymous "sources" who claim this story is garbage. One calls it, quote, "totally false" . . . while another says that, quote, "Everything is fine" between Brad and Angelina. --And "People" magazine says they had a romantic dinner together at some French restaurant back on January 2nd.
ROSIE O'DONNELL IS GOING TO MOVE IN WITH HER NEW GIRLFRIEND . . . WHO HAS SIX KIDS OF HER OWN:
ROSIE O'DONNELL is mashing lady parts with a new woman these days . . . and it's getting pretty serious. --In an interview taped for today's "Oprah", Rosie reveals that they're already planning to move in together. --Rosie's new lady is a Texas-based artist by the name of Tracy Kachtick-Anders. And she has SIX KIDS. Rosie has four of her own . . . so that's a 10-child household they're creating. --Of course, all of Rosie's kids won't be there all the time --Rosie explained the custody arrangement with her ex-wife, Kelli Carpenter . . . quote, "We co-parent, but we share equal time [and] we're never really without them. It's free flowing, and we do nights together, too." (--Here's a video clip) http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b163755_rosie_odonnell_talks_life_after_split.html
ANDY DICK HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON A SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGE:
ANDY DICK has been arrested on a sex charge . . . again. This time, it happened in Huntington, West Virginia. --Dick was there for a series of performances at the Funny Bone Comedy Club. But early Saturday morning, he got hauled into the local lockup for allegedly grabbing the crotches of TWO people at a bar called Rum Runners. --One of the alleged victims was a bouncer. He said Dick groped him down south while he was putting a wristband on Dick's arm. He immediately called the cops . . . and EIGHT officers arrived 20 minutes later. --By then, Andy had allegedly groped another man. Andy was taken away in handcuffs. --He was booked on two counts of FELONY sexual assault, and released on a $60,000 bond. His shows on Saturday and Sunday were expected to go on as scheduled. (--It was the owner of the Funny Bone who bailed him out.) --Dick had performed two shows at the Funny Bone on Friday night . . . and sources say he was sober and on his game. By the end of the night, however, he was back off the wagon. -Andy is denying any wrongdoing, by the way. His sobriety guru, DR. DREW PINSKY . . . (--Who's just doing a bang-up job, I must say) . . . actually posted a Tweet from Andy. --It said, quote, "From Andy at his request: 'There are two sides to every story. Please reserve judgment until you hear mine. Thank you.' -- Andy Dick." --Dick is already on probation for an incident outside a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in California, in which he pulled down a 17-year-old girl's top and exposed her breasts.
GARY COLEMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE:
GARY COLEMAN has been arrested on a domestic violence charge. Police in Santaquin, Utah . . . where Gary and his wife Shannon live . . . took him in on Saturday. --Police wouldn't say what happened . . . but TMZ claims Gary was, quote, "picked up because of a warrant stemming from a prior incident."
DID TIGER WOODS' REHAB CLINIC SEND OUT A FAKE TIGER . . . JUST TO MAKE US THINK TIGER REALLY *ISN'T* THERE???
Everybody has basically accepted the fact that TIGER WOODS is getting treatment for his supposed "sex addiction" at a place called Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. --Last week, the paparazzi even got grainy, inconclusive shots of a guy who LOOKS like Tiger outside on the grounds. -Well, it looks like the geniuses at Pine Grove are trying to fool us into thinking Tiger really ISN'T there. Check this out . . . --On Friday, some guy who looks kind of like Tiger, but obviously ISN'T Tiger, was spotted walking around in plain view of the paparazzi. He was even dressed almost the same as the "Tiger Woods" who was photographed last week. They even put a Stanford hat on him. (--Because that's where Tiger went to school.) --It's as if Pine Grove is trying to make people think, "They just happen to have a patient who LOOKS like Tiger. I guess we were wrong." Whatever.
DID ELIN NORDEGREN VISIT TIGER WOODS IN REHAB LAST WEEK???
Radar Online claims that Tiger's wife, ELIN NORDEGREN, spent several days with Tiger in rehab last week. A so-called "source" says, quote, "The marriage is not over. They both want to save it." --And a clerk at the local Turtle Creek Mall claims to have seen Elin shoe shopping there Wednesday afternoon.
ANOTHER "TIGER'S ANGEL" HAS EMERGED:
Believe it or not, we still haven't met all of the ladies TIGER WOODS brought back from the HOOCHIE ZONE. Over the weekend, yet another name emerged. --That name is Emma Rotherham. She's a 42-year-old British woman, and she has two children, ages 16 and 25. --The British tabloids say she already took about half-a-million bucks in hush money . . . so she's not happy about being "outed" as one of Tiger's Angels.
"HOPE FOR HAITI" RAISED $58 MILLION:
Friday night's "Hope for Haiti" telethon raised $58 MILLION on Friday night. --Meanwhile, the "Hope for Haiti Now" album, featuring the various performances from the telethon, is the biggest one-day album pre-order in iTunes history. That also made it the #1 album on iTunes in 18 countries. --The Hope for Haiti Now Fund will continue accepting donations for six months. --You can give online at https://www.hopeforhaitinow.org/Default.asp . . . --By phone at 1-877-99-HAITI . . . --Or by texting "GIVE" to 50555.
DETAILS ON THE SIMON COWELL CHARITY SINGLE:
Some details on the charity single that SIMON COWELL is putting together have emerged. --It'll be a cover of the REM classic, "Everybody Hurts" . . . sung by a group that includes Michael Buble, Rod Stewart, Leona Lewis and JLS. Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams and Coldplay have also been approached, but there's no word on their participation yet.
"AVATAR" TOPS THE BOX OFFICE FOR THE SIXTH WEEK IN A ROW:
"Avatar" held onto the top spot of the box office for its sixth straight week. "Legion" led the weekend's new movies at #2, with THE ROCK'S "Tooth Fairy" trailing at #4. Here are the Top 10 movies in the country . . .
1.) "Avatar", $36 million (--Up to a total of $553 million in its 6th week.)
2.) (NEW) Paul Bettany's "Legion", $18.2 million
3.) Denzel Washington's "The Book of Eli", $17 million (--Up to a total of $62 million in its 2nd week.)
"AVATAR" HAS ALMOST CAUGHT UP TO "TITANIC":
It's more than obvious now that "Avatar" WILL surpass "Titanic" to become the highest-grossing movie in the history. --"Titanic's" worldwide gross stands at $1.843 billion. And, as of last night, "Avatar" had raked in $1.841 billion . . . just $2 million shy. Since "Avatar" had made another $36 million this weekend, it's a safe bet that it's got at least another $2 million in it. --"Titanic" is still the highest-grossing movie in the U.S., with $600.8 million. "Avatar" is only up to $552.8 million. --But "Avatar" has topped "Titanic" in international box office . . . which means everywhere BUT the U.S. "Avatar" has $1.29 billion, compared to "Titanic's" $1.24 billion.
NBC'S LATE NIGHT MESS
HIGHLIGHTS FROM CONAN O'BRIEN'S FINAL "TONIGHT SHOW" EPISODE:
CONAN O'BRIEN'S last episode of "The Tonight Show" aired on Friday. If you missed it, here are the highlights: --It began with a fairly brief monologue, with Conan making a few final jabs at NBC. Like this one . . . quote, "We've had a lot of fun being here these last seven months, but like everything in life, the fun has to come to an end a decade too early." --He added, quote, "As I set off for exciting new career opportunities, I just want to make one thing clear to everyone listening out there: I will do nudity." --He also said, quote, "Ladies and gentlemen, we have exactly one hour to steal every single item in this studio." (--You can watch video from the monologue, here . . .) http://videos.nymag.com/video/Conans-Last-Monologue--Later, STEVE CARELL came on the show to administer Conan's "exit interview." He asked things like, quote, "Did anything trigger your decision to leave?" (--You can find that clip, here . . .)http://videos.nymag.com/video/Steve-Carell-Conducts-Conans-Ex--Then, Conan interviewed TOM HANKS. (--NBC has a few videos from that interview . . . as well as the full episode . . . on their website, here . . .)http://www.tonightshowwithconanobrien.com/video/
--NEIL YOUNG was the musical guest, and he performed "Long May You Run". --After that, Conan gave a fantastic mini-speech, in which he talked about moving on, and thanked his fans . . . and NBC. Here's what he said: "There has been a lot of speculation in the press about what I legally can and can't say about NBC. To set the record straight, tonight I am allowed to say anything I want. "And what I want to say is this: between my time at 'Saturday Night Live', 'The Late Night Show', and my brief run here on the 'Tonight Show', I have worked with NBC for over 20 years. Yes, we have our differences right now and yes, we're going to go our separate ways, but this company has been my home for most of my adult life. "I am enormously proud of the work we have done together, and I want to thank NBC for making it all possible. Walking away from the 'Tonight Show' is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. Making this choice has been enormously difficult. This is the best job in the world, I absolutely love doing it, and I have the best staff and crew in the history of the medium. "But despite this sense of loss, I really feel this should be a happy moment. Every comedian dreams of hosting the 'Tonight Show' and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people I love, and I do not regret a second. "I've had more good fortune than anyone I know and if our next gig is doing a show in a 7-11 parking lot, we'll find a way to make it fun. "Finally, I have to say something to our fans. The massive outpouring of support and passion from so many people has been overwhelming. "The rallies, the signs, all the goofy, outrageous creativity on the Internet, and the fact that people have traveled long distances and camped out all night in the pouring rain to be in our audience, made a sad situation joyous and inspirational. "To all the people watching, I can never thank you enough for your kindness to me and I'll think about it for the rest of my life." --Conan became a little choked up at the end of the speech. He concluded by saying, quote, "All I ask is one thing . . . Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism. For the record, it's my least favorite quality. It doesn't lead anywhere. --"Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get, but if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen. I'm telling you, amazing things will happen." (--Here's a clip . . .)http://videos.nymag.com/video/Conan-Praises-His-Fans
--The episode finished with an AWESOME all-star performance of "Free Bird". WILL FERRELL was on vocals and cowbell, ZZ TOP'S BILLY GIBBONS played lead guitar, BECK played rhythm guitar, and MAX WEINBERG was on drums. --Conan also played guitar . . . and they were backed by the "Tonight Show" band. (--You can check out the video, here . . .)http://videos.nymag.com/video/Conans-Freebird-Farewell
CONAN-RELATED RANDOMS:
#1.) Not surprisingly, CONAN O'BRIEN'S final "Tonight Show" episode was a HUGE ratings success. The official number of viewers won't be announced until later this week, but according to the early estimates about 9.2 million people tuned in. --The overnight rating was close to Conan's "Tonight Show" debut back in January . . . but it was about 20% lower than JAY LENO'S "final" "Tonight Show" episode. But Conan had 40% more people in the coveted 18- to 49-year-old demographic.
BRAD PITT / ANGELINA JOLIE breakup rumors have been a daily thing for YEARS now. And for the most part, they've been easily dismissible. --But a new rumor popped up over the weekend that people are, for some reason, taking more seriously than most. --Which is made even more bizarre by the fact that it comes from Britain's "News of the World" . . . which is one of the most unreliable tabloids on the planet. --But since it's getting so much play, we'd better address it . . . --The story is your typical split rumor, except for this: The "News of the World" claims that Brad and Angelina went to some top divorce attorneys and hashed out an agreement to split their money and custody of the kids. --Sources say they'll divide their estimated $330 million fortune down the middle . . . and they'll share time with their six children, with Angelina having full, physical custody. --Supposedly, the document was signed early this month, and Brad and Angelina should be announcing their split sometime in the near future. (--Here's the rundown on the kids: There's 8-year-old Maddox, 6-year-old Pax and 5-year-old Zahara . . . all of whom are adopted. Brad and Angelina's biological kids are 3-year-old Shiloh and 17-month-old twins Knox and Vivienne.) --Of course, there are anonymous "sources" who claim this story is garbage. One calls it, quote, "totally false" . . . while another says that, quote, "Everything is fine" between Brad and Angelina. --And "People" magazine says they had a romantic dinner together at some French restaurant back on January 2nd.
ROSIE O'DONNELL IS GOING TO MOVE IN WITH HER NEW GIRLFRIEND . . . WHO HAS SIX KIDS OF HER OWN:
ROSIE O'DONNELL is mashing lady parts with a new woman these days . . . and it's getting pretty serious. --In an interview taped for today's "Oprah", Rosie reveals that they're already planning to move in together. --Rosie's new lady is a Texas-based artist by the name of Tracy Kachtick-Anders. And she has SIX KIDS. Rosie has four of her own . . . so that's a 10-child household they're creating. --Of course, all of Rosie's kids won't be there all the time --Rosie explained the custody arrangement with her ex-wife, Kelli Carpenter . . . quote, "We co-parent, but we share equal time [and] we're never really without them. It's free flowing, and we do nights together, too." (--Here's a video clip) http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b163755_rosie_odonnell_talks_life_after_split.html
ANDY DICK HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON A SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGE:
ANDY DICK has been arrested on a sex charge . . . again. This time, it happened in Huntington, West Virginia. --Dick was there for a series of performances at the Funny Bone Comedy Club. But early Saturday morning, he got hauled into the local lockup for allegedly grabbing the crotches of TWO people at a bar called Rum Runners. --One of the alleged victims was a bouncer. He said Dick groped him down south while he was putting a wristband on Dick's arm. He immediately called the cops . . . and EIGHT officers arrived 20 minutes later. --By then, Andy had allegedly groped another man. Andy was taken away in handcuffs. --He was booked on two counts of FELONY sexual assault, and released on a $60,000 bond. His shows on Saturday and Sunday were expected to go on as scheduled. (--It was the owner of the Funny Bone who bailed him out.) --Dick had performed two shows at the Funny Bone on Friday night . . . and sources say he was sober and on his game. By the end of the night, however, he was back off the wagon. -Andy is denying any wrongdoing, by the way. His sobriety guru, DR. DREW PINSKY . . . (--Who's just doing a bang-up job, I must say) . . . actually posted a Tweet from Andy. --It said, quote, "From Andy at his request: 'There are two sides to every story. Please reserve judgment until you hear mine. Thank you.' -- Andy Dick." --Dick is already on probation for an incident outside a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in California, in which he pulled down a 17-year-old girl's top and exposed her breasts.
GARY COLEMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE:
GARY COLEMAN has been arrested on a domestic violence charge. Police in Santaquin, Utah . . . where Gary and his wife Shannon live . . . took him in on Saturday. --Police wouldn't say what happened . . . but TMZ claims Gary was, quote, "picked up because of a warrant stemming from a prior incident."
DID TIGER WOODS' REHAB CLINIC SEND OUT A FAKE TIGER . . . JUST TO MAKE US THINK TIGER REALLY *ISN'T* THERE???
Everybody has basically accepted the fact that TIGER WOODS is getting treatment for his supposed "sex addiction" at a place called Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. --Last week, the paparazzi even got grainy, inconclusive shots of a guy who LOOKS like Tiger outside on the grounds. -Well, it looks like the geniuses at Pine Grove are trying to fool us into thinking Tiger really ISN'T there. Check this out . . . --On Friday, some guy who looks kind of like Tiger, but obviously ISN'T Tiger, was spotted walking around in plain view of the paparazzi. He was even dressed almost the same as the "Tiger Woods" who was photographed last week. They even put a Stanford hat on him. (--Because that's where Tiger went to school.) --It's as if Pine Grove is trying to make people think, "They just happen to have a patient who LOOKS like Tiger. I guess we were wrong." Whatever.
DID ELIN NORDEGREN VISIT TIGER WOODS IN REHAB LAST WEEK???
Radar Online claims that Tiger's wife, ELIN NORDEGREN, spent several days with Tiger in rehab last week. A so-called "source" says, quote, "The marriage is not over. They both want to save it." --And a clerk at the local Turtle Creek Mall claims to have seen Elin shoe shopping there Wednesday afternoon.
ANOTHER "TIGER'S ANGEL" HAS EMERGED:
Believe it or not, we still haven't met all of the ladies TIGER WOODS brought back from the HOOCHIE ZONE. Over the weekend, yet another name emerged. --That name is Emma Rotherham. She's a 42-year-old British woman, and she has two children, ages 16 and 25. --The British tabloids say she already took about half-a-million bucks in hush money . . . so she's not happy about being "outed" as one of Tiger's Angels.
"HOPE FOR HAITI" RAISED $58 MILLION:
Friday night's "Hope for Haiti" telethon raised $58 MILLION on Friday night. --Meanwhile, the "Hope for Haiti Now" album, featuring the various performances from the telethon, is the biggest one-day album pre-order in iTunes history. That also made it the #1 album on iTunes in 18 countries. --The Hope for Haiti Now Fund will continue accepting donations for six months. --You can give online at https://www.hopeforhaitinow.org/Default.asp . . . --By phone at 1-877-99-HAITI . . . --Or by texting "GIVE" to 50555.
DETAILS ON THE SIMON COWELL CHARITY SINGLE:
Some details on the charity single that SIMON COWELL is putting together have emerged. --It'll be a cover of the REM classic, "Everybody Hurts" . . . sung by a group that includes Michael Buble, Rod Stewart, Leona Lewis and JLS. Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams and Coldplay have also been approached, but there's no word on their participation yet.
"AVATAR" TOPS THE BOX OFFICE FOR THE SIXTH WEEK IN A ROW:
"Avatar" held onto the top spot of the box office for its sixth straight week. "Legion" led the weekend's new movies at #2, with THE ROCK'S "Tooth Fairy" trailing at #4. Here are the Top 10 movies in the country . . .
1.) "Avatar", $36 million (--Up to a total of $553 million in its 6th week.)
2.) (NEW) Paul Bettany's "Legion", $18.2 million
3.) Denzel Washington's "The Book of Eli", $17 million (--Up to a total of $62 million in its 2nd week.)
"AVATAR" HAS ALMOST CAUGHT UP TO "TITANIC":
It's more than obvious now that "Avatar" WILL surpass "Titanic" to become the highest-grossing movie in the history. --"Titanic's" worldwide gross stands at $1.843 billion. And, as of last night, "Avatar" had raked in $1.841 billion . . . just $2 million shy. Since "Avatar" had made another $36 million this weekend, it's a safe bet that it's got at least another $2 million in it. --"Titanic" is still the highest-grossing movie in the U.S., with $600.8 million. "Avatar" is only up to $552.8 million. --But "Avatar" has topped "Titanic" in international box office . . . which means everywhere BUT the U.S. "Avatar" has $1.29 billion, compared to "Titanic's" $1.24 billion.
NBC'S LATE NIGHT MESS
HIGHLIGHTS FROM CONAN O'BRIEN'S FINAL "TONIGHT SHOW" EPISODE:
CONAN O'BRIEN'S last episode of "The Tonight Show" aired on Friday. If you missed it, here are the highlights: --It began with a fairly brief monologue, with Conan making a few final jabs at NBC. Like this one . . . quote, "We've had a lot of fun being here these last seven months, but like everything in life, the fun has to come to an end a decade too early." --He added, quote, "As I set off for exciting new career opportunities, I just want to make one thing clear to everyone listening out there: I will do nudity." --He also said, quote, "Ladies and gentlemen, we have exactly one hour to steal every single item in this studio." (--You can watch video from the monologue, here . . .) http://videos.nymag.com/video/Conans-Last-Monologue--Later, STEVE CARELL came on the show to administer Conan's "exit interview." He asked things like, quote, "Did anything trigger your decision to leave?" (--You can find that clip, here . . .)http://videos.nymag.com/video/Steve-Carell-Conducts-Conans-Ex--Then, Conan interviewed TOM HANKS. (--NBC has a few videos from that interview . . . as well as the full episode . . . on their website, here . . .)http://www.tonightshowwithconanobrien.com/video/
--NEIL YOUNG was the musical guest, and he performed "Long May You Run". --After that, Conan gave a fantastic mini-speech, in which he talked about moving on, and thanked his fans . . . and NBC. Here's what he said: "There has been a lot of speculation in the press about what I legally can and can't say about NBC. To set the record straight, tonight I am allowed to say anything I want. "And what I want to say is this: between my time at 'Saturday Night Live', 'The Late Night Show', and my brief run here on the 'Tonight Show', I have worked with NBC for over 20 years. Yes, we have our differences right now and yes, we're going to go our separate ways, but this company has been my home for most of my adult life. "I am enormously proud of the work we have done together, and I want to thank NBC for making it all possible. Walking away from the 'Tonight Show' is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. Making this choice has been enormously difficult. This is the best job in the world, I absolutely love doing it, and I have the best staff and crew in the history of the medium. "But despite this sense of loss, I really feel this should be a happy moment. Every comedian dreams of hosting the 'Tonight Show' and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people I love, and I do not regret a second. "I've had more good fortune than anyone I know and if our next gig is doing a show in a 7-11 parking lot, we'll find a way to make it fun. "Finally, I have to say something to our fans. The massive outpouring of support and passion from so many people has been overwhelming. "The rallies, the signs, all the goofy, outrageous creativity on the Internet, and the fact that people have traveled long distances and camped out all night in the pouring rain to be in our audience, made a sad situation joyous and inspirational. "To all the people watching, I can never thank you enough for your kindness to me and I'll think about it for the rest of my life." --Conan became a little choked up at the end of the speech. He concluded by saying, quote, "All I ask is one thing . . . Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism. For the record, it's my least favorite quality. It doesn't lead anywhere. --"Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get, but if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen. I'm telling you, amazing things will happen." (--Here's a clip . . .)http://videos.nymag.com/video/Conan-Praises-His-Fans
--The episode finished with an AWESOME all-star performance of "Free Bird". WILL FERRELL was on vocals and cowbell, ZZ TOP'S BILLY GIBBONS played lead guitar, BECK played rhythm guitar, and MAX WEINBERG was on drums. --Conan also played guitar . . . and they were backed by the "Tonight Show" band. (--You can check out the video, here . . .)http://videos.nymag.com/video/Conans-Freebird-Farewell
CONAN-RELATED RANDOMS:
#1.) Not surprisingly, CONAN O'BRIEN'S final "Tonight Show" episode was a HUGE ratings success. The official number of viewers won't be announced until later this week, but according to the early estimates about 9.2 million people tuned in. --The overnight rating was close to Conan's "Tonight Show" debut back in January . . . but it was about 20% lower than JAY LENO'S "final" "Tonight Show" episode. But Conan had 40% more people in the coveted 18- to 49-year-old demographic.
#2.) Possibly out of respect for Conan's big finale, NBC did not air "The Jay Leno Show" Friday night. Instead, they aired an episode of "Dateline" at 10:00 P.M.
#3.) OPRAH WINFREY will be interviewing JAY LENO for an upcoming episode of her show . . . and word has it that she invited CONAN O'BRIEN to be on as well. There's no word on whether or not he'll do it. --The episode is scheduled to air Thursday. (--We'll keep you posted on that.)
THE "JERSEY SHORE" CAST WANTS MORE MONEY:
TMZ is reporting that the cast of "Jersey Shore" is holding out for a big second-season pay increase. MTV originally offered them $5,000 per episode each, plus a $10,000 signing bonus. --But after they said no and vowed to stick together, MTV bumped their offer up to $10,000 per season. The cast has yet to respond to that proposal. --Technically, they're all contractually obligated to come back, so MTV could just tell them to SUCK IT UP. But the show has become a huge hit for them, and they obviously want to keep everybody happy. (--The show premiered to 1.4 million viewers last month. Last Thursday's season finale had 4.8 million viewers.)
ROCK AND ROLL TRAGEDY!!! THE SCORPIONS HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL BE CALLING IT QUITS IN A FEW YEARS!!!
If you've always hoped the SCORPIONS would NEVER go away . . . you should probably take a moment here to BRACE YOURSELF. --OK. Everyone, the Scorpions have announced that they'll be CALLING IT QUITS. --There is SOME good news though. They aren't going anywhere right away. --In a post on their website, the band explains, quote, "We want to end the Scorpions' extraordinary career on a high note. We are extremely grateful for the fact that we still have the same passion for music we've always had since the beginning. --"This is why, especially now, we agree we have reached the end of the road. We finish our career with an album we consider to be one of the best we have ever recorded and with a tour that will start in our home country Germany and take us to five different continents over the next few years." --The Scorpions will release their next, and apparently LAST album, "Sting in the Tail", on March 19th. (--That may not be the final U.S. release date. New albums usually come out on Tuesdays here, and the 19th is a Friday. That being said, since this will be a landmark album . . . the usual rules may not apply.) (--Even though a lot of people consider the Scorpions an '80s band . . . and, worse yet, a hair metal band . . . they've actually been rocking a lot longer than that) (--They were founded by guitarist Rudolf Schenker all the way back in 1965. Schenker and singer KLAUS MEINE . . . who joined in 1969 . . . are both 61 years old.) (--You can read the band's full statement to their fans . . . listen to brief clips from their new album . . . and see the first few dates for the European leg of their tour at their official website. Here's the link . . .)http://www.the-scorpions.com/english/
A GUNS N' ROSES REP DENIES BANNING THEIR FANS FROM WEARING CLOTHING FEATURING SLASH:
Over the weekend, TMZ claimed that GUNS N' ROSES were BANNING their fans from wearing any clothing featuring their former guitarist, SLASH, at their shows. --A member of the security team who worked the G'n'R gig last Wednesday in Winnipeg told TMZ that a, quote, "producer for the band" laid some rules on them before the show. --He told them to tell fans that any apparel featuring Slash would either have to be turned inside-out . . . or left outside. (--Some fans were OK with this, and others reportedly left the show.) --There isn't any official comment about this. But Fernando Lebeis . . . the son of AXL ROSE'S personal assistant . . . says it's a LIE. --In a Guns N' Roses forum, he wrote, quote, "We did NOT advise any security to ban any sort of apparel . . . if they did, they did it on their own accord, or under someone else's order . . . from within their management."
If you didn't know, LADY GAGA was on the MTV prank show, "Boiling Points", back in 2005 . . . when she was still just an unknown chick named Stefani Germanotta. --In the episode, a busboy took Lady Gaga's plate away before she had a chance to eat her food . . . and when the waitress brought it back, it had some trash on it. (--Here's the clip . . .)http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/443032/lady-gaga-reaches-her-boiling-point-in-2005.jhtml
TAYLOR SWIFT'S NEW PENTHOUSE WILL HAVE A KOI POND IN THE LIVING ROOM . . . AND A HUMAN-SIZED BIRD CAGE OBSERVATORY:
TAYLOR SWIFT has been talking about building a tree house in the 4,062-square-foot penthouse she bought last month in Nashville. She's not kidding. The tree house is actually an observatory with a kickass telescope . . . and it's all surrounded by a moat. --Taylor described it to "Rolling Stone", quote, "It's going to be my fantasy world. The ceiling of my living room is painted like the night sky. There's a pond in the living room . . . The pond is a moat around the fireplace (that) may possibly have koi fish in it. --"You step on a stepping stone in the pond in order to get on a spiral staircase, which takes you up to the human-sized bird cage observatory. They're delivering a human-size birdcage, which I'll put a brass telescope in." --By the way . . . the penthouse is located in an 18-story apartment tower in downtown Nashville and it appears to be quite the happening location. --Other tenants reportedly include JULIANNE HOUGH . . . KINGS OF LEON lead singer CALEB FOLLOWILL . . . and "American Idol" creator SIMON FULLER.
NAZZY'S RANDOM STUFF
IS NIKON'S FACIAL-DETECTION CAMERA RACIST?
If you own a Nikon Coolpix S630 digital camera, there's a good chance you bought it because of its face-detection feature, which can be programmed to take a picture whenever someone smiles, or to automatically send a warning when someone blinks. --There's just one problem . . . the camera is RACIST. Listen to this . . . --Last year, a woman named Joz Wang bought a Nikon face-detecting camera for her mother. But whenever they took a photo, the camera would send a message reading, quote, "Did someone blink?" --But the problem wasn't that they were blinking. It's that Joz and her family are ASIAN, and the camera can't distinguish an Asian person's eye from a non-Asian person's eye that's only partially open. --In other words, the Nikon's Coolpix cameras are racist. --For what it's worth, Nikon . . . which is a Japanese company . . . says it's working to improve the face-detecting function on all its Coolpix cameras. (--And it seems Nikon isn't the only company making racist electronics. In fact, Hewlett-Packard laptops with face-tracking detection are also racist. Check out some evidence of that, here . . .)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4DT3tQqgRM (Yahoo News)
HERE'S WHY RICH, INFLUENTIAL GUYS SHOULDN'T CHEAT:
50-year-old Charles Phillips is a rich and powerful guy. He's president of the tech conglomerate Oracle, and he's also a member of PRESIDENT OBAMA'S Economic Recovery Advisory Board. --In 2001, Charles started having an affair with 41-year-old YaVaughnie Wilkins. It seems the whole thing was pretty public, and last year Charles' wife, Karen, filed for divorce. --But Charles and Karen have since reconciled, and now everyone's happy . . . except for YaVaughnie. Get this . . . --Last week, three billboards appeared in Times Square showing photos of Charles and YaVaughnie when they were a couple. Another appeared in Atlanta where YaVaughnie lives, as well as a third in San Francisco where Oracle's corporate headquarters is located. --As if that's not embarrassing enough, the billboards also included the URL of a website where visitors could go see pictures of Charles and YaVaughnie taken over the course of their affair. --Anyway, last week Charles released a statement reading, quote, "I had an eight-and-a-half-year serious relationship with YaVaughnie Wilkins. The relationship with Ms. Wilkins has since ended, and we both wish each other well." (???) --It's not totally clear, but it's thought YaVaughnie is the one behind the smear campaign. (New York Post / Lemondrop) (--Phone Starter: This is pretty bad. What we want to know is: What's the worst thing you've done to get back at an ex? Or what did your ex do to you?)
HAVING TOO MANY CHOICES CAN BE BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH:
According to a new study from Stanford University, having too many choices can lead to depression. --Basically, researchers interviewed a bunch of middle-class Americans about their decision-making process. --What they found is that when people have too much variety, they tend to become paralyzed, uncertain, and obsessed about what others will think of them. And when they finally make a decision, they immediately start second-guessing it. --A professor named Hazel Rose Markus led the study. She says, quote, "We cannot assume that choice, as understood by educated, affluent Westerners, is a universal aspiration, and that the provision of choice will necessarily foster freedom and well-being. --"Choice can also produce a numbing uncertainty, depression, and selfishness . . . Moreover, the enormous opportunity for growth and self-advancement that flows from unlimited freedom of choice may diminish rather than enhance subjective well-being." --In other words, having too much opportunity can be bad for your health. (Daily Telegraph)
BURGER KING IS GOING TO START SELLING BEER AT SELECTED RESTAURANTS:
If there are two things Americans love, it's fast food and cheap beer. So I suppose it was only a matter of time before THIS happened . . . --On Friday, Burger King announced they're going to start selling BEER at select locations around the country. --According to company officials, certain Burger King restaurants are going to be outfitted with Whopper Bars, which will offer an assortment of burgers and toppings. More importantly, they'll also be selling Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors brand beer. --Bottles of beer will sell for $4.25 apiece. Or if you prefer, you can get a Whopper Value Meal with beer instead of soda for $7.99. That's about $2 more than it would cost if you got a Coke. --The first Whopper Bar with beer is set to open next month in Miami Beach. And Burger King officials say they'll expand the program to restaurants in New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas as well. (--In other words, now you can indulge your junk food habit and your alcohol addiction without making two stops. God bless the U.S.A.) (USA Today)
NAZZY'S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY
#1.) A weatherman in New England reported that "nine inches" of snow fell, then made a sexually suggestive joke by saying "almost as big as me."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8uquD_Fsf0(Search Terms: weatherman "9 inches" "almost as big as me" video)
THE "JERSEY SHORE" CAST WANTS MORE MONEY:
TMZ is reporting that the cast of "Jersey Shore" is holding out for a big second-season pay increase. MTV originally offered them $5,000 per episode each, plus a $10,000 signing bonus. --But after they said no and vowed to stick together, MTV bumped their offer up to $10,000 per season. The cast has yet to respond to that proposal. --Technically, they're all contractually obligated to come back, so MTV could just tell them to SUCK IT UP. But the show has become a huge hit for them, and they obviously want to keep everybody happy. (--The show premiered to 1.4 million viewers last month. Last Thursday's season finale had 4.8 million viewers.)
ROCK AND ROLL TRAGEDY!!! THE SCORPIONS HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL BE CALLING IT QUITS IN A FEW YEARS!!!
If you've always hoped the SCORPIONS would NEVER go away . . . you should probably take a moment here to BRACE YOURSELF. --OK. Everyone, the Scorpions have announced that they'll be CALLING IT QUITS. --There is SOME good news though. They aren't going anywhere right away. --In a post on their website, the band explains, quote, "We want to end the Scorpions' extraordinary career on a high note. We are extremely grateful for the fact that we still have the same passion for music we've always had since the beginning. --"This is why, especially now, we agree we have reached the end of the road. We finish our career with an album we consider to be one of the best we have ever recorded and with a tour that will start in our home country Germany and take us to five different continents over the next few years." --The Scorpions will release their next, and apparently LAST album, "Sting in the Tail", on March 19th. (--That may not be the final U.S. release date. New albums usually come out on Tuesdays here, and the 19th is a Friday. That being said, since this will be a landmark album . . . the usual rules may not apply.) (--Even though a lot of people consider the Scorpions an '80s band . . . and, worse yet, a hair metal band . . . they've actually been rocking a lot longer than that) (--They were founded by guitarist Rudolf Schenker all the way back in 1965. Schenker and singer KLAUS MEINE . . . who joined in 1969 . . . are both 61 years old.) (--You can read the band's full statement to their fans . . . listen to brief clips from their new album . . . and see the first few dates for the European leg of their tour at their official website. Here's the link . . .)http://www.the-scorpions.com/english/
A GUNS N' ROSES REP DENIES BANNING THEIR FANS FROM WEARING CLOTHING FEATURING SLASH:
Over the weekend, TMZ claimed that GUNS N' ROSES were BANNING their fans from wearing any clothing featuring their former guitarist, SLASH, at their shows. --A member of the security team who worked the G'n'R gig last Wednesday in Winnipeg told TMZ that a, quote, "producer for the band" laid some rules on them before the show. --He told them to tell fans that any apparel featuring Slash would either have to be turned inside-out . . . or left outside. (--Some fans were OK with this, and others reportedly left the show.) --There isn't any official comment about this. But Fernando Lebeis . . . the son of AXL ROSE'S personal assistant . . . says it's a LIE. --In a Guns N' Roses forum, he wrote, quote, "We did NOT advise any security to ban any sort of apparel . . . if they did, they did it on their own accord, or under someone else's order . . . from within their management."
If you didn't know, LADY GAGA was on the MTV prank show, "Boiling Points", back in 2005 . . . when she was still just an unknown chick named Stefani Germanotta. --In the episode, a busboy took Lady Gaga's plate away before she had a chance to eat her food . . . and when the waitress brought it back, it had some trash on it. (--Here's the clip . . .)http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/443032/lady-gaga-reaches-her-boiling-point-in-2005.jhtml
TAYLOR SWIFT'S NEW PENTHOUSE WILL HAVE A KOI POND IN THE LIVING ROOM . . . AND A HUMAN-SIZED BIRD CAGE OBSERVATORY:
TAYLOR SWIFT has been talking about building a tree house in the 4,062-square-foot penthouse she bought last month in Nashville. She's not kidding. The tree house is actually an observatory with a kickass telescope . . . and it's all surrounded by a moat. --Taylor described it to "Rolling Stone", quote, "It's going to be my fantasy world. The ceiling of my living room is painted like the night sky. There's a pond in the living room . . . The pond is a moat around the fireplace (that) may possibly have koi fish in it. --"You step on a stepping stone in the pond in order to get on a spiral staircase, which takes you up to the human-sized bird cage observatory. They're delivering a human-size birdcage, which I'll put a brass telescope in." --By the way . . . the penthouse is located in an 18-story apartment tower in downtown Nashville and it appears to be quite the happening location. --Other tenants reportedly include JULIANNE HOUGH . . . KINGS OF LEON lead singer CALEB FOLLOWILL . . . and "American Idol" creator SIMON FULLER.
NAZZY'S RANDOM STUFF
IS NIKON'S FACIAL-DETECTION CAMERA RACIST?
If you own a Nikon Coolpix S630 digital camera, there's a good chance you bought it because of its face-detection feature, which can be programmed to take a picture whenever someone smiles, or to automatically send a warning when someone blinks. --There's just one problem . . . the camera is RACIST. Listen to this . . . --Last year, a woman named Joz Wang bought a Nikon face-detecting camera for her mother. But whenever they took a photo, the camera would send a message reading, quote, "Did someone blink?" --But the problem wasn't that they were blinking. It's that Joz and her family are ASIAN, and the camera can't distinguish an Asian person's eye from a non-Asian person's eye that's only partially open. --In other words, the Nikon's Coolpix cameras are racist. --For what it's worth, Nikon . . . which is a Japanese company . . . says it's working to improve the face-detecting function on all its Coolpix cameras. (--And it seems Nikon isn't the only company making racist electronics. In fact, Hewlett-Packard laptops with face-tracking detection are also racist. Check out some evidence of that, here . . .)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4DT3tQqgRM (Yahoo News)
HERE'S WHY RICH, INFLUENTIAL GUYS SHOULDN'T CHEAT:
50-year-old Charles Phillips is a rich and powerful guy. He's president of the tech conglomerate Oracle, and he's also a member of PRESIDENT OBAMA'S Economic Recovery Advisory Board. --In 2001, Charles started having an affair with 41-year-old YaVaughnie Wilkins. It seems the whole thing was pretty public, and last year Charles' wife, Karen, filed for divorce. --But Charles and Karen have since reconciled, and now everyone's happy . . . except for YaVaughnie. Get this . . . --Last week, three billboards appeared in Times Square showing photos of Charles and YaVaughnie when they were a couple. Another appeared in Atlanta where YaVaughnie lives, as well as a third in San Francisco where Oracle's corporate headquarters is located. --As if that's not embarrassing enough, the billboards also included the URL of a website where visitors could go see pictures of Charles and YaVaughnie taken over the course of their affair. --Anyway, last week Charles released a statement reading, quote, "I had an eight-and-a-half-year serious relationship with YaVaughnie Wilkins. The relationship with Ms. Wilkins has since ended, and we both wish each other well." (???) --It's not totally clear, but it's thought YaVaughnie is the one behind the smear campaign. (New York Post / Lemondrop) (--Phone Starter: This is pretty bad. What we want to know is: What's the worst thing you've done to get back at an ex? Or what did your ex do to you?)
HAVING TOO MANY CHOICES CAN BE BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH:
According to a new study from Stanford University, having too many choices can lead to depression. --Basically, researchers interviewed a bunch of middle-class Americans about their decision-making process. --What they found is that when people have too much variety, they tend to become paralyzed, uncertain, and obsessed about what others will think of them. And when they finally make a decision, they immediately start second-guessing it. --A professor named Hazel Rose Markus led the study. She says, quote, "We cannot assume that choice, as understood by educated, affluent Westerners, is a universal aspiration, and that the provision of choice will necessarily foster freedom and well-being. --"Choice can also produce a numbing uncertainty, depression, and selfishness . . . Moreover, the enormous opportunity for growth and self-advancement that flows from unlimited freedom of choice may diminish rather than enhance subjective well-being." --In other words, having too much opportunity can be bad for your health. (Daily Telegraph)
BURGER KING IS GOING TO START SELLING BEER AT SELECTED RESTAURANTS:
If there are two things Americans love, it's fast food and cheap beer. So I suppose it was only a matter of time before THIS happened . . . --On Friday, Burger King announced they're going to start selling BEER at select locations around the country. --According to company officials, certain Burger King restaurants are going to be outfitted with Whopper Bars, which will offer an assortment of burgers and toppings. More importantly, they'll also be selling Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors brand beer. --Bottles of beer will sell for $4.25 apiece. Or if you prefer, you can get a Whopper Value Meal with beer instead of soda for $7.99. That's about $2 more than it would cost if you got a Coke. --The first Whopper Bar with beer is set to open next month in Miami Beach. And Burger King officials say they'll expand the program to restaurants in New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas as well. (--In other words, now you can indulge your junk food habit and your alcohol addiction without making two stops. God bless the U.S.A.) (USA Today)
NAZZY'S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY
#1.) A weatherman in New England reported that "nine inches" of snow fell, then made a sexually suggestive joke by saying "almost as big as me."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8uquD_Fsf0(Search Terms: weatherman "9 inches" "almost as big as me" video)
#2.) In this video, a guy is lifting weights, and just when you expect something to go wrong . . . a dog scoots its butt across the floor. (--The dog arrives at :12.)http://failblog.org/2010/01/22/interruption-win/(Search Terms: "weight for it" FailBlog.org dog butt video)
#3.) A bunch of 9-year-old boys got into a bench-clearing brawl during a youth hockey game in Russia. (--They really start going at it around :25.)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqC6B9K8-40(Search Terms: youth hockey brawl Russia video)
#4.) This girl waits for her boyfriend to get out of the shower, then dumps a big tray of snow on him. (--She hits him with the snow at :37.)(--WARNING!!! There's unedited profanity in this clip . . .)http://www.break.com/index/girlfriend-gives-boyfriend-snow-shower.html(Search Terms: girlfriend gives boyfriend snow shower video)
#5.) Walmart has a new commercial out, where a Dad tries to surprise his kid's birthday party by wearing a clown suit. But things go horribly wrong when he steps on a toy unicorn. It's pretty funny.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsvAj6qfmFQ(Search Terms: Walmart clown commercial)
SIX THINGS A GOOD BOYFRIEND WON'T ASK A WOMAN TO DO:
Most guys aren't as helpful around the house as they should be, and it can ruin a relationship. So guys, you need to step it up. Asking your girlfriend or wife to do little favors every now and then is okay. As long as it's not ALL the time. --If you want to be a good boyfriend, here are six things you shouldn't ask your girlfriend to do.
Most guys aren't as helpful around the house as they should be, and it can ruin a relationship. So guys, you need to step it up. Asking your girlfriend or wife to do little favors every now and then is okay. As long as it's not ALL the time. --If you want to be a good boyfriend, here are six things you shouldn't ask your girlfriend to do.
#1.) MAKE YOU A SANDWICH. Guys, the refrigerator is 10 feet away. Unless you recently lost one or both of your hands, go make your OWN sandwich.
#2.) KEEP HER HAIR LONG. Long hair requires a lot of maintenance. Not to mention, it's hot and annoying. So if a woman decides to chop it all off, a GOOD boyfriend will tell her it looks GREAT.
#3.) BUY GIFTS FOR YOUR FRIENDS OR FAMILY. When someone's birthday comes up, don't make your girlfriend pick out the gift just because you think she's "better at it" or "she likes it." --She probably DOESN'T like it. Shopping for someone you don't really know isn't much fun, and there's a lot of pressure.
#4.) BE YOUR WAKE-UP CALL. If you're relying on your girlfriend to call and wake you up every morning, it's time to buy an alarm clock.
#5.) HANG OUT WITH YOUR EX. Some women don't mind making friends with a guy's ex-girlfriend, but the guy should never pressure her to do it.
#6.) LOSE WEIGHT. A good boyfriend will NEVER, EVER ask a woman to lose weight. Don't even bring up her weight in conversation. If she gained five pounds, she's well aware. (YourTango.com)
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