HOLLYWOOD DIRT OVERFLOW (06-15-10)
JENNIFER ANISTON WILL NOT GET NAKED IN HER NEW MOVIE:
We heard recently that JENNIFER ANISTON is playing a sex-crazed dentist in a dark comedy called "Horrible Bosses". Well, I have some bad news to report: Jennifer will NOT be showing any of her naughty parts. --Her rep says, quote, "The part is provocative and sexual, but also hysterically funny.--"There are no plans for her to go fully nude or topless, but the role does require an aggressive sexuality that many folks have not seen from Jennifer on screen before."
AMY WINEHOUSE MAY BE IN REHAB AGAIN:
For someone who got famous by singing about refusing to go to rehab, AMY WINEHOUSE sure has been to rehab a lot. --The not-always-reliable British tabloids say she has admitted herself again, because she wants to save her relationship with some guy she's been nailing lately. --A so-called "source" says, quote, "When she's not on the bottle they get on brilliantly. But he has told her to quit the booze, otherwise he'll be off, and she hit it hard last week. --"She wants to keep him so has decided to make a huge effort to stay sober."
RYAN SEACREST'S STALKER GOT TWO YEARS:
Remember RYAN SEACREST'S stalker, Chidi Uzomah? He's the guy who went looking for Ryan at both the E! building and at a children's hospital where Ryan was doing a charity event. Both times, he was carrying a knife. --Well, Uzomah pleaded no contest to felony stalking earlier this year, and yesterday, he was sentenced to TWO YEARS in prison. --Uzomah has also been ordered to stay at least 500 yards from Seacrest for the next 10 YEARS.
SCARLETT JOHANSSON AND RYAN REYNOLDS ARE *NOT* ADOPTING:
Just as we expected . . . SCARLETT JOHANSSON'S rep says she and RYAN REYNOLDS are NOT adopting a child. That is all.
MEGAN FOX GOT A TATTOO IN HONOR OF MICKEY ROURKE:
MEGAN FOX recently filmed a movie with MICKEY ROURKE called "Passion Play". And she was so inspired by him, that she got a tattoo in his honor. --She wouldn't say what it is, but she said, quote, "Mickey is such a beautiful, wonderful human being. He's so genuine and so sweet and so talented. I just love him to death. --"I kept telling him that he needs to have kids, because I think he's going to be an amazing dad. I hope he does that soon. --"I actually got a tattoo that is sort of in honor of him. It's on my ribs. I don't know if it's been photographed yet, but it'll come out eventually, I'm sure. I just love him very much and think he's very special."
ROBERT PATTINSON THINKS HE'LL DIE BEFORE HE TURNS 30:
ROBERT PATTINSON thinks he's going to die by the age of 30 . . . because so much good stuff has already happened to him. --In an interview that aired last night on ABC's "Nightline", Pattinson . . . who's 24 . . . said, quote, "I guess I just thought if too many good things happen, then you're going to die at 30. --"I didn't want that to happen. Yeah, so probably, I'm going to die at 30. Actually, it's God saying, 'Hey, you shouldn't have asked for too much.'" --Pattinson also says he thinks the key to the "Twilight" franchise is that it's sexy . . . without being too sexual. --He said, quote, "[Fans] like that moment before [sex] . . . the kind of tipping point before it goes over. I mean, everybody likes that. That's the best part, for a relationship." --But he added, quote, "If there was a hard and fast decision by both [Bella and Edward] saying, 'Yeah we're going to remain virgins our entire lives, it's never going to happen,' I don't think it would be as popular a series. --One last note: In an interview with MTV news, Pattinson admitted that he hasn't read the final "Twilight" book, "Breaking Dawn" yet. But he plans to do so before filming begins on the TWO movies it's being made into.
GARY COLEMAN'S OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A "CLOSED HEAD INJURY":
GARY COLEMAN'S death certificate was released yesterday . . . and the cause of death was listed as, quote, "Closed head injury due to [a] fall." And it does specify that it was an ACCIDENT. --Chronic kidney failure was also named as a, quote, "significant condition." --Here's something interesting: The certificate says Gary is MARRIED . . . and SHANNON PRICE is listed as his WIFE. --This shouldn't become a big deal or anything. Shannon herself has said in legal papers that she and Gary were divorced . . . but that she should be considered his common-law wife. --It's still kind of funny, though, given the fact that Shannon is listed on the death certificate as the "informant" . . . meaning that she's the one who provided the information. (--You can see Gary's death certificate for yourself here . . .)
http://www.etonline.com/documents/2010/06/159797/pdf_gcoleman_sprice_et_061410_stateofutah.pdf
DID GARY COLEMAN WANT HIS PLUG PULLED OR NOT???
Yet another new document has emerged in the GARY COLEMAN debacle. This one isn't a will . . . it's a healthcare directive. --In other words, it's a document that spells out Gary's wishes concerning his healthcare, should he be unable to communicate those wishes himself. --The document, signed in 2006, does give SHANNON PRICE the power to make decisions on Gary's behalf. But it's not exactly a blank check. There are instructions. --Of course, there's a lot of room within those instructions for interpretation.--Gary checked a box marked "Choice to Prolong life". The description reads, quote, "I want my life to be prolonged as long as possible within the limits of generally accepted health care standards." --Now, you can argue that the phrase "within the limits of generally accepted health care standards" leaves a lot up for debate. --But there's another box on the form that Gary DIDN'T check. That one says, "Choice Not to Prolong Life".--And the description on that one reads, quote, "I do not want my life to be prolonged if (1) I have an incurable and irreversible condition that will result in my death within a relatively short time . . . --"(2) I become unconscious and, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, I will not regain consciousness, or (3) the likely risks of treatment would outweigh the expected benefits." --Numbers 1 and 2 describe the state Gary was in before his plug was pulled to a "T". And since Gary DIDN'T check that box, you can argue that Gary would NOT have wanted Shannon to pull the plug when she did. -Shannon has said that she made the decision after the doctors told her Gary was already gone. If they did indeed tell her that, it's hard to argue that she SHOULDN'T have let him die. (--You can read the document for yourself here . . .)http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/14/gary-coleman-life-support-pull-the-plug-shannon-price/
SHANNON PRICE HAS OPENED UP . . . SORT OF . . . ABOUT THE GARY COLEMAN DEATHBED PHOTOS:
SHANNON PRICE is opening up . . . sort of . . . about those deathbed photos of GARY COLEMAN. --In an interview with "Entertainment Tonight", she said she knows who took them . . . which is obvious, since she's staring directly into the camera in one of them. --But then she was asked who it was, and she said, quote, "I believe it was a close family member, but I did not authorize them and did not authorize them to give [the pictures] to anyone." --Shannon said once again that she is NOT profiting from these pictures at all, and she added, quote, "Why would they want to be so malicious? That's brutal, tragic, upsetting that someone would put this out." --Although Shannon is supposedly upset about the photos that were sold, she admits that SHE took some pictures in Gary's hospital room with her cell phone. --And she did it because, quote, "I wanted to have something that I could hold dear to my heart. This was my last moment with him." --Shannon also addressed Anna Gray . . . the latest person named a beneficiary in a Gary Coleman will. --Shannon said that she, Gary and Anna lived together for about two months, before Gary kicked her out for SPITTING BEER on Shannon. --She said, quote, "She was drinking one night and was out of control. And so Gary kicked her out. --"She had told Gary she was jealous of me because I was coming in between him and her. And I said. 'I thought you guys were never in a relationship,' and he said she had thought in her mind we were together. Gary never saw her that way." --Here's video of Shannon's interview. You'll note that the interviewer shows Shannon the deathbed photos that the "Globe" tabloid printed.) (--And while she claimed this was her first time seeing them, she really doesn't seem all that upset. I know, people grieve in different ways. But still . . .)
http://www.etonline.com/news/2010/06/88239/index.html
DION MIAL HAS DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE FOR GARY COLEMAN'S ESTATE:
Dion Mial . . . the man who was named executor of GARY COLEMAN'S estate in Gary's 1999 will . . . has dropped out of the battle for control of Gary's assets. --He claims that the 2005 will supercedes the 1999 will, since it was drawn up six years later. The 2005 will names Gary's former friend and business partner, Anna Gray, as administrator of the estate. --That means we now have a TWO-WAY race for Gary's estate, between Anna Gray and Gary's ex-wife, SHANNON PRICE. In 2007, Gary drew up a handwritten document leaving everything to Shannon. --But Shannon's opponents . . . including lawyers for both Mial and Gray . . . say that document was nullified under Utah state law by Gary and Shannon's 2008 divorce. --At a court hearing yesterday, a judge ruled that Gary's body cannot be cremated before TOMORROW . . . because Gray wanted time to travel from Oregon to Utah to see his body one last time. --Shannon's people weren't happy about that.
JOE JACKSON NOW SAYS HE DOESN'T BLAME KATHERINE FOR MICHAEL'S DEATH:
JOE JACKSON now says he does NOT blame his wife KATHERINE for MICHAEL JACKSON'S death. --Yesterday, he told the website PopEater.com, quote, "Katherine did not kill my son. She isn't at fault." --Over the weekend, Joe DID blame Katherine. He told Britain's "News of the World" tabloid that Michael would still be alive today if she had just listened to him and made more of an effort to be a part of his life. --In another bizarre twist . . . (--From a family that NEVER disappoints in the Bizarre Twist category) . . . Joe and Katherine showed up together yesterday at a hearing for DR. CONRAD MURRAY --The hearing was to determine whether or not Murray could keep his medical license in California. The judge ruled in Dr. Murray's favor, allowing him to continue practicing . . . as long as he doesn't administer anesthetics. --Witnesses say Joe and Katherine barely interacted . . . and at one point, Joe appeared to have FALLEN ASLEEP after putting on sunglasses. (???)
A NEW MICHAEL JACKSON VIDEO GAME IS ON THE WAY:
TMZ says that a new MICHAEL JACKSON video game will hit stores before Christmas. The premise is simple: You watch Michael dance onscreen and you imitate his moves. You'll have an avatar that dances onscreen right next to Michael. --It's not clear how many game systems it'll be made for, but two that have been mentioned are the Wii and the Xbox 360. --The Xbox version will utilize Microsoft's new "Kinect" motion capture technology . . . meaning you'll be able to play it without even holding a controller. (--Kinect . . . a separate piece of hardware that connects to the 360 . . . is supposed to hit the market by the end of the year. Microsoft hasn't disclosed the price yet.) (--While Kinect was still in development, they were calling it "Project Natal". Here's a video of Sugar Ray Leonard and former NFL players Eric Dickerson and Willie Gault racing cars and playing a sort of dodgeball with it . . .)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-443dE5-gk
LEA MICHELE, KELSEY GRAMMER, DAN AYKROYD AND THE INCOMPARABLE JIM BELUSHI WILL LEND THEIR VOICES TO "DOROTHY OF OZ":
"Glee" star LEA MICHELE will provide the voice of Dorothy for "Dorothy of Oz", one of several "Wizard of Oz"-related movie projects currently in development. --This one is about Dorothy returning to Oz to help search for the missing Tin Man, Scarecrow and Lion. -KELSEY GRAMMER is playing the Tin Man, DAN AYKROYD is playing the Scarecrow and THE INCOMPARABLE JIM BELUSHI is playing the Lion. --Other cast members include Martin Short, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Dancy and Oliver Platt. --BRYAN ADAMS is doing the music. (--Meanwhile, SAM RAIMI is in talks to direct "Oz, The Great and Powerful" . . . which is a prequel about how the Wizard of Oz was transported to Oz via a freak tornado and became the Wizard.) (--ROBERT DOWNEY JR. is in talks to play the lead.)
THE TEEN CHOICE AWARD NOMINEES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED:
The "first wave" of nominees for this year's Teen Choice Awards have been announced, and "Iron Man 2" and "Gossip Girl" led the way with SIX nominations each. See the nominees and vote for your favorites at TeenChoiceAwards.com. --Not surprisingly, "New Moon" and "Glee" were also well represented, with five nominations apiece. (--According to the site, the "second wave" of nominees will be revealed "soon.") --KATY PERRY will host this year's ceremony, which airs August 9th on Fox.
"THE SITUATION" IS RELEASING A RAP SINGLE:
"Jersey Shore" superstud MIKE "THE SITUATION" SORRENTINO is apparently interested in launching a music career. --This week, The Situation will debut a rap / dance track . . . creatively titled "The Situation" . . . on iTunes. A preview was unleashed on TMZ yesterday. (--Listen to it at the link below. ***WARNING***: It contains CENSORED PROFANITY.)
http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/14/the-situation-jersey-shore-rap-rapping-song/
--The Situation has not commented on the track yet, so it's unclear whether he's planning on recording a whole album . . . or if this is just a one-time deal.
15 WAYS TO FIX "AMERICAN IDOL":
With SIMON COWELL out, "American Idol" will be different next year . . . but considering how the ratings dipped this year, it may take more than just a new judge to pump some new life into the show. --"Entertainment Weekly" has put together a list of 15 Ways to Fix "Idol" . . . and it's actually really good. So while it seems unlikely that producers would make a lot of their proposed changes . . . they SHOULD. Here are a few highlights:
--"Condense Gimmicky Auditions" . . . quote, "Stunt auditions should be limited to 15 minutes or fewer per episode, while Hollywood Week should be expanded to provide viable reasons for how and why our early favorites got cut."
--"Take Us Behind the Curtain" . . . quote, "Why not take a look at how the singers grapple with song selection and arrangement, what other tracks they considered, and why they've staged their performances in a particular way?"
--"Put the Kibosh on Top 24 Spoilers" . . . quote, "The show's producers could easily solve the problem by turning the pre-taped Top 24 announcement episode into a live telecast."
--"Reboot the Judges' Panel, But Keep Kara Dioguardi"
(--Browse all 15 suggestions with their rationale at EW.com, beginning here . . .)
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20312226_20393757,00.html
TUESDAY TV REMINDERS: (--Check your local listings.)
--"2010 FIFA World Cup Playoffs" . . . 2:00 to 4:30 P.M. Eastern on ESPN.
(--North Korea hosts Brazil in South Africa.)
--"Microsoft Natal" . . . 3:00 to 3:30 P.M. Eastern on MTV. (--Cirque du Soleil performs for the world premiere of "Project Natal" . . . that crazy new Xbox 360 device that responds to voice and body movements alone.) (--It's airing again on Nick at Nite, mtvU, MTV Hits, and Logo at 9:00 P.M. ET.)
--"The NBA Finals" [Game 6] . . . 9:00 to 11:30 P.M. Eastern on ABC. (--The L.A. Lakers host the Boston Celtics. Boston leads the series 3-2, so this could end it.)
--"Jimmy Kimmel Game Night" . . . 8:00 to 8:30 P.M. on ABC. (--David Arquette and NBA stud Carmelo Anthony.) (--Jimmy airs before the NBA Finals on the east coast . . . and after the game on the west coast.)
--"Hell's Kitchen" . . . 8:00 to 10:00 P.M. on Fox. (--The teams serve up lunch to USC's Marching Band and Song Girls.)
--"The Big Gay Sketch Show" [3rd Season Finale] . . . 10:00 to 10:30 P.M. on Logo. (--Guest performers include Sharon Osbourne and Rosie O'Donnell.)
--"Double Exposure" [SERIES Premiere] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on Bravo. (--A reality show that follows two fashion-photographers, Markus Klinko and Indrani, on celebrity shoots and high-fashion pictorials. Rapper/actress Eve is up first.) (--Indrani is 36 years old. There were rumors last month that she was doing some same-sex, courgariffic coupling with 23-year-old Lindsay Lohan.) (--They both denied it, but it made for some good publicity in the run-up to Indrani's new reality show, no??? Here's a picture of Lindsay and Indrani during a recent photo shoot . . .) http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/files/2010/05/LiLo600.png
NEW ON VIDEO TODAY
--"The Book of Eli" - A post-apocalyptic flick starring Denzel Washington as Eli, a sword-wielding badass protecting the last Bible on the planet. Gary Oldman is obsessed with getting his hands on the book, and Mila Kunis plays his daughter.
--"Unthinkable" - starring Samuel L. Jackson as an interrogator who has two days to get a terrorist to reveal the location of three nukes that have been planted in the major U.S. cities. It also stars Carrie-Anne Moss and Michael Sheen.
--"When In Rome" - When Kristen Bell takes some coins from Rome's Fountain of Love, the men who left them all fall in love with her. Danny DeVito, Dax Shepard, Jon Heder, and Will Arnett are the fools under her spell, and Josh Duhamel is the guy whose love may be for real.
--"Youth in Revolt" - "Superbad's" Michael Cera plays a nerdy teenager who imagines a studly alter-ego named "Francois" to help him get a hot chick who has a thing for bad boys. Ray Liotta, Justin Long, and "The Hangover's" Zach Galifianakis are also in it.
TV SERIES ON DVD:
--"Family Guy: Vol. 8" . . . a three-disc DVD set.
--"American Dad!: Vol. 5" . . . a three-disc DVD set.
--"The Secret Life Of The American Teenager: Volume 4" . . . a three-disc set.
--"Sanctuary: The Complete Second Season" . . . a four-disc DVD set.
--"Hawthorne: The Complete First Season" . . . a three-disc DVD set.
--"Everwood: The Third Season" . . . on five-discs. (--It ran for four seasons.)
--"MacGyver: The TV Movies" . . . on a single-disc. (--It ran for seven seasons.)
NEW MUSIC OUT TODAY
--"Now That's What I Call Music! 34" . . . with Justin Bieber's "Baby", Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me" and Lady Antebellum's "American Honey". Other artists on the disc include . . . Rihanna, Ke$ha, the Black Eyed Peas, Usher, Ludacris, B.o.B, Lifehouse, OneRepublic, The Script and Jamie Foxx.
--"Lilith 2010", Various Artists . . . featuring performances by Sarah McLachlan, Colbie Caillat, Kelly Clarkson, Rihanna, Ke$ha, Court Yard Hounds, Sara Bareilles, Corinne Bailey Rae and Norah Jones.
--"The Laws of Illusion", Sarah McLachlan (--Her first new album in seven years.)
--"Bingo!", Steve Miller Band (--It's their first album in SEVENTEEN YEARS, but there aren't any new originals. Instead, it's a covers disc . . . with songs by B.B. King, Lowell Fulson, Jimmy Reed and Jimmie Vaughan.)
--"Mojo", Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (--It's his first album with the Heartbreakers since "The Last DJ", which came out eight years ago, in 2002.)
--"Thank Me Later", Drake (--His guests include Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Alicia Keys, Nicki Minaj and T.I.)
--"Now That's What I Call the USA: The Patriotic Country Collection" . . . a collection of patriotic country songs.
It features 17 tracks, including Carrie Underwood's "All American Girl", Trace Adkins' smash "Arlington", Brooks & Dunn's "Only in America", Tim McGraw's "If You're Reading This", and the Lee Greenwood classic, "God Bless the U.S.A.".
Other artists on the disc include Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan, Billy Ray Cyrus, and recently outed lesbian Chely Wright. But don't let THAT stop you from buying it. Portions from sales will benefit troops and military families.
SLASH BELIEVES IT WAS JUST "SOME DRUNK GUY" WHO ATTEMPTED TO TACKLE HIM ONSTAGE IN MILAN:
SLASH is OK after some dude stormed the stage and attempted to TACKLE him during a gig in Milan, Italy, last week . . . and he's taking the whole thing in stride. --He tells IHeartGuitarBlog.com quote, "It was just some drunk guy who got on stage. It doesn't seem like he had any ill will. --"What happened was he came up behind me, and he'd managed to get up on stage and my security guard came up and tackled him, not knowing what this guy was necessarily capable of or whatever. So the real melee was the tackle. --"He basically deflected the guy off of me, and somehow the guy had managed to be hooked onto my guitar, which I let go of, all in a split second. --"They went off the edge of the stage . . . my guitar hit the ground and I picked it up and continued playing, only to find that it was broken . . . so I had to switch guitars and finish the song. It turned out to not be that big a deal, but you never know exactly what it could have been." --Slash also says that the damaged guitar will survive, as well. (--Over the weekend, Slash's wife Perla said the local security kicked the guy out of the show . . . but that he wasn't arrested or anything. You can watch video of the incident, HERE.)
ADAM LAMBERT HAS RELEASED ANOTHER GLAMOROUS VIDEO:
ADAM LAMBERT unleashed his "If I Had You" video yesterday, and it's pretty GLAMOROUS . . . not that anyone was expecting anything else. --The video features Adam as the center of attention in some psychedelic rave party in a FOREST. (???) (--Think of it as Adam's interpretation of the "Party at the Moontower" scenes from "Dazed and Confused". Here's the link . . .)
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid84372176001?bclid=55831937001&bctid=95734027001
A BRANDON FLOWERS SOLO TRACK HAS LEAKED ONLINE:
A song off KILLERS singer BRANDON FLOWERS' debut solo album has hit the Internet. It's called "Crossfire". (--Check it out at this link . . .) http://stereogum.com/409362/brandon-flowers-crossfire/mp3s/ --Brandon's album, "Flamingo", is supposed to be out sometime in September.
STEVE MILLER SAYS HE RELEASED AN ALBUM OF BLUES COVERS BECAUSE HE'S TOO OLD TO RECORD ORIGINAL SONGS:
STEVE MILLER . . . the man behind classic rock songs like "The Joker", "Jet Airliner" and "Take the Money and Run" . . . released a new studio album called "Bingo!" today. It's his first album of new material in 17 years. --But it doesn't contain original songs. Instead, it's an album of blues covers. --If you're a fan who's waited 17 years for him to put something out, and you're disappointed that there aren't any new potential classics . . . well . . . suck it up. --Steve explains, quote, "I'm 66 years old, and I don't give a (eff) about that stuff anymore. I don't even think about it. If I wrote new originals, you'd just go, 'Ehh, not as good as "Fly Like an Eagle".' That's just the nature of the game. --"Nobody wants to hear new originals . . . nobody." -He adds, quote, "When people my age write their own stuff, you can smell the burning brain tissue. If I started writing songs, I wouldn't be as optimistic as I was when I was younger. They'd be songs about politics and the IRS, and who cares?"
A NEW OZZY OSBOURNE TRACK IS STREAMING ONLINE:
RollingStone.com is streaming a new OZZY OSBOURNE track called "Life Won't Wait". It'll be on his new "Scream" album, which comes out next Tuesday. (--You can listen to the track, here . . .)
http://www1.rollingstone.com/hearitnow/player.php?xmlData=ozzyosbourne/oo_scream_data.xml
TWO NEW ARCADE FIRE TRACKS HAVE HIT THE INTERNET:
The new ARCADE FIRE album . . . titled "The Suburbs" . . . won't hit stores until August 3rd, but two songs off the disc have hit the Internet. --The songs are: "Ready to Start", which will be the first single in the U.S. . . . and "We Used to Wait", which will be the first single in the U.K. (--You can listen to both songs here . . .)
http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/06/14/check-out-arcade-fire-ready-to-start/
WAS TAYLOR SWIFT'S 13-HOUR MEET & GREET . . . "THE BIGGEST EVENT IN CMA MUSIC FEST HISTORY"???
I'm sure there were hundreds of great moments at the CMA Music Fest . . . but as far as the "Tennessean" is concerned, none were bigger or more historic than TAYLOR SWIFT'S 13-hour Meet & Greet. -In fact, they're calling it, quote, "Quite likely the biggest single-artist event in CMA Music Festival history." --Here's why: First of all, Taylor didn't want her fans to overheat outside, so she took over the entire, climate-controlled Bridgestone Arena. --Everyone got in free and they were treated to a circus-like event . . . including tons of free activities like makeovers, video booths and face painting for the kids. She even parked her tour bus inside for everyone to check out. --Once the fans hit the main floor they could get close-up views of Taylor's castle stage set-up from her "Fearless" tour, plus props from other concerts. --She also displayed dresses she wore in her "Teardrops On My Guitar", "Love Story", and "Our Song" music videos. --Remember that backstage Tea Party Room, where Taylor hangs out before shows? That was set up for fans to check out too. --There were the usual Jumbotrons playing Taylor Swift YouTube videos . . . and clips from her "Saturday Night Live" appearance. And let's not forget the free concert Taylor did right in the middle of it all . . . at 2:30 P.M. --Best of all, when Taylor realized she couldn't meet with all the fans who were given Meet & Greet wristbands, she extended the event for another 90 minutes . . . making it a 14.5 hour Meet & Greet.
NAZZY’S RANDOM STUFF
IS DIVORCE CONTAGIOUS?
If you have friends getting divorced, you might want to "accidentally" start missing their calls for a while. It's not that we think you shouldn't be supportive . . . we just don't want them to drag YOUR marriage down with them. --We've got the results of a new study by researchers from the University of California at San Diego, Harvard University and Brown University . . . and it seems to show that divorce can be CONTAGEOUS. Here are their big findings . . . --When a couple gets divorced, it makes all the couples around them more likely to get divorced. And not just close friends and family . . . people with TWO degrees of separation . . . like your sister's co-workers or something . . . are in the danger zone. --Someone with a divorced sibling is 22% more likely to get divorced than someone whose siblings are all happily married. --Someone with a divorced friend is 147% more likely to get divorced than someone whose friends are all happily married. --And someone with a divorced co-worker is 55% more likely to get divorced than someone who works with happily married people. --According to the researchers, there are a lot of reasons why divorce is contagious. First of all, people start warming up to the idea of divorce when they see someone they know actually pull the trigger. --And when someone you regularly talk to gets divorced and confides in you, you start learning about the benefits and drawbacks of divorce. And as the researchers found out, people in shaky marriages are surprised at just how many benefits they see. (CNN)
THE AVERAGE GIRL TODAY STARTS PUBERTY BEFORE THE AGE OF 10?
We always hear people complaining about how kids today grow up too fast, but it's usually a way to make some kind of statement about all the sex and violence they're exposed to. Well, it turns out kids today are LITERALLY growing up too fast. --According to a study at the Department of Growth and Reproduction at University Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark, the average girl now starts puberty before she hits age TEN. --The study was based on 1,000 Danish girls . . . but the researchers say that the numbers are probably pretty accurate for the U.S. and other first-world countries in Europe, too --Today, the average girl starts puberty when she's nine years and 10 months old. That's a full YEAR earlier than the average girl started puberty in 1991. --There are a few things that could be causing the change. One is a chemical called bisphenol A, which is found in the lining of cans and baby bottles. Some studies have linked it to speeding up sexual development. --Another reason could be diet: Kids today are eating more than ever, and more meat than ever . . . and it's making their bodies develop faster. --The researchers don't have any statistics on the average puberty age for boys. (London Times)
HAVING A LUCKY CHARM ACTUALLY DOES MAKE YOU LUCKIER:
If you're the kind of person who carries around a LUCKY CHARM, congratulations: There's now scientific evidence that shows you DON'T deserve to be mocked incessantly. In fact . . . keep on carting that moon rock or rabbit's foot around. --A study at the University of Cologne in Germany found that people who are superstitious actually DO perform better on tasks and tests than people who aren't. --The researchers ran several different tests, and each one finished with the same result: The superstitious people ruled. --In one test, the researchers had people on a putting green. They told half the people they were getting a ball that had been lucky all day, and told the other half "this is the ball everyone has used so far." --The people who were told they had a lucky ball made an average of 6.42 putts out of 10 . . . the other people made an average of 4.75 out of 10. --In another test, they took people who had lucky charms and brought them into a room. Half of the people had their charms taken away to, quote, "be photographed" . . . the other half got to keep their lucky charms with them. --Then, all of the people played a memory game. The people who got to keep their lucky charms performed MUCH better than the people who didn't. --The researchers say the effect happens because superstitions about luck actually give people more confidence . . . help them set higher goals . . . and actually encourage them to work harder. (The Guardian, U.K.)
THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TOOK THE MEDIA ON A TOUR TO PROVE TOURISM IS SAFE . . . AND EVERYONE WAS PROMPTLY KIDNAPPED:
At this point, there's not a donkey show in the world that could get me to visit Mexico. I just feel like all us gringos are getting kidnapped the second we step across the border. --Well . . . the Mexican government HATES that we're all scared to travel there, and they decided to do something about it. So they took a group of 13 reporters on a tour of southwest Mexico to prove just how safe and tourist-friendly the country is. --And . . . the reporters were promptly KIDNAPPED. --Surprisingly enough, the kidnappers weren't drug lords . . . they were MACHETE-WIELDING Nahua Indians, who are in a serious territorial war with other indigenous groups over land all over the country. --A group of 15 people who were filming a beer commercial for Corona were also kidnapped by the Nahua. --Fortunately, all 28 people were released after the Nahua questioned them and decided they weren't a threat . . . but the Nahua refused to give back their cameras and other equipment. --The U.S. State Department still has a travel warning reminding all of us to be very careful when we travel to Mexico . . . especially the most dangerous areas like the southwest. (Associated Press)
A CANADIAN WOMAN ACCIDENTALLY CONFESSED TO INSURANCE FRAUD BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T THINK THE POLICE COULD SPEAK FRENCH:
Here's your IDIOT CRIMINAL of the day. She's a woman in Calgary, Canada, and unfortunately her name hasn't been released. --We're not exactly sure when all this went down either, but here's what happened: The woman called the police in tears, to report that her house had been robbed and all of her possessions had been stolen. --Two officers were sent over to her house to investigate, and while they looked around, the woman took a phone call from her father in Quebec. She started speaking in French, and told him she was in the middle of a huge insurance scam. --Basically, she'd hidden the missing stuff, smashed her own windows, and faked the footprints of made-up "intruders." -Unfortunately for her . . . but fortunately for us . . . one of the cops at her house was Constable Charanjit Meharu . . . an Indian-Canadian who happens to be the Calgary police's number one foreign language expert. --Charanjit speaks SEVEN languages: English, Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Arabic, Gujarati . . . and French. --So, as the woman told her father every detail of her entire insurance fraud plan, Charanjit took notes. And when she was finally done sharing every detail of her plan, he said, "Merci beaucoup" and arrested her. --He says, quote, "She didn't expect a brown guy to speak French." (Calgary Sun)
POLICE IN IDAHO LEARNED THAT THE VANDAL TERRORIZING A LIBRARY WITH CONDIMENTS IS A SENIOR CITIZEN:
Over the past year, the Ada County Library in Boise, Idaho, has been hit with more than 10 incidents of strange but serious vandalism. And each time, the vandalism has involved CONDIMENTS. --One time it was a book that was filled with ketchup, and another time, a bunch of kids' books were drenched in corn syrup. And other times, random condiments were dumped in their after-hours drop box. --All in all, the vandalism caused a total of about $1,000 in damages. --Well . . . on Sunday morning, the condiment vandal finally slipped up. A police officer saw someone pull up to the drop box and dump a jar of mayo inside. --So he stopped the car and found out the master criminal was . . . a 74-year-old woman named Joy Cassidy. --She was arrested and charged with malicious injury to property, which is a misdemeanor. Joy hasn't been charged for all the other vandalism yet, but the police believe she's behind it. (KTVB - Boise)
AND NOW . . . THREE NEW RANDOM THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT:
#1.) OIL SPILL SHARKS! According to shark researchers in Florida, another one of the eight billion terrible side effects of BP's oil spill could be . . . sharks migrating closer to beaches to avoid the oil. --More than two dozen deepwater sharks have already been spotted strangely close to beaches along the Gulf coast in Florida, and a lot more could be headed that way. (AOL News)
#2.) NO PEANUTS ON PLANES? I didn't think it was possible, but it air travel could get even WORSE. The Department of Transportation is strongly considering banning peanuts on flights. --It's because the peanut dust could get into the air and cause serious problems for travelers with peanut allergies. There's no word on when they'll decide whether or not to institute the ban. (Salon)
#3.) THE ODDS OF MALE SEXUAL PROBLEMS. Check out these two stats from recent studies on male sexual performance . . . and cry. The first one: 15 to 30 million men in the U.S. suffer from some level of STIFFNESS DYSFUNCTION.
--And the second one: One out of every three-and-a-half men between 18 and 59 will have a period where he regularly "finishes" too early. (Book of Odds)
NAZZY’S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY
#1.) A CONGRESSMAN ROUGHED UP A COLLEGE STUDENT WHO WAS TRYING TO INTERVIEW HIM:
A Democratic Congressman from North Carolina named BOB ETHERIDGE had to apologize yesterday, because a video posted on YouTube shows him assaulting a college student who was trying to interview him. --The kid asked Etheridge quote, "Do you fully support the Obama agenda?" So Etheridge started slapping the camera around, held the kid's wrist, grabbed his neck, and demanded to know who he was. --He kept asking, "Who are you?" while a second kid kept filming. The two kids said they were college students . . . but they didn't say which college they were from, and they didn't say who they were. --Late yesterday afternoon Etheridge said, quote, "I deeply and profoundly regret my reaction and I apologize to all involved . . . no matter how intrusive and partisan our politics can become, this does not justify a poor response." (--Search for "Bob Etheridge college student.") (--He hits the camera at :16 and grabs the kid's neck at :51.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v60oNUoHBYM
#2.) A GUY TRIED TO LOAD HIS JET SKI INTO A VAN, AND IT DRAGGED THE VAN INTO THE WATER:
Some genius backed his van into a lake, opened the back doors, and tried to drive his Jet Ski straight into it. But the added weight pulled the whole van into the water. (--Search for "van sinks trying to load Jet Ski." It happens at :41.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mm2DxCVrGU
#3.) A SNAPPING TURTLE ALMOST BIT A REPORTER'S FACE:
On Friday, a local news reporter named Tony Aiello was filming a report on snapping turtles in Garrison, New York (--60 miles north of New York City). And he almost lost part of his nose when he held a turtle too close to his face. (--Search for "Tony Aiello snapping turtle.") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSk1rUpl6hg
(--And here's another classic "animal reporter attack." Search for "Cat Attacks Reporter.")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-QI1aZ3P5M
SIX RIDICULOUS PET ACCESSORIES:
Well, the economy might have tanked, but the pet industry didn't: Americans spent $46 BILLION on their pets in 2009, compared to $43 billion in 2008. And the American Pet Products Association estimates that we'll spend $48 billion this year. --To put that in perspective, in 1994, Americans only spent $17 BILLION on their pets. Here are six absolutely ridiculous pet accessories that we DIDN'T have back then . . .
#1.) THE DOG HIGH CHAIR. It's exactly what it sounds like: You attach it to your dinner table, then strap your dog in so it can eat with you. They cost around $50 online.
#2.) THE "POTTY PATCH." It's a patch of fake grass so your dog can do his business indoors, and it's supposedly odor-resistant and easy to wash. When the dog uses it, little holes let it drain into a tray that can hold up to a GALLON of liquid.
#3.) THE "PET DOORBELL." When your dog steps on a button outside the door, it plays a sound on a monitor in the house to let you know it's time to let your dog in. It's designed to stop dogs from scratching at the door. --The manufacturer swears that you can train your dog to use it, and it comes with step-by-step instructions. You can buy it online for about $70.
#4.) THE "PET CHATTER BOWL." It's a water bowl that lets you record a 10-second audio message. And the message plays every time your pet gets close to it. They have it in a bunch of different sizes at Amazon.com for around $30.
#5.) THE "TREAT LAUNCHER." It's literally a gun that launches treats in the air for your dog to catch. It's kind of fun and it's under $10, but if you have one or more ARMS, it's completely unnecessary.
#6.) THE "DOG SNUGGIE." In case you're not aware, they make a Snuggie for DOGS now. You can buy it at Target or any major pet store for $10, and it makes your dog look like he's wearing a big, blue turtleneck. (AOL.com / AmericanPetProducts.org)
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WHEN WILL THE RECESSION END?
Even though many economists have said the recession is over, most consumers believe the end is just now in sight, according to a new survey by PriceGrabber.com.
· 52% of Americans believe the recession will end before January 2012.
· 65% of us are spending less now than at the start of the recession in December 2007, while 6% are spending more.
· 56% have already purchased a big-ticket item this year. Big-ticket categories showing the largest growth include portable fitness equipment, tires and diamonds.
FATHER’S DAY CENTENNIAL
The idea of Father’s Day was conceived slightly more than a century ago by Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Washington, while she listened to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a farm. A day in June was chosen for the first Father’s Day celebration – 100 years ago, June 19, 1910, proclaimed by Spokane’s mayor because it was the month of Smart’s birth. The first presidential proclamation honoring fathers was issued in 1966 when President Lyndon Johnson designated the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day. Father’s Day has been celebrated annually since 1972, when President Richard Nixon signed a law that made it permanent.
Here are some facts about fathers from the U.S. Census Bureau:
67.8 million: Estimated number of fathers across the nation.
25.8 million: Number of married fathers with children younger than 18 in 2009; 22% were raising three or more children younger than 18.
1.7 million:Number of single fathers in 2009.
158,000: Estimated number of stay-at-home dads in 2009. These married fathers with children younger than 15 have remained out of the labor force for at least one year, primarily so they can care for the family while their wives work outside the home.
$2.8 billion: Amount of child support received by custodial fathers in 2007; they were due $4.3 billion.
HEY, YA’LL!
Ever been talking to a friend or colleague from the south and realize you’ve picked up their twang? Don’t feel bad. Linguists say a lot of us unintentionally pick up other people’s accents. Arika Okrent, a linguistics expert and author of “In the Land of Invented Languages,” says copying a person’s accent is a natural human trait. While picking up the accent of an individual tends to annoy others, including the one who picked it up, a recent study found those who pick up the accent of folks from other parts of the country are more likely to be more helpful and generous toward others than people who didn’t pick up the accent.
We heard recently that JENNIFER ANISTON is playing a sex-crazed dentist in a dark comedy called "Horrible Bosses". Well, I have some bad news to report: Jennifer will NOT be showing any of her naughty parts. --Her rep says, quote, "The part is provocative and sexual, but also hysterically funny.--"There are no plans for her to go fully nude or topless, but the role does require an aggressive sexuality that many folks have not seen from Jennifer on screen before."
AMY WINEHOUSE MAY BE IN REHAB AGAIN:
For someone who got famous by singing about refusing to go to rehab, AMY WINEHOUSE sure has been to rehab a lot. --The not-always-reliable British tabloids say she has admitted herself again, because she wants to save her relationship with some guy she's been nailing lately. --A so-called "source" says, quote, "When she's not on the bottle they get on brilliantly. But he has told her to quit the booze, otherwise he'll be off, and she hit it hard last week. --"She wants to keep him so has decided to make a huge effort to stay sober."
RYAN SEACREST'S STALKER GOT TWO YEARS:
Remember RYAN SEACREST'S stalker, Chidi Uzomah? He's the guy who went looking for Ryan at both the E! building and at a children's hospital where Ryan was doing a charity event. Both times, he was carrying a knife. --Well, Uzomah pleaded no contest to felony stalking earlier this year, and yesterday, he was sentenced to TWO YEARS in prison. --Uzomah has also been ordered to stay at least 500 yards from Seacrest for the next 10 YEARS.
SCARLETT JOHANSSON AND RYAN REYNOLDS ARE *NOT* ADOPTING:
Just as we expected . . . SCARLETT JOHANSSON'S rep says she and RYAN REYNOLDS are NOT adopting a child. That is all.
MEGAN FOX GOT A TATTOO IN HONOR OF MICKEY ROURKE:
MEGAN FOX recently filmed a movie with MICKEY ROURKE called "Passion Play". And she was so inspired by him, that she got a tattoo in his honor. --She wouldn't say what it is, but she said, quote, "Mickey is such a beautiful, wonderful human being. He's so genuine and so sweet and so talented. I just love him to death. --"I kept telling him that he needs to have kids, because I think he's going to be an amazing dad. I hope he does that soon. --"I actually got a tattoo that is sort of in honor of him. It's on my ribs. I don't know if it's been photographed yet, but it'll come out eventually, I'm sure. I just love him very much and think he's very special."
ROBERT PATTINSON THINKS HE'LL DIE BEFORE HE TURNS 30:
ROBERT PATTINSON thinks he's going to die by the age of 30 . . . because so much good stuff has already happened to him. --In an interview that aired last night on ABC's "Nightline", Pattinson . . . who's 24 . . . said, quote, "I guess I just thought if too many good things happen, then you're going to die at 30. --"I didn't want that to happen. Yeah, so probably, I'm going to die at 30. Actually, it's God saying, 'Hey, you shouldn't have asked for too much.'" --Pattinson also says he thinks the key to the "Twilight" franchise is that it's sexy . . . without being too sexual. --He said, quote, "[Fans] like that moment before [sex] . . . the kind of tipping point before it goes over. I mean, everybody likes that. That's the best part, for a relationship." --But he added, quote, "If there was a hard and fast decision by both [Bella and Edward] saying, 'Yeah we're going to remain virgins our entire lives, it's never going to happen,' I don't think it would be as popular a series. --One last note: In an interview with MTV news, Pattinson admitted that he hasn't read the final "Twilight" book, "Breaking Dawn" yet. But he plans to do so before filming begins on the TWO movies it's being made into.
GARY COLEMAN'S OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A "CLOSED HEAD INJURY":
GARY COLEMAN'S death certificate was released yesterday . . . and the cause of death was listed as, quote, "Closed head injury due to [a] fall." And it does specify that it was an ACCIDENT. --Chronic kidney failure was also named as a, quote, "significant condition." --Here's something interesting: The certificate says Gary is MARRIED . . . and SHANNON PRICE is listed as his WIFE. --This shouldn't become a big deal or anything. Shannon herself has said in legal papers that she and Gary were divorced . . . but that she should be considered his common-law wife. --It's still kind of funny, though, given the fact that Shannon is listed on the death certificate as the "informant" . . . meaning that she's the one who provided the information. (--You can see Gary's death certificate for yourself here . . .)
http://www.etonline.com/documents/2010/06/159797/pdf_gcoleman_sprice_et_061410_stateofutah.pdf
DID GARY COLEMAN WANT HIS PLUG PULLED OR NOT???
Yet another new document has emerged in the GARY COLEMAN debacle. This one isn't a will . . . it's a healthcare directive. --In other words, it's a document that spells out Gary's wishes concerning his healthcare, should he be unable to communicate those wishes himself. --The document, signed in 2006, does give SHANNON PRICE the power to make decisions on Gary's behalf. But it's not exactly a blank check. There are instructions. --Of course, there's a lot of room within those instructions for interpretation.--Gary checked a box marked "Choice to Prolong life". The description reads, quote, "I want my life to be prolonged as long as possible within the limits of generally accepted health care standards." --Now, you can argue that the phrase "within the limits of generally accepted health care standards" leaves a lot up for debate. --But there's another box on the form that Gary DIDN'T check. That one says, "Choice Not to Prolong Life".--And the description on that one reads, quote, "I do not want my life to be prolonged if (1) I have an incurable and irreversible condition that will result in my death within a relatively short time . . . --"(2) I become unconscious and, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, I will not regain consciousness, or (3) the likely risks of treatment would outweigh the expected benefits." --Numbers 1 and 2 describe the state Gary was in before his plug was pulled to a "T". And since Gary DIDN'T check that box, you can argue that Gary would NOT have wanted Shannon to pull the plug when she did. -Shannon has said that she made the decision after the doctors told her Gary was already gone. If they did indeed tell her that, it's hard to argue that she SHOULDN'T have let him die. (--You can read the document for yourself here . . .)http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/14/gary-coleman-life-support-pull-the-plug-shannon-price/
SHANNON PRICE HAS OPENED UP . . . SORT OF . . . ABOUT THE GARY COLEMAN DEATHBED PHOTOS:
SHANNON PRICE is opening up . . . sort of . . . about those deathbed photos of GARY COLEMAN. --In an interview with "Entertainment Tonight", she said she knows who took them . . . which is obvious, since she's staring directly into the camera in one of them. --But then she was asked who it was, and she said, quote, "I believe it was a close family member, but I did not authorize them and did not authorize them to give [the pictures] to anyone." --Shannon said once again that she is NOT profiting from these pictures at all, and she added, quote, "Why would they want to be so malicious? That's brutal, tragic, upsetting that someone would put this out." --Although Shannon is supposedly upset about the photos that were sold, she admits that SHE took some pictures in Gary's hospital room with her cell phone. --And she did it because, quote, "I wanted to have something that I could hold dear to my heart. This was my last moment with him." --Shannon also addressed Anna Gray . . . the latest person named a beneficiary in a Gary Coleman will. --Shannon said that she, Gary and Anna lived together for about two months, before Gary kicked her out for SPITTING BEER on Shannon. --She said, quote, "She was drinking one night and was out of control. And so Gary kicked her out. --"She had told Gary she was jealous of me because I was coming in between him and her. And I said. 'I thought you guys were never in a relationship,' and he said she had thought in her mind we were together. Gary never saw her that way." --Here's video of Shannon's interview. You'll note that the interviewer shows Shannon the deathbed photos that the "Globe" tabloid printed.) (--And while she claimed this was her first time seeing them, she really doesn't seem all that upset. I know, people grieve in different ways. But still . . .)
http://www.etonline.com/news/2010/06/88239/index.html
DION MIAL HAS DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE FOR GARY COLEMAN'S ESTATE:
Dion Mial . . . the man who was named executor of GARY COLEMAN'S estate in Gary's 1999 will . . . has dropped out of the battle for control of Gary's assets. --He claims that the 2005 will supercedes the 1999 will, since it was drawn up six years later. The 2005 will names Gary's former friend and business partner, Anna Gray, as administrator of the estate. --That means we now have a TWO-WAY race for Gary's estate, between Anna Gray and Gary's ex-wife, SHANNON PRICE. In 2007, Gary drew up a handwritten document leaving everything to Shannon. --But Shannon's opponents . . . including lawyers for both Mial and Gray . . . say that document was nullified under Utah state law by Gary and Shannon's 2008 divorce. --At a court hearing yesterday, a judge ruled that Gary's body cannot be cremated before TOMORROW . . . because Gray wanted time to travel from Oregon to Utah to see his body one last time. --Shannon's people weren't happy about that.
JOE JACKSON NOW SAYS HE DOESN'T BLAME KATHERINE FOR MICHAEL'S DEATH:
JOE JACKSON now says he does NOT blame his wife KATHERINE for MICHAEL JACKSON'S death. --Yesterday, he told the website PopEater.com, quote, "Katherine did not kill my son. She isn't at fault." --Over the weekend, Joe DID blame Katherine. He told Britain's "News of the World" tabloid that Michael would still be alive today if she had just listened to him and made more of an effort to be a part of his life. --In another bizarre twist . . . (--From a family that NEVER disappoints in the Bizarre Twist category) . . . Joe and Katherine showed up together yesterday at a hearing for DR. CONRAD MURRAY --The hearing was to determine whether or not Murray could keep his medical license in California. The judge ruled in Dr. Murray's favor, allowing him to continue practicing . . . as long as he doesn't administer anesthetics. --Witnesses say Joe and Katherine barely interacted . . . and at one point, Joe appeared to have FALLEN ASLEEP after putting on sunglasses. (???)
A NEW MICHAEL JACKSON VIDEO GAME IS ON THE WAY:
TMZ says that a new MICHAEL JACKSON video game will hit stores before Christmas. The premise is simple: You watch Michael dance onscreen and you imitate his moves. You'll have an avatar that dances onscreen right next to Michael. --It's not clear how many game systems it'll be made for, but two that have been mentioned are the Wii and the Xbox 360. --The Xbox version will utilize Microsoft's new "Kinect" motion capture technology . . . meaning you'll be able to play it without even holding a controller. (--Kinect . . . a separate piece of hardware that connects to the 360 . . . is supposed to hit the market by the end of the year. Microsoft hasn't disclosed the price yet.) (--While Kinect was still in development, they were calling it "Project Natal". Here's a video of Sugar Ray Leonard and former NFL players Eric Dickerson and Willie Gault racing cars and playing a sort of dodgeball with it . . .)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-443dE5-gk
LEA MICHELE, KELSEY GRAMMER, DAN AYKROYD AND THE INCOMPARABLE JIM BELUSHI WILL LEND THEIR VOICES TO "DOROTHY OF OZ":
"Glee" star LEA MICHELE will provide the voice of Dorothy for "Dorothy of Oz", one of several "Wizard of Oz"-related movie projects currently in development. --This one is about Dorothy returning to Oz to help search for the missing Tin Man, Scarecrow and Lion. -KELSEY GRAMMER is playing the Tin Man, DAN AYKROYD is playing the Scarecrow and THE INCOMPARABLE JIM BELUSHI is playing the Lion. --Other cast members include Martin Short, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Dancy and Oliver Platt. --BRYAN ADAMS is doing the music. (--Meanwhile, SAM RAIMI is in talks to direct "Oz, The Great and Powerful" . . . which is a prequel about how the Wizard of Oz was transported to Oz via a freak tornado and became the Wizard.) (--ROBERT DOWNEY JR. is in talks to play the lead.)
THE TEEN CHOICE AWARD NOMINEES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED:
The "first wave" of nominees for this year's Teen Choice Awards have been announced, and "Iron Man 2" and "Gossip Girl" led the way with SIX nominations each. See the nominees and vote for your favorites at TeenChoiceAwards.com. --Not surprisingly, "New Moon" and "Glee" were also well represented, with five nominations apiece. (--According to the site, the "second wave" of nominees will be revealed "soon.") --KATY PERRY will host this year's ceremony, which airs August 9th on Fox.
"THE SITUATION" IS RELEASING A RAP SINGLE:
"Jersey Shore" superstud MIKE "THE SITUATION" SORRENTINO is apparently interested in launching a music career. --This week, The Situation will debut a rap / dance track . . . creatively titled "The Situation" . . . on iTunes. A preview was unleashed on TMZ yesterday. (--Listen to it at the link below. ***WARNING***: It contains CENSORED PROFANITY.)
http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/14/the-situation-jersey-shore-rap-rapping-song/
--The Situation has not commented on the track yet, so it's unclear whether he's planning on recording a whole album . . . or if this is just a one-time deal.
15 WAYS TO FIX "AMERICAN IDOL":
With SIMON COWELL out, "American Idol" will be different next year . . . but considering how the ratings dipped this year, it may take more than just a new judge to pump some new life into the show. --"Entertainment Weekly" has put together a list of 15 Ways to Fix "Idol" . . . and it's actually really good. So while it seems unlikely that producers would make a lot of their proposed changes . . . they SHOULD. Here are a few highlights:
--"Condense Gimmicky Auditions" . . . quote, "Stunt auditions should be limited to 15 minutes or fewer per episode, while Hollywood Week should be expanded to provide viable reasons for how and why our early favorites got cut."
--"Take Us Behind the Curtain" . . . quote, "Why not take a look at how the singers grapple with song selection and arrangement, what other tracks they considered, and why they've staged their performances in a particular way?"
--"Put the Kibosh on Top 24 Spoilers" . . . quote, "The show's producers could easily solve the problem by turning the pre-taped Top 24 announcement episode into a live telecast."
--"Reboot the Judges' Panel, But Keep Kara Dioguardi"
(--Browse all 15 suggestions with their rationale at EW.com, beginning here . . .)
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20312226_20393757,00.html
TUESDAY TV REMINDERS: (--Check your local listings.)
--"2010 FIFA World Cup Playoffs" . . . 2:00 to 4:30 P.M. Eastern on ESPN.
(--North Korea hosts Brazil in South Africa.)
--"Microsoft Natal" . . . 3:00 to 3:30 P.M. Eastern on MTV. (--Cirque du Soleil performs for the world premiere of "Project Natal" . . . that crazy new Xbox 360 device that responds to voice and body movements alone.) (--It's airing again on Nick at Nite, mtvU, MTV Hits, and Logo at 9:00 P.M. ET.)
--"The NBA Finals" [Game 6] . . . 9:00 to 11:30 P.M. Eastern on ABC. (--The L.A. Lakers host the Boston Celtics. Boston leads the series 3-2, so this could end it.)
--"Jimmy Kimmel Game Night" . . . 8:00 to 8:30 P.M. on ABC. (--David Arquette and NBA stud Carmelo Anthony.) (--Jimmy airs before the NBA Finals on the east coast . . . and after the game on the west coast.)
--"Hell's Kitchen" . . . 8:00 to 10:00 P.M. on Fox. (--The teams serve up lunch to USC's Marching Band and Song Girls.)
--"The Big Gay Sketch Show" [3rd Season Finale] . . . 10:00 to 10:30 P.M. on Logo. (--Guest performers include Sharon Osbourne and Rosie O'Donnell.)
--"Double Exposure" [SERIES Premiere] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on Bravo. (--A reality show that follows two fashion-photographers, Markus Klinko and Indrani, on celebrity shoots and high-fashion pictorials. Rapper/actress Eve is up first.) (--Indrani is 36 years old. There were rumors last month that she was doing some same-sex, courgariffic coupling with 23-year-old Lindsay Lohan.) (--They both denied it, but it made for some good publicity in the run-up to Indrani's new reality show, no??? Here's a picture of Lindsay and Indrani during a recent photo shoot . . .) http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/files/2010/05/LiLo600.png
NEW ON VIDEO TODAY
--"The Book of Eli" - A post-apocalyptic flick starring Denzel Washington as Eli, a sword-wielding badass protecting the last Bible on the planet. Gary Oldman is obsessed with getting his hands on the book, and Mila Kunis plays his daughter.
--"Unthinkable" - starring Samuel L. Jackson as an interrogator who has two days to get a terrorist to reveal the location of three nukes that have been planted in the major U.S. cities. It also stars Carrie-Anne Moss and Michael Sheen.
--"When In Rome" - When Kristen Bell takes some coins from Rome's Fountain of Love, the men who left them all fall in love with her. Danny DeVito, Dax Shepard, Jon Heder, and Will Arnett are the fools under her spell, and Josh Duhamel is the guy whose love may be for real.
--"Youth in Revolt" - "Superbad's" Michael Cera plays a nerdy teenager who imagines a studly alter-ego named "Francois" to help him get a hot chick who has a thing for bad boys. Ray Liotta, Justin Long, and "The Hangover's" Zach Galifianakis are also in it.
TV SERIES ON DVD:
--"Family Guy: Vol. 8" . . . a three-disc DVD set.
--"American Dad!: Vol. 5" . . . a three-disc DVD set.
--"The Secret Life Of The American Teenager: Volume 4" . . . a three-disc set.
--"Sanctuary: The Complete Second Season" . . . a four-disc DVD set.
--"Hawthorne: The Complete First Season" . . . a three-disc DVD set.
--"Everwood: The Third Season" . . . on five-discs. (--It ran for four seasons.)
--"MacGyver: The TV Movies" . . . on a single-disc. (--It ran for seven seasons.)
NEW MUSIC OUT TODAY
--"Now That's What I Call Music! 34" . . . with Justin Bieber's "Baby", Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me" and Lady Antebellum's "American Honey". Other artists on the disc include . . . Rihanna, Ke$ha, the Black Eyed Peas, Usher, Ludacris, B.o.B, Lifehouse, OneRepublic, The Script and Jamie Foxx.
--"Lilith 2010", Various Artists . . . featuring performances by Sarah McLachlan, Colbie Caillat, Kelly Clarkson, Rihanna, Ke$ha, Court Yard Hounds, Sara Bareilles, Corinne Bailey Rae and Norah Jones.
--"The Laws of Illusion", Sarah McLachlan (--Her first new album in seven years.)
--"Bingo!", Steve Miller Band (--It's their first album in SEVENTEEN YEARS, but there aren't any new originals. Instead, it's a covers disc . . . with songs by B.B. King, Lowell Fulson, Jimmy Reed and Jimmie Vaughan.)
--"Mojo", Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (--It's his first album with the Heartbreakers since "The Last DJ", which came out eight years ago, in 2002.)
--"Thank Me Later", Drake (--His guests include Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Alicia Keys, Nicki Minaj and T.I.)
--"Now That's What I Call the USA: The Patriotic Country Collection" . . . a collection of patriotic country songs.
It features 17 tracks, including Carrie Underwood's "All American Girl", Trace Adkins' smash "Arlington", Brooks & Dunn's "Only in America", Tim McGraw's "If You're Reading This", and the Lee Greenwood classic, "God Bless the U.S.A.".
Other artists on the disc include Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan, Billy Ray Cyrus, and recently outed lesbian Chely Wright. But don't let THAT stop you from buying it. Portions from sales will benefit troops and military families.
SLASH BELIEVES IT WAS JUST "SOME DRUNK GUY" WHO ATTEMPTED TO TACKLE HIM ONSTAGE IN MILAN:
SLASH is OK after some dude stormed the stage and attempted to TACKLE him during a gig in Milan, Italy, last week . . . and he's taking the whole thing in stride. --He tells IHeartGuitarBlog.com quote, "It was just some drunk guy who got on stage. It doesn't seem like he had any ill will. --"What happened was he came up behind me, and he'd managed to get up on stage and my security guard came up and tackled him, not knowing what this guy was necessarily capable of or whatever. So the real melee was the tackle. --"He basically deflected the guy off of me, and somehow the guy had managed to be hooked onto my guitar, which I let go of, all in a split second. --"They went off the edge of the stage . . . my guitar hit the ground and I picked it up and continued playing, only to find that it was broken . . . so I had to switch guitars and finish the song. It turned out to not be that big a deal, but you never know exactly what it could have been." --Slash also says that the damaged guitar will survive, as well. (--Over the weekend, Slash's wife Perla said the local security kicked the guy out of the show . . . but that he wasn't arrested or anything. You can watch video of the incident, HERE.)
ADAM LAMBERT HAS RELEASED ANOTHER GLAMOROUS VIDEO:
ADAM LAMBERT unleashed his "If I Had You" video yesterday, and it's pretty GLAMOROUS . . . not that anyone was expecting anything else. --The video features Adam as the center of attention in some psychedelic rave party in a FOREST. (???) (--Think of it as Adam's interpretation of the "Party at the Moontower" scenes from "Dazed and Confused". Here's the link . . .)
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid84372176001?bclid=55831937001&bctid=95734027001
A BRANDON FLOWERS SOLO TRACK HAS LEAKED ONLINE:
A song off KILLERS singer BRANDON FLOWERS' debut solo album has hit the Internet. It's called "Crossfire". (--Check it out at this link . . .) http://stereogum.com/409362/brandon-flowers-crossfire/mp3s/ --Brandon's album, "Flamingo", is supposed to be out sometime in September.
STEVE MILLER SAYS HE RELEASED AN ALBUM OF BLUES COVERS BECAUSE HE'S TOO OLD TO RECORD ORIGINAL SONGS:
STEVE MILLER . . . the man behind classic rock songs like "The Joker", "Jet Airliner" and "Take the Money and Run" . . . released a new studio album called "Bingo!" today. It's his first album of new material in 17 years. --But it doesn't contain original songs. Instead, it's an album of blues covers. --If you're a fan who's waited 17 years for him to put something out, and you're disappointed that there aren't any new potential classics . . . well . . . suck it up. --Steve explains, quote, "I'm 66 years old, and I don't give a (eff) about that stuff anymore. I don't even think about it. If I wrote new originals, you'd just go, 'Ehh, not as good as "Fly Like an Eagle".' That's just the nature of the game. --"Nobody wants to hear new originals . . . nobody." -He adds, quote, "When people my age write their own stuff, you can smell the burning brain tissue. If I started writing songs, I wouldn't be as optimistic as I was when I was younger. They'd be songs about politics and the IRS, and who cares?"
A NEW OZZY OSBOURNE TRACK IS STREAMING ONLINE:
RollingStone.com is streaming a new OZZY OSBOURNE track called "Life Won't Wait". It'll be on his new "Scream" album, which comes out next Tuesday. (--You can listen to the track, here . . .)
http://www1.rollingstone.com/hearitnow/player.php?xmlData=ozzyosbourne/oo_scream_data.xml
TWO NEW ARCADE FIRE TRACKS HAVE HIT THE INTERNET:
The new ARCADE FIRE album . . . titled "The Suburbs" . . . won't hit stores until August 3rd, but two songs off the disc have hit the Internet. --The songs are: "Ready to Start", which will be the first single in the U.S. . . . and "We Used to Wait", which will be the first single in the U.K. (--You can listen to both songs here . . .)
http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/06/14/check-out-arcade-fire-ready-to-start/
WAS TAYLOR SWIFT'S 13-HOUR MEET & GREET . . . "THE BIGGEST EVENT IN CMA MUSIC FEST HISTORY"???
I'm sure there were hundreds of great moments at the CMA Music Fest . . . but as far as the "Tennessean" is concerned, none were bigger or more historic than TAYLOR SWIFT'S 13-hour Meet & Greet. -In fact, they're calling it, quote, "Quite likely the biggest single-artist event in CMA Music Festival history." --Here's why: First of all, Taylor didn't want her fans to overheat outside, so she took over the entire, climate-controlled Bridgestone Arena. --Everyone got in free and they were treated to a circus-like event . . . including tons of free activities like makeovers, video booths and face painting for the kids. She even parked her tour bus inside for everyone to check out. --Once the fans hit the main floor they could get close-up views of Taylor's castle stage set-up from her "Fearless" tour, plus props from other concerts. --She also displayed dresses she wore in her "Teardrops On My Guitar", "Love Story", and "Our Song" music videos. --Remember that backstage Tea Party Room, where Taylor hangs out before shows? That was set up for fans to check out too. --There were the usual Jumbotrons playing Taylor Swift YouTube videos . . . and clips from her "Saturday Night Live" appearance. And let's not forget the free concert Taylor did right in the middle of it all . . . at 2:30 P.M. --Best of all, when Taylor realized she couldn't meet with all the fans who were given Meet & Greet wristbands, she extended the event for another 90 minutes . . . making it a 14.5 hour Meet & Greet.
NAZZY’S RANDOM STUFF
IS DIVORCE CONTAGIOUS?
If you have friends getting divorced, you might want to "accidentally" start missing their calls for a while. It's not that we think you shouldn't be supportive . . . we just don't want them to drag YOUR marriage down with them. --We've got the results of a new study by researchers from the University of California at San Diego, Harvard University and Brown University . . . and it seems to show that divorce can be CONTAGEOUS. Here are their big findings . . . --When a couple gets divorced, it makes all the couples around them more likely to get divorced. And not just close friends and family . . . people with TWO degrees of separation . . . like your sister's co-workers or something . . . are in the danger zone. --Someone with a divorced sibling is 22% more likely to get divorced than someone whose siblings are all happily married. --Someone with a divorced friend is 147% more likely to get divorced than someone whose friends are all happily married. --And someone with a divorced co-worker is 55% more likely to get divorced than someone who works with happily married people. --According to the researchers, there are a lot of reasons why divorce is contagious. First of all, people start warming up to the idea of divorce when they see someone they know actually pull the trigger. --And when someone you regularly talk to gets divorced and confides in you, you start learning about the benefits and drawbacks of divorce. And as the researchers found out, people in shaky marriages are surprised at just how many benefits they see. (CNN)
THE AVERAGE GIRL TODAY STARTS PUBERTY BEFORE THE AGE OF 10?
We always hear people complaining about how kids today grow up too fast, but it's usually a way to make some kind of statement about all the sex and violence they're exposed to. Well, it turns out kids today are LITERALLY growing up too fast. --According to a study at the Department of Growth and Reproduction at University Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark, the average girl now starts puberty before she hits age TEN. --The study was based on 1,000 Danish girls . . . but the researchers say that the numbers are probably pretty accurate for the U.S. and other first-world countries in Europe, too --Today, the average girl starts puberty when she's nine years and 10 months old. That's a full YEAR earlier than the average girl started puberty in 1991. --There are a few things that could be causing the change. One is a chemical called bisphenol A, which is found in the lining of cans and baby bottles. Some studies have linked it to speeding up sexual development. --Another reason could be diet: Kids today are eating more than ever, and more meat than ever . . . and it's making their bodies develop faster. --The researchers don't have any statistics on the average puberty age for boys. (London Times)
HAVING A LUCKY CHARM ACTUALLY DOES MAKE YOU LUCKIER:
If you're the kind of person who carries around a LUCKY CHARM, congratulations: There's now scientific evidence that shows you DON'T deserve to be mocked incessantly. In fact . . . keep on carting that moon rock or rabbit's foot around. --A study at the University of Cologne in Germany found that people who are superstitious actually DO perform better on tasks and tests than people who aren't. --The researchers ran several different tests, and each one finished with the same result: The superstitious people ruled. --In one test, the researchers had people on a putting green. They told half the people they were getting a ball that had been lucky all day, and told the other half "this is the ball everyone has used so far." --The people who were told they had a lucky ball made an average of 6.42 putts out of 10 . . . the other people made an average of 4.75 out of 10. --In another test, they took people who had lucky charms and brought them into a room. Half of the people had their charms taken away to, quote, "be photographed" . . . the other half got to keep their lucky charms with them. --Then, all of the people played a memory game. The people who got to keep their lucky charms performed MUCH better than the people who didn't. --The researchers say the effect happens because superstitions about luck actually give people more confidence . . . help them set higher goals . . . and actually encourage them to work harder. (The Guardian, U.K.)
THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TOOK THE MEDIA ON A TOUR TO PROVE TOURISM IS SAFE . . . AND EVERYONE WAS PROMPTLY KIDNAPPED:
At this point, there's not a donkey show in the world that could get me to visit Mexico. I just feel like all us gringos are getting kidnapped the second we step across the border. --Well . . . the Mexican government HATES that we're all scared to travel there, and they decided to do something about it. So they took a group of 13 reporters on a tour of southwest Mexico to prove just how safe and tourist-friendly the country is. --And . . . the reporters were promptly KIDNAPPED. --Surprisingly enough, the kidnappers weren't drug lords . . . they were MACHETE-WIELDING Nahua Indians, who are in a serious territorial war with other indigenous groups over land all over the country. --A group of 15 people who were filming a beer commercial for Corona were also kidnapped by the Nahua. --Fortunately, all 28 people were released after the Nahua questioned them and decided they weren't a threat . . . but the Nahua refused to give back their cameras and other equipment. --The U.S. State Department still has a travel warning reminding all of us to be very careful when we travel to Mexico . . . especially the most dangerous areas like the southwest. (Associated Press)
A CANADIAN WOMAN ACCIDENTALLY CONFESSED TO INSURANCE FRAUD BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T THINK THE POLICE COULD SPEAK FRENCH:
Here's your IDIOT CRIMINAL of the day. She's a woman in Calgary, Canada, and unfortunately her name hasn't been released. --We're not exactly sure when all this went down either, but here's what happened: The woman called the police in tears, to report that her house had been robbed and all of her possessions had been stolen. --Two officers were sent over to her house to investigate, and while they looked around, the woman took a phone call from her father in Quebec. She started speaking in French, and told him she was in the middle of a huge insurance scam. --Basically, she'd hidden the missing stuff, smashed her own windows, and faked the footprints of made-up "intruders." -Unfortunately for her . . . but fortunately for us . . . one of the cops at her house was Constable Charanjit Meharu . . . an Indian-Canadian who happens to be the Calgary police's number one foreign language expert. --Charanjit speaks SEVEN languages: English, Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Arabic, Gujarati . . . and French. --So, as the woman told her father every detail of her entire insurance fraud plan, Charanjit took notes. And when she was finally done sharing every detail of her plan, he said, "Merci beaucoup" and arrested her. --He says, quote, "She didn't expect a brown guy to speak French." (Calgary Sun)
POLICE IN IDAHO LEARNED THAT THE VANDAL TERRORIZING A LIBRARY WITH CONDIMENTS IS A SENIOR CITIZEN:
Over the past year, the Ada County Library in Boise, Idaho, has been hit with more than 10 incidents of strange but serious vandalism. And each time, the vandalism has involved CONDIMENTS. --One time it was a book that was filled with ketchup, and another time, a bunch of kids' books were drenched in corn syrup. And other times, random condiments were dumped in their after-hours drop box. --All in all, the vandalism caused a total of about $1,000 in damages. --Well . . . on Sunday morning, the condiment vandal finally slipped up. A police officer saw someone pull up to the drop box and dump a jar of mayo inside. --So he stopped the car and found out the master criminal was . . . a 74-year-old woman named Joy Cassidy. --She was arrested and charged with malicious injury to property, which is a misdemeanor. Joy hasn't been charged for all the other vandalism yet, but the police believe she's behind it. (KTVB - Boise)
AND NOW . . . THREE NEW RANDOM THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT:
#1.) OIL SPILL SHARKS! According to shark researchers in Florida, another one of the eight billion terrible side effects of BP's oil spill could be . . . sharks migrating closer to beaches to avoid the oil. --More than two dozen deepwater sharks have already been spotted strangely close to beaches along the Gulf coast in Florida, and a lot more could be headed that way. (AOL News)
#2.) NO PEANUTS ON PLANES? I didn't think it was possible, but it air travel could get even WORSE. The Department of Transportation is strongly considering banning peanuts on flights. --It's because the peanut dust could get into the air and cause serious problems for travelers with peanut allergies. There's no word on when they'll decide whether or not to institute the ban. (Salon)
#3.) THE ODDS OF MALE SEXUAL PROBLEMS. Check out these two stats from recent studies on male sexual performance . . . and cry. The first one: 15 to 30 million men in the U.S. suffer from some level of STIFFNESS DYSFUNCTION.
--And the second one: One out of every three-and-a-half men between 18 and 59 will have a period where he regularly "finishes" too early. (Book of Odds)
NAZZY’S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY
#1.) A CONGRESSMAN ROUGHED UP A COLLEGE STUDENT WHO WAS TRYING TO INTERVIEW HIM:
A Democratic Congressman from North Carolina named BOB ETHERIDGE had to apologize yesterday, because a video posted on YouTube shows him assaulting a college student who was trying to interview him. --The kid asked Etheridge quote, "Do you fully support the Obama agenda?" So Etheridge started slapping the camera around, held the kid's wrist, grabbed his neck, and demanded to know who he was. --He kept asking, "Who are you?" while a second kid kept filming. The two kids said they were college students . . . but they didn't say which college they were from, and they didn't say who they were. --Late yesterday afternoon Etheridge said, quote, "I deeply and profoundly regret my reaction and I apologize to all involved . . . no matter how intrusive and partisan our politics can become, this does not justify a poor response." (--Search for "Bob Etheridge college student.") (--He hits the camera at :16 and grabs the kid's neck at :51.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v60oNUoHBYM
#2.) A GUY TRIED TO LOAD HIS JET SKI INTO A VAN, AND IT DRAGGED THE VAN INTO THE WATER:
Some genius backed his van into a lake, opened the back doors, and tried to drive his Jet Ski straight into it. But the added weight pulled the whole van into the water. (--Search for "van sinks trying to load Jet Ski." It happens at :41.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mm2DxCVrGU
#3.) A SNAPPING TURTLE ALMOST BIT A REPORTER'S FACE:
On Friday, a local news reporter named Tony Aiello was filming a report on snapping turtles in Garrison, New York (--60 miles north of New York City). And he almost lost part of his nose when he held a turtle too close to his face. (--Search for "Tony Aiello snapping turtle.") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSk1rUpl6hg
(--And here's another classic "animal reporter attack." Search for "Cat Attacks Reporter.")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-QI1aZ3P5M
SIX RIDICULOUS PET ACCESSORIES:
Well, the economy might have tanked, but the pet industry didn't: Americans spent $46 BILLION on their pets in 2009, compared to $43 billion in 2008. And the American Pet Products Association estimates that we'll spend $48 billion this year. --To put that in perspective, in 1994, Americans only spent $17 BILLION on their pets. Here are six absolutely ridiculous pet accessories that we DIDN'T have back then . . .
#1.) THE DOG HIGH CHAIR. It's exactly what it sounds like: You attach it to your dinner table, then strap your dog in so it can eat with you. They cost around $50 online.
#2.) THE "POTTY PATCH." It's a patch of fake grass so your dog can do his business indoors, and it's supposedly odor-resistant and easy to wash. When the dog uses it, little holes let it drain into a tray that can hold up to a GALLON of liquid.
#3.) THE "PET DOORBELL." When your dog steps on a button outside the door, it plays a sound on a monitor in the house to let you know it's time to let your dog in. It's designed to stop dogs from scratching at the door. --The manufacturer swears that you can train your dog to use it, and it comes with step-by-step instructions. You can buy it online for about $70.
#4.) THE "PET CHATTER BOWL." It's a water bowl that lets you record a 10-second audio message. And the message plays every time your pet gets close to it. They have it in a bunch of different sizes at Amazon.com for around $30.
#5.) THE "TREAT LAUNCHER." It's literally a gun that launches treats in the air for your dog to catch. It's kind of fun and it's under $10, but if you have one or more ARMS, it's completely unnecessary.
#6.) THE "DOG SNUGGIE." In case you're not aware, they make a Snuggie for DOGS now. You can buy it at Target or any major pet store for $10, and it makes your dog look like he's wearing a big, blue turtleneck. (AOL.com / AmericanPetProducts.org)
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WHEN WILL THE RECESSION END?
Even though many economists have said the recession is over, most consumers believe the end is just now in sight, according to a new survey by PriceGrabber.com.
· 52% of Americans believe the recession will end before January 2012.
· 65% of us are spending less now than at the start of the recession in December 2007, while 6% are spending more.
· 56% have already purchased a big-ticket item this year. Big-ticket categories showing the largest growth include portable fitness equipment, tires and diamonds.
FATHER’S DAY CENTENNIAL
The idea of Father’s Day was conceived slightly more than a century ago by Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Washington, while she listened to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a farm. A day in June was chosen for the first Father’s Day celebration – 100 years ago, June 19, 1910, proclaimed by Spokane’s mayor because it was the month of Smart’s birth. The first presidential proclamation honoring fathers was issued in 1966 when President Lyndon Johnson designated the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day. Father’s Day has been celebrated annually since 1972, when President Richard Nixon signed a law that made it permanent.
Here are some facts about fathers from the U.S. Census Bureau:
67.8 million: Estimated number of fathers across the nation.
25.8 million: Number of married fathers with children younger than 18 in 2009; 22% were raising three or more children younger than 18.
1.7 million:Number of single fathers in 2009.
158,000: Estimated number of stay-at-home dads in 2009. These married fathers with children younger than 15 have remained out of the labor force for at least one year, primarily so they can care for the family while their wives work outside the home.
$2.8 billion: Amount of child support received by custodial fathers in 2007; they were due $4.3 billion.
HEY, YA’LL!
Ever been talking to a friend or colleague from the south and realize you’ve picked up their twang? Don’t feel bad. Linguists say a lot of us unintentionally pick up other people’s accents. Arika Okrent, a linguistics expert and author of “In the Land of Invented Languages,” says copying a person’s accent is a natural human trait. While picking up the accent of an individual tends to annoy others, including the one who picked it up, a recent study found those who pick up the accent of folks from other parts of the country are more likely to be more helpful and generous toward others than people who didn’t pick up the accent.
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