Hollywood Dirt Overflow 7-27-10
LINDSAY LOHAN LUNACY
LINDSAY LOHAN WILL NOT BE GETTING OUT OF JAIL THIS WEEK:
Forget about LINDSAY LOHAN getting out of jail this week. A spokesman for the L.A. County Sheriff's Department says, quote, "Nothing has changed. When she was incarcerated I said a couple of weeks and it hasn't been a couple of weeks. --"That turns out to be the first part of next week. It could be Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, something like that." --Meanwhile . . . Lindsay's dad, MICHAEL LOHAN, has reportedly given police a list of doctors he thinks have been over-prescribing drugs to Lindsay. --He's hoping these doctors will be investigated as part of California Attorney General Jerry Brown's new probe into prescription drug fraud. --As for Lindsay's current drug use, Michael says, quote, "She's only on two [medications] right now. Ambien is for sleeping, so I can understand that. --"But this Adderall stuff has got to be stopped. Seven out of 10 kids in college are on this stuff and it's no more than methamphetamine! It's speed."
IN NEW AUDIO RELEASED YESTERDAY, MEL GIBSON SAYS HE REGRETS HAVING A CHILD WITH OKSANA GRIGORIEVA:
More MEL GIBSON audio was released yesterday. In this clip, Mel tells OKSANA GRIGORIEVA, quote, "I'm so (effing) sorry I had a child with you." --He also brings up TIMOTHY DALTON . . . Oksana's ex-boyfriend and the father of her 12-year-old son. --He says, quote, "Did you get my last message about me being a bad father, and Tim being a great dad now? . . . Well, you should go and (eff) him, you know, you fickle (C-word) because I don't care." --Mel also denies that his anger is fueled by the fact that he had just quit smoking . . . quote, "You (effing) ruined me! You (effing) ingrate! I'm so mad! I'm so angry! And this is NOT the nicotine, this is the truth. --"You (effing) don't love me one bit and you know it, you using (B-word)." --Here's another gem . . . quote, "You're a (effing) fake. You're a (effing) sham. You don't know what the (eff) it means to make a man happy. --"You didn't make me (effing) happy. I couldn't make you happy with the BEST I DID FOR ANYBODY, EVER! EVER! You (effing) glum (C-word)!" (???)
OKSANA NEEDS MEL'S PERMISSION TO RELEASE HER ALBUM:
Here's some bad news for OKSANA GRIGORIEVA: She's got an album's worth of material ready to release, but she needs MEL GIBSON'S permission to do it. --As we've all heard a million times by now from Mel himself, he sank a lot of money into Oksana's career. He produced the songs and even co-wrote some of them. So he's got a piece of the publishing rights. (--Before their relationship went NUCLEAR, Mel produced an album of Oksana's called "Beautiful Heartache", which came out one year ago tomorrow.)
SNOOKI SAYS SHE WON'T WEAR BIKINIS BECAUSE SHE LIKES TO LEAVE MORE TO THE IMAGINATION:
"Jersey Shore" fans know that NICOLE "SNOOKI" POLIZZI is very unlike the rest of her female co-stars, in that she's partial to ONE-PIECE bathing suits. --But Snooki says it's NOT because she has a tendency to . . . you know . . . pork up. It's a STYLE choice. --She says, quote, "I would rather wear a sexy one-piece whether I am heavy or down to 90 pounds. I wore one-piece suits when I was really skinny to hide my nakedness in a sexy way. --"I think they are more provocative because it makes guys want to see more of me." --Snooki admits that she put on some pounds when the cast went to Miami to film Season 2 . . . (--which debuts on Thursday). But she says, quote, "My self image was fine when I came down to Miami in April and it's fine now. --"We all have flaws. We work within them to look our best."
ANOTHER WOMAN IS ACCUSING ROMAN POLANSKI OF RAPING HER IN THE '70S:
ROMAN POLANSKI is now being dogged by yet another rape allegation. --A woman by the name of Edith Michelle Vogelhut has told the L.A. County District Attorney that Polanski sexually assaulted her back in 1974, when she was 21. --Edith claims that Polanski handcuffed her and, quote, "sodomized her repeatedly, before he passed out." The alleged assault took place at JACK NICHOLSON'S house . . . which is also where he assaulted a 13-year-old girl in 1977. --There's no word why Edith waited this long to report the alleged rape. But her attorney says that the statute of limitations for a civil suit has run out, so we won't be seeing one of those. --Back in May, actress CHARLOTTE LEWIS claimed that Polanski sexually abused her in his Paris apartment in the early '80s, when she was 16. This was allegedly while he was in the process of casting her in his 1986 movie, "Pirates". --Polanski is a free man again, now that Swiss authorities have decided not to extradite him to the United States. But he's still wanted here in America, because he never did his time for that statutory rape in 1977.
TONY HAWK "SHEARED" HIS PELVIS AFTER A FAILED SKATEBOARD STUNT:
TONY HAWK suffered, quote, "a sheared pelvis and severe hematoma" during a skateboard wipeout during an exhibition in California on Saturday. --Tony was on the half-pipe, when he failed to land what should have been a routine 540. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment. He later Tweeted, quote, "I will no longer take walking for granted." (--Here's video . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=b0b7e964-ae28-4357-9ea0-4fdbb0e7a005
ANGELINA JOLIE IS NOW ON TWITTER . . . BUT SHE'S NOT ACCEPTING FOLLOWERS:
ANGELINA JOLIE has joined Twitter. But she's not accepting followers. Nor is she Tweeting. (???) Basically, she only did it because someone else was using her name. So she had them booted and took it over. --Angelina's rep says she MIGHT start Tweeting, quote, "later this year." If she does, she'll use the site for, quote, "charity-related items or sharing links." (--Here's the address . . . not that you'll get much out of it . . .) http://twitter.com/angelinajolie
DANIEL CRAIG WILL STAR IN THOSE "GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO" MOVIES:
DANIEL CRAIG will star in the American version of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", and the potential follow-ups, "The Girl Who Played With Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest". --The movies will be based on a trilogy of novels everyone is suddenly talking about, by Swedish author STIEG LARSSON. They've already been made into movies in Sweden. (--The Swedish-language version of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" has grossed $9.2 million in the U.S. "The Girl Who Played With Fire" just came out earlier this month. And "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" hasn't come out here yet.) --Daniel Craig recently saw his calendar open up when the next James Bond movie was put on the shelf, due to financial problems at MGM. (--See the next story for more on that.)
THE "ROBOCOP" REMAKE HAS BEEN KILLED:
Director DARREN ARONOFSKY was planning on remaking "Robocop", but now it's not happening. The project has been DROPPED, due to the financial chaos at MGM. (--Said financial chaos also led to the death of the next James Bond flick, and has caused numerous delays to the "Hobbit" movies. Those delays caused Guillermo del Toro to bow out as director earlier this year.)
RIHANNA WILL MAKE HER ACTING DEBUT IN THE "BATTLESHIP" MOVIE:
RIHANNA will make her acting debut in the movie based on the classic board game "Battleship". Her co-stars will include TAYLOR KITSCH from "Friday Night Lights" and ALEXANDER SKARSGARD from "True Blood". --It's due out in May of 2012.
ARE EVA LONGORIA AND NATHAN FILLION JOINING THE CAST OF "THE AVENGERS"???
Fox News claims that EVA LONGORIA is joining the cast of the "Avengers" movie as The Wasp . . . and NATHAN FILLION will play her husband, Ant-Man (--Fillion is a favorite of director JOSS WHEDON. He starred in Joss's series "Firefly", and appeared on his earlier TV series, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".) (--He also did a stint on Eva's show, "Desperate Housewives". And now he's doing the ABC series "Castle".) --A rep for Marvel studios is denying it.
CHECK OUT THE *AWESOME* CATFIGHT BETWEEN DEBBIE GIBSON AND TIFFANY FROM THE UPCOMING "MEGA PYTHON VS. GATOROID" MOVIE:
We were SUPER PUMPED when we heard that '80s teen pop minxes TIFFANY and DEBBIE GIBSON would both be in the upcoming Syfy monster movie "Mega Python vs. Gatoroid". --And we were FREAKING OUT when we heard that in one scene they would engage in an EPIC CATFIGHT. A brawl to end all brawls, if you will. --The only thing that kept us restrained at all was the fact that "Mega Python vs. Gatoroid" wouldn't premiere until sometime NEXT year. Well, that's still true . . . --But Syfy just did us all a HUGE Christmas-in-July SOLID by releasing some teaser footage from Tiffany and Debbie's battle scene. And, let's just say it somehow managed to EXCEED our expectations. I'm not kidding. It's freakin' awesome! (--You can watch it at the link below..) http://video.syfy.com/movies_events/syfy_saturday/sneak_peek/mega-python-vs-gatoroid--sneak-peek/v1240412
NIGEL LYTHGOE IS RETURNING TO "AMERICAN IDOL" AS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
NIGEL LYTHGOE is returning to "American Idol" as an executive producer . . . a post he held from the beginning of the series until 2008. --Even though he now plays the SIMON COWELL-esque snarky British judge on "So You Think You Can Dance", nobody expects him to take Simon's position on the "Idol" judge's panel. His involvement will strictly be behind the scenes. --But it'll be interesting to see how he might shake things up. "Idol" could use it. It's still the #1 show on TV, but it's been losing viewers over the past few seasons. --And in recent months, Nigel has talked about replacing ALL the judges. Back in April, he said, quote, "I think over the last couple of years, the show has been about the judges, whether it was Kara [DioGuardi] or Paula [Abdul] leaving or Ellen DeGeneres joining. --"It shouldn't be about the judges. It should be about the young talent. And once we get that into focus, the show will be successful again." --As for the current panel, Randy Jackson has a year left on his contract . . . Kara has a year-to-year deal that hasn't been renewed for 2011 . . . and Ellen still has several years left on her contract.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE A GUEST ON "THE VIEW":
PRESIDENT OBAMA will tape an interview with "The View" tomorrow . . . yes, PRESIDENT OBAMA. (???) The episode will air on Thursday. --Not surprisingly at all, this will be the first time a sitting U.S. president has appeared on a daytime talk show. (--So no, RONALD REAGAN never dropped in on "Sally Jessy Raphael".) --Obama was on "The View" a few times before he was president, most recently in March of 2008. -BARBARA WALTERS will be back for this. She'll be making her first in-studio appearance since undergoing heart valve replacement surgery in May. (--Barbara did appear on "The View" earlier this month via SKYPE.)
NBC CONFIRMS THAT STEVE CARELL IS LEAVING "THE OFFICE":
STEVE CARELL has been saying it for weeks, but NBC only got around to confirming it yesterday: Steve is leaving "The Office" after the coming season. --But the show WILL go on, and it'll remain in the 9:00 P.M. Thursday timeslot. --NBC Primetime President Angela Bromstad says, quote, "Not to diminish the departure of Steve, because that will impact the show, but we have tremendous faith in the writers and actors to keep it alive." --For now, it's not clear if his character, Dunder Mifflin boss Michael Scott, will be replaced by a new character . . . or if an existing character will be promoted to manager. --Meanwhile, the door is open for Carell to make guest appearances in the future.
NANCY GRACE WILL DEBUT A NEW SHOW IN SEPTEMBER:
If you love court shows . . . perhaps you would enjoy a new, more modern, more annoying one in which NANCY GRACE acts as "the judge, the jury and the litigator." --If that sounds like a MUST WATCH to you . . . (???) . . . mark your calendars for September 13th. That's when a new show called "Swift Justice with Nancy Grace" premieres. (--Here's a preview clip . . .)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/video/TV_CLIPS/4446-EXCLUSIVE_CLIP_Swift_Justice_With_Nancy_Grace_.php
TUESDAY TV REMINDERS: (--Check your local listings.)
--"Breakthrough with Tony Robbins" [SERIES Premiere] . . . 8:00 to 9:00 P.M. on NBC. (--Life coach Tony Robbins offers inspiration to newlyweds when a life-altering injury leaves a wife as the full-time caregiver of her paralyzed husband.)
--"America's Got Talent" [Performance Show] . . . 9:00 to 11:00 P.M. on NBC.
--"Deadliest Catch" [6th Season Finale] . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on Discovery Channel.
--"Masterchef" [SERIES Premiere] . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on Fox. (--50 contestants compete for a chance at $250,000 and a cookbook deal. Gordon Ramsay, Graham Elliot and Joe Bastianich are the judges.)
--"Maroon 5 Live from the Beacon Theatre" . . . 9:00 to 10:30 P.M. on Fuse. (--Maroon 5 performs songs from their upcoming disc "Hands All Over".)
--"Growing Up Twisted" [SERIES Premiere] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on A&E. (--Cameras follow Twisted Sister's Dee Snider and his family around Long Island.)
--"The Colony" [2nd Season Premiere] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on Discovery Channel. (--Seven volunteers are asked to live in a hostile environment as survivors of a fictitious viral apocalypse that has decimated humanity.)
--"Deadliest Warrior" [2nd Season Finale] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on Spike TV.
--"Women Behind Bars" [3rd Season Finale] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on WE.
--"The Little Couple" [3rd Season Finale] . . . 10:30 to 11:00 P.M. on TLC.
--"Louie" . . . 11:00 to 11:30 P.M. on FX. (--Matthew Broderick does a cameo as a movie director.)
NEW ON VIDEO TODAY
--"Clash of the Titans" - "Avatar's" Sam Worthington as Perseus, the bastard son of Zeus. In this version, Perseus is looking for revenge against Hades for killing his family while he was stirring up chaos for the other gods.
--"Prince of Persia's" Gemma Arterton plays his mysterious spiritual guide, Liam Neeson plays Zeus, and Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) is the evil Hades.
--"Repo Men" - Jude Law and Forest Whitaker play corporate killers who repossess mechanical organs from people who can't pay their bill. But when Jude Law has a heart attack, they stick a pricey mechanical heart in him . . . and it's not long before he's behind on his payments and his old partner is sent to collect.
TV SERIES ON DVD:
--"Stargate Universe (SGU 1.5)" . . . a three-disc DVD set.
--"Life After People: The Complete Season Two" . . . a three-disc DVD set of the History Channel's series about what the Earth would be like without humanity.
--"Dog The Bounty Hunter: Crime Is on the Run" . . . a single-disc containing eight of the show's top-rated episodes.
--"21 Jump Street: The Complete Series" . . . an 18-disc DVD set.
--"Hunter: The Complete Series" . . . a 28-disc DVD set.
NEW MUSIC OUT TODAY
songs by Dio, Black Sabbath and Rainbow, with one original song . . . called "Song for Ronnie James".)
--"Praise & Blame", Tom Jones
--The soundtrack to "Step Up 3D" . . . featuring music by Trey Songz, Busta Rhymes, T-Pain, Mims, Jazmine Sullivan, Estelle, NASA, Flo Rida, Sofia Fresh and Jesse McCartney.)
IS JON BON JOVI TICKED OFF AT FORBES.COM . . . BECAUSE HE ISN'T GETTING ANY LOVE ON THEIR SILLY LISTS???
This is pretty bizarre: You know how Forbes.com puts out all kinds of lists . . . in annoying self-advancing slideshows . . . of the most powerful or richest celebrities? --Well the "New York Post" claims JON BON JOVI is, quote, "furious" . . . because he wasn't included on Forbes' Musicians' Rich List, which came out last week. --A so-called "source" says, quote, "Jon kicked up a huge fuss and got his people to complain. He couldn't understand why he didn't make the musicians list since Bon Jovi has been touring nonstop since February. --"Their contemporaries U2 and Bruce Springsteen were on the list. Even Britney Spears was #5, and she hasn't done anything this year." --The thing is . . . those lists are NOT subjective. Forbes uses various equations to create those rankings, so it isn't like they're just randomly stiffing Bon Jovi just for the hell of it. --Forbes . . . which told the "Post" that they DID receive "complaints" from Bon Jovi's people . . . released this explanation: --Quote, "Forbes estimated each act's earnings between June [of last year] and June [of this year] and included revenue streams such as concert dates, merchandise sales, licensing fees, music sales, and publishing royalties. --"Bon Jovi didn't tour for eight of those months." --So will Jon Bon Jovi accept being thwarted by Forbes' weird (and never explained) June-to-June calendar? Well, no. His rep says none of this happened in the first place . . . quote, "That's ridiculous. --"Last year, the band took an eight-month break from touring, so there was no expectation that they would rank on this year's list. Next year, different story . . . their current tour is #1 in North America right now and #2 worldwide." --By the way, there's a new book out called "Sex, Drugs and Bon Jovi", which features pictures from a sexy photo shoot that was done in 1985. --The pictures feature the band posing with topless women . . . but they were never released, because Jon and the guys thought they were a little TOO sexy.
(--It seems like the book is out now. You can order it at SexDrugsBonJovi.com, HERE. But TMZ published a couple of censored pictures. . .)
ARE THE CARS REUNITING?
Either THE CARS are planning to reunite for the first time since splitting up 23 years ago . . . or they're cruelly toying with their fans. --A picture of the surviving members . . . singer Ric Ocasek, keyboardist Greg Hawkes, drummer David Robinson and guitarist Elliot Easton . . . has been posted on the band's Facebook page. --It's a new picture of them together . . . in some recording studio . . . with their instruments. (--Here's the link . . .)
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17835874246&v=wall#!/photo.php?pid=4345587&id=189146859928
--The "Boston Globe" caught up with Hawkes to ask him about the rumored reunion . . . and he said, quote, "I hate to be vague, but I really can't say. It's a crazy world." (--The Cars last recorded together in 1987.) (--A FULL reunion is no longer possible because bassist BENJAMIN ORR . . . who sang several of the band's hits, including "Drive" . . . died of pancreatic cancer in 2000.) (--Hawkes and Easton launched the "NEW CARS" five years ago . . . with TODD RUNDGREN taking Ric Ocasek's spot . . . but that didn't work out, and they shut it down after a year or so.)
SELENA GOMEZ'S NEXT ALBUM WILL FEATURE KATY PERRY:
SELENA GOMEZ is working on her second album . . . tentatively titled "A Year Without Rain" . . . and it'll feature a contribution from KATY PERRY. --She says, quote, "Katy Perry gave me a song, and she did background vocals on it. The whole experience was really fun." (--There's no release date yet, but it's expected to be out in September.)
DIERKS BENTLEY PERFORMED "DEAD OR ALIVE" ON STAGE WITH BON JOVI LAST WEEKEND:
It's always fun to see somebody famous walk on stage at a concert and sing along with the headliner. That's what DIERKS BENTLEY did last Friday in Louisville, Kentucky when he joined BON JOVI for their song "Wanted Dead Or Alive" --JON BON JOVI started the song on his own, and then invited Dierks to the stage. Dierks did a nice job, and then when it was over he blurted out, quote, "That was the quote in my yearbook." (--You can check out the performance here. Dierks enters at the 1:36 mark . . .)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCgC89702Lg
NAZZY’S RANDOM STUFF
A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY IN ARIZONA IS MAKING A HANDWRITTEN CARD FOR ALL 180,000 TROOPS OVERSEAS:
Stephen Goodman is a 10-year-old in Surprise, Arizona. And he's spending his summer vacation SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS . . . literally, every single one of our troops. --Stephen decided that he wanted to make a handwritten greeting card for every single one of the 180,000 American servicemen and women who are still overseas. --He says, quote, "I'm just doing it to make them feel good. Because it's not like anyone ever thanks them . . . maybe a couple people do, so I just wanted to change that and make it one person higher." --He's cutting construction paper, putting on stickers, tying on ribbon, and writing messages like "Thank you for serving our country" or "You're giving us freedom" in every single one of the cards. --He's getting help from his grandfather, a guy named Manuel Noriega. (--NOT the Panamanian dictator, by the way.) --Manuel served in Vietnam and says, quote, "What he's doing right now, the troops will sure feel real good just receiving something, knowing somebody here cares about them. We never got nothing like this." --It looks like it's going to take the entire summer for Stephen and Manuel to finish all 180,000 cards. (FOX 10 - Phoenix)
(--Here's a video that shows Stephen in action . . .)
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/phoenix/cards-for-troops-07262010
A GUY WORE FAKE BREASTS AND CLOWN PANTS TO ROB A BANK . . . AND FAILED MISERABLY:
Here's YOUR Idiot Criminal Of The Day: He's 48-year-old Dennis Hawkins of North Braddock, Pennsylvania, and he wins the award because he was so into his terrible, cross-dressing bank robbery disguise, that it got him busted. --On Saturday morning, Dennis decided to rob a bank. And he wanted to wear a disguise, so he went with a blonde lady's wig . . . a sweater stuffed with FAKE BREASTS . . . and for some reason, CLOWN PANTS. --But instead of putting on his disguise right before he went into the bank, Dennis liked it so much that he wore it on his errands all morning. And clearly, as a black man in a blonde wig with fake breasts and clown pants, he drew a LOT of attention. --First he went to the grocery store. Then he went to a Kmart and shoplifted a BB gun. And finally he headed over to a Citizens Bank and used the BB gun to hold it up. --The teller gave him money with a dye pack inside, and when he opened it up under a tree outside, red dye exploded all over him and his costume. --Still wearing his disguise, he tried to carjack a woman for a getaway car . . . but she got out of the car, took her keys, and simply left Dennis inside. --By that point, the cops had received TONS of calls about a fake-breast-blonde-wig-clown guy, and they found Dennis sitting in the woman's car, covered in red dye, and still wearing his costume. He was arrested for bank robbery and several other charges. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
AFTER A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, BP HAS DETERMINED THAT BP SHOULDN'T BE BLAMED FOR THE GULF OIL SPILL:
For some reason, something about this report just feels suspect to me. I can't quite put my finger on it, though. See if you can help me out here. --BP just finished a thorough investigation of the cause of the oil spill in the Gulf. And after much research and study, BP has concluded that BP is . . . NOT responsible for the spill. --They haven't released their full report yet, but have said their report clearly finds that it's not BP's fault that the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded . . . and that any claims of negligence against them are baseless. --Until BP cleared this up, everyone was pretty sure that they really WERE at fault . . . that they cut corners on some standard safety measures to save money . . . and that those cuts led to the explosion. (TopNews)
IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING, BP MADE A $4 BILLION PROFIT THIS SPRING:
Just in case you'd forgotten how incredibly, unthinkably lucrative the oil business is . . . and just how many companies are getting insanely rich because we're sheeple who drive everywhere and happily pay over $3 for a gallon of gas . . . check this out. --Despite being behind one of the biggest . . . if not THE biggest . . . oil spills in history, BP still turned a profit in the second quarter of this year: About $4 BILLION . . . only 12.5% less than their profit in the quarter BEFORE the spill. --Last quarter, BP committed $20 BILLION to compensation for people and businesses hurt by the spill . . . their shares lost almost half their value . . . but high oil and gas prices STILL pushed them to a serious profit. (CNN/Money)
LINDSAY LOHAN WILL NOT BE GETTING OUT OF JAIL THIS WEEK:
Forget about LINDSAY LOHAN getting out of jail this week. A spokesman for the L.A. County Sheriff's Department says, quote, "Nothing has changed. When she was incarcerated I said a couple of weeks and it hasn't been a couple of weeks. --"That turns out to be the first part of next week. It could be Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, something like that." --Meanwhile . . . Lindsay's dad, MICHAEL LOHAN, has reportedly given police a list of doctors he thinks have been over-prescribing drugs to Lindsay. --He's hoping these doctors will be investigated as part of California Attorney General Jerry Brown's new probe into prescription drug fraud. --As for Lindsay's current drug use, Michael says, quote, "She's only on two [medications] right now. Ambien is for sleeping, so I can understand that. --"But this Adderall stuff has got to be stopped. Seven out of 10 kids in college are on this stuff and it's no more than methamphetamine! It's speed."
IN NEW AUDIO RELEASED YESTERDAY, MEL GIBSON SAYS HE REGRETS HAVING A CHILD WITH OKSANA GRIGORIEVA:
More MEL GIBSON audio was released yesterday. In this clip, Mel tells OKSANA GRIGORIEVA, quote, "I'm so (effing) sorry I had a child with you." --He also brings up TIMOTHY DALTON . . . Oksana's ex-boyfriend and the father of her 12-year-old son. --He says, quote, "Did you get my last message about me being a bad father, and Tim being a great dad now? . . . Well, you should go and (eff) him, you know, you fickle (C-word) because I don't care." --Mel also denies that his anger is fueled by the fact that he had just quit smoking . . . quote, "You (effing) ruined me! You (effing) ingrate! I'm so mad! I'm so angry! And this is NOT the nicotine, this is the truth. --"You (effing) don't love me one bit and you know it, you using (B-word)." --Here's another gem . . . quote, "You're a (effing) fake. You're a (effing) sham. You don't know what the (eff) it means to make a man happy. --"You didn't make me (effing) happy. I couldn't make you happy with the BEST I DID FOR ANYBODY, EVER! EVER! You (effing) glum (C-word)!" (???)
OKSANA NEEDS MEL'S PERMISSION TO RELEASE HER ALBUM:
Here's some bad news for OKSANA GRIGORIEVA: She's got an album's worth of material ready to release, but she needs MEL GIBSON'S permission to do it. --As we've all heard a million times by now from Mel himself, he sank a lot of money into Oksana's career. He produced the songs and even co-wrote some of them. So he's got a piece of the publishing rights. (--Before their relationship went NUCLEAR, Mel produced an album of Oksana's called "Beautiful Heartache", which came out one year ago tomorrow.)
SNOOKI SAYS SHE WON'T WEAR BIKINIS BECAUSE SHE LIKES TO LEAVE MORE TO THE IMAGINATION:
"Jersey Shore" fans know that NICOLE "SNOOKI" POLIZZI is very unlike the rest of her female co-stars, in that she's partial to ONE-PIECE bathing suits. --But Snooki says it's NOT because she has a tendency to . . . you know . . . pork up. It's a STYLE choice. --She says, quote, "I would rather wear a sexy one-piece whether I am heavy or down to 90 pounds. I wore one-piece suits when I was really skinny to hide my nakedness in a sexy way. --"I think they are more provocative because it makes guys want to see more of me." --Snooki admits that she put on some pounds when the cast went to Miami to film Season 2 . . . (--which debuts on Thursday). But she says, quote, "My self image was fine when I came down to Miami in April and it's fine now. --"We all have flaws. We work within them to look our best."
ANOTHER WOMAN IS ACCUSING ROMAN POLANSKI OF RAPING HER IN THE '70S:
ROMAN POLANSKI is now being dogged by yet another rape allegation. --A woman by the name of Edith Michelle Vogelhut has told the L.A. County District Attorney that Polanski sexually assaulted her back in 1974, when she was 21. --Edith claims that Polanski handcuffed her and, quote, "sodomized her repeatedly, before he passed out." The alleged assault took place at JACK NICHOLSON'S house . . . which is also where he assaulted a 13-year-old girl in 1977. --There's no word why Edith waited this long to report the alleged rape. But her attorney says that the statute of limitations for a civil suit has run out, so we won't be seeing one of those. --Back in May, actress CHARLOTTE LEWIS claimed that Polanski sexually abused her in his Paris apartment in the early '80s, when she was 16. This was allegedly while he was in the process of casting her in his 1986 movie, "Pirates". --Polanski is a free man again, now that Swiss authorities have decided not to extradite him to the United States. But he's still wanted here in America, because he never did his time for that statutory rape in 1977.
TONY HAWK "SHEARED" HIS PELVIS AFTER A FAILED SKATEBOARD STUNT:
TONY HAWK suffered, quote, "a sheared pelvis and severe hematoma" during a skateboard wipeout during an exhibition in California on Saturday. --Tony was on the half-pipe, when he failed to land what should have been a routine 540. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment. He later Tweeted, quote, "I will no longer take walking for granted." (--Here's video . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=b0b7e964-ae28-4357-9ea0-4fdbb0e7a005
ANGELINA JOLIE IS NOW ON TWITTER . . . BUT SHE'S NOT ACCEPTING FOLLOWERS:
ANGELINA JOLIE has joined Twitter. But she's not accepting followers. Nor is she Tweeting. (???) Basically, she only did it because someone else was using her name. So she had them booted and took it over. --Angelina's rep says she MIGHT start Tweeting, quote, "later this year." If she does, she'll use the site for, quote, "charity-related items or sharing links." (--Here's the address . . . not that you'll get much out of it . . .) http://twitter.com/angelinajolie
DANIEL CRAIG WILL STAR IN THOSE "GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO" MOVIES:
DANIEL CRAIG will star in the American version of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", and the potential follow-ups, "The Girl Who Played With Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest". --The movies will be based on a trilogy of novels everyone is suddenly talking about, by Swedish author STIEG LARSSON. They've already been made into movies in Sweden. (--The Swedish-language version of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" has grossed $9.2 million in the U.S. "The Girl Who Played With Fire" just came out earlier this month. And "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" hasn't come out here yet.) --Daniel Craig recently saw his calendar open up when the next James Bond movie was put on the shelf, due to financial problems at MGM. (--See the next story for more on that.)
THE "ROBOCOP" REMAKE HAS BEEN KILLED:
Director DARREN ARONOFSKY was planning on remaking "Robocop", but now it's not happening. The project has been DROPPED, due to the financial chaos at MGM. (--Said financial chaos also led to the death of the next James Bond flick, and has caused numerous delays to the "Hobbit" movies. Those delays caused Guillermo del Toro to bow out as director earlier this year.)
RIHANNA WILL MAKE HER ACTING DEBUT IN THE "BATTLESHIP" MOVIE:
RIHANNA will make her acting debut in the movie based on the classic board game "Battleship". Her co-stars will include TAYLOR KITSCH from "Friday Night Lights" and ALEXANDER SKARSGARD from "True Blood". --It's due out in May of 2012.
ARE EVA LONGORIA AND NATHAN FILLION JOINING THE CAST OF "THE AVENGERS"???
Fox News claims that EVA LONGORIA is joining the cast of the "Avengers" movie as The Wasp . . . and NATHAN FILLION will play her husband, Ant-Man (--Fillion is a favorite of director JOSS WHEDON. He starred in Joss's series "Firefly", and appeared on his earlier TV series, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".) (--He also did a stint on Eva's show, "Desperate Housewives". And now he's doing the ABC series "Castle".) --A rep for Marvel studios is denying it.
CHECK OUT THE *AWESOME* CATFIGHT BETWEEN DEBBIE GIBSON AND TIFFANY FROM THE UPCOMING "MEGA PYTHON VS. GATOROID" MOVIE:
We were SUPER PUMPED when we heard that '80s teen pop minxes TIFFANY and DEBBIE GIBSON would both be in the upcoming Syfy monster movie "Mega Python vs. Gatoroid". --And we were FREAKING OUT when we heard that in one scene they would engage in an EPIC CATFIGHT. A brawl to end all brawls, if you will. --The only thing that kept us restrained at all was the fact that "Mega Python vs. Gatoroid" wouldn't premiere until sometime NEXT year. Well, that's still true . . . --But Syfy just did us all a HUGE Christmas-in-July SOLID by releasing some teaser footage from Tiffany and Debbie's battle scene. And, let's just say it somehow managed to EXCEED our expectations. I'm not kidding. It's freakin' awesome! (--You can watch it at the link below..) http://video.syfy.com/movies_events/syfy_saturday/sneak_peek/mega-python-vs-gatoroid--sneak-peek/v1240412
NIGEL LYTHGOE IS RETURNING TO "AMERICAN IDOL" AS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
NIGEL LYTHGOE is returning to "American Idol" as an executive producer . . . a post he held from the beginning of the series until 2008. --Even though he now plays the SIMON COWELL-esque snarky British judge on "So You Think You Can Dance", nobody expects him to take Simon's position on the "Idol" judge's panel. His involvement will strictly be behind the scenes. --But it'll be interesting to see how he might shake things up. "Idol" could use it. It's still the #1 show on TV, but it's been losing viewers over the past few seasons. --And in recent months, Nigel has talked about replacing ALL the judges. Back in April, he said, quote, "I think over the last couple of years, the show has been about the judges, whether it was Kara [DioGuardi] or Paula [Abdul] leaving or Ellen DeGeneres joining. --"It shouldn't be about the judges. It should be about the young talent. And once we get that into focus, the show will be successful again." --As for the current panel, Randy Jackson has a year left on his contract . . . Kara has a year-to-year deal that hasn't been renewed for 2011 . . . and Ellen still has several years left on her contract.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE A GUEST ON "THE VIEW":
PRESIDENT OBAMA will tape an interview with "The View" tomorrow . . . yes, PRESIDENT OBAMA. (???) The episode will air on Thursday. --Not surprisingly at all, this will be the first time a sitting U.S. president has appeared on a daytime talk show. (--So no, RONALD REAGAN never dropped in on "Sally Jessy Raphael".) --Obama was on "The View" a few times before he was president, most recently in March of 2008. -BARBARA WALTERS will be back for this. She'll be making her first in-studio appearance since undergoing heart valve replacement surgery in May. (--Barbara did appear on "The View" earlier this month via SKYPE.)
NBC CONFIRMS THAT STEVE CARELL IS LEAVING "THE OFFICE":
STEVE CARELL has been saying it for weeks, but NBC only got around to confirming it yesterday: Steve is leaving "The Office" after the coming season. --But the show WILL go on, and it'll remain in the 9:00 P.M. Thursday timeslot. --NBC Primetime President Angela Bromstad says, quote, "Not to diminish the departure of Steve, because that will impact the show, but we have tremendous faith in the writers and actors to keep it alive." --For now, it's not clear if his character, Dunder Mifflin boss Michael Scott, will be replaced by a new character . . . or if an existing character will be promoted to manager. --Meanwhile, the door is open for Carell to make guest appearances in the future.
NANCY GRACE WILL DEBUT A NEW SHOW IN SEPTEMBER:
If you love court shows . . . perhaps you would enjoy a new, more modern, more annoying one in which NANCY GRACE acts as "the judge, the jury and the litigator." --If that sounds like a MUST WATCH to you . . . (???) . . . mark your calendars for September 13th. That's when a new show called "Swift Justice with Nancy Grace" premieres. (--Here's a preview clip . . .)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/video/TV_CLIPS/4446-EXCLUSIVE_CLIP_Swift_Justice_With_Nancy_Grace_.php
TUESDAY TV REMINDERS: (--Check your local listings.)
--"Breakthrough with Tony Robbins" [SERIES Premiere] . . . 8:00 to 9:00 P.M. on NBC. (--Life coach Tony Robbins offers inspiration to newlyweds when a life-altering injury leaves a wife as the full-time caregiver of her paralyzed husband.)
--"America's Got Talent" [Performance Show] . . . 9:00 to 11:00 P.M. on NBC.
--"Deadliest Catch" [6th Season Finale] . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on Discovery Channel.
--"Masterchef" [SERIES Premiere] . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on Fox. (--50 contestants compete for a chance at $250,000 and a cookbook deal. Gordon Ramsay, Graham Elliot and Joe Bastianich are the judges.)
--"Maroon 5 Live from the Beacon Theatre" . . . 9:00 to 10:30 P.M. on Fuse. (--Maroon 5 performs songs from their upcoming disc "Hands All Over".)
--"Growing Up Twisted" [SERIES Premiere] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on A&E. (--Cameras follow Twisted Sister's Dee Snider and his family around Long Island.)
--"The Colony" [2nd Season Premiere] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on Discovery Channel. (--Seven volunteers are asked to live in a hostile environment as survivors of a fictitious viral apocalypse that has decimated humanity.)
--"Deadliest Warrior" [2nd Season Finale] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on Spike TV.
--"Women Behind Bars" [3rd Season Finale] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on WE.
--"The Little Couple" [3rd Season Finale] . . . 10:30 to 11:00 P.M. on TLC.
--"Louie" . . . 11:00 to 11:30 P.M. on FX. (--Matthew Broderick does a cameo as a movie director.)
NEW ON VIDEO TODAY
--"Clash of the Titans" - "Avatar's" Sam Worthington as Perseus, the bastard son of Zeus. In this version, Perseus is looking for revenge against Hades for killing his family while he was stirring up chaos for the other gods.
--"Prince of Persia's" Gemma Arterton plays his mysterious spiritual guide, Liam Neeson plays Zeus, and Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) is the evil Hades.
--"Repo Men" - Jude Law and Forest Whitaker play corporate killers who repossess mechanical organs from people who can't pay their bill. But when Jude Law has a heart attack, they stick a pricey mechanical heart in him . . . and it's not long before he's behind on his payments and his old partner is sent to collect.
TV SERIES ON DVD:
--"Stargate Universe (SGU 1.5)" . . . a three-disc DVD set.
--"Life After People: The Complete Season Two" . . . a three-disc DVD set of the History Channel's series about what the Earth would be like without humanity.
--"Dog The Bounty Hunter: Crime Is on the Run" . . . a single-disc containing eight of the show's top-rated episodes.
--"21 Jump Street: The Complete Series" . . . an 18-disc DVD set.
--"Hunter: The Complete Series" . . . a 28-disc DVD set.
NEW MUSIC OUT TODAY
songs by Dio, Black Sabbath and Rainbow, with one original song . . . called "Song for Ronnie James".)
--"Praise & Blame", Tom Jones
--The soundtrack to "Step Up 3D" . . . featuring music by Trey Songz, Busta Rhymes, T-Pain, Mims, Jazmine Sullivan, Estelle, NASA, Flo Rida, Sofia Fresh and Jesse McCartney.)
IS JON BON JOVI TICKED OFF AT FORBES.COM . . . BECAUSE HE ISN'T GETTING ANY LOVE ON THEIR SILLY LISTS???
This is pretty bizarre: You know how Forbes.com puts out all kinds of lists . . . in annoying self-advancing slideshows . . . of the most powerful or richest celebrities? --Well the "New York Post" claims JON BON JOVI is, quote, "furious" . . . because he wasn't included on Forbes' Musicians' Rich List, which came out last week. --A so-called "source" says, quote, "Jon kicked up a huge fuss and got his people to complain. He couldn't understand why he didn't make the musicians list since Bon Jovi has been touring nonstop since February. --"Their contemporaries U2 and Bruce Springsteen were on the list. Even Britney Spears was #5, and she hasn't done anything this year." --The thing is . . . those lists are NOT subjective. Forbes uses various equations to create those rankings, so it isn't like they're just randomly stiffing Bon Jovi just for the hell of it. --Forbes . . . which told the "Post" that they DID receive "complaints" from Bon Jovi's people . . . released this explanation: --Quote, "Forbes estimated each act's earnings between June [of last year] and June [of this year] and included revenue streams such as concert dates, merchandise sales, licensing fees, music sales, and publishing royalties. --"Bon Jovi didn't tour for eight of those months." --So will Jon Bon Jovi accept being thwarted by Forbes' weird (and never explained) June-to-June calendar? Well, no. His rep says none of this happened in the first place . . . quote, "That's ridiculous. --"Last year, the band took an eight-month break from touring, so there was no expectation that they would rank on this year's list. Next year, different story . . . their current tour is #1 in North America right now and #2 worldwide." --By the way, there's a new book out called "Sex, Drugs and Bon Jovi", which features pictures from a sexy photo shoot that was done in 1985. --The pictures feature the band posing with topless women . . . but they were never released, because Jon and the guys thought they were a little TOO sexy.
(--It seems like the book is out now. You can order it at SexDrugsBonJovi.com, HERE. But TMZ published a couple of censored pictures. . .)
ARE THE CARS REUNITING?
Either THE CARS are planning to reunite for the first time since splitting up 23 years ago . . . or they're cruelly toying with their fans. --A picture of the surviving members . . . singer Ric Ocasek, keyboardist Greg Hawkes, drummer David Robinson and guitarist Elliot Easton . . . has been posted on the band's Facebook page. --It's a new picture of them together . . . in some recording studio . . . with their instruments. (--Here's the link . . .)
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17835874246&v=wall#!/photo.php?pid=4345587&id=189146859928
--The "Boston Globe" caught up with Hawkes to ask him about the rumored reunion . . . and he said, quote, "I hate to be vague, but I really can't say. It's a crazy world." (--The Cars last recorded together in 1987.) (--A FULL reunion is no longer possible because bassist BENJAMIN ORR . . . who sang several of the band's hits, including "Drive" . . . died of pancreatic cancer in 2000.) (--Hawkes and Easton launched the "NEW CARS" five years ago . . . with TODD RUNDGREN taking Ric Ocasek's spot . . . but that didn't work out, and they shut it down after a year or so.)
SELENA GOMEZ'S NEXT ALBUM WILL FEATURE KATY PERRY:
SELENA GOMEZ is working on her second album . . . tentatively titled "A Year Without Rain" . . . and it'll feature a contribution from KATY PERRY. --She says, quote, "Katy Perry gave me a song, and she did background vocals on it. The whole experience was really fun." (--There's no release date yet, but it's expected to be out in September.)
DIERKS BENTLEY PERFORMED "DEAD OR ALIVE" ON STAGE WITH BON JOVI LAST WEEKEND:
It's always fun to see somebody famous walk on stage at a concert and sing along with the headliner. That's what DIERKS BENTLEY did last Friday in Louisville, Kentucky when he joined BON JOVI for their song "Wanted Dead Or Alive" --JON BON JOVI started the song on his own, and then invited Dierks to the stage. Dierks did a nice job, and then when it was over he blurted out, quote, "That was the quote in my yearbook." (--You can check out the performance here. Dierks enters at the 1:36 mark . . .)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCgC89702Lg
NAZZY’S RANDOM STUFF
A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY IN ARIZONA IS MAKING A HANDWRITTEN CARD FOR ALL 180,000 TROOPS OVERSEAS:
Stephen Goodman is a 10-year-old in Surprise, Arizona. And he's spending his summer vacation SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS . . . literally, every single one of our troops. --Stephen decided that he wanted to make a handwritten greeting card for every single one of the 180,000 American servicemen and women who are still overseas. --He says, quote, "I'm just doing it to make them feel good. Because it's not like anyone ever thanks them . . . maybe a couple people do, so I just wanted to change that and make it one person higher." --He's cutting construction paper, putting on stickers, tying on ribbon, and writing messages like "Thank you for serving our country" or "You're giving us freedom" in every single one of the cards. --He's getting help from his grandfather, a guy named Manuel Noriega. (--NOT the Panamanian dictator, by the way.) --Manuel served in Vietnam and says, quote, "What he's doing right now, the troops will sure feel real good just receiving something, knowing somebody here cares about them. We never got nothing like this." --It looks like it's going to take the entire summer for Stephen and Manuel to finish all 180,000 cards. (FOX 10 - Phoenix)
(--Here's a video that shows Stephen in action . . .)
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/phoenix/cards-for-troops-07262010
A GUY WORE FAKE BREASTS AND CLOWN PANTS TO ROB A BANK . . . AND FAILED MISERABLY:
Here's YOUR Idiot Criminal Of The Day: He's 48-year-old Dennis Hawkins of North Braddock, Pennsylvania, and he wins the award because he was so into his terrible, cross-dressing bank robbery disguise, that it got him busted. --On Saturday morning, Dennis decided to rob a bank. And he wanted to wear a disguise, so he went with a blonde lady's wig . . . a sweater stuffed with FAKE BREASTS . . . and for some reason, CLOWN PANTS. --But instead of putting on his disguise right before he went into the bank, Dennis liked it so much that he wore it on his errands all morning. And clearly, as a black man in a blonde wig with fake breasts and clown pants, he drew a LOT of attention. --First he went to the grocery store. Then he went to a Kmart and shoplifted a BB gun. And finally he headed over to a Citizens Bank and used the BB gun to hold it up. --The teller gave him money with a dye pack inside, and when he opened it up under a tree outside, red dye exploded all over him and his costume. --Still wearing his disguise, he tried to carjack a woman for a getaway car . . . but she got out of the car, took her keys, and simply left Dennis inside. --By that point, the cops had received TONS of calls about a fake-breast-blonde-wig-clown guy, and they found Dennis sitting in the woman's car, covered in red dye, and still wearing his costume. He was arrested for bank robbery and several other charges. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
AFTER A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, BP HAS DETERMINED THAT BP SHOULDN'T BE BLAMED FOR THE GULF OIL SPILL:
For some reason, something about this report just feels suspect to me. I can't quite put my finger on it, though. See if you can help me out here. --BP just finished a thorough investigation of the cause of the oil spill in the Gulf. And after much research and study, BP has concluded that BP is . . . NOT responsible for the spill. --They haven't released their full report yet, but have said their report clearly finds that it's not BP's fault that the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded . . . and that any claims of negligence against them are baseless. --Until BP cleared this up, everyone was pretty sure that they really WERE at fault . . . that they cut corners on some standard safety measures to save money . . . and that those cuts led to the explosion. (TopNews)
IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING, BP MADE A $4 BILLION PROFIT THIS SPRING:
Just in case you'd forgotten how incredibly, unthinkably lucrative the oil business is . . . and just how many companies are getting insanely rich because we're sheeple who drive everywhere and happily pay over $3 for a gallon of gas . . . check this out. --Despite being behind one of the biggest . . . if not THE biggest . . . oil spills in history, BP still turned a profit in the second quarter of this year: About $4 BILLION . . . only 12.5% less than their profit in the quarter BEFORE the spill. --Last quarter, BP committed $20 BILLION to compensation for people and businesses hurt by the spill . . . their shares lost almost half their value . . . but high oil and gas prices STILL pushed them to a serious profit. (CNN/Money)
ESPN MADE A LIST OF HEALTH CODE VIOLATIONS BY STADIUM FOOD VENDORS . . . AND IT'S DISGUSTING:
ESPN.com just released a list of health inspection reports and health code violations from food vendors at sports stadiums around the country. There are violations at almost every stadium, and here are some of the FILTHY highlights . . . --Coors Field (Colorado Rockies): Employees were storing cheese and sour cream at 52 degrees . . . which is WAY too warm to be safe.
--Sun Life Stadium (Miami Dolphins and Florida Marlins): Frozen alcoholic drinks were blended without cleaning insects and dirt out of the blender first.
--Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis Colts): Mouse droppings, live mice, and dead mice were found all over different parts of the stadium.
--TD Garden (Boston Celtics and Bruins): Potentially toxic dishwashing chemicals were stored above an ice machine . . . which is a MAJOR violation when you think about it.
--Madison Square Garden (New York Knicks and Rangers): One food stand had 53 mouse droppings, including 15 on top of the soda machine.
--Great American Ball Park (Cincinnati Reds): An inspector watched an employee scrape food off of a spatula using the edge of a garbage can . . . then continue using the spatula without cleaning it.
--Cowboys Stadium (Dallas Cowboys): During its first year, three out of four food stands had at least one critical health violation.
--Lambeau Field (Green Bay Packers): Inspectors saw an employee who blew his nose, then ate some food . . . and didn't wash his hands before he started touching customers' food and ice. (ESPN)
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE TOWN OF SHITTERTON, ENGLAND, HAS HAD ITS SIGN STOLEN MULTIPLE TIMES:
The town of Shitterton, in Dorset, England, has a problem: Every time they put up a sign with the town's name on it, for SOME reason, someone steals it. According to one councilman, quote, "We'd get a sign and five minutes later, it's gone." --So they've come up with a new way to welcome people to town: Instead of a sign . . . they've carved "Shitterton" into a GIANT BOULDER. --The boulder weighs 1,500 pounds . . . that's one-and-a-half tons . . . and about half of the town contributed $30 apiece toward the cost. (Digital Journal)
WANT TO BE HAPPY? GET RID OF YOUR FREE TIME:
Apparently, going home every night, watching TV, pleasuring yourself, and going to sleep ISN'T the utopia we all imagine it to be. A new study finds that people who are busy are usually HAPPIER than people who ain't got a damn thing to do. --The results of the study are in a journal called "Psychological Science". They found that people with more tasks and jobs are usually happier . . . because even if the tasks are kinda stupid, they still give you a sense of purpose and satisfaction. --When you're sitting around without any specific tasks, you miss out on the rewarding feeling that comes from accomplishing something . . . ANYTHING . . . and that affects your mood. (AOL Health)
MORE THAN 17,500 KIDS GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM EVERY YEAR BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH CONTACT LENSES:
Here's an interesting thought about kids and contact lenses: Maybe it ISN'T a good idea to let kids going through their awkward, accident-prone, growing phase JAB THEMSELVES IN THE EYE twice a day. --According to research by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, more than 17,500 kids in the U.S. go to the emergency room every year because of problems with their contact lenses. The most common are abrasions and eye infections. --Overall, more than 70,000 children and teens go to the ER every year because of complications with medical products, including contact lenses, needles and ear tubes. (Associated Press)
NAZZY’S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY
#1.) A REAL RABBIT RAN ONTO THE TRACK IN THE MIDDLE OF A DOG RACE:
If you didn't know, at dog races they get the dogs to run by making them chase after a mechanical rabbit that's pulled along in front of them. --But during a race in Australia last week, a REAL rabbit ran onto the track, and one of the dogs ditched the race and took off after it. (--So the question is: Does that make that dog dumber . . . or smarter . . . than the dogs who finished the race?)
(--Search for "dog race real rabbit video." It happens 19 seconds in.)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/weirdnewsvideo/7906294/Real-hare-ruins-greyhound-race.html
#2.) A SECURITY GUARD FLIPPED OVER A METAL GATE:
There's surveillance footage online of a security guard going after a group of people who look like they might be trying to rob a grocery store. --But he has to run through one of those little metal security gates that only open in one direction. And he runs through it the WRONG WAY. (--Search for "security guard takes himself out." It happens at :09.)
http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/just_plain_stupid/Security_Guard_Takes_Himself_Out/
#3.) HERE'S THE GREATEST ULTIMATE FRISBEE CATCH EVER:
When you talk about 'Ultimate Frisbee,' you're supposed to just call it 'Ultimate.' And you're not supposed to call it a 'Frisbee' either, you're supposed to call it a 'disc.' Because 'Frisbee' is copyrighted. Kind of like 'Kleenex.' -- Anyway, now that THAT'S out of the way . . . the Ultimate Frisbee World Championships were held in Prague earlier this month, and a player named ANDREW FLEMMING made what's being called the best catch in Ultimate Frisbee history. --Andrew dove into the end zone and caught the Frisbee about two inches off the ground, which helped his team, the "Seattle Sockeyes," beat the "Boston Ironside" and advance to the finals . . . where they lost to the "San Francisco Revolver." (--Search for "Ultimate Frisbee greatest catch Andrew Flemming video." He catches it at :28.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5edTmCn09s
FIVE THINGS YOU SHOULD DO WHILE YOU'RE SINGLE:
Match.com has a list of things you should do while you're SINGLE. And each thing is sort of designed to help you in your NEXT relationship. Here are the top five . . .
#1.) TRAVEL ALONE. It helps you build self-confidence, because you have to make every decision yourself. And learning to be more independent can help you in your next relationship, because being TOO dependant on other people can be a turn off.
#2.) STAY OUT ALL NIGHT. Just not EVERY night. But you have to be a LITTLE wild when you're single, or you'll regret it. Because once you're with someone again, you won't be ABLE to do whatever you want.
#3.) LEARN HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. So, if your ex was the one who did all the cooking and cleaning, don't become a slob once you're single.
#4.) SPEND A WEEKEND WITH A MARRIED COUPLE YOUR OWN AGE. Match.com says spending 48 hours with a real couple will remind you that relationships aren't perfect. And then you won't rush into a BAD one. -And if your friends come off like some kind of perfect DREAM couple . . . don't be fooled, and rush into another relationship even FASTER. Because people are usually on their best behavior when they have visitors.
#5.) STAY SINGLE FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS. According to Match.com, that's how long you need to really process a break-up. Otherwise, your next relationship won't be any better. --It shouldn't really be a RULE though, because you might meet someone TOMORROW. But the point is, if you just hop from one relationship to the next, you won't give yourself enough time to reflect on why your last relationship failed. (Match.com)
ESPN.com just released a list of health inspection reports and health code violations from food vendors at sports stadiums around the country. There are violations at almost every stadium, and here are some of the FILTHY highlights . . . --Coors Field (Colorado Rockies): Employees were storing cheese and sour cream at 52 degrees . . . which is WAY too warm to be safe.
--Sun Life Stadium (Miami Dolphins and Florida Marlins): Frozen alcoholic drinks were blended without cleaning insects and dirt out of the blender first.
--Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis Colts): Mouse droppings, live mice, and dead mice were found all over different parts of the stadium.
--TD Garden (Boston Celtics and Bruins): Potentially toxic dishwashing chemicals were stored above an ice machine . . . which is a MAJOR violation when you think about it.
--Madison Square Garden (New York Knicks and Rangers): One food stand had 53 mouse droppings, including 15 on top of the soda machine.
--Great American Ball Park (Cincinnati Reds): An inspector watched an employee scrape food off of a spatula using the edge of a garbage can . . . then continue using the spatula without cleaning it.
--Cowboys Stadium (Dallas Cowboys): During its first year, three out of four food stands had at least one critical health violation.
--Lambeau Field (Green Bay Packers): Inspectors saw an employee who blew his nose, then ate some food . . . and didn't wash his hands before he started touching customers' food and ice. (ESPN)
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE TOWN OF SHITTERTON, ENGLAND, HAS HAD ITS SIGN STOLEN MULTIPLE TIMES:
The town of Shitterton, in Dorset, England, has a problem: Every time they put up a sign with the town's name on it, for SOME reason, someone steals it. According to one councilman, quote, "We'd get a sign and five minutes later, it's gone." --So they've come up with a new way to welcome people to town: Instead of a sign . . . they've carved "Shitterton" into a GIANT BOULDER. --The boulder weighs 1,500 pounds . . . that's one-and-a-half tons . . . and about half of the town contributed $30 apiece toward the cost. (Digital Journal)
WANT TO BE HAPPY? GET RID OF YOUR FREE TIME:
Apparently, going home every night, watching TV, pleasuring yourself, and going to sleep ISN'T the utopia we all imagine it to be. A new study finds that people who are busy are usually HAPPIER than people who ain't got a damn thing to do. --The results of the study are in a journal called "Psychological Science". They found that people with more tasks and jobs are usually happier . . . because even if the tasks are kinda stupid, they still give you a sense of purpose and satisfaction. --When you're sitting around without any specific tasks, you miss out on the rewarding feeling that comes from accomplishing something . . . ANYTHING . . . and that affects your mood. (AOL Health)
MORE THAN 17,500 KIDS GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM EVERY YEAR BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH CONTACT LENSES:
Here's an interesting thought about kids and contact lenses: Maybe it ISN'T a good idea to let kids going through their awkward, accident-prone, growing phase JAB THEMSELVES IN THE EYE twice a day. --According to research by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, more than 17,500 kids in the U.S. go to the emergency room every year because of problems with their contact lenses. The most common are abrasions and eye infections. --Overall, more than 70,000 children and teens go to the ER every year because of complications with medical products, including contact lenses, needles and ear tubes. (Associated Press)
NAZZY’S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY
#1.) A REAL RABBIT RAN ONTO THE TRACK IN THE MIDDLE OF A DOG RACE:
If you didn't know, at dog races they get the dogs to run by making them chase after a mechanical rabbit that's pulled along in front of them. --But during a race in Australia last week, a REAL rabbit ran onto the track, and one of the dogs ditched the race and took off after it. (--So the question is: Does that make that dog dumber . . . or smarter . . . than the dogs who finished the race?)
(--Search for "dog race real rabbit video." It happens 19 seconds in.)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/weirdnewsvideo/7906294/Real-hare-ruins-greyhound-race.html
#2.) A SECURITY GUARD FLIPPED OVER A METAL GATE:
There's surveillance footage online of a security guard going after a group of people who look like they might be trying to rob a grocery store. --But he has to run through one of those little metal security gates that only open in one direction. And he runs through it the WRONG WAY. (--Search for "security guard takes himself out." It happens at :09.)
http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/just_plain_stupid/Security_Guard_Takes_Himself_Out/
#3.) HERE'S THE GREATEST ULTIMATE FRISBEE CATCH EVER:
When you talk about 'Ultimate Frisbee,' you're supposed to just call it 'Ultimate.' And you're not supposed to call it a 'Frisbee' either, you're supposed to call it a 'disc.' Because 'Frisbee' is copyrighted. Kind of like 'Kleenex.' -- Anyway, now that THAT'S out of the way . . . the Ultimate Frisbee World Championships were held in Prague earlier this month, and a player named ANDREW FLEMMING made what's being called the best catch in Ultimate Frisbee history. --Andrew dove into the end zone and caught the Frisbee about two inches off the ground, which helped his team, the "Seattle Sockeyes," beat the "Boston Ironside" and advance to the finals . . . where they lost to the "San Francisco Revolver." (--Search for "Ultimate Frisbee greatest catch Andrew Flemming video." He catches it at :28.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5edTmCn09s
FIVE THINGS YOU SHOULD DO WHILE YOU'RE SINGLE:
Match.com has a list of things you should do while you're SINGLE. And each thing is sort of designed to help you in your NEXT relationship. Here are the top five . . .
#1.) TRAVEL ALONE. It helps you build self-confidence, because you have to make every decision yourself. And learning to be more independent can help you in your next relationship, because being TOO dependant on other people can be a turn off.
#2.) STAY OUT ALL NIGHT. Just not EVERY night. But you have to be a LITTLE wild when you're single, or you'll regret it. Because once you're with someone again, you won't be ABLE to do whatever you want.
#3.) LEARN HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. So, if your ex was the one who did all the cooking and cleaning, don't become a slob once you're single.
#4.) SPEND A WEEKEND WITH A MARRIED COUPLE YOUR OWN AGE. Match.com says spending 48 hours with a real couple will remind you that relationships aren't perfect. And then you won't rush into a BAD one. -And if your friends come off like some kind of perfect DREAM couple . . . don't be fooled, and rush into another relationship even FASTER. Because people are usually on their best behavior when they have visitors.
#5.) STAY SINGLE FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS. According to Match.com, that's how long you need to really process a break-up. Otherwise, your next relationship won't be any better. --It shouldn't really be a RULE though, because you might meet someone TOMORROW. But the point is, if you just hop from one relationship to the next, you won't give yourself enough time to reflect on why your last relationship failed. (Match.com)
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