HOLLYWOOD DIRT OVERFLOW (09-22-10)
PARIS HILTON HIJINX
PARIS HILTON HAS BEEN DETAINED IN ASIA . . . BECAUSE OF HER COCAINE ARREST:
We heard yesterday that PARIS HILTON was following up her guilty plea for cocaine possession with a trip to Asia to pimp her clothing line. Bad move. --Paris touched down in Tokyo yesterday and never got out of the airport. In other words, the Japanese REFUSED TO LET HER INTO THE COUNTRY. --It turns out that anyone who has a suspended jail sentence . . . like Paris . . . isn't allowed into Japan except for, quote, "special reasons." --Last we heard, Paris was chilling at an airport hotel, UNDER GUARD, while her people try to work things out with the authorities. If this doesn't get settled, she might just have to fly back to the States. (--Even though she's being guarded, Paris isn't under arrest. This is supposedly just standard operating procedure in immigration cases.) --An event to unveil her Fall / Winter 2010 collection of handbags, watches and other accessories has already been canceled. --Paris was also supposed to open a new Paris Hilton store in Indonesia. (--You know, where they so desperately need high-end fashion.) (???) --Her rep says, quote, "Paris was contractually bound to her business trip and didn't want to let down her brands and many Asian fans. --"She intended on fulfilling her contract and is trying hard to do the responsible thing, but this is beyond her control. She is very disappointed by tonight's events." --Meanwhile, a so-called "source" says Paris is, quote, "beyond upset" and "devastated" over this. (--Before she got the bad news, Paris posted a picture on Twitter of herself and her sister Nicky at the Tokyo airport. Check it out here . . .)
http://twitpic.com/2qjn6j
NOW, THERE'S AN E-MAIL FROM OKSANA TO MEL, IN WHICH SHE SAYS "U DINT DO ANYTHING":
Earlier this week, TMZ printed some e-mails that MEL GIBSON sent to OKSANA GRIGORIEVA earlier this year, apologizing to her and basically rambling about what a messed up piece of garbage he is. --In one of those e-mails, dated March 1st, Mel even called himself, quote, "a (effing) failure." --And now, TMZ has posted the REPLY that Oksana sent to Mel that same day . . . in which she tells him, quote, "U dint do anything." (--Oksana writes in very broken English . . . but we decided not to correct it because, well, there are only so many hours in a day.) --She says, quote, "Please don't torcher urself like that, please!!!! U dint do anything to be so hard on urself. U r amazing man and always will be in my eyes and I will make sure Lucy knows it." --She adds, quote, "U r an anusually extraordinary person. Ur versitile talent speaks louder than the words! U r capable to make a masterpiece about jesus and to build the church for him! --"U r just one person, but u did this! In itself it's a lifetime wearthy atchivements, but for only chosen one." (Again, ???) --She closed out her message with this . . . quote, "I love u, that doesn't change. Even if u don't want it anymore." (--You can read Oksana's e-mail in full . . . along with the e-mail of Mel's that she's responding to . . . here . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/2010/09/20/oksana-grigorieva-mel-gibson-email-text-iphone-domestic-violence/
(--We don't know where TMZ is getting these e-mails from, but they seem to paint a slightly different picture of the Mel / Oksana relationship than we've been getting so far from Oksana's camp.)
DID JUSTIN BIEBER GET CAUGHT MAKING OUT WITH HIS OPENING ACT?
This could be huge. HUGE, I tell ya. --JUSTIN BIEBER may have been photographed making out with the opening act on his tour, 16-year-old JASMINE VILLEGAS. (--Justin is also 16. In addition to being his opening act, Jasmine's also the girl Justin chased after in his "Baby" video.) --Back on September 9th, a Canadian tourist snapped some photos of Justin and Jasmine in the backseat of a Honda in Venice, California. And it looks like they might be tying their tongues together. (--Check out this photo gallery, paying special attention to pictures 3 and 4 . . .) http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/justin_bieber_makeout_photos
(--Here's Jasmine's website,. . .) http://www.jasminevmusic.com/
THE JONAS BROTHERS HAVE NEVER BEEN TO HOOTERS:
JUSTIN BIEBER has no problem popping by a Hooters and getting his picture taken in a sea of scantily-clad minxes. But apparently, that's not what the JONAS BROTHERS are all about. --NICK says, quote, "We have not [ever been to Hooters], I can honestly say we haven't. --"We had bus food from Hooters one time, which is basically the venue just provides food for us after the show. The wings were good, but I've never been." (--I think this is why Justin has all the cred, and the Jonas Brothers are kind of fading into the background: Justin just GETS IT. As Chris Rock once said, "Nobody goes to Hooters for wings!") (???)
THE "STAR" TABLOID CLAIMS IT HAS INCRIMINATING TEXT MESSAGES BETWEEN ASHTON KUTCHER AND HIS ALLEGED SIDE-ACTION:
Despite denials from ASHTON KUTCHER, the "Star" tabloid claims it has text messages between Ashton and a 21-year-old DEMI MOORE look-alike that he tagged recently. (--Those texts will appear in the issue of the "Star" that hits newsstands today. At "press time", we did not have access to them.) (--If they're worth it, we'll give you all the details tomorrow.)
WYCLEF JEAN HAS DROPPED OUT OF HAITI'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE:
After being smacked down by Haiti's board of elections, WYCLEF JEAN has decided to give up his fight to run for president of his home country. --He says, quote, "This was not an easy conclusion to reach; but it is one that was thoughtfully made, taking into account many, many competing factors and weighing the course that will best advance the healing of the country and help it find the quickest path to recovery." --He adds, quote, "Some battles are best fought off the field, and that is where we take this now. --"Though my run for the presidency was cut short, in this way, I feel it was not in vain; it's something we can use to improve conditions for my Haitian brothers and sisters."
ARETHA FRANKLIN'S SON WAS SEVERELY BEATEN IN DETROIT:
ARETHA FRANKLIN'S 52-year-old son Eddie was severely beaten at a Detroit gas station Monday night. He underwent emergency surgery yesterday. There's no word on his condition. --Aretha's rep says that Eddie was attacked by two men and a woman. All three were African-American. The woman appeared to be about 19 years old, and one of the men had dreadlocks and was about six feet tall. --As far as anyone knows, the attack was unprovoked. --If you've heard the name Eddie Franklin before, it's probably not because of his mediocre singing career. --In 2002, he was a suspect in a fire that destroyed Aretha's $1.6 million Detroit home . . . as well numerous mementos from her career. He was eventually cleared. (--Aretha is 68 . . . she had Eddie when she was 16.)
"SCARFACE" ACTOR STEVEN BAUER DID *NOT* HIT AND KILL SOMEONE ON THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY:
There was a fatal car accident Sunday on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu . . . and it resulted in some unearned bad press for actor STEVEN BAUER. --You see, someone named Stevan Bauer . . . and that's "S-t-e-v-A-n" . . . hit and killed a pedestrian Sunday morning. --But several media outlets reported that it was Steven Bauer . . . who played Manny Ribera in the 1983 classic "Scarface" . . . who was behind the wheel. It was not. And for the record, this Steven spells HIS name with an "e". --Steven the actor's reps say he was nowhere near Malibu when the accident occurred. And besides, Bauer isn't even his real last name. --He's one of those Latinos who caved in to The Man and adopted a WASPY-sounding last name. --His LEGAL last name is Echevarria.
JAMES GANDOLFINI HAD HIS CAR IMPOUNDED BECAUSE HE WAS DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE:
JAMES GANDOLFINI had his car impounded yesterday in the Hollywood Hills because he was driving with a suspended license. --Cops initially pulled Gandolfini over on TWO violations . . . running a stop sign while talking on his phone. When they ran his license, they found out it was suspended. --He had to call a friend to come pick him up. (--Check out some paparazzi video . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=091045cf-55b4-40b1-bb95-1e24ee014101
ROSIE O'DONNELL DESCRIBES HER NEW FAMILY AS THE "GAY-DY BUNCH":
ROSIE O'DONNELL and her ex, Kelli Carpenter, have four kids. And her new girlfriend, Tracy Kachtick-Anders, has SIX. So Rosie has come up with a name for her new family: THE GAY-DY BUNCH. --She says, quote, "Tracy has six kids, she lives next door. Her oldest is out of the house. So it's nine total. It's a lot! We're the Gay-dy Bunch!" --She adds, quote, "It's a challenge, but when you fall in love with someone, they come with a whole bunch of things, including children. Part of the reason I fell in love with her was her love of kids."
PARIS HILTON HAS BEEN DETAINED IN ASIA . . . BECAUSE OF HER COCAINE ARREST:
We heard yesterday that PARIS HILTON was following up her guilty plea for cocaine possession with a trip to Asia to pimp her clothing line. Bad move. --Paris touched down in Tokyo yesterday and never got out of the airport. In other words, the Japanese REFUSED TO LET HER INTO THE COUNTRY. --It turns out that anyone who has a suspended jail sentence . . . like Paris . . . isn't allowed into Japan except for, quote, "special reasons." --Last we heard, Paris was chilling at an airport hotel, UNDER GUARD, while her people try to work things out with the authorities. If this doesn't get settled, she might just have to fly back to the States. (--Even though she's being guarded, Paris isn't under arrest. This is supposedly just standard operating procedure in immigration cases.) --An event to unveil her Fall / Winter 2010 collection of handbags, watches and other accessories has already been canceled. --Paris was also supposed to open a new Paris Hilton store in Indonesia. (--You know, where they so desperately need high-end fashion.) (???) --Her rep says, quote, "Paris was contractually bound to her business trip and didn't want to let down her brands and many Asian fans. --"She intended on fulfilling her contract and is trying hard to do the responsible thing, but this is beyond her control. She is very disappointed by tonight's events." --Meanwhile, a so-called "source" says Paris is, quote, "beyond upset" and "devastated" over this. (--Before she got the bad news, Paris posted a picture on Twitter of herself and her sister Nicky at the Tokyo airport. Check it out here . . .)
http://twitpic.com/2qjn6j
NOW, THERE'S AN E-MAIL FROM OKSANA TO MEL, IN WHICH SHE SAYS "U DINT DO ANYTHING":
Earlier this week, TMZ printed some e-mails that MEL GIBSON sent to OKSANA GRIGORIEVA earlier this year, apologizing to her and basically rambling about what a messed up piece of garbage he is. --In one of those e-mails, dated March 1st, Mel even called himself, quote, "a (effing) failure." --And now, TMZ has posted the REPLY that Oksana sent to Mel that same day . . . in which she tells him, quote, "U dint do anything." (--Oksana writes in very broken English . . . but we decided not to correct it because, well, there are only so many hours in a day.) --She says, quote, "Please don't torcher urself like that, please!!!! U dint do anything to be so hard on urself. U r amazing man and always will be in my eyes and I will make sure Lucy knows it." --She adds, quote, "U r an anusually extraordinary person. Ur versitile talent speaks louder than the words! U r capable to make a masterpiece about jesus and to build the church for him! --"U r just one person, but u did this! In itself it's a lifetime wearthy atchivements, but for only chosen one." (Again, ???) --She closed out her message with this . . . quote, "I love u, that doesn't change. Even if u don't want it anymore." (--You can read Oksana's e-mail in full . . . along with the e-mail of Mel's that she's responding to . . . here . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/2010/09/20/oksana-grigorieva-mel-gibson-email-text-iphone-domestic-violence/
(--We don't know where TMZ is getting these e-mails from, but they seem to paint a slightly different picture of the Mel / Oksana relationship than we've been getting so far from Oksana's camp.)
DID JUSTIN BIEBER GET CAUGHT MAKING OUT WITH HIS OPENING ACT?
This could be huge. HUGE, I tell ya. --JUSTIN BIEBER may have been photographed making out with the opening act on his tour, 16-year-old JASMINE VILLEGAS. (--Justin is also 16. In addition to being his opening act, Jasmine's also the girl Justin chased after in his "Baby" video.) --Back on September 9th, a Canadian tourist snapped some photos of Justin and Jasmine in the backseat of a Honda in Venice, California. And it looks like they might be tying their tongues together. (--Check out this photo gallery, paying special attention to pictures 3 and 4 . . .) http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/justin_bieber_makeout_photos
(--Here's Jasmine's website,. . .) http://www.jasminevmusic.com/
THE JONAS BROTHERS HAVE NEVER BEEN TO HOOTERS:
JUSTIN BIEBER has no problem popping by a Hooters and getting his picture taken in a sea of scantily-clad minxes. But apparently, that's not what the JONAS BROTHERS are all about. --NICK says, quote, "We have not [ever been to Hooters], I can honestly say we haven't. --"We had bus food from Hooters one time, which is basically the venue just provides food for us after the show. The wings were good, but I've never been." (--I think this is why Justin has all the cred, and the Jonas Brothers are kind of fading into the background: Justin just GETS IT. As Chris Rock once said, "Nobody goes to Hooters for wings!") (???)
THE "STAR" TABLOID CLAIMS IT HAS INCRIMINATING TEXT MESSAGES BETWEEN ASHTON KUTCHER AND HIS ALLEGED SIDE-ACTION:
Despite denials from ASHTON KUTCHER, the "Star" tabloid claims it has text messages between Ashton and a 21-year-old DEMI MOORE look-alike that he tagged recently. (--Those texts will appear in the issue of the "Star" that hits newsstands today. At "press time", we did not have access to them.) (--If they're worth it, we'll give you all the details tomorrow.)
WYCLEF JEAN HAS DROPPED OUT OF HAITI'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE:
After being smacked down by Haiti's board of elections, WYCLEF JEAN has decided to give up his fight to run for president of his home country. --He says, quote, "This was not an easy conclusion to reach; but it is one that was thoughtfully made, taking into account many, many competing factors and weighing the course that will best advance the healing of the country and help it find the quickest path to recovery." --He adds, quote, "Some battles are best fought off the field, and that is where we take this now. --"Though my run for the presidency was cut short, in this way, I feel it was not in vain; it's something we can use to improve conditions for my Haitian brothers and sisters."
ARETHA FRANKLIN'S SON WAS SEVERELY BEATEN IN DETROIT:
ARETHA FRANKLIN'S 52-year-old son Eddie was severely beaten at a Detroit gas station Monday night. He underwent emergency surgery yesterday. There's no word on his condition. --Aretha's rep says that Eddie was attacked by two men and a woman. All three were African-American. The woman appeared to be about 19 years old, and one of the men had dreadlocks and was about six feet tall. --As far as anyone knows, the attack was unprovoked. --If you've heard the name Eddie Franklin before, it's probably not because of his mediocre singing career. --In 2002, he was a suspect in a fire that destroyed Aretha's $1.6 million Detroit home . . . as well numerous mementos from her career. He was eventually cleared. (--Aretha is 68 . . . she had Eddie when she was 16.)
"SCARFACE" ACTOR STEVEN BAUER DID *NOT* HIT AND KILL SOMEONE ON THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY:
There was a fatal car accident Sunday on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu . . . and it resulted in some unearned bad press for actor STEVEN BAUER. --You see, someone named Stevan Bauer . . . and that's "S-t-e-v-A-n" . . . hit and killed a pedestrian Sunday morning. --But several media outlets reported that it was Steven Bauer . . . who played Manny Ribera in the 1983 classic "Scarface" . . . who was behind the wheel. It was not. And for the record, this Steven spells HIS name with an "e". --Steven the actor's reps say he was nowhere near Malibu when the accident occurred. And besides, Bauer isn't even his real last name. --He's one of those Latinos who caved in to The Man and adopted a WASPY-sounding last name. --His LEGAL last name is Echevarria.
JAMES GANDOLFINI HAD HIS CAR IMPOUNDED BECAUSE HE WAS DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE:
JAMES GANDOLFINI had his car impounded yesterday in the Hollywood Hills because he was driving with a suspended license. --Cops initially pulled Gandolfini over on TWO violations . . . running a stop sign while talking on his phone. When they ran his license, they found out it was suspended. --He had to call a friend to come pick him up. (--Check out some paparazzi video . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=091045cf-55b4-40b1-bb95-1e24ee014101
ROSIE O'DONNELL DESCRIBES HER NEW FAMILY AS THE "GAY-DY BUNCH":
ROSIE O'DONNELL and her ex, Kelli Carpenter, have four kids. And her new girlfriend, Tracy Kachtick-Anders, has SIX. So Rosie has come up with a name for her new family: THE GAY-DY BUNCH. --She says, quote, "Tracy has six kids, she lives next door. Her oldest is out of the house. So it's nine total. It's a lot! We're the Gay-dy Bunch!" --She adds, quote, "It's a challenge, but when you fall in love with someone, they come with a whole bunch of things, including children. Part of the reason I fell in love with her was her love of kids."
SHIA LABEOUF IS LOOKING AT THE UPSIDE OF NOT HAVING MEGAN FOX IN "TRANSFORMERS 3":
MEGAN FOX recently said that it'll be weird to watch "Transformers 3" . . . and see her replacement, ROSIE-HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY, kissing SHIA LABEOUF. --But Shia seems to be kind of PSYCHED about having a new chick to mack on. Although he didn't exactly put it that way. --He tells MTV news that there are positives and negatives to having a new co-star. But it sounds like the positives are outweighing the negatives for him. --He says, quote, "It's awesome that we get the discovery again. I think when everybody's vetted and everybody's been through these wars, then that discovery of the first film is nonexistent. --"It's kind of beautiful in that we get a new set of eyes, a fresh set of eyes for the audience to vibe with. So you get the discovery again, which is something that wouldn't happen if Megan came back."
TIM BURTON HAS HIRED SOME FAMILIAR ACTORS FOR HIS UPCOMING ANIMATED FLICK "FRANKENWEENIE" . . . BUT NO JOHNNY DEPP OR HELENA BONHAM CARTER:
TIM BURTON has hired the voice cast for his upcoming movie, "Frankenweenie" . . . and it seems to be mostly made up of people he's worked with before. (--"Frankenweenie" is about a man who brings his dead dog back to life after it's killed by a car. It's based on a short film he made before he was famous. The new version will be made with old-school stop-motion animation.) --The cast includes WINONA RYDER . . . who worked with Burton on "Beetlejuice" and "Edward Scissorhands" . . . --MARTIN LANDAU . . . who won an Oscar for playing Bela Lugosi in "Ed Wood" . . . --MARTIN SHORT . . . who appeared in "Mars Attacks!" . . . --And CATHERINE O'HARA . . . who was also in "Beetlejuice" and did a voice for "The Nightmare Before Christmas". (--"Nightmare Before Christmas" wasn't directed by Burton, but he produced it and came up with the story.) --Two people Tim HASN'T cast from his previous films are his go-to stars, JOHNNY DEPP and his longtime girlfriend, HELENA BONHAM-CARTER. (--Perhaps we should add . . . YET. Because hey, there's still time, isn't there? The movie isn't even due in theaters until 2012.)
"AMERICAN IDOL" INSANITY
TODAY'S "AMERICAN IDOL" ANNOUNCEMENT WILL STREAM LIVE:
"American Idol" will finally announce their judges for the new season at a press conference today in L.A. And you can watch it. --It'll stream LIVE at AmericanIdol.com . . . beginning at 1:00 P.M. Eastern, which is 10:00 A.M. Pacific. --RYAN SEACREST will introduce the new panel, which EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET believes will be AEROSMITH singer STEVEN TYLER, JENNIFER LOPEZ, and RANDY JACKSON . . . and a press conference will follow. (--There better be more to this than simply announcing Steven, J-Lo and Randy.)
THE NEW "HAWAII FIVE-0" SHOW DEBUTED TO DECENT NUMBERS . . . BUT "LONE STAR" TANKED:
The TV ratings for Monday night . . . the unofficial start to the fall TV season . . . are out. Here's a rundown of some of the more notable results: --Among new shows, CBS' new "Hawaii Five-O" show did well with 13.8 million viewers . . . and NBC's "The Event" was strong with 11.2 million. --CBS' chubby people sitcom "Mike & Molly" also did well with 11.2 million viewers. --On the flipside, Fox's hyped new show "Lone Star" tanked with just 4.1 million viewers, and NBC's "Chase" didn't set the world on fire with its 7.3 million viewers. --For returning shows, the season premiere of "Dancing with the Stars" averaged 21 million viewers, which was pretty much what was expected. The same goes for "Two and a Half Men" and its 14.5 million viewers.
"LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT" WILL GET ONE LAST SEASON:
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" . . . the "Law & Order" that was banished to the USA Network in 2007 . . . will get a 10th season. And then it'll probably be over. --VINCENT D'ONOFRIO . . . who plays Detective Goren . . . will be back, after his character left the show just two episodes into the ninth season. (--JEFF GOLDBLUM had essentially taken his place, but he previously said he wasn't coming back.) --Season 10 will premiere on USA sometime next year. USA is billing this as the FINAL season . . . but as usual, "Law & Order" creator Dick Wolf is hoping it'll be able to continue on.
WEDNESDAY TV REMINDERS: (--Check your local listings.)
--"Undercovers" [SERIES Premiere] . . . 8:00 to 9:00 P.M. on NBC. (--A sexy African-American couple rekindles their marriage by rejoining the CIA. It stars "Soul Food's" Boris Kodjoe and "Doctor Who's" Gugu Mbatha-Raw.)
--"The Middle" [2nd Season Premiere] . . . 8:00 to 8:30 P.M. on ABC. (--"Everybody Loves Raymond" fans will enjoy this casting. Doris Roberts guests as Brick's teacher, who clashes with Patricia Heaton over how he should be dealt with in school.) (--Patricia Heaton played Ray's wife and Doris Roberts was Ray's mom.)
--"Better With You" [SERIES Premiere] . . . 8:30 to 9:00 P.M. on ABC. (--"Reba's" Joanna Garcia plays a pregnant chick who decides to marry a guy she's only known for seven weeks. Soap opera minx Jennifer Finnigan play her sister.)
--"Hell's Kitchen" [8th Season Premiere] . . . 8:00 to 10:00 P.M. on Fox.
--"Modern Family" [2nd Season Premiere] . . . 9:00 to 9:30 P.M. on ABC.
--"Cougar Town" [2nd Season Premiere] . . . 9:30 to 10:00 P.M. on ABC. (--And this one's for "Friends" fans. Jennifer Aniston guest stars as Courteney Cox's shrink.)
--"Criminal Minds" [6th Season Premiere] . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on CBS. (--Tim Curry ends his run as serial killer Billy Flynn.)
--"Man vs. Wild" [5th Season Finale] . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on Discovery Channel.
--"Law & Order: SVU" [12th Season Premiere] . . . 9:00 to 11:00 P.M. on NBC.
--"The Whole Truth" [SERIES Premiere] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on ABC. (--"ER's" Maura Tierney and "Numb3rs" star Rob Morrow play opposing attorneys in a legal drama that examines cases from both the prosecution and defense sides.)
--"The Defenders" [SERIES Premiere] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on CBS. (--Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell star as two Las Vegas defense lawyers.)
--"Surviving the Cut" [1st Season Finale] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on Discovery Channel. (--Marine snipers show off their sniping skills under terrible conditions.)
--"The Real World: New Orleans" [Reunion Special] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on MTV.
KID ROCK SAYS THAT WAFFLE HOUSE JUSTICE "HAS BEEN DONE":
KID ROCK has been ordered to pay some dude . . . who's probably a jackass . . . $6,000 for beating the crap out of him at a Waffle House parking lot in Georgia three years ago. (--Technically, the guy was awarded $40,000. Kid has to pay $6,000. Three members of his entourage are responsible for covering the rest.) --And he's cool with that outcome . . . because the "victim" was initially asking for almost $3 million. --Kid tells MTV News, quote, "Do people really think I was down there because I was being sued for $6,000? They wanted $2.9 million in punitive damages. But that didn't get printed anywhere. --"I had no choice but to go down there and state our side of the story. At the end of the day, they wanted $2.9 million and they got $40,000. I consider that justice done." --He added, quote, "It was a little squabble at a Waffle House. --"It's more silly than anything. There's some things that happened that I would probably do differently the next time, but at the end of the day, I'll always defend a woman's honor or my family or friends. I'm just glad it worked out the way it did."
PRIMUS IS RECORDING THEIR FIRST NEW ALBUM IN 11 YEARS:
PRIMUS . . . the '90s rock band who you may remember from the song "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" . . . are recording their first album in 11 years. (--Their last full album, "Antipop", came out in 1999. However, in 2003, they put out a five-song EP called "Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People".) --Singer LES CLAYPOOL expects the album to be out, quote, "[in] some form of release next spring" . . . but he doesn't know what that "form of release" will be. -He tells "Billboard", quote, "I don't really know how the hell we're going to release this music. The music industry has been sitting on its hands for 10 years now . . . --". . . but now that it's happening to the film industry as well, it will be interesting to see what their solution is, 'cause I think they've got much bigger balls and less of a sense of, 'Oh, let's sit around and wait and see what happens."
SUSAN BOYLE'S LOU REED COVER *WILL* BE ON HER ALBUM:
It's official: SUSAN BOYLE'S cover of LOU REED'S old song, "Perfect Day" . . . the one Lou did or did not block her from singing on "America's Got Talent" . . . will be included on her next album, "The Gift". (--It hits stores on November 9th.) --It'll actually be the first single. (--The full version of Susan's cover is now online. You can check it out, here . . .)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjQK8KDUV8A
A NEW BRUNO MARS TRACK IS ONLINE:
BRUNO MARS . . . who was arrested over the weekend for cocaine possession . . . has an album coming out in two weeks called "Doo-Wops & Hooligans". -A track called "Liquor Store Blues" has just popped up online. It features reggae singer DAMIAN MARLEY. (--You can listen to it, here . . .) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0p_x416sa0
50 CENT IS NOW BEEFING WITH HIS DOG, NAMED "OPRAH WINFREY," ON TWITTER . . . AND "OPRAH" IS FIGHTING BACK:
50 CENT'S controversial Twitter account has taken a turn for the bizarre . . . the REALLY BIZARRE. And, I have to admit, it's pretty AWESOME. Check this out: --50 has a dog named Oprah Winfrey . . . and he's been BEEFING with her over Twitter. And while he's clearly playing around, he's playing ROUGH . . . they were BOTH playing rough. --It all started Monday, when 50 introduced the dog: Quote, "This is my dog Oprah Winfrey. I broke her leg 'cause the PETA people threw paint on my coat. (Eff) that! The (B-word) gonna be alright. I took her to the doctor. --"Oprah is a miniature schnauzer. She was born in a litter of [eight] puppies. Just my luck I picked the only (A-hole)." --He posted a few pictures of "Oprah Winfrey," whose leg apparently was broken . . . somehow . . . because she's wearing a pink cast. (--You can see the pics below. Notice the pictures of guns on 50's computer screen. He's really workin' at this.)
http://twitpic.com/2qdrut
http://twitpic.com/2qdsbv
--Now, it gets WEIRDER. --Oprah the dog responded on her OWN Twitter account, @OprahTheDog. And . . . well . . . she's so ticked off that she's TALKING SMACK. -She "said," quote, "50 is crazy. I want a new (effin) owner. He broke my leg (G-damn) it! Mother(effer) 50 almost stepped on me this morning, and he knew I was at the foot of the bed. And he always calling me for nothing!! --"And he always plays his music too loud. Don't nobody wanna hear that (crap)! He aint made a classic since 'Get Rich or Die Tryin''. He sent me to a trainer for two whole months and expected me to run to him when he came back. --"(Eff) this. I need a new owner. He expects me to jump through hoops for a treat! Sit . . . lay down . . . get my shoes . . . roll over . . . play dead . . . (EFF) THIS!" --Back on @50Cent, 50 responded to Oprah's Tweets . . . with things like, quote, "@OprahTheDog You ungrateful (B-word) don't I feed you! Don't I buy you clothes, and give you a nice house to live in. (Eff) u!" --And later he added, quote, "Look I love you girl! All this pressure on me. Now you making me cry for no reason." --When Oprah responded, quote, "Now look at you crying! You a big (rhymes with WUSSY)," 50 got angry again. --He said, quote, "OK, enough is enough (B-word) I'm dropping your ass off on the highway." And then he threatened Oprah with a KNIFE. He posted pictures of this, with the caption, quote, "Now this is how you shut a (B-word) up" . . .
http://twitpic.com/2qejfi
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--THREE HOURS LATER . . . and there were continual posts throughout . . . 50 and Oprah arrived at a truce. 50 Tweeted, quote, "Me and Oprah squashed the beef. I did think that (stuff) was gonna escalate though. LOL." --Things were still cool yesterday morning. 50 Tweeted, quote, "So me and Oprah made up this morning. I just had to put her in check. She be talking crazy to me and (crap). LOL. --"But I still think she's mad about the knife thing. LOL." (--He also posted this picture of him and Oprah kissing . . .)
http://plixi.com/p/46389725
PETA WAS *NOT* AMUSED WITH 50 CENT'S BEEF WITH OPRAH WINFREY THE DOG . . . BUT 50 AND "OPRAH" TOLD PETA IT AIN'T NO THING:
Perhaps not surprisingly, PETA . . . People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals . . . was NOT amused by 50 CENT'S playful Twitter beef with his dog, "Oprah Winfrey," which included him threatening her with a knife. -In a post on their Twitter, PETA said, quote, "Sorry, @50Cent, but that pic is not funny considering how many calls we get from people alerting us to dogs who really have been stabbed." --Despite their "beef," both 50 and Oprah the dog took a timeout to tell PETA to chill. --50 said, quote, "Now this is to the PETA people: Stay off my mother(effing) Twitter page. I don't give a (eff)! LOL." --And "Oprah" said, quote, "You @PETA people need to mind your own (effing) business . . . it's personal (crap) going on here." --To clear the air, Oprah also clarified that 50 did not harm her: Quote, "For the last time . . . as crazy as my dad may be . . . he didn't break my leg. I broke that (S-word) running after the FedEx man. I tried to fly [and] failed." (--For what it's worth, 50 did not name his dog Oprah as a TRIBUTE to the REAL OPRAH WINFREY. Over the years, 50 has accused Oprah of dismissing rap music and urban culture in order to better cater to middle-aged white women.) (--So if anything, it was probably kind of a slam.)
TAYLOR SWIFT HAS ANOTHER SMALL ROLE IN A MOVIE:
TAYLOR SWIFT is going to appear in another movie. She's currently filming scenes for the documentary "Todd vs High School". It's about a 33-year-old guy who returns to high school to see if he can get a 4.0 GPA and succeed athletically. -It's not clear what role Taylor would have in something like this. But "How I Met Your Mother's" JASON SEGEL and hockey stud Sidney Crosby will also show up in the film. No word yet on a release date. (--Since this thing is a documentary, that means the only place you can seeing Taylor's ACTING skills is still her tiny role in "Valentine's Day".)
NAZZY’S RANDOM STUFF
EVERY TIME YOU START A RELATIONSHIP, YOU LOSE TWO CLOSE FRIENDS:
It feels like everyone's had this happen at some point: One of your good friends gets into a relationship, then seems to fall off the face of the Earth, never to be seen or heard from again. --According to a study by scientists at the University of Oxford in England, it's a very real phenomenon. They've found that when someone gets into a serious relationship, they lose TWO close friendships. --The average man has around four or five really close friends, and the average woman has five or six. Both men and women lose an average of two of those friends every time they start seriously dating someone new. --And it's not just a new boyfriend or girlfriend that pushes your friends away. --The scientists found that you only have the time and capacity for about five intimate connections. So when you have a child, or even when you get a DOG, you start fading out friends. --Robin Dunbar is the Oxford professor of evolutionary biology who led the study. He says, quote, "You only have five slots for deeply intense and meaningful relations. Those don't have to be human. --"They can be your dog or your favorite chrysanthemum plant. They can be people in an entirely fictional world, [like] soap opera characters. They can be God." (Daily Mail)
IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO BE A CHUBBY WOMAN THAN A CHUBBY MAN:
--Researchers at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. have found that it's MORE EXPENSIVE to be a chubby woman than a chubby man. And it's also more expensive than being an average or skinny man or woman. --They found that the average yearly "cost" of being an obese woman is $4,879. While the average cost of being an obese man is $2,646. --The main reason is because of the difference in salary. Studies have shown that chubby women get paid LESS than slimmer women . . . but chubby men don't get paid any less than slimmer men. So being chubby costs a woman an average of $1,855 a year in wages. --The biggest chunk of the cost for both chubby genders is medical expenses: 66% of the costs for a woman and 80% of the costs for a man are related to doctor visits and medical issues that come from chubbiness. --Other costs come from more expensive insurance premiums, a drop in productivity because of health issues . . . and even needing about $21 to $23 a year more in GASOLINE because their cars have to work just a little bit harder. --If you also factor in a shorter life expectancy . . . and all the years of making money that a chubby person might miss out on . . . the numbers jump to a yearly cost of $8,365-a-year for women and $6,518-a-year for men. (Washington Post)
TOYS "R" US RELEASES THEIR LIST OF THE HOTTEST TOYS FOR CHRISTMAS:
If we did a story about Halloween today, you'd probably think, "Damn, it's only September 22nd. Let's try to survive Columbus Day first." So this will really blow your mind: We're jamming right past Halloween today to talk about CHRISTMAS. --Toys "R" Us has ALREADY released their list of the hottest toys for the 2010 holiday season. Maybe if you buy now you can beat the crowds or something. Here are some of the highlights . . . --Cuponk. Cuponk is a cup, and you try to bounce a ping pong ball into the cup. Yes, a cup. It's literally just a cup. Oh, and it lights up when the ball lands. It sells for $15. God bless America.
--Disney Princess & Me dolls.
--"Toy Story 3" Tri-County Landfill playset. (--Some of "Toy Story 3" takes place at a landfill. So kids are playing with landfills now.)
--Imaginext's remote-controlled, talking Bigfoot the Monster.
--Sing-a-ma-jigs. These are dolls that sing when you squeeze their belly. (Walletpop)
(--Check out the full list, with images, here . . .)
http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/09/20/toys-r-us-hot-toy-list-2010-what-your-kids-will-be-begging-for
DRIVING SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY IN A TRAFFIC JAM MAKES THINGS WORSE:
Okay, before we get into this, we're just going to offer up a quick disclaimer: We're NOT telling you to start driving like a lunatic, or do crazy things in your car that put you, your passengers, or other drivers in danger. --We're just saying that sometimes, you need to stop driving like your GRANDMA. --A new study out of Georgia Tech has found that people who drive really slowly, carefully, and timidly during a traffic jam actually make things WORSE. --But obviously, drivers who are super-aggressive in traffic jams ALSO cause problems. --So the best thing you can do in a traffic jam is to keep driving like normal: Go a normal speed, follow cars at a normal distance, and change lanes just like you normally would. --The study found that when people are ultra-aggressive, they do sudden moves that make everyone behind them slow down. And when people are too timid, they aren't just going slow themselves . . . they're slowing down everyone behind them too. -The researchers say that if everyone just acted normally and calmly in a traffic jam . . . and stopped trying to switch to find the "perfect" lane . . . then traffic would get back to normal much quicker than it does now. (Toronto Sun)
A MAN GETS A DUI AFTER POLICE CATCH HIM SWERVING . . . BECAUSE HE WAS MAKING SALAMI SANDWICHES AND DRIVING DRUNK:
Drunk driving is dangerous and stupid enough. But if you're drunk driving AND doing some multitasking that would be hard to pull off sober, you'd be lucky to just get a DUI, and not a funeral. --Earlier this month, a 24-year-old man from Elm Grove, Wisconsin . . . whose name hasn't been released . . . was doing the whole drunk driving-and-multitasking thing. --The police saw the man swerving between lanes and not using his turn signal, so they pulled him over. --During the stop, the man started eating a salami and cheese sandwich. And when the officers saw a loaf of bread and packages of salami and cheese on his passenger seat, they realized he'd been making sandwiches WHILE he drove. --There was also an empty bottle of vodka on the floor of the car, and the man admitted he'd had between six and 10 drinks earlier in the day. He also admitted he was a recovering marijuana and painkiller addict and had recently relapsed. --He was arrested for a DUI. And the police sent a sample of his blood to the state's crime lab to test for drugs. (Wauwatosa Now)
BENTLEY IS DOING A RECALL BECAUSE THEIR FANCY HOOD ORNAMENTS COULD KILL SOMEONE:
If you're dropping the coin to get a freakin' Bentley, you want it to have that classic Bentley hood ornament . . . the one that looks like a flying "B" with wings . . . the hood ornament that makes the poor, jealous masses stop and stare. --Unfortunately, it turns out that hood ornament might actually KILL THEM. --Bentley just issued a recall for about 600 vehicles in the U.S. because their hood ornaments were SO well assembled, they could actually injure or kill a pedestrian in a crash. --In most of their models, the hood ornaments are designed to retract into the hood on impact . . . so if the car hits a person, the ornament doesn't IMPALE them. --But on certain models . . . the Arnage, Azure and Brooklands from 2007 to 2009 . . . the ornaments don't retract. --Bentley says there haven't been any injuries because of the hood ornaments yet, so this is a preemptive strike. There's no word on how much the recall is going to cost them. (Bloomberg)
A MAN IN THE U.S. DIES AND LEAVES HIS $8 MILLION TO . . . THE WOMBAT AWARENESS ORGANIZATION?
I think we may have just found the ANGRIEST children in the entire country. We don't have their names, because this whole thing happened anonymously . . . so just listen out the window for the sound of SCREAMS and TEARS. Here's why . . . --A man in the U.S. . . . whose name hasn't been released . . . recently died. And instead of leaving his $8 MILLION fortune to his family, he left it to . . . the Wombat Awareness Organization. --Wombats are fairly adorable creatures in Australia. They're marsupials, which means they carry their babies in a pouch like kangaroos. They're short, furry, and sadly, on the way to being an endangered species. --Apparently this millionaire took a trip to Australia two years ago, and randomly met up with the Wombat Awareness Organization. He fell in love with the wombats, and now, two years later, he gave them the money to prove it. --There's one more twist here. Even though the Wombat Awareness Organization just got the donation of a lifetime . . . they're NOT SATISFIED. --They found out that the $8 MILLION is going to be paid out over eight years, in $1 MILLION installments. So Brigitte Stevens, who runs the group, says they really need more people to donate to the wombats. --She says, quote, "We still really need support from people, because we could be waiting 12 months for the money." (News.com.au)
MCDONALD'S SAYS THAT THEY DONATE PROCEEDS FROM EACH HAPPY MEAL TO CHARITY . . . BUT IT'S *ONE CENT* PER HAPPY MEAL:
We hate to bag on a company for donating money to charity . . . but something here REALLY doesn't pass the smell test. --A few months back, McDonald's announced that they'd be donating money to their Ronald McDonald House Charities for every single Happy Meal sold. Sounds great, right? --Well, the people at MousePrint.org looked into it. They're a site that examines the fine print on advertisements and contests, and they found out how much McDonald's would be donating per Happy Meal. --The answer is . . . ONE PENNY. --In their press release, McDonald's said that, quote, "participating McDonald's restaurants in the U.S. will donate proceeds from all daily Happy Meal and Mighty Kids Meal sales to Ronald McDonald House Charities." --And some consumer groups say that while they don't want to take away from McDonald's efforts . . . it's hard to think that the proceeds from each Happy Meal only amount to ONE CENT. (--Even with the high-quality McDonald's ingredients that does seem a bit far-fetched.) --McDonald's has defended their penny donations, and said, quote, "This translates to millions of dollars raised each year given millions of Happy Meals we sell each year . . . a little can add up to make big change." (WalletPop / Mouse Print)
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA PUT UP A BILLBOARD TOUTING ITS GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS . . . BUT THEY FORGOT THE "L" IN "PUBLIC":
Oh sweet, delicious irony. We live for moments like this. --The city of South Bend, Indiana . . . better known as the home of Notre Dame . . . recently put up a billboard to brag about its high-quality public schools. But in a twist that shows their public schools might not be all THAT great . . . the billboard had a SPELLING ERROR. --And not just any spelling error. They left out the "L" in "public." So for all of last weekend, the billboard told people to check the website SouthBendON.com for the, quote, "15 best things about our PUBIC schools." --A man named Lee MacMillan of South Bend says his wife spotted the error while she was sitting in traffic on Saturday. She told Lee, who's friends with the school superintendant. Lee told the superintendent, and naturally, he freaked out. --The billboard was designed by the Blue Waters Group, a company that's contracted to promote the city of South Bend. --The president of Blue Waters apologized for the error and had the billboard taken down Monday morning. It was fixed and back up by Monday night without the error. (South Bend Tribune)
A POLICE OFFICER FAKES A CRIME REPORT . . . SO HIS COP EX-GIRLFRIEND WILL BE DISPATCHED AND HE CAN TALK TO HER:
It's time to meet Jason Moore: He was an officer with the police department in Fort Myers, Florida, and was dating another cop, whose name hasn't been released. They broke up and she cut off all contact, but Jason still wanted answers and some closure. --So he came up with what he thought was a genius plan: When he was off duty and she was on, he called the department with a FAKE crime report. --He said he was at a local mall and there was a suspicious person looking into car windows in the parking lot. And he got two of the department's dispatchers to go along with the lie and make sure his ex was sent to the scene. --One of the dispatchers helped fill in the details of the crime, and like every fake crime report, described the suspect as a black male. (--Seriously. It's ridiculous at this point how EVERY SINGLE fake crime report gets blamed on a black guy.) --There was only one problem. It was clearly a slow day in Fort Myers, because Jason's ex showed up . . . but so did FOUR other cops who were in the area. --The scheme unraveled and everyone involved admitted what they'd done. Jason was FIRED, and so were the two dispatchers who helped him out. And on top of that, Jason never got to have the talk with his ex during the chaos. (Fort Myers News-Press)
NAZZY’S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY
#1.) A SECTION OF BLEACHERS COLLAPSED AT A CAR RACE IN BRAZIL:
A section of bleachers holding about 500 people collapsed at a car race in Brazil on Sunday. About 100 people were injured, including 22 who were seriously hurt. Officials are still trying to figure out what happened.
(--Search for "Brazil bleachers collapse." It happens at :07.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WyIx1CfviI
#2.) THE DOUBLE RAINBOW GUY HAS AN IPHONE APP:
The DOUBLE RAINBOW GUY now has his own iPhone app! It inserts a double rainbow into any photo you take. He's holding a contest, and the person who submits the best photo gets a free T-shirt.
(--Search for "Double Rainbow iPhone app video.")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXogeq9U78M
#3.) SPRAY-ON CLOTHING IS NOW A REALITY . . . KINDA:
Some guy in Spain has created spray-on clothing that comes out of an aerosol can. But don't get TOO excited. It takes forever to make one shirt . . . and it's the worst shirt you've ever seen. Plus, it's freezing when you spray it on. --But it might be useful in the medical industry because it can also spray sterilized gauze.
(--Search for "Fabrican spray-on t-shirt video.")
http://www.ecouterre.com/23476/instant-spray-on-clothing-in-a-can-redefines-fast-fashion-video/
#4.) A WOMAN STARTED A FIGHT ON A BUS . . . WHILE HOLDING A BABY:
Two women in San Antonio got into a fight on a bus while one of them was holding a NEWBORN BABY. The video starts with the two women arguing, and the one with the baby throws the first punch.
(--Search for "lady with baby fighting on bus.)
(--WARNING: This video includes lots of profanity.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWrKDhWydrQ
LADIES . . . HERE'S WHAT YOUR LIPS SAY ABOUT YOUR PERSONALITY:
Just like fingerprints, everybody has their own LIP PRINT. If you don't know what a lip print is, just imagine a girl kissing a napkin and leaving an imprint of her lipstick behind. That's a lip print. --And this is probably complete nonsense, but according to a website called Lipsology.com, the shape and size of your lip print can reveal certain things about your personality. Here's what YOUR lips might be saying about YOU . . .
--If the outside border of your lip print is ROUND OR OVAL, it means you avoid conflict and try to make sure everyone's always happy.
--If your lip print is more of a DIAMOND shape, the founder of Lipsology.com says you're more likely to be successful, and proud of your accomplishments.
--If your lip print has a THIN UPPER LIP, you're picky, detail-oriented, and well-organized. If it has THIN BOTTOM LIP, you're good with numbers and statistics.
--On the other hand, if you have a FULL UPPER LIP, you're probably a good listener, and if you have a FULL BOTTOM LIP, you're more likely to be entertaining.
--If it looks SOLID IN COLOR, like you pressed down hard, it means you're energetic. And if it looks LIGHT IN COLOR you're tired and you need to relax.
--And finally, if your bottom lip has a "V" INDENTATION, it means you're romantic. And if the border of your lips is WAVY, you're more likely to be artistic. (MSN.com)
MEGAN FOX recently said that it'll be weird to watch "Transformers 3" . . . and see her replacement, ROSIE-HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY, kissing SHIA LABEOUF. --But Shia seems to be kind of PSYCHED about having a new chick to mack on. Although he didn't exactly put it that way. --He tells MTV news that there are positives and negatives to having a new co-star. But it sounds like the positives are outweighing the negatives for him. --He says, quote, "It's awesome that we get the discovery again. I think when everybody's vetted and everybody's been through these wars, then that discovery of the first film is nonexistent. --"It's kind of beautiful in that we get a new set of eyes, a fresh set of eyes for the audience to vibe with. So you get the discovery again, which is something that wouldn't happen if Megan came back."
TIM BURTON HAS HIRED SOME FAMILIAR ACTORS FOR HIS UPCOMING ANIMATED FLICK "FRANKENWEENIE" . . . BUT NO JOHNNY DEPP OR HELENA BONHAM CARTER:
TIM BURTON has hired the voice cast for his upcoming movie, "Frankenweenie" . . . and it seems to be mostly made up of people he's worked with before. (--"Frankenweenie" is about a man who brings his dead dog back to life after it's killed by a car. It's based on a short film he made before he was famous. The new version will be made with old-school stop-motion animation.) --The cast includes WINONA RYDER . . . who worked with Burton on "Beetlejuice" and "Edward Scissorhands" . . . --MARTIN LANDAU . . . who won an Oscar for playing Bela Lugosi in "Ed Wood" . . . --MARTIN SHORT . . . who appeared in "Mars Attacks!" . . . --And CATHERINE O'HARA . . . who was also in "Beetlejuice" and did a voice for "The Nightmare Before Christmas". (--"Nightmare Before Christmas" wasn't directed by Burton, but he produced it and came up with the story.) --Two people Tim HASN'T cast from his previous films are his go-to stars, JOHNNY DEPP and his longtime girlfriend, HELENA BONHAM-CARTER. (--Perhaps we should add . . . YET. Because hey, there's still time, isn't there? The movie isn't even due in theaters until 2012.)
"AMERICAN IDOL" INSANITY
TODAY'S "AMERICAN IDOL" ANNOUNCEMENT WILL STREAM LIVE:
"American Idol" will finally announce their judges for the new season at a press conference today in L.A. And you can watch it. --It'll stream LIVE at AmericanIdol.com . . . beginning at 1:00 P.M. Eastern, which is 10:00 A.M. Pacific. --RYAN SEACREST will introduce the new panel, which EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET believes will be AEROSMITH singer STEVEN TYLER, JENNIFER LOPEZ, and RANDY JACKSON . . . and a press conference will follow. (--There better be more to this than simply announcing Steven, J-Lo and Randy.)
THE NEW "HAWAII FIVE-0" SHOW DEBUTED TO DECENT NUMBERS . . . BUT "LONE STAR" TANKED:
The TV ratings for Monday night . . . the unofficial start to the fall TV season . . . are out. Here's a rundown of some of the more notable results: --Among new shows, CBS' new "Hawaii Five-O" show did well with 13.8 million viewers . . . and NBC's "The Event" was strong with 11.2 million. --CBS' chubby people sitcom "Mike & Molly" also did well with 11.2 million viewers. --On the flipside, Fox's hyped new show "Lone Star" tanked with just 4.1 million viewers, and NBC's "Chase" didn't set the world on fire with its 7.3 million viewers. --For returning shows, the season premiere of "Dancing with the Stars" averaged 21 million viewers, which was pretty much what was expected. The same goes for "Two and a Half Men" and its 14.5 million viewers.
"LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT" WILL GET ONE LAST SEASON:
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" . . . the "Law & Order" that was banished to the USA Network in 2007 . . . will get a 10th season. And then it'll probably be over. --VINCENT D'ONOFRIO . . . who plays Detective Goren . . . will be back, after his character left the show just two episodes into the ninth season. (--JEFF GOLDBLUM had essentially taken his place, but he previously said he wasn't coming back.) --Season 10 will premiere on USA sometime next year. USA is billing this as the FINAL season . . . but as usual, "Law & Order" creator Dick Wolf is hoping it'll be able to continue on.
WEDNESDAY TV REMINDERS: (--Check your local listings.)
--"Undercovers" [SERIES Premiere] . . . 8:00 to 9:00 P.M. on NBC. (--A sexy African-American couple rekindles their marriage by rejoining the CIA. It stars "Soul Food's" Boris Kodjoe and "Doctor Who's" Gugu Mbatha-Raw.)
--"The Middle" [2nd Season Premiere] . . . 8:00 to 8:30 P.M. on ABC. (--"Everybody Loves Raymond" fans will enjoy this casting. Doris Roberts guests as Brick's teacher, who clashes with Patricia Heaton over how he should be dealt with in school.) (--Patricia Heaton played Ray's wife and Doris Roberts was Ray's mom.)
--"Better With You" [SERIES Premiere] . . . 8:30 to 9:00 P.M. on ABC. (--"Reba's" Joanna Garcia plays a pregnant chick who decides to marry a guy she's only known for seven weeks. Soap opera minx Jennifer Finnigan play her sister.)
--"Hell's Kitchen" [8th Season Premiere] . . . 8:00 to 10:00 P.M. on Fox.
--"Modern Family" [2nd Season Premiere] . . . 9:00 to 9:30 P.M. on ABC.
--"Cougar Town" [2nd Season Premiere] . . . 9:30 to 10:00 P.M. on ABC. (--And this one's for "Friends" fans. Jennifer Aniston guest stars as Courteney Cox's shrink.)
--"Criminal Minds" [6th Season Premiere] . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on CBS. (--Tim Curry ends his run as serial killer Billy Flynn.)
--"Man vs. Wild" [5th Season Finale] . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on Discovery Channel.
--"Law & Order: SVU" [12th Season Premiere] . . . 9:00 to 11:00 P.M. on NBC.
--"The Whole Truth" [SERIES Premiere] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on ABC. (--"ER's" Maura Tierney and "Numb3rs" star Rob Morrow play opposing attorneys in a legal drama that examines cases from both the prosecution and defense sides.)
--"The Defenders" [SERIES Premiere] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on CBS. (--Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell star as two Las Vegas defense lawyers.)
--"Surviving the Cut" [1st Season Finale] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on Discovery Channel. (--Marine snipers show off their sniping skills under terrible conditions.)
--"The Real World: New Orleans" [Reunion Special] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on MTV.
KID ROCK SAYS THAT WAFFLE HOUSE JUSTICE "HAS BEEN DONE":
KID ROCK has been ordered to pay some dude . . . who's probably a jackass . . . $6,000 for beating the crap out of him at a Waffle House parking lot in Georgia three years ago. (--Technically, the guy was awarded $40,000. Kid has to pay $6,000. Three members of his entourage are responsible for covering the rest.) --And he's cool with that outcome . . . because the "victim" was initially asking for almost $3 million. --Kid tells MTV News, quote, "Do people really think I was down there because I was being sued for $6,000? They wanted $2.9 million in punitive damages. But that didn't get printed anywhere. --"I had no choice but to go down there and state our side of the story. At the end of the day, they wanted $2.9 million and they got $40,000. I consider that justice done." --He added, quote, "It was a little squabble at a Waffle House. --"It's more silly than anything. There's some things that happened that I would probably do differently the next time, but at the end of the day, I'll always defend a woman's honor or my family or friends. I'm just glad it worked out the way it did."
PRIMUS IS RECORDING THEIR FIRST NEW ALBUM IN 11 YEARS:
PRIMUS . . . the '90s rock band who you may remember from the song "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" . . . are recording their first album in 11 years. (--Their last full album, "Antipop", came out in 1999. However, in 2003, they put out a five-song EP called "Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People".) --Singer LES CLAYPOOL expects the album to be out, quote, "[in] some form of release next spring" . . . but he doesn't know what that "form of release" will be. -He tells "Billboard", quote, "I don't really know how the hell we're going to release this music. The music industry has been sitting on its hands for 10 years now . . . --". . . but now that it's happening to the film industry as well, it will be interesting to see what their solution is, 'cause I think they've got much bigger balls and less of a sense of, 'Oh, let's sit around and wait and see what happens."
SUSAN BOYLE'S LOU REED COVER *WILL* BE ON HER ALBUM:
It's official: SUSAN BOYLE'S cover of LOU REED'S old song, "Perfect Day" . . . the one Lou did or did not block her from singing on "America's Got Talent" . . . will be included on her next album, "The Gift". (--It hits stores on November 9th.) --It'll actually be the first single. (--The full version of Susan's cover is now online. You can check it out, here . . .)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjQK8KDUV8A
A NEW BRUNO MARS TRACK IS ONLINE:
BRUNO MARS . . . who was arrested over the weekend for cocaine possession . . . has an album coming out in two weeks called "Doo-Wops & Hooligans". -A track called "Liquor Store Blues" has just popped up online. It features reggae singer DAMIAN MARLEY. (--You can listen to it, here . . .) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0p_x416sa0
50 CENT IS NOW BEEFING WITH HIS DOG, NAMED "OPRAH WINFREY," ON TWITTER . . . AND "OPRAH" IS FIGHTING BACK:
50 CENT'S controversial Twitter account has taken a turn for the bizarre . . . the REALLY BIZARRE. And, I have to admit, it's pretty AWESOME. Check this out: --50 has a dog named Oprah Winfrey . . . and he's been BEEFING with her over Twitter. And while he's clearly playing around, he's playing ROUGH . . . they were BOTH playing rough. --It all started Monday, when 50 introduced the dog: Quote, "This is my dog Oprah Winfrey. I broke her leg 'cause the PETA people threw paint on my coat. (Eff) that! The (B-word) gonna be alright. I took her to the doctor. --"Oprah is a miniature schnauzer. She was born in a litter of [eight] puppies. Just my luck I picked the only (A-hole)." --He posted a few pictures of "Oprah Winfrey," whose leg apparently was broken . . . somehow . . . because she's wearing a pink cast. (--You can see the pics below. Notice the pictures of guns on 50's computer screen. He's really workin' at this.)
http://twitpic.com/2qdrut
http://twitpic.com/2qdsbv
--Now, it gets WEIRDER. --Oprah the dog responded on her OWN Twitter account, @OprahTheDog. And . . . well . . . she's so ticked off that she's TALKING SMACK. -She "said," quote, "50 is crazy. I want a new (effin) owner. He broke my leg (G-damn) it! Mother(effer) 50 almost stepped on me this morning, and he knew I was at the foot of the bed. And he always calling me for nothing!! --"And he always plays his music too loud. Don't nobody wanna hear that (crap)! He aint made a classic since 'Get Rich or Die Tryin''. He sent me to a trainer for two whole months and expected me to run to him when he came back. --"(Eff) this. I need a new owner. He expects me to jump through hoops for a treat! Sit . . . lay down . . . get my shoes . . . roll over . . . play dead . . . (EFF) THIS!" --Back on @50Cent, 50 responded to Oprah's Tweets . . . with things like, quote, "@OprahTheDog You ungrateful (B-word) don't I feed you! Don't I buy you clothes, and give you a nice house to live in. (Eff) u!" --And later he added, quote, "Look I love you girl! All this pressure on me. Now you making me cry for no reason." --When Oprah responded, quote, "Now look at you crying! You a big (rhymes with WUSSY)," 50 got angry again. --He said, quote, "OK, enough is enough (B-word) I'm dropping your ass off on the highway." And then he threatened Oprah with a KNIFE. He posted pictures of this, with the caption, quote, "Now this is how you shut a (B-word) up" . . .
http://twitpic.com/2qejfi
http://twitpic.com/2qelil
http://twitpic.com/2qema1
--THREE HOURS LATER . . . and there were continual posts throughout . . . 50 and Oprah arrived at a truce. 50 Tweeted, quote, "Me and Oprah squashed the beef. I did think that (stuff) was gonna escalate though. LOL." --Things were still cool yesterday morning. 50 Tweeted, quote, "So me and Oprah made up this morning. I just had to put her in check. She be talking crazy to me and (crap). LOL. --"But I still think she's mad about the knife thing. LOL." (--He also posted this picture of him and Oprah kissing . . .)
http://plixi.com/p/46389725
PETA WAS *NOT* AMUSED WITH 50 CENT'S BEEF WITH OPRAH WINFREY THE DOG . . . BUT 50 AND "OPRAH" TOLD PETA IT AIN'T NO THING:
Perhaps not surprisingly, PETA . . . People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals . . . was NOT amused by 50 CENT'S playful Twitter beef with his dog, "Oprah Winfrey," which included him threatening her with a knife. -In a post on their Twitter, PETA said, quote, "Sorry, @50Cent, but that pic is not funny considering how many calls we get from people alerting us to dogs who really have been stabbed." --Despite their "beef," both 50 and Oprah the dog took a timeout to tell PETA to chill. --50 said, quote, "Now this is to the PETA people: Stay off my mother(effing) Twitter page. I don't give a (eff)! LOL." --And "Oprah" said, quote, "You @PETA people need to mind your own (effing) business . . . it's personal (crap) going on here." --To clear the air, Oprah also clarified that 50 did not harm her: Quote, "For the last time . . . as crazy as my dad may be . . . he didn't break my leg. I broke that (S-word) running after the FedEx man. I tried to fly [and] failed." (--For what it's worth, 50 did not name his dog Oprah as a TRIBUTE to the REAL OPRAH WINFREY. Over the years, 50 has accused Oprah of dismissing rap music and urban culture in order to better cater to middle-aged white women.) (--So if anything, it was probably kind of a slam.)
TAYLOR SWIFT HAS ANOTHER SMALL ROLE IN A MOVIE:
TAYLOR SWIFT is going to appear in another movie. She's currently filming scenes for the documentary "Todd vs High School". It's about a 33-year-old guy who returns to high school to see if he can get a 4.0 GPA and succeed athletically. -It's not clear what role Taylor would have in something like this. But "How I Met Your Mother's" JASON SEGEL and hockey stud Sidney Crosby will also show up in the film. No word yet on a release date. (--Since this thing is a documentary, that means the only place you can seeing Taylor's ACTING skills is still her tiny role in "Valentine's Day".)
NAZZY’S RANDOM STUFF
EVERY TIME YOU START A RELATIONSHIP, YOU LOSE TWO CLOSE FRIENDS:
It feels like everyone's had this happen at some point: One of your good friends gets into a relationship, then seems to fall off the face of the Earth, never to be seen or heard from again. --According to a study by scientists at the University of Oxford in England, it's a very real phenomenon. They've found that when someone gets into a serious relationship, they lose TWO close friendships. --The average man has around four or five really close friends, and the average woman has five or six. Both men and women lose an average of two of those friends every time they start seriously dating someone new. --And it's not just a new boyfriend or girlfriend that pushes your friends away. --The scientists found that you only have the time and capacity for about five intimate connections. So when you have a child, or even when you get a DOG, you start fading out friends. --Robin Dunbar is the Oxford professor of evolutionary biology who led the study. He says, quote, "You only have five slots for deeply intense and meaningful relations. Those don't have to be human. --"They can be your dog or your favorite chrysanthemum plant. They can be people in an entirely fictional world, [like] soap opera characters. They can be God." (Daily Mail)
IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO BE A CHUBBY WOMAN THAN A CHUBBY MAN:
--Researchers at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. have found that it's MORE EXPENSIVE to be a chubby woman than a chubby man. And it's also more expensive than being an average or skinny man or woman. --They found that the average yearly "cost" of being an obese woman is $4,879. While the average cost of being an obese man is $2,646. --The main reason is because of the difference in salary. Studies have shown that chubby women get paid LESS than slimmer women . . . but chubby men don't get paid any less than slimmer men. So being chubby costs a woman an average of $1,855 a year in wages. --The biggest chunk of the cost for both chubby genders is medical expenses: 66% of the costs for a woman and 80% of the costs for a man are related to doctor visits and medical issues that come from chubbiness. --Other costs come from more expensive insurance premiums, a drop in productivity because of health issues . . . and even needing about $21 to $23 a year more in GASOLINE because their cars have to work just a little bit harder. --If you also factor in a shorter life expectancy . . . and all the years of making money that a chubby person might miss out on . . . the numbers jump to a yearly cost of $8,365-a-year for women and $6,518-a-year for men. (Washington Post)
TOYS "R" US RELEASES THEIR LIST OF THE HOTTEST TOYS FOR CHRISTMAS:
If we did a story about Halloween today, you'd probably think, "Damn, it's only September 22nd. Let's try to survive Columbus Day first." So this will really blow your mind: We're jamming right past Halloween today to talk about CHRISTMAS. --Toys "R" Us has ALREADY released their list of the hottest toys for the 2010 holiday season. Maybe if you buy now you can beat the crowds or something. Here are some of the highlights . . . --Cuponk. Cuponk is a cup, and you try to bounce a ping pong ball into the cup. Yes, a cup. It's literally just a cup. Oh, and it lights up when the ball lands. It sells for $15. God bless America.
--Disney Princess & Me dolls.
--"Toy Story 3" Tri-County Landfill playset. (--Some of "Toy Story 3" takes place at a landfill. So kids are playing with landfills now.)
--Imaginext's remote-controlled, talking Bigfoot the Monster.
--Sing-a-ma-jigs. These are dolls that sing when you squeeze their belly. (Walletpop)
(--Check out the full list, with images, here . . .)
http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/09/20/toys-r-us-hot-toy-list-2010-what-your-kids-will-be-begging-for
DRIVING SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY IN A TRAFFIC JAM MAKES THINGS WORSE:
Okay, before we get into this, we're just going to offer up a quick disclaimer: We're NOT telling you to start driving like a lunatic, or do crazy things in your car that put you, your passengers, or other drivers in danger. --We're just saying that sometimes, you need to stop driving like your GRANDMA. --A new study out of Georgia Tech has found that people who drive really slowly, carefully, and timidly during a traffic jam actually make things WORSE. --But obviously, drivers who are super-aggressive in traffic jams ALSO cause problems. --So the best thing you can do in a traffic jam is to keep driving like normal: Go a normal speed, follow cars at a normal distance, and change lanes just like you normally would. --The study found that when people are ultra-aggressive, they do sudden moves that make everyone behind them slow down. And when people are too timid, they aren't just going slow themselves . . . they're slowing down everyone behind them too. -The researchers say that if everyone just acted normally and calmly in a traffic jam . . . and stopped trying to switch to find the "perfect" lane . . . then traffic would get back to normal much quicker than it does now. (Toronto Sun)
A MAN GETS A DUI AFTER POLICE CATCH HIM SWERVING . . . BECAUSE HE WAS MAKING SALAMI SANDWICHES AND DRIVING DRUNK:
Drunk driving is dangerous and stupid enough. But if you're drunk driving AND doing some multitasking that would be hard to pull off sober, you'd be lucky to just get a DUI, and not a funeral. --Earlier this month, a 24-year-old man from Elm Grove, Wisconsin . . . whose name hasn't been released . . . was doing the whole drunk driving-and-multitasking thing. --The police saw the man swerving between lanes and not using his turn signal, so they pulled him over. --During the stop, the man started eating a salami and cheese sandwich. And when the officers saw a loaf of bread and packages of salami and cheese on his passenger seat, they realized he'd been making sandwiches WHILE he drove. --There was also an empty bottle of vodka on the floor of the car, and the man admitted he'd had between six and 10 drinks earlier in the day. He also admitted he was a recovering marijuana and painkiller addict and had recently relapsed. --He was arrested for a DUI. And the police sent a sample of his blood to the state's crime lab to test for drugs. (Wauwatosa Now)
BENTLEY IS DOING A RECALL BECAUSE THEIR FANCY HOOD ORNAMENTS COULD KILL SOMEONE:
If you're dropping the coin to get a freakin' Bentley, you want it to have that classic Bentley hood ornament . . . the one that looks like a flying "B" with wings . . . the hood ornament that makes the poor, jealous masses stop and stare. --Unfortunately, it turns out that hood ornament might actually KILL THEM. --Bentley just issued a recall for about 600 vehicles in the U.S. because their hood ornaments were SO well assembled, they could actually injure or kill a pedestrian in a crash. --In most of their models, the hood ornaments are designed to retract into the hood on impact . . . so if the car hits a person, the ornament doesn't IMPALE them. --But on certain models . . . the Arnage, Azure and Brooklands from 2007 to 2009 . . . the ornaments don't retract. --Bentley says there haven't been any injuries because of the hood ornaments yet, so this is a preemptive strike. There's no word on how much the recall is going to cost them. (Bloomberg)
A MAN IN THE U.S. DIES AND LEAVES HIS $8 MILLION TO . . . THE WOMBAT AWARENESS ORGANIZATION?
I think we may have just found the ANGRIEST children in the entire country. We don't have their names, because this whole thing happened anonymously . . . so just listen out the window for the sound of SCREAMS and TEARS. Here's why . . . --A man in the U.S. . . . whose name hasn't been released . . . recently died. And instead of leaving his $8 MILLION fortune to his family, he left it to . . . the Wombat Awareness Organization. --Wombats are fairly adorable creatures in Australia. They're marsupials, which means they carry their babies in a pouch like kangaroos. They're short, furry, and sadly, on the way to being an endangered species. --Apparently this millionaire took a trip to Australia two years ago, and randomly met up with the Wombat Awareness Organization. He fell in love with the wombats, and now, two years later, he gave them the money to prove it. --There's one more twist here. Even though the Wombat Awareness Organization just got the donation of a lifetime . . . they're NOT SATISFIED. --They found out that the $8 MILLION is going to be paid out over eight years, in $1 MILLION installments. So Brigitte Stevens, who runs the group, says they really need more people to donate to the wombats. --She says, quote, "We still really need support from people, because we could be waiting 12 months for the money." (News.com.au)
MCDONALD'S SAYS THAT THEY DONATE PROCEEDS FROM EACH HAPPY MEAL TO CHARITY . . . BUT IT'S *ONE CENT* PER HAPPY MEAL:
We hate to bag on a company for donating money to charity . . . but something here REALLY doesn't pass the smell test. --A few months back, McDonald's announced that they'd be donating money to their Ronald McDonald House Charities for every single Happy Meal sold. Sounds great, right? --Well, the people at MousePrint.org looked into it. They're a site that examines the fine print on advertisements and contests, and they found out how much McDonald's would be donating per Happy Meal. --The answer is . . . ONE PENNY. --In their press release, McDonald's said that, quote, "participating McDonald's restaurants in the U.S. will donate proceeds from all daily Happy Meal and Mighty Kids Meal sales to Ronald McDonald House Charities." --And some consumer groups say that while they don't want to take away from McDonald's efforts . . . it's hard to think that the proceeds from each Happy Meal only amount to ONE CENT. (--Even with the high-quality McDonald's ingredients that does seem a bit far-fetched.) --McDonald's has defended their penny donations, and said, quote, "This translates to millions of dollars raised each year given millions of Happy Meals we sell each year . . . a little can add up to make big change." (WalletPop / Mouse Print)
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA PUT UP A BILLBOARD TOUTING ITS GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS . . . BUT THEY FORGOT THE "L" IN "PUBLIC":
Oh sweet, delicious irony. We live for moments like this. --The city of South Bend, Indiana . . . better known as the home of Notre Dame . . . recently put up a billboard to brag about its high-quality public schools. But in a twist that shows their public schools might not be all THAT great . . . the billboard had a SPELLING ERROR. --And not just any spelling error. They left out the "L" in "public." So for all of last weekend, the billboard told people to check the website SouthBendON.com for the, quote, "15 best things about our PUBIC schools." --A man named Lee MacMillan of South Bend says his wife spotted the error while she was sitting in traffic on Saturday. She told Lee, who's friends with the school superintendant. Lee told the superintendent, and naturally, he freaked out. --The billboard was designed by the Blue Waters Group, a company that's contracted to promote the city of South Bend. --The president of Blue Waters apologized for the error and had the billboard taken down Monday morning. It was fixed and back up by Monday night without the error. (South Bend Tribune)
A POLICE OFFICER FAKES A CRIME REPORT . . . SO HIS COP EX-GIRLFRIEND WILL BE DISPATCHED AND HE CAN TALK TO HER:
It's time to meet Jason Moore: He was an officer with the police department in Fort Myers, Florida, and was dating another cop, whose name hasn't been released. They broke up and she cut off all contact, but Jason still wanted answers and some closure. --So he came up with what he thought was a genius plan: When he was off duty and she was on, he called the department with a FAKE crime report. --He said he was at a local mall and there was a suspicious person looking into car windows in the parking lot. And he got two of the department's dispatchers to go along with the lie and make sure his ex was sent to the scene. --One of the dispatchers helped fill in the details of the crime, and like every fake crime report, described the suspect as a black male. (--Seriously. It's ridiculous at this point how EVERY SINGLE fake crime report gets blamed on a black guy.) --There was only one problem. It was clearly a slow day in Fort Myers, because Jason's ex showed up . . . but so did FOUR other cops who were in the area. --The scheme unraveled and everyone involved admitted what they'd done. Jason was FIRED, and so were the two dispatchers who helped him out. And on top of that, Jason never got to have the talk with his ex during the chaos. (Fort Myers News-Press)
NAZZY’S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY
#1.) A SECTION OF BLEACHERS COLLAPSED AT A CAR RACE IN BRAZIL:
A section of bleachers holding about 500 people collapsed at a car race in Brazil on Sunday. About 100 people were injured, including 22 who were seriously hurt. Officials are still trying to figure out what happened.
(--Search for "Brazil bleachers collapse." It happens at :07.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WyIx1CfviI
#2.) THE DOUBLE RAINBOW GUY HAS AN IPHONE APP:
The DOUBLE RAINBOW GUY now has his own iPhone app! It inserts a double rainbow into any photo you take. He's holding a contest, and the person who submits the best photo gets a free T-shirt.
(--Search for "Double Rainbow iPhone app video.")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXogeq9U78M
#3.) SPRAY-ON CLOTHING IS NOW A REALITY . . . KINDA:
Some guy in Spain has created spray-on clothing that comes out of an aerosol can. But don't get TOO excited. It takes forever to make one shirt . . . and it's the worst shirt you've ever seen. Plus, it's freezing when you spray it on. --But it might be useful in the medical industry because it can also spray sterilized gauze.
(--Search for "Fabrican spray-on t-shirt video.")
http://www.ecouterre.com/23476/instant-spray-on-clothing-in-a-can-redefines-fast-fashion-video/
#4.) A WOMAN STARTED A FIGHT ON A BUS . . . WHILE HOLDING A BABY:
Two women in San Antonio got into a fight on a bus while one of them was holding a NEWBORN BABY. The video starts with the two women arguing, and the one with the baby throws the first punch.
(--Search for "lady with baby fighting on bus.)
(--WARNING: This video includes lots of profanity.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWrKDhWydrQ
LADIES . . . HERE'S WHAT YOUR LIPS SAY ABOUT YOUR PERSONALITY:
Just like fingerprints, everybody has their own LIP PRINT. If you don't know what a lip print is, just imagine a girl kissing a napkin and leaving an imprint of her lipstick behind. That's a lip print. --And this is probably complete nonsense, but according to a website called Lipsology.com, the shape and size of your lip print can reveal certain things about your personality. Here's what YOUR lips might be saying about YOU . . .
--If the outside border of your lip print is ROUND OR OVAL, it means you avoid conflict and try to make sure everyone's always happy.
--If your lip print is more of a DIAMOND shape, the founder of Lipsology.com says you're more likely to be successful, and proud of your accomplishments.
--If your lip print has a THIN UPPER LIP, you're picky, detail-oriented, and well-organized. If it has THIN BOTTOM LIP, you're good with numbers and statistics.
--On the other hand, if you have a FULL UPPER LIP, you're probably a good listener, and if you have a FULL BOTTOM LIP, you're more likely to be entertaining.
--If it looks SOLID IN COLOR, like you pressed down hard, it means you're energetic. And if it looks LIGHT IN COLOR you're tired and you need to relax.
--And finally, if your bottom lip has a "V" INDENTATION, it means you're romantic. And if the border of your lips is WAVY, you're more likely to be artistic. (MSN.com)
SITE FOR SORE EYES:
www.earthcam.com Falling temperatures herald the arrival of autumn today, when forests and parks around the Northern Hemisphere begin showing beautiful fall colors. EarthCam presents a collection of the best Fall Foliage Cams. Enjoy watching the transformation of green countrysides into explosions of beautiful colors.
www.earthcam.com Falling temperatures herald the arrival of autumn today, when forests and parks around the Northern Hemisphere begin showing beautiful fall colors. EarthCam presents a collection of the best Fall Foliage Cams. Enjoy watching the transformation of green countrysides into explosions of beautiful colors.
http://cloudmagic.com You can actually use this free service by CloudMagic to browse Gmail faster. It allows instant search results and you can preview the e-mail in the search result by moving your mouse cursor over the title. However, it only works with Chrome
The Toys‘R’Us ‘Fabulous 15’
It used to be that talk about holiday shopping started right after Thanksgiving, then after Labor Day, and then we started hearing and seeing Christmas in July ads. Before long holiday shopping will begin on January 2nd. Here are the Toys"R"Us “Fabulous 15,” the best new toys anticipated for the holiday season (listed in alphabetical order): · Calico Critters Luxury Townhouse from International Playthings· Cuponk from Hasbro Games· Disney Princess & Me dolls from JAKKS Pacific· Disney-Pixar “Toy Story 3” Imaginext Tri-County Landfill from Fisher-Price· Fast Lane Wild Fire RC from Toys"R"Us· Imaginext Bigfoot the Monster from Fisher-Price· Leapster Explorer from LeapFrog· Loopz from Mattel· Minotaurus from LEGO Systems, Inc.· Monster High Cleo DeNile and Deuce Gorgon doll set from Mattel· NERF N-Strike Stampede ECS from Hasbro· Pillow Pets from Ontel Products Corp.· Sing-a-ma-jigs! from Mattel· Squinkies Cupcake Surprise! Bake Shop from blip toys· Tomica Hypercity Mega Station Set from TOMY
The Toys‘R’Us ‘Fabulous 15’
It used to be that talk about holiday shopping started right after Thanksgiving, then after Labor Day, and then we started hearing and seeing Christmas in July ads. Before long holiday shopping will begin on January 2nd. Here are the Toys"R"Us “Fabulous 15,” the best new toys anticipated for the holiday season (listed in alphabetical order): · Calico Critters Luxury Townhouse from International Playthings· Cuponk from Hasbro Games· Disney Princess & Me dolls from JAKKS Pacific· Disney-Pixar “Toy Story 3” Imaginext Tri-County Landfill from Fisher-Price· Fast Lane Wild Fire RC from Toys"R"Us· Imaginext Bigfoot the Monster from Fisher-Price· Leapster Explorer from LeapFrog· Loopz from Mattel· Minotaurus from LEGO Systems, Inc.· Monster High Cleo DeNile and Deuce Gorgon doll set from Mattel· NERF N-Strike Stampede ECS from Hasbro· Pillow Pets from Ontel Products Corp.· Sing-a-ma-jigs! from Mattel· Squinkies Cupcake Surprise! Bake Shop from blip toys· Tomica Hypercity Mega Station Set from TOMY
PC Satisfaction Consumers are as happy as they’ve ever been with their computers, and those with Apple computers are the most pleased, according to a new survey.
The American Customer Satisfaction Index’s score for personal computers is at 78 out of 100 for the past 12 months, up 3 points from the previous 12 months and higher than any other year except for 1994. Here are the highlights: · Apple scored the highest for the seventh straight year, earning 86 points, up 2 points from last year and Apple’s highest score so far.· Dell scored 77 points, up 2 points from the previous year. · Hewlett-Packard scored 77 points for its HP-brand computers, up 3 points from last year, and 74 points for its Compaq-brand computers, the same as last year.· A category that lumps together smaller computer makers like Sony and Toshiba scored 77 points, up 3 points from the year before.
Plugged In 24/7
The American Customer Satisfaction Index’s score for personal computers is at 78 out of 100 for the past 12 months, up 3 points from the previous 12 months and higher than any other year except for 1994. Here are the highlights: · Apple scored the highest for the seventh straight year, earning 86 points, up 2 points from last year and Apple’s highest score so far.· Dell scored 77 points, up 2 points from the previous year. · Hewlett-Packard scored 77 points for its HP-brand computers, up 3 points from last year, and 74 points for its Compaq-brand computers, the same as last year.· A category that lumps together smaller computer makers like Sony and Toshiba scored 77 points, up 3 points from the year before.
Plugged In 24/7
According to a new survey by Harris Poll for PC Tools, there’s a growing desire for being “plugged in,” or connected, all the time no matter what the occasion. While more Americans are online npw than ever before, people are more likely to stay “plugged in” through smartphones, PDA’s and handheld computers because everyone else is doing it than they are because they need to. The Harris Poll survey found: · 29% of Americans believe it’s acceptable to be “plugged in” while honeymooning; 8% say staying “plugged in” during a religious service is righteous; and 6% say it’s ok during a wedding. · When it comes to dining in and dining out, 41% say it’s ok to say “plugged in” during a meal with family and friends at home, while 26% say it’s ok to do so while eating out in a restaurant.
Are You An E-Addict?
Americans are becoming increasingly concerned that in today’s technological age we may have become way too dependent on electronic devices. A new Rasmussen survey found that 70% of adults are concerned that Americans have become too dependent on electronic devices, with 41% “Very Concerned.” Meanwhile, 28% are not worried, but that includes just 4% who are “Not At All Concerned.” It’s been estimated that roughly 20% of Americans use smartphones and 80% own a computer. However, just 26% of Americans say they spend too much time using the Internet, computers and mobile devices. While 85% of Americans say they still own a print version of the dictionary, when it comes to travel and leisure, most adults tend to go online: · Just 26% say that when they go somewhere, they use a map for directions; 37% go online to sites like MapQuest.com or Google Maps to find directions, while 31% use a GPS in their vehicle. · When Americans go to the movies or go out to eat, 46% turn to the Internet for information like movie listings or reservations; 28% look in the local newspaper, while 13% call for information.
Are You An E-Addict?
Americans are becoming increasingly concerned that in today’s technological age we may have become way too dependent on electronic devices. A new Rasmussen survey found that 70% of adults are concerned that Americans have become too dependent on electronic devices, with 41% “Very Concerned.” Meanwhile, 28% are not worried, but that includes just 4% who are “Not At All Concerned.” It’s been estimated that roughly 20% of Americans use smartphones and 80% own a computer. However, just 26% of Americans say they spend too much time using the Internet, computers and mobile devices. While 85% of Americans say they still own a print version of the dictionary, when it comes to travel and leisure, most adults tend to go online: · Just 26% say that when they go somewhere, they use a map for directions; 37% go online to sites like MapQuest.com or Google Maps to find directions, while 31% use a GPS in their vehicle. · When Americans go to the movies or go out to eat, 46% turn to the Internet for information like movie listings or reservations; 28% look in the local newspaper, while 13% call for information.
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