HOLLYWOOD DIRT OVERFLOW (09-27-10)
LINDSAY LOHAN LUNACY
LINDSAY LOHAN WAS PUT IN JAIL . . . AND RELEASED HOURS LATER:
This is getting pretty ridiculous . . . --LINDSAY LOHAN was jailed Friday without bail . . . and released that night on appeal. --Judge Elden Fox had decided that he needed more time to review Lindsay's case . . . so he locked her up and DENIED her bail. If that ruling had been allowed to stand, Lindsay would have remained behind bars until a hearing on October 22nd. --It sounds like Judge Fox wanted to give Lindsay the 30-day sentence he'd promised her for violating her parole . . . but he knew the jail would just spit her right back out again due to overcrowding. --So instead, he refused to grant bail, meaning that she'd spend the month locked up. Then, on October 22nd, he could sentence Lindsay to 30 days, but give her credit for time served. Thus, he would have succeeded in locking her up for 30 days. --But it was not to be . . . Lindsay's attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley . . . filed an appeal before a different judge, saying that Lindsay had a right to bail. That other judge agreed. Bail was set at $300,000 . . . and Lindsay walked. --In all, Lindsay spent about 14 hours in custody. --There were two conditions, though: Lindsay has to get another SCRAM bracelet, and she has to stay out of establishments where selling alcohol is the main order of business. -She also can't possess drugs or associate with known drug users . . . and she has to submit to law enforcement searches any time and for any reason, no warrant necessary. (--After Lindsay was locked up . . . but before she was later bailed out . . . MICHAEL LOHAN went off on Shawn Chapman Holley and DINA LOHAN for basically enabling Lindsay and ruining her life. Here's video . . .) http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=f6b8fef2-5524-45eb-ad7a-83a0f993ff52
LINDSAY LOHAN IS SUPPOSEDLY GOING BACK TO REHAB:
LINDSAY LOHAN is free until her next hearing on October 22nd. But she's reportedly going BACK TO REHAB . . . and she plans on taking it seriously this time. --A so-called "source" says, quote, "She will step up her treatment and do more than what she was previously ordered to do." --The word is that Lindsay will enroll in an intense, in-patient rehab program within the next few days. (--I'll believe all of this when I see it.)
LINDSAY LOHAN VISITED A SHELTER FOR HOMELESS TEENS YESTERDAY:
LINDSAY LOHAN visited a shelter for homeless teens in the Los Angeles area last night. (--The visit surely had NOTHING to do with boosting Lindsay's image.) --Afterwards, Lindsay Tweeted, quote, "What a great place The Dream Center is here in L.A. . . . had a nice time there today, it's so important to give back. I feel blessed." --Lindsay was with her mother Dina, her younger sister Ali, two other friends, and her business manager Lou Taylor.
KATY PERRY IS WELCOME BACK ON "SESAME STREET":
I can't believe I'm actually going to say this, but Elmo and Grover from "Sesame Street" were on "Good Morning America" on Friday to discuss the KATY PERRY cleavage scandal. And Elmo said Katy is welcome back on the show. --He said, quote, "We'll have another one. Elmo loves Ms. Katy and Elmo had a good time, so we'll have another play date." --Then Grover asked if HIS outfit was too revealing.
(--Here's video of this momentous occasion . . .)
http://gawker.com/5647200/elmo-katy-perrys-boobs-welcome-back-on-sesame-street
KATY PERRY LAMPOONED HER "SESAME STREET" CONTROVERSY ON "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE":
KATY PERRY was the musical guest on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend . . . and not surprisingly, they pulled her into a sketch so they could make fun of her "Sesame Street" controversy. --Katy showed up in skit featuring AMY POEHLER and MAYA RUDOLPH. And she was wearing a very tight and very revealing Elmo t-shirt. (--Check it out . . .)
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/bronx-beat/1251408/
JOHNNY KNOXVILLE IS MARRIED:
JOHNNY KNOXVILLE made The Big Mistake on Friday with girlfriend Naomi Nelson. This is Johnny's second marriage. --Naomi gave birth to a baby boy back in December. They named him Rocko. (--Johnny also has a teenage daughter with his first wife.)
BIZARRE CELEBRITY TRIVIA: MINDY COHN FROM "THE FACTS OF LIFE" IS GODMOTHER TO TWO OF BRAD PITT AND ANGELINA JOLIE'S KIDS:
This comes to us from the fine journalistic talents at "Us Weekly". Is it true? We don't know. But it's so deliciously random, we desperately WANT it to be. Check it out: --Remember MINDY COHN? She played the delightfully and quick-witted Natalie on the classic '80s sitcom, "The Facts of Life". --She hasn't had too many high-profile acting gigs lately, but she did recently take on a very important duty: Being Godmother to two of BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE'S kids. --According to "Us Weekly", Mindy is good friends with Brad, Angelina and Angelina's brother, JAMES HAVEN. (--For the record, Brad is 46 . . . Mindy is 44 . . . James is 37 . . . and Angelina is 35.) -We don't know WHICH of the kids Mindy is Godmother to. But Brad and Angelina gave her a huge diamond ring to thank her for taking on the responsibility. And Mindy was first photographed wearing it in September of 2008. --That would suggest that Mindy is Godmother to the twins, Knox and Vivienne . . . who were born the previous July.
THE OCTOMOM HAD A YARD SALE SATURDAY:
The Octomom, NADYA SULEMAN, is about $7,500 behind on her mortgage . . . and she has a balloon payment of $450,000 due in less than two weeks. So how is she dealing with it? --By HAVING A YARD SALE. (???) --On Saturday, Nadya had a yard sale outside the home she's probably going to lose soon if she doesn't give in and do pornography. --One of the items on sale was an AUTOGRAPHED NURSING BRA. -We don't know if anyone bought that . . . but the eight little devil Halloween costumes that her octuplets wore last year went for $50. (--Not apiece. Just 50 bucks for all of them.) --Someone shelled out 50 bucks for a refrigerator she once used for their baby formula. And someone else paid $125 for a Kobe Bryant Lakers jersey signed by . . . The Octomom Nadya Suleman. (???) --People could also pay 10 bucks for a photo with the Octomom . . . and for $100 she would throw the octuplets into the picture, too --We don't know how much money Nadya raked in, but I'm guessing it was just a hair less than the 450-large she needs. I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't even make the $7,500 she needs to get her mortgage payments up to date. --But the sale did draw a lot of interest. It started at 10:00 A.M., and by 10:30 there were already 150 people there. Cops eventually had to close off Nadya's street to traffic. (--You can check out a photo gallery at TMZ.com. It's not very exciting, though. If you've been to even one yard sale in your life, you won't see anything new here . . .) http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/octomoms_yard_sale#tab=most_recent
DAVID BECKHAM IS SUING "IN TOUCH WEEKLY" FOR SAYING HE MESSED AROUND WITH A HOOKER:
DAVID BECKHAM is suing "In Touch Weekly" for accusing him of patronizing a $10,000-a-night prostitute. --Beckham says "In Touch" knowingly published the bogus story. He's suing for libel, slander and intentional infliction of emotional distress. There's no word how much money he's asking for. --And just like the statement his rep made last week, the lawsuit says, quote, "Sadly, we live in a world where a magazine can print lies and believe they can get away with it."
COMEDIAN GREG GIRALDO IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION FOLLOWING A DRUG OVERDOSE:
Comedian GREG GIRALDO is in critical but stable condition at a New Jersey hospital, after overdosing on prescription pills on Saturday. --There's no word what he OD'ed on, but authorities are calling this an ACCIDENTAL overdose and not a suicide attempt. --You would probably know Greg Giraldo from those Comedy Central roasts . . . or as a judge on "Last Comic Standing".
JAMES FRANCO GOT A "D" IN HIS ACTING CLASS:
As you probably know, JAMES FRANCO recently went to film school at NYU. One of the classes he took was an ACTING class. And he almost failed it. He got a D. He says, quote, "I did the work, I did well in everything else." --Franco thinks his teacher may have felt uncomfortable having a famous actor in the class. Also, he admits that he missed a lot of classes filming "127 Hours" . . . that movie about the hiker who had to cut off his own arm to survive. (--Franco is now working on his PhD in English at Yale.)
THE "WALL STREET" SEQUEL IS THE NEW #1 MOVIE IN AMERICA:
The "Wall Street" sequel "Money Never Sleeps" is the new #1 movie in the country, after earning $19 million in its first weekend. That animated 3D owl movie, "Legend of the Guardians", came in 2nd with $16.3 million. --But not even the power of BETTY WHITE could save the comedy "You Again". It tanked with total sales of just $8.3 million. Here are the Top 10 movies . . .
1.) (NEW) "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps", $19 million
2.) (NEW) "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole", $16.3 million
3.) Ben Affleck's "The Town", $16 million (--Up to $49.1 million in its 2nd week.)
MAX WEINBERG WILL *NOT* JOIN CONAN O'BRIEN ON HIS NEW SHOW:
When CONAN O'BRIEN'S new TBS show, "Conan", premieres on November 8th, drummer MAX WEINBERG will no longer be his bandleader. --JIMMY VIVINO . . . who regularly took over the reins when Max was on tour with BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND . . . says he'll be Conan's new bandleader. --He tells the "St. Louis River Front Times", quote, "I'll be leading the band, and James Wormworth will be playing drums now. He played half of 'The Tonight Show's' and a good quarter of the 'Late Night' shows [when Max was out]." --Max has been Conan's bandleader since he debuted as a late night host back in 1993, but he was the only member of the "Max Weinberg 7" who didn't join Conan on his comedy tour this past spring. --It's unclear why Max and Conan are ending their run, or whose decision it was. There's been no official comment from Max, Conan or TBS. --E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt tells "Rolling Stone", quote, "I don't know why Max and Conan aren't together anymore. --"But whatever, they had some good years, and Conan gave Max credit for keeping the show on the air for the first two years. That was nice." --Max did make one guest appearance on Conan's comedy tour . . . and as far as we know, there wasn't a falling out between them. --After NBC booted Conan from "The Tonight Show", Max toured with his own group, The Max Weinberg Big Band. According to Max's website, the band's tour wraps on November 6th . . . two days before Conan's new show premieres. --And as of right now, the E Street Band doesn't have any upcoming tour dates. (--Until we hear otherwise, we're going to assume this was a mutual decision to part ways. It seems unlikely that there was any real drama behind-the-scenes. But if drama is what you're into, here are two ways to look at it . . .) (--In an interview this summer, Max said, quote, "I saw Conan in June [on] his comedy tour. Nothing was said then and nothing has been said since. I don't even really know what the state of it is. […] I have not been very involved.") (--But Jimmy Vivino makes it sound like Max wanted to move on . . . he says, quote, "Max has his big band out there that has been his dream all his life. And there's a kid in Jersey that works with him occasionally.") (--That "kid in Jersey" is Springsteen, obviously.)
IS "JERSEY SHORE'S" DJ PAULY D GETTING HIS OWN SPIN-OFF?
We have some VERY bad news for those of you who can't stand "Jersey Shore": There's talk that it's going to SPAWN. --A so-called "source" tells RadarOnline that MTV is giving DJ PAULY D his own spin-off. The source says, quote, "They have already chosen a name . . . and of course it will be deejay-related. It's scheduled to begin shooting within the month." --It doesn't sound like this new show would keep him from his "work" on "Jersey Shore", but either way, Pauly D will definitely still be on Season Three of "Jersey Shore". It's already been filmed. --MTV has yet to comment.
JOE JONAS IS WORKING WITH TOM HANKS ON A NEW TV SHOW:
JOE JONAS is now in the studio with . . . TOM HANKS. (???) Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of details, but it sounds like it's a TV studio, not a recording studio. --Joe says, quote, "[I'm] actually doing something with Tom Hanks. A little bit of a different studio something. He's working on a new TV show, so you'll see that pretty soon, and he asked me to be a part of it." (--We'll keep you posted.) (--Joe has been doing a lot of TV recently. He appeared on BETTY WHITE'S show, "Hot in Cleveland", and will also guest star on "90210" later this season.)
"$#*! MY DAD SAYS" AND "BLUE BLOODS" PREMIERED TO BIG AUDIENCES LAST WEEK:
Since last week was the first week of the fall TV season, we kept an eye on the ratings. Here are some of the notable numbers from Thursday and Friday nights: --Thursday's highest rated show was CBS' "The Mentalist". Its third season premiere drew 15.3 million viewers. --"CSI" and "Grey's Anatomy" did OK . . . with 14.6 million and 14 million viewers, respectively . . . but both were down from last season's premieres. (--And for "CSI", that's despite the fact that JUSTIN BIEBER was guest-starring.) --The debut of CBS' "$#*! My Dad Says" was a hit. 12.5 million people watched it. And speaking of CBS, "The Big Bang Theory" phenomenon was not affected by its move to Thursday nights. It had a series-best premiere, with 14 million viewers. --The losers of the night were Fox's "Fringe" and ABC's "My Generation". Only 5.8 million people watched "Fringe's" third season premiere . . . after 10 million people watched last year's premiere . . . and "My Generation" debuted to just 5.2 million. --On Friday night, TOM SELLECK'S new police drama "Blue Bloods" had a nice opening with 12.8 million viewers. And "CSI: New York", which just moved to Fridays, also did OK with 10.3 million viewers. (--In addition to moving to Friday nights, "CSI: New York", introduced SELA WARD. She's replacing Melina Kanakaredes, who left the show.) --NBC's new legal drama "Outlaw", which stars JIMMY SMITS, was destroyed in its official premiere. Just 5 million people watched it. (--That's less than half the 10.7 million viewers who watched a preview episode two weeks ago.)
CHECK OUT A PREVIEW OF "GLEE'S" BRITNEY SPEARS EPISODE:
A short preview of the BRITNEY SPEARS episode of "Glee" . . . which airs tomorrow night . . . has hit the Internet. It features the "Glee" version of Britney's "Me Against the Music". --The real Britney, who will have a cameo on the episode, isn't in the preview . . . but JOHN STAMOS is. This is Stamos' first appearance. He'll have a recurring role as a dentist this season. (--Here's the link to the preview . . .) http://video.yahoo.com/watch/8287587/22093577
MONDAY TV REMINDERS: (--Check your local listings.)
--"Sesame Street" [41st Season Premiere] . . . 7:00 to 8:00 A.M. on PBS. (--Amy Poehler and Kyra Sedgwick guest star.)
--"Monday Night Football" . . . 8:30 to 11:30 P.M. Eastern on ESPN. (--The Chicago Bears host the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field in Chicago.)
--"Dancing with the Stars" [Performance Show] . . . 8:00 to 10:00 P.M. on ABC.
--"Chuck" . . . 8:00 to 9:00 P.M. on NBC. (--Karolina Kurkova, Lou Ferrigno and Old Spice stud Isaiah Mustafa guest star when Chuck and Sarah go undercover to seize a high-tech weapon during Fashion Week in Milan.)
--"How I Met Your Mother" . . . 8:00 to 8:30 P.M. on CBS. (--Ben Vereen guest stars as a possible dad to Neil Patrick Harris' character Barney.)
--"Hard Core Pawn" [1st Season Finale] . . . 10:00 to 10:30 P.M. on TruTV.
--"Scream Queens" [2nd Season Finale] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on VH1.
--"The Buried Life" [2nd Season Premiere] . . . 10:30 to 11:00 P.M. on MTV.
WATCH A POSSIBLY PREGNANT MARIAH CAREY FALL ONSTAGE:
MARIAH CAREY slipped and fell onstage while performing in Singapore over the weekend. One of her back-up dancers helped her up. --As you may know, it's quite likely that Mariah is pregnant, but she hasn't confirmed it yet. She is reportedly FIVE MONTHS OLD. --Obviously, if she IS pregnant . . . you have to think that she'd quit performing sometime soon.
(--You can find video below. The fall happens at the 10-second mark . . .)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV1KDFVojGc
LUDACRIS TELLS KIDS THEY WON'T MAKE IT IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN EDUCATION:
Say what you want about LUDACRIS, but he spent last Friday speaking to children at an event for a program called Get Schooled . . . where he preached the importance of education. --In fact, he told kids that having an education was necessary in order to make it in the music business. --He said, quote, "Education is extremely important, especially in my business, the music business. You hear a lot of the time that the music business is 90% business [and] 10% music. --"If you don't have the right education and you don't educate yourself, then you're not gonna last in my business." (--Since you're probably wondering, Ludacris graduated from Banneker High School in Atlanta, and then went to Georgia State University.) (--He studied music management for one year, before dropping out to begin his rap career.)
NAZZY’S RANDOM STUFF
A DOUBLE-AMPUTEE SOLDIER RETURNS TO DUTY . . . AND IS FIGHTING ON THE FRONT LINES IN AFGHANISTAN:
The term "badass" gets thrown around a lot, and it's not always deserved . . . but 27-year-old Dan Luckett of Norcross, Georgia is a true, undisputed American badass. --And he's also a reminder that there are some INCREDIBLE and INSPIRATIONAL real-life stories that can come out of something as dark as war. --Dan is a soldier with the U.S. Army. In May of 2008 he was serving in Iraq when his Humvee was hit with a bomb . . . which destroyed his right foot and most of his lower left leg and foot. The bottoms of both of his legs were amputated. --Now, two years later, Dan has a prosthetic right foot and a prosthetic left shin and foot . . . and he's BACK ON DUTY, and back on the front lines. Dan is serving in Afghanistan, in combat. And he's doing it with his artificial legs. --Prosthetics have come a LONG way over the past few decades. The artificial limbs are so good that people like Dan can get back to 100%. According to the Pentagon, 40 amputees besides Dan are serving in combat right now. --Dan says that after the bomb took away the bottoms of both of his legs in 2008, all he could think about was getting back to normal: To get out of a wheelchair, to stop having people baby him, and to get back to fighting for the U.S. --By February of 2009 he was so comfortable on his prosthetics that he was able to run an eight-minute mile. A few months later he passed a fitness test for the Army . . . he ran 12 miles in less than three hours with a 35-pound backpack. --After that, he was promoted to captain. (AOL News)
HERE ARE FIVE TIPS FOR SAVING MONEY AT STARBUCKS . . . COURTESY OF STARBUCKS EMPLOYEES:
Today we've got a list of five ways to save money at Starbucks. And no, one of them isn't, "For the love of God, stop going to Starbucks." These tips come straight from Starbucks employees. Some you may know, some you probably won't . . .
#1.) Take advantage of their refill policies. If you keep your Starbucks cup, you can get a coffee refill anytime for 50 cents. If you bring in your own reusable cup, you get 10 cents off. And if you bring a big one, sometimes some extra coffee.
#2.) Get a Starbucks card. Using their rewards card, you end up with plenty of free drinks and refills.
#3.) Make a "poor man's latte." Instead of ordering a latte, go SUPER ghetto and order an espresso over ice in a large cup. Then go over to their "condiments" station and fill the rest of the cup up with their free milk.
#4.) Don't order the bananas or bagels. The pastries at Starbucks are pretty good and fairly priced. But the bananas are more expensive than ones you'd get at a grocery store, and the bagels are known to be fairly low quality.
#5.) Make your own iced drink. When you order an iced drink, you get a lot less actual coffee or tea because the ice takes up so much space. For a better value, you can order a hot drink . . . then order a cup with ice, and pour in your drink. (Yahoo Finance)
OFFICE ROMANCES ARE DYING . . . BECAUSE, IN THIS ECONOMY, YOUR CO-WORKERS WILL RAT YOU OUT TO GET YOU FIRED:
Chalk this up as yet ANOTHER thing that's been ruined by the economy: You've lost your chance of fornicating in the copy room with that newly-divorced chubby in accounting you've been LUSTING after. --According to experts, office romances and relationships are DYING. People just don't seem to be getting-it-on with their co-workers the way they used to. --The economy's getting the blame, but not because of the usual reasons, like people being stressed out, or worrying about getting too close to a co-worker since they could be laid off at any moment. --No . . . since the economy tanked, workers have gone into all-out self-preservation mode. Which means they're more likely to RAT OUT their co-workers as soon as they see anything go sideways. Better THAT co-worker gets fired than YOU, right? --So people know that if they get into office romances, other co-workers might jump on the opportunity to use it against them. --They'll tell management about the relationship, and use it to hurt the credibility of the people involved, question their productivity, and make them seem like good candidates for the next round of layoffs. --And a lot of them are even filing LAWSUITS. Since 2008, there's been a 23% rise in the number of lawsuits filed by people who claim that their co-workers' office romance has created a hostile work environment. --Sondra Solovay is a workplace expert. She says, quote, "It seems like there's a certain opportunistic element . . . employees who fear for their jobs are making sexual favoritism complaints as a means of ensuring their own job security." (DimeCrunch)
A POLICE OFFICER IS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR STAGING THE FAKE ARREST OF A KID WHO HAD SEX WITH HIS DAUGHTER:
There's a police officer in San Jose, California who's in serious trouble right now, for doing . . . well, what every father in the world would WANT to do in his shoes. --Last month, the officer staged the FAKE ARREST of a 15-year-old boy, after he found out that the kid had sex with his 14-year-old stepdaughter. No names have been released to protect the identities of the minors. --The officer went to the boy's house, cuffed him, told him he was going to arrest him for sexual assault, and told him, quote, "You don't mess with a cop's daughter. The district attorney will probably file charges." --At first the boy's parents were willing to go along with it. They recorded everything from a cell phone camera and seemed to encourage the officer. But eventually they felt the cop went too far, and filed a complaint. --They also ended up giving the video to the "San Jose Mercury News" as proof that the cop abused his power. --Now the San Jose Police Department's internal affairs division is investigating the incident, to decide whether or not their officer crossed the line. --Both the 15-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl were cited for unlawful sexual intercourse . . . that's a misdemeanor that can be given to two underage kids who have sex. It rarely ever gets prosecuted. (ABC 7 - San Francisco) (--You can see the video of the fake arrest here. Unfortunately, the audio is INCREDIBLY garbled and probably unusable on air. But it's subtitled, so you can tell what's going on . . .)
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7688540
A MAN COVERS HIMSELF IN PAINT BECAUSE HE THINKS IT WILL KEEP THE COPS FROM TASERING HIM . . . IT DOES NOT:
I don't know that we've reached the point where there are Old Wives Tales about Tasering . . . but 34-year-old Brian Mattert of Cheyenne, Wyoming definitely believed one. --Brian was convinced that if a Taser interacted with some liquid on a person's body, it would electrocute the person and kill him. --So, earlier this month, when the cops went to his house to investigate a domestic violence call, Brian decided he was going to take anti-Tasering measures. --He took a gallon of white latex paint . . . poured it all over his body . . . and told the cops that if they tried to Taser him, quote, "You see all this water-based paint? You shoot me with that and you'll kill me." --The police tried to get him to go to the station peacefully. He refused and tried to run away. So they called his bluff . . . and shot him with the Taser. --Turned out Brian was WRONG, and the paint didn't make the Taser lethal. --He did get paint all over a few cops, though . . . their uniforms were ruined. -Brian was arrested and charged with domestic violence, assault and battery, interference with a peace officer, and aggravated assault on a peace officer. (Wyoming Tribune)
A 66-YEAR-OLD MAN IS GOING TO JAIL BECAUSE HE DEFENDED HIMSELF FROM AN ANTI-SEMITIC HELL'S ANGEL . . . AND WON:
66-year-old Keith Degroot of Leeds, England, is a pretty frail older man. He wears glasses. He's short. He doesn't have anything even closely resembling muscle definition. He walks with a cane. --And last year, Keith was at a pub in Leeds when a member of the Hell's Angels started TAUNTING him. The biker was 56-year-old Stephen Hall. He's 6-foot-3, muscular, and heavy. --Stephen ended up knocking over Keith's beer and calling him a, quote, "[effing] Jew." And that's when Keith snapped. --He got in Stephen's face and started swinging his CANE. When it was over, Keith was fine . . . and the much larger, stronger Steven had a fractured cheek, damage to his nasal bones, and a bloody skull. --Last week, Keith was sentenced to 18 months in jail. The court ruled that even though he'd been, quote, "racially provoked," the beating he dished out was TOO serious to get him just a fine or community service. (Daily Star)
TWO WOMEN CLAIM A BAR REFUSED TO SERVE THEM FOOD BECAUSE THEY'RE BLACK . . . BUT THE BAR DOESN'T EVEN SERVE FOOD, PERIOD:
Discrimination is a very real and serious thing. And none of us are naïve enough to believe that we're truly past it, or that EVERYONE sees everyone else as an equal. But this REALLY doesn't sound like a case of discrimination. --Two black women in Lake Wells, Florida, have filed a complaint with the state human rights agency, saying they were discriminated against by a bar called Just One More that refused to serve them food. --The only problem? It turns out the bar doesn't serve food, period. They don't have a food license. All they can serve is a few bags of chips. --But 80-year-old Ida Royal says, quote, "My friend and I were shopping. We decided to go to the new bar for a sandwich . . . a white lady came up to us . . . we told her we wanted to order some lunch, she told us they were not serving food." --And 55-year-old Mildred Smith says that she went to the bar to eat but was turned away, even though, quote, "the place was full of white people." --Kerry Winkler owns the bar and says he can't believe it happened. He said, quote, "There are six to eight black men who come in regularly to have a beer. My sister has been married to a black man for 20 years. This just makes no sense." --Investigators are looking into the complaint right now. (Lakeland Ledger)
WOMEN APOLOGIZE MUCH MORE OFTEN THAN MEN:
It's an old gender stereotype that men would rather set themselves on fire than admit they did something wrong . . . or even worse, APOLOGIZE for something they did. --Well, it turns out that stereotype is 100% ACCURATE. And I'm NOT sorry to say that. A new study in the journal "Psychological Science" found that women are FAR more likely to apologize than men. --The study also found that women think more things are offenses WORTHY of an apology. For example, a guy might not think leaving the refrigerator door open overnight requires an apology . . . but a woman does. (Scientific American)
A MAN IN SOUTH AFRICA WAS KILLED BY A GREAT WHITE SHARK . . . WHILE HE WAS OUT ILLEGALLY POACHING SHELLFISH:
I guess this is really a case of the ocean protecting itself: Last week off the coast of Gansbaii, South Africa, 29-year-old Khanyisile Momoza was out hunting for perlemoen. They're a shellfish delicacy similar to oysters. --They're called "abalone" in the U.S., and it's illegal to harvest them because their numbers are dwindling. So basically this guy was illegally poaching shellfish. --And while he was swimming around looking for them . . . a GREAT WHITE SHARK appeared . . . jumped out of the water . . . and took Momoza down. Rescuers went searching for him later, but they only found his goggles. (The Telegraph)
SIX AIR FORCE OFFICERS WILL BREAK THEIR SILENCE TODAY . . . ABOUT HOW ALIENS ARE MONITORING OUR NUKES:
Alien conspiracy theories are no longer just for lonely middle-aged "X-Files" fans who still live with their parents. --Today, six former U.S. Air Force officers have decided to break their silence . . . and tell the world that the government KNOWS about aliens, and that those aliens are monitoring our nuclear weapons. --The six officers will be at the National Press Club to share their stories of close encounters . . . and the government cover-ups that followed. --Robert Salas is a retired Air Force captain. He was on duty at Malstrom Air Force Base in Montana back in 1967 when, suddenly, all the nuclear missiles on the base malfunctioned. He believes a UFO was overhead at the time. And he's not alone. --Salas says that he has witness testimony from at least 120 military personnel who have either seen a UFO or an extraterrestrial event . . . almost always at military bases that had nuclear weapons. --He says, quote, "There's a strong interest [in our missiles] by these [UFOs], wherever they come from. I personally think they're not from planet Earth. The U.S. Air Force is lying about the [UFOs] . . . and we can prove it." --Besides sharing their stories and testimony, Salas and the other former officers will distribute some declassified government document that, they claim, will prove that the government knows about UFOs and alien activity. (Fox News)
NAZZY’S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY
#1.) A LITTLE GIRL COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HER TRICYCLE:
The best new video on the Internet is called "Little Girl Sucks At Tricycling". Every time she tries to pedal forwards, she goes backwards and has a tantrum. (--Search for "little girl sucks at tricycling." She starts going backward at :09.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t2_x5S6Sng
#2.) A WOMAN PICKED HER NOSE AND ATE IT DURING A LIVE NEWS BROADCAST:
A news anchor in Chicago was in the middle of a story about bed bugs when a woman sitting in the background picked her nose and ate it. (--Search for "woman picks nose during news broadcast." It happens at :05.)
http://www.break.com/index/woman-picks-nose-during-news-broadcast.html
#3.) STEPHEN COLBERT TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS:
In case you missed it, STEPHEN COLBERT testified before Congress on Friday, and did most of it in character. He was there to talk about a segment on "The Colbert Report" where he did the job of a migrant farm worker for a day. --After Colbert gave his opening statement, Democratic Congressman JOHN CONYERS asked him to leave, so he wouldn't be a distraction. But Colbert stayed and answered questions. (--Search for "Stephen Colbert on immigration policy CSPAN" and "Conyers asked Colbert to leave hearing.")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1T75jBYeCs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7deL1eym9A
FIVE WEIRD JOBS THAT PAY WELL:
It's Monday, which means everyone hates their job a little bit more than usual. If you think it might be time for a DRASTIC career change, here are five weird jobs you probably haven't considered, that pay pretty well . . .
#5.) A 'SHOT GIRL' IN NEW YORK. According to a story in the "Wall Street Journal", girls who sell shots at bars in New York make up to 25 cents for each shot they sell, plus tips. That translates into somewhere between $300 and $600 a night.
#4.) JUNKET OPERATOR FOR CHINESE CASINOS. If you can convince millionaires to gamble at a casino in the city of Macau, China, you can earn 1.2% of whatever they gamble. And baccarat pays 2.7%. --Typically, that adds up to around $60,000 a year.
#3.) PEARL DIVER. If you're diving offshore, you can make up to $1,200 a day. And on a related note, oil and gas divers who work on drilling platforms . . . like the one that sank in the Gulf of Mexico . . . make up to $80,000 a year.
#2.) MASTER SOMMELIER. If you want to work at an upscale restaurant and recommends certain wines to go with certain meals, just become a sommelier (--pronounced so-MEL-ee-ay). --Obviously you have to know a thing or two about wine, but it pays between $80,000 and $160,000 a year. And the TOP weird job that pays well is . . .
#1.) SUBMARINE COOK. In Australia, a senior submarine cook with more than six years of experience earns $187,000 a year. (--I guess what we're saying is . . . don't quit your day job.) (WalletPop.com)
SITE FOR SORE EYES:
www.pulseofthetweeters.com
This new website sifts through the tens of millions of tweets sent each day on Twitter to determine what are important tweets and who the people are who really influence others in real time. Network analysts and real-time response measures ranks the most influential tweeters on a topic, using massive dating mining of texts. The recently launched site also determines whether the tweets are positive, negative or neutral.
New Gig Better Than Last
Among workers who found a job after being laid-off, nearly half say their new job is better than the one they lost. While 44% say they like their new gig better than their last, 30% said they like their new job the same as the one they lost. Only 24% said their new gig is worse than their last.
What’s Your Dream Job?
Acting is the top dream job among adults in the Northeast and South, while being a pro athlete is tops among those in the Midwest and West. Marist College asked Americans what dream job tops their wish list. Here’s what they found:
· 32% said actor/actress
· 29% said professional athlete
· Rock star and President of the United States tied for third at 13%
More Americans eReading
Has the introduction of eReaders like the iPad and Kindle changed reading habits among Americans? Right now, only 8% of Americans use an electronic reader device of some kind, so any real changes may take a while to detect. But some small ones are noticeable now. According to a new Harris Poll:
· Those who have eReaders are reading more. Overall, 40% of Americans read 11 or more books a year; 19% read 21 or more books per year.
· eReader users are also more likely to buy hardback or paperback books. Seventy-nine percent of all Americans have purchased a book in the past year, compared to a whopping 92% of eReader users.
· 53% of people with eReaders say they read more now than they did six months ago, compared to 18% of non-eReader users. Another 51% of non-users say they read the same as they did six months ago vs. 25% of eReaders.
Is Indoor Tanning Good Or Bad For You?
Here’s a survey that’s sure to cause a controversy. TWI Franchising, one of the leading U.S. indoor tanning franchises, found over 75% of respondents say it is impossible for indoor tanning rays to “microwave” your internal organs, despite media reports to the contrary. Another 75% said tanning rays were no stronger than natural sunlight, which offers no control of intensity. The survey also found:
· 92% of TWI customers say they tan to look and feel good.
· 97% said they felt more relaxed and energized when tanning indoors.
· 71% said fashion models look much better with a tan, despite the fact that many models are shown white as a ghost and as light as a feather.
Of course, the survey was conducted by TWI customers, so it only makes sense that the numbers are contrary to several surveys that say tanning increases your risk of getting cancer.
LINDSAY LOHAN WAS PUT IN JAIL . . . AND RELEASED HOURS LATER:
This is getting pretty ridiculous . . . --LINDSAY LOHAN was jailed Friday without bail . . . and released that night on appeal. --Judge Elden Fox had decided that he needed more time to review Lindsay's case . . . so he locked her up and DENIED her bail. If that ruling had been allowed to stand, Lindsay would have remained behind bars until a hearing on October 22nd. --It sounds like Judge Fox wanted to give Lindsay the 30-day sentence he'd promised her for violating her parole . . . but he knew the jail would just spit her right back out again due to overcrowding. --So instead, he refused to grant bail, meaning that she'd spend the month locked up. Then, on October 22nd, he could sentence Lindsay to 30 days, but give her credit for time served. Thus, he would have succeeded in locking her up for 30 days. --But it was not to be . . . Lindsay's attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley . . . filed an appeal before a different judge, saying that Lindsay had a right to bail. That other judge agreed. Bail was set at $300,000 . . . and Lindsay walked. --In all, Lindsay spent about 14 hours in custody. --There were two conditions, though: Lindsay has to get another SCRAM bracelet, and she has to stay out of establishments where selling alcohol is the main order of business. -She also can't possess drugs or associate with known drug users . . . and she has to submit to law enforcement searches any time and for any reason, no warrant necessary. (--After Lindsay was locked up . . . but before she was later bailed out . . . MICHAEL LOHAN went off on Shawn Chapman Holley and DINA LOHAN for basically enabling Lindsay and ruining her life. Here's video . . .) http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=f6b8fef2-5524-45eb-ad7a-83a0f993ff52
LINDSAY LOHAN IS SUPPOSEDLY GOING BACK TO REHAB:
LINDSAY LOHAN is free until her next hearing on October 22nd. But she's reportedly going BACK TO REHAB . . . and she plans on taking it seriously this time. --A so-called "source" says, quote, "She will step up her treatment and do more than what she was previously ordered to do." --The word is that Lindsay will enroll in an intense, in-patient rehab program within the next few days. (--I'll believe all of this when I see it.)
LINDSAY LOHAN VISITED A SHELTER FOR HOMELESS TEENS YESTERDAY:
LINDSAY LOHAN visited a shelter for homeless teens in the Los Angeles area last night. (--The visit surely had NOTHING to do with boosting Lindsay's image.) --Afterwards, Lindsay Tweeted, quote, "What a great place The Dream Center is here in L.A. . . . had a nice time there today, it's so important to give back. I feel blessed." --Lindsay was with her mother Dina, her younger sister Ali, two other friends, and her business manager Lou Taylor.
KATY PERRY IS WELCOME BACK ON "SESAME STREET":
I can't believe I'm actually going to say this, but Elmo and Grover from "Sesame Street" were on "Good Morning America" on Friday to discuss the KATY PERRY cleavage scandal. And Elmo said Katy is welcome back on the show. --He said, quote, "We'll have another one. Elmo loves Ms. Katy and Elmo had a good time, so we'll have another play date." --Then Grover asked if HIS outfit was too revealing.
(--Here's video of this momentous occasion . . .)
http://gawker.com/5647200/elmo-katy-perrys-boobs-welcome-back-on-sesame-street
KATY PERRY LAMPOONED HER "SESAME STREET" CONTROVERSY ON "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE":
KATY PERRY was the musical guest on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend . . . and not surprisingly, they pulled her into a sketch so they could make fun of her "Sesame Street" controversy. --Katy showed up in skit featuring AMY POEHLER and MAYA RUDOLPH. And she was wearing a very tight and very revealing Elmo t-shirt. (--Check it out . . .)
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/bronx-beat/1251408/
JOHNNY KNOXVILLE IS MARRIED:
JOHNNY KNOXVILLE made The Big Mistake on Friday with girlfriend Naomi Nelson. This is Johnny's second marriage. --Naomi gave birth to a baby boy back in December. They named him Rocko. (--Johnny also has a teenage daughter with his first wife.)
BIZARRE CELEBRITY TRIVIA: MINDY COHN FROM "THE FACTS OF LIFE" IS GODMOTHER TO TWO OF BRAD PITT AND ANGELINA JOLIE'S KIDS:
This comes to us from the fine journalistic talents at "Us Weekly". Is it true? We don't know. But it's so deliciously random, we desperately WANT it to be. Check it out: --Remember MINDY COHN? She played the delightfully and quick-witted Natalie on the classic '80s sitcom, "The Facts of Life". --She hasn't had too many high-profile acting gigs lately, but she did recently take on a very important duty: Being Godmother to two of BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE'S kids. --According to "Us Weekly", Mindy is good friends with Brad, Angelina and Angelina's brother, JAMES HAVEN. (--For the record, Brad is 46 . . . Mindy is 44 . . . James is 37 . . . and Angelina is 35.) -We don't know WHICH of the kids Mindy is Godmother to. But Brad and Angelina gave her a huge diamond ring to thank her for taking on the responsibility. And Mindy was first photographed wearing it in September of 2008. --That would suggest that Mindy is Godmother to the twins, Knox and Vivienne . . . who were born the previous July.
THE OCTOMOM HAD A YARD SALE SATURDAY:
The Octomom, NADYA SULEMAN, is about $7,500 behind on her mortgage . . . and she has a balloon payment of $450,000 due in less than two weeks. So how is she dealing with it? --By HAVING A YARD SALE. (???) --On Saturday, Nadya had a yard sale outside the home she's probably going to lose soon if she doesn't give in and do pornography. --One of the items on sale was an AUTOGRAPHED NURSING BRA. -We don't know if anyone bought that . . . but the eight little devil Halloween costumes that her octuplets wore last year went for $50. (--Not apiece. Just 50 bucks for all of them.) --Someone shelled out 50 bucks for a refrigerator she once used for their baby formula. And someone else paid $125 for a Kobe Bryant Lakers jersey signed by . . . The Octomom Nadya Suleman. (???) --People could also pay 10 bucks for a photo with the Octomom . . . and for $100 she would throw the octuplets into the picture, too --We don't know how much money Nadya raked in, but I'm guessing it was just a hair less than the 450-large she needs. I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't even make the $7,500 she needs to get her mortgage payments up to date. --But the sale did draw a lot of interest. It started at 10:00 A.M., and by 10:30 there were already 150 people there. Cops eventually had to close off Nadya's street to traffic. (--You can check out a photo gallery at TMZ.com. It's not very exciting, though. If you've been to even one yard sale in your life, you won't see anything new here . . .) http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/octomoms_yard_sale#tab=most_recent
DAVID BECKHAM IS SUING "IN TOUCH WEEKLY" FOR SAYING HE MESSED AROUND WITH A HOOKER:
DAVID BECKHAM is suing "In Touch Weekly" for accusing him of patronizing a $10,000-a-night prostitute. --Beckham says "In Touch" knowingly published the bogus story. He's suing for libel, slander and intentional infliction of emotional distress. There's no word how much money he's asking for. --And just like the statement his rep made last week, the lawsuit says, quote, "Sadly, we live in a world where a magazine can print lies and believe they can get away with it."
COMEDIAN GREG GIRALDO IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION FOLLOWING A DRUG OVERDOSE:
Comedian GREG GIRALDO is in critical but stable condition at a New Jersey hospital, after overdosing on prescription pills on Saturday. --There's no word what he OD'ed on, but authorities are calling this an ACCIDENTAL overdose and not a suicide attempt. --You would probably know Greg Giraldo from those Comedy Central roasts . . . or as a judge on "Last Comic Standing".
JAMES FRANCO GOT A "D" IN HIS ACTING CLASS:
As you probably know, JAMES FRANCO recently went to film school at NYU. One of the classes he took was an ACTING class. And he almost failed it. He got a D. He says, quote, "I did the work, I did well in everything else." --Franco thinks his teacher may have felt uncomfortable having a famous actor in the class. Also, he admits that he missed a lot of classes filming "127 Hours" . . . that movie about the hiker who had to cut off his own arm to survive. (--Franco is now working on his PhD in English at Yale.)
THE "WALL STREET" SEQUEL IS THE NEW #1 MOVIE IN AMERICA:
The "Wall Street" sequel "Money Never Sleeps" is the new #1 movie in the country, after earning $19 million in its first weekend. That animated 3D owl movie, "Legend of the Guardians", came in 2nd with $16.3 million. --But not even the power of BETTY WHITE could save the comedy "You Again". It tanked with total sales of just $8.3 million. Here are the Top 10 movies . . .
1.) (NEW) "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps", $19 million
2.) (NEW) "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole", $16.3 million
3.) Ben Affleck's "The Town", $16 million (--Up to $49.1 million in its 2nd week.)
MAX WEINBERG WILL *NOT* JOIN CONAN O'BRIEN ON HIS NEW SHOW:
When CONAN O'BRIEN'S new TBS show, "Conan", premieres on November 8th, drummer MAX WEINBERG will no longer be his bandleader. --JIMMY VIVINO . . . who regularly took over the reins when Max was on tour with BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND . . . says he'll be Conan's new bandleader. --He tells the "St. Louis River Front Times", quote, "I'll be leading the band, and James Wormworth will be playing drums now. He played half of 'The Tonight Show's' and a good quarter of the 'Late Night' shows [when Max was out]." --Max has been Conan's bandleader since he debuted as a late night host back in 1993, but he was the only member of the "Max Weinberg 7" who didn't join Conan on his comedy tour this past spring. --It's unclear why Max and Conan are ending their run, or whose decision it was. There's been no official comment from Max, Conan or TBS. --E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt tells "Rolling Stone", quote, "I don't know why Max and Conan aren't together anymore. --"But whatever, they had some good years, and Conan gave Max credit for keeping the show on the air for the first two years. That was nice." --Max did make one guest appearance on Conan's comedy tour . . . and as far as we know, there wasn't a falling out between them. --After NBC booted Conan from "The Tonight Show", Max toured with his own group, The Max Weinberg Big Band. According to Max's website, the band's tour wraps on November 6th . . . two days before Conan's new show premieres. --And as of right now, the E Street Band doesn't have any upcoming tour dates. (--Until we hear otherwise, we're going to assume this was a mutual decision to part ways. It seems unlikely that there was any real drama behind-the-scenes. But if drama is what you're into, here are two ways to look at it . . .) (--In an interview this summer, Max said, quote, "I saw Conan in June [on] his comedy tour. Nothing was said then and nothing has been said since. I don't even really know what the state of it is. […] I have not been very involved.") (--But Jimmy Vivino makes it sound like Max wanted to move on . . . he says, quote, "Max has his big band out there that has been his dream all his life. And there's a kid in Jersey that works with him occasionally.") (--That "kid in Jersey" is Springsteen, obviously.)
IS "JERSEY SHORE'S" DJ PAULY D GETTING HIS OWN SPIN-OFF?
We have some VERY bad news for those of you who can't stand "Jersey Shore": There's talk that it's going to SPAWN. --A so-called "source" tells RadarOnline that MTV is giving DJ PAULY D his own spin-off. The source says, quote, "They have already chosen a name . . . and of course it will be deejay-related. It's scheduled to begin shooting within the month." --It doesn't sound like this new show would keep him from his "work" on "Jersey Shore", but either way, Pauly D will definitely still be on Season Three of "Jersey Shore". It's already been filmed. --MTV has yet to comment.
JOE JONAS IS WORKING WITH TOM HANKS ON A NEW TV SHOW:
JOE JONAS is now in the studio with . . . TOM HANKS. (???) Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of details, but it sounds like it's a TV studio, not a recording studio. --Joe says, quote, "[I'm] actually doing something with Tom Hanks. A little bit of a different studio something. He's working on a new TV show, so you'll see that pretty soon, and he asked me to be a part of it." (--We'll keep you posted.) (--Joe has been doing a lot of TV recently. He appeared on BETTY WHITE'S show, "Hot in Cleveland", and will also guest star on "90210" later this season.)
"$#*! MY DAD SAYS" AND "BLUE BLOODS" PREMIERED TO BIG AUDIENCES LAST WEEK:
Since last week was the first week of the fall TV season, we kept an eye on the ratings. Here are some of the notable numbers from Thursday and Friday nights: --Thursday's highest rated show was CBS' "The Mentalist". Its third season premiere drew 15.3 million viewers. --"CSI" and "Grey's Anatomy" did OK . . . with 14.6 million and 14 million viewers, respectively . . . but both were down from last season's premieres. (--And for "CSI", that's despite the fact that JUSTIN BIEBER was guest-starring.) --The debut of CBS' "$#*! My Dad Says" was a hit. 12.5 million people watched it. And speaking of CBS, "The Big Bang Theory" phenomenon was not affected by its move to Thursday nights. It had a series-best premiere, with 14 million viewers. --The losers of the night were Fox's "Fringe" and ABC's "My Generation". Only 5.8 million people watched "Fringe's" third season premiere . . . after 10 million people watched last year's premiere . . . and "My Generation" debuted to just 5.2 million. --On Friday night, TOM SELLECK'S new police drama "Blue Bloods" had a nice opening with 12.8 million viewers. And "CSI: New York", which just moved to Fridays, also did OK with 10.3 million viewers. (--In addition to moving to Friday nights, "CSI: New York", introduced SELA WARD. She's replacing Melina Kanakaredes, who left the show.) --NBC's new legal drama "Outlaw", which stars JIMMY SMITS, was destroyed in its official premiere. Just 5 million people watched it. (--That's less than half the 10.7 million viewers who watched a preview episode two weeks ago.)
CHECK OUT A PREVIEW OF "GLEE'S" BRITNEY SPEARS EPISODE:
A short preview of the BRITNEY SPEARS episode of "Glee" . . . which airs tomorrow night . . . has hit the Internet. It features the "Glee" version of Britney's "Me Against the Music". --The real Britney, who will have a cameo on the episode, isn't in the preview . . . but JOHN STAMOS is. This is Stamos' first appearance. He'll have a recurring role as a dentist this season. (--Here's the link to the preview . . .) http://video.yahoo.com/watch/8287587/22093577
MONDAY TV REMINDERS: (--Check your local listings.)
--"Sesame Street" [41st Season Premiere] . . . 7:00 to 8:00 A.M. on PBS. (--Amy Poehler and Kyra Sedgwick guest star.)
--"Monday Night Football" . . . 8:30 to 11:30 P.M. Eastern on ESPN. (--The Chicago Bears host the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field in Chicago.)
--"Dancing with the Stars" [Performance Show] . . . 8:00 to 10:00 P.M. on ABC.
--"Chuck" . . . 8:00 to 9:00 P.M. on NBC. (--Karolina Kurkova, Lou Ferrigno and Old Spice stud Isaiah Mustafa guest star when Chuck and Sarah go undercover to seize a high-tech weapon during Fashion Week in Milan.)
--"How I Met Your Mother" . . . 8:00 to 8:30 P.M. on CBS. (--Ben Vereen guest stars as a possible dad to Neil Patrick Harris' character Barney.)
--"Hard Core Pawn" [1st Season Finale] . . . 10:00 to 10:30 P.M. on TruTV.
--"Scream Queens" [2nd Season Finale] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on VH1.
--"The Buried Life" [2nd Season Premiere] . . . 10:30 to 11:00 P.M. on MTV.
WATCH A POSSIBLY PREGNANT MARIAH CAREY FALL ONSTAGE:
MARIAH CAREY slipped and fell onstage while performing in Singapore over the weekend. One of her back-up dancers helped her up. --As you may know, it's quite likely that Mariah is pregnant, but she hasn't confirmed it yet. She is reportedly FIVE MONTHS OLD. --Obviously, if she IS pregnant . . . you have to think that she'd quit performing sometime soon.
(--You can find video below. The fall happens at the 10-second mark . . .)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV1KDFVojGc
LUDACRIS TELLS KIDS THEY WON'T MAKE IT IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN EDUCATION:
Say what you want about LUDACRIS, but he spent last Friday speaking to children at an event for a program called Get Schooled . . . where he preached the importance of education. --In fact, he told kids that having an education was necessary in order to make it in the music business. --He said, quote, "Education is extremely important, especially in my business, the music business. You hear a lot of the time that the music business is 90% business [and] 10% music. --"If you don't have the right education and you don't educate yourself, then you're not gonna last in my business." (--Since you're probably wondering, Ludacris graduated from Banneker High School in Atlanta, and then went to Georgia State University.) (--He studied music management for one year, before dropping out to begin his rap career.)
NAZZY’S RANDOM STUFF
A DOUBLE-AMPUTEE SOLDIER RETURNS TO DUTY . . . AND IS FIGHTING ON THE FRONT LINES IN AFGHANISTAN:
The term "badass" gets thrown around a lot, and it's not always deserved . . . but 27-year-old Dan Luckett of Norcross, Georgia is a true, undisputed American badass. --And he's also a reminder that there are some INCREDIBLE and INSPIRATIONAL real-life stories that can come out of something as dark as war. --Dan is a soldier with the U.S. Army. In May of 2008 he was serving in Iraq when his Humvee was hit with a bomb . . . which destroyed his right foot and most of his lower left leg and foot. The bottoms of both of his legs were amputated. --Now, two years later, Dan has a prosthetic right foot and a prosthetic left shin and foot . . . and he's BACK ON DUTY, and back on the front lines. Dan is serving in Afghanistan, in combat. And he's doing it with his artificial legs. --Prosthetics have come a LONG way over the past few decades. The artificial limbs are so good that people like Dan can get back to 100%. According to the Pentagon, 40 amputees besides Dan are serving in combat right now. --Dan says that after the bomb took away the bottoms of both of his legs in 2008, all he could think about was getting back to normal: To get out of a wheelchair, to stop having people baby him, and to get back to fighting for the U.S. --By February of 2009 he was so comfortable on his prosthetics that he was able to run an eight-minute mile. A few months later he passed a fitness test for the Army . . . he ran 12 miles in less than three hours with a 35-pound backpack. --After that, he was promoted to captain. (AOL News)
HERE ARE FIVE TIPS FOR SAVING MONEY AT STARBUCKS . . . COURTESY OF STARBUCKS EMPLOYEES:
Today we've got a list of five ways to save money at Starbucks. And no, one of them isn't, "For the love of God, stop going to Starbucks." These tips come straight from Starbucks employees. Some you may know, some you probably won't . . .
#1.) Take advantage of their refill policies. If you keep your Starbucks cup, you can get a coffee refill anytime for 50 cents. If you bring in your own reusable cup, you get 10 cents off. And if you bring a big one, sometimes some extra coffee.
#2.) Get a Starbucks card. Using their rewards card, you end up with plenty of free drinks and refills.
#3.) Make a "poor man's latte." Instead of ordering a latte, go SUPER ghetto and order an espresso over ice in a large cup. Then go over to their "condiments" station and fill the rest of the cup up with their free milk.
#4.) Don't order the bananas or bagels. The pastries at Starbucks are pretty good and fairly priced. But the bananas are more expensive than ones you'd get at a grocery store, and the bagels are known to be fairly low quality.
#5.) Make your own iced drink. When you order an iced drink, you get a lot less actual coffee or tea because the ice takes up so much space. For a better value, you can order a hot drink . . . then order a cup with ice, and pour in your drink. (Yahoo Finance)
OFFICE ROMANCES ARE DYING . . . BECAUSE, IN THIS ECONOMY, YOUR CO-WORKERS WILL RAT YOU OUT TO GET YOU FIRED:
Chalk this up as yet ANOTHER thing that's been ruined by the economy: You've lost your chance of fornicating in the copy room with that newly-divorced chubby in accounting you've been LUSTING after. --According to experts, office romances and relationships are DYING. People just don't seem to be getting-it-on with their co-workers the way they used to. --The economy's getting the blame, but not because of the usual reasons, like people being stressed out, or worrying about getting too close to a co-worker since they could be laid off at any moment. --No . . . since the economy tanked, workers have gone into all-out self-preservation mode. Which means they're more likely to RAT OUT their co-workers as soon as they see anything go sideways. Better THAT co-worker gets fired than YOU, right? --So people know that if they get into office romances, other co-workers might jump on the opportunity to use it against them. --They'll tell management about the relationship, and use it to hurt the credibility of the people involved, question their productivity, and make them seem like good candidates for the next round of layoffs. --And a lot of them are even filing LAWSUITS. Since 2008, there's been a 23% rise in the number of lawsuits filed by people who claim that their co-workers' office romance has created a hostile work environment. --Sondra Solovay is a workplace expert. She says, quote, "It seems like there's a certain opportunistic element . . . employees who fear for their jobs are making sexual favoritism complaints as a means of ensuring their own job security." (DimeCrunch)
A POLICE OFFICER IS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR STAGING THE FAKE ARREST OF A KID WHO HAD SEX WITH HIS DAUGHTER:
There's a police officer in San Jose, California who's in serious trouble right now, for doing . . . well, what every father in the world would WANT to do in his shoes. --Last month, the officer staged the FAKE ARREST of a 15-year-old boy, after he found out that the kid had sex with his 14-year-old stepdaughter. No names have been released to protect the identities of the minors. --The officer went to the boy's house, cuffed him, told him he was going to arrest him for sexual assault, and told him, quote, "You don't mess with a cop's daughter. The district attorney will probably file charges." --At first the boy's parents were willing to go along with it. They recorded everything from a cell phone camera and seemed to encourage the officer. But eventually they felt the cop went too far, and filed a complaint. --They also ended up giving the video to the "San Jose Mercury News" as proof that the cop abused his power. --Now the San Jose Police Department's internal affairs division is investigating the incident, to decide whether or not their officer crossed the line. --Both the 15-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl were cited for unlawful sexual intercourse . . . that's a misdemeanor that can be given to two underage kids who have sex. It rarely ever gets prosecuted. (ABC 7 - San Francisco) (--You can see the video of the fake arrest here. Unfortunately, the audio is INCREDIBLY garbled and probably unusable on air. But it's subtitled, so you can tell what's going on . . .)
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7688540
A MAN COVERS HIMSELF IN PAINT BECAUSE HE THINKS IT WILL KEEP THE COPS FROM TASERING HIM . . . IT DOES NOT:
I don't know that we've reached the point where there are Old Wives Tales about Tasering . . . but 34-year-old Brian Mattert of Cheyenne, Wyoming definitely believed one. --Brian was convinced that if a Taser interacted with some liquid on a person's body, it would electrocute the person and kill him. --So, earlier this month, when the cops went to his house to investigate a domestic violence call, Brian decided he was going to take anti-Tasering measures. --He took a gallon of white latex paint . . . poured it all over his body . . . and told the cops that if they tried to Taser him, quote, "You see all this water-based paint? You shoot me with that and you'll kill me." --The police tried to get him to go to the station peacefully. He refused and tried to run away. So they called his bluff . . . and shot him with the Taser. --Turned out Brian was WRONG, and the paint didn't make the Taser lethal. --He did get paint all over a few cops, though . . . their uniforms were ruined. -Brian was arrested and charged with domestic violence, assault and battery, interference with a peace officer, and aggravated assault on a peace officer. (Wyoming Tribune)
A 66-YEAR-OLD MAN IS GOING TO JAIL BECAUSE HE DEFENDED HIMSELF FROM AN ANTI-SEMITIC HELL'S ANGEL . . . AND WON:
66-year-old Keith Degroot of Leeds, England, is a pretty frail older man. He wears glasses. He's short. He doesn't have anything even closely resembling muscle definition. He walks with a cane. --And last year, Keith was at a pub in Leeds when a member of the Hell's Angels started TAUNTING him. The biker was 56-year-old Stephen Hall. He's 6-foot-3, muscular, and heavy. --Stephen ended up knocking over Keith's beer and calling him a, quote, "[effing] Jew." And that's when Keith snapped. --He got in Stephen's face and started swinging his CANE. When it was over, Keith was fine . . . and the much larger, stronger Steven had a fractured cheek, damage to his nasal bones, and a bloody skull. --Last week, Keith was sentenced to 18 months in jail. The court ruled that even though he'd been, quote, "racially provoked," the beating he dished out was TOO serious to get him just a fine or community service. (Daily Star)
TWO WOMEN CLAIM A BAR REFUSED TO SERVE THEM FOOD BECAUSE THEY'RE BLACK . . . BUT THE BAR DOESN'T EVEN SERVE FOOD, PERIOD:
Discrimination is a very real and serious thing. And none of us are naïve enough to believe that we're truly past it, or that EVERYONE sees everyone else as an equal. But this REALLY doesn't sound like a case of discrimination. --Two black women in Lake Wells, Florida, have filed a complaint with the state human rights agency, saying they were discriminated against by a bar called Just One More that refused to serve them food. --The only problem? It turns out the bar doesn't serve food, period. They don't have a food license. All they can serve is a few bags of chips. --But 80-year-old Ida Royal says, quote, "My friend and I were shopping. We decided to go to the new bar for a sandwich . . . a white lady came up to us . . . we told her we wanted to order some lunch, she told us they were not serving food." --And 55-year-old Mildred Smith says that she went to the bar to eat but was turned away, even though, quote, "the place was full of white people." --Kerry Winkler owns the bar and says he can't believe it happened. He said, quote, "There are six to eight black men who come in regularly to have a beer. My sister has been married to a black man for 20 years. This just makes no sense." --Investigators are looking into the complaint right now. (Lakeland Ledger)
WOMEN APOLOGIZE MUCH MORE OFTEN THAN MEN:
It's an old gender stereotype that men would rather set themselves on fire than admit they did something wrong . . . or even worse, APOLOGIZE for something they did. --Well, it turns out that stereotype is 100% ACCURATE. And I'm NOT sorry to say that. A new study in the journal "Psychological Science" found that women are FAR more likely to apologize than men. --The study also found that women think more things are offenses WORTHY of an apology. For example, a guy might not think leaving the refrigerator door open overnight requires an apology . . . but a woman does. (Scientific American)
A MAN IN SOUTH AFRICA WAS KILLED BY A GREAT WHITE SHARK . . . WHILE HE WAS OUT ILLEGALLY POACHING SHELLFISH:
I guess this is really a case of the ocean protecting itself: Last week off the coast of Gansbaii, South Africa, 29-year-old Khanyisile Momoza was out hunting for perlemoen. They're a shellfish delicacy similar to oysters. --They're called "abalone" in the U.S., and it's illegal to harvest them because their numbers are dwindling. So basically this guy was illegally poaching shellfish. --And while he was swimming around looking for them . . . a GREAT WHITE SHARK appeared . . . jumped out of the water . . . and took Momoza down. Rescuers went searching for him later, but they only found his goggles. (The Telegraph)
SIX AIR FORCE OFFICERS WILL BREAK THEIR SILENCE TODAY . . . ABOUT HOW ALIENS ARE MONITORING OUR NUKES:
Alien conspiracy theories are no longer just for lonely middle-aged "X-Files" fans who still live with their parents. --Today, six former U.S. Air Force officers have decided to break their silence . . . and tell the world that the government KNOWS about aliens, and that those aliens are monitoring our nuclear weapons. --The six officers will be at the National Press Club to share their stories of close encounters . . . and the government cover-ups that followed. --Robert Salas is a retired Air Force captain. He was on duty at Malstrom Air Force Base in Montana back in 1967 when, suddenly, all the nuclear missiles on the base malfunctioned. He believes a UFO was overhead at the time. And he's not alone. --Salas says that he has witness testimony from at least 120 military personnel who have either seen a UFO or an extraterrestrial event . . . almost always at military bases that had nuclear weapons. --He says, quote, "There's a strong interest [in our missiles] by these [UFOs], wherever they come from. I personally think they're not from planet Earth. The U.S. Air Force is lying about the [UFOs] . . . and we can prove it." --Besides sharing their stories and testimony, Salas and the other former officers will distribute some declassified government document that, they claim, will prove that the government knows about UFOs and alien activity. (Fox News)
NAZZY’S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY
#1.) A LITTLE GIRL COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HER TRICYCLE:
The best new video on the Internet is called "Little Girl Sucks At Tricycling". Every time she tries to pedal forwards, she goes backwards and has a tantrum. (--Search for "little girl sucks at tricycling." She starts going backward at :09.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t2_x5S6Sng
#2.) A WOMAN PICKED HER NOSE AND ATE IT DURING A LIVE NEWS BROADCAST:
A news anchor in Chicago was in the middle of a story about bed bugs when a woman sitting in the background picked her nose and ate it. (--Search for "woman picks nose during news broadcast." It happens at :05.)
http://www.break.com/index/woman-picks-nose-during-news-broadcast.html
#3.) STEPHEN COLBERT TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS:
In case you missed it, STEPHEN COLBERT testified before Congress on Friday, and did most of it in character. He was there to talk about a segment on "The Colbert Report" where he did the job of a migrant farm worker for a day. --After Colbert gave his opening statement, Democratic Congressman JOHN CONYERS asked him to leave, so he wouldn't be a distraction. But Colbert stayed and answered questions. (--Search for "Stephen Colbert on immigration policy CSPAN" and "Conyers asked Colbert to leave hearing.")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1T75jBYeCs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7deL1eym9A
FIVE WEIRD JOBS THAT PAY WELL:
It's Monday, which means everyone hates their job a little bit more than usual. If you think it might be time for a DRASTIC career change, here are five weird jobs you probably haven't considered, that pay pretty well . . .
#5.) A 'SHOT GIRL' IN NEW YORK. According to a story in the "Wall Street Journal", girls who sell shots at bars in New York make up to 25 cents for each shot they sell, plus tips. That translates into somewhere between $300 and $600 a night.
#4.) JUNKET OPERATOR FOR CHINESE CASINOS. If you can convince millionaires to gamble at a casino in the city of Macau, China, you can earn 1.2% of whatever they gamble. And baccarat pays 2.7%. --Typically, that adds up to around $60,000 a year.
#3.) PEARL DIVER. If you're diving offshore, you can make up to $1,200 a day. And on a related note, oil and gas divers who work on drilling platforms . . . like the one that sank in the Gulf of Mexico . . . make up to $80,000 a year.
#2.) MASTER SOMMELIER. If you want to work at an upscale restaurant and recommends certain wines to go with certain meals, just become a sommelier (--pronounced so-MEL-ee-ay). --Obviously you have to know a thing or two about wine, but it pays between $80,000 and $160,000 a year. And the TOP weird job that pays well is . . .
#1.) SUBMARINE COOK. In Australia, a senior submarine cook with more than six years of experience earns $187,000 a year. (--I guess what we're saying is . . . don't quit your day job.) (WalletPop.com)
SITE FOR SORE EYES:
www.pulseofthetweeters.com
This new website sifts through the tens of millions of tweets sent each day on Twitter to determine what are important tweets and who the people are who really influence others in real time. Network analysts and real-time response measures ranks the most influential tweeters on a topic, using massive dating mining of texts. The recently launched site also determines whether the tweets are positive, negative or neutral.
New Gig Better Than Last
Among workers who found a job after being laid-off, nearly half say their new job is better than the one they lost. While 44% say they like their new gig better than their last, 30% said they like their new job the same as the one they lost. Only 24% said their new gig is worse than their last.
What’s Your Dream Job?
Acting is the top dream job among adults in the Northeast and South, while being a pro athlete is tops among those in the Midwest and West. Marist College asked Americans what dream job tops their wish list. Here’s what they found:
· 32% said actor/actress
· 29% said professional athlete
· Rock star and President of the United States tied for third at 13%
More Americans eReading
Has the introduction of eReaders like the iPad and Kindle changed reading habits among Americans? Right now, only 8% of Americans use an electronic reader device of some kind, so any real changes may take a while to detect. But some small ones are noticeable now. According to a new Harris Poll:
· Those who have eReaders are reading more. Overall, 40% of Americans read 11 or more books a year; 19% read 21 or more books per year.
· eReader users are also more likely to buy hardback or paperback books. Seventy-nine percent of all Americans have purchased a book in the past year, compared to a whopping 92% of eReader users.
· 53% of people with eReaders say they read more now than they did six months ago, compared to 18% of non-eReader users. Another 51% of non-users say they read the same as they did six months ago vs. 25% of eReaders.
Is Indoor Tanning Good Or Bad For You?
Here’s a survey that’s sure to cause a controversy. TWI Franchising, one of the leading U.S. indoor tanning franchises, found over 75% of respondents say it is impossible for indoor tanning rays to “microwave” your internal organs, despite media reports to the contrary. Another 75% said tanning rays were no stronger than natural sunlight, which offers no control of intensity. The survey also found:
· 92% of TWI customers say they tan to look and feel good.
· 97% said they felt more relaxed and energized when tanning indoors.
· 71% said fashion models look much better with a tan, despite the fact that many models are shown white as a ghost and as light as a feather.
Of course, the survey was conducted by TWI customers, so it only makes sense that the numbers are contrary to several surveys that say tanning increases your risk of getting cancer.
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