HOLLYWOOD DIRT OVERFLOW (10-28-10)

MILEY CYRUS' PARENTS ARE GETTING DIVORCED:

MILEY CYRUS' parents, BILLY RAY and TISH, are getting divorced after 17 years of marriage. --They issued a statement saying, quote, "As you can imagine, this is a very difficult time for our family. We are trying to work through some personal matters. We appreciate your thoughts and prayers." --Billy Ray and Tish have three children together . . . Miley, who turns 18 next month . . . a son named Braison, who's 16 . . . and a daughter named Noah, who's 10. --Billy Ray also adopted Tish's son and daughter from a previous relationship . . . 21-year-old Trace and 23-year-old Brandi. --And Billy Ray has a son named Christopher, who's about the same age as Miley. Billy Ray and Tish weren't married at the time Christopher was conceived . . . and Christopher was raised by his mother. --Billy Ray was the one who filed the papers, but so-called "sources" say the divorce was a long time coming, and no third party was involved.


DID JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE CHEAT ON JESSICA BIEL WITH OLIVIA MUNN?

"Us Weekly" says that JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE had a three-day fling with OLIVIA MUNN last month. --It supposedly happened after the two met at a MySpace event on September 26th. They exchanged phone numbers, and Justin started pursuing her immediately. --A source says that Olivia refused to give up the goods while he was still with JESSICA BIEL. So he pulled the classic frat-boy move of telling her they had broken up. And she bought it. --Not surprisingly, she wasn't too happy when she found out the truth.
(--Olivia is that girl who got her start on the G4 cable channel. She's now a correspondent on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart", and she'll star in an upcoming NBC sitcom called "Perfect Couples".)


SAMANTHA RONSON SAYS SHE'S NOT DATING CHRISTINA AGUILERA:

TMZ asked SAMANTHA RONSON if she's dating CHRISTINA AGUILERA. She said no. And that's all she said.
(--You can check out the video below. Samantha's "No" sounds almost like it's edited in. But I don't think the video is faked. It seems like they just augmented the sound because it was hard to hear . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/2010/10/27/samantha-ronson-christina-aguilera-not-dating-lindsay-lohan/


BLAKE LIVELY AND PENN BADGLEY HAVE BROKEN UP:

BLAKE LIVELY and her "Gossip Girl" co-star, PENN BADGLEY, have broken up, after about three years together. --Blake was spotted at Disneyland with RYAN GOSLING a few weeks ago, but she and Penn were reportedly already broken up by then. Sources say they split in September.


DID KELSEY GRAMMER MAKE HIS WIFE DO THAT "REAL HOUSEWIVES" SHOW . . . JUST SO HE COULD CHEAT ON HER?

After you hear this story, you will either consider KELSEY GRAMMER a HERO or a JERK. I'll let you decided, and I won't judge you either way. --Kelsey's estranged wife, CAMILLE GRAMMER, is one of the women on Bravo's new series, "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills". And she claims Kelsey pushed her to do the show so that he could cheat on her. --She says, quote, "Looking back, maybe he wanted to keep me preoccupied in California while he was off having his affair in New York. --"I really didn't want to do it. I think it was more Kelsey's agenda. I was very reluctant, because I am a very private person." --Kelsey was . . . and still is . . . in New York doing "La Cage Aux Folles" on Broadway. --Kelsey filed for divorce from Camille in July . . . then almost immediately started appearing in public with his 29-year-old girlfriend, Kayte Walsh. (--Kelsey is 55.) --He even impregnated her . . . but she miscarried last month. (--If Camille sounds a bit IRRITABLE, it's because she IS. Camille is a proud sufferer of irritable bowel syndrome.) (???)


THE GIRL IN CHARLIE SHEEN'S HOTEL ROOM WAS A MATTRESS ACTRESS NAMED CAPRI ANDERSON:

The woman who was in CHARLIE SHEEN'S hotel room when he flipped out and started trashing the place has been identified. --Her name is CAPRI ANDERSON, and she's a 22-year-old mattress actress. She also goes by the names Alexis Capri, Stella Costanza and Capri Nubiles . . . but her REAL name is Christina Walsh. --So-called "sources" close to Capri say she's very upset about reports that she's a PROSTITUTE. She swears she's not. --Capri (slash) Christina reportedly locked herself in the bathroom of Sheen's hotel room and called security after he started flipping out and trashing the place. --According to some reports, Charlie was snorting cocaine, and went off on Christina because he thought she'd stolen either his wallet or one of his expensive watches. (--Details vary.)


CHARLIE SHEEN SAYS HIS HOSPITALIZATION WAS "OVERBLOWN":

CHARLIE SHEEN told RadarOnline.com that the incident in New York City earlier this week in which he trashed a hotel room and ended up in the hospital was, quote, "overblown". --He said, quote, "I'm fine. The story is totally overblown and overplayed as far as the reality of the scenario." --Meanwhile, DENISE RICHARDS was asked about the chaos on the "Today" show yesterday. Once again, she tried to skirt the issue. --She said, quote, "The thing that I will say is that I did not call 911. Other than that, the details of what went on in the room, what went on that night, I prefer to keep private and personal. --"My daughters are very unaware of what happened and I'm really trying to protect them. This is Charlie. If he wants to discuss it, then I'll let him do it, but other than that, at the moment, I don't want to say anything." --She added, quote, "Charlie will always be a part of my life. We are bonded together forever and no matter what the situation is, he's their dad. It was unfortunate what happened. --"I can't control what happened. All I can do is move forward. I control my house and the girls. They're happy, beautiful children." (--Here's video . . .)
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/39868669#39868669


CHARLIE SHEEN HAS ALREADY OFFERED TO PAY FOR THE HOTEL ROOM HE TRASHED:

CHARLIE SHEEN'S people have already contacted the Plaza Hotel in New York City, and offered to pay for whatever damages he caused the other night. --We've been hearing that the damages totaled $7,000, but that's not an OFFICIAL figure. (--Here are some pictures of the hotel room after Charlie's rampage. They're not all that clear, and it's hard to tell how "trashed" it really is. But it doesn't exactly look like Motley Crue tore through the place . . .)
http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/charlie_sheen__the_hotel_carnage#tab=most_recent
(--And here's video of Charlie's wife, Brooke Mueller, saying she's not worried about their kids being around him . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=425f2424-5f34-47af-b712-5efbd9d95f36


HERE'S WHAT SOME CELEBRITIES ARE GOING TO BE FOR HALLOWEEN:

If you still haven't figured out what you're going to be for Halloween, you better make up your mind quick. Or you can just copy what celebrities are doing. Here's what some of them are dressing as this weekend:

--AnnaLynne McCord: "I have my entire group going as Alice in Wonderland. I will be the white queen and [my sister] Angel will be Alice."

--Gavin Rossdale: "I have a Batman outfit. Don't tell anyone! Don't give it away!"

--Kim Kardashian: "I have so many costumes I can't decide! My Princess Jasmine costume from last year or my Minnie Mouse that I was in Kindergarten [were my favorite]."

--Kourtney Kardashian: "I was thinking, maybe [my son Mason] could be Sebastian and I could be the Little Mermaid, but I don't know. Scott's parents bought him a spider costume, so he'll wear that at some point."

--Patrick Dempsey: "I think I'm assigned to be a Power Ranger."

--Mark Salling: "Some of the 'Glee' guys and I are talking about going as the Power Rangers." (--Mark plays Puck on "Glee".)

--Alyssa Milano: "I am a fairy every year. This year I am going to be a Goth fairy and last year I was a garden fairy!"

(--A few other, lesser, celebs also revealed their Halloween costume plans. You can see all of them here . . .)

http://www.okmagazine.com/2010/10/halloween-costume-inspiration-what-are-celebs-planning/

(--And here's a gallery of sexy celebrity Halloween costumes from years past . . .)

http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/95912/2010/10/photos-halloween-sexiest-costumes


25 THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT JUSTIN BIEBER:

JUSTIN BIEBER is the subject of "Us Weekly's" latest "25 Things You Don't Know About Me". Here are the highlights . . .

--"I learned to play the drums at age 2."
--"My favorite candy is Big Foots, which are from Canada."
--"I never remember to pack a toothbrush. At every hotel, I go to the front desk to get a new one."
--"I'm left-handed."
--"My crew and I have water-chugging contests."
--"'Step Brothers' is my favorite movie."
--"My favorite sandwich is tomato and mayo on Wonder Bread."
(--You can see the complete list here . . .)
http://www.usmagazine.com/moviestvmusic/news/25-things-you-dont-know-about-me-justin-bieber-20102710


THE NEW BATMAN MOVIE WILL BE CALLED "THE DARK KNIGHT RISES":

The title of Christopher Nolan's third Batman movie has been chosen. It'll be . . . "The Dark Knight Rises". --We still don't know who the villain will be, but we know who it WON'T be. Nolan says, quote, "It won't be the Riddler." He also says he's not shooting it in 3D. --Shooting begins in April in New Orleans, and the movie is scheduled to hit theaters in July of 2012.


THE "AVATAR" SEQUELS NOW HAVE RELEASE DATES:

JAMES CAMERON is making good on his promise to deliver two "Avatar" sequels. He even has release dates for them. The first one is due out in December of 2014 . . . and the second will follow in December of 2015. --SAM WORTHINGTON and ZOE SALDANA are already locked in to return. There's even talk of SIGOURNEY WEAVER coming back . . . even though she appeared to DIE in the original. --Sigourney herself recently said, quote, "It's always a mistake in science fiction to make these judgments on the dead. You didn't really see her die. What you saw was . . . something happen. --"I think that [James Cameron] wants all of this to be a surprise, but don't buy the funeral wreath quite yet." --Here's James Cameron explaining what we can expect from the next two installments . . . quote, "In the second and third films, which will be self-contained stories that also fulfill a greater story arc, we will not back off the throttle of 'Avatar's' visual and emotional horsepower . . -". . . and will continue to explore its themes and characters, which touched the hearts of audiences in all cultures around the world. I'm looking forward to returning to Pandora, a world where our imaginations can run wild." --Cameron had previously said that he wanted to explore Pandora's OCEANS in the next movie.


THERE MIGHT BE A MOVIE BASED ON MICHAEL JACKSON'S "THRILLER":

The World Wide Web of Movie Gossip says that a movie based on MICHAEL JACKSON'S "Thriller" is in the works . . . with KENNY ORTEGA directing. --Kenny directed Michael's "This Is It" movie . . . not to mention the "High School Musical" flicks. --Obviously, Michael's estate would have to sign off on this before it could happen. --The original, 14-minute "Thriller" is the best-selling music video of all time. --It was directed by the great JOHN LANDIS . . . whose movie credits include "Kentucky Fried Movie", "The Blues Brothers", "An American Werewolf in London", "Animal House", "Trading Places" and "Coming to America". --Landis is currently involved in a dispute with Michael's estate over royalties. There's no word whether that could hold up production on the movie.


KID ROCK SLAMS STEVEN TYLER FOR DOING "AMERICAN IDOL":

If you think about it, it's interesting that none of STEVEN TYLER'S rock 'n' roll peers spoke out against him accepting the judging gig on "American Idol". I mean, that's one of the LEAST rock 'n' roll things he could've done. --But now someone HAS: KID ROCK. And he was pretty harsh. --In an interview with "Entertainment Weekly", he says, quote, "I think it's the stupidest thing he's ever done in his life. He's a sacred American institution of rock 'n' roll, and he just threw it all out the window. Just stomped on it and set it on fire. --"I think whoever's advising him, we should bring back the guillotine, or whatever they call that thing. And if it was himself, he needs some serious counseling. I love him to death, but I gotta speak the truth."



CONAN O'BRIEN WAS STILL REELING OVER BEING BOOTED FROM "THE TONIGHT SHOW" THIS PAST SUMMER:

We all know that CONAN O'BRIEN was pretty much BLIND-SIDED by NBC's decision to yank him from "The Tonight Show" . . . and bring back JAY LENO. And naturally, he took it pretty hard. --There's a feature story on it in the new issue of "Rolling Stone", which hits newsstands on Friday. In the article, Conan says, quote, "I felt like I'd just been in a car accident. Like a crazy mix of elation, anger, sorrow. Confusion was a big one." --Conan's sidekick ANDY RICHTER adds that it was, quote, "traumatic for Conan." --And Conan's wife, Liza, says the whole thing really sank in this past summer, after Conan returned from his comedy tour. --She says, quote, "Those weeks after the tour, where not much was going on, Conan was miserable. That was when he was the most depressed. --"I hated to see him in such a state of tension and unhappiness. It was very painful for him to let go of this hallowed ground that he'd finally got a chance to stand on." (--But that's in the past now. Conan's new TBS show premieres November 8th.)


THURSDAY TV REMINDERS: (--Check your local listings.)

--"World Series" [Game #2] . . . 7:30 to 10:30 P.M. Eastern on Fox. (--The San Francisco Giants host the Texas Rangers at AT&T Park in San Francisco. The Giants lead the series 1 to nothing, after winning Game 1 by a score of 11 to 7.)

--"Scared Shrekless" . . . 8:00 to 8:30 P.M. on NBC. (--"Shrek" stars Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas reunite when Shrek challenges his fairytale friends to a scary story contest. But comedian Dean Edwards plays donkey.)

--"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" . . . 8:00 to 9:00 P.M. on ABC. (--The 1966 classic airs both tonight and tomorrow night. It's a Halloween tradition, yo.)

--"(Bleep) My Dad Says" . . . 8:30 to 9:00 P.M. on CBS. (--Charlie Robinson, who played Mac on "Night Court", guests as THE SHAT'S African-American neighbor.)

--"Grey's Anatomy" . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on ABC. (--A TV crew does a piece on life after the hospital shooting six months later, and Mandy Moore returns as a patient who was scheduled for the surgery on the day of the shooting.)

--"CSI" . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on CBS. (--"Battlestar Galactica's" Katee Sackhoff joins the cast as a detective helping Nick Stokes on a missing persons case.)

--"The Office" . . . 9:00 to 9:30 P.M. on NBC. (--Darryl bypasses Michael and takes his idea straight to corporate.)

--"Destination Truth" [4th Season Finale] . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on Syfy.

--"Police Women of Dallas" [4th Season Premiere] . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on TLC.

--"Project Runway" [8th Season Finale] . . . 9:00 to 11:00 P.M. on Lifetime. (--Jessica Simpson is a guest judge.)

--"Jersey Shore" [Season 2 Reunion Special] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on MTV.

--"Fact or Faked" [1st Season Premiere] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on Syfy.

--"The Fairy Jobmother" [SERIES Premiere] . . . 11:00 to 11:30 P.M. on Lifetime. (--A career specialist helps families overcome unemployment.)


SUGARLAND BEAT KINGS OF LEON ON THE ALBUM CHART:

SUGARLAND was one of seven acts to debut in this week's top 10. Their new album, "The Incredible Machine", sold 203,000 copies to land the top spot and hold down the new disc from KINGS OF LEON. --Kings Of Leon wasn't too far behind. Their new disc, "Come Around Sundown", moved 184,000 copies in its first week. Here are this week's Top 10 albums . . .

1.) (NEW) "The Incredible Machine", Sugarland (203,000 copies)
2.) (NEW) "Come Around Sundown", Kings of Leon (184,000 copies)
3.) (NEW) "The Union", Elton John and Leon Russell (80,000 copies)


THE FOO FIGHTERS' NEXT ALBUM WILL BE "HEAVY" . . . AND IT'LL HAVE A CAMEO BY NIRVANA BASSIST KRIST NOVOSELIC:

The FOO FIGHTERS are in the middle of recording their seventh album . . . and it sounds like it'll have more of a NIRVANA feel. --Singer DAVE GROHL says that his former Nirvana bandmate, bassist KRIST NOVOSELIC, will appear on the album . . . but for now, it sounds like just a cameo. He didn't give any details, so it's unclear if Krist will be on more than one song. --And Dave also has BUTCH VIG producing the album. (--He produced Nirvana's legendary "Nevermind" album. And Dave, of course, played drums on it.) --The Foo Fighters currently have about half the album in the can. Here's how Dave describes what they have so far: Quote, "Each song is full on, the whole record is full on . . . there's not one acoustic guitar, there's not even one in the house. --"The last month and a half we've been recording in my garage, totally old school analog. I think this could be our heaviest album yet. --"This whole project has been really cool. Foo Fighter fans are going to freak out because honestly, it's awesome." (--There's no title or release date for the album yet.)


IN A NEWLY DISCOVERED NOTE, JOHN LENNON CALLED YOKO ONO AN "ORIENTAL" AND SAID "SHE DOES NOT SWEAT":

A letter that was allegedly written by JOHN LENNON in the 1970s has surfaced. It's basically a note that he wrote to some laundry workers . . . complaining that they'd turned his new white shirt yellow. --John seems pretty irritated in the letter, and from what he wrote, it sounds like he's responding to the suggestion that the shirt was discolored by sweat . . . or by someone dying their hair while wearing it. --John refutes that by saying YOKO ONO wore the shirt . . . and claiming she didn't dye her hair . . . or sweat. But in the process of defending Yoko, he referred to her as a, quote, "oriental." (--Which was a lot more acceptable in the '70s than it is today.) --He wrote, quote, "Dear Laundry, Mrs. Yoko Ono Lennon does not, will not, has not dyed her hair. She does not sweat (most Orientals do not sweat like us). What is your excuse for turning my brand new white shirt yellow?"
(--You can check out the letter, here . . .)
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2010/10/mrs-yoko-ono-lennon-does-not-sweat.html


CHECK OUT LADY GAGA IN AN OLD SEXUAL HARASSMENT PSA:

LADY GAGA once appeared in a sexual harassment PSA called "Real People . . . Sexual Harassment: What You Can Do". It's unclear how old it is, but it's definitely from back when she was known by her real name, Stefani Germanotta. --She doesn't have any lines in the video . . . at least not in the part that's up on YouTube . . . but there's a scene with no sound where she chews out a guy who puts his arm around her. (--You can watch the video below. Lady Gaga appears 40 seconds in.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv6krkEG7ao


CHRIS MARTIN'S FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON IS NOT A COLDPLAY FAN:

CHRIS MARTIN and GWYNETH PALTROW'S four-year-old son, Moses, loves music . . . but he isn't a fan of his dad's band, COLDPLAY. At least, not yet. --Gwyneth says, quote, "Moses sings the most in our house. He's humming and singing all day long. Not my husband's songs . . . he's more into T-Pain or he'll just sing whatever song he hears on the radio. Super-poppy music."


"AMERICAN IDOL" JUDGE RANDY JACKSON THINKS BRAD PAISLEY IS A "MONSTER PLAYER":

BRAD PAISLEY has built a solid reputation as a kickass guitar player. But it's not just in the country community. "American Idol" judge RANDY JACKSON thinks he's a "monster". --According to "Country Weekly", Randy was flying into Nashville to check out some "Idol" auditions when he ran into a "Rolling Stone" writer named David Wild. Brad Paisley's name came up and that's when Randy gave him props. --Here's what David Wild Tweeted about that meeting, quote, "Flew in with Randy Jackson who I knew pre-Idol. Loves Nashville. Called Brad Paisley a 'monster player.'"

THURSDAY'S SHOWBIZ QUICK HITS

CELINE DION gave birth to twin boys last Saturday, and she STILL can't figure out what to name them. So far, she says she's considered and rejected 15,000 names . . . and now she's going a "little bit crazy." Well, that's understandable:

http://www.starmagazine.com/celine_dion_baby_names/news/17503



Comedian PATTON OSWALT has joined the celebrity anti-bullying movement. But instead of filming an "It Gets Better" video, Patton decided to write a letter directed at "the bully's little friends." There's some bad language in it, but it's pretty good:

http://www.pattonoswalt.com/index.cfm?page=spew&id=150



JANET JACKSON has had issues with her body since age 11 . . . when she started working on the sitcom "Good Times". She says they bound her breasts because, quote, "they thought [they] were too big."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/26/janet-jackson-my-breasts-_n_774297.html



The silver Aston Martin that SEAN CONNERY drove in the James Bond movies "Goldfinger" and "Thunderball" was auctioned off in London yesterday. It went for $4.1 million. But it was expected to bring in $5.5 million:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-10-27-james-bond-car_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip


NAZZY’S RANDOM STUFF

PORSCHE, HONDA AND TOYOTA ARE THE MOST RELIABLE CAR BRANDS . . . AND CHRYSLER IS THE LEAST RELIABLE:

"Consumer Reports" just put out the results of their annual survey about the most reliable car brands. And there aren't too many surprises.

--MOST RELIABLE. Porsche, Honda, Toyota, and Volvo all scored the highest in reliability. Other brands that did well were Acura, Hyundai, Infiniti and Scion. Ford was the most reliable of the American car brands.


--LEAST RELIABLE. Chrysler did the worst in the study . . . the Dodge Ram 1500 was their ONLY vehicle ranked as reliable. Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Land Rover also came in near the bottom of the list.


--MOST IMPROVED. GM is usually near the basement in these lists, but they worked their way up. They're still not at the top of the pack, but they did better than ever before . . . 69% of their models were ranked as average or above average.


--MOST RELIABLE OVERALL VEHICLE. The Porsche Boxster was named the most reliable car in the country.


--LEAST RELIABLE OVERALL VEHICLE. The least reliable vehicle was a tie between the Audi A6 and the Jaguar XF.


(Yahoo Autos)


FALLING IN LOVE TAKES EXACTLY . . . ONE-FIFTH OF A SECOND:

There's a new study out of Syracuse University that says falling in love isn't something that happens over months of dinners, late-night talks, or walking hand-in-hand through the autumn foliage. Nope . . . it's basically the opposite. --When you fall in love, it takes exactly . . . one-fifth of a second. --When you're with the right person, the chemicals in 12 different areas of your brain hit the right balance and . . . there it is, that's the moment you're in love. It's just that easy. (Lemondrop)


THE TALLER YOU ARE, THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO GET CANCER OF THE TESTES:

It's taken years, but we've FINALLY found the story we've always dreamed of . . . a story that says SHORT MEN have an advantage . . . ANY advantage . . . over tall men. --According to a new study out of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, the taller a man is, the higher his risk for testicular cancer. --For every two inches you are over 5-foot-9, you have an extra 13% risk of developing testicular cancer. --The researchers say they have NO IDEA why this happens . . . since usually height is a sign of stronger genetics. --Even though the risk goes up, testicular cancer only accounts for 1% of the male cancers. Fewer than four out of 100 lumps on the testes are actually cancerous . . . and testicular cancer patients have a 98% survival rate. --Still . . . the researchers say that it's important to detect the cancer early, so whether you're tall or not, quote, "Be aware of any changes to the size and weight of your testicles and not delay in seeing your [doctor] if you're concerned." (The Telegraph)


THREE REASONS WHY SMART KIDS GROW UP TO BE BIG DRINKERS:

Two huge long-term studies . . . one here and one in the U.K. . . . have found that smart kids generally grow up to be HEAVIER DRINKERS than kids with lower IQs. It's a pretty weird finding . . . and no one has a definite answer for it. --So here are three different theories for why smart people love getting stupid drunk.

#1.) Evolution. An evolutionary psychologist at "Psychology Today" says that the JOYS OF DRUNKENNESS weren't known until about 10,000 years ago. --Smart people tend to adopt things earlier . . . and 10,000 years is a pretty short amount of time in terms of evolution . . . so it makes sense that smarter people would take to alcohol first.

#2.) Making up for lost time. As a smart kid, you might find yourself so consumed with school, after-school activities, studying, hobbies, and playing an instrument that your childhood isn't as FUN as other kids'. --So when those kids grow up and find alcohol . . . and all the WILD TIMES and BAD DECISIONS that come with it . . . they cling to that.

#3.) It's the only way to deal with "morons." A writer at the Food & Wine Blog says that smart people drink because it's the only way to deal with, quote, "morons" . . . and the DUMB STUFF those morons say in social situations. (The Week)


TWITTER DECIDED TO MAKE MONEY BY . . . SELLING WINE?

Ever since Twitter blew up, people have been wondering how they planned to make money. I can safely say no one saw THIS coming. --Twitter just launched its own brand of WINE. --The wine is called Fledgling, and it comes in two varieties: A Pinot Noir and a Chardonnay. The bottles will sell for $25 each. --For every bottle sold, Twitter will donate $5 to Room To Read, a nonprofit that sets up literacy programs for children in third-world countries. (Slashfood)

(--Children who will learn to read and STILL fail to understand the horrible English people use on Twitter.)

http://tcs.wisebrother.com/tcstodaysTcs/fullArtShow/14909?cid=7281

(--If you're interested in buying Twitter wine, it's only being sold online, at the website FledglingWine.com . . .)
http://www.fledglingwine.com/


WANT TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT? BUY TOILET PAPER WITHOUT A CARDBOARD TUBE IN THE MIDDLE!

It's kind of amazing it took so long for someone to think of this: On Monday, the first toilet paper without a cardboard tube in the middle started hitting stores. And that could mean BIG THINGS for the environment. --Kimberly-Clark is the company that makes Scott toilet paper, and they started testing the tubeless toilet paper at Walmarts and Sam's Clubs in the Northeast. If it catches on, it should go nationwide and global soon. --Instead of keeping the hole in the middle of the roll with a cardboard tube, Kimberly-Clark uses a special winding process. The holes aren't perfectly round, but they still work in any bathroom. --The last few pieces are glued together to keep the roll intact until the end. And yes, it's safe to use the glued together pieces at the end . . . there is ZERO waste with these rolls. --This is a pretty big "green" effort by the toilet paper industry. Americans throw out 17 billion cardboard tubes from toilet paper every year . . . accounting for 160 MILLION POUNDS of trash every year. --If they were stretched end to end, the amount of cardboard toilet paper tubes we throw away in a year could stretch to the Moon and back . . . twice. That's well over one million miles. --Kimberly-Clark says that if the toilet paper tests go well, they could also start producing tube-free paper towels, too. (USA Today)


THE MOST VALUABLE BASEBALL CARD EVER IS BEING AUCTIONED OFF BY . . . A GROUP OF NUNS?

If you ever collected baseball cards, you know about the 1909 HONUS WAGNER card. Even though there are more famous baseball players, there's never been a more famous card . . . the Honus Wagner is the most expensive card in history. --Honus Wagner played for 21 seasons, had a career batting average of .328, and was one of the first five men inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. --His card's worth so much because it's so rare: There are only 60 known copies in existence. In 2007, a Honus Wagner in mint condition sold for $2.8 MILLION, the highest price for any trading card EVER. --None of the nuns of the School Sisters of Notre Dame order in Baltimore, Maryland collected baseball cards. --But the brother of one of the nuns there died in 1999 and left them all his possessions . . . including a 1909 Honus Wagner. At first they didn't realize what they had. But NOW they do. --So the nuns are auctioning off the card. It's in pretty bad condition . . . it has a big crease in it . . . but it's still expected to bring in at least $200,000 at auction. --The bidding on the card was already up to $180,000 last night. And the auction ends on November 4th. Like good nuns, they'll be donating all of the proceeds to their ministries in 35 different countries. (Forbes)
(--If you want to bid, or just see the auction, check it out here . . .)
http://sports.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=7028&Lot_No=80079


A TEENAGER IN OHIO TRIES TO ROB A GIGANTIC HE-SHE PROSTITUTE . . . AND RECEIVES AN EPIC BEATING:

16-year-old Rufus Bowman of Cincinnati, Ohio just learned a VERY important life lesson. Even if a GIANT MAN is wearing a SKIRT, a halter top, and sexy women's shoes . . . he's STILL a giant man who can whoop you in a fight. --Rufus learned that lesson when he tried to rob a six-foot-1, 290-pound TRANSVESTITE PROSTITUTE named Joshua Bumpus. At the time, Joshua was wearing a pink halter top, matching pumps, and had his long hair dyed red. --Rufus approached Joshua to buy his-her prostitution services, but when they got into an alley, Rufus pulled a gun. They fought, and Rufus SHOT Joshua. --Joshua took the bullet in the ribs . . . SHOOK IT OFF . . . and kept fighting. And he-she gave Rufus a BEATDOWN. Rufus is short but not small . . . he's 5-foot-7, and 230 pounds. But Joshua was still able to manhandle him. (--Womanhandle?) --According to county prosecutors, quote, "He got the gun away from [Rufus], he grabbed him by the hair and beat him down. He beat the daylights out of him." --By that point, some of Joshua's transvestite friends had flagged down the police, and the cops arrested Rufus. --Even though he's 16, Rufus was charged as an adult with felonious assault. On Tuesday, he took a plea deal for three years in prison. (Cincinnati Enquirer)


AN ARMED ROBBER PULLED OFF HIS MASK IN FRONT OF A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA . . . AND HIS MOM TURNED HIM IN AFTER SEEING THE FOOTAGE:

21-year-old Lorenzo Mason of Manchester, England was busted for armed robbery after his mom saw the surveillance footage . . . and turned him over to the cops. Here's what happened . . . --Back on June 30th, Lorenzo robbed a store at gunpoint, and got away with almost $1,000. He had a scarf over his face, but just before he left he pulled it off . . . because he didn't want to wear it into the street and make people suspicious. --But right as he pulled it off, a security camera by the exit caught his face. The police gave the footage to the local media . . . they ran it . . . and someone recognized Lorenzo and called the cops with a tip. --So they showed up at the family home when Lorenzo wasn't around. But his mother was. She told them, quote, "I presume you're here about what's in the paper" . . . and ratted Lorenzo out. He turned himself in a few days later. --This week, Lorenzo was sentenced to five years in prison for armed robbery. (Daily Mail)


THURSDAY'S QUICK HITS

A driver called police about a severed foot dangling from the trunk of a car. Which turned out to be a Halloween decoration:

http://oppdchief.blogspot.com/2010/10/bloody-foot-investigation.html


Fights over Halloween eggings have killed one New Yorker a year for the last 25 years:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/nyregion/27about.html?_r=1&hp


Superman is getting a makeover to make him more edgy and brooding:

http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/crush/superman-gets-a-hipster-makeover/488


The good news is, scientists have found a new weapon to kill E. coli and salmonella. The bad news is, that weapon is cholera:

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/25/cholera-antibiotic-ecoli.html


New terms in the Collins English dictionary include funemployment, iPad, intexticated, tweet-tooth, and tweetheart:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101027/wl_uk_afp/britainlifestylelanguage_20101027113151


A guy survived Hurricane Richard . . . and was then eaten by a jaguar that escaped from a zoo during the storm:

http://7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=18091


A guy with tattoos covering 98% of his body got his eyeballs tattooed:

http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/tattoo-lover-matt-gone-inks-his-eyeballs/19691356


NAZZY’S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY


#1.) THE COMPUTER-ANIMATED VERSION OF CHARLIE SHEEN'S MELTDOWN:

The company in Taiwan that does computer-animated versions of news events just released one for the CHARLIE SHEEN meltdown. --It shows a naked CGI version of Charlie throwing a chair in his hotel room, then arguing with the cops when they arrive to find a naked escort cowering in the closet. (--Search for "Charlie Sheen Plaza Hotel NMAWorldEdition.")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG_OB-W3FQM


#2.) A GUY CARVED A JACK-O-LANTERN USING A HANDGUN:

Instead of carving his jack-o-lantern with a knife, some hard-ass decided to do it by shooting out the eyes, nose, and mouth with a handgun from about five feet away. It took 38 shots, but it worked. (--Search for "carving a jack-o-lantern with a gun.")

http://www.break.com/index/carving-a-jack-o-lantern-with-a-gun-1943028


#3.) A "WORLD OF WARCRAFT" SUPER-FAN MADE A DIFFERENCE:

A "World Of Warcraft" super-fan asked a question at a video game convention over the weekend, then ended up schooling the makers of the game about a continuity error they overlooked. And in the end, they promised to fix it. --Unless you're a "World Of Warcraft" fanatic, you'll have no idea what the guy's talking about, but that's the reason the video's funny. (--Search for "World Of Warcraft red-shirted super-nerd.")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwyMB19q7ms


THE SIX MOST COMMON MISTAKES PET OWNERS MAKE:

According to the Humane Society, there are 78 million dogs in the U.S., and 94 million cats. And that's just counting pets, not the ones roaming the streets or sitting in the pound. --Since so many of us own pets, here's a list from "Real Simple" magazine of six things MOST of us are doing wrong . . .

#1.) CHOOSING A PET BECAUSE IT'S CUTE. A lot of people go to an animal shelter and make a choice based on their emotional reaction. --But you should do some research first. Some cats and dogs are harder on allergies than others, and some have very specific needs. So read up, THEN go to the animal shelter.


#2.) SKIMPING ON EXERCISE. According to "The Dog Whisperer," you're supposed to walk your dog at least twice a day for a minimum of 30 minutes each time. But most people just wait until the dog takes a dump, then head back inside. --And since you can't walk a cat, you're supposed to give it 10 to 20 minutes of play time twice a day . . . which almost no one does.


#3.) BEING INCONSISTENT WITH THE RULES. Everyone in the house has to enforce the same rules, or your pet won't know what they are. -For example, you can't expect a dog to know it's only allowed on the couch when YOU'RE on it. It's either allowed on the couch, or it's not.
#4.) PUNISHING YOUR PET AFTER-THE-FACT. You probably know this, but just to make sure EVERYONE does: Yelling at a dog or a cat doesn't do any good unless it's WHILE they're doing something bad. --In that case, the yelling scares them and they associate whatever they were doing wrong with fear. But if you wait even a few seconds, they won't connect the dots. And PHYSICALLY punishing an animal just teaches them to be afraid of YOU.


#5.) GIVING OUT TOO MANY TREATS. They lose their training value if you give them out for no reason. Your pet stops thinking of them as a reward and starts thinking of them as inevitable.


#6.) LETTING YOUR PET GET BORED. Cats and dogs start causing trouble if they don't have anything to do. That's why it's important to always make sure they have at least one window to look out of. -And you can keep your dog's mind working by hiding treats around the house before you leave for work. They'll spend all day trying to sniff them out. (Real Simple)