HOLLYWOOD DIRT OVERFLOW (11-15-10)
JESSICA SIMPSON IS ENGAGED:
Despite what she said last week, JESSICA SIMPSON was NOT "extremely happy" when she heard that her ex-husband, NICK LACHEY, was engaged. --How do I know that? Because on Thursday . . . several days after Nick announced he and VANESSA MINNILLO were engaged . . . Jessica got engaged. (!!!) --Jessica's rep confirmed Friday that she and former NFL tight end ERIC JOHNSON are getting married. There's no word on a wedding date. Jessica and Eric have been dating since May. (--Sure, it's entirely possible that their engagement was borne out of nothing more than their love, and their assurance that they are, indeed, meant for each other. But how PROBABLE is it?) --Jessica showed off her engagement ring during an appearance on Saturday. It's a ruby flanked by two diamonds.
KELLY PRESTON DID NOT GO INTO LABOR:
There was a rumor going around this weekend that JOHN TRAVOLTA had to cut a trip to Australia short because KELLY PRESTON had gone into labor. It's not true. --Their rep says, quote, "This story is 100% false. She's not in labor. John is en route back to the U.S. as was always the plan for him to return this weekend." (--The baby . . . a boy they're going to name Benjamin . . . is due on the 26th of this month, which is two Fridays from now.)
NE-YO IS A FATHER:
R&B singer NE-YO is a father for the first time. His girlfriend gave birth to a baby girl on Friday. They named her Madilyn Grace Smith. (--Ne-Yo's real name is Shaffer Chimere Smith. He's 31 years old.) --The baby was actually due in January . . . but as far as we know, everything is okay. Ne-Yo Tweeted, quote, "She's healthy and happy. Feels like I'm in luv for the first time."
BILLY RAY CYRUS WALKED OUT OF A RADIO INTERVIEW AFTER THE GUY ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS MARRIAGE:
BILLY RAY CYRUS got up and walked out of a radio interview on WCOL in Columbus, Ohio on Friday, after host Woody Johnson asked him about his marriage. --Johnson said, quote, "I have to ask you because you are a celebrity and we've all heard. Your marriage is going?" --Billy Ray didn't really lose it, but you could tell he wasn't happy. He said, quote, "Oh man. You know what bud? Woody Johnson. Woody Johnson. God bless America, God bless our troops. Woody Johnson, look at you." --Woody said, quote, "Don't be mad at me" . . . and Billy Ray answered, quote, "Oh, I ain't made at you. Have a good day, brother." And he walked away from the microphone. --As he was leaving, Billy Ray could be heard saying, quote, "It's very rude."
(--You can listen to it here . . .)
http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_audio/111210_billy_ray_audio_v2.mp3
TAYLOR MOMSEN BLAMES HER PARENTS FOR HER BAD BEHAVIOR:
Everybody scrutinizes every little thing MILEY CYRUS does . . . but nobody seems to be keeping an eye on TAYLOR MOMSEN. --Taylor is 17 years old and one of the stars of "Gossip Girl". (--She plays Jenny Humphrey.) She's also in a band called PRETTY RECKLESS. --For as long as we can remember, she's been a SMOKER. She swears. She wears skimpy, goth clothing. And during a recent concert, she flashed her underage breasts at the crowd . . . and the video wound up on the Internet. --Well, in the new issue of "Revolver" magazine, Taylor explains why she's such a delinquent. She blames HER PARENTS for forcing her into showbiz at an early age. --She says, quote, "My parents signed me up with Ford [Modeling] at the age of 2. No 2-year-old wants to be working, but I had no choice. --"My whole life, I was in and out of school. I didn't have friends. I was working constantly and I didn't have a real life." (--Taylor got her big break when she was cast as Cindy-Lou Who in JIM CARREY'S live-action version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" . . . which hit theaters in 2000. She was 7 at the time.)
KANYE WEST CANCELED HIS "TODAY" SHOW PERFORMANCE BECAUSE OF HIS INTERVIEW WITH MATT LAUER:
The victimization of KANYE WEST continues . . . at least in Kanye's own mind it does. --Kanye was supposed to perform on the "Today" show a week from this Friday . . . but he's backing out because he's still bothered by that interview he did with MATT LAUER last week. --On Friday, he Tweeted, quote, "I'm not performing on the 'Today' show for obvious reasons. --"I'm so happy the world got to see just a small piece of 'the set up.' I blatantly said I'm not performing on a tweet and to everyone around me and the next day they still announced a performance." --He added, quote, "I don't hate Matt Lauer. We don't promote hate. That's the whole point!!! I promote love and truth! . . . All positive energy . . . all smiles. Much love to Matt and the whole 'Today' show. --"I accept y'all future apology in advance LOL!" --Kanye got upset during the interview because Lauer made him look at video of GEORGE W. BUSH before allowing him to answer a question. -Then, he showed video of Kanye interrupting TAYLOR SWIFT during the 2009 "VMAs", while he and Kanye were discussing that incident. --Soon after the interview, Kanye Tweeted that he felt, quote, "very alone very used very tortured very forced very misunderstood very hollow very very misused." (--One person who's standing by Kanye is Def Jam founder RUSSELL SIMMONS. He posted an open letter to Kanye over the weekend, saying there was no reason for Kanye to apologize to Bush in the first place.)
(--You can read it here . . .)
http://globalgrind.com/channel/gossip/content/1888580/dear-kanye-an-open-letter-by-russell-simmons/
DISNEY IS GOING TO RE-TOOL "SONNY WITH A CHANCE" TO GIVE DEMI LOVATO TIME TO RECOVER:
Disney is going to re-tool DEMI LOVATO'S show, "Sonny with a Chance", in order to give her time to recover from . . . whatever it is she needs to recover from. --Filming on the upcoming third season will begin in January, as scheduled . . . but Demi doesn't need to be there, because the focus is being taken off her character for now. --Demi's character, Sonny Munroe, is a cast member on a fictional, live comedy series called "So Random!" --And until she's ready to come back, "Sonny with a Chance" will focus on the inner workings of "So Random!" and its other cast members. --A Disney spokesperson says this will give Demi, quote, "the time she needs to get well, without distraction or pressure." --There's no word when Demi will finish being treated for . . . whatever she's being treated for. So it may not be a certainty that she WON'T be back for the start of filming in January. (--Back in October, Disney aired an episode of "So Random!" as a stand-alone special . . . and had already planned to air another one later this month.)
DENZEL COULDN'T TAKE DOWN WILL FERRELL AT THE BOX OFFICE:
When the list of Hollywood's Most Overpaid Actors came out earlier this month, both WILL FERRELL and DENZEL WASHINGTON were on the list. And Will was supposedly THE worst actor to invest a lot of money in. --Well, it looks like they may need to rethink that list even further, because Denzel has now officially failed to outdo Will Ferrell. Denzel's "Unstoppable" just opened with $23.5 million, while "Megamind" held onto #1 by earning another $30 million.
1.) "Megamind", $30.1 million (--Up to $89.8 million in its 2nd week.)
2.) (NEW) Denzel Washington's "Unstoppable", $23.5 million
3.) Robert Downey Jr.'s road trip comedy "Due Date", $15.5 million (--Up to $59 million in its 2nd week.)
DOES BILL CLINTON HAVE A CAMEO IN "THE HANGOVER 2"???
This is one of the most bizarre things you're likely to hear all week . . . but it's apparently true: BILL CLINTON has a cameo in "The Hangover 2". --Now, I'm not saying that he appears via archival footage or anything. Billy was actually in Bangkok, Thailand over the weekend, and he actually got in front of the cameras. --As for what Bill was doing in Thailand . . . it had nothing to do with the region's vigorous sex industry. (???) He was there to deliver a speech on clean energy. --There's no word what Clinton actually does in the movie. (--TMZ scored a picture of Clinton on the set . . . which you can see here . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/2010/11/14/bill-clinton-hangover-2-photo-set-thailand-bangkok-us-president/
(--In related news . . . The "National Enquirer" claims that MEL GIBSON had a pay-or-play deal for his cameo . . . meaning that they had to pay him even if they DIDN'T use him.) (--So he pocketed $750,000 for doing NOTHING.)
HARRISON FORD THINKS HAN SOLO SHOULD HAVE DIED:
HARRISON FORD wishes one of his characters had been killed off. And sadly, it's not Indiana Jones. --He's talking about Han Solo from "Star Wars" . . . who he thinks should have bit it in "Return of the Jedi" . . . which was the third and final film in the original trilogy. --He says, quote, "As a character, he was not so interesting to me. I thought he should have died in the last one, just to give it some bottom, some gravitas." --Why didn't it happen? Because, quote, "GEORGE [LUCAS] didn't think there was any future in Dead Han toys."
(--Check out video here . . .)
http://www.popeater.com/2010/11/13/harrison-ford-wishes-han-solo-was-killed-off-star-wars/
(--I know some of you "Star Wars" fans are probably screaming HERESY at this. But I agree that an honorable, heroic death would have been the PERFECT ending for Han Solo.)
CLASSIC MOVIES THAT ARE TOO POLITICALLY INCORRECT TO BE MADE TODAY
CHECK OUT SOME MOVIES THAT MIGHT BE TOO UN-PC TO BE MADE TODAY:
With all the controversy over VINCE VAUGHN'S "Electric cars are gay" line in "The Dilemma", "Entertainment Weekly" put together a list of 18 movies that we all know and love . . . but might be too politically incorrect to be released today.
--They include the following . . .
--"Dumbo", 1941: Dumbo and Timothy Q. Mouse encounter five wisecracking blackbirds, who are obviously black stereotypes. Their leader is even named Jim Crow. (--You've heard the phrase "separate but equal". Well, the laws in this country that established that supposedly "equal" segregation were called Jim Crow Laws.)
--"Song of the South", 1946: This is the Disney movie your kids might NEVER SEE. It hasn't been in theaters since 1986, and Disney flat-out refuses to release it on home video, because people think it's RACIST. --Even when it was released, the NAACP criticized it for creating an image of, quote, "an idyllic master-slave relationship." (--Animated characters from the movie can be seen on the Splash Mountain ride at the Disney theme parks . . . and Disney still uses the theme song, "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" all the time . . . without the context, naturally.)
--"Airplane", 1980: Pilot PETER GRAVES was clearly hitting on the little boy the stewardess brought into the cockpit. And we LAUGHED. (--That scene alone is responsible for a million jokes about gladiator movies.)
--"There's Something About Mary", 1998: One character pretends to be crippled to get close to the title character, played by CAMERON DIAZ . . . and his supposed disability is played for laughs. --Mary also has a mentally-challenged brother, played by a non-mentally-challenged actor. Some legitimately mentally-handicapped people do appear in the film, but they're not made fun of.
--"The Silence of the Lambs", 1991: The LGBT community wasn't happy about serial killer Buffalo Bill . . . who wanted to be a chick, but was really just a psycho. "It puts the lotion in the basket." (???)
--Other movies on the list include the original "Bad News Bears", "Blazing Saddles", "A Fish Called Wanda", "Gone with the Wind" and "The Kentucky Fried Movie".
(--Check out the complete list here . . .)
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20440906,00.html
CHECK OUT VIDEO OF GWYNETH PALTROW PERFORMING "FORGET YOU" ON "GLEE":
Tomorrow night's episode of "Glee" will feature GWYNETH PALTROW covering CEE-LO'S "(Eff) You". Of course, she's performing the CENSORED version, which is called "Forget You". --But you won't have to wait until tomorrow to see it, because the clip of her performance has hit the Internet. (--You can check it out, here . . .) http://www.twitvid.com/TBU3A --By the way, Cee-Lo is PUMPED that Gwyenth is covering his song. He tells MTV News, quote, "I really am just flattered . . . that not only 'Glee' [covered it], but it was Gwyneth [singing]. --"I didn't realize when we first did the clearances for it. I just thought that maybe it would be sung by the cast, but [it] turns out to be her. I'm like, 'That's just, that's too awesome.'" --Gwyneth and the "Glee" cast are also doing a mash-up of "Singin' in the Rain" and RIHANNA'S hit "Umbrella". (--You can see some footage of that, here . . .)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eqZOBcnwlw
MONDAY TV REMINDERS: (--Check your local listings.)
--"Monday Night Football" . . . 8:30 to 11:30 P.M. Eastern on ESPN. (--The Washington Redskins host the Philadelphia Eagles at FedEx Field in Maryland.)
--"How I Met Your Mother" . . . 8:00 to 8:30 P.M. on CBS. (--Barney finds out that Robin was once a Canadian teen pop star and he encourages her to reunite with her former sidekick, who's played by Pussycat Doll minx Nicole Scherzinger.)
--"House" . . . 8:00 to 9:00 P.M. on Fox. (--The hospital is placed on lockdown after a girl is admitted with what may be smallpox.)
--"Chuck" . . . 8:00 to 9:00 P.M. on NBC. (--"Terminator" minx Summer Glau guests as an undercover agent who gets the horny Buy More staff all worked up.)
--"Dancing with the Stars" [Performance Show] . . . 8:00 to 9:30 P.M. on ABC. (--Brandy, Bristol Palin, Jennifer Grey and Kyle Massey perform.)
--"Invitation Only" . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on CMT. (--Rascal Flatts performs.)
--"Castle" . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on ABC. (--Lyle Lovett guest stars as a government agent trying to stop Castle and Beckett's investigation into the death of a renowned astrophysicist.)
--"Weeds" [6th Season Finale] . . . 10:00 to 10:30 P.M. on Showtime.
--"The Big C" [1st Season Finale] . . . 10:30 to 11:00 P.M. on Showtime.
DOES STEVE PERRY WANT TO REJOIN JOURNEY?
There's a good chance that NONE of the details in the following story are true, but since it's been making the rounds online, we thought we'd toss it out to you anyway. --The very unreliable British "Daily Star" tabloid claims that STEVE PERRY . . . the CLASSIC singer from JOURNEY . . . wants to return to the band. --Supposedly, Steve is enjoying all the attention Journey has been getting, thanks to their classic jam "Don't Stop Believin'" being used on the finale of "The Sopranos" and being covered by the cast of "Glee". --And he has decided that he wants back in. But Journey isn't interested. --The story quoted guitarist NEAL SCHON saying: "[Steve] seems to be enjoying the spotlight a little too much. The fact is he's no longer the lead singer. He walked out." --Steve left Journey permanently in 1998. STEVE AUGERI took over on vocals, and then in 2006 JEFF SCOTT SOTO took a brief turn. In 2007, Journey found their current singer, Filipino YouTube sensation ARNEL PINEDA, on the Internet. --Meanwhile, another unreliable source claims that someone from the so-called "Journey camp" has denied the rumor . . . but that person isn't identified or quoted. (--For what it's worth, Steve did seem excited to sing "Don't Stop Believin'" with his fellow San Francisco Giants fans at this year's World Series. Here's video.)
ANOTHER NEW MICHAEL JACKSON SONG IS ONLINE:
Another new MICHAEL JACKSON song has been uploaded to his site, MichaelJackson.com. This one is called "Hold My Hand", and it features rapper AKON. --Like the "Breaking News" single that was posted last week, "Hold My Hand" will be on that upcoming "Michael" album, which will hit stores on December 14th. --If you think "Hold My Hand" sounds familiar, here's why: --Two years ago . . . before Michael's death . . . an unfinished version was leaked online. At the time, there was speculation that it was for Akon's then-upcoming disc, "Freedom". --But Akon later clarified that it would appear on a Michael Jackson album . . . not his. (--Of course, at the time no one knew it would be a posthumous album.) --50 CENT and LENNY KRAVITZ will also make guest appearances on the album.
--By the way, WILL.I.AM. of the BLACK EYED PEAS is NOT happy that another Michael Jackson album is coming out. --He tells "Entertainment Weekly", quote, "Whoever [is putting] it out and is profiting off of it, I want to see how cold they are . . . [Michael] just wasn't any ordinary artist. He was a hands-on person. To me it's disrespectful. There's no honoring." --Will.I.Am's biggest beef is that Michael wasn't around to put his finishing touches on the album before it came out. --He explains, quote, "Michael Jackson songs are finished when Michael says they're finished . . . Maybe if I never worked with him I wouldn't have this perspective. --"He was very particular about how he wanted his vocals, the reverb he used . . . he was that hands-on."
THE NEXT GUNS N' ROSES' ALBUM WON'T TAKE AS LONG AS "CHINESE DEMOCRACY":
GUNS N' ROSES infamously took 13 YEARS to release "Chinese Democracy" . . . but the band's current guitarist DJ ASHBA says a new album is in the works, and he thinks we can expect it before the year 2023. -He tells "Rolling Stone", quote, "We're talking about [the next album] right now. We've been throwing around a bunch of ideas, and it should be good. --"It won't take as long, I promise. I'm excited to get this one rolling. You know, AXL [ROSE] has a lot of good (stuff) up his sleeve, so I'm excited about it." --DJ also says that Guns is planning on launching a U.S. tour in February, but no dates have been announced yet. (--DJ Ashba just joined Guns LAST YEAR, so forgive his obvious ignorance of how things work in Axl Rose's version of reality.) (--As for the rest of us, I'm sure we CAN expect that new G-n-R disc in 2023. Or download. Or maybe hologram. Who knows how we'll be enjoying music by the time Axl is ready to let go of the next one.)
JUSTIN BIEBER "BUSTED" HIS KNEE DURING A SHOW . . . BUT PERFORMED THROUGH IT:
JUSTIN BIEBER said he, quote, "busted his knee in the middle of" his concert in Cleveland last Thursday night. But he's OK. --On Friday, he Tweeted, quote, "[It was] not fun. [I] finished the show with a sweet limp. Knee is swollen today but all good. Spending some quality time with [my mom] . . . feeling blessed." --Justin's rep says they're hoping it's, quote, "just a bad sprain." It must not have been too bad, because Justin performed as scheduled on Saturday night in Virginia. (--We don't know how Justin hurt his knee, but there's video from the Cleveland show in which you can supposedly see him limping.) (--It's at the very end of the clip, when he walks off stage. But personally, I don't see much of a limp. I think Justin might be exaggerating the extent of his injury a little bit.) --In other Justin Bieber news, "Pray" . . . the new song that will be released on his upcoming "My Worlds Acoustic" album . . . has hit the Internet. (--You can check it out, here. The disc will be out on Black Friday exclusively at Wal-Mart.)
A TRAILER FOR A *FAKE* JUSTIN BIEBER MOVIE:
A trailer for a FAKE movie about JUSTIN BIEBER hit the Internet over the weekend. --It's called "8 Kilometers" . . . get it? --That's a play on the title of the EMINEM movie, "8 Mile" . . . only changed to the metric system because Justin is Canadian. Here are some classic lines from the clip: --"A boy who started out in the tough suburban cul-de-sacs of Ontario, Canada." --"Sorry to break the news to you, Bieber, but brushing your hair forward like that isn't going to help us sell any records. Foreheads are where it's at . . . that's just a fact." --"Did you ever hear of a young, white, cute, Christian male making it in America? It's a fairytale, Justin."
(--I'm pretty sure "Justin" is played by a girl. You can watch it, here . . .)
http://www.babelgum.com/6003739?action=share
(--And here again is the trailer for the REAL Justin movie, "Never Say Never".)
NICKI MINAJ WAS A LOSER BEFORE SHE BECAME A RAPPER:
NICKI MINAJ says that she was a loser before she became a rapper. --She says, quote, "I'd been fired like 15 times because I had a horrible attitude. --"I worked at Red Lobster before that and I chased a customer out of the restaurant once so I could stick my middle finger up at her and demand that she give me my pen back. I swear to God I was bad." --But VERY fortunately for her, Nicki has been tagged as the next big thing . . . somehow. She's appeared on a few tracks, but her debut album, "Pink Friday", isn't even out yet. It drops NEXT Tuesday.
MONDAY'S SHOWBIZ QUICK HITS
Remember JODECI . . . that R&B group that was big in the 1990s? Well, the leader of the group, DEVANTE SWING, got arrested for public drunkenness recently for being falling-down drunk at a Subway restaurant in Burbank, California. And yes, there's video.
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=28034a03-46ec-424a-ac2b-768fe7c68a83
"Out" magazine has released its annual Out 100 . . . which is a list of the movers and shakers in the LGBT community. They include Ricky Martin, Rachel Maddow, Nate Berkus, T.R. Knight and country singer Chely Wright.
http://out.com/Out100/slideshow.asp?slideshow_title=Out100&theID=1#Top
RANDY QUAID continues to bring the crazy. Remember three years ago, when DENNIS QUAID'S newborn twins were given the wrong dose of a blood-thinning medication and almost DIED? Well, Randy says that happened because his brother had a HIT taken out on him.
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b211009_randy_quaid_cant_quit_crazy_says_dennis.html
NAZZY’S RANDOM STUFF
A NEW SURVEY FINDS THAT SEX *DOESN'T* GET BETTER WITH AGE AND EXPERIENCE:
There's a line of thought that says there's no better sex than MIDDLE AGE sex. You're experienced, you know what you want, and you're not too shy to let your DEVIANT FETISHES shine through. --Well . . . a new survey says that's all a MYTH. --A poll in Britain found that as women get older, they have less sex . . . and don't enjoy it as much. --In the survey, 84% of women in their 20s, 71% of women in their 30s, and 70% of women in their 40s said they have sex at least once a week. --For women in their 50s, only 37% get-it-on at least once a week. For women over 60, that drops to 24%. --And as for enjoying the sex they're having . . . 59% of women in their 20s say their sex lives are excellent or good. Only 26% of women in their 50s say their sex lives are excellent or good, and 43% say their sex lives are poor or very poor. --Only 3% of women 50 and over said they're currently having the best sex of their life. (Daily Mail)
JUST IN TIME FOR THANKSGIVING, BUY THE PERFUME THAT MAKES YOU SMELL LIKE PUMPKIN PIE:
I definitely follow the logic here. Men love the smell of pumpkin pie. Women want to attract men. Therefore . . . women should do their best to smell like pumpkin pie. --And now you can. Just in time for Thanksgiving, a fragrance company called Harvey Prince is selling a new perfume called "Eau Fling" . . . which is designed to smell like pumpkin pie. --The product description reads, quote, "Eau Fling is based on the combination of lavender and pumpkin pie notes which are proven to create male sexual arousal." --They're not giving the stuff away . . . a 1.7-ounce bottle runs $55 . . . but you'll smell like pumpkin pie and attract countless men, and who can put a price on that?
(--You can buy this stuff here . . .)
http://www.harveyprince.com/products/details.php?id=hp06
A WOMAN IS SUING HER FORMER EMPLOYER . . . AFTER THEY FIRED HER FOR HAVING LARGE BREASTS:
If you ask me, having a BIG-BREASTED WOMAN around an office is a good thing. As long as you make eye contact when she's talking, she'll be GREAT for morale. --My sexist theories aside, 43-year-old Amy-Erin Blakely of Orlando, Florida is SUING her former employer, because . . . according to her . . . they fired her for having LARGE BREASTS. --Amy worked at the Devereux Foundation, which is a nonprofit health organization. In 13 years, she worked her way up to assistant executive director, where she was managing 900 employees. --But she says she couldn't advance any higher. She says her managers said she was, quote, "too sensual" and that, quote, "someone in management talked about how large her breasts were and she needed to hide them." --Amy says she complained about those comments last spring and got a reprimand. She complained again last fall and was fired. --Now she's suing for gender discrimination and retaliation. And to make sure this gets attention, she's brought on GLORIA ALLRED as her lawyer. --Robert Krieder is the CEO of the Devereux Foundation. He says they haven't received the complaint yet but, quote, "Ms. Allred shared details . . . that are purposefully inflammatory, and twisted in content and context." (CBS News)
A NEW WEBSITE TELLS YOU WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE UNDERPAID. AND YOU PROBABLY ARE:
You're probably underpaid. Of course, in today's economy, that makes sense . . . there are probably 25 people lined up outside right now who would happily take your job for way less money. But still . . . you're underpaid. --And a new website called GetRaised.com tells you just how underpaid you are. You enter some basic info about your job, your experience and your location, and it tells you how much you should be making. --Then you can pay $20 for them to create a custom raise request for you. And they say that if you don't get a raise within six months, they'll refund your money.
THE BEST NUMBER OF SIBLINGS FOR A KID'S HAPPINESS IS . . . ZERO:
You might think that the typical only child is spoiled, cocky, or socially awkward . . . but at least they're spoiled, cocky, socially awkward and HAPPY. --In a new British study, kids without siblings registered the highest levels of happiness. In fact, with every extra sibling a person has, their happiness level went DOWN. --The researchers think it comes from fighting for your parents' attention . . . plus literally fighting physically and verbally with your siblings. Since only children get all the attention with none of the bullying, that makes them the happiest. --54% of people with siblings said they were bullied by their siblings. 31% said they were bullied a lot. (News.com.au)
THINK THAT MAKING HOME IMPROVEMENTS WILL HELP YOU SELL YOUR HOUSE? THEY'RE A BIGGER WASTE OF MONEY THAN EVER:
With the housing market still swirling around in the toilet, you might be thinking, "Well, maybe if I redo the kitchen that'll help me sell it for a decent price." The answer is . . . no, it won't. --"Remodeling" magazine just released the results of their annual survey and found that home improvements are having LESS of an effect on selling price than EVER. --Up until last year, the average home improvement project boosted a home's price by 86.7% of the cost of the project. In other words, if you spend $10,000 to improve your house, it adds $8,670 to the sale price. --But in the 2009-2010 survey, home improvements only added 63.8% of their value to the home's selling price. -The average project cost a homeowner $50,908 and only added $32,497 of value at sale time. --The survey found that the best projects you can do to add value are exterior enhancements that might not cost that much . . . like door and window replacements. Adding an attic bedroom also helped add value to the house. --Adding home offices, sunrooms, backup power generators, bathrooms, and garages recouped the least amount of their costs. (Yahoo Finance)
SOMEONE FINALLY CLAIMED THE $128.6 MILLION JACKPOT FOR THE LOTTERY TICKET THAT WAS PURCHASED AT AN ADULT BOOKSTORE:
Last Tuesday, we told you about the $128.6 MILLION Powerball jackpot in Michigan, where no one had come forward to claim the prize. --There was a lot of speculation that the winner was AFRAID to come forward . . . because the ticket had been purchased at a PORNO SHOP called the Uptown Bookstore. --Well . . . the winner finally came forward. But he's not talking about the porno connection. --49-year-old Mike Greer of Farmington Hills, Michigan claimed the prize and presented the winning ticket on behalf of a group called Team Victory Lottery Club. He says the group pools together their money and buys lottery tickets every week. --As for which one of them went to the porno store to buy the winning ticket? Mike isn't saying. He just says, quote, "I didn't buy it." --The group took the lump sum. They'll be dividing up $69.6 MILLION before taxes. --Mike says that some of the money will be donated to a church. The Uptown Bookstore will receive $50,000 from the lottery commission for selling the winning ticket. (CNN)
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS TRAINING NEW EXORCISTS TO HANDLE ALL THE DEMAND:
The Catholic Church in the U.S. is having serious issues with supply-and-demand right now. Apparently, the DEVIL is possessing more people than ever . . . and they just don't have the fleet of EXORCISTS they need to fight back. --According to the Catholic News Service, demand for exorcisms in the U.S. is HUGE. But there are only about five or six exorcists certified by the Catholic Church right now . . . and they can't get to everyone. --So over the weekend, the Church held a special workshop in Baltimore, to get a bunch of new bishops and priests certified in exorcisms. Fifty-six bishops and 66 priests showed up --And the workshop wasn't just for training . . . it was to help the clergymen learn the signs that someone really DOES need an exorcism, not just psychiatric help. --Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois organized the conference. He says the biggest signs that someone's possessed include speaking in tongues, feats of strength, a fear of Holy water, and cutting or biting the skin. --The Church hasn't said WHY there's been a rise in exorcism requests lately. Yeah, the movie "The Last Exorcism" was a hit this year, but exorcism movies have been coming out regularly for decades, and it's never led to an increase before. --Under the law of the Catholic Church, only priests who have been trained and certified can perform exorcisms, and even then they can only do it with permission from their bishop. (New York Times)
A GUY IN L.A. PROPOSES TO HIS GIRLFRIEND . . . THEN TRIES TO RUN HER OVER WHEN SHE SAYS "NO":
22-year-old Francisco Hernandez of Whittier, California does not take rejection well. --On Thursday afternoon, Francisco wanted to propose to his girlfriend, Stacy. --And he did it in the most romantic way possible . . . by driving past her while she ate at a fast food restaurant in Los Angeles called the Burger Joint, with "Stacy, Will You Marry Me?" painted on his back windshield. --Well . . . after he drove past and delivered the message, Stacy gave him her answer: NO. --So Francisco responded by . . . trying to RUN HER OVER with his car. --She managed to jump out of the way and get to safety. --Francisco popped two tires in the process when he hit a curb, so he ended up ditching the car and running away. --The police caught up with him . . . with a bouquet of flowers in his hand . . . and arrested him on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. (Los Angeles Times)
NAZZY’S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY
#1.) WOLF BLITZER WAS AT THE "SOUL TRAIN AWARDS"?
The "Soul Train Awards" were taped in Atlanta last week, and for some reason WOLF BLITZER from CNN was asked to be one of the presenters. --The show won't air on BET until November 28th, but CNN posted cell phone footage of DOUG E. FRESH teaching Wolf how to do his signature dance move, "The Dougie". (--Search for "CNN.com Wolf Blitzer Soul Train." The dancing starts around :35.)
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b211220_un-hip_hop_wolf_blitzer_learns_do_the.html
#2.) A GOLFER'S TEE SHOT KNOCKED OUT A FAN:
At the Australian Masters on Friday, a golfer named ROBERT ALLENBY hit a bad tee shot and nailed a spectator in the HEAD. --According to TMZ, it actually knocked the guy out. But he was smiling when they were carting him off, so apparently he's okay. (--Search for "Robert Allenby pelts spectator.")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAG6bUK1m8A
#3.) HERE'S A CAT TAKING ON AN ALLIGATOR . . . AND WINNING:
There's a video on YouTube of a housecat taking on two ALLIGATORS, and eventually they retreat into the water. It looks like it's at some kind of alligator reserve, so the gators were probably well fed. But still . . . (--Search for "cat vs. alligator." The cat attacks at :08 and 1:13.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sAF8gMN9c0
#4.) THE JAGUARS BEAT THE TEXANS WITH A LAST-MINUTE HAIL MARY:
You hardly ever see a last-second Hail Mary WORK, but yesterday the Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Houston Texans 31 to 24 when quarterback DAVID GARRARD completed a Hail Mary pass as the clock ran out. --The ball was batted down at the goal line, but it landed in the arms of Jaguars wide receiver MIKE THOMAS just as he was stepping into the end zone. (--Search for "NFL.com Jaguars Hail Mary is answered.")
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-cant-miss-plays/09000d5d81c1aac7/Jaguars-Hail-Mary-is-answered
#5.) A KITE SURFER BROKE A WORLD RECORD . . . THEN HIS WRIST:
A kite surfer named Rob Douglas broke a world record last month by going 55.65 knots on his kiteboard, which is about 64 miles an hour. Then at the end of the run, he crashed and broke his wrist. (--Search for "breaks wrist." He crashes at :23.)
http://www.tmz.com/2010/11/11/kite-surfing-record-rob-douglas-broken-wrist/
FOUR SECRETS ABOUT THE FIRST YEAR OF MARRIAGE:
If you recently got married, or you're thinking about it, prepare to be depressed: "Brides" magazine has a list of four secrets about the first year of marriage . . . and none of them are good news.
#1.) YOUR SPOUSE WILL GAIN WEIGHT. Most people lose a few pounds for their wedding, but start gaining them back as soon as the ring's on their finger. --And that's okay. Just don't neglect your health COMPLETELY. Studies show that people who get married and stay married live longer . . . unless they gain 50 pounds and never leave the couch.
#2.) YOU WON'T SEE YOUR FRIENDS ANYMORE. You'll still see your BEST friends, but everyone else will slowly fade away. And "Brides" magazine says to concentrate on spending time with your best friends, or you'll lose them too. --It also helps if you each do things WITHOUT each other. If you do everything as a couple, only other couples will want to hang out with you.
#3.) YOU'LL GO TO BED ANGRY, EVEN THOUGH YOU SAID YOU NEVER WOULD. It doesn't make sense to stay up all night fighting if you have to work the next day. Just don't forget about it the next day or pretend it didn't happen.
#4.) YOU'LL HAVE TWO PAYCHECKS, BUT YOU'LL STILL BE BROKE. According to "Brides" magazine, you'll save on rent, but make up for it by spending money on setting up your new place. And if you have kids, you'll have to spend a lot more. --But it's worth noting that the website Bundle.com did a study in New York and found that married couples spent less on just about everything, including groceries, clothing, and entertainment. And they spent almost HALF as much eating out. (Brides)
Despite what she said last week, JESSICA SIMPSON was NOT "extremely happy" when she heard that her ex-husband, NICK LACHEY, was engaged. --How do I know that? Because on Thursday . . . several days after Nick announced he and VANESSA MINNILLO were engaged . . . Jessica got engaged. (!!!) --Jessica's rep confirmed Friday that she and former NFL tight end ERIC JOHNSON are getting married. There's no word on a wedding date. Jessica and Eric have been dating since May. (--Sure, it's entirely possible that their engagement was borne out of nothing more than their love, and their assurance that they are, indeed, meant for each other. But how PROBABLE is it?) --Jessica showed off her engagement ring during an appearance on Saturday. It's a ruby flanked by two diamonds.
KELLY PRESTON DID NOT GO INTO LABOR:
There was a rumor going around this weekend that JOHN TRAVOLTA had to cut a trip to Australia short because KELLY PRESTON had gone into labor. It's not true. --Their rep says, quote, "This story is 100% false. She's not in labor. John is en route back to the U.S. as was always the plan for him to return this weekend." (--The baby . . . a boy they're going to name Benjamin . . . is due on the 26th of this month, which is two Fridays from now.)
NE-YO IS A FATHER:
R&B singer NE-YO is a father for the first time. His girlfriend gave birth to a baby girl on Friday. They named her Madilyn Grace Smith. (--Ne-Yo's real name is Shaffer Chimere Smith. He's 31 years old.) --The baby was actually due in January . . . but as far as we know, everything is okay. Ne-Yo Tweeted, quote, "She's healthy and happy. Feels like I'm in luv for the first time."
BILLY RAY CYRUS WALKED OUT OF A RADIO INTERVIEW AFTER THE GUY ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS MARRIAGE:
BILLY RAY CYRUS got up and walked out of a radio interview on WCOL in Columbus, Ohio on Friday, after host Woody Johnson asked him about his marriage. --Johnson said, quote, "I have to ask you because you are a celebrity and we've all heard. Your marriage is going?" --Billy Ray didn't really lose it, but you could tell he wasn't happy. He said, quote, "Oh man. You know what bud? Woody Johnson. Woody Johnson. God bless America, God bless our troops. Woody Johnson, look at you." --Woody said, quote, "Don't be mad at me" . . . and Billy Ray answered, quote, "Oh, I ain't made at you. Have a good day, brother." And he walked away from the microphone. --As he was leaving, Billy Ray could be heard saying, quote, "It's very rude."
(--You can listen to it here . . .)
http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_audio/111210_billy_ray_audio_v2.mp3
TAYLOR MOMSEN BLAMES HER PARENTS FOR HER BAD BEHAVIOR:
Everybody scrutinizes every little thing MILEY CYRUS does . . . but nobody seems to be keeping an eye on TAYLOR MOMSEN. --Taylor is 17 years old and one of the stars of "Gossip Girl". (--She plays Jenny Humphrey.) She's also in a band called PRETTY RECKLESS. --For as long as we can remember, she's been a SMOKER. She swears. She wears skimpy, goth clothing. And during a recent concert, she flashed her underage breasts at the crowd . . . and the video wound up on the Internet. --Well, in the new issue of "Revolver" magazine, Taylor explains why she's such a delinquent. She blames HER PARENTS for forcing her into showbiz at an early age. --She says, quote, "My parents signed me up with Ford [Modeling] at the age of 2. No 2-year-old wants to be working, but I had no choice. --"My whole life, I was in and out of school. I didn't have friends. I was working constantly and I didn't have a real life." (--Taylor got her big break when she was cast as Cindy-Lou Who in JIM CARREY'S live-action version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" . . . which hit theaters in 2000. She was 7 at the time.)
KANYE WEST CANCELED HIS "TODAY" SHOW PERFORMANCE BECAUSE OF HIS INTERVIEW WITH MATT LAUER:
The victimization of KANYE WEST continues . . . at least in Kanye's own mind it does. --Kanye was supposed to perform on the "Today" show a week from this Friday . . . but he's backing out because he's still bothered by that interview he did with MATT LAUER last week. --On Friday, he Tweeted, quote, "I'm not performing on the 'Today' show for obvious reasons. --"I'm so happy the world got to see just a small piece of 'the set up.' I blatantly said I'm not performing on a tweet and to everyone around me and the next day they still announced a performance." --He added, quote, "I don't hate Matt Lauer. We don't promote hate. That's the whole point!!! I promote love and truth! . . . All positive energy . . . all smiles. Much love to Matt and the whole 'Today' show. --"I accept y'all future apology in advance LOL!" --Kanye got upset during the interview because Lauer made him look at video of GEORGE W. BUSH before allowing him to answer a question. -Then, he showed video of Kanye interrupting TAYLOR SWIFT during the 2009 "VMAs", while he and Kanye were discussing that incident. --Soon after the interview, Kanye Tweeted that he felt, quote, "very alone very used very tortured very forced very misunderstood very hollow very very misused." (--One person who's standing by Kanye is Def Jam founder RUSSELL SIMMONS. He posted an open letter to Kanye over the weekend, saying there was no reason for Kanye to apologize to Bush in the first place.)
(--You can read it here . . .)
http://globalgrind.com/channel/gossip/content/1888580/dear-kanye-an-open-letter-by-russell-simmons/
DISNEY IS GOING TO RE-TOOL "SONNY WITH A CHANCE" TO GIVE DEMI LOVATO TIME TO RECOVER:
Disney is going to re-tool DEMI LOVATO'S show, "Sonny with a Chance", in order to give her time to recover from . . . whatever it is she needs to recover from. --Filming on the upcoming third season will begin in January, as scheduled . . . but Demi doesn't need to be there, because the focus is being taken off her character for now. --Demi's character, Sonny Munroe, is a cast member on a fictional, live comedy series called "So Random!" --And until she's ready to come back, "Sonny with a Chance" will focus on the inner workings of "So Random!" and its other cast members. --A Disney spokesperson says this will give Demi, quote, "the time she needs to get well, without distraction or pressure." --There's no word when Demi will finish being treated for . . . whatever she's being treated for. So it may not be a certainty that she WON'T be back for the start of filming in January. (--Back in October, Disney aired an episode of "So Random!" as a stand-alone special . . . and had already planned to air another one later this month.)
DENZEL COULDN'T TAKE DOWN WILL FERRELL AT THE BOX OFFICE:
When the list of Hollywood's Most Overpaid Actors came out earlier this month, both WILL FERRELL and DENZEL WASHINGTON were on the list. And Will was supposedly THE worst actor to invest a lot of money in. --Well, it looks like they may need to rethink that list even further, because Denzel has now officially failed to outdo Will Ferrell. Denzel's "Unstoppable" just opened with $23.5 million, while "Megamind" held onto #1 by earning another $30 million.
1.) "Megamind", $30.1 million (--Up to $89.8 million in its 2nd week.)
2.) (NEW) Denzel Washington's "Unstoppable", $23.5 million
3.) Robert Downey Jr.'s road trip comedy "Due Date", $15.5 million (--Up to $59 million in its 2nd week.)
DOES BILL CLINTON HAVE A CAMEO IN "THE HANGOVER 2"???
This is one of the most bizarre things you're likely to hear all week . . . but it's apparently true: BILL CLINTON has a cameo in "The Hangover 2". --Now, I'm not saying that he appears via archival footage or anything. Billy was actually in Bangkok, Thailand over the weekend, and he actually got in front of the cameras. --As for what Bill was doing in Thailand . . . it had nothing to do with the region's vigorous sex industry. (???) He was there to deliver a speech on clean energy. --There's no word what Clinton actually does in the movie. (--TMZ scored a picture of Clinton on the set . . . which you can see here . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/2010/11/14/bill-clinton-hangover-2-photo-set-thailand-bangkok-us-president/
(--In related news . . . The "National Enquirer" claims that MEL GIBSON had a pay-or-play deal for his cameo . . . meaning that they had to pay him even if they DIDN'T use him.) (--So he pocketed $750,000 for doing NOTHING.)
HARRISON FORD THINKS HAN SOLO SHOULD HAVE DIED:
HARRISON FORD wishes one of his characters had been killed off. And sadly, it's not Indiana Jones. --He's talking about Han Solo from "Star Wars" . . . who he thinks should have bit it in "Return of the Jedi" . . . which was the third and final film in the original trilogy. --He says, quote, "As a character, he was not so interesting to me. I thought he should have died in the last one, just to give it some bottom, some gravitas." --Why didn't it happen? Because, quote, "GEORGE [LUCAS] didn't think there was any future in Dead Han toys."
(--Check out video here . . .)
http://www.popeater.com/2010/11/13/harrison-ford-wishes-han-solo-was-killed-off-star-wars/
(--I know some of you "Star Wars" fans are probably screaming HERESY at this. But I agree that an honorable, heroic death would have been the PERFECT ending for Han Solo.)
CLASSIC MOVIES THAT ARE TOO POLITICALLY INCORRECT TO BE MADE TODAY
CHECK OUT SOME MOVIES THAT MIGHT BE TOO UN-PC TO BE MADE TODAY:
With all the controversy over VINCE VAUGHN'S "Electric cars are gay" line in "The Dilemma", "Entertainment Weekly" put together a list of 18 movies that we all know and love . . . but might be too politically incorrect to be released today.
--They include the following . . .
--"Dumbo", 1941: Dumbo and Timothy Q. Mouse encounter five wisecracking blackbirds, who are obviously black stereotypes. Their leader is even named Jim Crow. (--You've heard the phrase "separate but equal". Well, the laws in this country that established that supposedly "equal" segregation were called Jim Crow Laws.)
--"Song of the South", 1946: This is the Disney movie your kids might NEVER SEE. It hasn't been in theaters since 1986, and Disney flat-out refuses to release it on home video, because people think it's RACIST. --Even when it was released, the NAACP criticized it for creating an image of, quote, "an idyllic master-slave relationship." (--Animated characters from the movie can be seen on the Splash Mountain ride at the Disney theme parks . . . and Disney still uses the theme song, "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" all the time . . . without the context, naturally.)
--"Airplane", 1980: Pilot PETER GRAVES was clearly hitting on the little boy the stewardess brought into the cockpit. And we LAUGHED. (--That scene alone is responsible for a million jokes about gladiator movies.)
--"There's Something About Mary", 1998: One character pretends to be crippled to get close to the title character, played by CAMERON DIAZ . . . and his supposed disability is played for laughs. --Mary also has a mentally-challenged brother, played by a non-mentally-challenged actor. Some legitimately mentally-handicapped people do appear in the film, but they're not made fun of.
--"The Silence of the Lambs", 1991: The LGBT community wasn't happy about serial killer Buffalo Bill . . . who wanted to be a chick, but was really just a psycho. "It puts the lotion in the basket." (???)
--Other movies on the list include the original "Bad News Bears", "Blazing Saddles", "A Fish Called Wanda", "Gone with the Wind" and "The Kentucky Fried Movie".
(--Check out the complete list here . . .)
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20440906,00.html
CHECK OUT VIDEO OF GWYNETH PALTROW PERFORMING "FORGET YOU" ON "GLEE":
Tomorrow night's episode of "Glee" will feature GWYNETH PALTROW covering CEE-LO'S "(Eff) You". Of course, she's performing the CENSORED version, which is called "Forget You". --But you won't have to wait until tomorrow to see it, because the clip of her performance has hit the Internet. (--You can check it out, here . . .) http://www.twitvid.com/TBU3A --By the way, Cee-Lo is PUMPED that Gwyenth is covering his song. He tells MTV News, quote, "I really am just flattered . . . that not only 'Glee' [covered it], but it was Gwyneth [singing]. --"I didn't realize when we first did the clearances for it. I just thought that maybe it would be sung by the cast, but [it] turns out to be her. I'm like, 'That's just, that's too awesome.'" --Gwyneth and the "Glee" cast are also doing a mash-up of "Singin' in the Rain" and RIHANNA'S hit "Umbrella". (--You can see some footage of that, here . . .)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eqZOBcnwlw
MONDAY TV REMINDERS: (--Check your local listings.)
--"Monday Night Football" . . . 8:30 to 11:30 P.M. Eastern on ESPN. (--The Washington Redskins host the Philadelphia Eagles at FedEx Field in Maryland.)
--"How I Met Your Mother" . . . 8:00 to 8:30 P.M. on CBS. (--Barney finds out that Robin was once a Canadian teen pop star and he encourages her to reunite with her former sidekick, who's played by Pussycat Doll minx Nicole Scherzinger.)
--"House" . . . 8:00 to 9:00 P.M. on Fox. (--The hospital is placed on lockdown after a girl is admitted with what may be smallpox.)
--"Chuck" . . . 8:00 to 9:00 P.M. on NBC. (--"Terminator" minx Summer Glau guests as an undercover agent who gets the horny Buy More staff all worked up.)
--"Dancing with the Stars" [Performance Show] . . . 8:00 to 9:30 P.M. on ABC. (--Brandy, Bristol Palin, Jennifer Grey and Kyle Massey perform.)
--"Invitation Only" . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on CMT. (--Rascal Flatts performs.)
--"Castle" . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on ABC. (--Lyle Lovett guest stars as a government agent trying to stop Castle and Beckett's investigation into the death of a renowned astrophysicist.)
--"Weeds" [6th Season Finale] . . . 10:00 to 10:30 P.M. on Showtime.
--"The Big C" [1st Season Finale] . . . 10:30 to 11:00 P.M. on Showtime.
DOES STEVE PERRY WANT TO REJOIN JOURNEY?
There's a good chance that NONE of the details in the following story are true, but since it's been making the rounds online, we thought we'd toss it out to you anyway. --The very unreliable British "Daily Star" tabloid claims that STEVE PERRY . . . the CLASSIC singer from JOURNEY . . . wants to return to the band. --Supposedly, Steve is enjoying all the attention Journey has been getting, thanks to their classic jam "Don't Stop Believin'" being used on the finale of "The Sopranos" and being covered by the cast of "Glee". --And he has decided that he wants back in. But Journey isn't interested. --The story quoted guitarist NEAL SCHON saying: "[Steve] seems to be enjoying the spotlight a little too much. The fact is he's no longer the lead singer. He walked out." --Steve left Journey permanently in 1998. STEVE AUGERI took over on vocals, and then in 2006 JEFF SCOTT SOTO took a brief turn. In 2007, Journey found their current singer, Filipino YouTube sensation ARNEL PINEDA, on the Internet. --Meanwhile, another unreliable source claims that someone from the so-called "Journey camp" has denied the rumor . . . but that person isn't identified or quoted. (--For what it's worth, Steve did seem excited to sing "Don't Stop Believin'" with his fellow San Francisco Giants fans at this year's World Series. Here's video.)
ANOTHER NEW MICHAEL JACKSON SONG IS ONLINE:
Another new MICHAEL JACKSON song has been uploaded to his site, MichaelJackson.com. This one is called "Hold My Hand", and it features rapper AKON. --Like the "Breaking News" single that was posted last week, "Hold My Hand" will be on that upcoming "Michael" album, which will hit stores on December 14th. --If you think "Hold My Hand" sounds familiar, here's why: --Two years ago . . . before Michael's death . . . an unfinished version was leaked online. At the time, there was speculation that it was for Akon's then-upcoming disc, "Freedom". --But Akon later clarified that it would appear on a Michael Jackson album . . . not his. (--Of course, at the time no one knew it would be a posthumous album.) --50 CENT and LENNY KRAVITZ will also make guest appearances on the album.
--By the way, WILL.I.AM. of the BLACK EYED PEAS is NOT happy that another Michael Jackson album is coming out. --He tells "Entertainment Weekly", quote, "Whoever [is putting] it out and is profiting off of it, I want to see how cold they are . . . [Michael] just wasn't any ordinary artist. He was a hands-on person. To me it's disrespectful. There's no honoring." --Will.I.Am's biggest beef is that Michael wasn't around to put his finishing touches on the album before it came out. --He explains, quote, "Michael Jackson songs are finished when Michael says they're finished . . . Maybe if I never worked with him I wouldn't have this perspective. --"He was very particular about how he wanted his vocals, the reverb he used . . . he was that hands-on."
THE NEXT GUNS N' ROSES' ALBUM WON'T TAKE AS LONG AS "CHINESE DEMOCRACY":
GUNS N' ROSES infamously took 13 YEARS to release "Chinese Democracy" . . . but the band's current guitarist DJ ASHBA says a new album is in the works, and he thinks we can expect it before the year 2023. -He tells "Rolling Stone", quote, "We're talking about [the next album] right now. We've been throwing around a bunch of ideas, and it should be good. --"It won't take as long, I promise. I'm excited to get this one rolling. You know, AXL [ROSE] has a lot of good (stuff) up his sleeve, so I'm excited about it." --DJ also says that Guns is planning on launching a U.S. tour in February, but no dates have been announced yet. (--DJ Ashba just joined Guns LAST YEAR, so forgive his obvious ignorance of how things work in Axl Rose's version of reality.) (--As for the rest of us, I'm sure we CAN expect that new G-n-R disc in 2023. Or download. Or maybe hologram. Who knows how we'll be enjoying music by the time Axl is ready to let go of the next one.)
JUSTIN BIEBER "BUSTED" HIS KNEE DURING A SHOW . . . BUT PERFORMED THROUGH IT:
JUSTIN BIEBER said he, quote, "busted his knee in the middle of" his concert in Cleveland last Thursday night. But he's OK. --On Friday, he Tweeted, quote, "[It was] not fun. [I] finished the show with a sweet limp. Knee is swollen today but all good. Spending some quality time with [my mom] . . . feeling blessed." --Justin's rep says they're hoping it's, quote, "just a bad sprain." It must not have been too bad, because Justin performed as scheduled on Saturday night in Virginia. (--We don't know how Justin hurt his knee, but there's video from the Cleveland show in which you can supposedly see him limping.) (--It's at the very end of the clip, when he walks off stage. But personally, I don't see much of a limp. I think Justin might be exaggerating the extent of his injury a little bit.) --In other Justin Bieber news, "Pray" . . . the new song that will be released on his upcoming "My Worlds Acoustic" album . . . has hit the Internet. (--You can check it out, here. The disc will be out on Black Friday exclusively at Wal-Mart.)
A TRAILER FOR A *FAKE* JUSTIN BIEBER MOVIE:
A trailer for a FAKE movie about JUSTIN BIEBER hit the Internet over the weekend. --It's called "8 Kilometers" . . . get it? --That's a play on the title of the EMINEM movie, "8 Mile" . . . only changed to the metric system because Justin is Canadian. Here are some classic lines from the clip: --"A boy who started out in the tough suburban cul-de-sacs of Ontario, Canada." --"Sorry to break the news to you, Bieber, but brushing your hair forward like that isn't going to help us sell any records. Foreheads are where it's at . . . that's just a fact." --"Did you ever hear of a young, white, cute, Christian male making it in America? It's a fairytale, Justin."
(--I'm pretty sure "Justin" is played by a girl. You can watch it, here . . .)
http://www.babelgum.com/6003739?action=share
(--And here again is the trailer for the REAL Justin movie, "Never Say Never".)
NICKI MINAJ WAS A LOSER BEFORE SHE BECAME A RAPPER:
NICKI MINAJ says that she was a loser before she became a rapper. --She says, quote, "I'd been fired like 15 times because I had a horrible attitude. --"I worked at Red Lobster before that and I chased a customer out of the restaurant once so I could stick my middle finger up at her and demand that she give me my pen back. I swear to God I was bad." --But VERY fortunately for her, Nicki has been tagged as the next big thing . . . somehow. She's appeared on a few tracks, but her debut album, "Pink Friday", isn't even out yet. It drops NEXT Tuesday.
MONDAY'S SHOWBIZ QUICK HITS
Remember JODECI . . . that R&B group that was big in the 1990s? Well, the leader of the group, DEVANTE SWING, got arrested for public drunkenness recently for being falling-down drunk at a Subway restaurant in Burbank, California. And yes, there's video.
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=28034a03-46ec-424a-ac2b-768fe7c68a83
"Out" magazine has released its annual Out 100 . . . which is a list of the movers and shakers in the LGBT community. They include Ricky Martin, Rachel Maddow, Nate Berkus, T.R. Knight and country singer Chely Wright.
http://out.com/Out100/slideshow.asp?slideshow_title=Out100&theID=1#Top
RANDY QUAID continues to bring the crazy. Remember three years ago, when DENNIS QUAID'S newborn twins were given the wrong dose of a blood-thinning medication and almost DIED? Well, Randy says that happened because his brother had a HIT taken out on him.
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b211009_randy_quaid_cant_quit_crazy_says_dennis.html
NAZZY’S RANDOM STUFF
A NEW SURVEY FINDS THAT SEX *DOESN'T* GET BETTER WITH AGE AND EXPERIENCE:
There's a line of thought that says there's no better sex than MIDDLE AGE sex. You're experienced, you know what you want, and you're not too shy to let your DEVIANT FETISHES shine through. --Well . . . a new survey says that's all a MYTH. --A poll in Britain found that as women get older, they have less sex . . . and don't enjoy it as much. --In the survey, 84% of women in their 20s, 71% of women in their 30s, and 70% of women in their 40s said they have sex at least once a week. --For women in their 50s, only 37% get-it-on at least once a week. For women over 60, that drops to 24%. --And as for enjoying the sex they're having . . . 59% of women in their 20s say their sex lives are excellent or good. Only 26% of women in their 50s say their sex lives are excellent or good, and 43% say their sex lives are poor or very poor. --Only 3% of women 50 and over said they're currently having the best sex of their life. (Daily Mail)
JUST IN TIME FOR THANKSGIVING, BUY THE PERFUME THAT MAKES YOU SMELL LIKE PUMPKIN PIE:
I definitely follow the logic here. Men love the smell of pumpkin pie. Women want to attract men. Therefore . . . women should do their best to smell like pumpkin pie. --And now you can. Just in time for Thanksgiving, a fragrance company called Harvey Prince is selling a new perfume called "Eau Fling" . . . which is designed to smell like pumpkin pie. --The product description reads, quote, "Eau Fling is based on the combination of lavender and pumpkin pie notes which are proven to create male sexual arousal." --They're not giving the stuff away . . . a 1.7-ounce bottle runs $55 . . . but you'll smell like pumpkin pie and attract countless men, and who can put a price on that?
(--You can buy this stuff here . . .)
http://www.harveyprince.com/products/details.php?id=hp06
A WOMAN IS SUING HER FORMER EMPLOYER . . . AFTER THEY FIRED HER FOR HAVING LARGE BREASTS:
If you ask me, having a BIG-BREASTED WOMAN around an office is a good thing. As long as you make eye contact when she's talking, she'll be GREAT for morale. --My sexist theories aside, 43-year-old Amy-Erin Blakely of Orlando, Florida is SUING her former employer, because . . . according to her . . . they fired her for having LARGE BREASTS. --Amy worked at the Devereux Foundation, which is a nonprofit health organization. In 13 years, she worked her way up to assistant executive director, where she was managing 900 employees. --But she says she couldn't advance any higher. She says her managers said she was, quote, "too sensual" and that, quote, "someone in management talked about how large her breasts were and she needed to hide them." --Amy says she complained about those comments last spring and got a reprimand. She complained again last fall and was fired. --Now she's suing for gender discrimination and retaliation. And to make sure this gets attention, she's brought on GLORIA ALLRED as her lawyer. --Robert Krieder is the CEO of the Devereux Foundation. He says they haven't received the complaint yet but, quote, "Ms. Allred shared details . . . that are purposefully inflammatory, and twisted in content and context." (CBS News)
A NEW WEBSITE TELLS YOU WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE UNDERPAID. AND YOU PROBABLY ARE:
You're probably underpaid. Of course, in today's economy, that makes sense . . . there are probably 25 people lined up outside right now who would happily take your job for way less money. But still . . . you're underpaid. --And a new website called GetRaised.com tells you just how underpaid you are. You enter some basic info about your job, your experience and your location, and it tells you how much you should be making. --Then you can pay $20 for them to create a custom raise request for you. And they say that if you don't get a raise within six months, they'll refund your money.
THE BEST NUMBER OF SIBLINGS FOR A KID'S HAPPINESS IS . . . ZERO:
You might think that the typical only child is spoiled, cocky, or socially awkward . . . but at least they're spoiled, cocky, socially awkward and HAPPY. --In a new British study, kids without siblings registered the highest levels of happiness. In fact, with every extra sibling a person has, their happiness level went DOWN. --The researchers think it comes from fighting for your parents' attention . . . plus literally fighting physically and verbally with your siblings. Since only children get all the attention with none of the bullying, that makes them the happiest. --54% of people with siblings said they were bullied by their siblings. 31% said they were bullied a lot. (News.com.au)
THINK THAT MAKING HOME IMPROVEMENTS WILL HELP YOU SELL YOUR HOUSE? THEY'RE A BIGGER WASTE OF MONEY THAN EVER:
With the housing market still swirling around in the toilet, you might be thinking, "Well, maybe if I redo the kitchen that'll help me sell it for a decent price." The answer is . . . no, it won't. --"Remodeling" magazine just released the results of their annual survey and found that home improvements are having LESS of an effect on selling price than EVER. --Up until last year, the average home improvement project boosted a home's price by 86.7% of the cost of the project. In other words, if you spend $10,000 to improve your house, it adds $8,670 to the sale price. --But in the 2009-2010 survey, home improvements only added 63.8% of their value to the home's selling price. -The average project cost a homeowner $50,908 and only added $32,497 of value at sale time. --The survey found that the best projects you can do to add value are exterior enhancements that might not cost that much . . . like door and window replacements. Adding an attic bedroom also helped add value to the house. --Adding home offices, sunrooms, backup power generators, bathrooms, and garages recouped the least amount of their costs. (Yahoo Finance)
SOMEONE FINALLY CLAIMED THE $128.6 MILLION JACKPOT FOR THE LOTTERY TICKET THAT WAS PURCHASED AT AN ADULT BOOKSTORE:
Last Tuesday, we told you about the $128.6 MILLION Powerball jackpot in Michigan, where no one had come forward to claim the prize. --There was a lot of speculation that the winner was AFRAID to come forward . . . because the ticket had been purchased at a PORNO SHOP called the Uptown Bookstore. --Well . . . the winner finally came forward. But he's not talking about the porno connection. --49-year-old Mike Greer of Farmington Hills, Michigan claimed the prize and presented the winning ticket on behalf of a group called Team Victory Lottery Club. He says the group pools together their money and buys lottery tickets every week. --As for which one of them went to the porno store to buy the winning ticket? Mike isn't saying. He just says, quote, "I didn't buy it." --The group took the lump sum. They'll be dividing up $69.6 MILLION before taxes. --Mike says that some of the money will be donated to a church. The Uptown Bookstore will receive $50,000 from the lottery commission for selling the winning ticket. (CNN)
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS TRAINING NEW EXORCISTS TO HANDLE ALL THE DEMAND:
The Catholic Church in the U.S. is having serious issues with supply-and-demand right now. Apparently, the DEVIL is possessing more people than ever . . . and they just don't have the fleet of EXORCISTS they need to fight back. --According to the Catholic News Service, demand for exorcisms in the U.S. is HUGE. But there are only about five or six exorcists certified by the Catholic Church right now . . . and they can't get to everyone. --So over the weekend, the Church held a special workshop in Baltimore, to get a bunch of new bishops and priests certified in exorcisms. Fifty-six bishops and 66 priests showed up --And the workshop wasn't just for training . . . it was to help the clergymen learn the signs that someone really DOES need an exorcism, not just psychiatric help. --Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois organized the conference. He says the biggest signs that someone's possessed include speaking in tongues, feats of strength, a fear of Holy water, and cutting or biting the skin. --The Church hasn't said WHY there's been a rise in exorcism requests lately. Yeah, the movie "The Last Exorcism" was a hit this year, but exorcism movies have been coming out regularly for decades, and it's never led to an increase before. --Under the law of the Catholic Church, only priests who have been trained and certified can perform exorcisms, and even then they can only do it with permission from their bishop. (New York Times)
A GUY IN L.A. PROPOSES TO HIS GIRLFRIEND . . . THEN TRIES TO RUN HER OVER WHEN SHE SAYS "NO":
22-year-old Francisco Hernandez of Whittier, California does not take rejection well. --On Thursday afternoon, Francisco wanted to propose to his girlfriend, Stacy. --And he did it in the most romantic way possible . . . by driving past her while she ate at a fast food restaurant in Los Angeles called the Burger Joint, with "Stacy, Will You Marry Me?" painted on his back windshield. --Well . . . after he drove past and delivered the message, Stacy gave him her answer: NO. --So Francisco responded by . . . trying to RUN HER OVER with his car. --She managed to jump out of the way and get to safety. --Francisco popped two tires in the process when he hit a curb, so he ended up ditching the car and running away. --The police caught up with him . . . with a bouquet of flowers in his hand . . . and arrested him on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. (Los Angeles Times)
NAZZY’S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY
#1.) WOLF BLITZER WAS AT THE "SOUL TRAIN AWARDS"?
The "Soul Train Awards" were taped in Atlanta last week, and for some reason WOLF BLITZER from CNN was asked to be one of the presenters. --The show won't air on BET until November 28th, but CNN posted cell phone footage of DOUG E. FRESH teaching Wolf how to do his signature dance move, "The Dougie". (--Search for "CNN.com Wolf Blitzer Soul Train." The dancing starts around :35.)
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b211220_un-hip_hop_wolf_blitzer_learns_do_the.html
#2.) A GOLFER'S TEE SHOT KNOCKED OUT A FAN:
At the Australian Masters on Friday, a golfer named ROBERT ALLENBY hit a bad tee shot and nailed a spectator in the HEAD. --According to TMZ, it actually knocked the guy out. But he was smiling when they were carting him off, so apparently he's okay. (--Search for "Robert Allenby pelts spectator.")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAG6bUK1m8A
#3.) HERE'S A CAT TAKING ON AN ALLIGATOR . . . AND WINNING:
There's a video on YouTube of a housecat taking on two ALLIGATORS, and eventually they retreat into the water. It looks like it's at some kind of alligator reserve, so the gators were probably well fed. But still . . . (--Search for "cat vs. alligator." The cat attacks at :08 and 1:13.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sAF8gMN9c0
#4.) THE JAGUARS BEAT THE TEXANS WITH A LAST-MINUTE HAIL MARY:
You hardly ever see a last-second Hail Mary WORK, but yesterday the Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Houston Texans 31 to 24 when quarterback DAVID GARRARD completed a Hail Mary pass as the clock ran out. --The ball was batted down at the goal line, but it landed in the arms of Jaguars wide receiver MIKE THOMAS just as he was stepping into the end zone. (--Search for "NFL.com Jaguars Hail Mary is answered.")
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-cant-miss-plays/09000d5d81c1aac7/Jaguars-Hail-Mary-is-answered
#5.) A KITE SURFER BROKE A WORLD RECORD . . . THEN HIS WRIST:
A kite surfer named Rob Douglas broke a world record last month by going 55.65 knots on his kiteboard, which is about 64 miles an hour. Then at the end of the run, he crashed and broke his wrist. (--Search for "breaks wrist." He crashes at :23.)
http://www.tmz.com/2010/11/11/kite-surfing-record-rob-douglas-broken-wrist/
FOUR SECRETS ABOUT THE FIRST YEAR OF MARRIAGE:
If you recently got married, or you're thinking about it, prepare to be depressed: "Brides" magazine has a list of four secrets about the first year of marriage . . . and none of them are good news.
#1.) YOUR SPOUSE WILL GAIN WEIGHT. Most people lose a few pounds for their wedding, but start gaining them back as soon as the ring's on their finger. --And that's okay. Just don't neglect your health COMPLETELY. Studies show that people who get married and stay married live longer . . . unless they gain 50 pounds and never leave the couch.
#2.) YOU WON'T SEE YOUR FRIENDS ANYMORE. You'll still see your BEST friends, but everyone else will slowly fade away. And "Brides" magazine says to concentrate on spending time with your best friends, or you'll lose them too. --It also helps if you each do things WITHOUT each other. If you do everything as a couple, only other couples will want to hang out with you.
#3.) YOU'LL GO TO BED ANGRY, EVEN THOUGH YOU SAID YOU NEVER WOULD. It doesn't make sense to stay up all night fighting if you have to work the next day. Just don't forget about it the next day or pretend it didn't happen.
#4.) YOU'LL HAVE TWO PAYCHECKS, BUT YOU'LL STILL BE BROKE. According to "Brides" magazine, you'll save on rent, but make up for it by spending money on setting up your new place. And if you have kids, you'll have to spend a lot more. --But it's worth noting that the website Bundle.com did a study in New York and found that married couples spent less on just about everything, including groceries, clothing, and entertainment. And they spent almost HALF as much eating out. (Brides)
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