Friday, May 7, 2010

HOLLYWOOD DIRT OVERFLOW (5-07-10)

CHAZ BONO IS LEGALLY A MAN, BABY!!!

It finally happened: CHAZ BONO is legally a man, baby!!! Yesterday, a judge approved a petition by The Behemoth Formerly Known As Chastity to officially change his name and sex. --A spokeswoman for the Transgender Law Center, which represents Chaz, said, quote, "Chaz couldn't be happier. This is an important step in his transition and will allow him to change a variety of his identity documents to show who he truly is." (--Here's video of Chaz on his way out of the courtroom yesterday, saying his first order of business was to TAKE A NAP.) (--I must add that, for once, the paparazzi are kind of amusing, talking to Chaz about all the things he can look forward to now that he's a dude.)(--It gets old toward the end . . . but for one shining moment, they're at least somewhat entertaining . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=270278ec-5c98-488e-bb79-cc7336249ed1


IS JENNY MCCARTHY MESSING AROUND WITH A NEW GUY???

We still don't know who initiated the split between JENNY MCCARTHY and JIM CARREY. But whatever the case, Jenny is apparently trying to move on. --Witnesses say she was partying in Las Vegas with her sister and some friends on Wednesday. After dinner, they hit the Playboy Club, where Jenny was, quote, "getting very cozy kissing an unknown guy."


AMANDA SEYFRIED AND HER BOYFRIEND MAKE THEIR LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP WORK THANKS TO SKYPE:

Like a lot of celebrity couples, AMANDA SEYFRIED and British actor DOMINIC COOPER have a hard time being in the same place at the same time. But technology helps. Amanda says, quote, "We Skype. It's boring, but it's true." -Apparently, it IS boring. Because Amanda's not talking about Skype-SEXING. She says, quote, "[It's become so common] we don't even sit in front of the computer. --"The other day, I was cleaning, he was cleaning. We couldn't see each other . . . we were just scrubbing away and talking like we were in the same room."


RACHEL UCHITEL IS DENYING INVOLVEMENT IN THE DAVID BOREANAZ SCANDAL:

RACHEL UCHITEL issued a statement yesterday denying her involvement in the DAVID BOREANAZ sex and extortion scandal. --She said, quote, "David Boreanaz is not part of my life, nor will he be. I am not in communication with him and do not wish to be. --"I have made no claims against him and do not plan to assert any. Any statements to the contrary are false and I hope that this statement will finally end any speculation about this issue. --"I am looking forward to a life that is not filled with scandal, rumor, innuendo or false statements about me. I will not have any further comment regarding David Boreanaz." --By the way . . . how's this for intestinal fortitude: David actually called his mother-in-law and confessed his cheating to her. --JAIME BERGMAN'S mom says, quote, "He's been honest with us. He admitted that he got into a bad spot, that he was in a dark place and made a huge, huge, huge mistake. He was very remorseful, and to me, that's all I needed was to see remorse." (--Jaime's mom has also said that Jaime is determined to make the marriage work. And to that end, David and Jaime were seen having lunch together yesterday in Beverly Hills.)


SANDRA BULLOCK IS HOLLYWOOD'S SEXIEST SINGLE MOM:

Something tells me the SYMPATHY VOTE came into play here, but SANDRA BULLOCK was voted Hollywood's Sexiest Single Mom by clients of the matchmaking website Date.com. And it was a landslide. --Sandra was voted Sexiest Single Mom by 65% of men and 55% of women. Nobody else was even close.

--KATE WINSLET got 15.1% of men and 4.4% of women.
--REESE WITHERSPOON got 2.5% of the vote from both men AND women.
--PAMELA ANDERSON scored 6.4% from the guys and 3% from the ladies.
--MADONNA was only sexy to 1.5% of guys . . . but she rated big with women . . . 20%. (???)
--KATE HUDSON got 2.5% of the guys and 1.5% of the ladies.
--DENISE RICHARDS was the favorite of 4% of men and 10.4% of women.
--And KATE GOSSELIN rated with . . . NOBODY. She got 0% of the vote from either sex. (--That's a bit brutal, isn't it???)


JOAQUIN PHOENIX'S BIZARRE ATTEMPT TO BECOME A RAPPER REALLY *WAS* A JOKE:

It turns out that JOAQUIN PHOENIX'S supposed attempt to become a rapper . . . which culminated in a bizarre appearance on "The Late Show With David Letterman" . . . really WAS a joke. --It was all for a, quote, "mockumentary" starring Phoenix and directed by CASEY AFFLECK. They're currently shopping it around to distributors. There aren't any more details on it yet, and there's no word when it might be released. (--Here's that CLASSIC clip of Joaquin on "Letterman" . . . which ends with Letterman telling him, quote, "I'm sorry you couldn't be here tonight" . . .)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXpYk7WGN5Y
(--Casey Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix are brothers-in-law. Casey is married to Joaquin's sister, Summer.)
DOES JOHNNY DEPP SPEND $100 A DAY ON SCENTED CANDLES???

If you think your wife goes overboard with those scented candles, at least you're not married to JOHNNY DEPP. --A so-called "source" tells the "Star" tabloid, quote, "He spends about $100 a day [on scented candles]. His favorites are spice and lavender. They burn all day long."


LADY GAGA IS THE MOST POPULAR WOMAN ON THE INTERNET:

"COED" magazine has named LADY GAGA the Most Popular Woman on the Internet . . . based on Google search results. JUSTIN BIEBER came in seventh. (???)
--Here's the Top 10 . . .
#1.) LADY GAGA
#2.) KE$HA
#3.) MADONNA
#4.) BEYONCÉ
#5.) RIHANNA
#6.) BRITNEY SPEARS
#7.) JUSTIN BIEBER
#8.) MILEY CYRUS
#9.) PARIS HILTON
#10.) AVRIL LAVIGNE
(--BETTY WHITE made it to #29!!!)
(--You can see the Top 50 by scrolling down here . . .)
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/50-popular-women-web-google-search-results/story?id=10573331


ARE CHARLIE SHEEN AND BROOKE MUELLER WORKING ON A DIVORCE SETTLEMENT???

CHARLIE SHEEN and BROOKE MUELLER haven't decided yet if they want to divorce. But that hasn't stopped them from working out a settlement. --TMZ says, quote, "[They] acknowledge divorce is a real possibility, but don't want their business to come out in dribs and drabs in court filings. --"So lawyers advised them to negotiate the terms of a possible divorce now, get all the paperwork together and then see if the marriage has a chance. If it doesn't, everything will get filed at once." --On a related note, RadarOnline.com got some pictures of Brooke moving into her own home. DRAMA AND


LAWRENCE TAYLOR HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH RAPING A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL:

Legendary New York Giants linebacker LAWRENCE TAYLOR has been charged RAPE . . . after allegedly paying a 16-year-old prostitute $300 for sex at a New York hotel. --Taylor . . . who's 51 years old . . . was arrested yesterday morning at the Holiday Inn in Montebello, New York. He was hit with third degree counts of rape and patronizing a prostitute. He could get up to FIVE YEARS in prison. (--The third-degree rape charge is basically statutory rape . . . or, in other words, sexual intercourse with someone under the age of 17.)
--Taylor was booked and released on $75,000 bond. --Also arrested was a man named Rasheed Davis. He brought the girl to the hotel . . . basically acting as her pimp. He was booked on charges of unlawful imprisonment, assault and endangering the welfare of a minor. --Police said the girl had a pretty nasty black eye, but they don't think Taylor had anything to do with that. -There was a bottle of alcohol . . . but no drugs . . . in Taylor's hotel room. Police said he didn't appear to be intoxicated. --According to TMZ, police also recovered a CONDOM from the room. (--They didn't specify, but we're assuming it was USED.) --Police were first tipped off to all of this by the girl's uncle . . . because she TEXTED him after it happened and told him she was being driven back to the Bronx by a pimp. --Police say the girl was a runaway, who had been missing since March . . . and she was being, quote, "controlled" by the pimp. --It's not clear if either Taylor or Rasheed Davis forced her to have sex. But it should probably be noted that Taylor wasn't charged with forcible rape. --Taylor says he's innocent, not surprisingly. His attorney says, quote, "He's denying the whole thing. We're going to fight these charges as hard as he fought when he was a linebacker for the New York Giants." -Taylor has multiple drug arrests . . . but he hadn't been in any trouble for some time until last November, when he was busted for hit-and-run. (--Here's video of yesterday's police press conference . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=631346d1-9093-44ae-a8eb-dcd4218064c8

LAWRENCE TAYLOR'S WIFE THINKS HE WAS SET UP:

LAWRENCE TAYLOR'S wife Lynette either knows something the cops don't . . . or she's still in the DENIAL stage. Because she thinks her husband was, quote, "SET UP." --She says the allegations against Taylor are, quote, "all bull(crap)." --Lynette claims that the timing of LT's arrest is suspicious . . . because it came just a few days after he was featured on an A&E show called "Fame and Recovery". And she feels the show, quote, "made him out to be a monster." --She didn't say who she thinks could be behind this so-called "set up".


LINDSAY LOHAN WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT SHE'S ALLOWED TO GO OUT IF SHE WANTS TO:

LINDSAY LOHAN would like you to know a few things. First, she does NOT have a problem with drugs or alcohol. And second, she's allowed to go out at night if she wants to. --In an interview with "Entertainment Tonight", she says, quote, "When did I stop being okay? I am fine. I am happy and I am working. And I'm good. And I'm surrounded by great friends now. You know, I have weeded out a lot of people in my life." --She adds, quote, "If I go out with friends, I'm 23 and I'm allowed to do that. I don't go out when I'm working." --As for recent videos of her FALLING in public . . . (--Like that time she tripped over a cactus) . . . Lindsay says, quote, "I'm the most clumsy person in the world. I do trip a lot. I fall. I walk into walls sometimes." --Lindsay says she tries not to pay attention to the negative press . . . but it does cause chaos in her life because it, quote, "distracts me from getting jobs."
(--Mark your calendars, because on tonight's "ET", Lindsay is giving Dina a Mother's Day closet makeover. Meanwhile, here's video of the interview . . .)
http://www.etonline.com/news/2010/05/86824/index.html


J.J. ABRAMS SAYS "SUPER 8" HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH "CLOVERFIELD"

The trailer for the new J.J. ABRAMS movie, "Super 8", will play before "Iron Man 2" . . . (--which opens today.) But if you're a hopeful "Cloverfield" fan, you'd better drop your expectations. --J.J. says, quote, "It has nothing whatsoever to do with 'Cloverfield'. I won't be able to tell you [what the movie is about] until it's done." --What we've heard is that the movie is about kids playing around with a Super 8 movie camera in the late '70s or early '80s . . . and when they watch the footage back, they realize they captured an alien or something on film.


"IRON MAN 2" IS GETTING THE WIDEST RELEASE IN HISTORY:

When "Iron Man 2" opens tonight, it'll be playing in 4,380 theaters. That's the widest opening in HISTORY. The previous record-holder was "The Dark Knight" . . . which opened in 4,366 theaters in 2008. -The big question is, will "Iron Man 2" beat the OTHER record held by "The Dark Knight"? --That record is for biggest opening weekend. "Dark Knight" took in $158.4 million in its first three days back in 2008. Some people think "Iron Man 2" has a shot at that.


AND NOW, HAROLD RAMIS SAYS "GHOSTBUSTERS 3" *IS* HAPPENING:

The last word on "Ghostbusters 3" came from BILL MURRAY. And the word was dire. Murray basically said NOTHING was happening with the sequel. --But now, HAROLD RAMIS . . . who co-wrote the first two AND played one of the Ghostbusters . . . is blatantly contradicting him. -Ramis says the work has already begun, and we'll be sitting in theaters watching this thing by Christmas of 2012. --He says, quote, "Well, there's been a lot of talk about a third 'Ghostbusters' film, which has now become real . . . I can say with some certainty that there will be a third movie. It won't be out until Christmas 2012, but the work is going on now."


"MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 4" WILL BE OUT IN DECEMBER OF 2011:

Paramount has announced that "Mission: Impossible 4" is hitting theaters in December of 2011. And Pixar's Brad Bird may direct. (--He directed "The Incredibles", "Ratatouille" and the pre-Pixar animated classic, "The Iron Giant".)


TV'S BIGGEST MONEYMAKERS:

Forbes.com has put out a list of TV's Biggest Moneymakers, which estimates the amount of ad revenue TV shows bring in per 30 minutes. (--All "regularly scheduled" primetime shows were considered . . . including sports programming. Forbes.com used the "30 minutes" base so that half-hour series could be comparable to shows that are an hour or longer.) --Not surprisingly, "American Idol" came out on top . . . by a mammoth margin . . . despite its widely-reported, and perhaps over-reported, dip in the ratings this season. --"Idol" is still averaging 25 million viewers per episode . . . however, it's worth noting that 80% of the ad purchases are done PRIOR to the season, so these numbers are largely based on ratings from previous seasons. --In other words, surging shows like "Glee" won't really start raking in the dough until next year, while "Idol's" ratings decline . . . plus the unknowns brought on by SIMON COWELL'S departure . . . won't be fully felt until next season. --Still, "Idol's" $8.1 million bank per 30 minutes slammed its closest competitor, "Two and a Half Men", by $5 million. Here's the Top 10, and their estimated ad revenue per 30 minutes:
#1.) "American Idol", Fox . . . $8.1 million
#2.) "Two and a Half Men", CBS . . . $3.1 million
#3.) "24", Fox . . . $3 million
#4.) "Grey's Anatomy", ABC . . . $2.8 million
#5.) "V", ABC . . . $2.8 million
#6.) "Desperate Housewives", ABC . . . $2.7 million
#7.) "Dancing with the Stars", ABC . . . $2.56 million
#8.) "Lost", ABC . . . $2.53 million
#9.) "Survivor", CBS . . . $2.22 million
#10.) "CSI", CBS . . . $2.07 million
(--Forbes.com also published brief write-ups on each show. You can find them in one of their always-annoying slideshows, here . . .)
http://www.forbes.com/2010/05/03/glee-american-idol-sheen-business-entertainment-tv-moneymakers_slide.html


LADY GAGA IS UPSET THAT "AMERICAN IDOL" EDITED HER PERFORMANCE:

LADY GAGA is NOT happy that "American Idol" edited her performance of "Alejandro", which aired on Wednesday night's episode . . . but was pre-taped. --She posted a Twitter message saying, quote, "Fox POORLY + AMATEURLY edited [and] cut my performance / musical arrangement on 'Idol'. Watch real version." (--And she included a link to this uncut version . . .)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs5YbE_xK_Y
--It wasn't a content issue . . . as far as we know . . . it was a TIME issue. Lady Gaga's original version ran almost six-and-a-half minutes, and due to time constraints it was clipped to just under five minutes for the broadcast. --Fox hasn't issued a response yet. (--They'll probably say that they wanted to show the whole thing, but that would've made "Idol" run over by three-and-a-half minutes . . . as opposed to the usual two-minute overrun.)
(--Here's the edited version that aired on "Idol" . . .)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QicA3QZEgCs


COMEDY CENTRAL IS DEVELOPING AN ANIMATED SHOW STARRING JESUS:

Last month, Comedy Central censored an episode of "South Park" . . . against the wishes of creators TREY PARKER and MATT STONE . . . because of a controversial depiction of the Prophet Muhammad. --Well, they don't have a problem depicting other religious figures. --Comedy Central is developing an animated series starring Jesus called "JC" . . . which will be a half-hour show about Jesus trying to, quote, "escape the shadow of his father to live a regular life in New York." --Kent Alterman . . . the network's programming boss . . . says, quote, "In general, comedy in its purest form always makes some people uncomfortable." (--And that's OK, as long as radical Muslim groups aren't threatening you, I guess.) (--But an animated Jesus isn't exactly breaking new ground. He's been a recurring character on "South Park" since the beginning. But there's no indication that this Jesus will be related to "South Park's" version.) --That's all we know for now . . . there's no word on casting or a premiere date. -Meanwhile, Comedy Central is also working on a reality-type show about STEEL PANTHER, an '80s hair metal parody band that performs in L.A. (--You may also know them as METAL SKOOL, which is a name they used to go by.) --Famous people are always showing up at Steel Panther gigs . . . and they often end up onstage. (--For instance, there's a popular video of KELLY CLARKSON singing "Sweet Child O' Mine" with them on the web. You can see it here . . .) (--WARNING!!! This clip is RIDDLED with profanity . . .) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4sJMcgeDe0
--For now, all we know about that show is that it was created by "Jackass" co-creator Jeff Tremaine and Brian Posehn from "The Sarah Silverman Show".


ELLEN POMPEO MAY LEAVE "GREY'S ANATOMY" . . . IN TWO YEARS:

This isn't anything to freak out over . . . at least not yet . . . but in an interview with "Extra", ELLEN POMPEO said she may leave "Grey's Anatomy" . . . in two years. --She said, quote, "I haven't said I'm moving on. I said that when my contract is up after Season Eight, I would probably not renew. I think the world has had a lot of Meredith Grey." (--The show is currently in its SIXTH season.)




PAUL MCCARTNEY UNDERSTANDS THAT HE'S A CELEBRITY . . . BUT HE'D RATHER NOT BE BOTHERED WHEN HE'S EATING OR BUYING NAILS:

PAUL MCCARTNEY shared some of his thoughts on being a celebrity in a recent interview on British radio . . . and he seems to have a pretty rational take on it. --Paul understands that you can't have the best of both worlds: Being famous AND expecting privacy as if you weren't. But in order to live a normal life, he did have to set a few rules. --He explained, quote, "I spent so much of my life trying to get famous and it's a little bit unseemly, once you get famous, to say, 'Oh, I don't want to be here.' --"The weight of fame can get pretty annoying, but do you know what I do now? I have rules. I've finally grown up and finally realized I've got rights. --"So people come up to me in a restaurant and say, 'Can I have your autograph?' and I say, 'I'm really sorry but I don't do that when I'm eating. I hope you understand.' --"I'll shake your hand and I'll talk to you . . . I'm quite happy to talk to people on a one-to-one, human basis. But the minute they turn me into this celebrity I'm pretending not to be for that minute, I sort of say, 'No, I'm not going to do that'. --"And most people . . . in fact, 99.9% of people . . . are very understanding because they understand privacy." --He added, quote, "Shopping is another. [I say,] 'I'm really sorry . . . I'm shopping.' --"I'm looking for some nails and they've got to be three inches long for the job I'm doing, and there's no way I'm going to find them when I'm chatting to you and having my photo taken." --And he was serious about being out shopping for nails . . . quote, "Yes. And it's funny because people don't expect me to do that." (--I gotta give Paul some love here . . . I think that's the best way to handle it. People are always going to freak out over seeing a star, and they're never going to like it when celebrities whine about the "hardships" of being famous.) (--But think about it. It has to be frustrating not to be able to go out and do anything on your own without being swarmed by fans and paparazzi. I think accepting the side effects of fame, with a few reasonable "rules," is very fair.) (--Plus, he comes off WAY better than RINGO STARR did a while back, when he posted that bizarre video on his website, demanding that people STOP sending him fan mail and things to be signed. Here's that video again . . .) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAU0l7325w0


JUSTIN BIEBER *DOES* KNOW WHAT "GERMAN" MEANS:

Breaking News: JUSTIN BIEBER DOES know what German means. --Earlier this week, a video began making the rounds of an interview in New Zealand, in which Justin acted like he didn't know what the word "German" means. (--You know . . . as in "of or relating to the country of Germany.")
(--Here's the clip again . . .)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkKqihEUmH4
--But as we suspected, Justin says he was just tripped up on the local accent. On Twitter, he said, quote, "Because I thought this interviewer in NZ said 'Jewman' instead of 'German' people think I don't know what German is?" --To prove that he DOES know what German is . . . and how to count to 10 in the language . . . Justin posted a video from an interview he did in Germany last year. (--Here's that video . . .)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioa0X93dO8M
--And then he got a little testy . . . adding, quote, "Guess home schooling is working out. Do your research next time b4 making a lame attempt at hating on a 16-year-old." (--Ooh! SLAM!) (--By the way, Justin did not explain why he didn't recognize the word "German" when the host in New Zealand showed it to him, in print, on his card. Maybe it was also WRITTEN in that tricky New Zealand accent.) --Again, I think we were right initially, when we told you that Justin was confused by the accent . . . and for whatever reason, decided to play dumb.)
--Meanwhile . . . 13-year-old boys everywhere are apparently dying to look just like Justin Bieber. (--Hmm, I wonder why that would be . . . ?) --The "New York Times" reports that a lot of boys are asking for the Justin haircut, and it can run as much as $175. The higher cost would be for a, quote, "chemical straightening treatment" . . . if that's necessary. --And some sixth-grade teacher says she sees a lot of boys with the cut . . . quote, "You can't see any eyes . . . there are no eyes, and there's a lot of flipping."
NAZZY'S RANDOM STUFF -- MOTHER'S DAY MADNESS

16 AMAZING STATISTICS ABOUT MOMS AND MOTHER'S DAY:

#1.) Moms are getting older and more educated. In 2008, 14% of new moms were 35 or older, and 10% were in their teens. Those numbers were the exact opposite in 1990: There were more moms in their teens back then.

#2.) In 2008, a record 41% of children were born to unmarried women. That's up from 28% in 1990.

#3.) It's split almost perfectly 50-50 . . . half of women say that they decided to have a child when the time was right, and half say pregnancy just kind of happened and they rolled with it.

#4.) Today, 54% of new mothers have at least some college education. That's up from 41% 20 years ago in 1990.

#5.) The average mom has a life expectancy of 81. Unfortunately, the average age of widowhood is 55.

#6.) Women make 80% of the general purchasing decisions for their families . . . 93% of the food purchases . . . and even 65% of the auto purchases.

#7.) Americans buy 140 million cards for Mother's Day . . . even though there are only about 83 million mothers in the country.

#8.) Mother's Day is the third-biggest greeting card holiday in the U.S., behind Christmas and Valentine's Day.

#9.) This year, Americans will spend $671 MILLION on Mother's Day cards.

#10.) Behind the Christma-Hanu-Kwanzaa holiday season, Mother's Day is the second-biggest gift-giving holiday in the U.S.

#11.) This year, the average person will spend $126.90 on gifts, flowers, parties and meals for their mom on Mother's Day . . . that's about $3 more than last year.

#12.) People will spend $1.9 BILLION on flowers for Mother's Day.

#13.) The most popular types of flowers for Mother's Day are: Mixed bouquets, carnations, daffodils, roses, and tulips.

#14.) The total spending this year for Mother's Day is $14.6 BILLION. To put things in perspective, that's the same amount of money that was given to the auto industry in its bailout, or the value of California's BOOMING medicinal marijuana industry.

#15.) Besides getting their mom or stepmom a gift, 20.6% get their wife a Mother's Day gift. Also, 9.4% of people buy something for their daughter, 7.9% for their grandmother, 7.6% for their sister, 6.8% for a friend and 1.7% for their godmother.

#16.) 48% of people say they're FACEBOOK FRIENDS with their mother.

(Yahoo News / AOL News / Wall Street Journal / National Retail Federation / Chiff.com / Retrevo)


ONLY EIGHT MOTHERS IN THE WORLD ARE SELF-MADE BILLIONAIRES:

Here's yet ANOTHER reason why you should WORSHIP your mother on Sunday . . . and every other day of the year. By giving birth to you, she basically sacrificed her chance at EVER becoming a BILLIONAIRE. --According to "Forbes", there are only eight mothers in the world who are self-made billionaires. To compare, there are 555 fathers who are self-made billionaires . . . or 6,938% more.--There are 70 total mothers who are billionaires, but 62 of them inherited their money from their fathers or late husbands. --That includes the world's richest mom, Christy Walton, whose late husband John is the son of Wal-Mart's founder, Sam Walton. Christy is worth $22.5 BILLION, making her the 12th-richest person in the world --The self-made billionaire mothers include Meg Whitman, who worked her way up to being the CEO of eBay . . . Doris Fisher, who founded The Gap . . . and J.K. Rowling, who made her billions off of "Harry Potter". --The reasons why there aren't more self-made moms who are billionaires are just what you're thinking. --Even in 2010, women are still far more likely than men to sacrifice some or all of their careers for their kids. --And, historically, it's MUCH rarer for women to become billionaires anyway . . . so add in the extra child-raising pressures and it becomes nearly impossible. (Forbes)


Advice From Mom (Infoplease.com polled visitors on their favorite motherly advice. Results: )

Always wear clean underwear, in case you’re in an accident. 27%
Don’t put that in your mouth. You don’t know where it’s been. 27%
Mind your manners. 23%
You can’t regret what you don’t say. 20%
Don’t stand on a swivel chair. 4%


What Mom Really Wants

While researching Mother’s Day gifting trends, a recent survey by the Western Union Company found that while sons and daughters of all ages have good intentions when it comes to finding the perfect gift, 42% find it hard to shop for mom. Other survey findings include:

· 73% of consumers are planning to give a Mother’s Day gift this year.
· 42% of moms admit to pretending to like past Mother’s Day gifts.
· 30% of moms thought last year’s gift was either “thoughtful, but not a gift they wanted,” or worse yet, they didn’t receive a gift at all!
· If given the gift of money for Mother’s Day, 44% of moms would prefer to spend it on something the whole family can enjoy together; 34% would use the money to splurge on something for themselves.
· 48% of consumers currently live more than an hour away from their mothers, which means many Mother’s Day gifts will be mailed rather than delivered personally.


Today’s Mom

Fifty years after birth control pills, U.S. mothers today are older, better educated and more likely to be unmarried than they were in 1990, new research has found. An analysis of a nationwide Pew Research Center survey, the National Center for Health Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau found that the nation’s birth rate has declined 20% from 1990. According to the study:

Age: Mothers of newborns are older now than their counterparts were two decades ago. In 1990, teens had a higher share of all births (13%) than did women ages 35 and older (9%). In 2008, the reverse was true – 10% of births were to teens, compared with 14% to women ages 35 and older.
Marital Status: A record four-in-ten births (41%) were to unmarried women in 2008, including most births to women in their early 20s. In 1990, 28% of births were to unmarried women. The unmarried-mother share of births has increased most sharply for whites and Hispanics, although the highest share is for black women.
Race and Ethnicity: White women made up 53% of mothers of newborns in 2008, down from 65% in 1990. The share of births to Hispanic women has grown dramatically, to one-in-four.
Education: Most mothers of newborns (54%) had at least some college education in 2006, an increase from 41% in 1990. Among mothers of newborns who were ages 35 and older, 71% had at least some college education.
Attitudes about Parenthood: When asked why they decided to have their first (or only) child, the overwhelming majority of parents (87%) answer, “The joy of having children.” But nearly half (47%) also say, “There wasn’t a reason; it just happened.”


HERE'S WHY WOMEN WITH HIGH-PITCHED VOICES LIKE DEEP-VOICED MEN:

According to a new study, women with high-pitched voices are naturally attracted to men with deep voices. And it's not just because they want to insure a great soprano-bass vocal dynamic if they start a husband-wife R&B group. --The study was done at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, and their answer actually makes sense. A woman with a high voice usually has more estrogen than average, and a man with a deep voice has more testosterone than average. --So they gravitate toward each other to balance things out . . . which gives them both the best chance of having lots of healthy, genetically-fit children. (Live Science)


A SHOPLIFTER ESCAPED FROM A POLICE CAR AFTER THE COP PUT THE WINDOW DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS HOT:

On Wednesday, a police officer in Salt Lake City chased down an unidentified 41-year-old man after he tried to shoplift some shoes. And after the chase, the guy was all sweaty and panting when the cop put him in the back of the patrol car. -But the cop wanted to go back into the store to look for evidence, so he rolled down the back windows of the car to give the guy some air. --And when the officer got back . . . the guy was GONE. Somehow, he'd squeezed out of the half-opened window. And the cop hadn't cuffed him or even gotten his name. --If they do track this guy down, he'll regret the escape. The shoplifting is a misdemeanor . . . but escaping from custody is a felony. (Salt Lake Tribune)


A REVEREND STOPPED A COUPLE'S WEDDING REHEARSAL TO SAVE HIS DOG FROM CHOKING TO DEATH:

Ian Blay is a 44-year-old Reverend in Cheshire, England. And a few weeks ago he was leading a couple's wedding rehearsal when his wife, 43-year-old Suzanne Blay, frantically burst into the church carrying their terrier, Izzy. --Izzy was choking on something and was in Suzanne's arms, lifeless. --So Ian calmly stopped the wedding rehearsal, put Izzy on the ground, stuck his hand into Izzy's throat . . . and managed to fish out a huge chunk of cheddar cheese. --Then, he gave Izzy MOUTH-TO-MOUTH, while the father of the bride-to-be gave the dog chest compressions. A minute or so later, Izzy sprung back up, alive and well. --Then, Ian resumed the wedding rehearsal. --The couple, 36-year-old Toby Wilbraham and 35-year-old Caroline McGoun, got married for real last week. (Daily Mail)


NAZZY’S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY

#1.) NOW YOU CAN GET DARTH VADER AS YOUR CAR'S GPS VOICE:

The company TomTom is releasing a DARTH VADER GPS voice, and they made a parody video of studio outtakes to promote it, where Vader can't pronounce anything right. (--Search for "Darth TomTom behind the scenes.")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ljFfL-mL70

#2.) A NEW EPISODE OF FUNNY OR DIE'S "DRUNK HISTORY":
FunnyOrDie.com has a series called "Drunk History" where wasted people tell stories about historical figures. Then famous actors act it out. The newest episode features JOHN C. REILLY as Nikola Tesla, and CRISPIN GLOVER as Thomas Edison (--Search for "FunnyOrDie.com vol. 6 John C. Reilly." The story starts at :22, and the guy throws up at 4:14.) (--WARNING: This video includes the "F-word" and other profanity, and it shows a guy throwing up.)
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/ef668caf14/drunk-history-vol-6-w-john-c-reilly-crispin-glover


#3.) MOVIE CLICHÉ MONTAGES:

There are some funny YouTube videos that string together movie clichés. There's one where people see something behind them in a mirror, another one of people saying "Get out of there!" And my favorite, the montage of people saying, "We've got company."
(--Search for "we've got company Guy Bauer," "get out of there montage," and "mirror scare montage.")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMANB6YnshU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W_szJ6M-kM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tjoqhx_dwk
SEVEN PHOTOS YOU SHOULDN'T USE AS YOUR PROFILE PICTURE:

Online dating sites have sort of been eclipsed by social networking sites. But the dating sites are still out there, and a lot of people use them. Either way, the first photo of you that people see is really important. So here are ten you shouldn't use.

#1.) A PICTURE YOU TOOK AT THE BAR. Most people want someone FUN, but they might get the wrong idea if the first image they see is of you getting wasted.

#2.) PICTURES FROM FAR AWAY. From a certain distance, you look like everyone else. If it's a picture you REALLY want to use, upload it to your profile, but don't use it as the FIRST picture people see. You'll look insecure.

#3.) CROPPED PHOTOS. Same thing. If you hate your body and post a picture where you're all covered up, or you can only see your face, it makes you look like you have no confidence.

#4.) PICTURES WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S KIDS. If you want kids, just say it in your profile. Don't try to prove it with a photo of your nephew. If you DON'T want kids, it sends the COMPLETELY wrong message.

#5.) THE STOCK PHOTO. Don't use the picture your office took when you won "Employee of the Month." Stock photos make you look like you're so boring, you don't do the kind of activities where people actually TAKE PICTURES.

#6.) PHOTOS WITH YOUR HOT FRIENDS. You're already being compared to a million other profiles. Don't give the person MORE to compare you to. Plus, if you use a picture where you're posing with other people, they won't know which one you are.

#7.) OUTDATED PHOTOS. You're just setting yourself up for rejection when you actually meet. And it'll make you more nervous to meet people. (Yahoo.com)


TEN REASONS TO STAY SINGLE:

Sometimes it sucks being single. Especially when all your friends are dating or married. But there's a lot to be said for the single life. Here are ten reasons it's actually BETTER to be single . . .

#1.) YOUR CAREER WILL BENEFIT. It takes time to build a relationship . . . and that's time you COULD be spending on your career. When you're single, you don't have to think twice about staying late at the office, or bringing home extra work.

#2.) YOU NEVER NEED TO MAKE PLANS FOR TWO. When you're single, you don't have to run your plans by someone else, or ask "permission" before you do something. You can do what you want, when you want.

#3.) YOU'LL BE HEALTHIER. The first thing you do when you lock down a boyfriend or girlfriend is let yourself go. There's no need to eat right or exercise if you're not chasing tail. You know it's true.

#4.) WEDDINGS ARE MORE FUN. Going to a wedding when you're single is a completely different experience. Everyone is drinking and having a good time, and if you play your cards right, everyone wants to hook-up afterwards.

#5.) YOU CAN ENJOY YOUR PERSONAL SPACE. Does this one even need to be explained?

#6.) YOU'LL SAVE MONEY. Sure, you spend a lot of money when you're single and dating. But no one spends more than a married couple: They're always re-doing the living room, taking trips to visit family, and having kids.

#7.) THE SEX IS BETTER. There are definitely benefits to sleeping with the same person every night. For example . . . okay, I can't think of one. I guess you get to know their likes and dislikes, and vice versa. But that's usually where it ends.

#8.) YOU CAN WATCH WHATEVER YOU WANT. When you're single, you never have to fight over the remote, or have someone "accidentally" record over the Megan Fox movie you TiVo'd.

#9.) YOU CAN SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOUR FRIENDS. No matter how hard you try, you'll ALWAYS hang out with your friends less once you're in a relationship.

#10.) YOU LEARN ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT AND NEED. Being single doesn't mean being alone. It's actually a great opportunity to learn about yourself . . . because only YOU know what really makes YOU happy. (Ask Men)

Thursday, May 6, 2010

HOLLYWOOD DIRT OVERFLOW (05-06-10)

KIM KARDASHIAN WAS GETTING DEATH THREATS . . . BECAUSE JUSTIN BIEBER'S FANS THOUGHT THEY WERE DATING . . . ???

KIM KARDASHIAN started getting death threats this week from JUSTIN BIEBER fans . . . because they thought the two of them were dating. --It all started when Justin posted a picture on Twitter of himself and Kim at last weekend's White House Correspondents Dinner. He captioned it, quote, "Look it's my girlfriend." --Then Kim responded by saying, quote, "I officially have Bieber Fever!!!" --After Justin's fans RELEASED THE KRAKEN on Kim, she Tweeted, quote, "Seriously Biebs! I'm getting death threats from your fans! This is unBeliebable!" (--Yes, she said "unBeliebable". Tragically, it wasn't a typo.) --That's when Justin stepped in to restore order. He said, quote, "Ladies, calm down. [Kim] is a friend, a very sexy friend but a friend. No need 4 threats. Let's all be friends and hang out often ;)" --There's no word if that stopped the threats (--And who can forget his shameless flirting when he hit "Chelsea Lately" recently? Chelsea tried to fight it, but I think his charm was kinda workin' on her.) (--Check out that CLASSIC interview here . . .) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko44vu7Zkbc


LARRY KING AND HIS WIFE HAVE NOW PUT OFF THEIR DIVORCE UNTIL NEXT WEEK:

After LARRY KING and his wife, SHAWN SOUTHWICK, filed dual divorce petitions last month, they backtracked a little and decided to put the proceedings on hold for two weeks. --Well, those two weeks have come and gone . . . and Larry and Shawn apparently still don't know if they want to be married or not. In fact, they've been seeing a MARRIAGE COUNSELOR. --Larry's attorney says, quote, "The hold has been continued until the middle of next week. Stay tuned."


BRET MICHAELS SPEAKS . . . ABOUT GETTING MARRIED:

BRET MICHAELS spoke to "People" magazine for this week's issue . . . (--which will be on newsstands tomorrow) . . . and it looks like his near-death experience may have tricked him into contemplating making The Big Mistake. --Don't worry . . . Bret isn't thinking about marrying one of those "Rock of Love" skanks. Instead, he might make an honest woman of Kristi Gibson. --She was Bret's girlfriend from 1994 through 2005, and she's the mother of his two daughters, who are 9 and 5. Bret and Kristi got back together after Bret returned from the VH1 Whore Zone unattached. --Bret said, quote, "As painful as this experience has been, I was given a second chance, right? I don't want to sit around every night worrying this is going to happen again. --"What I want to do is make a positive bucket list and say, 'I'm just gonna go for it.' --"There's just so much more I want to do and experience. [Getting married], for sure, is something I have never done. Kristi's such a great person. We'll see if that happens. But yes, that may be one of the big things on the list." --Bret also talked about his brain hemorrhage . . . which he described as sounding like a GUNSHOT. --He said, quote, "It made my mind go almost blank. My neck tensed up. I couldn't move my head at all. --"[It] sounded like a handgun. I knew I was slurring my words, and I was like 'OK, this isn't a headache. There's something really bad happening.'" --When Bret got to the hospital, things were so bad that doctors told him his daughters should probably be brought there . . . presumably to say GOODBYE. --But Bret told the doctors, quote, "Am I dying? If I'm dying, I want to see my kids, but if I have a chance, I don't want them to see me in this condition." --As for his recovery . . . which doctors think will be COMPLETE . . . Bret said, quote, "I'm a believer it's a combination of will and good faith. Will . . . and good medical attention . . . and faith. It just wasn't my time yet. I really believe that. --"If I had stayed on the couch for another hour, that probably would've done me in. In a weird way, God intervened: The appendicitis forced me to come home for a couple of days."


NOW JENNA JAMESON SAYS TITO ORTIZ *DID* KNOCK HER INTO THE BATHTUB . . . AND THAT BEFORE IT HAPPENED, THEY WERE "AMERICA'S COUPLE":

JENNA JAMESON spoke to "Us Weekly" recently about what happened between her and TITO ORTIZ on April 26th. --And even though she's been trying to downplay the physicality of their altercation, she now states pretty blatantly that Tito DID push her down against the bathtub. --Jenna told "Us" that she and Tito got into a fight the night before, because she said something very hurtful to him . . . that had to do with their SEX LIFE. (--She didn't get more specific.) --The next morning, Tito accused Jenna of using drugs. During the confrontation, Tito told Jenna he was leaving. And as he was walking away from her, he grabbed her by the arm and pushed her aside. That's when she fell and hit the tub. --Jenna also revealed that Tito beat her up once before . . . but she doesn't blame him for that. She says it happened at a nightclub, after someone spiked Tito's drink. And Tito was so out of it, he didn't even recognize her. --The upshot is that Jenna says Tito is NOT a wife beater. But she's not sure what's going to happen with the relationship. She said, quote, "It's just so hard to trust anybody in my life." --She added, quote, "I have to make sure that my children are going to be protected. That's all that I care about. If it means that I lose Tito, then that's what happens. --"I'm so in utter shock that this happened, because we were America's couple." (???)
(--Here's video of Jenna's "Us" interview . . .)
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/jenna-jameson-has-meltdown-recalling-beaus-alleged-abuse-201055
DID ELVIS PRESLEY DIE OF CONSTIPATION???

It's common knowledge that ELVIS PRESLEY died when his heart gave out on him while he was on the crapper. OR IS IT??? --Anybody remember Dr. George Nichopoulos . . . a.k.a. "Dr. Nick"? In addition to being a character on "The Simpsons", Dr. Nick was also Elvis' personal physician from 1967 until The King's death in 1977. --And he claims that what REALLY killed Elvis was CONSTIPATION. --Dr. Nick says, quote, "After he died we weren't sure [of the exact cause of death] so I continued to do some research and I had some doctors call me from different places and different med schools that were doing research on constipation and different problems you can get into with it. --"I just want to get the story straight . . . it all made sense with the new research that was done. --"We didn't realize until the autopsy that his constipation was as bad . . . we knew it was bad because it was hard for us to treat, but we didn't realize what it had done. --"We just assumed that the constipation was secondary to the meds that he was taking for his arthritic pain and for his insomnia." --Dr. Nick says that when Elvis died, his colon was five to six inches in diameter. A NORMAL colon is two to three inches. --And it was eight to nine feet long . . . as opposed to four to five feet for the average colon. --Dr. Nick says the constipation was so bad that Elvis would BROWN HIS TROUSERS ONSTAGE . . . quote, "He would get embarrassed, he'd have accidents onstage. He'd have to change clothes and come back because of the way we were trying to treat his constipation." --Dr. Nick says that he was trying to convince Elvis to get a COLOSTOMY . . . but Elvis was too proud and / or ashamed to do it. If he had gone through with it, though, Dr. Nick says Elvis might still be with us today. --Dr. Nick also says that there were times when Elvis only looked chubby because he was ALL BACKED UP WITH STINKY. --He says, quote, "During the last few years we were going back and comparing pictures, some of them were taken just two weeks apart but he looked like he'd gained 20 pounds when the only difference was that he had a good healthy bowel movement and then lost a lot of weight from that. --"Usually you pass it all in two or three days, but at the autopsy we found stool in his colon which had been there for four or five months because of the poor motility of the bowel." --We've been saying for years that when Elvis died the coroner found a large buildup of WHITE FECAL MATTER in his colon. And this VINDICATES us.) (--Dr. Nick, it should be noted, went on trial in 1980 for overprescribing drugs to Elvis, JERRY LEE LEWIS and 12 other patients. He was acquitted.) (--But in 1995, he was stripped of his medical license in Tennessee permanently . . . for overprescribing drugs to patients.)




CHARLIE SHEEN GAVE UP CUSTODY OF HIS KIDS WITH DENISE RICHARDS:

TMZ is reporting that CHARLIE SHEEN has given up custody of his two daughters with DENISE RICHARDS . . . 6-year-old Sam and 4-year-old Lola. --So-called "sources" say that Denise wanted full legal custody because of Charlie's marital problems and his recent relapse into substance abuse. And Charlie didn't try to oppose her. --An agreement was supposedly signed two weeks ago, but it hasn't been filed with the court yet. --TMZ says that Charlie pays Denise $50,000 a month in child support. --If Charlie and BROOKE MUELLER divorce, Brooke could receive up to $125,000 a month in child support. That's according to supposed prenuptial details that were reported earlier this week.


CHECK OUT THE FIRST REAL TRAILER FOR "MACHETE":

ROBERT RODRIGUEZ posted the first official trailer for his upcoming action flick "Machete" yesterday, as a special Cinco de Mayo message to the state of Arizona. (--For their new immigration policy, obviously.) --I don't want to jinx it, but I'm pretty sure this movie is going to KICK ASS. It started off as one of the fake trailers that ran during the "Grindhouse" double feature that Rodriguez and QUENTIN TARANTINO released in 2007. --But those few minutes were so cool, Rodriguez decided to actually make the movie. --It stars Danny Trejo, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Robert De Niro, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson, Jeff Fahey . . . and Steven Seagal as Torrez!!! (???)
(--"Machete" comes out September 3rd. You can watch the trailer here . . .)
(--WARNING!!! This clip contains UNBLEEPED PROFANITY . . . including the awesome tag line, "They just (EFFED) with the wrong Mexican!" . . .) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKhChMHhBN8

"DIE HARD 5" IS IN THE WORKS:

BRUCE WILLIS will play John McClane one more time. At least. Twentieth Century Fox has hired a writer to script "Die Hard 5" . . . although that's probably not what they'll eventually call it. --There's no word yet on any plot details.


YOU CAN WIN A WALK-ON ROLE IN "SCREAM 4":

If your dream is to meet DAVID ARQUETTE, and money is no object for you, then I've got your hookup. (???) --There's an online auction for a walk-on role in "Scream 4" . . . and it includes a meet-and-greet with Arquette, COURTENEY COX and NEVE CAMPBELL. Proceeds will benefit the Center for the Advancement of Women. --Last we checked, the bidding was up to $7,500. You can check it out here . . .)
http://www.charitybuzz.com/catalog_items/201419


"BREAKING DAWN" WILL COME OUT IN NOVEMBER OF 2011:

"Breaking Dawn" . . . the fourth movie in the "Twilight" franchise . . . will hit theaters on November 18th, 2011. (--There's still no word if "Breaking Dawn" will be broken into two movies. If so, the movie that comes out in November of 2011 will be the first of the two.)


PATRICK DEMPSEY HAS JOINED THE CAST OF "TRANSFORMERS 3" . . . BUT JAMIE KENNEDY HAS NOT:

"Grey's Anatomy" stud PATRICK DEMPSEY has joined the cast of "Transformers 3". He'll play MEGAN FOX'S boss. It's a, quote, "dark character" . . . whatever that means. --Meanwhile, there's no truth to a recent rumor that JAMIE KENNEDY has also joined the cast. Apparently, he told a radio station that he had auditioned for a part, and really WANTED to be in the movie. --But his rep says, quote, "At this time Jamie is in no way attached to the film." (--Wow. These are bad times for Jamie Kennedy: No "Scream 4" . . . no "Transformers 3" . . . and no more of Jennifer Love Hewitt's TWO.)


THE TOP 24 "AMERICAN IDOL" CONTESTANTS OF ALL TIME:

Billboard.com has put together a list of The Top 24 American Idols of All-Time, which was compiled by crunching some numbers regarding their post-"American Idol" successes. -Things like album sales, digital track sales and radio plays were taken into account, although the specific methodology . . . assuming their was one beyond simply adding everything up . . . is unclear. --KELLY CLARKSON came out on top. She's sold 10.6 million albums, 15.9 million tracks, and has almost 4.3 million radio plays. Here's the Top 10:

#1.) KELLY CLARKSON . . . winner of Season One
#2.) CARRIE UNDERWOOD . . . winner of Season Four (--She's actually sold more albums than Kelly. Carrie's sold 11.5 million copies. But Kelly Clarkson still has her beat for individual tracks and airplay.)
#3.) CHRIS DAUGHTRY . . . who came in fourth on Season Five
#4.) JORDIN SPARKS . . . winner of Season Six (--Wow. I forgot about her.)
#5.) DAVID COOK . . . winner of Season Seven
#6.) CLAY AIKEN . . . who was the runner-up on Season Two
#7.) KELLIE PICKLER . . . who came in sixth on Season Five
#8.) DAVID ARCHULETA . . . who was the runner-up on Season Seven
#9.) FANTASIA BARRINO. . . winner of Season Three
#10.) RUBEN STUDDARD . . . winner of Season Two
(--As you can see, six of the eight winners made the Top 10. Last season's winner, KRIS ALLEN came in at #11 . . . followed by his runner-up, ADAM LAMBERT. But he'll probably rise significantly on this list over time.)
(--And speaking of "over" . . . Season Five winner TAYLOR HICKS trailed all winners, placing 19th on the list. That's just two spots ahead of WILLIAM HUNG, who was the only "Idol" on the list who was never really a contestant.)
(--You can find the full list . . . with the sales numbers and radio plays through April 17th . . . beginning, here . . .)
http://www.billboard.com/features/top-24-american-idols-of-all-time-1004088662.story?tag=hpflash1#/features/top-24-american-idols-of-all-time-1004088662.story?tag=hpflash1



ELISABETH HASSELBECK HAS APOLOGIZED FOR BEING STUPID:

ELISABETH HASSELBECK has had a change of heart. --On Tuesday's episode of "The View", Elisabeth blasted ESPN’s ERIN ANDREWS . . . who's now a contestant on "Dancing with the Stars" . . . for wearing clothing that was too revealing. OK. That's one thing. --But the STUPID part was that she said Erin shouldn't be showing so much skin, quote, "in light of what happened" to her. (!!!) Of course, she was referring to that idiot who secretly videotaped Erin undressing through a hotel wall. --Last night, Erin told "People" magazine that Elisabeth's remarks were, quote, "a slap in the face to victims of stalking and sexual predators." --She said she was "very shocked" about the comments, and added, quote, "The thing that I was most upset about is I felt she was mocking a situation. As a mother and a woman, I'm disappointed she went there." (--Elisabeth had said, quote, "In light of what happened . . . as inexcusable as it was for that horrific guy to go in and try to peep on her in her hotel room . . . I mean, in some way if I'm him, I'm like, 'Man! I just could've waited 12 weeks and seen this . . . a little bit less . . . without the prison time!'") --Well in a rare moment of self-awareness, Elisabeth came to her senses . . . and apologized to Erin, both privately and publicly. --On "The View" yesterday, she said . . . while choking up a little. . . quote, "I went home and I wasn't feeling that great about [what I said] . . . and I'm sitting there with Grace, my five-year-old, and she said, 'Mommy, why do you look so sad?' --"And I said, 'Well, Grace, today, Mommy hurt someone's feelings' . . . and it's harder when you're explaining it to your kid, but it was a moment that I thought I should explain to her. When we were talking about Erin . . . I ended up hurting her. --"I said, 'Grace, Mommy feels really bad because I hurt somebody,' so I took out her little devotional that we read and I read her . . . 'reckless words pierce someone's heart like a sword' . . . and I promised to her that I'd use my words more mindfully . . .--". . . like I try to do, to build people up, not break them down. And she said to me, 'Mommy, why don't you just call Erin and tell her you're sorry?' So, I listened to her, and that's what I did. I'm really sorry, and I wanted to offer that publicly, too." (--Well, gee . . . here's video of her apology . . .) http://theview.abc.go.com/video/hot-topics-erin-andrews


THE PTC IS MAD AT "FAMILY GUY" . . . AGAIN:

The Parents Television Council . . . (--or the PTC, if you've ranted about them before) . . . is upset with "Family Guy" yet again, but not for the reason everybody else is: That being that it stopped being funny in 2002. (--CAREFUL, JEDIS!) --The PTC is ticked off because on last Sunday's episode . . . the show's 150th . . . Stewie the baby convinced Brian the dog to eat his poop out of his diaper, and then to lick his backside clean. --The PTC claims "Family Guy" was intentionally baiting the Federal Communications Commission . . . (--or the FCC, if you've ranted about them before.) --PTC President Tim Winter says, quote, "It seems as though 'Family Guy' creator, Seth MacFarlane, carefully reviewed the legal definition of broadcast indecency and set out to violate it as literally as he could. (--Again, CAREFUL, JEDIS!) --"Given the patently offensive depictions of one character eating excrement out of a diaper, then eating vomit, and finally licking the remaining excrement from a baby's bottom . . . ". . . while the baby expresses physical gratification from having his bottom licked . . . we believe that the broadcast decency law has been broken." (--Neither Fox nor the FCC have commented.)


NOW IT'S "DANCING WITH THE STARS'" TURN TO BE #1 AGAIN:

This jockeying for position between "American Idol" and "Dancing with the Stars" is getting a little old. It almost makes me yearn for the days when more people gave a crap about "Idol". Almost.

--Last week's episode of "Dancing with the Stars" beat out "Idol" to reclaim the top spot . . . by a mere 300,000 viewers. Here are last week's Top 20 shows . . .

1.) "Dancing with the Stars" performance show, ABC, 20.4 million viewers
2.) Wednesday's "American Idol" results show, Fox, 20.1 million viewers
3.) Tuesday's "American Idol" performance show, Fox, 19.4 million viewers





WILSON PHILLIPS IS REUNITING!!!

WILSON PHILLIPS . . . which is universally celebrated as THE best band ever created by nepotism . . . will be reuniting for a tour and a new album. --CHYNNA PHILLIPS announced, quote, "I'm thrilled that the Wilson Phillips family is coming back together again. We've known each other for more than 20 years. We're like family. I'm excited about working with the Wilson sisters again." (--And by "like family," we're assuming she is NOT insinuating that they sleep together . . . like in her family. Earlier this year, Chynna had to be treated for anxiety after her sister, MACKENZIE, revealed that she had sex with their dad.) --Chynna is the daughter of JOHN and MICHELLE PHILLIPS of THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS . . . while CARNIE and WENDY WILSON are the daughters of BRIAN WILSON of THE BEACH BOYS. --Their first reunion show will happen on May 21st in Phoenix, but no other tour dates have been announced yet. The new album will be a Christmas disc, and it's supposed to be out this October. --Carnie explains, quote, "Christmas is a special time for all of us, especially because we now all have kids. That's why this is a perfect album for us." (--It's also EASY. Particularly since Carnie and her sister Wendy have already recorded a Christmas album called "Hey Santa" back in 1993 . . . and Carnie just released a solo one, called "Christmas with Carnie", two years ago.)


THE TEMPTATIONS' NEW ALBUM FEATURES . . . AUTO-TUNE?

The TEMPTATIONS' 49th album, "Still Here", dropped on Tuesday . . . and tragically, this legendary R&B group that's been around in one form or another for 50 YEARS has bowed to the pressure and resorted to Auto-Tune. (???) --Otis Williams tells Spinner.com, quote, "We try not to get too trippy with the technology. The main thing about the Tempations has been that we've had great songs. It comes down to, 'you got all this fanciness but can you sing?'" --"We're trying to let our fans know that we're in the here and now . . . but still know where we came from. I'm very analytical about everything. I sit and listen over and over. The Temptations, for what we're known for, we try to stay in character. --"We know we're not rappers and hip-hop, but we want to stay on the cutting edge. The kids nowadays, they like what we do but it's good to try and give them a taste of what the sound is like today." (--The Temptations used Auto-Tune on a song called "First Kiss". You can listen to the entire album here . . .)
http://www.spinner.com/new-releases#/13


LUDACRIS ONCE WORKED AT PIZZA HUT . . . BUT DID HE LIKE IT?

On the next episode of MTV's "When I Was 17", LUDACRIS reveals that he once worked at Pizza Hut . . . in the kitchen, making the pizzas . . . and while he says he LOVED it, his friends say he hated it. --Ludacris says, quote, "I loved working at Pizza Hut, 'cause it was a hell of an experience. It was a beautiful job." --But his friend Kiah DISPUTES that. She says, quote, "Well, he told me working at Pizza Hut was one of his worst jobs ever." --Another friend, Ryan, backs that up. He says, quote, "He hated that job. I know it wasn't really helping his love life . . . working at Pizza Hut? That ain't gangster."
(--You can watch the clip, here . . .)
http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/512258/check-out-a-preview-of-ludacris-on-when-i-was-17.jhtml

NAZZY'S RANDOM STUFF
WHICH STATES ARE THE WORST FOR SPEEDING TICKETS?

The website Driverside.com put together a list of the 10 states where you're most likely to get a speeding ticket. And they found . . . well, absolutely no pattern. The states are all over the country. --They based their rankings on the number of tickets the state gives out, along with things like the number of police officers in the state, and the speed limits on the state's highways. Here they are, ranked from low to high . . .

#10.) Massachusetts
#9.) Delaware
#8.) South Carolina
#7.) New Mexico
#6.) Maryland
#5.) Mississippi
#4.) North Dakota
#3.) Vermont
#2.) Wyoming
#1.) Washington, D.C.
(Yahoo Autos)


92% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE THERE'S A GOD . . . BUT ONLY 83% THINK HE'S LISTENING:

You might not have known this . . . we sure didn't . . . but today is the 2010 National Day of Prayer. So, if you get a chance, do your soul some good and say a prayer. (--Especially if you need to atone for yesterday's Cinco de Mayo behavior.) --In honor of the National Day of Prayer, "USA Today" ran a poll to make sure we Americans are still as God fearin' as we're supposed to be.

--Here's what they found . . .
--92% of Americans believe that there is a God.
--But . . . only 83% think he's actually LISTENING and answering our prayers. The other 9% think he's out there but not answering prayers right now.
--57% of people support the National Day of Prayer, 38% are indifferent toward it, and 4.5% of people say they're against it.
--And you'll never believe this, but people who identified themselves as Republicans are most likely to be in favor of the National Day of Prayer . . . 76% support it. (USA Today)


SHOULD WE MEDITATE UNTIL THE OIL SPILL IN THE GULF GOES AWAY . . . OR NUKE IT?

BP's broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is still hemorrhaging 200,000 gallons of oil a day . . . and causing unthinkable damage to the environment. But since the well is at least a mile underwater, no one's quite sure how to stop the flow. --Today, we found two VERY different theories from two VERY different sources. --The first comes from Carl Fuermann of Boulder, Colorado. He thinks we just need to band together and MEDITATE the problem away. -He says, quote, "The basic concept is to try and get as many people to visualize that the valve is actually functioning and is working and closing." --Before you write him off, Carl says his meditation has a proven history of success. He says he recently visualized his friend's broken Flip video camera, and it started working again. (--This Gulf situation is pretty comparable to that.) --Now . . . the other theory. --It comes from Russia's top newspaper, "Pravda", and it's sort of a throwback to how the Communists solved oil spills back when they were in power over there . . . NUKES. --The people at "Pravda" say we should drop a nuclear bomb on the Gulf near the oil well . . . and the blast will make it deep enough to take out the broken well. They also say the Soviets solved five underground oil spills with nukes. --They said, quote, "The explosion moves the rock, presses on it and squeezes the well's channel." They don't have any comment on all of the BAD stuff that might happen if, you know, we nuke the Gulf of Mexico. (Boulder Daily Camera / The Raw Story) (--As terrible as both ideas sound on the surface . . . at least these people are pitching. This thing's been spilling oil since April 20th. Maybe it's time to handle this hippie or Soviet-style.)


THE IRS'S PLAN TO PAY PEOPLE TO BACKSTAB EACH OTHER IS WORKING TO PERFECTION:

In late 2006, the IRS came to a brilliant realization: Most people would happily send another person to prison for the right price. So, they got a law passed that says: If you turn in a tax cheat, you're guaranteed 15% of what the IRS recovers. --The law took effect in 2008 and now, a few years later, the IRS is happy to report that it's working TO PERFECTION. --The IRS's whistleblower office is getting about 40 to 50 tips a month on potential tax cheats . . . which they say is a quote, "dramatic jump" since the law passed. --But under the new law, they only want cases where they're being shorted $2 MILLION or more . . . so you shouldn't report your next-door neighbor just because he's writing off family dinners at Olive Garden as a business expense. --But if you do tip them off on a big-money tax evasion case and they make a successful bust, you'll get at least 15% and up to 30% of what they recover . . . depending on how good the info is. --But so far, no one's gotten paid . . . and no one will for a while. The IRS says that it'll take five to seven years for the reward to make it through the system . . . and that's if, quote, "all the stars align." (Reuters) (--In other words, after you turn someone in, it could be a decade of maddening bureaucracy as you try to get your reward. So this is the OPPOSITE of a get-rich quick scheme . . . and it's putting you pretty prominently on the IRS radar.) (--So go ahead and report someone for moral reasons. But if you're only in it for the money, you could find yourself severely disappointed . . . and possibly even worse off.)


MEATBALL CRIMINALS OF THE DAY: TWO TWIN BROTHERS GOT BUSTED FOR SWITCHING PLACES IN COURT:

On Tuesday, 40-year-old Matthew Mauceri of Largo, Florida, was set to go on trial for passing $160,000 in bad checks. But his lawyer, Jimmy Thomas, was talking to him before the trial started and thought something felt weird. --Matthew didn't seem to remember anything they'd talked about before. He was confused about the basic details of the case, and his facial hair looked different. And that's when Jimmy remembered that Matthew had a twin brother named Marcus. --Matthew and Marcus aren't identical twins, but they look pretty similar. So Jimmy found himself in a strange ethical position. He's required to defend his client's rights . . . but also can't, quote, "allow a fraud upon the court." --After talking with a few other lawyers, Jimmy decided he had to bring up his suspicions to the judge. He did, and the judge had the defendant say his name under oath. But "Matthew" was still the response. --Then the judge had him fingerprinted . . . and that FINALLY proved the man in court WAS Marcus standing in for Matthew. Marcus had been fingerprinted in 1997 for possession of drug paraphernalia, and those prints were a match. --Marcus admitted that he was standing in for his brother . . . because Matthew was flying in from out-of-state and couldn't make it on time. But Marcus was sentenced to six months in jail for direct criminal contempt. --When Matthew did finally show up . . . about three hours late . . . he was taken into custody for failure to appear at the designated time. Jimmy is still representing him in the fraud case, which was postponed until July. (St. Petersburg Times)


U.S. AIRWAYS LOST A MAN'S SUITCASE . . . AND IT TURNED UP FLOATING IN A POND 15 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT:

If the offensive airline baggage fees aren't enough of a reason to make you cram all of your stuff into a carry-on . . . maybe this story will finally push you over the edge. --On Sunday night, David Dever of Indianapolis was on a U.S. Airways flight from Philadelphia back home to Indy. He paid their $25 fee to check a bag. --But when he got off the plane in Indianapolis, his bag never showed up. So he filed a missing luggage complaint and went home. --About 24 hours later, he got a phone call from the manager of an apartment complex in the southern part of the city. They'd found David's suitcase . . . floating in their pond, about 15 miles from the Indianapolis airport. --David recovered his bag, but it was trashed. It was waterlogged, and covered in mud . . . and his blazer, running shoes, and some toys for his kids were all missing. --He filed a police report . . . and U.S. Airways says they'll pay David for the missing and damaged items from his bag. They're also going to go ahead and refund his $25 baggage fee. (CBS 8 - Indianapolis)


JUST *ONE* NIGHT OF BAD SLEEP CAN GIVE YOU DIABETES?

I have a lot of trouble believing this . . . but, even so, it's going to make me think long and hard before I stay up until 1:30 to see who's on the "Carson Daly" show again. --According to researchers at the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands, having even ONE bad night of sleep can increase your risk of developing type-2 diabetes. --They found that even one night of bad sleep can throw off your body's insulin use . . . and, if you don't eat that well and don't exercise much in general, that one bad night can push you right over the edge. --The average person needs between seven and nine hours of sleep per night. (Reuters / ABC)


NAZZY’S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY - 1 of 3

#1.) SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN REMADE LADY GAGA'S "TELEPHONE" VIDEO:

Soldiers at an Army base in southwestern Afghanistan made their own music video for the LADY GAGA song "Telephone" that features makeshift costumes and choreographed dance moves. So far, the Army says it has no problem with the video.
(--Search for "Afghanistan soldiers Lady Gaga Telephone.")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haHXgFU7qNI

#2.) A CAT ATTACKED A BABYSITTER TO DEFEND A BABY:

Here's security camera footage of a cat attacking a babysitter when it thinks the kid is in trouble. The cat starts scratching her, and keeps attacking until it backs her into a corner and out of the room. And when she picks the kid up later, it attacks again. (--Search for "cat attacks babysitter." There's no sound. The cat attacks at :59.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zATogM8p3FM

#3.) A KID GOT BUSTED FOR WAKEBOARDING IN THE NASHVILLE FLOOD:

A kid went wakeboarding in the floodwaters in Franklin, Tennessee, about 15 miles south of Nashville. But the cops showed up pretty quickly and arrested him, and the kid driving the SUV that was pulling him. (--Search for "wakeboarding Franklin flood arrested video." The wakeboarding starts at :48, and he gets cuffed at 1:19.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCJr1ByKsOs


#4.) TWO KIDS MEMORIZED A JERRY SEINFELD STAND-UP ROUTINE, THEN PERFORMED IT WITH SEINFELD'S AUDIO DUBBED IN:

Two kids named Ryan and Ethan memorized a JERRY SEINFELD joke about Halloween, and they performed it with Seinfeld's audio dubbed in. The older kid has it DOWN. (--Search for "Ryan and Ethan's Seinfeld tribute.") http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1935113


Wednesday, May 5, 2010

HOLLYWOOD DIRT OVERFLOW (05-05-10)

POOR RACHEL UCHITEL IS CUTTING HER MEXICAN VACATION SHORT TO COME BACK AND DENY SHE TRIED TO EXTORT DAVID BOREANAZ:

I feel so terrible for RACHEL UCHITEL this morning. The poor girl has had to bail on a Mexican vacation in order to return to the United States and deny reports that she tried to extort DAVID BOREANAZ. --She was supposed to have flown home yesterday, and will be in front of the cameras either today or tomorrow to issue her denial. --She told the "New York Daily News", quote, "I'm livid. I'm cutting my vacation short to come home and deal with this." --Now, she probably won't be denying she had an affair with Boreanaz. Just that it's ANOTHER woman David was nailing who tried to squeeze some cash out of him. --As we heard yesterday, both Rachel and this other woman have retained the legal services of GLORIA ALLRED. --And Gloria has now given us a semi-explanation as to how this other mistress can be asking David for money without it being extortion. --Gloria says the woman . . . who will be coming forward soon . . . has some sort of LEGAL CLAIM against Boreanaz. And Gloria was just trying to work out a possible settlement. --She says, quote, "We discussed the possible resolution of my client's legal claim by mediation." (--Here's video of Gloria explaining the situation . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=288b62e6-e73e-456d-8af0-3431bc0892e2 --We don't know what that legal claim is. But David's attorney says the woman is upset because David told her she was his one and only . . . and that obviously wasn't the case. (--We're not sure if she was led to believe she was his only girl . . . or his only MISTRESS. But either way, HE LIED.) --Allred added that Rachel Uchitel has no intention of seeking a dime from Boreanaz or launching any kind of legal action against him. (--She doesn't need it, either . . . if those stories about a $10 million hush money payment from Tiger Woods are true.)


CHARLIZE THERON HUGGED KEANU REEVES UNDER HIS JACKET . . . DOES THAT MEAN THEY'RE HAVING SEXUAL RELATIONS???

CHARLIZE THERON and KEANU REEVES had dinner in Beverly Hills on Monday. Which doesn't necessarily mean they're anything but friends. --When they parted, they hugged for a good 25 seconds, and kissed each other on the cheek. That kind of behavior could still lie well within the FRIEND ZONE. --But here's the thing . . . when Charlize put her arms around Keanu, she put them UNDER HIS JACKET. --So the big question is . . . Does an under-the-jacket hug signify a ROMANTIC or SEXUAL relationship??? --Do friends hug under the jacket??? (--Keanu is 45 . . . Charlize is 34. They played lovers in the 2001 flick "Sweet November". You'll find a picture and video of the hug here . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/2010/05/04/keanu-reeves-charlize-theron-kiss-hug-video-bouchon-beverly-hills/


DID HALLE BERRY CALL GABRIEL AUBRY A LOSER . . . EVEN THOUGH HE MAKES $700,000 A YEAR???

We already heard the rumor that HALLE BERRY broke up with GABRIEL AUBRY because he wasn't "pulling his weight" in the relationship. Now, a so-called "source" says Halle was straight up BRUTAL to the poor guy. --The source says, quote, "Halle called him a loser. She'd rub it in his face that she's an Oscar-winning actress and he's just a model. He couldn't take it anymore." --But here's the punch line: Gabriel pulls down around $700,000 a year as a model. (--I guess Halle's definition of "loser" is a little different than mine. Or this story is a complete fabrication. And let's be honest . . . it probably is.)


BRET MICHAELS IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY:

BRET MICHAELS is still VERY SICK, but he's out of the hospital and expected to make a full recovery. That was the word from his doctors at their press conference yesterday. --Dr. Joseph Zabramski said, quote, "Mr. Michaels was indeed a lucky person, a very lucky person." --He added, quote, "He's walking. He's not walking very well. He's talking very well, and he's very mentally aware . . . He's improving and I expect him to continue to improve. I really expect that he will fortunately make a 100% recovery. --"He's just one of those lucky people . . . 10 to 20 percent who make a complete recovery and can resume all of their normal activities." --Dr. Zabramski would not say exactly when Bret was discharged, or where he is now. But he said Bret is receiving physical therapy and being monitored. --Bret was rushed to the hospital on April 21st after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was also found to have a side-effect called hyponatremia . . . a sodium deficiency that can lead to seizures. -While Bret is recovering, he's still in pretty intense pain. That's because as the blood clot from a hemorrhage clears up, it causes painful irritation inside the skull and along the spine. --Steroids are often used to treat this condition, but Bret can't take them because he's diabetic. --On the bright side, Bret doesn't seem to be at risk for another hemorrhage. --The doctor said, quote, "At this point we're feeling pretty confident that he does not have an aneurysm or problems with his blood vessels that would make a recurring hemorrhage. --"This is one of those rare instances where we're pleased that we can't find the cause of the bleed. --"Ninety five percent of patients with this type of hemorrhage go on to make a complete recovery and they have no higher risk than anyone in this room to have a repeat." (--Here's video from the press conference . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/2010/05/04/bret-michaels-released-hospital-poison-brain-hemorrhage/


COREY HAIM DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES, NOT DRUGS:

There can't really be a happy ending to the COREY HAIM story . . . but his family and his fans did get a little bit of good news yesterday. --The Los Angeles County Coroner's report came out, and it say that Corey died from NATURAL CAUSES, and drugs had nothing to do with it. --This, despite the fact that the California Attorney General's Office determined that Corey had illegally obtained 553 pills in the weeks before his death. --The coroner did find evidence of eight drugs in Corey's system . . . including marijuana . . . but none in quantities that could have contributed to his death. --Corey's death was caused by three things: Damage to the air sacs in his lungs, pneumonia and a hardening of the heart muscle due to plaque buildup in his blood vessels. --Corey had been suffering from flu-like symptoms when he collapsed in the Los Angeles apartment he shared with his mother, Judy Haim, back in March. --Not surprisingly, Judy was pleased to hear that drugs hadn't killed her son. She said, quote, "It's a positive thing. I really can't say more than that, but yes, it's a good thing." --Asked if the coroner's report vindicated her son from all the speculation about a drug overdose, she said, quote, "Yes, exactly."
(--You can read the coroner's report here . . .)
http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0504_corey_haim_report_TMZ_wm.pdf


LINDSAY LOHAN PARTIED UNTIL 2:00 A.M. YESTERDAY MORNING . . . WITH HER MOM:

LINDSAY LOHAN went out partying Monday night, and ended up staying out until about 2:00 A.M. yesterday morning. And this time, she brought her mom. --DINA LOHAN had flown into L.A. from New York City on Monday to be with Lindsay for a deposition on Tuesday morning.--Despite their late night, Lindsay and Dina showed up for the 10:00 A.M. deposition . . . at 10:21.
(--Here's a very uninteresting video of Lindsay and Dina out early Tuesday morning . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=e5cd98a9-431f-46c2-845e-91987bcb7704
(--And here's video of them several hours later, arriving for the deposition and being MOBBED by the paparazzi . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=98643a77-fc02-482e-b879-3c8773cecdfb
(--Oh, and here's video of Dina Lohan DENYING that she was out partying until 2:00 A.M. with Lindsay . . .)
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/05/exclusive-video-interview-lindsay-lohans-mom-says-partying-reports-are-absolute
(--The deposition is in regards to a lawsuit that was filed against Lindsay by two men who were in the car with her when she got one of her two DUIs back in 2007.) (--As you may recall, Lindsay basically hijacked an SUV with two guys inside it, and started chasing after another SUV that was being driven by the mother of her personal assistant.) (--Those two guys are SUING Lindsay for taking them on this JOY RIDE FROM HELL and endangering their lives.)


THE MAN WHO TRIED TO BLACKMAIL DAVID LETTERMAN IS GOING TO PRISON FOR SIX MONTHS:

Robert Halderman . . . the former CBS News producer who tried to blackmail DAVID LETTERMAN . . . was sentenced yesterday to SIX MONTHS in prison. --Halderman had been looking at up to 15 years if he went to trial. But he ended up making a deal with prosecutors and pleading guilty to a less-serious charge of first-degree larceny. --Halderman tried to squeeze $2 million out of Letterman after he found out that his live-in girlfriend . . . a staffer on Letterman's "Late Show" . . . was nailing the boss.


ELIN NORDEGREN IS BACK IN THE U.S.:

For those of you keeping track, ELIN NORDEGREN and the kids arrived back in Orlando, Florida yesterday . . . after their trip to Sweden. There's no word if she'll have any contact with TIGER WOODS. (--He'll be elsewhere in Florida this week, competing in the aptly-named PLAYERS tournament. Here's a very boring video of Elin's jet landing yesterday . . .)
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=5c06792a-27c2-45f9-96ac-44156371c4a9
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS ALMOST HAD A MISSPELLED STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME:

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday. But the ceremony was almost a disaster . . . because her name on the star was initially MISSPELLED. --And it was only by dumb luck that the error was caught in time. --Check this out . . . An entertainment producer and blogger from CNN was on his way to work Monday morning, when he walked by the workers who were about to cement the star onto the Walk of Fame. --And he noticed that Julia's last name was spelled "Luis Dreyfus" . . . without the "o" in "Louis" and minus the hyphen between "Louis" and "Dreyfus". --With the ceremony just four hours away, the guy called the people at the Walk of Fame, and they sprang into action. --They only had time for a temporary fix before the ceremony. So they chiseled out the misspelled part and replaced it. But they plan to fix it PROPERLY later on. --In the meantime, they're giving the messed-up piece to Julia as a souvenir. --Julia was actually pretty cool about the whole thing. At her ceremony, she said, quote, "The misspelling was so perfectly apt, a great metaphor for show business. --"Right when you think you've made it, you get knocked down. It's an ideal metaphor for how this business works." (--The last person who got SCREWED by a Hollywood Walk of Fame error was DICK VAN DYKE. When he got his star back in 1993, it originally read, "Dick Vandyke" . . . with no space between the "Van" and the "Dyke".) (--He made a joke out of it, though, and drew a slash between the two words. The star was eventually fixed.)


DEMI LOVATO GOT INTO HER FIRST CAR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY:

Girls, text your friends. HUGE news to report this morning: DEMI LOVATO got into her FIRST CAR ACCIDENT!!! --It wasn't anything serious, but it happened yesterday morning, because she DROVE TIRED. --She Tweeted, quote, "Today hasn't started off so great. I was so sleepy this morning I got in my first little accident in my car." --Later on, she added, quote, "To everyone who asked, yes . . . I'm totally fine! Thank you! Haha just was a huge bummer."


THE TOP 10 *NEW* CULT MOVIES:

The website LikeMe.net has put together a list of the Top 10 NEW Cult Movies. The operative word here is NEW. So don't freak out when you don't see "Plan 9 From Outer Space" or "Eraserhead" here. The oldest movie on the list is from 1990. --The list is actually pretty good, although there are bound to be some howls over the fact that "The Big Lebowski" didn't make it. --But the people at LikeMe.net seem to be assuming that one is a little too played out to qualify as a cult flick anymore.--In their introduction to the list, they say, quote, "At this point, who hasn't seen 'The Big Lebowski'?"--By the same token, they topped the list with "Office Space" . . . another movie that you could argue has outgrown its cult status and gone mainstream. --Yeah, we could argue this and dozens of other particulars of the list for days. But first, we should probably have a look at it.

#1.) "Office Space", 1999
#2.) "Donnie Darko", 2001
#3.) "Let the Right One In", 2008
#4.) "TROLL 2"!!! 1990
#5.) "The Boondock Saints" and "Overnight", 1999 and 2003, respectively.
#6.) "The Iron Giant", 1999
#7.) "Oldboy", 2003
#8.) "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang", 2005
#9.) "Primer", 2004
#10.) "World's Greatest Dad", 2009
(--You can read more about these movies here . . .)
http://daily.likeme.net/2010/04/30/the-top-10-new-cult-movies/


MOVIE THEATERS ARE BEING PAID TO PLAY MORE TRAILERS:

If it seems like there are more trailers playing before movies these days, that's because there are. --According to the "Hollywood Reporter", studios are actually PAYING theaters to run them these days. --Over the past 10 years, the amount of trailers has jumped from two to four per film to FIVE TO SEVEN. --And that's on top of 30-second teasers and consumer product ads.
J.J. ABRAMS HAS A NEW, MYSTERIOUS TRAILER RUNNING IN FRONT OF "IRON MAN 2":

Remember when "Lost" creator J.J. ABRAMS had everybody guessing just what his "Cloverfield" movie was going to be about??? Well, it looks like he's starting a similar marketing campaign for his next movie, "Super 8". --Rumor has it that a trailer for "Super 8" will play before "Iron Man 2", which opens this weekend. --According to a source, the trailer shows, quote, "a bunch of kids who are shooting a movie with a Super 8 camera in the '70s or '80s. When they develop the film, they notice that there's an alien creature in the frame." --There's already speculation that "Super 8" is either a prequel . . . or somehow a sequel . . . to "Cloverfield". --That's all we've heard at this point . . . and not surprisingly, there's been no response from Abrams to any of this.


KATE GOSSELIN WILL APPEAR ON "DANCING WITH THE STARS" AGAIN:

If you were devastated to see KATE GOSSELIN leave "Dancing with the Stars" . . . there's good news: Kate isn't done dancing and / or being an absentee parent yet! -Kate has announced that she'll be back for the season finale, which will air on May 24th and 25th. (--It's unclear whether she'll be on one or both of those shows.) --In a message posted on her TLC blog, she says, quote, "I think there better be one more dance left in me. C'mon, I know you missed my unique dance style!" (--Here's the link to her full post . . .)
http://blogs.discovery.com/kate/2010/05/hanging-up-my-dancing-shoes.html


ELISABETH HASSELBECK RAGGED ON ERIN ANDREWS . . . BUT MAKSIM CHMERKOVSKIY CAME TO HER DEFENSE:

ELISABETH HASSELBECK criticized ESPN star ERIN ANDREWS on "The View" yesterday, for showing too much skin on "Dancing with the Stars". Specifically . . . and this is the stupid part . . . because she was the victim of a peeping tom. --Elisabeth said, quote, "I think in light of what happened and as a legal [matter] . . . and as inexcusable as it was for that horrific guy to go in and try to peep on her in her hotel room . . . I mean, in some way if I'm him, I'm like, 'Man! I just could've waited 12 weeks and seen this . . . a little bit less . . . without the prison time!'" (--In other words, because some idiot drilled a hole in a hotel wall so that he could videotape her undressing . . . she should dress more modestly than other women . . . "in light of what happened." What?.) --Well, her partner MAKSIM CHMERKOVSKIY came to her defense on Twitter, saying, quote, "I'm the one designing @ErinAndrewsESPN's dresses for the show, so I'll just assume that @ehasselbeck is jealous and stupid [for] her comments." --And he wasn't the only one. --Olympic champion figure skater EVAN LYSACEK Tweeted, quote, "So disappointed that anyone would attack @ErinAndrewsESPN after all she's been through." --And pro dancer Louis Van Amstel said, quote, "@ehasselbeck why did u have to throw @ErinAndrewsESPN under the bus this morning? Shame on [you]. --"Leave her alone. Aren't u all working for the same network ABC/ESPN???? U should have each other's back, not trashtalk Erin. Im done enough said."


JIMMY FALLON WILL HOST THE EMMYS:

NBC will broadcast "The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards" on August 29th, and they've tapped the one comic that isn't angry with them to host: JIMMY FALLON. --NBC released a statement saying, quote, "Jimmy was the natural choice as one of the most promising and likable young entertainers who will now have the chance to display his many talents on television's biggest night." (--Of course he was "the natural choice." CONAN O'BRIEN hosted NBC's two previous primetime Emmy ceremonies, but he's obviously not available to them. And JAY LENO probably considers himself above the Emmys.)


IS JULIANNE HOUGH RETURNING TO "DANCING WITH THE STARS"?

Nothing's official yet, but a "source" tells "Access Hollywood" that JULIANNE HOUGH will be returning to "Dancing with the Stars" next season . . . which will presumably air this fall. (--We'll let you know if this is confirmed.) --She took the last two seasons off to focus on her singing and acting career. (--Julianne's second album is expected to drop later this year . . . and her first movie, "Burlesque", hits theaters in November.)
THE "LOST" FINALE WILL BE EVEN LONGER THAN INITIALLY PLANNED:

ABC has announced that they're extending the series finale of "Lost" an extra half-hour. Now instead of a two-hour episode, it'll run from 9:00 to 11:30 P.M. --The "Hollywood Reporter" explains that, quote, "producers have shot so much crucial material for the finale that the network has agreed to extend the last episode by an extra half-hour." --That just makes the "Lost" finale extravaganza even more epic. --As we've previously heard, the final episode will be preceded by a two-hour "Lost" special from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. Then, after the episode, JIMMY KIMMEL will host a comedy special called "Aloha to Lost". (--It sounds like Jimmy's special will still air at 11:30 P.M., meaning that the local news will be preempted that night . . . although that's not 100% clear.)




JUSTIN BIEBER ISN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE WORD "GERMAN": (???)

16-year-old JUSTIN BIEBER apparently isn't familiar with the word "German." (--You know . . . as in "of or relating to the country of Germany.") --In an interview with a music station in New Zealand last week, Justin was asked, quote, "Bieber is German for basketball, true or false?" --Confused, Justin asked the host to repeat the question. The host did . . . re-pronouncing "German" a few times and even showing him the word on a card . . . to no avail. Justin finally said, quote, "German? I don't know what that means. --"We don't say that in America." (???) He added, quote, "I like basketball if that's what you're asking me." (--Here's the video . . .)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkKqihEUmH4
(--In some fairness to Justin, it was an ODD question . . . because as far as we know, that would be FALSE. Also, the host did have a New Zealand accent. But that being said, I have no idea what to make of this.) (--My best guess is that Justin was tripped up . . . by the weirdness of question and the accent . . . and for whatever reason, decided to play dumb rather than admit that he was confused.) (--Because he can't NOT know what "German" is . . . right???) --Meanwhile, Justin DOES know what "Chicago" is.
--On Monday night, he threw out the first pitch at the Chicago White Sox game . . . then, in the third inning, a foul ball was hit into the suite where Justin was watching the game. He caught it . . . and then handed it off to some fan. --Unfortunately, there isn't a video of Justin's charitable gesture, but there is one of his first pitch, which is an average attempt at best. (--Here it is . . .)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtWWK3gogGA


BEYONCÉ'S LATEST MUSIC VIDEO:

BEYONCÉ has released her video for "Why Don't You Love Me" . . . in which she plays a naughty, '50s era housewife named "B.B. Homemaker." (--The song, which was written by her sister SOLANGE, appears on the deluxe version of her "I Am . . . Sasha Fierce" album. Here's the video . . .) http://vimeo.com/11465235
MILEY CYRUS' SEXY NEW MUSIC VIDEO:

MILEY CYRUS' new "Can't Be Tamed" video debuted on E! last night. She portrays a rare, bird-like creature on display at a museum. (--Check it out . . .) http://www.eonline.com/videos/v53035_miley-cyrus-cant-be-tamed-video.html (--It's sexy. It's bizarre. It's the new, more-adult evolution of Miley. How very exciting! Her "Can't Be Tamed" album will hit stores on June 22nd.)


MICK JAGGER CREDITS A "PARTY ATMOSPHERE" FOR INSPIRING SOME OF THE ROLLING STONES' BIGGEST HITS:

MICK JAGGER has credited drugs and an overall, quote, "party atmosphere" for inspiring some of the ROLLING STONES' biggest hits. Especially the period when they wrote and recorded the 1972 album "Exile on Main Street". --In an interview on British radio, he said, quote, "That was a period of time when everyone took loads of drugs, it was very fashionable, but I mean, we did a lot of hard work as well . . . . . so it was a bit of a party atmosphere, loads of visitors, you know, there was a lot of drugs floating around, but not everyone was completely out of it all the time and we did a lot of good tracks, you know."


DRUMMER JASON BONHAM IS DONG A LED ZEPPELIN TRIBUTE TOUR:

Drummer JASON BONHAM . . . the son of the late LED ZEPPELIN drummer JOHN BONHAM . . . is determined to play some Zeppelin on tour. --Jason took his father's spot for Zeppelin's one-off reunion gig in London in 2007 . . . and for a while, it looked like he'd be joining the band on a reunion tour. But that may never end up happening, so Jason has decided to head out on a Zeppelin tribute tour. --Technically, it's a tribute to his father, and the tour is intended to coincide with the 30th anniversary of his death, which will be this September. (--No shows have been announced yet. For a few more details, hit up Jason's site, here . . .)
http://www.jasonbonham.net/diary.html


PRIMUS IS COMING BACK:

PRIMUS has been dormant for the past four years . . . but that will end this summer when the band heads back out on the road. It'll begin July 27th in Toronto and run through September 18th in Tempe, Arizona. (--For the dates, hit up their site . . .)
http://www.primusville.com/
-On top of that, they also plan to record a new album, and release it sometime next year. It would be their first disc since "Antipop", which came out in 1999.


NAZZY’S RANDOM STUFF

AND NOW, A WOMAN WITH NO ARMS IS GOING FOR HER BLACK BELT:

I don't know if you've heard about it, but there's a 15-year-old kid in Michigan with Down syndrome named Adam Stone, and he's about to get his Black Belt in karate. Pretty cool. --And as long as we're talking this morning about people who don't complain about the crap-sandwich life served them, but actually DO something about it, it's time for you to meet 32-year-old Sheila Radziewicz (--pronounced 'Rad-zuh-wich'.) --She lives in Peabody, Massachusetts (--about a half-hour north of Boston). And as a result of a congenital birth defect, she was born without arms or kneecaps, and with her feet facing toward each other. --It's a condition called 'TAR' syndrome. (--That's short for thrombuh-SEE-toh-PEHnya with Absent Radius.) And it means that while Sheila has hands and fingers, they're at the base of her torso by her shoulders, where her arms would have started. --But she's had success with surgeries and leg braces, and three years ago, she started taking martial arts. And next month she'll test for her black belt in Taekwondo. --Obviously, some of her training is different to accommodate her condition. But that might not mean what you think. For instance, when she's demonstrating her use of nunchucks, Sheila sometimes uses her teeth to grip the weapon. --Oh, and she drives a specially-designed car with only her feet, and works as an advocate in the court system for women who've been victims of domestic violence.
(The Salem News) (--Check out Sheila in action at http://www.salemnews.com/local/x537293054/DEFYING-THE-ODDS.)


A TEENAGER IN MISSOURI FULFILLED HIS GREAT-GRANDMA'S LIFELONG DREAM . . . BY TAKING HER TO HIS PROM!

Ron Blalock is an 18-year-old from Fort Osage, Missouri (--about 20 miles east of Kansas City). And he's going to have his cheeks pinched until they're bright red and raw the next time he visits his great-grandmother at her nursing home. --That's because on Saturday, Ron helped his 90-year-old great-grandma, Hasselteen Rumba, fulfill a lifelong dream . . . when he took her to his SENIOR PROM as his date. --A few months ago, Hasselteen saw "The Bucket List" and decided to make her own list. One of the things on the list was to go to prom. When she was a girl, she says, her parents, quote, "were real strict. They said, 'Oh no, you're not going to a dance.'" --When her great-grandson Ron found out about that, he invited her to go to his prom as his date. And on Saturday night, they went together to the Fort Osage Prom. --Going to the prom is actually the third thing Hasselteen's crossed off her bucket list. Earlier this year, she crossed off two things at once when she went to her first-ever concert . . . then got to meet REBA MCENTIRE after. (St. Louis Globe-Democrat)
(--Here's a video of Ron and his great-grandma at the prom. Yes, even with that awful looking hat and terrible facial hair and sideburns, we're still going to stand by calling him a genius . . .)
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6456931n&tag=api


12% OF PEOPLE OVER 100 USE AN IPOD . . . AND 2% ARE ON FACEBOOK:

There are about 100,000 people in the U.S. who are 100 years old or older. But have you ever wondered what they think about the Internet, cell phones, and celebrities? Well, a new survey by the care program Evercase has the answers. Check 'em out: -8% of people over 100 say they've sent a text or instant message. That's up from 1% just one year ago. --12% say they use an iPod. 11% have used YouTube . . . 5% have used a TiVo . . . 2% are on Facebook . . . and 1% are using online dating. Less than 1% use Twitter or have voted for a reality show. --The most popular celebrity for the 100-plus age group? BETTY WHITE. (--Betty White's career explosion in the past year is unbelievable. It's getting to the point where she might be the most marketable celebrity in the country.) --BILL COSBY is the second-most popular celebrity for people over 100. He was the most popular last year. --Last year, TIGER WOODS was the second-most popular . . . this year, he didn't even make the top five. --The rest of this year's top five is BILL CLINTON, MICHELLE OBAMA and SARAH PALIN. --1% of people over 100 say they've used Nintendo's Wii Fit game. (Yahoo News)


ARE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH?

According to a study by the University of Valencia in Spain, men who spend five minutes hitting on a beautiful woman can legitimately increase their risk of a HEART ATTACK or STROKE. --The reason: Trying to nail a hot chick STRESSES you out . . . and when you're stressed, your body releases a hormone called cortisol. And having consistently high levels of cortisol has been linked to heart disease. --For the study, the researchers put a male college student in a room with two other people: Another guy, and an attractive woman. Then the college student was asked to solve a Sudoku puzzle. --When the woman left the room, the subject's stress level would stay flat. But when she came back in and the dude left, the subject's cortisol levels would shoot up. --And check this out: Being alone with an attractive woman produced the same amount of cortisol as if you were about to JUMP OUT OF A PLANE. --Just to be clear: Spending SOME time with beautiful women isn't bad. In small doses, cortisol makes you more alert and on top of your game. But having it elevated for too long can lead to heart disease, diabetes, hypertension or even impotency.
(The Telegraph, U.K. / News.com.au)


A WOMAN IN PERU WAS TRAPPED IN BED FOR SIX MONTHS BY HER ENORMOUS BREASTS!

I never would've believed it . . . but it turns out there MIGHT be such a thing as breasts that are TOO big. --29-year-old Julia Manihuari lives in northern Peru. Last year, her breasts grew to become an N-CUP. It may be the record for the largest natural breasts in the world . . . but there's no official word from the Guinness people yet. --To put it in perspective, each one was at least three times the size of her head, and combined, they weighed more than 35 pounds. Julia's only five feet tall, and, when she'd get the energy to stand up, they would swing down and touch her legs. --They were so large that they TRAPPED Julia in bed for six months, because, she says, quote, "If I tried to get up I would faint because my breasts were so heavy." --Julia suffers from a rare condition called gigantomastia, which is insane breast growth during puberty or a pregnancy. In Julia's case it was triggered when she was pregnant with her third child. --Finally, after being trapped for six months, the local media found out and helped pay for a three-day boat trip to get her to the nearest town for medical help. Surgeons cut 35 pounds out of her chest, leaving her with breasts that are a 34-B. (The Sun, U.K. / Fox News)
(--Here's a photo of Julia before the surgery. No post-op photos have been released . . .)
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2957272/Bedbound-by-my-big-boobs.html


A FLORIDA STATE SENATOR WAS BUSTED FOR LOOKING AT PORNO WHILE THE SENATE WAS IN SESSION:

This is really THE ultimate example from the 'Why You Shouldn't Surf For Porno At Work' department. --65-year-old Mike Bennett is a Republican state senator from Bradenton, Florida. And last Thursday, while the state senate was debating an abortion bill . . . cameras caught Bennett looking at NAKED WOMEN on his laptop. --In the video of Bennett, you can see him looking at a photo of four women in bikinis . . . some of whom aren't wearing tops. -According to Bennett, he wasn't intentionally surfing for porno . . . the photo was attached to an e-mail from, quote, "a woman who happens to be a former court administrator." --He says, quote, "I was just sitting there, bored as they were debating the abortion bill. I opened it up and said 'Holy [s***]! What's on my screen?' and clicked away from it right away." --The video also shows Bennett looking at other things that weren't related at all to the abortion debate, including a video of a dog shaking some water off itself. --So far, no action has been taken against Bennett, and a senate spokeswoman says they are taking Bennett's explanation at face value. (Sunshine State News) (--Here's a YouTube video of Bennett looking at the image. The nudity has been blocked out with a black bar . . .) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p_1E5d5bfE


THE TEN BEST CITIES FOR SINGLE WOMEN ARE . . .

A website called SingleMindedWomen.com put out a list of the top 10 cities for single women. It's based on criteria like job opportunities, the cost of living, entertainment options, the ratio of women to men, and the number of people who are single.

--Here are their ten best cities in the U.S. for single women, in reverse order.

#10.) Austin, Texas. Austin has the largest single population of any city on the list, a ton of entertainment options, and a low unemployment rate.
#9.) Dallas, Texas. Dallas has lots of social opportunities, a strong job market, and a low cost of living.
#8.) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 29% of the population is single, and the cost of living is 49% less than New York.
#7.) Denver, Colorado. The male-to-female singles ratio is almost even, about 30% of the population is single, and Denver has the second-lowest unemployment rate of any city on the list (--only behind the number two city, Washington, D.C.).
#6.) Phoenix, Arizona. Housing is extremely affordable, zero winter leads to a lot of year-round outdoor activities, and the male-female single ratio is 50-50.
#5.) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There are always a lot of single people in Philly . . . thanks to all of the colleges in the area constantly refilling the young unmarried population with new graduates.
#4.) Seattle, Washington. Seattle has a ton of cultural opportunities, good long-term career opportunities, and an even male-female singles ratio.
#3.) New York City. About 33% of the population is single and, with the largest population of any city in the U.S., there's always someone new to meet.
#2.) Washington, D.C. It's expensive to live here, but it has the lowest unemployment rate of any city on the list . . . a ton of museums and culture . . . and a 33% single rate.
#1.) Boston, Massachusetts. There are plenty of jobs . . . a reasonable cost of living . . . lots of cultural and sports activities . . . and a 33% single rate. (SingleMindedWomen.com)


HERE ARE EIGHT TIPS FOR LIVING PERMANENTLY OUT OF YOUR CAR:

If the worst happens and you have to live out of your car . . . you know, like JEWEL . . . it doesn't have to be as SOUL CRUSHING as you think. --Here are eight tips from a guy online who goes by the name "ReconChrist", who's living permanently out of his car and has no plans to stop.

#1.) Wal-Mart lets you park overnight for free. Hotels off the interstate and church parking lots are also good overnight bets. But nice residential neighborhoods aren't, since people will call the cops on you.

#2.) Most National Forests and Federally managed public lands allow free camping for up to two weeks, but you can usually stay much longer than that.

#3.) Find a place to park and sleep at least an hour before sundown so you're not driving around at night.

#4.) The most important thing you can do is stay clean. Keep your hair and beard trimmed . . . it'll make people think you're just "adventurous" and not a filthy hobo.

#5.) Dark clothes hide stains. If you can't wash them regularly, turn them inside out and put them in direct sunlight to get rid of some of the bad odor.

#6.) If you can't shower, use baby wipes, a washcloth and a sink, hand sanitizer and baby powder . . . and make it work. Don't use cologne, it won't mask your odor properly, you'll just be a guy who stinks in two different ways.

#7.) Stay on the move and make projects for yourself every day. Look at it as a time of freedom to explore, write, and live without obligations.

#8.) Keep an eye out for work opportunities, because eventually you'll want to go back to living in one place. (Reddit)


HERE'S HOW TO DECIPHER THE FOUR STRANGEST THINGS YOUR BOSS MIGHT SAY:

Today, we've got the REAL meaning behind four strange things your boss might say to you. And the secret behind all of them? In all cases, he's saying them to protect his own standing in the company at your expense. Have a great work day.

#1.) "That's just the way the system works." You might hear this when you get a mediocre raise or get passed over for a promotion. It really means, "I thought you deserved more but couldn't convince MY boss of that . . . please don't quit on me."

#2.) "I can't let you take that opportunity/promotion because you're too valuable." This is one of the big problems in business . . . you do such good work at a lower-level job that your boss would be SCREWED if you moved up. --So when he says this, that's really what he believes. He knows you deserve a promotion and more money . . . but he also knows that you are making him look GREAT and replacing you with someone else could expose his weaknesses.

#3.) "You're working too hard." Your boss could say this if he's worried that you're making your job look too easy . . . like you really don't NEED a manager.

#4.) "You don't want to do that." If you show too much initiative or want to pitch an idea to someone over his head, he could be worried you'll make him look bad . . . like YOU should be HIS boss. (--And he can't have that! He's still got two years left on his PT Cruiser lease.) (Yahoo's Financially Fit)


MUST-HAVE ITEM: THE NEW WHITE CASTLE SCENTED CANDLE!

We have some good news and some bad news to report this morning . . . The good news is that we've found a gift that WILL change your mom's life, just in time for Mother's Day. The bad news is that it's currently SOLD OUT. --It's the brand new WHITE CASTLE SCENTED CANDLE, created by the very same hero-geniuses who run the White Castle empire. --They say the candle smells like, quote, "the steam-grilled-on-a-bed-of-onions scent" of the White Castle hamburger. It's selling for $10 on their website and all of the net proceeds are going to support autism research. (House of Crave) (--Here's the link to the White Castle store's website, if you want to check to see if they get any candles back in stock . . .) http://www.lpestore.com/whitecastle/default.aspx?showpage=2


WHAT DOES INTERNET-FLAVORED ICE CREAM TASTE LIKE?

There's an ice cream parlor near the Massachusetts Institute of Technology called Toscanini's . . . which, according to the "New York Times", has, quote, "the best ice cream in the world." --Toscanini's decided to create a flavor of ice cream based on the Internet. So they brainstormed what the Internet tastes like and decided on . . . vanilla ice cream with a bunch of Nerds candy swirled in. (San Francisco Weekly)
PHOTOS OF THE DAY
CHECK OUT SOME PHOTOS OF THE GULF OIL SPILL:

That massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico started hitting land yesterday, and the damaged undersea well at the source is still releasing about 5,000 barrels . . . or more than 200,000 gallons . . . of oil a day. So the problem isn't going anywhere. --There are some crazy photos of the whole thing that help explain why. They show the explosion and the fire on the BP oilrig that started it all, the rig's drill pipe leaking oil underwater, and the resulting oil slick. --You can even see a robot submarine form the Coast Guard trying . . . and failing . . . to shut the underwater well down. (--Check out all 32 photos here . . .)
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/oil_spill_approaches_louisiana.html



NAZZY’S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY

#1.) A TEEN GOT TASED WHEN HE RAN ONTO THE FIELD AT A BASEBALL GAME:

A 17-year-old ran out onto the field at a Philadelphia Phillies game on Monday night, and a security guard shot him in the back with a Taser gun. (--Search for "Phillies fan tasered video." He gets shot with the Taser at :08.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riCu3LJOgmk


#2.) CONAN O'BRIEN'S INNER MONOLOGUE FROM HIS "60 MINUTES" INTERVIEW:

FunnyOrDie.com took CONAN O'BRIEN'S "60 Minutes" interview and added in angry subtitles, like "I wish I could let loose on Leno right now" and "that's total [effing] B.S." (--Search for "Conan inner monologue FunnyOrDie.com.") (--WARNING: This video includes a TON of on-screen profanity.) http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/17af1a1fef/conan-o-brien-s-60-minutes-inner-monologue


#3.) A NEW MUSIC VIDEO COMMERCIAL FOR TOYOTA FEATURES TWO PARENTS RAPPING ABOUT THEIR "SWAGGER WAGON":

There's a new ad from Toyota where two painfully vanilla suburban parents rap about the new Sienna minivan, which they call their "swagger wagon." Some of it is corny, but some of it's actually pretty funny.
(--Search for "Toyota swagger wagon.") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql-N3F1FhW4


#4.) A LITTLE KID FELL OFF A SLIDE TWICE:
There's an old video from 1987 that just made it to YouTube, and here's why: It shows a little kid trying to climb up a slide, and falling on his face. Then he won't listen to his mom, tries to climb the slide again, falls off, and lands face-first in the dirt. (--Search for "insolent child falls off slide twice.") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyhaT-L9ZpI


FIVE WAYS TO BEEF UP YOUR RESUME WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF WORK:

The unemployment rate is still over 10%. So if you're out of work, and you've been spending too much time on the couch, here's a list of five things you COULD be doing that would beef up your resume. --But what's MORE important is, most of these things involve meeting new people. And since almost 70% of jobs are landed through networking, that's a big deal.

#1.) LEARN A LANGUAGE. Even knowing a LITTLE Spanish looks great on a resume. And taking the initiative shows you're disciplined and able to learn new things, which companies love.

#2.) ENROLL IN AN ACTING OR IMPROV CLASS. It helps you learn to think on your feet and adapt to your environment, which comes in handy during interviews. And on a resume, it show's you're capable of speaking in public.

#3.) TURN YOUR HOBBY INTO A BUSINESS. Maybe you'll make some money, but even if you don't, it still looks good on a resume. To get started, check out the government's Small Business Administration website at SBA.gov.

#4.) VOLUNTEER. It's best to do something related to your profession. If you're in sales, an organization like Junior Achievement might be a good fit. To find volunteer opportunities near you, check out the government website Serve.gov.

#5.) WRITE. Start a blog that focuses on some aspect of your industry. It helps establish you as an expert, and it makes you look productive . . . even if you're just sitting around in your underwear looking for jobs. (Yahoo.com)


ON THIS DATE

1862 - CINCO DE MAYO, ess-say!!! The Mexican army scores an upset victory over the invading French army at the Battle of Puebla.

--A few important points about Cinco de Mayo, though:

#1.) Even though the Mexicans held off the French that day, they didn't win their war. About a year later, the French successfully occupied Mexico City. They didn't leave until the U.S. strongly pressured them to leave a few years later.

#2.) It's NOT Mexican Independence Day. That's September 16.

#3.) It's NOT a federal holiday in Mexico, but just a voluntary one. And it doesn't get huge celebrations in Mexico . . . in fact, they barely notice it.

#4.) Even though it's virtually ignored in Mexico, outside of the country it's evolved into a day of BROWN PRIDE. Which is why it gets huge celebrations in U.S. cities with large Latino populations.