HOLLYWOOD DIRT OVERFLOW (06-11-10)
LARRY KING'S WIFE MAY HAVE TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE:
As you've probably heard by now, LARRY KING'S wife SHAWN was hospitalized last month for an apparent overdose. Her father called 911 after finding her unconscious in her bed at one of the Kings' homes in Provo, Utah. --He told the operator that Shawn was NOT suicidal. He claimed she had been prescribed meds for anxiety and depression, and had ACCIDENTALLY taken too much. --But the police report filed by cops who responded to the call was released yesterday . . . and it lists the incident as an ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. --The report states that multiple empty pill bottles were found on Shawn's bed, in her purse and in her bathroom. --The prescriptions on the bottles were for drugs including Ambien, Klonopin, Clonazepam, Compro, Prometrium, Subutex, Cymbalta and Lyrica. (--Most of these drugs are indeed for anxiety and / or depression . . . but Subutex is commonly used to treat narcotic addiction.) (???) --And every last bottle was empty . . . despite the fact that all of them had been filled within 10 days of the incident. --Police also found what appeared to be a suicide note at the scene. --Paramedics gave police a sheet of paper that was found on the bed . . . and whatever was written on it led police to believe that Shawn had, quote, "intentionally taken the quantity of pills." --It also indicated that Shawn was, quote, "leaving, or that she might hurt herself," and that she, quote, "wishes to be buried in Utah." --The letter itself has not been released to the public. --As for Shawn's whereabouts now, her dad says, quote, "Shawn is out and about in the city today . . . working out and feeling great. She's enjoying her vacation and just trying to regroup." --One last note: For what it's worth, RadarOnline.com claims that Larry didn't visit Shawn until SEVERAL DAYS after her overdose. (--Larry and Shawn were having some problems, which led them to almost get divorced. We've got more on their troubles and how they may have led to Shawn's overdose in the next story . . .)
DID LARRY KING'S WIFE ATTEMPT SUICIDE BECAUSE OF HIS AFFAIR WITH HER SISTER???
Whether or not LARRY KING'S wife SHAWN tried to take her own life, she's obviously depressed. And TMZ says it's all because of Larry's alleged, long-term affair with her sister Shannon. --So-called "sources" say Shawn has been deeply depressed over the affair for five years, and her reconciliation with Larry didn't really change that . . . quote, "She fought like crazy to remain sane, just to take care of her kids. --"Shawn's not a pill popper, but she feels it's her only way to deal with her depression." (--For the record, Larry has never admitted to this affair . . . and Shannon has outright denied it several times.) (--There's also that rumor about Shawn's affair with Hector Penate . . . a two-bit actor who coached Shawn and Larry's sons in baseball.) (--Shawn hasn't copped to that affair . . . but Hector is happy to blab about it to any media outlet that'll stick a microphone in his face.)
SHANNON PRICE IS MAKING A PLAY FOR GARY COLEMAN'S ESTATE:
No surprise here: GARY COLEMAN'S ex-wife, SHANNON PRICE, has officially made a play for his estate. --She filed court papers yesterday asking for EVERYTHING . . . and calling herself Gary's COMMON-LAW WIFE. --Shannon says that she and Gary, quote, "continued to have a romantic relationship and engage in romantic and sexual relations" even though they divorced. (--They married in August of 2007 and divorced a year later.) --Shannon's papers included the handwritten addendum that Gary wrote to his will in September of 2007, when their love was still new. --It states that Shannon is, quote, "the sole heir of any and all monies, properties, bank accounts, earnings, model trains, vehicles, cars, toys, games, electronics, homes, other inheritances if any, all things physical and/or intellectual." --Gary closes the document by saying, quote, "This I have done because of my personal selfishness and weakness and I Love her with all my heart." --According to TMZ, this addendum was meant to modify a will that Gary wrote in 2006 . . . NOT the 1999 will that's already on file in Utah. --Yes, that's right . . . yet another will. It's not clear if this is that new will we heard about yesterday. --But this 2006 will states, quote, "I revoke all previous wills. I specifically disinherit my biological parents and siblings." --As usual, though, there's a catch: Gary never signed this will. (--Utah doesn't actually recognize common law marriage . . . but couples can request to have their relationship recognized in a similar fashion for tax and other legal purposes.) (--This can be done either during a relationship or within a year of the end of a relationship.) (--Check out Shannon's papers, including Gary's 2006 will and 2007 addendum, here . . .) http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0610_coleman_3.pdf
As you've probably heard by now, LARRY KING'S wife SHAWN was hospitalized last month for an apparent overdose. Her father called 911 after finding her unconscious in her bed at one of the Kings' homes in Provo, Utah. --He told the operator that Shawn was NOT suicidal. He claimed she had been prescribed meds for anxiety and depression, and had ACCIDENTALLY taken too much. --But the police report filed by cops who responded to the call was released yesterday . . . and it lists the incident as an ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. --The report states that multiple empty pill bottles were found on Shawn's bed, in her purse and in her bathroom. --The prescriptions on the bottles were for drugs including Ambien, Klonopin, Clonazepam, Compro, Prometrium, Subutex, Cymbalta and Lyrica. (--Most of these drugs are indeed for anxiety and / or depression . . . but Subutex is commonly used to treat narcotic addiction.) (???) --And every last bottle was empty . . . despite the fact that all of them had been filled within 10 days of the incident. --Police also found what appeared to be a suicide note at the scene. --Paramedics gave police a sheet of paper that was found on the bed . . . and whatever was written on it led police to believe that Shawn had, quote, "intentionally taken the quantity of pills." --It also indicated that Shawn was, quote, "leaving, or that she might hurt herself," and that she, quote, "wishes to be buried in Utah." --The letter itself has not been released to the public. --As for Shawn's whereabouts now, her dad says, quote, "Shawn is out and about in the city today . . . working out and feeling great. She's enjoying her vacation and just trying to regroup." --One last note: For what it's worth, RadarOnline.com claims that Larry didn't visit Shawn until SEVERAL DAYS after her overdose. (--Larry and Shawn were having some problems, which led them to almost get divorced. We've got more on their troubles and how they may have led to Shawn's overdose in the next story . . .)
DID LARRY KING'S WIFE ATTEMPT SUICIDE BECAUSE OF HIS AFFAIR WITH HER SISTER???
Whether or not LARRY KING'S wife SHAWN tried to take her own life, she's obviously depressed. And TMZ says it's all because of Larry's alleged, long-term affair with her sister Shannon. --So-called "sources" say Shawn has been deeply depressed over the affair for five years, and her reconciliation with Larry didn't really change that . . . quote, "She fought like crazy to remain sane, just to take care of her kids. --"Shawn's not a pill popper, but she feels it's her only way to deal with her depression." (--For the record, Larry has never admitted to this affair . . . and Shannon has outright denied it several times.) (--There's also that rumor about Shawn's affair with Hector Penate . . . a two-bit actor who coached Shawn and Larry's sons in baseball.) (--Shawn hasn't copped to that affair . . . but Hector is happy to blab about it to any media outlet that'll stick a microphone in his face.)
SHANNON PRICE IS MAKING A PLAY FOR GARY COLEMAN'S ESTATE:
No surprise here: GARY COLEMAN'S ex-wife, SHANNON PRICE, has officially made a play for his estate. --She filed court papers yesterday asking for EVERYTHING . . . and calling herself Gary's COMMON-LAW WIFE. --Shannon says that she and Gary, quote, "continued to have a romantic relationship and engage in romantic and sexual relations" even though they divorced. (--They married in August of 2007 and divorced a year later.) --Shannon's papers included the handwritten addendum that Gary wrote to his will in September of 2007, when their love was still new. --It states that Shannon is, quote, "the sole heir of any and all monies, properties, bank accounts, earnings, model trains, vehicles, cars, toys, games, electronics, homes, other inheritances if any, all things physical and/or intellectual." --Gary closes the document by saying, quote, "This I have done because of my personal selfishness and weakness and I Love her with all my heart." --According to TMZ, this addendum was meant to modify a will that Gary wrote in 2006 . . . NOT the 1999 will that's already on file in Utah. --Yes, that's right . . . yet another will. It's not clear if this is that new will we heard about yesterday. --But this 2006 will states, quote, "I revoke all previous wills. I specifically disinherit my biological parents and siblings." --As usual, though, there's a catch: Gary never signed this will. (--Utah doesn't actually recognize common law marriage . . . but couples can request to have their relationship recognized in a similar fashion for tax and other legal purposes.) (--This can be done either during a relationship or within a year of the end of a relationship.) (--Check out Shannon's papers, including Gary's 2006 will and 2007 addendum, here . . .) http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0610_coleman_3.pdf
DINA LOHAN CLAIMS A SPILLED DRINK MADE LINDSAY LOHAN'S SCRAM BRACELET GO OFF SUNDAY NIGHT:
DINA LOHAN checked in yesterday from the very depths of DENIAL, with an excuse for LINDSAY'S SCRAM bracelet going off Sunday night. --She said, quote, "She was at the MTV Awards and somebody spilled a drink on her leg, which must have set off the SCRAM bracelet. --"She has done absolutely nothing wrong and shouldn't have to wear the bracelet in the first place. She is doing absolutely fine." (--As we've heard before, the SCRAM people say that a spillage could conceivably set off the bracelet . . . but they can tell very easily if it was a spill, or if Lindsay was actually drinking.) --Dina also claims that Lindsay is on the short list for the next edition of "Celebrity Apprentice". She says, quote, "Donald Trump is a friend of the family, and producers have approached Lindsay to appear in the next season. --"She's deciding if she wants to do it or not, but she currently has three films in production, so she's very busy." (--NBC refused to comment.)
LINDSAY LOHAN'S ASSISTANT HAS QUIT . . . BECAUSE LINDSAY WAS TOO ERRATIC AND DEMANDING:
LINDSAY LOHAN'S assistant . . . some chick named Elinore . . . has quit. Apparently because Lindsay is CRAZY and demanding. --A so-called "source" says Elinore was EXHAUSTED after only a few months on the job . . . because Lindsay would often force her to stay with her for days on end, and blame her for everything that went wrong. --Another source says, quote, "Lindsay's up and down moods and her 24/7 demands just got to be too much. --"Lindsay can be really bossy and mean when she doesn't get her own way and Elinore wasn't even getting paid some of the time." --"Lindsay's demands became too much for her. She couldn't take it anymore and she finally had to quit." (--One last note on Lindsay: Maybe she really IS turning her life around. She was photographed on a shopping trip yesterday, and she seems to be putting some healthy weight back on. Check out some pics here . . .)
http://x17online.com/gallery/view_gallery.php?gallery=llohan061010_X17
DID NICK NOLTE CHECK INTO REHAB???
Former Pulitzer Prize candidate "The National Enquirer" claims that NICK NOLTE checked into a rehab clinic in Germany, and is determined to win his longtime battle with drugs and alcohol --Nick and his 41-year-old girlfriend Clytie Lane supposedly checked in together and will be treated by the same doctor who treated FARRAH FAWCETT for cancer. (--Nick is 69.) --A so-called "source" says, quote, "Nick looked like death warmed over when he checked in. He reeked of alcohol and was obviously going through a heavy withdrawal, shaking and trembling. He was in really, really bad shape." (--Nick and Clytie have a daughter who'll be 3 in October.)
CHECK OUT JENNIFER LOPEZ WHEN SHE WAS A KID:
JENNIFER LOPEZ started her performing career as a little kid at the Boys and Girls Club in the Bronx. So yesterday, she was in Times Square to help out by unveiling a Boys and Girls Club billboard with a picture of her from those days.
(--Not surprisingly, she was a pretty cute kid. Check it out . . .)
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20392849,00.html
MILEY CYRUS SAYS SHE'LL NEVER MESS UP HER LIFE WITH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL:
MILEY CYRUS isn't much of a role model when it comes to NOT DRESSING AND ACTING LIKE A SLUT. But maybe your kids can still look up to her, if she holds true to her new pledge not to mess up her life with drugs and alcohol. --On Ryan Seacrest's radio show yesterday, she said, quote, "If I'm ever seen out dancing at a club having fun, I don't want people to immediately go, 'Oh, she's on drugs, she's drunk.' --"I'm never going to be that person. As long as I steer clear of that and keep that mind frame, I think I'll be cool." --Miley's not saying she'll never drink, though. She added, quote, "I'm not gonna be like, 'I'll never have a drink in my entire life,' because that's probably going to be a lie. There's a right way to do so . . . everything is good in small portions." --One of the people Miley credits with keeping her head on straight is BRET MICHAELS. She says, quote, "Having him in my life and him telling me some of the stories and some of the dumb crap that happens . . . he just makes me never want to do that stuff."
(--You can listen to Miley's full, 16-plus-minute interview with Ryan here . . .)
http://ryan.kiisfm.com/pages/ondemand/interviews.html?podcast=onair&article=mileycyrus061010_1276183695_29993.mp3
DINA LOHAN checked in yesterday from the very depths of DENIAL, with an excuse for LINDSAY'S SCRAM bracelet going off Sunday night. --She said, quote, "She was at the MTV Awards and somebody spilled a drink on her leg, which must have set off the SCRAM bracelet. --"She has done absolutely nothing wrong and shouldn't have to wear the bracelet in the first place. She is doing absolutely fine." (--As we've heard before, the SCRAM people say that a spillage could conceivably set off the bracelet . . . but they can tell very easily if it was a spill, or if Lindsay was actually drinking.) --Dina also claims that Lindsay is on the short list for the next edition of "Celebrity Apprentice". She says, quote, "Donald Trump is a friend of the family, and producers have approached Lindsay to appear in the next season. --"She's deciding if she wants to do it or not, but she currently has three films in production, so she's very busy." (--NBC refused to comment.)
LINDSAY LOHAN'S ASSISTANT HAS QUIT . . . BECAUSE LINDSAY WAS TOO ERRATIC AND DEMANDING:
LINDSAY LOHAN'S assistant . . . some chick named Elinore . . . has quit. Apparently because Lindsay is CRAZY and demanding. --A so-called "source" says Elinore was EXHAUSTED after only a few months on the job . . . because Lindsay would often force her to stay with her for days on end, and blame her for everything that went wrong. --Another source says, quote, "Lindsay's up and down moods and her 24/7 demands just got to be too much. --"Lindsay can be really bossy and mean when she doesn't get her own way and Elinore wasn't even getting paid some of the time." --"Lindsay's demands became too much for her. She couldn't take it anymore and she finally had to quit." (--One last note on Lindsay: Maybe she really IS turning her life around. She was photographed on a shopping trip yesterday, and she seems to be putting some healthy weight back on. Check out some pics here . . .)
http://x17online.com/gallery/view_gallery.php?gallery=llohan061010_X17
DID NICK NOLTE CHECK INTO REHAB???
Former Pulitzer Prize candidate "The National Enquirer" claims that NICK NOLTE checked into a rehab clinic in Germany, and is determined to win his longtime battle with drugs and alcohol --Nick and his 41-year-old girlfriend Clytie Lane supposedly checked in together and will be treated by the same doctor who treated FARRAH FAWCETT for cancer. (--Nick is 69.) --A so-called "source" says, quote, "Nick looked like death warmed over when he checked in. He reeked of alcohol and was obviously going through a heavy withdrawal, shaking and trembling. He was in really, really bad shape." (--Nick and Clytie have a daughter who'll be 3 in October.)
CHECK OUT JENNIFER LOPEZ WHEN SHE WAS A KID:
JENNIFER LOPEZ started her performing career as a little kid at the Boys and Girls Club in the Bronx. So yesterday, she was in Times Square to help out by unveiling a Boys and Girls Club billboard with a picture of her from those days.
(--Not surprisingly, she was a pretty cute kid. Check it out . . .)
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20392849,00.html
MILEY CYRUS SAYS SHE'LL NEVER MESS UP HER LIFE WITH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL:
MILEY CYRUS isn't much of a role model when it comes to NOT DRESSING AND ACTING LIKE A SLUT. But maybe your kids can still look up to her, if she holds true to her new pledge not to mess up her life with drugs and alcohol. --On Ryan Seacrest's radio show yesterday, she said, quote, "If I'm ever seen out dancing at a club having fun, I don't want people to immediately go, 'Oh, she's on drugs, she's drunk.' --"I'm never going to be that person. As long as I steer clear of that and keep that mind frame, I think I'll be cool." --Miley's not saying she'll never drink, though. She added, quote, "I'm not gonna be like, 'I'll never have a drink in my entire life,' because that's probably going to be a lie. There's a right way to do so . . . everything is good in small portions." --One of the people Miley credits with keeping her head on straight is BRET MICHAELS. She says, quote, "Having him in my life and him telling me some of the stories and some of the dumb crap that happens . . . he just makes me never want to do that stuff."
(--You can listen to Miley's full, 16-plus-minute interview with Ryan here . . .)
http://ryan.kiisfm.com/pages/ondemand/interviews.html?podcast=onair&article=mileycyrus061010_1276183695_29993.mp3
THE PUNKS WHO ROBBED GOLFER CHI CHI RODRIGUEZ AT HIS HOME HAVE BEEN CAUGHT:
Last month, some punks broke into the home of legendary golfer CHI CHI RODRIGUEZ in Puerto Rico in the middle of the night. They tied up Chi Chi and his wife and robbed them at gunpoint. --They made off with $500,000 worth of stuff, including Chi Chi's wife's wedding ring. --At the time, Chi Chi was ridiculously calm about the whole thing. He even said that the robbers had been, quote, "gentle and very respectful of my wife." --Well, several suspects have been arrested . . . and charges will be filed in the next few weeks. But Chi Chi . . . who's 74 years old . . . doesn't want the cops to throw the book at these punks. --He says, quote, "I feel a little better knowing that they are closer to cracking the case. If the guys are young, I hope it doesn't ruin the rest of their lives, but they hurt me and my wife deeply."
THE LAST "TWILIGHT" BOOK WILL BE MADE INTO TWO MOVIES:
Everybody already knew this was going to happen, but now it's official: "Breaking Dawn", the last book in the "Twilight" series, will be made into TWO movies. --They'll be shot back-to-back, with the first one hitting theaters in November of 2011. There's no release date yet for the second half. (--The third movie in the series, "Eclipse", hits theaters on Wednesday, June 30th.)
ANGELINA JOLIE MIGHT PLAY CLEOPATRA:
ANGELINA JOLIE is in line to play Cleopatra in a movie based on a new biography called "Cleopatra: A Life". -That could change . . . but for now, one of the producers says he's working, quote, "for and with" Angelina to develop the role for her. --This movie is NOT related to the 3-D musical Cleopatra movie that director STEVEN SODERBERGH is making. CATHERINE ZETA-JONES is playing the lead role in that one . . . if it ever actually gets off the ground.
CHECK OUT THE TRAILER FOR DISNEY'S "TANGLED":
Disney has a new version of the "Rapunzel" fairy tale coming out in November. It's called "Tangled", and it looks pretty amusing. It features the voices of MANDY MOORE and ZACHARY LEVI . . . the star of the NBC series "Chuck". (--Check out the trailer here . . .)
http://movies.yahoo.com/premieres/20263362/standardformat
WILL STAR JONES REVEAL SECRETS ABOUT HER TIME ON "THE VIEW" . . . THROUGH A *FICTIONAL* NOVEL ABOUT THE SHOW?
If you're still dying to hear the inside story behind STAR JONES' mysterious departure from "The View" . . . (???) . . . some answers may finally be on the way. --Supposedly, they'll come out in a new book that Star has written, but it won't be a straight-up "tell-all" about her time on the show. Instead, it'll be a FICTIONAL novel about a show similar to "The View". --According to the "New York Post", the book . . . titled "The Lunch Club" . . . will be about some TV hosts who, quote, "learn that a former colleague . . . who departed under mysterious circumstances, and is privy to all their backstage secrets . . . is coming back with a splash." --You can see where this is going. --A so-called insider says, quote, "There will be tales in the book which will leave readers wondering if they are based on real events and characters. It's being carefully vetted by lawyers." --But apparently, Star doesn't think there will be any legal trouble . . . quote, "I've met some of the most fascinating people, heard the most surprising situations, and been privy to so many great stories and secrets. --"But while this novel will be dishy, it will be a work of fiction." (--Yeah, whatever you say, Star. There's no word on when the book will be released.)
MAX WEINBERG HAS NO CLUE WHETHER OR NOT HE'LL BE ON CONAN O'BRIEN'S NEW SHOW:
First, there were rumors that CONAN O'BRIEN and his drummer, MAX WEINBERG, had some sort of falling out . . . and that Max would be switching teams to join JAY LENO'S "Tonight Show" band. That didn't prove to be true. --Then Max performed on Conan's live comedy tour, and it seemed like it was a sure bet that he'd be back for Conan's new TBS show, which premieres in November. --But now we've finally heard from Max . . . and somewhat surprisingly, he says he doesn't have a clue whether or not he'll be involved in Conan's show. --He tells "Rolling Stone", quote, "I literally have not thought about it. There have been no discussions. It's kind of an open question. --"I'm strictly thinking about mounting my big band tour, taking some time off in the fall and getting back on the road with this band. We have dates booked through the summer of 2011. --"In terms of Conan O'Brien and Max Weinberg, people will have to stay tuned. (--There's a good chance Conan is still in the beginning stages of planning his new show, but it does seem odd that "there have been no discussions" between him and Max. We'll let you know when we hear more.)
FRIDAY TV REMINDERS:
--"2010 FIFA World Cup Playoffs" . . . 9:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. Eastern on ESPN. (--South Africa hosts Mexico in the opening first-round game in Johannesburg.)
--"World Cup Kickoff Celebration Concert" . . . 8:00 to 10:00 P.M. on ABC. (--Performers include Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, and Shakira,.)
SATURDAY TV REMINDERS:
--"2010 FIFA World Cup Playoffs" . . . 1:30 to 4:30 P.M. Eastern on ABC. (--England hosts USA in a first-round game in Rustenburg, South Africa.)
SUNDAY TV REMINDERS: (--Check your local listing for times in your area.)
--"2010 FIFA World Cup Playoffs" . . . 2:00 to 4:30 P.M. Eastern on ABC. (--Germany hosts Australia in a first-round game in Durban, South Africa.)
--"The NBA Finals" [Game 5] . . . 8:00 to 10:30 P.M. Eastern on ABC. (--The Boston Celtics host the Los Angeles Lakers for the NBA championship.) --"Jimmy Kimmel Game Night" . . . 9:00 to 9:30 P.M. on ABC. (--It airs before the finals on the east coast . . . and after the game on the west coast.)
--"The 64th Annual Tony Awards" . . . 8:00 to 11:00 P.M. on CBS. (--Sean Hayes hosts. Scarlett Johansson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Denzel Washington, David Alan Grier, Christopher Walken, and Jude Law are all up for awards.) (--A couple of other nominees you might be interested in are "American Idiot", and the Elvis play "Million Dollar Quartet". Here are all your nominees . . .) http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/index.html
--"True Blood" [3rd Season Premiere] . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on HBO.
--"Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami" [2nd Season Premiere] . . . 10:00 P.M. on E!
THE "SUPERSTARS OF THRASH TOUR" IS NOT COMING TO U.S. VENUES . . . BUT IT *IS* COMING TO U.S. MOVIE THEATERS:
A while back, we heard that the Superstars of Thrash . . . METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX . . . were joining forces for an EPIC tour. We also heard that it was happening in Europe . . . not the U.S. Well, that's still true. -But you will have the opportunity to watch it at U.S. MOVIE THEATERS. --The tour's June 22nd performance in Sofia, Bulgaria, will be simulcast in HD . . . via satellite . . . in theaters worldwide. (--Here's a trailer for the show . . .) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUrhJB0_j5Q --It'll be a one-night only event, on June 22nd, which will be available at hundreds of theaters across the country. The screenings will begin at 7:30 P.M. local time.
(--A lot of tickets are on sale now. To see the participating theaters near you, simply enter your zip code or download the full .PDF from this site . . .) http://www.fathomevents.com/concertsandmusic/event/thebigfour.aspx --So why isn't the tour hitting America? Because it would ruin Metallica's summer. --Guitarist KIRK HAMMETT says, quote, "We're never, never home during the summers. --"It would be nice to be home at a Fourth of July picnic and see the fireworks, rather than see them shooting off over the venue. --And Megadeth's DAVE MUSTAINE . . . who never passes up the chance to deliver a jab at Metallica . . . says, quote, "Let's be honest about all this: The cards lay in one camp's hands and the rest of us are just damn happy to be here."
AN UNRELEASED PEARL JAM SONG HAS SURFACED ONLINE:
A previously unreleased PEARL JAM song, called "Better Days", has popped up online. No one is sure when the track was recorded. Apparently, it was accidentally posted on the band's official website. It has since been taken down. (--Listen to "Better Days" at Antiquiet.com, here . . .) http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2010/06/pearl-jam-better-days/
THE GO-GO'S GOING AWAY TOUR IS GONE:
The GO-GO'S summer farewell tour has been canceled . . . because 52-year-old guitarist JANE WIEDLIN tore her ACL after falling off a mountain. (!!!) --The band released this statement: Quote, "It is with great regret that the Go-Go's announce today the cancellation of Happily Ever After, their summer farewell tour. --"Jane Wiedlin [injured] herself after a 20-foot fall while hiking near her home in Northern California a couple of weeks ago. --"Jane is scheduled for ACL replacement surgery for her knee in the coming weeks, with a prognosis of up to a year recovery time. The band is heartbroken and hopes their fans will send best wishes for Jane's speedy recovery." --The tour was supposed to kick off at a Lilith Fair festival in San Diego on July 7th. Refunds will be available for all ticket-holders. For now, the band hasn't said whether or not they plan to reschedule tour in the future, or if the Go-Go's are gone for good.
THE BACKSTREET BOYS ALIGN WITH KORN . . . TO BOYCOTT BP:
The BACKSTREET BOYS are joining KORN'S boycott of BP . . . British Petroleum . . . over the catastrophic oil spill that's currently destroying the Gulf of Mexico. --NICK CARTER says, quote, "I'm devastated by what I've seen first hand and on the news. I've always been a marine activist and seeing pictures of oil-covered animals breaks my heart." (--Nick Carter has always been a marine activist? Did we know this? Where are all the former Backstreet Boys fan-girls? Is this breaking news?!?) --And BRIAN LITTRELL adds, quote, "We just played Biloxi [Mississippi], last week and I have to tell you people are really worried down there. This boycott is about making a statement, letting people know how we feel and to stand for something." --Like Korn, the Backstreet Boys will not be gassing up at any BP stations during their summer tour. (--The Backstreet Boys' website is pimping something called the Backstreet Boys Cruise, which will set sail for the Western Caribbean on December 9th.) (--From the itinerary, it looks like the cruise will just cross the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico. Hopefully the spill will be cleaned up by then . . . and if it isn't you can count of Nick to FLIP OUT. He's a marine activist, you know.)
NOW THE STARTING QUARTERBACK AT USC WANTS TO MEET TAYLOR SWIFT:
Is TAYLOR SWIFT just too damn accessible? I ask because yet another dude is getting press for telling everyone he wants to meet her. This time it's MATT BARKLEY . . . the studly young quarterback at the University of Southern California. --Matt used the tried and true method of Tweeting his wish. He wrote, quote, "I wonder what it would take to get taylorswift13 to come to a game at the Coliseum?" (--That's where USC plays their games.) --A bunch of Matt's followers re-Tweeted the message kind of hoping the buzz would make its way up to Taylor. It did reach (California's) "Orange County Register", because they asked him about it. --He said, quote, "I just put it out there as kind of a joke, and then it caught on. I was pleased. Hopefully we can make that happen. Get her Notre Dame tickets or something. We'll see." --So what are the chances Matt will get to meet Taylor? Well, back in February, Olympic downhill skier WILL BRANDENBURG got press for saying he had a crush on Taylor. As far as I know, they never met. --However, those two dudes from Auburn University DID score a meeting and an impromptu concert after launching the website AHugFromTaylorSwift.com. Taylor agreed to the hug if they would meet her three challenges, which they did.
Last month, some punks broke into the home of legendary golfer CHI CHI RODRIGUEZ in Puerto Rico in the middle of the night. They tied up Chi Chi and his wife and robbed them at gunpoint. --They made off with $500,000 worth of stuff, including Chi Chi's wife's wedding ring. --At the time, Chi Chi was ridiculously calm about the whole thing. He even said that the robbers had been, quote, "gentle and very respectful of my wife." --Well, several suspects have been arrested . . . and charges will be filed in the next few weeks. But Chi Chi . . . who's 74 years old . . . doesn't want the cops to throw the book at these punks. --He says, quote, "I feel a little better knowing that they are closer to cracking the case. If the guys are young, I hope it doesn't ruin the rest of their lives, but they hurt me and my wife deeply."
THE LAST "TWILIGHT" BOOK WILL BE MADE INTO TWO MOVIES:
Everybody already knew this was going to happen, but now it's official: "Breaking Dawn", the last book in the "Twilight" series, will be made into TWO movies. --They'll be shot back-to-back, with the first one hitting theaters in November of 2011. There's no release date yet for the second half. (--The third movie in the series, "Eclipse", hits theaters on Wednesday, June 30th.)
ANGELINA JOLIE MIGHT PLAY CLEOPATRA:
ANGELINA JOLIE is in line to play Cleopatra in a movie based on a new biography called "Cleopatra: A Life". -That could change . . . but for now, one of the producers says he's working, quote, "for and with" Angelina to develop the role for her. --This movie is NOT related to the 3-D musical Cleopatra movie that director STEVEN SODERBERGH is making. CATHERINE ZETA-JONES is playing the lead role in that one . . . if it ever actually gets off the ground.
CHECK OUT THE TRAILER FOR DISNEY'S "TANGLED":
Disney has a new version of the "Rapunzel" fairy tale coming out in November. It's called "Tangled", and it looks pretty amusing. It features the voices of MANDY MOORE and ZACHARY LEVI . . . the star of the NBC series "Chuck". (--Check out the trailer here . . .)
http://movies.yahoo.com/premieres/20263362/standardformat
WILL STAR JONES REVEAL SECRETS ABOUT HER TIME ON "THE VIEW" . . . THROUGH A *FICTIONAL* NOVEL ABOUT THE SHOW?
If you're still dying to hear the inside story behind STAR JONES' mysterious departure from "The View" . . . (???) . . . some answers may finally be on the way. --Supposedly, they'll come out in a new book that Star has written, but it won't be a straight-up "tell-all" about her time on the show. Instead, it'll be a FICTIONAL novel about a show similar to "The View". --According to the "New York Post", the book . . . titled "The Lunch Club" . . . will be about some TV hosts who, quote, "learn that a former colleague . . . who departed under mysterious circumstances, and is privy to all their backstage secrets . . . is coming back with a splash." --You can see where this is going. --A so-called insider says, quote, "There will be tales in the book which will leave readers wondering if they are based on real events and characters. It's being carefully vetted by lawyers." --But apparently, Star doesn't think there will be any legal trouble . . . quote, "I've met some of the most fascinating people, heard the most surprising situations, and been privy to so many great stories and secrets. --"But while this novel will be dishy, it will be a work of fiction." (--Yeah, whatever you say, Star. There's no word on when the book will be released.)
MAX WEINBERG HAS NO CLUE WHETHER OR NOT HE'LL BE ON CONAN O'BRIEN'S NEW SHOW:
First, there were rumors that CONAN O'BRIEN and his drummer, MAX WEINBERG, had some sort of falling out . . . and that Max would be switching teams to join JAY LENO'S "Tonight Show" band. That didn't prove to be true. --Then Max performed on Conan's live comedy tour, and it seemed like it was a sure bet that he'd be back for Conan's new TBS show, which premieres in November. --But now we've finally heard from Max . . . and somewhat surprisingly, he says he doesn't have a clue whether or not he'll be involved in Conan's show. --He tells "Rolling Stone", quote, "I literally have not thought about it. There have been no discussions. It's kind of an open question. --"I'm strictly thinking about mounting my big band tour, taking some time off in the fall and getting back on the road with this band. We have dates booked through the summer of 2011. --"In terms of Conan O'Brien and Max Weinberg, people will have to stay tuned. (--There's a good chance Conan is still in the beginning stages of planning his new show, but it does seem odd that "there have been no discussions" between him and Max. We'll let you know when we hear more.)
FRIDAY TV REMINDERS:
--"2010 FIFA World Cup Playoffs" . . . 9:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. Eastern on ESPN. (--South Africa hosts Mexico in the opening first-round game in Johannesburg.)
--"World Cup Kickoff Celebration Concert" . . . 8:00 to 10:00 P.M. on ABC. (--Performers include Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, and Shakira,.)
SATURDAY TV REMINDERS:
--"2010 FIFA World Cup Playoffs" . . . 1:30 to 4:30 P.M. Eastern on ABC. (--England hosts USA in a first-round game in Rustenburg, South Africa.)
SUNDAY TV REMINDERS: (--Check your local listing for times in your area.)
--"2010 FIFA World Cup Playoffs" . . . 2:00 to 4:30 P.M. Eastern on ABC. (--Germany hosts Australia in a first-round game in Durban, South Africa.)
--"The NBA Finals" [Game 5] . . . 8:00 to 10:30 P.M. Eastern on ABC. (--The Boston Celtics host the Los Angeles Lakers for the NBA championship.) --"Jimmy Kimmel Game Night" . . . 9:00 to 9:30 P.M. on ABC. (--It airs before the finals on the east coast . . . and after the game on the west coast.)
--"The 64th Annual Tony Awards" . . . 8:00 to 11:00 P.M. on CBS. (--Sean Hayes hosts. Scarlett Johansson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Denzel Washington, David Alan Grier, Christopher Walken, and Jude Law are all up for awards.) (--A couple of other nominees you might be interested in are "American Idiot", and the Elvis play "Million Dollar Quartet". Here are all your nominees . . .) http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/index.html
--"True Blood" [3rd Season Premiere] . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on HBO.
--"Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami" [2nd Season Premiere] . . . 10:00 P.M. on E!
THE "SUPERSTARS OF THRASH TOUR" IS NOT COMING TO U.S. VENUES . . . BUT IT *IS* COMING TO U.S. MOVIE THEATERS:
A while back, we heard that the Superstars of Thrash . . . METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX . . . were joining forces for an EPIC tour. We also heard that it was happening in Europe . . . not the U.S. Well, that's still true. -But you will have the opportunity to watch it at U.S. MOVIE THEATERS. --The tour's June 22nd performance in Sofia, Bulgaria, will be simulcast in HD . . . via satellite . . . in theaters worldwide. (--Here's a trailer for the show . . .) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUrhJB0_j5Q --It'll be a one-night only event, on June 22nd, which will be available at hundreds of theaters across the country. The screenings will begin at 7:30 P.M. local time.
(--A lot of tickets are on sale now. To see the participating theaters near you, simply enter your zip code or download the full .PDF from this site . . .) http://www.fathomevents.com/concertsandmusic/event/thebigfour.aspx --So why isn't the tour hitting America? Because it would ruin Metallica's summer. --Guitarist KIRK HAMMETT says, quote, "We're never, never home during the summers. --"It would be nice to be home at a Fourth of July picnic and see the fireworks, rather than see them shooting off over the venue. --And Megadeth's DAVE MUSTAINE . . . who never passes up the chance to deliver a jab at Metallica . . . says, quote, "Let's be honest about all this: The cards lay in one camp's hands and the rest of us are just damn happy to be here."
AN UNRELEASED PEARL JAM SONG HAS SURFACED ONLINE:
A previously unreleased PEARL JAM song, called "Better Days", has popped up online. No one is sure when the track was recorded. Apparently, it was accidentally posted on the band's official website. It has since been taken down. (--Listen to "Better Days" at Antiquiet.com, here . . .) http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2010/06/pearl-jam-better-days/
THE GO-GO'S GOING AWAY TOUR IS GONE:
The GO-GO'S summer farewell tour has been canceled . . . because 52-year-old guitarist JANE WIEDLIN tore her ACL after falling off a mountain. (!!!) --The band released this statement: Quote, "It is with great regret that the Go-Go's announce today the cancellation of Happily Ever After, their summer farewell tour. --"Jane Wiedlin [injured] herself after a 20-foot fall while hiking near her home in Northern California a couple of weeks ago. --"Jane is scheduled for ACL replacement surgery for her knee in the coming weeks, with a prognosis of up to a year recovery time. The band is heartbroken and hopes their fans will send best wishes for Jane's speedy recovery." --The tour was supposed to kick off at a Lilith Fair festival in San Diego on July 7th. Refunds will be available for all ticket-holders. For now, the band hasn't said whether or not they plan to reschedule tour in the future, or if the Go-Go's are gone for good.
THE BACKSTREET BOYS ALIGN WITH KORN . . . TO BOYCOTT BP:
The BACKSTREET BOYS are joining KORN'S boycott of BP . . . British Petroleum . . . over the catastrophic oil spill that's currently destroying the Gulf of Mexico. --NICK CARTER says, quote, "I'm devastated by what I've seen first hand and on the news. I've always been a marine activist and seeing pictures of oil-covered animals breaks my heart." (--Nick Carter has always been a marine activist? Did we know this? Where are all the former Backstreet Boys fan-girls? Is this breaking news?!?) --And BRIAN LITTRELL adds, quote, "We just played Biloxi [Mississippi], last week and I have to tell you people are really worried down there. This boycott is about making a statement, letting people know how we feel and to stand for something." --Like Korn, the Backstreet Boys will not be gassing up at any BP stations during their summer tour. (--The Backstreet Boys' website is pimping something called the Backstreet Boys Cruise, which will set sail for the Western Caribbean on December 9th.) (--From the itinerary, it looks like the cruise will just cross the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico. Hopefully the spill will be cleaned up by then . . . and if it isn't you can count of Nick to FLIP OUT. He's a marine activist, you know.)
NOW THE STARTING QUARTERBACK AT USC WANTS TO MEET TAYLOR SWIFT:
Is TAYLOR SWIFT just too damn accessible? I ask because yet another dude is getting press for telling everyone he wants to meet her. This time it's MATT BARKLEY . . . the studly young quarterback at the University of Southern California. --Matt used the tried and true method of Tweeting his wish. He wrote, quote, "I wonder what it would take to get taylorswift13 to come to a game at the Coliseum?" (--That's where USC plays their games.) --A bunch of Matt's followers re-Tweeted the message kind of hoping the buzz would make its way up to Taylor. It did reach (California's) "Orange County Register", because they asked him about it. --He said, quote, "I just put it out there as kind of a joke, and then it caught on. I was pleased. Hopefully we can make that happen. Get her Notre Dame tickets or something. We'll see." --So what are the chances Matt will get to meet Taylor? Well, back in February, Olympic downhill skier WILL BRANDENBURG got press for saying he had a crush on Taylor. As far as I know, they never met. --However, those two dudes from Auburn University DID score a meeting and an impromptu concert after launching the website AHugFromTaylorSwift.com. Taylor agreed to the hug if they would meet her three challenges, which they did.
NAZZY'S RANDOM STUFF
THE "COSMO" 2010 SEX SURVEY
CHECK OUT THE RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL "COSMO" SEX SURVEY:
Every year, "Cosmopolitan" magazine runs a survey on its website asking readers to share extremely personal information about their sex lives. Fortunately, their readers have no problem doing that. --Today, we have the brand new results from the 2010 survey. --A couple of quick notes before we jump in: First, they make the assumption that all of the people who filled out the survey were FEMALE. And second, as you'll see, pretty much ALL of them are hetero. Here are the results . . .
SEXUALITY:
--HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SEXUALITY? This gives a pretty good insight into who reads "Cosmo". 94% say straight . . . 4% say bisexual . . . 1% say they're unsure . . . and 0% say gay.
--HAVE YOU EVER HAD SEXUAL CONTACT WITH A MEMBER OF THE SAME SEX? Even though 0% of the people surveyed say they're gay, 53% of them . . . or more than HALF . . . have had some kind of NAUGHTY LESBIAN CONTACT.
--36% say they've had a same-sex kiss . . . 7% have FONDLED a woman or been fondled by one . . . 3% have either performed or received MOUTH-BASED relations . . . and 7% have had full-on lesbian sex. (--So . . . more full-on sex than oral, huh?)
FREQUENCY AND SATISFACTION:
--HOW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE SEX? 41% say two or three times a week . . . 16% once a week . . . 9% once every two weeks . . . 9% a few times a year . . . 9% once every few months . . . 8% once a month . . . and 8% do it DAILY.
--WHEN DO YOU START WORRYING ABOUT A SEX DROUGHT? 30% get worried after a week . . . 28% after a month . . . 18% never worry . . . 13% after two months . . . 9% after six months . . . 3% don't worry until it's been a full YEAR.
--HOW DO YOU COPE WITH A SEX DROUGHT? 38% handle a drought by handling themselves . . . 26% don't care . . . 18% try not to think about sex . . . 15% use an adult toy . . . 3% use porno.
--WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE ABOUT YOUR SEX LIFE? 34% want sex more often . . . 22% want more excitement . . . 20% have nothing to change . . . 20% want to climax more . . . 3% want you to be less selfish . . . and 1% want LESS sex.
--HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE SEX YOU HAVE? 50% say it's getting better but there's always room for improvement . . . 30% say it's the best ever . . . 9% say it needs a lot of work . . . 9% say it's nonexistent . . . and 1% say it's a DISASTER.
--WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE POSITION? 36% like plain, generic missionary . . . 25% like CANINE STYLE . . . 24% like to be on top . . . 8% like to do it SPOONING . . . 2% like being on top, but facing away from the guy . . . and 2% like standing up.
--WHAT DO YOU WORRY ABOUT DURING SEX? 28% say NOTHING . . . 26% say my stomach . . . 10% say my facial expression . . . 8% say my boobs . . . 3% say my cellulite . . . 3% say my thighs . . . and 23% say ALL OF THE ABOVE.
WHAT YOU LOOK FOR IN A MAN:
--WHAT WOULD STOP YOU FROM HAVING SEX WITH A GUY? 46% say MAN-BOOBS . . . 36% say a big belly . . . 32% say a hairy back . . . and 21% say "if he was skinnier than me".
--16% say SMALL GENITALIA . . . 7% say HUGE GENITALIA . . . 8% say they'd stop if he smelled bad . . . and 6% say ALL of those things would stop them.
--WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT TRAIT IN A MAN? 40% say he makes me laugh . . . 26% say physical chemistry . . . 16% want the same outlook . . . 11% say kindness . . . 3% say looks . . . 3% say confidence . . .
. . . 1% say career success . . . and 0% say that he makes a lot of money.
THE SERIOUS ISSUES:
--WHAT COUNTS AS CHEATING? 94% say full sex . . . 92% say oral . . . 90% say kissing . . . 85% touching . . . 82% "sexting" . . . 39% say getting emotionally close to someone . . . and 23% say THINKING about sex with someone else is cheating.
(--I don't know which group of women confuse me more: The 23% who think simple fantasies count as cheating . . . or the 6% who apparently don't think that having full-on sex with someone counts.)
--IN A RELATIONSHIP, HOW HAVE YOU CHEATED? 58% have thought about sex with someone else . . . 39% have gotten emotionally close to someone . . . 37% have kissed another man . . . 21% have touched another man . . .
. . . 7% have had sex with another man . . . 16% have exchanged sexual texts with another man . . . 14% have given or received oral relations . . . and 27% have never done any of those things. (Cosmopolitan)
SCIENTISTS HAVE DESIGNED "SMART UNDERWEAR" THAT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE!
I don't know if I'm comfortable wearing underwear that's smarter than I am. --A team of scientists at the University of California at San Diego have invented the first-ever pair of SMART UNDERWEAR . . . a pair of men's briefs that can actually SAVE YOUR LIFE. --The underwear's brain is in its elastic waistband. That waistband contains an electronic biosensor that measures your blood pressure, heart rate and vital signs. If you're hurt, it can even release painkillers right into your body. --The project was funded by the U.S. military, so the first people who will get the smart underwear will be the troops. (--I mean . . . it's not body armor . . . but at least it's something, right?) --Joseph Wang is the nano-engineering professor at UCSD who led the project. He says, quote, "[These] monitor the injury of soldiers. The goal is to develop minimally-invasive sensors that can locate and identify the type of injury." --Down the road, he thinks these could expand beyond the military, quote, "for remote monitoring of the elderly, alerting for any potential stroke, diabetic changes and [any] other biomedical scenario." --There's no word on if or when these could be on the market. (Reuters)
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S OLD NEW YORK APARTMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR RENT:
Here's your chance to live like PRESIDENT OBAMA, without all the hassle of having to become president. The only catch . . . you'd be living like Obama back when he was a broke college student in the early '80s. --When Obama was an undergrad student at Columbia University, he lived in an apartment on West 109th Street in Manhattan. And his old two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment is available for rent. --It's just like the typical Manhattan apartment . . . small, cramped and $1,900-a-month. (--You can see the Craigslist ad for the apartment here.) --When Obama lived there with a friend in 1981, the rent was $360. And they HATED it . . . the building was basically a SLUM and the hot water never worked. --It's been fixed up a lot since then . . . according to the listing agent, it has a different owner now and he's done a lot of renovating to make the place much nicer. --If the Obama connection isn't enough, the apartment's also around the corner from Tom's Restaurant, where the characters always ate on "Seinfeld". (--On the show they called it Monk's but the exterior shots are of Tom's.) --It was also the restaurant that inspired the horrible SUZANNE VEGA song "Tom's Diner". (Yahoo News / Craigslist)
ROBBERS IN INDIANAPOLIS BROKE INTO A GUY'S HOUSE . . . AND MADE HIM CARRY HIS OWN TV DOWN THE STAIRS:
This is TRULY adding insult to injury. At about 1:30 A.M. on Wednesday morning, three masked men broke into 30-year-old Jason Geminden's apartment in Indianapolis -They busted in through the patio door on the second floor, carrying guns, and made Jason and his girlfriend get down on the ground while they robbed the place. --But when they got to Jason's flat-screen TV, they were having trouble getting it down the stairs . . . so they made Jason HELP THEM CARRY HIS TV out of his apartment. --The robbers also took some other electronics, a few watches, some jewelry and Jason's car keys. Police are still looking for them. (Indianapolis Star)
A WOMAN CALLED 911 TO SAY SHE NEEDED A HUSBAND:
--Have you heard the 911 call where the woman says her emergency is that she needs a husband? If you haven't . . . you need to. --Last week, 57-year-old Audrey Scott of Alliance, Ohio, called 911 five times in one hour. The first four times, she quickly hung up . . . the fifth time, she started talking to the 911 operator, a woman named Christi Klimes. --See, Audrey had a major emergency. She really needed a HUSBAND. --When she told Chritsi her emergency, Christi asked her, quote, "You're calling 911 to get a husband? Do you know you can get arrested for dialing 911?" Audrey responded, quote, "Let's do it." --So a police officer went over to Audrey's house and arrested her. At the police station, she admitted she called 911 looking for a husband because, quote, "I had too much to drink." --She stayed in jail three days on a class four misdemeanor. And, as of right now, she still doesn't have a husband. (AOL News)
THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA IS NOT THE WORLD'S LEANINGEST TOWER ANYMORE:
Dubai already has the tallest building in the world with the Burj Khalifa, which is 2,717 feet. And now, they've taken down another building record that doesn't mean as much to the rest of the world as they think it does. -The people at the "Guinness Book Of World Records" just confirmed that the Capital Gate building in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, is the world's furthest LEANING building. It's defeated the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa in Pisa, Italy. --The Capital Gate leans 18 degrees . . . which is almost five times more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which leans four degrees. (Huffington Post)
WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE MOST MILLIONAIRES?
Yesterday, the Boston Consulting Group put out its annual report on wealth around the world . . . where they rank all of the countries based on their percentage of millionaires. --And the U.S. finished in seventh place. Even though we've got 4.7 million millionaire households . . . which is BY FAR the most in the world . . . that's only 4.1% of our households. --Singapore is has the most millionaires, percentage wise. It has a population of 4.7 million . . . and 11.4% of the households in Singapore are worth at least $1 MILLION. --The full top 10, based on percentage of millionaires, goes: Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, United States, Belgium, Israel, Taiwan. --The countries with the MOST millionaires, not the highest percentage, are the U.S., Japan, China, the United Kingdom and Germany. --The number of millionaire households worldwide went up by 14% last year, to 11.2 million . . . that's about where the total was before the global recession. --Less than 1% of the households worldwide are worth at least $1 MILLION . . . but those households own 38% of the world's wealth. (Daily Finance)
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD RESCUED A DROWNING FIVE-YEAR-OLD . . . USING A TECHNIQUE HE SAW ON "SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS":
Here's a great argument to use against anyone who says that "SpongeBob SquarePants" is just psychedelic drivel that hypnotizes kids while providing no discernable educational value. --In Washington Township, New Jersey, an eight-year-old boy saved a five-year-old boy from drowning . . . ALL thanks to "SpongeBob". --On Saturday, both of the boys were with their families at a neighborhood party. The five-year-old boy, Andrew Gentile, waded into a small lake where some of the kids were swimming. --But the lake was deeper than he thought, and when his feet couldn't touch the bottom he started panicking. --Eight-year-old Reese Ronceray saw him, ran into the lake, swam over to Andrew, fished him out of the water . . . and took him to shore by wrapping one arm under his armpits, and using the other arm to swim. --And Reese learned that technique from SpongeBob, who apparently did it in an episode when he was saving a drowning friend. Once the boys were on the shore, Andrew was fine . . . he didn't need CPR, he was just shaken up. --In honor of Reese, his elementary school held "Reese Ronceray Day" this week . . . and the mayor of Washington Township is planning to give him special recognition. (Daily Record)
YOUNG MEN HANDLE RELATIONSHIP DRAMA WORSE THAN WOMEN? REALLY?
Well, this pretty much contradicts everything I've believed for my entire life. It turns out that sometimes . . . occasionally . . . rarely . . . men handle relationship drama WORSE than women. --According to a study by Wake Forest University, the ups and downs of relationships affect young men's mental health more than young women's. --In the study, men ages 18 to 23 were DEVASTATED by drama in their relationship . . . and their most common way of handling the stress was to turn to ALCOHOL. --The researchers think it happens because a young guy in a relationship leans on his girlfriend as his main source of intimacy . . . while a young woman is more likely to have close relationships with her family and friends. --So when something goes wrong, a woman has people to turn to . . . but the man doesn't really have anyone to have deep, emotional talks with, so he takes it harder. --BUT . . . even though young women handle relationship drama better than young men . . . they're MUCH more likely than men to be depressed over being SINGLE. (Science Daily)
REFS AT THE WORLD CUP ARE STUDYING UP ON ENGLISH SWEAR WORDS:
The World Cup starts today, which means it's the start of another very brief love affair between Americans and soccer. --And tomorrow, the U.S. plays against England. The three referees for the game are all Brazilian, and they're preparing for the game by . . . studying up on English SWEAR WORDS. --The refs have been studying a list of 20 swear words . . . so they'll know if one of the American or British players is cursing out of frustration . . . or cursing one of them out. (Belfast Telegraph)
NAZZY’S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY
#1.) SALMA HAYEK FREAKED OUT AFTER SEEING A SNAKE:
Apparently, SALMA HAYEK has a MAJOR issue with snakes. She was doing an interview outside with "Extra" to promote the new Adam Sandler movie "Grown Ups", and when she saw a snake on the ground, she FREAKED OUT. --And by 'freak out' I mean she lost her EVER-LOVIN' MIND. She was so afraid, she climbed on top of MAYA RUDOLPH, who was sitting next to her. It turned out it was a four-foot long garter snake. (--Search for "Salam Hayek snake scare.")
http://guyism.com/2010/06/salma-hayek-completely-loses-her-mind-after-seeing-a-snake.html
#2.) HERE'S NEWLY RELEASED FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES DURING THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI:
There's new footage from the earthquake that rocked Haiti in January. It shows people running for their lives while the Presidential Palace in Port au Prince crumbles around them. (--Search for "Haiti earthquake palace CCTV.")
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10271409.stm
#3.) A KITTEN WAS BORN WITH TWO FACES:
A cat in Charleston, West Virginia, has given birth to a kitten with TWO FACES. It has four eyes, two noses, and two mouths. And it can eat with either of them. (--Search for "West Virginia kitten two faces." Get your first look at :13.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLQ9ckVzvB0
#4.) HERE'S A HOMEMADE MECHANICAL SPIDER YOU CAN DRIVE:
A group of guys built a huge mechanical spider they can drive. And they did it for no other reason than . . . it's awesome to drive a huge mechanical spider. --Search for "rednecks build spider mech." He starts driving it at :50. Thanks to Maggie Scott at 95.3 WLKR-FM in Milan, Ohio, for sending the video!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz9kZh8PNVM
FOUR PICK-UP MOVES THAT ALL MEN BELIEVE IN:
"Marie Claire" has a list of four ways guys try to pick up women, and why almost ALL men think they work. According to "Marie Claire," they're "universal guy theories" that have been passed down from generation to generation. Judge for yourself . . .
#1.) TALKING TO THE UNATTRACTIVE FRIEND. The idea is, if you want the HOT girl, you should talk to her most unattractive friend first. Here's why it works . . . --First, it makes guys look like they care more about personality than looks. Plus, it's a way to make friends with the entire GROUP of girls without looking like a douche. --But there's one major pitfall. If the girl you talk to doesn't usually get much attention, her hot friends might stay away from you because they don't want to ruin her chances.
#2.) USING THE "JEDI MIND TRICK." Some guys think they can WILL you into hooking up, with the power of suggestion. So sometime during the night, in the middle of conversation, they'll say something like, "You KNOW we're going to hook up tonight." --As weird as it sounds, it CAN work. But only if you're cool enough to pull it off. And if it DOESN'T work, there's a decent chance you'll ruin everything right then and there.
#3.) ACTING LIKE YOU'RE IN HER LEAGUE, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT. This one hinges on the idea that all women think confidence is attractive. And it works best if the guy is completely oblivious and really thinks he's better looking than he is.
#4.) PLAYING THE NUMBERS GAME. If a guy goes for a ton of girls in one night, chances are, one will eventually say yes. But to pull it off, he can't expect to hook up with the HOTTEST girl at the bar. And he has to be okay with being rejected.
(Marie Claire)
HERE ARE FIVE TIPS FOR MEETING SOMEONE'S MOM WHEN YOU'RE IN A NEW RELATIONSHIP:
One of the most stressful parts of a new relationship is meeting your boyfriend or girlfriend's mom for the first time. So here are five tips from Match.com to help make it go as smoothly as possible . . .
#1.) MAKE PLANS. Make plans to meet somewhere neutral, like a restaurant, and set a time limit with your boyfriend or girlfriend beforehand. If you plan to meet for two hours or less, then you're both on the same page about when it's time to go.
#2.) BRING A GIFT. Butter her up by bringing a small gift. Just be careful, because you don't want to LOOK like you're buttering her up, even though you are. Showing up with some of her favorite flowers is probably fine.
#3.) ENGAGE HER. Ask her about herself. Moms have a harder time criticizing and critiquing you if you keep them busy with questions. Just don't make it an interrogation.
#4.) BE AFFECTIONATE IN FRONT OF HER, BUT NOT INTIMATE. Show her you love her son or daughter, but don't go overboard. To be safe, you should probably avoid kissing, or suggestive comments.
#5.) GET THE INTEL BEFOREHAND. Before you go, find out which issues or behaviors you should avoid. --In the end, the most important thing is to keep it all in perspective. What most mothers want from you is simply to know that their child is happy and will be treated well. (Match.com)
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On Father’s Day weekend, people will be telling their fathers, grandfathers, and other special men in their lives about a new “twist” in the law that may help them qualify for extra help paying for costs associated with their prescription drugs. When you’re spending time with dad, ask him if he can use some help paying for his prescription drugs. If so, tell him about the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan and the extra help available through Social Security. Social Security is using Chubby Checker to help promote the expanded “Extra Help” program for one million more seniors who need assistance in paying for their prescription drugs. Seniors who were rejected for Extra Help in the past should reapply to see if they meet the new requirements. You can see Checker’s rocking message at this website!
www.socialsecurity.gov/prescriptionhelp
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CHECK OUT THE RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL "COSMO" SEX SURVEY:
Every year, "Cosmopolitan" magazine runs a survey on its website asking readers to share extremely personal information about their sex lives. Fortunately, their readers have no problem doing that. --Today, we have the brand new results from the 2010 survey. --A couple of quick notes before we jump in: First, they make the assumption that all of the people who filled out the survey were FEMALE. And second, as you'll see, pretty much ALL of them are hetero. Here are the results . . .
SEXUALITY:
--HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SEXUALITY? This gives a pretty good insight into who reads "Cosmo". 94% say straight . . . 4% say bisexual . . . 1% say they're unsure . . . and 0% say gay.
--HAVE YOU EVER HAD SEXUAL CONTACT WITH A MEMBER OF THE SAME SEX? Even though 0% of the people surveyed say they're gay, 53% of them . . . or more than HALF . . . have had some kind of NAUGHTY LESBIAN CONTACT.
--36% say they've had a same-sex kiss . . . 7% have FONDLED a woman or been fondled by one . . . 3% have either performed or received MOUTH-BASED relations . . . and 7% have had full-on lesbian sex. (--So . . . more full-on sex than oral, huh?)
FREQUENCY AND SATISFACTION:
--HOW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE SEX? 41% say two or three times a week . . . 16% once a week . . . 9% once every two weeks . . . 9% a few times a year . . . 9% once every few months . . . 8% once a month . . . and 8% do it DAILY.
--WHEN DO YOU START WORRYING ABOUT A SEX DROUGHT? 30% get worried after a week . . . 28% after a month . . . 18% never worry . . . 13% after two months . . . 9% after six months . . . 3% don't worry until it's been a full YEAR.
--HOW DO YOU COPE WITH A SEX DROUGHT? 38% handle a drought by handling themselves . . . 26% don't care . . . 18% try not to think about sex . . . 15% use an adult toy . . . 3% use porno.
--WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE ABOUT YOUR SEX LIFE? 34% want sex more often . . . 22% want more excitement . . . 20% have nothing to change . . . 20% want to climax more . . . 3% want you to be less selfish . . . and 1% want LESS sex.
--HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE SEX YOU HAVE? 50% say it's getting better but there's always room for improvement . . . 30% say it's the best ever . . . 9% say it needs a lot of work . . . 9% say it's nonexistent . . . and 1% say it's a DISASTER.
--WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE POSITION? 36% like plain, generic missionary . . . 25% like CANINE STYLE . . . 24% like to be on top . . . 8% like to do it SPOONING . . . 2% like being on top, but facing away from the guy . . . and 2% like standing up.
--WHAT DO YOU WORRY ABOUT DURING SEX? 28% say NOTHING . . . 26% say my stomach . . . 10% say my facial expression . . . 8% say my boobs . . . 3% say my cellulite . . . 3% say my thighs . . . and 23% say ALL OF THE ABOVE.
WHAT YOU LOOK FOR IN A MAN:
--WHAT WOULD STOP YOU FROM HAVING SEX WITH A GUY? 46% say MAN-BOOBS . . . 36% say a big belly . . . 32% say a hairy back . . . and 21% say "if he was skinnier than me".
--16% say SMALL GENITALIA . . . 7% say HUGE GENITALIA . . . 8% say they'd stop if he smelled bad . . . and 6% say ALL of those things would stop them.
--WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT TRAIT IN A MAN? 40% say he makes me laugh . . . 26% say physical chemistry . . . 16% want the same outlook . . . 11% say kindness . . . 3% say looks . . . 3% say confidence . . .
. . . 1% say career success . . . and 0% say that he makes a lot of money.
THE SERIOUS ISSUES:
--WHAT COUNTS AS CHEATING? 94% say full sex . . . 92% say oral . . . 90% say kissing . . . 85% touching . . . 82% "sexting" . . . 39% say getting emotionally close to someone . . . and 23% say THINKING about sex with someone else is cheating.
(--I don't know which group of women confuse me more: The 23% who think simple fantasies count as cheating . . . or the 6% who apparently don't think that having full-on sex with someone counts.)
--IN A RELATIONSHIP, HOW HAVE YOU CHEATED? 58% have thought about sex with someone else . . . 39% have gotten emotionally close to someone . . . 37% have kissed another man . . . 21% have touched another man . . .
. . . 7% have had sex with another man . . . 16% have exchanged sexual texts with another man . . . 14% have given or received oral relations . . . and 27% have never done any of those things. (Cosmopolitan)
SCIENTISTS HAVE DESIGNED "SMART UNDERWEAR" THAT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE!
I don't know if I'm comfortable wearing underwear that's smarter than I am. --A team of scientists at the University of California at San Diego have invented the first-ever pair of SMART UNDERWEAR . . . a pair of men's briefs that can actually SAVE YOUR LIFE. --The underwear's brain is in its elastic waistband. That waistband contains an electronic biosensor that measures your blood pressure, heart rate and vital signs. If you're hurt, it can even release painkillers right into your body. --The project was funded by the U.S. military, so the first people who will get the smart underwear will be the troops. (--I mean . . . it's not body armor . . . but at least it's something, right?) --Joseph Wang is the nano-engineering professor at UCSD who led the project. He says, quote, "[These] monitor the injury of soldiers. The goal is to develop minimally-invasive sensors that can locate and identify the type of injury." --Down the road, he thinks these could expand beyond the military, quote, "for remote monitoring of the elderly, alerting for any potential stroke, diabetic changes and [any] other biomedical scenario." --There's no word on if or when these could be on the market. (Reuters)
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S OLD NEW YORK APARTMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR RENT:
Here's your chance to live like PRESIDENT OBAMA, without all the hassle of having to become president. The only catch . . . you'd be living like Obama back when he was a broke college student in the early '80s. --When Obama was an undergrad student at Columbia University, he lived in an apartment on West 109th Street in Manhattan. And his old two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment is available for rent. --It's just like the typical Manhattan apartment . . . small, cramped and $1,900-a-month. (--You can see the Craigslist ad for the apartment here.) --When Obama lived there with a friend in 1981, the rent was $360. And they HATED it . . . the building was basically a SLUM and the hot water never worked. --It's been fixed up a lot since then . . . according to the listing agent, it has a different owner now and he's done a lot of renovating to make the place much nicer. --If the Obama connection isn't enough, the apartment's also around the corner from Tom's Restaurant, where the characters always ate on "Seinfeld". (--On the show they called it Monk's but the exterior shots are of Tom's.) --It was also the restaurant that inspired the horrible SUZANNE VEGA song "Tom's Diner". (Yahoo News / Craigslist)
ROBBERS IN INDIANAPOLIS BROKE INTO A GUY'S HOUSE . . . AND MADE HIM CARRY HIS OWN TV DOWN THE STAIRS:
This is TRULY adding insult to injury. At about 1:30 A.M. on Wednesday morning, three masked men broke into 30-year-old Jason Geminden's apartment in Indianapolis -They busted in through the patio door on the second floor, carrying guns, and made Jason and his girlfriend get down on the ground while they robbed the place. --But when they got to Jason's flat-screen TV, they were having trouble getting it down the stairs . . . so they made Jason HELP THEM CARRY HIS TV out of his apartment. --The robbers also took some other electronics, a few watches, some jewelry and Jason's car keys. Police are still looking for them. (Indianapolis Star)
A WOMAN CALLED 911 TO SAY SHE NEEDED A HUSBAND:
--Have you heard the 911 call where the woman says her emergency is that she needs a husband? If you haven't . . . you need to. --Last week, 57-year-old Audrey Scott of Alliance, Ohio, called 911 five times in one hour. The first four times, she quickly hung up . . . the fifth time, she started talking to the 911 operator, a woman named Christi Klimes. --See, Audrey had a major emergency. She really needed a HUSBAND. --When she told Chritsi her emergency, Christi asked her, quote, "You're calling 911 to get a husband? Do you know you can get arrested for dialing 911?" Audrey responded, quote, "Let's do it." --So a police officer went over to Audrey's house and arrested her. At the police station, she admitted she called 911 looking for a husband because, quote, "I had too much to drink." --She stayed in jail three days on a class four misdemeanor. And, as of right now, she still doesn't have a husband. (AOL News)
THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA IS NOT THE WORLD'S LEANINGEST TOWER ANYMORE:
Dubai already has the tallest building in the world with the Burj Khalifa, which is 2,717 feet. And now, they've taken down another building record that doesn't mean as much to the rest of the world as they think it does. -The people at the "Guinness Book Of World Records" just confirmed that the Capital Gate building in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, is the world's furthest LEANING building. It's defeated the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa in Pisa, Italy. --The Capital Gate leans 18 degrees . . . which is almost five times more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which leans four degrees. (Huffington Post)
WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE MOST MILLIONAIRES?
Yesterday, the Boston Consulting Group put out its annual report on wealth around the world . . . where they rank all of the countries based on their percentage of millionaires. --And the U.S. finished in seventh place. Even though we've got 4.7 million millionaire households . . . which is BY FAR the most in the world . . . that's only 4.1% of our households. --Singapore is has the most millionaires, percentage wise. It has a population of 4.7 million . . . and 11.4% of the households in Singapore are worth at least $1 MILLION. --The full top 10, based on percentage of millionaires, goes: Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, United States, Belgium, Israel, Taiwan. --The countries with the MOST millionaires, not the highest percentage, are the U.S., Japan, China, the United Kingdom and Germany. --The number of millionaire households worldwide went up by 14% last year, to 11.2 million . . . that's about where the total was before the global recession. --Less than 1% of the households worldwide are worth at least $1 MILLION . . . but those households own 38% of the world's wealth. (Daily Finance)
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD RESCUED A DROWNING FIVE-YEAR-OLD . . . USING A TECHNIQUE HE SAW ON "SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS":
Here's a great argument to use against anyone who says that "SpongeBob SquarePants" is just psychedelic drivel that hypnotizes kids while providing no discernable educational value. --In Washington Township, New Jersey, an eight-year-old boy saved a five-year-old boy from drowning . . . ALL thanks to "SpongeBob". --On Saturday, both of the boys were with their families at a neighborhood party. The five-year-old boy, Andrew Gentile, waded into a small lake where some of the kids were swimming. --But the lake was deeper than he thought, and when his feet couldn't touch the bottom he started panicking. --Eight-year-old Reese Ronceray saw him, ran into the lake, swam over to Andrew, fished him out of the water . . . and took him to shore by wrapping one arm under his armpits, and using the other arm to swim. --And Reese learned that technique from SpongeBob, who apparently did it in an episode when he was saving a drowning friend. Once the boys were on the shore, Andrew was fine . . . he didn't need CPR, he was just shaken up. --In honor of Reese, his elementary school held "Reese Ronceray Day" this week . . . and the mayor of Washington Township is planning to give him special recognition. (Daily Record)
YOUNG MEN HANDLE RELATIONSHIP DRAMA WORSE THAN WOMEN? REALLY?
Well, this pretty much contradicts everything I've believed for my entire life. It turns out that sometimes . . . occasionally . . . rarely . . . men handle relationship drama WORSE than women. --According to a study by Wake Forest University, the ups and downs of relationships affect young men's mental health more than young women's. --In the study, men ages 18 to 23 were DEVASTATED by drama in their relationship . . . and their most common way of handling the stress was to turn to ALCOHOL. --The researchers think it happens because a young guy in a relationship leans on his girlfriend as his main source of intimacy . . . while a young woman is more likely to have close relationships with her family and friends. --So when something goes wrong, a woman has people to turn to . . . but the man doesn't really have anyone to have deep, emotional talks with, so he takes it harder. --BUT . . . even though young women handle relationship drama better than young men . . . they're MUCH more likely than men to be depressed over being SINGLE. (Science Daily)
REFS AT THE WORLD CUP ARE STUDYING UP ON ENGLISH SWEAR WORDS:
The World Cup starts today, which means it's the start of another very brief love affair between Americans and soccer. --And tomorrow, the U.S. plays against England. The three referees for the game are all Brazilian, and they're preparing for the game by . . . studying up on English SWEAR WORDS. --The refs have been studying a list of 20 swear words . . . so they'll know if one of the American or British players is cursing out of frustration . . . or cursing one of them out. (Belfast Telegraph)
NAZZY’S SILLY VIDEOS OF THE DAY
#1.) SALMA HAYEK FREAKED OUT AFTER SEEING A SNAKE:
Apparently, SALMA HAYEK has a MAJOR issue with snakes. She was doing an interview outside with "Extra" to promote the new Adam Sandler movie "Grown Ups", and when she saw a snake on the ground, she FREAKED OUT. --And by 'freak out' I mean she lost her EVER-LOVIN' MIND. She was so afraid, she climbed on top of MAYA RUDOLPH, who was sitting next to her. It turned out it was a four-foot long garter snake. (--Search for "Salam Hayek snake scare.")
http://guyism.com/2010/06/salma-hayek-completely-loses-her-mind-after-seeing-a-snake.html
#2.) HERE'S NEWLY RELEASED FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES DURING THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI:
There's new footage from the earthquake that rocked Haiti in January. It shows people running for their lives while the Presidential Palace in Port au Prince crumbles around them. (--Search for "Haiti earthquake palace CCTV.")
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10271409.stm
#3.) A KITTEN WAS BORN WITH TWO FACES:
A cat in Charleston, West Virginia, has given birth to a kitten with TWO FACES. It has four eyes, two noses, and two mouths. And it can eat with either of them. (--Search for "West Virginia kitten two faces." Get your first look at :13.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLQ9ckVzvB0
#4.) HERE'S A HOMEMADE MECHANICAL SPIDER YOU CAN DRIVE:
A group of guys built a huge mechanical spider they can drive. And they did it for no other reason than . . . it's awesome to drive a huge mechanical spider. --Search for "rednecks build spider mech." He starts driving it at :50. Thanks to Maggie Scott at 95.3 WLKR-FM in Milan, Ohio, for sending the video!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz9kZh8PNVM
FOUR PICK-UP MOVES THAT ALL MEN BELIEVE IN:
"Marie Claire" has a list of four ways guys try to pick up women, and why almost ALL men think they work. According to "Marie Claire," they're "universal guy theories" that have been passed down from generation to generation. Judge for yourself . . .
#1.) TALKING TO THE UNATTRACTIVE FRIEND. The idea is, if you want the HOT girl, you should talk to her most unattractive friend first. Here's why it works . . . --First, it makes guys look like they care more about personality than looks. Plus, it's a way to make friends with the entire GROUP of girls without looking like a douche. --But there's one major pitfall. If the girl you talk to doesn't usually get much attention, her hot friends might stay away from you because they don't want to ruin her chances.
#2.) USING THE "JEDI MIND TRICK." Some guys think they can WILL you into hooking up, with the power of suggestion. So sometime during the night, in the middle of conversation, they'll say something like, "You KNOW we're going to hook up tonight." --As weird as it sounds, it CAN work. But only if you're cool enough to pull it off. And if it DOESN'T work, there's a decent chance you'll ruin everything right then and there.
#3.) ACTING LIKE YOU'RE IN HER LEAGUE, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT. This one hinges on the idea that all women think confidence is attractive. And it works best if the guy is completely oblivious and really thinks he's better looking than he is.
#4.) PLAYING THE NUMBERS GAME. If a guy goes for a ton of girls in one night, chances are, one will eventually say yes. But to pull it off, he can't expect to hook up with the HOTTEST girl at the bar. And he has to be okay with being rejected.
(Marie Claire)
HERE ARE FIVE TIPS FOR MEETING SOMEONE'S MOM WHEN YOU'RE IN A NEW RELATIONSHIP:
One of the most stressful parts of a new relationship is meeting your boyfriend or girlfriend's mom for the first time. So here are five tips from Match.com to help make it go as smoothly as possible . . .
#1.) MAKE PLANS. Make plans to meet somewhere neutral, like a restaurant, and set a time limit with your boyfriend or girlfriend beforehand. If you plan to meet for two hours or less, then you're both on the same page about when it's time to go.
#2.) BRING A GIFT. Butter her up by bringing a small gift. Just be careful, because you don't want to LOOK like you're buttering her up, even though you are. Showing up with some of her favorite flowers is probably fine.
#3.) ENGAGE HER. Ask her about herself. Moms have a harder time criticizing and critiquing you if you keep them busy with questions. Just don't make it an interrogation.
#4.) BE AFFECTIONATE IN FRONT OF HER, BUT NOT INTIMATE. Show her you love her son or daughter, but don't go overboard. To be safe, you should probably avoid kissing, or suggestive comments.
#5.) GET THE INTEL BEFOREHAND. Before you go, find out which issues or behaviors you should avoid. --In the end, the most important thing is to keep it all in perspective. What most mothers want from you is simply to know that their child is happy and will be treated well. (Match.com)
SITE FOR SORE EYES:
On Father’s Day weekend, people will be telling their fathers, grandfathers, and other special men in their lives about a new “twist” in the law that may help them qualify for extra help paying for costs associated with their prescription drugs. When you’re spending time with dad, ask him if he can use some help paying for his prescription drugs. If so, tell him about the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan and the extra help available through Social Security. Social Security is using Chubby Checker to help promote the expanded “Extra Help” program for one million more seniors who need assistance in paying for their prescription drugs. Seniors who were rejected for Extra Help in the past should reapply to see if they meet the new requirements. You can see Checker’s rocking message at this website!
www.socialsecurity.gov/prescriptionhelp
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