It's National Cheesecake Day!
Ellen DeGeneres is leaving American Idol. In a statement Thursday, Ellen said, "A couple months ago, I let Fox and the American Idol producers know that this didn't feel like the right fit for me. I told them I wouldn't leave them in a bind and that I would hold off on doing anything until they were able to figure out where they wanted to take the panel next."
A Facebook page called "I'm lost. Help me find my family" has been set up in an attempt to reunite a tattered stuffed animal with his owner. UK cafe owner Liz Everett started the page after the lost bear was accidentally left in her Suffolk cafe. There's also a Twitter page.
Fire officials in Ohio (Middletown) city said a man sparring with a punching bag accidentally caused a natural gas leak when he knocked the meter off his wall. Energy crews were able to shut the gas off about an hour after the leak began.
In theaters this weekend: Dinner for Schmucks (PG-13); Cats & Dogs: Revengs of Kitty Galore (PG); Charlie St. Cloud (PG-13)
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
WTF Report
Chelsea Clinton July 31 wedding to Marc Mezvinsky will reportedly run around $2 million.
Long Island, New York, authorities are looking for a male suspect who walked into a bank Thursday dressed as Darth Vader and held up a teller at gunpoint. He was wearing a Darth Vader mask, blue cape and camouflage pants.
If you get an email from BP CEO Tony Hayward saying you can get $500,000 in grant funding -- in exchange for emailing back some personal info -- click 'delete'. It's a phishing scam.
Justin Bieber will guest-star on the season premiere of CSI September 23. Bieber will play a 16-year-old singing sensation. Rehearsals should be easy.
In theaters this weekend: Salt (PG-13) and Ramona and Beezus (G)
Long Island, New York, authorities are looking for a male suspect who walked into a bank Thursday dressed as Darth Vader and held up a teller at gunpoint. He was wearing a Darth Vader mask, blue cape and camouflage pants.
If you get an email from BP CEO Tony Hayward saying you can get $500,000 in grant funding -- in exchange for emailing back some personal info -- click 'delete'. It's a phishing scam.
Justin Bieber will guest-star on the season premiere of CSI September 23. Bieber will play a 16-year-old singing sensation. Rehearsals should be easy.
In theaters this weekend: Salt (PG-13) and Ramona and Beezus (G)
Monday, July 5, 2010
WTF Report
Today is National Fried Chicken Day.
Over 200,000 people have been tricked into clicking on a malicious link that is spreading across Facebook. The link is posted on user walls by a rogue program.
James Cameron's Titanic's coming to theaters in 3-D format in 2012...yes, we need tragedy in 3-D...what's next Schindler's List???
A new study shows it takes longer to read books on an e-book reader versus a printed book. The study found that reading speeds declined by 6.2% on the iPad and 10.7% on the Kindle compared to print...maybe its just the people who read on those devices are below average readers??
An Austrian jeweler has sold a gold and jewel-encrusted vuvuzela to a Russian businessman for over $21,000. The plastic vuvuzela horn is decorated with expensive white gold and diamonds.
On DVD today: Brooklyn's Finest and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo .
In Russia a man is teaching his dog how to scuba dive...maybe he can figure out how to bury all this oil too!! Bury the crude, boy! Bury the crude!
Over 200,000 people have been tricked into clicking on a malicious link that is spreading across Facebook. The link is posted on user walls by a rogue program.
James Cameron's Titanic's coming to theaters in 3-D format in 2012...yes, we need tragedy in 3-D...what's next Schindler's List???
A new study shows it takes longer to read books on an e-book reader versus a printed book. The study found that reading speeds declined by 6.2% on the iPad and 10.7% on the Kindle compared to print...maybe its just the people who read on those devices are below average readers??
An Austrian jeweler has sold a gold and jewel-encrusted vuvuzela to a Russian businessman for over $21,000. The plastic vuvuzela horn is decorated with expensive white gold and diamonds.
On DVD today: Brooklyn's Finest and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo .
In Russia a man is teaching his dog how to scuba dive...maybe he can figure out how to bury all this oil too!! Bury the crude, boy! Bury the crude!
Sunday, June 27, 2010
WTF Report
Toy Story 3 was the No. 1 film over the weekend with $59 million. Adam Sandler's Grown Ups debuted at No. 2. Tom Cruise's Knight and Day debuted in third.
... Some sort of teen vampire movie opens this weekend. It'll probably do pretty well.
A number of BP gas station owners -- tied to the giant oil company in name only -- are asking for discounts. They want to pass the discounts on to angry Americans to regain some lost business... call up the Louisiana guy who works for BP who is on TV all the time
A Chihuahua mix from Clearlake, California, has become the newest World's Ugliest Dog. Princess Abby won the 2010 World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma... what an honor!!!???
UK's The Daily Mail reported over the weekend that an iPhone 4 recall is underway. The story was wrong...OOPS
The Sunday New York Times decided to track down one of the voices on your GPS navigation device. Australian Karen is one of them, and she's turned the notoriety of her turn-by-turn instructions into a motivational speech about calculating your route in life. Another popular voice is that of American Karen Jacobson, who goes by the GPS nickname "American Jill".
... Some sort of teen vampire movie opens this weekend. It'll probably do pretty well.
A number of BP gas station owners -- tied to the giant oil company in name only -- are asking for discounts. They want to pass the discounts on to angry Americans to regain some lost business... call up the Louisiana guy who works for BP who is on TV all the time
A Chihuahua mix from Clearlake, California, has become the newest World's Ugliest Dog. Princess Abby won the 2010 World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma... what an honor!!!???
UK's The Daily Mail reported over the weekend that an iPhone 4 recall is underway. The story was wrong...OOPS
The Sunday New York Times decided to track down one of the voices on your GPS navigation device. Australian Karen is one of them, and she's turned the notoriety of her turn-by-turn instructions into a motivational speech about calculating your route in life. Another popular voice is that of American Karen Jacobson, who goes by the GPS nickname "American Jill".
Monday, June 14, 2010
The Karate Kid made $56 million over the weekend. The A-Team came in second.
... Jonah Hex and Toy Story 3 open Friday.
In Britain a toad underwent life-saving surgery after it was accidentally stabbed with a garden pitchfork. The toad had a collapsed lung but pulled through and was released back into the wild... Why does he not need a follow up and I have to go back 3 times for a cold???
A couple in California were married Saturday at a Home Depot store where they work. They married in the outdoor garden section....and the bridesmaids weren't the only hoes in attendace
Two British brothers were nabbed for burglary when one of the robbers got stuck trying to break into a department store. UK police arrested Clive and Kelvin Webster after older brother Clive got himself stuck trying to fit his 238-pound body through a 2-foot hole in the side of the department store... no word on whether the honey pot was completely empty or not
That guy on the Old Spice TV commercials has landed a talent deal with NBC. His name is Isaiah Mustafa and he's already had bit parts on Ugly Betty, NCIS and Castle.
... Jonah Hex and Toy Story 3 open Friday.
In Britain a toad underwent life-saving surgery after it was accidentally stabbed with a garden pitchfork. The toad had a collapsed lung but pulled through and was released back into the wild... Why does he not need a follow up and I have to go back 3 times for a cold???
A couple in California were married Saturday at a Home Depot store where they work. They married in the outdoor garden section....and the bridesmaids weren't the only hoes in attendace
Two British brothers were nabbed for burglary when one of the robbers got stuck trying to break into a department store. UK police arrested Clive and Kelvin Webster after older brother Clive got himself stuck trying to fit his 238-pound body through a 2-foot hole in the side of the department store... no word on whether the honey pot was completely empty or not
That guy on the Old Spice TV commercials has landed a talent deal with NBC. His name is Isaiah Mustafa and he's already had bit parts on Ugly Betty, NCIS and Castle.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
WTF Report
Happy birthday, Subway. Fred DeLuca opened his first sandwich shop 45 years ago today.
Today is Ballpoint Pen Day and Nursing Assistants Day.
The game company that's to blame for billions of hours of lost productivity at work has just launched a new game called FrontierVille. The game is on Facebook now....but how long will it take to be a iPhone app????
In the influential New England Journal of Medicine, a doctor says physicians should tell patients not to send text messages or use cellphones while driving, just as they advise them against smoking or to use seat belts.
An Ohio woman spent three days in jail for calling 911 five times looking for a husband.
Here's some good news/bad news for fans of the classic Demi Moore/Patrick Swayze film Ghost. The bad news is it's being remade; the good news is it's being remade for the Japanese market. Apparently American movies used to be bigger hits in Japan and this is Paramount Pictures' way of making money over there again.
Des Moines, Iowa, was named the best city for families by Forbes.com. It's got good schools, reasonable housing, short commuting times and sense of community....I got cousins that live there and they say its just gotten better its not great
Today is Ballpoint Pen Day and Nursing Assistants Day.
The game company that's to blame for billions of hours of lost productivity at work has just launched a new game called FrontierVille. The game is on Facebook now....but how long will it take to be a iPhone app????
In the influential New England Journal of Medicine, a doctor says physicians should tell patients not to send text messages or use cellphones while driving, just as they advise them against smoking or to use seat belts.
An Ohio woman spent three days in jail for calling 911 five times looking for a husband.
Here's some good news/bad news for fans of the classic Demi Moore/Patrick Swayze film Ghost. The bad news is it's being remade; the good news is it's being remade for the Japanese market. Apparently American movies used to be bigger hits in Japan and this is Paramount Pictures' way of making money over there again.
Des Moines, Iowa, was named the best city for families by Forbes.com. It's got good schools, reasonable housing, short commuting times and sense of community....I got cousins that live there and they say its just gotten better its not great
Thursday, June 3, 2010
WTF Report
Today is Hug Your Cat Day...when is lick you kitty day???
President Obama returns to the Louisiana Gulf Coast today (Friday) to check things out. It'll be his third visit since disaster struck back in April.
The World's Ugliest Dog has died at age 17 . Miss Ellie was a small, bug-eyed Chinese Crested Hairless dog who lived in Tennessee. Her biggest claim to fame: winning Animal Planet's "World's Ugliest Dog" contest in 2009....they had it on the view last year and it was a glorified rat dog
Overly protective parents turn their kids into needy, neurotic, spoiled introverts, say researchers. These days hovering parents are called "helicopter parents" and, thanks to them, many kids, teens and adults have a slew of personality traits that are generally thought of as undesirable. Way to go, mom and dad!...ya gotta let the kids make mistakes
The Scripps National Spelling Bee finals air tonight on ABC....great sleeping tool
A Chicago man landed it a bit of touble after hitting his boss's cousin in the head with a barbecue grill scraper. Will that get him fired?... at least it wasn't the boss, himself
In theaters this weekend: Get Him to the Greek (R); Killers (PG-13); Marmaduke (PG) and Splice (R)
President Obama returns to the Louisiana Gulf Coast today (Friday) to check things out. It'll be his third visit since disaster struck back in April.
The World's Ugliest Dog has died at age 17 . Miss Ellie was a small, bug-eyed Chinese Crested Hairless dog who lived in Tennessee. Her biggest claim to fame: winning Animal Planet's "World's Ugliest Dog" contest in 2009....they had it on the view last year and it was a glorified rat dog
Overly protective parents turn their kids into needy, neurotic, spoiled introverts, say researchers. These days hovering parents are called "helicopter parents" and, thanks to them, many kids, teens and adults have a slew of personality traits that are generally thought of as undesirable. Way to go, mom and dad!...ya gotta let the kids make mistakes
The Scripps National Spelling Bee finals air tonight on ABC....great sleeping tool
A Chicago man landed it a bit of touble after hitting his boss's cousin in the head with a barbecue grill scraper. Will that get him fired?... at least it wasn't the boss, himself
In theaters this weekend: Get Him to the Greek (R); Killers (PG-13); Marmaduke (PG) and Splice (R)
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