01/13/2010 @ 8:40pm PST Monday-Wednesday, January 11th-13th "NEWS"! Newspapers show You Can't Fix Stupid!, Cat Basic Training, Late-Night NBC Talk Show mess, my American Idol first week favorite! "BUZZ" Teddy Pendergrass dead of cancer at 59, The latest: Charlie Sheen & wife Brooke!
THIS SERIES OF NEWSPAPER PHOTOS AND ARTICLES SIMPLY TITLED "YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!"
MY YOUNGEST SON, BRYAN, PUT THIS VIDEO TOGETHER, STARRING ONE OF HIS CATS, RICKY!
JIMMY KIMMEL BECAME "JAY LENO" FOR FUN ON HIS TUESDAY NIGHT SHOW!
AND CHEVY CHASE TURNED UP AS "CONAN O'BRIEN" TO DISCUSS NBC'S PROBLEMS!
MEANWHILE, DAVID LETTERMAN WAS DELIVERING HIS OWN ANALYSIS OF NBC'S MELTDOWN!
SO WHAT'S UP WITH "24'S" JACK BAUER (KEIFER SUTHERLAND) IN A DRESS! CLICK & PLAY!
LEGENDARY SMOOTH R&B SINGER, TEDDY PENDERGRASS, DIES OF COLON CANCER AT 59!
Teddy Pendergrass, the smooth R&B singer died Wednesday at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Philadelphia. He was 59. Pendergrass, who was paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident in 1982, underwent surgery for colon cancer eight months ago and had a "difficult recovery," according to his son, Teddy Jr.
A Philly native, Pendergrass came to fame in the early 1970s as lead singer of the Blue Notes, responsible for hits such as "If You Don't Know Me By Now" and "Wake Up Everybody."
He released his self-titled debut in 1977 and enjoyed a successful solo career, siring velvety singles like "Close the Door" and "Turn Off the Light."
Pendergrass spent six months in the hospital after his 1982 crash, but perservered in the studio, going on to duet with Whitney Houston on "Hold Me," from her 1985 debut effort, appearing at Live Aid that year, and releasing a slew of new albums into the '00s.
He founded the Teddy Pendergrass Alliance to aid in the education, employment and overall life-style enhancement of people with spinal cord injuries.
"AMERICAN IDOL" OFF TO IT'S USUAL BIG START, WITH A CONTESTANT WITH AN ATTITUDE!
HERE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE CONTESTANTS SO FAR ON "AMERICAN IDOL" THIS SEASON!
ELLEN DEGENERES FINDS IT ISN'T FUN ELIMINATING "IDOL" CONTESTANTS!
While Fox started airing the audition rounds in Boston Tuesday night, Ellen was busy taping the competition's Hollywood Week. "It is an amazing time," the talk-show host said during Wednesday's episode of her own program. But she was quick to point out that being the bearer of bad news isn't exactly fun...
"I'm all for being honest, but eliminating people is tough," insisted Ellen. "I don't like that and I'm not that kind of person, because they have a name for a person who likes to hurt people's feelings. It's called Simon."
On the other hand, breaking a few hearts might be a small price to pay if it means knowing ahead of time who's moving forward. "If you have a good bookie, let me know," she quipped.
SIMON COWELL SAYS HE IS LEAVING "AMERICAN IDOL" AFTER THIS SEASON!
Simon Cowell is leaving "American Idol". Simon told reporters at the TV Critics Assocation winter press tour: "There's been a lot of speculation about my future, partly because we didn't have an agreement. We reached an agreement formally about half past 11 this morning. Where we have come to is that The X Factor will launch in America in 2011, with me judging the show and executive producing the show, and because of that, this will be my last season on American Idol this year."
Cowell then signed his X Factor contract live onstage at the TV event in Pasadena. So why is he leaving, who might replace him and what's this about joining forces with Paula Abdul?
First things first, The X Factor is a British-format reality talent competition produced and developed by...Simon Cowell! There are 17 international versions. It's not unlike American Idol or its British counterpart Pop Idol, but contestants of all ages are welcome, and the judges also do some mentoring as well as just critiquing. So what kind of stars are they trying to find? Simon says, "Right now, Lady Gaga's got the biggest X factor in the world. We'd love to find somebody like her." The X Factor will air in the fall, while Idol will continue airing in the spring.
That's in Simon Cowell's future, but what about his past and present on American Idol? "I've always said this was my last year," Simon told us. "Everyone thought I was negotiating, but that wasn't the reason behind it. I felt like doing something different. I like the challenge. I want to leave Idol this year, bigger and better than it’s been before...I hope it's going to be higher than it was last year."
He says he's leaving now while the show remains on top: "I've had the best eight or nine years of my life doing this job...I never would have wanted to walk out when the show was number 21 in the ratings. I wanted to leave on a high. It's been a fantastic time.. I think right now America needs a second, different type of show, and I'm going to put my absolute heart and soul into this."
So who might take Simon's chair at the Idol judging table? Cowell's take is this: "I'm going to suggest that Ryan [Seacrest] does it, because he can have another job then—so he just jumps off the stage into the chair and back again...I say just get somebody who knows what they're talking about."
Fox entertainment chairman Peter Rice took a more serious approach to the question, but didn't actually profer any substantial names: "The reason we're making the announcement in January is we want to give ourselves time. We want to allow people to come forward, we were frankly surprised at the enthusiasm in replacing Paula [Abdul]—and when we we first started our conversations with Ellen [DeGeneres]. We have to take our time on that, we have to make sure the chemistry is as good as it can be, we want to take our time."
Speaking of Paula, it's entirely possible that Simon will ask her to join forces with him on his new project. When asked whether or not Paula Abdul might be involved in The X Factor in some capacity, Simon said: "I adore Paula...I will work with her in some capacity...because I miss her."
Meanwhile, Ellen DeGeneres addressed Simon's exit on the episode of her talk show, saying, "I got some news for you. So this just happened, Simon Cowell just announced that he's leaving Idol. This will be his last season...He announced he's leaving on my first day. I'm trying not to take it personally...But seriously, I am going to be very, very sad to see him go, because I think he's made the show what it is. He's a huge part of that show, but he wanted a change...I wish him all the luck in the world hosting The Tonight Show."
THEN, THE PEOPLE OF HAITI EMERGE TO INSPECT THE DESTRUCTION & RESCUE THE VICTIMS!
HERE'S ONE WAY YOU CAN HELP WITH THE RESCUE EFFORTS BY THE RED CROSS IN HAITI!
"AVATAR" OFFICIALLY THE SECOND BIGGEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME, TITANIC'S #1!
Final figures released Monday showed "Avatar" actually broke $50 million over the weekend. The movie's overall domestic take stands at $430.8 million. And counting. For the fourth straight weekend, Avatar was the top movie at the box office, and it's $50 million helped it take "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's" crown as 2009's biggest moneymaker.
The world's No. 2 movie of all-time as of last week, the James Cameron epic used the weekend to pass "Spider-Man" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" on the domestic list, and set itself up to rise to No. 3 in those rankings perhaps as soon as next weekend.
Even at the fantastic rate Avatar is raking in the bucks overseas—it's worldwide haul stands at about $1.3 billion now—the film is still a long $500 million away from matching the No. 1 movie of No. 1 movies (also made by Cameron).
Titanic's all-time domestic mark may be even safer than its worldwide one.
Avatar's $429 overall stateside gross puts it $171 million away from Titanic's domestic record of $600 million. And while that may not seem like much to a 3-D-powered monster, consider that even "The Dark Knight" got tired after breaking $500 million.
Of course, getting tired is something that Avatar, like Titanic before it, seems incapable of. In its first three weekends, ticket sales basically held even; this weekend, business was only off 30 percent. All this, and Oscar nominations aren't even out yet.
1. Avatar, $50 million 2. Sherlock Holmes, $16.6 million 3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, $16.3 million 4. Daybreakers, $15 million 5. It's Complicated, $11 million 6. Leap Year, $9.2 million 7. The Blind Side, $7.8 million 8. Up in the Air, $7.1 million 9. Youth in Revolt, $7 million 10. The Princess and the Frog, $4.7 million
REMEMBER THE SAYING, "CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE". HERE'S A KITTY MISSING HIS VOICE!
01/09/2010 @ 4:00am PST Thursday-Friday, January 7th-8th/Weekend "NEWS"! Elvis fans celebrate the King's 75th birthdate! Why men shouldn't write advice columns, & the Google phone versus iPhone! "BUZZ" Michael Jackson's doctor to face indictment, "Avatar" continues to break records!
THOUSANDS TURN OUT AT GRACELAND TO CELEBRATE ELVIS 75TH BIRTHDATE ANNIVERSARY!
HERE'S A PAIR OF DANCING COCKATOOS CELEBRATING THE 75TH BIRTHDATE OF ELVIS!
ONE OF THE MOST REQUESTED ELVIS CUTS OVER THE YEARS IS THIS LAUGHING VERSION!
WANT TO SEE ONE YEAR IN JUST 120 SECONDS? TAKE A LOOK AT NATURE AT ITS' BEST!
THE NEW GOOGLE PHONE VERSUS THE IPHONE. CHECK OUT THE COMPARISONS!
MARIAH CAREY'S PALM SPRINGS FILM FESTIVAL ACCEPTANCE SPEECH IS A LITTLE TIPSY!
SO HOW DID MARIAH CAREY DO AT HER NEXT AWARDS SHOW, "THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE"?
NBC'S LATE NIGHT PROBLEM, HOW TO KEEP JAY AND CONAN HAPPY TOGETHER!
Even as NBC was assuring Jay Leno that his current job was safe and sound, speculation began to run wild about the fate of Conan O'Brien and the Tonight Show.
According to numerous reports, NBC is desperately trying to move Leno's show out of prime time and into O'Brien's time slot—without causing the current "Tonight Show" host to bolt to a different network.
The New York Times is reporting that a deal is essentially in place that would move Leno back to his old stomping grounds at 11:35 p.m. for a half-hour show. Doing this would push O'Brien's "Tonight Show" to a 12:05 a.m. start time, leaving Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to be, well, even later.
Contractual obligations must be met in the case of the stars, and while NBC appears to be doing everything to keep Leno happy, the net has only released this statement regarding the status of O'Brien.
"We have the best comedy team in the business. We remain committed to keeping Conan O'Brien on NBC. He is a valued part of our late-night lineup, as he has been for more than 16 years, and is one of the most respected entertainers on television."
Conan has yet to address the late-night schedule in his own words, but there has been talk of a possible network change if the funnyman is unhappy with the deal offered. Speculation has pointed toward Fox, a network currently devoid of late-night programming (and a place where O'Brien once worked as a writer for The Simpsons).
For all the hubbub, Leno remained in good spirits, taking to the Jay Leno Show stage Thursday night to deliver some zingers at the Peacock network.
"NBC only cancels you when you're in first place, so we're fine," Leno teased. "What does NBC stand for? 'Never Believe your Contract.'
HANES UNDERWEAR PULLS CHARLIE SHEEN'S TELEVISION ADS OFF THE AIR!
In the wake of Charlie Sheen's domestic woes, underwear powerhouse Hanes immediately pulled the actor's advertisements from on-air rotation.
"Hanes is not running the television commercials featuring Charlie Sheen, and those commercials will not run again," company spokesman Matt Hall said. "The commercials were suspended effective December 28, the first date possible after Mr. Sheen's Christmas Day arrest."
Fortunately for Two and a Half Men's embattled star, we haven't seen the last of his face rocking the casual duds—on paper, at least.
"There are a few trade advertisements featuring Mr. Sheen scheduled to run this spring. Unfortunately, the production schedule of those publications does not allow us to pull those ads."
"IRON MAN 2" HITS THEATRES MAY 7, 2010! YOUR FIRST LOOK WITH THIS 2 MINUTE TRAILER!
ELMER FUDD'S STILL HAS TROUBLE PRONOUNCING HIS "R'S", ESPECIALLY "WABBITS"!
01/03/2010 @ 11:50pm PST Monday-Wednesday, January 4-6 "NEWS"! Is 2010 the beginning of a new decade or not? Read the listener e-mail exchange I had! Beware of a "Who's Who" scam that'll cost you! "BUZZ" Avatar tops $1 billion worldwide, and Tiger Woods' wife puts her ring back on!
COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR THE 75TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY OF ELVIS PRESLEY!
January 8, 2010 will be the 75th anniversary of the birth of Elvis Presley. Don't fear that this milestone will be celebrated too quietly. Elvis 75, a shorthand moniker for the event itself, as well as the title of a new greatest-hits collection, will bring an onslaught of commemorative festivities and products, like parties at Graceland, concerts with Elvis impersonators and a movie suggesting that Presley, who died on August 16, 1977, has spent the last three decades in outer space.
It will bring everything except realistic thoughts of what the uncontrollably self-destructive Elvis might have been like as a 75-year-old man. Naturally, there are books. Lots and lots of books. Among the standouts — beyond a tell-all by the doctor who knows a lot about Presley's death and a hagiography from the lifelong buddy who is fond of saying that America has had many presidents but only one King — is Alanna Nash's long look at Elvis's bizarre history with women. She has cleverly borrowed one of his most seductive song titles, “Baby, Let's Play House"!
HERE'S THE "AVATAR" EXTENDED MOVIE TRAILER WITH ALMOST 9 MILLION VIEWS SO FAR!
2009's over, but the year-end box-office standings are still being written and rewritten, thanks to James Cameron's Avatar, which took in another $68.3 million this weekend and could end up going down as last year's No. 1 movie.
"This is unbelievable," Hollywood.com box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian said today.
After just 17 days in theaters, Avatar has grossed $352.1 million domestically. Worldwide, it has blown past $1 billion, not to mention The Dark Knight, to stand tall as the fourth-biggest moneymaker ever. Already. Did somebody say Titanic?
Fox, the studio behind the Cameron adventure, most assuredly did not. "I'll tell you this, though," Fox exec Bert Livingston said today, "I believe this movie is getting the best word of mouth ever."
It's also got some of the best legs ever. The movie's third weekend was nearly as strong as its second weekend, which was very nearly as big as its first weekend.
"Films just don't have legs anymore," Dergarabedian said. "Avatar has major major legs."
And that's why Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's box-office crown could be in play.
Because it was released in 2009, Avatar is considered a 2009 film by stat-keepers like Dergarabedian, and all of its ticket sales, regardless of how many are made in 2010, will go down on the 2009 books.
By that math, Avatar is now the No. 2 movie of 2009, having jumped over New Moon, Up and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince this weekend. At the white-hot rate it's going, Avatar would surpass Revenge of the Fallen's $402 million mark by next weekend.
Degarabedian didn't. He said it's too early to tell if Cameron's new epic will surpass the filmmaker's last epic, even if Avatar is just $250 million shy now of Titanic's all-time domestic gross.
"No film has done it yet," Dergarabedian reminded. "It may take a James Cameron to beat a James Cameron."
1. Avatar, $68.3 million 2. Sherlock Holmes, $38.4 million 3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, $36.6 million 4. It's Complicated, $18.7 million 5. The Blind Side, $12.7 million 6. Up in the Air, $11.4 million 7. The Princess and the Frog, $10 million 8. Did You Hear About the Morgans?, $5 million 9. Nine, $4.3 million 10. Invictus, $4.1 million
BEWARE OF A LOT OF "WHO'S WHO" SCAMS GOING ON RIGHT NOW! THEY INITIALLY SAY "NO FEE", BUT YOU WILL GET A FOLLOW-UP CALL OR EMAIL WANTING MONEY, AND IF YOU GIVE THEM YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER, YOU WILL SEE HUNDREDS OF DOLLAR OF UNEXPECTED CHARGES!
HERE'S AN EMAIL I GOT JUST THIS MORNING!
Dear Charlie,
Happy New Year! You were recently chosen as a potential candidate to represent your professional community in the 2009-10 Edition of Global Who's Who.
We are please to inform you that your candidacy was formally approved December 28th, 2009. Congratulations.
The Publishing Committee selected you as a potential candidate based not only upon your current standing, but focusing as well on criteria from executive and professional directories, associations, and trade journals. Given your background, the Director believes your profile makes a fitting addition to our publication.
There is no fee nor obligation to be listed. As we are working off of secondary sources, we must receive verification from you that your profile is accurate. After receiving verification, we will validate your registry listing within seven business days.
Once finalized, your listing will share prominent registry space with thousands of fellow accomplished individuals across the globe, each representing accomplishment within their own geographical area.
To verify your profile and accept the candidacy, please visit here. Our registration deadline for this year's candidates is January 20th, 2010. To ensure you are included, we must receive your verification on or before this date. On behalf of our Committee I salute your achievement and welcome you to our association.
Sincerely, John Franklin Vice President, Research Division
WHENEVER YOU DO A GOOGLE SEARCH, DO YOU WONDER WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU CLICK THE "I'M FEELING LUCKY" BUTTON. CHECK OUT THIS GUY'S VIDEO!
DOES THIS GUY ACTUALLY GIVE US A PREVIEW OF WHAT'S TO COME WITH THE APPLE "TABLET"?
TIGER WOODS' WIFE ELIN NORDEGREN PUTS HER WEDDING BAND BACK ON!
Elin Nordegren did more than ski the French Alps this weekend. Tiger Woods' wife put her rings on.
While people can only guess what this fashion statement means, the Swedish beauty showed off her bling finger as she spent the New Year's Eve weekend skiing and celebrating her 30th birthday
EVER HAVE AN ITCH THAT YOU JUST CAN'T SCRATCH? WATCH THIS BEAR SOLVE HIS PROBLEM!
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE OPTICAL ILLUSION VIDEOS THAT JUST MAKES YOU WONDER!
SO IS IT A NEW DECADE OF NOT? HERE'S A LISTENER EMAIL EXCHANGE I HAD TODAY!
Charlie,
You can reel back in almost an entire year right now!This decade is not over until midnight Dec.31,2010!This is not a new decade.This decade we're in is only 9 years and about 3 days old!!!!
MY REPLY!
Actually the new decade started with January 1, 2010....The old decade began with 2000 and if you count 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009....that’s 10 years, and that was the first decade of this century. Just like our old century ended with 1999!
As someone pointed out, this decade ended on the very last day of 2009... "decade" means ten years..so 2000-2009 is exactly 10 years, meaning the first day of 2010 was the start of a new decade....if you say it doesn't finish until 2010, its like saying the 1960s didn't begin until 1961, because the year 1960 would've marked the last year of the 1950's?
THE LISTENER'S RESPONSE TO MY EMAIL ABOVE!
Totally wrong! Check with your high school math teacher! A decade,10 years by anyone's definition is 10X365 days=3650 days,period!There were 3285 days from Jan.1.,2000 thru Dec.31,2009.This decade is over Dec.31,2010.By your logic we're in the 20th. Century because the year is '20'10.We're actually still in the FIRST decade of the 21st. Century. GOOD GRIEF! Don't count the # of four digit #'s-----count the periods BETWEEN the four digit #'s!
MY RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE LISTENER EMAIL!
I respectfully disagree. If you count beginning with the year beginning January 1, 2000 and end with December 31, 2009, there’s 10 years which equals 10 X 365...oh, and don’t forget to throw in a few leap years....which will still equal 3653 days...period.
Also by your logic the decade of the 60’s would have begun in 1961, totally leaving off the year 1960 and including the year the year 1970 as the last year of the decade of the 60’s....doesn’t make much sense does it? Same goes for the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s which ended with 1999, the end of a decade.
Think about it. You can’t leave off the first year of the years you call a decade.
Oh, and this 1st century, 2nd century, etc. stuff is in total agreement with what I just presented above with the year 100 beginning the second century, the year 200 the third century, all the way up to the year 2000 beginning the 21st century since the A.D. - B.C. division of time began. I believe if you’ll look back to the year 2000, most pundits agree that began our 21st century.
