The 2nd woman linked to Tiger Woods’ released a voicemail she claims he left her to US magazine…we’ve got the recording…find out who made Babba Walter wist this year…the Pink Glove Dance’s a huge hit on YouTube and Michael Jackson, swine flu and cash for clunker were all hot this year…lots more harada-data and more in today’s killer show !
*** BETTER GET A BIGGER BUS***
*** Researchers at Ohio State University have come up with some rather unsettling news… 2/3rd’s of the linemen on a Division I college football team are obese and more likely than other players to have health problems. 90 players at the university were studied and 19 of the 29 linemen were found to be obese, or having at least 25% body fat.
* 13 had insulin resistance, which means their bodies don’t regulate sugar properly which can lead to type 2 diabetes.
* 8 had metabolic syndrome-risk factors that can damage the heart and also had unhealthy readings in at least 3 of these 5 categories: blood pressure, triglycerides, HDL or good cholesterol , abdominal fat and blood sugars.
*** LOW INCOME WOMEN STILL FALL IN LOVE DESPITE DISTRUST FOR MEN***
*** A new study published in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family’s found low income women still get into romantic relationships, despite a general feeling of distrust towards men. Experts found 96% of low-income mothers who participated in the study didn’t trust men due to experiences with uncertainty and poverty and histories of domestic violence or sexual abuse. The authors believe that reducing the use of alternative forms of trust (e.g., misplaced) would allow women to spend time in intimate relationships that are more likely to lead to strong, lasting, healthy marriages.
*** JASON AND COLBIE GET LUCKY IN ONLINE POLL***
*** Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat’s Lucky’s been named Video of the Year in a new VH1 online poll, beating out Lady Gaga’s Poker Face and Gives You Hell by All-American Rejects. Kelly Clarkson’s My Life Would Suck Without You was 4th and Carolina Liar’s Show Me What I’m Looking For was 5th.
*** TOP SEARCHES FOR ’09***
***Late Boyzone star Stephen Gately, who died in October, was among the fastest rising search topics on Google’s UK site in 2009.#1 story was swine flu, according to Google’s annual “zeitgeist”, which analyzes the site’s search trends, followed closely by the rise of Britain’s Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle and the death of Jade Goody.
Michael Jackson was the top trending topic on search engine Bing.
Also in the top 10 were searches for Twitter, swine flu, the stock market, Farrah Fawcett, Patrick Swayze, the US car scrappage scheme, known as “cash for clunkers”, as well as Jon and Kate Gosselin, TV pitchman Billy Mays and Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was found safe and well 18 years after being kidnapped as an 11-year-old.
*** Michael Jackson’s kids, Sarah Palin, Lady Gaga, Glenn Beck, Adam Lambert, Kate Gosselin and Tyler Perry’ve all made Barbara Walters’ list for the most fascinating people of 2009. The #1 person will be announced on the 60 minute special, Barbara Walters Presents: The Most Fascinating People of 2009 Dec. 9th at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
*** Jermaine Jackson says Michael supported his family’s upcoming documentary, The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty despite refusing to participate in the filming. The doc, which airs as 2 – 2 hour shows on December 13th on A & E follows Jermaine, Marlon, Jackie and Tito Jackson as they mourned the death of Michael and prepare for a reunion of the Jackson 5.
*** Jermaine Jackson’s denied reports of in-fighting between his siblings, saying they’ve settled their differences since the death of their brother Michael. The surviving Jackson Five brothers – Jermaine, Marlon, Tito and Jackie hope their upcoming 2 part TV show, The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty, airing Dec 13th on A & E will show they’re just a “normal family”.
*** Michael Jackson’s huge debts have been erased with 5 months after his death. The King of Pop’s estate’s grossed almost $1/2 billion through the music CD royalties and box-office collection of the film ‘This Is It’ plus…there’s been additional income from the sale of Jackson souvenirs and memorabilia. His estate faces 6 different lawsuits, including a $300-million suit by New Jersey based company AllGood Entertainment who claims Jackson backed out of a TV reunion concert with his brothers in Texas.
***Late Boyzone star Stephen Gately, who died in October, was among the fastest rising search topics on Google’s UK site in 2009.#1 story was swine flu, according to Google’s annual “zeitgeist”, which analyzes the site’s search trends, followed closely by the rise of Britain’s Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle and the death of Jade Goody.
Michael Jackson was the top trending topic on search engine Bing.
*** BEYONCE COMES UP BIG WITH 10 GRAMMY NOMS***
*** It was Beyonce’s night Wednesday night after being nominated for 10 Grammy Awards at a televised concert in LA, followed closely by Taylor Swift with 8 and the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell and Kanye West each with 6. Beyonce’s husband, Jay-Z scored 5 as did Lady Gaga and David Guetta. Colbie Caillat, Kings of Leon, Bruce Springsteen, Keith Urban, T-Pain, Michael Giacchino, John Newton all got 4 nods.
The Black Eyed Peas, Sugarland, Nick Jonas & the Administration (his new band) and Maxwell performed. LL Cool J hosted.
NOMINEES LIST…
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Beyonce’s “I am… Sasha Fierce,” the Black Eyed Peas’s “The E.N.D.,” Lady Gaga’s “The Fame,” Dave Matthews Band’s “Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King” and Taylor Swift’s “Fearless.”
RECORD OF THE YEAR: “Halo” by Beyonce, “I Gotta Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas, “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon, “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga and “You Belong with Me” by Taylor Swift.
WRITERS FOR SONG OF THE YEAR: Lady Gaga and RedOne for “Poker Face;” Hod David and Musze for “Pretty Wings;” Thaddis Harrell, Beyonce, Terius Nash and Christopher Stewart for “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It);” Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill and Nathan Followill for “Use Somebody;” and Liz Rose and Taylor Swift for “You Belong with Me.”
BEST NEW ARTIST: Zac Brown Band, Keri Hilson, MGMT, Silversun Pickups and The Ting Tings.
The 52nd annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live on CBS on Jan. 31 at the Staples Centre in LA.
*** TIGER WOODS UPDATES ***
*** Busted- A voicemail from Nov. 24th, the day before stories of his alleged infidelity first surfaced, Tiger Woods called his on again/off again girlfriend, 24 year old LA cocktail waitress Jaimee Grubbs and left a voicemail asking her to change her voicemail greeting. Here’s the clip she provied US magazine… http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/hear-tiger-panic-to-mistress-my-wife-may-be-calling-you-2009212
*** Gloria Allred’, the lawyer for a New York woman whose denied having an affair with Tiger Woods cancelled a news conference scheduled for Thursday in Los Angeles due to unforeseen circumstances. Allred earlier had planned to make a statement about Rachel Uchitel’s relationship with Woods.Last week, the National Enquirer published a story alleging Woods had been seeing Uchitel, a New York nightclub hostess, and they recently were together in Melbourne, where Woods competed in the Australian Masters. Uchitel denied having an affair with Woods.
*** POLANSKI UPDATES***
*** Filmmaker Roman Polanski will get out of jail Friday on $4.5 million bail after being behind bars since his September 26th arrest on an outstanding 31 year US warrant for havingunlawful sex with a 13 year old girl . Swiss justice officials announced Wednesday Polanski can move to his Gstaad chalet at 1 p.m. on Friday. Under the terms of the bail, Polanski, 76, will have his phone calls monitored and will wear a tracking device while he remains under house arrest.
*** HOLLYWOOD HILLS GANG UPDATES***
*** 4 suspects linked to high profile raids on the homes of Lindsay Lohan, Rachael Bilson and Orlando Bloom pleaded not guilty to felony burglary counts Wednesday in LA court. 19 year-olds Nicholas Prugo, Diana Tamayo and Courtney Leigh Ames, and 27-year-old Roy Lopez Jr. entered pleas through their lawyers. Prugo faces 7 counts of 1St-degree burglary for break-ins at celebrity homes including those of Lohan, Bloom, Bilson and Paris Hilton. 18-year-old gang suspect Alexis Neiers will stand trial for looting Bloom’s property, after Prugo identified her on a security video entering the star’s Hollywood Hills home.
*** IDOL CHATTER***
*** THIS WEEK’S CHART NOTES***
*** Susan Boyle’s “I Dreamed a Dream”‘s #1 on the Billboard 200, followed in 2nd by Andrea Bocelli’s “My Christmas,“Adam Lambert’s “For Your Entertainment” at #3, Rihanna’s “Rated R” at #4 and Lady Gaga’s “The Fame Monster” at #5, Lady Gaga’s “The Fame” at #6, Miley Cyrus’ “The Time of Our Lives” at #7, Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” at #8, Carrie Underwood’s “Play On” at #9 and Norah Jones’s “The Fall” at # 10.
*** 2 weeks after ABC dumped him from “Good Morning America,” Americal Idol glam-rocker Adam Lambert’s getting dropped again…the network’s hooked him from “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Dec. 17th and “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.” NBC says he’ll be a guest on “The Jay Leno Show” on Dec 21 and he’s being interviewed by Barbara Walters on her “Most Fascinating People of 2009″ special — airing next Wednesday on ABC.
*** BABBA WALTERS’ WIST***
*** Michael Jackson’s kids, Sarah Palin, Lady Gaga, Glenn Beck, Adam Lambert, Kate Gosselin and Tyler Perry’ve all made Barbara Walters’ list for the most fascinating people of 2009. The #1 person will be announced on the 60 minute special, Barbara Walters Presents: The Most Fascinating People of 2009 Dec. 9th at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
***HOSPITAL STAFF LATEST YOUTUBE HIT WITH THE PINK GLOVE DANCE***
*** The staff at St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Oregon and their “Pink Glove Dance” have become a YouTube hit after being posted on Nov. 13 with more than 2.3 million hits. They’re having fun dancing to dancing to Jay Sean’s song Down, featuring Lil Wayne to help create more awareness for breast cancer. Check it out… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEdVfyt-mLw
*** JOHN MELLENCAMP’S KID’S CAMPAIGNING ON FACEBOOK TO GET HIM TO STOP SMOKING***
*** John Mellencamp’s teenage son, Speck (his great grandfather’s nickname)’s trying to get his dad to stop smoking if he gets 1 million people to join his Facebook page. As of Wednesday, he had only 67,751 people…but his dad agreed to quit if 100,000 people join. Here’s part of Speck’s Wednesday post… “Today at lunch my dad promised that if the group gets… to 100,000 he will start cutting back. Thanks again for all of your support.”
*** BRITISH PRIME MINISTER REMOVES SHOE FROM MOUTH***
*** British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s a little humbler this morning after he confused Reese Witherspoon with Renee Zellweger! Witherspoon was speaking out about domestic violence in her role as Avon ambassador during a visit to the House of Commons and Brown greeted the actress by saying, “‘I’m very grateful that Renee Witherspoon is leading this campaign. She spoke movingly at the funeral of Anthony Minghella and I welcome her to the House today.” He was thinking of Zellweger, who starred in Minghella’s Cold Mountain and spoke at his memorial service last year.
*** FAMILY TIES HUSBAND SUPPORTS TV WIFE’S RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT SHE’S A LESBIAN***
*** Michael Gross who played Meredith Baxter’s husband on 80′s sitcom Family Ties‘ relieved and happy she’s finally ‘come out’ as a lesbian, because he no longer has to dodge questions about her love life. Baxter, 62, who played Elyse Keaton, confirmed rumours she’s gay in this week’s People magazine. She’s been living as a lesbian for the past 7 years and moved in with building contractor partner Nancy Locke 2 years ago. Gross, who found out Baxter’s gay in 2005′s fully supportive of her decision to share her sexual orientation with fans and is delighted she’s found happiness.
*** MINNESOTA DUDE WINS BEST DUCK-CALLING CONTEST***
*** A Minnesota man became the state’s 1st to win the 74th annual World’s Championship Duck Calling Contest Saturday in Stuttgart, Arkansas. Mike Anderson beat out 67 competitors to claim the bragging rights, saying he grew up practicing duck calls for 6 hours a day. Check it out on YouTube... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYOfmvhoSsk
*** PEOPLE SET MORAL BELIEFS BASED ON WHAT GOD SAYS***
*** Researchers at University of Chicago, University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and Monash University in Australia say people often set their personal moral compasses according to what they presume to be God’s standards. Their 7 separate studies of Boston rail commuters, University of Chicago undergraduates and a nationally representative U.S. database of online respondents had participants report their own belief about an issue, their estimated God’s belief, along with others, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Major League Baseball’s Barry Bonds, former President George W. Bush and an average American.
Other studies had participants to write and deliver a speech that supported or opposed the death penalty in front of a video camera. Their beliefs were surveyed both before and after the speech.
The final study showed brain scan data demonstrated reasoning about God’s beliefs activated many of the same regions that become active when people reasoned about their own beliefs.
*** PEOPLE USUALLY TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THEMSELVES ON FACEBOOK***
*** University of Texas at Austin researchers have found Facebook profiles actually show a person’s true personality, instead of an exaggerated virtual identity. The reason…the online profiles display accurate images of the profile owners, either because people aren’t trying to look good or because they’re trying and failing to pull it off.
*** EXERCISE- THE TRUE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH***
*** German researchers have confirmed what’s been long believed is true- exercise slows down the aging process. Their study shows intense exercise helps prevent the shortening of telomeres — DNA that protects chromosomes from damage. The shortening of telomeres limits the number of divisions cells can make and speeds up the “biological clock.” Longer telomeres slow the aging of the cardiovascular system. The researchers got their results from studying 2 groups of professional athletes — pro runners who were 20 years old on the average and middle-aged athletes with a history of continuous endurance exercise their youth whose average age was 51.
*** GAY COUPLES CAN NOW GET MARRIED ON MT. EVEREST***
*** Sunil Babu Pant, Nepal’s 1st and only openly gay member of parliament’s opened the republic’s 1st travel agency to offer packages for gay couples to get married in Nepal n the slopes of Mt. Everest. Pant, also the founder of the gay rights movement in Nepal’s launched Pink Mountain Travels and Tours, Nepal’s only “gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender-focussed” travel and tour agency specialising in gay and lesbian honeymoon packages and promoting the once conservative republic as a new holiday destination for the community.
In February, Pink Mountains and Community Marketing will hold the 1st Asian Gay Tourism Symposium in Kathmandu to start the honeymoon package.
In 2005, a heterosexual pair from Nepal set a world record when they tied the knot on 8848 metres on the Everest summit while Moni Mulepati and Pem Dorje Sherpere set a record for the highest wedding on Mt Everest May 30, 2005.
*** BEVERLY HILLS 90120 …OR SHOULD IT BE 9021- 69***
*** Beverly Hills 90210′s been turned into an X-rated Hustler movie. Sex parody This Ain’t Beverly Hills 90210 XXX will hit adult stores next Tuesday and feature Kelly, Donna, Brandon, Brenda and as fans have never seen them before…like an illicit sex session between Donna and Jim Walsh – her best friend Brenda’s father. This Ain’t Beverly Hills 90210 XXX features adult movie stars Alexis Texas, Madison Ivy, Jenny Hendrix and Chris Johnson.
*** A California prisoner was taken to emerg to have a concealled weapon he hid in his rectum. removed. The 5″plastic “shank” was stuffed up the rectum of Rance Johnson for more than 3 weeks before it began causing the prisoner enough discomfort before fessing up to correctional officers. Johnson told deputies he found the item, which had to be removed surgically, in an interview room and put it up his ass to sneak it back to his cell. Johnson, who was arrested Sept. 28 in connection with a shooting on the Castle Air Force Base, will now be charged with carrying a concealled weapon inside the jail with gang enhancements.
*** A prof at the University of Montreal had to cancel a pornography study because he couldn’t find any adult men who’d never viewed sexually explicit material. Professor Simon Louis Lajeunesse had to drastically alter his study on how pornography impacts the sexuality of men due to the limitations he discovered in finding volunteers. The info Lajeunesse got from men who’d watched porn shows single men spent about 40 minutes watching it 3 times a week while men in committed relationships averaged 20 minutes, 1.7 times a week.
*** An Arizona school district employee resigned after being accused of stealing school computers to search for extraterrestrial life. Brad Niesluchowski, information technology chief for the Higley Unified School District, allegedly downloaded a copy of a University of California-Berkeley program called “SETI@home” to every computer in the school district…without the board’s approval.
The software allows individual computer users to scan data and signals from radio telescopes to look for signals from outer space and turns on and runs whenever a computer’s idle. Cops searched Niesluchowski’s home and found 18 computers allegedly stolen from the district. School officials estimate damages, energy usage and equipment losses linked to Niesluchowski could top $1.2 million.
*** A Belfast Santa Claus who was kicked out of his area in a Tesco grocery store parking lot’s staging a sit-in at the store with his elves and an organizer. Glen Ross, who organizes the Santa Claus grotto each year to raise money for MD said a Tesco supermarket removed him from the store’s parking lot because of complaints about the Christmas music he was playing. Tesco plans to offer to move the grotto, which runs thru ’til Dec. 22nd, to another area of the store.
*** A Birmingham, Alabama woman got out of jury duty when she showed up named Jesus Christ. The woman who went by the name Dorothy Lola Killingworth, presented officials with her driver’s license with “Jesus Christ” on it when she arrived for jury duty this week. She was excused from jury duty for being disruptive after asking questions instead of answering those posed to her by officials.
*** The American Humanist Association’s campaigning to take the Christ out of Christmas with ads featuring people in Santa Hats preaching atheism. The campaign starts this weekend in Washington, where the group’s bought 200 bus billboards then runs in 4 other cities this month. The association’s message is “No God? No problem” which the group says’ especially aimed at the “nones,” a growing group of people in the United States who have no religion.
*** A man accused of breaking into a home in Florida to take a shower told kids who arrived home that US President Obama let him into the house. Donald Leon May, 48, of St. Petersburg, Fla., entered the home through the unlocked back door Nov. 18 and started to take a shower, when 2 teens returned home with a friend and one of residents entered the bathroom, thinking it was their father in the shower. The male in the shower said ‘Obama let him in’” and told the boy “get out.” The kids called the cops from a neighbour’s house and the suspect was arrested wearing nothing but a “towel wrapped around his lower body.”
*** A patron of the “World’s Largest Disco” told Buffalo police he was beaten at the event Saturday night by 5 men. The man was treated in Buffalo General Hospital for facial injuries after the 11 p. m. attack at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. The unidentified man told police he accidentally bumped into another man and caused him to spill his beer. He said the man whose beer was spilled and 4 buddies then began punching and kicking him.
Today is Santa’s List Day.
Today is Cracker Jack Day.
Today is Saint Barbara’s Day. Traditionally, a young girl places a twig from a cherry tree in a glass of water today. If it blooms by Christmas Eve, she is certain to marry next year.
*** Paul McCartney’s taken his Meat-Free Monday campaign to the European Parliament, saying the power to halt global warming lies as much with individuals as with their governments. McCartney met in Brussels with Rajendra K. Pachauri, head of the U.N.’s global climate change panel, promoting the benefits of skipping meat 1 day a week for the sake of the environment. The former Beatle says the production of food accounts for 20-30% cent of global greenhouse-gas emissions. Livestock production’s responsible for around 1/2 of these emissions.
*** Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood was released on bail Thursday after being arrested for possible domestic assault Wednesday evening near his home in Esher in southern England. Esher’s an affluent town 17 miles (28 kilometers) southwest of London that was also the home of George Harrison of the Beatles. The 62 year old rocker, recently divorced from wife, Jo’s been under scrutiny since leaving her last year for Russian Ekaterina Ivanova, a 20-year-old cocktail waitress. Police won’t say who called in the assault claim against him.
*** It was Beyonce’s night Wednesday night after being nominated for 10 Grammy Awards at a televised concert in LA, followed closely by Taylor Swift with 8 and the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell and Kanye West each with 6. Beyonce’s husband, Jay-Z scored 5 as did Lady Gaga and David Guetta. Colbie Caillat, Kings of Leon, Bruce Springsteen, Keith Urban, T-Pain, Michael Giacchino, John Newton all got 4 nods.
The Black Eyed Peas, Sugarland, Nick Jonas & the Administration (his new band) and Maxwell performed. LL Cool J hosted.
NOMINEES LIST…
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Beyonce’s “I am… Sasha Fierce,” the Black Eyed Peas’s “The E.N.D.,” Lady Gaga’s “The Fame,” Dave Matthews Band’s “Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King” and Taylor Swift’s “Fearless.”
RECORD OF THE YEAR: “Halo” by Beyonce, “I Gotta Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas, “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon, “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga and “You Belong with Me” by Taylor Swift.
WRITERS FOR SONG OF THE YEAR: Lady Gaga and RedOne for “Poker Face;” Hod David and Musze for “Pretty Wings;” Thaddis Harrell, Beyonce, Terius Nash and Christopher Stewart for “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It);” Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill and Nathan Followill for “Use Somebody;” and Liz Rose and Taylor Swift for “You Belong with Me.”
BEST NEW ARTIST: Zac Brown Band, Keri Hilson, MGMT, Silversun Pickups and The Ting Tings.
The 52nd annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live on CBS on Jan. 31 at the Staples Centre in LA.
*** A U.S. judge’s dismissed a defamation lawsuit against The Dixie Chicks over comments they made about the murders of 3- 8 year old boys in Arkansas in 1993. Teens Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, Jr. and Jason Baldwin were convicted of murdering Stevie Branch, Christopher Byers and Michael Moore near their West Memphis homes.
Echols was sentenced to death, while Misskelley and Baldwin are currently serving life sentences. Since their convictions, more evidence’s been unfolded casting doubt on whether the trio committed the crimes – and attracting the interest of several celebrity supporters.
Winona Ryder hosted a special art exhibition of Echols’ work and 2benefit albums have been released, including the music of Tom Waits, Eddie Vedder, Joe Strummer and Henry Rollins.
*** The Kings of Leon bassist Jared Followill’s reportedly dating Julianne Hough after being seen cuddling and being “affectionate” as they enjoyed karaoke at the Lipstick Lounge bar in Nashville on Tuesday. The 21-year-old country singer-dancer just split from her ex-boyfriend- singer Chuck Wicks, 3 weeks ago and has been hangin’ with Jared, 23. 2 weeks ago they also enjoyed a night out at Nashville’s Whiskey Kitchen with Holly Williams and her drummer husband Chris Coleman.
*** Liam Gallagher’s trying to mend fences with brother Noel cuz he says he “loves him to death” – after previously slamming him in several interviews. Oasis split during the summer after a furious row between the 2 brothers backstage at a gig in France.
*** It was Beyonce’s night Wednesday night after being nominated for 10 Grammy Awards at a televised concert in LA, followed closely by Taylor Swift with 8 and the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell and Kanye West each with 6. Beyonce’s husband, Jay-Z scored 5 as did Lady Gaga and David Guetta. Colbie Caillat, Kings of Leon, Bruce Springsteen, Keith Urban, T-Pain, Michael Giacchino, John Newton all got 4 nods.
The Black Eyed Peas, Sugarland, Nick Jonas & the Administration (his new band) and Maxwell performed. LL Cool J hosted.
NOMINEES LIST…
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Beyonce’s “I am… Sasha Fierce,” the Black Eyed Peas’s “The E.N.D.,” Lady Gaga’s “The Fame,” Dave Matthews Band’s “Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King” and Taylor Swift’s “Fearless.”
RECORD OF THE YEAR: “Halo” by Beyonce, “I Gotta Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas, “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon, “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga and “You Belong with Me” by Taylor Swift.
WRITERS FOR SONG OF THE YEAR: Lady Gaga and RedOne for “Poker Face;” Hod David and Musze for “Pretty Wings;” Thaddis Harrell, Beyonce, Terius Nash and Christopher Stewart for “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It);” Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill and Nathan Followill for “Use Somebody;” and Liz Rose and Taylor Swift for “You Belong with Me.”
BEST NEW ARTIST: Zac Brown Band, Keri Hilson, MGMT, Silversun Pickups and The Ting Tings.
The 52nd annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live on CBS on Jan. 31 at the Staples Centre in LA.
*** “(500) Days of Summer,” “The Last Station,” “Precious” (Mariah Carey,) “Amreeka” and “Sin Nombre” all earned nods for the Film Independent Spirit Award for best feature in Los Angeles Tuesday. The awards will be handed out March 5 in LA.
***Late Boyzone star Stephen Gately, who died in October, was among the fastest rising search topics on Google’s UK site in 2009.#1 story was swine flu, according to Google’s annual “zeitgeist”, which analyzes the site’s search trends, followed closely by the rise of Britain’s Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle and the death of Jade Goody.
Michael Jackson was the top trending topic on search engine Bing.
*** Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat’s Lucky’s been named Video of the Year in a new VH1 online poll, beating out Lady Gaga’s Poker Face and Gives You Hell by All-American Rejects. Kelly Clarkson’s My Life Would Suck Without You was 4th and Carolina Liar’s Show Me What I’m Looking For was 5th.
*** Michael Jackson’s kids, Sarah Palin, Lady Gaga, Glenn Beck, Adam Lambert, Kate Gosselin and Tyler Perry’ve all made Barbara Walters’ list for the most fascinating people of 2009. The #1 person will be announced on the 60 minute special, Barbara Walters Presents: The Most Fascinating People of 2009 Dec. 9th at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
*** Soul star Musiq Soulchild’s releasing a new album of seasonal favourites with Christmas Musiq, a 7-song collection of holiday classics available to download via iTunes and Amazon.com.
*** It was Beyonce’s night Wednesday night after being nominated for 10 Grammy Awards at a televised concert in LA, followed closely by Taylor Swift with 8 and the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell and Kanye West each with 6. Beyonce’s husband, Jay-Z scored 5 as did Lady Gaga and David Guetta. Colbie Caillat, Kings of Leon, Bruce Springsteen, Keith Urban, T-Pain, Michael Giacchino, John Newton all got 4 nods.
The Black Eyed Peas, Sugarland, Nick Jonas & the Administration (his new band) and Maxwell performed. LL Cool J hosted.
NOMINEES LIST…
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Beyonce’s “I am… Sasha Fierce,” the Black Eyed Peas’s “The E.N.D.,” Lady Gaga’s “The Fame,” Dave Matthews Band’s “Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King” and Taylor Swift’s “Fearless.”
RECORD OF THE YEAR: “Halo” by Beyonce, “I Gotta Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas, “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon, “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga and “You Belong with Me” by Taylor Swift.
WRITERS FOR SONG OF THE YEAR: Lady Gaga and RedOne for “Poker Face;” Hod David and Musze for “Pretty Wings;” Thaddis Harrell, Beyonce, Terius Nash and Christopher Stewart for “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It);” Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill and Nathan Followill for “Use Somebody;” and Liz Rose and Taylor Swift for “You Belong with Me.”
BEST NEW ARTIST: Zac Brown Band, Keri Hilson, MGMT, Silversun Pickups and The Ting Tings.
The 52nd annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live on CBS on Jan. 31 at the Staples Centre in LA.
*** THIS WEEK’S CHART NOTES***
*** Susan Boyle’s “I Dreamed a Dream”‘s #1 on the Billboard 200, followed in 2nd by Andrea Bocelli’s “My Christmas,”Adam Lambert’s “For Your Entertainment” at #3, Rihanna’s “Rated R” at #4 and Lady Gaga’s “The Fame Monster” at #5, Lady Gaga’s “The Fame” at #6, Miley Cyrus’ “The Time of Our Lives” at #7, Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” at #8, Carrie Underwood’s “Play On” at #9 and Norah Jones’s “The Fall” at # 10.
*** A U.S. judge’s dismissed a defamation lawsuit against The Dixie Chicks over comments they made about the murders of 3- 8 year old boys in Arkansas in 1993. Teens Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, Jr. and Jason Baldwin were convicted of murdering Stevie Branch, Christopher Byers and Michael Moore near their West Memphis homes.
Echols was sentenced to death, while Misskelley and Baldwin are currently serving life sentences. Since their convictions, more evidence’s been unfolded casting doubt on whether the trio committed the crimes – and attracting the interest of several celebrity supporters.
Winona Ryder hosted a special art exhibition of Echols’ work and 2benefit albums have been released, including the music of Tom Waits, Eddie Vedder, Joe Strummer and Henry Rollins.
*** The Kings of Leon bassist Jared Followill’s reportedly dating Julianne Hough after being seen cuddling and being “affectionate” as they enjoyed karaoke at the Lipstick Lounge bar in Nashville on Tuesday. The 21-year-old country singer-dancer just split from her ex-boyfriend- singer Chuck Wicks, 3 weeks ago and has been hangin’ with Jared, 23. 2 weeks ago they also enjoyed a night out at Nashville’s Whiskey Kitchen with Holly Williams and her drummer husband Chris Coleman.
***Gwyneth Paltrow will play a fading country singer in “Love Don’t Let Me Down,” along with Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester. Shooting begins in Nashville next month (Paltrow does sing- she recorded “Cruisin’” with Huey Lewis in the movie “Duets” in 1976) Check it out …http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_HaoZ73wWg
*** Move over, Miley Cyrus… 17 year old ”Hannah Montana” co-star, singer and songwriter Emily Osment’s releasing her 1st full-length album next year.
*** It was Beyonce’s night Wednesday night after being nominated for 10 Grammy Awards at a televised concert in LA, followed closely by Taylor Swift with 8 and the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell and Kanye West each with 6. Beyonce’s husband, Jay-Z scored 5 as did Lady Gaga and David Guetta. Colbie Caillat, Kings of Leon, Bruce Springsteen, Keith Urban, T-Pain, Michael Giacchino, John Newton all got 4 nods.
The Black Eyed Peas, Sugarland, Nick Jonas & the Administration (his new band) and Maxwell performed. LL Cool J hosted.
NOMINEES LIST…
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Beyonce’s “I am… Sasha Fierce,” the Black Eyed Peas’s “The E.N.D.,” Lady Gaga’s “The Fame,” Dave Matthews Band’s “Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King” and Taylor Swift’s “Fearless.”
RECORD OF THE YEAR: “Halo” by Beyonce, “I Gotta Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas, “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon, “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga and “You Belong with Me” by Taylor Swift.
WRITERS FOR SONG OF THE YEAR: Lady Gaga and RedOne for “Poker Face;” Hod David and Musze for “Pretty Wings;” Thaddis Harrell, Beyonce, Terius Nash and Christopher Stewart for “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It);” Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill and Nathan Followill for “Use Somebody;” and Liz Rose and Taylor Swift for “You Belong with Me.”
BEST NEW ARTIST: Zac Brown Band, Keri Hilson, MGMT, Silversun Pickups and The Ting Tings.
The 52nd annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live on CBS on Jan. 31 at the Staples Centre in LA.
*** Cher celebrated her 100th show at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Tuesday night when she hired the Las Vegas Pussycat Dolls revue girls to perform for her and her bandmates, dancers, acrobats and technicians at the Pussycat Dolls Lounge at the PURE Nightclub at Caesars Palace. Her dancers thrilled her with a Cher logo cake.
*** Stevie Wonder was named a UN Messenger of Peace Thursday. The 59 year old multi Grammy award winner will be recognized for his support for civil and human rights issues for his campaign to make Martin Luther King Day a national holiday in the US. He also advocated for ending apartheid in South Africa. Wonder joined 10 other UN Messengers of Peace, including George Clooney and Michael Douglas, Brazilian novelist Paolo Coelho and French-born American virtuoso cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
*** Stevie Wonder broke down in tears during the recent TV tribute to Michael Jackson at the Rock and Roll 25th Hall of Fame Anniversary Concert. Stevie was singing close friend Michael’s ‘The Way You Make Me Feel’ when he broke down with his head in his hands. He managed to finish his performance with John Legend, and was given a standing ovation from the audience.
*** The 50th-anniversary of the Mariposa Folk Festival July 9 to 11 in Orillia (Ontario, Canada) will feature homegrown heroes Ian Tyson, Murray McLauchlan, Sylvia Tyson and, now, Gordon Lightfoot.
*** The Kings of Leon bassist Jared Followill’s reportedly dating Julianne Hough after being seen cuddling and being “affectionate” as they enjoyed karaoke at the Lipstick Lounge bar in Nashville on Tuesday. The 21-year-old country singer-dancer just split from her ex-boyfriend- singer Chuck Wicks, 3 weeks ago and has been hangin’ with Jared, 23. 2 weeks ago they also enjoyed a night out at Nashville’s Whiskey Kitchen with Holly Williams and her drummer husband Chris Coleman.
*** Twilight hottie Kellan Lutz’s LA bachelor pad almost became a gay hot spot after his brother posted an online ad for roommates. The actor got his brother to find him housemates while he was shooting Twilight in Oregon, but the ad posted on CraigsList.com sent out the wrong message. He started getting calls from gay men for the ad which said…‘We are the Buffalo boys. We are looking for very athletic guys for new blood. We are alcohol-friendly, we have a pool and hot tub.’
*** Peter Andre’s vowed never to take ex-wife Katie Price back cuz of her recent erratic behaviour and finds rumours they’re reconciling at Christmas “offensive”. Peter, 36′s been tight-lipped on why he decided to dump 31-year-old Katie in May and says he ‘ll never reveal the real reason because he doesn’t want his children to grow up with such “sordid details” in public.
*** Newlywed Ivanka Trump’s becoming a wedding planner with a custom service to help nervous men plan their engagements. The 28 year old daughter of Donald Trump’s offering the New York Proposal Package to clients purchasing diamond engagement rings from Trump’s Bridal Bar in her Manhattan boutique. The package includes a complimentary stay in a romantic suite, with champagne and roses, in Manhattan’s Trump International Hotel & Tower. Ivanka married businessman Jared Kushner in a traditional Orthodox Jewish ceremony at her dad’s golf club in New Jersey in October.
*** Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie went on a double date with George Clooney and his girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis at an Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills following the LA premiere of George’s new movie ‘Up In The Air’ earlier this week. The 2 couples spent around an hour together chatting before Brad and Angelina headed home to their 6 kids..
*** It was Beyonce’s night Wednesday night after being nominated for 10 Grammy Awards at a televised concert in LA, followed closely by Taylor Swift with 8 and the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell and Kanye West each with 6. Beyonce’s husband, Jay-Z scored 5 as did Lady Gaga and David Guetta. Colbie Caillat, Kings of Leon, Bruce Springsteen, Keith Urban, T-Pain, Michael Giacchino, John Newton all got 4 nods.
The Black Eyed Peas, Sugarland, Nick Jonas & the Administration (his new band) and Maxwell performed. LL Cool J hosted.
NOMINEES LIST…
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Beyonce’s “I am… Sasha Fierce,” the Black Eyed Peas’s “The E.N.D.,” Lady Gaga’s “The Fame,” Dave Matthews Band’s “Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King” and Taylor Swift’s “Fearless.”
RECORD OF THE YEAR: “Halo” by Beyonce, “I Gotta Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas, “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon, “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga and “You Belong with Me” by Taylor Swift.
WRITERS FOR SONG OF THE YEAR: Lady Gaga and RedOne for “Poker Face;” Hod David and Musze for “Pretty Wings;” Thaddis Harrell, Beyonce, Terius Nash and Christopher Stewart for “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It);” Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill and Nathan Followill for “Use Somebody;” and Liz Rose and Taylor Swift for “You Belong with Me.”
BEST NEW ARTIST: Zac Brown Band, Keri Hilson, MGMT, Silversun Pickups and The Ting Tings.
The 52nd annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live on CBS on Jan. 31 at the Staples Centre in LA.
*** The Princess and the Frog” leap-frogged with 8 nods, including one for best animated feature, when the Annie Award nominations were announced in Los Angeles Tuesday. Disney’s cartoon musical, starring Anika Noni Rose’s a contender for animated effects, character animation, production design and voice acting, as well, the International Animated Film Society.Also nominated for best animated feature are “Coraline,” “Up,” “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and “The Secret of Kells.”
BEST ANIMATED TV PRODUCTION PRODUCED FOR CHILDREN: “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “The Mighty B!,” “The Penguins of Madagascar,” “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” and “The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.”
BEST ANIMATED TV PRODUCTION: “Glenn Martin, DDS,” “Merry Madagascar,” “Prep and Landing” and “The Simpsons.”
Winners will be announced at the 37th annual Annie Awards ceremony Feb. 6 at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles.
*** “(500) Days of Summer,” “The Last Station,” “Precious” (Mariah Carey,) “Amreeka” and “Sin Nombre” all earned nods for the Film Independent Spirit Award for best feature in Los Angeles Tuesday.
BEST DIRECTOR: Joel and Ethan Coen for “A Serious Man;” Lee Daniels for “Precious;” Cary Joji Fukunaga for “Sin Nombre;” James Gray for “Two Lovers;” and Michael Hoffman for “The Last Station.”
BEST FEMALE LEAD: Maria Bello for “Downloading Nancy;” Nisreen Faour for “Amreeka;” Helen Mirren for “The Last Station;” Gwyneth Paltrow for “Two Lovers;” and Gabourey Sidibe for “Precious.”
BEST MALE LEAD: Jeff Bridges for “Crazy Heart;” Colin Firth for “A Single Man;” Joseph Gordon-Levitt for “(500) Days of Summer;” Souleymane Sy Savane for “Goodbye Solo;” and Adam Scott for “The Vicious Kind.”
BEST SCREENPLAY WRITERS: Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman for “The Messenger;” Michael Hoffman for “The Last Station;” Lee Toland Krieger for “The Vicious Kind;” Greg Mottola for “Adventureland;” and Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for “(500) Days of Summer.”
BEST FIRST FEATURE:”A Single Man,” “Crazy Heart,” “Easier With Practice,” “Paranormal Activity” and “The Messenger.”
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY: Sophie Barthes for “Cold Souls;” Scott Cooper for “Crazy Heart;” Cherien Dabis for “Amreeka;” Geoffrey Fletcher for “Precious;” and Tom Ford and David Scearce for “A Single Man.”
The awards will be handed out March 5 in LA.
*** Michael Jackson’s kids, Sarah Palin, Lady Gaga, Glenn Beck, Adam Lambert, Kate Gosselin and Tyler Perry’ve all made Barbara Walters’ list for the most fascinating people of 2009. The #1 person will be announced on the 60 minute special, Barbara Walters Presents: The Most Fascinating People of 2009 Dec. 9th at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
*** Johnny Depp will receive BIFF’s highest honour, the Career Achievement Award at the 2009 Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) in Nassau. The event’s host Sir Sean Connery will present the award to Depp at the festival which runs December 10-17. Depp, who owns his own paradise retreat in the Bahamas’ a resident of the island.
*** Stevie Wonder was named a UN Messenger of Peace Thursday. The 59 year old multi Grammy award winner will be recognized for his support for civil and human rights issues for his campaign to make Martin Luther King Day a national holiday in the US. He also advocated for ending apartheid in South Africa. Wonder joined 10 other UN Messengers of Peace, including George Clooney and Michael Douglas, Brazilian novelist Paolo Coelho and French-born American virtuoso cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
*** 4 suspects linked to high profile raids on the homes of Lindsay Lohan, Rachael Bilson and Orlando Bloom pleaded not guilty to felony burglary counts Wednesday in LA court. 19 year-olds Nicholas Prugo, Diana Tamayo and Courtney Leigh Ames, and 27-year-old Roy Lopez Jr. entered pleas through their lawyers. Prugo faces 7 counts of 1St-degree burglary for break-ins at celebrity homes including those of Lohan, Bloom, Bilson and Paris Hilton. 18-year-old gang suspect Alexis Neiers will stand trial for looting Bloom’s property, after Prugo identified her on a security video entering the star’s Hollywood Hills home.
*** Filmmaker Roman Polanski will get out of jail Friday on $4.5 million bail after being behind bars since his September 26th arrest on an outstanding 31 year US warrant for having unlawful sex with a 13 year old girl. Swiss justice officials announced Wednesday Polanski can move to his Gstaad chalet at 1 p.m. on Friday. Under the terms of the bail, Polanski, 76, will have his phone calls monitored and will wear a tracking device while he remains under house arrest.
** A U.S. judge’s dismissed a defamation lawsuit against The Dixie Chicks over comments they made about the murders of 3- 8 year old boys in Arkansas in 1993. Teens Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, Jr. and Jason Baldwin were convicted of murdering Stevie Branch, Christopher Byers and Michael Moore near their West Memphis homes.
Echols was sentenced to death, while Misskelley and Baldwin are currently serving life sentences. Since their convictions, more evidence’s been unfolded casting doubt on whether the trio committed the crimes – and attracting the interest of several celebrity supporters.
Winona Ryder hosted a special art exhibition of Echols’ work and 2benefit albums have been released, including the music of Tom Waits, Eddie Vedder, Joe Strummer and Henry Rollins.
***Late Boyzone star Stephen Gately, who died in October, was among the fastest rising search topics on Google’s UK site in 2009.#1 story was swine flu, according to Google’s annual “zeitgeist”, which analyzes the site’s search trends, followed closely by the rise of Britain’s Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle and the death of Jade Goody.
Michael Jackson was the top trending topic on search engine Bing.
Also in the top 10 were searches for Twitter, swine flu, the stock market, Farrah Fawcett, Patrick Swayze, the US car scrappage scheme, known as “cash for clunkers”, as well as Jon and Kate Gosselin, TV pitchman Billy Mays and Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was found safe and well 18 years after being kidnapped as an 11-year-old.
*** ‘Austin Powers’ star Verne Troyer’s had a restraining order against him thrown out after ex-girlfriend Yvette Monet claimed he threatened her with texts and emails, following their split.
**Gwyneth Paltrow will play a fading country singer in “Love Don’t Let Me Down,” along with Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester. Shooting begins in Nashville next month (Paltrow does sing- she recorded “Cruisin’” with Huey Lewis in the movie “Duets” in 1976) Check it out …http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_HaoZ73wWg
*** Move over, Miley Cyrus… 17 year old ”Hannah Montana” co-star, singer and songwriter Emily Osment’s releasing her 1st full-length album next year.
*** Gene Simmons, Snoop Dogg, Paris Hilton, Rachael Ray, Julie Chen and Tony Hawk are taking part in the next practical joke special “I Get That a Lot” starting Jan. 6th on CBS. The 1 hour show features celebrities tricking everyday citizens in a case of supposed ‘mistaken identity.’”
*** Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show‘s Victoria’s Secret Angel’s Kylie Bisutti who appeared at Tuesday night’s viewing party at The Box in New York City.
*** ABC says Ugly Betty’s moving to Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. and starting Jan. 6, Shark Tank returns Friday, Jan. 8 at 9:00 p.m.
*** Jenny Craig’s newest spokesperson’s Sara Rue, the 31-year-old Less Than Perfect actress whose goal’s to lose 30 lbs.
*** Orlando Bloom set a few female hearts aflutter when he went topless at a top Las Vegas club after a drink was accidentally spilled on his shirt. The actor was out with supermodel girlfriend, Miranda Kerr, along with Rosario Dawson, Donovan Leitch and Bloom’s cousin, Sebastian Copeland at the Palazzo’s restaurant Lavo when he changed in the restaurant in front of 200 people. One of his buddies called the flagship John Varvatos store and within 30 minutes, someone arrived with 3 brand-new shirts.
*** Newlywed Ivanka Trump’s becoming a wedding planner with a custom service to help nervous men plan their engagements. The 28 year old daughter of Donald Trump’s offering the New York Proposal Package to clients purchasing diamond engagement rings from Trump’s Bridal Bar in her Manhattan boutique. The package includes a complimentary stay in a romantic suite, with champagne and roses, in Manhattan’s Trump International Hotel & Tower. Ivanka married businessman Jared Kushner in a traditional Orthodox Jewish ceremony at her dad’s golf club in New Jersey in October.
*** Jessica Alba refuses to give her 1 year old toddler Honor sugary drinks.
