PEOPLE ARE TALKIN’
In his new autobiography, NEIL PATRICK HARRIS jokes that BURT REYNOLDS made him realize he was gay when they worked together. He says, quote, "As a joke at the end of one take, Burt leans over and kisses you square on the mouth. Burt Reynolds' kiss makes you gay."
AMY POEHLER has an autobiography on the way called "Yes, Please" . . . and in it, there's a chapter called "Obligatory Drug Stories," where she details her experiences with cocaine, mushrooms and ecstasy. Now that she's a mother she's off hard drugs . . . but she still smokes pot occasionally.
Facebook founder MARK ZUCKERBERG and his wife Priscilla are donating $25 million to help fight Ebola. And he announced it, obviously, on Facebook.
BILL MURRAY is doing a TV Christmas special. He says, quote, "It won't have a format, but it's going to have music.” Bill also reveals that he recently got himself an old Blackberry to communicate with his kids, because they only answer texts.
"The Walking Dead" season premiere ended up being the second most-watched show of the week with its 17.3 million viewers. It came in behind "Sunday Night Football" and narrowly edged out "NCIS" for #2
SNOOP DOGG continued his beef with IGGY AZALEA, posting a picture comparing her to MARLON WAYANS in "White Girls" and calling her the B-word. Iggy responded by saying she only takes issue with this because Snoop, quote, "acts another way to my face. He even follows me."
BACK IN THE DAY
2009 – the "Balloon Boy" hoax took over the country when Richard and Mayumi Heene claimed their six-year-old son Falcon was trapped in a balloon 7,000 above the ground.
After a media frenzy, it turns out to be a hoax by the father, who had dreams of turning his family into reality TV stars. He later pleads guilty to a felony charge, his wife to a misdemeanor.
2003 – CHINA LAUNCHED ITS FIRST MANNED SPACE MISSION . . . when a Chinese astronaut went into orbit for 21 hours.
2001 – NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 12 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
1991 – Despite allegations by Anita Hill of crude sexual harassment, the Senate confirms Clarence Thomas as a Supreme Court justice.
1951 – "I Love Lucy" premiered on CBS. It ran for six glorious seasons, then returned for another three seasons as the "Lucy and Desi Comedy Hour" before living on in reruns for over half a century.
1917 – Mata Hari, an exotic Dutch dancer who passed information to the Germans, is executed by a French firing squad. Her name enters the vocabulary meaning "a seductive spy."
1905 – In an article in "Ladies Home Journal", the very wise PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND wrote that women shouldn't be allowed to vote . . . because they're too jealous, spiteful and vindictive by nature.
1860 – 11-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, New York, wrote presidential candidate ABRAHAM LINCOLN a letter . . . suggesting he would look better if he GREW A BEARD. So he did.
Country Music Headlines
ERIC CHURCH is the musical guest on the Tonight Show with JIMMY FALLON tonight…
Trisha Yearwood releases PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit, her first album of new material in seven years,on November 17th. The record has six new songs as well as 10 of her past hits re-recorded using updated production methods.
Taylor Swift will be all over the tube to promote her new album, 1989. On October 23rd, she'll close down Hollywood Boulevard for an exclusive concert on Jimmy Kimmel Live. On October 27t, release day, she'll join Robin Roberts for a sit-down interview on Good Morning America. She'll return to GMA on October 30th for a concert in the heart of New York City. In between on October 30th, she'll join the ladies of The View to talk about the record.
It didn't take long for Florida Georgia Line's new album, Anything Goes, to hit number-one on the iTunes All Genre and Country Albums charts shortly after it was released Tuesday
Also making its debut today is a mobile app that allows you to listen the new album mixed in DTS Headphone:X — a new audio technology that replicates listening to music in the recording studio with sound coming from 11 speakers.
Blake Shelton will be returning to The Voice next season. Carson Daly made the announcement this morning (Tuesday) on the Today show. Also signing on for season 8 will be returning coach Christina Aguilera, along with Adam Levine and Pharrell Williams. Christina took off seasons four, six and seven — the most recent to give birth to her daughter, Summer Rain. Unfortunately, it looks like Blake's new buddy Gwen Stefani isn't returning.
A promo for next month's CMAs has BRAD PAISLEY and CARRIE UNDERWOOD reminiscing about the first time they hosted the show, then it cuts to kid actors pretending to be them. There are also throwback pics of Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley and Blake Shelton.
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FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE has been EVERYWHERE promoting their new album "Anything Goes". But just in case you haven't heard every single word they've said, TasteOfCountry.com has an "Everything You Need to Know" about the album.
http://tasteofcountry.com/florida-georgia-line-anything-goes/
LUKE BRYAN has added a winter leg to his "That's My Kind of Night" tour. It'll kick off February 10th in Grand Rapids, Michigan . . . with RANDY HOUSER and DUSTIN LYNCH opening the shows. Details are at LukeBryan.com.
People.com has video of DIERKS BENTLEY performing an acoustic version of "Drunk On A Plane". He starts by talking about the day he and his cowriters came up with it.
JAKE OWEN loves going acoustic to perform "What We Ain't Got" in concert. He says, quote, "It's this big arena, but you can hear a pin drop. And then when the song is over, the crowd just erupts. That's why I released that song."
"No-Shave November" is almost here . . . and this year's "Chairman of the Beard" is DAVE HAYWOOD of LADY ANTEBELLUM. He says, quote, "St. Jude's [Research Hospital] brings hope to so many families, the least we can do is not touch the razor and beard trimmers all month long in support."
Five Phrases That Can Get You Kicked Off an Airplane
Last Wednesday, a guy in Philadelphia got kicked off a plane by people in hazmat suits . . . after he said he'd been to Africa and had EBOLA.
It turned out he wasn't sick and HADN'T been to Africa. But here are five MORE things you shouldn't say on a plane, because you might get kicked off.
1. The word "bomb." Just like Ben Stiller's character in "Meet the Parents", you CAN get kicked off a plane for saying it. Last year, a guy with Tourette's syndrome wasn't allowed on a flight in D.C. because he couldn't STOP saying "bomb".
He had a note from his doctor, but it didn't matter. In that case though, he said "bomb" almost a HUNDRED TIMES while he was waiting to board.
2. Anything about an "explosion." Which is kind of the same as saying "bomb." But a while back, a German guy got in trouble when he told a flight attendant he had to use the bathroom . . . because he was going to, quote, "blow up."
Apparently in Germany, people say that when they REALLY need to use the bathroom. But the flight attendant didn't know what he meant.
3. Anything about terrorists. Last year, a guy who runs a blog called "Live and Let's Fly" was on a flight from Newark to Istanbul. And it was a new plane, so he took a few photos of the cabin.
Then a flight attendant told him he wasn't allowed to. So he stopped, explained that he's a blogger, and said, "I hope you didn't think I was a terrorist". Which she told the pilot about . . . and he kicked him off the flight.
4. Anything rude about the crew. Back in July, a guy in Denver tweeted about how rude a gate agent was, and got kicked off a plane for it.
Then they wouldn't let him or his kids reboard until he DELETED it, because the agent said the tweet made her feel threatened.
5. Any jokes about the pilot being drunk. Just last week, a flight in Philadelphia got delayed after someone made a joke, and the pilot had to take a SOBRIETY test.
Then a woman who tweeted about it wasn't allowed to board, apparently because the pilot and flight attendants didn't like that she posted photos of them online.
