PEOPLE ARE TALKIN’
DONNIE WAHLBERG says he and JENNY MCCARTHY have hot chocolate together every night. He adds, “this is our time to cuddle up and catch up on our days."
KRIS JENNER says her estranged husband BRUCE is NOT becoming a woman. On the "Today" show yesterday, she said "They've been saying that since the '70s." She also pretended she had no idea who Bruce is dating right now.
KIM KARDASHIAN charges between $750,000 and $1 million to endorse a product or brand. And if she needs to make an appearance, she also requires first class flight and hotel accommodations and a GLAM FEE . . . which means the company pays a day rate for her hair and makeup team.
A website called Shortlist.com collected quotes from actors explaining off their bad movies . . . like Halle Berry on "Catwoman", Mark Wahlberg dissing "The Happening", Sylvester Stallone admitting that "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" was his worst movie, and Nicolas Cage claiming we just didn't understand "The Wicker Man".
A Florida mom launched an online petition asking Toys 'R' Us to stop selling "Breaking Bad" action figures because they send the wrong message to kids. BRYAN CRANSTON joked, "I'm burning my 'Florida Mom' action figure in protest."
The producers of "American Idol" are giving YOU the opportunity to put a contestant through to the Hollywood round . . . before the judges even see them. There's a poll set up on AmericanIdol.com, where you can vote on one of four wannabe singers. Voting closes tonight.
There aren't many details on "Sharknado 3", but we know it'll take place across the Eastern seaboard. The official "Sharknado" Twitter account calls it, the "Feast Coast."
NICKI MINAJ was once a waitress at a Red Lobster, but she got fired for her crazy attitude. She says she followed a couple who had TAKEN HER PEN into the parking lot, and then flipped them the bird. When asked if it was a "special pen," she said, "No. It was the principle."
BACK IN THE DAY
2008 – A mistrial is declared in Britney Spears' trial for driving without a valid California drivers' license.
2007 – Kid Rock is arrested after he and members of his crew get into a fight at a Waffle House restaurant in Atlanta.
2007 – Tanya Tucker's Malibu, California home is evacuated because of fires along the Pacific Coast Highway.
2003 – A guy named Kirk Jones became the FIRST PERSON TO SURVIVE GOING OVER NIAGARA FALLS WITHOUT SAFETY DEVICES. He was charged with illegally performing a stunt.
1992 – A report prepared for the LOS ANGELES POLICE commission made an amazing discovery . . . that the city was unprepared to handle the RIOTING that broke out the previous spring, and had responded INADEQUATELY.
1975 – In Game 6 of the World Series, in the bottom of the 12th inning, Boston Red Sox catching chubby CARLTON FISK hit a ball deep to left field and "willed" it fair for the game-winning home run. But the Cincinnati Reds beat the Red Sox in Game 7.
1918 – MARGARET OWEN of New York City set a TYPING SPEED RECORD on a manual typewriter: 170 WORDS PER MINUTE . . . with NO errors!
1879 – THOMAS EDISON turned on the FIRST WORKING LIGHT BULB in Menlo Park, New Jersey. It burned out after 40 hours.
Six Weird Things That Are Banned in Other Countries
1. Lip-synching. Turkmenistan banned it in 2005 to preserve their, quote, "true culture." They also decided that opera and ballet are, quote, "unnecessary".
2. Ponytails on men. Iran banned them in 2010. And they basically said guys can't have long hair in general.
3. Running out of gas on the highway. If you do it on the Autobahn in Germany, it's a $100 fine. Then if you walk to GET gas, it's another $100 fine, because walking on the Autobahn is ALSO illegal.
4. Dancing in clubs. It's technically illegal in Tokyo after midnight. They're talking about changing it before they host the 2020 Olympics though.
5. Porn stars with small breasts. In 2010, Australia made it illegal for porn stars to even LOOK younger than 18. So if you're flat-chested and 50, you CAN be in a porno. But probably not if you're flat-chested and younger than about 30.
6. Movies about time travel. In China, it's illegal to watch movies or TV shows about time travel, because according to the government, it "disrespects history."
Four Secrets to Never Getting Sick
Health.com has a list of four tips from people who never get sick
1. Get as Much Fresh Air as Possible. Stepping outside gives you a break from the germs circulating indoors. Plus when you're outside, you're normally more active. Just walking around leads to an increase in the white blood cells that kill off bacteria.
2. Find Time to Relax. Just being stressed out messes with your immune system. Stress hormones inhibit your body from producing a certain type of protein molecules called cytokines.
They trigger your immune system to fight off different microbes that enter your bloodstream. And without enough of them, white blood cells don't know where to go.
3. Wash Your Hands More Often. According to the Centers for Disease Control, hot water and soap are still better than any kind of hand sanitizer. Ideally, you should soap up for about 20 seconds before you rinse.
And the kind of soap that comes in a pump is best. Germs can actually GROW on a bar of soap.
4. Get Enough Sleep. A 2009 study by Carnegie Mellon found that getting less than seven hours of sleep almost TRIPLES your odds of catching a cold.
Country Music Headlines
Little Big Town releases their new album Painkiller today, and for their new sound they turned to the Beatles for inspiration.
Trisha Yearwood and Little Big Town will perform the "Star Spangled Banner" at the World Series. Trisha sings tonight and Little Big Town will perform on Friday.
Dustin Lynch says he's feeling fine after the beer can incident that injured him during a show in Florida over the weekend.
He says he didn't realize that he was hurt until someone brought him a towel.
Jason Aldean has picked up his 14th number-one with "Burnin' It Down," written by Florida Georgia Line's Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley. Tyler says the song was a perfect fit for Jason.
At next month's CMA Awards, Little Big Town and Ariana Grande will perform together, and Miranda Lambert and Meghan Trainor will duet on Meghan's monster hit, "All About That Bass." The CMA Awards air live on ABC-40 November 5th.
ALAN JACKSON will celebrate a quarter century in country music with his "25th Anniversary Keepin' It Country Tour" with JON PARDI and BRANDY CLARK. The tour comes Dallas March 6th…
The next edition of "CMT Crossroads" will pair up JASON ALDEAN with rock legend BOB SEGER. It tapes October 28th
KELLY CLARKSON performed pop singer SAM SMITH'S soon-to-be classic "Stay With Me" over the weekend in Chicago.
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LADY ANTEBELLUM helped celebrate The Grand Ole Opry's 89th Birthday Celebration with a performance of their song "Bartender".
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BRANTLEY GILBERT is three years sober and STILL talking about KEITH URBAN being there when he needed help. He says, "Keith spent several hours with me one day out of nowhere, just encouraging me. That was a pretty impressive thing to me."
TAYLOR SWIFT gives credit to Nashville for her strong work ethic in an Esquire magazine interview…Taylor says "You hear stories about artists who show up four hours late to a photo shoot. In Nashville, that doesn't happen. If you go four hours late to a photo shoot, everyone leaves." Country artists also learn a little thing called manners.
KIX BROOKS defends today's country music by saying he heard the same complaints 30 years ago. He also believes you can't argue with success: Quote, "You see all these young people [at concerts] having a ball, singing every word. You go, 'Who would want to throw rocks at this? This is fun.'"
Six Crazy Things Luxury Hotel Guests Have Requested
A concierge at a luxury hotel in Miami says he gets crazy REQUESTS from guests ALL THE TIME. Here are six of the weirdest ones he's heard.
1. A professionally trained, camera-ready MONKEY. It was for a film shoot, and they needed a dancing monkey, because the one they booked didn't show up.
2. A yoga instructor at 3:00 A.M. He says he's gotten this one multiple times, and it's usually for models who have an early photo shoot.
3. Prescription sleeping pills, like Ambien. Apparently they get that one CONSTANTLY. And a lot of people request Xanax too.
4. Thousands of dollars worth of Kentucky Fried Chicken. He won't say who it was, but a pop star once gave him $5,000 in cash to go to three different KFC's, and buy as much chicken as he could.
5. 50 cases of Pabst Blue Ribbon. It was for a rock star who was throwing a party in his room.
6. Three Lamborghinis to use for DRAG RACING. Another pop star asked for that one. And again, we don't know who it was . . . but Justin Bieber was in Miami when he got arrested for drag racing back in January.
And yes, he was in a Lamborghini. The GPS eventually showed that he WASN'T drag racing through.
"Sex Tape" and the "Purge" Sequel Are Out on DVD
• "Sex Tape" . . . Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz make a sex tape to recapture the passion in their marriage. But before they can delete the video, it syncs to the cloud and downloads onto the iPads they're giving as gifts to their friends and family.
• "The Purge: Anarchy" . . . starring Frank Grillo from "The Winter Soldier". He also gets stuck with Zach Gilford from "Friday Night Lights" and Kiele Sanchez from "Lost", when their car runs out of gas as the purge begins.
• "Earth to Echo" is about four kids helping a cute little alien that's been stranded on our planet. One of them is played by Astro, who you may remember as the young rapper from the first season of "X Factor".
The final season of "Mad Men" is also out on DVD today.
NEW CDs out Today:
PAIN KILLER – Little Big Town
• "Pour Another Round", 5-song EP from Hick Hop duo Twang and Round.
"Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics", Aretha Franklin
It includes Aretha covering Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" and Adele's "Rolling in the Deep".
"Paperwork", T.I. His guests include Iggy Azalea, Chris Brown, Usher, and Pharrell.
PLUS: Holiday albums from Earth, Wind & Fire and the a capella group Pentatonix
Seven Scientific Facts About Boobs
Salon.com put together a list of seven supposedly "scientific" facts
1. The amount of money you have dictates the kind of boobs you like. If you're poor, you want busty cleavage. But if you're rich, you like them small. Doctors think a hefty rack signals "fat reserves," appeals to guys with meager incomes.
2. Hungry men also like an ample chest. But if you're full, you want a smaller chest. So your boob preference can actually fluctuate over the course of a meal.
3. If you don't want kids, you ALSO don't want a woman with huge cans. You want to steer clear of anything that reminds you of breastfeeding or fertility. But if you're into big breasts, it's probably because you want to reproduce.
4. Sexist men prefer humongous boobs. Studies show that the size of a guy's sexism roughly equates to his preference in breast size. And men who like giant breasts are the most hostile toward women.
5. Men who like small breasts want a submissive woman. Scientists claim men find flat-chested women, quote, "less threatening."
6. Women with implants are three times more likely to KILL themselves than other people. But not until 10 years after they've had the surgery. No one knows why, but it could be that women who want implants in the first place are prone to suicide.
7. Bras actually cause breasts to sag. Studies show that the restrictive material in bras prevents muscle development . . . so breasts start to DROOP.
