PEOPLE ARE TALKIN’
RENEE ZELLWEGER issued a statement about her appearance. She made no mention of having undergone any cosmetic procedures. She's living a, "different, happy, more fulfilling life."
On "The View", ROSIE O'DONNELL asked, “Are we supposed to pretend we don't know RENEE ZELLWEGER did something to her face? "If a public figure drastically changes their appearance so that they're unrecognizable, are we supposed to pretend we don't see it?"
Word has it MELISSA RIVERS has inherited the bulk of JOAN RIVERS' estate, which is worth well over $100 million. "Us" magazine claims she's getting $75 million in cash, as well as Joan's $35 million condo in New York City.
"OK!" magazine reports that BEYONCÉ wants JAY Z to lose 20 pounds, and she is SERIOUS about it…"She's told him he's turning her off sexually, just to get him motivated."
Marvel was planning to release the first trailer for "Avengers: Age of Ultron" next Tuesday . . . but somebody leaked a copy of it, So they posted the official version themselves.
Game One of the World Series only averaged 12.2 million viewers on Tuesday night, which was bad enough to make it the lowest-rated World Series opener in modern history.
JENNIFER LOPEZ is in the final stages of making a deal for a Las Vegas residency at the Axis at Planet Hollywood . . . which is the same place BRITNEY SPEARS is doing hers. J-Lo will make $350,000 per show. Britney's now making $475,000 a show.
BACK IN THE DAY
2007 – Carrie Underwood's sophomore album, Carnival Ride, arrives in stores. Also in stores is Tracy Lawrence's All Wrapped Up in Christmas, Dwight Yoakam's Dwight Sings Buck, Shooter Jennings' The Wolf, Alison Krauss's collaboration with Robert Plant, Raising Sand, Rissi Palmer's self-titled debut and Gary Allan's Living Hard.
2004 – Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner make their public debut as a couple at the first game of the World Series at Fenway Park in Boston.
2004 – ASHLEE SIMPSON got caught faking it on "Saturday Night Live". Within days she blamed it on the dreaded ACID REFLUX.
1998 – "Pleasantville" was released, starring TOBEY MAGUIRE and REESE WITHERSPOON.
1995 – a jury in Houston convicted YOLANDA SALDIVAR of murder in the March 31st, 1995, shooting death of SELENA.
1976 – Presidential candidate JIMMY CARTER responded to a public outcry over comments he made in an interview with "Playboy" magazine. (On his spiritual beliefs, Jimmy Carter said, quote, "Christ said, 'I tell you that anyone who looks on a woman with lust has in his heart already committed adultery.' I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times."
1960 – the classic western "The Magnificent Seven" was released . . . starring YUL BRENNER as the leader of a group of gunfighters hired to defend a village full of oppressed Mexicans.
1910 – Blanche Scott became the FIRST WOMAN TO FLY AN AIRPLANE by herself. She flew over a park in Fort Wayne, Indiana . . . 12 feet off the ground.
The EASY RIDER “Captain America” motorcycle is a FAKE…
Veteran actor Michael Madsen became close friends with "Easy Rider" director and costar Dennis Hopper while the two were working on the 2008 biker movie "Hell Ride" and Madsen got the whole story of making "Easy Rider" and what happened to the motorcycles used in filming it directly from Hopper.
The “Captain America” bike sold on Saturday night, for a whopping $1.62 million, including auction fees, is not the real deal.
According to Madsen’s story, Dennis Hopper told him privately that all of the motorcycles used in making the movie “Easy Rider” were put in a storage unit," and that the bikes "got stolen, and sold for parts. They were never seen again. They don't exist."
Three Seemingly Harmful Things That Make You Live Longer…According to Cracked.com
1. Being Alive During a Recession. According to the CDC, from 2007 to 2010, the death rate in the U.S. went DOWN, while life expectancy went UP. And the same thing happened during the peak years of the Great Depression.
One reason is people don't go out as much . . . because they can't afford to. Which means fewer cars on the road. And people don't have as much money to blow on things that are BAD for them, like booze and cigarettes.
2. Having a Lot of Kids. It might FEEL like your kids are sucking the life out of you. But according to a study of more than 2,000 people, each kid you have adds four months to the life of the mother . . . and an average of THREE months for the dad.
In that study, women who had more than six kids tended to outlive women who had no kids at all.
3. Drinking. Obviously drinking too much isn't good for you. But people who don't drink alcohol AT ALL actually live SHORTER lives than people who have an occasional drink.
People who have between ONE and THREE drinks per day are two times more likely to live longer than people who never drink.
One reason is because socializing increases life expectancy. And people who drink tend to be more social than non-drinkers.
Country Music Headlines
Florida Georgia Line are the cover story of the new People Country. Inside, Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard chat about the perks of being a duo and give an exclusive tour of their dream homes. Brian says, “It’s nice being a duo because we have each other. I wouldn’t want to do it by myself.”
Florida Georgia Line will debut at number-one on the overall Billboard 200 album chart with their new release, Anything Goes. Tyler Hubbard says the album is a reflections of all the changes in their lives.
DUSTIN LYNCH revealed that his grandma was there the night he got hit in the face with a full can of beer. He said, quote, "[She] was in a chair on-stage and we'd just finished singing 'Happy Birthday' to her. I didn't want this clown to ruin a great memory so I decided to continue on without missing a beat . . . bleeding or not."
Buzzfeed has a list of the "21 reasons MIRANDA LAMBERT is a seriously tough role model." Highlights include: she "doesn't have to be a toothpick to be healthy" . . . and that her marriage to BLAKE SHELTON is "proof that men like strong, independent women."
It seems like everyone is doing their version of Taylor Swift’s song “Shake it Off”…but this one is an acoustic version, by an 11 year old girl named Sapphire…this girl is a future star!
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Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley and rock legend Steven Tyler have joined the line-up of CMA Country Christmas.
Also performing are Dan and Shay, Brett Eldredge, Sara Evans, Hunter Hayes, Little Big Town, LeAnn Rimes, and Carrie Underwood. The show, hosted by Jennifer Nettles, airs December 1st on ABC-40.
KIP MOORE gave Taste of Country a look inside his tour bus. There's the usual stuff like the snack area, bunk beds and liquor cupboard . . . but the biggest surprise comes at the 1:17 mark when he casually mentions 13 GUYS sleep on it.
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THOMAS RHETT and his wife took a vacation in Italy that he calls their “baby moon,” which means it's the biggest trip the two will take before they start trying to have a kid.
LITTLE BIG TOWN will be singing the National Anthem at tomorrow night's World Series game in San Francisco.
The Ten Worst Cities to Be in During a Zombie Apocalypse
According to a new study, the worst city to be in during a zombie apocalypse would be Honolulu, partly because you'd be stuck on an island with them. Someone looked at a bunch of factors, from population to the number of hardware stores, for weapons and supplies.
Here are the ten worst cities to be in.
1. Honolulu.
2. New York.
3. Newark, New Jersey.
4. Boston.
5. Washington D.C.
6. San Francisco.
7. Miami.
8. Orange County, which includes Anaheim and Irvine, south of L.A.
9. Los Angeles.
10. Seattle.
(And if you're a "Walking Dead" fan, Atlanta didn't even make the Top 25.)
21 reasons MIRANDA LAMBERT is a serious badass role model.
Buzzfeed put together a list of the "21 reasons MIRANDA LAMBERT is a seriously badass role model." Each one features pics and or memes that drive the point home. Here are some highlights:
1. "Instead of competing with other women, she collaborates with them." There's a pic of Miranda and her Pistol Annies bandmates Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe, plus a meme of her and Carrie Underwood from the "Somethin' Bad" video.
4. "She proves that you don't have to be a toothpick to be healthy, happy and hot as hell." Includes two on-stage photos of her looking “delicious”
10. "Her marriage to BLAKE SHELTON is proof that men like strong, independent women." A pic of them performing together as Blake plants a big kiss on her.
11. "Her 'girl with a gun' persona isn't an act. She's all about exercising her second amendment rights." An awesome on-stage photo of Miranda holding up her "replica shotgun mike stand."
18. "She isn't afraid to give the people what they want." A pic of her in a backless dress, turned away from the camera but looking over her shoulder with "a knowing smirk."
Bewitched is coming back!
The beloved comedy series, which ran from 1964 through 1972, is being revived and reformatted in a new take for NBC.
This new series will center around Daphne, the granddaughter of Samantha Stephens (played by Elizabeth Montgomery in the original series) and the daughter of Tabitha Stephens (played by Lisa Hartman in the spin-off series in 1976).
Daphne is a “single twentysomething witch who has always used her magical powers to conjure herself the perfect life,” Deadline writes. The witch runs into a bit of trouble when she discovers she can’t conjure up true love.
The Seven Ways You're Most Likely to Meet "The One"
According to a new survey “Brandon,” almost HALF of couples who end up getting married either meet through mutual friends, or through work.
Researchers asked over 10,000 married couples how they met. Here are the seven most-common answers.
1. Through a mutual friend, 25%.
2. At work, 24%.
3. Randomly while they were out with friends, like at a bar, 15%.
4. Through online dating, 14%.
5. In college, 11%.
6. At school BEFORE college. So, high school sweethearts, 10%.
7. At the gym, 1%.
