PEOPLE ARE TALKIN’
It's semi-official: JESSICA BIEL is pregnant. It's only SEMI-official because the news comes from JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE's former N' SYNC bandmate JOEY FATONE.
A 26th woman has come forward to accuse BILL COSBY of sexual assault. This woman says Cosby drugged her, stripped her naked, and sucked on her toes at the Playboy Mansion in 2008. That's recent enough that the statute of limitations has not run out . . . so Bill could be prosecuted for this one.
The third and final movie in the "Hobbit" trilogy, "The Battle of the Five Armies", is in theaters today. It's already made $122 million overseas.
The Sony hackers have threatened violence at any theater that plays "The Interview", and Seth Rogen and James Franco have canceled press appearances. The Department of Homeland Security says it hasn't found any evidence of a credible threat.
The latest revelation from the Sony hack shows ALEX TREBEK throwing a temper tantrum after his actions were questioned on a recent show.
Three shows had their series finales last week . . . The final episode of "Sons of Anarchy" attracted 6.4 million viewers, "Gracepoint" came to an end with 4 million, and HBO's "The Newsroom" went off the air with 1.6 million. Meanwhile, this year's "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" drew 9.3 million viewers.
Maybe today's music is as vulgar as your grandparents say it is. According to new data, some of the most common words in song titles in the '60s were "baby," "twist," "little," and "lonely." And the most distinctive words in titles for the first half of the 2010s are: "Yeah," "hell," "[eff]," and "die."
BACK IN THE DAY
2008 – Taylor Swift is named Billboard magazine's Top Country Artist for 2008 and comes in at number-four on Billboard's Top 200 Artists overall behind Josh Groban, Alicia Keys and Miley Cyrus.
2006 – A 29-year-old woman in Australia claims that Mel Gibson is her daddy, supposedly the result of a one-night stand in the back of his car with a woman he picked up hitchhiking before he made his first movie.
2004 – KENNY BAKER . . . the "little person" who plays R2 in the "Star Wars" movies . . . got popped for allegedly piloting his Mercedes under the FORCE of too much wine. (He lost his driver's license for a year.)
2000 – Terrell Owens of the San Francisco 49ers catches an
N-F-L-record 20 passes for 283 yards and a touchdown against the Chicago Bears. The previous record was held by Tom Fears of the Los Angeles Rams, with 18 catches on December 3, 1950, against the Green Bay Packers.
1994 – Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi marries actress Heather Locklear.
1989 – "The Simpsons" debuted on FOX. It's currently in its 26th season.
1976 – WTCG-TV, Atlanta, Georgia, changed its call letters to WTBS, and was uplinked via satellite to become the first commercial TV station to cover the entire U.S.
1903 – WILBUR & ORVILLE WRIGHT proved man could fly . . . when Orville piloted their "Flyer One" airplane on a 12-SECOND flight over Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Whoopi leaks gas and Sharon loses a tooth
Last week, Whoopi Goldberg blew out a breakfast taco on The View, and yesterday Sharon Osbourne's tooth FELL OUT yesterday on "The Talk". Right in the middle of the conversation.
(It was an implant, and they tried to GLUE it back in on the commercial break. But they ended up gluing her lip to the tooth. From "The Talk" on Tuesday, December 16, 2014)
Who won the final trophy on The Voice last night?
The last we heard, Team Adam Levine had 3 contestants in the final round….including the odds on favorite to win it all, Matt McAndrew… and Team Blake had one….great big Craig Wayne Boyd from Mesquite, Texas….
Blake Shelton, who mentored Boyd, earns his fourth win in seven seasons.
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Four Weird Things That Make You Feel Colder
1. Not eating enough. Your body is better at dealing with the cold when you've had enough to eat. And the same thing goes for staying hydrated.
2. Being on medication. Drugs that treat high blood pressure, like beta-blockers, can make you more sensitive to the cold. So can some medical conditions, like hypothyroidism.
3. Being over 60. Not much you can do about it, but here's why: Shivering is your body's way of keeping warm by making your muscles spasm. But as you age, it doesn't work as well. And you don't develop the ability to shiver until you're about two, so babies don't do it at all.
4. Being used to warm weather. If you live somewhere warm and go somewhere cold for the holidays, you won't deal with it as well as people who live there. And it's not just a mental thing, your body acclimates to it. But researchers still aren't sure why.
Country Music Headlines
Turns out that bar near the stage at the "American Country Countdown Awards" was real and it was well stocked. One of the bartenders pouring drinks said the most popular beverage was vodka . . . and that people sucked down three bottles of it in the first 90 minutes of the show.
Carrie Underwood could have her choice of duet partners. But when Brett Eldredge was bold enough to ask Carrie to sing with him via social media, she couldn't help but say yes.
Buzzfeed.com has posted an online test that will tell you what CARRIE UNDERWOOD song you are. It's geared toward females because the choices include your favorite lip gloss, favorite pair of women's shoes, and favorite hunk.
CMT.com put together a list of the "5 Tweets Country Artists Want to Forget". The best one is when BLAKE SHELTON Tweeted about driving over a turtle . . . and then animal rights people went dog nuts. Eventually he backtracked and assured everyone that he was joking, and it never really happened.
KACEY MUSGRAVES has added a leg to her "Same Tour, Different Trailer" tour. Grab your dates at KaceyMusgraves.com.
KENNY CHESNEY says his new song Til It’s Gone was written about two people…but that it could mean so much more.
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THE BAND PERRY’s video to their version of the GLEN CAMPBELL classic, "Gentle On My Mind", and a holiday song that's more "twangy" than "Christmasy", "Holiday Heartache", by GIRLS GUNS AND GLORY.
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The Eight Most Embarrassing Things People Have Done in Job Interviews
A new survey asked managers to name the most embarrassing thing someone ever did in a job interview.
1. "She was so nervous she almost fainted."
2. "He brought in his pet dog."
3. "He did a song and dance routine in hopes of getting the job."
4. "He didn't realize his zipper was down."
5. "We caught her lying on her resume during the interview."
6. "He fell asleep."
7. "He didn't know what job he was applying for."
8. "He used the cliché, 'I never let people see me sweat' . . . but was sweating profusely the entire time."
19% of Unhappy Couples Are Planning to Get Divorced After Christmas
A new survey found 19% of unhappy couples say they're just trying to make it through the holidays . . . then they're planning to pull the plug on their marriage. Another quarter of unhappy couples are planning to stay together for the sake of their kids . . . but will get divorced once the kids are older.
The top three reasons people are unhappy in their marriages are affairs . . . growing apart . . . and feeling more like friends than people in love.
A Police Chief Is Arrested For Driving Drunk . . . and Trying to Run Over a City Council Member Who Tried to Stop Him
Colcord, Oklahoma is the 247th largest city in Oklahoma . . . but it might be number one in terms of POLITICAL DRAMA.
Lenden Woodruff is the chief of the Colcord Police Department. He was out drinking on Saturday night . . . then decided to drive his police cruiser home DRUNK.
One of the people he was out with was a city council member named Cody Gibby. And when Cody tried to stop Lenden from driving away . . . Lenden tried to RUN HIM OVER.
He missed . . . and was pulled over by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Lenden was arrested for drunk driving, and it turns out this is his THIRD drunk driving arrest in the past 10 years.
This time he's also facing a felony charge for assault with a deadly weapon . . . maybe THAT will be enough to get him demoted from police chief?
Five Random Facts For Wednesday
1. An average of 3,234 Americans go to the emergency room every year from tanning bed injuries . . . including burns, fainting, and eye injuries.
2. Americans are drinking less orange juice now than any other time in the past 18 years . . . but still drink more than any other country in the world.
3. Since 1996, either Google, Yahoo, or AOL has been the most popular website in the world. And if you're thinking Google's been dominating ever since it came out, that's not quite right . . . the most popular site just last YEAR was Yahoo.
4. The fake money used in "Rush Hour 2" looked so real that some extras tried to spend it . . . and the Secret Service wound up raiding the prop company that made it, seizing the money, and accusing the company of counterfeiting.
5. The fourth-highest grossing actor of all time is actually STAN LEE . . . thanks to his cameo in pretty much every Marvel superhero movie.
