PEOPLE ARE TALKIN’
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH is engaged to a theater director and actress named Sophie Hunter. He's 38, she's 36.
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. announced the arrival of his new daughter on Facebook, Avri Roel Downey born on November 4th.
ALEX RODRIGUEZ admitted to getting and using performance enhancing drugs from the Biogenesis clinic during a meeting with the Drug Enforcement Administration in January. In exchange for his admission, he was given immunity from prosecution.
The site Ranker.com has an ongoing poll set up, where they ask America: "Which TV Host Do You Think Is the Most Annoying?" At the moment, NANCY GRACE is #1. AL SHARPTON is second, followed by PIERS MORGAN.
AC/DC drummer PHIL RUDD was arrested yesterday for attempting to hire a man to kill two other men. There's no word who the intended victims are, or why Rudd wants them dead. Rudd was also charged with possession of meth and pot.
As expected, TAYLOR SWIFT debuted at #1 on the Billboard albums chart with 1.3 million copies of "1989". Other albums debuting this week include the latest "Now That's What I Call Music" in 2nd place . . . country singer Sam Hunt at #3 . . .and a self-titled album from Black Veil Brides in 10th place.
BACK IN THE DAY
2006 – Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Brooks and Dunn and Brad Paisley are the big winners at the 40th annual C-M-A Awards. Faith Hill raises some controversy by jokingly expressing surprise when Carrie Underwood wins Female Vocalist of the Year.
2002 – WINONA RYDER was found guilty of grand theft and vandalism . . . both felonies . . . for shoplifting over-priced clothes from Saks Fifth Avenue that she could have easily afforded.
1998 – "The Siege", starring DENZEL WASHINGTON and BRUCE WILLIS . . . and "The Waterboy", starring ADAM SANDLER, both opened to packed houses for the sole reason that . . . the "STAR WARS: EPISODE 1" trailer was being shown before AND after both pictures . . . and everyone wanted to get a look at the WOOKIE SENATOR!!!
1992 – Reba McEntire escapes injury when her twin-engine jet makes a crash-landing in Nashville.
1961 – a brush fire tore through Bel Air, California, burning down the homes of BURT LANCASTER and ZSA ZSA GABOR, and damaging or threatening the homes of Marlon Brando, Cary Grant, ROBERT STACK and Kim Novak, among others.
1935 – EDWIN H. ARMSTRONG announced his development of F.M. BROADCASTING.
1923 – JACOB SCHICK was granted a patent . . . for the ELECTRIC RAZOR.
1860 – 82% of the eligible voters turned out to elect ABRAHAM LINCOLN as our 16th president.
38% of Women Say It's a Turnoff If a Man Can't Grow a Beard..
Beards are as popular as ever right now . . . it's getting to the point where half the dudes walking around look like scrawny lumberjacks or fashionable Amish. And turns out . . . women are INTO it.
Here are four new results from a survey that asked women what they think about the beard trend . . .
1. 38% of women say it's a TURNOFF if a man can't grow a beard.
2. 82% of women say a beard makes a guy look more masculine.
3. Two out of three women say they'd rather date a guy with a beard than a guy without one.
4. But . . . four out of five women say that a beard needs to look groomed. If it's too bushy or wild, that's worse than having no beard at all.
The Single Biggest Mistake People Make When They're Interviewing for Jobs
According to "Business Insider", the biggest mistake people make in job interviews is . . . not sending a FOLLOW-UP email.
Writing the email should only take a few minutes. The shorter the better. But you should accomplish three things.
1. Thank them for meeting with you.
2. Say something about how you WANT the job.
3. Quickly explain why you're PERFECT for it.
If you spend five minutes and do those three things, you have a MUCH better chance of getting hired.
Country Music Headlines
JANA KRAMER made her first public statement since her breakup with BRANTLEY GILBERT . . . and she wasn't very nice. She said, "I was in a very unhealthy place and I picked very unhealthy relationships. I'm now in a healthy place and I'm very happy."
MIRANDA LAMBERT won Best Female Vocalist, Album of the Year for "Platinum", Musical Event for "We Were Us" with Keith Urban, and Single of the Year for her song "Automatic".
And she sang “All About That Bass” with MEGHAN TRAINOR.
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MIRANDA LAMBERT won four trophies at last night's CMAs, including Top Female Artist. LUKE BRYAN took home Entertainer of the Year, BLAKE SHELTON won Top Male Artist, and BRETT ELDREDGE broke through as Best New Artist.
LUKE BRYAN continued his monster 2014 by winning Entertainer of the Year. GARTH BROOKS presented him with the award, and that had to be cool.
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BRETT ELDREDGE broke through to claim New Artist of Year.
BRAD PAISLEY and CARRIE UNDERWOOD’s big moment was when she let Brad "accidentally" let it slip that she's having a boy.
KACEY MUSGRAVES' "Follow Your Arrow" won Song of the Year . . . and her puffed-up hairstyle won the Internet's "most talked about do." Kacey sang "You're Lookin' at Country" with Loretta Lynn".
Male Vocalist of the Year: Blake Shelton
Vocal Duo of the Year: Florida Georgia Line
Vocal Group of the Year: Little Big Town
Musical Event of the Year: "We Were Us", Keith Urban with Miranda Lambert
Music Video of the Year: "Drunk On A Plane", Dierks Bentley
The Doobie Brothers came out to play "Listen to the Music", with some help from Jennifer Nettles, Hillary Scott, and Hunter Hayes
The Nine Most Dangerous Places to Have Sex . . . and the Ten Household Items You're Most Likely to Break
According to a new survey, 5% of us have had to use a sick day because of an injury related to SEX.
The most common injuries are sprained wrists, twisted ankles, carpet burns, bruises, and pulled muscles. Here are the nine most dangerous PLACES to get-it-on.
1. The sofa.
2. The stairs.
3. The car.
4. The shower.
5. The bedroom.
6. A chair.
7. On the kitchen table.
8. In the backyard.
9. On the TOILET.
40% of us have also BROKEN something in the house while we were getting-it-on. And the average cost of the damage is $246.
1. Your bed frame.
2. A beer or wine glass.
3. A picture frame.
4. A chair.
5. A coffee mug.
6. A WALL.
7. A dresser.
8. A door.
9. A window.
10. A vase.
11. A toilet?
Five Random Facts For Thursday
1. Only 25% of the major Hollywood movies this year are totally original . . . meaning they're not a sequel or based on a book, TV show, comic, real life event, or another movie. In 1984, it was almost 59%.
2. There's a 7% increase in car accidents the week after we set the clocks back . . . which is THIS week, of course. It's because people's body clocks are thrown off.
3. If you could see the entire universe, it would look like a light beige color.
4. Every Apple iPhone, iPad, and Mac shows the time as 9:41 A.M. in ads. Apple picked that time because it's approximately when Steve Jobs would make his biggest announcement during their presentations.
5. The average bra size in the U.S. is now 34E . . . 30 years ago, it was 34B.
What Would You Give Up to Get an Extra Vacation Day?
A new survey asked people what they'd give up for a week to get an extra vacation day. Here are the results . . .
54% would give up junk food.
48% would give up alcohol. (Yes, 52% couldn't last a week WITHOUT it.)
24% would give up sex.
21% would give up their phone.
And 9% would go without showering . . . which is really the only thing on this list that would ACTUALLY be difficult to give up for a week.
The survey also found the average American now gets 15 paid vacation days . . . but only uses 14 of them. Most European countries get TWICE as many paid vacation days and they take ALL of 'em.
