Whatever 11.19.2014

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SHOWBIZ HIGHLIGHTS - 1 of 4

1.  CHRIS HEMSWORTH has been named "People" magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.  The runners-up include Chris Pratt, Blake Shelton, Bradley Cooper, Michael Strahan, Tim Tebow, and Idris Elba.  (Full Story)

2.  KIM KARDASHIAN says she saw her nude photo shoot as, quote, "an art project that was going to make me feel confident and feel good."  She also says she would love to have more kids, and she's TRYING.  (Full Story)

3.  17-year-old KYLIE JENNER is accused of getting breast implants by some random plastic surgeon who probably just wants his name out there.  His "proof" . . .  her boobs look bigger and rounder, and she has more defined cleavage.

Meanwhile, Kylie was ticketed yesterday because the red tail lights on her Range Rover have black covers on them, which is illegal.  (Full Story)

4.  Sexy Pictures of Famous People

5.  TRACY MORGAN's lawyer says he suffered a severe brain injury in that crash this summer, and may never fully recover.  Quote, "He's still fighting and trying to live his life at the same time and trying to get better, and he's just not better."  (Full Story)

6.  DAVE CHAPPELLE says he wants to spend a year guest-starring on every TV show . . . quote, "I'd be a zombie in 'The Walking Dead'.  A corpse on 'CSI'.  I'd be the first black guy to [eff] Olivia Pope on 'Scandal'."  He's also thinking about, quote, "Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America."  (Full Story)

SHOWBIZ HIGHLIGHTS - 2 of 4

7.  Covers for this year's "GQ" Men of the year issue include Chris Pratt, who's the official Man of the Year . . . Dave Chappelle . . . openly-gay wannabe NFL star Michael Sam . . . Steve Carell . . . and this year's token female, Shailene Woodley.  (Full Story)

8.  Apparently, JUSTIN BIEBER is getting serious about religion again.  He's supposedly on some sort of religious "mission" trip in California, where he's spending two weeks hanging out with a pastor . . . and has, quote, "exiled himself from friends, alcohol, weed," and other ungodly things.  (Full Story)

9.  JUSTIN BIEBER'S grandparents have their three-bedroom home in Ontario, Canada up for sale.  Justin spent a lot of his childhood staying there, and his room has been left intact . . . to the point where it's still decorated the way he liked it.  (Full Story)

10.  Former supermodel JANICE DICKINSON says BILL COSBY drugged and raped her in 1982 . . . after flying her to Lake Tahoe, supposedly to discuss a role on "The Cosby Show".  Janice says she tried to write about it in her 2002 autobiography, but Cosby's lawyers pressured her publisher to scrap it.  (Full Story)

11.  Authorities in Georgiaare investigating allegations that DWIGHT HOWARD abused his six-year-old son.  Police have been looking into this for a while.  Initially, they found nothing . . . but now, some more information has come to light and they're talking a closer look.  (Full Story)

SHOWBIZ HIGHLIGHTS - 3 of 4

12.  The NFL has suspended ADRIAN PETERSON for the rest of the season without pay.  Earlier this month, Adrian pleaded no contest to misdemeanor reckless assault for injuring his four-year-old son with a switch.  (Full Story)

13.  Three NFL veterans were cut yesterday . . . basically for whining about their roles.  The Cleveland Browns dumped running back Ben Tate . . . the Pittsburgh Steelers booted running back LeGarrette Blount . . . and the Carolina Panthers cut ties with wide receiver Jason Avant.  (Full Story)

14.  Last week, TMZ claimed SPENCER LACEY GANUS was only paid $926.20 for voicing the teenage version of Elsa in "Frozen".  But that's only PART of the story.  Spencer's rep says she's collected more than $10,000 in residual checks from the movie.  (Full Story)

15.  There's a one minute super-cut of "The Best Cop Movie One-Liners" on YouTube, and it includes:  "Yippee-Ki-Yay, Mother[effer]" from "Die Hard" . . . and "Go ahead, make my day" from "Sudden Impact".  (Full Story)

16.  TMZ says it's a "done deal" that KATHY GRIFFIN is replacing JOAN RIVERS on E!'s "Fashion Police".  But the show will no longer be a weekly series.  Instead, E! will use it as "event programming," during award shows and other special occasions.  (Full Story)

17.  Weekly Ratings . . . . TV Reminders . . . Late Night Guests

SHOWBIZ HIGHLIGHTS - 4 of 4

18.  The cellist from THE LUMINEERS looks kind of like a grown-up version of the "Game of Thrones" character Arya Stark.  So on Monday, a video was posted to the Lumineers' Facebook page of Neyla playing the "Game of Thrones" theme song.  (Full Story)

19.  LIZ PHAIR has released a new track called "Ho Ho Ho", which she calls a "Dystopian Christmas song."  She says, quote, "Holidays are a time of emotional turbulence, of unpredictable highs and lows."  (Full Story)

20.  Urban Quick Hits:  Nicki Minaj, Tink, Chet Haze, and T-Pain

21.  BLAKE SHELTON decided to call out all the singers and musicians who trash the music of their peers.  He Tweeted, "Looking ahead in life I hope to NEVER be one of those artists who bitch about other artists' music.  It's transparent, whiney and pathetic."  (Full Story)

22.  LUKE BRYAN gave his wife huge props in an interview that'll air on next month's "CMT Artists of the Year".  He said, quote, "My wife has been there from the time that I'd just gotten my record deal until [now].  It's been an amazing ride and she's always been somebody that supports my crazy ideas."  (Full Story)

23.  Showbiz Extras and Country Extras

SHOWBIZ SEXY - 1 of 4

Chris Hemsworth is "People" Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 

HIGHLIGHTS:  CHRIS HEMSWORTH has been named "People" magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.  The runners-up include Chris Pratt, Blake Shelton, Bradley Cooper, Michael Strahan, Tim Tebow, and Idris Elba.

"People" magazine has chosen THOR . . . a.k.a. CHRIS HEMSWORTH . . . as the Sexiest Man Alive.  And he's hoping it gives him a little advantage over his wife ELSA PATAKY at home.

He says, quote, "I can just say to her, 'Now remember, this is what the people think, so I don't need to do the dishes anymore, I don't need to change diapers.  I'm above that.  I've made it now.'"  (Here's a video of Chris discussing the honor.)

This year's other Sexiest Men Alive include:  Chris' "Thor" co-star Idris Elba . . . Chris Pratt and his "Guardians of the Galaxy" co-star Bradley Cooper . . .

"Fifty Shades of Grey" star Jamie Dornan . . . "White Collar" star Matt Bomer . . . Blake Shelton . . . Michael Strahan . . . Tim Tebow . . . and Eddie Redmayne, the guy who plays Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything".

(For more SEXINESS, check out People.com.  In addition to being one of "People's" favorites, Chris Pratt was just chosen to be GQ's Man of the Year.  You can check out the rest of the GQ Men of the Year picks here.)

SHOWBIZ SEXY - 2 of 4

Kim Kardashian Did Those Nude Photos as an "Art Project" . . . And She's Trying to Have Another Kid

HIGHLIGHTS:  KIM KARDASHIAN says she saw her nude photo shoot as, quote, "an art project that was going to make me feel confident and feel good."  She also says she would love to have more kids, and she's TRYING.

FULL STORY:  What is art?  To some, a Shakespearean soliloquy . . . to others, a Bach cantata.  But to KIM KARDASHIAN, it's her ENORMOUS, GREASY BUTT JAMMED RIGHT INTO OUR FACES.

On an Australian talk show, Kim explained her naked photo shoot for "Paper" magazine as, quote, "an art project that was going to make me feel confident and feel good."

She added, quote, "Everyone should do what they are comfortable with, and I'm never one to preach, but I felt really positive and really good about myself.  I love the photos, I did it for me.  I hope other people like them."  (Here's video.)

In a separate interview, Kim was asked if she wants more kids.  And she said, quote, "I would love to.  I would love to.  I'm trying."  (Here's video.)

(In related news, "Vogue" editor Anna Wintour admits she put Kim and Kanye on her cover just to make headlines . . . and that it wasn't a "deeply tasteful" choice.  You can read more about that here.)

SHOWBIZ SEXY - 3 of 4

Does 17-Year-Old Kylie Jenner Have Breast Implants? 

HIGHLIGHTS:  A random plastic surgeon who probably just wants his name out there says he thinks 17-year-old KYLIE JENNER has breast implants, because her boobs look bigger and rounder, and she has more defined cleavage.  Meanwhile, Kylie was ticketed yesterday because the red tail lights on her Range Rover have black covers on them, which is illegal.

FULL STORY:  Would you be at all shocked to hear that KRIS JENNER let her 17-year-old daughter KYLIE get breast implants?  We're not saying it happened, but a random plastic surgeon says he THINKS Kylie's been mammarialy augmented.

He says, quote, "Her breasts do not look natural . . . they are distinctly larger than they used to be . . . Kylie has exaggerated upper pole fullness [or a round appearance], and she has much better defined cleavage than before."

(Check out some pictures of Kylie looking busty here.)

Meanwhile . . . Kylie was pulled over and ticketed by the LAPD yesterday because her tricked-out Range Rover has black covers over the red tail lights . . . which is against the law.  (Here are some pictures.)

Kylie has already been ticketed three times and caused two accidents, including a three-car fender-bender just 18 days after she turned 16.

SHOWBIZ SEXY - 4 of 4

Sexy Pictures of Famous People 

1.  Boxer WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO is a MASSIVE guy . . . and apparently, so are his babies.  Because HAYDEN PANETTIERE's baby bump is bigger than she is.

The Tale of the Tape:  Wladimir is 6-foot-6 and 243 pounds.  Hayden is a 5-foot spinner and she's eight months pregnant . . . so that thing is basically at CRITICAL MASS.

2.  (NC-17)  Can't wait for "Fifty Shades of Grey" to see DAKOTA JOHNSON naked?  Here she is TOPLESS and frolicking in the ocean inItaly.

3.  Here's a gallery of the 40 best bikini moments of 2014, for your perving pleasure.

4.  RAVEN-SYMONE dyed her hair peach.  I don't know if that's SO Raven, but it's pretty Raven.

5.  JOSE CANSECO is selling the gun that he shot his finger off with.  It's got a scorpion on the handle.

6.  Ursula the Sea Witch from "The Little Mermaid" now stars in my favorite KIM KARDASHIAN meme.

7.  Someone is now making apparel with Kim Kardashian's butt photo embroidered on it.  You can get it on shirts and hats . . . or you go with "Anaconda" butt, or twerking white girl embroidery, if Nicki Minaj and Miley Cyrus are more your speed.

MOVIE QUICK HITS

The Teenage Elsa Was Paid a Lot More Than $926 for "Frozen" 

15-year-old Spencer Lacey Ganus is doing perfectly FINE.  Last week, TMZ claimed Spencer was only paid $926.20 for voicing the teenage version of Elsa in "Frozen".  But that's only PART of the story.

Spencer's rep says she's collected more than $10,000 in residual checks from "Frozen" . . . and Disney has also expressed interest in working with her again.

That's more like it.  Spencer only had four lines and 30 seconds of screen-time . . . but since the movie has grossed more than $1.2 BILLION, she deserved a payout.

Check Out a Super-Cut of "The Best Cop Movie One-Liners" 

There's a one minute super-cut of "The Best Cop Movie One-Liners" on YouTube, and it includes these:

"Yippee-Ki-Yay, Mother[effer]" from "Die Hard" . . . "Hey, you wanna be a farmer, here's a couple of achers" from "Last Action Hero" . . . "Don't you EVER touch a black man's radio, boy" from "Rush Hour" . . .

And "Go ahead, make my day" from "Sudden Impact".  (Warning:  The video is uncensored, so there's some profanity.  Here's the link.)

TV QUICK HITS - 1 of 2

Football Topped the Ratings . . . and "Hollywood Film Awards" Tanked

"Sunday Night Football's" Colts-Patriots game was last week's most watched show.  20.8 million people tuning in to see the Patriots defeat the Colts 42-20.

The "Monday Night Football" Eagles-Panthers game fell just outside the Top 10 with 11.3 million viewers on ESPN.  The Eagles won it with a score of 45-21.

Meanwhile, the first televised "Hollywood Film Awards" only attracted 4.1 million viewers for CBS.  Here are last week's Top 10 primetime shows:

1.  "Sunday Night Football's" Colts-Patriots game, NBC, 20.8 million viewers.

2.  "NCIS", CBS, 17.5 million viewers.

3.  "The Big Bang Theory", CBS, 16.9 million viewers.

4.  "NCIS: New Orleans", CBS, 15 million viewers.

5.  "The Walking Dead", AMC, 14.1 million viewers.

6.  "Dancing with the Stars", ABC, 13.3 million viewers.

7.  "Madame Secretary", CBS, 12.8 million viewers.

8.  "60 Minutes", CBS, 12.7 million viewers.

9. "Football Night in America", NBC, 12 million viewers.

10. Monday's episode of "The Voice", NBC, 11.5 million viewers.  Tuesday's episode was right behind that with 11.4 million viewers.

(Here are the Top 25 shows on cable and broadcast.)

TV QUICK HITS - 2 of 2

Kathy Griffin Will Replace Joan Rivers on E!'s "Fashion Police" 

Earlier this month, KATHY GRIFFIN said she'd been offered JOAN RIVERS' role on E!'s "Fashion Police" . . . but wasn't sure if it was "right" for her.

Well, apparently she decided it WAS.  TMZ says it's a "done deal" . . . and that Kathy will join Melissa Rivers, Kelly Osbourne, and Giuliana Rancic.  It's unclear whether or not George Kotsiopoulos will be back.

Word has it the show will no longer be a weekly series.  Instead, E! will use it as "event programming," during award shows and other special occasions.

Wednesday TV Reminders:

• The seventh season premiere of "Duck Dynasty" . . . 9:00 to 11:00 P.M. on A&E.  Willie Robertson goes on a business trip toScotland.

• "American Horror Story: Freak Show" . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on FX.  The women in the carnival team up to put a stop to the strong man's violent behavior.

• "Snooki & Jwoww" . . . 10:00 to 10:30 P.M. on MTV.  Jwoww goes into labor and gives birth to her daughter Meilani.

• "Key & Peele" . . . 10:00 to 10:30 P.M. on Comedy Central.  The sketches include Stan Lee pitching ideas for new superheroes . . . and a man losing his street cred.

• "Nashville" . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on ABC.  Rayna attends the CMA Awards.

(You can preview Thursday's schedule here.)

TODAY ON TV TALK SHOWS

Tonight's Late Night Talk Shows:

• "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" - Jon Stewart, Stephen Merchant, and U2.

• "Late Night with Seth Meyers" - Keira Knightley, Al Michaels, and St. Lucia.

• "Letterman" - Regis Philbin, and the indie rock band Hundred Waters.

• "Jimmy Kimmel" - Jamie Foxx, Tracee Ellis Ross, and the New Basement Tapes.

• "Carson Daly" - Mark Pellegrino, the Dum Dum Girls, and a look at the Iranian vampire western "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night".

• "Conan" - Charlie Day, Julianne Hough, and comedian Forrest Shaw.

• "Craig Ferguson" - Malin Akerman, Claire Holt from "The Originals", and Metallica.

• "Jon Stewart" - Jessica Chastain.

• "The Colbert Report" - "Beloved" author Toni Morrison.

(You can preview Thursday's late night schedule here.)

MUSIC QUICK HITS - 1 of 2

The "Game of Thrones" Theme Song . . . Played by a Guy in The Lumineers Who Looks Like a Grown-Up Arya Stark 

I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but the cellist from THE LUMINEERS . . . a woman named NEYLA PEKAREK . . . looks kind of like a grown-up version of the "Game of Thrones" character Arya Stark, who's played by 17-year-old MAISIE WILLIAMS.

Neyla even once Tweeted to Maisie that she'd signed a receipt "Arya Stark" at Coachella, and got away with it, which Maisie LOVED.

So on Monday, a video was posted to the Lumineers' Facebook page of Neyla playing the "Game of Thrones" theme song, along with the caption, "Arya?  Is that you?"  (Here's a side-by-side comparison of 28-year-old Neyla and Maisie Williams.)

Here's a "Dystopian Christmas Song" from Liz Phair 

LIZ PHAIR has released a new track called "Ho Ho Ho", which she calls a "Dystopian Christmas song."  She says, quote, "Holidays are a time of emotional turbulence, of unpredictable highs and lows.

"The retail and advertising sectors bill it as the greatest time of the year, but some seasons you are saddled with a real clunker."

The lyrics include, quote, "All I wanted was one perfect Christmas / All I got was some coal and some switches / That ain't no sleigh bells jinglin' on the rooftop / The landlord is here and he's changing the locks."  (Check out the song here.)

MUSIC QUICK HITS - 2 of 2

Urban Quick Hits:  Nicki Minaj, Tink, Chet Haze, and T-Pain 

1.  NICKI MINAJ would be "disappointed" if she got so career-focused that she missed the chance to push something out of her baby chute.  She tells "Complex" magazine, quote, "I feel like I was put here to be a mother.

"I have definitely put off the wife thing . . . but I definitely will be married before I have my baby.  I want to make sure I do it in that order.  I've always felt like that since I was young, my mother always put that in my head.

"By the fifth album, I will have walked down the aisle, and I'll at least be on Baby #1, possibly Baby #2."  Next month, Nicki will turn 32, and will release Album #3.

2.  The indie band SLEIGH BELLS released a new song called "That Did It" featuring a 19-year-old female rapper from Chicago named TINK.  They met at the South By Southwest festival this past March.

(Warning:  The song has uncensored profanity.  Here's the link.)

3.  TOM HANKS' rapper son CHET HAZE has released a new track.  It's called "Karma Tattoo", and it's going to be on an EP he's putting out in January.  Oh, and Chet is apparently now going by CHET HANX . . . with an X.  (???)

(Warning:  The song has uncensored B-words.  Here's the link.)

4.  If you like T-PAIN's singing without Auto-Tune, here's video of him singing a verse from "I'm Sprung".

WEDNESDAY'S SHOWBIZ EXTRAS - 1 of 3

Sexy Extras:

1.  SOLANGE KNOWLES didn't say what caused her to break out in hives at her wedding, but she posted a video where she's dancing with her 10-year-old son, and included a "Shout out to Benadryl" for helping her get through it.

2.  Former "Saturday Night Live" star BILL HADER and his wife welcomed a daughter over the weekend.  She's their third child.  (Full Story)

3.  JENNIFER ESPOSITO from "Blue Bloods" got married Sunday, to a guy she runs a gluten-free bakery with.  (Full Story)

4.  TALLULAH WILLIS shaved her head.  (Full Story)

5.  LADY GAGA got a new tattoo under her arm.  (Full Story)

Nonsense Extras:

1.  This was bound to happen:  Official, legal BOB MARLEY WEED is on the way.  (Full Story)

2.  MAMA JUNE's child-molesting boyfriend OR ex-boyfriend has been kicked off Facebook.  Turns out they have a rule against sex offenders.  (Full Story)

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More Nonsense Extras:

3.  There's a story going around that GEORGE and AMAL CLOONEY want to adopt a child from a war-torn country.  But his rep says it's not true.  (Full Story)

4.  JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE owned some joker on Twitter who tried to call him out as a bandwagon fan of the Memphis Grizzlies.  What this guy obviously didn't know is that Justin is a Memphis native . . . and a PART-OWNER of the team.  (Full Story)

5.  DONALD SUTHERLAND compared his "Hunger Games" co-star JENNIFER LAWRENCE to Joan of Arc and Jesus.  (Full Story)

6.  TIGER WOODS is mad at "Golf Digest" for running a fake "parody interview" with him.  (Full Story)

Movie Extras:

1.  Check out a trailer for the "Peanuts" movie that's coming out next year.

2.  There's a new high school movie coming out called "The DUFF".  For those of you who don't know, D.U.F.F. stands for "Designated Ugly Fat Friend," the one girl other chicks hang out with to make themselves look better.  Here's the trailer.

3.  A "Star Wars" fan made a Millennium Falcon out of scrap cardboard, and it's pretty sweet.  (Full Story)

WEDNESDAY'S SHOWBIZ EXTRAS - 3 of 3

More Movie Extras:

4.  Check out a blooper reel from "The Expendables 3".  (WARNING!!!  This video contains bleeped profanity.)

TV Extras:

1.  Vimeo has a new comedy-variety show called "Rubberhead" that's available on-demand for $4.99 per episode.  The first episode is already up, and features Sarah Silverman, Seth Rogen, John C. Reilly, and Key & Peele.  (Full Story)

2.  Diana Ross, Colbie Caillat, Meghan Trainor, and Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy will all appear on "The Voice" next week.  (Full Story)

Music Extras:

1.  U2 will release 11 short films to accompany that album they forced upon you.  (Full Story)

2.  The new, Ebola-fighting version of the charity song "Do They Know It's Christmas" is the fastest-selling single of the year so far, moving 206,000 copies since its release Monday.  (Full Story)

STUPID NEWS HIGHLIGHTS - 1 of 2

1.  Here are a few random facts for you.  Spider-Man is the most valuable comic book property with about $1.3 billion-a-year in sales.  Stores in Oklahoma have to sell beer at room temperature.  And more running races are held on Thanksgiving than any other day of the year.  (Full Story)

2.  The Oxford English Dictionary just announced their word of the year, and it's . . . VAPE.  They define it as, quote, "to inhale and exhale the vapor produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device."  Their word of the year last year was selfie.  (Full Story)

3.  According to a new survey, 68% of people would rather have their family stay at a HOTEL over the holidays than in their house.  And 49% of people have had SEX while they had guests in their house, or while they were guests at a family member's house.  (Full Story)

4.  A new survey found there are eight situations when we're less likely to use our phones while we're driving:  Icy roads . . . snow . . . fog . . . a school zone . . . rain . . . a construction zone . . . heavy traffic . . . and when it's dark.  (Full Story)

5.  Dave and Buster's was trying to advertise 'Taco Tuesday' yesterday, so they posted a message on Twitter that read, quote, "'I hate tacos' said no Juan ever."  Naturally people accused them of being racist, so they deleted it 40 minutes later and apologized about an hour after that.  (Full Story)

6.  A new study found that women who are on the Pill are more likely to be with less-attractive men . . . because their bodies aren't looking to reproduce.  But once a woman is OFF the Pill and she realizes she married a less attractive dude, she has less sexual satisfaction and less marriage satisfaction.  (Full Story)

STUPID NEWS HIGHLIGHTS - 2 of 2

7.  A female student at a college in Australia was just busted for running a live online sex show . . . using the public computer in the school LIBRARY.  She wasn't expelled . . . instead, the school had her see a counselor and had the entire area of the library STEAM CLEANED.  (Full Story)

8.  A 30-year-old guy in New Jersey was drunk on Friday, and decided to steal a BULLDOZER to drive home.  He wound up destroying signs, benches, a tree, and smashed into a car before the cops finally showed up and arrested him.  (Full Story)

9.  A 27-year-old guy in New Jersey asked a cop for a ride to BURGER KING on Sunday around 1:30 A.M. . . . and the cop actually said okay.  He just needed to pat the guy down before he got in the car.  The guy agreed . . . and when the cop found marijuana in his pocket, he was arrested.  (Full Story)

10.  A guy in Florida turned 44 on Sunday and he requested pancakes in bed . . . but his girlfriend made him birthday WAFFLES instead.  So he flipped out and wound up poking her in the eye.  He was arrested, and spent his entire birthday in JAIL.  (Full Story)

11.  Doctors at UCLA announced yesterday that they've found a cure for "bubble boy" disease . . . that's where you're born with no immune system.  A doctor who's been studying it for over 30 years figured out a way to remove stem cells from bone marrow, genetically modify them, and transplant them back in so patients develop a normal immune system.  (Full Story)

STUPID NEWS - 1 of 7

Five Random Facts For Wednesday

HIGHLIGHTS:  Here are a few random facts for you.  Spider-Man is the most valuable comic book property, with about $1.3 billion-a-year in sales.  Stores inOklahoma have to sell beer at room temperature.  And more running races are held on Thanksgiving than any other day of the year.

FULL STORY:  Here are some random facts for you . . .

1.  Spider-Man is the most valuable comic book property by far.  About $1.3 billion worth of Spider-Man stuff was sold last year . . . Batman came in second, at $494 million.

2.  Stores inOklahomahave to sell beer at room temperature . . . it can't be refrigerated.

3.  The least used emoji is the symbol for baggage claim . . . it's a blue rectangle with a suitcase on a conveyer belt.

4.  More running races are held on Thanksgiving than any other day of the year . . . last year, about 870,000 people ran in a race on Thanksgiving.

5.  Ranch dressing is named after the brand Hidden Valley Ranch . . . they created the dressing in the 1950s and everyone who copied it called it "ranch style."

(Hollywood Reporter / Paste Magazine / 11 Points / Wall Street Journal / Wikipedia)

STUPID NEWS - 2 of 7

Oxford's Word of the Year Is "Vape" . . . And the Five Runners-Up

HIGHLIGHTS:  The Oxford English Dictionary just announced their word of the year, and it's . . . VAPE.  They define it as, quote, "to inhale and exhale the vapor produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device."  Their word of the year last year was selfie.

FULL STORY:  The Oxford English Dictionary just announced their word of the year, and it's . . . VAPE.  They define it as, quote, "to inhale and exhale the vapor produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device."  Here are the five runners-up . . .

Bae.  "A term of endearment for one's romantic partner, likely a shortening of baby or babe, though some theorize it is an acronym for 'before anyone else.'"  (???)

Budtender.  "Someone who works at a medical marijuana dispensary or retail marijuana shop."

Contactless.  An adjective, "describing technologies that allow a smart card, etc., to connect wirelessly to an electronic reader, typically in order to make a payment."

Normcore.  "A fashion movement in which ordinary, unfashionable clothing is worn as a deliberate statement."

Slacktivist.  "One who engages in digital activism on the Web which is regarded as requiring little time or involvement."

A few others that didn't make the cut are polar vortex, conscious uncoupling, and ice bucket challenge.  Last year's word of the year was selfie.

We can expect word of the year picks from Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com in the next few weeks.  (Time)  (You can see every word of the year since 1990 here.)

STUPID NEWS - 3 of 7

68% of Us Would Rather Have Our Family Stay at a Hotel Over the Holidays

HIGHLIGHTS:  According to a new survey, 68% of people would rather have their family stay at a HOTEL over the holidays than in their house.  And 49% of people have had SEX while they had guests in their house, or while they were guests at a family member's house.

FULL STORY:  Are you mentally preparing for the family members who are going to INVADE your house next week?  Wouldn't it be great if they decided to stay at a Courtyard by Marriott two towns over?

A new survey by Priceline found that two-thirds of us wish our family would find somewhere ELSE to stay over the holidays.  68% of people say having family members or guests stay at a hotel would make things WAY easier.

25% of people who are staying with family say they WISH they were staying in a hotel, but they can't for some reason . . . maybe it's too expensive, or there's too much pressure from their mom to be home or whatever.

16% of people say they would let a BODY DOUBLE go to some family holiday functions for them.

And finally, 49% of people have had sex with their significant other when they had guests staying in their house, or while they were guests in a family member's house.

(PR Newswire)

STUPID NEWS - 4 of 7

Eight Situations Where We Stop Using Our Phones Behind the Wheel . . . And Two Situations Where We Use Them More

HIGHLIGHTS:  A new survey found there are eight situations when we're less likely to use our phones while we're driving:  Icy roads . . . snow . . . fog . . . a school zone . . . rain . . . a construction zone . . . heavy traffic . . . and when it's dark.

FULL STORY:  The "don't use your phone when you drive" message has gotten across . . . sort of.  People definitely do it less now than before . . . but we haven't TOTALLY stopped.

A new survey by State Farm Insurance asked people if different situations make them more likely or less likely to use their cell phones behind the wheel.

There are eight situations where we're LESS likely to use our cell phones:  Icy roads . . . snow . . . fog . . . a school zone . . . rain . . . a construction zone . . . heavy traffic . . . and when it's dark.

But there are two situations where we're a lot MORE likely to grab for our phones:  Stopped at a red light . . . and on an open highway.

There were also some surprising twists . . . 2% of people said they're MORE likely to use their phones in fog, school zones, rain, and construction zones.

And 8% of people say they're way more likely to use their phone when they're driving than when they're stopped at a red light.

(Multivu)

STUPID NEWS - 5 of 7

Get Outraged!  Dave and Buster's Posted a Message on Twitter That Read "'I Hate Tacos' Said No Juan Ever"

HIGHLIGHTS:  Dave and Buster's was trying to advertise 'Taco Tuesday' yesterday, so they posted a message on Twitter that read, quote, "'I hate tacos' said no Juan ever."  Naturally people accused them of being racist, so they deleted it 40 minutes later and apologized about an hour after that.

FULL STORY:  Dave and Buster's was trying to advertise 'Taco Tuesday' yesterday, so they posted a message on Twitter that read, quote, "'I hate tacos' said no Juan ever."

As far as racial jokes go, that one's pretty benign . . . AND sorta funny, right?  In a stupid way.  But maybe that makes ME racist?  I don't know anymore.

Anyway, at this point, brands should know they can't tweet anything even REMOTELY racial without issues.

So of course the Twitter outrage machine kicked in hard and fast.  Dave and Buster's deleted the tweet 40 minutes later, and posted an apology less than an hour after that.  Or should I say . . . less than 'Juan' hour after that.  (No, you shut up!)

It read, quote, "We sincerely apologize for the tweet that went out today our intention was never to offend anyone please accept our apology."  And yes, that's how they sent it, with no punctuation . . . which is offensive in a different way.  (Adweek)

(Here's a screenshot of the tweet.)

STUPID NEWS - 6 of 7

When Women Go Off the Pill, They Suddenly Realize They Married an Ugly Dude

HIGHLIGHTS:  A new study found that women who are on the Pill are more likely to be with less-attractive men . . . because their bodies aren't looking to reproduce.  But once a woman is OFF the Pill and she realizes she married a less attractive dude, she has less sexual satisfaction and less marriage satisfaction.

FULL STORY:  The Pill is so common today, most women probably meet their husbands when they're already on it.  And apparently that leads some women to have a rude awakening when they STOP taking it one day . . .

They realize YOU'RE UGLY.

A new study out ofFloridaStateUniversityfound women on the Pill are more likely to give less attractive dudes a chance . . . because their bodies aren't looking to reproduce.

If they WERE looking to reproduce, they'd instinctively target better-looking men, because good looks are a sign of good genes.

And the study found that when women who married less attractive men finally go OFF the Pill, they wind up less satisfied with their sex lives . . . and their marriages overall.

But if a woman marries a guy who's good looking, the opposite happens.  Once she goes off the Pill, she's actually MORE attracted to him and has a better sex life and a better marriage.

So the conclusion here is . . . marry an attractive woman when she's on the Pill and prepare for her to inevitably be disappointed one day . . . but ride the good times while you can?  (Live Science)

STUPID NEWS - 7 of 7

A College Student Is Caught Using the Library For a Live Online Sex Show . . . The Library Has Now Been Steam Cleaned

HIGHLIGHTS:  A female student at a college inAustralia was just busted for running a live online sex show . . . using the public computer in the school LIBRARY.  She wasn't expelled . . . instead, the school had her see a counselor and had the entire area of the library STEAM CLEANED.

FULL STORY:  For once, a college student found a way to make the library interesting.

A female student at theUniversityofNewcastleinAustraliawas recently busted using a public computer at the library to broadcast herself doing LIVE SEX SHOWS.

She would sit in front of the webcam on the computer and dudes would pay to watch the show.

Unfortunately we couldn't find any footage or info about her show.

But someone finally caught her in the act last month and reported her . . . and the school had two great responses.

 
One, they didn't expel her like an American college probably would've . . . instead they just had her talk with a counselor.

And two . . . they had that entire area of the library STEAM CLEANED.  (News.com.au)

STUPID CRIMINALS - 1 of 3

A Drunk Guy Steals a Bulldozer to Drive Home . . . and Forges a Path of Destruction Along the Way

HIGHLIGHTS:  A 30-year-old guy inNew Jersey was drunk on Friday, and decided to steal a BULLDOZER to drive home.  He wound up destroying signs, benches, a tree, and smashed into a car before the cops finally showed up and arrested him.

FULL STORY:  30-year-old Christopher Russell ofNewark,New Jersey got REALLY drunk on Friday night, and decided to walk a few miles home.  And as he was passing a construction site, he came up with a brilliant idea.

He saw some keys in the ignition of a BULLDOZER, and decided to steal it and drive home.

We're not sure if Christopher had ever driven a bulldozer before . . . we're guessing he HADN'T, based on what happened.  But even if he HAD driven one before, he hadn't driven one DRUNK.

So as he tried to drive home through a park, he started forging a MASSIVE path of destruction.  He leveled three benches, a tree, a drinking fountain, a fence, some signs . . . then left the park and smashed into a car.

By that point, the cops had gotten some calls about a guy wreaking havoc on a bulldozer and got to the scene.

Christopher was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, criminal mischief, leaving the scene of an accident, and theft.  (Jersey Journal)

STUPID CRIMINALS - 2 of 3

A Guy Asks a Cop For a Ride to Burger King . . . With Weed in His Pocket

HIGHLIGHTS:  A 27-year-old guy inNew Jersey asked a cop for a ride to BURGER KING on Sunday around 1:30 A.M. . . . and the cop actually said okay.  He just needed to pat the guy down before he got in the car.  The guy agreed . . . and when the cop found marijuana in his pocket, he was arrested.

FULL STORY:  Even though this is technically "bad" publicity, Burger King should be HAPPY that people crave their food so badly they'll make IDIOTIC decisions to get it.

27-year-old Richard Vanhouten Junior ofHackettstown,New Jerseygot into an argument with a cab driver around 1:30 A.M. on Sunday, and a cop came to intervene.

After the cop helped resolve the fight, Richard asked him for a ride to BURGER KING across town.  And apparently the cop was in a generous mood, because he said okay.

There was just one condition . . . he had to pat Richard down before he let him into the car.  That makes sense . . . what if Richard had a gun on him?

So Richard agreed to the patdown . . . and the cop found MARIJUANA on him.   He would've gotten away with having the weed if he JUST hadn't mooched that lift to Burger King.

He was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.  (NJ Advance Media)

STUPID CRIMINALS - 3 of 3

A Guy Gets Into a Fight With His Girlfriend For Giving Him Birthday Waffles . . . Not Birthday Pancakes

HIGHLIGHTS:  A guy inFlorida turned 44 on Sunday and he requested pancakes in bed . . . but his girlfriend made him birthday WAFFLES instead.  So he flipped out and wound up poking her in the eye.  He was arrested, and spent his entire birthday in JAIL.

FULL STORY:  You know those people who seem to be extra ENTITLED and obnoxious on their birthdays?  Meet their KING.

James Irving Junior ofGainesville,Floridaturned 44 on Sunday.  He had requested a pancake breakfast in bed, and his girlfriend DID wake him up with breakfast.

There was just one problem.  She made him birthday WAFFLES instead of birthday pancakes.

So James flipped out . . . they got into an argument . . . and he wound up POKING his girlfriend in the eye.  She called the cops, and he was arrested for battery.

He spent his entire birthday in jail, and had to stay the night too.  And just so you know, his jail breakfast on Monday morning was fruit, grits, sausage, bread and butter.  (Gainesville Sun) 

(Here's his mugshot.)

BIRTHDAYS - 1 of 3

Adam Driver is 31.  Stud from HBO's "Girls" who landed one of the main roles in "Star Wars 7:  The Force Awakens".

Kerri Strug is 37.  Munchkin-voiced Olympic spinner.

Billy Currington is 41.  Country stud who sings "Must Be Doin' Something Right", "That's How Country Boys Roll", and "Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer".

Savion Glover is 41.  Superstar dancer from "Bamboozled" AND "Sesame Street".

Gail Devers is 48.  Olympic gold-medal runner who was just days away from having her FEET amputated, due to the Graves' Disease.  That woulda been ironic.  Hello?

Jodie Foster is 52.  FINALLY out of the closet . . . although she claims she was never really IN it.

Meg Ryan is 53.  Plastic surgery disaster.  Renee Zellweger, this is your future.

BIRTHDAYS - 2 of 3

Matt Sorum is 54.  Drummer for Guns N' Roses, The Cult and Velvet Revolver.

Guns N' Roses' biggest albums:  1987's "Appetite for Destruction", with the amazing smashes "Welcome To The Jungle", "Sweet Child O' Mine", "Paradise City" and "Nightrain" . . . and 1991's "Use Your Illusion (One)" AND "Use Your Illusion (Two)" . . . with "Don't Cry", "Live and Let Die", "November Rain" and "You Could Be Mine".

ALLISON JANNEY! is 55.  Oddly sexy giantess who played C.J. Cregg on "The West Wing", Juno's stepmother in "Juno" . . . and, in a totally random act of casting, she was the mother of Jacob and the Man In Black on the last season of "Lost".  Now she's on the CBS sitcom "Mom" with Anna Faris.

Michael Wilbon is 56.  Dashing bald Nubian on ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption".

Ann Curry is 58.  Sexy, dark-haired former "Today" show news-minx.  She was forced out because Matt Lauer is EVIL.  Her father is white and her mother was Japanese.  The lovemaking was very sweet, and very taboo.

Ahmad Rashad is 65.  Former Minnesota Viking turned sportscaster.  He used to nail Phylicia Rashad REAL good.  Birth name:  Bobby Moore.

Calvin Klein is 72.  Michael J. Fox played him in "Back to the Future".

BIRTHDAYS - 3 of 3

DAN HAGGERTY! is 73.  "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams"!

(Not gay, but I believe he is unintentionally responsible for starting the "bear" fetish in the homosexual community.  Hey, I wasn't gay, and there were times that even I wanted to snuggle up to Grizzly Adams and stroke his beard.)

(On a serious note . . . In 2008, Dan had to pull the plug on his wife of over 20 years.  She was on life support following a motorcycle accident, but doctors told Dan she wasn't coming back, so to speak.)

(Dan was a biker himself . . . and before "Grizzly Adams", he played one in several movies, such as "Easy Rider", "Angels Die Hard", "Chrome and Hot Leather", "Bury Me an Angel", "Superchick" and the 1971 gay biker classic, "The Pink Angels"!)  (True!)

Ted Turner is 76.

Dick Cavett is 78.

Larry King is 81.  Ashamed of his Jewish birth name . . . Lawrence Zeiger.

Related Comedy:  Larry King turns 81 today.  Not years, wives.

NOVEMBER 19th - BACK IN THE DAY - 1 of 2

151 years ago . . . In 1863, ABRAHAM LINCOLN delivered his GETTYSBURG ADDRESS at the dedication of the Civil War cemetery in Pennsylvania.  (It's one of the most famous speeches in American history, it's just THREE MINUTES LONG, and Lincoln WROTE IT ON THE TRAIN.)

60 years ago . . . In 1954, SAMMY DAVIS, JR. was involved in a serious auto accident inSan Bernardino,California. Three days later, Sammy lost the ability to see with his left eye, and had to get a glass one.  And while in the hospital, Sammy also converted to Judaism.

55 years ago . . . In 1959, the last EDSEL rolled off the assembly line.

53 years ago . . . In 1961, LUCILLE BALL married her second husband, GARY MORTON, a little over a year after she divorced DESI ARNAZ.  Lucy and Gary (how weak does THAT sound???) were married for 27 years, until her death in 1989.

45 years ago . . . In 1969, "Apollo 12" astronauts Alan Bean and Charles Conrad made the SECOND LANDING ON THE MOON.  Nobody cared . . . and nobody remembers them.  (???)

30 years ago . . . In 1984, 20-year-old DWIGHT GOODEN of the New York Mets became the youngest player to be named National League Rookie of the Year.

NOVEMBER 19th - BACK IN THE DAY - 2 of 2

17 years ago . . . In 1997, GORGEOUS IOWA SEAMSTRESS BOBBI MCCAUGHEY (pronounced McCoy) gave birth to four boys and three girls . . . only the second set of septuplets known to be born alive.

10 years ago . . . In 2004, back before he was METTA WORLD PEACE, RON ARTEST and STEPHEN JACKSON of the INDIANA PACERS charged into the stands and fought with fans during an NBA game in Detroit.  The Pacers ended up beating the Pistons 97-82 AND beating their fans.

Nine years ago . . . In 2005, CHRISTINA AGUILERA married her fiancé Jordan Bratman at aNapaValley vineyard inCalifornia.  They got divorced in 2011.

Seven years ago . . . In 2007, Amazon introduced the Kindle.