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Olympic Medals . . . The U.S. Won Another Gold and a Bronze, but It Looks Like Lolo Jones Might Go Home Empty-Handed
We picked up two more medals yesterday, including a gold by skier David Wise in the men's halfpipe, and a bronze by Alex Deibold in the men's snowboard cross. But it looks like Lolo Jones probably WON'T be going home with a medal. After one day of competition, her bobsled team was in 11th place.
At the end of Tuesday's competition, the U.S. had 6 Gold, 4 Silver, and 10 Bronze. Here's how we rank in overall medals.
Tuesday Standings:
1. The Netherlands with 20 medals. They have two more silver than we do.
2. The United States with 20 medals
3. Russia with 19 medals
4. Norway with 18 medals
5. Canada with 17 medals
The Six Winter Olympic Events Where the U.S. Has Never Won Gold
1. Figure skating pairs.
2. Curling.
3. Biathlon.
4. Cross-country skiing.
5. Ski jumping.
6. Luge.
There are also six Summer Olympics events where the U.S. has never won a medal at all: Field hockey, table tennis, modern pentathlon, rhythmic gymnastics, team handball, and badminton.
Which Country Dominates Each Winter Olympic Sport?
The most dominant country at any Winter Olympics sport is Germany in the luge . . . the Germans have won 37% of all luge medals and 55% of the golds since 1980. The next-most dominant are Russia at figure skating . . . Canada at curling . . . South Korea at short track speed skating . . . and the U.S. at snowboarding.
1. Germany has won 37% of all luge medals . . . and 55% of the golds.
2. Russia has won 34% of all figure skating and ice dancing medals . . . and 54% of the golds.
3. Canada has won 33% of all curling medals since it became an Olympic sport in 1988, and 33% of the golds. Since there's only one team per country, that means Canada has won a curling medal at every Olympics.
4. South Korea has won 28% of short track speed skating medals since it started in 1992 . . . and 48% of the golds.
5. The U.S. has won 25% of all snowboarding medals since it started in 1998 . . . and 38% of the golds.
6. The Netherlands has won 22% of all speed skating medals . . . and 25% of the golds.
7. Switzerland has won 22% of all bobsled medals . . . and 18% of the golds.
8. Norway has won 21% of all cross-country skiing medals . . . and 28% of the golds.
9. Austria has won 21% of all alpine skiing medals . . . and 21% of the golds.
10. Austria has won 20% of all ski jumping medals . . . and 18% of the golds.
11. And Norway has won 14% of all biathlon medals . . . and 19% of the golds.
Four Olympic Randoms
1. On the first episode of the new "Tonight Show", JIMMY FALLON made a joke about husky U.S. bobsledder, Steven Holcomb . . . and said Holcomb is the Olympian, quote, "most likely to find an old hot wing in his pocket."
Holcomb seemed a little offended yesterday. Quote, "It is what it is, he tried to take a jab at me and that's fine. It happens. We'll work something out." Later in the day he softened up and joked about it on Twitter. (Yahoo Sports)
2. Last week, Sage Kotsenburg won the U.S. a gold in snowboard slopestyle. Afterward, he joked on Twitter that he wishes the medals were made out of bacon.
Well, a company in Pennsylvania called Godshall's Meats saw the tweet . . . and made some replicas of the Sochi medals out of turkey bacon. They say they're working to get one to Kotsenburg. (ABC News) (Here's a photo of one.)
3. On Monday, Charlie White won a gold medal in ice dancing. And apparently, one talent isn't enough . . . because yesterday he went on the "Today" show and played the VIOLIN.
Apparently he promised them a few months back that if he won gold, he'd come on their show and perform. (NBC Olympics) (Here's a quick video.)
4. According to the "Huffington Post", 46% of men have gotten TURNED ON watching figure skating. Now you know? (Facebook)
Kate Upton . . . In a Bikini . . . In Zero Gravity
You know how people often say that someone or something "won the Internet"? Well, KATE UPTON did that yesterday. And she CRUSHED any and all competition.
You see, Kate did a bikini photo shoot for the "Sports Illustrated" swimsuit issue . . . in ZERO GRAVITY. The pictures hit the web yesterday, and they're quite glorious. (Scroll down here for a behind-the-scenes video.)
Charlie Sheen Will NOT Get a Prenup
Yesterday, we heard "sources" say that CHARLIE SHEEN will get a prenup before marrying porno minx BRETT ROSSI. But that's NOT the case. Charlie says, quote, "Prenups poison marriages."
Charlie says they're going into it with this simple agreement . . . quote, "You keep your [crap] and I'll keep mine."
Benedict Cumberbatch Thinks He Looks Like an Otter
Millions of women think BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH is gorgeous. But he doesn't really agree. In fact, he thinks he has a "weird face."
He describes his look as, quote, "somewhere between an otter and something people find vaguely attractive. Or just an otter, which is vaguely attractive." (Here's audio.)
In case you didn't know, "Otters Who Look Like Benedict Cumberbatch" is actually a meme. And Benedict has addressed it before.
Sexy Pictures of Famous People
1. (NC-17) PARIS HILTON celebrated her 33rd birthday this past weekend by showing off part of her DOWNTOWN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. She wore a dress that was slit way too high, and NOTHING underneath.
2. MILEY CYRUS shows a ton of skin in promotional pictures for her tour.
3. Check out a gallery of Winter Olympians and their celebrity look-alikes. Not all of them work, but a few are really good.
This gallery of Olympians and their "Movie Twins" is a lot better.
4. 55-year-old SHARON STONE looks pretty hot on the cover of "Shape" magazine.
5. Here's a gallery of celebrities engaging in "extreme PDA".
6. Here's JULIANNE HOUGH making out with her new boyfriend, hockey player BROOKS LAICH.
7. Another day, another super-sexy IRELAND BALDWIN Instagram photo.
14 Actors Who Got Naked For an Oscar
A lot of actors have received Oscar nominations for roles that included NUDITY. This year, there's Leonardo DiCaprio for "The Wolf of Wall Street" and Julie Delpy for "Before Midnight". Other examples include Halle Berry, Denzel Washington, Brad Pitt and Kate Winslet.
Leonardo DiCaprio gets naked a lot in "The Wolf of Wall Street". They even had to cut down the sex scenes to avoid an NC-17 rating. Leo's reward? A Best Actor nomination.
Julie Delpy showed off her 44-year-old cans in "Before Midnight", and she's up for Best Adapted Screenplay this year.
Colin Firth swims naked during the opening credits of the 2009 film "A Single Man", and was nominated for Best Actor. But he WON that Oscar the following year for "The King's Speech", in which he DIDN'T strip.
Sacha Baron Cohen wrestled another man naked in "Borat", which earned him a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination in 2007.
Brad Pitt showed his butt in "Twelve Monkeys", and got nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 1996.
Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams all got nominated for "Brokeback Mountain" in 2005.
Denzel Washington showed his buttocks in "The Hurricane", and went to the 2000 Oscars with a Best Actor nomination. He wouldn't win Best Actor until 2002, for "Training Day". But he already had a Best Supporting Actor win for "Glory" in 1990.
Edward Norton's prison shower scene in the 1998 movie "American History X" earned him a Best Actor nod.
Halle Berry got naked and took it ENTHUSIASTICALLY FROM BEHIND from Billy Bob Thornton in "Monster's Ball". As a result, in 2002 she became the first African-American woman to win Best Actress.
Kate Winslet gets naked a lot . . . and she gets nominated for Oscars a lot, too. Nudity equaled Oscar love for Kate in "Titanic", "Iris", "Little Children" and, finally, "The Reader", for which she won her first trophy in 2009.
14 Actors Who Got Naked For an Oscar
Kevin Spacey showed his ass in "American Beauty" and won Best Actor in 2000.
Geoffrey Rush showed his backside while jumping on a trampoline in "Shine". It won him Best Actor in 1997.
You know that old wives' tale that guys are afraid to fight other guys who are naked? Well, in the 2007 movie "Eastern Promises", two guys attack a naked VIGGO MORTENSEN in a Turkish bath.
And what ensued was a violent, bloody, 3-minute fight scene that Viggo did entirely in his birthday suit. It made him a Best Actor nominee.
WILLIAM HURT was nominated for Best Actor in 1998 for "Broadcast News", a movie in which he showed his butt.
VH1 Is Developing an Absurd Reality Show Called "Naked Dating"
VH1 is developing an absurd reality show called "Naked Dating", which is exactly what it sounds like. Each episode has a man and a woman dating two different people . . . and they're all nude. There's no word on a host yet . . . and there's no premiere date either.
Wednesday TV Reminders:
• "American Idol" [Men's Performance Show] . . . 8:00 to 10:00 P.M. on Fox. The Top 15 guys perform tonight. And tomorrow night the Top 13 contestants will be revealed.
• "Inside the Actor's Studio" . . . 8:00 to 9:00 P.M. on Bravo. Amy Adams talks with James Lipton tonight. And then Matthew McConaughey joins him TOMORROW night.
• "Primetime Olympics Coverage" . . . from 8:00 to 11:30 P.M. on NBC. World champion skiier Ted Ligety competes in the men's giant slalom . . . while Gracie Gold, Polina Edmunds and Ashley Wagner do their figure skating short program.
If you'd like to try to catch some results in real time, here are the schedules.
Wednesday's Schedule:
1. Alpine Skiing: The second men's Giant Slalom run starts at 5:30 a.m. Eastern.
2. Snowboard: The ladies' Parallel Giant Slalom finals start at 5:30 a.m. Eastern.
3. Snowboard: The men's Parallel Giant Slalom finals start at 5:35 a.m. Eastern.
4. Cross-Country: The ladies' Team Sprint Classic final starts at 6:45 a.m. Eastern.
5. Cross-Country: The men's Team Sprint Classic final starts at 7:15 a.m. Eastern.
6. Speed Skating: The ladies' 5,000-meter race starts at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.
7. Biathlon: The Mixed Relay, both women and men, starts at 9:30 a.m. Eastern.
8. Figure Skating: The ladies Short Program starts at 10:00 a.m. Eastern.
9. Bobsleigh: The 4th heat for the ladies starts at 12:23 p.m. Eastern.
• "Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond" [Series Finale] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on BBC.
Tonight's Late Night Talk Shows:
• "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" - Bradley Cooper and Tim McGraw.
• "Letterman" - Olympic snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington, the minx who won gold in the halfpipe. Plus: Lupita Nyong'o from "12 Years a Slave" and Little Dragon.
• "Jimmy Kimmel" - Matthew McConaughey, June Squibb, and Switchfoot.
• "Carson Daly" - Pre-empted for the Olympics.
• "Arsenio" - Tyrese, Ginuwine and Tank perform as TGT.
• "Conan" - Tom Felton and Ray Romano.
• "Craig Ferguson" - Kevin Costner and Toby Keith's hot daughter Krystal Keith.
• "Chelsea Lately" - Scott Speedman.
• "Jon Stewart" - David O. Russell.
• "The Colbert Report" - Alexander Payne.
Five Random Facts For Wednesday
Here are a few random facts for you. The Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada, not Hawaii. WOODROW WILSON is the only U.S. president with a Ph.D. And the average American eats almost a TON of food a year.
1. Hawaiian pizza . . . with ham and pineapple on top . . . wasn't invented in Hawaii. It was invented by a guy named Sam Panopolous in Ontario, Canada in 1962.
2. There are whales alive today who've been alive since before "Moby-Dick" was written . . . in 1851. They're bowhead whales off the coast of Alaska, and they're over 200 years old.
3. During the auditions for "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure", KEANU REEVES originally auditioned to play Bill S. Preston, Esquire and ALEX WINTER auditioned to play Ted "Theodore" Logan. Their parts were switched AFTER casting.
4. A lot of U.S. presidents have gotten honorary doctorates, but only one actually earned a straight-up doctorate . . . WOODROW WILSON. He got a Ph.D. in history and political science from Johns Hopkins University.
5. The average American eats almost a TON of food in a year. In 2011, the average American ate 1,966 pounds of food . . . or about five-and-a-half pounds of food a day.
(Canoe.ca / Smithsonian / Mental Floss / New York Times / NPR)
The Average Woman Spends 14,000 Hours of Her Life on Her Hair . . . Or a Year-and-a-Half
According to a new survey, the average woman spends 14,000 HOURS of her life taking care of her hair. That's more than a year-and-a-half . . . but only breaks down to about 33 minutes a day.
84% of Men Still Pay For the Woman on Most Dates
According to a new study, men still overwhelmingly pay for women on almost all dates. 84% of men say they pay the entire bill on the first date AND on several dates after that. 39% of women say that when they offer to pay on a date, they're secretly RELIEVED when the guy says no.
What's the Worst Thing Your Boss Has Done to You?
What's the WORST THING your boss has ever done to you? In a new survey, the most common answer people give is that their boss shouted at them . . . but 8% have been BLACKMAILED by their boss, and 3% have had their boss cut their pay for no reason.
41% say the worst thing their boss ever did was SHOUT at them.
12% have been sworn at or verbally abused.
12% have been repeatedly belittled in front of their coworkers.
8% have been BLACKMAILED by their boss.
5% have been forced to do their boss's work along with their own.
4% have been forced to do unpaid overtime.
And 3% have had their pay CUT without any reason or authorization. (PR Newswire)
If You Could Bring Back Any Fad, What Would It Be?
If you could bring back any fad, which one would it be? Some of the most popular answers are block parties, rollerblades, the '90s grunge look, saying "NOT" as a punchline, and fanny packs.
1. Block parties. Hanging with your neighbors used to be amazing.
2. Rollerblades.
3. Tetherball. Now it's considered bullying, but it was such an entertaining game for kids.
4. Slap bracelets. Unfortunately, they got banned because somehow every town in America had a girl from "the town over" accidentally slice open her wrists on them.
5. Saying "NOT" as a punchline.
6. The '90s grunge look. So comfortable. So warm.
7. Fanny packs. They're the ultimate in convenience.
8. Mullets.
(Reddit)
Here's How Much You Need to Buy a Home in Five Major U.S. Cities
A mortgage company figured out the minimum salary you'd need to buy an average house in 25 major U.S. cities. Cleveland is the cheapest . . . you just need a salary of $19,435 to buy a home there. And San Francisco is the most expensive . . . you'd need to make $115,510 a year to buy a home.
1. Cleveland, Ohio. The average home price is $112,800, monthly mortgage is $454 . . . so you could buy a home on just a $19,435-a-year salary.
2. Tampa, Florida. The cheapest way to live in a big city with good WEATHER is to buy in Tampa. The average home is $142,400 . . . the average monthly mortgage is $575 . . . and the minimum salary you'd need is $24,651.
3. Chicago. It's surprisingly inexpensive. The average home is $187,100, and the monthly mortgage is $756 . . . so you'd need a minimum salary of $32,389.
4. New York City. You couldn't get these prices in Manhattan . . . but the average home is $386,300 and mortgage is $1,544, so you'd need a salary of $66,167.
5. San Francisco. San Francisco is the most expensive of the 25 largest cities in the country. The average home price is $682,410 . . . monthly mortgage is $2,695 . . . and the minimum annual salary you'd need is $115,510. (Business Insider)
Is Bigfoot Hiding in Abandoned Homes in Detroit?
There's been a Bigfoot sighting in DETROIT. A guy there says he saw Bigfoot, and thinks he's taking advantage of all of the vacant, abandoned homes there to hide out.
Victoria Justice is 21. "Victorious" minx who can now legally drink alcohol.
Haylie Duff is 29. Hilary's oddly sexy older sister. You might know her as Sandy, who Simon nailed and Martin knocked up on "7th Heaven" . . . or as Summer, the stuck-up chick who lost to PEDRO FOR PRESIDENT in "Napoleon Dynamite".
Arielle Kebbel is 29. Venessa Shaw on the new "90210" and Lexi on "The Vampire Diaries". She's also in Amazon.com's post-apocalyptic web series "The After".
Sunset Thomas is 42. Blonde mattress actress from 211 fine films, including "Muffy the Vampire Layer". She was also one of the stars of HBO's "Cathouse". She was the one dating Dennis, the brothel's owner, during the first season.
Benicio Del Toro is 47. Dirty old man who may have nailed Lindsay Lohan . . . AND who likely gave Scarlett Johansson the business in a HOTEL ELEVATOR. He was the new "Wolf Man". Great movie. Very little makeup was necessary.
JUSTINE BATEMAN! is 48. Mallory Keaton on "Family Ties" . . . and Jason Bateman's older sister. She was dealing dope on "Desperate Housewives", but that was six years ago. She hasn't done much since.
Seal is 51.
Jeff Daniels is 59. "Pleasantville", "Dumb & Dumber", "Arachnophobia", "The Squid and the Whale" and "Good Night, and Good Luck". Now he's anchorman Will McAvoy on "The Newsroom" . . . And in November, we'll see him and Jim Carrey in "Dumb & Dumber To"!
Tony Iommi is 66. Black Sabbath (slash) Heaven and Hell guitarist. If you don't have that new Sabbath album "13", what's wrong with you?
Loverboy guitarist Paul Dean is 68. Their biggest hits include "Working for the Weekend", "Turn Me Loose", "Hot Girls In Love", and the "Top Gun" power ballad, "Heaven in Your Eyes".
SMOKEY ROBINSON is 74
FALCO! (1957 - 1998) "ROCK ME AMADEUS".
Countdown to Upcoming Events
• 5 days until "The Voice" returns
• 11 days to the Oscars
• 18 days to Daylight Savings
• 26 days to St. Patrick's Day
• 41 days to April Fool's Day
• 1,066 days left of "Hope and Change"
136 years ago . . . in 1878 - THOMAS EDISON received a patent for his PHONOGRAPH.
80 years ago . . . in 1934 - BOB HOPE married the beautiful Dolores Reade. (Today would have been their 79th wedding anniversary.)
72 years ago . . . in 1942 - President Franklin Roosevelt signed the order that let the military RELOCATE AND INTERN JAPANESE-AMERICANS and Japanese nationals living in the U.S.
And in the year 2003, Congressman Howard Coble (Republican from North Carolina), the head of a House subcommittee on homeland defense, hinted that we should do the same thing TODAY with Arabs!!!
Quote: "Some (Japanese) were probably intent on doing harm to us just as some of these Arab-Americans are probably intent on doing harm to us." (???????????????)
34 years ago . . . in 1980 - AC/DC's lead singer, BON SCOTT, died in London at the age of 33 . . . from choking on his own vomit after some very heavy boozing.
33 years ago . . . in 1981 - GEORGE HARRISON was ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for the "SUBCONSCIOUS PLAGIARISM" of The Chiffons' 1960 hit "He's So Fine" . . . which George allegedly lifted in writing "My Sweet Lord".
29 years ago . . . in 1985 - Coca-Cola introduced CHERRY COKE.
23 years ago . . . in 1991 - PUBLIC ENEMY boycotted the 1991 Grammy Awards because the rap award wasn't going be presented during the live TV ceremony.
19 years ago . . . in 1995 - Well-chested PAMELA ANDERSON married the well-crotched TOMMY LEE. They divorced in 1998 after he was arrested for beating the crap out of her . . . and they have since dedicated their energies to traumatizing the young minds of their two kids.
17 years ago . . . in 1997 - A New York judge dismissed a fan's $7 million lawsuit filed against MOTLEY CRUE . . . for hearing loss suffered at one of the Crue's concerts.
16 years ago . . . in 1998 - LORRIE "WHORRIE" MORGAN officially denied an article that the "Star" tabloid had published about "a wild ride in the back seat of a limousine with President BILL CLINTON."
Nine years ago . . . in 2005 - LINDSAY LOHAN'S psychotic dad, MICHAEL LOHAN, was arrested for DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED after he smacked his car into a utility pole and it BURST INTO FLAMES.
Six years ago . . . in 2008 - FIDEL CASTRO stepped down as the president of Cuba after nearly half a century in office.
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