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February 2010
Carly Simon reveals man behind “You’re so Vain”
For 38-years his identity was the musical equivalent of the formerly hidden identity of Deep Throat (Mark Felt of Watergate fame).
Now folk singer Carly Simon has reveal the name of the dude who inspired her 1972 hit “You’re So Vain.”
The mystery man is not who you think. Nope, it wasn’t one of her ex-lovers: not Cat Stevens, Mick Jagger, Warren Beatty or Kris Kristofferson.
In fact it, it apparently doesn’t have anything to do with romantic love at all.
Simon whispers the name “David” in the a new version of the song. The UK’s Daily Mail says the David she’s whispering about is openly gay mogul David Geffen, co-founder of DreamWorks SKG and the head of Elektra, Simon’s then-record label.
The newspaper guesses Simon wrote the song after Geffen dissed her and began heavily promoting her rival Joni Mitchell.
What do you think?
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TweetPETA scraps neuter Tiger Woods billboard, going after Mark Sanford
Here’s good news for PETA and bad news for wives: there are plenty of cheating dogs to mock while promoting animal spaying and neutering.
Lawyers for golfing great Tiger Woods ‘kindly’ threatened to sue the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals if the activist group proceeded with hilarious plans to erect billboard mocking Woods reading “Too Much Sex Can Be a Bad Thing … For Little Tigers Too. Help Keep Your Cats (and Dogs) Out of Trouble: Always Spay or Neuter!”
Perhaps shaken and stirred, PETA will now put up a billboard featuring that South Carolina’s governor of lust Mark Sanford as part of its “cheeky spay-and-neuter” campaign.
According to the New York Post, the tagline will read “Your dog doesn’t have to go to South America to get laid.”
PETA’s ad campaign aims to reduce the number of cats and dogs from being euthanized at shelters each year, according to The Orlando Sentinel.
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TweetCould Kate Gosselin be “Dancing with the Stars?”
Rumors are flying that Kate Gosselin (yeah, you remember her) is being considered for the next cast of the competition reality show “Dancing with the Stars.”
The official lineup will be announced Monday, March 1.
Back in December, Gosselin told Jay Leno that she’d love to appear on the show, according to Entertainment Tonight.
“Yes, ‘Dancing with the Stars’ because I cannot dance,” she said. “I want to laugh at myself. I so cannot dance. It would be a sad sight.”
The New York Daily News says that Olympic diving champ Greg Louganis and top-heavy actress Pamela Anderson are also among the names being floated.
AOL TV has John Stamos ,Kevin Federline, Paula Abdul and Kettering native model Brooklyn Decker listed as contenders.
Federline and Abdul are considered really long shots because they are former dancers.
Remember we are dealing in rumors here people.
Who would you like to see dancing on the show?
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TweetMichael Jackson ‘911’ tape reportedly released
The UK Sun has released a recording it claims is of emergency workers calling ahead to a hospital for Michael Jackson.
Click here to hear the recording.
If legitimate, the recording could be used as evidence against Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray. Murray is accused in Jackson’s June 25 death.
In the recording, a man voice believed to be that of an Los Angeles Fire Department medical worker says: “Patient is Michael Jackson, the pop star singer. No pulse, no breathing. Unresponsive. Tried to resuscitate him. Unsuccessful,” the Sun reports. “We’ve done everything we can. We should be there in five minutes. It doesn’t look good. It doesn’t look good.”
A fire department spokesperson didn’t deny the recording was real, according to the New York Post. “I couldn’t confirm that is one of our workers. It could be. They refer to ‘pop star Michael Jackson’ but it is not our practice to name names,” the source said.
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TweetJohnny Depp pleads for the lives of convicted satanic killers
Add advocate to the Mad Hatter’s bag of tricks.
On the episode of CBS’s ‘48 Hours Mystery’ set to air 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, Johnny Depp pleads the case of three men he and many others believe were wrongly convicted of killing three 8-year-old boys during a satanic ritual in 1994.
“I firmly believe Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley are totally innocent,” the “Alice in Wonderland” star says in a clip from the show. “There was a need for swift justice to placate the frightened community.”
Echols is on death row for the gruesome murders in West Memphis, Ark. The other two received life sentences.
The trio have been the subject of two HBO documentaries - ‘Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills’ and ‘Paradise Lost 2: Revelations’ - that presents evidence pointing to their innocence.
Depp says the case should be reopened, noting that the trial focused too much on the then teenagers’ fixation with heavy metal music and Stephen King books.
Depp is not the only famous person who thinks the three were wrongly convicted. Their supporters also include Henry Rollins, Winona Ryder, Eddie Vedder and the Dixie Chicks.
What do you think?
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TweetLeno coming back swinging - Jamie Foxx, Sarah Palin, “Jersey Shore” cast
It will likely take some doing to get a Conan-deprived nation Jaywalking again.
Embattled comic Jay Leno is offering just that his first week back as “Tonight Show” host, according to his website.
He’s even bring out Sarah “using the R-word is wrong” Palin.
Question is will it be enough to erase all memories of the Tonight Show fiasco that had everyone taking sides last month (Team Jay vs. Team Conan vs Team NBC Stinks ).
The guest list for Leno’s first show Monday, March 1, includes Jamie Foxx, Olympic Gold Medal Skier Lindsey Vonn and a musical performance by Brad Paisley.
Palin is up Tuesday with Olympic Gold Medal Snowboarder Shaun White.
The super classy cast of MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” Avril Lavigne Chelsea Handler, Speed Skater Apolo Anton Ohno will be guest on Wednesday.
Matthew McConaughey and Jason Reitman will stop by Thursday and Morgan Freeman and Meredith Vieira finish off the week.
Guests the following week include Simon Cowell, Judd Apatow, Christoph Waltz, Kim Kardashian, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts and Colbie Caillat.
What do you think? Is the line up strong enough?
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TweetLocal anchor vying to be named ‘America’s Hottest Husband’
America’s hottest husband might very well be Fox 45’s Don Hammond.
Hammond, an anchor and reporter for WKEF/ WRGT-TV, is one of “22 sexy finalists” in RedBook magazine’s “America’s Hottest Husband of 2010” contest.
Hammond and the other finalists were chosen by Redbook’s editors Online voting is being conducted to help determine the winner.
The grand prize is a seven-day, six-night all-inclusive stay at St. Jame’s Club in Antigua valued at $7,000.
The winner and runners up that will appear in RedBook’s June “Hot Husbands” issue.
Hammond, an Ohio native, was raised in the Dayton and Cincinnati areas. The 53-year-old has been married four years and has two children and three stepchildren.
Here’s Hammond’s entry from RedBook’s website:
Catherine Morningstar met her husband on television — at the station where she also worked. Don was the TV anchor for the news that Catherine, 47, directed.
She assumed he would be a stereotypically arrogant anchor, but after getting to know him, she was pleasantly surprised to find he had a big heart. Just three months after the pair started dating, Donald was transferred to Washington, DC, yet he returned to Dayton often to visit Catherine.
On these trips, he always helped to take care of the house and cut firewood in the winter.
“Helping out in those ways were his little ‘love notes’ to me,” Catherine says. “I sometimes tear up thinking of all the work he’s done. It really moves me.”
Don and Catherine now work at the same station again, yet are on opposite schedules, so they fit in most of their together time on weekends.
“We like to unwind by going to antique stores and flea markets,” she says.
On Sunday nights, they sit down as a family for movie night. Don is a good role model to Catherine’s kids as well as to his own.
“He’s concerned about every step of what they’re doing,” she says. “We’re making sure they’re starting along the right path so they can be respectable, good, decent adults.”
Catherine acknowledges that the camera loves her husband, but she loves his arms most of all. “I’m a sucker for big, massive muscles,” she says. “They make me feel so protected and safe.”
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TweetTiger Woods: “I am deeply sorry”
Golfing great Tiger Woods said he thought of only himself during a string of affairs that lead to scandal.
“I brought this shame on myself,” Woods said in a televised statement aired today, Friday, Feb. 19.
Wood apologized to his family, his friends, his business partners and the children that looked up to him.
“I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior,” Wood said.
Woods, who said he was treated more than 40 days for sex addiction, said that he will not repeat his cheating ways.
He also denied reports that his wife Elin attacked him on Thanksgiving before he crashed his car. The accident happen after reports of his affairs hit the media.
“There has never been an episode of domestic violence in our marriage,” Woods said.
“Elin deserve praise not blame.”
He said he now knows his actions were wrong and is working to repair damage done to his marriage.
“I convinced myself that normal rules didn’t not apply,” he said. “I felt I entitled.”
Woods also took the opportunity to chastise the media for following his children. He ask that his family be left alone.
The champ didn’t rule out a return to golfing, but for now said he would return to treatment and concentrate on the core values taught by Buddhism.
He asked that people find room in their hearts to once again believe in him.
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TweetWhat do you think Tiger Woods will say about sex scandal?
In a matter of hours, Tiger Woods will speak publicly for the first time since a sex scandal sent him into hiding three months ago. Twitter users are sounding off on what Woods should do and their general feelings about the troubled golfing star before his 11 a.m. talk to the media.
“Why are people pressed for Tiger Woods to speak? He won’t say much and he ain’t answering questions.”
“I can’t believe networks are breaking for tiger woods that’s crazy to me.”
“Tiger Woods day. Like Groundhog day only more predictable.”
“Off out…finally…hopefully will get back intime to see tiger woods theatre performance.”
“I wish they would just leave Tiger Woods alone—Yes, he made bad decisions but living under a microscope can’t be easy.”
“A man FLIES A PLANE into an IRS building and all they are talking about today is Tiger Woods?!?!? (sigh).”
“I am about 99.9% sure that what ever Tiger Woods has to say today will not help at all. At least for me.”
What do you think Woods will say? For those not closed to the TV, Tiger’s show will be streamed on YouTube.com.
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TweetElton John: “Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man”
Pop legend Elton John opens up about everything from romance to religion in this week’s Parade Magazine, in the Dayton Daily News this Sunday, Feb. 21.
“I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems. On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don’t know what makes people so cruel. Try being a gay woman in the Middle East — you’re as good as dead,” he reportedly says in an article by Dotson Rader.
The article coincides with John’s annual Oscar bash for his AIDS Foundation.
John discusses the death of his famous friends, including Princess Diana and Gianni Versace. He also discusses passings of not so famous friends.
“Every time I sing ‘The Ballad of the Boy in the Red Shoes’ onstage, I say that this is a song written about a time when people in America started getting AIDS and your president, Ronald Reagan, did nothing about it. I get boos. There’s a lot of hate in the world,” John said.
He says he wants to make the world a better place.
“I set up my foundation because I wanted to make amends for the years I was a drug addict. People with HIV are still stigmatized. The infection rates are going up. People are dying. The political response is appalling. The sadness of it, the waste.”
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TweetGolfer calls Tiger Woods “selfish,” write calls him a “control freak”
Golfing great and monogamy not-so great Tiger Woods will talk publicly Friday for the first time since a sex scandal sent him into hiding three months ago.
Big question: does anyone actually care about what he has to say?
Perhaps, but it is clear that a lot of people are over Woods and his drama.
Golfer Ernie Els called Woods “selfish,” according to the Golf Week.
“You can write that. I feel sorry for the sponsor. Mondays are a good day to make statements, not Friday. This takes a lot away from the golf tournament.”
Friday is the third day of the Accenture Match Play tournament.
In an email to the AP Wednesday, Woods’ agent Mark Steinberg said the champ would not answer questions from the small group of reporters invited to hear him speak Friday.
Sports Illustrated senior writer Michael Bamberger blasted Woods in a recent column.
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Tiger Woods is a world-class control freak, and in his re-entry into public life — which has showered him with wealth and opportunities and trappings that we can only imagine — he is picking up right where he left off. He controls all. He’s the same way with his golf ball. He tells it exactly what he wants it to do.
A guess is that Tiger is very angry. Angry at the National Enquirer for breaking the story of his infidelity. Angry at NBC — one of the Tour’s most reliable media partners! — for trotting out one of his babes on the Today show with golf buff Matt Lauer. Angry at the mainstream golf press for writing oh-that-Tiger-is-a-fraud stories. ” Bamberger writes on Golf.com.
Steinberg said Woods statement will continue the healing process.
“While Tiger feels that what happened is fundamentally a matter between he and his wife, he also recognizes that he has hurt and let down a lot of other people who were close to him,” Steinberg reportedly said in his email to the AP. “He also let down his fans. He wants to begin the process of making amends and that’s what he’s going to discuss.”
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TweetNew “We are the World” verses classic version: which is better?
It has weirdo rap inserts, obvious computer-assisted singing and no Cindi Lauper or Tina Turner, but the remake of “We Are the World” is undeniably captivating.
Recorded earlier this months and involving more than 80 recording artist - including Jamie Foxx channeling Ray Charles - the song that benefits Haiti relief efforts is naturally being compared to the original version.
The 1985 hit was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and raised money for humanitarian aid efforts in Africa.
It featured nearly every iconic singer from the 1980s - Kenny Rogers, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Cyndi Lauper, Daryl Hall , Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Tina Turner…
The new version, unleased Friday during the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, gives solos to several singers including Pink, Barbra Streisand, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Enrique Iglesias, Miley Cyrus, Fergie, Josh Groban, Justin Bieber, Tony Bennett, Lil Wayne, Usher, and Celine Dion doing shockingly well in Lauper’s old part.
But what do you think? Which do you like best?
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TweetShould overweight people be requested to purchase two plane tickets?
Southwest Airlines messed with the wrong self-described fatty this time.
Director Kevin Smith’s Ding Dong fueled fight yesterday with the airline via his Twitter page and online diary continues to spark debate.
It all opens up a very important question, should fat people be forced to buy two seats or is this just another example of how they are oppressed in society?
Let’s face it, airplane seats aren’t exactly roomy and no one wants to be wedged in between the wall and a larger person. Still fat people are people too.
As a recap, the “Clerks” director says a pilot ejected him from a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Burbank, Calif., saying he didn’t fit properly in a single seat, the Associate Press reports.
The airline has sort of apologized, but Smith and Southwest have still been battling it out online.
This is part of Smith’s reply to a Twitter user who said he “expected special treatment as a celebrity:”
a) I fit in the seat on an Oakland to Burbank Southwest Airlines flight
b) My lard didn’t spill over onto my fellow passengers
c) I could buckle the belt. I complied with the Southwest Airlines standards… and yet they bounced me regardless.
So what you call “expecting celebrity treatment” I call “expecting what I paid for.” In other words, a seat; which I fit into. I am fat, yes; but not Too Fat To Fly (yet).
I don’t know how you’re somehow finding a way to paint this as a portrait of Hollywood ego and excess run amok, but you flatter me, madam: I’m not that guy. One can’t have a giant-sized ass and a giant-sized ego (must… resist urge… to make… circa… 2004… JLo joke…). Your anger with me over what’s very clearly a case of an airline f***ing up (then continuing to f*** up, compounding the f***-up with mistruths and half-information) is better saved for those who SEEK extra privilege. I don’t and certainly didn’t in this case. I wanted nothing more nor less than EVERY OTHER PASSENGER: to sit in the seat I paid for. That I fit into.*
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TweetIn wake of his death, Alexander McQueen’s family asks for privacy
Edgy British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was found dead in his London home Thursday, Feb. 11, the Associated Press reports.
Authorities have said the daring designer’s death was not suspicious.
They have not confirmed reports that McQueen, who was mourning his mother’s death, took his own life.
Here is the message posted on McQueen’s website:
“ON BEHALF OF LEE MCQUEEN’S FAMILY, ALEXANDER MCQUEEN TODAY ANNOUNCES THE TRAGIC NEWS THAT LEE MCQUEEN, THE FOUNDER AND DESIGNER OF THE ALEXANDER MCQUEEN BRAND HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD AT HIS HOME. AT THIS STAGE IT IS INAPPROPRIATE TO COMMENT ON THIS TRAGIC NEWS BEYOND SAYING THAT WE ARE DEVASTATED AND ARE SHARING A SENSE OF SHOCK AND GRIEF WITH LEE’S FAMILY.
LEE’S FAMILY HAS ASKED FOR PRIVACY IN ORDER TO COME TO TERMS WITH THIS TERRIBLE NEWS AND WE HOPE THE MEDIA WILL RESPECT THIS.”
Here is a link to a memorial page for McQueen.
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TweetBill Clinton hospitalized following chest pains
Former president Bill Clinton has been hospitalized in New York following chest pains, according to CNN.com.
Two stents has been placed in one of his coronary arteries, the network reports, noting that Clinton remains at the hospital.
A source close to Clinton, the husband of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, reportedly said he is “fine.”
Clinton has had heart procedures in the past, including a quadruple bypass in 2004.
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TweetShould John Mayer be forgiven for using the N-Word?
John Mayer is very, very, very sorry he used the N-word in a Playboy interview.
Well that’s at least what he said in a string of tweets on Twitter.
Re: using the ‘N word’ in an interview: I am sorry that I used the word. And it’s such a shame that I did because the point I was trying to make was in the exact opposite spirit of the word itself. It was arrogant of me to think I could intellectualize using it, because I realize that there’s no intellectualizing a word that is so emotionally charged
Should he be forgiven?
The “Your Body Is a Wonderland” singer has gotten slammed by everyone from rappers to blogs for using the N-word in the raw.
“Someone asked me the other day, “What does it feel like now to have a hood pass?” And by the way, it’s sort of a contradiction in terms, because if you really had a hood pass, you could call it a n—-er pass. Why are you pulling a punch and calling it a hood pass if you really have a hood pass? But I said, “I can’t really have a hood pass. I’ve never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been told, ‘We’re full.’”
Mayer hasn’t addressed his other foot-way-in-your-mouth moments talking about all that sex he had with Jennifer Aniston and Jessica Simpson, and how his manhood is a racist.
“I don’t think I open myself to it. My (penis) is sort of like a white supremacist. I’ve got a Benetton heart and a f—in’ David Duke (penis). I’m going to start dating separately from my (penis),” Mayer said in the interview noting that black women like Holly Robinson Peete Hilary from “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” And Kerry Washington might have a shot with him.
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TweetCougars prepare to pounce, beefy “Twilight” star turns 18
Older ladies: from here on out your questionable thoughts about beefy “Twilight” star Taylor Lautner are A-OK.
The “The New Moon” star turns 18 today, Thursday, Feb 11. Cougars and Pumas rejoice.
Now it is sort of peachy if you and your 16-year-old daughter thinks the same werewolf actor is hot.
OK, that’s still a little creepy.
Even with Taylor Swift out of the way, chance are slight a mere mortal feline has a shot with Lautner, but hey, Valentine’s Day is coming up who are we to crush a dream.
What do you think?
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Tweet“30 Rock” star taken to hospital following “misunderstanding”
It seems that Alec Baldwin and his daughter still have major issues to work out.
The Emmy award-winning actor was taken to a New York City hospital over an “misunderstanding,” according to online reports.
Rescuers were called around 12:10 a.m. after the star of NBC’s “30 Rock” got into an argument with his now 14-year-old daughter Ireland.
She said he had threatened to take pills and was unresponsive, according an Associated Press source.
Baldwin was woke when medics arrived and agreed to be taken to the hospital.
He was there for more than an hour, according to the New York Daily News.
“This was a misunderstanding on one person’s part. Alec was quickly released from the hospital; he’s completely fine and will be at work today,” the actor’s spokesman, Matthew Hiltzik, said in a statement.
Baldwin who is set to host the Oscars with Steve Martin on March 7, has had a bumpy relationship with his daughter and ex-wife Kim Basinger.
Back in 2007, he drew considerable heat when a voice mail of him call the child a “rude, thoughtless little pig” was released.
Baldwin threatened to to straighten the girl out. He later blamed Basinger for the frustration he felt when he yelled at Ireland.
Baldwin has said his relationship with Ireland had since improved.
In his book, “A Promise to Ourselves,” Baldwin offered advice based on his own experience with divorce litigation and talked about how one parent can turn a child against another parent.
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TweetReports: still-married John Edwards asks for mistress’ hand in marriage
Seriously people, why is John Edwards allegedly so horrible?
The former presidential candidate has asked his mistress to marry him, according to The National Enquirer, a tabloid that has had Edward’s number the whole time.
The still-married 56-year-old popped the big question to Rielle Hunter before finally confessing to he world last month that he did in fact father Hunter’s daughter.
Edwards is now legally separated from his cancer stricken wife of 32-years Elizabeth Edwards.
Oh but Hunter has suffered too. (Wink, wink)
“John knew Rielle had been waiting for a proposal for two long years. Since they’ve gotten involved, she’s followed every order he gave her, going on a cross-country cover-up, hiding away during her pregnancy and after giving birth for the sake of his presidential aspirations,” a Enquirer source said.
Poor Rielle… yeah right.
What do you think?
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Tweet“Deadiest Catch” fans mourn loss of popular captain
Phil Harris had one of the most dangerous job in the world, but it was a massive stroke that took the fishing boat captain out.
Harris whose work off the Alaska coast were captured on the Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch”, has died, the Associated Press reports.
The 53-year-old suffered a stroke Jan. 29.
The captain’s death was hot topic on the Internet with many sending condolences to Harris’ family and crew.
“I will miss your great sense of dry humor,” one Twitter user wrote.
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TweetEllen debuts on American Idol. Did she outshine Paula?
Funny lady Ellen DeGeneres made her debut on “American Idol” Tuesday night during the first round of “Hollywood Week.”
Her denim getup was indeed questionable, but the “Ellen” talk show host more than held her own as judge on the competition show.
Some complained that DeGeneres tried to hard or simply was not Paula, but other’s liked what she brought to the table.
Andy Dehnart, editor of the popular reality TV blog realityblurred.com a said DeGeneres seemed “more polished and on-point than the people who’ve been sitting at that table for eight year,” according to the Associated Press.
What do you think? Did Ellen make you forget about Paula Abdul?
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TweetKettering native makes cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
Kettering native Brooklyn Decker can add Sports Illustrated cover model to her resume.
Decker who married tennis champ Andy Roddick in April appears on the cover of the magazine’s annual swimsuit issue. She is sort of wearing a little yellow bikini.
Decker’s parents, Tessa and Stephen Decker, met when they were students at Kettering Medical Arts College.
They were married in 1986.
The Deckers lived in West Carrollton and in Madison Twp., outside of Middletown, with Tessa’s parents, Dan and Nancy Moore. They moved to Charlotte, N.C., when Brook was 1.
Decker, 22, was born Brook Daniel Decker at Kettering Medical Center. Read more about Decker here.
Decker, who has appeared in the swimsuit issue five times, was interviewed on the NBC’s Today Show, today, Tuesday, Feb. 9.
She said winning the award was a major honor in modeling, comparing it to winning the MVP at the Super Bowl.
“I feel like the New Orleans Saints did Sunday night,” she said.
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TweetSinger punched during bar brawl
Maybe there was a reason Nelly use to wear a Band-Aid.
The “Hot in Herre” rapper was accidentally punched Friday while trying to break up a fight between his bodyguards and bouncers at an Miami club, the New York Post says.
The 35-year-old was readying to preform at a pre-Super Bowl party when he noticed things heating up between his bodyguards and club security, the newspaper says.
Nelly got in the middle of it and got popped.
Luckily things weren’t more serious. Being at the wrong place at the wrong time is sometimes a very, very, very bad thing.
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TweetPete Townshend bares his belly at the Super Bowl
Yep, you should totally wear a T-shirt if you plan to whirl your arms around during the Super Bowl and you aren’t exactly into working your abs.
Pete Townshend, 64, proved as much during the Who’s half-time performance at the Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7.
The band’s show was thrilling to say the least, but maybe someone (anyone) should have told Pete to button those bottom buttons or at least wear a T-shirt.
Check out Pete’s belly below.
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TweetCould Howard Stern replace Simon on “American Idol?”
The King of All Media could soon take a seat next to Ellen.
“American Idol” producers are hot to have Howard Stern replace Simon Cowell, according to the New York Post’s Page Six.
A source reportedly told the newspaper that Idol is the only show on TV that could compete with Sirius XM Radio for a contract with Stern, the highest paid radio personality on the air.
They think he could be even meaner than Cowell.
“They know he would be great TV and would clash with the other judges such as Ellen DeGeneres and the contestants. ‘Idol’ will do what it takes to sign him,” the source reportedly said.
Just think about the explosions.
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TweetTiger out of the cage, Woods reportedly out of rehab
Don’t know if he’s cured, but golfing great Tiger Woods is reportedly out of sex rehab and getting on with the business of putting his marriage back together.
With his wife Elin at close by, Woods left a Mississippi sex addiction clinic today, Friday, Feb. 5, according to RadarOnline.
His apparent cheating ways were uncovered in November. More than a dozen women claim they had affairs with the father of two.
What do you think? Can Tiger keep his putter in the club house?
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TweetO’Reilly and Stewart square off tonight in second part of interview
Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly squared off on “The O’Reilly Factor” Thursday night for the first time since 2004.
In the friendly fight, Stewart called O’Reilly the new voice of sanity on Fox News. He equated that to being the thinnest kid at fat camp.
“They have taken reasonable concerns about this president and this economy and turned it into full-fledged panic attack about the next coming of Chairman Mao,” Stewart said of Fox.
O’Reilly denied being a republic shill and defended his cohorts, calling Glenn Beck an everyman who simply spouts what he believes.
In a teaser for the second part of the interview set to air 8 p.m. tonight on FOX, O’Reilly hints that he will vet Stewart for vice president of the democratic party.
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TweetBrittany Murphy’s death ruled accidental
The cause of actress Brittany Murphy’s death has been revealed.
The 32-year-old died of pneumonia complicated by anemia and prescription drugs the LA coroner’s office has ruled, according to the Los Angeles Daily News.
The death has been ruled accidental.
The coroner’s office declined to identify the type of drugs used, the newspaper said. It only indicated they were all prescription drugs.
There was speculation that the star of “Clueless” and “8 Mile” died of prescription drug use.
Her husband and mother told investigators she suffered flu-like symptoms prior to her death.
Her husband partly blamed Warner Brothers for Murphy’s December death and indicated he might sue.
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TweetRumors of Miley Cyrus sister’s kiddy lingerie line devastates company
Nope, you can’t believe everything you see on a blog.
Rumors that Miley Cyrus’ plucky 9-year-old sister Noah is launching a kiddy lingerie line are bogus and a little bit more.
Annie Dugourd, co-founder of Ooh, La La! Couture, the company that was said to produce the line, called the rumors of a children’s lingerie line “an absolute lie,” according to CNBC.
Dugourd blamed the whole thing on Perez Hilton and said the her company only plans to make line of tutu dresses for 8-year-old actress Emily Grace Reeves, Noah’s best friend,
“It’s been devastating for our little company. We’re two stay-at-home moms who make tutu dresses. We would never do anything inappropriate,” Dugourd said.
The company’s web site is down for the count at the moment.
Noah Cyrus’ outfits, including a dominatrix Halloween costume, have raised eyebrows.
In a promotional video that has since been disabled, Noah dances around in a leopard print dress and fingerless gloves. Miley, 17, says she “loves” the range of clothes, according to Stuff.co.nz.
Here is a video from Noah and Emily’s YouTube.com channel. Towards the end they sing about how much they like money. It has a good tune.
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TweetSwift backlash. Do you kinda hate Taylor Swift?
Kanye West is certainly crazy, but it seems more and more people think maybe he was sort of right at the MTV Video Awards: Taylor Swift might be OK, but she’s not the greatest thing since ice cream.
The Taylor Hater Nation is very large and - according to posts on blogs and Facebook groups like “I hate Taylor Swift,” - they are so over Taylor.
A MTV.com opinion piece, “Why You Shouldn’t Hate On Taylor Swift,” tried to justify Swift’s award winning ways, but readers weren’t having it.
“This article is exactly what annoys me the most about Taylor Swift, she is portrayed as a victim we are supposed to feel sorry for. Her boyfriend broke up with her - poor Taylor. Kanye interrupted her - poor Taylor. She has an awful performance on tv and people critiize her, how dare they - poor Taylor. She is an adult woman worth millions of dollars, with buckets of awards, she doesn’t need my sympathy,” one poster said.
The Haterations caused MTV to write a second item on Swift.
So what do you think? A lot of people obviously like Swift - her record sales are off the charts -, but are all the awards justified.
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TweetJackson family: involuntary manslaughter charge a slap on the wrist
Michael Jackson’s family doesn’t think an involuntary manslaughter charge is tough enough and want Dr. Conrad Murray to face stiffer charges in the King of Pop’s death last summer.
In fact, the family would be “very upset” if Murray faces anything short of murder, Brian Oxman, the family’s lawyer, told CBS’ “The Early Show” Wednesday.
Oxman said Murray displayed recklessness in dispensing powerful drugs to help Jackson sleep, warranting a second-degree murder charge, the AP says.
The involuntary manslaughter charge prosecutors reportedly are seeking carries a four year maximum jail sentence.
“That is just a slap on the wrist, and a slap in the face, because Michael Jackson was someone who we knew was in danger of being brought to his knees, brought his death, by the use of these medications,” Oxman said.
Murray is expected to be charged as early as today.
What do you think? Should the charge be harasher?
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Tweet“Queen of Hip-Hop Literature” coming to town
Essence Magazine best-selling author Vickie Stringer will help kick off Black History Month with a 6 p.m. book talk and signing with Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Dayton Metro Library, Main Branch Auditorium, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton.
The free event is sponsored by MochaReaders, Dayton Metro Library and Friends of The Library.
Considered the “Queen of Hip-Hop Literature” by some, Stringer, a Columbus resident, will introduce her new novel “Dirtier Than Ever (Simon & Schuster, $25).
The self-described former hustler and bartender served 7 years in federal prison before forming Triple Crown Publications and self-publishing her first novel, “Let That Be The Reason,” in 2001.
Her company grown from a one-woman operation to one that has distributed more than one million books to bookstores and libraries worldwide.
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TweetWho do you think should win the Oscar?
The Oscar nominations have been announced and believe it or not, the instant classic “Sorority Row” was shut out of the Best Picture category.
Right, right, surprise, surprise.
“The Blind Side” and nine movies that actually were very good did get the nomination for the award ceremony set to air March 7 on ABC.
As E Online points out, a few films and people got the cold shoulder, including “Star Trek,” “The Hangover” and “Michael Jackson.”
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TweetThe big cheese: Obama, Dita Von Teese carved in cheese
Who knows if that Mount Rushmore thing will ever happen, but Barack Obama has already been carved.
A cheese-loving woman in England has sculpted the president and others out of cheese, according to Metro .
Prudence Staite used LowLow mature cheese to make a replica of the commander in chief called “Low-bama”
She also made a Dita Von Teese (“Dita von Cheese”) and a model of Cheryl Cole (“Chedda Cole”).
The cheesy creations are on display at the Kings Road Gallery in London.
In the past Staite has used everything jelly beans to pizza in her artwork.
Click here to see a photo of the prez being cheesy. It is dead on.
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TweetActor heading to rehab following alleged bank robbery
Looks like his name is Rip for a reason.
Cops say Rip Torn got ripped and tried to rip off a bank.
Now the Emmy winner is doing what celebrities do when they get busted for allegedly breaking the law - he’s going to rehab.
The veteran actor is expected to post $100,000 bond today, Monday, Feb. 2, and then head to a Manhattan clinic, according to E online and the Associated Press.
Cops say the 78-year-old “Men in Black” actor was drunk off his rockers Friday and armed with a revolver when he broke into a bank in Salisbury, Conn., his home town.
He is charged with criminal mischief trespassing, possession of a firearm without a permit, carrying a firearm while intoxicated and burglary, E says.
The Emmy winner’s attorney denied he had a firearm.
The attorney said Torn thought he was in his own home when he was arrested, the Hartford Courant reports.
The newspaper says that police went to the bank at about 9:45 p.m. Friday after an alarm sounded. Torn was inside and a window a was broken.
Banks want
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TweetTaylor, Pink, Beyonce, Gaga or Bon Jovi? Which Grammy performance was best?
You have to give it up to the music industry, they know how to put on a good show.
From Elton John and Lady Gaga’s dirty duet to Lil Wayne, Eminem and Drake’s bleeping performance, there were wonders for both the eyes and ears at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards.
But who was the best?
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