Do You Think You Have It Bad?

17-YEAR-OLD EARNS MASTERS DEGREE: A 17-year-old Austrian boy has earned his master's degree in computational intelligence at Vienna's University of Technology. The boy earned his high school diploma at 15, a bachelors degree in software and information engineering, and will now be working toward a doctorate in computer science. He is the son of a writer and could read and write at age 3. (AFP)

FARMERS POTTY-TRAINING PIGS: Taiwanese farmers have begun potty-training their pigs after proposed water pollution fees were proposed to keep the animals from defecating in nearby rivers. Farmers have created pig "toilets" and say the feces from other pigs attracts them to use the area making clean-up easier. Taiwan has about six million pigs.

INTRUDER ARRESTED WHILE TAKING BATH: A Texas man was arrested in the bathtub after he broke into a home, according to Tyler, Texas police. The arrest came after police received a call around 3:30 AM from a resident saying someone had broken down his door, causing him to flee the house. When police arrived the intruder was taking a bath, and after a brief struggle he was arrested on misdemeanor criminal trespassing. (AP)

8:45am

Don't be a Douchebag!

When did you call someone a douchebag?

Celebrity Trash

TARA REID POSES: Tara Reid, former Taradise star, will appear in the January/February issue of Playboy. Having suffered through botched plastic surgery, a stint in rehab, and a public wardrobe malfunction, Tara says: "I've grown up a lot, and it's time for people to see who I am." Well, this ought to show them all right.

JERSEY SHORE SPONSORS PRESSURED TO PULL ADS: The Italian-American group UNICO is continuing to pressure sponsors to stop airing its commercials during the MTV reality show Jersey Shore, TMZ reports. Domino's Pizza and an insurance group pulled their ads after the debut episode of the show. Now, UNICO has sent letters to Papa John's Pizza, Nivea, LG Electronics and Burger King, demanding that they stop supporting the show, which they call "discriminatory, insulting and Italian-bashing."

The Italian-American organization claims victory on one point: MTV has at least stopped using the terms "guido" and "guidette" in promo clips and on their web site.



30 ROCK'S GRIZZWALD CHAPMAN NEEDS KIDNEY TRANSPLANT

Actor Grizzwald "Grizz" Chapman, who plays a security man for Tracy Morgan on the NBC comedy 30 Rock, is suffering from kidney disease. The actor, who is 35, will talk about his struggles today (Tuesday) on The Dr. Oz Show. The 6-foot-11, 378-pound Chapman is receiving dialysis treatments three times a week for severe hypertension. He is on a five-year-long waiting list for a kidney transplant, but has to lose 75 pounds before he can be considered a candidate for the surgery.

Chapman admits that he ignored his high blood pressure for more than decade, and didn't even take medication for it.
Dr. Oz says of Chapman: "He's got a winning spirit, and if we follow his story carefully, everyone's going to learn a lot from it."

Nicole Richie has grown up and gone glam. The new and improved Nicole showed off brunette locks and an elegant gown at Costa Mesa's Bloomingdale's, where she was promoting her House of Harlow 1960 holiday jewelry collection over the weekend. As E! Online points out: "It seems like just yesterday she was wandering around everywhere looking like a hot mess."

The e!online site also features a "Most Improved" gallery of other stars who have gotten seriously glammed up, probably with the help of a whole team of professional stylists. The list includes Angelina Jolie, Jessica Alba, Kate Winslet and Kim Kardashian.


It's so nice taking the baby to the zoo when it's not crowded. In fact, if you're Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, you get the zoo to just shut the whole place down so you can visit with your 3-year-old daughter. One day last week, the Hollywood couple took daughter Suri to the Guillena Mundo Park Zoo outside Seville, Spain. Tom is there to film Knight and Day with Cameron Diaz. Zoo officials closed the zoo to the public so the family could just have the place to themselves. Suri reportedly was very pleased. "She loved stroking a newborn tiger cub, twin baby jaguar cubs and a baby donkey, so small it looks like a ball of fluff," a zoo official told reporters.

If it succeeds, this is the movie that is expected to kick off the next big multi-part movie franchise: Robert Downey Jr. is starring in a new and very offbeat version of Sherlock Holmes, opening on Christmas Day. The movie, with Jude Law co-starring as Holmes' loyal sidekick Doctor Watson, is directed by Guy Ritchie, best known in America as Madonna's British ex-husband. Even if most movie-goers love it, you have to wonder how fans of Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective will react to this latest movie version. The Hollywood Reporter asked Downey if detective fiction fans will recognize his Sherlock Holmes. Downey replied: "Well, we got invited to the annual Baker Street Irregulars ball in New York, so I guess we haven't fallen too far from the tree." (For those who don't know, the Baker Street Irregulars are serious students of Holmes.)

8:15am

Rick from Jimmy Eats World is on the phone!

He's promoting their New Years Eve show at Harrah's in AC!

8am Headlines

A homicide car bomber struck a heavily guarded neighborhood Tuesday near the home of a former Afghan vice president and a hotel favored by Westerners, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens


UPPER TOWNSHIP Township Committee on Monday reluctantly rescinded a law limiting where convicted sex offenders can live following a state Supreme Court decision earlier this year that affected more than 100 municipalities.
The state Supreme Court ruled in May that municipalities cannot regulate where sex offenders can live. The decision originated in a Galloway Township case in which a Richard Stockton College of New Jersey student - a low-risk sex offender - challenged the local law.


Wells Fargo plans to sell $10.4 billion in new stock to help repay all $25 billion in bailout aid it received from the government at the height of the market meltdown last fall.
The announcement from the San Francisco-based bank comes hours after Citigroup said it would repay $20 billion worth of taxpayer funds.

The chief negotiator for the U.S. at the climate summit in Copenhagen says leaders have made some progress, but that it is not enough and time is running out to come up with deal that all countries can agree on. 
The U.S. is considered the bogeyman at the climate convention of about 120 leaders, because like China, the U.S. will not agree to binding commitments. 
Although Obama has agreed to cut CO2 emissions by four percent over 1990 level, China has only agreed to cut its rate of increase. 

7:45am

Things are better when you're good looking!

The guys are talking about how good looking people have it better then ugly people and the it seems like the world agreed! Being good looking is much better then being ugly and fat!

Rock News

REPORT: GUITARIST LEAVES RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

Guitarist John Frusciante has left the Red Hot Chili Peppers for the second time, according to a report at MusicRadar.com. A source told the website that guitar player Josh Klinghoffer has been rehearsing with the group for "a couple of months now," adding, "Mentally, John checked out a long time ago. He's interested in doing his own thing, his own albums -- the whole big rock band machinery just doesn't appeal to him anymore." Frusciante left the band once before, in 1992, after the massive success of their 1991 breakthrough album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik. He got addicted to heroin at the time, but eventually kicked his habit and rejoined the group in 1999.


Muse have unveiled 14 more dates for their upcoming 2010 North American tour, following the six shows initially announced last week. The trek now stretches from late February to mid-April, with general ticket sales beginning on Saturday (December 19th) and fan pre-sales going on all this week, starting Tuesday (December 15th) at 1:00 p.m. local time. This will be the British trio's first full-length jaunt here in support of its fifth album and biggest U.S. release, The Resistance.

Muse has always been known as a dynamic live act and bassist Chris Wolstenholme told us that he thinks their early albums went unnoticed in the U.S. because their label at the time didn't bring the band over to tour: ["I mean, for us at the time, we always knew that playing live was such a massive part of this band, and a big part of how we were gonna turn people onto the band, was to go out and play live, and the record company we were with at the time, I think they were kind of holding out for this kind of big radio hit that, you know, we kind of knew wasn't gonna happen. You know, we weren't really that kind of band at the time. So, you know, we were very frustrated because we wanted to get out and tour and tour and tour, because it was working everywhere else."]


Green Day will follow the Beatles as only the second group to get their own special edition of the Rock Band video game franchise. The Green Day game will arrive for Xbox 360, PlayStation and Wii sometime in 2010, according to both a press release and an announcement made by the band at Spike TV's video game awards. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong said in a statement, "We've worked with the Rock Band team in the past year to enable our fans to play tracks from 21st Century Breakdown, and we're excited to now be working on a game, spanning our entire career. We want people to fire this up, choose their favorite Green Day tracks, and play along with us as Rock Band avatars so they can feel what it's like to perform onstage as Green Day."

7:15am

McMuffin's Here!

7am Headlines

A homicide car bomber struck a heavily guarded neighborhood Tuesday near the home of a former Afghan vice president and a hotel favored by Westerners, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens


Gary DeMarzo was named the city’s new mayor during a special meeting tonight in City Hall. He was selected after the city’s newest Commissioners Al Brannen and Edward Harshaw were sworn into office.
Brannen and Harshaw were the top vote getters in the Dec. 8 recall election in which residents voted to oust Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. and Commissioner Bill Davenport.


Iran said Monday it would try three Americans jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July, a step certain to aggravate the U.S. at a time when Tehran is locked in a standoff with the West over its nuclear program
Relatives and the U.S government say the three were innocent tourists on a hiking trip in northern Iraq and accidentally crossed into Iran,

Simon Blackburn of London's Royal Holloway College has developed a mathematical equation for finding the perfect parking spot. 
A balance between the radius of the car's curb-to-turning circle, it's wheel base and length, the formula explains precisely how much space you'll need to squeeze into even the tightest position. 

6:45am

Scotty loves electricity!

Scotty got shocked by his Christmas Lights yesterday and his arm was numb for about 20 minutes. Electricity is dangerous and Scotty knows that now!

Celebrity Trash

TAYLOR SWIFT TURNS 20: Stop calling her a teen sensation! Taylor Swift celebrated her 20th birthday on Sunday. True to her squeaky-clean reputation, she did not celebrate at some fancy club, reports e!online. The party was at her home in Tennessee, and she and her mom stayed up until all hours the night before cooking and baking up a storm of Christmas-themed goodies.

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN WELCOMES A BABY BOY: Kourtney Kardashian gave birth to a healthy baby boy early Monday. Mason Dash Disick weighs in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and measures 19.5 inches. True to family tradition, a publicist was on the phone within an hour of the birth to give the news to E!News and Life&Style for joint release. The new daddy is Kourtney's boyfriend, Scott Disick.

TARA REID POSES: Tara Reid, former Taradise star, will appear in the January/February issue of Playboy. Having suffered through botched plastic surgery, a stint in rehab, and a public wardrobe malfunction, Tara says: "I've grown up a lot, and it's time for people to see who I am." Well, this ought to show them all right.

JERSEY SHORE SPONSORS PRESSURED TO PULL ADS: The Italian-American group UNICO is continuing to pressure sponsors to stop airing its commercials during the MTV reality show Jersey Shore, TMZ reports. Domino's Pizza and an insurance group pulled their ads after the debut episode of the show. Now, UNICO has sent letters to Papa John's Pizza, Nivea, LG Electronics and Burger King, demanding that they stop supporting the show, which they call "discriminatory, insulting and Italian-bashing."

The Italian-American organization claims victory on one point: MTV has at least stopped using the terms "guido" and "guidette" in promo clips and on their web site

6:15am

Fucking Sherlock Holmes!

Scotty saw the trailer for the film and it's killer!

Good Morning, Tuesday December 15th 2009

6am Headlines

A homicide car bomber struck a heavily guarded neighborhood Tuesday near the home of a former Afghan vice president and a hotel favored by Westerners, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens


UPPER TOWNSHIP Township Committee on Monday reluctantly rescinded a law limiting where convicted sex offenders can live following a state Supreme Court decision earlier this year that affected more than 100 municipalities.
The state Supreme Court ruled in May that municipalities cannot regulate where sex offenders can live. The decision originated in a Galloway Township case in which a Richard Stockton College of New Jersey student - a low-risk sex offender - challenged the local law.

Gary DeMarzo was named the city’s new mayor during a special meeting tonight in City Hall. He was selected after the city’s newest Commissioners Al Brannen and Edward Harshaw were sworn into office.
Brannen and Harshaw were the top vote getters in the Dec. 8 recall election in which residents voted to oust Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. and Commissioner Bill Davenport.
6am
Members of a family living in Southern California were found dead Monday in a home inside an upscale gated community in Orange County
deputies arrived at the home, they found "multiple victims" inside the house
"The scene is bloody as you would imagine with multiple victims," police said.

A south Texas couple put an aborted 7-month-old fetus in a gift box under a Christmas tree after they were unable to flush the remains down a toilet, authorities alleged Monday.
Ruby Lee Medina, 31, and Javier Gonzalez, 37, of Mission, have been charged with abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence. Bond was set Monday at $20,000 each.

Rock News

White Stripes have a box set coming out on March 16th featuring the band's Canadian tour documentary The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights. According to RollingStone.com, the collection will feature the movie, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, along with a DVD of a White Stripes 10th anniversary show, a 16-track live album on both vinyl and CD and a live 7-inch single of "Icky Thump" and "The Wheels On The Bus." Also included is a 208-page book and a silk screen print. Fans who pre-order the box set before January 1st at WhiteStripes.com will also get three bonus live MP3s, recorded at the 10th anniversary gig.


3 Doors Down recently held its annual benefit concert in Biloxi, Mississippi, and now that the numbers have started to come in, organizers tell AL.com that the event raised at least 200,000 for charity. Proceeds go to The Better Life Foundation, an organization founded by the band, which helps Gulf Coast nonprofits, particularly those that benefit children. The event featured a concert by 3 Doors Down and special guests, including Aaron Lewis of Staind, and a silent auction of music and sports memorabilia. More money could be coming in through an online auction at CharityBuzz.com that winds down December 21st. Some items are still up for grabs, including a VH1 cruise package and concert ticket packages that include meet-and-greets with acts such as Maroon 5, Paramore and Barenaked Ladies.


Video game company Activision has filed a countersuit against No Doubt, claiming that the band knew that Gwen Stefani's avatar would be able to be used with other artists in Band Hero. In November, No Doubt filed a lawsuit against Activision, saying the band was "mortified" after finding out the band members' avatars could be used to to perform tracks by any of the other acts in the game. But according to the Los Angeles Times, in the counterclaim, Activision says the the game's "unlockable avatars" were "publicly known," and the band should have been aware of them. The company also says No Doubt breached its contract by not taking part in promotion of Band Hero

9:15am

Mohawk Mark conquered the Running of the Santas!

Do You Think You Have It Bad?

DETROIT POLICE MISTAKE FILM SHOOT FOR CRIME SCENE: For the second time in weeks, Detroit police officers interrupted a film shoot because they thought they were witnessing a real shoot-out. Michigan has recently hosted many more film shoots, as they are offering tax credits to filmmakers, but the increased filming has also led to some mishaps. In this case, the crew did not have a proper permit to film in the city, and the officers were not aware. (The Detroit News)

WOMAN ARRESTED ON DWI, STEALS AMBULANCE: An Oklahoma City woman was arrested for driving while intoxicated and brought to a hospital for a blood test when police say she stole an ambulance. Supposedly searching for her boyfriend, she led police on a chase that led them to her home around 2:30 a.m. Friday. In handcuffs, she told a reporter that she had a "pretty good time" driving the stolen ambulance. (KTUL)

WISCONSIN POLICE SHOOT DOWN RUNAWAY STEER: Wisconsin sheriff's deputies had to shoot a steer after it escaped after being unloaded from a truck. The bovine ran into a residential area and knocked down a fence, which caused a local school to be on lockdown for about an hour while the officers tracked it down. (Chicago Tribune)

8:45am

Looking for jobs that will get you laid!

Musician
Actor
Cop
Teacher
Jeweler
Athlete
Probation Officer
Deyfus worker
Tiger trainer

Celebrity Trash

Natalie Portman is the latest of many actresses to play Elizabeth Bennett in a film adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, but this one at least adds quite a plot twist. Portman signed on to produce and star in the movie version of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the best-selling "expanded version" of the classic by Seth Grahame-Smith. His version adds a little action to Elizabeth's blossoming love affair with Mr. Darcy, in the form of a deadly virus that turns quiet English villagers into zombie killers.


Daniel Radcliffe may appear nude in Harry Potter And the Deathly Hallows, the next installment of the series about the boy wizard of Hogwarts. The movie's director, David Yates, tells the British newspaper The Telegraph: "There are a couple of scenes in the new film in which he will undress, but we're still thinking about how we present it."


If the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards provide any clues to the upcoming Academy Awards nominations, look for small independent movies and their stars to triumph. In awards announced Sunday, Mo'Nique won best supporting actress for her role in the drama Precious from the association. Christoph Waltz was named best supporting actor for Inglourious Basterds. In the best actor category, the critics honored Jeff Bridges' performance as an alcoholic singer-songwriter in Crazy Heart. Belgian actress Yolanda Moreau won the group's best actress award for Seraphine. The best film award went to The Hurt Locker, a little-seen drama about a U.S. bomb disposal unit in Baghdad. The same film's director, Kathryn Bigelow, was honored as best director.


Two online polls currently running on Popeater.com show which way the popularity winds are blowing for a number of Hollywood stars. As of last night (Sunday) the site's "Breakthrough Star of the Year" poll garnered the most votes, in order, for the following: Taylor Swift, Susan Boyle, Lady Gaga and, far behind, the Kardashians and Chris Pine. Actually, the Kardashians and Pine got so few votes that it's possible that only people named Kardashian and Pine are voting for them. And in another poll, Popeater asked which celebrities you would want to spend Christmas with. In order of vote numbers, they are: Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Aniston, Taylor Swift and, far behind, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, or Brangelina. Presumably no one wants to spend Christmas in company with that many noisy kids.

8:15am

20 kids + 20 adults = Awesome Holiday Party

Scotty had a holiday party at his house and had about twenty kids there to meet Santa. The party went great with the help of Scotty's wife, Scotty was just in charge of the bar!

8am Headlines

President Barack Obama is asking bank executives to support his efforts to tighten the financial industry, while bankers are prepared to tell the president he should stop oversimplifying their concerns if he wants good-faith collaboration.
An hourlong meeting between the president and the nation's top financial firms was shaping up to be a tense White House encounter on Monday, not least because of Obama's description of bankers on the eve of the talks as "fat cats."

Born in 1937, Albert L. Peter had never been charged with a single crime, until he stole $980 in quarters from Wildwood parking meters that he was supposed to be fixing.
Peter, 72, was sentenced to three years' probation and 90 days in jail Friday for the theft.
He was arrested in July after being seen placing two bank bags in his car. Peter had been working an $11-per-hour job as a seasonal city employee fixing broken meters at the time.

Rescuers recovered the body of a mountaineer and are searching for his companions, two days after the trio began climbing an especially treacherous face of Oregon's Mount Hood.

The three climbers began their ascent on the west side of the 11,249-foot mountain about 1 a.m. Friday and were due back several hours later in the afternoon, but failed to return

Police say at least 50 cars crashed in a chain-reaction collision on a wet Connecticut road that was turning icy, and 46 people reported minor injuries.
six people were taken to hospitals from the wreck that happened shortly after noon Sunday on state route 110. None of the injuries were life-threatening.

7:45am

Muse coming to Philly with the Silversun Pickups


March 12th at The Wachovia Center in Philly

Rock News

Breaking Benjamin is nearing the end of its 2009 tour, which stops in Chicago tonight (Monday, December 14th) and wraps later this week. Once the outing winds down, the group will take a break for the holidays. Breaking Benjamin frontman Ben Burnley expects to head home to Pennsylvania to spend time with family and friends. He's tells us why he still lives nearby where he grew up: ["Well it's my home, you know? It's my hometown. Like Pennsylvania in general, like central, northeastern Pennsylvania, I have roots in those areas. I have friends in this area, I have family in this area. I didn't get in a band to move to L.A. or New York. I got in a band because it's what I wanna do. So I don't see any reason to really leave my home state."]


Colplay will hold an "End of Decade Clearout Sale" to help raise money for the charity, Kids Company. Starting December 17th, the band will auction off a host of items on eBay, including everything from instruments and stage equipment, to costumes from the Vida La Viva tour, to signed platinum discs and more. The band explains on its website: "Over the past ten years we've accumulated a lot of guitars, keyboards, amps, posters, platinum discs and all sorts of nostalgia. All proceeds will go to Kids Company, an incredible charity that helps vulnerable children and young people in London. All items will either be signed by the four of us, or accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, again signed by all of us."


Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo was released from the hospital on Friday (December 11th) after being injured in a tour bus crash in upstate New York. Cuomo, who suffered a punctured lung, spent six days in the hospital. Updating fans at Weezer.com, the band's webmaster Karl 'Karlophone' Koch announced the news, noting: "The time has come for freedom! After walking with and without a cane and getting some good hematocrit blood test results on Thursday, Rivers was given the go ahead to be released from the hospital!" Rivers is gettting back on a bus, heading cross-country to his home in Los Angeles. Koch adds, "One of the strict doctors orders is that Rivers cannot get on an airplane for a month, as the air pressure changes would be bad for his healing punctured lung. We've got seasons 1 and 2 of 'Mad Men' to watch, some books to read, a freezer full of organic entrees, and the bus is wired for internet, so work can continue uninterrupted."

7:15am

Michaela attacked The Running of the Santas!

She trainwrecked herself into the party on Saturday night and once again left an impression on everyone she met!

7am Headlines

President Barack Obama is asking bank executives to support his efforts to tighten the financial industry, while bankers are prepared to tell the president he should stop oversimplifying their concerns if he wants good-faith collaboration.
An hourlong meeting between the president and the nation's top financial firms was shaping up to be a tense White House encounter on Monday, not least because of Obama's description of bankers on the eve of the talks as "fat cats."

Born in 1937, Albert L. Peter had never been charged with a single crime, until he stole $980 in quarters from Wildwood parking meters that he was supposed to be fixing.
Peter, 72, was sentenced to three years' probation and 90 days in jail Friday for the theft.
He was arrested in July after being seen placing two bank bags in his car. Peter had been working an $11-per-hour job as a seasonal city employee fixing broken meters at the time.

Authorities say they removed an explosive device from around a man's neck after a robbery attempt in Orange County.
The Orange County Sheriff's Office reports that someone tried robbing a check-cashing store Sunday morning. The suspect fled, but a second man was left behind with the device around his neck.
Deputies brought the man outside the store, removed the device and disabled it.
It was not clear whether the man was a customer or another suspect

The owner of a brothel more than two hours' drive from Las Vegas said she hopes to hire Nevada's first legal male prostitutes within a month, now that state health officials have approved a method to test men for infectious diseases.
The health board approved a regulation to allow urethral testing for men — a crucial rule change by the state agency with ultimate power over whether prostitutes can or can't work

6:45am

Running of the Santas at The Tropicana!

The show was out at The Running of The Santas in the Tropicana and Mohawk Mark got plastered!, Michaela twisted an ankle, JoJo's friend got a hooker, Switch was high, and JoJo lost all his money! What a Night!

Celebrity Trash

THIS WEEKEND'S TOP TEN MOVIES -- DECEMBER 11-13

The Princess and the Frog, $25 million
The Blind Side, $15.5 million
Invictus, $9.1 million
The Twilight Saga: New Moon, $8 million
A Christmas Carol, $6.9 million
Brothers, $5 million
2012, $4.4 million
Old Dogs, $4.39 million
Armored, $3.5 million
Ninja Assassin, $2.7 million


TIGER'S HOME VISITED BY CHILD WELFARE OFFICIALS: Yet more sordid headlines are raining down on Tiger Woods, once the poster boy for squeaky-clean all-American success. RadarOnline is reporting that Florida child and family welfare officials made a visit to the golfer's mansion near Orlando on Saturday, presumably to check on his two-year-old daughter and 10-month-old son. An agency spokesman would reveal no details, but said the agency routinely investigates following an incident of domestic violence. That is what may or may not have occurred November 27th, when Tiger either crashed his car or was assaulted by his wife Elin Woods after an argument about his infidelity. In other Tiger news over the weekend:


TAYLOR LAUTNER ACES SNL APPEARANCE: He's only 17, but New Moon co-star Taylor Lautner is getting kudos for his performance as guest host on NBC's Saturday Night Live over the weekend. During his monologue, the good sport and martial arts expert beheaded a life-sized Kanye West cut-out for notoriously heckling his "really close friend" Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Awards last summer. He also announced that he's really, really good friends with a country music cutie, namely Reba McEntire.


JERSEY SHORE PULLS VIOLENT CLIP: MTV has decided to pull a scene in an upcoming episode of Jersey Shore that shows Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi getting punched in the face by a man at a nightclub. The network also removed a preview clip from YouTube, although the preview was shown previously on air. In a statement released Friday, MTV said: "What happened to "Snooki" was a crime and obviously extremely disturbing. After hearing from our viewers, further consulting with experts on the issue of violence, and seeing how the video footage has been taken out of context to not show the severity of this act or the resulting consequences, MTV has decided not to air "Snooki" being physically punched in next week's episode." The man was identified by The New York Post as New York gym teacher Lou Ferro. Ferro was arrested after the incident. The assault left Polizzi with an injury to her mouth. The network said the episode will still make clear what happened that night and will air a message at the end of the show listing available resources for those in abusive relationships

6:15am

Scotty's wife had her Holiday Party!

Friday night Scotty went to his wife's holiday party and continued his streak of not being able to talk to people with real jobs. It was a cash bar and Scotty was not a happy camper. Getting older sucks!

Good Morning, Monday December 14th 2009

Headlines

President Barack Obama is asking bank executives to support his efforts to tighten the financial industry, while bankers are prepared to tell the president he should stop oversimplifying their concerns if he wants good-faith collaboration.
An hourlong meeting between the president and the nation's top financial firms was shaping up to be a tense White House encounter on Monday, not least because of Obama's description of bankers on the eve of the talks as "fat cats."

Born in 1937, Albert L. Peter had never been charged with a single crime, until he stole $980 in quarters from Wildwood parking meters that he was supposed to be fixing.
Peter, 72, was sentenced to three years' probation and 90 days in jail Friday for the theft.
He was arrested in July after being seen placing two bank bags in his car. Peter had been working an $11-per-hour job as a seasonal city employee fixing broken meters at the time.


6am

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was punched in the face at the end of a rally on Sunday by a man holding a small statue in his hand, leaving the 73-year-old media mogul with a bloodied mouth and looking stunned

TV showed the leader with blood under his nose, on his mouth and under one eye being lifted to his feet by aides after the attack


A nurse has been convicted of assaulting elderly patients by hitting them with a pillow, kicking them onto their beds and forcing them to the ground with "controlled assistance."
Amanda Manuel, 30, of Greenwith, Australia showed little emotion as the judge in Court found her guilty Friday of five counts of assault.
She is said to have hit one female patient with a pillow and "punted" another in the back to force her onto a bed.

Rock News

The Strokes' 2001 debut album, This Is It, has been named the best album of the 2000s in a new poll sponsored by England's NME magazine. The magazine revealed its list of the Top 100 albums of the last decade, with the New York-based Strokes topping a list that includes multiple entries from the White Stripes, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Radiohead, Muse, Queens Of The Stone Age and others.

Rounding out the Top 10 were albums from the Libertines, Primal Scream, Arctic Monkeys, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, PJ Harvey, the Arcade Fire, the Streets, Interpol and Radiohead.
NME said its list was determined by "a panel of musicians, producers, writers and record label bosses."
NME's Top 20 Albums of the Decade:
1. The Strokes - Is This It
2. The Libertines - Up The Bracket
3. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
4. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
6. PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
7. Arcade Fire - Funeral
8. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
9. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
10. Radiohead - In Rainbows
11. At The Drive In - Relationship Of Command
12. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
13. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
14. Radiohead - Kid A
15. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
16. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
17. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
18. The White Stripes - Elephant
19. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
20. Blur - Think Tank


A Guns N' Roses concert scheduled for December 13th in Seoul, Korea -- the band's first gig ever in that country -- could set a new record for ticket sales in that nation, according to JoongAng Daily. Promoters said that tickets for the show, which is scheduled for a venue called the Olympic Park Gymnasium, are selling briskly, with representative Yvette Moon proclaiming on Monday (November 16th), "Ticket sales have already broken records set by other successful concerts we organized earlier in the year, like the Lady Gaga show this August."


Weezer has bundled its three self-titled records -- 1994's "blue album," 2001's "green album" and 2008's "red album" -- into a single package at iTunes for the price of $19.99. Go to the Apple iTunes store for more info. No word on whether each download comes in a different color. Weezer is currently promoting its seventh studio effort, Raditude. (Alternative Press)

Do You Think You Have It Bad?

HOTEL GIVES CUSTOMERS THE HAMSTER EXPERIENCE: A French hotel is offering its customers a unique stay in a room that resembles a hamster cage. Visitors can eat hamster grain, job on a giant hamster wheel, and sleep in a hay stack. Let's just hope customers will still use the bathroom. (Telegraph.co.uk)

ROBBER FEEDS CRYING BABY: The Indianapolis police department is still searching for two people they said robbed a house Friday morning. According to the cops, it appears the robbers took time out of robbing the house to warm up a bottle of milk for a crying baby. The two men said they needed jumper cables for their car, but forced their way inside and tied up the family. When the baby started to cry, the family asked the robbers if they could feed the baby, which they agreed to do. The crime occured in broad daylight on a busy street. (WISHTV.com)

WOMAN DIVORCES HUSBAND OVER SOAP OPERAS: An Indian woman has divorced her husband, because she said he would not allow her to watch soap operas. A local newspaper said the dispute lead to daily arguments over four years related to the popular shows. (AFP)

8:45am

Jeff from the Copperfish is in-studio cooking Grill Cheese sandwiches!

Celebrity Trash

Aaron Eckhart and Molly Sims are a couple. The model/actress confirmed the relationship to Fox411, exclaiming, "Aaron's a great guy!" The two were first spotted dining together last week in Louisiana.

Sims also took the time to defend her former Las Vegas co-star Josh Duhamel against recent allegations that he cheated on wife Fergie. She said, "I went to the wedding and he's a great guy and he lives by example. Do not believe everything you read. He is a great man, a great husband and great friend. It's sad because you are talking about a human being and Fergie is a wonderful woman. He is nothing but a good person. [The rumors are] sad, and it's about money."


Rachelle Lefevre, who stars in Twilight and New Moon as evil vampire Victoria, was absent from the film's Monday (November 16th) night premiere because the experience would have been "too emotional" for her. The actress, whose role was recast in favor of Bryce Dallas Howard for the third franchise installment, tweeted about skipping the fete.

Lefevre wrote, "2 fans at the premiere: w/ Honey in hospital & being fired from Eclipse tonight was just 2 emotional 4 me & I couldn't manage it. So sorry." (Honey is the actress' dog.)

Although the production company behind the film credited scheduling conflicts for the recasting, Lefevre countered those claims, admitting that she was "stunned" by the decision.


Susan Boyle has revealed details of her difficult childhood. The singer, who shot to fame earlier this year on Britain's Got Talent, reportedly told the Daily Mirror that she was hit in school and bullied because of her learning disabilities.

Boyle, who was reportedly starved of oxygen at birth and has mild learning difficulties, is quoted as having said, "You're looking at someone who would get the belt every day. 'Will you shut up, Susan!? -- whack!"

8:15am

Husbands who clean!

JoJo and Scotty both are husbands who clean their house instead of their wives. The guys just want to live in a clean house and they have decided that they will have to do it themselves. The cleaning battle is something that we will never win!

8am Headlines

Police were searching early Wednesday for two armed men at a T.J. Maxx clothing store in a southwest Florida shopping mall after they allegedly held eight employees hostage for at least 3 hours.
Seven of the eight hostages were freed after dozens of SWAT team members, backed by two helicopters, surrounded the store. The final hostage reportedly hid from the gunmen and was injured after being shoved to the ground by the attackers. SWAT members were seen dragging her out of the store on a blanket.

Donald Trump is giving up the fight to reclaim his casino empire.
Trump’s famous name will stay on the three Atlantic City casinos he once controlled, but corporate bondholders would be the new bosses under a deal that ends a high-stakes bankruptcy battle.
Trump and his daughter, Ivanka, have agreed to back the bondholders’ proposed buyout of Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. and will drop all of their litigation in bankruptcy court.


Prosecutors in the state of Missouri filed 15 additional sex charges against a family already accused of sexually abusing children as a newly released search warrant claims some of the suspects forced their victims to help kill and bury a man in 1988.
The new rape and sodomy charges stem from 1984 to 1989
The new rape and sodomy charges stem from 1984 to 1989 and accuse Burrell E. Mohler Sr., 77, of Independence, of rape, sodomy and use of a child in a sexual performance. His four sons, Jared Leroy Mohler, 48, of Columbia; Roland Neil Mohler, 47, of Bates City; and David A. Mohler, 52, of Lamoni, Iowa, were charged with rape.

Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.
Investment in partnerships and other deals to develop and manufacture vaccines has been on a tear—and accelerating since the swine flu pandemic began
Billions in government grants are bringing better, faster ways to develop and manufacture vaccines

7:45am

Operation Help!

Join JoJo and Scotty from 102.7 JSE Rocks at Chickies & Pete's from November 21st-25th.

It's all part of "OPERATION HELP"!

JoJo and Scotty will collecting donations for the Atlantic City Rescue Mission starting November 21st thru November 25th.

24 Hours a day for those five days.

With the help of Driftwood RV Center the guys will be living in a RV in the parking lot of Chickies and Pete's for the five days collecting any of these

-Food
-Clothing (especially summer and winter)
-Monetary
-Toys

100% of All Proceeds Go To The Rescue Mission! The Mission is helping families in Atlantic and Cape May Counties.

If you can't make it to Chickies & Pete's during those five days 102.7 will be travelling all over South Jersey picking up donations each day.

Monday, November 23rd we'll be having a party with the band "3 Noodle Stew", Monday Night Football, 103.7 The Shark live with Eagle Brett Celeck, and a chance to win a TV (Sean Patrick has the info) starting at 5pm.

Each Morning JoJo and Scotty will be broadcasting live from 5:30am-10am collecting donations and interviewing comapnies who drop off donations.

Please Help and Donate!

For more info call 609-927-1027

Rock News

Tuesday (November 17th) marked one month since the disappearance of Metallica fan Morgan Harrington from outside the band's concert in Charlottesville, Virginia. The 20-year-old Virginia Tech student vanished after she accidentally left the venue and was unable to get back in. Although she called her friends inside and said she'd either wait for them or find her own way home, Harrington was not seen again. Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo told us how he felt when he first heard about the situation: ["I mean, I was crushed. Stuff like this just really, really bums me out, especially when you are a parent and you have children. I mean, it's the worst thing that you could ever imagine. And of course, you know, we're all hoping for the best and just praying that she's alive. It really hit a sour chord with us and bummed us out."]


More details have emerged on the upcoming fourth studio album from My Chemical Romance, which is due for release in the spring of 2010. According to RollingStone.com, some members of the group are amazed that the record exists at all. Guitarist Frank Iero said that the band was so exhausted after touring behind its 2006 effort, The Black Parade, that "I thought the band was going to break up."

But the band rallied and began working almost a year ago with producer Brendan O'Brien, best known for his work with Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen. For the band's first album without a concept behind it, singer Gerard Way said they wanted to "harness everything that's great about this band into shorter songs. Almost protopunk, like the Stooges or the MC5."



Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins might be collaborating with Queen drummer Roger Taylor if Taylor gets his wish. Taylor called Hawkins "one of my best blood brothers," telling BBC 6 Music, "I've been thinking about doing a tour next year -- a very quick tour -- with Taylor Hawkins from the Foo Fighters . . . So we might do that. That sounds like fun." Hawkins and Taylor, along with Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, played an all-star drum jam together at Live Earth in 2007, while Hawkins has also played on Queen guitarist Brian May's solo track "Cyborg" and also sat behind the kit at the 2006 VH1 Rock Honors for Queen's "We Will Rock You."

7:15am

Kids shows are the worst!

The guys talked about the god awful kid shows that are on TV, they are evil!

Yo Gabba Gabba

Choo Choo Soul Train

Imagination Movement

Spongebob

The Doodle Bops

Tele Tubbies

7am Headlines

Police were searching early Wednesday for two armed men at a T.J. Maxx clothing store in a southwest Florida shopping mall after they allegedly held eight employees hostage for at least 3 hours.
Seven of the eight hostages were freed after dozens of SWAT team members, backed by two helicopters, surrounded the store. The final hostage reportedly hid from the gunmen and was injured after being shoved to the ground by the attackers. SWAT members were seen dragging her out of the store on a blanket.

Donald Trump is giving up the fight to reclaim his casino empire.
Trump’s famous name will stay on the three Atlantic City casinos he once controlled, but corporate bondholders would be the new bosses under a deal that ends a high-stakes bankruptcy battle.
Trump and his daughter, Ivanka, have agreed to back the bondholders’ proposed buyout of Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. and will drop all of their litigation in bankruptcy court.


A former Marine turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday after being named a suspect in the shooting deaths of four people whose bodies were found in a burning home, including a prostitute featured on the HBO reality series "Cathouse,"
David Allen Tyner, 28, surrendered on a warrant that included six murder complaints. Authorities said two of the victims — 22-year olds Brooke Phillips and Milagrous Barrerra — were pregnant.

Seattle police say a man who thought he was a ninja was impaled on a metal fence when he tried to leap over it.
.Police are saying officers thought the man might have been involved in a reported assault, but he insisted he was just a ninja trying to clear a 4- to 5-foot-tall fence.
Police say the man was "overconfident in his abilities," and that alcohol likely played a role.

6:45am

Michaela is going to Jail!


Michaela our transgender friend said that she got arrested over the weekend and that she is innocent. The show is hoping that she goes to prison because they would think it was funny trying to figure out male or female jail.

Celebrity Trash

Anthony Michael Hall's ex-girlfriend has obtained a temporary restraining order against the Breakfast Club star. The New York Post reports that Hall has been ordered to stay away from his Diana Falzone after he allegedly stalked her and attacked her in her New York apartment. The 41-year-old, who suffers from bipolar disorder, allegedly tried to kick down her door during an early-hours visit and bashed her head against the wall when she finally let him in. A spokesman for Hall said he was not aware of the temporary restraining order, but insisted, "All of the allegations are erroneous and will be addressed accordingly."


A judge has granted a civil restraining order against a man accused of stalking Ryan Seacrest. The Associated Press reports that the order, which was issued on Tuesday (November 17th), requires Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr. to stay 100 yards away from Seacrest. Uzomah is currently in jail, where he was taken after his arrest last month outside of E! on felony stalking charges.


MTV has secured the TV rights to the Michael Jackson movie, This Is It. Variety reports that the deal will make the film available to MTV and its sibling nets in 2011 for a six-year window.


Bob Saget will star in a new reality series on A&E. The Hollywood Reporter announced that Bob Saget's Strange Days will feature the actor immersing himself in cultures such as the world of mail-order brides and joining a survivalist cult prepping for the end of the world to rushing at a fraternity.


Samuel Levin, the man Nicolas Cage claims is responsible for his financial ruin, has countersued the actor, alleging that his money situation was out of control before Levin stepped into the picture. TMZ.com reports that in the countersuit, Levin says that by the time he was hired in 2001, "Coppola [Cage] had already squandered tens of millions of dollars . . . and owed millions of dollars in... income taxes, with no funds available to pay the tax debt."

Levin allegedly told Cage at the time that he needed an annual income of $30 million to maintain his lavish lifestyle, which included house, art, jewelry and car-buying sprees.

6:15am

JoJo did not like Wrestling!

JoJo and his wife went to see WWE Smackdown/ECW in Philly and did not have fun at all! He was amazed at how many black families went to the event, he thought black people hated wrestling. Wrestling = Learning

Good Morning! Wednesday November 18th, 2009

Police were searching early Wednesday for two armed men at a T.J. Maxx clothing store in a southwest Florida shopping mall after they allegedly held eight employees hostage for at least 3 hours.
Seven of the eight hostages were freed after dozens of SWAT team members, backed by two helicopters, surrounded the store. The final hostage reportedly hid from the gunmen and was injured after being shoved to the ground by the attackers. SWAT members were seen dragging her out of the store on a blanket.

Donald Trump is giving up the fight to reclaim his casino empire.
Trump’s famous name will stay on the three Atlantic City casinos he once controlled, but corporate bondholders would be the new bosses under a deal that ends a high-stakes bankruptcy battle.
Trump and his daughter, Ivanka, have agreed to back the bondholders’ proposed buyout of Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. and will drop all of their litigation in bankruptcy court.

6am
Ozark Police say one of his officers used a Taser on a 10-year-old girl who was combative when the officer tried to get the girl into a patrol car to be taken to a youth shelter.
the officer found the girl on the floor of the house screaming and crying. She refused to follow her mother's instructions and the mother told Bradshaw to use his Taser.

A 114-year-old woman believed to be the oldest native-born American and the third-oldest person in the world has died at a New York nursing home.
Olivia Patricia Thomas died Monday in the St. Francis Home of Williamsville, near Buffalo. She had lived there since 2004. She's being remembered as a dedicated gardener who loved to travel the world.
The oldest person in the world is believed to be Kama Chinen of Japan, who was born one month and 19 days before Thomas.

Rock News

Rise Against are starring in a new advertising campaign from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), according to Punknews.org. The campaign is focused on eradicating the use of animals in testing products such as cosmetics and cleaners. In a statement, the group said, "With alternatives to animal testing out there, it's truly sickening that animals in laboratories are still poisoned or have chemicals rubbed in their eyes in outdated, ineffective tests for yet another shampoo or cleaning product."


Fall Out Boy issues a greatest hits set called Believers Never Die on Tuesday (November 17th), even as questions continue to circulate about the band's future. Drummer Andy Hurley tweeted over the weekend that the band was going on "hiatus," although he quickly changed his wording to "taking a break." He tried to clarify his tweets, writing, "everyone, when i said fob was on hiatus, i didnt mean hiatus. i meant break. which is what i understood hiatus to mean."


White Stripes, Raconteurs and Dead Weather main man Jack White will produce a new album by Wanda Jackson, known as the "Queen of Rockabilly." According to The Oklahoman, the 72-year-old Jackson was on her way to Nashville on Friday (November 13th) to meet with White, who in 2004 produced country legend Loretta Lynn's critically acclaimed album, Van Lear Rose. Jackson, who rose to fame in the '50s while both touring with and briefly dating Elvis Presley, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year.

Do You Think You Have It Bad?

PEOPLE STUCK ON CAROUSEL ASKED TO PAY FOR RESCUE: Fourteen people who became trapped on a carousel in Germany, some upside for almost an hour are getting stuck with the bill after a rescue team was called to get them down. The amusement park maintains that they would have been able to lower the people themselves, had they not called the fire brigade, and refuses to pay for the costs of the rescue. Each person will have to pay about $420, but a spokesman for the Berlin fire service said they will have the option to reclaim the costs from the insurance providers or sue the operator of the ride.


DOOR-TO-DOOR POT SALESMAN KNOCKS ON COP'S DOOR: A Texas man trying to sell marijuana door-to-door in his apartment complex accidentally turned himself over when he knocked on the door of a police officer. Police say the man had a gun and was intoxicated when he tried to sell the cop 3oz of weed. The police officer went back inside his apartment and came back with his badge, placing the man under arrest. The charges will carry more weight because the apartment complex is near a university, which is a drug and weapon free zone.


POLICE SEARCHING FOR FAT AND NAKED ROBBER: A Des Moines, Iowa couple was awoken by intruders in their home Sunday morning. First, the husband discovered a man sleeping on a couch, but he was able to escape out the front door. Meanwhile, downstairs his wife confronted a large, naked woman who was also able to escape into a van parked outside. The husband said about $600 was missing from his wallet, but nothing else appears to be missing. Police are still searching for the robbers and have a jacket they left behind as evidence.

Celebrity Trash

Former MTV host Ken Ober has passed away at the age of 52. A representative for the comedian, who was best known for hosting MTV's Remote Control beginning in the late 1980's, confirmed his death, but offered no other details. After Remote Control, Ober went on to host other game shows, like Smush" and "Make Me Laugh. In the years since, Ober worked as a supervising producer on Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn, a consulting producer on The New Adventures of Old Christine and a writer and producer on Mind of Mencia.


FX has snagged the TV rights to the new hit disaster movie 2012. The Hollywood Reporter announced that the network wasted no time in securing the film after its $225 million opening weekend worldwide and will begin airing it in -- 2012.


Flavor Flav is reportedly experimenting with a directing career. The New York Post reports that the former VH1 reality star entered Doritos' annual "Crash the Super Bowl" ad contest, in which users are asked to submit their own ads to compete for a $1 million prize. A source at the company told the paper, "He did this totally randomly and unprovoked. And it's actually pretty damn good."


Hayden Panettiere will reportedly produce a new CW series called HMS, which will follow a class of intelligent Harvard Medical School students. The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the drama will appeal to a younger audience than Grey's Anatomy, but have a similar feel to the ABC show.



David Letterman's rep has denied reports that the talk show host's wife kicked him out of the couple's home in the wake of his sex scandal. After the National Enquirer reported that 49-year-old Regina Lasko booted Letterman from the family's Westchester mansion, his rep told the New York Daily News, "The National Enquirer has it wrong."

The tabloid claimed that Letterman had moved into his luxury loft in lower Manhattan full-time after angering Lasko with the complete truth about his affairs.

8:15am

Switch's car is still underwater!

Switch's car is still flooded from the storm that happened last week and now the smell of mildew and mold have taken the car over....He has decided to get rid of the car and buy a $500 ride....He claims to be the "King of the $500 car"!

8am Headlines

President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks Tuesday determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues, but still showing divisions over economic, security and human rights issues that have long starined the two powers.
"The relationship between our two nations goes far beyond any single issue," Obama said in a joint appearance with Hu that followed about 2 1/2 hours of private conversations.

Last week’s devastating coastal storm left $89 million worth of damage in Ocean City alone and an estimated $31 million worth of damage in Long Beach Township on Long Beach Island
Sea Isle City conservatively estimated it lost $15 million in beach and dunes; Avalon, an estimated $4 million and Strathmere, $2.5 million.


A teen has been charged after a deadly attack on a 15-year-old in Burlington County over the weekend.

Lavance Gadsden, 18, allegedly punched 15-year-old Laron Brown in the chest repeatedly in a supermarket parking lot
Brown, a student at Pemberton Township High School, collapsed after being struck multiple times ands was later pronounced dead at Virtua Memorial Hospital. An autopsy found he died of heart failure caused by blunt force trauma.

Sarah Palin said she thinks the Republican ticket lost the 2008 presidential election because Americans were looking for change, and not because she undermined the campaign or was unprepared for the vice presidential seat. 
In an interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Monday, Palin said the economy tanked under a Republican administration and people wanted to try a different path. 

7:45am

The Cheeseburger Game!

The show asked Cheeseburger some questions, it's up to the listeners to know if he got it right.

Liza is on the phone to win 311 tix

1. Who found America? Cheesebuger Answer- George W Bush (Liza said he would know)
2. What color is Green? Cheeseburger Answer- Red (Liza said he wouldn't dead)
3. What country is Paris, France In? Cheeseburger Answer- France (Liza said he wouldn't know)
4. Who is the President? Cheeseburger Answer- Obama (Liza said he would know)
5. What month is the 4th of July In? Cheeseburger Answer- July (Liza said he would know)

Congrats Liza, she's going to 311

Rock News

The much-anticipated debut album from Them Crooked Vultures arrives in stores on Tuesday (November 17th). The self-titled disc features 13 tracks from the trio, which is comprised of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl on drums, Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones and Queens Of The Stone Age singer/guitarist Josh Homme. Homme told Antiquiet.com earlier this fall that the group has been deliberately secretive about their plans, saying, "What's funny is once you agree to do it . . . it has to work. Or it's like saying, 'Why couldn't it work between the three of you?'"


Metallica recently announced an early 2010 tour of South and Central America, with the band visiting two cities -- Panama City and San Jose, Costa Rica -- that it has never played before. The group will also hit Lima, Peru, for what promoters are expecting to be the biggest musical event ever staged in Peruvian history. Bassist Robert Trujillo was blown away when we told him that: ["Wow. The largest concert in Lima, Peru. I didn't know that, so this is special. For me going down there is special anyway. The fans are always next level. Getting down into Lima and further down into Brazil, Argentina -- we've got three shows at Argentina Riverplate Stadium -- to get into that region of the world and check out the culture down there is very exciting for us."]


Shinedown will hit the road in early 2010 for a winter U.S. trek, with Puddle Of Mudd and Skillet as opening acts. Although Skillet headlines its own tours on the Christian music circuit, frontman John Cooper told us that it can be a different scene when the band plays more mainstream rock shows: ["When we do our own tours -- you know, we're doing like a small arena tour right now, you know, and you know, we'll have somewhere between two and three thousand people come to the most of the shows. Then we'll go do a mainstream radio show and play at 11:00 in the morning (laughs), and nobody knows who we are, you know. It's just a really bizarre thing. Our fans will come and be crazy to see Skillet and everybody else is like, 'What is this?'"]

7:15am

McMuffin is Here!

7am Headlines

President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks Tuesday determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues, but still showing divisions over economic, security and human rights issues that have long starined the two powers.
"The relationship between our two nations goes far beyond any single issue," Obama said in a joint appearance with Hu that followed about 2 1/2 hours of private conversations.

Last week’s devastating coastal storm left $89 million worth of damage in Ocean City alone and an estimated $31 million worth of damage in Long Beach Township on Long Beach Island
Sea Isle City conservatively estimated it lost $15 million in beach and dunes; Avalon, an estimated $4 million and Strathmere, $2.5 million.


A U.S. Airways airliner en route from Philadelphia to London made an unscheduled stop in Boston Monday after the pilot deemed a passenger's behavior unruly and decided to have him removed from the plane.
John Alexander Murray, of Glasgow, Scotland, was arrested shortly after flight 728 landed at Logan International Airport

One frustrated client hurled a piece of concrete through the window of a welfare agency. Another threw her car keys at a welfare worker before being escorted away. At one point, a woman on public assistance even took a swing at a worker.
As the nation struggles with the highest jobless rate since the depression, state workers who deal with unemployment, welfare and other aid programs say they have never been so overwhelmed — or so worried about their safety. Some clients have begun taking their anger out on the very people who are offering help.

6:45am

Family Pictures!

The guys are talking about pictures around the house, Scotty isn't in one picture because he's taking all of them. Plus the guys talked about family portraits and how goofy they are, JoJo was dating a girl and the family put him in the family picture and then he broke up with her! Scotty had a buddy who got a picture blown up to 4 x 4 of just him and his girlfriend, very odd.

Celebrity Trash

KEN OBER DIES: Former MTV host Ken Ober has passed away at the age of 52. A representative for the comedian, who was best known for hosting MTV's Remote Control beginning in the late 1980's, confirmed his death, but offered no other details. After Remote Control, Ober went on to host other game shows, like Smush" and "Make Me Laugh. In the years since, Ober worked as a supervising producer on Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn, a consulting producer on The New Adventures of Old Christine and a writer and producer on Mind of Mencia.

KATE HUDSON DENIES ALEX RODRIGUEZ CENTAUR RUMORS: Kate Hudson has laughed off reports that boyfriend Alex Rodriguez has a picture of himself as a centaur -- half-man, half-horse -- hanging inside his bedroom. When confronted with such an image, Hudson balked to MTV News, "What is that? That's horrible." When asked to comment on the story -- told to Usmagazine.com by a former Rodriguez flame -- Hudson said, "That is the craziest thing anyone has ever asked me. I don't indulge in those types of stories. As humorous as you might think they are."


PENNY MARSHALL IS 'FINE': Penny Marshall says she is "fine" despite reports that she's suffering from brain cancer and liver tumors. When asked about the National Enquirer's claims that she had brain surgery last month, she told Extra, "I know . . . there's all that (bleep). I'm walking and talking and I'm fine." She added, "Thank you for your concern, but I'm fine. They get it a little cockeyed sometimes."

JOHN STAMOS GETS STAR ON WALK OF FAME: John Stamos received the 2,393rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday (November 16th). Television producer and movie director Garry Marshall and Stamos' "Full House" co-star Bob Saget joined the actor for the ceremony.