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.