Anna Nicole Smith is dead! Holy crap! Can it really be? The world will never be the same. Perhaps I’ve watched too many Soap Operas over the years, or maybe I’m just oddly overly creative, but I’m guessing there’s more to this than we think. Here’s my theory on the whole mess… Howard K. Stern got Daniel hooked on drugs, and ultimately killed him. He also got Anna Nicole addicted (which I’m sure didn’t take much arm twisting). All in an attempt to weaken Anna Nicole and get her money. Having a biological child with Anna doesn’t... 

You’d think someone with Britney Spear’s amount of money would give up shopping at discount and drug stores. But, Britney is in a class of her own — keeping price tags on her dresses, going barefoot into gas station bathrooms — she’ll probably never give up bargain shopping. Here are some photos of Britney visiting her favorite cheap spots. Fun facts about 7-11: In 1927, convenience retailing began simply enough when an employee of Southland Ice Company in Dallas started selling milk, eggs and bread from the ice dock. Soon, the convenience store... 

I don’t think this Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction was planned. Fergie’s underwear is the same color as her dress. If she planned this, I’m sure she would have worn prettier panties. Fun facts about Fergie: Fergie appeared in more first-run episodes of Kids Incorporated (1984) than any other cast member: She was in over 100 shows from 1984 to 1989. She was also the only series regular to make a complete and continuous evolution from “littlest” (youngest) to “biggest” (eldest) performer in the lineup. Fergie once admitted that she was... 

So I’m watching American Idol — the best of the worst episode — and just saw an ad for the new Shrek movie, Shrek The Third. It looks pretty funny. Donkey and his dragon wife have flying donkey babies. And Puss is along for the ride too. Check it out the official trailer HERE Fun facts about the Shrek movies: Shrek was the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, a category introduced in 2001. It’s based upon William Steig’s 1990 fairy tale picture book entitled Shrek! The name ‘Shrek’ comes from the German word “schreck”... 

I’m so glad I found this! It was one of the better commercials during the Super Bowl last Sunday. The story goes that Oprah Winfrey and David Letterman have been in somewhat of a feud for years. I’m not really how it’s said to have started. I think it’s because Oprah said that Dave made mean jokes about her years and years ago. Whatever the reason, they finally made up* in 2005 and now they love each other more than ever before. It’s quite sweet, really… * Oprah Winfrey and David Letterman buried the hatchet [Dec 5, 2005) on “The Late Show”... 

Um……riiiiight. There’s something strange in the fashion water down in Hollywood these days. Will someone please explain to me what the heck is going on? First we have Avril Lavigne as she will appear on her upcoming album cover. Then there’s Britney Spears in a sheer black dress – and what’s that? – why, it’s a price tag! Very classy Britney, very classy indeed. Below Britney Spears is singer Aubrey O’Day of Danity Kane* who seems to be channeling her inner 80s Prom Queen. To her left is Michelle Rodriguez, all decked out for the Marc Jacobs fashion show in... 

Some sad news to report from the increasingly chaotic and odd world of animals – the calf born with two faces in Virginia, has died. “She was just laying there like she was sound asleep,” said Dairyman Kirk Heldreth. “It broke our hearts.” The unique calf was found on the morning of Friday, February 2nd. Heldreth assumes that Star died from complications due to the deformity. No one really expected the baby cow to survive long after birth, but it’s sad just the same; the farming family grew quite attached to the miracle animal. Dozens of visitors a day came to see... 

I realize it’s two days after the Super Bowl, but I was really busy yesterday. Please don’t hold it against me. I don’t know about you, but I thought the commercials were pretty darn boring this year. Aside from the Kevin Federline one, of course. I like the Pizza Hut Cheesy Bites one with Jessica Simpson proclaiming, “Cheesy bites, my one true love.” It’s really only funny because she just got divorced. Which isn’t funny in and of itself, but I really like it when people are able to poke fun at themselves. Like I say, “If you... 

The game isn’t over. As of now, it’s 29 – 17, Colts leading, with just over 5 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter. The commercials this year didn’t impress me much. I’ll write about those later. Here are some pictures of Prince during the Pepsi halftime show. I was quite pleased that he sang some of his old songs, including Purple Rain. A fitting song, given the weather at today’s game. Pretty soon the winning 15 second commercial will air. Tune in tomorrow for more on that, and the commercials as a whole. Fun facts about Prince: Prince... 

We’re in for an early spring. No offense to Phil, but I think Global Warming has more to do with an early spring than a groundhog not seeing his shadow. Although I could be wrong since, according to the President, Global Warming doesn’t exist. ground Phil hasn’t failed to see his shadow since 1999. According to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, since 1886, Phil has not seen his shadow 15 times and has seen it 96 times; not including the nine years there are no records. I have to admit, the little critter is cute. George Bush and “non-existent” Global Warming… May... 

Antonio Vasconcelos weighs 14.5 pounds and drinks 5 ounces of milk every three hours. But here’s the catch…Antonio is a newborn – a newborn human. Born this past Monday in Cancun, Mexico to parents Teresa Alejandra Cruz, 23, and Luis Vasconcelos, 38, “Super Tonio” was born by Caesarean section (thank goodness!), and is 22 inches long. On Wednesday, Narciso Perez Bravo, the hospital’s director, said, “We haven’t found any abnormality in the child, there are some signs of high blood sugar, and a slight blood infection, but that is being controlled so that... 

Usually when Michael Jackson’s three children go out in public, their faces are covered. But not in Las Vegas yesterday! First up: Prince Michael (the first) and Paris; their mother is Michael Jackson’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe. Man, I wonder what’s going through her mind these days. At the time of their births, both Michael and Debbie said the children were conceived “the old fashioned” way. But I’m not convinced. I’m not even convinced that Michael Jackson is their biological father. Next we have Prince Michael II (Blanket), whose biological mother is unknown. I... 

Super Bowl XLI is this coming Sunday, February 4th, 2007. I don’t care about the game. I don’t know anything about the teams that are in it (the Colts and the Bears). But I enjoy the commercials, and am really looking forward to them this year. Here’s a little taste of what got me so excited, Kevin Federline style: More Nationwide and K-Fed fun HERE You can find official Super Bowl XLI news and information HERE Fun facts about Nationwide: The last 80 years Nationwide® has gone from a small auto insurer for Ohio farmers, to one of the largest insurance and... 

I’m so excited about this bit of news. The Recording Academy has announced that The Police will perform together at the Grammys this year – 23 years after breaking up due to conflict within the band. Best known for hits like “Roxanne” and “Every Breath You Take,” The Police are Grammy winners themselves, five times over. They last performed together when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 2003. The band, made up of singer/songwriter Sting, guitarist Andy Summers, and drummer Stewart Copeland, combined reggae with rock and pop, resulting... 

Last night was the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Nothing too exciting this year; in fact, I found the end to be fairly anti-climatic with Annette Benning simply saying, “Goodnight.” The two things that made my jaw drop the most were when Eddie Murphy thanked Tracey Edmonds for, “making everything right,” when accepting the award for supporting actor for Dreamgirls, and when Chandra Wilson of Grey’s Anatomy referred to Isiah Washington as “the other one, in rehab,” when she accepted her award for Actress in a Drama Series. Here is a complete list of winners: Moviese Actor:... 

*We owe the phrase “wet your whistle” to English pub goers long ago who would blow a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic mugs when they needed a refill. *We also owe the phrase “mind your Ps and Qs” to English pub patrons, who drank Pints and Quarts of ale. When the drinkers got out of hand, the bartender would shout, “Mind your pints and quarts and settle down!” *4,000 years ago in Babylon, it was a custom for a bride’s father to give the groom all the Mead (a honey beer) that he could drink. Because their calendar was lunar based, this period... 

This contest goes right along with my obsession with bathrooms. The “Pimped Out John Sweepstakes” is Roto-Rooter’s best idea ever! The sole winner will receive a bathroom fit for multi-tasking gods, complete with a flat-panel TV, DVR, Xbox, laptop, iPod, speakers that double as the toilet paper holder, a kegerator, and of course a state-of-the-art toilet. The winner will be announced on April 25th, which – and I’m sure the Roto-Rooter marketing guys thought of this – is National Plumber’s Day. Gotta love those plumbers! I sure as heck don’t want that job.... 

UPDATE: Winning speeches were selected on February 22, 2007. …so many worthy entries that picking just one winner seemed as churlish as Judi Dench’s role in Notes on a Scandal. So the staff at NPR.org picked five winners, along with a few runners-up, and recorded them reading their entries. … winners captured the spirit of the nominees’ characters, if not always their accents. The speeches were limited to 200 words, about the length of an Oscar speech. But we didn’t cut them off with an orchestra… … the Oscars for Best Fake Oscar Speech go to… original... 

This has to be the funniest “pot calling the kettle black”* story I’ve seen in a while. According to MSNBC, Star Magazine is reporting that Kevin Federline wants Britney Spears to go to rehab – for the sake of the kids. Uhhhh……..where does K-Fed get off telling Britney to shape up? Let’s ponder the ridiculousness of that for a moment. In the magazine’s report, Kevin Federline states that he has tried “every possible angle” to get Britney Spears to “chill out” and “get some help.” He threatened to take the kids away (Ha! I’d like to see the judge... 

My dear friend Nora is a bit of a hero. She is full of passion and compassion, determination and drive, spirit and soul. She does things that most of us probably could, and would, never do ourselves. She is in love with a great guy and they have an awesome daughter. Which makes sense since Nora totally kicks ass. And now, you too can get to know this wonderful human. View her photos and read her blogs as she travels through war-torn Palestine. Twice a year, this dynamic radio producer of KPFA’s Flashpoints (a daily investigative newsmagazine) travels to the occupied West Bank...