Thursday, November 8, 2007

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Birthdays-

Jack Osbourne - 22

Bucky Covington - 30

Tara Reid - 32

Courtney Thorne-Smith - 40


LEIF GARRETT - 46

Mary Hart - 57

Bonnie Raitt - 58
Morley Safer - 76



On this day:

1895 - Bavarian scientist WILLIAM ROENTGEN was conducting an electricity experiment when his machine overheated and started emitting rays. After a few hours, Roentgen figured out what was going on, and used the device to take the FIRST X-RAY PICTURES. Sadly, he never patented his invention and never made a dime from it.

1910 - William H. Frost of Spokane, Washington, patented the INSECT ZAPPER.
1960 - JOHN F. KENNEDY defeated RICHARD NIXON and became America's first Catholic president.

1965 - "Days of Our Lives" premiered on NBC.

1968 - In a London courtroom, CYNTHIA LENNON was granted a divorce from her husband of six years, JOHN LENNON. John was not in court. He was with YOKO ONO in a hospital, where they feared she might suffer a miscarriage.



1973 - Disney's animated version of "Robin Hood" was released, with Robin as a fox and the rest of the characters as other animals.

1988 - GEORGE BUSH THE FIRST won the presidential election, defeating Massachusetts Governor MICHAEL DUKAKIS.


2000 - Vice President AL GORE telephoned Texas Governor GEORGE W. BUSH to concede victory in the presidential race, but called back about an hour later to retract his concession and kick off the Florida ballot-counting chaos.


Battle of the Sexes-The men won today and take a 6-5 lead in the post-season.


Forbes March

He plays Nash on "One Life To Live" and he's coming to Orlando for ABC Super Soap Weekend. Erica has a little crush on him and she got to chat with him this morning! You can see Forbes weekdays at 2:00 on ABC or this weekend at Super Soap Weekend at Disney's MGM Studios.



Judge Alex Ferrer

Judge Alex stopped by the studio this morning and he was great! His show airs weekdays at 12:00 and 12:30 on FOX35. Talk about a guy that's done a little bit of everything...from a pilot, to a policeman, to a judge! For more info on Judge Alex or maybe you have a case for him to try, go to http://judgealex.com/




$25 Pyramid-I played today and we got all 5! The jackpot resets to $25 for tomorrow morning.


Joey Bartolomeo-The Us Weekly Senior Writer joined us this morning with s sneak peek into Friday's issue.

Cover: Britney Spears: SICK!

Acts like she doesn't care about her life. Slammed by parenting coach -- her home is unstable, the kids are unstructured, house is not child-proofed, she doesn't give the kids much attention. She seems emotionally disconnected from the kids. Left sons in the car (with court-appointed monitor) while she went shopping. Court papers reveal she spends $102,000 on entertainment, gifts and vacations per month.She shows signs of mental illness (mood swings, apathy, bizarre ideas, poor eating and sleeping habits). She wears tunic tops as dresses -- we show pics of how the tops are actually shown by the designer.


Marathon: Katie Style
Katie Holmes runs the NYC marathon in 5:29:58. She trained for 2 to 3 months (should have taken her 5 months); transformed a Berlin hotel room into a private gym registered under Katie Smith; ran with four bodyguards. Went out with Tom later that night.


Hollywood's New Odd Couples
Jessica Simpson and Owen Wilson -- spotted together in NYC and L.A.; have known each other for years, but reconnected on the set of a Willie Nelson music video.

Ashley Olsen and Lance Armstrong

She's 21, he's 36. Flirted at an NYC bar; saw a Broadway show together, then went out for dinner.

Jennie Garth's Dancing with the Stars Makeover
She's lost 10 pounds; two inches from her waist. Dancing helped her shed remaining baby weight from third pregnancy last year.

NFL's High-Scoring Playas - QBs are the new celeb arm candy
Tony Romo
Tom Brady
Matt Leinart

Christina Applegate spotted making out with her ex-husband, Johnathon Schaech.
Nicole Richie and Joel Madden were rejected from buying a home in a gated community because the other residents didn't want to deal with photographers.

Fact or Fiction-Our champion Jaimz added $20 more to her winnings and you can try and steal her money Monday morning.

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