Thursday, March 27, 2008

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Birthdays-


Fergie - 33
Mariah Carey - 39
Quentin Tarantino - 45
Michael York - 66





On this day-

1794 - President GEORGE WASHINGTON authorized the creation of the U.S. NAVY

1860 - The CORKSCREW was patented by M.L. BYRN

1866 - A genius named ANDREW RANKIN received a patent for the URINAL.




1973 - MARLON BRANDO REFUSED THE BEST ACTOR OSCAR for "The Godfather", as a gesture of support for the Indians occupying the Wounded Knee reservation in South Dakota.

1987 - U2 played a free, hour-long concert on a liquor store rooftop in downtown Los Angeles. Part of the concert became the video for "Where The Streets Have No Name".

1987 - After the success of "Moonlighting," BRUCE WILLIS got his first lead movie role in "Blind Date"

1992 - "White Men Can't Jump" was released starring WESLEY SNIPES and WOODY HARRELSON

1995 - "Forrest Gump" defeated both "Pulp Fiction" and "Shawshank Redemption" for the Best Picture Oscar

1998 - The Food and Drug Administration approved VIAGRA




Battle of the Sexes- The ladies won today and are now down by 2.




ACTORS AND THE ROLES THEY TURNED DOWN: THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING!



MOLLY RINGWALD could have been the female lead in both "Pretty Woman" and "Ghost" if she'd wanted them.

JENNIFER JASON LEIGH . . . (from "Fast Times at Ridgemont High") . . . also had a shot at "Pretty Woman"



JULIA ROBERTS . . . passed on "Basic Instinct," "Godfather 3," "Sleepless in Seattle," "Shakespeare in Love," and "While You Were Sleeping"

MEL GIBSON walked away from "Gladiator" and "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"

ALEC BALDWIN was offered the title role in "The Fugitive"
KEANU REEVES passed on the CHARLIE SHEEN role in "Platoon"

WARREN BEATTY could have had JAMES CAAN'S part in "Misery," MICHAEL DOUGLAS' role in "Wall Street," and even ROBERT REDFORD'S part in "The Sting"

MICHELLE PFEIFFER and JODIE FOSTER were originally supposed to play "Thelma & Louise" but had to drop out because the production took too long to get going. MELANIE GRIFFITH was later offered the part of Thelma.

RICHARD GRIECO of "21 Jump Street" fame COULD have been the star of "Speed," but he thought the script SUCKED.


WILL SMITH turned down "The Matrix." LEONARDO DICAPRIO was also offered "The Matrix".

JAMIE FOXX reportedly got TWO of his big roles after DENZEL WASHINGTON turned them down: Those would be Curtis in "Dreamgirls" and RAY CHARLES in "Ray."

TOM CRUISE could have been the star of "Footloose"


JOHN TRAVOLTA had first dibs on "Forrest Gump"

TOM HANKS turned down "Field of Dreams", "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Jerry Maguire"





$25 Pyramid- Scott played this morning and they got all 5! The jackpot returns to $25 for tomorrow's game.





Us Weekly- Here's all the latest dirt from Senior Writer Joey Bartolomeo


Cover: Reese's Untold Love Story
Reese and Jake Gyllenhaal have talked marriage -- their friends think they will eventually wed
Her kids love him; his family loves her
Ryan Phillippe called Jake "a good dude"





Kevin Wants Britney Back
She's getting better -- more coherent and attentive
Source says now that Kevin knows what's wrong, he'd like to get back together with her
Her parents have been impressed by Kevin and would like them to reunite
Before anything might happen, they have to become friends again




Dancing with the Stars Scandal
No truth to a Star magazine report that Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke had an affair
All of their fellow dancers have rallied to their defense
Her ex, Matthew Lawrence, may have spread the rumor




Celebrity Feuds of the Week-


Ethan Hawke vs. Uma Thurman -- He recently sang a song her wrote during their divorce. One line "My wife is a big, fat beast."




Lesie Mann vs. Katherine Heigl -- Mann called out Heigl for calling their characters in Knocked Up "humorless shrews"


Tori Spelling vas. Ian Ziering -- He said "my fake eye just fell out my head" when told she said she could play a hot mom on the new 90210 series


Martin Sheen vs. Denise Richards -- He said he doesn't think she should put her kids (his grandchildren) on her reality series






Mind Games For Staying Thin, interview with self-help guru and hypnotist Paul McKenna (new show on TLC)
Eat when you're hungry -- if you starve yourself your metabolism will slow down
Eat what you want -- when you make something forbidden you want it more
Eat consciously (not while watching TV) -- helps you notice when you're full





March Madness: Hunks Edition

We pitted groups of men against each other -- brackets include movies division, jock division, reality TV division, television division


Final four: Clooney vs. Beckham

Tyson Beckford vs. Chase Crawford

Overall winner: David Beckham





Kate & Owen: Reunion's Going Well!
Still spending time together in Miami


Heidi Montag's people want to change the Hollywood sign to Heidiwood to promote her new clothing line

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