Monday, September 24, 2007

Howdy Folks!

On this day:

1935- Babe Ruth played his final game with the New York Yankees

1938- Don Budge became the first Grand Slam winner in tennis

1955- President Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver

1957- The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field

1960- The USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched

1964- The Munsters" premiered

1968- TV shows "60 Minutes" and "Mod Squad" debuted

1970-"The Odd Couple" with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman debuted on ABC

1976-Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery

1977-"The Love Boat" set sail on ABC

1991-Dr. Seuss died at the age of 87

2005-Hurricane Rita struck eastern Texas and Louisiana

Birthday's:

Jim McKay- 86

Gerry Marsden- 65

Kevin Sorbo- 49

Nia Vardalos- 45

Battle of the Sexes-The women won again today and lead by 35. If the women win 12 more, they win for the year!

Stalkarazzi-There is a new thing where guys are hiring photographers to hide when they are going to propose to catch the excitement on film. Some women think it's very romantic and want it to remember forever. Others say it's too weird and almost like spying. What do you think? I think the guy should be commended for putting in the extra thought and effort to get the photos to put in the album. You can't recreate that moment and once you propose, it's gone. I think it's a great idea!

Jessica Weiner-She's the "Queen of Self-Esteem" and you've seen her on Oprah, the Tyra Banks Show, CNN, and so on. She has 2 books out...her most recent is titled "Like Doesn't Begin 5 Pounds From Now." She deals with self-esteem issues and even writes for the Olsen twins on their website. She is also casting for a new reality TV show for teens and you can learn more about that on her website, http://www.jessicaweiner.com/

$25 Pyramid- Scott played today and got 1 out of 5. $20 rolls over to tomorrow's game

LUNCH OR DINNER TODAY! Don't forget...If you eat at Chili's today, all of Chili's profits go to St. Jude's Children's Research Center. So go eat and help out at the same time!

Thursday, September 20, 2007

On this day:

1946- The first annual Cannes Film Festival began in the French Riviera

1973- Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in the tennis 'Battle of the Sexes' at the Houston Astrodome

1973- Jim Croce died in a plane crash

1973- Willie Mays retired from baseball

1984- "The Cosby Show" premiered on NBC

1998- Cal Ripkin sat out an Orioles game, ending his streak of 2,632 consecutive games played 2001- President Bush named Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge to head the new Office of Homeland Security

Birthdays:

Dr. Joyce Brothers-79

Anne Meara-78

Sophia Loren-73

Gary Cole-50

Fran Drescher-50

Crispin Glover-43

Kristen Johnston-40

Battle of the Sexes-The women won today and now lead by a lot.

Comedian Heath Hyche- You can see him tonight thru Sunday at the Orlando Improv. For ticket info, go to www.orlandoimprov.com or call 321-281-8000.

$25 Pyramid- Zack played today and got 4 out of 5.

Joey Bartolomeo-Here's a sneak peek into Friday issue of Us Weekly Magazine from Senior Writer Joey Bartolomeo:

Cover:

Mommy's Crying - Britney's Darkest Hour

She didn't have big birthday parties for her kids. When she holds her kids she seems lifeless, says a friend. She doesn't know how to be a mother. It takes the kids three days to get back to normal after they spend time with her. She was hysterically crying after she watched her VMA performance. Her family was spotted at the Justin Timberlake concert. She's been using an asthma inhaler to lose weight.

Back From The Brink- Owen Wilson and Lindsay Lohan

Owen has been swimming in the ocean and spending time with his family

Lindsay "is doing fabulous," her mom tells Us, She is not leaving rehab soon. She wants to go abroad and study

Jessica Simpson is wearing her Daisy Dukes again (pics of her weight ups and downs)

Drew Barrymore and Justin Long getting serious (they co-star in "He's Just Not That Into You")

Heath Ledger's new gal: model Helena Christensen

Scarlett Johansson: Diva Alert! On the set of "He's Just Not That Into You," she had a driver take her 100 yards to the set (Drew Barrymore walked) She also had three assistants shield her with umbrellas.

Dannielynn's first TV show -- E! has approached Larry Birkhead about a reality series

Emmy Awards best dressed (and event coverage)Us Hot Hollywood Power Players 2007 - our annual list of stand-out celebrities

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

On this day-

1959-Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev threw a fit during a trip to Los Angeles when he was told that, for security reasons, he would not be allowed to visit Disneyland

1964-The TV series "Flipper" debuted

1970-"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" debuted on CBS

1982-The smiley icon was first used in an online message :)

1988-Greg Louganis hit his head on the diving board during a preliminary round of the Seoul Summer Olympics

1994-ER premiered on NBC

2002-Kansas City Royals first base coach Tom Gamboa was attacked during a game at Comiskey Park by a father and son, who came out of the stands

Birthdays-

Adam West 79

Bill Medley 67

Joe Morgan 64

Freda Payne 62

Jeremy Irons 59

Joan Lunden 57

Trisha Yearwood 43

Cheri Oteri 41

Jimmy Fallon 33

Battle of the Sexes-It went to the tiebreaker today and the women won. The ladies lead 106-74.

Some celebrity tidbits:

OJ-He is now facing 10 felony charges including kidnapping.

J-Lo is rumored to be pregnant

Vanessa Williams is sticking up for Vanessa Hudgens and her photograph that got out. She tells "People" Magazine that it's a lesson for her to learn from.

Phil Spektor-His murder jury came to a hung jury, 7-5, and will be a mistrial.

Rosie-She was offered to come on Oprah to promote her new book and she said no. She said she will go on with Diane Sawyer instead.

Joel Madden and Nicole Richie-Joel told Seacrest that marriage for he and Nicole is in the near future.

$25 Pyramid-Scott played this morning and got 5 out of 5

Cracked.com has a list of the Top 20 Worst Album Titles Ever on their website. Here are the top 10:

10 The Butthole Surfers - Hairway to Steven

9 Cher - Not.Com.mercial

8 Deep Purple – Purpendicular

7 Salt-n-Pepa — A Salt With a Deadly Pepa

6 Mustard Plug - Skapocalypse Now!

5 Public Enemy - How You Sell Soul To A Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul

4 Genesis - From Genesis to Revelation

3 John Oates - Phunk Shui

2 R. Kelly - Chocolate Factory

1 Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water

Annie-David Barton, who plays Daddy Warbucks, in the Orlando Broadway Series show Annie stopped by the studio this morning. Annie is playing the Carr Performing Arts Center through September 23rd. For tickets, go to www.ticketmaster.com

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Birthdays:

Robert Blake 74
Fred Willard 68
Frankie Avalon 67
James Gandolfini ( 46
Holly Robinson-Peete 43
Jada Pinkett Smith 36

On this day:

1851: The first edition of The New York Times was published.
1927: The CBS radio network was founded
1955: "The Toast of the Town" was renamed "The Ed Sullivan Show"
1955: Kenner introduced "Play-Doh"
1964: The Addams Family premiered on ABC
1965: The sitcoms "Get Smart" and "I Dream of Jeannie" debuted on NBC
1970: Jimi Hendrix died in London at age 27.
1978: "WKRP in Cincinnati" premiered
1983: Kiss appeared on MTV without their makeup
1999: Sammy Sosa became the first player in major league baseball history to hit 60 home runs in a season twice.

Ticked Off-If you didn't hear why his daughter Lauren called him a "dork," you have to listen to the Best of Show on Saturday morning. It was hilarious!

Battle-The men won today!

Dr. Oz-He was on Oprah yesterday and the Scott and Erica Show today! He has a show called "The Truth About Food" and you can see it on Discovery Health tonight and tomorrow at 8:00. For more info, go to http://health.discovery.com/fansites/droz/droz.html

$25 Pyramid-Scott played today and they got 5 out of 5!

Denise Brown-The sister of Nicole Brown joined us this morning to talk about OJ in the news and she is also coming to town. Denise will be the keynote speaker for SafeHouse at the Lake Mary Marriott talking about domestic violence. If you are interested in tickets, call Mary at 407-302-5220 ext 221.

Monday, September 17, 2007

Birthdays:

Constantine Maroulis-32

Paula Jones-41

Rita Rudner-54

Elvira-58

Phil Jackson-62

On this day:

1920- The National Football League was formed in Canton, Ohio
1931- RCA Victor demonstrated the first long-playing, 33 and 1/3 rpm record album
1964- "Bewitched" premiered
1965- "Hogan's Heroes" debuted on CBS
1972- "MASH" premiered on CBS
1983- Vanessa Williams was crowned Miss America
1994- Heather Whitestone became the first deaf woman to be crowned Miss America
2004- Barry Bonds hit his 700th home run

Battle-It went to the tiebreaker and the men won

Emmy Recap-

Drama Series: "The Sopranos," HBO.
Comedy Series: "30 Rock," NBC.
Variety, Music or Comedy Series: "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," Comedy Central.
Variety, Music or Comedy Special: "Tony Bennett: An American Classic," NBC.
Reality-Competition Program: "The Amazing Race," CBS.
Actor, Drama Series: James Spader, "Boston Legal," ABC.
Actor, Comedy Series: Ricky Gervais, "Extras," HBO.
Actress, Drama Series: Sally Field, "Brothers & Sisters," ABC.
Actress, Comedy Series: America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty," ABC.
Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Terry O'Quinn, "Lost," ABC.
Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Jeremy Piven, "Entourage," HBO.
Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Katherine Heigl, "Grey's Anatomy," ABC.
Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Jaime Pressly, "My Name Is Earl," NBC.

$25 Pyramid-Zack played this morning and he got 3 out of 5, the jackpot is $35 for tomorrow

OJ-We were slated to have Denise Brown on this morning. However, with the recent OJ headlines she wasn't available. It looks like we will chat with her tomorrow morning shortly after 8:00.

Dr. Oz-You've seen him on Oprah, now hear him on Scott and Erica! Tomorrow morning at 7:10!

Friday, September 14, 2007

On this day:

1814: Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star Spangled Banner"
1959: The Soviet Lunik II became the first man made object to reach the moon
1960: OPEC was founded by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela

1968: The Archie's made their TV cartoon debut

1972: "The Waltons" premiered on CBS

1978: "Mork & Mindy" premiered on ABC-TV
1984: The first MTV Video Music Awards were presented at Radio City Music Hall in New York with hosts Dan Aykroyd and Bette Midler
2005: Britney Spears gave birth to Sean Preston

Birthdays:
Walter Koenig- 69
Sam Neill- 60

Mary Crosby- 48
Faith Ford- 43
Kimberly Williams-Paisley- 36
Amy Winehouse- 24

Cecily Knobler-Not a great weekend at the movies according to Cecily. Jodie Foster's "The Brave One" didn't impress her all that much, but said if you must go, this would be the one to see. She gave it a C. Billy Bob Thornton and Susan Sarandon star in Mr. Woodcock which she said is cheesy 80's humor and gave it a D.

Battle of the Sexes-We end "Man Week" on a high note with the men winning, but still down by a lot!

Glenn Richards-He said a lot of the same for this weekend...mostly sunny skies with a 40% chance of rain and a high of 91. If you're headed to the UCF game, he said an afternoon thunderstorm is likely, you may want to bring a poncho.

$25 Pyramid-Erica played today and ran the table! $70 to Louise

GO KNIGHTS! Head Coach of your UCF Knights George O' Leary joined us this morning to talk about the big game! UCF takes on #6 ranked Texas tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 in the home opener at the new stadium. The game is sold out, but you can see the game on ESPN 2.

EMMY'S-Don't forget, the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy's are Sunday night at 8:00 on FOX35.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Birthdays:

Ben Savage-27

Fiona Apple-30

Stella McCartney-36

Michael Johnson-40

Jean Smart-56

Jacqueline Bisset-63

Peter Cetera-63

On this day:

1949-The LPGA was formed in NYC

1965-The Beatles "Yesterday" was released in the U.S. and is now the most recorded in history

1969-"Scooby-Doo" debuted on CBS

1970-The first NY marathon took place

1977-"Soap" debuted on ABC

1986-"Pee Wee's Playhouse" debuted on CBS

1992-The Bills beat the 49ers 34-31 in the first punt-less game in NFL history

1997-Funeral services took place in Calcutta, India for Mother Teresa

1998-Sammy Sosa hit his 61st and 62nd home runs , passing Roger Maris and tied Mark McGwire

Battle of the Sexes-The women won today and now lead by 34

People Magazine's Best and Worst Dressed-The issue is out and here's the Top 10 for the ladies:

Ali Larter

Reese Witherspoon

Drew Barrymore

Jessica Biel

Peneloope Cruz

Katie Holmes

Cameron Diaz

Gwen Stefani

Jennifer Lopez

Beyonce Knowles

I AM THE ONE! If you want Erica Lee to come read to your child's Pre K-5th Grade class and bring gift cards for the teacher to buy books, go to http://www.mix1051.com/ and click on "I Am the One."

$25 Pyramid-Erica played today and $25 rolls over to tomorrow's game making it worth $70

Us Weekly-Here's a sneak peek into Friday's issue of US Weekly from Senior Writer Joey Bartolomeo:

Cover: Trista & Ryan (from The Bachelorette): Baby at Last! First pics of their son. The baby was delivered one month early because Trista's life was in danger due to pre-eclampsia (a dangerous high blood pressure condition). She tried to get pregnant for two years -- took 100 pregnancy tests

Britney: Anatomy of a Breakdown

She was drinking before the VMAs to calm her nerves

She fired her hairstylist before the show (he says he quit)

She dressed herself

During the performance she saw herself on monitors and when she got backstage she yelled, "I looked like a fat pig!"

She was crying afterwards

She was partying all the time during the week leading up to the show

She was late to rehearsal, then skipped a run-through

Her inability to focus caused Criss Angel to pull out of helping her with an illusion

She kept changing her mind about what the performance should be like

Contrary to reports, she did not hear Sarah Silverman rehearsing (Sarah did not rehearse any Britney jokes beforehand), but she was so mad that she will never perform at the VMAs again

Vanessa Hudgens' Photo Scandal -- the nude pics were intended for an old boyfriend, not Disney Channel star Drake Bell

The Truth About Getting a Hollywood Hardbody: What it really takes to get killer abs, cut arms and lean legs

Reese & Jake

Trouble in Paradise They have ended things again

Owen Wilson's Kate Hudson-free Recovery

His family doesn't want him to talk to her because they think her friends are talking smack about him

Katherine Heigl wedding details

Will be a small wedding -- not Eva Longoria-style Dec. 23 in Park City, Utah