Friday, January 25, 2008

Friday, January 25, 2008

Birthdays-


Alicia Keyes-28

Christopher Coppola-46







On this day-

1937 - NBC Radio presented the first broadcast of "THE GUIDING LIGHT".

1947 - AL CAPONE dies at the age of 48

1949 - The first EMMY AWARDS were presented.


1961 - WALT DISNEY'S animated movie "101 DALMATIANS" was released in movie theaters. It cost $4 million to make.





1971 - CHARLES MANSON and three young women followers were convicted in Los Angeles of the 1969 Tate-Labianca murders.




1979 - THE CARS won "Rolling Stone" magazine's annual readers' poll as the Best New Band of the Year.

1981 - Fifty-two AMERICANS HELD HOSTAGE by Iran for 444 days arrived back in the U.S.

1987 - The NEW YORK GIANTS beat the DENVER BRONCOS, 39-to-20, to win SUPER BOWL 21. It was the Giants' first Super Bowl victory.

2002 - SHANNEN DOHERTY married independent film producer RICK SALOMON. Now he's married to Pamela Anderson.

2006 - "Survivor" winner RICHARD HATCH was found guilty of tax evasion for failing to pay taxes on his $1 million grand prize. He was eventually sentenced to 51 months in prison.




Battle of the Sexes- The men won today and have now tied it up at 9-9.




In theaters this weekend-



"Rambo" starring Sylvester Stallone in the fourth movie of the "Rambo" series. In this one, Rambo crosses into war-torn Burma to rescue a group of human rights missionaries that have been taken captive. Stallone also directed the movie. (R)






"Meet the Spartans" is a parody of the movie "300" as 13 Spartans defend themselves against the invading Persians, who include a hunchbacked Paris Hilton and "Borat's" naked wrestling partner, Ken Davitian, as their leader, Xerxes. The cast includes Carmen Electra, Kevin Sorbo and Method Man. (PG-13)



"Untraceable" starring Diane Lane as an FBI agent hunting a serial killer who's using the Internet to not only broadcasting his killings, but also to kill his victims based on the number of hits his site receives. It also stars Colin Hanks. (R)





$25 Pyramid- Scott played this morning and they got 3 out of 5. The jackpot goes to $65 for tomorrow morning.







Brad Beyer- He is one of the stars of Jericho on CBS. Brad is in town for an FX Sci-Fi Convention this weekend at the Orange County Convention Center. For more info on the show or for Brad's appearance times, go to http://www.fxshow.com/






Next Week- More Hannah Montana tickets and Duran Duran in the studio!

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