Here’s The Things You’ll Want To See Hear and Know Today.
The Big Picture
Now President Obama is the latest politician to get a ricin letter. It never made it to the White House . . . they found it at a screening facility yesterday. They’re saying it was similar to the letters intended for Mayor Bloomberg, which were intercepted earlier this week.
There was another superhero fight in Hollywood yesterday. Two Captain America impersonators and a Spider-Man impersonator got into a fistfight on Hollywood Boulevard, in front of the Chinese Theater. Apparently one of them thought the others were trying to gouge the tourists. Vernardo Stroud was working at a kiosk next to where it happened.
Eighth-grader Arvind Mahankali won the Scripps National Spelling Bee yesterday, on the word “knaidel.” He’s the first boy to win it since 2008. (“Knaidel” is pronounced “kuh-NAY-dull.” It’s a German-Yiddish word for a kind of dumpling. Arvind lost the previous two spelling bees on German words, so yesterday he said his German curse turned into a German blessing.)
Showbizzy Newz
MARIAH CAREY and NICKI MINAJ have confirmed that, like RANDY JACKSON, they will NOT return to “American Idol” next season. There’s still no word on whether or not KEITH URBAN is coming back.
Animal Planet’s fake documentary, “Mermaids: The New Evidence”, scored 3.6 million viewers Sunday night . . . making it the network’s biggest audience OF ALL TIME. “These extraordinary television specials have electrified, challenged, and entertained television audiences and online fans alike.”
CHANNING TATUM says his friends keep him grounded by doing things with his action figures that are, quote, “way, way not PG-13.” He adds, quote, “It’s embarrassing how much my friends make fun of me.” He also says he’s “a fat kid on the inside” because he likes to eat so much, and his weight fluctuates 25 to 30 pounds between movies.
Weekend Box Office
“After Earth“ (PG-13)
“Now You See Me“ (PG-13)
Q Country Closeup
CARRIE UNDERWOOD did 112 shows and played to over one million fans on her “Blown Away”tour. It took nine buses and 16 trucks to haul everyone and everything . . . including 2,600 pounds of confetti and 408 beach balls. Yes, Carrie actually BROUGHT beach balls for the audience to play with.
SHANIA TWAIN just started the second year of her two-year run at CaesarsPalace in Las Vegas . . . but don’t be surprised if she tacks another year or two.
TIM MCGRAW and MARIAH CAREY will be co-headlining this year’s Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular. NICK CANNON from “America’s Got Talent” will host the special, which airs at 8:00 P.M. on NBC.
The Backside of the News
On Wednesday, a 50-year-old man walked into a government building in Oregon and told them he was going to BLOW IT UP . . . because there was a typo on their sign. They forgot a “d” in the word “and,” so it said, quote, “State of Oregon Teacher Standards an Practices Commission.” Fortunately, his bomb was a fake. He was arrested for disorderly conduct.
From the Ocala Star Banner:
OCALA, FLA. (AP) _ TWO LONGTIME FRIENDS ENDED UP IN JAIL THANKS TO A `BUCKET LIST’ OF THINGS THEY WANTED TO DO DURING THEIR RECENT REUNION.
POLICE SAY 36-YEAR-OLD ANDREA MOBLEY AND 38-YEAR-OLD JENNIFER MORROW FACE PETTY THEFT CHARGES AFTER STEALING BATHING SUITS AND BEEF JERKY DURING A SHOPPING TRIP TO WALMART ON WEDNESDAY.
A LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER TOLD POLICE MOBLEY WAS EATING BEEF JERKY IN THE STORE AND MORROW CONCEALED ITEMS INSIDE HER PURSE. THEY WERE DETAINED AFTER TAKING THE ITEMS FROM THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING.
THE OCALA STAR-BANNER (HTTP://BIT.LY/18BR9KR ) REPORTS THE WOMEN TOLD POLICE THEY HADN’T SEEN EACH OTHER IN YEARS. STEALING FROM A RETAIL STORE WAS ON THE “BUCKET LIST.”
MOBLEY TOLD THE NEWSPAPER THEY WERE JUST “TWO STUPID WOMEN” DOING SOMETHING THEY’D NEVER DONE BEFORE. SHE ADDED SHE’S “ASHAMED.”
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Randoms
A Starbucks in Hong Kong is catching flak because they’ve been brewing coffee with water from a faucet that’s installed right next to a urinal. It wasn’t even a Starbucks bathroom. They were going across the street to a bathroom in a PARKING GARAGE, because there was no water source in the store itself.
A restaurant in Philadelphia just unveiled an awesome new sandwich. They took lasagna, breaded it, deep fried it, then put a meatball patty in the middle, covered with marinara and provolone. In other words, the LASAGNA is the BUN. Genius.
According to a new study out of Norway, you only need TWELVE MINUTES of exercise a week to stay healthy. In the study, people who worked out as INTENSELY as possible for four minutes, three times a week, saw SIGNIFICANT improvements in their health.
News You Can Use
Here are the four most common face shapes, and the type of sunglasses that look best on them. If you have a round face, look for rectangular frames . . . if you have a square face, choose frames that are curved at the bottom . . . for a heart-shaped face, choose sunglasses that look bottom-heavy . . . and if your face is oval, you’re lucky because pretty much any frame should work.
