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The Anniversary of the Dream – Wednesday Morning Briefs

Here’s The Things You’ll Want To See Hear and Know Today

The Big Picture

Today is the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C.

Showbizzy Newz

ALEC BALDWIN attacked another photographer in New York yesterday, after he tried to take pictures of Alec and his wife HILARIA.  Alec actually got the guy in a hammerlock and pinned him against the hood of a car.  Both men called the cops, but in the end, neither pressed charges.

Someone made a fake trailer for the Batman / Superman team-up movie . . . featuring Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Bryan Cranston . . . who’s RUMORED to be playing Lex Luthor.

Q Country Closeup

Billy Ray Cyrus gave a statement to “Entertainment Tonight” yesterday about Miley’s performance at the VMAs.  Nancy O’Dell read it on the show last night.

What he said

 

Last Friday in New Jersey, Luke Bryan brought a six-year-old girl named Kylee on stage with him, to do a duet on “Someone Else Calling You Baby”.  He was so impressed, he offered her a record contract on the spot.

 

 

The Backside of the News

Larry Bennett from Jacksonville, Florida went home on Saturday, and found his house ransacked.  Luckily, the burglars stole his iPad . . . so he just used his iPhone to track it, and called the cops.  When the cops went to the address, there was a woman sitting on the porch USING the iPad.  And besides that there was a guy standing in front of a nearby apartment . . . wearing a T-shirt with Larry’s name on it.

The Story

 

Randoms

A group of amateur filmmakers decided to write a five-minute short while they were DRUNK.  Then when they filmed it, all the ACTORS got drunk.  They posted the finished product on YouTube.  It’s a “Star Trek” parody called “Star Drunk”, and it’s actually kind of entertaining

Headlines

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Ithaca man charged with making terroristic threat

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