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Did Burt Reynolds Make Neil Patrick Harris Realize He Was Gay . . . With His Lips? 

In his new autobiography, NEIL PATRICK HARRIS jokes that BURT REYNOLDS made him realize he was gay when they worked together.  He says, quote, "As a joke at the end of one take, Burt leans over and kisses you square on the mouth.  It makes you uncomfortable and, it will ultimately turn out, gay.  Burt Reynolds' kiss makes you gay."

Sexy Pictures of Famous People 

 

 

1.  Some dude showed up at New York Comic-Con dressed as basically every JOHNNY DEPP character he would fit onto his body.

 

 

 

2.  There are two things I like about seeing VANESSA HUDGENS braless.

 

 

 

3.  (NC-17)  MILEY CYRUS did some topless sunbathing in Sydney, and the paparazzi was there.  And here's Miley getting more tattoos.

 

 

 

4.  Sadly, BEYONCÉ didn't go topless at the beach.  It was just a woman who LOOKED like her.  Meanwhile, the REAL Beyoncé is sporting bangs now.  Unless it's just a wig.

 

 

 

5.  On a dare from ELLEN DEGENERES, SHIA LABOUEF went running in pink leggings to raise $10,000 for breast cancer research.

 

 

 

6.  Another day, another sexy look from MICKEY ROURKE.  Or not.

Brad Pitt Has Owned a Gun Since Kindergarten, and Doesn't Feel Safe Without One in the House 

BRAD PITT is a big fan of GUNS.  He says that his father had instilled in him a, quote, "profound and deep respect for the weapon."  He got his first gun in kindergarten, and has had one ever since.  He adds, quote, "I feel better having a gun.  I don't feel the house is completely safe if I don't have one hidden somewhere.  That's my thinking, right or wrong."

Amy Poehler Used to Play Ping-Pong All Night While Hopped Up on Blow 

AMY POEHLER has an autobiography on the way called "Yes, Please" . . . and in it, there's a chapter called "Obligatory Drug Stories," where she details her experiences with cocaine, mushrooms and ecstasy.  Now, that she's a mother, she's off hard drugs . . . but she still smokes pot occasionally.

Simon Cowell Admits He's Not a Hands-On Dad 

 

 

No matter how you feel about his parenting style, you have to give SIMON COWELL props for his honesty.  Because he freely admits he lets the nannies do the heavy-lifting when it comes to his 8-month-old son Eric.

 

 

He says, quote, "I'm going to be honest, I'm not exactly a hands-on dad.  I want to fast forward a few years so I can take him go-karting and then introduce him to women."

 

 

But he adds, quote, "I'm probably in a far better position to be a father now than I would have been 10 years ago.  That's the way I'd look at it.  And at the end of the day we have really great nannies that are bloody amazing, so I don't have to worry."

Mark Zuckerberg is Donating $25 Million to Fight Ebola 

 

 

Facebook founder MARK ZUCKERBERG and his wife Priscilla are donating $25 million to help fight Ebola.  And he announced it, obviously, on Facebook.

 

 

Mark said, quote, "We need to get Ebola under control in the near term so that it doesn't spread further and become a long term global health crisis that we end up fighting for decades at large scale, like HIV or polio.

 

 

"We believe our grant is the quickest way to empower the CDC and the experts in this field to prevent this outcome."

Premiere Ratings for Two New Shows and Five Returning Shows

 

 

"The Walking Dead" season premiere ended up being the second most-watched show of the week with its 17.3 million viewers.  It came in behind "Sunday Night Football" and narrowly edged out "NCIS" for #2 by just a couple hundred thousand viewers.

 

 

Here are last week's Top 10 primetime shows:

 

 

1.  "Sunday Night Football", NBC, 18.1 million viewers.

 

2.  The fifth season premiere of "The Walking Dead", AMC, 17.29 million viewers.

 

3.  "NCIS", CBS, 17.27 million viewers.

 

4.  "The Big Bang Theory", CBS, 15.8 million viewers.

 

5.  "NCIS: New Orleans", CBS, 15.4 million viewers.

 

6.  "The OT", Fox, 14.6 million viewers.

 

7.  "Monday Night Football", ESPN, 13.1 million viewers.

 

8.  "Dancing with the Stars", ABC, 12.7 million viewers.

 

9. Monday's episode of "The Voice", NBC, 12.4 million viewers.

 

10.  "Scorpion", CBS, 11.9 million viewers.

Wednesday TV Reminders:

 

 

"South Park" . . . 10:00 to 10:30 P.M. on Comedy Central.   Timmy's personal car service takes off, in an episode titled "Handicar".

 

 

"Key & Peele" . . . 10:30 to 11:00 P.M. on Comedy Central.  Steve Urkel drives a man insane . . . and a baseball player deal with his addiction to slapping his people on the butt.

 

 

• The 12th season premiere of "Top Chef" . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on Bravo.

Tonight's Late Night Talk Shows:

 

 

"The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" - Shailene Woodley, Michael Shannon, Eric Church, and Lenny Pickett.

 

 

"Late Night with Seth Meyers" - Nicole Richie, and Royal Blood.

 

 

"Letterman" - Bill Murray, and the Foo Fighters.

 

 

"Jimmy Kimmel" - Chris O'Dowd, Selena Gomez, and Kasabian.

 

 

"Carson Daly" - Franz Ferdinand, "St. Vincent" director Ted Melfi., and a look at the YouTube travel series "Hey USA".

 

 

"Conan" - Chelsea Handler, Nicholas Hoult, and Gerard Way.

 

 

"Craig Ferguson" - Zoe Saldana, and T.J. Miller.

 

 

"Jon Stewart" - Bill O'Reilly.

 

 

"The Colbert Report" - Director Justin Simien, for his racial satire "Dear White People".

Five Random Facts For Wednesday

 

1.  Traffic costs the average American household about $1,700 a year . . . between everything from wasted gas to lost productivity to businesses passing their shipping costs on to you.

 

 

2.  The world's tallest cow is 6-foot-4.  Her name is Blosom and she lives in Orangeville, Illinois.  (Check out a photo of her.)

 

 

3.  If you have $3,650, including the value of your home, you're part of the wealthiest 50% of people in the world.  If you have $77,000, including the value of your home, you're in the top 10%.

 

 

4.  The U.S. produces 77% of the cranberries in the world and 56% of the blueberries.

 

 

5.  Arnold Schwarzenegger never blinks during "Terminator 2".

 

 

You Can Now Buy an Ebola Containment Suit Halloween Costume . . . Plus the Top Five Social Media-Inspired Costumes For 2014

 

This had to happen:  A costume company is now selling an Ebola Containment Suit Halloween costume.  It includes a white biohazard suit and mask plus some blue latex gloves . . . and costs $79.99.

A Family Gets an Extra $122,000 For Their House When They Agree to Include Their Cat

A family in Australia was trying to sell their house and when some potential buyers were looking at it, they immediately fell in love with the family's CAT.  So . . . they offered a bid $122,000 over the asking price, as long as the family threw in the cat.  The family took the deal.

It's Possible to Love Your Dog About as Much as You Love Your Baby

A new study found it's possible to love your DOG just about as much as you love your BABY.  Researchers looked at people's brain scans when they looked at photos of their dog and baby . . . and the brain regions for emotions and rewards lit up the same.  But . . . the region associated with bonding lit up more for the baby than the dog.  So you DO love your baby more . . . but it's close.

A Study Finds Childbirth Isn't as Painful as Women Say It Is?

 

A new study found that childbirth ISN'T as painful as women say it is.  Basically, they found that women tend to forget all the points during labor that AREN'T quite as painful and just focus on the moments that were the MOST painful . . . over time, they feel like the entire birth process was at that max level of pain.

Feeling Ugly Leads to Cancer?

A side effect of feeling ugly is . . . getting cancer?  A new study out of England found people who feel ugly are more likely to go TANNING and less likely to wear sunscreen . . . which increases their risk of skin cancer.

The Denver Broncos Are Now America's Favorite NFL Team

The Denver Broncos are the most popular NFL team in the country, according to an annual Harris poll.  The Dallas Cowboys, who almost always come in first or second, came in fourth.  The Jacksonville Jaguars were the least popular team for the eighth time in nine years.

TITO JACKSON! is 61.  THE "Jackson" in The Jackson 5!

 

Keyshia Cole is 33.  R&B minx.

 

 

Zak Orth is 44.  Large, yet heroic, Aaron Pittman on "Revolution".

 

 

Ginuwine is 44.

 

 

Dominic West is 45.  He WAS Detective Jimmy McNulty on "The Wire".

 

 

Paige Davis is 45"Trading Spaces" minx.

 

 

Vanessa Marcil is 46.  Remember that uncomfortable moment in the first season of "The Surreal Life" when Vince Neil casually mentioned how he used to nail Corey Feldman's wife?  THAT WAS HER.

 

 

Vanessa settled down and made a baby with SUPERSTAR Brian Austin Green.  But that didn't last, either, because Brian is now . . . SOMEHOW . . . married to Megan Fox.  And Vanessa is married to Carmine Giovinazzo of "CSI:  NY".

 

 

Admitted Sex Addict Eric Benét is 48.  He used to be Mr. Halle Berry . . . but he was dropped due to his incessant mounting of other chocolatey-delicious Nubian minxes.

BRENDA K. STARR! is 48.  '80s singing sensation.  Remember "I Still Believe"?  I do!  More importantly, she DISCOVERED MARIAH CAREY.

 

Brenda K. Starr sent a demo of her backup singer . . . Mariah . . . to Sony's Tommy Mottola.  Tommy later married and made a star out of Mariah . . . and Brenda drifted off to the Rock of Obscurity with Taylor Dayne and Lisa Lisa AND Cult Jam.

 

 

Saucy Sarah Ferguson is 55.  FERGIE.  The British one, not the singer.  She used to be a naughty topless-bathing member of the English Royal Family . . . then, a mini-chubby pimping Weight Watchers diets.  But she still has the FIRE DOWN BELOW.

 

 

Emeril Lagasse is 55.

 

 

Tanya Roberts is 59.  Midge Pinciotti on "That '70s Show", red-headed minx from the old-school "Charlie's Angels", a Bond girl in "A View To Kill" and she was "Sheena".

 

(But who can possibly forget Tanya Roberts as Becky in one of the most underrated horror flicks of all time . . . 1979's "Tourist Trap"?  If you have a fear of mannequins that come to life, this movie will TERRIFY you.)

 

 

Larry Miller is 61.  Funny.  He was the dad in "10 Things I Hate About You", the guy who used to nail Eugene Levy's wife in "Best In Show" and Edwin Poole, the crazy partner from Crane Poole & Schmidt on "Boston Legal".

 

 

(Larry almost DIED in 2012 when he fell and hit the back of his head on the sidewalk.  But he made a full recovery.)

CHRIS DE BURGH! is 66"Lady In Red" genius who now claims to have HEALING HANDS that can reduce the pain of people with injuries!  He doesn't think he's special, though.  He believes we ALL have the power to heal!  Me first!

 

 

Richard Carpenter from The Carpenters is 68.

 

 

Penny Marshall is 71.  Slutty half of the sitcom duo "Laverne & Shirley".  She's a director now.  Her movies include "Big", "A League of Their Own" and "Riding in Cars with Boys"Fred Armisen does a great impression of her.

 

 

LINDA LAVIN! is 77.  The very sexy Alice on "Alice"!  I lost my virginity to myself thinking about her in that sexy Mel's Diner waitress outfit . . . SANS PANTIES.  I think she may have kissed Flo's grits, if you know what I mean . . . AND I THINK YOU DO!

 

 

Lee Iacocca is 90.  Sexy former Chrysler chairman.

 

 

Mario Puzo  (1920 - 1999)  Sexy author of "The Godfather".  However, necrophilia MAY be illegal in your state.

Countdown to Upcoming Events

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• 828 days left of "Hope and Change"

154 years ago . . . In 1860, 11-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, New York, wrote presidential candidate ABRAHAM LINCOLN a letter . . . suggesting he would look better if he GREW A BEARD.  So he did.  (Perhaps she also suggested he would be a more viable candidate if he MARRIED a beard.  Which is where Mary Todd came in.)  (???)

 

 

109 years ago . . . in 1905, In an article in "Ladies Home Journal", the very wise PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND wrote that women shouldn't be allowed to vote . . . because they're too jealous, spiteful and vindictive by nature.

 

 

66 years ago . . . In 1948, GERALD FORD married the very sexy model/dancer BETTY BLOOMER.  (They were married until his death in 2006.  Betty is the namesake of the Betty Ford Clinic, semi-permanent residence of Lindsay Lohan.  She died in 2011.  Betty, not Lindsay.  Lindsay is still hangin' on.)

 

63 years ago . . . In 1951, "I Love Lucy" premiered on CBS.  It ran for six glorious seasons, then returned for another three seasons as the "Lucy and Desi Comedy Hour" before living on in reruns for over half a century.

 

 

59 years ago . . . In 1955, "The Grand Ole Opry" made its TV debut with guests LES PAUL and MARY FORD.

 

 

38 years ago . . . In 1976, in the first debate of its kind between vice-presidential nominees, BOB DOLE (Republican) and WALTER MONDALE (Democrat) faced off in Houston.  Bob LOVES the Viagra, ya know.

38 years ago . . . In 1976, after having one too many cans o' whoop-ass opened up on her, TINA TURNER split from IKE, personally and professionally.

 

 

32 years ago . . . In 1982, the first "Evil Dead" was released.  It was followed by "Evil Dead 2" and "Army of Darkness".  And starred the incomparable BRUCE CAMPBELL as Ash.

 

(Demon to Ash:  "I'll swallow your soul!"  Ash to Demon . . . just before blowing its head apart with his boomstick:  "Swallow THIS."  PRICELESS!!!)

 

The movie got a huge boost when Stephen King saw it and called it, quote, "The most ferociously original horror film of the year."

 

(There's actually a TV series in the works, with Campbell starring.  Hopefully we'll hear more about it soon.)

 

 

24 years ago . . . In 1990, MIKHAIL GORBACHEV was awarded the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE for his role in bringing the Cold War to an end.

 

 

23 years ago . . . In 1991, despite sexual harassment accusations by ANITA HILL, THE VERY RANDY JUDGE CLARENCE THOMAS won Senate confirmation for the Supreme Court.

12 years ago . . . In 2002, the founder of ImClone Systems . . . SAM WAKSAL . . . PLEADED GUILTY to charges of securities fraud, bank fraud, obstruction of justice, and perjury.  He was later sentenced to seven years and three months in prison.

 

(This is that same insider trading nonsense that sent Martha Stewart to jail.  SHE did five months of hard time at the FORMIDABLE Camp Cupcake.)

 

 

11 years ago . . . In 2003, CHINA LAUNCHED ITS FIRST MANNED SPACE MISSION . . . when a Chinese astronaut named Yang Liwei went into orbit for 21 hours aboard their Shenzhou 5 spacecraft.

 

(That made them the third country to ever send a person into orbit.  The other two were, obviously, Russia and the U.S.)

 

 

Five years ago . . . In 2009, the "Balloon Boy" hoax took over the country when Richard and Mayumi Heene claimed their six-year-old son Falcon was trapped in a balloon 7,000 above the ground.

 

 

(This idiot is CONSTANTLY trying to make it.  From selling his useless "Bear Scratch" to creating a new "superhero" called Aluminum Man.  He's got to be one of the most delusional morons this great country has ever produced.)

 

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