Whatever for February 19: Jay Z Might Have Another Kid?

It’s time for your daily dose of Whatever for February 19, and today it leads off with Jay-Z possibly having another kid!

Today's Showbiz Highlights    

A 21-year-old man has filed a civil lawsuit claiming he's JAY Z's son.  The man says Jay and his mom used to get busy in the early '90s.  The mom tried to get him to take a paternity test in 2010, but a judge declined to hear the case, claiming he lacked jurisdiction based on Jay's address.  But in the civil suit, the man says Jay LIED about his address to get out of taking thetest. (Full Story)

Oh, those Kim Kardashian selfies . . . so spontaneous, so natural. Or are they? A "source" says Kim pays a Photoshop expert $100,000 a year to touch up her selfies before she shares them with the world. This woman is on call 24-7, and will, quote, "deliver a revamped image in less than 30 minutes." The originals are DESTROYED once they're touched up, so no one will ever see them. And the woman has signed a nondisclosure agreement, so she'd be in big trouble if she secretly kept any and they somehow got out. Originally posted on February 19th, 2015

A new DR. SEUSS book called "What Pet Should I Get" is coming out on July 28th. Obviously, it's not LITERALLY "new", since Dr. Seuss died in 1991. He wrote it sometime between 1958 and 1962, and his wife found it recently in his office. The last book Dr. Seuss published before his death was "Oh, the Places You'll Go!"  (Full Story)

KRISTEN STEWART says she takes PRIDE in her work on the "Twilight" movies, and isn't embarrassed at all.  She says, quote, "Anybody who wants to talk [crap] about 'Twilight', I completely get it.  But there's something there that I'm endlessly, and to this day, [effing] proud of."

EDDIE MURPHY was supposed to play BILL COSBY in a sketch on the "Saturday Night Live" 40th anniversary special, but he backed out.  NORM MACDONALD says Eddie didn't want to, quote, "kick a man when he is down."

ROSEANNE, "Bachelor" CHRIS SOULES, ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR., and MALCOLM BUTLER from the New England Patriots are rumored to be part the new cast for "Dancing with the Stars".  It'll be officially announced Tuesday on "Good Morning America".

Stupid News

A new study asked people around the world to name the ideal beauty and grooming standards for men and women.  89% say the ideal man should have short hair, and 82% say he should be clean-shaven.  84% say the ideal woman should shave her legs . . . and 55% say she should NOT wear makeup. (Full Story)

A new website lets you test out two versions of a tweet to see which one is more likely to get retweeted and favorited.  It's based on a study of the phrasing, style, and content that make tweets popular.  Just Google "Retweeted more."  (Full Story)

Benihana held a contest last year where the person who ate the most at their restaurants would win a $1,000 gift card, and a trip to any Benihana in the country.  And a 51-year-old guy in Utah won by going 579 TIMES . . . that's an average of 1.5 trips a day.  So he won the gift card and the trip . . . but spent $6,900 in the process. (Full Story)

An MTA worker in New York found a filthy dog living in the subway last week . . . cleaned her up . . . and decided to adopt her.  Now the before-and-after photos are going viral, because it doesn't even look like the same dog.  (Full Story)

Thursday Birthdays

• Victoria Justice is 22.
• Haylie Duff is 30.
• Benicio Del Toro is 48.
• Justine Bateman! is 49.
• Seal is 52.
• Jeff Daniels is 60
• Smokey Robinson is 75
• Falco!  (1957 - 1998)

Back in the Day

• 137 years ago. . . In 1878, THOMAS EDISON received a patent for his PHONOGRAPH.
• 30 years ago . . . In 1985, Coca-Cola introduced Cherry Coke