PrepForOne

05.05.10:  TODAY IS...

• Cinco de Mayo!
• The Great American Grump Out
• Cartoonists Day

NAME THE MOM!

Don't forget about Mother's Day this weekend!  Can you name the celebrity mom?  She was asked about life after having her first child...

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ANSWER

Ellen Pompeo from "Grey's Anatomy" on "The View"

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IN SEARCH OF

What folks are Googlin' today

"ernie harwell" - Ernie Harwell, one of the greatest baseball radio voices of all time, died yesterday at his home in Novi, MI.  He was 92.  Harwell spent 42 seasons in Detroit.  He described the play of Al Kaline, Denny McLain, Jack Morris, Alan Trammell, Lou Whitaker and Kirk Gibson.  Harwell was so popular in Detroit, that the team rehired him in 1993 after forcing him to retire in 1991.  

(As a young boy growing up in Detroit, there was NO better feeling than listening to Ernie Harwell and Paul Cary call the action on a hot summer night.  My dad had a little radio on the back porch tuned to WJR, and we'd sit outside and listen to the game with the crickets providing background music.  Cheesy?  Not this morning.)

"harry connick, jr" - Harry Connick, Jr mentored the idols last night on American Idol.  He seemed partial to Lee DeWyze, a guy he described as the new and improved version of himself.  Simon thinks Harry brought out Lee's personality and confidence.  Could Harry Connick, Jr be the best thing to ever happen to Lee DeWyze?

American Idol Side Note:  Remember Ayla Brown, the daughter of Sen. Scott Brown?  After being voted off in the semifinals, Brown went back to Boston College, but she now has a new gig.  She has been hired as a contributor on CBS's Early Show.  Executive producer David Friedman thinks she could be the next Katie Couric:  "You just have to find talent that you think can develop into something."

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"dancing with the stars"- It was Pamela Anderson's last week on "Dancing With the Stars."  She was sent packing last night, and some are wondering if she'll take the show's ratings with her.  Pam, Kate Gosselin and Buzz Aldrin have all helped give the show its biggest audience ever.  The remaining five celebs are:

• Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Sherzinger
• Olympic ice skater Evan Lysacek
• Actress Niecy Nash
• Football star Chad Ochocinco
• ESPN reporter Erin Andrews

"phillies fan tasered"- A kid that decided to run free through the outfield of a Phillies game got tasered Monday night.  Details below in "Phone Buzz"

"tony award nominations" - The 2010 Tony Award Nominations were announced yesterday.  CBS will carry the show on Jun 13th.  Here are the nominees:

Best Play:

In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play

Next Fall

Red

Time Stands Still

Best Musical:

American Idiot

Fela!

Memphis

Million Dollar Quartet

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics):

The Addams Family

Enron

Fences

Memphis

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Jude Law, Hamlet

Alfred Molina, Red

Liev Schreiber, A View from the Bridge

Christopher Walken, A Behanding in Spokane

Denzel Washington, Fences

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Viola Davis, Fences

Valerie Harper, Looped

Linda Lavin, Collected Stories

Laura Linney, Time Stands Still

Jan Maxwell, The Royal Family

  

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PHONEBUZZ

Light 'em up!

Life would be so great if a candle smelled like (what)?

The good news:  There's a new scented candle this morning - it smells like White Castle hamburgers

The bad news:  Same as the good news

Yes, to honor National Cheeseburger Month, White Castle has released a $10 candle that smells like a burger.  All proceeds benefit autism research

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For guys - would you ever accept alimony from a woman? 

This was an interesting debate on a men's website yesterday, and it was sparked by a rumor that Jon Gosselin wants primary custody of his children mainly because he's broke.  He can't afford the $22-grand a month he's forced to pay Kate unless he sells his BMW, and that would only take care of a month.  

Most readers didn't feel too sorry for Jon and, in fact, told him to stop whining and get a job.

Many, though, felt strongly that we live in a society of equal rights, and if she's making the cash, she should have to pay. 

Where do you stand on this...are you old fashion, or think times have changed?

Should fans be tasered for a prank?

If you haven't seen the video by now, take a look.  A high school senior decided to hop over the wall and run around the outfield during the Philadelphia Phillies game Monday night.  What followed was a brief pursuit by a police officer who ended the chase with his Taser gun.  Now the big debate -- was it an over reaction?  Philadelphia police say the officer acted within guidelines but will investigate the matter.  

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FACEBUZZ

Post this:  Happy cartoonists day!  What will always reign as the greatest comic strip ever?

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CELEBRITY TWEETS

Kate Gosselin blogged yesterday that she will dance on the season finale of Dancing With the Stars.  She says she has missed "everything about dancing... c'mon, I know you missed my unique dance style." 

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"He'll fortunately make a 100% recovery."  That's the word from Brett Michaels' doctor who says the singer is still in critical condition, but has been released to an undisclosed location for physical therapy.  "He's extremely lucky," said his doc.

Hold on!  Will Ferrell says "Anchorman 2" is still possible.  He told Entertainment Weekly that Paramount passed on the flick after begging "for such a long time."  He said it came down to money.  "We're still going back and forth...so we'll just see."  

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The good news:  Lindsay Lohan got a job.  The bad news:  She'll play porn star Linda Lovelace in the upcoming movie Inferno.  

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Check out some great shots of Angelina Jolie as she continues to film The Tourist in Venice.  The movie stars Johnny Depp as Frank, an American tourist who runs into Interpol agent Cara (Jolie) who uses him to catch a criminal.

Jay Leno is taking a beating for his boring stand-up act at the White House Correspondents dinner over the weekend, and the Politico knows why - most of his act were jokes he had used on the Tonight Show in March and April.  No comment from Leno. Watch a video of the repeated jokes... funny.

CUTTIN' CAKE TODAY

• Tina Yothers is 37
• Brian Williams turns 51
• Singer Craig David is 29

BIRTHDAY QUIZ

Our birthday girl is 37...but we first knew her when she was much younger

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ANSWER

Tina Yothers from Family Ties

PRIMETIME, BABY!

ABC: The Middle, The Middle (NEW), Modern Family (NEW), Cougar Town (NEW), Happy Town (NEW)

CBS: The New Adventures of Old Christine (NEW), The Big Bang Theory, Criminal Minds (NEW), CSI: NY (NEW)

NBC: Minute to Win It, Mercy (NEW), Law & Order: SVU (NEW)

FOX: Lie to Me, American Idol (LIVE)

CW: America's Next Top Model (NEW), Fly Girls (NEW), Fly Girls (NEW)

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FUN STUFF

GADGET OF THE DAY

The weather's warmer and we're spending more time outside.  That's more time for Fido to cause trouble and get lost.  This will help make him looking like a walking/running casino sign.  The LED Dog Collar is a normal collar by day, super collar by night with three light modes - slow flashing, fast flashing, and constantly on.  $5.  More here

GOTTA SEE THIS

From Gizmodo.com, "With Two Words, The Internet Changed Our Shopping Habits"

DID YOU KNOW

"Spending just five minutes alone with a beautiful woman can raise a man's cortisol levels. That may be a bad thing since cortisol, a hormone produced during physical or psychological stress, can be responsible for worsening heart disease, diabetes, impotency and hypertension."

Read on

WHO SAID IT

"I take responsibility for the things that I have done and I do feel a great sense of shame."

-Naomi Cambbell to Oprah

JOKE OF THE DAY

The owner of a drugstore arrives at work to find a man leaning heavily against a wall, with a very strange look on his face. The owner goes inside and asks his clerk what's up.

"He wanted something for his cough, but I couldn't find the cough syrup," the clerk explains: "So I gave him a box of laxatives and told him to take it all at once."

"Laxatives won't cure a cough, you idiot," the owner shouts angrily.

"Sure it will," the clerk says, pointing at the man leaning on the wall: "Look at him. He's too afraid to cough."

SURF THIS!

Here's the latest edition in the virtual social world - MyLykes.com.  This site encourages you to keep track of everything you like and don't like, and then hooks you up with people of similar interests.  Easy to sign up...or just sign in with your Twitter account.  

https://www.mylykes.com/

GAMEBREAK!

Ok, you're going to think this is stupid, but give it a couple minutes.  Just click anywhere and draw.  Your drawing will spin.  Keep drawing.  Everything spins.  Then click "click here to spin your settings," and watch what happens.   Coooool.  

Have fun!