Radio show prep: couple marries and then crashes (video); CEO's pay more if they have this; and a fork that yells at you!

ShowStarters for Thursday January 9th

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• Rod Stewart is 68
• Pat Benatar turns the big six-oh!
• Shawn Colvin is 57

On this day in 1984, she became the first female recording artist in 17 years to be nominated for five Grammy Awards...who is she?

• Whitney Houston
• Madonna
• Cyndi Lauper

Answer: Cyndi Lauper! She was nominated for Album of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year! She ended up winning in one category - Best New Artist

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ABC: Last Resort, Grey's Anatomy, and Scandal are new tonight

CBS: The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Person of Interest, and Elementary are new

NBC: 30 Rock is new followed by a repeat of 1600 Penn. The Office is new followed by a new 1600 Penn, and then Rock Ctr wraps up the night.

FOX: Mobbed is new

CW: The 18th Annual Critic's Choice Movie Awards

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Tell me the year Whitney Houston scored her 6th consecutive #1 with "So Emotional"

Answer: 1988

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A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party.

As her dad donned his tuxedo she warned, “Daddy, you shouldn’t wear that suit.”

“And why not, darling?” he asked.

“You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning.”

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I do...ouch.

Getting married in a hot air balloon. What could go wrong? Oh, it could crash...but don't let that stop ya!

Everyone survived and bride Kerin Narcisse and groom Jonathan Narcisse are laughing it off and plan to go skydiving on their first wedding anniversary.

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I can hear you!

In utero babies aren't just relaxing waiting for their real world entrance...they're actually listening to you. It turns out that unborn babies can hear a lot more than we think they do. The fun starts about 30-weeks in, and the last two months is when baby can recognize mama's voice. Read about the research here.

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CEO's with daughters pay more

If you're a woman, the best thing for your paycheck is your CEO's daughter. According to the Wall Street Journal, “The gender of a male CEO’s children is significantly linked to the salary of his employees." It appears when a male CEO's first child is a girl, employees see wage hikes, and female employees see the majority of it! More here

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iFork

If battling your expanding waistline is your #1 priority this year, you may want to add this fork to your drawer. The HAPIfork monitors how much you eat and vibrates when you eat too much. Yep, your fork punishes you for using it too much. After you eat, the fork then passes along all the information to a special app in your phone. The $99 fork claims to reduce digestive problems and acid reflux.

Watch the video...

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Step away from the bottle...

What kills 12,000 women and girls every year, yet 1 in 8 still do it? The answer is binge drink! 1 in 8 U.S. women binge drink, including 1 in 4 high school girls. The CDC says it's a long-overlooked problem which contributes to breast cancer and heart disease. Binge drinking for females is four or more drinks in a single session. For men it's five. More...

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Funnies...

A new TV can recognize faces to see who is watching so it can offer personalized viewing menus. How lazy have we gotten that even the remote is now too much work? JokesByJim)


A new social network has been started just for cats. If you thought birds were angry now, just wait until they find out cats are tweeting.JokesByJim)


Chevrolet has a new tag line, “Find new roads.” Apparently that means their vehicles no longer come with standard GPS. JokesByJim)


Taylor Swift has reportedly broken up with her latest boyfriend, singer Harry Styles. Harry Styles? Was that the name of her boyfriend or her salon? JokesByJim)