February 2, 2007

Um…how good was “The Office” last night? *SPOILERS* Bringing in Ben Franklin for Phyllis’ shower was absolutely brilliant. How about the Karen/Jim/Pam situation? Jim and Karen having many long phone conversations. Pam admitting she liked Jim and then taking it back. Every time I think, I want Pam and Jim together something happens and I change my mind. Last night, it was Roy saying that he thought Pam’s art was sexy. How cute. And according to Kristin Veitch, Roy will come back into the picture. Interesting. So I guess, I’ll have to wait another 6 days until Phyllis’ wedding to Bob Vance of Vance refrigeration!

In Theaters:
Because I Said So
The Messengers
Fired (limited)
In the Pit (limited)
An Unreasonable Man (limited)

NASCAR Update:
ESPN2 will debut “NASCAR Now” on Monday, February 5th at 6:30 PM/est.

The Daytona 500 is the fourth biggest sports brand event generating $91 million according to Forbes. The Super Bowl is the top event followed by the Summer Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup. (jayski.com)

NFL Playoffs:
If you haven’t heard, this weekend is the Super Bowl. While some watch it for the commercials, some for the halftime show, which this year will feature Prince (so excited) others watch it for the game! So for all of you football fanatics, let me present to you:

The Indianapolis Colts v. The Chicago Bears
6:25 PM/est on CBS

Around Sports:
Baseball
San Francisco Giants catcher Mike Matheny announced his retirement on Tuesday. Matheny had not received clearance from his doctors after a concussion knocked him out of the final four months of the 2006 season. (AP)

The Minnesota Twins and MVP Justin Morneau have agreed to a one year, $4.5 million deal. (foxsports.com)

Basketball
Today was not a good day for Carmelo Anthony. His name was visible absent on the NBA All-Star list and he was involved in a car accident. Melo and his Denver Nuggets teammate J.R. Smith got into a fender bender on their way to a team shootaround. Both were uninjured. (AP)

Champ Car World Series
Champ Car has announced it will have to skip the Denver Grand Prix for the next two years due to conflicts. Champ Car sets up a temporary course using streets in Denver. Champ Car President Steve Johnson said he hopes the series can come back to the city in the future. (AP)

College Basketball
#8 Duke narrowly lost to Virginia in overtime 68-66 on Thursday.

Football
Brett Farve told the Herald Sun in Biloxi, MS that he plans on returning for a 17th season. The Green Bay Packers were 8-8 last year. (AP)

Soccer
Tom Hicks owner of the Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers and Montreal Canadiens owner George Gillett, Jr. put in a bid to buy England’s Liverpool soccer club. (AP)

Around the World:
It’s ground hog day and much to my dad’s chagrin, it seems Punxsutawney Phil has predicted an early spring. Yeah! The last time Phil didn't see his shadow was in 1999.

New York Fashion week kicked off on Thursday with the Miss Sixty show, but the look of Fashion week soon might change. A New York City Council member, Gail Brewer, wants to put an end to super skinny models on the runway. She’d like models to have a BMI (Body Mass Index) of 18.5, .5 higher than the standards put in place at Madrid’s Fashion Week last year. She’d also like designers to teach models about nutrition (yeah, that’s not their job) and ban models under 16 from waling the catwalk. (I’ll go with that request.) But my favorite part is that she’d like designers to make more robust outfits for models to wear. I think that’s at the Lane Bryant show. When will people learn, models are living, breathing clothes hangers? Ana Carolina Reston, the Brazilian model who died from complications of anorexia last year had a BMI of 13.4, which is gross. But under Brewer’s proposal supermodels like Kate Moss and Gisele would be too thin to participate. In the end, only so many people are meant to models just like only so many people fit the physical requirements to be a Radio City Rockette, or have the vocal talent to be an Opera singer. Let’s be honest, a models job is to be tall and thin! (cnn.com)

Residents in Central Florida are cleaning up after a tornado ripped through the area on Friday morning. There are reports of 14 fatalities due to the storm. The area was hit by a tornado Christmas day 2006. (cnn.com)

The Senate has voted to raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour. The $2.10 hike will happen over a two year period. (abcnews.com)

West Virginia has a new high tech way to keep the kids in shape…“Dance Dance Revolution.” The video game would be put in every public school in the state. Sadly, I don’t need no stinkin’ video game to get my dance on. All I need is a Britney CD and I’m ready to go!

Popo in my crib News:
Philadelphia Eagle’s coach, Andy Ried’s son Garrett admitted to having used heroin before getting into a car accident on Tuesday. Garrett, have you met Nicole Richie? Watch out Garrett, because the popo are on your tail!

Here’s another reason not to drink and drive, it may get you suspended without pay from your job. Sacramento Kings coach Eric Musselman was suspended without pay for two games by the NBA after pleading not guilty to DUI. Watch out Eric, because the popo and the NBA are on your tail! (AP)

Joya Williams, a former secretary at Coca-Cola was convicted of trying to sell company secrets. But what the jury didn’t know was that she was peddling the recipe to “new” coke. Williams faces up to 10 years in prison. Watch out Joya, because the popo are on your tail! (AP)

Celebrity Tid Bits:
Congratulations to Patrick Dempsey and his wife Jillian on the birth of twin boys Darby Galen and Sullivan Patrick. They join big sister Talula.

Congratulations to the Dixie Chicks on being named the top Duo or Group, Best Overall, Best Single for “Not Ready to Make Nice” and Best Album for Taking the Long Way by Nashville Scene’s annual music poll. (gactv.com)

Voting is underway at cmt.com for the 2007 CMT Music Awards. This year’s Awards will be hosted by Jeff Foxworthy and will air live from The Curb Event Center at Belmont University on April 16, 2007 on CMT.

Trent Tomlinson will replace Taylor Swift at the Country Radio Seminar’s New Faces Show on March 2nd. Tomlinson will be joined by Eric Church, Rodney Atkins, Jack Ingram and Miranda Lambert. Swift was forced to cancel because she will be opening for George Strait in Missouri. (cmt.com)

Keith Urban has tapped the Wreckers to be an opening act on his world tour. The Wrecker’s current single “My, Oh My” is currently climbing the charts. (countryweekly.com)

Amanda Bynes was involved in a mutli-vehicle accident on Thursday night. The “All That” star was said to have kept her composure throughout the ordeal. No injuries were reported. (tmz.com)

BREAK-UP ALERT: Cutie Ryan Reynolds and "You Oughta Know" singer Alanis Morrisette have officially called it quits after four years together.

BREAK-UP ALERT: Johnny Knoxville’s rep confirmed that Johnny and his wife Melanie are splitting up. I didn’t even know they were still together considering that Johnny has slept with half of Hollywood and Jessica Simpson during his marriage. (bricksandstones.blogspot.com)

Happy birthday shout outs to Christie Brinkley (53) and Farrah Fawcett (60).

It’s been fun blogging with you,
Kate