Box office Recap:
300 ($32.1 million)
Wild Hogs ($18.8 million)
Premonition ($18 million)
Dead Silence ($7.8 million)
I Think I Love My Wife ($5.7 million)
NASCAR Update:
This past weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway was the first time that all three series had a repeat winner; Mike Skinner in the Craftsman Truck Series, Jeff Burton in the Busch Series and Jimmie Johnson in the Nextel Cup Series.
Truck Series Results Busch Series Results Nextel Cup Series Results
AT&T has sued NASCAR over its difficulty in replacing Cingular on the hood of the #31 car driven by Jeff Burton. Cingular and AT&T officially merged on December 29th. Cingular was allowed to remain the sponsor of the #31 car due to a grandfather clause when Nextel retained naming rights to the Cup Series. (jayski.com)
Around Sports:
Baseball
San Diego Padres pitcher David Wells has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Wells will continue to play for the Padres while adjusting his eating habits to manage his diabetes. (AP)
Bruce Drennan received a second chance from the Cleveland Indians. Drennan, fresh out of prison for tax fraud, has been given hosting duties on a new show “All Bets are Off with Bruce Drennan.” (AP)
Manny Ramirez is auctioning off his Jenn-Air grill on eBay. As an added bonus, the winning bidder will get an autographed baseball. How sweet of you, Manny. (AP)
College Basketball
It took four overtimes for Concordia to beat Robert Morris 124-119 in the NAIA semifinals on Monday. (AP)
In Woman’s tourney news, reigning champs, the Maryland Terps were knocked out on Tuesday 89-78 by Ole Miss. Click Here for an updated bracket.
The Men’s tourney resumes tomorrow with the Sweet 16. Click Here to find out the teams that are still alive.
Football
Former NFL player and Pat Tillman teammate, Lance Cpl. Jeremy Staat will be heading to Iraq. (AP)
Formula1
Ferrari one its first post Michael Schumacher race on Sunday when Kimi Raikkonen won the Australian Grand Prix.
Soccer
LA Galaxy’s Cobi Jones announced he will retire after the 2007 season. Jones said he decided to play one more season after David Beckham signed on with the team. (AP)
Around the World:
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Thumbelina, the world’s smallest horse, is trying to raise $1 million for children’s charities. She will be on a 48 state tour visiting children’s hospitals, state fairs, schools and summer camps. (AP)
Apple, Inc. has shipped its new Apple TV to stores. Apple TV takes saved music and video from your computer and allows it to be shown on your TV. The box can store up to 50 hours of video or 9,000 songs or 25,000 pictures and costs $299. (Reuters)
Paul Trinder got quite a surprise after awaking in his first class seat: a dead body. It seems a woman had died in economy class during the flight. She and her grieving family were brought into first class. British Airways estimates about 10 passengers die on board their planes a year. (AP)
During a recent auction, homes in Detroit were selling for less than the average price of a car made in the Motor City, $29,000. This included a bungalow for $1,300 and a four bedroom home for $7,000. Detroit leads the nation in foreclosures. (Reuters)
Lord Spencer, Princess Diana’s brother, visited a Cleveland exhibit which featured 28 dresses, suits and gowns. The exhibit runs through June 10th. (AP)
Elaine and Harold Messner, a retired New Jersey couple, are the second half of the $390 million mega millions jackpot. The Messners chose a lump sum payout worth $116,557,083 before federal taxes.
In ways to get fired news…A computer technician reformatting a disk drive wiped out a data file and its back up disk. The file contained information on a State Fund which pays dividends to Alaskans for oil revenue. It took 70 people six weeks to reenter the lost data and cost the state $220,000. (cnn.com)
Popo in my crib News:
Miami Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter punched NFL rival and Cincinnati Bengal Levi Jones at a blackjack table in Las Vegas. Porter is facing a misdemeanor battery charge. Watch out Joey, because the popo are on your tail! (AP)
Mexican Federal Agents nabbed $205.6 million from a luxury home. It is the largest drug money seizure ever! Watch out drug lords, because the popo are on your tail! (AP)
Oseas Mendoza-Cecena, 82, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for smuggling 170 pounds of cocaine into the U.S. with the intent to sell. Watch out Oseas, because the popo are on your tail! (AP)
Celebrity Tid Bits:
Britney Spears has left promises rehab center after completing treatment one day before FedEx’s 29th birthday. For the sake of her two children, I hope she’ll be able to overcome her problems.
The Bay City Rollers, your favorite boy band in plaid, are suing Arista Records for withholding millions in royalties over the past 25 years. (AP)
BACK ON ALERT: Travis Baker and Shanna Moakler (people.com)
BREAK-UP ALERT: Uma Thurman and Andre Balazs
One day after her 44th birthday, Vanessa Williams received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday. As my mom said, “Good for her.”
The HBO comedy “Extras” will not film a third season. (Reuters)
Adam Sandler filled in for an ailing David Letterman on Tuesday night. Sandler was scheduled to promote his film Reign on Me but became a replacement host when Letterman was forced to leave early because of a stomach virus. (Reuters)
TV ALERT: All new "Friday Night Lights" tonight @ 8 PM/est on NBC.
Josh Radnor aka Ted from "How I Met Your Mother" is a fan of FNL!
TV ALERT: All new "Grey's Anatomy" and "October Road" on Thursday starting at 9 PM/est on ABC
Lead singer of Lonestar, Richie McDonald, has announced he is leaving the band to pursue a solo career. The remaining members vow to continue with a new lead singer. The band was recently dropped form its label, BNA records. (cmt.com)
Brad Paisley, Rodney Atkins and Taylor Swift are hitting the road this fall on the Bonfires & Amplifiers tour. Paisley will also close the CMA Festival. Can someone please give him an Entertainer of the Year Award already! (cmt.com)
Calling all singers…A new TV show for CMT called “Opening Act” can make your dreams come true. Any artist with original music should head over to Ashville, NC on March 24th to audition for a chance to open for Sara Evans. Sara will pick her two favorite contestants who will audition live for Ms. Evans before her April 14th show. The winner will open for her. Call (310) 317-1545 to reserve your spot. (countryweekly.com)
Random Quote: “Every song I cut means something to me even if I didn't write it. That usually means somebody else wrote something better than I could." – Gary Allan (gactv.com)
Happy birthday shout outs to Matthew Broderick (45), Rosie O’Donnell (45) and Eddie Money (58).
It’s been fun blogging with you,
Kate
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