- Barbara Walters gave the Most Fascinating Person of 2012 title to Gen. David Petraeus

- Jenni Rivera's plane nose-dived for 28,000 feet. The descent reached speeds of 600 mph before the fatal crash.

- Track and Britta Palin are divorcing. TMZ says that by jointly filing, it means they have already settled on matters like property and custody, including child support. The couple has one child together

- Gabriel Aubrey is not being charged for fighting with Halle Berry's fiance, Oliver Martinez

Man Goes Out In Style: Eamonn Kilbride died at his office Christmas party on Saturday in London. He was dancing to Psy’s “Gangam Style” when he had a heart attack. Kilbride was rushed to Royal Blackburn Hospital, where paramedics pronounced him dead shortly after 11:30 p.m.. His wife told the press after the tragedy that her husband was “always the life of the party and loved dancing.” “It was the first time he had gone to the work’s party and he was really looking forward to it. It was my birthday too that day and we were having a really good night. Eamonn had not complained of being ill and it was so sudden. He had just finished dancing to Gangnam Style with his pals on stage when he came back over to me. He kissed me and told me I was beautiful. He then said he was going to the toilet because he had a bit of chest pain. On the way there Eamonn saw his boss and was still laughing and joking with her. He then walked round the corner and collapsed.”

You Light Up My Life: The Wichita, Kansas police recently cited David Hill for driving with Christmas lights on his truck. There are 856 of them powered by an 8,000 watt generator in the bed of his truck. Lt. Joe Schroeder says, "It's a safety issue. When somebody puts colored lights on their vehicle, they're saying everybody look at me, and when people are looking at that particular vehicle, they become a hazard. City ordinance says white on front only and red in back for brake lights. He had his entire truck decked out with the outdoor Christmas lights."

Hill says, “We've literally had thousands of people do pictures with the truck or stop and come up and look at it. A lady when I was getting my coffee today said ‘Hey, my husband died last week but this made me smile.' It’s over and over again people say, 'Hey I’ve had a crappy day and those lights made me smile.’ If you see this thing coming down the road and think it’s an emergency vehicle, you might want to check your sanity.'' The ticket will cost Hill upwards of $300, but he says it’s worth it to draw attention to his charity.

12 12 12: Colleen Klinker had a girl at 12:12 p.m. on 12-12-12. The Boston mom was in labor for 12 hours. Joe Klinker says his wife saved the final push for 12:12 p.m..

Rockin Around the Xmas Trees: Cindy Johnson's Chelsea, Michigan home is decorated with 195 Christmas trees. She owns 3,734 Hallmark ornaments and 5,000 generic ornaments. A rare 1982 Hallmark Frosty Friends ornament is Cindy's favorite. Her smallest tree is 6 inches tall.

7 Worst Holiday Foods from menshealth.com

Organic Valley Eggnog (1 cup) 360 calories 20 g fat (12 g saturated) 34 g sugar

Coffeehouse Drink Starbucks Peppermint Mocha (grande) 410 calories 15 g fat (9 g saturated) 54 g sugar

Dunkin' Donuts Warm Cinnamon Swirl Muffin 630 calories 23 g fat (7 g saturated) 56 g sugar

Reese’s Peanut Butter Snowman 760 calories 44 g fat (16 g saturated) 68 g sugar

Dairy Queen Reindeer Bites Blizzard (medium) 950 calories 39 g fat (27 g saturated) 94 g sugar

Denny’s Holiday Turkey Melt with Fries 1,300 calories 57 g fat (13 g saturated) 3,210 mg sodium

IHOP Eggnog Pancakes (4 pancakes) 2,150 calories 84 g fat (47 g saturated) 123 g sugar

Restaurants Open Christmas Day 2012: Which Chains Will Be Open On The 25th?

ALL OR ALMOST ALL LOCATIONS ARE OPEN CHRISTMAS DAY 2012

Denny's: "Denny’s is most certainly open on Christmas Day -- they are open 365 days of the year, 24 hours a day, so there isn’t actually a day that they are closed! This is all locations as well."

IHOP

Jack in the Box: "No change in normal business owners at any company-owned restaurants. It's possible that some of our franchise owners will modify their normal business hours, but all of our restaurants are expected to be open on Christmas Day."

Starbucks: "Starbucks stores are a gathering place for the entire community, and we are happy to welcome customers on Christmas Day at more than 1,200 company-operated stores across the U.S."

Waffle House

SOME LOCATIONS ARE OPEN CHRISTMAS DAY 2012

Baskin-Robbins

Boston Market: "Some (approx. 112) of our 470 locations will be open on Christmas Day. A special Christmas Day meal (fresh roasted turkey breast, two sides, cornbread and a slice of apple pie) will be available at the open locations for $10.99 on 12/25."

Buffalo Wild Wings

Burger King

Domino's

Dunkin Donuts

McDonald's

Panda Express: "Our store hours on Christmas Day will vary by stores. Each store will determine their hours based on location and needs. We do expect many of our stores to be open, but with limited hours."

Pizza Hut

Sonic: "SONIC Drive-In franchisees manage their holiday store hours independently. Some SONIC Drive-Ins will be open on Christmas Day while others may have limited hours or will be closed. Please check with your local drive-in regarding holiday hours."

Subway

Taco Bell: "Our company-operated locations will be closed on Christmas day and it’s up to our licensees and franchisees whether or not they would like to keep their locations open."

TGI Friday's

NO LOCATIONS, OR VERY FEW, ARE OPEN ON CHRISTMAS DAY 2012

Applebee's: "All our restaurants are franchise owned, so franchisees determine their own hours. Generally speaking, all but a very few will be closed. A handful will be open for adjusted hours. And then some, like those in restaurants, will be open normal hours. But most will be closed."

Arby's

Capital Grille

Cheesecake Factory: "They are all closed on Christmas Day."

Chick-fil-A

Chili's: "All of our restaurants will be closed on Christmas to give our teammembers time to be with their families."

Chipotle

KFC

LongHorn Steakhouse

Olive Garden

PF Chang's

Qdoba: "Out of our over 625 locations, the vast majority will be closed on Christmas Day to allow our employees to spend time with their loved ones for the holiday. There may be a handful of locations open either out of necessity, like at airports to accommodate travelers, or those locations owned by franchisees open at the discretion of the individual franchise owner, but these will be few and far between."

Red Lobster

Red Robin

Wendy's: "Generally, no. Some sites are required -- airports, tollways, etc. They will set their own hours, but it has historically been usual hours."

Amazon.com is selling an Emergency Santa Kit.

The ad reads:

Emergency Santa Kit. $11.97

''It's instant Christmas spirit in a tin! Say you're on a long plane flight and everyone around you is frowning and grumpy. Just open this tin, blow up the inflatable white vinyl beard and pop the Santa hat on your head. Before you know it, everyone is going to be sitting on your lap, laughing and asking for presents. Kit comes with a Santa hat that is sized to fit most adult heads and a 10" (25.4 cm) long, vinyl inflatable beard with elastic loops that go around your ears. Comes in a 3-3/4" (9.5 cm) diameter x 4" (10.2 cm) tall collectable tin.''

Kris and Bruce Jenner are allegedly splitting. A source tells RADAR Online that Bruce and his daughters, Kylie and Kendall, are moving. “Kylie and Kendall broke down crying to Bruce. They explained their fears that Kris has been putting the teenage girls’ burgeoning careers ahead of their childhood. After storming out of the family’s home in Calabasas. Bruce is now currently looking for somewhere new to live. Cheering in his corner of the ring are stepchildren Kourtney, Khloe and Robert, who want to protect the youngest members of the family. The family really is in an all out war.”

Kanye West may spend Christmas with the Kardashians at the Clippers game. A source tells Hollywoodlife.com, “It’s Christmas and the Kardashians are a tight family, so expect to see them all sitting court side that day. Kim and Kanye might even be in the house if they’re in town. But for sure Khloe and Kris Jenner will be there.”

Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr have allegedly split up. A source tells In Touch Weekly, “Right now they’re separated. They’re living apart and figuring out what they want to do next. They’re not on the same page anymore.” The couple denies the story while a source says they are apart because Miranda is modeling in New York while Orlando is in Africa filming.

A member of Sarah Jessica Parker's entourage was recently caught stealing sunglasses at the Oslo airport. Sarah was there for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Concert. A police spokesman tells E!, "I can confirm a member of Sarah Jessica Parker's entourage was blocked from getting on a plane for stealing sunglasses. She accepted the fine of $8,000 krones ($1,398.46 US) and was let go." The person detained was not the actress's assistant.

Taylor Swift may move to London for Harry Styles. A source tells Britain's Star, ''They really like each other. Harry has told her this is a big deal for him and that he has never felt like this about a girl before. He's had loads of flings with other girls, but nobody has got to him like Taylor has. The fact they both have hectic work schedules is apparently a reason their relationship works so well. They really get each other. They are both massively successful and understand the pressures of fame. Taylor is even talking about moving to London so they can spend more time together. It's already getting serious.''

John Mayer and the Zac Brown Band are playing a benefit concert for the firefighters who saved John's Montana home this past summer. He says, "Without the tireless effort and dedication of the firefighters of the Pine Creek Fire, many more homes and memories would have been destroyed, mine among them. I wasn't in town when the fire broke out and I've always wished I could do my part to help, the way so many in the community did. Putting on a concert to raise some money for the departments is the least I can do for a town and a community that has welcomed me with open arms."

NOW magazine claims Blue Ivy will be getting Fendi ballerina shoes and $1,000 crystalized trainers from Jay-Z and Beyonce for Christmas.

Chris Long was arrested yesterday for hacking Carly Rae Jepsen's computer. Earlier this year, the Vancouver man posted nude shots of her on the net. Long turned himself in. He was charged with fraudulently obtaining telecommunications services, unauthorized use of computer, mischief to data, identity fraud, and possession of stolen property.

How good are you at managing your e-mail? How many unread e-mails do you have? None? Hundreds? Over a thousand? Are you a teenager asking, "Who uses e-mail?"

   Calm down, kid. The New Yorker magazine's SILVIA KILLINGSWORTH writes about e-mail management and boasts that she has only four e-mails in her inbox "but I'm aiming for that number to be zero." She calls it the "Inbox Zero' system, meaning, "I treat my inbox like a to-do list, with each e-mail representing a task..." Essentially, it's the digital version of opening all your letters (what letters?) and bills when you receive them and dealing with them then as opposed to setting them aside and waiting for when they're due.
   Killingsworth admits she's "addicted to the gratification that comes from tidying up," so this "Inbox Zero" method is just a coping mechanism. So wait, what about everyone else.

What does your e-mail inbox say about you?

   The E-mail Nihilist - You love deleting automated e-mails without reading them, and you love unsubscribing from pointless listservs and replying right away to e-mails that will only take a sentence or two of response.

   The E-mail Hoarder - You have no unread e-mails, but you haven't deleted any of them. And you're your e-mail account has so many e-mails that its running out of space, instead of deleting e-mails, you buy more space.

   The E-mail Lapser - You get lots of work e-mails and you answer those right away, but you don't always have time to read personal e-mails, so you set them aside with the intention of getting around to them when your not busy answering work e-mails. But you never mark them as unread so they stand out because the sight of any bright, bold black typeface lingering in your inbox gives you anxiety attacks. So the personal e-mails pile up. Some e-mails have been sitting in your inbox from when George Bush was president. Your friends think you're an inconsiderate jerk.

   The E-mail Denialist - You have no idea how many unread e-mails you have because you turned off the unread count to make yourself feel better.

   The E-mail Neat-Freak - You hate waste so you delete almost everything, unless there is really good chance you'll need it again, in which case it gets archived. You're current single unread e-mail is a reminder to yourself to buy "PRESENTS."

   The E-mail Chaos Lover - You have thousands of unread e-mails, none of them sorted. You used to go through them every once in a while and go on a delete purge, but you're sort of given up on that. When people ask, "Did you get my e-mail" you say, "Probably."

   The E-mail Anal-Retentive - You've got thousands of e-mails, all of them read, and all of them placed in folders. You actually have more folders than e-mails.

   Editor's note: Sometimes I declare e-mail bankruptcy. When it becomes too much, I just hit "Select All" and "delete." If it is really important, it'll come back to me.
   --That New Yorker writer says she treats her inbox "like a to-do list, with each e-mail representing a task." This is my idea of hell. (Maiman)
 

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