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Posted: 5:05 a.m. Wednesday, March 7, 2012
By Vikki Locke
Jackpot: 81-year-old Louise White won last month's $336.4 million Powerball jackpot. She slept with the winning ticket in her Bible until coming forward yesterday. White's jackpot is the sixth-largest U.S. prize. White is a regular lottery player who bought the winning ticket at a Stop & Shop supermarket in Newport where she had stopped for some rainbow sherbet. The winning numbers from the February 11th drawing were 1-10-37-52-57. The Powerball was 11. White's lump sum payment would be $210 million, the highest ever for Powerball. The top lottery jackpot in U.S. history was a $390 million Mega Millions prize won in March 2007.
- Gas prices dropped yesterday after 27 straight days of increases. The nationwide average for regular unleaded slipped less than a penny to $3.76 per gallon
- Rising gas prices are good news for used car dealers, who sell fuel efficient vehicles. CarGurus says prices on fuel-efficient used vehicles will increase by 15% between now and August.
- Tim Tebow is NOT doing The Bachelor. He Tweeted: 'Haha rumors can be crazy! Even though I've watched the show before, I'm definitely not gonna be on the Bachelor. #JessePalmer'
- Michigan State University is offering a new, seven week course on zombie survival skills. The Walking Dead, Resident Evil, and Left 4 Dead inspired the class.
- Kim Kardashian's best friend, Jonathan Cheban, wants Kris Humphries to return his wedding gift to him. He gave him a $5,000 gift card to YSL.
- "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" songwriter Robert B. Sherman died on Monday in London at the age of 86.
- Perez Hilton claims Jason Segel and Michelle Williams went on a date last week
- Kaela Humphries has signed a deal with Ford Models. She is a plus-sized model and Kris Humphries' sister.
- Kim Kardashian flew to Paris to attend a fashion show with Kanye West. Afterwards, they went go-karting.
- 16.7 million people watched The Voice on Monday.
- Nintendo has hired Uggie The Dog from The Artist as a spokesdog.
- The script for Bill and Ted 3 is done. Alex Winter Tweeted: 'Script done? Check. -We love it? Check. -Green light? Working on it!'
- The Colts are expected to release Peyton Manning today.
- Rosie O'Donnell is moving her talk show from Chicago to NYC. It will now be easier for her to book guests.
Ashton Kutcher recently took his new girlfriend, screenwriter Lorene Scafaria, on a Laser Tag date.
Michigan State University is offering a new, seven week course on zombie survival skills. The Walking Dead, Resident Evil, and Left 4 Dead inspired the class.
Manty-hose: Designer and hoisery retailer Emilio Cavallini is selling pantyhose for men. He claims 'Manty-hose' now account for 2 to 3% of his compamy's annual sales. "When we started our online shop we noticed that a lot of tights sized medium-large were being purchased by men ... So I did a search on the Internet and discovered there is a cult following for mantyhose."
Puppy Love: Barbara Bagley was recently reunited with her dog. Last December, she and her husband were traveling through Nevada when they were involved in a single car accident. One of her Sheepdogs died instantly while the other, Dooley, ran off. Bagley started a search for him before someone called and said they found dog remains near the crash site. Later that day, her husband succumbed to his injuries. She says, “It was a horrible day for me. But something inside me told me Dooley was still alive out there. I wasn’t 100% sure, but I didn’t grieve for Dooley like I did for my husband and our other dog.” After 53 days in the wilderness, Dooley was found. He lost 24 pounds, and had a bird bone stuck in his throat, but was otherwise okay.
NOW magazine claims Katy Perry is getting close to Gerard Butler. A source says, "Gerard's always had a soft spot for her. As soon as he heard about her split from Russell Brand he got in touch. It was actually on her advice that he went to rehab." The magazine claims Katy and Gerard had several dinner dates before he went to Betty Ford.
Danny DeVito wants to do another Twins movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger. He says, "It's something I would think about doing with Arnold. We need to figure something out. The story has to be right but I have always thought we should do something. I would love for us to work together again."
The NY Post claims Russell Brand recently met an attractive brunette outside a Manhattan restaurant. A source says, “Outside the restaurant, Russell approached a girl and asked her for her number, telling her she was ‘perfect.’ Brand wasted no time. He called her 10 minutes later. They were texting all weekend, but haven’t met up yet.” |
Bruno Mars says he doesn't use hair gel. ''I call my hairstyle the Wamp and Stomp. I can't give you exact measures but it's a lot of margarine, natural fruit juices and berries and, surprisingly, barbecue potato Popchips. 'It stays in place for a while after that.''
Justin Bieber's friends let him win the dance competition at his birthday party. A source tells the Daily News, “Justin's friends let him win because it was his birthday. Jaden is a bomb-ass dancer [and probably would have won] but everyone was having a blast. He was all over Selena the whole time, walking her around by the hand. He kept kissing her. It’s clear she was the best part of the night for him. He is so in love with her." |
Katy Perry is looking forward to her next CD. She says, ''I have an idea for the next two records; it just depends. 'I'm very inspired at the moment, and so I'm gonna follow my heart as I always have and hopefully people will like it.' I'm just gonna do what feels right for me artistically. 'I don't want to give too much away. I also don't want to play the game of trying to continually top myself because eventually it may not always go as I planned. ''I may not get to be able to have another number one.''
Adele's Rollin' In The Deep has become the best selling digital download by a female solo artist. 6,679,000 people have purchased it online
Nick Carter is going to guest star on 90210 on May 8th. A source says, "Naomi hosts a bachelorette party that features an unexpected visit from Nick Carter, who will play himself. The Backstreet Boys member is invited to the party because the bride had a crush on him since junior high school."
Scotty McCreery will be singing American Idol's exit song. He's covering Tim McGraw's 'Please Remember Me.'
Aerosmith will have a new song on the GI Joe Soundtrack called "Legendary Child”. This song will also be the first single from their new CD.
JONAH HILL says he bleached his hair in high school because he “wanted to be EMINEM.” The 28-year-old actor says he would jump at the chance to go back to high school again, because he would get into the theater scene sooner. Jonah told Parade magazine that when he was a student at Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California, “I was scared [my friends] would make fun of me if I did theater” He’s co-starring with CHANNING TATUM in the upcoming movie version of “21 Jump Street.”
CHRIS BROWN may be headed to jail. Us Weekly magazine reports that a woman in Miami Beach claims that Brown grabbed her iPhone from her after she took his picture, jumped in his car and sped off. He could be charged with robbery, a violation of his probation for beating his girlfriend, singer RIHANNA, in 2009.
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