• Irving Berlin, who composed "White Christmas" (one of the most beloved holiday songs ever) was Jewish. - North County Times, 12/21/06
           
          
  • Actress
    Denise Richards became angry with paparazzi and threw their laptop
    computers from a hotel balcony. The laptops slightly injured two women,
    ages 81 and 90, in the hotel lobby where they were sitting in their
    wheelchairs. - MSNBC, 11/10/06
           
          
  • Andy
    Griffith (not the TV star) is being sued by Andy Griffith (yes, the TV
    star) for legally changing his name to Andy Griffith. - CNN.com, 11/11/06
           
          
  • Madonna has approached the nuclear industry with a plan to clean up nuclear waste by washing it in a magical Kabbalah fluid. - The Week Magazine, 9/8/06
           
          
  • The
    first men to walk on the Moon reported seeing a UFO. NASA officials
    told Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to keep quiet about it. - The Week Magazine, 8/11/06
           
          
  • Nicole Kidman hired every helicopter in Sydney Australia in a bid to keep the paparazzi away from her wedding. - ITN News, 6/5/06
           
          
  • Rosie
    O’Donnell’s new contract with ABC (for the television show "The View")
    has one absolute proviso: the former talk show queen cannot cut her
    hair. - Fox News, 4/29/06
           
          
  • President
    George W. Bush, when asked what was his best moment in the first five
    years in office told reporters that "You know, I’ve experienced many
    great moments and it’s hard to name the best. I would say the best
    moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound perch in my lake." - Reuters, 5/7/06
           
          
  • Gilbert Gottfried was recently named the "Unsexiest Man in the World". - MSNBC, 4/18/06
           
          
  • Mariah Carey revealed that she eats nearly all her meals in bed while wearing a bib. - The Week Magazine, 2/17/06
           
          
  • Peaches
    Honeyblossom Michelle Charlotte Angel Vanessa Geldof - the daughter of
    Bob Geldof - has two sisters, Fifi Trixibelle and Pixie. Her half
    sister is Hiraani Tiger Lily. Peaches now speaks out against
    celebrities naming their children this way. - Daily Mail, 1/19/06
           
          
  • Enya’s
    latest CD, Amarantine, has three songs performed in a language that she
    (along with lyricist Roma Ryan) created. The language is called
    "Loxian". - Sunday Times, 11/27/05
           
          
  • Actor
    Bruce Willis has offered $1,000,000 reward for information leading to
    the capture of Osama Bin Laden and other al-Qaida terror leaders. - WNBC TV, 11-15-05
           
          
  • Victor Willis, the original "policeman" in the Village People is a
    fugitive from the law. An arrest warrant has been issued for him since
    he did not show at a court hearing for drug possession. - Associated Press, 10/20/05
           
          
  • John
    Densmore, drummer for the 1960s group the Doors, refuses to allow their
    music to be sold to commercial interests. Cadillac offered $15,000,000
    to use "Break on Through" - which was more than any of the Doors have
    ever made on anything they’ve ever done. Densmore refuses to sell as
    "Jim Morrison’s ghost is in my ear". - Los Angeles Times, 10/5/05
           
          
  • At
    the tender age of 47, Prince has been told by doctors that he needs a
    hip replacement - the fallout from years of dancing onstage in
    high-heeled boots. - UK Telegraph, 10/19/05
           
          
  • Microsoft
    recently matched Bill Gates’ $2,469 contribution to his 401(K) account.
    Bill Gates is worth an estimated $51 billion. - MSNBC, 9/29/05
           
          
  • Franklin
    Delano Roosevelt vetoed 635 bills in his presidency. Jimmy Carter
    vetoed 31. Bill Clinton vetoed 38. So far, the current President,
    George W. Bush, has not vetoed even one bill. - InfoPlease Almanac, 10/8/05
           
           
  • Former
    First Lady Barbara Bush, after a recent tour of the Houston Astrodome
    said that many of the 20,000 refugees from Hurricane Katrina seemed to
    be content to live in a stadium. "So many of the people in the arena
    here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very
    well for them." - The Week Magazine, 9/16/05
           
          
  • Russell
    Crowe is supposedly settling out of court for his phone-throwing
    incident. The settlement is reported to be between 11 and 15 million
    dollars. - Sunday Mail 8/14/05
           
          
  • U.S.
    President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of
    Defense Donald Rumsfeld each had a slime-mold beetle named in their
    honor in early 2005. - Cornell News, 4/13/05
           
          
  • Oprah Winfrey visited a Hermes store in Paris, France just after closing time and was denied entry. - New York Daily News, 6/22/05
           
          
  • The Dalai Lama has a weakness for chocolate chip cookies. - Newsweek, 7/8/05
           
          
  • The Dalai Lama has an air rifle and uses it to scare away hawks. - Reader’s Digest, 7/05
           
          
  • Neil
    Diamond’s girlfriend is partially deaf (and cannot hear 70% of what
    goes on around her). There are only a few frequencies she can tune
    into. Diamond says, "I’m not sure she can hear any of my music, but she
    likes me anyway." - ContactMusic.com, 6/10/05
           
          
  • Magician Penn Jillette (of Penn and Teller) has named his first baby daughter Moxie Crimefighter Jillette. - Associated Press, 6/4/05
           
          
  • Jennifer
    Lopez says that she would like to be the first female president. She
    says the first thing she would do is redecorate the White House. - ABC News, 5/3/05
           
          
  • Prince
    Harry was such a bad student that at least two of his teachers were
    ordered to do projects for him to assure that he would pass the class.
    - CBSNews, 10/15/04
           
          
  • Cincinnati
    Reds starting pitcher Aaron Harang took the mound with the front of his
    jersey reading "Cncinnati." Here’s a helpful mnemonic: There’s no "I"
    in"team," but there are three in "Cincinnati." - Sports Illustrated, 4/14/05
           
          
  • Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin Janeal Lee has been stripped of her title because pageant officials say she can stand up. - CNN.com, 4/1/05
           
          
  • Arnold
    Schwarzenegger is so adamant his children do their laundry, he’ll
    reportedly set fire to any of their dirty clothes left lying around. - Sydney Morning Herald, 4/13/05
           
          
  • Martha Stewart became a billionaire when she was serving her time in prison, due to increasing stock prices. - Boston Globe, 3/17/05
           
          
  • Actress
    Lara Flynn Boyle reportedly stripped off her clothes onboard a Los
    Angeles British Airways flight to London and attempted to seduce
    another passenger. - San Francisco Chronicle, 3/11/05
           
          
  • Bono, of the supergroup U2, was seriously being considered to be the president of World Bank. - New York Post, 3/13/05

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