Are you a fan of the television series LOST? Are you obsessed with figuring out the mysteries and secrets of the island? Would you like to learn more about time travel? Well, do we have a website for you. ABC the network that brings you LOST is now opening LOST University.
At LOST University you will be able to further explore the themes and mysteries of not only the television show, but also how they relate to the world around you.
On September 22nd, 2009 enrollment will begin for the very first semester of LOST University. You will take a placement exam, receive a student ID and watch your University introductory class LOST 101.
The first semester begins on December 8, 2009. So visit the LOST University website and begin your journey today.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler (AKA Meadow Soprano) has signed on to play Natalie, Daniel’s new assistant on “Ugly Betty” season 4. Sigler also has a recurring role in the new season of Entourage playing herself as Turtle’s girlfriend. Psst…They are dating off screen too.
By now everyone knows T.R. Knightwill not be back for the sixth season of Grey’s Anatomy. His character George O’Malley was hit and dragged by a bus on the season finale and it has been confirmed he will not be returning. However, Katherine Heigl who’s character Izzie Steven’s life was also hanging in the balance in that episode will be back.
Jennie Garth will be returning for the second season of 90210. No word yet on Tori Spelling or Shannen Doherty, but I’ll keep you posted.
Jorja Fox, who left CSI last year, will be returning as Sara Sidle for a few episodes starting September 24th. Even though Sara left the show with William Peterson’s character Gil Grissom, he will not be returning with her.
If you are on Twitter and you follow celebrities you noticed many of them tweeting, “Who is Sliimy”? Well, now we know why. Because Perez Hilton asked them to.
Hilton started a label called Perezcious Music and his first signed artist is……. you guessed it Sliimy! He’s a French singer who has been on YouTube for his cover of the Britney Spears song Womanizer.
If you are Perez Hilton and you want to get the word out and get peoples attention what do you do? You enlist celebrity pals to tweet “Who is Sliimy?,” creating instant online buzz.
Babies R Us has been hit with a class-action lawsuit filed in 2006 with the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia. The lawsuit was certified by a judge last week.
The lawsuit claims the company threatened its suppliers forcing them to make sure no competitor would be able to beat their prices. This hurt the business of many local shops and gave Babies R Us the ability to dominate the market.
The growth of e-commerce sites took it to another level which according to the lawsuit, caused the company to cheat its competitors and consumers.
Evidence has been presented showing that suppliers were also forced to stop selling to e-commerce sites. They did so in an effort to protect the Babies R Us business and margin, therefore accepting legal risk.
Corporate spokeswoman Jennifer Albano said the company will not comment on pending litigation.
The memorial for Michael Jackson that took place in California’s Staples Center won’t be the last. It’s being said that those close to Jackson are planning another memorial concert at the O2 Arena in London. The place where his “This Is It” concert tour was to start later this month. The memorial concert is being planned for August 29th, which would have been M.J.’s 51st birthday.
NBC reportedly offered $10 million for the special and were planning to use it as a launch pad for Jay Leno’s new prime time show. However, it doesn’t look like that will happen. When NBC first made the offer it was to include the memorial special, backstage footage and maybe even a Universal film. NBC has yet to confirm this story.
It’s also been said that Sony and Fox are interested in producing a film about Michael Jackson and have offered $50 million or more for the rights.
Visit Scoop de Jour for updates as this story develops.
If you are going on vacation and looking for reviews on different hotels…don’t believe the hype!
Wallet Pop first reported last month TripAdvisor.com has started placing disclaimers on many of its hotel pages. It seems that the hotels or people associated with them are trying to manipulate the popularity index.
So be warned that certain properties have learned how to use the site to steer you to them.
The Little People of America are asking the FCC to ban the use of the word “midget” on broadcast television. They consider it just as hurtful and demeaning as a racial slur.
All this started because of an episode of Celebrity Apprentice where contestants created a detergent ad called “Jesse James and the Midgets.” It did not help that one of the contestants, Joan Rivers, proposed using the soap to bath little people then hang them to dry.
Stella D’oro’s only factory and a Bronx staple is closing, the announcement was made this week by Brynwood Partners who own the pastry brand.
Stella D’Oro, “gold star” in Italian, was created in 1932 by Joseph and Angela Kresevich in a small Bronx factory. The brand has been sold a few times since then, but the factory remained open.
That is until Brynwood Partners (it’s latest owner) decided to start cutting benefits and pay on the factory employees and those employees went on strike soon after. After a court ordered them to rehire those employees Brynwood Partners has decided to close the factory.
Brynwood is moving the brand to other facilities where some of the famous products will stay in production.
OK I had this whole post I was going to type about how the President should be a little bit more sympathetic to all those who are unemployed and pay his employees wages similar to those they would be paid outside the White House. I mean does he really need to pay $172,000 to 22 assistants? Does he really need 22 assistants?
While it’s still true I don’t think anyone needs 22 assistants, I have thought about it and I would never want to work at the White House. Although I am sure it is an an honor to some, those employees are over-worked and their personal lives undoubtedly suffer for it.
The jobs are demanding and stressful and I would never want to do them, but someone has to. So you know what, if you have to follow the President around everywhere he goes and cater to his every whim, then you deserve $172,000 a year.
According to CNN and South Korea’s Defense Ministry, North Korea is at it again. This time by testing three short-range missiles off its east coast Thursday.
U.S. Military Communications told CNN that North Korea had issued a warning to mariners similar to the one it issued in April, when it tested a long-range missile.
That April ‘military exercise’ was a nuclear test in May, which threatened U.S. and South Korean ships near its territorial waters.
North Korea is not listening to the warnings of Obama, no surprise.
If you ask me North Korea is looking for a war. This is their strategy. They want to be able to blame big, bad America when it fires at North Korea when all they were trying to do was test their military weapons.
They claim the Lee regime (Lee Myung-bak, President of South Korea) is inventing a nuclear threat from North Korea. That Lee is trying to ignite a war, they continually refer back to the Korean War and the part the United States played, or as they put it, it was America’s fault.
North Korea has fired nuclear missiles and is not stopping, tests or not. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it’s a duck.
They state the nuclear test was a powerful sword, self-defense against the U.S. and it’s followers hostile policies against it, their way of defending the Korean Peninsula .
They state in no uncertain terms that the DPRK is building up their nuclear deterrent to respond to the US invasion with resolute punishment.
I think it’s important for everyone to understand how they think. It’s really not all that different than those of a radical terrorist, always thinking we are trying to conquer the world. If they pursue this vendetta and their progression of nuclear weapons will America be left with no choice? Would it lead to WWIII, or what will undoubtedly be a Nuclear War?
Brooke Greenberg is a medical mystery, she is 16 years old, but is only 16 pounds and 30 inches tall. Many believe she is the fountain of youth or the one who holds the key. Although Brooke is a teenager her physical appearance is that of a toddler and her mental ability leaves her unable to speak other than the sounds of an infant.
Her body doesn’t develop as a coordinated unit. She still has baby teeth, but her bone age is estimated to be more like a 10 year old. Brooke has never been diagnosed with any known genetic syndrome or chromosomal abnormality that would help explain why.
There were many close calls in Brooke’s early years, she has recovered from them all and yet no one can explain why. Such as why she suffered a brain seizure followed by a stroke and somehow weeks later there was no apparent damage.
At four years old she had an abnormal, seemingly overpowering lack of energy causing her to sleep for 14 days. After which doctors diagnosed a brain tumor but then Brooke woke up and appeared fine. Tests declared there was no tumor. Her sudden and intense illnesses remain a mystery and her ability to recover from them still baffles doctors.Doctors even tried growth hormone therapy, but it proved futile. Geneticists are studying Brooke’s cells and DNA. They are hoping there is some genetic mutation that may be able to explain why Brooke does not age. They are also hoping to isolate the gene and answer questions to the aging process and mortality of humans.
Howard Greenberg, Brooke’s father would like to find out if Brooke holds the secret to aging and believes everybody is here for a reason and that maybe this is why Brooke is here.Melanie and Howard have three other children, none of which have been affected by any medical conditions. Emily, 22; Caitlin, 19; and Carly, 13. To all of them Brooke is just another younger sister.
After reading an article on Wallet Pop about states raising taxes I am left disappointed in the people we voted for. Their job is to look out for the best interest of their states and its residents.
It is obvious they understand that they are losing money usually gained from income taxes, because of the rising unemployment issue. So what I don’t understand is why they would think it’s a good idea to charge those people who have no money coming in besides their unemployment benefits more money on everything?
NOTE TO ALL LAWMAKERS: STOP TRYING TO MAKE MONEY OFF THE PEOPLE WHO DON’T HAVE IT. FIND ANOTHER WAY.
Stop handing out raises and bonuses to already highly paid executives. Actually, make sure the people that get to keep their jobs deserve it.
I would like to know where all the tax money has been going. What about all the money being made from bridge & tunnel tolls, traffic or parking tickets, all the parking meters and every lottery ticket (and don’t tell me it’s going towards education)? Just to name a few.
Every single thing we purchase has a tax on it and every pay check we receive decrease as the months pass. Sure Obama gave us an extra $13.00 a week in our pay, that should really put a dent in our household bills.
The last will signed in 2002 by Michael Jackson has been filed with the court by his lawyer, John Branca.
Jackson nominated his mother, Katherine, to be made the guardian of his children and their estates. The will states if Katherine did not survive him or was unable or unwilling to act as guardian, he nominated Diana Ross.
The will leaves his entire estate to the Trustee or Trustees of The Michael Jackson Family Trust. The Executors of that Trust are John Branca (his lawyer), John McClain (music executive) and Barry Siegel (his accountant). However, Barry Siegel resigned from his role as executor in 2003.
The document also states Jackson intentionally omitted to provide for his former wife, Deborah Jean Rowe Jackson.
Sources are saying a drug used for surgical anesthesia was found at Michael Jackson’s house after he died. Some believe it may be what killed him.
The drug Propofol was reportedly found at the house he was renting at the time of his death. Propofol is used before surgery as an anesthesia. It is a potent drug given through an IV and if not administered correctly can be very dangerous. It would never be prescribed to be administered outside a hospital.
The sources also point out that a side affect of Propofol is that it burns and Lidocaine might be used to reduce the pain from the Propofol injection. TMZ also reported that Lidocaine was found near Jackson’s body when he was found unconscious.
A major side effects of Propofol is cardiac arrest if taken in combination with narcotic painkillers, but Propofol is powerful enough that it can stop someone’s heart on its own.
A nurse has come forward claiming she knew about Jackson wanting this drug. However, I did watch her on CNN and becasue her story cannot be confirmed and I’m not sure I believe it I will not post anything further.
The drug Propofol is not meant for home use, if a doctor assisted in obtaining it and administered it for Jackson and it is found to have caused his death, they could be prosecuted for manslaughter.
Multiple sources are confirming the biological parents of Michael Jackson’s two oldest children, Prince Michael and Paris, are Debbie Rowe and her former boss Arnold Klein. Klein was Jackson’s L.A.-based dermatologist.
An insider claims Rowe and Klein signed an agreement to never reveal the truth. If this is so I would think that the three of them and the doctor who handled the in vitro would be the only people who knew. All of a sudden there are multiple sources.
