Friday January 30 2009Amy Beamer Pavone (an ad agency in Pennsylvania) created SpotBowl.com. It's a website, now in its sixth year, that lets people view and vote for their favorite Super Bowl ads. In past years, it's received votes from all 50 states and 52 nations worldwide. www.spotbowl.com MC Hammer In the Cash4Gold.com spot, entitled “One-up,” Ed McMahon and Hammer, who in recent years have each dealt publicly with financial setbacks, describe the simple and private process of using Cash4Gold’s satisfaction-guaranteed service as they load the company’s signature “Refiner’s Pouch” with a range of valuable gold items. “One-up” was shot at McMahon’s Beverly Hills, CA home. www.cash4gold.com & http://mchammer.blogspot.com Howard Bragman Promoting his new book, "Where’s My Fifteen Minutes?: Get Your Company, Your Cause, or Yourself the Recognition You Deserve". www.fifteenminutes.com Thursday January 29 2009Natalie Dylan She is selling her virginity. The 22-year-old woman from Sacramento CA has snared hundreds of bidders, including one who says he'll pay $3.8 million to seal the deal - but only if he can tape the magic moment. www.bunnyranch.com Lisa Lampanelli Promoting her HBO special, "Long Live the Queen," which airs Saturday, January 31st and her book, "Chocolate, Please", hitting bookstore shelves this fall. www.insultcomic.com & www.myspace.com/lisalampanelli Sheriff Joe Arpaio Maricopa County, AZ Sheriff who has a new reality show. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, which oversees the state's most populous county, has a starring role in "Smile ... You're Under Arrest!," a new reality show on Fox Reality Channel. www.sheriffjoe.org Tuesday January 27 2009Shana Pereira Tourism Queensland Americas Regional Director. Inspired by a staggering economy, frigid winter weather or old-fashioned wanderlust, hundreds of Americans have applied for what Australian tourism promoters are calling the best job in the world: a six-month, $105,000 stint as caretaker and weekly blogger on Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef. www.islandreefjob.com Si Burgher A 72-year-old man from Bloomfield, IN, who shaved his 3-inch long eyebrows for charity. Friday January 23 2009Col. Mark Tillman Outgoing Air Force One Pilot promoting National Geographic's "On Board Air Force One" Sunday January 25 8pm. Ron Hamilton & Michael Popielarski Ron and Mike's team - Smashing Time - is the $50,000 winner of the World Series of Beer Pong IV after 2,675 games. Smashing Time ended their tournament series with an 18-3 record. Thursday January 22 2009Laurence Leamer Author, "Madness Under the Royal Palms: Love and Death Behind the Gates of Palm Beach". “Palm Beach is on edge. No, it’s not the economy. It’s just that best-selling author Larry Leamer’s book about wealth and loathing on The Island is about to hit the stores. And in a place where one’s image often costs millions, there’s uneasiness about the book’s contents. Madness Under the Royal Palms officially comes out Jan. 20. On this millionaire’s playground, Madness is the buzz of the season.” --Palm Beach Post http://leamer.com Julio Robaina Mayor of the most boring city in the US, according to Forbes magazine. Robaina disputed the findings, saying: "Hialeah has more than 250,000 people. Obviously something is keeping them here." Phoebe Hutchison Author, "Honeymooners Forever". She will give tips for Keeping Your Marriage Alive In This Economy. www.honeymoonersforever.com.au Wednesday January 21 2009Maryanne Bruce 48 year old woman from Cornelius NC was on the plane that crashed into the Hudson who says she only has two of her nine lives left. Danelle German Owner of Catty Shack Creations. The cat care store makes purses out of cat and dog fur. www.cattyshackcreations.com Don King Legendary boxing promoter was in Washington D.C. for President Barack Obama’s inauguration. The former Bush supporter has switched his allegiance to Barack Obama. He describes himself as a "Republicrat". www.donking.com Tuesday January 20 2009Pat Brown Criminal profiler and the editor of "Interview with a Cannibal: The Secret Life of the Monster of Rotenburg". If you saw him in the street, he wouldn t rate a second glance. Armin Meiwes looks ordinary, but he s not Meiwes is a cannibal. A movie based on the book is coming out in the US this year, starring Kerri Russell. www.patbrownprofiling.com & www.sheprofilers.com Patrick Sokoloski Manager of the Pinetree Club near Annapolis, Maryland, a nudist club offered a place to stay to people who couldn't find accomodations for the inauguration. www.pinetreeclub.org Billy Johnson President of Las Vegas Wranglers. The Las Vegas Wranglers (14-14-3) revealed the jersey designs for their "Rod Blagojevich Prison Uniform Night" on Friday, Jan. 30 against the Bakersfield Condors. www.lasvegaswranglers.com Wolf aka Don "Hollywood" Yates Promoting: American Gladiators: Ultimate Workout. The cast of the fierce series American Gladiators host this serious sculpting and fat-burning workout designed for both men and women, inspired by the ultimate physical challenges presented in the show. www.hollywoodyates.com & www.americangladiatorsblog.com Monday January 19 2009Kathy White Her dog was killed by a Wii and then revived. Paul and Caragh Brooks They recently got married at Taco Bell in Normal, Illinois, just south of Chicago. "It's appropriate," groom Paul Brooks said. "It's an offbeat relationship." www.abovenormalvideo.com Alan Heuss Ohio man who outsmarted car jacker with text messages. The promise of women and drugs helped nab the world's dumbest crooks after they carjacked his car - and his cell phone. Friday January 16 2009Christopher Kennedy Lawford JFK's nephew, Caroline Kennedy's cousin. He is promoting his new book, "Moments Of Clarity". The book is a compendium of 25 of the most amazing stories of the pivotal moments in lives of the famous and not-so-famous when each had a moment of clarity that their life was out of control and the steps they took to change in a positive direction. www.christopherkennedylawford.com
Rene Van Uum 50 year old former Homeland Security agent from Garland, Texas is now starting his own business called Rent a Gent after getting laid off and his wife, Becky, telling him to 'get a job'. www.your-rent-a-gent.com Thursday January 15 2009Rose George Author, "The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters". Even in America, 1.95 million people have no access to an indoor toilet. Yet the subject remains unmentionable. http://rosegeorge.com Cary Silverman Inventor of Pub-Corn, the alcohol flavored popcorn. www.pub-corn.com The Amazing Kreskin Here with his predictions for 2009. www.amazingkreskin.com/ Wednesday January 14 2009Eliot Tiegel Author, "Overexposed: The Price of Fame: The Troubles of Britney, Lindsay, Paris and Nicole". Christopher Sands 24 year old British musician has had the hiccups for almost two years. www.myspace.com/christamofo Raed Jarrar Two Transportation Security Authority (TSA) officials and JetBlue Airways have paid Raed Jarrar $240,000 to settle charges that they illegally discriminated against the U.S. resident based on his ethnicity and the Arabic writing on his t-shirt. http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com Tuesday January 13 2009Montel Williams Promoting his new book, "Living Well Emotionally: Break Through to a Life of Happiness". www.montelwilliams.com & www.montelms.org Eddie Impens Lumber company owner and vice president of the Burlington, Wisconsin, Liars Club. Burlington is a town about 35 miles southwest of Milwaukee. A whopper about a devious baby and his diapers is the top lie of 2008. http://www.burlingtonliarsclub.com/ Monday January 12 2009 Matt Atchity Editor in chief of RottenTomatoes.com to talk about the Golden Globes. www.rottentomatoes.com Judi James British psychologist who says tantrums are good for stress relief in adults. www.judijames.com Friday January 9 2008Pandit Raj Kumar Sharma Here to tell us his predictions for 2009. Sharma is an internationally known as an astro-numerologist & gesture reader (Gesture reader is related to face reading and also aura reading). www.panditrajkumarsharma.com Dr. Brady Barr Promoting National Geographic Channel show Brady Barr: Dangerous Encounters Saturdays at 8 pm. The next epsiode - Croc Crisis: journey to Kruger National Park with Dr. Brady Barr and discover how rising water levels in the Olifants River are threatening the largest concentration of Nile Crocodiles in Southern Africa. Thursday January 8 2009Ed Shircel Bowled a 300 with his brother Tom at Lakeshore Lanes in Sheboygan WI. They bowl together in the Al & Al's Brotherhood Budweiser League. Ronald Potter-Efron Co-author (with his wife), "The Emotional Affair: How to Recognize Emotional Infidelity and What to Do About It". Friendships with members of the opposite sex are healthy and normal, but how do you know when your partner has crossed the fine line separating platonic intimacy and emotional infidelity? Emotional affairs do not necessarily include sex or physical intimacy of any kind, and can even occur over the Internet between two people who have never met face to face, but the effects can be just as devastating to relationships as sexual affairs--sometimes even more so. Frank Gilberti 22 year old Nutley, N.J. funeral home employee had a warrant out for his arrest for paying a $56 traffic fine with 5600 pennies. Wednesday January 7 2009 Carlos Diaz Extra correspondent will talk about John Travolta and his son. Diaz is a regular commentator/expert on a variety of network programming, including programs on CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, TV Guide Channel and FOX's "Mike and Juliet Show." Ma-Ling Lee Author, "The Education of a Very Young Madam". In 2004 the New York Times ran an article called “Call Girls, Updated” about technology and the sex industry. “There are no official gauges of the sex industry, but if the Manhattan Yellow Pages is any guide, it is thriving, with more than 30 pages under the heading ‘escorts.’ (By comparison, there are fewer than half as many pages devoted to psychologists, plumbers or real estate brokers.)” The article went on to describe a specific agency based out of New Jersey. This is the story of the woman behind this very same agency. Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein Rabbi, The New Shul, will talk about situation with Israel. Also promoting his book: "God at the Edge: Searching for the Divine in Uncomfortable and Unexpected Places". http://goldstein.sinailive.com Tuesday January 6 2009Stephen Turbek 36 year old from Ft. Greene, Brooklyn, designer of the Bubble Calendar. Each Bubble Calendar is handmade in Brooklyn, NY. Free U.S. shipping and Free international shipping for 2+ calendars. The English calendars show American, Australian, British, Canadian and New Zealand holidays. Maz Jobrani Comedian Maz Jobrani's Brown and Friendly North American tour kicks off January 10th at Town Hall in New York. The Live Nation tour will hit multiple cities across the country. One of the few Iranian-American comedians around, he takes pride in breaking down stereotypes about Iranians and the Middle East in general. At a time when the Middle East and the West are in deep rooted conflicts, Jobrani sets out on a national comedy tour to help bring the two worlds closer together. Hollis Cantrell Manager of Artistic Tattoo in Phoenix. On Sunday, November 17, 2008, Hollis Cantrell finished his 801st tattoo on his own thigh. He had obliterated the previously held record of 726 tattoos given in a 24 hour period. http://www.artistictattooaz.com Monday January 5 2009Dannion Brinkley He is an expert in the paranormal and the afterlife, having endured three near-death experiences. Promoting the paperback release of his 1994 book "Saved by the Light". Brinkley is the consulting producer on FOX-TV's new program Fringe. http://www.dannion.com Jens Christensen & Billy Ray Powers Snowzilla supporter. Municipal officials in Anchorage, Alaska have given a cease-and-desist order to builders of the giant snowman that made appearances the last three years in an east Anchorage neighborhood. http://www.snowzilla.org |