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Today's IDIOT For Friday May 29th

5/29/2015

A Florida man triggered a police action after he was spotted leaving a pawn shop -- with an AK-47 rifle stuffed down the front of his pants.

The store's owner confronted Marlon Paul Alvarez as he was walking out the door with an odd bulge in his trousers, leading the suspect to hand over the $800 weapon and flee from the scene. The shopkeeper called 911 to report the incident and summon cops, who managed to arrest Alvarez a short time later.

A security video showed that the 19-year-old shoved a couple of different weapons into his trousers before settling on the one he tried to steal. Guess he was just flying by the seat of his pants.

The HOTLIST For Friday, May 29th

5/29/2015

Bobby Flay and Stephanie March's divorce is heating up.

The celebrity chef's estranged wife is now claiming he cheating on her with Mad Men star January Jones. An insider tells In Touchmagazine, “Stephanie is claiming in court papers that Bobby committed adultery with January several times during the early months of 2010. She says they hooked up many times and in different places, including the London hotel in Los Angeles.”

Stephanie, who is challenging their pre-nup, also accuses him of cheating with a food stylist and his assistant.

The two broke up in April after 10 years of marriage.

Dustin Diamond was in a Wisconsin court yesterday for the start of his stabbing trial. The former Saved by the Bell star was arrested in December after allegedly stabbing a man in a bar.

The trial got off to a rocky start for the actor's lawyer who managed to anger the judge before he even stepped foot in the courtroom. The judge noticed on his way into court that the attorney's car in the parking lot had the words words "Good luck to Dustin & Amanda" written on its back window. Amanda refers to Diamond's fiancée Amanda Schutz, who is also on trial. The judge was furious and ordered him to go into the parking lot and remove it from his car.

Diamond is charged with reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon. While he admits to stabbing the man, he says it wasn't intentional and there was a lot of chaos going on inside the bar. His fiancee was also charged with disorderly conduct.

In Theaters This Weekend...

ALOHA (Romantic Comedy)

WHAT'S IT ABOUT? A celebrated military contractor re-connects with a long-lost love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.

WHO'S IN IT? Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, Jay Baruchel, John Krasinski, Alec Baldwin, Danny McBride

TRIVIA:

Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire) directed Aloha.
Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon were supposed to star, but dropped out because of scheduling conflicts.
Bradley Cooper and Rachel McAdams played a couple in Wedding Crashers. In Aloha, they play exes.

SAN ANDREAS (Action)

WHAT'S IT ABOUT? In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.

WHO'S IN IT? Dwayne Johnson, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Giamatti, Ioan Gruffudd, Carla Gugino

TRIVIA:

Dwayne Johnson and Alexandra Daddario, who play a father and daughter, are actually only 13 years apart.
This is the third film to co-star Dwayne Johnson and Carla Gugino, following Faster and Race to Witch Mountain.
Universal Studios in Florida remodeled their "Earthquake" ride to include a movie called "Mutha Nature," in which everyone is rescued by Dwayne Johnson.
The San Andreas Fault -- the most famous fault line in the world -- extends about 810 miles through most of California. For years, seismologists have been predicting that the fault line will cause a massive earthquake.

Twang Town Lowdown for Thursday May 28th

5/28/2015

If you're headed to a Florida Georgia Line show this weekend, you could become a video star.

The guys tweeted, "We're filming our shows this weekend for a new video! We need to make it a party! Pretty sure we can count on y'all."

This weekend's shows are in West Palm Beach, Florida tonight (Thursday); Tampa tomorrow (Friday); Pelham, Alabama on Saturday; and Salem, Virginia on Sunday.

Taylor Swift was spotted wedding dress shopping in the Big Apple this week, but you don't need to stock up on gifts just yet -- she's going to be the maid of honor for one of her childhood friends.

Britany Maack asked Taylor to head up her wedding party back in February with a cute Instagram note that read, "You are more than a best friend, you are my sister. I cannot imagine having anyone else by my side on my wedding day."

After agreeing, Taylor went to work on setting up a major shopping trip in New York, focusing on designer Reem Acra. She tells People magazine, "Reem does the most amazing bridal designs, and Britany and I were looking through Vogue, and she pointed to this one gown, and I was like, ‘I wonder if we could go to the showroom...and sure enough, it was the best day ever."

This is Taylor's first time as a maid of honor. "It’s really, really important to me because this is my best friend, who I’ve known since I was born. And she’s marrying someone I’ve known since I was four!"

Fans mean the world to Casey James, but there’s one fan he'll never forget. One of his forever fans is a blind boy named Marcus, who made a lasting impression on the “Fall Apart” singer when they first met.

Casey recalls the meet-and-greet with Marcus.

“He had heard that I had long hair so he wanted to feel my hair -- a little cute kid -- he was hugging on me and he’s just so sweet. That’s one of the memories that I cherish. There’s a lot that are really great like that -- a bunch of blessings that have come through just every day interaction with fans. But that one is always special to me.”

Even a superstar like Carrie Underwood can't resist the charms of New Kids on the Block. Carrie caught the band's stop in Nashville last night (Wednesday) and managed to get a request to the guys asking them to play their 2008 song "Single." She later Tweeted, "I'm pretty sure New Kids on the Block just sang to MEEEEEE! Best. Night. Ever! #25YearsStillGotEmPackedIn Thanks for playing my song, guys!"

Today's IDIOT: Thursday, May 28th

5/28/2015

Two women narrowly avoided charges of "batter-y" after they began brawling over a waffle at a hotel breakfast buffet in Michigan.

The dispute started when the pair, who were dining with separate groups, came up to the waffle station at the same time and began bickering over who should go first. They couldn't iron out their grievances, so their friends began getting involved in the skirmish one by one -- until more than two dozen people were in on the action.

Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole, who was sent to the America's Best Value Inn, said, "It sounded like one lady walked up and asked the other lady if she was in line for the waffle maker. She didn't answer, so this lady started to make her waffle. The other confronted her and said, 'That was my waffle' and the other lady said, 'No, it's mine,' and then it went down hill from there."

All 30 people involved in the fracas were asked to leave the hotel.

The HOTLIST for Thursday May 28th

5/28/2015

So it was bound to happen sooner or later.. In my opinion one of the best movies of the 90's is getting a reboot and folks are NOT happy...AT ALL. Someone is going after the cult classic "Point Break" which had Patrick Swayze as Brodhi.. a bad guy with a weakness for the EXTREME. Keanu Reeves played FBI agent Johnny Utah who went into deep cover and become Brodhi's prodigy of sorts.. Lots of action and blowing stuff up and oh yeah.. Gary Busey.. This time extreme sports are still part of the equation but the actors are lesser known and it's hard to compete with the original.. The trailer has been released for the flick so check it out and tell me what you think...

Jennifer Lopez received a surprise greeting at LAX yesterday -- a confetti bomb.

J-Lo arrived at the airport and was being led into the terminal when a tattooed prankster known as Richie the Barber got through her security and threw confetti on her. Richie the Barber is the same guy who threw confetti on Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian in 2014 and was charged with battery. J-Lo was obviously not pleased with the confetti attack, but she took it in stride and continued walking through the airport while brushing it off.

Walmart has settled with Tracy Morgan over that fatal auto accident on the New Jersey Turnpike last year.

In a statement, the 30 Rock star says, "I am grateful that the case was resolved amicably." Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

The comedian filed a lawsuit against Walmart in July 2014, about a month after the accident, claiming the truck driver who collided with his limo was speeding. Tracy suffered severe brain damage and his friend, comedian James McNair, was killed in the accident. Earlier this year, Walmart settled a wrongful death lawsuit with McNair's family.

Tracy, who's been slowly recovering, was seen walking with a cane last month.

Kim Kardashian may be known as the Selfie Queen. But Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is the speed Selfie King — and his crown is confirmed by the record-keepers.

At the world premiere of San Andreas, The Rock snapped 105 selfies in under three minutes. That was enough to win him a Guinness World Record, the publication revealed Friday.

The actor actually took far more than the requisite 105 on the red carpet at London’s Odeon Leicester Square Thursday night, but some were disqualified for being blurry or cutting off parts of his face. In addition to smiling for the camera with eager fans, he got a "helluva shoulder workout," he joked on Twitter.

And yes, there were quite a few photo bombs.

The Twang Town Lowdown - Wednesday May 27th

5/27/2015

To celebrate the release of his new single "Real Life" Jake Owen pulled one of his spur of the moment fan appreciation events at a Nashville waffle house.. Just prior to the event tweeted the time and location of the event and fans flocked to catch a glimpse of Jake and free lunch at Waffle House.. "Real Life" is available on i-Tunes now and here is the lyric video for the song for you to check out.

Chris Young's upcoming album will feature a couple of collaborations.

He'll duet with Cassadee Pope -- something that has been in the works since they performed on the same show a while back. Chris says, “I was just like, ‘I’ve got to ask her,’ because I love her voice, and she’s a phenomenal singer. And I asked her, and she was like, ‘Absolutely, I’d love to.’ So we got her in the studio and did that.”

He also has a collaboration with Vince Gill, which was set up by their shared manager. The end result was a song that has turned into one of his favorites. “I was like, ‘Man, I love this song,' and it’s this really, really cool ballad.”

The as-yet-untitled album is due out this fall and he'll world premiere the video for the first single from the album "I'm Comin' Over" tomorrow...

Being a superstar isn't all that hard, says Taylor Swift.

She tells the BBC, "It's made out to be harder than it is... When I was starting out, I'd go on tour for three months and I was gone for three months. Now almost 10 years in, I thank God we get to play bigger shows so I don't have to play as many."

When she gets off the stage, Taylor likes to unwind by watching re-runs of Friends. "I've seen every episode, so it's like switching my brain off. I know exactly what they're about to say."

Taylor hits the stage again Saturday when she brings her 1989 tour to Detroit.

Thomas Rhett has a new word for our vocabulary -- it’s called “gherm.” It rhymes with germ but it’s pronounced with a hard G, and it describes an overzealous fan.

Thomas will never forget his biggest gherm moment. It happened at the CMT Music Awards with Kristen Bell.

The IDIOT Of The Day For Wednesday

5/27/2015

A Florida man had his cover blown -- as a weirdo -- when he called 911 to ask for police back-up because he was a CIA agent doing a drug buy at a home in the area.

Metlz Celestin told a dispatcher he was set to apprehend a dangerous drug suspect, but needed help from local cops -- who arrived on the scene to find him leaning on a car, carrying an unlicensed handgun and a bag of pot. It turns out that he'd been stalking the family inside the house all day, even though he didn't know them.

The victims, whose names weren't released, had called for police protection from Celestin earlier in the day after he pulled a gun on them as they were packing for a trip to a nearby water park. He also told them he was with the CIA and was willing to shoot them if necessary.

Celestin was arrested and charged with five counts of aggravated assault with a weapon, carrying a concealed weapon and possession of marijuana.

The HOTLIST for Wednesday

5/27/2015

Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Angelina Jolie and Sofia Vergara are among the "World’s Most Powerful Women," according to Forbes.

German chancellor Angela Merkel topped the list, followed by Hillary Clinton and Melinda Gates.

Oprah was the highest-ranking celeb, landing in 12th, while Ellen was 50th, Angie was 54th and Sofia was 57th.

Singers Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Shakira also made the list, which Forbes says was based on “money, media momentum, spheres of influence and impact.”

Lady Gaga and Giselle Bundchen dropped off the list from last year.

Keira Knightley is a mom!

The actress has given birth to her first child, with musician husband James Righton.

Though Keira has kept mostly quiet about her pregnancy, back in February she joked about going into labor during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Keira said, "My plan is to get it out. [I'll] drop it out, keep working. Pick [the baby] up, that's my plan. That would be wonderful for television, but not so good for me."

There was no immediate word on whether the baby is a boy or a girl. Keira and James married in May 2013.

She can next be seen in the action flick Everest, which opens in September.

David Duchovny says the first page of The X-Files revivial script made him cry—and it’s fantastic.

“I got the first script this morning,” the actor told EW during a recent interview. “I just read it about an hour ago and I started crying reading the first page. It was just so strange to see the names on the page. It had nothing to do with the script itself. It was just like, I’d been talking about this for a long time. We’d been planning it for a long time. It took a long time to get all the people in the same place and get the deal with Fox. So let’s say two years we’ve been talking about doing it. Now it’s the fun part. Now we actually get to do it. That was nice and strangely emotional for me, and I’ll have to figure out how to use that [in the performance].”

But what about the script itself? “I can tell you absolutely nothing—and it’s fantastic,” Duchovny said.

We actually did managed to get a little more out of the actor, who’s reuinting his former co-star Gillian Anderson as they tackle new paranormal mysteries in the return of their iconic series next January. Fox has ordered six episodes, which have been shrouded in mystery. So we asked Duchovny whether he could reveal if the new episodes would feature stand-alone mysteries or have a mythology that weaves through the mini-season. “Even though there’s only six, there will be a mix,” he said. “It’s not really The X-Files without the mythology.”

Other former co-stars, such as Mitch Pileggi (Walter Skinner) and William B. Davis (Cigarette Smoking Man) are back too. On the writing side, series creator Chris Carter is back, along with original writers Glen Morgan and James Wong (Vince Gilligan is not involved, sadly).

That Fox only ordered six episodes have led some to assume X-Fileswill only be a limited-series return, or a miniseries. Yet Duchovny revealed that he’s interested in more.

“I would be open to doing another cycle,” Duchovny said. “I don’t know that I could do a 20-episode version of this show at this point in my life, and I don’t know that Gillian could. But I think everybody is open ended on what happens after this. Certainly, we didn’t bring it back with the idea of ending it.”

Is there anything about becoming Fox Mulder again that he’s nothappy about? “Probably running through the forest at four in the morning.” (story/photo credit Entertainment Weekly)

Twang Town Lowdown

5/26/2015

T-Swizzle has a chance to make about 30 new friends for life. A teacher in Billings, Montana cut a deal with his students, promising that he'd cancel their final if the kids could get Taylor Swift to give him a phone call.

Colter Pierce says he didn't come up with the idea simply to chat with Taylor -- he wanted to teach the world history class a lesson about celebrity and how it impacts today's society. Sophomore Ike Stoner hatched the plan as something of a joke, saying, "I just wanted to see if I could get more followers on Twitter," but the kids and Pierce drew up a contract and set it in stone by sharing it over social media.

Taylor has two weeks to make a slew of kids very, very happy -- or very, very disappointed.

CMA Fest will be one big party for Carrie Underwood. She'll mark 10 years of making hits with a week full of celebrations, starting with a performance on the Grand Ole Opry on June 9th.

The following night, she'll sing her latest hit, "Little Toy Guys," at the CMT Awards -- where she's up for five trophies. She'll cap off the week with a performance on June 13th during the nightly concerts at Nashville's LP Field.

Carrie won season four of American Idol in June 2005.

Eric Church set his fourth concert attendance record this year. The Outsiders tour stop at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska last week attracted 15,823 fans, besting a record held by Elton John (November 23rd, 2014; attendance 14,368). Since January, Eric has attracted record crowds in Chicago, Nashville and Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Eric will play Marty Stuart’s 14th annual Late Night Jam at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on June 10th.

Today's Idiot

5/26/2015

An Illinois prison inmate is trying to prove he has a screw loose -- by eating every loose screw, thumbtack or other piece of hardware that he can smuggle into his cell and down his throat.

Lamont Cathey, who was nailed over a year ago for breaking into a pizzeria and stealing an undisclosed amount of money, started trying to eat his way out of jail shortly after being booked 16 months ago. He's gotten extra iron into his diet by chowing down on pieces of his bed, part of a security camera, even the metal parts of the restraints used to keep him from eating contraband.

Prison officials say Cathey has made two dozen trips to the hospital so far, racking up 16 surgeries that have cost taxpayers nearly $1.3 million in total. The jail’s executive director, Cara Smith, says, "He’s literally eating the jail."