TGIF-10/17/2008

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U.S. doctors have found the 1977 Bee Gees tune “Stayin’ Alive” provides the ideal beat to follow while performing chest compressions as part of CPR on a heart attack victim. The American Heart Association calls for chest compressions to be given at a rate of 100 per minute. “Stayin’ Alive” almost perfectly matches that, with 103 beats per minute. In a small study by the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, listening to “Stayin’ Alive” helped 15 doctors and medical students to perform chest compressions on dummies at the proper speed. Five weeks after practicing with the music, they were asked to perform CPR again on dummies by keeping the song in their minds, and again they kept up a good pace.

According to the Redbox “Halloween Thrillers” survey, watching scary movies is a key part of the Halloween experience, second only to trick-or-treating. However, while 70% of respondents plan to watch a scary movie this Halloween, less than half are brave enough to do so alone (43.1%). And while 61.6% will turn off the lights to watch a scary flick, 20% of men and 50% of women admit they have turned off a scary movie because they were too scared to continue. Other findings:

Top Halloween events:

1. Trick-or-treating (22.4%) 3. Decorating for Halloween (16.7%)

2. Watching a scary movie (20%) 4. Attending a costume party (15.8%)

Best Scary Movies:

1. “The Exorcist” (15.6%) 3. “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (10%)

2. “The Shining” (11.2%)

Best Villains:

1. Freddy Krueger from “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (20.5%)

2. Hannibal Lecter from “Silence of the Lambs” (19.9%)

3. Michael Myers from “Halloween” (15.9%)

Most Memorable Movie Quotes:

1. “I see dead people,” from “The Sixth Sense” (22.2%)

2. “Heeeeere’s Johnny,” from “The Shining,” (17%)

3. “They’re heee-re,” from “Poltergeist” (15.3%)

Taylor Swift and Kid Rock will take part in A Night for Vets: M-T-V Concert for the Brave. The show will tape Thursday in New York and air on M-T-V the following night at 8:00 p-m

Trace Adkins, Kid Rock, Lady Antebellum, the Eagles and The Wailers have joined the line-up of performers for the 42nd Annual C-M-A Awards. They join previously announced performers Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Brooks and Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, GeorgeStrait, Sugarland, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban. The C-M-A Awards air live fromNashville on November 12th. 

Tim McGraw is still sharing his feelings about the release of Greatest Hits Three. Tim tells us, "I wanted to let my fans know that I wasn't the one trying to screw them." Tim says his label should have released his completed album of new music first. 

The soundtrack to the movie “W.” about the life of George W. Bush, features several country music artists from his home state of Texas, including Willie Nelson “Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys,” Gene Autry’s “Deep In The Heart Of Texas,” and Roy Orbison’s “Claudette.” Other songs include Alan Jackson’s “Chattahoochee,” Eddy Arnold’s “What A Wonderful World,” and Hank Thompson’s “Shot Gun Boogie.” “W.” opens in theaters today.

Carrie Underwood has some warm words of welcome to all of the pop and rock stars crossing over to country music. She tells New York'sBinghamton Press, "Country music is very open-minded to a lot of people, and I think that's great. It's one of the reasons so many people love it -- even if they don't make country music, they can appreciate it. As far as artists go, it's such a good place to be, and people are so nice. The fans are great. If I were on the outside looking in, I think I'd probably want to be a part of it, too."

Tom Cruise has not gone to join L. Ron Hubbard in the great Scientology beyond. Yesterday, rumors buzzed around the Internet that the Mission: Impossible star had fallen to his death while climbing New Zealand's Kauri Cliffs. In fact, Cruise was in New York City for his wifeKatie Holmes' Broadway opening in All My Sons. His publicist immediately denounced the death report as "erroneous and unreliable Internet garbage," just as Tom Hanks' publicist did two years ago, when Internet rumors claimed he died falling off the same cliffs!

Going into a police station to ask for help when you're a wanted man seems like a sure fire way to end up behind bars and that's the lesson a New York man learned the hard way.  Police in Fayetville say 21-year-old Richard Capozzi went into the police station looking for assistance when his car ran out of gas right in front of the place.  However, they ran a license check on him and found out he had two active suspension.  Capoizzi was arrested on the spot and has a court day now on his calendar.

Canadian woman is in hot water for allegedly drinking too much and the letting her nine-year-old daughter drive her home.  Officials in Ontario say the woman didn't think she could drive safely after drinking during a social function earlier this month so she let the child slide behind the wheel.  The girl was driving slowly along some country roads in Ontario and pulled over by police.  The woman is charged with a traffic violation. 

Eco, a London restaurant chain, has sparked fury by serving up pizzas with a topping of frogs' legs. The "Hopper" contains eight limbs on a traditional base with capers and an anchovy sorbet. The 35-dollars dish has angered campaigners who slammed it as "barbaric" --because frogs' legs are amputated while they are still alive. An Animal Aid spokeswoman urged people to boycott the chain, saying, "The animals typically have their limbs hacked off while still alive, having been captured by the bucketload from the wild in countries like Indonesia." Chef Sami Wasif came up with the idea on a trip to Paris -- and he calls it "refined."

Reba McEntire has revealed a little known secret -- she believes in reincarnation. She tells Pittsburgh's Post Gazette, "I believe I've gone both ways -- that I have been here before as a man. I will get flak from Christians who will say I can't be Christian if I believe this. That's true, and I'm sorry, but this is how I live my life, this is what I believe. I believe I have spent time with my son Shelby before. I believe I have spent time with many other people in my life before. Who knows? Maybe I'm part Buddhist." The fiery redhead is not denouncing her faith though. She also says, "My talent is a gift from God. I need to use it. If I don't, I wouldn't blame Him one bit if He took it away and gave it to someone else...When I die I want to leave something behind. I want my kids to say, 'Gee, Mom really did some good on this earth.'" 

A British pony is making news for getting drunk and falling into a swimming pool.  According to the "Daily Mirror," the animal -- dubbed "Fat Boy" -- found his way into a woman's backyard.  There he found hundreds of fermenting apples on the ground, and he began to indulge.  Eventually the pony became light-headed and stumbled around until he splashed into the pool.  Homeowner Sarah Penhaligon heard the commotion and called the authorities.  She admitted she wasn't sure what number to dial, adding, quote, "who do you call when there's a horse stuck in your swimming pool."  It took police and firefighters two hours to get Fat Boy out of the water.

A man in St. Cloud, Minnesota, was ticketed for unlawful dumping after admitting to putting dog poo in his neighbor's truck for “political reasons.” Donald Esmay, 19, told police he repeatedly found small baggies of dog do-do in the back of his pickup truck after he put a 2-foot-by-4-foot McCain poster in the bed. Esmay staked out his truck trying to catch the culprit, but didn’t have any luck until Wednesday, when his mother and brother spotted the poo dumper. They confronted the 45-year-old man, who admitted to the dirty deed and said he did it because he "hates McCain." The unlawful dumping ticket (no pun intended) comes with a $183 fine.

Unusual Pet Names

After years of tracking the most popular names for pets, Veterinary Pet Insurance set out to find the most unusual cat and dog names from among its more than 465,000 insured pets. VPI employees selected 50 unusual dog names and 50 unusual cat names, then voted for the 10 most unusual names in each category. Here are the results:

Dogs                                                               Cats

1. Rush Limbark 6. Peanut Wigglebutt    1. Edward Scissorpaws 6. Miss Fuzzbutt

2. Sirius Lee Handsome 7. Scuddles Unterfuss 2. Sir Lix-a-lot 7. 80 Bucks

3. Rafikikadiki 8. Sophie Touch & Pee 3. Optimus Prrrime 8. Sparklemonkey

4. Low Jack 9. Admiral Toot 4. Buddah Pest 9. Rosie Posie Prozac

5. Meatwad 10. Spatula 5. Snoop Kitty Kitty 10. Toot Uncommon

Thanks to Wednesday night’s presidential debate, Google was clogged with requests yesterday for information about “Joe the plumber,” an obscure handyman from Ohio. Searches for “Joe the plumber” ranked No. 7 on Google’s list of “Hot Trends,” the most sought after information on the Internet. “Who is ‘Joe the plumber’” was No. 1 on the list of “hot searchers” at AOL.com and it was all the buzz over at Yahoo Buzz. Some folks skipped the search engines altogether and simply went to www.joetheplumber.com What they got was an Amarillo, Texas-based plumber who bills himself as the “Friendliest Plumber in Town.” But the “Joe the plumber” everybody was searching for yesterday was Joe Wurzelbacher from Holland, Ohio. That Joe was the one whose fate was the focus of so much discussion at Wednesday night’s presidential debate between McCain and Obama.

The official price of Super Bowl tickets will reach $1,000 for the first time this season. The NFL said yesterday that 25% of the tickets for the February 1st game in Tampa will be priced at $1,000. It also announced it will drop the price of 1,000 tickets by $200 to $500, the first time the league has cut prices for a Super Bowl. Tickets for last year’s game were priced at $700 and $900, up from $600 and $700 the year before. Overall, the official price for 17,000 suite and club seats will be $1,000 each. Another 53,000 tickets will go for $800, with the remaining 1,000 at $500. At last year’s game, the average price of tickets on StubHub, the online resellers, was $4,300. Ticket prices for the first Super Bowl 43 years ago were $6, $10 and $12. They finally hit the $100 mark in 1988.

Doctors baffled by an unexplained rash on people's ears or cheeks should be on alert for a skin allergy caused by too much mobile phone use, according to the British Association of Dermatologists. Citing published studies, the group said a red or itchy rash, known as "mobile phone dermatitis," affects people who develop an allergic reaction to the nickel surface on mobile phones after spending long periods of time on the devices. The British group said many doctors were unaware mobile phones could cause the condition.

New Movie releases

“Max Payne” (Wide) (PG-13)

Stars Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges and Jamie Hector.

“Sex Drive” (Wide) (R)

Stars Josh Zuckerman, Amanda Crew, James Marsden and Charlie McDermott.

“W.” (Wide) (PG-13)

Stars Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn and Thandie Newton.

Dee’s Pridiction of the way the movies will fall in the ranking over the weekend

1^st will be ‘W’ 2^nd will be ‘Max-Payne’ 3^rd will be ‘Quarantine’ 4^th will be ‘Beverly Hills Chihuahua’ and 5^th of the top five will be ‘Sex Drive’

John McCain bit the bullet and took a helicopter fight last night to appear on “Late Night With David Letterman.” The GOP presidential candidate, who famously angered Letterman when he skipped out on a “Late Show” appearance for a Katie Couric interview last month, returned to make peace. McCain admitted “I screwed up.”

Alan Jackson turns the big 5-0 today. Unlike many stars, Alan isn't shy about discussing his age. He says, "I think it's great. I'm just glad I'm healthy and happy and everything is well." Fifty must be Alan's lucky number - earlier this year he reached the 50-million mark in album sales. 

Josh Gracin celebrates his 28th birthday today. That means that while many of his peers claim to have come from the womb singing, the former Marine and American Idol finalist has only been warbling for about 16 years. He tells us, "I really, really started singing at about 11, 12-years-old. I didn't even join a choir until I was in high school." Josh dedicates his current single, "Unbelievable," to his wife Ann Marie. The couple is awaiting the birth of their fourth child.

Not only has Sara Evans performed while expecting, she shot the music video for "Suds in the Bucket" when she was four months pregnant with baby Audrey.

Martina McBride made a beautiful mommy-to-be when she appeared on the 2005 C-M-T Music Awards. Baby Ava made her debut just two months later.

Little Big Town's Kimberly Roads Schlapman gave birth to baby Daisy just a few hours after the band's July 26th, 2007 show inGlendale, Arizona.

Trisha Yearwood is featured in the November issue of the magazine Every Day With Rachael Ray.

Today I talked about my recent game of Monopoly that I am playing online and the game pieces that I am playing that McDonalds has going on. I told him how close I am on winning and what I’ve won so far! This saga will continue until the game is over!

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