Sunday, October 2, 2011

YOU SAY GOOD MORNING...WHEN IT'S MIDNIGHT...

YES!!! We announced it FRIDAY morning on The DeLuca Show. Q92 rocks the Canton Palace Theatre on Tuesday November 22 with SIMPLE PLAN and WE THE KINGS. Along with some cool openers, Marianas Trench, Forever The Sickest Kids, and The Cab!

If you're a Club Q member, you should have received an email on how to snag your tickets. If you're NOT a member, sign up and then you too can get a pair (or more) of seats.
Tix on sale to the general public at q92radio.com on FRIDAY!

Aight, here's some shtuff...




JUSTIN BIEBER'S IDEA OF A HOME-RUN DATE...
Or maybe that should be, SLAM DUNK? Last weekend, JUSTIN BIEBER and SELENA GOMEZ went to see DEMI LOVATO'S gig at the Nokia Theater in L.A. Then they went to a movie. And that's where the date went to the next level.

Justin and Selena went to see "Titanic". Were they even BORN when that movie was released? And there's NUDITY in that movie, I'm not sure Justin is old enough to see that yet!!!
They went by themselves.
At the STAPLES CENTER.
Seriously.
Justin rented out the Staples Center...where the Lakers play...so he and Selena could watch a freakin' movie.

Earlier in the day, Justin Tweeted, "Romance isn't dead. Treat your lady right, fellas."

While I would agree...I would argue...what the hell is romantic about an empty basketball arena?! I guess he's young and dumb, we should give him an "A" for effort.

We should also note that the date didn't cost Justin a dime. They let him have the joint free of charge because he's sold it out three times already.

Also, Justin didn't think of the idea himself. He got it from the scene in the movie "Mr. Deeds", where ADAM SANDLER surprises WINONA RYDER with a date in an empty Madison Square Garden.








"PEOPLE KEEP SAYING I'M GAY, AND I'M NOT"
That's quoteable from my future ex-girlfriend, KELLY CLARKSON, in an interview with E! ONLINE.
She added, "I'm pretty sure I've never made out with a girl. It's just not helping me because I'm straight. No boy wants to hit on me because I make mean songs about them, and they think I'm gay."

Um, hi. Kelly? Call...me.....








"I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO PROVE AT THIS POINT"
Quoteable from BRITNEY SPEARS. She adds, "I just do it for fun and see what happens...I hear the older you get, the wiser you get and the more you know what you want. Hopefully it'll be a good year."

Even though this sounds like something someone would say around New Year's, Britney made this comment now because she was talking about her upcoming 30th birthday, which is December 2nd.












OLD SCHOOL: NIRVANA
Last Saturday was the 20th anniversary of the release of NIRVANA'S "Nevermind"...and to celebrate, MTV put together a list of interesting facts about the album. Here are the highlights:

Nirvana's label, Geffen, shipped 46,521 copies of "Nevermind" to retailers in its first week of release...and they initially hoped to eventually sell 200,000 copies.

"Nevermind" has sold 30 million copies worldwide...and has sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. Nine weeks after its release, it was certified Platinum. That's for 1 million in domestic sales.

"Nevermind" debuted at #144 on the Billboard Top 200 chart...but ended up remaining on the Top 200 for 253 weeks. That's equivalent to nearly FIVE YEARS.

The album was nominated for two Grammys, but didn't win either. The "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video received four nominations at the MTV Video Music Awards...and won two: Best Alternative Video and Best New Artist in a Video








ARE YOU A BOSS? YOU HAVE LESS SEX!
OK, that should be clarified a little. A study by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health found that bossy women have less sex.

Researchers talked to women in six African countries about their roles in household decision making, and how often they have relations.

Women who take on all the responsibility of shopping, making the household budget, and making appointments for the family have less sex than women who share those duties with their husband.

And the amount of time since they'd last had sex was anywhere from three to 100 times longer for the take-charge women, depending on how many decisions the women are responsible for.

If you think guys are turned off by bossy wives, according to the researchers...you're wrong.

Their theory is that the bossy women are also taking charge in the bedroom and calling the shots on how often they have sex. (Which could possibly speak for the guys' SKILLS as well, but...)








TALKING COMMUTES...
The U.S. Census Bureau has released their Commuting in the United States report, using data from 2009. They found that the average worker has a 25-minute commute, which is basically unchanged from 2000.

One in eight workers get to work in ten minutes or less, while one in 50 take an average of 90 minutes or more.

New York has the worst commute, at about 35 minutes. Washington, D.C. is second, followed by Poughkeepsie, New York. Chicago, Baltimore, and Atlanta are also in the top 10.

If you want a short commute, you should live in a small city. The ten best commutes are all places with populations of less than 300,000 people.

The best commute in the U.S. is in Great Falls, Montana, at 14 minutes. Lewiston, Idaho and Grand Forks, North Dakota are next best. But, ya know. No people there!

The biggest "share the road" city is Corvallis, Oregon, where 9% of commuters get to work by bicycle. The city with the most walkers is Ithaca, New York, where 15% of people walk to work.

Men leave for work earlier than women. Almost 40% of guys leave before 7:00 A.M., while less than 25% of women leave that early.









JASON DERULO...
Ladies, he's OFF the market. JORDIN SPARKS and JASON DERULO are a couple. They were spotted out Sunday night celebrating Jason's 22nd birthday.








DO IT IN A WEEK...
According to new research out of the University of Minnesota, the modern HOOK-UP CULTURE is stronger than ever.

Their latest study found that 25% of young single women now report having sex with a guy within the FIRST WEEK OF DATING.

And about 30% of sexual relationships are now just that...purely sexual relationships. No dating or spending money or having real conversation...just some texting and humping.

Sociologists say this is a result of simple supply and demand. On U.S. college campuses, 57% of students are women.

That means men can be more picky, and women have to be more competitive. The way to beat the competition is to give a guy what he wants...and that's quick sex and plenty of it.

Once people get out of college, educated, single men are still more scarce...so women have to compete the same way.

I LIKE this supply and demand thing!







SAY WHAT?
At least according to one survey, dating sites aren't the top sites for dating online anymore.

In the survey, 18% of people said FACEBOOK and other social networking sites are the best way to meet people online...making that the number one answer.

17% ask a friend or use mutual friends to introduce them to someone online...13% say they use the big online dating sites...and 6% use niche dating sites. Ya know, adultswhostilllovepokemon.com (???)








I'M ALL FOR THIS!!
I'm all for having someone swipe my groceries for me. I mean, I'm spending money in your business, you can use my money to pay LIVING, BREATHING PEOPLE to stand there and do a job. I mean, I work enough, I don't wanna have to scan my OWN groceries!


Apparently, people have had trouble adapting to the SELF-CHECKOUTS...stores haven't saved on staff because they have to be monitored for theft and for people who have trouble with the machines...and customers haven't fallen in love with them. I know I HATE using them and avoid them when I can.

According to a study by the Food Marketing Institute out of Virginia, only 16% of the grocery transactions in 2010 were done at self-checkouts in stores that provided that option. In other words, five out of six people chose to go to a cashier.

Three years ago, as self-checkouts were just starting to get big, they accounted for 22% of transactions.

So now, because people don't really like the self-checkouts, a lot of chains are getting rid of them...or at least shutting most of them down so the staff members who used to monitor them can move over to regular registers.










A HS FOOTBALL TEAM FORFEITS THEIR WINS...BECAUSE OF FB?
Here's yet another reason why PARENTS and FACEBOOK will NEVER mix.

The football team from Perry County High School in Tennessee just had to vacate THREE of their wins so far this season...all because one mom posted about her kids' messy rooms on Facebook. (???)

The kids are Rodney and Ryan Belasic. They both play offensive line for Perry High.

And their mom recently posted on Facebook, "How can two boys mess up their room as badly as they do when they're only here on Saturday and Sunday?"

That status update got passed along to the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association. They'd been suspicious that the Belasic boys didn't actually live in Perry County...and after the Facebook update they investigated further.

Does this not seem like hick-town people with NOTHING better to do? Come on! I have no idea how big Perry County, TN is, but I'm betting its small.

And they found their suspicions were correct...the Belasic family actually lives in a different county, Henry County, and the boys just travel to Perry County during the week to go to school.

So technically they were ineligible to play for the team...and the team had to vacate three wins. They kept two wins where the Belasics didn't play. But now instead of being 5-and-0, they're 2-and-3.








SORRY LADIES, YER GUY CAN'T FIX S#!T...

Remember back when you were a kid and you'd watch your father fixing the pipes under the sink, or changing the insulation? And you just kinda assumed one day when you were a dad, you'd suddenly wake up knowing how to do all that too?

Well...you don't. And most other guys don't either.

In a new survey, 72% of men said they could handle VERY basic home repair or improvement stuff, but for anything that requires even SLIGHT skill...like replacing a broken tile...they'd call in a professional.

40% of men say they either CAN'T do ANYTHING around the home or they probably could, but they'd choose to call a handyman anyway.

14% of men say that their pride won't let them call a repairman...no matter how unqualified they are to make the repairs themselves.

Changing a fuse is the task that the most men believe they can do, at 70%. Stripping wallpaper and painting the house tied for second, at 61%...fitting a curtain rod is fourth, at 53%...and unclogging a toilet is fifth, at 51%.

Installing a brand new kitchen is the skill the fewest men believe they have, at 14%...laying new carpet or putting up a deck tied for second-fewest, at 22%...installing a sink, laying vinyl floor, and removing a radiator tied for fourth, at 24%








"AMERICAN REUNION"
After the third "American Pie" movie, "American Wedding", Universal started making direct-to-DVD movies under the "American Pie" banner with almost none of the original cast. The videos made some money, but they're not very good.

So Universal decided to get the entire original cast from "American Pie" back together to make a fourth theatrical film...called "American Reunion". And now we know how much they had to PAY all the actors to come back.

Jason Biggs and Seann William Scott are getting paid the most, at $5 MILLION each, plus a small piece of the gross.

Alyson Hannigan and Eugene Levy are next, getting about $3 MILLION.

The actors who haven't gotten more famous since "Pie"...Chris Klein, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Natasha Lyonne, Jennifer Coolidge, Mena Suvari, and Shannon Elizabeth...will get $500,000 to $750,000.

And finally, Tara Reid...who was once, arguably, the biggest name in the cast...has fallen so far that she'll get the LOWEST salary, at around $250,000.

The film centers around all of the characters getting back together for their 10-year high school reunion. It's set to open on April 6th of next year.

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