KELLY DOESN'T WANNA BE...
KELLY CLARKSON...who's lost 30 pounds in the last six months, says she has NO desire to be super-skinny. She adds, "I do cardio. I run. I strength-train using my own body weight. I don't like free weights, because I build muscle easily.

"Really, what I try to instill in my fans is to be healthy and happy."












WHAT HAPPENS WHEN...SHE CAN'T LET IT GO?Then again, we as a public can't either. CHRIS BROWN is obviously still a raw subject for RIHANNA...because she got pretty ticked off at a reporter for the British edition of "Esquire" who brought it up.

The interviewer asked Rihanna about recording two remixes with Chris earlier this year, saying it might send the wrong message that she had, "gone back to someone who put you in the hospital." Not surprisingly, that set her off.

She said, quote, "Oh really? Did I? Did I? Did I? Did I?"

She added, "If I went back to him [as a girlfriend], then that’s a whole different discussion. I think a lot of people jumped to an assumption that was incorrect and they ended up looking stupid."

But the interviewer kept going, saying it might be hard for the public to separate a professional reconciliation from a personal one.

Rihanna said, "This is turning into a tacky interview. What do you really want to talk about? I'm not here to [talk] about messy [crap].

"It upsets me that you keep asking the same kind of questions about stuff that's trivial. What's there to talk about? Are all your questions like that?"













WRONG COLOR FOOD? YOU MIGHT EAT LESSScientists at Cornell University have found a new way to lose weight by eating less food: Just dye your food a different color every once in awhile?

The idea is this: People who are given visual cues have a better idea of how much they've eaten and will know when to stop.

The scientists had volunteers eat Lays Stackable potato chips...which are kind of like Pringles (but not nearly as good)...straight from the tube. Every five or 10 chips, they mixed in one that was dyed RED, to serve as an "edible stop sign" for the person eating.

Without the red chips, people ate about 45 chips on average, but only THOUGHT they'd eaten 30. When they were given a reminder every so often by the different-colored chip, they knew how many chips they'd had, and stopped at around 20.








PUT IT AWAY AND GET TO WORK
The irony here is I started to read this as soon as I put my phone down from texting back two different people. It's tougher than ever for new college graduates to find a job...and the ones who do find jobs might not have them for long.

A survey of bosses and personnel managers by Pennsylvania's York University found that new grads are more unprofessional than ever. They have a bigger sense of entitlement...are less focused...and have a worse work ethic.

Even worse, they don't know when to put their phones away. 83% of new hires have been caught using social media excessively while on the job...and 82% have been busted for texting while they should be doing something else.

Three in four were cited for inappropriate Internet use, and two in three for inappropriate phone use.










SIGNS YOUR MARRIAGE MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE ON YOUR WEDDING NIGHTIf you need to go to THIS extreme to spice up your wedding night, we have a hunch your marriage MIGHT not go the distance.

On Saturday, a 38-year-old named Sandra got married in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. And a few days before the wedding, she and her fiancé posted on an erotic German auction site called Gesext.de.

They offered strangers the chance to have SEX with Sandra on her wedding night, which would be intentionally interrupted by the groom. (WTF? lol)

The posting said, "When we start getting down to business I will ring my husband and tell him to come to the room."

To prove the stranger was actually getting Sandra on her wedding night, the couple told bidders she'd have her marriage certificate in hand.

The auction got 17 bids and the winning bidder paid $455. There's no word on how things went down on Saturday night.










REASONS TO NOT DATE:Prepare to cross your legs in sympathetic pain. Because this one is ROUGH.

Early Saturday morning, 35-year-old Joyce Maxine Gregory of Shelby, North Carolina was having an argument with a 59-year-old man in his apartment. The police say the two used to be in, "some sort of romantic relationship."

Things got physical, and Joyce, quote, "grabbed him by the scrotum" and started squeezing. She squeezed so hard that she actually SPLIT IT OPEN and POPPED OUT one of his testes.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh oof.

He was rushed to the hospital. They were able to fix him up with several stitches, and it looks like he won't suffer any serious long-term damage.

Joyce was arrested for two felonies: malicious castration, and assault causing serious bodily injury. Oh, and on the way to jail, she pulled down her pants in the back of the cop car and peed.









X-FACTOR DRAMAFor whatever reason, the tabloids seem obsessed with claiming that BRITNEY SPEARS is causing all kinds of trouble on the set of "X Factor". The latest is that she's locking horns with DEMI LOVATO.

The headline on the new issue of "Star" is: "Demi vs. Britney: IT'S WAR!"...and the tabloid reports, "The two singers can't stand each other, and their fiery feud is making working on the 'X Factor' set unbearable!"

A "source" says, "Demi thinks Britney is a twit, and Britney thinks Demi is beneath her...they avoid each other as much as possible when the cameras aren't rolling. Once the cameras are rolling, things get really bad.

"It's only a matter of time before they come to blows."

As AWESOME as this would be, there's almost no chance it's true. Britney's rep says, "[It's] completely not true. [They] get along very well. This is a pathetic attempt at creating a story."

Demi's rep adds, "It's all fiction, they're both having fun on set."

My rep....well I don't have one. But I wish I did.










ROCK-STAR ECONOMIC STIMULUSWarren native DAVE GROHL of the FOO FIGHTERS is either an INSANE tipper...or he's personally deploying economic stimulus packages to our nation's bartenders and waitresses. And it actually seems like it's the latter.

Philly.com says Dave hit up a place in Philadelphia on back-to-back nights last weekend. He tipped $1,000 after having "one drink" the first night, and another $1,000 the next night when he had "a few drinks."












"I DON'T HAVE ANY MINUTES"Remember when people used to obsess over cell phone minutes and wouldn't talk to you until it was after 9:00 P.M. on weekdays? That feels like a distant memory.

According to the U.S. wireless industry's trade group CTIA, cell phone minute use peaked in 2007...and has been going down ever since. In 2007, the average person used 826 minutes a month. In 2011, that plummeted to 681.

What else happened in 2007? The debut of the iPhone.









YER JOB COULD MAKE YOU FAT
A CareerBuilder study found that if you're overweight, it might be because of your JOB. Two in five people have gained weight at their current job...and one in four have gained more than 10 pounds. Here are the jobs most likely to cause weight gain:

#1.) Travel Agent: It's a sedentary job, which contributes to weight gain...although we're not sure there actually ARE travel agents anymore.

#2.) Attorney or Judge: It has high levels of stress, which also leads to weight gain.

#3.) Social Worker

#4.) Teacher

#5.) Artist/Designer/Architect

#6.) Administrative Assistant

#7.) Physician

#8.) Protective Services, like police officers or firefighters

#9.) Marketing and Public Relations

#10.) Information Technology Professional










DATING THE WRONG PERSON?
When you're dating the wrong person, the signs are usually pretty obvious. But that doesn't mean you'll SEE them. Some people get so wrapped up in the relationship that they DON'T notice the red flags. Here are five of the most obvious ones to look out for.

#1.) You Don't Feel Like You Can Be Yourself. If you've been together for a few months and you still don't feel like you can relax around them, then they're probably not the one.

#2.) They Make You Feel Emotionally Exhausted. In general, the person you're with should RELIEVE stress, not stress you out. And being together shouldn't feel like "work."

#3.) You Don't Want Them to Meet Your Friends. It's usually because you either know your friends won't LIKE them, or you know your friends won't like the way YOU act when you're WITH them.

And everyone knows that if your friends don't like the person you're dating, you pretty much HAVE to break it off.

#4.) You Don't Have Much in Common. It's true that opposites sometimes attract. But that doesn't mean opposites make a good COUPLE. If you don't share any interests, you're pretty much doomed.

#5.) You're More Insecure Than You Used To Be. You'll always have certain insecurities. But if you're with the right person, you should start feeling MORE secure. If you don't, then they might be bringing down your confidence.

Obviously don't break up with them if it's not their fault though. If you're insecure because you gained a little weight, then breaking up with them won't do any good. (Unless they tell you you're getting fat. In that case, dump them.)









GUYS CRY OVER SPORTS MORE THAN THEIR FIRST BORNThis survey comes from England and focuses on soccer fans...but we're wondering if it applies over here too. Because DAMMIT, our sports fans are JUST as insane as their sports fans.

According to the survey, the average male sports fan says he cried or would cry more tears of joy over his team winning a championship than over the BIRTH OF HIS FIRST CHILD.

10% of sports fans say seeing their team win a championship is a more important day in their life than their wedding day.

And 15% say they were more moved by their team winning than their child's first steps, or sending him off to his first day of school.








MOST-SHOPLIFTED ITEMS
The National Retail Federation just released the list of the most shoplifted items in the U.S. last year, and it's really a perfect representation of Americans. We like to party and have sex, we're materialistic, we're vain, and we're chubby.

Here are the most stolen items, broken down by their major categories...

Grocery. Cigarettes, energy drinks, expensive liquor...and baby formula.

Pharmacy. Allergy medicine, diabetic testing strips, pain relievers, and weight loss pills.

Health and Beauty. Electric toothbrushes, lotions and creams, and pregnancy tests.

Clothing. Designer jeans, designer clothing, handbags.

Electronics. Cell phones, digital cameras, GPS devices, laptops, TVs.

Home. Expensive vacuum cleaners, KitchenAid mixers.

Overall, 96% of the 125 companies surveyed by the NRF say they were a victim of major retail crime in the past year.