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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Jan 26, 2012
January 26, 2012
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Sucking Up:
Much has been said about MITT ROMNEY's personal wealth over the past week or so. But here's a question for you: Who was America's richest president?
The answer? GEORGE WASHINGTON.
As 24/7 Wall Street points out, old George was very, very rich. In today's dollars, he was worth about $525-million-dollars. The site also points out that several presidents --including ABE LINCOLN-- were worth less than $1-million-dollars, owning just a single home and a bit of property.
And if he had lived, JOHN F. KENNEDY might have been the sole heir to the Kennedy family fortune, estimated at one time to be upwards of $1-billion-dollars. (Pacelli)Guilty Pleasures:
No winner in Wednesday night's drawing for the Powerball Lottery. That means Saturday night's drawing is valued at $146 million ($91.4 million cash value). Powerball is played in 44 states, Washington, DC and the U-S Virgin Islands. Chances of winning the grand prize (all five numbers plus the powerball) are 1 in 195.2 million.
Idle gossip & unconfirmed rumors:
DEMI MOORE's late-night trip to the hospital Monday may have been the result of nitrous oxide abuse.
Unnamed sources tell TMZ (aren't they always unnamed sources?) that Moore was in her Los Angeles home doing "whip-its," a low-quality street drug that typically involves inhaling the compressed gas used in whipped-cream cans, when she became semiconscious.
TMZ reported Tuesday that first responders tended to the 49-year-old actress in her home for half an hour before taking her to an area hospital.
But, RadarOnline is reporting the brunette bombshell collapsed after having an epileptic seizure and is being treated for anorexia and substance abuse. The actress looks quite thin since she called it quits with ASHTON KUTCHER and friends says she just hasn't been taking care of herself.
Editor's note: Nitrous oxide? Hey, that's no laughing matter! (I kid, because I love.)
--Admittedly, it's got be tough to be a cougar and have your prey leave.
--Whip-its are a gateway drug. Next thing you know, she'll be sniffing airplane glue, and magic markers, or huffing spray paint out of a paper bag while under a railroad viaduct with Mickey Rourke.
--Coming up next: Betty Whites special K addiction and all night partying. (Maiman)KELLIE PICKLER really is an open book. The former "American Idol" contestant opens her purse to Us Weekly magazine:
--iPhone
--nipper bottles of Jack Daniels
--odd socks because she keeps losing one
--cotton balls, sunscreen and Physicians Formula bronzer (Myers)Fooling around:
A strip club in South Africa is helping its male customers hide their activities from their wives.
Metro says Mavericks strip club just launched a line of aftershave called "Alibi." The scent is designed to make men smell like they came from someplace other than a strip club. For instance, the scent called "My Car Broke Down" smells like gasoline, burnt rubber, oil and steel.
But, several women questioned say they don't believe the product will actually work, since women are way too smart to fall for tricks like that. (Still)Grace notes:
50 CENT reportedly won 500-thousand dollars after winning a bet that the New York Giants would beat the San Francisco 49ers. But, the rapper is putting up even bigger stakes for the Super Bowl. A Twitter follower who goes by @MyBestAssets wants Fitty to post a full frontal nude shot if the Giants lose to the Patriots. If the Giants win, @MyBest Assets promises to post a topless photo of herself and her face. (Marino)
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