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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check
November 24, 2009
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Booze-infused bird:
A New York City tavern is serving up the nation's first 100-proof turkey.
A spokesman for the owner of O'Casey's Tavern in midtown Manhattan tells the NY Post the bird was infused with fruit-flavored and 100-proof Georgi vodka for three days before being cooked.
The vodka flavors included peach, raspberry, cherry and apple.
The gravy is also laced with the distilled liquor.
And the tavern is providing free cab rides home to anyone who orders the juiced bird. (Maiman)Charity begins at home, dep't:
You have no spare change? That's no longer an excuse. The Salvation Army is now taking plastic.
Society is slowly becoming cashless so some bell ringers are being equipped with credit and debit card machines. You swipe and tell the ringer how much you wanna donate. (Maiman)Sucking the life out of the wire services:
Warning: note content.
The hottest accessory around Hollywood is also a gift that gives. CINDY ADAMS reports MERYL STREEP, ALICIA KEYES, HALLE BERRY, GOLDIE HAWN, CHELSEA CLINTON and QUEEN LATIFAH are all wearing bracelets by Same Sky --a charity that helps Rwandan women who are victims of rape and starvation by teaching them to crochet. Get yours at SameSky.com and expect to spend about a hundred bucks. (Lee)Designer Update:
Here's a cheap new way to look like a star. According to Star magazine, a new website allows you to borrow designer dresses and then return them when you're done! Log onto www.renttherunway.com to check it out. When you're done with the dress, return it in the prepaid envelope and they'll take care of the dry cleaning! (Myers)
Cops & robbers:
Twinsburg, Ohio, police have most of what they need to prove JOHN FORD robbed a bank last week. They have the 35-year-old's pistol, found in his Ford Escort. They also have the ink-stained cash he allegedly stole on Thursday.
But cops don't have the demand note John showed to tellers at FirstMerit bank in Streetsboro. He ate that key piece of evidence while officers searched John for weapons.
Patrolman DANIEL BIADA's dashcam caught John's snack on video. Daniel said ''He grabbed it in his mouth, just like Pacman. He just ate it right there.'' On the hood of the police car. (Take a look.)
Despite not having all the evidence, cops think they can pin John not only with this robbery, but two others in the area.
Editor's note: Personally, I'd avoid eating fiber right before I was to be put behind bars... (Couchman)Grace notes:
At a BEATLES convention in Stamford, Connecticut, this weekend, there will be an open casting call for the remake of the 1968 animated classic, "Yellow Submarine." Director ROBERT ZEMECKIS is reportedly looking for folks who look and or sound like the Fab Four, and everyone is welcome to audition. However, this is probably just a publicity stunt. Slashfilm.com says Zemeckis has already lined up the four actors to play The Beatles in his motion-capture remake, and two of them may even be PAUL McCARTNEY and RINGO STARR.
FYI: The Beatles did not provide their own voices for the original "Yellow Submarine" movie and only appeared in a short bit at the end of the film. (Marino)Off the beaten path:
Nothing livens up a boring city council meeting like a surprise chicken visit. Durango, Colorado, officials were heading into their third hour of local politics at its finest last Tuesday when somebody wearing a chicken costume strolled in.
The timing was perfect; the mayor and council members were debating a backyard hen ordinance. The chicken-head clucked a few times, then took a seat. City officials went about their business, trying not to laugh too hard at their biggest fan. (video)
When they wrapped up their agenda, the fake-chicken respectfully left the room, but not before squatting to lay a fake egg. To this day, nobody's sure who that clucker was. (Couchman) -
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