Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check

Stars and their movies:

There are now a couple of hundred extremely committed "Twihards" --better known as "Twilight" fans-- patiently waiting for the premiere of "Eclipse" tonight in Los Angeles.
   The vampire fanatics began camping outside the Nokia Theatre in the plaza last Monday and have high hopes they'll be able to see and talk to the stars as they walk the red carpet tonight. Expected to show for the world premiere are ROBERT PATTINSON, TAYLOR LAUTNER, KRISTEN STEWART, DAKOTA FANNING, PETER FASCINELLI, ASHLEY GREENE and the rest of the cast. (Lee)

Models:

ADRIANA LIMA's body is back in tip-top shape just seven months after giving birth. The Victoria's Secret supermodel is featured on a racy cover of V magazine without a top and her curves look smokin'!
   Editor's Note: Oh, you want proof, do you? Click HERE. Creep. (Lee)

Hot punks in the Summertime:

A pair of teens in the Czech Republic are in hot water after allegedly spying on Czech President VACLAV KLAUS through a rifle scope.
   Agence France-Presse says the 19-year-olds are accused of watching him from a rooftop while he visited their town early this week. Police say one boy watched the president through the scope while the other seemed to be aiming an air rifle at various targets. The two were immediately arrested.
   In their defense, they claim the rifle was not in working order and that the whole thing was a "silly prank". (Still)

Nothing good ever comes from:

1. Hanging around rest stops.
2. Walking on railroad tracks.
3. Drinking and shooting.
Two guys in Australia were hospitalized after purposely shooting each other in the butts.
   Agence France-Presse says the 34-year-olds admitted they shot each other with air rifles just to see how it felt. A police spokeman says, "The men were sharing a few beers on Sunday evening when they... shot one another with an air rifle (to see) if it would penetrate their skin or it would hurt."
   The men are now scheduled to have several pellets surgically removed.

Weird science:

MARK SUPPES, a web developer for Gucci by day, is hoping to solve the world's energy crisis with his late-night tinkering: He's attempting to construct a homemade nuclear fusion reactor in his Brooklyn lab that creates more energy than it consumes.
   "Suppes, 32, is part of a growing community of 'fusioneers'," says the BBC, "amateur science junkies who are building homemade fusion reactors, for fun and with an eye to being part of the solution to that problem."
   Scientists have called nuclear fusion, which forces atoms to join and release energy, the "holy grail" because it could produce an endless supply of cheap, clean energy. Suppes is the 38th independent amateur physicist to achieve nuclear fusion, but the problem is that nobody has yet figured out how to create a reactor that produces more energy than it consumes.
   He's spent nearly $40-thousand of his own money on equipment for his reactor and hopes to secure funding and build one of the first break-even reactors in the coming years.
   He's no crackpot. Nuclear engineers working on this challenge at the Department of Energy's National Laboratory in Los Alamos, NM, and the Lawrence Livermore Lab in California, are following the saga and commenting on it, even though it's not an officially sanctioned project.
   Editor's note: How'd ya like to live next door to this guy? "Trick or treat, kids. Here's a nice bag of plutonium!" (Maiman)

Use it or lose it:

Novelty song dep't: Gulf Shores, Alabama, singer/songwriter BRENT BURNS has written a new novelty song about the Gulf Oil Spill ("Drill, Drill, Drill") which was featured on Headline News this past weekend.
   Brent has also written songs for country singers and funny men CLEDUS T. JUDD and RAY STEVENS among others.
   Also: BRIAN HANER, whom you may know as "The Guitar Guy" from comedian/ventriloquist JEFF DUNHAM's live shows, has just cut a new novelty song pertaining to the recent legislation the state of Arizona enacted over illegal immigration.
   For an mp3 of either song, reach out to ALAN ROMMELFANGER: alan@daybreakentertainment.com