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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check
July 9, 2010
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Today's police blotter:
Customs officers in Norway arrested a garlic smuggler as he crossed the border into Sweden.
According to Reuters, cops busted the driver as he allegedly tried to smuggle 28-tons of Chinese garlic out of Norway and into the European Union.
Norway is not part of the E-U, by the way. But, Sweden is.
Officers say the driver was trying to avoid paying European import taxes.
The smuggling of cheap Chinese garlic into the E-U is on the rise. Officials say, in the last year alone, around 24-hundred pounds of the stinky plant has crossed the border. (Still)Broadcast, cable and video news:
BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN ain't just the new husband of MEGAN FOX --he's also thisclose to getting a new TV gig.
The Hollywood Reporter says the former star of "90210" is close to signing to do a major recurring role on ABC's "Desperate Housewives." He would play a contractor named "Keith," who becomes a love interest for one of the housewives.The Reel Deal:
Good news --it's time for the annual "Blobfest" celebration.
Every year for the past 11, the folks in Phoenixville, PA, get together and show the classic 1958 movie, "The Blob," at the Colonial Theatre there --which, if you've seen the movie-- you know is one of the places that was "eaten" by 'The Blob.' STEVE McQUEEN helped save the world in the original. Everybody dresses in 50s clothes and, at the appropriate time (around 9 pm), everybody runs out of the theatre, screaming.
There's also a Fire Extinguisher Parade Saturday at noon, honoring the humble piece of firefighting equipment that saved the world from The Blob, and multiple other showings of the sci-fi flick.
The actual "Blob" --which originally was clear liquid silicone-- now resides in a bucket owned by a guy named WES SHANK. In the original movie, special effects guys heated it up so it would run over the miniature set, which was tilted more as The Blob got "faster." Now, however, The Blob is no longer clear, having "swallowed" several people and other things, so it's kind of a disgusting lump of reddish-brown goop in the bucket.Morons on Parade:
Once again, time to wallow in the glorious tradition of the annual Redneck Games being held this Saturday at Buckeye Park, in East Dublin, GA, in the heart of Laurens County, about two hours west of Savannah.
Spawned in 1996 as a gag spin-off to the Atlanta Olympics, the games have been held ever since. They expected 500 people to show for the first one; instead, 5-thousand showed. One member at the local Chamber of Commerce told the Macon Telegraph, "People plan their vacation around these games."
In true redneck fashion, the admission price for the games is $5 per person. Hundreds compete, but aside from the previous year's winners, all the competitors are picked by drawing tickets.
The games commence after the Lighting of the Ceremonial Grill (we're not kidding) and the events include Redneck Horshoes (in which toilet seat lids are tossed), Bobbing for Pigs Feet, the Mudpit Belly Flop (where 300-pounders go a-divin'), the Watermelon Seed Spittin' Contest, and the Armpit Serenade (if you've ever made noise putting your hand under your armpit, you get the idea --Maiman)Grace notes:
MICK JAGGER is reportedly so angry about some of the details KEITH RICHARDS will reveal in his upcoming memoir that it could spell the end of THE ROLLING STONES. Britain's Daily Mail says Keith's tell-all autobiography, "Life," won't be out until October, but Mick is already fuming about revelations that involve his love affairs and drug-taking. Keith was reportedly paid close to 10-million dollars by publishers Little Brown back in 2007 to write the book, and now it's done. Even though Keith originally said he couldn't remember a whole lot, sources say the most intimate of details starting flying out of him...especially stuff about Mick. (Marino)
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