Daily Scoop for the week of 2/15

Posted by sue | Daily Scoop | Monday 15 February 2010 9:03 am

Evan Buy has announced he’s retiring from the U.S. Senate. Know who’s name has come up as someone interested in running for the office? Would you believe John Mellencamp?

Tiger Woods is holding a press conference today, to announce what he calls “the next step.”

“Lost” is going a slow crash and burn. Ratings for the past three weeks: 12.1 million to 11.1 million to this week’s 9.8 million.

A Cosmopolitan survey found that 43% of women say their ideal date is watching a stack of DVDs.

Someone is actually suing “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling, claiming that she stole her ideas from another British author.

Something different about this year’s Oscars — the Academy Award nominated songs will not be performed live at the show, but rather over clips of the movie.

Garth Brooks will receive an award on Capitol Hill in April called the Grammys on The Hill Award for improving the environment for those who make music.

The CMA Music Festival Line-up has been announced. June 10th thru the 13th in Nashville and includes: Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Reba, Brad, Martina, Darius, Lady A, Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood and Zach Brown Band with more to come

Tiger Woods will finally address the media tomorrow (Friday) to speak about his late night car wreck and revelations about his infidelity……Tiger is supposedly going to talk about his future plans at the five minute conference

Baltimore credits the recent snowstorms with dropping the city’s crime rate by 70-percent

Toyota just can’t seem to get a break. Now the they are considering recalling the popular Corrolla because of potential steering problems. Toyota is going to halt production at two of its U.S. plants due to slumping sales, after those recall problems.

EMI is selling…Abbey Road Studios in London, where the Beatles recorded most of their albums, is up for sale

Kellie Picker visited with Ellen this week and expressed interessed in being the next contestant on ABC’s Bachleorette

Lady Antebellum performs on Oprah Friday! Olympic Update: Team USA is back on top of the medal count with 14 inlcuding 5 golds.

After a heart-wrenching, three-week, “cautiously optimistic” search, Jesse James (Sandra Bullock’s husband) was finally reunited with his beloved dog Cinnabun yesterday.

Word is Simon Cowell may have proposed to his girlfriend Megan on Valentines Day!

Troubled country star Mindy McCready releases her first CD in 8 years in March.

Oscar nominees are being asked to write two speeches this year. A short one for TV and a long one for the presser after the show.

Lake Erie has finally frozen over…first time in 14 years.

Jillian Michaels from the Biggest Loser is being sued again!   This time allegedly her Maximum Strength FAt Burern pills are “potentially lethal”

Barbara Walters stated on The View that her 29th Oscar special will be her last.

A woman is suing CNN anchor Anderson Cooper after she fell through a 17-foot hole at the New York City firehouse he is converting into a new home.

Jim Carrey hired a skywriter to send a Valentine’s Day message to Jenny McCarthy.
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Kiefer Sutherland had to miss a few days of shooting on the set of “24″ last week so that he could go in for a medical procedure. Apparently a cyst near his kidney ruptured, which will keep him away from the cameras for at least another week.

American Idol winner Fantasia was supposed to be starring in “The Color Purple” in Hollywood… but inflammation of the vocal chords wiped out her weekend performances. Might be back tonight.

Paula Abdul told an interviewer that she’s going back to TV, “to her roots.” Of course, rumor has it she’s one of the judges on Simon Cowell’s new “X-Factor” show coming next year.

One of many apologies gifts, I’m sure: Tiger Woods bought his wife a $2 million sailboat.

Today is Presidents’ Day, no mail, no school and many offices are closed

Spring can’t be far away Mardi Gras is Tuesday and then Lent begins with Wednesday - Ash Wednesday…

Alec Baldwin blew up at a photographer last Thursday as he was leaving the hospital, grabbing the guy by the collar before police broke things up. Temper, temper.

Dennis Hopper got a restraining order, against his estranged wife. He’s afraid she’ll hurt him.

That stent procedure Bill Clinton had last week for a valve in his heart: Larry King says he quietly had the same thing just five weeks ago.

MTV has given their 29-year-old logo a facelift. Pretty similar, just some small tweaks, but no Music Television.

The place Christian Bale stayed at while shooting “Terminator: Salvation” in New Mexico has become a crime scene after the remains of a murdered man were discovered in the yard after laying there for eight years.

The new version of “We Are the World” is out and in it you see Michael Jackson singing in it along with sister Janet.

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