Daily Scoop Week of August 30th
Wednesday
CMA nominations were announced. It’s shaping up to be Miranda Lambert’s year at the CMA Awards. In the first round categories, announced yesterday in Nashville, Miranda scored five nominations. Lady A got 4. Zac Brown and Easton Corbin 3 each. Steel Magnolia was nominated for duo of the year.
Tonight Tim McGraw hosts the CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night To Rock at 8pm on ABC. It’s a 3 hour special with footage and concerts from this year’s Music Festival.
Lindsay Lohan says that Britney Spears is her idol…….AND…says her wild-child days are behind her.
A golfer in Southern California started a forest fire last weekend when his off-target swing struck a rock, igniting a spark.
Students at Georgia’s Kennesaw State University had to be evacuated after two Civil War-era cannonballs were discovered in a rarely used room
The average person hits the snooze button three times on a given morning.
THE AMERICAN (thriller) George Clooney
Happy Birthday!
Happy 60th birthday to television talk-show host Dr. Phil McGraw
Gloria Estefan (53)
The Daily Scoop - Wednesday!
Tuesday
With winds of 135 miles-per-hour, Hurricane Earl, which has intensified into a major Category 4 storm, could hit the East Coast of the U.S. next week.
Paris Hilton is insisting the purse that contained cocaine in her boyfriend’s Cadillac was not hers. Paris Hilton’s drug arrest has gotten a bit more serious.
The heiress has been officially charged with possession of a controlled substance, which is a felony that could land her in prison for four years
It took Lindsay Lohan just two days on the road before she got pulled over by police. The former jailbird, who got her license back the day after her release from rehab, was stopped Friday night for reportedly running a stop sign in West Hollywood
There’s finally some good news for consumers. Gas prices have been falling at a steady rate this month, 2.68 average
Tiger Woods moved into his new bachelor pad — a New York City apartment — over the weekend.
Alan Jackson’s “Where I Come From” or Willie Nelson’s “On the Road Again” could wake up the crew on the next space mission. Head to SongContest.NASA.gov to vote for the song you think should be included in the STS-133 mission, which is scheduled for lift-off on February 26th
The Daily Scoop - Tuesday!
Monday
Modern Family and Mad Men were the big winners at last night’s 62nd Annual Primetime Academy Awards. Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey were the hosts.
Paris Hilton was arrested briefly in Las Vegas for possession of cocaine, a federal offense…Paris has told friends that she’s not the least bit worried about her recent cocaine arrest
Lindsay Lohan is back on Twitter and giving driving tips.
Former Beatle John Lennon’s toilet was sold at auction in Britain for $14,740.
It’s shaping up to be a busy week in country music. Tomorrow, Justin Moore and Chris Young will announce the nominees in seven categories for the 44th annual CMA Awards. On Wednesday, the action moves to New York City, where Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley have the honor of announcing the remainder of the nominees on ABC’s Good Morning America at 8:30 am in all time zones.
Wednesday night, ABC presents CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock hosted by Tim McGraw and featuring Taylor Swift, Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and more. The show airs at 8 pm [E-T]
In a shocking study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), one in five U.S. drivers admits to drinking and driving
The Last Exorcism edged out Takers at the weekend box office. The horror flick opened with $21.3 million,
(WEDNESDAY) THE AMERICAN (thriller) George Clooney, An American hit man abroad tries to transition into a normal life.
Josh Turner says he gets recognized a lot more these days, but he can go undercover as long as he keeps his mouth shut. He tells Ohio’s Canton Rep, “I’ve always considered myself a normal person, a working man, and I tend to blend in pretty good, especially when I throw a hat on and shades. It’s when I open my mouth and start talking that they recognize me.”
The Daily Scoop - Monday!
