TWINKIES: Are They Gone Forever?
With the closure of Hostess Brands, such snack-time favorites as Twinkies, cupcakes, Ho-Hos, Suzy Q's, Donettes and Ding Dongs will be disappearing from store shelves.
But the absence will likely be only temporary. Though the Hostess Company has closed, it is actually going to be liquidated, with the recipes and trademarks for its popular products being sold to another company that will revive them before long.
A few fun facts about Twinkies:
- The Twinkie was invented in 1930.
- The bottom of a Twinkie is actually the top during baking.
- Twinkies cannot last 25 years. The shelf life is actually less than a month.
- The original filling was banana creme. It was changed during World War Two due to banana rationing.
JENNY McCARTHY: Cougar Attacks Startled Bieber at AMAs ()
One of the big surprises at last night's American Music Awards occurred when actress, model and talk show host Jenny McCarthy kissed a startled Justin Bieber on the neck and then grabbed his butt after presenting him with his trophy for Favorite Pop/Rock Album.
"I couldn't help it," McCarthy explained in the pressroom afterward, "he was just so delicious." She also joked, "I'm single, but I think that's cougar rape if you ask me." She went on to say she was upset when her fellow presenter, country singer Luke Bryan, went to wipe her lipstick off the 18-year-old Bieber. "I did that for a reason -- so he'd remember me."
JESSICA SIMPSON: Flaunts 60 lb. Weight Loss
After coming under fire for filming a Weight Watchers commercial only from the neck up, Jessica Simpson is now flaunting her entire body. That's because she's lost more than 60 pounds since giving birth to daughter Maxwell Drew six months ago.
The new mom debuted her svelte figure Saturday at a Tampa, Florida event for her fashion line, the Jessica Simpson Collection. Two days earlier, she posted a sneak peek on Twitter of the commercial she shot for Weight Watchers.
SOURCE: People
BIRTHDAY SHOUT-OUTS
Celebs with birthdays today: Ryan Howard, Jodie Foster, Meg Ryan, Ahmad Rashad, Calvin Klein, Ted Turner, Dick Cavett, Larry King, Alan Young
#HappyBirthday to Jodie Foster. The actress turns 50 today.
TOP CELEBRITY TWEETS
Bill Maher deciphers Twilight and Rainn Wilson trashes Australian-speak.
- Bill Maher: "Just read Twilight was written by a Mormon -- makes sense because, like Romney, it's about a semi-human who lives in fantasy world and sucks on our blood."
- Rainn Wilson: "Dear Australians, your vowels sound like a drunk translation-robot left old cassette tapes of itself speaking in the hot sun."
- Dane Cook: "If you still have your naughty/slutty Halloween pic as your profile pic, you are actually a full-blown, real-world, all-year-round slut."
- Andy Richter: "Every time I see someone suffering from the tragic lack of a chin I feel so blessed to have more than one."
- Simon Cowell: "Massive congrats to the One Direction boys for having the number-one single and album in the U.K.”
- Mindy Kaling: "I find pepper to be very specific. Shouldn't be on the table with salt. I use crushed red pepper far more."
- Ricky Gervais: "Calling a ridiculous belief 'religious' does not mean it deserves any more respect than any other ridiculous belief."
ON THE TUBE
- Kelly & Michael (ABC) - Katie Holmes, animal trainer Dave Salmoni
- The Talk (CBS) - Krysten Ritter (Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23), chef Robbie Montgomery
- Katie Couric (ABC) - author Lauren Scruggs, Tony Bennett, Thalia
- Ellen DeGeneres (NBC) - Alyson Hannigan (How I Met Your Mother)
- Conan O'Brien (synd) - Kate Beckinsale, Doug Fine, musical guest Tennis
- David Letterman (CBS) - Jessica Biel (Playing for Keeps), Pete Townshend (The Who), musical guest Phillip Phillips
- Jay Leno (NBC): Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook), Phil and Willie Robertson (Duck Dynasty), musical guest Andy Grammer
- Jimmy Kimmel (ABC) - Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family), L.A. Reid (X Factor), musical guests Aimee Mann and James Mercer
- Chelsea Lately (E!) - Rascal Flatts
- Tune into ABC Family for a special presentation of The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
- Book your ticket for the season premiere of the Travel Channel's The Layover.
- Taboo airs its season finale on National Geographic.
BONUS VIDEO: It's So Sour!
Here's a video of a little kid trying an Atomic Warhead. He certainly has quite the reaction! Recently, we had a similar video up with a grandpa. Both reactions were great, but the kid does more dancing.
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE QUIZ
About 12,000 of us will end up doing this on Thanksgiving Day. What is it?
ANSWER: Call the Butterball Turkey Help Line. For the record, the number is 800-BUTTERBALL.
INTERNET FIND
Finally, a blog which answers the question you've all been asking; "What if Adele were Mrs. Doubtfire?"
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE QUIZ
82 percent of women take less than a month to do this. What is it?
ANSWER:
RIHANNA: "Nobody's' Business" Online
Rihanna and Chris Brown's "Nobody's Business" has leaked online.
The track, which was posted on PerezHilton.com this morning, opens with RiRi singing, "You'll always be mine/ Say it to the world/ Always be my boy/ I'll always be your girl/ Ain't nobody's business/ But mine and my baby" over a '80s-flavored synthesizer riff.
Later in the song, Brown sing/raps, "Your love is perfection/ Please point me in the right direction/ I'm going to give you all my affection/ Every touch becomes infectious."
"Nobody's Business" will be featured on Rihanna's Unapologetic, which hits stores on Monday.
TAYLOR SWIFT: Tickets Sell Out in Minutes
Tickets for Taylor Swift's upcoming Red tour were all scooped up within minutes when they went on sale today (Friday). Her two shows in Los Angeles sold out in one minute flat.
Because of demand, several more shows have been added to the schedule -- July 14th in Toronto, July 26th in Foxborough, Massachusetts and August 23rd and 24th in L.A.
COLBIE CAILLAT: Busy Holiday Season (
Having released her Christmas in the Sand album last month, Colbie Caillat finds her calendar chock full of seasonal events:
- Yesterday she taped a holiday episode of the syndicated medical talk show The Doctors in L.A., where she performed her album's title track and "Merry Christmas, Baby." It'll air in mid-December
- Sunday, she'll join The Backstreet Boys, Michael Bolton and Melanie Fiona for the lighting of the Christmas Tree at The Grove in Los Angeles -- L.A.'s counterpart to the tree lighting at New York's Rockefeller Center.
- Thursday, she'll be in New York City to perform at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
- On December 6th, she'll join Phillip Phillips, James Taylor and Babyface at the 90th annual National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the Ellipse near the White House. It won't be her first time meeting the First Family. Last year, she sang for them at the White House Easter Egg Roll.
- On December 20, she'll be seen on ABC-TV's CMA Country Christmas special, which airs from 9 to 11pm ET. The show -- which she taped in Nashville back on November 3rd -- will also air the evening of December 22nd and the afternoon of December 23rd.
- She's also got December appearances on Live with Kelly and Michael and Katy lined up -- dates to be announced.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD: Debuts "Cadillacs" at AMAs (audio)
Carrie Underwood will perform her new single, "Two Black Cadillacs," at the American Music Awards on Sunday. Carrie says the song -- about a widow and her husband's lover -- is dark, but fun to sing.
KATY PERRY: Dissed by X Factor Singer
Katy Perry has been kicked to the curb by a contestant on Britain's X Factor -- who's refusing to sing one of her tunes because he thinks it glorifies alcohol abuse.
According to London's Sun, fan favorite Jahmene Douglas is refusing to take part in the group sing-along of "Last Friday Night" because it runs counter to his beliefs -- and it looks like he might be getting the song dropped from this Sunday's show.
A source close to the show says, "The song is about drinking, and Jahmene is tee-total. He made it clear from the start that he won't sing songs about drinking, and when he heard the track, he was adamant that he wouldn't perform it. Bosses have respected his wishes and it's all hands on deck to get a new song ready in time for Sunday."
