BIG
SHOT BIRTHDAYS _ James Spader (The Office) is 53; Eddie Izzard is 51;
Chris Rock is 48; Ashton Kutcher (Two and a Half Men, the upcoming jOBS) is
35

NEWS
ATTACK! _ Monopoly has revealed its new game board piece. [It's a cat,
which means you shouldn't be surprised when you open your Monopoly box and one
of the pieces totally ignores you.]

WE
DRINK TOO MANY CALORIES _ A recent study finds that liquids make up 22
percent of calories in the average American's diet. Is that good, or bad? Well,
the problem is most Americans only count the calories they get from solid foods
-- which means we're not aware of how calories are sneaking into our
diet. +

WAFFLE
HASH BROWNS ARE INTERNET HOT _ What's the hottest food on the Internet
right now? Waffle hash browns. Pics are being shared all over Instagram and
Facebook right now -- and probably because you get the awesome taste of a
traditional hash brown along with the 'pockets' found in
waffles. +

WACKY-BUT-TRUE:
CRUSHING A CAR TO AVOID PAYMENTS _ A UK woman is trouble after she paid
$250 to have her luxury car industrially compacted so she wouldn't have to make
the payments. Police say the woman reported her Mercedes stolen and then hired a
man to dispose of her vehicle to avoid making the monthly payments on the car.
Her plan fell apart when investigators found the car's four wheels in her
garage. +

NO
BREASTS, BUTTS, OR PRIVATES AT THE GRAMMYS _ CBS is warning Grammys
performers and presenters not to bare any breasts, buttocks, or genitalia while
onscreen. The network's Standard and Practice department sent out a "Wardrobe
Advisory" in advance of Sunday's awards ceremony. +

CHEWING
GUM STUDY _ Researchers did a study of chewing gum and found 374
trillion individual sticks of gum are sold around the world each
year. +

Have a great day!

John Elliott