Funny Casino: February 2011

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Jessica Alba pregnant Again

Actress announces she's expecting second child with husband Cash Warren

Jessica Alba is the latest celebrity to join the Hollywood baby boom. The actress took to her Facebook page Wednesday morning to announce she's expecting her second child with husband Cash Warren.

"I thought I'd drop by to let you all in on some exciting news – Honor is going to be a Big Sister!" she wrote. "Cash and I are thrilled and wanted to share the news directly with you so you didn't hear about it somewhere else."

Alba, 29, and Warren, 32, met on the set of 2004's "Fantastic Four" and got engaged three years later. They quietly wed at the Beverly Hills courthouse in May 2008, two months before welcoming daughter Honor.

NFL Increases offer to Displaced Fans

Seeking to placate upset fans who are contemplating litigation against them due to the Super Bowl snafu involving temporary seating that wasn't up to code, the NFL has increased its offer to those displaced by the debacle. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told the Associated Press that the NFL has e-mailed the 400 fans affected by the situation to offer them $5,000 or reimbursement for documented expenses, and are willing to pay the higher of the two figures. The league initially offered $2,400, three times the value of the ticket, as well as ticket to a future Super Bowl as well as flight and hotel expenses.

60 Minutes Correspondent Assaulted in Egypt

"60 Minutes" correspondent Lara Logan was attacked while covering the celebration in Egypt. She was rescued by Egyptian soldiers and is now recovering in a U.S. hospital.

New Kardashian Reality Show

If you love Keeping Up with the Kardashians, then I’ve got great news for you. There’s more Kardashian coming to reality TVin the very near future. InTouch Weekly is reporting that Khloe Kardashian and husband Lamar Odom will be getting their own reality show courtesy of E! to air this coming fall. An insider reveals: “They will be starting to tape in the next few weeks. It’s about their life — being married, trying to have a baby, and her being a stepmother to his kids. Everything that family does turns to gold. They are all making tons and tons of money.” Are we sick of the Kardashian’s or is this one of those guilty pleasure shows?

Justin Bieber wins Brit Award

After making appearance in 2011 Grammys, Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber made his way to 2011 BRIT Awards. But unlike Grammys, 16-year-old super star, Justin Beiber turned out to be a big winner at 2011 BRIT Awards in London and got his hands on award. Justin won the International Breakthrough Artist award. Will Young and Avril Lavigne presented the gong to Canadian singer at the O2 Arena in London on Tuesday night (February 15). Talking about Justin Bieber 2011 BRIT Awards look, he looked age appropriate in a black leather jacket, shiny combat-style jeans and tie teamed with stylish boots.
He left U.S. Awards show empty handed after missing out on best new artist and best pop vocal album at the Grammys, but everyday is not same. So, What do you think about Justin Bieber’s big win and his look?

Two ICE agents shot

Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were shot in the line of duty today approximately 100 miles outside Mexico City Tuesday. One of the officers has died from his wounds, reports the Associated Press, quoting an anonymous official. A U.S. Embassy spokesman in Mexico City tells CBS News the two agents were shot while driving from Mexico City to Monterey by unknown assailants.
"ICE is working with the U.S. State Department, Mexican authorities and other U.S. law enforcement partners to investigate the shooting. Our thoughts and prayers are with our colleagues," ICE officials said in a statement this afternoon.
Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano condemned the attacks.
Read More: cbsnews

Rising food prices push more into poverty

Rising food prices have pushed about 44 million people into poverty in developing countries since last June, the World Bank warned Tuesday. Food costs are continuing to rise to near 2008 levels, when price spikes in food and oil had devastating impacts on the poor, the development lender said, noting its numbers were released ahead of a Group of 20 finance chiefs meeting this week. "Global food prices are rising to dangerous levels and threaten tens of millions of poor people around the world," World Bank president Robert Zoellick said in a statement. "The price hike is already pushing millions of people into poverty, and putting stress on the most vulnerable, who spend more than half of their income on food."

According to the bank's latest Food Price Watch, prices rose by 15 percent between October 2010 and January 2011.

The report came ahead of a two-day G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors scheduled to open Friday in Paris.

Zoellick told reporters that the report "underscores the need for the G20 to put food first."

"The Bank?s Food Price Index shows food prices are now 29 percent higher than they were a year ago and only three percent below the peak of the last food crisis in June 2008," he said in opening remarks in a media conference call.

"Clearly, this is serious cause for concern."

The bank highlighted that food inflation swelled the ranks living in extreme poverty, which it defines as under $1.25 a day per person. This results in people having less to eat, and rising malnutrition, according to the report.

"This year is shaping up to be a very tough year for the chronically malnourished," Zoellick said.

"We know high and volatile food prices are a potent force," he warned, citing food riots in 2008.

Read more: dailydumper

Best Sports Illustrated swimsuit covers

What started as just a spread of women in bathing suits to fill space during a time of year with little sports news has turned into a seminal beachwear fashion issue that has launched the careers of several of the world's top supermodels. And this year, the most anticipated annual magazine issue is going 3-D. See our list of the hottest Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover girls.

Brooklyn Decker's 2010 SI cover

Then: This fashion model showed off a swim collection last year and is married to a top-ranked tennis player

Now: She made a very personal admission in a recent interview. The beauty is starring in a funny new film

Christie Brinkley's 1979 SI cover

Then: This cover girl spent three consecutive years on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. The "Uptown Girl" also appeared in her rocking then-husband's music video

Now: Today the former supermodel is reportedly worth millions. She appeared in a now-canceled TV show

Rachel Hunter's 1994 SI cover

Then: This model married a raspy-voiced singing legend, but they divorced in 2006. She got her acting start on a comedy about a regular guy living in Cleveland and played a hot mom in a music video.

Now: Hunter showed off her moves on a reality competition and hosted a fashion challenge program.

Cheryl Tiegs' 1979 SI cover

Then: By the time this Minnesota native was 17 she had already appeared on the cover of a major fashion magazine, but it was the 1978 image of her in a pink bikini that made her an icon.

Now: The former supermodel has since appeared on a reality show that measured contestants' inner beauty and developed her own accessory and wig line for Revlon.

Petra Nemcova's 2003 SI cover

Then: The Czech model founded a nonprofit organization that aims to improve children's lives. She was injured in a major natural disaster and her fiancé was killed.

Now: After recovering from the tragedy, the supermodel is now engaged to an English actor. She featured prominently in a music video by an indie rock group

Elle Macpherson's 1986 SI cover

Then: The Australian supermodel with a fitting nickname made the Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover a record number of times.

Now: All her hard work must have paid off because she's now the host of a spin-off reality series and reportedly enjoys a hefty bank account.

Tyra Banks' 1997 SI cover

Then: This model-turned-actress was the first African-American woman on the cover of the iconic issue, not to mention a high-end men's fashion magazine. She got her start on TV with a role on a sitcom about a street-smart teen living in Bel-Air.

Now: She's a top model on her own reality show and recently ended a daytime talk show.

Rebecca Romijn's 1999 SI cover

Then: This model-actress married and divorced Uncle Jesse and famously donned head-to-toe body paint as a shape-shifter in a comic-book franchise film series.

Now: She recently wed a former child star and played a scheming fashion executive on a now-canceled TV show.

Heidi Klum's 1998 SI cover

Then: After this German model appeared on the cover of a fashion bible and her first Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue hit the newsstands, she became widely known as one of the top supermodels.

Now: Klum cultivated a business empire as a successful TV host and was named one of the world's top-earning supermodels. The former Victoria's Secret model married a famous musician. Check out the cute photos of their kids.

Bar Refaeli's 2009 SI cover

Then: She was the first Israeli model to appear in Sports Illustrated but caused controversy when an image from the cover shoot was painted on the side of a plane.

Now: The Jewish model is perhaps best known for her on-again, off-again relationship with an Academy Award-nominated actor. She sizzles in a new lingerie ad campaign.

Beyoncé Knowles' 2007 SI cover

Then: This Grammy-winning "Dreamgirl" graced the cover of a music-themed Sports Illustrated in a bikini from a fashion label she started. When this "King of Hip-Hop" put a ring on it, the singer was solidified a member of one of Hollywood's elite power couples.

Now: The diva hopes her new scent will have women feeling "sensual". A famed director has just signed on to direct the singer-actress in a remake of a 1976 film.

Al Sharpton rejects ‘DWTS’ offer Again

The Rev. Al Sharpton has turned down another offer to be a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars”. Sharpton said he doesn’t have time due to his involvement with this civil rights organization.

Coke’s secret recipe been revealed

An edgy public radio show has revealed what it purports to be the secret recipe for Coca Cola -- a formula which has become the stuff of legend after decades of careful marketing by one of the world's most recognizable brands.

The recipe is supposedly kept in a locked vault, and Coke at one point had an advertising campaign about the two top executives who knew the secret and couldn't fly on the same plane or the formula could be lost forever.

"We think we may have found the original recipe for Coca Cola," said the host of "This American Life" Ira Glass in opening the hour-long program that aired over the weekend.

"One of the most famously guarded trade secrets on the planet -- I have it right here and I am going to read it to you and read it to the world and make my case for why it is real, despite what Coca Cola may say."

The handwritten formula was discovered in a pharmacist's old book of recipes and published in the company's hometown paper -- the Atlanta Journal Constitution -- in 1979, Glass said.

"If that seems a strange and random place to find this kind of thing, well, Coke was invented by a pharmacist and was originally sold at pharmacy soda fountains," he said.

The book apparently originally belonged to an acquaintance of Coke's inventor, John Pemberton, and was then passed from one pharmacist to another before it was eventually discovered by the newspaper columnist.

The newspaper even published a picture of the recipe, which was clear enough to read each ingredient.

What convinced Glass is that the formula matched -- and filled out -- a partial recipe found in Coke's archives that also became public.

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