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This week in Hollywood, Charlize Theron rejects a marrage proposal and Pitt shows his face.

#1) Charlize Theron was proposed to by a reporter. Soon after she was quoted saying ""you are very cute, but my boyfriend would kill you."

#2) Brad Pitt and George Clooney showed up in Venice promoting the new comedy "Burn After Reading." The movie is about two stupid gym trainers who stumble upon an ex-CIA officer's memoirs.

#3) Jennifer Aniston is filming for NBC again. The former "Friends" star is back to guest star in NBC's "30 rock."

#4) Dancing With The Stars has hooked in Kim Kardashian, Lance Bass, Susan Lucci, and Misty May-Treanor in the new season.

#5) Is Halle Berry engaged? New rumors surface every few months, but this time there's a ring to go with it! Is she finally married to Gabriel Aubry?

*All news courtesy of Yahoo!. Click the blog title for the original article.*

Never Mess With Mother Nature

Hurricane Gustav is quickly turning into a Category 5 hurricane as it nears New Orleans. Just three years after the devastating hurricane Katrina that ripped through New Orleans, residents are heeding the warnings of officials by leaving New Orleans. Gustav has already hit Cuba and Jamaica, killing at least 100 people and devastating more homes. In Cuba, residents returned to find flooded homes and washed-out roads. Florida has already been hit by a strong hurricane, flooding out roads and washing away homes. Gustav is due to hit anywhere between Florida and Texas. When passing Cuba, Gustav was already clocked at Category 5 with 140mph winds. Gustav has already killed about 84 people in the Dominican island of Haiti.

The GOP convention is also being hit hard, despite being set far from hurricane country. He started the day with news that President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will not be attending due to different reasons. Bush and Cheney were to stay in the white house to watch over Hurricane Gustav. Schwarzenegger cancelled because of a long due budget plan that the legislature hasn't sent out yet. Schwarzenegger has been in a deadlock battle against state legislatures of passing a budget, which is two months overdue. Later today, Senator and Presidential Nominee John McCain completely cancelled the convention, saying that he would be spending the day doing Hurricane Gustav related things. He was quoted as saying, "This is a time when we have to do away with our party politics and we have to act as Americans.*" All but the necessary opening day events would be rescheduled.

*Taken from Yahoo.com

Can't Hit It?

Ever wonder why flies are so hard to hit? Well researchers (yes there are researchers who actually study flies) at the California Institute of Technology have figured out why. Flies brains are wired to avoid the swatter. They take 200 milliseconds to register the attack, position themselves, and fly away from the angle of attack. "This illustrates how rapidly the fly's brain can process sensory information into an appropriate motor response," said Michael Dickinson, lead researcher. He also offered this advice in order to hit the pesky flies. "It is best not to swat at the fly's starting position," Dickinson said. Instead, aim for the escape route.

Dickinson, a bioengineer, has devoted his life's work to the study of insect flight. He has built a tiny robotic fly called Robofly and a 3-D visual flight simulator called Fly-O-Vision.*

*taken from Yahoo.com

Featured Artist - Barats And Bereta

Today's featured artist is Barats And Bereta, a older version of smosh. Some would say that they are even funnier than smosh. They blend comedy with, well, stupidity and random jokes which really works at making you laugh. Unfortunately, they are not ranked in the most subscribed all time because they have not posted a new video in nearly 5 months, but "hopefully our five month video drought has prepared you for a video hurricane-- CUZ IT'S COMING." Their website is http://baratsandbereta.com.



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Changing It Up At Disney

Disneyland Resort in California is going to be renovated over the labor day weekend. Therefore, many rides will be closed down for a short period of time. Below is a list of the updates taken directly from the OCregister website. Click the title of this blog for a direct link to the original article.

• Fantasmics!’s last performance of the summer is Monday and that show, along with the Sailing Ship Columbia, will be down through the fall and back up Nov. 7.
• Also, because McDonald’s will no longer be selling food in the Disneyland Resort, the three McD’s locations will close Tuesday: Harbour Galley, Conestoga Fries and Burger Invasion.
• New Orleans Square will be under a bit of construction as first the Haunted Mansion is closed starting Tuesday for a short time to be remade (as it is annually) as Haunted Mansion Holiday. Also, don’t worry about the construction fences that will be going up in New Orleans Square, Disney says the area will be refurbished and repaved during the fall. That construction also means the French Market will be closed during the fall for refurbishment.
• The last performance of Golden Dreams for the public, an American dream film performance in Disney’s California Adventure, is Sept. 7. Disney announced back in fall that as part of sprucing up California Adventure, Golden Dreams will be replaced by a dark ride based on “The Little Mermaid.” So, if you want to see the show — show up by Sept. 7. Still, the theater will be open through the spring, but only to school kids as part of the Disney youth education program.
• Also going on hiatus is the Aladdin mysical performed in the Hyperion Theaterof California Adventure. Don’t worry, we already reported here that the show is coming back next year— this time with some enhanced technology, more stage effects and some new cast members.
• Finally, the Parade of Dreams in Disneyland will be showing daily, with the last fall performance on Nov. 11. There will be no Disneyland parade between Nov. 12 and 20. Then, starting Friday, Nov. 21, the Christmas Fantasy parade shows in the park. And, don’t worry, Disney says the Parade of Dreams (still showing from when it was the 50th anniversary parade) will come back early next year and it will show through the end of September 2009. The Christmas Fantasy parade ends Jan. 5. and the Parade of Dreams picks back up Feb. 13, 2009.