WTF?

The mix of nude dancers, orange juice and black-and-white independent films wasn't in Bob Rieger's original business plan.

But it has helped his Racehorses Gentlemen's Club survive amid the cornfields of McCook County and fend off a two-year barrage of challenges from politicians and outraged members of Citizens Against Nude Juicebars and Pornography.

"I've been to court with them four times, and I beat them every time," Rieger says.

--I'm sorry, come again? Citizens Against Nude Juicebars?

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Daunte Culpepper showed off his scrambling ability Wednesday -- in a crowded convention center ballroom.

The Minnesota Vikings quarterback presented a paralyzed high school football player two diamond necklaces worth about $75,000 during an NFL awards ceremony, but then awkwardly asked for them back after it was finished.

The apparent gift prompted a mother to cry, a father to think about buying a safe to store it and Culpepper to find a way out of the mess. "I'll get him something else," Culpepper said sheepishly.

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Here's a sneak peek at some of the Super Bowl ads.

The cost? The $2.4 million average price for a half-minute ad.

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Oprah's heart doctor, who visited the town where I grew up this week, has great advice for women: "Be like the 'Dancing Queen' you know you are."

Great advice!

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Desperate pleas to the press:

Eva Longoria: I never dated that losebag from 'NSync.

Teri Hatcher: My boobs are real! And look so good they should be cast in bronze!

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Does she EVER smile?

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Sorry guys:

Cindy Crawford has finally decided that the days of her getting her kit off for Playboy magazine are over. The former supermodel has turned down the offer to pose again for the magazine - reckoning that now her son, Presley, is five it wouldn't be proper.

Cindy last appeared in the men's magazine back in 1999 - before she became a mother - and is now of the opinion that it's not worth her son getting made fun of by his mates in the playground: "Now that I have kids it's different. My son's five and he's not quite aware yet, but I wouldn't want him to get hassled," she said.

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Here's MSN's list of the 10 Funniest Folks on TV.

--I think the comics on the "I Love the..." shows on VH1 should get some recognition (especially Hal Sparks and the dude from Ed).

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The Prime Minister puckers up:

Tony Blair has been kissed by a fan - who then revealed: "He's got lips like a baby."

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Enrique Iglesias has teamed up with fashion icon Tommy Hilfiger, it was announced Monday, to be the face of the designer's new fragrance, True Star Men. "

Enrique is an extremely talented and passionate artist with an engaging, charismatic presence," Hilfiger said of the multi-platinum singer. "People around the world are instinctively drawn to him and moved by his music."

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The ripple effect of the Brad and Jen breakup:

Sacha Baron Cohen and his fiancee Isla Fisher are unexpected casualties of the Brad Pitt/Jennifer Aniston split.

The pair have been forced to find a new pad after Jen kicked them out of her Hollywood Hills home. The Ali G star and his sexy actress partner had been paying 35-year-old Jen rent a month for the past year while working in LA.

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The owner of a popular New York restaurant has told the Brazilian press of his encounters with many of his celebrity patrons.

Some highlights:

--Jeffrey Jah, while tending to his Lotus restaurant's Brazil branch, said he once had to send home an intoxicated Joaquin Phoenix and a similarly inebriated Paris Hilton had to be carried out of her own party, the New York Daily News said.

--He once kicked out Courtney Love and twice removed Mark Wahlberg from the premises.

--He also came close to harsh words with rappers Jay-Z and Sean "P-Diddy" Combs.

--He claimed Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman had a major row in the kitchen when they were still married and went home separately.

--"There are some who won't be in the same VIP room, like Tobey Maguire who will not sit near Joaquin Phoenix, or David Blaine who won't sit with David Copperfield," he said.

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Approaching the first anniversary of Janet Jackson's famed wardrobe malfunction, a study released Tuesday criticized MTV for the "incessant sleaze" of steamy programming aimed at young people.

During one week last March, the watchdog Parents Television Council said it counted 3,056 flashes of nudity or sexual situations and 2,881 verbal references to sex.

"MTV has clearly chosen to cater to the lowest common denominator, to offer the cheapest form of programming to entice young boys ... dangling forbidden fruit before their eyes," said Brent Bozell, PTC president and conservative activist.

--And this is news?

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Here are some of the dumbest Super Bowl questions ever asked by reporters.

My fave: "Why do you take your earring off for the game?" Bobby Humphrey replied, he preferred not to have a diamond "to be pushed through my ear to the middle of my brain."

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Tennisreporters.net reports that Jennifer Capriati is apparently dating a porn star named Dale DeBone.

A source told the website that "indeed the two are dating," but did not reveal how they met.

Some of DeBone's credits include: "Analgeddon #2," "Ass Freaks #2," "Anal Driller #4," and the artistic triumph, "I Cream On Genie."

--So many jokes. So little time.

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1 Yeah, I don't know where to put this just yet. However, I thought it was spelled DA-Bone... :-p

Posted by: Kevin the Interloper at February 01, 2005 09:24 AM (qb+8W)

2 wow, that's tragic in so many ways... one of the sad parts is that this guy isn't even in some of the premier pornographic films... everything #2 and 4? sad!

Posted by: camille at February 01, 2005 10:15 AM (c4eno)

3 I wonder what ~they~ do all day??? Icky. She has man-arms and he looks like a DORK! ~L.

Posted by: Laura Fitzgerald at February 01, 2005 12:19 PM (PQCQQ)

4 What do they do all day? Ummmm, I'm thinking that Jenny is playing with fuzzy balls, and Da-Bone is taking a lot of ground strokes...

Posted by: Shillelagh at February 01, 2005 04:13 PM (lrCbr)

5 When I worked at the adult establishment, we sold a movie called "Bi Dream of Jeanie." And sequels don't have the same negative connotation that they do in legit cinema.

Posted by: chuck at February 01, 2005 06:06 PM (8DKfM)

6 Ewww... Gross. I'd never date a Porn Star. BLAH

Posted by: La Bella at February 01, 2005 06:44 PM (33Xdy)

7 You guys are making me laugh!! How weird would it be to see your BOYFRIEND in a porn movie?!?! Does he watch and interject things like, "Oh wait, here comes the good part..." AAACK! Eeeeeew.

Posted by: Laura Fitzgerald at February 01, 2005 07:22 PM (PQCQQ)

8 LOL @ "I Cream on Genie." And sorry to say, but "Ass Freaks" isn't a movie, but an actual category of people - nyuck, nyuck, nyuck...

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Oh for the love of all things sacred and humane, this is too much:

Spending three seasons watching thousands of wannabes warble their way toward attempted singing stardom can make anyone a bit restless. But with the fourth season of Fox's "American Idol" under way, Paula Abdul is getting anxious for another reason altogether.

"I miss my art," Abdul sighs as she looks out the window. "There is a whole other hat that I wear as a performer that I need to infuse a little bit of energy into, so I've made a conscientious decision that after this season, I have to take some time to be mindful of my own craft."

--Straight up, Paula: you can't sing.

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1 I disagree. She was a decent singer and great dancer. Since she can't dance anymore because of her bad back can she cut it with the singing alone?

Posted by: Brian D. at February 01, 2005 08:21 AM (7paHu)

2 She misses her "art?" Wow, talk about bloated delusions of grandeur.

Posted by: Kevin the Interloper at February 01, 2005 08:35 AM (qb+8W)

3 she was a really great dancer and coreographer. Her singing was more like speaking to a beat.

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4 Straight up not tell me do ya really wanna love me forever..uh uh ooh... I digress...I think she is doing choreography work, and she is very good at it. ~L.

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5 Back in the day she even admitted that she couldn't sing and said it was all computer generated. Sounds like a great thing to go back to. Unless her "craft" is cheerleading; I think she was probably pretty good at that.

Posted by: Christina at February 01, 2005 12:39 PM (7nYwn)

6 LMAO I beg to differ. She can't sing, NOW. And she shouldn't try. Back in the 80's was bearable... her songs were catchy but I can't see her making a comeback. No way. LOL

Posted by: La Bella at February 01, 2005 06:45 PM (33Xdy)

7 I am forever getting her and Carmen Electra mixed up ;-D

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Uncle Jesse's Dating Scene:

Rebecca Romijn's estranged husband John Stamos is looking to date nurses and waitresses as he moves on from his painful marriage split.

The actor admits he's starting to find "real women" attractive after being married to former model Romijn for six years. Stamos says, "I've gone out with some waitresses lately and I went out with a nurse. I think that's probably my route; someone who is inspired and is non-jaded and that's what's interesting about regular real girls.

I have so much to offer as far as my life. I hate talking up all the great things I have in my life, I'd love to share them with people. I met this girl and we went to Disneyworld and we didn't have to stand in line and she was just so excited! That made me so happy that she wasn't jaded. That's a road that I want to be on."

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Tara Reid News:

--Hey guys, she's looking for a man (like that's new news): American Pie actress Tara Reid made an appeal for a boyfriend when she appeared on Ellen DeGeneres' chat show.

According to the New York Daily News Reid, 29, said she is currently single and "would love to find a guy." She said, "I want a nice guy, a nice, funny, good sense of humor, cute, obviously, you know, just a good guy."

DeGeneres and Reid agreed that any interested men should submit a 60-second tape of themselves.

--Oh, and if any of you men care, she's smart: "I am a very smart girl, and people don't realize that," she declared to the New York Post, which snarkily titles its article, "Look How Smart I Am!" "People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show."

--Oh one more thing: she's a dreamer. A very BIG one: As for the future, Tara, 29, hopes to one day settle down, perhaps with a gold, bald guy named Oscar. "It would be the ultimate dream for me to win an Academy Award, be in love and have kids."

--Oh man, this is too much for me. Smart? Oscar? HA!!!!!!!!

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A trio of Swiss businessmen have launched a new drink for gay people called Queer Beer.

Michael Hutmacher, the founder, said: "My business partner, who is gay, and I were talking about how to corner the homosexual market and came up with the idea for a drink aimed specifically at gay men and women.

Hutmacher added: "Our beer is a humorous attempt to identify with the gay scene and we hope it will help people to feel relaxed with their sexuality and not hide away." And he added despite its provocative name the lager wasn't just aimed at homosexuals but also straight people.

Moel Volken, from gay rights organisation Pink Cross, said the beer was an excellent idea. "I'm happy to see that homosexuals are being taken seriously as consumers. I just hope that the beer tastes good," he said.

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In May 2005, hairstylist Jonathan Antin, known for the Bravo series Blow Out, will launch a new haircare line called Jonathan Product. Based on the idea that healthy hair comes from hydration, Jonathan Product is 100% vegan and free of sulfates—compounds common in shampoos that strip hair of moisture.

Created by the C-Care company, Jonathan Product will carry shampoos, conditioners, and styling aids that shape hair without over-drying it. Products will retail from $18 – $26, and will include Jonathan’s signature Dirt putty, as seen on TV.

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