Kim Karadashian and Kanye West – Another Wedding Special In The Works?

Newly divorced, but still battling out some issues in court, Kim Kardashian has been seen out and about with Kanye West. And not just seen out and about and “canoodling” as some are apt to call it, but Kim was spotted doing the full-blown WALK OF SHAME from Kanye's building wearing the very same outfit she wore the previous night when they attended a movie together.

Now what's the deal? Kim certainly has enough money to buy another outfit, heck, she has her only clothing line and boutiques, so why in the world would you let yourself be caught in that situation? Leather pants, wife beater and spike heels might be appropriate for an evening at the cinema, but not 10:28 the following morning. A cute pair of shorts and casual shirt would be much better.

It has been long-rumored that these two lovebirds have had a thing for each other, so why did it take so long for them to get together, at least in the public eye? Kanye wrote such a touching melody for Kim when she was with her ex, Kris Humphries, that included a touching threat to Kris to have his pal, Jay Z, owner of the New Jersey Nets, the team Kris plays for, drop him from the team. How any of that relates to the song's title of “Theraflu,” I haven't a clue. But hey! Check it out! I dropped a rhyme on y'all! Maybe Kim's newest relationship will be the reason I head into my next career as a rapper!

Dancing With The Stars Ousts Jack Wagner

Am I good or what? I predicted the celebs who would land in the bottom on last night's “Dancing With The Stars” results show.

Out from my bottom three is Jack Wagner, who was disappointed, but left the show with grace. I didn't mind Jack, but knew he couldn't last in the company of some truly great dancers.

There is just no time this season to be anything but great as the celebs are finding out quickly. It was unheard of for the celebrities to get such high scores in these early weeks and the pressure is on to keep them up.

It was also announced last night that the judges will be stepping in for a few weeks and making the final vote-off decision themselves between the two bottom-placing couples. I like that idea. Too often this show, as well as many like it, that are driven by fan votes, become complete popularity contests and not any sort of show of skill or talent.

“American Idol” is perhaps the worst offender. It almost never fails that the contestant who comes from the most populated area of the country goes far. And now that cell phones are a must-have for every pre-teen girl on the planet, the cutest boys tend to do quite well, racking in double the votes of the girls. Sometimes the two meet and you get a cute contestant from a larger metropolis who can sing, but more often than not, the cute winning males are never heard from again after their moment of confetti-covered glory is over.

I have seen far worse offenses when it comes to the voting on “Dancing With The Stars.” And while teenage girls may not be giving themselves carpal tunnel texting in vote for their favorites, the older ladies don't seem to mind making a few calls for the men who rip off their shirts. I have as of yet to hear my husband tell any of his buddies that they need to call and save Gladys Knight from elimination, but I know for a fact that a group of women at the grocery store spend their Monday nights voting for William Levy.

For a female celeb on DWTS, her chances are greatly increased if she is paired with one of the hottie male professional dancers, i.e., Mark Ballas, Derek Hough and Maksim Yummykovsky (no, not his real name). The younger set, when their Disney dancer or hot male rap star has been eliminated, will switch their votes to actually reflect their love for the male professional and not so much whats-her-face he is dancing with.

Hopefully the judges can look past the hype and base their final decisions on actual dancing. I'm sure Len can, but am not so sure about Bruno, and Carrie Ann will be useless if anyone is dancing shirtless.

Have you seen the Dallas Tornado Video?

I have seen several clips, but then hopped onto YouTube and just watched. The damage was so horrific that it was almost surreal. I couldn't believe what I was seeing was actually happening.

Click here to see the video...

To see semi trucks and trailers being tossed about like they were toys was awful. I can only imagine how absolutely frightening it must have been to be in the middle of it all.

It also made me think back on that ridiculous movie, “Twister” with Helen Hunt...remember the cows flying in the air? How stupid that was when you get a chance to witness the real thing.

I was in a tornado as a child. Actually, I was in a basement being protected by my parents as the roof of their first home was literally lifted up and carried away during the tornado. Much of my mother's décor remained untouched and unbroken so with exception to not having a roof, we came out of things just fine.

My parents decided to move to yet another state with a long history of tornadoes and while we came close a few times, fortunately, we never were hit again.

Now that I am married, I have moved to, and subsequently moved out of two towns that shortly after I left, were devastated by tornadoes. And where did I end up? In the county in this state most hit by tornadoes in the state's history. Small town (even smaller than the tiny burg I live in!) not too far away, got hit a couple of years ago and erased the town from the map.

While I am loving the early spring weather my area is experiencing, it also scares me a bit as well knowing the tornado season will be unusually long this year. There are definitely some times that I appreciate the nasty winters typical for this area and not so much the balmier weather.

Dancing With The Stars Turns Into The Crying Game

Emotions were running high last night on Dancing With The Stars as the celebrities were asked to choose the most important year of their lives, pick a song from that time, and then form a dance to communicate the reason/event that made that year so special or heart-breaking.

If the celebs could manage to get judge Carrie Ann Inaba to cry prior to even showing up on the dance floor, they were guaranteed at least a nine, and for some those tears translated to 10's. The sobbier the story, the higher the points, with bonus points given if the celeb was too overcome with emotion to be interviewed by DWTS co-host Brooke Burke-Charvet.

The most heart-wrenching stories got the best scores, with exception to poor little Laura Ingalls, Melissa Gilbert, who even though she related the story of how she broke her back and was frightened that the corrective surgery needed would leave her paralyzed, only managed to get a score of 24 as compared to the other sad-storied celebs.

Now a score of 24 in week three of this competition is pretty incredible and only shows the caliber of dancing this group of celebrities has brought to the game. Everyone was really quite good last night with no obviously awful dancers. Of course it would also be incredibly difficult for the judges to downgrade any of them as even the cheerful tales related caused tears at some point.

If I had to guess who will appear in the bottom three tonight, I would say Gavin DeGraw, Jack Wagner and Gladys Knight. That list is based strictly on performances and ability to improve in the weeks ahead. Fan votes count for a lot and if anyone has a good fan base they can often surprise us all with their staying power.

CoNgrAtuLatIonS Kentucky Wildcats NCAA Basketball Champions

No, I didn't watch a single game in the entire tournament, but I did pick the Wildcats to win, and not my own alma mater, in silly bets with friends and family.

What I really am happiest about is that this whole NCAA basketball business is over and no longer able to interrupt my regular television viewing. From the sweet sixteen to the elite eight, final four on down to the championship game, I haven't been able to escape this basketball frenzy for weeks.

I don't blame the players, nor the game, but I am awfully tired of network television's scheduling mismanagement when it comes to sports. CBS just happens to be the worst culprit of them all, consistently, throughout every sport they televise.

Let's take football for instance, where we manage to take what is in essence an hour long game and turn it into an almost four-hour event. And why is network television in denial about this? CBS seems to be the worst offender of them all, but mainly because they refuse to trim the fat from any of the shows they insist on airing after the football games to get their schedule back on track by the 7pm family viewing hour. I've watched games on Fox and NBC as well, and both are better able to recognize that the viewing public appreciates that they are willing to sacrifice some of their own advertising to move things along.

Forget watching any Sunday night CBS program at the time it is supposed to air. If it isn't basketball or football, it will be NASCAR or golf, something is going to make them fall behind schedule and make you have to fight your DVR or force you to blow a six-hour tape trying to record an hour-long program.

If the average football game takes at least 3 ½ hours to broadcast, why only schedule three hours for the event? And if you have two on the schedule starting at noon CST, why would you ever think you only need six hours to show them both? At best, your evening programming starts at 6:30pm, but more often CBS ends up closer to an hour behind schedule on a consistent basis throughout the football season. It happened during the basketball tournament as well.

Be realistic, CBS, and stop driving your viewers away!

Not Enough Hours For Monday Must-See TV Viewing

TGFDVR or I wouldn't have a chance of keeping up with all of my vitally important reality shows!

On tonight's schedule we have:

Dancing With The Stars

The Voice

Bethenny Ever After

Watch What Happens Live

Intervention

Undercover Boss Abroad

I just spent the last 20 minutes reviewing other vitally important stuff stored on my DVR to clear out enough space for what I have to record tonight. What I need is a DVR for my life or a simple Home Cloning Kit so I can get the house picked up while I catch up on my reality shows!

Arnold may have said, “I'll be bock,” but it won't be in Total Recall remake

Utterly and deliciously sexy Colin Farrell takes the lead role that Arnold Schwarzenegger originated in 1990, as Doug Quaid, unassuming worker of the future looking to take a virtual vacation and travel to Mars. Arnold's Quaid experiences his fabulous vacation in virtual reality, when something shocking happens as he sees himself as someone else, with a whole different life, though one that still contains plenty of hot chicks, in his virtual world.

It is unclear what the premise will be for Colin's Quaid character to meet his virtual other self, whether through the same virtual vacation agency Arnold used in the original or if Colin will simply have some unnerving dreams that lead him to believe his brain has been wiped clean of memories of a previous existence, also inclusive of the requisite hot chicks.

For Arnold, the chicks included Rachel Ticotin and Sharon Stone, before her underwear-less days on “Basic Instinct.” Colin enjoys the lovely Kate Beckinsale as his real-time wife and Jessica Biel as Melina, the wife who turns on him in his virtual world. The future Mrs. Justin Timberlake should shine in an action role, but Farrell is sure to have more chemistry with Beckinsale.

I liked the original “Total Recall” and am from the old school that finds that most movie remakes never should have been touched, but with 22 years of new technology under our belts, it might be time to see what new bells and whistles can be added. Do they really add any value? I don't know. Short of the old “Flash Gordon” movies that clearly showed fishing line guiding tin can rockets through the air, unless the effects can be that much improved upon, I say leave well enough alone.

I Found My Dead Grandma On The 1940 Census

The federal government has just released the 1940 census records for public consumption.

After 72 years the records are being made public because it seems that most featured in the census are no longer alive to protest any invasion of their privacy.

The records would provide a great look back into history, if you could search them by name, however, that functionality will take a while to implement. To search the records now, you will need the address/es of your loved ones in 1940 and can conduct a search by location.

Click here to see which dead loved ones you can dig up!

I'm lucky, I inherited a box with several old letters and postcards of many family members and have access to addresses galore. I was able to locate the records for one grandmother, long since deceased, but with the news of the records being released, the site is running excruciatingly slow and has timed out on me with every subsequent search.

I have a feeling the release of these records will fuel another wave of interest in genealogy as I have already noticed, while doing a simple search for an old uncle's address that there are several more ancestry tracing sites available.

The ability to search the census site by name will not be available for several months and while I have a definite advantage in having the great amount of information that I do, if the site can't handle the traffic, my searching will have to wait.

That's probably a good thing as I could see myself easily getting engrossed in the site and the information available.

Tears, Anguish, Mental Breakdowns – Just Another Day On The Celebrity Apprentice

Donald Trump, and his hair, remained unmoved during last night's double episode of “The Celebrity Apprentice” while celebrities almost came to blows, shed some tears and had mental breakdowns while performing tasks for charity.

The first task had the celerity teams producing and selling books highlighting New York City. Dee Snider was the project manager for the men while Teresa Giudice led the ladies. Lisa Lampanelli was once again tasked with most of the actual work and we watched as Lisa started letting the volcano of emotions erupt as the majority of her team used the task as a personal photo shoot, wasting many hours and taking hundreds of shots when only a couple were necessary. Between Teresa's lack of leadership and listening to former Miss Universe Dayana's incessant and often incoherent babbling, Lisa started to crumble.

The task itself would be judged on how much money the celebrity teams could raise selling the books with an additional $35K going to the team who produced the best book, as judged by Mr. New York, Regis Philbin himself.

As usual, Donald Trump, CEO of Sh*t-Stirring, forces both project managers to name their useless and weak members prior to revealing who won the task.

Thanks to Lisa's job on the book, the ladies win the $35K bonus and that should take them well over anything the men raised, but the men still managed to pull out a win, earning $14 more than the ladies, including their $35K bonus.

It should be noted that the men could have pulled in several thousand more dollars had not Penn Jillette enlisted the help of, and donation from iconic entertainers, Blue Man Group. When Blue Man Group appeared, it is apparently against their blue religion to simply hand over a check and instead they filled a giant balloon with $10 bills. They then proceeded to inflate the balloon until it popped, and like vultures to a fresh carcass, the crowd went wild and began stuffing the bills into every available bodily orifice. The men were yelling that the money was for charity and things got too physical for Clay Aiken when he got pushed while trying to grab cash out of the hands of the fans. Penn's justification for this debacle was that Blue Man Group was not making a donation, they were simply there so anything the guys managed to grab was just a bonus.

Don't be surprised if the coming weeks brings sexual harassment suits against several of the male celebrities who were grabbing money stuffed into onlookers' underwear and bras.

Teresa chooses to bring Debbie Gibson and everyone's favorite firing nominee, Dayana, to the board room. For whatever reason, she chose not to bring Aubrey, even though Aubrey brought in the least amount of money. I thought for certain Trump would oust the Italian table flipper, but he gave Debbie Gibson the ax. Odd choice for certain.

The second task involved promoting the “Walk With Walgreens” program, but before we do anything, Trump decides the little women obviously need some help since they have lost five of the seven challenges. He takes Aubrey and Teresa and moves them to work with Arsenio, Paul Tuttle and Clay. Lisa is left with her bestie Dayana and given Dee Snider, Penn and Lou Ferigno. She seemed hopeful, especially when Penn announced he had an engagement to deal with and would be leaving soon. Penn put his nose to the grindstone and came up with a concept and script for his team to present to the Walgreen's execs, and project manager Lou was thrilled to once again not have to come up with any of the words he would be uttering.

Once Penn left, all of the work once again fell on Lisa's shoulders, except for the design of the membership kit box Walgreens would be providing to participants in the program. For such a colorful guy normally, Dee's box couldn't have been more dull.

When presentations were made, task leader Arsenio presented a game show concept to the Walgreens execs. It is well-done, but TMI, getting really dull with the facts presented. Lou's team, with the return of Penn, who flew back immediately after his engagement and was running on an hour of sleep, was far more entertaining, especially when Penn, in his sleep-deprived state, referred to the program as “Walk with Walmart.” Whoopsie....major, huge, mega, ginormous WHOOPSIE. The crowd went silent and Penn did correct himself. The box produced by Aubrey, however, was a big hit and she made certain the Walgreens execs knew she was the force behind it when she shoved it in their faces.

Aubrey also insisted on taking credit for everything in the boardroom. Arsenio had reached his breaking point and called Aubrey out for lying and for being a difficult personality that he constantly had to tame. Tears started welling up in Aubrey's eyes and when Arsenio's team was announced the winner of the task, Arsenio was bawling because he was so happy to help out his charity and Aubrey was crying because Arsenio didn't magically implode or get abducted by aliens. When they left the boardroom, Arsenio, Paul, Clay and Teresa headed for the war room suite while Aubrey went straight for the “I got fired” elevator, refusing to talk to anyone on her team.

Lou needed to choose who he would be taking to the boardroom with him. Since it has become tradition, he chose Dayana and even I was surprised by that because she definitely lived up intelligence level and creative abilities for the presentation. She put on a swimsuit and looked pretty.

Lou's other choice was Dee, whose responsibility was the design of the membership box. Dee argued that Lou was in on the design and approved everything and even though Dayana also chimed in on how ineffective Lou was as a leader and that he should go, Trump fired Dee Snider. What the heck is going on?

Previews for next week show more mental anguish and turmoil and it looks like Lisa Lampanelli may be the next to completely lose it. Aubrey is not seen in the previews, but I'm sure we haven't seen the last of her, even if she is only forced to come in and tell The Donald that she is quitting, giving him yet another opportunity to drag the “I hate quitters” speech out of his gold-plated file cabinet.

Country Music Awards Ruined My Night

And I didn't even watch the show.

The CMA's however, were broadcast on CBS last night which meant that my normal Sunday night staple, “The Amazing Race,” was not shown.

I knew it was coming last week when the last “Amazing Race” concluded and they noted that the previews were for the show coming up in two weeks. I thought for certain the darn basketball tournament was responsible, but no, it was just the annual gathering of country music's finest. Not that I really know who those people are because I am just not a fan of the genre.

Typically CBS's coverage of the basketball tournament would interrupt “Survivor” and that was enough to make me hate them and boycott the network until Sunday nights when I had to see “The Amazing Race.”

I find that every Sunday, however, I am getting more and more hostile towards CBS as they notoriously broadcast sporting events that typically run well-past their scheduled time slot and then move every other program after them to start much later than normal.

My question to CBS: If you broadcast a golf tournament, football game or NASCAR race and it ALWAYS goes past the time period allotted for it, why not adjust the schedule accordingly?

And please, why insist on showing “60 Minutes” in its entirety when the last seven minutes of the show at least, is nothing but a giant plug for CBS shows. “60 Minutes” clearly ends, heads into commercials and stays on commercials for upcoming CBS shows for the next seven to ten minutes and then goes back to “60 Minutes” to show another couple of minutes worth of credits. Did Andy Rooney make a special request, or stipulate in his will, that no one take up those last few minutes ever with something other than commercials? 

If not for "The Amazing Race" and "Survivor," CBS would get very little of my viewing time.

If Forced, I Would Choose Blake Shelton As A Country Music Favorite

Not being the biggest fan of country music, I know very few of the artists and even fewer of the songs that made them famous. If I were forced to pick a favorite country music artist, my vote would go to Blake Shelton. I don't know a single one of the songs that has made him famous, but I have seen plenty of him on NBC's “The Voice,” to know I like him.

Not only is Blake extremely tall and a real hottie, he also seems to have a heart of gold. I know that last season on “The Voice” he helped many of the artists on his team further their careers after they had been eliminated from the competition.

Dia Frampton is a prime example. Dia made it through to the end of last season's “The Voice” competition, but did not win the final crown. Blake, so impressed with Dia's talent, managed to get her a recording deal and took her on his tour.

This season, Blake was often the only judge to turn around to claim a contestant to his team. He went well out of his country comfort zone and chose artists from many different genres. He didn't pull any of the antics that fellow judge Christina Aguilera did by overly favoring any of his team members over the others and gave everyone an equal chance to shine. It hurt Blake terribly to have to choose one contestant over another for his final team, but not a single negative word was uttered by any of the ousted contestants, all said how incredibly grateful they were to Blake, his wife Miranda Lambert and all of the help they provided.

So without uttering or singing one word, Blake Shelton wins my personal American Country Music award.

Aubrey O Day Walks Off The Celebrity Apprentice After Shedding Tears In Trump's Boardroom

Aubrey O'Day, who looked like a major frontrunner in the race to win the title of Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice, may have cut her chances of winning to zero after leaving a particularly confrontational boardroom meeting in tears.

I liked Aubrey until tonight's episode of “The Celebrity Apprentice.” Tonight she appeared more abrasive, more pushy and more selfish than when she was paired with the women. Once Trump mixed up the two teams, purposely telling Aubrey and Lisa Lampanelli that he was separating the buddies while allowing the men to stay with their friends, I knew she would be in trouble.

Not that she didn't bring it on herself. Arsenio Hall was the project manager, but Aubrey couldn't help but ingratiate herself with the Walgreen's executives and Eric Trump when he came to check on the team. Arsenio had been more than diplomatic in dealing with her, continually trying to steer her in a direction that would make his entire team happy, but Aubrey spent more of her time asking for compliments than actually contributing to the harmony of the team.

Funny enough, Arsenio's team won, but as Donald Trump is known to do, he insisted on stirring the pot, even on the winning teams, before revealing which team was safe from a firing. When Aubrey attempted to take full credit for much of Arensio's work, Arsenio had had enough and called her out on at least one lie she told, claiming credit for coming up with quotes for the entire team that were needed for a display package. Arsenio corrected Aubrey saying he had done his own and then pointed out that Aubrey had little consideration for her team and only cared about herself.

Aubrey began tearing up and after Donald revealed that Arsenio had won and they were exiting the boardroom, she pushed away her only ally on the team, Teresa Giudice, and made her way to the infamous exit only elevator, commenting that she was not cut out for this and how she couldn't believe how mean everyone was to her. Aubrey conveniently forgot a comment she made about Arsenio, basically saying he walked away from show business, far from the truth, but she knew the negative impact and implications her comment would have.

We never saw Aubrey actually leave, but she also didn't seem to be present in previews shown for next week's show. Trump hates quitters, but Aubrey never officially said she quit. If she comes back, I hope it is with a big bag of humility.

Made It Through April Fools Day 2012 Without Incident

It took me all day and most of the night to realize that my husband's evil plan for me this April Fool's Day was no plan at all!

He carefully maneuvered himself away from me when I would open a kitchen cabinet or drawer and stared at me intently at lunch and dinner. I kept waiting for springy snakes to jump out at me or my mouth to be set on fire with a good dose of hot sauce slipped into my food. When he jumped to bring me a piece of pie for dessert, I thought for certain I was about to be fooled and stabbed my pie like a maniac looking for a hidden object stuffed amongst the apples and crumb crust.

Around four in the afternoon, I was begging him to just get it over with, by seven I was out of mind looking for mousetraps about to bite my fingers hidden in drawers, and now that my husband is asleep, I am still not entirely convinced something isn't about to happen that will be captured on video and played at every occasion possible.

It hit me a few minutes ago that my husband got exactly what he wanted...a crazed wife who spent the day just waiting for something awful to happen. I know I heard him chuckle as I used a tongs and wooden spoon to root through my clothing, sure that there would be something hiding beneath the fabric and foolishly, I wasted an entire beautiful Sunday anxiously waiting for something to happen.

With only a couple of minutes left in the day, I am almost sure I am safe for another year, but I know I will need to be doubly on guard next year and not be lured into a false sense of security. I also need to start planning now for how I will get my husband next year for the horrible non-prank he pulled on me today!

Amityville Horror House – Good Real Estate Deal?

If given the opportunity, would you have made the same decision as George and Kathy Lutz and purchased the home that the 1979 film and subsequent remakes, sequels and prequels were centered around?

If you could get it for a great deal, would you taken the chance? The Lutzes where given full disclosure of what had happened in the home just a year prior when a very troubled 28-year-old shot his family to death in it. Undisclosed at the time, however, was the supposed fact that the home was built on a tribal burial ground and also had supposedly been inhabited by a devil worshiper at one point.

How much of a discount would you expect to get, based on the full family slaughter that occurred just the year before?

The Lutzes were happy buying the home for $80K when it was valued at $120 at the time. I'd need more of discount.

Once you moved in, how many odd incidents would it take to drive you out? If this had happened in the middle of the housing stimulus deal, the Lutzes would have been stuck with the house for three years before they could sell it, but thankfully they weren't, and moved from the home about a month after moving in, claiming demonic possession of the home.

Demonic possession or real estate regret? Movers were sent to the home the day after the Lutzes left to pack up their possessions and reported no paranormal activity. Buyers of the home, just a month and a half later said the damage claims made by the Lutzes simply did not exist.

George Lutz maintains that the events portrayed in the book were “mostly true” and both he and Kathy passed a lie detector test in 1979.

So what was the deal? Every claim made by the Lutzes has basically been successfully refuted. On the other hand, while one of the Lutzes may have been able to fool the lie detector test successfully, it would be extremely odd that both could have accomplished that feat.

Was the house haunted or were the Lutzes a victim of some pretty strong suggestions of demonic possession that then had the whole family manifesting the horrors in their minds?

Sarah Palin Tapped by NBC To Battle Katie Couric Tuesday Morning

In an attempt to combat Katie Couric's comeback as morning show queen on ABC, as she fills in for Robin Roberts while she takes some time off, NBC has called upon Sarah Palin to step in as co-host Tuesday morning. Sarah will reportedly give her take on the republican Presidential candidates and current President Barack Obama, as well as act as co-host on the morning news program.

NBC has also promised a major legend as a guest on Monday and filled the roster for the rest of the week with other extremely high-profile guests, including Nadya Sulemon (California's newest welfare recipient), Tori Spelling and Giuliana and Bill Rancic who will discuss Giuliana's decision not to undergo chemotherapy as part of her battle against her breast cancer. Giuliana and Bill have been somewhat under fire because of her decision to skip chemo in favor of a double mastectomy and some feel she is personally responsible for causing others to not make the best decision for themselves when dealing with breast cancer.

Will it be enough to stop viewers from watching “Good Morning America?”

CBS is giving it the old college try as well with co-anchor Gayle King pulling in bestie Oprah Winfrey and a teaser promising that Oprah opens up about things she has never talked about before. What that could be is anyone's guess as the woman's life has been out there for decades, but I will suspect that recently ousted from Oprah's OWN network, Rosie O'Donnell, will be a hot topic of conversation.

I still have issues with Katie so I will resist the temptation to change channels to ABC, but CBS might just get a few minutes of my time tomorrow morning.

Pregnancy Test Results Thrill Vanessa Minnillo and Hubby Nick Lachey

Nick Lachey, ex-husband of the very-pregnant and ready to pop herself, Jessica Simpson, and current hubby to new bride, Vanessa Minnillo, entertainment reporter and host of ABC's “Winter Wipeout,” recently announced they were happily pregnant.

I am happy for the couple, but for some reason, ever since Nick and Jessica split, I have always felt that there has been some sort of competition between the two of them. Who would start dating first, who would be engaged and married first and then who would be having a baby first. I know they are both at the age where people do all of those things with some regularity, but much between the two of them has felt so competitive that for Jessica's beau, former professional football player-now free agent, Eric Johnson, I have felt a little worried.

While Jessica is not yet married, it had to hurt to see her ex-husband find, get engaged to, and finally marry someone else. Jessica just had to beat him in one category and the only one left was baby production. Not that Jessica didn't try to win in the engagement and marriage categories as well, but former boyfriend, Tony Romo of the Dallas Cowboys, broke up with Simpson on her birthday in 2009. While Jessica was with Tony, he had the worst couple of seasons ever for Dallas, prompting fans to dub Simpson “Yoko Romo.”

Vanessa Minnillo has made no secret that she would love to have a boy first, but quickly added that a healthy baby was really the most important thing. Vanessa purchased a gender predictor test, but is not revealing the results until she gets more scientific proof via sonogram.

Slime-Covered Stars Thrill The Audience at 2012 Kids Choice Awards

I've got to hand it to the celebrities willing to make an appearance on Nickelodean-hosted Kids' Choice Awards. Anyone setting foot on stage for the event was in risk of walking off stage covered in green slime as they presented or accepted one of the infamous “Blimp” awards. As host Will Smith exclaimed, “No one is safe from the slime!”

Unlike the Academy Awards, the Emmy's and pretty much every other award show around, the Kids' Choice Awards caters to kids in every way, giving them a voice as they are the voters deciding on the winners. The show also gives the younger set a chance to connect with the stars they most admire in the entertainment world. The celebrities who dare to appear are rewarded not only with admiration and adulation from the kids, but a healthy dose of respect from the parents and adults for taking the time from their schedules to make an appearance.

It seems that many celebrities have learned that the voices of children are just as powerful as those of the adults, especially in an industry where ticket and DVD sales make or break a star and determine their value to the viewing public in general.

Celebs slimed on last night's show included host Will Smith, Justin Bieber, Halle Berry, “Twilight's” Taylor Lautner and “Glee” star, Chris Colfer. Other winners included another Twilight alum Kristen Stewart, favorite actor Adam Sandler, Katy Perry and Selena Gomez. Highest honor of the night was presented by First Lady, Michelle Obama, to Taylor Swift for her charity work.

April Fools Day Paranoia Sets In

I am feeling especially paranoid as I wait for my husband to pounce, and wonder how will I be made to look like a fool this year?

Past years have had him pulling all sorts of stunts, from the utterly juvenile to the downright evil genius. We have cut back on the last couple of April Fool's Day hijinks after he told me his mother was coming for a visit, I didn't believe him and a half hour later, there she was, at my door, with my house a mess, me in my requisite sweats and dishes piled high in the sink.

Several years ago, not thinking about the date at all, I headed out the door to do some shopping at what was then a fairly local mega mall. I met up with some friends and we shopped until our credit cards couldn't take it any more and when I went out to find my car, it was gone. It hit me that it was April 1^st, as I had just about made my way to the security booth, ready to report my vehicle stolen, and decided to turn around and look for my car. 90 minutes and ten parking levels later, I found it, parked in the most remote spot, with every orifice filled with balloons. Considering my husband was out of town on business, I knew one of his friends had to have helped him, but to this day have no idea which one of his buddies now possesses the keys to my car, my home, or both.

I'm never as prepared for the day as my husband is and think there should be June 1^st Exact Revenge Day for all us who have bitten into a piece of rubber bologna, gone on snipe hunts, scratched off winning, but fake lottery tickets, had our hair temporarily dyed green, etc. I need the time to plot and plan!