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Here's a sad story that shows none of us is immune during these tough economic times...

It seems Ed McMahon, who for decades appeared as Johnny Carson's sidekick on "The Tonight Show," is fighting to avoid foreclosure on his multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills home.

McMahon is said to be $644,000 behind on payments on $4.8 million in mortgage loans. The Wall Street Journal reported  that 85 year old  McMahon hasn't  been unable to work since he broke his neck 18 months ago.

Hi everybody...this morning (5/16) we had a story about Portia DeRossi and Ellen DeGeneres getting married not that California has ruled the ban on same sex  marriage unconstitutional.  Anyway my brush with Portia DeRossi some seven years ago (while the actress was on Ally McBeal) was brought up on the show and I said I would blog about it.

I'm making good on that..sort of.  Let's just say she wasn't that nice to me after I complimented her on how cute her dogs were that she was carrying.  I was bothered by her diva attitude back then but these days it's taught me a greater lesson.

Sometimes you carry grudges against people who have NO IDEA that they have offended you.  She doesn't know me from a hole in the wall but I took it personally.  The lesson for me here...forgive, it much easier than carrying dislike in your heart.

I forgive you Portia and myself for holding a stupid grudge.

Matt McConaughey as the new Thomas Magnum?? Really?  We recently reported on the midday that they are indeed making the hit tv show into a major motion picture.  What's more is they have tapped Matt for the lead. 

Now as a big time fan of Magnum P.I. and say NO!!!  IT'S A MISTAKE!  I just can't see him in the role made famous by Tom Selleck!

SO instead of just complaining, I'm offering a solution...cause its not too late Hollywood...Hugh Jackman as Magnun!

Thoughts?

It's Halloween and we got a chance to have a little bit of fun on the morning shows today.  Hey the "Today Show" does it we figured we could dress up for a couple of minutes for one day right?! Anyway it got me thinking about how little fun we as adults have.  The demands of life sometimes makes me forget that a big part of mental health is letting go, laughing and being silly every now and then.

So here's what I'm gonna do...take the opportunity to have fun tonight...why should the kids be tho only ones?

Happy Halloween!

I love a reason to decorate as much as the next person but I just have one question.  When did Halloween get so big? I mean folks are going all out decorating their homes for the Halloween season.  I get a kick out of it but I don't rememebr it being this big when I was younger.  What's behind this I wonder...

So if you are even marginally interested in the singing career of Britney Spears then you have seen or at least heard about her recent performance on MTV's Video Music Awards. 

In short, it was supposed to be the pop princess's comeback after making headlines for all the wrong reasons recently.  Instead it was an uninspired performance that left audiences at home and there in Las Vegas scratching their heads. 

I have been rooting for Brit.  I love a good comeback story and I had every faith that she would make her legions of  fans proud.  Sadly, that didn't happen.  So my question is this...can the 20 something year old former superstar really come back? What do you thing?

Tyra Banks kicks off the  third season of her hit talk show on Monday, September 10th.  She's moving from Los Angeles to New York City for the new season, and judging from the clips that she brought, the new location promises to be fun and energetic.

Trya has made a living on being  "just like everybody else."  She talks openly about her weight and self esteem issues ...that most of us face.  She's also started a couple of charities that tackle the same tough topics.  Still all of that is her public persona and when I heard she was coming in and I was interviewing her...I was a little afraid that it might all be an act.

Well, I'm happy to say that she has the same open and warm personality that you see on tv in person.  It was a treat to have her in studio. 

The new show airs at noon, right after the midday show at eleven!

Britney Spears is back in the news.  This time it is because she allegedly  threw a baby bottle and threatened two photographers after they took pictures of her leaving a Las Vegas spa.  The photographers said thatn she yelled "I am going to kill you!" and cursed at one photog who also says she was beaten up by her bodyguard.  That photgrapher says he will sue.

My point in bringing up all this "style section news" is this...to me it appears that Britany (and Nicole Richie, and Lindsay Lohan...) appear to be cracking under the pressures of Hollywood.  Because they are celebs, we tend to make light of it.  The really sad part is that because of all their money and fame, maybe their problems aren't really taken seriously.  Until it's too late, and the news goes from the "buzz bin," to tomorrow's top tragic  story.