Sheryl Crow opened a breast cancer center yesterday (Tuesday, August 24th) in Los Angeles as part of a joint venture with the Pink Lotus Breast Cancer center. The new facility, called the Sheryl Crow Imaging Center, features state-of-the-art digital screening and diagnostic technologies for the prevention, detection and treatment of breast cancer.

Crow battled her own case of breast cancer in 2006 after finding being diagnosed during a routine mammogram. She now wants to encourage other women to get screened, saying, “Detecting breast cancer early is a woman’s best chance at survival, and digital full-field mammography is the gold standard of early detection.”

Lost may be over, but fans are still as zealous about the show as ever. Props from the show were auctioned off over the weekend, netting over $1.8 million.

Someone shelled out $47,500 for the Dharma van Hurley drove in season three, while another super-fan paid $27,500 for the Lighthouse Wheel that linked the castaways and their numbers.

See the full list of auction items and what they sold for: http://tinyurl.com/28s4wry

Well it seems like a done deal — Steven Tyler will be among the judges for season 10 of Fox’s American Idol. Despite no official announcement from either Fox or Tyler’s management, Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton confirmed the long-rumored deal, telling The New Jersey Star-Ledger, “Steven is doing American Idol. The ink is dry on that. So, we’ll have to work around his schedule for a new record.”

Meanwhile, there’s controversy surrounding what appears to be footage of Joe Perry bumping Tyler offstage on Tuesday night (August 17th) at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre. TMZ.com posted the fan footage shot during “Love In The Elevator” when Tyler and Perry were performing on an extended stage ramp. After Tyler playfully bumps a soloing Perry, Perry — who was not facing Tyler — bumps him back, sending Tyler head-first into the crowd. Perry eventually helps Tyler back on stage and Tyler gives him a playful twirl.

Steven Tyler getting bumped offstage on Tuesday night: http://tinyurl.com/2eoqjmr

It was 41 years ago today — August 18th, 1969 — that the Woodstock Music and Art Fair wrapped with Jimi Hendrix’s incendiary set after more than three days of music in Bethel, New York. More than 450,000 people converged upon the small upstate town to hear rock’s biggest bands perform. Although Woodstock was neither the first nor last major festival concert, the fact that the youth of America were able to congregate in one place with no violence during one of the most turbulent years of the decade, gave birth to the notion of the “Woodstock Nation” and gave a voice — and a face — to the hippie ideal.

The Bands who TURNED DOWN the chance to play Woodstock: http://tinyurl.com/lldm5h

FRIDAY THE 13th SUPERSTITIONS:

The curses that surround Friday the 13th range from sailors and fishermen being wary of going out to sea to beliefs that hearing any piece of news on the day would add a wrinkle to your face.

In 1913, New York pastor Charles Reynolds even offered to marry couples for free, if they dared to challenge the superstitions.

An extreme superstition is that if you have 13 people who sit down to a meal together, all will die within a year.

Throughout history, many of the world’s most notorious killers have had exactly 13 letters in their names, such as Jack the Ripper, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy, and Charles Manson.

Throughout history, May 13th has seen Pope John Paul II shot and seriously wounded in Rome in 1981, Vice-President Richard Nixon attacked in Latin America in 1958, and Winston Churchill promising Parliament “to wage war, by sea, land and air with all our might and strength that God can give” in 1940.

Finally, in 1993, a study in the British Medical Journal concluded that the “risk of a transport accident on Friday the 13th may be increased by as much as 52% and that staying at home was recommended.”

(Source: Mail & Guardian Online)

FRIDAY THE 13th ODDITIES:

More than 80 percent of high-rises lack a 13th floor.
Many airports skip the 13th gate.
Some airplanes have no 13th row of seats.
Hospitals and hotels regularly have no room number 13.
Italians omit the number 13 from their national lottery.
On streets in Florence, Italy, the house between number 12 and 14 is addressed as 12 and a half.
Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue.
In France, socialites known as the quatorziens (fourteeners) once made themselves available as 14th guests to keep a dinner party from an unlucky fate.
If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil’s luck. Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy, and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names.

Are you kidding?? 5 million bucks a year, to sit on glamorous TV set, and ask cream puff, softballs questions to celebs??? WOW!

MARY HART TAKES A PAY CUT: Mary Hart reportedly took a pay cut of up to 50 percent in order to keep her job as co-host of Entertainment Tonight for one more season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. But here’s the astonishing part. Hart was apparently making $5 million a year! Which might explain why they’re looking for a new host to replace her after 29 years on the syndicated show. CBS Television Distribution declined to comment. With syndication and advertising revenues falling, there may be few such superstar salaries in the future, on ET or anywhere else.

I think I’ll sleep better knowing that she’s only making 2.5 million… Great!

The Betty White empire keeps growing. Usmagazine.com reports that the 88-year-old “It Girl” is partnering with Jerry Leigh Apparel to produce a line of T-shirts and hoodies using her image. A company executive said, “With Betty White’s star continuing to be on the rise, she was a natural fit for Jerry Leigh Apparel, as we pride ourselves on offering the most cutting edge developments in the apparel industry.” A portion of the proceeds will benefit White’s favorite charity, the Morris Animal Foundation. The clothing is currently available for $48 at HoodieBuddie.com.

Check out the website:

http://shop.hoodiebuddie.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=103

Jenna Fischer’s recent wedding to Lee Kirk was a friendly affair. So friendly in fact, that her buddy Jeff Probst officiated the ceremony.  

People magazine reports that the Survivor host — a longtime friend of The Office star — has been an ordained minister in the Universal Life Church since the 1990s. Although he’s on location in Nicaragua for Survivor’s 21st season, he flew to Malibu for 24 hours in order to marry Fischer and Kirk.

• Probst has reportedly married several friends over the years — and conducted his parents’ 35th anniversary vow renewal.
• How to get ordained: http://www.themonastery.org/

Madonna and her daughter Lourdes have tapped Gossip Girl star Taylor Momsen as the face of their new clothing line, Material Girl. The first ad appeared online this week featuring Momsen, who’s currently on tour with her band the Pretty Reckless.

High-Paying Jobs for Your Personality Type

The truth is people can have a job they love and make a lot of money doing it,” says Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D. In his new book “250 Best-Paying Jobs“ he encourages people who want a high-wage job to consider their personality type when exploring their options.

Shatkin briefly explains each of the RIASEC personality types, which are Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising and Conventional. Then, he identifies some of the best high-paying jobs suited for them.

READ MORE HERE:

http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Article/MSN-2304-Salaries-and-Promotions-High-Paying-Jobs-for-Your-Personality-Type/?sc_extcmp=JS_2304_home&SiteId=cbmsnhp42304&ArticleID=2304&GT1=23000&cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=72a79cb02ceb44dca6c9a9e7bc838d3e-332253276-ww-6