Friday's show 11-9-07

This morning on the show:

Amanda and Bill got into a discussion about whether Santa and all things Xmas has arrived too early - and the fact that there are 7000 calories in one Thanksgiving dinner!! Yikes! That could keep you alive for 4 days.

Wake Up Call!!

TRICKS TO LIVEN UP A MEETING
Stand up and act indignant. Demand that the boss tell you the 'real' reason this meeting has been called.
Stay behind as everyone else, including the boss, leaves. Thank them for coming.
Give a broad wink to someone else at the table. In time, wink at everyone. Sometimes shake your head just a little, as if to indicate that the speaker is slightly crazy and everybody knows it.
Bring a hand puppet, preferably an animal. Ask it to clarify difficult points.
Arrange to have a poorly-dressed young woman with an infant quietly enter the meeting, stare directly at the (male) speaker for a while, burst into tears, then leave the room.

HOLLYWOOD BUZZ
John Robert is out on Survivor China!!

Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly are the new parents of twins Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace, were born on Thursday in Santa Monica, California, via a surrogate mother.

A scooter-riding Mickey Rourke was arrested in Florida Thursday on suspicion of driving under the influence. Rourke was arrested at 4:20am and booked at the Miami-Dade County Jail. A Miami Beach Police report said Rourke made a U-turn with a red light and then swerved several times while on a green scooter.

Former President Bill Clinton - long a friend of the entertainment industry -- has let it be known that he would make himself available to help break the Writers Guild of America strike impasse with the studios .

ROLE OF ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN IS CAST _ Bruce Greenwood has been cast as Christopher Pike, the Starship Enterprise's first captain, in director J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" feature. The character of Capt. Pike, played by Jeffrey Hunter, appeared in the original unaired 1966 pilot that Gene Roddenberry created. The movie chronicles the early days of the Enterprise crew.

KEITH URBAN will be the focus of a Country Music Television special Keith Urban: Invitation Only, debuting on the network tonight (Friday) (10p ET). The one hour concert special showcases Keith performing his hits before a small crowd in Nashville.

BLAKE SHELTON will be part of the NBC reality series Clash Of The Choirs. He’ll head a choir in Oklahoma City November 17 that will face off against five others. The show will air on the network December 17-20.



WEEKEND WRAP

COCO KEY FUNDRAISERS TO BENEFIT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
CoCo Key Water Resort at the Sheraton Cincinnati North Hotel, preparing for its grand opening on Thursday, November 15th, will hold a ‘sneak preview’ weekend November 9th and 10th, with proceeds going to Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati.

The new indoor water resort will be open from noon until 10 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday of sneak preview weekend. Tickets are $10 in advance, with $8 of each ticket going to Children’s Hospital. Tickets at the door are $15 per person, with children ages 2 and under free.

To purchase tickets in advance, visit www.cocokeywaterresort.com, click on “Cincinnati” then click on the ‘EZ-Pass’ ticket section. Tickets can be printed at home, then can be exchanged at the CoCo Key front desk for a wristband, valid for entry that day into the water park. Only 750 tickets are available for purchase each day. Changing rooms, private showers and locker rentals are all available for day pass guests to CoCo Key.

For more information, visit www.cocokeywaterresort.com or call 877-211-6311.
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Kids can make Valentines for the troops at the Loveland Branch Libraryon Saturday, November 10, at 2:00 p.m. Each child will decorate theoutside of a Valentine card that the Yellow Ribbon Support Center -will place into a care package bound for servicemen and women in Iraq. Thesemembers of the U.S. Military can then pen their Valentine wishes in thecards and send them home to their loved ones in time for Valentine'sDay.Emily.Mueller@CincinnatiLibrary.org513-369-6959, desk l 513-646-9321, cell 513-369-4565, faxPublic Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public RelationsDepartment 800 Vine Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 <>

Fundraiser Sunday (11/11) at Bobby Mackey's for 9 year old Daniel Menefee. Little Daniel was born with a life threatening immunodeficiency disease called Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome. Daniel has had 2 bone marrow transplants and now suffers from Graft vs Host disease which causes his skin to slough off his body. He is currently admitted at Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, where he's been since May 9, 2007. He has several months of intense medical treatment and physical therapy to go, as he moves from infection to infection due to the skin breakdown.

NEW IN THEATERS TODAY
FRED CLAUS (PG)
Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson, Rachel Weisz, Kevin Spacey, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
Santa bails his ne'er-do-well brother, Fred, out of jail and brings him to the North Pole to make toys, but Fred returns the favor by stealing Christmas.
LIONS FOR LAMBS (R)
Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise
The experiences of two soldiers in Afghanistan ties together separate stories unfolding in California and Washington, D.C.
P2 (R)
Rachel Nichols, Wes Bentley
A woman gets trapped inside a public parking garage -- but she's not alone.

Deck the Halls
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Ratatouille
Sicko

LAST WEEKEND'S TOP DVD RENTALS
Spider-Man 3
Transformers
Mr. Brooks
Meet the Robinsons
License to Wed