Kathy Griffin Drops F-Bomb Live On CNN New Years Special (VIDEO)

On Thursday night, Kathy Griffin dropped the F-bomb while co-hosting “New Year’s Eve Live With Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin.”

Griffin and Cooper were discussing balloon boy (AKA Falcon Heene) when Griffin intentionally mispronounced Heene’s name.

“Fal– Fuckin? Falcon? How do you say it?” Griffin asked Cooper facetiously.

Cooper shook his head and smiled. “You’re terrible. Really terrible.”

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Westgate new year’s eve party (12 News Phoenix)

It’s the fourth year for the big party out at Westgate this New Year’s Eve. They expect about four thousand people to attend. They’ve got music and food and drinks for sale in the “courtyard area” which is sandwiched between Jobing.com Arena and Margaritaville. And to top the night off, there will be a wedding in front of Jobing just before midnight. The two will kiss at the stroke of midnight as a married couple for ..read more

Ballon Boy Hoax Dad Gets Jail Time; Happy Festivus! – Post Chronicle

Finally the couple who played a hoax on all of America is now going to jail. According to reports, the balloon boy hoax has been revealed and now Richard Heene will spend 90 days in jail according to the judge who ruled his case.

According to UPI, “Larimer County Judge Stephen Schapanski ordered Heene be locked up for 30 days and serve the remaining 60 days under work release conditions, The Denver Post reported.”

Mayumi Heene, Richard Heene’s wife, pled guilty earlier ..read more

Brittany Murphy’s Death Does Not Appear to be a Hoax – Gather.com

The internet as the Boy Who Cried Wolf.

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2009: Serious moments and silly diversions in the pop culture universe – Detroit Free Press

Well, that was interesting.

That’s about the best — and worst — you can say about 2009, a year that seems to have had twin personalities: one of them profound and somber, the other a goofy distraction from the important stuff.

It was a year marked by the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama, continuing struggles with the economy and unemployment, a battle over health care reform and the H1N1 flu.

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Balloon Boy Dad Surrenders

Well he always wanted to be famous, but probably not like this. This is Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene posing for his mug shot to Larimer County police in Colorado after surrendering himself earlier today.  Heene and his wife are expected to plead guilty to a hoax in which they claimed their son Falcon had floated away in October when they appear in court tomorrow.

‘Balloon boy’ parents to plead guilty

The Colorado parents in last month’s notorious “balloon boy” case will plead guilty to offenses for creating a hoax that their son had flown away in a large balloon.

Richard and Mayumi Heene are to plead Friday morning in Larimer County Court, according to a statement issued by Richard Heene’s attorney.

Mayumi Heene is expected to plead guilty to an offense of false reporting to authorities, a misdemeanor of the lowest level, according to the attorney.

Richard Heene is expected to plead guilty ..read more