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Wow, good looks definitely run in this family

Holy smokes. I mean holy smokin' hot ladies.  Julianne Tweeted this picture of her and her older sister, Marabeth, who attended the Michael Jackson premiere last night. 

Thanks Lori for the heads up.

And here's Julianne on the red carpet.

Has someone been messin' with Reba's Wikipedia?

Got an email from Katherine who pointed out something interesting to me. Over on Wikipedia it lists Reba as one of the people signed up to be a part of the 2011 film Pumas starring alongside Jennifer Aniston . Now I did a little hunting around and can't find Reba's name attached to the film anywhere but on Wikipedia so not sure if it's true or not, but what a huge deal for Reba if it did end up being accurate.  I'll keep you updated if I hear anything more.

And speaking of Reba, here's a few concert dates she's got planned.

November 2009
5 - Allen, TX - Allen Events Center

March 2010
17 - Penticton, British Columbia - South Okanagan Events Centre
18 - Abbotsford, British Columbia - Entertainment and Sports Centre
21 - Grand Prairie, Alberta - Crystal Centre
22 - Red Deer, Alberta - Westerner Park
23 - Lethbridge, Alberta - ENMAX Centre

June 2010
4 - Rancho Mirage, CA - The Show at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa

Looks like Reba's loving her Canadian fans next year.

Steve Wynn and Garth Brooks anger more than just the folks who couldn't get tickets

Well it looks like Garth and Steve Wynn are damned if they do and damned if they don't.  The new Vegas heroes are finding that you really can't make everyone happy. 

When tickets went on sale for Garth's new Vegas show, there were a lot of angry fans who were unable to get tickets because the phone lines and computer system crashed due to overload.  Then there are people who are mad because they did get tickets but are now getting phone calls from Wynn's company wanting the names of all people who will be going to the show, if that person isn't there to collect their own ticket then the ticket will reportedly be canceled.

Well now comes word that the war against ticket resellers may be coming back to bite Steve Wynn in the wallet.

It seems the National Association of Ticket Brokers (NATB) is calling foul and putting their money where their mouth is by pulling its annual summer conference and trade show from Wynn's hotel, which has hosted it for the past several years.

“Fans should have the right to buy and sell the tickets they want without having to RSVP their guests or risk cancellation based on new, arbitrary rules. They’re changing the rules in the middle of the game, and it’s only going to hurt the fans who can’t find tickets, or are stuck with ones they can’t use," Gary Adler, General Counsel to the NATB, said in a statement. “These actions aren’t meant to address any problems with brokers or the reselling of tickets. They are meant to restrict the open market and eliminate any competition for tickets."

Adler continued, “NATB brings hundreds of brokers each year to the Wynn at our annual ticket broker conference, but now they’ve lost our business. These actions are hypocritical and disrespectful to the very industry that supports their acts and their customers.”

Steve Wynn understands that his fight isn't very popular with some but stands by his choice to be tough.

In an email statement to ticket buyers, Wynn says, "While we understand that this is an inconvenience, it is especially so for the unauthorized sellers. Our efforts, initiatives and communication with you may continue until such a point we are satisfied that all scalping activity has ceased."

I can definitely see where both sides are coming from, but I think that I side with Steve and Garth a bit more on this. I mean we're not talking a few fans who maybe can't go to the show and want to sell their tickets, we're talking people with 43 credit cards buying upto 6 tickets with each card and then selling the tickets at $1000 a piece for a profit of a little over $800 bucks each.  That's what sucks.  Fans can't get tickets because some company hoping to make a pretty penny has bought up hundreds of tickets in the hopes of selling them. 

Maybe we should just go back to the days before computers when you had to actually get off your butt, head down to your local grocery store, gas station, or some other ticket seller and buy your own tickets.  Or you went to the box office and sat in line for four days trying to get tickets to the hot shows.  Yep, those were the days.   

Mr. General Counsel to the NATB did bring up a good point, “Fans hire brokers to help them find the tickets they want, for the price they can pay, or to resell the tickets they can’t use," Adler said in a statement. "Wynn has no right to tell these fans ‘hey, tough luck - unless you bought them at our box office within two hours of going on sale then you can’t go to the show.’"

If only it was a few fans and not the professional scalpers we were talking about, I don't know that we'd be having this conversation at all.

Carrie calls Mike irreplaceable

Awww, how sweet.  Carrie chatted with Chicago's US99.5 Lisa and Ray and actually talks, although briefly, about Mike.  Heck, the girl even knows his hockey stats for this season.  Now that's love if I ever heard it. 

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