Charli's Angles

Sometimes we think our favorite celebrities only exist on this planet for our
own amusement. In fact, many of them do have lives away from the limelight. When
they’re not acting, singing, dancing or just being fabulously rich and famous,
some of your favorite stars take part in some pretty interesting extracurricular
activities. Here are some celebrity hobbies that just might surprise
you.

Tom Hanks collects typewriters

Yes, Tom Hanks is a fan
of typewriters. No, he doesn’t hoard computer keyboards, but vintage, manual
typewriters. You know, the kind of devices your grandparents once used to write
letters back in the day, before computers were around. Most of the typewriters
Hanks has are still in working condition. Tom often takes one or two of them
with him when he hits the road for work.

Leonardo DiCaprio geeks out
over action figures

Mr. DiCaprio has a great love of tiny plastic
action figures. Considering the amount of money his films have made, he might
become an action figure himself one day. His collection includes 'Star Wars' and
'He-Man' action figures, as well as other vintage toys. From time to time he
puts some of them up for auction, in case you’re an avid collector yourself and
want to own Leo's Tauntaun. (That doesn't sound right…)

Will Smith and
Tom Cruise practice fencing

Like a modern-day Errol Flynn, Will Smith
is a huge fan of swordplay. The Hollywood actor took up fencing when his good
friend Tom Cruise (maybe you’ve heard of him) introduced him to the sport. David
Beckham has also gotten into the act. When time allows, the three men get
together and fence in a practice room at Tom’s house.

Tiger Woods goes
spearfishing

The last few years have been turbulent ones for Tiger
Woods. How does a world famous golf pro relax in his free time and get away from
it all? Why, he goes spearfishing, of course. If his aim with a spear is as good
as his aim with a golf club, then whatever fish he happens to set his sights on
doesn’t stand a chance.

Johnny Depp plays with Barbie
dolls

Apparently the star of almost every Tim Burton film ever made
likes to play with Barbie dolls. You might be wondering why a grown man would
spend his time dressing up Barbie and helping her get ready for her dream date
with Ken. It all kind of makes sense when you realize that Mr. Depp picked up
the habit while playing with his kids. Maybe Ken gets a Captain Jack Sparrow
voice to make him sound like less of a stiff.

Angelina Jolie has a
dagger collection

Angelina Jolie has demonstrated a fair number of
quirks in her day (tattoos, blood vial necklaces), but motherhood has seemed to
settle her down a little. Yet some of her wild flair still comes through with
her collection of vintage and decorative knives. Her son Maddox even has a few,
but apparently the blades on his daggers are dulled down. Every mother knows
safety comes first.

Taylor Swift makes Christmas snow
globes

When Taylor Swift isn’t out on tour, writing songs, or winning
Grammys and CMA awards, she keeps her hands busy with crafts. The young country
superstar has begun to make Christmas snow globes with her friends. The globes
are built with jars, and feature Christmas Trees and angels inside. Perhaps
she’ll write a song about her new hobby.

Ricky Gervais paints
landscapes

Ricky Gervais is famous for his no-holds-barred sense of
humor and his perfect comedic timing. When not out courting controversy, this
British comedian likes to relax at home and paint landscapes and cityscapes. He
is a big fan of art, and art history in general. Painting is merely a logical
extension of his passions.

Ben Stiller is a 'Trekkie'

Ben
Stiller adores everything to do with 'Star Trek.' He has stated that he was a
“Trekkie” since he was a child, and that he still is a fan of the Starship
Enterprise gang today. His favorite character was Captain Kirk, who he thought
was exceedingly cool. Stiller is also a great fan of the science fiction
franchise’s humor and humanity. Maybe one day he’ll get to play a character in a
'Star Trek' movie, and become the envy of all of those Trekkies out there
aspiring to such glory. Are you listening, J.J. Abrams? Time to cast Stiller as
a wise-cracking Ferengi.

Quentin Tarantino nerds out over vintage
board games

Quentin Tarantino is known for his peculiar sense of
humor, and his fast pace delivery style. For those of you who appreciate his
eccentricities, you won’t be disappointed by this famous director’s board game
collection. Quentin is very fond of vintage board games that relate to old
television shows. There doesn’t seem to be a ton of people out there into this
odd hobby. If you happen to be one those people, you can now count yourself in
excellent, if rare, company.

Two and a Half Men" will be moving to Thursday nights next season,
pairing with "The Big Bang Theory" and ceding its long-time Monday spot
to "2 Broke Girls."

That's the only major change in CBS' schedule
for 2012-13, which will feature four new series in the fall and two more on
midseason. The network did not decide to add any more comedies to its lineup,
despite widespread speculation that it would -- "A lot of the bloggers got it
wrong," CBS CEO Les Moonves said -- instead opting for stability.

The new
shows on the schedule are period drama "Vegas," a drama set in 1960 and
starring Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis; "Elementary," a modern-day
Sherlock Holmes; "Made in Jersey," a drama about a street-smart lawyer;
and "Partners," a comedy starring David Krumholtz and Michael
Urie.

"Vegas" will go into the 10 p.m. Tuesday spot following the two
"NCIS" shows. "Elementary" will have "Person of Interest" as a
lead-in on Thursdays, while "Made in Jersey" will be sandwiched between "CSI:
NY" and "Blue Bloods" on Friday for an all-New York-set block of
dramas. "Partners," meanwhile, will get the spot between "How I Met Your Mother"
and "2 Broke Girls" on Mondays. (See CBS' full schedule.)

One other
change: "The Mentalist" will air Sunday nights after "The Good
Wife," which is staying in its 9 p.m. timeslot. For midseason, CBS has
picked up the character-driven cop show "Golden Boy" and a comedy called
"Friend Me."

HERE ARE SOME PREVIEWS OF NEW SHOWS ON CBS this fall

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Toilet Paper
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DVDs and Video
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Shine

"Nashville" is a family soap set against the backdrop of the Nashville music scene revolving around one star at her peak (Connie Britton) and another on the rise (Hayden Panettiere).

The musical drama will debut in the fall on Wednesdays at 9 p.m.

I think I may have found my new favorite show!!!
~Charli

Watch this 7 minute clip of Thursdays nights Season Finale...

6 Crash....1 survives...now who the heck is it going to be?? THIS IS KILLING ME!!!  Grey, Christina, McDreamy, and Karev all signed on for another season-thats a go....

So that leaves Sloan, Arizona, and Lexie...

I will NOT be able to fathom Lexie or Mark-she just told him she loved him still-UGH

Im pointing toward Arizona being killed off...

OR maybe April-the whiner was a stowaway in the plane and no one else saw??

What is going to happen!?!?!?!

Tomorrow night should be good!!!

~Charli

Reba‘s new sitcom, “Malibu Country,” will premier on ABC on Fridays starting this November. The network just released a new trailer for the show.

This young man made his own YouTube video to say goodbye.  He is 17 years old and found out his heart wasn't going to make it. God Bless his young soul

What do you think of Fox's new Fall Line Up?

THIS ONE LOOKS HILARIOUS!!!

One of the things no one told me about becoming a mom is that it will make you
feel like you are back in high school again. When you first go to the playground
with your kids, that is. You're the newbie mom (or dad) and it seems that all
the other parents and caretakers there already know each other. You are the
outcast. Like the kid in the lunchroom who has no one to sit next to. How do you
break the ice? Do you talk to the people with kids around the same age? Or maybe
you size up the mom and think ... yeah, she seems like someone I would get along
with.

Either way it's hard to make a connection when you often have to
run off in different directions to stop your little one from stealing the ball
from the older kids at the park. But you look for similarities, ways you are
alike, and try to make some parent friends. In doing so I realized how there is
11 types of moms (dads, even caretakers) at the playground ... and these types
seem to be standard no matter where I go.

1. Fancy
Mom

She's in high heels, her makeup looks perfect, and you really
want to know where she bought her clothes. You envy the fact she can run after
her kids in a dress and still manage to look like a gazillion bucks.


2. Pajama Mom

She's comfy, cozy, and maybe doesn't match,
but she doesn't care. She gives you ideas on what sweats would look best with
what t-shirt.

3. Always Coffee In Hand Mom

She's the envy
of every tired parent at the playground because she always has her cup of Joe.
But it does make some wonder ... is it really coffee?

4. Cell Phone
Mom

This mama cannot deconnect from her phone -- talking or texting
or scrolling. Maybe it's for work, maybe it's some social network, maybe she's
reading the mobile version of a magazine, but she's on the phone so much you
start to believe she does have eyes on the back of her head.

5. Photo
Taking Mom

This mom must have full photo albums for each day because
she's snapping a picture from every angle, for every step her little one
takes.

6. "Ack! Where Are My Kids?!" Mom

Let's just say
this mom isn't paying a lot of attention to her kids.

7. Hovering
Mom

And let's just say this mom is the definition of a helicopter
parent, not letting her child take one step without being
rightherenexttoher.

8. Peter Pan Mom

Fun, free-spirited mom
isn't afraid to slide down the slide, get sand in her toes while building sand
castles, and really get into playing at the park.

9. Loner
Mom

This type makes no eye contact, and never smiles at the other
parents. It's clear she doesn't want to be involved with even the smallest of
talk.

10. Super Friendly Mom

Quick to smile and say hello,
Super Friendly Mom remembers how old your kids are and even their names. She's
the mom who will text you asking for playdates.

11. Entourage
Mom

This mom rolls with at least two other moms wherever she goes.
It's hard to tell whose kid belongs to who in this group but they're tight and
are like the cool kids in the lunchroom.

Australian singer-songwriter Allan Caswell is alleging in a
lawsuit that the band Alabama stole its 1982 chart-topping hit,
"Christmas in Dixie," from the song he penned as the theme for the 1980s
Australian television soap, The Prisoner.

What makes the case peculiar, besides litigation over songs created more than
three decades ago, is that in Caswell's new lawsuit, he isn't suing Alabama, but
rather his own music publisher, Sony ATV Music Publishing Australia, for failing
to collect royalties from the alleged lift. Both Caswell and Alabama are signed
to different divisions of Sony Music.

The dispute is being fought at the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

"It's not a plagiarism lawsuit," Caswell told The Telegraph. "it's about getting my publishing
company (Sony) to do their job."

The fact that the songs were created so long ago might not matter in
Australia, where a court two years ago determined Men at Work's 1980s megahit, "Down
Under," illicitly incorporated a copyrighted children's song from the 1930s.

According to the latest lawsuit, Sony had a musicologist examine the two
songs in 2004 and concluded that the works "shared a level of similarity that
went beyond what he would consider to be a random occurrence of sheer
coincidence."

But this isn't a case alleging copyright infringement. Here's the twist: Both
have Sony connections.

"That's the problem," Caswell told a local TV station in Australia. "I'm
signed to Sony ATV. Alabama is signed to Sony Music. So it's all in-house.
There's no incentive for them to take action. They basically can't take action
because they'd be suing themselves."

According to reports, Sony says it is defending the claim.

Here's a feature on this sticky situation from Today Tonight on the
Seven Network, including a listen to what the two songs sound like:

Awe, the tv sitcom..loved them-growing up, we had no reality tv shows and that was allright by me. So it was up to the sitcom to teach lessons and deal with 'special' topics..here is a compliation from some of your favorites.

Watch this video and be inspired..it's cancer-striken kids, nurses, doctors, parents all lip-synching to kelly Clarksons hit song, "Stronger"

Kelly, herself saw the video and it brought tears to her eyes and she sent a private message to all the patients at the Seattle Children's Hospital..