Have a great Labor Day Weekend!!! Bitman will be back Tuesday morning! Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Friday, August 29th, 2014 THE BITS… The Labor Day weekend is here. It’s the day we honor the American worker by not working. The Labor Day weekend is here. It’s known as the unofficial end of summer. It’s also the official end of Brad Pitt’s bachelorhood. The Labor Day weekend is here. It’s known as the unofficial end of summer. The official end of summer is when Kim Kardashian replaces her bikini selfies with cardigan sweater selfies. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt got married last Saturday in France. They say it was a huge wedding – just their kids were invited. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt got married last Saturday in France. Not only that, Angelina has filed papers to legally adopt Brad. Dolly Parton did the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Not surprisingly, Dolly’s feet remained perfectly dry. Dolly Parton did the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Meanwhile, Dolly has spent the last two days thawing out her breasts. ZZ Top has been forced to cancel the rest of their American tour after bassist Dusty Hill fell on the band's bus and injured his hip. Word has it that he tripped over his beard. Billionaire investor Warren Buffet turns 84 tomorrow. Buffet plans to celebrate by having margaritas with his son, Jimmy Buffet. Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Friday, August 29th, 2014 SON OF THE BITS… President Obama held a press conference yesterday to address military conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Ukraine, but most of the focus was on his tan suit. The tan suit has prompted calls for an increased military presence at Men’s Wearhouse. President Obama held a press conference yesterday to address military conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Ukraine, but most of the focus was on his tan suit. Outraged Republican leaders announced plans to subpoena Obama’s tailor. On this date in 1977 three people were arrested in Memphis for attempting to steal Elvis Presley's body. The three were captured after they went to the emergency room to be treated for hernias. The Islamic State militant group says their fighters are burning down marijuana fields in Syria. Meanwhile, the Islamic State militant group says their fighters have developed a sudden craving for Funyuns. The Islamic State militant group says their fighters are burning down marijuana fields in Syria. Meanwhile, attacks on the militants are being called for by Miley Cyrus, Willie Nelson and Woody Harrelson. A charity event is being held this weekend in Japan called "Boob Aid" in which a group of Japanese adult actresses are allowing people to squeeze their breasts in return for donations. And I’m lucky if I get to squeeze the Charmin. A group of Japanese adult actresses are holding a charity event this weekend in which people will be allowed to squeeze their breasts in return for donations to Boob Aid. It’s nice to see they’re raising money for Courtney Stodden. NASA says it’s going to build the largest rocket ever. However, NASA’s wife says the rocket isn’t really as big as they say it is. Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Friday, August 29th, 2014 TODAY’S AUDIO… Today on the Bitman audio feed we have reality clips from Big Brother, plus a late night round up with Dave, Craig, Seth, Conan and the Jimmys. Plus more from Pamela Furr and the Bitman audio archive! It’s all at www.BitmanComedy.com Not hearing anything? TV Sound bites are available at BitmanComedy.com! If you need access to the site, contact Adrienne Munos at United Stations Radio Network at 561-381-7598 or amunos@unitedstations.com Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Friday, August 29th, 2014 TINSELTOWN TATTLER… ANGELINA JOLIE and BRAD PITT were secretly married last Saturday in France. They obtained a marriage license from a California judge, who also performed the ceremony. However, some question whether the ceremony was legal since it was in France, but officiated by a California judge with a California marriage license. In any case, the civil ceremony was attended by family and friends at Provence's Chateau Miraval and their children took part in the wedding as Angelina walked down the aisle with her eldest sons Maddox and Pax, while Zahara and Vivienne threw flower petals and Shiloh and Knox served as ring bearers. Among those not invited to the wedding was Angelina's father, Jon Voight. They supposedly patched up their relationship a few years back, but he found out about his daughter's wedding through the media like the rest of us. This is the second marriage for Pitt, who married Jennifer Aniston in 2000. Angelina was previously married to actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton. DWYANE WADE and GABRIELLE UNION apparently want a hush-hush wedding like Brad and Angelina. The couple is reportedly forcing vendors, caterers and even guests to sign a contract demanding they not talk about what they see that day or else! According to the contract, violators will pay a hefty cash fine if they violate the deal. The wedding is set for tomorrow in South Florida. BRITNEY SPEARS is available as she and boyfriend David Lucado have split. Britney tweeted her new relationship status by writing, "Ahhhh the single life!" The dirt is that Britney called it quits after she found out about a video being shopped to the tabloids showing him cheating on her. A source tells E! News, "She is heartbroken…But she will get through it. She's a strong girl and he was never right for her." However, TMZ called Lucado, whose rep said, "David is very, very in love with Britney. This is unfortunate and he hopes that it all works out." Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Friday, August 29th, 2014 TINSELTOWN TATTLER 2… ASHLEE SIMPSON and fiancé EVAN ROSS are getting married this weekend at the Connecticut home of Evan's mother, singer Diana Ross. Word is the weekend long celebration will be an intimate affair, with only close family and friends in attendance. SHAKIRA has revealed that she and her soccer star boyfriend Gerard Pique are expecting another baby. They welcomed their first son, Milan, in January 2013. Last summer she told Latina magazine, "I would love to have eight or nine kids with Gerard – my own football team." JOAN RIVERS was rushed to New York’s Mt. Sinai hospital in cardiac arrest yesterday. Rivers’ heart and breathing stopped while undergoing a procedure on her vocal chords at a local clinic and was later listed in "stable but critical" condition. Her daughter Melissa later said she was resting comfortably, but Joan’s appearance tonight at the Count Basie Theatre in New Jersey has been postponed. RAY J managed to cut himself a pretty sweet plea deal in his sexual battery and assault case in Beverly Hills. That was the incident in which he allegedly went nuts at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel back in May and grabbed a woman's breast, before getting into a violent altercation with arresting officers and kicking out the window of a patrol car. Ray J pleaded no contest to misdemeanor trespassing and all the other charges will be dismissed. Under the plea deal, Ray will get three years’ probation, and will have to do 50 hours of community service, 12 anger management counseling sessions and 12 alcohol therapy sessions. Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Friday, August 29th, 2014 TINSELTOWN TATTLER 3… BOBBI KRISTINA BROWN’S husband NICK GORDON was involved in a nasty car accident in his Georgia neighborhood yesterday morning. Police say Gordon was attempting to change lanes when he struck a curb and overturned, striking a fire hydrant. The good news is that he wasn’t injured; the bad news is he was popped for DUI and driving with a suspended license. A pregnant MILA KUNIS got into a skirmish with the paparazzi while leaving her Pilates class in Sherman Oaks, California this week. After spotting a photographer taking shots of her from his car, she stormed over, leaned into his window and accused him of breaking a stalking law. Mila asked him, “Why are you stalking me? It’s illegal what you’re doing; you can’t stalk a woman and her child. There’s a 30-foot law and you’re passing it. There’s a federal law you’re breaking.” The photographer fired back that there is no such law and then alerted Mila to the other photographers that had gathered to take photos of the confrontation. Mila asked the photographer to get out of his car while she called the police and the video kept rolling until 10 officers arrived, but there were no arrests. Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Friday, August 29th, 2014 DATELINE HOLLYWOOD… New Movies in Theatres… As Above, So Below - A team of explorers uncover the dark secret that lies in the catacombs beneath the streets of Paris. (R) The November Man - Pierce Brosnan is an ex-CIA operative brought back on a mission in which he finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect. (R) The latest DANCING WITH THE STARS rumor has Duck Dynasty's SADIE ROBERTSON heading to the ballroom. The full lineup will be unveiled on Good Morning America next Thursday. CBS has announced the lineup for THE AMAZING RACE 25. Racers will include surfing champ Bethany Hamilton, whose left arm was bitten off by a shark in 2003, and her husband Adam Dirks. Also racing will be Survivor: South Pacific alums Keith Tollefson and Whitney Duncan. A new twist this season will allow the team that finishes first in Leg 1 a chance to save themselves if they finish last on any future leg. Amazing Race 25 premieres Friday, September 26th. Former Frasier star DAVID HYDE PIERCE is joining THE GOOD WIFE in a recurring role as a cable news legal commentator who is so disgusted by the corruption and murder rate in Chicago that he decides to run for office. Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Friday, August 29th, 2014 MUSIC NOTES… A book based on the track Outlaw Pete from BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S Working on a Dream album will be out on November 4th. The book will feature Springsteen's lyrics along with illustrations. Springsteen's song was itself inspired by a children's book called Brave Cowboy Bill, which his mother used to read to him at bedtime. Martin Scorsese is attached to direct THE RAMONES biopic. Details are kind of sketchy, but the co-manager of the Ramones' estate said, "Luckily, when you have a really genius artist like the Ramones, you don’t have to spin it. It is what it is and what it is is a beautiful moment in time that sparked a revolution in music and in fashion." Along with the film, the estate is working on new apparel, remastered music, a theatrical play and a book. A sitcom based on the life of WEEZER frontman RIVERS CUOMO has been picked up by the Fox network. The single camera show is described as a comingof-age story of a 30-something rock star who walks away from the spotlight at the height of his fame in an effort to rediscover the parts of his life he missed. LIVE will release a new album on October 28th called The Turn. It’ll be their first album of all-new material since Songs from Black Mountain in 2006 and the first without former lead singer Ed Kowalczyk, who left in 2009. ZZ TOP has cancelled the rest of their American tour dates after bassist Dusty Hill fell on the band's bus Tuesday and injured his hip. They’d been touring with JEFF BECK, who will continue with a few select dates. LADY GAGA joined ADAM LAMBERT and QUEEN to perform "Another One Bites The Dust," onstage in Sydney, Australia on Wednesday night. Afterwards, Gaga tweeted, "I just played with Queen I'm the happiest girl alive." (See here) Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Friday, August 29th, 2014 MUSIC NOTES 2… MICHAEL JACKSON is getting the comic book bio treatment. Fame: Michael Jackson is a 40-page graphic novel, available in print and digital formats starting today, which would’ve been his 57th birthday. LMFAO’S REDFOO was minding his own business in a Sydney, Australia bar when someone conked him with a glass bottle. Police say a 21-year-old man threw the bottle at Redfoo, which opened up a gash under his right eye that required treatment from paramedics. The alleged hurler taunted Redfoo as he ran out of the club, but was caught by security and detained for police. Redfoo is okay and the moment of impact was caught on Twitter. (See here) Not that you haven’t seen it before, but MILEY CYRUS will appear nude in V magazine's Rebel Issue. The issue will be out September 10th. NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin has posted a video of himself lip syncing to TAYLOR SWIFT’S Shake It Off. While one may wonder why he knows the words, he did offer some spiffy choreography. (See here) Nick Cannon might not want MARIAH CAREY, but Caesars Palace in Las Vegas apparently does. With Celine Dion departing due to her husband’s health issues, Caesar’s is looking for a new headliner, or headliners, and Mariah is reportedly on the top of their list. Caesar’s is also apparently putting out feelers to ADELE, BLAKE SHELTON AND MIRANDA LAMBERT, PRINCE, and BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. MARIAH CAREY is the ultimate pop star according to Time magazine. Looking at every song that’s been in the Billboard Top 10 since 1960, they devised a formula that factored in career longevity and number of hits to determine the top pop star. While Mariah topped the list, Usher had the best single year in 2004 when he placed five songs in the Top 10. Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Friday, August 29th, 2014 TUBULAR… Daytime: GMA: Brad Paisley performs Today: Ariana Grande performs Kelly & Michael: Actors Jennifer Lopez and Justin Theroux The View: Brad Paisley performs The Talk: Actor Kelsey Grammer (R) Queen Latifah: Singer Toni Braxton; Ledisi performs (R) Ellen: Lindsay Lohan (R) Primetime: NBC Sports: MLS soccer Houston Dynamo at Sporting Kansas City ESPN: College football BYU at Connecticut and UNLV at Arizona ESPN2: U.S. Open tennis Late Night: Jimmy Kimmel: Kathy Griffin; Sharon Van Etten performs David Letterman: Serena Williams; Echo & The Bunnymen perform (R) Jimmy Fallon: Actor Jon Hamm; Martha Stewart (R) Craig Ferguson: Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson (R) Seth Meyers: Magic Man performs (R) Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Friday, August 29th, 2014 TUBULAR WEEKEND… Saturday: ABC: College football Florida State vs Oklahoma State CBS: NFL preseason Saints at Colts Fox: College football Fresno State at USC ESPN: College football Clemson at Georgia and LSU vs Wisconsin ESPN2: NASCAR Nationwide Series: Great Clips 300 from Atlanta Motor Speedway NBC Sports: Indy Car MAVTV 500 from Fontana, California Saturday Night Live: Summer reruns Sunday: ABC: Wipeout contestants try their luck at obstacles that include Wipeout Shores and Dracula's Condo CBS: Big Brother heads of households move into their rooms and nominate two house guests for elimination; On Unforgettable, Carrie doubts Homeland Security's conclusion about a bombing investigation and secretly conducts her own inquiry…On Reckless, as the Lee Anne Marcus sex tape is leaked to the media, Roy and Jamie face each other in civil court ESPN: NASCAR Sprint Cup: Oral-B USA 500 From Atlanta Motor Speedway Bitman Bitman By David By David Evjen Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Bitman1@aol.com Friday, Friday, May August29th, 29th,2009 2014 THE WATERCOOLER… A Wyoming woman died a little after midnight yesterday at Nevada's Burning Man festival after reportedly falling under a moving bus. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, but it’s not known whether drugs or alcohol played a role. It was the first fatality in seven years at the event. Burning Man began in 1986 with 20 friends gathering at the end of summer on Baker Beach in San Francisco. They built a wooden figure and lit it at the end of a ceremony. The ritual moved to Nevada’s Black Rock Desert in 1990 after park police in San Francisco wouldn't allow the fire and the event has grown in size since then. There’s something new to Instagram called the Hyperlapse app. The app lets you take time lapse videos while you walk around and removes a lot of the camera shaking in the process. While Hyperlapse isn’t part of Instagram, it can be used as a tool to make videos, which can be shared to Instagram. You can download the app now from iTunes. According to a new study, reading “Fifty Shades of Grey” can be bad for young women’s health. The study found a link between reading the books and behaviors like eating disorders, binge drinking and being part of abusive relationships. The study of 650 women between the ages of 18 and 24 found that women who read the books were 25 percent more likely to be in verbally abusive relationships and 34 percent more likely to have had partners who exhibited stalker tendencies. Perhaps even worse, 75 percent of women who read the book were reported to have eating disorders. Women who reported having read all three novels in the series were 65 percent more likely to binge drink six or more days a month. Bitman Bitman By David By David Evjen Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Bitman1@aol.com Friday, Friday, May August29th, 29th,2009 2014 THE WATERCOOLER 2… For the second time this week, a U.S. passenger jet had to be diverted over a reclining seat squabble. This time it was an American Airlines flight from Miami to Paris that made an unscheduled stop in Boston after a 60-year-old French passenger had a meltdown and grabbed a flight attendant who tried to calm him down when the passenger in front of him reclined her seat. Two plain-clothes federal air marshals happened to be on board and subdued and handcuffed the man. Edmund Alexandre, of Paris, was charged with interfering with flight crew members, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years. A new study finds that Nashville is the most "American" U.S. metro area. The study factored in such statistics as age, gender, income, education and race to determine which metro areas are most and least like the American average. The rest of the top five most American cities are Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Charleston, South Carolina and Jacksonville. On the other end of the scale, the least American cities were Yuma, Arizona, Brownsville, Texas, Altoona, Pennsylvania, Boulder, Colorado, and McAllen, Texas. The buzz from England is that 5,000 wasps made a giant nest in the bed of a woman’s home there. The woman hadn’t been in the spare room of her 5-bedroom home in months, but had left a window open. Her son was visiting when he opened the door and discovered the 3ft wide by 1.5ft deep nest. Exterminator John Birkett said it had been growing for several months and the nest was still expanding. The wasps had even chewed through the mattress, but the exterminator was able to rescue the beloved blanket on the bed. Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Friday, August 29th, 2014 SPORTS SHIRT… Tony Stewart will return to racing this weekend at the NASCAR event at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It’ll be Stewart’s first race since he struck and killed driver Kevin Ward Jr. on August 9th during a dirt track race in upstate New York. The NFL has announced new rules regarding domestic violence offenses. The first offense will be subject to a six-week suspension and banishment from the league for a second offense. The league caught heat after suspending Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice for only two games after allegedly hitting his then-fiancee. The NFL has fined Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning $8,200 for taunting safety DJ Swearinger during their preseason game against the Houston Texans. The taunting penalty was the first of Manning’s career and he won’t appeal, calling it "money well spent." USC running back Anthony Brown has quit the team; calling head coach Steve Sarkisian a ‘racist’ and saying he treated him like a slave. However, other players are speaking up for him, with linebacker Scott Felix tweeting, "Coach Sark is a great coach and even better person. Accusations like that couldn't be more untrue." Texas A&M quarterback Kenny Hill broke Johnny Manziel's single-game passing record with 511 yards in the Aggies’ 52-28 win over South Carolina last night. San Francisco Giants right-hander Yusmeiro Petit set a major league record by retiring his 46th consecutive batter over an eight-game stretch. Petit broke Mark Buehrle's mark of 45, but Rockies pitcher Jordan Lyles snapped the streak at 46. Boxing promoter Bob Arum says he’s ‘very optimistic’ that a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. will happen early next year. Pacquiao’s next fight will be November 22nd against Chris Algieri in Macau. Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Friday, August 29th, 2014 Scoreboard MLB: Detroit 3 N.Y. Yankees 2 Final Baltimore 5 Tampa Bay 4 Final Houston 4 Texas 2 Final Minnesota 11 Kansas City 5 Final 10 Cleveland 3 Chi. White Sox 2 Final L.A. Angels 4 Oakland 3 Final 10 Cincinnati 7 Chi. Cubs 2 Final San Francisco 4 Colorado 1 Final Atlanta 6 N.Y. Mets 1 Final NFL: Atlanta 24 Jacksonville 14 Final Detroit 23 Buffalo 0 Final Cincinnati 35 Indianapolis 7 Final Green Bay 34 Kansas City 14 Final Philadelphia 37 N.Y. Jets 7 Final Miami 14 St. Louis 13 Final Carolina 10 Pittsburgh 0 Final N.Y. Giants 16 New England 13 Final Washington 24 Tampa Bay 10 Final Baltimore 22 New Orleans 13 Final Cleveland 33 Chicago 13 Final Denver 27 Dallas 3 Final Minnesota 19 Tennessee 3 Final San Francisco 40 Houston 13 Final San Diego 12 Arizona 9 Final Oakland 41 Seattle 31 Final NCAAF: Texas A&M 52 South Carolina 28 Final Arizona St. 45 Weber St. 14 Final Mississippi 35 Boise St. 13 Final Today’s Games MLB: American League Minnesota at Baltimore (7:05 PM N.Y. Yankees at Toronto (7:07 PM) Boston at Tampa Bay (7:10 PM) Detroit at Chi. White Sox (8:10 PM) Cleveland at Kansas City (8:10 PM) Texas at Houston (8:10 PM) Oakland at L.A. Angels (10:05 PM) National League Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (7:05 PM) Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets (7:10 PM) Miami at Atlanta (7:35 PM) Chi. Cubs at St. Louis (8:15 PM) Colorado at Arizona (9:40 PM) L.A. Dodgers at San Diego (10:10 PM) Milwaukee at San Francisco (10:15 PM) Interleague Washington at Seattle (10:10 PM) NCAAF: Jacksonville St. at Michigan St. (7:30 PM) Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Friday, August 29th, 2014 DUH… Joplin, Missouri’s 30-year-old Dennis Meyer was found dead last week in a rural driveway. Police say the body showed no visible signs of the cause of death and that a drug overdose could have been to blame. However, the mystery of Meyer’s death may soon be solved as police have arrested an unnamed 24-year-old woman after she allegedly posted photos of herself posing with the body on Facebook. Austin Ragans was enjoying his stay at the W Hotel in Fort Lauderdale until being asked to leave the hotel’s bar. Austin returned to his 16th floor room and proceeded to toss beer bottles and a chair from the balcony. The chair struck a hotel employee below and when security paid a visit to Austin’s room they found him completely naked and the room's chair missing. It’ll likely surprise no one that a bag containing cocaine was found in plain sight, nor that Austin had previous arrests in Florida, Texas and Arizona or that he now faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, battery, possession of cocaine and criminal mischief. Punta Gorda, Florida’s Jennifer Mannino was stopped Tuesday night for suspected DUI. The Deputy’s suspicions were aroused after Jennifer crossed the median and almost hit oncoming traffic as she made a right turn. The Deputy’s suspicions were confirmed when he found an open container of vodka inside her truck, Jennifer failed a field sobriety test and her blood alcohol was three times the legal limit. Making matters worse for Jennifer, her 12-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son were in the car at the time and it was her second DUI charge in less than two years. The ice bucket challenge has done much for the fight against ALS. However, it hasn’t done much for Cem Özdemir, the leader of Germany's Green Party. Cem recently accepted the ice bucket challenge and filmed it for a YouTube video. However, sharp-eyed viewers spotted a cannabis plant waving in the breeze beside him. Cem admitted that it was indeed a hemp plant and while the Green Party has long been in favor of legalizing cannabis, he may have exposed himself to legal consequences. (See here) Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Friday, August 29th, 2014 MO’ DUH… Callahan, Florida mother Ashley Habat was upset because her 4-year-old son’s school didn't give parents more time to get ready for picture day. In fact, Ashley was so upset she wrote about it on her Facebook personal page. Ashley never expected the school to see her rant, and they wouldn’t have had she not tagged the Sonshine Christian Academy in the post. The next morning she received a call asking her to stop by the office when she dropped her son off and administrators then informed her that her son could no longer attend the school. Krista Hodges amazingly is still a teacher at California’s Newark Memorial High School. However, Krista was disciplined with a written reprimand after she tweeted about wanting to pour coffee on her students, stab them, see them get run over by a car and that some of them made her trigger finger itchy. School officials were alerted to the profanity-laced and racially insensitive tweets by a colleague. Krista has apologized, saying she meant none of it seriously and told the local media, "Everyone knows I'm one of the most liked teachers on campus. And that's because I form meaningful and long-lasting relationships with my students." Derry, England’s Martin Gregory Coll recently visited a retirement home, although he wasn’t there to see relatives. When police were called to the home regarding suspicious activity, they heard what they described as sex sounds emanating from behind a fence in the parking lot and found Coll with his trousers and underwear down by his ankles, watching porn on a handheld DVD player and simulating sex with a mattress. Coll had 72 previous convictions and this was number 73. What happens in Vegas stays in Bryanna Warren, Trinity Kennard and Charmella Triggs. The three sensuous entertainers accompanied two men to their Las Vegas hotel room and distracted them during sex to steal their Rolex watches. The women didn’t take a ticking and keep on licking as they fled, holding the men at bay with a stun gun. Surveillance video showed them hiding the watches inside intimate parts of their anatomies and they were arrested at the hotel’s taxi stand. Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Friday, August 29th, 2014 HISTORY LESSON… 1885: The first fight under the Marquis of Queensberry rules was held in Cincinnati with John L. Sullivan defeating Dominick McCaffery in six rounds. 1896: Chop suey was invented in New York City by the chef to visiting Chinese Ambassador Li Hung-Chang. 1957: Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina ended a filibuster against a civil rights bill after talking for more than 24 hours 1958: Singer Michael Jackson was born 1966: The Beatles played their last public concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco 1967: The final episode of the TV series The Fugitive aired, setting a then-ratings record 1977: Three people were arrested in Memphis for attempting to steal Elvis Presley's body 1996: Clinton political advisor Dick Morris resigned after it was reported he’d been seeing a prostitute and letting her listen in on his phone conversations with the president 2005: Hurricane Katrina slammed into the gulf coast, flooding New Orleans and parts of Mississippi and Alabama Birthday Partiers: Senator John McCain 78 actor Elliott Gould (MASH, A Bridge Too Far, Ocean's 12) 76 actress Rebecca DeMornay (Wedding Crashers, Backdraft, Lords of Dogtown) 52 actress Carla Gugino (Sin City, American Gangster, Night at The Museum) 43 actress Lea Michele (Glee, New Year's Eve) 28 Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Saturday, August 30th, 2014 SATURDAY IN HISTORY… 30 B.C.: Cleopatra, the seventh queen of Egypt, committed suicide 1780: Gen. Benedict Arnold betrayed the United States when he promised secretly to surrender the fort at West Point to the British army. He later fled to England and died in poverty. 1905: Ty Cobb played in his first major league game with the Detroit Tigers. 1963: The hot line phone link between Washington and Moscow went into operation 1965: Thurgood Marshall was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the first black Supreme Court justice. 1983: Guion Bluford Jr. became the first black American astronaut to travel in space 1984: President Ronald Reagan was inducted into the Sportscasters Hall of Fame 1993: David Letterman’s Late Show debuted on CBS 1996: An expedition to raise part of the Titanic failed when the lines snapped. Birthday Partiers: billionaire Warren Buffet 84 actress Peggy Lipton (Twin Peaks, Mod Squad, The Postman) 67 comedian Lewis Black 66 actor Michael Chiklis (The Shield, Fantastic Four, Nixon) 51 actress Cameron Diaz (Charlie's Angels, Vanilla Sky, Bad Teacher) 42 tennis player Andy Roddick 32 Bitman By David Evjen Bitman1@aol.com Sunday, August 31st, 2014 SUNDAY IN HISTORY… 1888: Jack the Ripper killed his first victim in London 1897: Thomas Edison was awarded a patent for his movie camera, the Kinetograph. 1969: Boxer Rocky Marciano died in the crash of a small airplane in Iowa 1987: Michael Jackson released the album Bad. 1989: Britain's Princess Anne and Mark Phillips announced that they were separating after 16 years of marriage. 1997: Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris. 1998: Titanic became the first movie to earn more than $600 million. 2010: President Obama announced the end of the American combat mission in Iraq; seven years after the war began. Birthday Partiers: musician Van Morrison 69 actor Richard Gere (Chicago, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride) 65 singer/actress Deborah Gibson 44 actor Chris Tucker (Rush Hour, Jackie Brown, The Fifth Element) 41 actress Sara Ramirez (Spider-Man, Grey's Anatomy, You've Got Mail) 39